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VOL II. LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICH., OCT. 20. 1894. NO. 68

DO M HAVE GOOD LUCK In Buying Shoes ?

Do they wear well ? Do they rip ? Are you satisfied ? Have you tried buying at Geo. Winegar's.

IF NOT, WHY NOT ?

T E o r GEO. WINEGAR.

A T A B A R G A I N ! Gasoline Stoves and Ranges, Cook Stoves

and Heaters, Step Ladders, and Extension Ladders. Maud S. Pumps and Wind Mills, Wood

Pumps and Chain Pumps.

OFF On Wagon Box with Top Box and Seat, also

On Stone Boats and Land Rollers. We have the Patent Slip Joint Galvanized Eave Troughs and

Tin Eave Troughs which we put up on short notice.

Leave your order for Wood and Coal while it is Cheap.

Headqunrters for ( General Hardware. 1 R. B. BOYLAN

DON'T FAIL To call and see our new line of Coal, Wood and Oil Hea;ing

STOVES Also Cooking Stoves and Ranges, at Prices as Low as the Low-est. We also have a fine line of Nickle Plate, Copper, Gran-ite, Tin and Hollow Ware, Cutlery and Builder's Hardware at Bottom Prices, Pumps and Tubing of every description. We al so Make a Specialty of Tin, Steel and Asphalt Koofing, and Remmber, we will not be Undersold.

W. R. BLAISDELL & CO.

250 for 75. WHAT !

S50 White wove Envelopes, sire 63̂ , all printed, with your name, business,, and address, for only 75 cents.

We have only a few thousands and they won't last long at this figure.

First come, first serve.

Leave your order at the

LEDGER OFFICE.

A LIE NAILED. Why C. Bergin Refused

Run.

COUPLE OF CANDIDATES WRITTEN UP.

How the Lowell Fair Came Out.

The Death and Burial of Mrs . Helen M. Lewis.

A ROORBACK.

The report that has gone the rounds

of the press, which quotes C. Bergin

as declining to run for the Legislature

because S. 0 . Fisher was at the head

of the ticket, is utterly without found-

ation. It was business considerations

alone that led Mr. Bergin to act as he

did. So far from being opposed to Fisher, he is os he always has been,

an ardent Democrat, and therefore a

loyal supporter of that prince of Dem-ocrats, Spencer O. Fisher.

REV. E. H. SHANKS.

Rev. E. H. Shanks, candidate for

Representative from second district

on the Prohibition ticket, was born in

Huntington county, Indiana, in Dec-

ember, 1867. He lived with his par-

ents on the form until his eighteenth

year, when he began teaching, enter-

the ministry in his nineteenth year.

He took his classic course at Findlay

college, Findlay, Ohio. Was pastor of

the Church of God Mission for two

and ane-half years a t Fort Wayne,

Indv Was engaged in mission work

un(ier the dtreotion of the Divinity

Scfcool University of Chicago six

months and has just entered his third

year of pastorate with the Baptist

church of this place. Mr. Shanks hqs

been an ardent prohibitionist from the

first; working for and with the party

W o r e he wis old enoagh to vote.

CHAS. M. WILSON.

Charles M. Wilson, candidate on

the Democratic ticket for proeecuting

attorney of Kent county is 3 $ years

old. H e a native of Ionia county

and a graduate of the Ionia High

school. He entered the literary de-

partment of the University of Michi-

gan in 11876 and gradnatod in 1880.

Ho studied law at Ionia, where he

was admitted to the bar in 1882. In

the fall of that year he entered the

law department of the University of

Michigan and graduated in March,

1883. Mr> Wilson came to Grand

Rapids immediately thereafter and

was so fortunate as to secure a pos-

ition in the office of Champlin &

Moore, one of the leading and best

law firms in western Michigan.

After the dissolution of the firm by

the electioa of Judge Champlin to the Supreme court of Michigan, Mr. Wil-son remained with Mr. Moore and a little later on the two formed a co-partnership under the name of Moore

& Wilson which still exists and, with

one exception, is the oldest law firm

in Grand Rapids. Mr. Wilson has devoted himself

steadily to the practice of his profess-

ion and has never before been a can-

didate for office. Concerning his fit-

ness for the office for which he has

been nominated, we quote from the

Grand Rapids Democrat. Charles M. Wilson, the gentleman

selected by the Democrats of Kent

•county tor prosecuting attorney is

well known as a clean, able lawyer

and popular respected citizen, whose

nomination is a credit to his party.

The law firm of Moore Wilson, of

which he is a member, is well and

favorably known throughout Michi-

gan. Mr. Wilson was never before a

candidate for any elective office, but

has been an active, loyal Democrat

three hundred and sixty-five days in a year since he was of age, always serving effectively in the ranks, and always directing his forces against the

common enemy. He deserves and

will receive an enthusiastic support

among the voters of Kent county.

We need more men of Mr. Wilson's

ability and methods in our county

court house.

MORE ABOUT THE LOWELL FAIR.

The report given us last week by a

fair officer that the association was out

of debfwas not quite true. Still the

association is in good shape and ready

for another whirl with Dame Fortune next year.

In a hurried examination of the

Secretary's book we got Thursday's races somewhat mixed.

In the free for all pace the scores

should have read:

Cleveland S., H. S. Sherrick, 1,1, 1.

Jay Girl, Chas. Wesbrook, 2, 2, 2.

Ipsy Dixit, M. M-Morse, 4, 3, 3.

BrownJGeorge, S. P . Devries,3,4,4.

J . B. Morris, F . McCosky, 5, Dr.

Best time 1:19. The three-quarter mile running race

resulted as follows: Lydia Ann 1,

R. P. 2. Lady Dixon 3. Time 1:20J.

Friday's free for all trot was a hotly

contested race, requiring five heats to

settle the awards. The finishes were

neck and neck and excited great inter-

est. Scores: Riverside, Johnson Bros., 2 , 3 , 1 , 1 ,

1. Turk, A. C. VanRsatle, 1 ,1 .2 ,2 ,2 .

Fredouia, H, Hollis, 3i 2, 3, 3, 3.

Best time, 2:25}.

SCHREINER'S SPECIAL

novelty race was of course an event

that attracted much attention and

created much merriment. The en-

terprising' harnetttnaker can always

be relied upon to get up something

interesting. There were eight prires

and eight starters. I t was a slow race

and the lasS hone in took the best

prize and first one the poorest, and all

got a prize. No whips were allowed

and no man was permitted to> drive-

his own horse. When all were lined

up in front of the judges' stand, the

drivers changed horses, the judge said

"6o , " and off they crawled. Prizts

were awarded as follows:! 1, C. W.

Taylor; 2, A. P. Burr; 3, Asa Fletch er; 4, R. Monks, 5, Bt F . Wilkinson

6, S. D. Norman; 7 , 0 , Rykert; 8, S.

E . Tucker. There was a fine exhibition of cattle,

horses, sheep, hogs and poultry, as will

be seen by the premium awards as

shown in the supplement enclosed in

this issue.

FCR SALE—A Gold Coin coal stove. Inquire of Mrs. P . A.. Hine.

DEATH OP MAS. LEWIS.

Died, in Chicago, Monday, Oct. 15,

Mrs. Helen M. Lewis, a t the age of 54

yeBrs. The remains were brought to

Lowell and funeral services were held

at 2 p. m. Thursday, at the residence

of James Scott, Pastor Shanks officiat-ing.

During her childhood Mrs. Lewis

resided in the town of Vergennes, but at the time of her death was living

with her son, in Chicago. She had

been a member of the M. E. church

for over 15 years, was n member of the

W. C. T. U. in Lowell from the earii-

est history of its organization and an

active worker in the tomperance cause.

The ladies of the W. C. T . U. in Chi-cago held memorial services, in their

rooms, in her honor, on Thursday.

She leaves one son and one daughter

besides her husband, who is in poor

health and was unable to come, to-Lowell.

WEDNINOS GALORE.

It is reported that William Pullen and Mr.-i. Agnes Wiley were married on Monday of this week—presumedly at Ionia—and are now away on their wedding tour.

Among the marriages licenses in Thursday's Democrat wo notice : "Sidney E. Skinner, California ; El-ma J . Sharp, Lowell; thirty-five and forty-two." The ceremonv was per-formed at the Lowell house on Wed-nesday evening by Justice Hunter. Quite a cempany was present and a

1 bountiful supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner remain here for some time.

Married, at Saranae, Sunday, Oct. 14, by Rev. J . A.. S. Worden, Wm. Ennis of Lowell and Miss Myrta Cut-ler of Saranae.

Married, Tuesday eveninp, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chappie, Grand Rapids, by Rev. E H. Shanks, Will Taylor of this place and Miss Maud Rider. Ed Taylor and wife of Lowell and Mr. and Mrs. Miles of Wayland were among the guests present. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor will make Lowell their future home.

Atty.-Gen. Ellis holds that the law compelling peddlers to take out a state license is constitutional. A farmer may peddle his own stock, but he can't sell for other folks without paying a fee.

A Holly girl got het charcoal tooth paste and her face-touch powder trans-posed on her toilet table. She looked like a burnt cork artist when she re-ceived a caller in the gentle twilight.

The Kent county poor superintend-ent accompanied an unfortunate old woman to Roscommon, whence she had been sent to Grand Rapids, and was arrested for importing a pauper. The prosecution issuretofal l through r

but much bad blood k being engen-dered between the two counties.

Thomas Whit tall, a farmer residing in Algoma township, had an alterca-tion wfth a neighbor named Whiter Words leading to blows, Whittall kicked White in a tender spot and in-jured him so seriously that it is not yet known whether he will live or die. Whittalf was arrested Tuesday to await the result of White's injuries.

Rev. E . H . Shanks'and wife have been attending the Baptist state con-vention at Lansing this week. "While m the city the Elder had a good op-portunity to select his seat in the Leg-islative hall and a boarding place for the session.

The kitchen of Train's hotel has been rebuilt and culinary operations are going on as of old. Only two weeks have elapsed since the night o r the fire and the resumption of busi-ness in the old stand.

Secretary Hooker is very busy writ-ing up the awards of the judges in the different departments, so as to have all in readinest for Monday night's meeting of the directors and officem-oiT the society.

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MRS. PEAKY w a n t s I t u n d e r s t o o d tha t the story of privation brought back by her husband's employes is not the frozen t ruth.

THE secret of how Captain Howg-ate was able to run a book i tore twelve years without being discovxirod is out. He didn't advertise.

IT is better to be. 'alive if even a bearded lady thjui'to be killed in the operating cUal'r of a -hair removing quack haposned to a society girl in Cjfl&ako. ^ ^

T * WHILE the merits of various types of vessels are being discussed, the relative desirability of sound rivets and rotten ones is a point that ought not to be overlooked.

A NEW YOIIK p o l i t i c i a n w h o a t -tacked a reporter the other day has been indicted for assault in the third degree. Third degree! Nothing less than first degree ought to satisfy the dignity of tho press.

IN the press of more serious busi-ness it has been generally overlooked that the Dutch are just as busy trying to steal one island as the French are to steal another. The prejudice against claim jumping seems to vanish when the jumper is too well armed to be handed to the nearest tree.

BARON EHRENSTEIN,the chief off icial of the Austrian navy, spaaking of the great naval battle between the Chi-nese and Japanese floete, says that it teaches the lesson that cruisers are able to hold their own against largo and unwieldy ironclads. If his view be correct our attention to tho construc-tion of cruisers will be justified.

THE law provides severe penalties for publishing false weather predic-tions and attributing them to the weather signal office. The law is too narrow in its scope. I t should punish the publishing of false weather pre-dictions and attributing them to any-body. A false prediction made by the signal office is no better than any other.

T w o gentlemen have brought suit against tho kaiser on the ground tha t a titlfe /and estate that have become a880ciat3d with him really belong to them. A third gentleman, who has equal claim with the plaintiffs, pre-fers not to join them as he has a profit-able skating rink to superintend, a circumstance that shows a t least one member of the family to be compos mentis.

DISCIPLINE in the Chinese navy i i growing more severe. Admiral Ting was lately deprived of his peacock's feather, and now Captain Fong, who commanded one of the warships in the Yalu fight, is to be deprived of his head. China did well to replace her clumsy junks with European war-ships and armaments. All she needs now is European or American sailors to man them.

HARVARD, has followed the example of Princeton, and in the abolishment of the "bloody Monday" rush hazing disappears at (Cambridge. A little of i t remains a t Amherst and other of-the smaller New England colleges, but tho students themselves have put such re-strictions on the cane rushes that they are little better than a farce. To this extent tho tendeofij of college life is

Mf)w&rd and oflWard.

IT soems a little singular that such action as has been taken a t Princeton to stop the puerile, dangerous and altogether indefensible practice of hazing should not have been taken years ago; more strange yet t h a t i t should originate with the students themselves. I t tends to show how slight, af ter all, is the control of the faculty of an American college over the great body of traditions and cus-toms of the institution.

THE members of tho returned Peary Arctic expedition complain bitterly of insufficient food, and mismanagement of the enterprise generally. I t is not long sinoe a party of returned seekers of the North pole were accused of can-nibalism, and the scraped boftes of their dead comrades were offered in proof. The need of finding the polo is much loss than the need of some means to make polar explorers exer-cise common sense and humanity.

A PAIR O F K I D S .

ANOTHER case is reported of a whole family being poisoned by eating toad-stools supposing them to be musli-rooms. The New York state- botanist not long ago wrote that there were varieties of mushrooms difficult to dis-tinguish from toadstools. The old caution about this form of vegetable is pa t here, a caution given to one fond of the delicacy, but not well posted as to its color, form, etc. The caution runs: " E a t i t ; if you live, i t was a mushroom; if you die, it was r. toad-stool."

BY TALLTE MORGAN.

(Copyrighted.)

The Mtcltemcnt was intense.

The contest had been a long and a fierce

one.

The liquor men had confidently pre-

dicted a victory ot two to one for "11-

cehse." The liquor len(?ue had never been so

thoroughly organized, and It was well

known tha t an unlimited amount oC

money had been ot Its command.

It had carried on a vigorous w a r of

falsehood and Intimidation. Business men

had been coerced into silence or open ad-

vocacy of licenae.

The day of battle had arrived.

"License or no license?" was the ques-

tion. Hands of children paraded the s t reets

singing gospel songs. Women were a l

work a t the polls pleading with the vot-

ers to vote for no license. •Mothers entreated for the sake of their

wayward boys. Wives implored for the sake of desolate

homes and starving children.

Daughters labored for the sake of once

loving but now cruel fa thers . A little a f t e r the noon hour a great

crowd 'was gathered around the polling

place. The manager of the liquor forces was

heard to say: "Boys, we're all r ight . There a in ' t

enough temperance peoplt In this whole

town to defeat us now. We have the •stuff." and money goes. See? Prayln' an'

preach In' is ail right In church, but when

It comes to votln' It's business. See tha t fellow over there? Well, he Is a big gun down In tha t there church, but to-day he

voted fo r license. W h y ? Business, of

course. The business men of this town

dare not oppose us, for they know t h a t

we'd turn on the screws. Pee?" The speech was received with manifesta-

tions of approval by those who heard It,

for they well knew tha t a "license" vic-tors' meant an open b a r and free beer

for some days to come. Just a t this point two little children, a

boy and girl, were crowding their way

up to t he voting booth. The boy was about 9 years old. bare-

footed, and with "agged clothes. The l i t -tle girl was about 6 years old, thinly clad,

with litt le toes peeping out through well

worn shoes. The hoy h a d a firm hold of

the litt le girl 's hand, and they seemed de-

termined t o reach the voting booth. As they persistently pushed their w a y

through the crowd a great, hlg-fisted

rough looking fellow called out In a rasp-

ing voice: ,

" W h a t do you w a n t ? " "We want to vote." firmly answered the

boy. "Oh. ha , hn, ha. ha , ha-a-a-h! Ho. boys,

see here! Here 's two kids tha t want to

vote! Oh, ha. ha. ha . ha . hah!" "Who a re they? P u t t hem on tha t box!"

shouted a voice. Ins tant ly the two children were lifted

onto t he box. so t ha t they were in full

view of the crowd. " W h a t do you wan t to vote for, young

uns?" asked the blg-flsted fellow.

