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BARGAINS Iii Beaver, Felt and Wool Lined SHOES, and we offer great reduction in broken sizes. Come and see if we have your size in'broken lots.

You can save some money.

CEO. WINECAR.

YOU Can get a

Tender, Juiey Steak

cut from

young cattle

THE Pork we offer is all

corn fed and very nlc|, Try a nice Jliicy Pork Roast

KNOW >ve keep the best

Oysters

on the market

ALL yon need is to ask

for a niee

roust of veal and

you can get it

IS AT

PLAGE your orders with

us and get good meats at

reasonable prices

i s r . i L u o o o n s r s . — - -

la

He

in the Crowd ' 4'vi

At Sjjj ijjh's. See his Fall and Winter Samples, before ordering elsewhere. He has the best goods at prices that defy competition for GOOD WORK. Smith won't do any Clieap John Slouch work. Bo;ch work is dear at any price,

pairs and Pressing a SPECIALTY and Satisfaction Guaranteed.

SMITH, The Tailor. nrr in

And mar th«

ABDUCTED Serious Charge Against

John Bozung.

ABDUCTION O F A L I T T L E GIRL.

J u s t i c e H l c k 8 , O f f i c e C e n t e r

Ujti A t t r a c t i o n Y e s t e r -

d a y .

T h e office of 'Squire H i c k s wns

packed with an enger c rowd yeti lerday

d r i n k i n g in the case of T h e Peop le v».

J o h n Bozutig, in which the de f endan t

is charged with the a b d u c t i o n of tho

l i l t le d a u g h t e r of Theodo re N . HIih-.-, I t seems t h a t M r . H i n e a and his

wife who lived in K e o n e township ,

nea r F a l l a s b u r g . pa r t ed on J a n u a r y

15. and it is in t imated t ha t J o h n b o -

zung was the cause of the separat ion-

T h e mothe r took the l i t t le son anr^

the seven-year old d a u g h t e r r e m a i n e d

wi th the f a t h e r .

On J a n u a r y 29, Bessie was excused

f r o m school a t F a l l a s b u r g and s t a r t ed

for home . On the w a y , i t is a l l eged ,

she was accosted by J john B o z u n g ,

who tr ied to induce the g i r l to go

with h im , u rg ing it r epaa t ed lv .

T h e l i t t le gir l r e fused , and meet ing

her fa ther , told him w h a t B u z u n g bad

said. Mr. H i u e s passed t h e m a t t e r

over l ight ly, bi\ t s t a r t e d back over

the road with, t he ch i ld , a t l e n g t h

t u r n i n g off a t t be road side and s e n d -

ing the child oil alone. S h e had gone

a b o u t twenty rods when Bozung a i*-

peared f rom behind s o m e bushes and

g r a s p i n g t h e ch i l d ' s a r m told he r she

must go with h im. S h e refiiBed, a n d

it is c h a r g e d , t ha t he said she numt

o r he would kill her. She sc reamed,

and her fa ther hea r ing her , t a n to

the place a o d Buzung took to Imh

heels. T h e supposi t ion is t h a t i t

was proposed to t ake the g i r l to her

mother .

C o m p l a i n t was first made a t Ion ia ,

bu t it was f o u n d t h a t t h e al leged of-

fense was commit ted in K e n t coun ty

and the e x a m i n a t i o n wns held as afore-

said before Jus t i ce Hicks , the prosecu-

t ing a t t o r n e y be ing p resen t .

Mr . B o z u n g pleaded not gui l ty a n d

the hear ing is defer red t o the 24th a t

C o u r t Hieks .

du r ing til's fol lowing s u m m e r , but

again the d readed disease a t tacked

him in the f o r m of h e m o r r h a g e and

a f te r closing o u t his business here he

went with h is family to Denye r , Col.

His home was sold and eve ry th ing pos-

sible was done to arrest the disease;

bu t he cont inued to fa i l . On the sef :

ond of J a n u a r y , he arr ived home and

did not a f t e r t ha t leave t h e house.

A n d y , as he was best known, was a

man of s t e r l ing business quali t ies, en-

ergetic and courageous , ye t careful

and pa ins tak ing . As a citizen he was

publ ic spir i ted apd progressive; as a

neighbor he was kind and char i tab le .

I n the home circ le he was affect ionate

! and considera te . His presence al-

ways carr ied sunshine and warmth in-

to (jvery circle where he moved, and

he thus drew around him f r iends by

the scores.

Besides his wife, deceased leaves

one d a u g h t e r , W i n n i e , a f a the r and

mother , two brothers , Geo. C.. of Por t -

l and , O r e g o n , and N . F . , of L o n g Isl-

and , K a n s a s ; also one sister , Mrs . Ar -

thu r Hi l l of Cor rv , P e n n .

I n Men to r l a m

If you want to take comfort an^enjoy life this winter weather, buy

Robes, COATS AND MITTENS Then g-et into one of our elegant new cutters behind a spanking- team and away you go.

NASH, HE'S GOT 'EM.

THE LOWELL MARBLE WORKS. J O S . H . H A M I L T O N , P R O P .

Successors to Kisor & Ay res, Dealers in and Manufacturers of

GARBLE & GRANITE CEMETERY WORK a g r ^ ^ A U work Guaranteed. ' j f f i tef Please Cell before Purchasing.

ANDREW B A T E S JOHNSON.

1LOWELL PLANING MILL,=

F u n e r a l O b s e q u i e s . S k e t c h of H i s

L i f e . S t r u g g l e f o r H e a l t h .

A n d r e w Ba te s J o h n s o n , son of M r .

and Mrs. C h a n d l e r J o h n s o n , died of

consumpt ion a t t he hon)e of his pa -

rents, T h u r s d a y , F e b . 6 .

F u n e r a l services were held a t tho

house, S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n , conduc ted

by R e v . A . P . Moors. A lurye con-

course of people were present , a n d

m a n y of A n d y ' s near and dea r f r i e n d s

were u n a b l e to ga in admi t tance .

F lowers in g r e a t p ro fu s ion were b e -

stowed by m a n y of his old fr iends, Mio

beau t i fu l piece being presented by t h e

business m e n of Lowe l l , ano ther by

old neighbors , and m a n y were sent in

b y f r i ends here and in G r a n d Rap ids .

Mr . J o h n s o n was born in the town-

ship of C h a r l o t t e , C h a t a u q u a county ,

N . Y . , May 13, 1854. I n 1870 he

came with h is parents to th i s v i l lage ,

a lad of 16. H e r e he lemained f t u r

years , and then r e tu rned to the fah't

and lived in Cor ry , Penn . , where he

"Lean's have their time to fall.

And flowers to wither at the north wind's

breath.

And Ktars to set—but all,

Thou hast a i . t , neusons for thine own,

0 Death !"

In a d i s t an t western ci ty , on the 4 th

of R b r u n r v , a young life, whose days

had been passed in our midst, closed

upon ear th .

G l a d y s C h a p m a n , d a u g h t e r of Mr .

and Mrs. W M . C h a p m a n , was born

in this v i l l age , and in the s ixteen

years of his sho r t life had become

identified wi th the youth of our vil-

lage in all school , social and church

life. H e r musical accomplishments

had b r o u g h t he r often before the pub-

lic in home e n t e r t a i n m e n t s , and gained

for her h e a r t y applause . But modest

and re t i r ing by n a t u r e , she loved

most the a p p r o v a l of her parents , and

t h e home f r i ends deares t to her .

G l a d y s was no t a modern g i r l , in the

sense of be ing seen and heard upon

the s treet a n d lo i te r ing in publ ic

places a t all hours; b u t was old fash-

ioned in the possession of those vir tues

of love fo r home, respect for pa ren t s

a n d he r e lders , modest a n d quiet be-

hav io r in p u b l i c and a n absence of

t h a t o b t r u s i v e self-assertion which

m a r s the b loom of the young g i r l s of

today ,

G l a d y s ' hea l th had been impaired

fur some t ime , but it was not unt i l

May of l a s t y e a r t h a t serious fears

were felt , t h a t tha t foe of you th and

a g e al ike, consumpt ion , had m a r k e d

her . On J u n e 3, hop ing for tha t help

f r o m tho a i r of Colorado which medi-

cine had fai led to g ive , her pa ren t s

took her to Denve r , a n d there for

e ight long m o n t h s f o u g h t the e n e m y .

B u t it was a n unequal s t ruggle , and

Tuesday m o r n i n g , F e b r u a r y 4, it

ended in a peaceful , hopefu l , happy

passage of t h e l i t t le maid f r o m the

loving a r m s of f a the r and mother into

the more t e n d e r and loving a rms of

the S a v i o u r who she had loved and

trusted all he r y o u n g life and who

did not fo r sake her in her last hour .

In compl iance with her last earnest

request to " b e b r o u g h t home," her

parents a r r i ved with her body F r i d a y

n igh t , accompanied b y M r . Chap-

man's m o t h e r ami s is ter who joined

T h e closing h y m n was sung b y re-

quest , one t ha t Gladys sang so o f t en ,

and t ha t was whispered by he r d y i n g

lips:

" 'Tis so sweet to t rust in Jesus . J u s t to t a k e H i m a t His word ; "

The while casket was covered , and

the little body sur rounded by the

most exquis i te flowers, b r o u g h t by

loving hands. T h e Ladies ' B a n d N o .

1, of which Mrs. Chapman was j e a d u r ,

t h e ciass in school of which G l a d y s

was a member , thp Chris t ian E n -

deavor societies, Senior and J u n i o r ,

each b r ing ing offer ings of the choic-

est flora| t reasmvs, typical in the i r

pu r i ty and f r a g r a n c e of the qweet

life now healed and restored in the

F a t h e r ' s home.—Communica t ion .

THE MENPELSSOHNS,

ALLEGED BLACKMAIL.

C o n s t a b l e L e C l e a r a n d A t t o r n e y

U n d e r A r r e s t a t I o n i a .

I O N I A , M i c h . , Spec ia l T e l e g r a m .

F e b . 1 2 . — A t t o r n e y E . 0 . M a i n s

a n d C o n s t a b l e I ) . L e C l e a r , b o t h of

L o w e l l , h a v e b e e n a r r a i g n e d b e f o r e

an I o n i a j u s t i c e on a w a r r a n t s w o r n

ou t b y AVm. C h e e t h a m , of B o s t o n ,

Ion ia c o u n t y , w h o c h a r g e s t h e m

wi th o b t a i n i n g 8300 b y t h r e a t s of

c r i m i n a l p r o s e c u t i o n . C h e e t h a m

c l a ims t h e y b l e d h i m o n ( a t h r e a t

that, he h a d i n s u l t e d his h i r e d m a n ' s

w i f e a n d t h e a t t o r n e y w a n t e d S000

a t f i r s t , b u t w h e n |,:{00 w a s o f fe red

it w a s a c c e p t e d . H o a l so c l a i m s

t h a t t h e w o m a n on ly g o t 825, a n d

t h e l a w y e r a n d c o n s t a b l e t h e ba l -

ance , w h i l e t h e constablp.e.la.i ins h e

had n o t h i n g t o d o wi th t h e m o n e y ,

T h e case w a s s e t f o r F e b . 2 4 . — D e -

t r o i t T r i b u n e ,

was in the grocery business in com-1 a t G r a n d Rap ids , and were re

W . J . B C S B f t * SOW, V & O P S . , A M D D B A L B U d XV

Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Cedar Fence Posts,

MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, DOORS, BIJNDS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES AND SCRSESS. MOULDING, KXHIBITION AND 8HIPPINO COOPS. DRIED

Al'rLE BOXRS, KID., MATCHINO. HE 3 A WING AND JOB WORK, WOODEN EAVE TROUGHS.

J E C K E R . & S O I V , L o w e l l , M i c h .

pany wi th an only s is ter , who was a

teacher in the high schools of t h a t

c i t y . In 1880 he closed out his busi-

ness there and r e t u r n e d to Lowel l ,

which has since been his homo, hav-

ing marr ied Miss A l m a Sk inner , bis

present bereaved companion , 'on Sep-

tember 7 of the previous year .

Mr. J o h n s o n ' s "health had a lways

been good unti l , a b o u t May, 1894, i t

began gradual ly to decline. H e was

o rdered South by his phys ic ian , and ' shore . "

ceived Rt the home of hif. sister, M r s .

M. C. G r e e n e .

F u n e r a l services were held a t t h e

Congrega t iona l c h u r c h , of which

G l a d y s was the younges t m e m b e r ,

S a t u r d a y a f t e rnoon . T h e chu rch was

crowded t o its u tmos t c apac i t y , m a n y

fa i l ing to ga in admi t t ance . Tho Rev

J . T . H u s t e d preached a comfor t ing

and impressive s e r m o n f r o m t h e

words : " A n d J e s u s stood on t h e

went to S a u t e F e , N e w Mexico, with

his f a m i l y , where they l ema ined

about e ight months . H e then re-

t u rned home and seemed much b e t t e r

T h e mus ic was fu rn i shed by a q u a r -

te t composed of G e o r g e W i n e g a r

L e R o y M c D i a r m i d , Mrs . E . R . A

H u n t a n d Mrs. Ha* lie P e c k h a m

F o r C r u e l t y t o A n i m a l s .

Mer r i t E . Harden , who lives in the

vicinity of Al to , hitched a half -s tarved

rack-a-bones of a horse in town Tues-

day night and left it there unt i l ob -

servers were shocked into compla in ing

to Marshal E d m o n d s , and H u m a n e

Agen t P i c k a r d had the animal caret

for. W h e n Barden missed his rig, ho

smelled a mice and went homeSi foo t . "

" P i c k " went ou t next day "p i cked"

Barden and b r o u g h t him to t own .

Yes te rday m o r n i n g the a f fa i r was

discussed a t considerable length b e -

fore Mqui re H i c k s and the conclusion

was tha t $20 would a b o u t fill the bill ,

with sixty d a y s a t hard labor as an

a l te rna t ive . H e is now a t work .

A VERY P L E A S I N G PROGRAM

R E N D E R E D .

N a m e s of P a r t i c i p a n t s a n d P r o g r a m

In F u l l .