"We wan t to vote to close the drunk-

shops," said the litt le girl. "Mamma said if there was more votes fo r local—local-

local" "Option," added the boy. "Yes, local option, t he drunkshops would

be shut up an ' papa would not get drunk

any more an never whip mamma an ' me

an' J ack , bu t bring all his money home,

an' we would gel lots of new clothes."

"An," added the little fellow, "we'd have new th ings In the house;carpet8 an' chains

an' dishes an ' a rocking horse, an* 1

would get a new suit of clothes an' shoes

an' lots of things so's I could go to

school." "Yes." broke in the litt le girl, "an ' mam-

ma said if there was no drunk shops San-t a Claup would come to our house and

bring Jack books and toys an' me a big

doll, l ike the saloon m a n ' s little girl has ,"

and the bright eyes of the little tot fa ir ly

sparkled as she drew t h e picture. "An." she continued, "me an" Jack come

here to vote. Can we?" W h a t ' s the mat te r wi th the crowd?

W h y so many handkerchiefs out no

suddenly, nnd why the snuffling and

•coughing and wiping of eyes?

The big fisted fellow Is actually crying!

fireat big tears are counting down his

cheeks. "JeruHalem, boys," said lie, "I 'm going

to vote for the boy. Who'l l vote for the

girl?" From scores of throa ts came the prompt

reply. "I will." "Well. then, get In l ine here, and we'll

vote out the 'drunkshops' yet. These kids

are goinK to vote a good many times to-

day." How quickly "the boys" got In line!

The news of the sudden change spread

through the town like wildfire. Easy going and fa in t hearted temper-

ance and Christian men. whose cry of

"You can ' t do it" had discouraged many a worker, fully expected a liquor victory,

and therefore did not consider it wor th

while to go to the polls, heard " the s tory

of t he kids" and were a t once aroused. Business men who f rom various reasonc

bad decided not to commit themselves

either way were moved to action, and

there was a great flocking to the polls.

As every voter arrived he was a t once

taken possession of by the boys and asked

to "vote for the kids," who were now sit-

ting on ' a box watching with wonder the

long line of voters.

The liquor managers tried to turn back

the tide, but without avail. The little

children's pathetic appeal had gone down

deep Into the hea r t s of tha t crowd, and

no power on ea r th could Induce any of

them to vote for the "drunkshops," t h a t

hail made life so dark and miserable and

wretched for those Innocent children. When the result was made known, "no

license" had carried the day by a big ma-

jority.

The church bells rang out their notes of

Joy and thankfulness. Bonfires wer<; kindled In the public

streets. That night a grand union meeting was

held In one of the largest churches.

The "kids" were on the platform, and

the story of the day 's batt le and how the

victory had been won was again related.

Every heart was touched. •A great revival of religion was s tar ted

and the blg-flsted fellow and tho fa ther

of the two two children were among the

first to confess the i r sins and s t a r t on a

new life. Hundreds of others were con-

verted. "The kids" realized, under the "no li-

cense" system, t he predictions of their

mother, for their home was t ransformed

Into a l i t t le paradise.

No man who voted for " the kids" t ha t

day ever regret ted his action.

(The abotfe Is published In a neat four-page tract form a t 20 cents a hundred or

tl.BO a thousand, postage prepaid. Ad-dress Tallle Morgan, Bcr&nton. Pa.)

STRONG WORDS.

T h e M e t h o d i s t C h n r c h I ' t t e r a Xo I ' n -

r c r t n i n Soonrtn on n G r e n t Q n e s -

t l o n .

Recent Methodist Episcopal Church con-

ferences have spoken plainly. Wilming-

ton, which Includes the Methodists of Del-

aware and the eas tern shore, Maryland,

said: "We believe t h a t the legalized liquor

traffic is the prolific parent of evil and the

sum •of all abominations, and we believe

tha t there is no question before the Amer-

ican people t ha t deserves such at tention

as the overthrow of the saloon and the

legal destruction of the license system,

and the two numerically great political

part ies not only Ignore this Important

Issue, but continue In wicked complicity

with the accursed traffic. "Toat , as the representatives of Him

the purpose of whose mission was to de-

stroy the works of the devil, we a r r a y

ourselves against the traffic and pledge

our hear ty co-operation to any system

tha t will insure i t s destruction; since 'It

can never be legalized without sin.' tha t

as Christian ministers we repudiate those

political part ies which contlnos to foster

this business, and brand as u t ter ly un-

worthy the support of Christian voters

any par ty t ha t either by declarations

against all sumptuary laws or a cowardly

and criminal silence In the face of the rav-

ages of th is traffic continues In complic-

ity with this buHiness; t ha t a s l eaden

and teachers of public, as well as private

morality, we will by all right methods

seek to bring the people up to some high

standard of political conduct tha t ha s for

Its immediate object the destruction by

the ballot of f reemen of the legalized sa-loon."

Monopoly must go. I t Is Impoverish-

ing the people. I t is corrupting the Gov-

ernment. I t Is breeding contempt of law.

I t Is creating conditions t ha t Iwid to sin

anrt crime. It must go. The Republican

nnd democra t ic parties cannot make It

go. I t controls them both. Vote the

Prohibition t ickct .

Pre t ty soon we will hear t he ref ra in-

"Why should Prohibitionists throw a w a j

their ballots th is year of all yea r s?"

Such has been the song ever since Pro-

hibitionists began to cast their ballots

In accordance with their convictions;

and we may confidently look for "history

to repeat I t se l f th is fall. But the num-

ber of Prohibitionists who can he fooled

by the "Just once more" racket Is. w t

are glad to say, growing beautifully less.

If Prohibitionists were to wait until old

party politicians told them the time had

come to vote fo r Prohibition, we imagine

they would have to wait till eternity begins.

An exchange remarks tha t the Pop-

ulists a r e bet ter than the Prohibition-

ists a t booml>4f campaigns. This Is the

fact, and the principle reason is t ha t

Populists, as a rule, work like beavers

getting subscribers to Populist papers.

The consequence Is they keep the people

Informed as to wha t Is going on, and raise an Interest in t he Issues they pre-

Kent. Then when a Populist rally is

held the people turn out to hea r t he

subjects discussed in which they have

become Interested. K Prohibit ionists really want to w m they mus t push the

circulation of (Prohibition .papers. Tha t

Its the Toad to vli'Mw;-.

MOTHER OF T H E POOR,

Why This Beaut i ful Ti t le Was Given to a Princes*.

It i s not always t h a t wo find riohos, rank and beauty allied to the h igh-es t intolleotual attainment9,laregnosB of hear t and mind in tho person of a young gir l living her daily life in fashionable society t Uf such an one, however, I chanced across a l i t t le memoir the othor day, and in perus-ing i t I could not holp th inking how many of our youthful sisters of the aristocracy could show a record like this beautiful girl, to whom the namo of "Angel" was more than once applied. Gwendalin Talbot, younger daugh te r of Jobn, s ix teenth ear l of Shrewsbury, well known in his day as a munlHcofit church builder, was born so far back as 1817. Even in early childhood she gave promise of great personal beauty.

At the age of four she a l ready spoke French, and bc?an to learn Italian. At six she had s tar ted a diary in Italian, heading it with a little drawing of SL Peter 's a t Rome. From hor parents, for whom her love and tenderness were extraor-dinary, she inheri ted tha t re l igioas disposition of mind which inspired and regulated her lifo. Her early days were passed in serious study, interspersed with innoccnt pleasures and the cul ture ot the l igh te r and br ighter arts, such as music, paint-ing, etc. No sooner was she released from hor studies, says tho Gentle-woman. than she rushed off to visit the poor in the vicinity of her home, Alton Towers, or wherever she might be for the moment Her f a the r be-lieved in travel as a help to budding minds, and she derived considerable benefit from frequent tr ips to tho continent, which also grea t ly con-duced to her really bri l l iant lin-guist ic acquirements. At the*age of 9 hor diary record of travels in Italy, Bohemia, Hungary, Saxony, Prussia and Mocklenburg.

Early in her teens a learned Span-ish mathematician, who was on a visit to Alton Towers, set her a prob-lem in Euclid, which was solved almost immediately, to his great as ton ishment We are not there-fore surprised to learn t h a t when stopping a t Brighton with her familv, being then in her th i r t een th year, she was made much of by Queen Adelaide, who was desirous t h a t she should become a fr iend to he r own niece, tho young princess of Saxe-Weimar. Nor that , upon the occa-sion of a visit to Windsor cast le two or three years la ter the king (Wil-liam IV.) designated her the most beautiful girl in h is dominions, and in doing so ho reforrod to deeper qualit ies than mere beauty of person.

In he r eighteenth, year Gwendalin Talbot was led to the a l tar by Mark Antony Borghese, prince of Sulmona, the ceremony tak ing place a t Rome, and being performed by Cardinals Odescalchi and Weld, the l a t t e r a cousin of tho Talbots. More than ever plunged into the vortex of so-ciety by her marriage, the princess never forgot her duty to h e r less for tunate fellow-creatures, and her sweet face and een t le voice carried sunshine Into many a poor Komaa household. That she found the re-ward of he r good deeds in domestic felicity is shown by the s imple re-mark of he r husband to Lord Shrews-bury: "She is the most perfec t be-ing I have ever Keen."

But, alas! the princess, in her twenty-third year, just a f t e r the bir th of he r fourth baby, was sud-denly cut off with an at tack of scar-latina, then prevalent in Rome. All Rome went into mourning. Tho fu-neral car was drawn by forty young men, who presented themselves quite unexpectedly to pay th is touching t r ibute of love and reapeot. The disconsolate husband a f t e rwards sent to learn their names. T h e an-swer was: "Tell tho prince they are Romans!"

The inscription on her tombstone reads: "Qui reposano le cener i del la madro dei poverell i" (Here repose the ashes of the mother of t h e poor).

Het t e r Than Herb*.

Anxious Mother—There is, a cer-tain very eligible young man t h a t I want my daughter to fall in love with. Do you deal in love phi l ters?

Modern Magician—No. madam: but I can bring the matoh about in ano the r way.

"Oh, thank you. What shall I do?

"Shu t her up in a boarding school for a yea r and then a r r a n g e your plans so tha t this you th will be the first man she meets a f t e r s h e gets out N. Y. Weekly.

gnre Knougb.

" W h y , " she said, as she watched the tumbling waves coming in, "do they call them breakers . "

••I cannot te l l , " he replied in solemn tones, "unless i t i s because i t costs me $7.50 a day to ge t near them."—Atlanta Ooast i tu t ion.

A Coniiderate Employer.

Publisher—Yon look l a m a Been kicked out mnch?

Book Agent—'Bout forty times. Publisher, kindly—Well, leave

your encyclopedia here, and canvass with th i s sample bible unt i l your back ge ts well.—N. Y. Weekly.

F E A R F U L A T L A N T I C Q A L B .

Fi f ty V e u s l s Wrecked, 900 Lives Lost in Newfoundland—Mew Vork BaOlsred.

A northeast gale bf exceptional force swept over Newfoundlantl. The storm was very severe a t St. Rcr re , Miquelon, where 200 lives were lost and great damage done. Not less than GO vessels dragged their anchors or parted their cables, and were thrown upon the shore. No assistance could be rendered tho shipwrecked men from the shore. Altogether there were nearly 300 vessels a t the port, not a single one of which escaped without sustaining some damage. Several of the fleet are missing and grave fears are entertained tha t they foundered during the night.

New Yor* and BUewhere,

New York: A storm broke upon this section and great damage on sea and on land. The fishing smack Louise was driven ashore a t Highland Beach and la a total loss. Her crew of ten men were token off by the life saving crew. At iscabright and vicinity a number of buildings were unroofed. At Long Island City the big iron tank, 200 feet high, belonging to the East River Gas company was blown down to within five feet of its foundation.

Off Belle Haven, near Greenwich, Conn., the yacht Verena was wrecked; two drowned. A two-masted schooner wen t to pieces on Hart island. At Englewood, N. J . , Mary Kerr, aged 19, was killed by a chimney being blown down upon her. The tug Belle Mc-Williams, with a tow of seven barges of coal was driven ashore and four lives were lost, beside all the barges. The steamer Majella, of Newport, K.I., was found bottom side up near Point Jud i th and all on board were lost. She had a crew of five men.

The wind was the strongest and the sea the highest ever experienced here and much injury was done to the oyster business. In the interior the apple crop is ruined. In Brooklyn and Jersey City considerable damage was done to buildings, and business was almost suspended.

10,000 Cloakmaken Strike. A general strike of the cloakmakers

of New York City, numbering nearly 10,000 m e n a n d w o m e n , h a s b e e n in-augurated. About 7,000 finishers and operat ives will be forced out of work. The strike committee has agreed tha t no settlement shall be made with the manufacturers unti l the lat ter have signed bonds, giving real estate secur-ity for their good faith. I t was fa r the r agreed that no union men shall com-mence work until all of the manu-facturers had come to terms.

THE MARKETS.

New Vork. —ilVCB

Ho^s "heep-Good to choice

Lambs Wheat—No. 2 red Corn—No 2 Oats—No. 2 white

Toledo. Wheat—No 2 spot

No. 2 December Corn—No. 2 mixed Oats—No 2 white

BaOklo—Live Cattle—Mixed shipments Sheep

Lambs Hogs—Choice weights

Common and rough ClevelaiKL

Cottle-Bert Other grades ;

Hogs Whea t -No 2 red Corn—No 2. Osts—No 2 white

Pittsbarg. Cattle Hogs Sheep and lambs Wheat—No 2 red Corn—No 2 Oats -No 2 white

Cincinnati. Cattle—Good to prime

Lower grades Hogs Sheep and lambs Wheat—No 2 rod Oorn—No 2 mixed Oats—No 2 white

Chicago. Cattle—Best rteers

Common Sheep

Lambs Hogs-Mixed Wheat—No 2 red Corn—No 2 Oats—No 2 white M«i«Port«.|*rhbL Lard, percwl.

Detroit. Cattle—Good to choice.

Lower grades Hogs Sheep

Lambs Wheat-No 2 red spot

No 1 alnte Corn—No 2 mixed Oats—No 2 white Hav—Timothy Potatoes, per bu

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NEW YOKK.—Dun's weekly review says: Basinets is stIU walthig for the deveiopmeia or retail t rade. There is a little better demand in some industries, but not so good in others. Wholesale dealers In nearly all branches are halting because business does not yet show dis-t inctly what It Is to he. Lower pripes for the great larm staples and lower wages in some estabUshmeutH binder purchases for oonsump-tion, while polltieal interest und uncertainty also have retarding Influenee. Meanwhile large imports and small exports of merchandise with inadequate employment for money hero, are raisiog the rates of foreign exchange, so that possibilities ot gold exports somewhui affect the stock market. The halting attitude for the moment is diHturblnK to those who have looked for continued gain. The government crop reports are not greatly trusted, and yet have an Inflnenee. and actually exaggerate the tendency toward lower prices beoaose they are supposed to put all the crops too low. Corn has been stronKer, for receipts are hardly a quarter and exports barely an eighth of last year's. The Iron industry records larger pro-duction In September than any other month thU year, but as prices are graduaUy weaken-ing because of insufficient demand for flnished products some works are preparing teolose or shorten time. The woolen mills still have namcrouB belated orders for fall goods, but the demand for spring does not increase, though In nearly all the lower-priced products domestic makers appear to command most ot the busi-ness.- There have been 231 failures in the United States, against SKI last year, and 43 In Canada against 43 lur4 year.

T

T was tho lost evening of the en-gagement of Al-corez, the French juprglor. a t the Elysium M u s i c h a l l , and t h e

house was crammed. The prestidigi-ta tor is not always a popular " turn ;" he lacks piquancy and excitement, a n d very often originality; but Alcorez had got hold of one or two almost s tar t l ing feats which cur ren t rumor gave him the credit of perilously stealing from Thibet. At all events his name on the bill was a feature, and he always took welL

The conjurer himself stood a t the bar waiting his call, and drank spar-ingly wi th his admirers. He was in good spirits tha t night, for on the following week he was to s tar t on * big American tour which was almost certain to result in fu r the r engage-ments and assure his future .

On the stage the Sisters de Leari were .singing the third and last en-core verse of their great success, "We Oct There All the Same." At t h a t early period they dressed as their grandmother. Thir ty years la ter they will make up aa nearly as possi-ble l ike their grandchildren. Art de-mands such sacrifices f rom its vo-taries.

Alcorez made his final adieus and went behind to his dressing room. The Sisters de Leari gave place to a low comedian, then the curtain went up on Alcorez'a table and appliances, his name blazoned in le t te rs ot gold upon a black background.

At different t imes and in all places there are sympathetic audiences and exacting audiences. Why, and what controls them, none can aay. Simply they a re there and have to be allowed for. As the Jaggler bowed, his ex-perienced eye took in the aea of faces, and he smiled.

He general ly began wi th a very simple trick t h a t is as easy as It looks impossible, and older t han the necro-mancers. He would borrow a watch, ge t a s t ranger from among the audi-ence to come upon the stage and hold it, and then cause i t to disappear and be found in someone else's possession. I t is very absurd when yon see how it is done, but it is capable of endless variations, and can always be made to raise a laugh, which is tho conjurer 's first ob jec t

To-night Alcorez borrowed the watch. Almost before he had made the request a man from the f ront row of stal ls stepped upon the stage to as-sist him. This alacrity was so unusu-al t h a t Alcorez looked a t the man curiously, and wondered tha t the face seemed so familiar to him. A word from the audieuce caught the juggler 's ea r and he turned quickly to the stranger.

"Sir, are yon my friend, my aecom-plice, my servant? A gentleman in the audience distrusts me. Is It so?"

"Certainly not ," said the stranger. "Have you ever assisted me before

and become familiar with my ways?" continued the oonjnrer.

There was jus t the suggestion of a pause, bn t tho "no" was firm and em-phatic, and Alcorez proceeded.

Generally i t was easy to reduce the assistant to the necessary s ta te of confusion a t a very early stage,bnt the s t ranger did not indulge in any of the humorisms by which tho volunteers lay themselves open. Alcorez, a l i t t le puzzled, placed the watch in a hand-kerchief, gave the ends to a s t ranger to hold, and crossed the stage.

There was still an almost unfai l ing ruse. Pew men—those aeenstomed to powder least of all—can faee a gnn or a pistol without a tremor. This gives the conjurer a double advan-tage; by means of a weapon he ean bring a too observant assistant into

Alcorez lowered Hie weapon, "The danger Is smali," ho said,

with u lightness ho was far from feel-ing at that moment, "but I like not to take a fellow creature unprepared. Hut then"—with professional faco-tiousness—"1 huvo killed only ono man as y e t "

"There's luck in oven numbers,'* said the other quietly. "Perhaps I shall be tho second."

Alcorez shrugged his shoulders. After all. It mat tered Httlo. Ho could create a diversion and make tho pass af terward.

Ho took up the revolver again, judged the sight well above the head, and fired.

The effect was instantaneous. The s t ranger pressed his hand to his fore-head, gave a long, gurgl ing sigh, and sank down on the boards, while from the hall cams the shrieks of women and the horrified shouts and threats of men as they surged from tho doors and the stage.

Alcorez stood for a moment stupe-fied. In t h a t short second a dozen possibilities whirled around one dull central fact—Irretrievable ruitk Pos-sibly he had mixed his cartridges; perhaps, even, some one had tamper-ed witn his pistol. Ahl a f t e r all the poltroon might have only fainted. He rushed across, bent down, and grow ghastly as he saw a red fresh streak on the fal len man's brow. Theatrical to the l a s t he faced the raging crowd and, tearing opon his s h i r t placed the weapon to his own hear t and fired. A renewed burs t of shrieks and cries greeted this. Ho nei ther fell nor moved, but stood with uplifted hands as if mutely calling on heaven to witness hfs innocence.

They carried the dying man into a dressing room and placed him on a couch, while Alcorez followed, sickly with terror and agitated beyond words. The manager was there al-ready. "See if there is a doctor here," he said briefly to an a t t e n d a n t

"There is no need," said the s t ranger suddenly, as he rose from the couch and stood firm. " I was not h u r t " He took a cloth, wiped his forehead clean, and showed his hand smeared with fresh red p a i n t

There was a hushed pause, broken by the sound of Alcorez fal l ing heav-ily to the ground. From tho li t t le group of men came a word:

"Coward!" "Perhaps," said t i e stranger, un-

moved, " b n t listen. Once before— months ago—I stepped upon the stage to assist tha t man. Never mind why. I went to help him, tha t is enough. He repaid me by making me a laughing s |ock for all p resen t As i t happened, i t involved more than ei ther he or I knew a t the time. I have taken the only means I could of humiliating him. Ask him how i t feels. Now we are quits." And be-fore anyone could mor - passed out of the room and was gone.

He was more than quits. Alcorez's name appeared on the bills no more. His nerve was completely gone, and from t h a t night his hand never again knew its cunning.

OATK A LOHO, GUBGLIKG SIGH.

tmoh a condition of nervousness that h e i s t n a b l o t o proceed, and he can, for a momen t s tar t le a whole audi-ence oa t of watchfulness by the sa l -den flash and r epo r t Alcorez picked u p a gli t tering revolver, raised it quickly, and drew the s ight dead on the other's face.

"Are you ready?" he called sharply. '•Quite," unflinchingly replied the

stranger.

Heroic Meatnre*. One of our neighbors ,an unusually

learned clergyman, wri tes J a m e s Payne, was much given to Green quo ta t ions 1 was learning Greek a t t h a t time, and those sonorous lines of his to which t h e ladies l istened wi th reveren t awe, i r r i t a ted me extremely. One of t hem asked me once, in a hushed whisper, the t rans la t ion of these quotat ions. I gave he r to understand, wi th an op-por tune blush, t h a t i t was soarcely meet for a lady's oar. ••Good heav-ens!" she cried, "you don ' t moan to say—" "Pray , don ' t quote me in tho ma t t e r . " 1 pu t in pleadingly; ••but I really—no, I re&lly couldn' t tell you," which was quite true. She went away and told all her lady f r iends t h a t Mr. C indulged in quotations which were such tha t could not be t rans la ted to modest ears. I t in ju red h is cha rac te r for a long time, but cured him of a very bad h a b i t I t was my first appear-anoe in the role of a public oene fac-tor.

Theory of Creat ion.

••What makes you th ink t h a t man was created a f t e r woman?"

•vlust th is : If man had been created first h e would probably be want ing a woman y e t Bnt woman being created first and making up he r mind t h a t she wanted a man, there was no th ing to do b n t to t ro t h im ou t in the shor tes t possible t i m e "

Snsploloa <'onfirmed.

Powell—I see by your sign t h a t you are a dispensing chemis t

Chemist—Yes, sir. Powell—What do you dispense

with? Chemist—With accuracy, sir . Powell—I t h o u g h t so. The last

proscription 1 had made up here nearly killed my wife.—Truth.

Patriotism.

Lisbeth—I hear yon have broken with Ambrosa What was the mat-ter?

Joannet te—We fell out abou t l i t -era ture . Ambrose is such a horr id Anglomaniao. He pers i s t s t h a t Shakespeare is funnier t han Bill N y e — S I Louis Post-Dispatch.4

i toughagc for Cows. John W. Delk, writ ing in Epitomlst,

says: We have been testing for some time the different kinds of roughage commonly raised on the farm, and find t h a t common fodder corn is one of the best for the cows giving milk. Our cows do better, give more milk, and produce more but te r when fed on It during winter than any other kind wc have tried, and we got such a large yield from the ground, as compared with other kinds of roughage, making from seven to eight tons of the very choicest per acre when it Is cured and housed as it should be. When it is cut a t the r ight stage, and properly cured, our cows even ea t the stalks, so there is bu t very l i t t le waste. Sorg-hum is our next preference; i t makes an excellent feed for cows in milk,and la one of the best for young ca t t l e Our cat t le will all stay f a t and sleek on It, bu t the ones in milk, when changed from sorghum roughage to t h a t of fodder eorn, show a slight increase, both in milk and butter. Hence we recommend fodder corn. In preference to other hay or roughage, for It has been proven to be a f a c t here in the south, tha t sorghum hay oonld not be excelled by many others for dairy cattle, and some even went so f a r aa to aay that I t w a a t h e best—none excepted. Let t h a t be as It may, our experience has proven to us t h a t the fodder corn pro-duced the greater amount of milk and butter , and tha t la wha t we feed and at tend to our cows for. I t not only proves to be good in winter, but in the dry, hot weather of la te summer. When our paaturea are failing, we find t h a t a bundle of fodder corn not only increases the amount of but ter , bu t la eaten with a relish by the cows. I t may not produce as much per acre as aome, such aa sorghum, cow-peas, etc., b u t will make more than the major par t of our haying plants per acre, bealdea giving so much more beneficial results.

M. C. LATTA in a report to the What-com Horticultural aociety of Wash-ington state, saya of propagat ing and training the currant : In order to ob-ta in the moat satisfactory and profit-able re turns we take cuttinga for propagation from bushes t h a t produce the largest amount of good-sized ber-ries, n^M-lring them a t the time of picking the f ru i t for t h a t purpose, and our largest yielda are invariably ob-tained in this way, in some instanoes picking thir teen pounds of f ru i t from a single stock, as trained in tree form, while under the aame conditions it would take an average of three or four of the cherry variety to yield an equal amoun t While the cur ran t will bear aa much or more neglect t han any other of the edible frnita, ye t none of them respond so generously to high and thorough cultivation, nor pay a greater percentage on care and labor. The plant is a gross feeder and will aaaimilate readily any of the coarser of the barnyard or other ma-nures; i t is eaaily propagated f rom cuttings of about eight inches in length, of the new wood taken from the bush a t any time from the faUing of the leaves in late summer unt i l the buds are fair-ly out In the spring; we take cuttinga in the fal l and heel them in the ground during the winter, covering them lightly with mulch o r rough Utter, and p lan t them out as ear l^ as the ground can be properly worked in the spring; if heeled in the fall, dur ing the winter the callus for the develop-ment of the roots is formed a t the base ot the cutting, and (hey make a mnch better growth the following season than if t aken f rom the bush and planted out in the apring. In planting ou t cuttings we rub off al l buds excepting the two nearest the top; we place them in the ground wi th the top bud about on a level with the surface and t ramp or press the soil Tory firmly around them; if these methoda are carefully observed there will be no difficulty in get t ing a large proportion of the cuttinga to grow.

MOVET i x FABMISF.—There i s n o trouble in making fann ing pay fo r the labor bestowed upon it, together wi th a good per cent on t h e value of the property concerned. We know thia f rom our own operations, and we also see i t illustrated by a a y number of farmers round about u a The idea t h a t there is no money In f a m i n g is al l nonsense. Go through a a y com-munity of farmers and i t will be found they are generally gett ing on well in the world. Anything different f rom thia ia the exception to the rule. At the same time they have b u t a small capital invested, yet they spend money freely, have more of the oomforta, luxuries and pleasurea of life t han any other d a a s of laboring people, and in addition, as a rule, lay by something each year out of the profits of their business.—Ex.

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The silver dinner service which Mra J . W. Mackay haa with her in Europe is wor th $190,000. Her hus-band furnished 875,000 in weight of pure ullver and then paid another 1121,000 for the work done upon i t The above is reckoned as being the most costly silver set now in use in tha -orld.

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Have used Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil for croup and colds, and declare it a positive cure. Contributed by Wm. Kay, 570 Plymouth avenue, Buffalo, N . X.

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11 the Baby la Catt iag Teeth. BCTURA and DM that old and WCU-trled remedy. Mas. WINSLOW'S Soormxo ST*CT for Children Tcethln^-

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A German deputy, in taunting the ministry, said, the other day: "Upon the ministerial benchea we hear nothing — nothing but profound ailence."

SOME REMARKABLE CUBES of d e a f n e s s are recorded of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric OIL Never fails to cure earache.

A recent atate paper published ia Berlin ahowa that Germany ean in t e a days a f t e r r n order to mobilize the forces ia given, place 2,500,000 soldiers in the field. There is treas-ure to the amount of $30,000,000 atored away in gold, for the purpose of conducting the early stages of a campaign on a cash basis.

Stated by H. B. Cochran, druggist, Lancaster, Pa. Have guaranteed over 300 bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters for dyspepsia, sour stomach, bilious attacks, liver and kidney trouble.

_ Fatal neglect is a little short of sui-cide. The consequences of a neglected cold are too well known to need re-peating. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures a cough promptly. Sold by all dealers on a guarantee of satis-faction.

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In Berlin, for some reason, bicycles are thoroughly out of favor with the populace in general and the police in particular. There are plenty of bicy-clists, but they have to fix a third wheel to their machlmis in order to dodge the police regulations regard-ing a two-wheeled machine. Tho third wheel is small and is only used to get around the city ordinance against bicycles.

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BATUBDAY. OCTOBBB BO. 1804.

A SILLY N R N M R N T

The acUoo of the Adfentiita at ithdr Lulling conrendon in prohibit-

i n g the bieyde to their memben is one of those aeneelen proclamntioni

against Bocial, scientific and religious tdvanoeroent with whieh history is foil. In epite of the fiut that the Catholic church maintained that the •world was flat for two hundred years After Magellan sailed 'round it; in spite of the fact that the old time big-ots made Gallileo swear that his dis-

coveries were lies and that the earth jtood still, the old globe "moves just the same," onward, ever onward and

upward still upward. It is a thous-

and pities that in the grand march of t h e world's great army of advance-ment so many of our religious organi-

sations instead of being at the front and showing the way, are content to

^remain—nay, insist upon—trailing

along in the rear like so many old

baggage wagons. Why, oh why cannot

men and churches learn from the ex-

periences of those who have gone be-fore and avoid the blunders and crimes

that have brought shame and disgrace

upon so-called leaders in the past.

But no, they are like that string of

geese coming down the street. Watch

them! There's a hole in the path.

The first goose tumbles in, struggles

•out and waddles on. Does goose No.

"2 profit by the fall of No. 1? No, he,

too* falls into the hole, and so it goes

a l l doun the line. If there were a

thousand geese every one of them

would fall into the same hole. So it

is with the human family. Goose af-

ter godse, century after century, has

fallen into the sink hole of disgrace

and down into the mire of opposition

to advancing science and intelligence.

And here comes the Adventist church

and makes a laughing stock of itself

in condemning one of the mechanical

triumphs of the nineteenth century.

Poor little creatures. May the God

of the Universe enlighten their puny

minds! * * a

MACGABEE MUDDLE.

N. 6. Buynton of Port Huron, who

has held a fat office in the Maccabee

organization for nineteen years, with any quantity of "snaps" connected with it, and who clung to the office "like grim death to a dead nigger" and only gave it up when he was

forced to it, has now ousted from the

office, Mr. Boughton of Grand Bapids •who was elected in his stead, by refus-ing to accept bonds which were all-

gufficient the oountry over. Mr. Boyn-ton is the same man who grew so in-tensely indignant because another Maccabee raised a question in the Great Camp, concerning the profits arising from the publication of the Michigan Maccabee. It seems to os that it is high time for the Maccabees •of Michigan to determine whether one very ordinary man is to have more power in the organization than all the fithers combined. If all toere is of Maceabeeism is wrapped in the car-cass of N. S. Boynton, for God's sake let us moveoat of smelling distance before he passes to realms eternal and

leaves the great order of Maccabees without soul, body or breeches.

• * •

OHB of Kentucky's "upper ten" mur-dered three people and his fellow cit-izens decided that the fun had gone far enough. They strong him up and riddled his body with bullets. This arictim of mob law was a white man.

mind you. That English committee,

sent over here to investigate Southern Negro lynchings, have here food * for reflection. The foot of the matter is that the people of the South have de-termined to put down the lawlessness of their criminal classes, even if thej must violate the written law in so do-ing. Any man who behaves himself is as safe in the South as in the North, and the only reason why there are more Negroes than white men lynched is because

more of them are ignorant and de-praved. Tbcee English investigaton

of American evils had better return to their native soil and study np the history of the English opium trade in

China and its horrible results. « « *

T H E LEDOBB has n o apologies t o

offer in behalf of the Lowell District Fair association for the wholesale

gambling operations conducted on the fair grounds. The gentlemen in

charge of the lair are old enough to answer for themselves. We regret, however, that anything of the kind took place and feel that it was for

from creditable to the association. Because others have doae it, is no ex* ease for us. Because the West Mich-igan fair indulged in "Hula Hula" dances would not have justified Low* ell in following suit At the same time, we are not sure but that the money lost by the credulous was well spent. They could not learn youn-ger, and if they have ascertained that men do not go about the country giv-

ing ten dollars for one, and profit by the knowledge, the gambling opera-tions on Lowell's fair ground will not

have been an unmixed evil. * * *

OUB popular townsman and super-

visor, C. Bergin, was nominated by

the first district Democrats, at Ada?

last Saturday to male the race for

representative in the Legislature; but

he has postively declined the honor.