A l a r g e and app rec i a t i ve audience

greeted tho Mende l s sohn chorus oq

their in i t ia l a p p e a r a n c e n t Music hal l ,

Monday even ing , F e b . 1 0 ; a n d the

generotiE app lause fo l lowing each evenj,

should h a v e been g r a t i f y i n g to the

ta lented d i rec t ress , Mrs. J . M. Good-

speed, whose p a i n s t a k i n g t r a i n i n g was

evidenced by t h e p leas ing and well

rendered p r o g r a m . F o l l o w i n g a r e

the name% of t |)e p a r t i c i p a n t s :

S o p r a n o : Mabel Moors , L o t t a Sayre , A n n i e H p n t e r , E s t e l l a M c D i a -mid, A n n a M a y n a r d .

A l t o : Mrs. E . R . A . H u n t , Mrs. D . G. Look , O r a Weekes , E f f i e M c D i a r -

mid . T e n o r : R o y M c D i a m i d , Chas.

Qu ick , F r a n k W h i t e . Bas s : Geo. W i n e g a r , J a a , M a r t i n .

H a r l e y M a y n a r d , G e o . M . W i n e g a r . Assisted by F . D . T a r l e t o n , violin-

ist, A c c o m p a n i s t , R . D.V S tocking , Directress, Mrs. J . M. Goodspeed .

T h i s was t h e p r o g r a m :

"Soldiers Chorus" Faust Meudelssnhn Chorus

"Flyaway Birdling" . F. Abt Lotta Sayro Ora Weekes

"Morning Invitation" Veazie Ladies' Chorus Mabel Moars, Soloist

"Lapp Maiden .Song" DeKoveq Lotta Sayre

"Bauuh, Oh Banisl) thy Fears" Lorens "In this Hour of Softoned Splendor" Pinsuti

Mendelssohn Chorus "Only a Little While" P . Loring

Ora Weekes "Song of the Viking" Faniag

Mendelssohn Chorus "Good Night, My Love" ' Qeibel

Anna Maynard Mabel Moors "Down in the Dewy Dell" Smart

Ladies' Chorus "Midnight" Ettore Gelli

Mrs. J . M. Goodspeed "Violin Obhgato" F . D. Tarleton "Arion Walt/" Vogej

Mendelssohn Chorus

1

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.

A P i o n e e r P a s s e s A w a y .

S m i t h Godf rey , a n o l d . r a n d well

k n o w n resident of Ve rgennes , died a

his l a t e residence M o n d a y n o o n a t

age of 76 years , a f t e r a n illn

only two weeks wi th in f lamat ion

the lungs .

Mr . G o d f r e y moved f r o m C h a n d l e r

a b o u t f i f ty- two yea r s ago a n d se t t led , .

in the no r t pa r t of Vergenneg , w h e r e

lie has since resided. H e leaves n i n e

chi ldren, a n d t o g ive l i m e to those

l iving a t a d i s tnqce to c o m e to t h e

f u n e r a l , t he f u n e r a l will n o t t a k e

place until n e x t S u n d a y .

For Sale—Five Splendid Farms.

S m a l l p a y m e n t d o w n , ba la j ioe on l o n g t i m e to. s u i t p i i r c h a g e r , a t ' s i x

pe r c e n t i n t e r e s t . L o w p r i ces . I m p r o v e d w h o l l y o r in p a r t a s .you w i s h ,

wel l w a t e r e d , w i t h t r o u t s t r e a m s , b u i l d i n g s , g o o d r o a d s , s c h o o l s , r a i l -r o a d s , a m i s t a t i o n s , g o o d m a r k e t , e t c . . w i t h i n o n e m i l e , d e s c r i b e d a s f o l .

lows , t o w i t : T h e S W l - 4 of Sec T 13 N R 7 W , 160 a c r e s , i m p r o v e d ,

W 1-2 of N E 1-4 Sec 10, 80 ac r e s , p a r t i a l l y i m p r o v e d . N 1 - 2 of S E 1 -4

of S e c 10, HO acres , s m a l l i m p r o v e m e n t . S E 1 -4 of S e c 12 a n d a. f r a c -t i ona l p i e c e a d j o i n i n g o f . 23 ac res , m a k i n g 183 a c r e s , h o u s e , b a m a n d

i m p r o v e m e n t s . A l so a f a r m of 2SG 0 0 - 1 0 0 a c r e s , n e a r W i l l i a m e t o n on I) . L . & N . R . R . and G r a n d R i v e r g r a v e l e d t u r n p i k e , i m p r o v e d , a n d

wi l l d i v i d e i n t o t w o f a r m s . E n q u i r e of o r a d d r e s s

A. A. DWIGHT, 8. B. KNAPP, 781 J e f f e r s o n A v e n u e , D e t r o i t , M i c h , L o w e l l , M i c h .

98"

C L E A R A N C E

We are going to have a clearing' sale of all odda and ends of

BOOTS AND SHOES ami Warm Goods during the month of February, previous, to

the arrival of Spring Goods. Everybody knows when we say

we are going to have a sale we mean business. Yours t ru ly ,

The Old Reliable Shoe House,

A. J. HOWK & SON.

' B O U N D A B O U T H O M E .

W O H I Q A N E V E N T S R E L A T E D IN

B R I E F I T E M S .

Avanolnt nn of Fartn-r*' Clubt

HoIA Ttmtr Annual Mrittlug; nt Lnnnlnir

Wothr r wnd 8 >n Unltacl Af ter 18 Vran.

—B*porl of the htulo I.ubitr lluroau.

A Morrli^e Crlm". T h e reccnt lindinjf of t h e head less

body of a young woman in a lone ly spot n e a r K t T h o m a s , ivy., across t h e Ohio .dTcr f rom Cincinnat i hah proved »h«>Dsulion which shouked th ree s ta tes . For t w o weeks detect ives fo l lowed every d u e and were a lmost r e a d y t o

Sivo u p when Hoineone recognized u ••hcriptlon of tho bho<r8 w«irn by tho

w o m a n h h being t h a t of a ce r t a in s tylo . . — „„ . m a d e by a I ' o rUmouth . O.. drm. I t

Henry (inrrine. an oli , " w a s found t h a t only a Mnail n u m b e r d ian surveyor , was found •'—« '

M I C H I G A N N E W S .

A new Rtate bank is to be es tabl ished a t Coloma.

Escannhn has voted to bond for 8j0,-onu to cons t ruc t a municipal water -w o r k s system.

Hevlval services a t Albion resu l ted in 3'J.I new m ' rahers be ing added t o tho various churchos.

CAUGHT ON THE FLY

F O R E I G N A N D D O M E f T I C N E W #

I O F G E N E R A L I N T E f l E k T .

SiVATt—Forlr-se* *l,,& from the commliwe on J ® " 1 " '» ^

rt^l in* Cn.>aB b e . U e f t W 1U Jh6 0 «

lk»l u,

Fwrm^rV d e b t In rnnventlon. T h o a n n u a l n iee i lug of tho iMichigan i t o Assoul.ition of F a n n e r s ' c lubs Id a t w o thiyti' session a t liiinsini;.

O o v . Rich. a l t e r de l iver ing a n eiirnesl •tidre^B of welcome, aoce.ied to the re*

of t h o Ohsoeiation a n d ta lked for » i m o tirao on s t a t e alF.iirs, answer ing t h o q u e s t on. " I s t h e Governineiit Vfor th U l iat i t Costs/" He declared t h a t Michigan was g ivorned as ecu-• f imica l ly a s any s ta le in the union. IVeM ten t A. C. iJird iu his npnual a i ldruss s u i i t h a t two ye a r s ago the re wero b u t .Ml fa rmers c l u b , in tho

SUito. whi le now there lire o . e r -Oj. 'lie inUuenoc of the uiiib% will be ap«

Seda ted , ho said, when it Is s ta ted a t botno l.i.nui) persons, with tho

c a m e in t e r e s t s and purposes, ga the r

Ksokly in 2onconiniunitles in thos ta te . ! Maid i t waa time m r tho association

t » t a k e u p a di l ferent lino of work— t h e g r e a t quest i .n of publ ic ex|K>ndi-fttu-es. The dhiiussion developed much fe»ksMlity t o the Universi ty, and ba t m i l e to t h e ohari tabic and roforma- . rowly escaped l y n c n i n g w/ t o r v inst i tut ions. I t a k e n f r o m c o u r t t o t h e j a i l .

Tho general trond of discussions •ere t o condemn the s t a t e legislature,

....... m . . W l ilead n e a r ! Lake Linden, on the road t o h is home. ! Uetng th inly clothed, he pe r i shed f r o m cold.

.lohn Klntr. an E v n r t y o u t h , w a s fined only 10 cents fo r d U t u r o i n g a reiijflous meetinir by t h r o w i n g c a y e n n e pepper on the stove, bu t had to pay 816 costs.

The Christ ian E n d e a v o r society of t h j s t a l e are p repa r ing f o r t he i r con-vent ion a t lonla, April 1 3. i ree en-t e r tn inmou t will be provided fo r 1,(KJ0 guest&

A liirfro force of men a r e l a y i n g s tee l ra i ls on tno Ann Arbo r road f ro a Dundee to Ann Arbor. T h e improve-moul will cost t he c o m p a n y felo0,0o0 the coming yea r .

Na than T o m p k i n s p l eaded gu i l t y a t Hlg Uupi ls to bea t ing h is th ree -year -o .d d a u g h t e r with a s t i c k of wood T n e j i is t .ce gave him a l l t h e l aw per-mits , a edOj unc .

J e r r y Scot t , colored, of J ackson , a r -r e s t e d on t i i e c a a r g e of b e a t i n g h i t six-year-old d a u ^ n t e r t o d e a t h , nar -

w m l a being

of t i l ls pa r t i cu la r s h a p j ha i been made a n d t h a t they bad been sold t o a firm n t Greencast le . Ind. Thence each pa i r w a s t raced and accounted for un t i l i t became evident t h a t Mish Pear l Uryaa , aged 'J.i. a f a r m e r s d a u g h t e r , w a s the • i " had been ful ly identl i led t h e t r a i l be came d e a r e r , i t was shown t h a t t h e

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O U R L A W M A K E R S * T WORK. [ C O N D E N S E D T B t i g R A M t t .

T h e house commit tee on f ' i f e iga a fa i r s has decided by a a t r lo t par ty vol to repor t a resolut ion censu r ing Ai bassador i iayard fo r h i s a l leged " J

American speechus in England,

svern v u . ». - r — L u > a • P '» taburg •do tfie uovorn m . pTw^luieO. Mfcl W * * * ^ r a p h e r . was killed by a Iraiu. luuiniulnca w fwee ef afAis IT J>ey»«»« uk t ro l wiigon, while t ak ing the

£0 ticudliiir powc-w aod a eorA •• » stfceet ear and Ibe d r t f e r wait k n ad lac riHtm ol btlliifttraaia la tUa poaif snd wrnioty of lb« United -totea. Mr. Qtoy i n e i l o onrtlAp Hie reaolutU n coram ttbe/iilverHUttsluuM tor the kirlil bill, but tUe uawbiwiKh reso uMeo Uirec\ ' tir tne aecretarvoroiirku.tureloe.>ecule #ao 'a*®8

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f o ' l i l O anape of a c o d -urra m lodowa. "Kesolvod. i.y . House of i 'epreaeulativai oo icurrlbt; taut ^ l . ieopa oDon'oiuresa a ceu lllloa of poali# war u.<fal» b.-twcri toe itovora v««l of flpelo aou tfio uovora enl proc ' - ' '•*' .o

Popular Uundv Bold Walt. . T h o U. S. t r easury d e p a r t m e n t re- to teed dVniDoWon. >wl p r r m * * * *•[_*<•_: seMtiDg obh

kcu <.). « .ui .uot o Miaugnwc,, ncw> »>io ceived 4.040 bids, r ep re sen t ing Beoretary Mbrted; A retiolutl^io dis'u buw p a j w — t h r o t i iot im a n d a f t e r t h e head less t r u n k •'11,850, w h e n t h e t ime c a m v t o se l l t h e appropr.au D> W a'dodk H ip aerarjl t -uio- | a r x M .,1 l„.,m i u l l , t l , . l r . i l b . - IIIW.OUO.OU.) 1 , . „ . u t U. S, 4 p . r c u t o * ' " " S " i c i S ' S . " ' . - In to n ' t d . W d l ' w M . t t b u d l > . u W

oirenuKB as- irom -.hetiirrtiovjr of Vow Me Jf®, unt 'd o p t , n ^ U u M v l U e . O : , a n d was dtartriiV." ' W i r a ( * » a a i-Uher wa/» ki l le ; ! a /

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I Jos. K. Dun lap, pub l i she r ef (bp Chiimgo Dieputch. Jiat bora roJ* fenet 'd to >tat p e n i l e m i e r y f u r t w o y<>art and t<rf>ay a Mae o f tf.ojtf f j f r seaniing o b h O ^ e Utrvaturo—Ui» 9f/j»

t h r o u g k the in«iti;

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bonds. The immense offer luga as-tounded expert*. T h e bids l i t e ra l ly too House I

aion; bo we re r. . •» com n.ttcfi ae J T porirtt ibx bill «n<l it wua ••»8«sl wl: aut «i-

fcgislaNirs. s t a t e inst i tut ions and s t a t e • f i teers In general ; pro tes t ing aga ins t AHc-ged excessive salaries and careless-• e s s In expenditures. Oov. Klcb pro-teaUxl aga ins t tho wholesale condem-nat ion (rf legislatures. T h e legislators w o r e very much like t h e ave rage Ar tne r . who, as supervisor, was not • a r t i c u l a r to work too m a n y hours a d a y , bu t never failed to charge f u l l l e g a l rates . CoL Vic Deland s t rnck a ItJsponsivo chord when he rcL.inded t h e ex-legislators, who h a d been kick-i n g on various legislation, t h a t t h e y d i d none of th i s k ick ing when t h e y were in t h e legislature, where It would d o some good, but t hey w e n t w i t h t h e crowd. Detroi t and Detroi t a f fa i r s were unmerc i fu l ly roasted by R o b e r t Gibbons.

Reso la t ionswhichwcreadopted f a v o r e q u a l suff rage, denouncing the appro-pr ia t ion f o r tish commission purposes a s extor t ionate , declare aga in s t a l l j n n k e t s , w a n t all oHicials' sa lar ies a n d rfocs reduced, demand t e x t books fwrated by tho stale, advou t t e reduc-t ion in t h e number and pay of depa r t -• j o n t clerks. T h e y will exac t p ledges (bom all legislative cand ida tes to sup-^ w t these reforms.