Mr. Bergin was impelled to this ac- j

tion by business considerations and j

the fact that his friend and townsman, j A. W. Weekes, had been nominated

for the office by the Republicans, and j

his dislike for a local struggle. I t j

goes without saying that Mr. Bergin j

has a multitude of friends who will j

always stand by him, and while some

may regret his action in this case they

will respect his judgement and wishes

in the matter.

CHARI.ES M . WILSON, c a n d i d a t e

for prosecuting attorney, made many friends on the occasion of his visit

here during the fair. .He deserves

and will receive a loyal support.

THE CMAKER

When it a b t a-goin' to blow. It'll enow. It'll mowl

When the lawi with ca*h la hummfo There's a money panic comin j

When the sky li beamin bright. There's a hnrrienne in sight!

And you'll know, II was him who told yon sol

When the crops are growln' fine, They'll decline, They'll decline!

When the weather's kinder sunny All the heat will melt the honeyl

When It's lookin'rather wet. It will drown the rotUm yet!

And you'll kn«w. And yon'll knnwl

It was him who told you aol

En's a great ooe. In his way, Erery day, Erery day!

He b always prophesying. Yon are either dead, or dying;

And no matter what yon do, It's ezactlraa he knew!

Ami you'll know. Know, know

It was him who told you so! —Atlanta Constitotlon.

* *

At a recent' meetiafr of the Chemical aociety. at the Royal Jnatltutlon, Pro! Dewar gsre an account ot the re-aenrehea he haa lately been carrying out in eonneetlon with the behaTior of snbatancea exposed to light at a temperature of 180 degrees below aera In the course of these he found that the apparatus with whieh he waa working waa phosphorescing brightly; and he was thus induced to study phosphorescence itself at low temper* ature. Naturally the question pre-sented Itself of the relation of phoe-phorescence to structure The pro-fessor therefore experimented with Tarions definite organic com-pounds. A hydrocarbon like par-affin was feebly phosphorescent at ordinary temperatures; at low ones, It was brilliantly so. Many of the complex compounds known aa ketones were exceedingly luminous— acetophenone, for instance. Ooe of the most beantifal phosphorescing bodies was the complex salt the platino-cyanide of ammonium, which shone with a splendid green light Prot De war's experiments led him to the general conclusion that the more complex a body is in structure, the more likely Is it to phosphoresce, par-haps because, in some way. Its struct-ure enables it to take up the light vibrations with more facility. The capability of oxygen for phosphor-escing is another very curious fact In the gaseous state, it can be made to glow if exposed to an electric spark while rushing into a large racnum tube. This property is shared by its compounds, but is not possessed by hydrogen or any other gaa

THE capture of the wreckers of the

Grand Trunk train, ditched during

the Battle Creek strike, is a matter

for rejoicing. Michigan should have

a law that would permit an appropri-

ate punishment for such crimes. A

little old fashioned hemp law would be an improvement on present meth-

ods, which reward infamous crimes

with comfortable clothes, plenty to eat

and a place to live—hetter fare than

falls to the lot of thousands of honest

men. Nothing short of capital pun-

ishment will fill the bill in the case of

such criminals as these Battle Creek

devils. Hanging is too good for them.

* OUB good friend, Hon. A. S. White,

has been nominated by the sixteenth district Democrats for the office of state senator. Mr. White has served two terms in the House, and is amply qualified to do business for the people in the Senate. If the electors of the

sixteenth district consult their own best interests, they will vot^ for Mr. White regardless of party affiliations. He is sixteen ounces to the pound, all

wool and a yard wide. s « *

ATTOBXEY GENERAL EL L I S h a s

made a decision affirming the consti-tutionality of the law requiring ped-

dlers to pay for licenses. He distinct-ly draws the line between a peddler and a farmer who kills stock and sells the meat, holding thitt the meat is as much the product of the form as is

wheat or corn. • • •

WE hope the next legislature will have wisdom enough to give Michigan a law that will punish capital crimes by death.

i

"When I was a Boy," Writes Postmaster J . C. WOODSOX, Forest Hill, W. V a , " I had a bron-chial trouble of such a persistent and stubborn character, tha t the doctor pronounced it incurable with ordinary medicines, and advised me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral I did so, and one bottle cured me. For the last fifteen years, I have used this preparation with good effect whenever I take

A Bad Cold, and I know of numbers of people who keepit in the house all the time, not considering i t safe to be with-out i t "

M I hare been using Ayer's Chrrrj Pectoral in my family tot 30 yean, with the most satiafactory results, and can cheerfully Tecommeud It as being expe-dally adapted to all pulmonary com-plaints. I hare, for many year*, made pulmonary and other medidnesa special study, and I hare come to tbe conclusion that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral occupies a position preeminent over other medi-cines of tbe class."—Cbaa. Davenport, Dover, N. J .

Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J . C. Ayrr ILCO., Lowell, MM*.

Prompt to act, sure tp cuye

CHAS. J. CHURCH, CHAS. A. CHURCH.

JEstahUshed dt 'GreenrilU •/#£*/, Jjowell, 1888, . LOWELL. * MICH.

n V t c C - A - R T Y ' S IS THB PLACB TO

Buy Groceries, Produce and Crockery OF ALL SORTS AMD BniDB. FOB HB IS THB

FARMER'S FRIEND Pays Cash tor cferything a Farmer can raise, beg or

borrow. Always Ready for Business.

ABE YOU THDrenre ? O F —

Erecting a Monument ? I F SO, CALL ON

KIS®M & AYEMS, Manufacturers of Marble and

GraniteCemetery Work.

FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP AT MODERATE PRICES.

liisor £ <yipers, Xcwell, Mic}},

Spring Goods The Latest And. The Best.

We wish it Distinctly Understood that wc Make No $15 Ready-Made Suits to Order. Our work ia CUSTOM WORK, and will Compare Favorably with any done This Side of tbe Moon. Now is the Time to Place Your Orders.

SMITH, the Tailor.

LOWELL PLANING MILL, W . J . BOKBB It SON, PROPS., DBAX.EAB ZBT

Lumber, Lath, Shingles ^ Cedar Fence Posts,

AND SCREWS, MnULOIIW^ RK 8AWIN0 AND JOB APPLK ^ ^ R K VOODEN KAVETROUQHfi.

E C T C E R & S O I V , L O W E L L -

We Have Them

WHAT? The Finest Line of Ladies'

Shoes Ever Brought to Lowell.

D. E. MURRAY. CALL A N D S E E THEM.

Planing Mill and Jobbing Shop.

notice at Seasonable Prices.

GOODRICH KOPF, Opposite Cotter Factory, Lowell. P r ' ^ n e t e r ,

f There's No Choice in Bicycles. The Victor Pneumatic tire has no

rival. It is more durable than any other and die inner tube can be re-moved in case of puncture in less than five minutes.

The only inner tube removable through the rim.

All Victor improvements are abreast with die times and meet every re-quirement

Victors

BEST,

OVERMAN WHEEL OO. CMCAOO.

FAimns. .1 hare a thomughbred Jersey bull for

service. Charges, $1.00 caah or $1.60 t rus t . CHABLKH MCCARTIT Lowell

ALTON.

Bans Smith of Cannon and Mr, Potruff of Canada were guests of Thos. Condon last week.

Mrs. Geo. W. White left, Monday morn-ing for Grand Rapids, her sister, Miss Martha Ochan of Cannon accotnpaning her.

Mis* Francos Lavendar was sick a few days last week.

llrie Condon killed a large coon last week that weighed 20 pounds.

Mm Robert Stevens of Grand Rapids in company with Mrs. McDonell and Mrs. Myrtle Lange of Lowell, spent a few days with her sister, Mrr. Jacob Goble.

Mr. Herbf* >f Lowell spent the Sab-bath with the family of Thomas Reid.

Wm. Delaney and family, with Richard - Byrne of Canada spent last week Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs, McGrath of South J>well.

Willie Aldrich is visiting his father. Mrs. Delaney was the guest of her daugh-

ter, Mrs. J . Flinu, last week. Mrs. S. Ring was tm the sick list last

week. Wiley Reynolds and family of south

Lowell visited st Warren Ford's last Sat-urday.

Same of our Altonites were relieved of some of their money last week, by the Low ell fair gamblers.

Jacob Goble returned last week from a two weeks outing al Vassar, Jacksonville and Owosso, amon^'relatives.

Miv. Geo. Baker of Coral is visiting her mother, Mrs. Simmons.

Z. H. Covert uf Lowell is carrying our mail this week, thereby giving Mr. Rich-mond a vacation, which he richly deserves.

Wc were pleased to sec Dude of Peach ffill Grove on hand again last wee. We began to think (he dry weather had effected htm.

Philo Lavender of Greenville visited his mother last Sunday.

Geoge Goble and Charley Kropf built a horse barn and corn stable last week for Mrs. Goble.

Len Gray injured his ankle last Friday, in Lowell, while wrestling.

Jobn R. White nnd wife of Lowell spent Sunday with Warren Ford and family.

The remains of Mrs Helen Lewis are ex-pected Wednesday, at Lowell, from Chi-cago, to be interred in the Fox cemetery. We understind that she died at her son, Edward's, in Chicago. She formerly lived between this place and Fallasburg and was a half-sister of Mra. Willis I'urdy. The be-retved family have the heartfelt sympathies of this community.

Mn. J. Goble is visiting at Bowne Centre this wed;.

Mrs. Simmons and daughter visited In Ionia a few days last week.

C. Porter raised a large flat taruip that measured 15] inches in diameter and 3 feet U inches in dreuaferencc.

Mrs. Trumble is visiting friends in Washtenaw.

Al Biggs, Geo. Frost, J . H. Andrews John H s p y i n and Oscar Scofield attended the Mcirjpj speech at Grand Rapids last week Friday evening.

UNoJa .

When the hair begins to fall out or turn nay, the scalp needs doctoring, and we know of no better speciflc than Hall's Veg-etable Sicilian Hair Reuewer.

SOU*. H BOSTON.

Mr. Van iltenberg is up from Grand Rapids looking after his interests on the farm.

A. P. Burr has let his brood mare Alice Gold Dost to Mr. Harris for breeding pur-

poses, consideration $100. Corn husking and potato digging are be-

ing pushed this fine weather bjr most of the farmers.

Jerry Kophman is working for Charles Klahn this week.

Jscob Myers and wife are visiting up north this week.

Don't commit suicide on acconnt of your 'incurable" blood disease. The sensible thing for jrou to do is to take Ayer's Sarsa-parilla. if that fails, why, then—keen on trying, and it will not fail. The troable is, people pet discouraged too soon. "Try, try, try again."

VERGENNES.

Wm. H. Parker had hif threshing done Monday and from nine acres he got 247 bnshels of wheat. Who can beat that ?J

G. W. Crosby entertained his friend, Dr. E. E. Richardson of Ada, last week Tues-day night.

G. W. Miller and wife were recent guests of her uncle, Wm. Misner and wife.

Mrs. S. R. Hunt and two children of Freeport visited her aunt, Mrs. Ed Hoag and family last week.

Hiram Robinson and wife of Grand Haven have been recent guests of his brother, L. J . Robinson and wife.

Mrs. P. J . Devine and biother Ely Ep-ley of Stanton attended the funeral of their cousin, Mrs. Luther Bailey.

G. W. Crosby was in Grand Rapids last week Wednesday.

Mrs. James Stuart of Gnuid Rapids vis-ited Mrs. S. I/ee last week.

W. L. Merriman and wife entertained their son, Jay, of Chicago, last week.

We hear of several ladies who had their pockets picked at the fair last Thursday, among them Mrs. Wm. Misner.

The Vergennes reading circle met, Oct-ober 13 with their president, Miss Cora Lee, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Cora Lee; vice president, Della M. James; secretary, Geo. Lee; treasurer, Allie Bennett; parlia-mentary, Clare Findlay; executive commit-tee, Lottie Olmstead, Clare Findlay and Orlando Odell. The circle will meet Oct-ober 27, with Clare and Ina Findlay.

Wm. H. Parekr and wife entertained their granddaughter and two children of Freeport this week.

PATSY.

Between disease and the many cheap preparations which are palmed olf under the name of blood purifiers, take your chances with disease, until you can procure Ayer's Sarsaparilla—the ' only reliable blood purifier. ̂ Sold by all druggists and dealers in medicine.

KEENE CENTER. Mrs. Sherman Kennedy talks of moving

to Beldiug. Miss Ella Lampkins has gone to San-

duslur, Ohio, to visit her sister, Lottie. The marriage of Charles W. Lampkins

and Miss Myrtle E. Lee sakes place October 18. Mr. and Mrs. Lampkins will be at home after November 1.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson of Saranae vis-ited his brother, B F., this w«ek.

Chad Lee and wife are carrying smiling faces over their new son, it being the firat

A niece of Thomas Dannieis from the sooth part of the state is visiting him.

FBACH H I L L OROVB.

Mat Story took the premium on swine at the Ionia, Lowell and Grand Rapids fain and the blue ribbon waa tied on his driving team at the Lowell fair.

Our farmers are very busy digging pota-toes.

Mrs. Eugene Hubbel is visiting her pa* cents in Coopereville.

Mrs. Mary A. Rolf has left us bnt we shall always remember her deeds of kind-ness to all around her.

M. J. Filkias was at Grand Rapids and west Cannon this week.

Mr.-Vanderwaul has improved the looks of his house by potting large windows In the front of it.

Expenslv* Simplicity,

It was a gown for an ingenue, a gown of delicate coloring and divine slmpUelty of style, a gown to be worn by a large eyed, serious young person helping her mamma to receive tor the first time. It waa jst soft silk, u noiseless aa the gamenta of a nna It wis striped. Silver gray that had a snggeation of rose eoler and rose color that hinted of gray were the shadea The skirt was plain, hanging straight and nntrlmmed from the belt The bodice waa of plain silver gray, gath-ered at the neck and waist The puffed sleeves were of the striped material

What gave the gown Its distinction, however, were the broad revere of pale pink; embroidered heavily with stare In silver thread. These revere, whieh were very bigr at the shoulder^ narrowed to a mere line at the waist and they broadened afala Into two UtUe embroidered tabe that hang be» low tha soft gathered girdle of gray

I

silk. These revera wlU bring the eoet of the gown up to about twice the . sum it would cost without them, for allver thread and hand embroidery are expenalve luxuries. — New York Worlti.

An In te re s t lna Situation.

J. Oi writes that a young man was engaged to be married to a girl in an* other town, bnt meanwhile became acquainted with and bestowed mnch of his society on another girl in the place where he lived. There was a great deal of gossip and criticism about the affair, and J. O. wants to know your opinion of the matter and if the young man did just what was r igh t Answer:—First of all, I do not believe in long engagements. If they are sometimes necessary, however, it seems not altocretber right for the parties to live like hermits and de* prive themselves of society. If the young man was generally understood to be engaged, and under such cir-cumstances and without Intent to de-ceive showed some attention to an-other lady, there can be but little room for criticism. If he made love to another girl while he was engaged, he was simply a scamp All In all, it seems that there must have been a g'ood deal of unnecessary meddling, and that the community would have been better off if there had been less interference. If young lady No. 3 was satisfied with the result, the re-mainder of the community should not worry, especially as the engaged couple were finally married and are probably happy. If mankind would strive to put the best construction up-on all tho acts of their fellows In-stead of the worst, the world would be the better for it—New York Ledg-er.

Business Directory. J . HARRISON KlUKEKT.

Dentist. Over Church's bidk, Lowell.

K. E. BURT, Notary public. Your busiuesi solicited. Of-

fice in Graham block.

S. P. HICKS, Loins, Collections, Real EsUte and Insur.

auce. Lowell, Mlcb. O. C. McDANNEL, M. D ,

Physician and Surgeon. Office, 46 Brldg* street, Lowell. Mich.