Officers wero elected a s fo l lows: Vcesidenl, A. N. Kimmis. J r . , Wixom; j ice-pres ident . J . T. Daniels. Union Home; secre tary , H. F. Peckham, P a r m a ; directors. IV. 11. H a w l e t t . Dans-WHe; C. J . Phelps, West Krauch.

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\Vra. U. Moyer, wholesa lo den ie r In c igars a t Traverse City, was s i l t i n g a t • U desK in his o.lico m a k i n g out. bllla when t w o men en te red t h o room, b lew o u t his I g h t ond p l ac .ng revolvers a t b i s bead, demanued h i s money, l i e gave t h e m a b p u t {f<0 wh ich he had in <hj> pock ;t . T h e y t h e n d e m a n d e d t h a t ho should open I m sa fe , and wi th ( t r e a t s of i n s t a n t d e a t h shouh l ho re-i'otc, compe.led him U.. d o s a He was ihon s o e n r d y bound, g a g g e d , t i ed t o Lis eh air a n d tho r o b b e r s took Si. 700 •and escaped, i n t h o m o r n i n g a do-•mestic aumo t o t h e c i g a r s to re of ^Tnomas T h o m a s , across t n e s t ree t , a n d s t a t e d t h a t Moyer had n o t been homo ^ h m n g t h e nigi i t . a n d h i s f ami ly were m u c h a l a rmed . T h o m a s w e n t t o 31oycr'K office, found t h e door unlocke I a m i discovered him b o u n d a s t h o rob-b e r s h a d l e f t him.

L'ltior rommUitionor** lloport. » L a l w r Commiss ioner Morse r e p o r t s t h a i d u r i n g the pas t y e a r t h e r e were 3,1.17 fac to r i e s inspec ted . Of those a c t o r i e s 2. tHil were r u n n i n g , a n d 2.5 U # l - t he sa were r u n n i n g f u l l t ime, leav-ti»g ••70 idle or r n n n l n g s h o r t t ims . Cbmputed a t Sl-.l- per d a y t h e a v e r a g e w a g e s paid employes of fac tor ies In-spec ted in I8».>, t he loss in money on a c c o u n t of s h o r t hou r s u> >4 M.-.-s da i ly . « r #13 i.TOl. 'H a n n u a l l v . Tho n u m b e r df males employed w a s ,jr),.->s4: n u m b e r • ( females , i.i.l 4. T h e r e w e r e f o u n d 140 chiMron unde r t h e a g e of 14 y e a r s

forking. T h e y were employed in <U f f e r en t factories , n n d w e r e all dis-

c l rargcd. t he law be ing r igid in t h i s respect. In 4 4 f a c t o r i e s LuSSi c h i l d r e n over 14 and under 10 y e a r s of ago w e r e f e o n d employed.

A Hnppy Bonn ion.

Mrs. Thomas Smi th , of T^eslie. w a s ••cry much as tonished by a visi t f r o m a Kiranger abou t ".'0 y e a r s of age . w h o a f t e r a sho r t conversa t ion proved t o bo h e r only son . w h o m she hud n o t

Kn (or 16 yours. He w a s abduc'-ed m he r homa in New York s t a t e

hen a years of age . F ina l ly w h e n

Uauschke Uros., of l ien ton Harbor , w n o s p e n t Sl.oofl on a horse less ear -r lago, a d m i t t h e inven t ion i s a fa i lnre . Tho gas e n g i n e m a k e a s much noise a s a s t e a m b o a t and causes much ridi-cule.

Fam Ijr of Fnven f tntoberel ml Ohla t fo An en t i r e f a m i l y of six, f a t h e r ,

mo the r , wife nnd th ree chi ldren , were m u r d e r e d by R i c h a r d K l a t t k e , a Chi-cago ca rpen te r , w h o th.*n comple ted t h e woric by k i l l ing himself . T h e m e m b e r s of t h e iv la i tke f ami ly were

A. Keppen . aged 31 yea r s , w a s s t r n c k b y a n e l ec t r i c c a r a t U r a n d Rapids , a n d i n s t a n t l y kil led. H e w a s wa lk -i n g o n the t r a c k a n d w a s n o t seen b y t h e m o t o r m a n u n t i l t h e ca r was a lmos t u p o n him.

A d e l b e r t Lyon , a g e d 21, was a r -r e s t e d a t Ronton H a r b o r f o r s w e a r i n g t h a t B e r t h a Con l t e rman w a s 18 of age-w h e n h e w e n t t o g e t m l icense t o m a r r y . S h e is on ly KJ. H e r b r o t h e r m a d e t h e c o m p l a i ' ^ .

R a y Har r i s ^ ^ i d a d y n a m i t e car t -r i dge on t h e i - . i r o a d t r a c k a t Urand Rap ids and b e g a n a sc r i e s of exper i -m e n t a w i t h i t . H e is n o w minus sev.-e r a l fingers on h is r i g h t hand , a n d h a s a deep gash over b i s eye .

Before t h e phys ics c lasses in t h e U. of M. P ro fes so r C a r h a r t a n d Ass i s tan t P ro fes so r Reed p e r f o r m e d t h e f e a t of p h o t o g r a p h i n g t h r o u g h a heavy paate-board box a n d severa l s h e e t s of pape r , by m e a n s of Roen tgen c a t h o d e r a y s

Food Commiss ioner S t o r r s r e p o r t s t h a t d u r i n g las t m o n t h t h e n u m b e r of a d u l t e r a t e d foods f o u n d upon the m a r -k e t abowed a m a r k e d f a l l i n g off. He r o a s t s t h e n u m e r o u s co f fee s u b s t i t u t e s u p o n t h e m a r k e t , s a y i n g they a r e p rac t ica l ly of no value.

Mrs. A l o e r t Allen, n e a r Goblcvil le . w e n t t h e b a r n t o g a t h e r eg, '8. a n d dis-covered tho body of h e r f a t h e r . E l i j ah Kul lard . ly in . j face d o w n w a r d , l i e w a s dead , a n d had p r o b i b l / been f rozen t » dea th . He h a d r ecen t ly b e e n re leased f r o m t h e i n s a n e asy lum.

T h o old Dewey & S t e w a r t ro l l e r process f l oo r ing mil l a t Owosso w a s a l m o s t t o t a l l y c o i w i m e d b y tire. Loas on bu i ld ing a n d m a c h i n e r y , a b o u t

TUe lessees. Mil ler ot i iox ie , wi l l lose a b o u t $>.000 w i t h S3.500 in-surance . T h e mil l war, o n e of t h e o ld-e s t l a n d m a r k s of owosso .

J e r r y Scot t , a colored m a n of J a c k -son , w a s a r r e s t ed b y Sher i f f Peek , a t t ho sugges t ion of Coroner Slenou. a n d held on suspicion of h a v i n g w h i p p e d his O-ycar-old d a u g h t e r so b r u t a l l y t h a t i t caused he r d e a t h . I t w a s a l s o a l leged t h a t Scot t l a id t h e l i t t l e o n e o n the s tovo a n d b a r n e d i t badly.

P o o r m a s t e r Bush, of K a l a m a z K). w h o w a s removed by t h e superv isors be-cause of c rue l ty t o a p p l i c a n t s f o r a i d . r e f u s e s t o t u r n over t&e b ioksand wi l l con t inue to hol.l h i s office. Coun ty Clerk Forbes has. however , noi i l ied lho grocers and b u t c h e r s t h a t t h e coun ty wi l l no t pay f o r Mr. B u s h ' s orders .

T h e common council of Grand Rap-ids m e t in special session in h o n o r of ex-Mayor h d w m F. Uhl. P r e s i d e n t hal l announced t h e se le j t ion of Mr. Uhl a s ambassador to Germany a n d eulogized him h ign ly . Others made brief addresses anil a commit tee w a s appo in ted to d r a f t resolut ions officially expresMvo of tne joyous s e n t i m e n t in tho city t o w a r d Mr. Uhl aud t h e ap-p o i n t m e n t

J e r r y A. Hill, of l i r cn t Creok, Gene see county , has invented a dead-sure

' g u n u u a t destroyer . I t consists of a ronnd brass ball five fee t a r o u n d , s tuf fed wi th dynamite . There ' s a s o r t of a l a r m d o c k which explodes a cap. whilo live magne ts d r a w the ball close t o any steel-clad g u n b o a t i t m a y approach. T h e y a re expected t o chaso a uoat 10.) ya rds d U t a n u

T h e r e was a la rge g a t h e r i n g a t

U. 8. MlnUf-r lo^a t« I lliimallan*. Advices Irom- l i eno lu ln say: Diplo-

ma t i c relationH-with t h e United S t a t e s

f o u n d dead in t h e i r l i t t l e c o t U g e a t b^en somewl ia t ruffied by t h e ra-207 Berseau avenue . Each had a bul- f U 8 a l o l Mijilbter Willis to pa r t i c ipa te l e t w o a o d i n t h e head and in each case . t h , ! c e l e t o a t i o n o f t h e nat ional boll-

t h e ball had p e n e t r a t e d t h e brain d e a t h J ' ' t h e v 1 f i n i I ? r # >l ^ 1 . ? f V® b i r th of the republ ic . Mr. Will is also

cv idont ly h a v i n g been Ins t an taneous , r e s s e d t h e inv i ta t ion ex t ended to f r o m tbw position^ of t h e bodloa. Be- | M U U P lgman of t h e side tho bony of Richard K l a t t k e lay a r evo lve r a n d e i s p t y ca r t r i dge she l l s were sca t t e red a b o u t the rooms. T h e r e w e r e n o s i g n s of s t r u g g l i n g on t h e p a r t o l a n y of t h e « ic t ims a n d a heavy odor w h i c h appeared t o be t h a t of c h l o r o f o r m pe rvaded t h e house . From1 t h i f r i i w a s s u r a t i s e d t h a t K l a t t k e h a d ch loroformed t h e e n t i r e f a m i l y a n d .then t a k e n deUkera te a im a n d h a d p u t » bu l l e t i n t o t h e bra in of each and . t h e n s h o b h lmsel t - K l a t t k e w a s a r a p i d anarohis t .

Bridga-Cnllainatr—13 Dnmmad. A*bridge on- t h e N e w E n g l a n d n i l -

road ovar the- I'e que buck r ive r n e a r Bris tol , Gonn>, o a l l a p s e d c a r r y i n g wi th i t 30 w o r k m e n ; of w h o m 13 a r e be-l ieved t o have- perished. A fierce s t o r m which s w e p t over the s t a t e play-

Conuul c ru ise r Bennington . I t is said t h a t t h r o u g h his p e r s o n a l inf luence h e in-duced the B r i t i s h r F r e n c h a n d J a p a n -ese commissioners t tvasanme a s imi la r a t t i t u d e regard ing- t h e hol iday. Con-s iderable corrcbpondence h a s passed be tween Mr. W i l l l s u n d t h e H a w a i i a n g o v e r n m e n t on t h e s u b j e c t of t h e cele-bra t ion , b u t n o def ini te o r s a t i s f ac to ry rep ly has been rece ived f rom t h e BUB-is te r In e x p l a a a t i o n o f t h e ac t ion .

I t is r epo r t ed t h a t u n l e s s Sec re t a ry Gluey apologizes forr t h e ac t ions of Minis ter Willis, t h a t - official' m a y b e given his passpor t soon.

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lion L'>t».ui.ed to punB nd wua .Kd-telbe ! ingl Ten tkousund rcbelsurv ' ts-pertadl1

oo'iimiUra. 'i bo lioniiio ire« toluoxe a.ib^sl- ^ k - ooerutitnr uoains t I V u i a J 7 ' ' tulo ror ibe H..uve bond bill dfwus ^ ^ J? 6 " I V . i during Hi* rcmuiiutcr of iba day uaid dcrelopa* b u n s n o and Wusuki. J lie riilri—' aouie bM^Ueiiaten. i a n d teleg.rup.Piinua b a m beuu

S X N A m - F o r l v - ^ h i h d s y . - M ^ B a r e r e * - ^tud tlwatroyed. olution ta wcoaimii tbe laiiS.sllTM bill wme 1 . , . v b ^ ' A man who h a s cvs ry a p p e a e a 4 m c 0

poor g i r l was a b o u t to becomea m o t h e r ; wmnuro exper ts , x u c i V ^ r o d V i ^ a b r l i u r w a ^ i b a < 1 m a i l alerk! t h a t Scot t J ackson , a den ta l s t u d e n t swamped tho t r easury d e p a r t w e n t a n d l io, te«tiv»l|near . l ' i w - w e l d U4 t h e v "I71®** • ' biuilv faiuroU-in a C l n d n n u t i college, and Wm. V\ ood. It was Impossible to te l l •*» « " " * w ' l h p r ^ t c i a j i ob w-t on wse m.H. m * * * p o e passenger werv ba.liv lajuralL of Greencast le , we re In t imate w i t h del ini tm.rss how many bids a n d f u r • Bill to laeaom ul t t t f , • ^ • • o e f e 1

. t h e g i r l , t h a t she had l e f t home w h a t a g g r e g a t e had been received a t I os tens ibly to go t o Indianapol is , b u t Mlfures iu advance of t h e upset price 1 ins tead hud gone to Cincinnat i where o t 110.<ia'.7. a t wh.ch a s} ndicato coin-

slio was met ny Sco t t JacKSon an 1 ,;*• ' • A I J ' r l f a n a l ' l A Ion t o W u l i l n g . h i s roommate . These t l s k & Co., of ^ w York, two . and Wm. Wood, were a r r e s t e d Deutsche bank , of " ^ H n , offered to anil each made pa r t i a l confess ions im- t l i e w h o i e loan, i h e %' p l l ca t lng each other . It was l h a s f rom a par u p to a s ingle » u bid a t 15.t l ea rned t h a t a n a b i r t i o n was per- Secretary l .ariisle was X fo rmed on Miss Hrvan. bu t t h a t she pleased a t t he success of Lie b " U l ' 0 ' * died f r o m its e i lVctsand t h a t to hide t n e leriogs. He said no d e d n l t e s U t e m e n t cr me tho boay w a s laisen to t h e place b e ye t conce rn ing the whore i t was found , and in o r d e r to a w a r d s to successful p r e v e n t ideni i t ica l loa tho head was f " . if a t a l l . he would " S u t c u t off and t n r o w n u w a y , p robably in to o p t ' 0 1 ? , 0 T ' L i n ^ . t t h o Ohio r iv - r . U , s h U ' d l h a t ' " 8 l > o w e d w h a t l h e P"50"

pie of th i s eoi imry would do w n e n ap-pealed t a He t h o u g h t too. t h a t t he etfeot abroad would be very m a r k e d in our favor.

uu b'ltucbian* ucst»enio*er. I belnir .^obiaiter, t h e d ivine uealer ; w a j r C e a ^ a d . a s e c t i o n to C o l ^ X

W W mauefawd Wlimn tor e in.nnv>»fr..maie y oelicae 1 t e he Workl. .f l * ' t »

Csnferaaca o f ' A l l 1 AmarleM* KapobUra. Wash ing ton : Min is te r Carbot of

Ecuador , has received a>cahle f r o m . t h e s ec re t a ry of s t a t e of -Ecuador s t a t i n g

_ . . „ . . . v - „ . , t h a t t he Cent ra l A m s n c a n gocernr h i m t h . New E n g l a n d ra i l road m e D U o f U u a t e m a l a . M c a r a g u a . Sal-S l ^ f i " I t h e i n ^ , l e ° vauor , Hondura s and Costa lUea h a v e Pequebuck r ive r t h r e a t e n e d t e c a r r y l h < . invi ta t ion to jo in in a a w a y a Dew b r idge a t Hnato l s o . c r e w , f American w p u l d i o * w i t h {,, " e , ? ^ r f ! K r t ? * W o t k 1 0 l t ; • ' «ew t o u n i f y i n g t h e m . T h i s is- I n . 1 he old b r idge had been c o n d e m n e d Hr.st a l l rmaiive a i l l o n toward t l i e u j n -

a n d was be ing t o rn a p a r t t h a t some of t h e t i es m g h be used o n the n e w one . Sudden ly tho old br idge coUupsed wi th 17 m e n on< i t and- ouly f o u r ware rescned.

P E O P L E A N D T H I N G S .

F o u r w h i t e men nnd o n e w o m a n wero murde red by H<tnnegah i n u i a n o n iviake i s land , .Alasua .

A pas senge r t r a i n w a s b l o w n f r o m t h e t r ack a t Denver . CoL. a u d l i ra pas-senge r s w e r e badly in ju red .

Lloyd M o n t g o m e r y , a g e d 18, w a s h a n g e d a t A lbany , Ore., f o r t h e m a r -d e r of h i s f a t h e r , m o t h e r a n d u n d e .

Hon. Wm. Engl i sh i p r o m i n e n t Dew o c r a t of I n d i a n a , died a t Ind ianapol i s . ' which was g r e a t l y swollen by t h e He was c a n d i d a t e f o r v iee -p res idea t in mel t ing snow a n d w a s f u l l of tioaing 1880. I iee e l g n t inches tbici{. The fioodover-

T h e k i n g of Korea h a s caused a r e r e - ' flowed e v e r y o u t l e t &nd sudden ly . In t ion by c u t t . n g off h is q u e u e aod w i t h o u t w a r n i n g , a scctinn of tiie dan* o der ing ' a l l of his- s u b j e c t a t e d o t h e gave a w a y aud a wa l l of. w a t e r s ix f e e t s ame . i h igh s w e p t in to t h e valley,, broko-

T h e p i c k i n g hon«e of t h e Tr i -Ci ty I ^ e D.. L. i W r a i l r o a d emuankm.- iu . P a c k i n g Co., a t Davenoor t . l a , was a n d flooded the t o w n t o - a d e p t h of 10 to t a l l y d e s t r o y e d .<y lire. Loas, »110,. l o 1 0 B e s l d e n u fled to.

- i t e r r o r to t h e uopc r floors ami : r jo tS .

vent ion , which U-des igned to b r i n g a b o u t a common u n d e r s t a n d i n g of ^ o r l b . Sou th and Centnvl Amer ican coi- t r ies o n t h e Moiir>>e docuune. Sen..r Carbo says t b e c.cuadoriaib g-iv-e r n m e n t took the in i t ia t ive in oai i ing t h e convent ion some ago» T o e fron-era l plan is to have the oonvonlion held a t Washing toa t o m e - t i m e iu. Au-g u s t nex t , a l t h o u g h t h e e x a c t d a t e i s not s e t t l e d

t 5 People Probnbljr Dr wn«<U A special f r o m Phi lade lph ia , nays:

Pocahon ta s dam a t Morr is town, N. J . , h a s given atvay, flooding the - c i ty . Twenty- l ive people a re missing.- and may have perished. T h e dam. held back t h e wa te r s of Pocahon ta s l ake

UOJ; in su rance . ^7 ,00J. A B. & O. sw i t eh e n g i n e s t r u c k an

e lec l r io c a r a t P i t t s b u r g k i l l i n g t b e moto rman a n d con m o t o r a u d i n j u r i n g e i g h t women passengers .

T w o ch i l d r en , were i n s t a n t l y ki l led

t e r r o r to t h e upper Many hero.c rescues vaere g j people a r e mtsaing.

made, b a t

Edw'N F. Uhl m Ambianatlnr to Orrma«i<r. T h e Pres i l en t h a s ma le h is ciio.ce

x «•,. — for a suceeasor-of t n e late M n ut invon, andonoyou . i i f man.ser loujdy i n j u r e d by a s amba-evador to Germany , . and tlKire a f a l l ing c h . m n e y a t a J — : - u i — • - v."-:..— it..n

irrMwn up ho i ca rned t h a t t h e ' p e o p l e | l u e r i

lie lived with were no t h i s n a t u r a l , T n u - e r ^ C i t y to per fec t l he ^ a n i - a i r e n t s He learned h i s p a r e n t s n a m e , | t o n o f t V , Michigan Maple d u m b e r

- 1 # - . i—•- i Co. I ' i f ty hardwood lumber mannfac i r n r ing concerns in tho shore t o w n s f rom Manistee to Lit t le T r a v e r s e signed the ar t icle i of association. T h e membership will be ex tended t o in-

0 ...WL . d r o w i i i c h o e -c - n e d in a c o . i a g e a t i rool t lyn.

A 5'0),000 lire a t M c K e e s p o r t P a , des t royed a m o n g o t h e r bu i l d ings t h e Al tmnyer t h j u l e r a u d t h e Herald onice. G. M. B r ton , f o r e m a n of the Hera ld office, w a s b u r n e d t o d e a t h .

Burg la r s t r i ed to- blow n p t h e safe in Rogers Sons bank a t I tedford, O., a n d Used t w o heavy c h a r g e s of dyna-mi te which wrecked t h e in t e r io r of t h e safe , b u t f a i l ed to fo rce t h o door.

is every reasno t o believe t h a t Ibm. Kdwin F. Uhl* of Grand l iaplds, l irst a s s i s t an t s e c r e t i r y a f etaU), w i l l be named f o r tlue po t

Mr. Uhl . r n oume into national prominence wiih tho Inconua . oi tua p.cs.iit uUminl..i ru-tion. x'roviou>to th.it Ume no nad uouievad. u tlue rciiutut.un us a luwyar in MJCDJ -Kun. and ue uUo was, well kaown In. nniui-c al olrcle-i. la politic.-* be had u. ways.boon a>

cmocr^t. and was . t o.ie lime mu orot lae tbnviuu o.ty uf . nnd .ispids. An ur.r.iwsmt-aiit secret irrof state Mr. Uhl has iNjucuiiv been cabed uQon to ;.s.-u ne tue entlra uurOau or tne administration oi foreign aiTuirs.duri.K tneabaence or dlsubil.ty oi ibe sou.el.iryo

Thn f Hindoo Chronicle s a y s that there auto Atiortuodeutb of Secretary ^.roaoain u I B o X r ° ° l S r ; r . ws t t l ameot of ^ < » — the , ene . uela question by . — . compro-mise a c c e p t a b l e t o t h e t h r e e gcve ru -men Is conce rned w i t h o u t loss of d ig -n i ty .

Tme it hud been • t n nieil to tno S«mMo It was jm^sed. Mr. -Vuriilti thoauddre sed t.l-' .-.e ate In ruvor of ilit< ulnctioa-M united taceShonvi-tor bypoiiiliirvo-.o. Mr Mow n. ea»..AItt., o lercd an anc» Ime-it to tttd resolution of Ms

relative i» recoramlrunj; toe tarlJ-.idver bl 1. Mr. Morif n s utnea imcnt InatricU the Unapoo eommitteo .o aili. a prufliioa dofta' lin»r i>i|«r eeut .rom customs dntlca o». rooa{ im-ported in ve8M>l&o{ the United tales or oftbe> country pro .uclmr tbe imported artii-lerpM-vldedthit the countries eipwtlnjf auchitoods shall pro.iile bv aw f i a t silver bul soa.'iha-product of United tatos minea. shsll bead-mltte I to eolnave on cnuul- terms wltb ptfid. lhe resolut.on todistrlbute tbe sppropr.atlon bills among the*-various SrmMe oommitiWM wai la ..en up but was not dispose I eft UousM-lne Senate free coinuire sustltute-lor' tbe House bond b.ll wai debited live hours in the aiternoon un I for three hotnw at the nlitht' session. Never, holcss the pressure from mrai-> bers for time to present tnelr'views wits so great that It seemed that the dettue woald Lf r run ever Inbi another weeK. I

Senatk—Fiftieth day.—Mn •Fiwa'Bep.v Me., was elected president pro tem M tbe Senate.-Mr. Allen. P o d . . Neb., addressed the Senate on-the resolution known as the Davis resolatlon-. previously introduced, relailw to tho Monroe doctrine. A rvsolunoa oaared br Mr. Stewart was agreed to, eallh-g on'Uie se teliry of tbe treasury for luformation a»totheestl-mated Increase iu revenue If tho pemling tariff blU becomes a law. aod what the dutvon woof per pound would be undorthe law based on the -presentmarket price of wool The CMhsbroiifh seed resolution was then Uken up; Mr. Ulan-chard, Dem.. La., spoke in s ippert Mlhe reso--latten. criticising lhe Se^retaryof-A^rlculture •®r oot distributing seeds and Canptroller Bowler for not payin« the sugtr bonnUes. de-elaring lhat the/"look lhe-law byOie thro t. Just as a bighwaj-men sel.es you owe lonely rwi-l." Tbe resolution eontemp atlAg the dis-irliMiuen of app.-opriation bills amo-g the sev-ers committees was taken up. ond Mte Alliioi, cbulrmai of tho appropriations eetam ttee. Bsove i to roler tno r solution to theeommitiee •o rules, to bo reported buck witho tt amend-ment tbe tlrst M mdav of Decern or. Thei-e wai mu-a co ifumon with con-Jictlnir motions and e oris at an ogroiiinent. but tne motion itan arried a id the en.ito a llourne 1. H x s t iuedebite on tbe f.-eesilv rsubstitiUa>lor tbe Son i bill pro ecded slea 11 y. A ciih tio iul tioide t occurrel when Mr itarroco. Kep.. .d iw.. m.iTed to Impeach Mr T*ben. i e.u .

. -.0.. for statements mule on tne .Mtnoi.se e-.ect "ibat oul.i • oro in.» w.ta not artb.meJ •f tne p»rt mat nne too in %tn late *ur^ Hut she v,u. proud of it. »ik1 Uat I for one Indorsed sei-e slon • tbun. i thou ;hl we were r /ht: I thlak so .el. aa I taat .ti cr the s.nn j eircamstanccs. surroanaed bv £.10 nam: conJill ms. in 11 wo ild do tAu .anie RMusiW^uin. " al.-. iur.ottiicciured loowo.dn at* "irci-ontblo a id so it.o.is - 1 ikhbi i>-nt eider, or botn pi.-t.os too . pirt in i.eatf-t

-liscuits nwu.eb lo.lo.tcl. Tae mi>t4oa wtu, .uu .y rete. red to t •€ comin.tieis on judloLrv.

rc'rcsidenlC.e.ola .d se .t tol.ic Home kite re-wrt o< t ie o.)m iiistlo.ie. s appointed t-.n..er uut

,o« Congress .o ake un lnvehti^at..i»»f t e • rou e ot tae p.oimse.l Nc mifua canal. The

oporteoala.nt er/ e ab ratodata r«pc3lln^ ; t .e wo.k alrealy d .ne by the compunv nnd .variout Mber deial ed Informul.on. 'vhm t o n-'mismon prese as u g and re.-apltu at iwor th i ,e>tax»i sufcosi lor tho wao.e c n ^ . which amounts to Ii«.4i^.ft3.

KiXty-tlrstday.—No session of the Senate. — R o u s t The debate on the free colooce sub-stitute for lhe Hou.se bond bill mu« v. vy splrite I. and occuple i the entire day. Srmatk. — Filty-seconil day. NaMae was ifiMoef tbe iniention of iaterestsd- ea*tor<tU> uail up the tanlf bill, the « uban vueatloa. tno JeJolency aporopriai.oa an J tne uvw reso.u-t .oaoatue Monroe do.trine w thin abe next weou. Mr. ( ameron nep. Pa., pratttmu-a u rasoutiea that ib j g.w l o .toes of the ouiied St i-a* be recoinmeu.ieJ to tne favor.iblo c o j -siiteiui.oi o. spa.n for tue recogaiUAi oi tno indepeaaence of in"a . Mr. .smith.., em.. S .