M. C.URBEN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Offlce at Residence,

E. Bridge street, Lowell. Mich.

G. G. TOW8LF.Y, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Offlce hours, 10 a. m. to a, p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m.

FARMBR9 HOTEL, Lowell. Mich., 6. P. Lane. Proprietor. Rates

11.00 per day, 18.80 pei week. Good meals and clean beds.

MILTON M. PBRRT, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Train's Hall

Block, Lowell, Mlchletn. Sr-wlal atten Uon given to Collections, Conveyancing, and Sale of Real Estate

Has also qualified and been admitted to prac-tice In the Interior Department and all the toreaus tbereto sod Is ready to prosecute Claims for those that may be entitled to Pen slons and Bounty.

Mains & Mains, Attorneys at Law,

Lowell, Mich. We respectfully solicit your

business.

FARMERS! , Lend me .your ears while I put in a flea I

Don t Buy Any Agricultural Implements ! Until you have seen me. Dollars are worth saving these

times. I can save them for you, and don't you forget it.

H. NASH. KTROIT, CRANI RAVEN A MILWAOKI*

Time T n b l a l n Iffient Oet- i t , M M .

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STATIONS.

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Pontlac

Holly Do rand Owosso Jet Ionia

Lowell O Baplda Ar

Chcago byBti oby-

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h a.m. a m. p.m. p. m 0 40 10 40 4 05 8 45 7 00 10 58 4% » 05

p.m. 7 48 11 45 507 950

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6 48 8 36 706 € 16 890

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GR&IJc t Gran Rapids Lowell

Ionia

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Durand Holly Pontlac Mlwauk J e t Detroit Ar .

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a. m. 5 10 5 55 6 35 7 M 7 40

8 8 5 8 45 7 15

7 40

8 57

9 3 5 10 14 10 53 1! 30 " 60

m • p.m.| p. m. n 0< :0 7 45 9 0 1 a 15| • 7 51

10 a I 3 121 10 40 10 20 3 11 00 10 5&| 4 00i 11 53

11 K p. m.

1 151 6 00

4 28, 12 35

3 05

1 47 S 2Cl 3 05,

ii 6 55' 7 40: 8 35 9 0 5 9 35

8 53 4 47 5 37 6 30 7 00

•During navigation only. Chair Car, Buffet Car and Sleeping Car

Service Eastward No. 12 bas Pullman Sleeper and

Buffet C t r attached Chicago to Detroit daily. No. 14 bas Parlor Buffet Car attachf d Grand Haven to Detroit (extra charge 35 cents). No. 18 has parlor car attached iextra charge, twenty - five cents). No. 82 has sleeper to Detroit.

Westward No 11 has parlor car attached (extra chargc 25 cents.] No. 15 has parlor buffet car attached Detroit to (irand Have r extra d u r c e 25 cents. No 17 has the finest i>t Pullman bleeper and Buffet Car attached to Chicago dally. No. 81 has sleeper to Grand Kaplds.

i.ily oillce first door east of the King Mil-ling company. Open 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sun-day, 4 to 5 p. m. JNO. W. LOOD, BEN FLETCHER,

1 raffle Manager. Trav. Pass Agent. A. O. HEYDLAUFK,

Local AK«i t

CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R'Y. Trains leave Durand for Battle Creek, Chi- :

rmc-i and West a t 9 :85 a. m., 1:82 p. m., and 6:50, p . m. and 11:20 p. m.

For Flint, Port Huron >nd all points east, 5:03 a . m., 9:30 a. tn., 6:35 p. m., and 10.20, j p. m.

Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw R. R. I t rams leave Uurard for Saginaw and Bay City a t 5:30 k. m , 9:40 a. m., and 0 50 p . m. '

W. E. DAMS, G. P. A., Chicago, i

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. THB BKST SALVB in the world for Cuts,

Bruises. Sores, Ulceis, Salt Rheum, Fever fores , T' ttcr, Chipped Hinds, Chiidblains, Corns, and all Skiu Eruptions, and positively cures Files, or no pay required. I t is gnurau. eed to giv.- perfect sullslaclioo or money re-

funded. Price 25 cent* p.'r box. FOR SALEBY HUNTER & SON. [72

G. BERGIN

A Large Stock of

Wall Paper And

Window Shades. Remnants Below Cost. Call and Look Over Oor Stock.

HUNTQl & SON THOS. R. GRAHAM.

L O W E L L , M I C H .

^PAINTER & PAPER-HANGER}) — A L L W O R K DONE—

Neatly and Cheaply and Satis-faction Warranted.

1 Give Him One Trial and Yon will try him Again.

PROTECT HOME INDUSTRV That's the Talk. .

The undersigned desires to say to the people of Lowell and vicinity that he lias purchased the

BANNER LAUNDRY! and solicits the patronage of all.

Spend Your Money at Home ! and it will return to you. Spend

it abroad and it is {;one» probably forever. Yours for Home Trade, ^

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MTERESTING S T A T E NEWS O F

ALL S O R T S .

ktmtUei Capture tlie Vllliiios Who

Wrecked n Ormnd Trunk Train During

•he Mlic Strike—State Conrentloa of

««MI * . M. C. A.—State Itema.

'®at t lo Creek Train Wreckers Caueht. On tho moruing of , Ju ly 16 last an

express train on the Chicago & Urahd T n m k road was Av^oked just inside t h e ci ty limits of. Battle Creek. The fireman, T. W. Crowe, waa killed and

: fo«rte«a passengers injured. An in-speetion of the track showed tha t t n e bolts and fishplate had been re* moved from the ties and the tools with which the work was done were found lying, near by. As tha t was the time

•of the big A. II. U. s tr ike i t was ana-pected tha t the wreck was cattsad

; through strikers' instigation. A reward • of $1,000 for the arrest of the wreckers tvraa offered, and the case was taken n p by W. S. Deveraux, a Chicago detective. The case has been quietly a n d persistently followed and nothing waa known by tho publ |c of Its pro-gressunt i l Thursday, October II, when .Deveraux arrested J o h n Uodweig in Kansas City. The arrest of Stanley Knowlcs in Chicago and George W.

• Johnson and Ernest M. Jewet t in Bat-t l e Creek followed. I t Is said t h a t Knowles has weakened and given away the whole affair, with the names of those implicated with him. 9

michliran't Y. M. C. A. Convention. The Michigan Y. M. C. A. conven-

t ion was held in the Presbyterian church, a f Ann Arbor. About 400 delegates were present Reports show t h a t there are associations on five con-t inents , 50 nationalities being reached. There are in all 5,000 associations, •with an aggregate membership of 500,-000. The report of the treasurer, F. M. Thompson, showed tha t the actual expenses of last year were 83,413.82.

. T h e receipts from pledges were 84,-552.82; the disbursements, 8M31.10, leaving 871.12 on hand. The financial report shows a credit of 8105.74, there being 8l,087.C8 due in unpaid pledges,

•etc., while there is due on salaries, •etc., 8981.94. The following permanent . officers were elected: President, Rev. L. P. Rowland, of Michigan; first vice-president, Ilenry Ictema, of Grand Bapids; -second vice-president, J . T.

.Jenkins, of Detroit; third vice-presi-dent , O. L. Partridge, of Alpena; sec-retary, L K. Swindt, of Olivet college;

.assis tant secretary, E. E. Green, of .Kalamazoo.

Tb« Cnivenlty Homeopathic Department, T h e management of the Michigan

Universi ty are up in arms owing to a repor t t h a t the homeopathic depart-m e n t was to be abolished. I t is t r u e t h a t the attendance in this de-pa r tment has been very small during t h e past three years, only a dozen s tudents being enrolled this year, bu t t h e mat ter of abolishing the depart-m e n t has never been agitated by the

e. I t is provided in t h e law allowing one-sixth of a mill University senate.

t a x for the University of Michigan - t h a t : "Should the board of regents fa i l to maintain any" of said depart-ments as herein provided, then a t such t ime shall only one-twentieth of a mill b e assessed." This, in itself, would pre-vent the abolition of the school.

<"«Mrfe«»ect the 'Mnrder and Then FalrMed. The mystery surrounding the murder

of the t ramp known as Gus, Sept. 8, on t h e railroad track three miles north of Cheboygan, has been cleared up. Geo. V. Taylor, who was with Gus a t the t ime of the murder, and has since been

• detained in the county jail at Cheboy-g a n as a witness and suspect, commit-ted suicide by cutt ing his throat f rom c a r to ear with a razor which had been given him to shave himself. Taylor l e f t a written confession in which he said tha t Gns Genesemeer's clothes

. oonld be found near the scene of the mnrd^r, also 8511 in money; he also ooofeases to having committed four o the r crimes. He stated that he de-s i red to be taken to his home in Ohio

i buried beside his mother.

Hope for C. P. Homeateadnra Yet. Willard Kingsley. of Grand Rapids,

1 counsel for the government in i upper peninsula, homestead cases,

points out errors in the recent ru l ing of Secretary Smith in which i t was held t h a t the homesteaders had no r ights . .He says t h a t Secretary Smith h u e s his . ruling on the certificate of wi thdrawal issued by the government before any of the lands were earned, n o t on a final pa tent which was never iasoed. If Kingsley is r ight the rul ing <rf Secretary Smith will be reversed, a n d the homesteaders will retain the property which they claim, as against

. . the Michigan Land & Lumber Co.

Strike a t Grand Rapid*. T h e 600 employes of the Oriel Cab-

inet company, of Grand Rapids, are Involved tn a strike. One year ago the -wages were reduced 10 per cent, and -the men wanted the old schedule res tored now tha t the company is reeeiving so much business tha t they a r e compelled to work over time. Twen ty men i n the trimming depart-m e a t walked out when the demand was refused and the result was the

d o s i n g down of the entire Institution, t h e largest fu rn i tu re factory of the k ind in the world.

Ex-County Treasurer Charles M. Jackson, of Crawford county, charged •withembezzling 813,000 county funds , w a a acquitted.

Mra. Robert Rhead, of Hudson, tr ied t o exterminate the flies while standing

* chair. I t slipped and she fell, Jhrealdnc. her. arm in two nlaeen.

t spring, one man alone having lired 12,000 for h is o w n p lan t ing .

MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.

Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Dayhuff, of Colfax township, Wexford county, celebrated the 53d anniversary of their marriage.

Ground will he broken a t Glad-stone soon for a large stave factory, which will begin operations in the spring. 1 Benjamin Barnard, a traveling man aged about 22 3'ears, committed suicide a t Fl int by drinking a quanti ty of car-bolic acid. Temporary insanity.

Florence Campbell, a 3-year-old girl of Grand Marais, got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid and drank some of the contents. She lived but a short time.

Pauline Schlltz and her five children, who live near Grand Haven, have haa black diphtheria In its Worst form. Three children are already dead, and it is feared others will die.

Two li t t le girls named Edna Austin and Edith (Hiilt, of St. Joseph, ran away from home and fr ightened their relatives into the belief tha t they had been kidnapped, but were found a t Watervlieti

Maggie Smith, a saleswoman in a Grabd Rapjds dry goods house, drank carbolic acid by mistake and died in awfnl agony. She got out of bed to take a dose of nitre, but got the wrong bottle in the dark.

Michigan state prison is crowded with convicts. The roll call shows an attendance of 800, and the officials are worried to find room for the inflow of offenders, who come in bunches, some-times reaching as high as 10 a day.

Mrs. Minnie Herre, charged wi th the murder of her son in May, 1893, was acquitted in the Ingham county circuit court, the theory of the wo-man's insanity a t the time tho crime was committeed being accepted by the jury.

Fire destroyed the entire plant of the Plymouth Air Rifle company. Loss about 89,000, insured for 81,500. Twenty men are thrown out of em-ployment The buildings being frame, adjoining buildings were saved only by a stubborn fight

The Grand Traverse region will soon be the leading f ru i t raising dis-trict in the s tate if things keep on the way they have for a few years pa s t Thousands of f ru i t trees will be set out next ordcrci

The long talked of project of a spur line from Benton Haroor by the way of Berrien Spings to South Bend, con-necting with the Grand Trunk, seems about to be realized. Surveyors are going over the proposed route, and it is claimed t h a t the work of construc-tion will commence a t once.

Herman Swartz, a young married man, began working in the South End Lumber Co.'s mill, a t Bay City, and the second day as he was cleaning sawdust under one of the saws in aris-ing his skull was broken by a pulley making 300 revolutions a minute. He was not found until an hour later.

Typhoid fever is very prevalent in the township of Greenleaf, Tuscola county. In the family of John Jones there have been eight afflicted and five died inside of one month, and three others are now at the point of death. A son-in-law has become deranged from his misfortune, his wife and child being two of the dead.

Sheriff Stratton arrested Mrs. I ra Hurd and a man named O. W. Ludlow for murdering Ira Hurd a t Allegan. Ludlow is a young man about 28 years of age with a wife and two children a t Benton Harbor. He visited Allegan quite frequently to purchase apples, and the officers claim to have let ters which passed between him and Mrs. Hurd making engagements; also tha t the revolver found was the property of Ludlow.

A protest signed by many of the most prominent citizens "of Benton Harbor will be sent to the Allegan authorities, who, i t is alleged, have dealt unfair ly with O. Ludlow, of Benton Harbor, who is charged with being implicated in the murder of Ira Hurd a t Allegan. The petition says that he is a young man of sobriety and rectitude, and tha t he has not received fair play a t the hands of the authorities of Allegan. William C. Hicks, a local attorney, has been sent by citizens to defend Ludlow.

The Marquette county board of supervisors, for economical reasons, have not appointed & game warden, and as a result the southern par t of the county is flooded with hunters, i t being estimated tha t there are over 300 in tha t dis tr ict Most of these are men hired by commission houses and all the deer they kill are shipped to these houses in gross violation of the state law which prohibits the shipment of venison out of the state. I t was the same with partridge in September.

Over 100 laborers employed on the ore docks of the Chicago & Northwestern railway a t Escanaba are on a strike. They have been receiving 81.25 per day, bu t asked to have their wages raised to 81.65. This the company refused to do and the Jien have been paid off. The work is hard and disagreeable a t this season of the year and the increase they ask is not considered unreason-able. Good wages are being paid in the lumber woods and the railroad company will find i t difficult to obtain men a t less than 81.75.

Willard M. Johnson, aged about 40 years, living two miles from Burr Oak, was found dead in the St. Joseph river, northwest of Colon. He had been shot and his body thrown into the river. Four bullets had been fired into his body, one taking effect in his heart. The crime must have been oommited as Johnson was returning from his father-in-law's, near Athens, where he had gone to try to settle a lawsuit with his brother-in-law. The object of the crime was not robbery, as the dead man's watch, money and valuable papers were found on h n body.

James Bonine, a Cass county farmer, has a herd of 40 elk.

Carl Berger, of Klinger Lake, aged 19, brooded over fancied wrongs, and shot himself dead.

T h e contract for Lansing's new 847,-000 bridge has been let. The 8100,000 city hal l will soon be commenced.

Alcona county supervisors reduced the salaries of county officials al l the way from 8100 a year to 8400 each.

School savings banks have been in troduced in four Grand Rapids schools with such success that all the schools will have them.

Although Houghton county reached down into her pocket last winter and gave the suffering Gogebic miners 83,000, she doesn't feel a bi t poor. Houghton county has over 8100,000 in its s t rong box.

Charlotte Huntley obtained a verdict against the city of Lansing fo r 877% She sued for 810,000 damages for in-juries received by falling on a defective sidewalk. Aa neither side is satisfied i t will probably be tried again.

T b e Tenth Michigan infan t ry held the i r reunion a t F l i n t The following officers were elected: President, CoL Charles M. Lum, Detroit; vice-presi-dent, M. C. Barney, Flint; secretary and treasurer, J . D.Jewell, Jackson.

The twenty-ninth annual reunion of the Twentieth Michigan infan t ry was held a t Eaton Rapids. Over. 90 mem-bers of the old regiment were present George CfoweH was chosen president, Leman Sparks secretary and treasurer. Both are of Chelsea.

The Michigan Sunday School asso-ciation will hold its thir ty-fourth an-nual convention a t Grand Rapids Nov. 13, 14 and 15. Maj.-Gen. O. O. Howard will address the first meeting. Two thousand delegates are expected and f ree entertainment is promised.