.. sporfe oi tho.Monroe dootr.ne. daj.arln,' tost Ua people h.id had enough af jingoism auJ de.n uUl-j thai the .senate now a'-ecoe.i to dosuiuetumg. •,nd.cd.it it a fac t said Mr. 3nL.iu. -aad wo may us w..ll admU.U . r s tas last, that too k eat ma ority or k.i» poop e tarongaoot laectiuniry uredi KusteO. wita co i-iae.sa i.i ge cr.l and tne enale Inp.rUcular. rno moeu popomr talng w • could do.tiMla,-. and p«-obub y. 14 ta : p.ese it co id t.onj ol ailo.ri. t ic must bene c.al tnmg we c.»uddo wou d bo to p itts ibe n ees -ary ujiprop.jiU in bill.-* an go home Tno mere fa. t taaS we a. c m •e-isoo is a menace to tae-tuvlvai or ousm x* and tne return of pro.i e. itv." .dr. i e. ti .row iniro.i c.-d a oint reso.uiion d.roell-a; ibe secn-t.iry or the t.eiiaury to ore-olo»e tne governme.it lien upon tbe Un.on . a-cittc ana Kansas Pa.iac raiir.iacU.aod pay tiio pr or lien upon inom and .o than taKe nosae^-sioa oi tue roa,.b lor the goverameBt Too spce/ues roast ng Ihe agrio.iluc»i oopartmoni iorthe io -dibiributlon of seea* wero conn.i-uod. Presliient Cleveland nomusatodAssistant

eorotary of Slate ohl us a^jbas. .;dor io er-many a id It was prompt y CB iarme .. Tae a am oi la-p. Cr .m. or 'ie us. was an io im-eJ a d after t..u appointment of the committee to alien . lheob>egj.os the .seauto. aa a furtaor mark of respect, adiourned. Honsa- Tije de-bate on tbe bond bill eon tinned aod w » pnc-. ticul.y tae only bu-inesso. taeda,-. 'ihedo ila of ep Grain, of I'd us. buiug uaoouacea they *poa er p niniod a eommitteo to att.nd tno r.iaer laud tno . OLse ad.ousoed as a Xurtuer mar., o. respect.

couiu g a n g in h a a l . e ruard ins . x w . Ue w a s r a n t f r o m Red Lands as g r a o i . fVewiiLtulib to n o t f n e « x c » | | ^ wnen nrg^d and sajF be is d d n g o a e e f o r (lis sins. ISe lost his wjmM» nsala on tlur desei^ o e a r Yuma.

T u r k e y ' s p U a t o imyUoate t h e Am&h loam m.ssionaries in 'Araseulaa a f f a i ^ r la haing stewlily pureumL Aa a t t e m p t

I b c n traced his mother.* His f a t h e r ' s n a m e was Lanirlhorii . Mrs. Mni lh hav-i n g bcon murr ieJ befort*.

Coilly Flrn nt Ml. PlertBant

T u f - siitia V m t I> r . J u d g e Mn\hc»m. of Albany, X. Y. .

- j - has denied the motion fyr a new t r ia l A Big F o u r f r e i g h t t r a i n was de- f o r " o a t ' S l i c n . His reasons, he saul ,

ra i led by a w h e e l b rcaKlng whi le cross- | f u r so decldinif are t h a t t h e confession m g a b r idge n e a r L a w r c n e c b n r g , Ind. , 0 { MaGougli was n o i suppor ted by h i s a n d 30 c a r s p lunged d o w n 3.» f e e t evideuce givcu before m e eommisjiion

h a s been made to a r r w l Mr. o n e • f t he b a r d es t w o r k i n g a r i ea a t Bitluw on a uhaeya sf eaditfaat * andi Murder , based o n ' a a aecwa t io j a * s i g n e d u n d e r e o e r d o n b y ooiua Atf-m s n i o a a w h o wera in ja&l - Mr. K a a p f 1

appea led to Uni ted tilaeai W i n k t a r ' O W U l

T h o Bri t ish f m i t s t e a m e r L a a t o f i a e • w e n t aahore off Blue tfbi&t. L a w Jsiandv d u r i n g a heavy - f h f a a d i o -toonadinff herseM t a p i e c e * tie van c f ' b e r c r e w and seven empie^oa a f ' i h a M e r r i t t Wreck ing Co. are^ONO board. ' Lifeeoweva w e n t t a t h e scenai fcat weea

Kkbla-ta>fet a Unc t o h e r . ' l h e au l a k t a t h v r i g g i n g and a f l b r oavarol

bwurs-haed work t h e m wero> la lnn off n h t h e breeches b a o y b y t h e - U f w a a a ^

N e w Y a r k and B r o o k l y n - w e via* Had-by a heavy whad a n d rate a*B*«. A three-Stacy br ick b a i l d i n g w a a U a w a down- nnd t w o m a n killed.--' A a i a t t -qi tag. s loop was enpslzed n e a r Mngt H a m i l t o n a n d t w o m e n drowned . - l i t - ' morons- e t h e r vessels were T d e g r a p h eommnnica t ion a i a a g coaat wa^brwken. I n New Y o r k p ie - -were l i l ted f r o m the i r t b e i nuuay were badly ia>nred.

F l o o d s - n t Bouud Hrook. : Ifi - J v da-s t r e y e d m g r e n t d e a l of p r o p a r t f . aate>

! ptelwly suumerg ing t h e busineaa paa-j iioa<of the- town. Many pe -pla w e r a > rescued w i t h the g rea tes t d t d a a tjL I T w o tn.-n were d r o w n e d t r y i u g t o c a t * | tdeir-fumiiiaa. nnd ID or 1. o t h e r s a r a j

missing. In some way lire e taean l i a a Ju imier yur. l a u l spread unt i l J S re«i-denees uu I f>>ur o t h e r bui ld inga l u t i been de.sir'H-r.L S o uervil le aa<i o her. t o w n s a long l h e Kurilan river auu'or frouj>thtf:'A,(>»i b a t no t so sevorety

A Rahoonwr whic& Fla. , .s ignit led t h e pilot t ln i t they lia.1 on boar. ' • ' hey aunouncod themse Castillo a n d s e r v a n t s t a t e d t h a t he- w a s snrgeonl t h e Cuban a rmy a n d t h s t camp-of Gen. Gomez about ' f o r ibe Unt fed M a t e s on a

j s ion of imp«irtance. He mez wua- encamped in t pa r to f .Cuba . w i t h a l a r

i>ty provisions a n d ai»o s a i d t h a t t h e

C u u a u s w a s assured t ime . .

T U E M A R K B T S .

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Best i r idea.... 4 i i 4W i-o-er gjades.-Sit 4M

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• P r S S T " " ^ rap id ly to ad jo in ing bui ldings , t o t a l l y i a r e l o c a U : d ^ 1 inverse citj,.

0 . Fau lkne r ' s hard- i T h e pumps have been stof

j HIIU OO j.—„ - - -j F ive t r a m p s w e r e f a t a l l y i n j u r e d , t w o nppoitU-d by l h e g o v e r n o r a s p laced in ' d y i u «f a l l n u s i t i n s t an t ly . | contrmdlcfj .r, to the e v i d e n t of tho

T h e p o r t c of T u r k e y h a s commnni -•—i • " ambassador s of t n e p iw-

e e n s n m i n g George w n r o store, with Hnll & t of fey 's snoe Bl/irc, l lernhar. l t ' s bil l iard rooms, aa-Aaon and r e s t a u r a n t old E x c h a n g e iboteL ami city lire depar t i n c u t s barn , w i t h a total loss of $jn.001. Hv h a r d m » r k the opera house a n d F i r s t Na-C o u a l bunk were s a v e d

stopped at, t h e Davis mine a t Negaiinee a n d t h e mine r s will propably a t t ach t h e prop-er ty to secure unpa id wages. Abou t threo months a?o it was announced t h a t the proper ty had been sold t o Marquet te and Chicago capi ta l is ts . Tlio former owne r s st i l l insis t t h a t they disposed of the mine wh i l e t h e alleged purchasers deny b u y i n g it . A s t a t e confernnce of distr ict officers

• f t ho Epwor th league w a s held a t , The novel spectacle Ls p resen ted of a mofudng . i va luable mine w i t h o u t an owner .

A poBloffice has been es tab l i shed u t i Mrs. Jessie Wilkins H a y . Cass Co., w i t h Eva 0. Byrd as wi th cr iminal i n t e n t in

rcss. | Hothel Uaptlst c h u r c h , which i s n e a r

ca ted t o t l i e a m b a s s a d o r s c r s i ts r e p l y to t h e proposa ls of the / .e i touni is of t he i r coa . i i t i .ms of sur-render . i t is s t a t e d t h a t t h e porto-promises a s a t i s f a c t o r y s c i t l c i n a n t

A bov w a s l e f t a t t h e II. . t O. d e p o t

w . tnes es f u r t h e pcop.o a t t he t r ia l w a s laekinir condr tna t ion in manv in-stances. Tke re .s no a j ipea l f rom tho decision of J u ige Maybatu, a n d b h o a wdl be cleetrocutud.

Conernl tr -de w die i tna rean'.U of ccbso* thiDM to. k .• bond si^o and me Mallm ntal liHt. oi iw* n xp.-oio.il. >avo a .a aui.-Ua»<J bae.t (or easier mone>aad lmpi«v

Wheal. , Km. * roJ

I N»w Xork (it « H i I c.i.rii r» te ,..7u 1 ^u.-.ivit ;»4..7b 4 f -il.

(. n In nail 7.'4..75 4 CjevrlnmL It ..7>4 I'JtuJmr,- .75, 1 •i>eiroli-l.B/. So. 1 tlmotna. PnisMes. Oo per b 1. U e ^od^ry. MiSkSaa feo.psr.ib. Ur..eys i o: duo .s. iuggs. f.MiL 14c ,ict du - muter, fresh dasry. l«a par a t creumorj+J*.

KkTIBW o r TBIDB.

Ho. » uii c No. . 9/ o-x * S*'4l

t J . bj ..to IS ..!» XH-i Sil*

Joe Merrifield» ajjed 12, sho t a n d

a t W ^ h i n j t . n t o be f o r w a r d e d by e x - ^ press, b u l l s the re were t w o add re s se s T . ' i ' f l L ' ? on i t—Det ro i t a n d . a l t i m o r e - l t w a s . 1 . ^ 2 . ^ t o d them, opened to see if t h e r i g h t a d d r e s s ^ e i r n jo the r i s dead. could b e de t e rmined . T h e corpses of T h e passage of t h e an t i -p r ize fight-t w o w o m e n w e r e disclosed and a ing bill by coatyress has ki l led the poi-double m u r d e r w a s suspected u n t i l i t sioilit^r of t he Maher -F i t z s immons w a s discovered t h a t t h e b idles w e r e l i gh t in t h e Uni ted S t a t e s a n d i t will » . .«ii^„„ nt. Ualtimtore. | h a v e t o be pulled utf in Mexico, if a t alL

f ios tmts l rc

for a medica l col lege a t Bal t imore. was assau l ted i An a g r e e m e n t has been reached on I T h e London Te l eg raph n n n o n n c c s | T h e col l ier ies oi i n e ueau iug , r * . .

t h e y a r d of the ques t ion of log towing a n d r a f t i n g t h a t t h e n a a l p r o g r a m , which i n - d i s t r i c t have a h u i down indedn i t e ly on the Grea t l akes and t h e house com- volves t h e ou t l ay of £>l,S0U,000, Is s u b - t o res t r i c t t h o a n t h r a c i t e o u t p u t a n d init tee o n r ivers and h a r b o r s wi l l re^ ' s t a n t i a l l y compieted . I t « oronosod i 15,00a men a r e o u t of e m p l o y m e n t .

• l^lie local opt ion issue was defeated . 1,,v,t . . . , , i n Clinton c o u n t y bv 2.'0 m a j o r i t y . I ^ a , n c " 'J ' i " ' c t l y behind her . g r a b b e d « g h t v e a r t a g o It carr ied by a b o u t r.:.o. , 1

e rl a n d h " \ 0 t he horse sTobb f o r t h e d r y e l e m e n t of uhotit ; ; ' l : , l b 1 ' 7 r ihc o lmrcb. J u s t a ^ b e h a d

t M votes ' 1 t " r o w n he r to t h e g r o u n d Mr. \Vilkins

A hired man named Wal te r s , etn-

, is p roposed he r home, a t Kulumazoo, by a n a n wiio j y n ^ ^ t h b ^ c f f e c r ' t h a t t h e r e be tT ' buT ld five ' tirst-dass ba t t l e sh ips . | a g igant i^ rai l road and a n t h r a c i t e

•cd by Watson Frost , n e a r Midland, acc iden ta l ly fired a sho tgnu and fa ta l ly M a r y Frost .

; Complaint wan made a g a i n s t t h e iKalamazoo Paper Co. fo r k i l l i ng fish - i u I 'o r tage c r eek , b y d u m p i n g vitriol ior o the r l iquid i n t o t h e creek.

]iort a bill t o tne enecir tnai . m e r e un u u u u u«c uma.... — j I •• s - f t - - — no l imi ta t ions t o t h e size or k ind of f ou r f i r s t - l a s s cruisers, t h r e e second- c o a j t l . u s t b e e n formed by t h e r a f t s in t h e G r e a t l a k e s themselves ; c lass cruisers , s ix th i rd-c lass c r u i s e r s Vandc rb i l t s , t h e B e a d i n g sys tem n n d that no bag or sack r a f t s be pe rmi t t ed a n d 20 t o r p e d o des t royers . ! j_ P i c rpon t Morgan, of New York, t o

appotired iuid a fierce fight ensned be- I "n the r ivers: t h a t r a f t s sha l l use t h e p • , . K l . u i r e r 0 t th- j T r a n s v a a l , rnise t h e price of coal 81 per ton. T h e t w e e n h im a n d his wife ' s a s s a i l a n t old c h a n n e l s ins tead of t h e n e w o n e a t I x r ~ - ® , a n i nv i t a t ion r x t e n d o d t r u s t has 81,000,000,000 capi ta l , and Tho fellow escaped, b u t Mr. Wi lk ins the St. Clair flats and Hay Lake, a a d n a s a<-cePWJU ;u r.ao miles of rai l road. T h e y have says he itClognized him. Mrs. Wi lk in s | l h a t a t t h e most t o r t u o u s p o r t i o n s of • in serious condi t ion. . • Mary s and S t Clair r ivers t h o s ize

Al legan and O t t a w a Maccabees m e t

t laTfn Kuilom D-owiu-li—SfiTnro Bfa-ma In a very heavy gale hho t h n r e - m a s t e d

schixmer All iance, wn ich l o f t .Now \ o r k , w e n t a s h o r e o n H u m I s l and nea r . . loncester . Mais a o d w a s s t o r e i £ - ^ 7 ^ — r to t r a g m e u t s . f ou r ud t h o c rew boing . iaaiLooal la.-or.bie la^nuaeoo are ••did ijL saved and t h r e e draorned. U.*i-iae oaa o.variigs. o>uiU u o j uramoMot

T o . u h o u n u r Kl . r . ,1^ . 1 Me., coal l a i e o , wi>dI anhor# olr ^ retitAi ia bii*lDti*« uuia .obb n >• ii.ip'%. burv beach duringt t i t*fr^ie . > h c . f f f n t ; . Uno* Ai^omuota r.i *04 « (a • . .ba

^ p i cr,v v:i i aboard bist t he i r u v e s 1 ha I lu.n I s l and ; repj.trt i.Ki.ud.t th j ap.uss.nz 11 eunvee . iF hfr tsaviue crew, nttempt-sd to* reach; s-urmr am wot woat ar. o ul.nua as af ; t he vessel w i t h a l ine f u r the o « e c h « ^ buoy, bn t fitilod. . . , sibs-TipUo i to tae hood wsue a tneabiop

suu id current-y i-g^Uatm.i b/ coigreK Honabl, p. oro oaig a teuipjrary .01 examial i ue gold naorro. eierai tr l«a'li..g cities i,.uivm . • r> ai gan« from I ceding wee .. h nan. tae ait Jatiua was u to iiulluo.s. and Ina ogiloo, onitailaia Wheat expjru, \a»ic ureer tnsn for

fc.u ,3 W«e't l l M l yoar, aud the pice bss T h e mayor and c&ght of the a lder - qui e hcaviiy. Cora Is st.aly. Call

n > n of Dubuque , i a . . ha,ve been, in- wool have tenJtd downward, iron api f o r more j S T

a r i e s t h a n t h e c i ly c h a r t o r a l l o w s j u . S. agalusi jn the samawees la*jane.

T h e col l ier ies of t h e Reading , P a . . I 1 A n n m b e r of towns in Sontb, Dakate^ aud n o r t h e r n Neb ia ska and. Iowa r#-. po r t a u e a r t h q u a k e , seveio e a a u g a Ibv r a t t l e doors and windows.

Advices f r o m Havana say t h a i / V k inds of provisions a re ex t reme * scarce t h e r e o w i n g t o t h e s topping o t a l l ra i l road traff ic by the insurgents . •Starvation i s s t a r i n g m a n y people fct tho facc.

The- schooner Ste l la , coal l aden , w e n t ashore below i lye Ileach, n e a r l lankpton, N. Y.. du r n g the- g.ile and is a- to ta l loss T h e c r e w of aeven m g n w a s saved.

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Holland and organised an associa-j n . T h e y will hold a ce lebra t ion a t

J ' l uca tawa park , J u n e 11.

of r a i l s should be reduced to e i g h t s tr ings.

Our publ ic d e b t increased 55,747,973 d n i i n g J a n u a r y .

nas accepuTu — b y Colonial Secre ta ry Chamber la in t o 24,530 miles of ra i l road. T h e y uavc — come t o E n g l a n d , accompanied* b y a l ready pushed coal u p 3a c e n t s a n d i Spanish t roops a t Saban l l l a

m e m b e r s of t h e T r a n s v a a l gov- have ordered 30,000 coal miners to qul% s laoghte rod 40 belnlaB. inha»dt-«» - a commission, b u t work to r e s t r i c t t h e o u t p u t T h o 30of w h o a t w e r e women a n d c h l l d ^ so-no e r n m e n t . to a c t a s a commiss ion, o m w o r n vo r o a m j m o ««

a s k s t h a t b e f o r e h e s t a r t s Mr. Cham- t r u s t ' s p rof i t s will rPRvh 'z ln n n i S ™ " V —

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IT WAS UNEXPiiCTED.

• STIttW FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAT.

wonian, t nd one probably moro d-'nd than alive. Imagine It all If you cun, for t i n t Is what b&ppened tc lite mis-guided y c u n s man, who held me across h is kn-es and wiped tbe b b o d from my broken forehead on t ha t momorabld St. Velcntlno's morning.

Imaclne It, end tell tne If wen through stupidity don' t cause half cf all t he trouble in the world. We ex-plained It all to each other as best wo could, for I wns really 111, and quito ready to go oft Into another swoon.

When tho corvant girl camo he went for the doctor, aad Mary got mo to bed.

Dick camo a t noon, nnd waa horrified at what bad hnppencd. But tho doctor had pronounced me more f r ightened than hur t : and really, but for the dread-ful cc'.d I hr.d caught , and my woumleci forchcf.d. it did not amount to any-thing, an.] coon U c a m e a t remendous joke.

And It turned out tha t this fr iend of Dick's, whose acquaintance I made In such nn unconventional fashion, was the very client whose money I de-fended.

And it clso c a n e about that—that— he—that I—that wo have—we have grown to know cucb other very well; j and Dick—Dick is tc look out for an-other co-operator before next fal l ; be-cause—well, for reasons best known to myself.

Never Out of Work. Never itllo In n search fo r tlioso w h o BtiJer

m o s t f rom P A I N S nnd cannot work. S T . J A C O B S O I L

will cure nnd fit them for work when t h e chanco comes.

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• HEN my dear Aunt Maud died — she dlod tho very cum-mer I graduated—I was renlly too hear t -broken to care what became of me. Still, I had to he disposed of in some way, so It was de-cided t ha t I go to live with my broth-er Richard.

I h h i a lways lived with my aunt , had /aown no other mother, therefore her

death v a n the greatest blow possible to me. And this brother Richard I knew anly slightly, and t ha t when I was a mere child. If I had been In a state of mind to care about anything, I BhosM h a v e hated tho Idea of going very mnch. As- It was, I went without a mnrmnr . I took the Journey alone, nlrtttrst d e a r across the cont inent , and 11/bSfeijnently, a f t e r many ups and

RECEIVED A TELEGRAM, arr ived a t Dick's town, a queer

ilttto village In South Carcllna. DUk Is a moderately young bachelor.

He l i m i a t torney-at-Iaw, and has a veiy fetlr pract ice Indeed. Anterior to my advent , be had lived by himself la a p re t ty cottage on the pret t ies t r t r e a i a n d was r a t h e r a central llgure, and was qu i t e the most eligible young man a b a a t town. He was not spoiled, thraglL I found him to he a very dorr e l i fellow, and determined In my heaH Is be to him such a fa i th fu l co-op-ratar and sat isfactory housokeepsr, that ha would never need or desire any ether.

We got on famously together, so fa -mer t l y t h a t in all probabili ty the last ehapter would have found vs still there, he a grizzled old bachelor. I a grizzled d 8 asaid, had not something occurred whiefc brought about a change.

R s i grew out ot what happened one f t . Valent ine 's eve.

0 b t h i s day, memorable above other iaysv Just about a n hour a f t e r d inner 2)1 ek received a telegram to go up tha t avenfeff to A , a city fif ty miles away, to meet sn Important client. He did not have time to come home, for the t ra in was then in sight , but he serthbled me the following note, which I did not get unt i l near ly night , be-canse the offlco boy neglected to br ing it until t ha t t ime.

3:10 p. m. Dear Girl—Have to leave on next

train t a meet a man in A . Proba-bly waa ' t get home until to-morrow noon. Spend the night with tho An-, d e n t fa dear old lady fr iend of mine.)

mrre to put t ha t money In tbe bank ore A doses a t 4. Don't fal l .

DICK. It was snch a bore to lock up at t ha t

\ late fceur and go out for tho night . I t had been such a gloomy af ternoon, and

'looked Hko il would rain. Altogether I did not feel like I t I wns nnt a f ra id , though I had never stayed alone all night hi a house. And the m o n e y -several thousand dollars collected for a client—surely I could not c.t 7 pu t money in the bank that closed at 4. I

^ aW r.ot very well carry It with mo to tie i n d e n t ' s , and I certainly rould not

' l eave I t i I had never heard of any l urglar les In the vfllage, so I made up my mind t ha t 1 would s tay a t homo lua t n igh t and '•ake the risk. If there were any, because i«l was troublesome to do otherwise. ! I did no t want any tea, so I let t he

servant-gir l go ear ly ; and sat, neglect-ing even to l ight t he lamps, before a big oak fire in tho oitting-room " t h i n k -ing up" one of Dick's cases. I t was a murder case, t ha t had a great deal of c i rcumstant ia l evidence leading In va -rious directions.

I soon became deeply absorbed; so deeply t ha t I presently went to sleep at it, a n d in a dream saw our poor m a n t r ied, convicted and actually sentenced to be hanged, r n d was myself possess-ed of a f r an t i c desire to at tend the hang ing in persou, my non-appearance being wholly due to the fac t tha t I could not find my shoes, being separated f rom them for some unexplainahle reason.

I woke up suddenly, f r ightened to find myself enveloped In darkness , re -lieved only by an uncanny red glow f rom the fas t -dying coals upon t h e hea r tu . Every th ing was so still. Not the smallest sound exccpt the t icking of a l i t t le clock in my darkened bedroom, and t h e cl icking of the dying coals.

I was possessed of a s t range, s i n k -ing fear . I wan af ra id to move, a f r a id to t u rn my head to lef t or r ight les t I see something te r r i fy ing lurking in th^ gloomy corners. I was cold, too, and t rembling. The room was chilled; I fancied It mus t he Just be fore dawn.

My fear increased r a the r t han di lnin-ished a s the moments dragged by. I could hear my hear t beating. I soon became enthra l led b y te r ror . I h a d a kind of instinctive an imal tear ot im-pending danger . I thought ot t he money. I t was loeked up In tho cabinet a t m y r ight hand, no t two yards away. I found mysel* l i s tening painful ly , tor-turously. My throa t seemed swollen. I swallowed In gulps.

I endeavored to rally my courage, to persuade myself t ha t I had awakened f rom a nightmare , and was nervous; t ha t the re was no th ing t o fear , a n d t h a t I was making a baby o t myself. All to no purpose. Something waa go-ing to happen; something was happen-ing a t t h a t moment which would b r i n g me hur t .

I could not throw oft t he notion. Ju s t then i t began to r a i n - a regular down-fall , as I t t he bottom h a d suddenly fallen out ot the clouds. I had never known it to ra in so heavily. A perfec t deluge, and every drop seemed to pene-t ra te my soul. I did not move. I lay hack in n y cushionod chair helpless, anti felt t ha t I could not have ra ised my h a n d to my face if my life were the f o r f e i t Such pouring! I found myself l is tening behind the rain—be-hind all the pa t te r ing noise—listening tor ano ther sound. I h a d a grotesque idea tha t the elements and this some-th ing t ha t was coming to mo, wore col-leagued .ogethsr, the one to screen the approach ot the other.

I waa l istening with every fiber ot

cence. Good heavens! I thought ot Henry , our office man . Ho brought the note—an open note. I t was he who caused tho delay which prevented my deposit ing the money. I t was as d e a r as day. I rose r igidly to ray feet. In a twink l ing my mind was acutely active, and a thousand ways ot escape surged through my brain in a m o m e n t I unlocked the cabinet and grasped tho largo pocketbook which contained the notes, and th rus t It Into my bosom. To what purpose I d id not know. I re -treated Into the dense darkness ot my own bedroom, where I stood uncer ta in and shiver ing.

The windows were too h i g h f rom the gronnd to admit ot my Jumping there-from without i ncu r r ing the risk o t a broken l imb ; besides, the re waa no time. At tho first sound ut my pu t t ing up the sash, I would be detected and overpowered. I heard a heavy t read along the hall. An Idea flashed Into ray head like the Incision ot a blade. I s lutched the money In ray bosom and s tepped Into tho empty fireplace. In ano ther moment I was scrambl ing up the sooty chimney with tho agility ot a

H E L D HIS

GETTING IN LIKE A BURGLAR, my body drawn taut- Listening for w h a t ? I did not know. Something beyond, behind tho rain. Then I hea rd It. A sound dist inct f rom the ralu pat ter . A sound emana t ing f rom our l i t t le drawing-room—a scraping, draw-ing sound. I t came from tho f ron t portico. I know someone was cu t t ing t h r o u g h the Venet ian blinds into the house. My fa intes t doubt vanished scon, when I unmis takably heard the b l inds dragged b a d t a n d the sash creak a s I t was pushed up. Someone was en te r ing the house! Th is person, who-ever i t waa. knew of my brother 's ab-

H E A D ACROSS K N E B 3 .

finished chimney sweep, and I kept scrambl ing unti l I had made a s t rong-hold to r ."nyself.

W h a t went on down below I did not know. In the cessation o t the ra in I could hea r the heavy t read pass ing to and f ro in a search, I knew, fo r tha t money. But I, f r o m ray lofty vantage ground, could only t hank heaven again and aga in for such a blessed deliver-ance.

I was so benumbed with cold and f r i g h t t h a t I t h i n k I lost consciousness, and would probably have tumbled down the chimney but t h a t I was so rigid end so walled In I could n o t

The next th ing I remember was open-ing ray eyes and seeing the square of wan l ight above rae. Then realizing all, ray s t rength gave way, and I tell heavi ly s t r ik ing ray head against some-th ing which left m e senseless tor hours. W h e n I came to myself, I was In the a rms of a young m a n whom I had never seen before. H e sa t upon the floor, and held m y head ac ross h i s knees, while he wiped the blood f rom my cut fore-head wi th a pocket handkerchief , which every now and then he would squeeze out In a bacln ot water a t his elbow.

I don ' t suppose there was over a more terrified young man upon th is : .rth of ours. Imagine an inotfensivo young man tu rn ing up in a town where an in-t i raate f r iend lived, coming in on the very t ra in t ha t takes his in t imate f r iend o u t Imagine the Intimate f r iend cordially Invit ing the newcomer to his house, tel l ing h im tha t there was no-body in it, but t h a t ho could pu t up there , mako h imsel t lord and master , find plenty to cat by foraging around, and get a good bed. Then to make the t h ing complete, g ive h im the wrong keys by which to let himself In. Imag-ine this newcomer booming about town unti l 11 o'clock, then s t r ik ing out for his fr iend's abode; overtaken by the ra in ; at last to a r r ive a t his Intended abiding place to discover he h a s the wrong keys, which necessitated hlo climbing into tho house like a burglar . Imagine him pi|iing into the first bed he comes to, very itoon sinking oft into the untroubled almnber of the Innocent a t hear t , to be ^wakened a t t he peep of day by a soaaethlng tumbl ing down the ch imney/ Not a hobgoblin—that

SsGUfeEj u'o^r-Wi-• — —

Winds tha t roam, with t homeless sound.