The veterans of the Twelf th Michi-gan infantry assembled a t Battle Creek in their annual reunion. T h e new offi-cers are: B. Stearns, of Benton Har-bor, president; Joseph Ruff, of Albion, secretary. I t was voted to hold the nex t reunion a t Benton Harbor.

Over two years ago James Folic t , an orant man a t Jackson, gave Joseph

anaw, a wealthy Hebrew, checks amounting to 8800 to coUect The lat-t e r said he was not able to do so, but h e was sued, and a J u r y gave Follet a verdict of 8058. There is a criminal action pending against Hanaw on the charge of embezzlement

T h e sixtieth annual meeting of the Presbyterian synod was held a t Alma. Rev. J. M. Barclay, of Det ro i t was elected moderator for this year. The cornerstone of the Alma college gym-nasium and museum was laid with im-posing ceremonies. Rev. J . M. Gel-ston, of Ann Arbor, delivered the address in a very able manner.

The warehouse of Reardon Bros., a \ Midland, filled with tubs and pails, be-longing to the Midland Woodenware company, was destroyed by fire. A car on the sidetrack loaded with tubs and pails was also burned. The flames came dangerously near a powder and

agazinc fo r a

a b o u t 82,000.

ign Hai

dynamite magazine, and there was a g rea t scare fo r a time. Total loss

The twenty-second annual reunion of the Second Michigan cavalry. Gen. Phi l Sheridan's old regiment, was held a t Grand Rapids. There were about 2CO members present. Officers were elected as follows: President, Henry Vance, Saginaw; vice-president, W. D. Moody, Big Rapids; secretary, Edwin Hoyt, Grand Rapids; historian, Mar-shall P. Thatcher, Detroi t

The board of auditors of the Michi-g a n State Engineering society met a t Lansing and a f t e r canvassing the votes declared the following officers elected: President, George A. Pierson, Kalama-zoo; vice-president, J . J . CramweU, Saginaw; secretary and treasurer, Francis Hodgman, Climax; directors, J . B. Davis and C. E. Green, Ann Arbor; Dorr S. Keels, Grand Rapids.

At the grandencampment, T. O. O. F., a t Hillsdale, Josiah Dandy, of Grand Rapids, was elected grand patriarch; Henry Weaver, of Newaygo, grand high priest; Frank Shepherd, of Che-boygan, grand senior warden, and William Skimon, of Fort Gratiot, grand junior warden. The grand patr iarch appointed Robert Donovan, of Char-lotte, grand marshal, and N. A. Mete, of Marquette, and Earl Fairbanks, of Luther, grand sentinels.

The annual meeting of the Luding-ton Epworth Training assembly was held a t Ludington and the foUowing officers were elected: Pres ident J . C. Floyd, D. D., Grand Rapids; vice-presi-d e n t Judge J , H, Grant, Manistee; secretary, Elvin Swarthout, Grand Rapids; treasurer, Thomas P. Mc-M aster, Ludington. The executive committee are already planning for an excellent program for next year 's as-sembly, which opens Ju ly 9.

The Cur U Doomed. London: The correspondent of the

I Standard a t S t Petersburg telegraphs tha t he has learned from an eye-wit-ness that Prof. Zaccharin while in at-tendance upon the ozar said to him: "Your majestv's malady is incurable; with care and attention your valuable life may be prolonged for some months, but i t is useless to conceal the fac t that no remedies will avail beyond a certain period." The emperor, a f te r the interview entered a room in which a number of nis relatives were as-sembled and said: "Prof. Zaccharin has just told me there is no hope." The emperor was visibly affected and those present were thrown into a s tate of consternation by the change in his face and bearing. They greatly blamed the professor for his frankness.

The czarewitch, Grand Dnke Nich-olas, is expected to arrive in S t Peters-burg shortly. The army reports are already being sent to him, and he will probably assume the chief commandor-ship almost immediately.

NEWS OF Al l? KINDS.

GLEANINGS FROM IMPORTANT

PRESS DISPATCHES.

Kewa from tha Oriental War Continuei

Mont Vavorabla to tha Japanese Who

are Rapidly Neannf China's Capital.—

Bight Drowned In Like Ontario.

The Eve^-Vlctorlona Jap*. , London: A dispatch from Toklo says

tha t a detachment of Japanese cavalry and infantry made an a t tack upon a force of 2,too Chinese at Wei Ju and tha t the place Is now In the hands of Japanese. Japanese field marshal, Count Yagamata, has established his base of operations a t Ping Yang, which is.near the sea and easy of access to supplied A state of wlge has been declared In the district of Heroschima, China. A dispatch Irom Tien Tsin says that the Chinese officials no longer deny tha t the Japanese fieet commands the Gulf of Pftchili. I t Is added that the Japanese admiral pays a weekly visit to every important station on the gulf.

Washington-: The cable report that the Italian minister a t Pekin, in pur-suance of instructions from his govern-ment, had offered his services as medi-ator in bringing the China-Japan war to a close, is construed a t the legations here as a possible move on the part of the triple alliance — Germany, Italy and Austria—to intervene. The views of the Japanese authorities are that there can be no mediation which does not give Korea complete independence,

aah China's power to f u r t h e r retard the progress of the east, and reimburse Japan, either in money or territory, for her enormous expenditure con-tracted by the war.

Shanghai: Various local rumors are in circulation, the most prominent being that 40,000 Japanese troops have landed near Shan Hai Kwan, on the boundary between Manchuria and Chi Li, a t the eastern end of the great wall which traverses China. Snang Hai Kwan is directly on the railroad build-ing from Tien Tsin to Moukden, and is of great strategic importance. lu fact the opinion has been expressed tha t if Shan Hai Kwang is captured there is nothing to prevent the Jap-anese from marching on to Pekin.

Yokohoma: The Japanese have oc-cupied the south bank of the Yalu river a f te r driving back the Chinese.

Lynched a Wealthy Murderer. At the close of the Beattyville, (Ky.)

fair, Oscar Morton, a prominent citizen of Stanton, in Powell county, went on the warpath. Only two weeks ago Morton killed his man a t Stanton, and was out oc 85,000 bond to appear next week a t the Powell circuit c o u r t When he arrived a t the fair he proceeded to get drunk, and then went to hunt for Sheriff William Simms, who was his deadly enemy, a feud of long standing existing between the two men. When they met both drew revolvers, Morton having two, and when the smoke cleared away Simms was found dead and Morton wounded. The murderer was hurried off to jail, b u t public in-dignation was aroused as Morton had killed two men in less than two weeks. A mob was quickly formed and marched to the jail. The jailer was o\ erpowered. Morton was found lying in his shirt sleeves on the floor of his cell, and a f t e r a b i t te r struggle was seized and dragged out and taken to a bridge some distance from town and the rope placed around his neck and then he was forced to jump. His body was then filled wi th bullets.

The dead sheriff was only recently married and leaves a young widow. He has killed three men. Going to the fa i r he attempted to kill the fireman of the t ra in because he would not increase the speed the locomotive was running.

Train Robhen Get SISO.OOO. A north-bound express train on the

Richmond. Fredericksburg & Potomac railroad was held up by robbers a t Quantico, Md., and details show the affair to have been of a most daring character and also tha t several of the robber gang were men of experience in the railroad business.

Express Messenger Crutchfield thinks the booty secured was 8150,000 or more. He gave th is acconnt of the robbery: "But one robber entered the car. He was of heavy build and dressed like a farmer, al though he seemed to thor-oughly understand the express busi-ness ; he had a red handkerchief over the lower par t of his face. When the train was stopped I opened the door of my car. The robber shot a t me and I fired back and closed the door. He called: 'Open the door or I 'll blow the whole car to pieces wi th dynamite.1

Then he threw a stick of dynamite. I t struck the door and shattered i t and the casing. The force knocked me off of my f e e t I then opened the door. One robber came in and made me open the safe. He took everything."

Bloody Rebellion In China. London: A dispatch from Shanghai

says tha t rebellion has broken out 100 miles f rom Hankow. The rebels are fairly armed and very reckless. They attacked the government buildings, which were feebly defended by loyal troops. The la t ter were soon defeated and many of them were killed. Many others joined the rebels. Two man-darins were killed. T h e province xs almost denuded of troops, and the rebels are daily gather ing strength. I t is expected that they will advance on Woo Chang, province of Hoo Pee, of which Hankow is the capital. The garrison a t Woo Chang has gone to the coast, and the place is therefore prac-tically defenseless.

MORE WAR TALK.

Enginnd to BrtiiJ Tro .pl ti» C h i n a - T h e Mltuation Recoming Complicated.

London: Six thousand troops will bo send from India by England to protect the treaty por ts in China. Tne first rifle brigade will leave Calcutta on Oct. 10 for l iong Kong. I t Is stated t h a t the second-clasa cruleer Aeolus, f rom the Mediterranean squadron, and the gunboats Red Breast and Pigeon, f rom the East India station, have been ordered to join Admiral Free-mantle's squadron In Chinese waters. The British consuls a t Hanicow and

I places European residents were In pSrll.

Washington: In Japanese official circles here the cable reports tha t Chlna.has asked England. France and Russia to send troops and* vessels to China to protect their respective in-terests, are construed to be a public confession on China's par t dt the panic and demoralization of her people, and her inability to afford the usual iection to foreigners. Secretary

isual prp-. tary Her-

ber t has been ' forehanded in taking steps for the protection of the lives and property of American residents In China believed now to be endangered by rebellious and unrestrained troops. There are now five United States war-ships in the east, t he Charleston, Balti-more, Monocacy, Concord and Petrel, and this force will b e ' increased to eight vessels by the addition of the Detroit, Machias4 and Yorktown as soon as they can be made ready. And these wlU co-ope rare with the war-ships of the other powers to mutally protect foreigners.

Yokohoma; The applications fcr the Japanese war bonds have exceeded 70,000,000 yen, more than double. the amount called for. The Japaneae gov-ernment has decided to prohibit the expor t of coal from the empire. The Chiuero man-of-war Isao-Kiang, cap-tured by the Japanese July 25, has been added to the mikado's navy and Is to be known as the Toyoshima, the name of the island off which she was taken. The standing committee of the six po-litical parties in opposition to the Japa-nese government, nave passed resolu-tions that during the war the ministry shall be cordially supported, without regard to domestic differences of opinion.

Ona Man'* Careleaaneas Coat Five Lives. One workman dead and four others

closed in the mine, with all avenues of escape cut off and the most disastrous mine fire ever known in the western anthracite coal fields reging a t the Luke Fidler colliery, a t Shamokin, Pa., Is the result in brief of a carpen-ter 's negligence. Fifty-five other work-men who were employed in the mine a t the time of the accident had thril l-ing escapes, as they were compelled to grope their way through smoke and noxious gases. The fire started in the airway of No. 1 sha f t and Irviu Buffing-ton, whom the colliery officials held responsible for the disaster, is dead. While Buffington and others were en-gaged in repair ing No. 1 shaf t , the for-mer disobeyed orders by lighting his naked lamp in the air course for the purpose of testing the air. A spark set fire to the timber, tha t was as dry as powder, and the current carried the names up and down the shaf t like lights ning. The mine was soon a mass of flames and could not be approached from any direction. I t is feared the inside workings will have tobe fiooded, which means many months of idleness to the 900 employes.

Sir Joseph Renels, the senior alder-man representing the Aldersgateward, has been elected lord mayor of London.

Great Irrigation Works. I t will surprise many people to l ean ,

of the magnitude of some of the irriga-tion works constructed in the United States during the last few years. In Colorado over 815,000,000 have been spent in such works and in California over 813,000,000, while many single en-terprises to cost several millions each are in progress. The greatest irriga-tion enterprise in America and one of the greatest in the world is in the Pecos valley, in southeastern New Mexico, where upwards of 83,000,-000 have already been ex-pended. These works consist of enor-mous storage reservoirs—one of whieh ia the second largest in the world, sub-merging 8,000 acres and having a capacity of nearly fifty billion gallons of water; and of a vast networic of canals aggregating 1,200 miles in length. Four hundred thousand sores of land will ultimately be brought un-der cultivation, about 70,000 acres of which have already been settled upon. From all accounts the Pecos valley is a paradise for the frui t grower and live stock raiser; while its dry air and sun-shiny climate, practically winterless, is said to be even more beneficial than tha t of Colorado for consumption and other chronic troubles.

Blght-Stoty Rnlldlng Fell—Kight Dead. An eight-story building in course of

construction a t 74 Monroe street, New York City, was blown down by a gale. I t crashed through another building a t No. 72, demolishing i t completely. Two families with boarders living a t No. 72 were buried in the ruins. Bight dead bodies were taken out and nine badly injured. The building was to have been occupied when completed as a foundry. Ever since the founda-tion was laid there have been com-plaints on every side t h a t the s t ructure was a weak, flimsy a f f a i m a n d many had expressed the belief t & t i t would fal l before the roof could be put on.

80 Rollers Exploderl—Fonr Mea Dead. Four men were killed, two were

fatally injured and several were pain-fully burned by a disastrous boiler explosion tha t occurred a t the Henry Clay colliery a t Shamokin. Pa. The entire steam supply plant of the mine consisting of 30 boilers, was total ly demolished and in addition to the monetary loss, which will aggregate 830,000. Four big collieries will be unable to resume operations fo r a t least a month. The cause of the ex-plosion is a mystery.

i When Others Fail Hoo'd's fiarsaparllla builds up the shat-tered ayttem, * the dlgestlTe tered ejitam, by giving vigorous action to the dlgMtWe organs, creating an appetite and purifying tbe b l o o d . I t U prepared by modem methods. posseMes the greatest curative powers, ana lias the moat wonder-ful rcr.ord ot actual Curea of any medicine in existence. Be sure to get only Hood's.

Hood 1 1 %%%%%% "Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best inedlcine

'g Sarsa-parilla

s C u r e s have ever taken for _ blood purl OCT. 1 had a tired feeling, and was restless at night, I feel much better sinco taking II oo Sarsaparilla. 1 have taken a great n other medlcfties, but Uey have given me no r e l i e f . My wife and children have also taken H o o d ' s Sanaparilla for purifying the blood with boneflcial results." Euu. KOOH, Beecher, HI. Get only Hood's.

eat many

H o o d ' s P i l l s are purely vegetable. 85o.

In Italy t h e senate consists ot princes of royal blood, and an unlim-ited number ef members appointed by the king fo r life.

France elects a senate of 300 mem-bers for nine years from citizens a t least forty years of age. One-third of them retire every three years.

AN ACCIDENT.

THE DUEL.

The Bln<hftm do? and tho calico cat Ride by side on the table sat: Twm half past twelve.and what do you think.

Neither ot them had slept a wink I And the old Dutch clock and the Chineae

plate. Seemed to know, as sure as fate.

There was Bolnu to be an awful spat (I wasn't there—I simply stalo What was told to mo bv the Chinese plate )

The Bingham do< weal "bow-wow-wow 1" And tho calico cat roplled "mo owl" And tho air was streaked for an hour or so, With fragments of Klnnham and ealloo,

While the old Dutch clock in the chlmnny place

Up with Its hands upon Its facc, For It always dro^ded a family row!

(Now mind. I'm simply tellluf you What the old Dutch clock'deolaros Is true )

The Chinese plate looked very bluo And walled: "Oh. dear I what shall we do?" But the Rlnnham <1°̂ And tho calico oat Wallowed this way anJ tumbled that

And utilised every tooth and claw In tho awfulest wav you over saw—

And oh, how the ein^ham and calico flew! (Don't think that I cxa-irferate— I koI my news from tho Chlnose plate )

Next morninir, where the two had sat They found no truco of the doj or cat; And some folks think unto this day That burglars stole that pair away:

But the truth about that cut and pup Ls that they ate each other up—

Now, what do you really think of that.' (The old Dutch clock. It told mo HO, Aud that b how I canu to know. >

—Eugene Field

Isora's Bridal Vow. RV MARGARKT RLOCNT.