Under a sky all leaden gray; Ice on runnel, nnd snow on ground; 1 Leafless branches t h a t bleakly sway— In winter days, for hear ts tha t pine. Hast thou no balm. Saint Valentine!

W h e r e a re the crickets ' castanets . Where are the songsblrds ' melodic

floods? Where now s lumber the violet . Where hide the pussy willow buds?— Whisper within th i s ear of mine Such secrets, kind Sain t Valent 'nc l ,

Alas! the saint shal l never tell The raystery of all these th ings ; Yet round ono h i s n a m e weaves a spell, Charming as waf t of elfin wings. Whence lads and lassies may divino The presence of Saint Valentine.

Kind Is he, yes, bu t old, they say. W i t h hair and beard like yonder snow. Pe rhaps young folks would feel dismay. Were he to them his face to show, W h e n they, with wax or gilded twine. Seal missives m a r k e d "Saint Valer -

t ine!"

Hush ! through the f ros ty atmosphere Wha t steals to ea r th? A rad ian t boyl Whoso eyes do look so sweetly queer They make one blush yet fill with Joy— Ha, h a ! Come quaff. In sparkl ing wine. Good heal th to r a r e Saint Valentine!

H U R R A H . F A R M E R S ! S H O U T F O R J O Y I flat, tmnrlint putarti aod rich monlowi, p rods dug trvaendooi hnjr jleldi 14 teS MM

p<r(er*),ar«nofrmid. p»Mlb1»oneTerr»oil.ln«Terr eliac. bjiow.DK oor Kiln Oraii •ad CIoTtrMitturM Yravoa'tnttd to wait a lifcliDii lora good itart ol (ran. for«. hiT. graaMi which. If aown la April, will prodao* a rontiag <tof in Jaly. rainfhUl.» Oraai Cnilurt, .M., 3 ccnta lojtaga.

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ork.nari—8al»r't Earl) Wii;ontia Potato tloH d "or tna 7 6 baahola p«r acr«. If 4a earl j ion jrialdi 7 '6 boahcls, what will a lata dor Fota'oea only f IJO p«r bamL

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'J-HNA .5ALZERSEED Co, t M RO SS E: W1S

The Flrat Valentine.

My sis ter Sue h a s seven now, .. And Antoinet te h a s nine;

I wonder It tho nex t will be My own dear va lent ine?

I 've watched the pos tman most all day, And now i t ' s near ly e ight ;

I go to bed a t seven; th i s once Mamma said I might w a i t

He's coming 'round the corner n o w ; Oh, dear ! he ' s going pas t !

No, no! he 's coming in to b r ing My valentine a t l a s t

I know It must be mine this t l rae; I t Is! I t ' s 'dressed to me—

"Miss Dorothea Helen Brown," As p la in as i t c an be.

It 's Just as pre t ty a s a p.nlc. W i t h angel boys with wings,

And rosy wreaths and ribbon knotai And hear t s and o ther things.

"Your BAT

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. a n d . i % e 5 c e n t p i e c e i s n e a r l u a s flarge as you .get of o fne r h igh t r a d e s for io centa

were b e t t c r -1 spattered am1

but a young woman, bc-Imy. but still a young

'AND LOVELY GOLD LACE ON THE EDGE."

And lovely gold lace on the edge. And poetry In l ine;

I t says : "My love, I love but thee^ Thy fa i th fu l valent ine."

My sisters said t ha t valent ines W e r e no t for l i t t le girls .

Whoso dresses did not reach theh boots—

W h o wore the i r ha i r In curls .

Bu t I don ' t care: they h a v e n ' t o M Tha t ' s hal t so nice as mine ;

How glad I am I 'm old enough To have a va lent ine!

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None genuine unless name and price is stamped on tbe bottom.

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W. N . U. , D . — X I V — 7 .

fflhe gawtll gedger. PDBMSIIBt) BTBRT PRU>AT AT

LOWHLL, KENT COUNTY. MICH.,

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FRANK M. JOHNSOjf.

Entered at Lowell post olllue «& second class matter. U^.. —

fcUBSCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR YEARLY.

ADVF.nTISINO RATES. Buslneja locals 5 rents per line each Issue Leirnl nds nt leir«l rates.

, Cards (n directory column $100 per line per ye*r One fnch $5 per year.

Rates for larsvr advortleeinents made known at the office.

Job prinlinE: In connection at Grand Rapids rates. "Alwaya Prompt," is our motto.

N E E D FOR QLD T I M E SPELLING

SCHOOLS.

T h e following ex t rnc t f rom the

F r e e P re s s shows the t r u t h of s u t e -

m e n t s here to fore mode in these col-

u m n ? t ha t the constant ly increasing

r a n g e of s tudies in onr high schools

t ends a lmos t Inevi tably to a s l ight ing

br neglect of t he niorc essential com-

hioh school b r a n d i e s . T h e ef for t to

fiiiifefe juveni le colleges of our. f ree

School^ should cease. If young peo-

p le desire special lines ol" educat ion or

of business t ra in ing , let them a t tend

one of the m u l t i t u d e of colleges or

Special schools. This t a x i n g of poor

people , whose chi ldren can at tend

school but a few years , to the end

t h a t chi ldren of the more favored class

m a y acqui re a smat te r ing of the clns-

sics and sciences while still unab le to

wri te a respectable le t ter , is not t he

best t h ing in the world. T h i s braricii-

i n g ou t must stop and the re will never

be a be t t e r t ime t h a n t h e present .

Fo l lowing is the item re fe r red t o :

Teachers of the coun t ry and city schools in Ca lhoun countjr a r e aston-ished to discover that tlieir pupi ls in t h e h ighe r g rades c a n n o t spell the words in the first and second readers . N u m e r o u s tests show tha t near ly 50 pe r cent of the words a re m i n e d . A rev iva l of spe l l ing is now in progress in the county .

* » *

A B E T T E R DAY.

N o t t h e l e a s t of t h e bene f i t s d e -

r i v e d f r o m t h e s t u d y of h i s t o r y , is

t h e k n o w l e d g e t h a t t b e l ives of t h e

p e o p l e of t o d a y a r e c a s t in h a p p i e r

t i m e s t h a n t h e " g o o d old days ' " of

w h i c h w e s o m e t i m e s r e a d . T h e

Lkdger i s g l a d t h a t i t d i d n o t m a k e

i t s fight f o r e x i s t e n c e a t a t i m e

w h e n f a n a t i c s r u l e d t h e w o r l d in

t h e m a n n e r d e s c r i b e d b y t l ie w r i t e r

of " O l d T i m e B i g o t r y " yi t h i s i ssue .

W e a r e l i v i n g in a b r i g h t e r and

b e t t e r d a y t h a n t h a t s p o k e n of b y

O l d S u b s c r i b e r ; a n d a r e e n j o y i n g

m o r e of l i b e r t y t h a n a n y p e o p l e

w h o e v e r t r o d G o d ' s g r e e d e a r t h .

fitCn riow w e can a l m o s t bee t h e

a a w n i n g of t h a t p e r f e c t d a y whfen

a l l m a n k i n d sha l l swe l l t h e a n t h e m ;

" G l a d p r a i s e t o t h e H i g h e s t !

G o o d Will t o a l l m e n I"

» * *

Lowell needs a b a s k e t fac tory .

A fac tory of a n y sor t t h a t e m p l o y s

l a b o r a n d keeps m o n e y c i r cu la t ing is

ti blessing io a n y c o m m u n i t y ; b u t

t h e r e is an imhieiiiHte and pressitig de-

m a n d for a peach baske t f ac to ry t h a t

has not escaped t h e a t t en t ion of enter-

pr is ing m a n u f a c t u r e r s . T h e v i l lage

now has an o p p o r t u n i t y to secure a n

inst i tut ion which proposes to t u rn ou t

12000 dozen baskets the coming season.

T h e aid asked is ins ign i f icau t com-

pared to the a d v a n t a g e of hav ing the

inst i tut ion located Here. TKe oppor -

tuni ty must not slip. * *

*

William rt. English, c a n d i d a t e

for Vice president on the D e m o c r a t i c

t i cke t with H a n c o c k in 1880, d ied a t

Indianapol is last F r i d a y . D u r i n g the

campaign refer red to; he .was t h e sub-

jec t for much a b u s e j b u t j u d g i n g f r o m

Republ ican editorials s ince the m a n ' s

dea th , he was not a bad so r t of a fel-

low a f t e r all. One of these d a y s t h e

campaign mud- th rower will f ind h im-

self out of a j o b — t h e people will h a v e

no use for him. » »

OLD TIME llltiOTRYi

A C o r r d 4 p o t i d e t t t W r i t e s of a T i m e

N d ^ H a p p i l y P a s s e d .

Editor Lkdger—The beaut i ful

t r i bu t e to the memory of Scot land 's

sweet singer; R o b e r t Burns , which

you publ ished in a late issue, calls to

mind some cur ious phases in Scotch

his tory . T h a t a count ry t ha t could

produce a race of people whose i u -

d o m i t a b l e courhge tested in centuries

of war with I r e l a n d , with Scandinav-

i:ih pirates a n d with E n g l a n d , and

whose iriteuse love of liberty often led

them to m u r d e r tlieir own kings,

J a m e s I, J a m e s I I I , a n d to rebel

against J a m e s I I and J a m e s V I I , and

impr ison J a m e s V , and when o p p o r -

tun i ty offered to sell Char les I to

E n g l a n d for cold cash, should be the

same people to be r idden by priests

into menta ! s lavery so deep as to love

their own shackles is a very marvel in

h u m a n history. Says Buckle iu his His-

tory of Civi l izat iom " T h e country too

of such fearless th inkbrs as George

B u c h a n a n , D a v i d Hovte iind A d a m

Siiiith is awed by a f ew noisy and

ignoran t p reachers to whom it al lows

a license aud yields a submission, dis-

g race fu l to the age and incompat ib le

with the commonest notions of l i b -

e r t y . " " A people * » * h o l d -

i n g enl ightened views on political sub-

jec ts * * do, on all religious s u b -

j e c t s display a bit terness uf mind *

* * aiul a love of persecuting

others; * * and whose Protes tant -

ism of which they boast has done

them no good) alid * * has left

t h e m as n a r r o w as it found them *

* * a n d which m a d e t h e m the

l augh ing stock of E u r o p e , and which

has t u rned t h e very n a m e of t h e

Scotch K i r k in to a by-word a n d a

reproach a m o n g educated m e u . "

Buck le , iu his g r e a t work re fe r red

to, i l lustrates by number less examples ,

coyer ing 300 pages th i s cur ious

contradict ion in Scotch charac te r , to

wit : W o n d e r f u l e n d u r i u g courage and

intense love of l iber ty , combined wi th

a d o g - l i k e submission to ignoran t

priest ly r u l e and to t he i r unr ival led

and cruel despotism. Scotch P resby-

terianisiu as it has existed to as late a

da te as 1853, and whose d w a r f e d rep-

resentat ives a re unhapp i ly found in our

favored c o u n t r y even as la te as 1896

is worth of m u c h s tudy . Space can

no t be spared in the Ledger f o r its

discussion, b u t I beg to inser t a few

items f r o m ou t a mass of s imi la r

cha rac t e r recorded on the pages ol

Qoim^eachable history. Tbe priests

t a n g l i t : " N o t h i n g was n a t u r a l , al l

was s u p e r n a t u r a l ; the course of affa i rs

was governed not b y the i r an teceden t s

— b u t by miracles. T o assist t h e

Scotch, winds were changed a n d

s to rms lu l l ed . " "Once a p reache r was

in the pu lp i t , t he o n l y l imit to h is

l oquac i ty wras his s t r e n g t h " a n d they

" g r a t a u d spa t and swat l i ke mis-

c h i e f " T h e y " h a d a g rea t power

o V u t t e r , a n d a f t e r sermons had to

c h a n g e the i r shi r ts , a n d used two or

th ree n a p k i n s f o r the i r tears . A n d

wbeu o n e p i e a c h e r col lapsed a n o t h e r

took his place, a n d when he was fa-

t igued was fol lowed by a t h i r d , a n d

lUeir heare rs with inexhaus t ib le pa -

tience l i s tened to it a l l . " " I n d e e d

the Scotch by the middle of the

S e v e n t e e n t h c e n t u r y " * * * " looked

up to t h e i r minis ter as if he were a

god , a n d dwel t with r a p t u r e on every

word d r o p p e d f rom his lips." W h a t

did they h e a r ? " T h e c l e r g y inter-

fered with every m a n ' s p r iva t e con-

cerns, o rde red how he should govern

his f a m i l y , t a k i n g pe r sona l control of

his househo ld . " L i k e the lice in

E g y p t , " t h e i r minious , the e lders ,

were e v e r y w h e r e , and spies were a p -

puidted so l ha t no th ing could escape

the i r superv i s ion . N o t only the

s t ree ts b u t e v e n t h e houses were

sea rched a n d ransacked t o see if any

one was absen t f r o m church w h i l e the

min i s te r w a s p reach ing . " " T o speak

CO M E in and Bee the low prices we are baking on

^ F U R N I T U R E . Beds at SI.75 upwards. Spring's at $1.50 upwards. Chairs $2.75 for G, and up. A hot line of Floor Rockers and Swing1

Chairs at prices never before kiioWn. We are making: a run on a Larg-e Reed Rocker at S2.49. See it. We do all kinds of Repairing- and Framing-. Yours for trade.

C. G. McCONNELL & CO., Successors to Kopf Bros.

T T N D E R T A K I N G in all its branches given prompt ^ attention at all times.