Fell Through •» Cellar Door, Serlaoa In-Jmry to t he Kidneys.—Lome Rack

mad Backache for Years.— •Relief at Laat. ^

The above-out Is taken from a recent photo-graph of Mr. W. A. Grenville, ot Klngsville, Ontario. Mr. Grenville has resided in Klngs-vtllo for tbe-greater part ot his life, fllllag many positions of public trust; for a nnmlnr of years member ot the Town Conncll, and-at present hsflOs the position of Town Clerk. About eight years ago Mr. GrenviUe had the misfortune to fall through a cellar door. Injur-ing hlmsott Beverely, bringing on a conllaual lame baox and backache, which the doctors diagnosed -as kidney complaint. They esuld, however, give him no rolief. and tn despair -ho looked elaewhero for a remedy. Haw suoeess-fulho was ho tells you In his words, as follows: "About eight years ago I had-the misfortune Ui fall and hurt myself, severely in-juring the kidneys. I failed to find relief :for the lame back which followed, and bearitag ot Doan's Kidney Pills, as a last resource I ga1

• them atrhil ; the results of the trial wore both pleasing and surprising. 1 feel safe in KCOUI-mending them to anyone needing a remedy for any fosm of kidney tcouble. I have beard of many ethers personally knowato me whs have used Doan's Kidney Pills with the same Jogroo of success. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold for GO ocnle per box. or six boxes tor f2.&0. Postcr-MilbumOo.. Buffalo, N. Y.. Sole Agents.for the United States. Sent by mail on receipt ot price. For sale by all dealers.

The »tn»o hero seldom realize® that he & one.

A Ruddy Qov on cheek and brow is evidence that I h e b o d y :is gettc^r proper nourishment. When this glow of healtii is absest assimilation is wrong, and health' is letting down.

Salts Emalsnn taken immediately arrests waste, regardless of the cause. Consumption must yield to treatment that stops waste and'builds flesh anew. Almost €£ paUtabte as milk. Itipswl hf S—*tAlwras.W. T. dM tw—Ma

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to tbe heel, pro-Aeothuttho boot tn dlg-ghj^andita other hatu

M K TOOB DEALER FOE THEM

d e n t be put off Inferior jroods.

O O L O H V S T n KVBI .CO.

Wti UN Mck Pmess No Alkalies

er Chemicals are nsed la the

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CHAPTER III—CONTINUED. "You didn' t keep your promlso

about the mail, my good fellow, and poor Willie Pendykos had to find a subst i tute for himself,11 h e said, w i th a SDoerlng smile-

John Allwynno s tar ted and looked anxiously a t tho let ters.

" I forgot. -But I will remember another day. What am I ta lk ing of? I must see t h a t man, Sir lAurence, a t once. Has he left tho hal l?

" I cannot say. Be good enough to touch the bell and ask for yourself.1 '

The steward obeyed. The servant who answered tho boll said t h a t tho temporary postman was wait ing In the kitchen for a few moments, and t h a t ho would send h im up to tho morning room a t ono?.

"No. Say tha t I wl l loome to him, if he will wa i t , " replied tho steward, looking nervously a t Sir Lawrence.

The baronet only laughed and shrugged his shoulders af ter tlie servant had withdrawn.

••Are you really going to de l iver the letters, Allwvnne. Pshaw, m a n ! Tha t will never do. I forbid I t T h e steward of Winstead bal l t ramping about the country wi th a post-bag on his back ' Oh, t h a t would never do!"

'•£ only wish to speak to the m a n , " was the s teward 's reply.

Sir Laurence laughed again. "Are you going So the co t tage

now?" asked John Allwynno. "In five minutes ' t i m e . " "Say noth ing of—sf him; a t l ea s t

no more than you can he lp . " "Not I. Tbe subjec t is not so

pleasant a one t h a t I wish to dwell upon I t I am willing, for one, to drop it, now and forever, if yon wish."

" I do!" caid the s teward with sud-den energy. " I wish 1 could never hear Ms name, o r thlsk.of him a g a i n while I l ive ."

"Amen to t h a t wish a s f a / as I am concerned," replied the b a r o n e t "At all events you will mot be l ikely t s be troubled by tbe s i g h t of h im very soon—eh, Allwynne." And with a low laugh Si r Laurence took u p his ha t . gloves a®d cane and .turned toward the door.

The steward looked a l te r h im as h e sauntered down t b e bnead avenue.

"You are a proud man. And a bad <man. Sir Laurence," h e aauttered to himself ; " b u t if yon d&ns, wi th al l you r rank and riches—if you dare t iarm one ha i r of he r innoeent head, jiou will rue the day you did i t , if I sun iliving to hear t h e t a t e . " And shaking his clenched fist toward the oetreat lng figure, he, too, l e f t the room.

Tho postman, s tupid by n a t u r e , and unconscious of t h e importance of his diities, was easily persuaded t s let so g rea t a man as John All-wynno had grown to be, look over the mail b%g he bore, in ques t of a le t ter which had been sent by Sir Laurence to his town agent t h a t morning by mistake.

Mr. Allwynne took the bag t o a dis tant window and looked over its cdntents, while t b e man d r a n k his hSaltb in a horn of ale ha h a d or-dered one of the servants to br ing for tbe purpose.

"Have ' s a found it. Master All-wynne?" said the postman, r is ing, aa he brought the bag back again.

The steward slipped bag and key together into h is ifasnd. and p u t a thick let ter , with a white envelope, into the breast pocket of h i s own coat.

i "Yes, thank you. Sed Jones , 1 have found it, and glad enough Sir Laurence will be, for be has s en t in s wrong direction about some of the marble mant le pieces in h is new town house. I am much obliged for this—very, Ned. And you ough t to be on your way in half an hour ' s t ime more, or you will be l a te s t the office.11

So saying the steward l e f t the k i tchen and r e t r ea t ed to his room, Where, by his own desk, lu h is own special easy chair , h e reaa Sir Lau-

rence's l e t t e r over and over again, and then tea r ing It Into the most minute par t ic les possible,kopt watch and ward over Its burning, till noth-ing but a dark-browfi, feathery, va-pory cloud remained whoro the fair, white, closely-wri t ten pages had dropped upon the flra

CHAPTER IV. How long Willie Pondykos had

lain groaning on tho pa th where he fell he could not say. Sir Laurence's coming was the s ignal of his deliver-ance, and he le f t the hall an hour later for h is own house, much com-forted by the plas ters and lotions which t h e housekeeper had recom-mended. and his old friend, tho but-ler, had applied.

Even more benefited, perhaps, was tho worthy postman by certain strong nnd comfor t ing inward appli-ances which some good friend en-dowed him. To s t a te the t r u t h in so many plain words, the s teps of the l i t t le man wore none of the Htoadiost, and ho saw twice as many stars in the horizon as were really shining there , so potent had boon tho d raugh t s which he had swal-lowed.

While ho was corkscrewing along tho woodland pa ths toward his home, a voice hailed him suddenly, and a famil iar figure issued from a covert of underbrush, and took him by the arm.

' t l have boon wait ing for you this half hour—nay for this hour—or ten. as i t seems to me," said tho voice. "Look here!"

The s ight—whatever i t might have been—that was displayed to the postman 's eyes benoath the har-vest moon, sobered him Instantly.

"Merci ful heavens! how did this come about?" he ejaculated, with uplifted hands and s tar ing eyes.

"Never mind. Ask me no ques-tions If you are my f r i e n i . for I have sworn to bo silent about this n ight ' s work, and you must swear i t too; Don't hes i ta te ; if you do, I sock help elsowhere, or go without it, even in a Hight like this!"

"Heaven preserve us—that can never bo. Well. 1 swear, then, since It is so necessary, though I am sure I cannot uudei stand a thing about I t ."

" I t mat te rs i i t t 'o if you do n o t Keep silence a t least till I r e t u r n -t h a t is ail 1 ask. And now, Willie, t ake me to you r house, if we can g e t in A c r e wi thout being seen.

"Oh, t h a t Is easy enough, I'll war-rant , si-nco I am a bachelor."

"So much the better. I will go -with you. And you must find me a ho r se 4>y fair means or by foul, Willie. 1 must be In London before 1 am twenty-four hours older ."

" S o you shall, if my own l i t t le pony does s s well by you as he does by me, when I rWe him th rough the forest t o Southampton. You'll be there hi t ime t o oatch the ' ea r l i es t morning t r a in . "

••Come, then ." They has tened s long th« narrow

path as rapidly a s possible, and in due t ime arr ived -at the modest l i t t le hut whieh WilUe called by the name of house. A oozy little den It was, jus t fit by i ts small size s n d thou-sand cunning contr ivances to be the •dwelling place of a confirmed old bachelor. The whole house consisted of one squa re room, l igh ted by th ree narrow windows, s n d only she l te red f rom the weather by a r u s t i c porch above the door. But a t r immer , h e t t e r ordered par lor , one m i g h t g s far to see. Every th ing was in its place—stowed away as snugly and compactly ae in a ship 's cabin—and when Willie had l i t t he lamp and s t i r red the fire, h is gues t looked round wi lh a pr ide and a s igh upon t h e snug apar tmen t and said t h a t h e wished for nothing bet-t e r (to spend t h e remainder of h is life in, provided—and then t h e smile faded a n d a. look of c a r e and anxiety took i ts place.

•lib, a y , " replied Willie, cheer-fully, " I understand it a l l You would never h e satisfied, man, with-out two blue nyes to keep you com-pany—while I a m well content to 'be bore alone. Don't wait now—here is w a r s water , and there are l in t and bandages, and in len minptes ' t ime we will b a r e you out of pain, a t least , if not a s well as you ever were in your l i fe. Your color is coming back, t o o Zounds! when 1 first saw yon, I eould scarcely tell if i t was you o r your ghost!"

" N o doubt I look pale." "And the blood, man—It tu rns mo

sick in an ins tan t when I see i t There , now i t is washed away; and t h e cu t is bn t s scratch, a f te r a l l ."

" I t might have been a deep one. if I had not sent the knife (lying in the air, '* replied b is friend, with a smile.

"And you'l l net tell me. man, how i t came about?"

"Wel l . Willie, keep a still tongue, as you say about it, and you shall hea r ; for you deserve i t a f te r play-i n g the par t of the good Samaritan l ike th is to m e . " *

He bent b is head and said a few words in a rapid, low voice, as if he a lmost feared t h a t the very walls should hoar the tale.

••Heaven be good to us!" said Wil-lie, as he ended. " I t is a marvel t h a t you escaped a t all. or with so l i t t le h u r t "

"A marvel and a mercy, both, my

good follow. I shudder to t h ink of what might have happened."

"And for hor sako—" "Nay, never name 1 ^ here. Say

nothing of It, Willie, to l iving soul till 1 como back again ."

"And when will tha t be?" "Within three days, If all goes

well. 1 have just be thought me of a rich and powerful friend In Lonaon; I will go to him; ho will surely aid me in this hour of my greatest need; and -when I como back, Willie, I shall want you to help mo again,and you must not refuse I t "

"Not 1, If ' t is for a good purpose tha t you call on m a "

"When I go hence again, Willie, I shall not go alone," was the signill-cant reply.

"Wha t? Oh—ah—I soo," and the l i t t le postman nearly danced with d e l i g h t "I ' l l aid you. man—I'll aid you—if only to pay off th is g rudge of my own." 1 " I felt suro tha t I might dopond upon you. And now lot mo have pon and ink and paper I must wrI 'o a line to hor ."

"There are tho things, and write away as much as you like; but not a foot do you stir out of this house to-n igh t till you have both eaten and drank, man. I'll jus t run and give the pony an ex t ra feed of barloy, so tha t ho may oarry you easily; and then by tho timo you have finisned your let ter , a good supper will bo ready for the eat ing."

Supper over, the guest turned to the wri t ing table and took up a let-ter. which he handed to h is f r iend:

" I t r u s t tha t to you, Willie. I t will explain my absence and give hor hope and patience to w a i t Take care tha t It goos safely into her hands ."

Willie looked grave. "Now, if I was going about with

the boys to-morrow I could swear t h a t i t should reach he r safe and sound."

"And will you not?" "1 know well how I should fool to-

morrow. and I just made an arrangn ment a t tho hall with an honest man there to take tho mail abou t for mc. Ho has gone to tho post town to-night, and there will be no timo be-tween now and then to ge t hold of him. Stay! I 'll watoh for him br igh t and early in the forest, and give him special charge concerning this. You may t ru s t h im as you would me."

"Thank you. So tha t It reaches her in safety, i t ma t t e r s l i t t le who tho messenger may be. And now, Willie, the horse."

"Aye, I'll bring h im." Tho li t t le man t rot ted out, l an te rn

in hand, and in a few moments the impatient hoofs of a forost pony were heard pat ter ing up to the door. The equally impatient gues t was out id an Instant, ready to mount.

"He ' s a good beastle, only t a k e care when you see him t ry ing to ge t his head down between his legs, or he'll cant you clean over in a b rea th , " Willie began. But before he had time to finish the sentence his friend mut tered a hasty "Thank you," sprang to the saddle, caught the bridle from his hand, and was off a t a gallop down the forest road.

"Preserve us all!" muttered the postman, as he gazed af ter h is pony's flying heels. "He knows no more what he is about than tho wind t h a t blows Well, what a thing i t is to be so much in love tha t you never mind your own wounded body or your friend's borrowed horse. And what mercy i t is t h a t I have been kep t from such a s ta te of mind by Jessio Campbell 's playing fast and loose with me. and leaping off with Donald Gray a t last, before I fa i r ly knew whether I cared two pins f o r her or not ."

With th is consoling reflection the l i t t le man reached his cabin and went peacefully to bed.

CHAPTER V. "1 have been looking s t t h a t pic-

tu re , " said Sir Laurence, leading Hose to a scat within tho parlor, and taking another beside her. "Your mother was unlike you. Rose."

"She was a very beautiful woman." was theugirl's reply.

" N a y i y o u cannot surely Infer t h a t 1 intended so uneal lant a compari-son as tha t ! I only wondered tha t you should not bear a single t race of her. In face or form. You are your Saxon father 's own child, my pre t ty Rose."

"Our faces are unlike, bu t our hear ts are the same, and our fates, I think will be s imilar ," replied the girl in a low tone.

• May I ask why?" ••She grieved herself to dea th . " "Now, heaven forbid t h a t you

should follow tha t example, sweet Rose."

••It is in your power to prevent my doing so. Sir Laurence."

He frowned and was s i l en t ••My life can never be a happy one

now. but a t least i t need not be ut-ter ly . wretchedly miserable ." she paid, earnestly. "Oh. Sir Laurence.

good, be noble, be generous with me:"

•How?" ••Do not urge th is mar r iage upon

me." TO BE CONTINUED.

KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement s a j '

tends to personal enjoyment whsa rightly nsea. The many, who l ivs l e t -ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products t c the needs of physical being, will a t tes t the value to liealth of the pure liqnid laxative principles _ embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs.

Its excel.ence is due to its prcpentlDg•, in the form most acceptable and pleas-ant to the taste, the refreshing and t ruly beneficial properties of a perfect lax-ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and ' fevers ana permanently curing constipslleiu I t has given satisfaction to milUons and met y i th the approval of the mediesl profession, because it acts on the Kid-neys, Liver and Bowels without weak-ening them and it is perfectly free fans every objectionable substance-

Syrup of Figs is for sale by-all d r o p gists in 60c and $1 bottles, but i t is man-ufactured by the California Fig Byrnp Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figvs and being well informed, you will no' accept any substitute if offered.

YIE WILL MftIL POSTPSID a flno Panel Picture, entitles

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•'Time Is tei e •ally the beat medicine," but TOUT creditors uun't like too much of (t all, the same —Yonkers Garotte.

Michigan.

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YOUNG MEN WANTED to Wartt for half their Tuilion al PARSOfTS BUSINESS COLLEGE, Kalamsxss,

THAN WEALTH ia a thorough builaesa eda-rstluo. Send to the QraaS

- Kaplds (Mich.) Buslaew College sod secure s catalogue that wm o»ea TO YOU opportnnltles to win your way to incceM and fortune. A. 8. PARISH, Propristor.

liALIFORNIA Weekly Overland Parties—PfrsonnllrOjo-

ducted—In New Pullman Upholstered Toartot Sleeping Cars, without change, leave Chlcaco every Thursday for all points on the Factlc Coast For particulars address JTJMOirfcCO., 195 Sootn Clark St., CkkaR*.

S n ' t P R O F I T C *

T h i s M o n t h V Anyone ran partlrtpsaetfeoor

enormous prouts by senOin# ns from S a e m SI,OOO. Highest rets. Write for pacUoalH»t»

^ 3 0 LTHE TRADERS SYMD1CATB,. ^ Traders ' Bldg., Chicago, t i l . A M A G E N T S W A N T E D . M

Eaphael, Aagelo, Rubena.1 The "LINENE" are the Best and Moat 1

r*l Collars and Cuffs worn: they are mads a l l doth, both aides finished alike, and, belnc re ble, one collar Is equal to two of any other 1

They fit well, wear well and look well. A boa oft Ten Collan or Five Pairs of Cuffs for Tweoty-Ib*-Centa.

A Sample Collar and Pair of Cuffs by man f o r Six Cents. Kame style and size. Addreaa

REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPANY, TT Franklin S t , New York. STKUbyBt^r

Since 1961 I have been a ffreot tuferer from catarrh. I tried Ely'$ Cream Balm, and to all appearances am cured. Terrible htadachet from vhich 1 had long suf-fered are gone.-W.J. Hitch* cock, Latt Major United States Volunteers and A. A, General, Buffalo, N. T.

ELY'S CREAM B A L M

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W . L . DOUGLAS $ 3 S H O E n ' O * . ^ ^

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T#« ean aa re moaey by w e a r i a s ak» W . L . Daaglaa tS.OO 6bee .

, . 7 " are tha largeat maanfactama aT this grade of shoes la the world, and raaraataa «ato-value by stamping tha name and nrloa cat tW ^ t o " - ^ h l c h protect yon against hlgbprt the middleman's profits. Our ahoea araal i work in style, easy fitting aad weartogTra—^ We hare them sold ererywbera at tower prfeaafar toa^alue given than any other make. Take aaaSb rtltnte. ITyonrdealercanaotmppUyTon. waaaa.

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< A. W. WEEKES.' 1 f • Wmi

|We are Selling

Ladies' Wrapper Made of Fine Percale for 88 Cents.

H ave Them Made of Print, Sateen, Challie and Cambric, All Correspondingly Cheap. We Have 76 Different Styles of Ladies' Shirt Waists. Everybody Ought to- See Them. We are Showing a Large Line of Challies, Sateens, Pangees, Crape and Taffeta Moires,

All the Nicest Things Made This Year for Summer Wear.

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O a p i t a l , $ 2 6 , 0 0 0 .

FRANCIS KINO, President, CHAS. McCARTY, Vice President.

M.C. GRI8W0LD, Cashier. B. N. KE1STKK, Assistant Cnshier,

DIRECTORS:

i'lancis King, Chas. McCorty, Kobert Hardy, F. T. King, ^J. II. Force, M. C. Griswold.

A General Banking Business Transacted, Money Loaned on Ileal Estate Security.

n e w . %f0~* np

and Joe Herbert from Texas.

It is announced that United States Scnotor Patton will speak here soon.

CARD OF THANKS.—We wish to ex-

press our heartfelt thanks, through the columns of the LEDGFR, to those who «o kindly assisted us in our sad be-reavement. Also to those who con-tributed flowers'nnd furnished music.

Mrs. McConnell and dAiighter.

Mr. and Mrs, Usher of Staugh-ton, Wisconsin are visiting at Mrs. McConnell's.

R . All summer goods cheap at E . Collar's.

Geo. Gramer has left the Davis house.

Tom Murphy and Miss Daisy Choon are visiting the latter's parents at Ovid.

Attornov £ . O. Mains, Rev. James Provan, Dr. 0 . C. McDannell and wife and Banker C. A. Church and und wife went to Grand Rapids Mon-day night, presumably to hear Hon. Robert G. Ingersoll speak.

W . H . Mains, attorney, of Lake Odessa was in town Monday evening.

Be sure and see the underwear at Collar's.

Niss Fern Edmonds has gone to Chenango county, New York, on an extended visit.

John L. Kopf has purchased tbe Corwin Taylor property west of town and will oonvert it into a peach farm.

Joeeph Gunn of Muikegon has pur-chased the John Daegan dwelling and loto in UM villag^-of Segwun for 1400.

Senator jobn Patton, Jr. will ad-dress the citixena uf Lowell Friday evening, Oct. 26, on the political is-mies of this campaign.

David Mange scooped in | 6 or np* wasds of tbe chicken premiums offered by tbe fair association.

Buy beech, maple and oak wood of Kcker & Son.

Large and complete line of dreti goods at £ . R. Collar's.

Mrs. Myron Kisor of Boston took Wm. Alden Smith's special ot $5, on the best 3 pound roll of butter.

County Commissioner of schools, A. Hamlin Smith was in town last week Friday, finding the schools dosed on aooount of the fiur, he also visited the fair.

Fred Fallas has returned from a nix weeks business trip tbrcngh Wis-cousin and the Upper Peninsula.

F. T. King and wife spent Tuesday aftennoon in Grand Rapids.

Tbe board of supervisors has been in sessiou at Grand Rapids this week.

"jave money by ordering all news-papers and magazines at the LEDGER office.

Warren Lillie and wife have sold to Leroy B. Sayles and wife, two acres

on section 24, Vergennes, considera-tion tl.COO.

Mrs. W. H . Clark and son, Lewis, and A. B. Johnson and family lefl, lust week, for Sante Fe, New Mexico, to spend the winter. Mr. Clark ac-companied his wife ns far ns Chicago.

Col. R. G. Ingersoll lectured at Grnnd Rapids last Monday night on Shakespeare. I t is evident from re-ports, that the Colonel does not believe that Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays.

Jus. McPherson is putting in more tar walk north of his dwelling.

Wanted—500 cords of hickory For specifications and prices enquire ppositecutter factory of J . M. Zitu-ermnn.

E. H. Spencer of •Sunfield spent Sunday with the latter's parents, M. J . Painter and wife.

("art S. English has his machine shop couipleted and is busy in build-ing his electric governors for water wheels and experimenting with other mechanical improveroents.

Chapmnn'H campaign quartette sang at Bowne Center last Tuesday eve-ning.

Commissioner Lochren in his an-nual report says that 30.971 pension-ers wore dropped from the rolls for death jind other causes, showing that the old soldiers are passing away. The amount paid for pensions during the year was 1^189,804,401 leaving a "bal-ance of 625,205,713 of the appropria-tions. 194 claim agents have been convicted, during tne year in the United States courts, for pension frauds, perjuries and forgeries.

See Ecker & Sou for wood and kin-dlings.

Wm. Pullen yesterday sold to W. W . and Annette Pullen lot 10 and the west third of lot 9, block 8. in Avery's addition to the village of Lowell, and also lot 1, block 12, of Bostwick's addition to the city of Grand Rapids, the consideration being respectively 86,000 aud 85,000.— [Grand Rapids Democrat, Oc t 18.

A funny way to make money—write jokes.

Tho time when tbe cold water

n largely predominated—during sod.

If a woman would change her sex, what would her religion be? She would be a he then, of coarse.

Largest and most complete line of carpets ever shown in Lowell, at £ . R Collar's.

The man who couldn't fill the office bettor than the man appointed has yet to be born in a great republic.

Many a man who finds it easy enough to buy things on time, finds it mighty hard to pay (or them on time.

All tbe Great Scotch medioines for sale by Hunter A son, Will M. Clark, W . S. Winegar and D. G. Lqpk, Lowell Mich.

New goods arriving daily. and see tbem at £ . R. Collar's.

Excursion to Grand Rapids via L. & II,, Oct. 23, good to return Oct. 24, on account of Democratio mass meet-ing. S. 0 . Fisher,, candidate for gov-ernor, will speak. One fare for round trip.

Douglass E . Spring has traded his house lots and dairy outfit for Grand Rapids city property and will soon move to tho city to live. Mr. Spring has lived among us many years and will be missed here.

We have made a number of crayon enlargements for Lowell people, and m every case have given the best of satisfaction. Remember that wo guarantee a perfect likeness and a picture that you don't have to go to the further side of tho room to see any good in it. Our prices arc very reasonable. M. C. Dey 98 Monroe street over People's Savings bank.

Attorney S. P. Hicks was transact-ing business in Muskegon and Grand a couple of days this week.

FOR SALE—One good coal stove sound, one steel round wood stove, sound, nearly new, also, one good cook stove sound, with copper reservoir. Apply to Wm. McWilliams Lowell.

All the Great Scotch Medicines for sale by Hunter & Son, Will M. Clark W. S. Winegar and D. G. Look Lowell.

Last week a boat passed through the city containing an old gentleman hw daughter and son-in-law, with

An Explanntlon.

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(Cbpyriaht, Sohwarz-by KeppUr tnann.)

Little Isaac—Fadder. what does dis mean? "Effery cload has a ailrer lln-tofr-"

Fadder—1 dink dot means financial clouds, like fires nnu vailurea, me in son.—Puck.

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camp equipage aud tourist outfit. I t was launched ou the riyer near Langs-ton and headed for Missouri, intend-ing to make the journey by water through Flat river into Grand river, Lake Michigan and Mississippi river. Mr. Washburn helped them around the dam here and they sailed off on their long journey.—Belding Banner.

When you want a picture that looks just like you, or a little better, iro to Dey's studio nnd get some of those enameled water proof photographs, I that never fiiil to give the best of satisfaction. Children a specialty. 98 Monroe sireet over People's Savings bank.

A marriage license has Iwen issued to Willie E, Taylor of Lowell aud Maud Rider of Grand Rnplds.

The Scotch Medicine Company are holding forth at Saranae.

The Prohibition meeting last Sat-urday evening was addressed by Robert Hardv; Rev. A. P. Moors aid Myron H. Walker and politics from their standpoint were well presented. A qnartet composed of Rev. E. H. Shanks, Carl 8. English, Arthur Hu»* ted and George Qnlliford sang a couple of good campaign songs.

"That tired feeling" gives way to perfect health when one takes the Royal Remedy Beef, Wine and Iron. Only 60 oents per large bottle at Mc-Owty'i. Best, spring medicine on "«»». 43 tf \

A CliarltaUe View.

Little Brother—Papa waa awful mad cause I lost that umbrella.

Little Sister—Was he?

BAPTIST NOTES.

In the murning, Patitur Sinrnks will prcach on (lie subject of "Christianity ns a Universiil Religion."

The evening theme will ho, "Hoir the Father Hath Loved Us." The kmko will bo accotnpunied by a rending, entitleil, "David's I .II ment for Hit Son A iisolom," by ^Irs. .Shanks. ' LEIK.KR rcadore are most cordially invi-ted.

E. H. Shanks, Pastor.

List of Unclaimed Lottera Romnining in the Post Oflice nt £mvcll, Mich., week onding Oct. 13, 1S94:"

Ladies: Clack Mrs. Julia, French MM. Frank, Parnell Mrs. Einnin, Whitton Mrs. Clara.

Gents; Bcach O. E., Boytnn Ilobt, Bnyu-clt Albert, Filkins Isaac, Jewett CharleM 0 , Jones Allen W. Mnione John, Mickle J.Q> SchwaVdc* John.

Persons claiming the above will plenum j say "ndvertiecil" and give date of list,

LKONARO I I . F l i n t , P, M •

I have a flock of about one hundred row* and httive been using your Prolific Pon'a., £ Food. I am satisfied it is* a good thinij. Mrs. W. J. Keyoa Mancnster N. Y. The tcHtimitay is all in favor of tho "Prolific."

Little Brother—Awful. I s'pose be- ^ o n e o v e r u s e < ' according to directions don't want me to grow up to- be auob w'-t,10Ul llc-inK istislied that is all the pro-an umbrella loser as he ia

A Boy'# PaindlM.

Sammy Suburb—WboopI Pop has bought a new house on the •bluff.

Neighbor's Boy-Nice place? Sammy-Just jolly. The lawn U to

steep that all I'll have to do will be to start the lawn mower at tbe top and ride down on I t

A Friendly Tip,

Married Man—Not married yet? Old Chum—No. I'm no t Married Man—Now see here, old

boy, times are changing mighty f a s t You take my advice and marry before-women get any more emancipated than they are already.

Kot SerprlMd.

ProfcMor Longhair—Statistics ahow toat Germany's proportion of saioldes

larger than that of any other Euro-pean country.

Miss Gotham-1 don't wonder. I t mnat be awfully wearing to have to think In German.

prietor claims for it. ton V t

L. B. Lord Burling-

Old newspapers, 25 for 5 ccuta a t this office.

Map paper nt the LEDOER oflice.

Photograph envelopes at tho , LED OEit office.

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A h o * Re pa te l l a r . Little Girl—I guess that Mra.

door Ua reg'Iar glutton. —Msrcy! Why do yon

LItttle Girl—Her husband Is away and yet she ia oooking something for herself instead of seading oat for eraoksrs and anirel cake and ice oream. the way ether ladies d a

Binks—The doctor advises shert, qnick runs several times M day, bat he says the exercise will do me no good anises It haa an object

Jinks—Bay a straw hat

CUKE KUK IIEAOACIIS.

As a remedy for sll» farms of IToBduehe Electric Blttpru has proved, to bo tin* y.ry best. It effects a pernunent cure und' the mort dreaded sick hcadtcliM yield to its in-iluence. We urgd all who are om cUd to pro-cure a bottle, bnd gire this remedy a fair trial. In cases of hubitusl connUpaUon E cc-trie Bitters curea b ig iv ing tbe needed tone to the bowels, and fewctMS lor^ reai-tthu use of this medicine. Try it onu?. Larga buttles osiy 60 cents s t Hunter & t<0D'sdiug store.

A MILLION FRUCNDS. A friend is need is s friend indeed, and not

less than one million people have fonnd Just such a friend In I)r. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Congbs s rd Colds—If you have never used this Great Coujrh Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonder-ful curative powers In nil diseases of Throat, Cbestand Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed. to do all that is claimed or money will he re-funded. Trial bottles free s t Hunter & fkm's Drug store. Large bottles 60c, snd $1.00.

G. Worden took a business trip to Hillsdale and Lansing this week. \ At Hillsdale he met Ed Webber aud wife. Mr. Webber it working in a laundry^ there.

SEITLEMKKTS WAXTKD .—All p e r sons indebted to me, whether black or white, tall or short, male or female, rich or poor, good or bad, are requested to call at my office and settle before Nov. 1, as after that date they will have to deal with S. P. Hicks.

/I. B. Malcolm, M. D.

Map paper cut to size for sale at this office.

NEW FIIM IN TOWN. 1 deaire to nocify the public that I have

opened a new lirery and fed stsble st the old stand opposite the Lowell State Bank and request a portion of their pstsonsge. The bat of rigs as low ss the lowest.

L. O. Cain.

STRAY HOCft FKHID. Csme to my premises, oo or shoot Octo-

ber, 2, two hogs, which I hsvs iSsken np and shall hold for costs and damages. OfcMr is requested to pcove property, psy ooetsV'l tske away. J . p. Needhsm,

Section^, Lowell.

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Just received'aTthis oflioe-aTresh line of <»lling cards, all the latest styles. These will be printed in tasty script at prices to suit the times.

Extra copies of this issne for sala at the LKDOER office.

•MINISTRATOB'S SALE. In the Mstterof the Estste of Eliasbeth deceased. Notice is hereby given shall sell at Pnblie Auction, to the . bidder, on Monday the 12th day of iber A. D. 1894 at two o'clock. In the

i, at the North Front door of the Courf Hoose in the City of Grsnd Rapids gsthfeConnty of Kent in tho State of Michigan, pursuant to License and autbor-ityirranted to me on tbe twenty third day oltfnly A. D. 1894 by the Probate Court of

fent County, Mlchlgsn. sil of the estste. ght, title snd Interest of the said deceased

of. In and to the real estate sitnatod snd being in the County of Kent in the State of Mlchigsn, known and described as follows to-wil;

Lot number eight (8) of Block Thirty-Seven (37) of Richard's & Wickham's Plat of the village of Lowsll said County and Bute.

Dated, September 27th A. D. 1894. p i nry F. Tredenkk AdniaistraUr. |

LOWELL A HASTINGS RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

In Effect Sunday, February 11,1894.

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ITS before sn appreciative ircQlollon. reaching ersry nook aad of tha globe.

CHAM, W H O U S M E , SEFBE Three montha trial, thirteen issues,

'Ingle dollar. Try It . , TEXAS SIFTINQS PUB. CO,

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