Residence, 4 doors west of Depot road on Bouth side Main street.

nocent of fspr ing of tho of fender

" S o n s and daugh te r s went m a d " —

aud the c r ime of d i f fe r ing f rom the

clergy was "visi ted upon the th i rd

gene ra t ion , " the i r " ch i l d r en becoming

b e g g a r s . " T h e y t a u g h t t ha t " t h e

world was over run with evil spiri ts

whose business was to t emp t man-

k ind , " and t h a t their n u m b e r was in-

finite and found in all places and in

all s ea sons"—and a t the i r head was

satari. H e assumed all forms, one

day a b lack dog, on a n o t h e r d a y a

black r a v e n , on ano the r he was heard

in the d i s tance " r o a r i n g like a bu l l . '

Somet imes he was a b lack man wear-

ing no shoes and one of his feet was

cloven. His c u n n i n g increased with

his age, and as he had been s t u d y i n g

for 5.000 \ ears, his s t ra tegems were

endless ." T h e y told their hearers

tha t they would be roasted in g rea t

fires and h u n g up by the i r tongues. '

" A r ive t of fire and b r ims tone broader

than tlie ear th was prepared for t h e m ; in t h a i they were t o be immersed; their bones, thei r l ivers were to boil, and never be consumed. A t the same t ime worms were to prey on them; and while these were k n a w i n g the i r bodies they were to be su r rounded b y devils, mock ing and m a k i n g past ime of the i r pa ins ," and tho t o r t u r e not on ly was to be unceasing bu t to become grad-ual ly worse. " O n e liell was to lie succeeded by a n o t h e r , and lest t he suf fe re r should grow callous he was a f t e r a t ime moved on l ha t he migh t u n d e r g o f resh agonies, in fresh places, provision be ing m a d e t h a t t he t o r -men t should not pall on the sense," and be "e te rna l in its d u r a t i o n . " " T h e A l m i g h t y spent his previous leisure in p r e p a r i n g hell before man c o m e in to the wor ld ," and then hell was nnt b ig enough , " a n d had t o be en la rged and n o w in its vas t e x p a n s e the re was no void, b u t was filled with the shr ieks and yel ls of u n d y i n g a g o n y , " and so on for m a n y pages; Buck le quo t ing f l e rgy f r o m their sermons, in eve ry ins tance g iv ing book , chap te r a n d p ge. " A l l thfe n a t u r a l affections, all pleasures, all a m u s e m e n t s were s infu l , a id were to be rooted out ."

T h e ignorance of the c l e rgy was matched only by the i r self conceit: E m b o d i e d in all t he i r discoiirses was the i r out rageous assumpt ion t h a t t hey were the elect of G o d ; t h a t they knew all a b o u t H i m ; all a b o u t i m m o r t a l i t y , a- id t h a t His ch i ldren were g iven an immor ta l l i f e — t h a t they might suffer increas ing agonies in endless e te rn i t j ' . And they dared t<» call thei r a t roc ious libels on H i m — C h r i s t i a n i t y ! T h e y stole the n a m e of the tender , gent le and lov ing Chr is t a n d with it served t h e sathn wh'ise se rvan t s t hey were . As late as 1853 they sought to s tay t h e r a v a g e s of cholera by fas t ing and p raye r s ! T h e Engl i sh P r e m i e r L o r d Pa lmers ton gave t h e m fi t t ing r ebukes — a d v i s i n g t h e m , in subs tance , to keep c lean—which if n o t done h e warned them t h a t cholera would con-t inue to rage , " i n spite of all th^ p r a y e r s and f a s t i ngs of a uni ted, h u t inac t ive na t ion ." A n d so on down t h e centur ies the i r ignorance, s tupidi ty and an imos i ty to t he spread of s a v i n s knowledge is an ab id ing character is t ic . I n these last days of the Nine teen th CrtUtnry their h o u n d s a re out in , fu l l c r y a f t e r such prophe ts as Profffgaor Briirgs, l ea rn ing no th ing , fo rge t t ing no th ing , they remain a perfect type of re l ig ious Bourbon ism.

Old Scbscuibee.

V e r g e i m e k . O. W. Crosby had a severe attack of the

grip but is belter now. Mrs. Win. H. Pdrkcr has been visituig

friends in Ada a few days.

Ed Soules of Coral was a guest of G. W.

Crosby Saturday night and Sunday. George Masters ol Coral has commenced

work for the season for G. W. Crosby.

R f v e r R o a d .

Charles Ernst and mother visited relatives at Pewumo part uf last wei k.

"JjOe" Uuttrlck ol Lawrence, Kansas, who hlU been visiting his mother tn Ada the past three weeks, called upon frjeods In this vicinity Saturday. Re expecie to returu to his home sometime this week.

Miss Ethel Kingston of Jackson was the guest of Ed Story and wife recently.

Mrs. It. H. McCull enlerluined her friend, Mrs Maud Phillips aud son Harold, uf Grand Rapids last week.

Mrs. G orjre Batey of Cascade visited at H. Oonrtrighl's last Wedi.esdny.

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

The Best 8ai.v« in the world for Cuts Praises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped ILmds, Chi dblains, Corns, and all Skin Emplious, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is gnaran-eed to give perfect satisfaction or money re-Funded. Price So cents per box. FOR SALE BY HUNTER & BON. 172

TAKE NOTlk A special session uf the Board of Supervis-

ors ol ionia county, Michigan, will be held In the Court Housi- in the City of Ionia on the Twenty Fourth day of February, 1896, at 1 o'clock, P. M.,for the purposa of considering a petition from the village of Lowell. Kent county, Micb., asking permlssioa from said board to construct a dam in Flat river on Section 5, in the township of Keuoe, Ionia

j county, Michigan, for the purpose of supply-ing power to operate an electric light and power plant in said Village of Lowell. It is proposed to constiuct said dam of timber, stone, earth, brush, or gravel or any or all of them and of a height not io exceed iirteen feet. To be aubitantially constructed, and Mithor without lock, or shute, or apron aa said Board of Supervisors of Ionia Co. may determine. Tbe p'-.titioners said Village o Lowell further represents that all the lands on either side of Flat river to be tflcctedby the construction of said dam or the overflow or darning of the waters of said Flat river are owned by tbe petitioners. This notice is in uccordance with act No. 129 of the Pub'ic Acta of 1878 being section 494 of Howill's Annotated Statutes of the State of Mic igan.; L W. BuKJiEIT, C. BfUOI.T, |

Village Clerli. Village President.

ind indlay's amous ootwear,

West Side Shoe Store,

F a c t s and Opin ions"

b y HAZEN S . PINGREE, MAYOR OF DETf tOIT, For kale at tlie Lfdg&i Office at 26c.

B u s i n e s s D i r e c t o r y .

J . HAKRISON RIUKERT. dentist. Ovi-r Church's bank, Lowell.

S. P. HICKS, Loans, Collections, Real Estate and Ine\ r-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

O. C. MclJANNEL, M. D , Physician an-i Surgeon. Office, 40 Biidgc

street, Lowell, Mich.

We Are Still D o i n g E u s i n e s s a t

, O l d S t a n d !

t h e

M.C. GREEN, M. D.

physician and Surgeon. Office at Residence Bridge street, Ixiwell, Mich.

G. G. TOW8LEY, M. D., Physician a=d Surgeon. Office hours, 10 am

to 8 pm. and 7 to 8 pm.

L O W P R I C E S A N D A N o . 1

J . M.GuODSPEE'», M.D. Office and Residence on HudFon street. (tffice

hours from 9 to 10 a. m , 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m , Sunday, 2 to 5 p ™.

Potatoes Cheap?

T h e y a r e , t h a t ' s a f a c t b u t s o

are my

B e y o n d .

I shall Hteer my bark where lhe waves roll ' dark,

I shall cross a stranger sea ;

But I know I shall land on that bright strnnd

Where my loved are waiting for me.

offtiiice, to differ f rom him was a

heresy , to pass him wi thout s a l u t i n g

liim was pun i shed as a c r ime . " " F o r

Only a few years a g o it was t a u g h t such cr imes there was pun i shment

in E n g l a n d tha t Br i t i sh ( j u i a n a con- h e r e — a n d he rea f t e r . " " T h e y could

ta ined 70,000 s q u a r e miles . S ince open and shu t the gate of h e a v e n " —

then gold mines h a v e been discovered j and t h e y "could hasten the moment

a n d the colony has e x p a n d e d in Br i t - I of d e a t h b y a word of t h e i r s — a n d

ish text-books to 109 ,000 squa re i t hus being s inners a t once to t: e

mi l e s .—[De t ro i t F r e e P ress . j j u d g m e n t seat of God.'* t iuch was

Grand Rapids will be in disgrace j the ter ror inspired by their horr ib le

if she permits any f u r t h e r exhib i t ion | pre tensions t ha t m a n y cases a re r e -

of mawkish s en t imen ta l i t y toward corded where dea th so t h r ea t ened oc

d i s respec t fu l ly of a p reache r was an i Tiiere are faces there divinely fair, The earth W long ago ;

And foreheads light, where curls lay br ight ;

Like sunbeams over snow.

Murde re r Holtnesi • •

Westers Michigan h a s been hon-

ored by the appo in tmen t of E d w i n F .

ainbassador to G e r m a n y .

cur red . • ' John Welsh da r ing to j e s t

the minister was s t r t ick dead , sank

unde r the t ab le in t h e presence of the

whole p a r t y . " Somet imes the v e n -

g e a n f i e o f l K e c l e i ^ reached the iii

GROCERIES. Call and see what an outfit jii8t one of those

"cheap" silver dollars

will buy.

McCARTY. roa f z e b

INSURANCE! oaxiZi ozr

P. D. EDDY & CO., Office of T o w n Clerk .

FARMERS HOTEL Lowell, Mich., G. F. Lane, Prop. Rates $1 00

per day. t S 50 per week. Good meals and clean beds.

MILTON M. PERKY,

Attorney and Counselor at Law. Train's Hall Block, Lowell, Mich. Special attention given to Collections, Conveyancing, and Sale of Real Estate.

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t Y JOHN K. MUSICIC. Tjfirnon of "WalterBtiow.vrir.i.D," "IlntHs JjAkk.man." "BANiiEn OF DEDITORO'," AND Ol UUIl Sxonits.

slauo it.." '"You have si'jned tho nrjrceaient." "But you wuan't to work roi- Blronff." "Nothing was said about whom 1 should

or aliould not support for any o:her oQiro. With my papsr und inlluencc I was to sup-port you for tho Legislature, ami that was all."

Tom Simmons, tho i.mbitious politicmn rtf Turlcy'a Point, loft tho olllco uoralchiuft his head in perpluxity and wondering how ho

canaiusidi noc&mo gi'CiHor nfi ovoi'mo coun-try. Unkind words were uttered by men who should have been friends Hopes roso and fell iiy the tide of political conflict went on. Allen pursued His established courso of independence, siifowrtinp I ho Ropublican for the Legislature and the Democrat for eberiff. lie b.-.-amo the murk for many sharp retorts from other newspapers, and wi\s accused of ridilic two horses ut onco

was to pot even with his enemy. Strong. I —horsectlmt wero»*;rtoinly going in differ-

'OfjrloKeJ, ms, bv Hie A. X. hV.hjg Mwt-p ij) r Company.] " uocs that dnrk-whi-il;ored man mako

frequent trips away I" " 1 suppose he docs-it is seldom, how-

ever, that any one ever sees him go away or come buck. For wocUs at a time he is not seen, and then we know "ue is away from tho old house on the hill. Then all of a sud- !

ho is discovered walking about tho house, or even coming to the village, making the acquaintance of no ono.

ao people think that ho is the chief of a bartditti and goes away to his rendezvous occasionally. Then there U an old mother Tiffin who boliovos in witchcraft. She suya

he is a wisard, ana that tho strange sights n and a*.range voices heard there oo

are tho result of his wild inc&nta-invocations of tho evil spirit. I

1 people say that they have heard Shrieks and wild, demoniac laugh-

. within that old house. Which al-most fro/e tho blood iu their veins."

Allen, having witnessed some 'of those Btrango ..sights ancL heard seme of thoso mysieriour. noises, did not tliltil^ that sde was exaggerating .liiem in the least. But his strong common i»euso told hiui t hat there was nothing supomutural in all ho had seen and heard. It could all be very easily ac-counted for if properly understood. He was not so much interested iu tlio house and tbo mystenous sights and sounds emanating from it as in the beautiful, mysterious Bertha.

"Do you know any thing of the young ladyP ho asked.

"No, sir," she answere:!, curtly, while an expression flitted over her facc which ho could not understand, unless it was a tingo of jcaloas fear.

"Did you ever hear any thing about her?" "Only what I Have told you," she an-

swered. "Bho has ricver been seen but twice."

He could have told much move of the great Stone house on the hill than any one knew had he choso to do ao, but ho determined to keep his counsel to himself.

The conversation began to drag, nnd as it was growing late, and she considered the young editor free from any further danger at present. Miss Loethy Hopkins left tho office. Allen's face was convulsed with mental anguish, and, striking his desk with his flat, he said;

" This has gouo far enough. Be it lifo or death, misery or happiness, Heaven or hell, I will probe that mystery—I will know all before another sun rises. I will go to tho t&ll stranger and demand an explanation, even if ho shoots me dead on his door-step. Death is preferable to another night of mis-ery and doubt."

With this desperate resolve fresh on his lips and eagravon in his heart he seized his hat, and leaving Toby to clOso the dfilcc, left the vfllogo and hurried up tbe old disused road to tho great stone house on the lull

CHAPTER XVn. HOW TanVBX'S POINT DEFEATED nEH^EI.F. When Allen Gra readied tho house on

tho hill, instead of going around it as he bad done on former occasion^, he walked direct-ly up to tho great front gate and tried to enter it; but it was locked.

His first thought was to scale tho wall, which ho could have done by going to the rear, bnt seeing a servant in the front yard bo called to him.

" I want to sec your master," ho said. The servant, who understood some En-

glish, shook his head, saying: "Zo monsieur gone—ze monsieur gone.

Monsieur no come—no come Ixm jaur mon-siour!" And turning about, went away.

Allen waited a long whilo at tho gate, hopingho would s o j aoino one else to whom be could appeal Darkness camo over the earth, and he was at last forced to leave. Slowly und sadly he turned about aud went down the hill, his head bowed in thought.

"After all, am 1 not a fool'"he said.'' Why need I c a r d What can the be to moP* But it was folly for him to attempt to drive her inrego from his mind: it had been indelibly stamjHjd upon his heart and could never be effaced. Siiq.had boon no coquette seeking conquests; she had maiic no advance nor evinced any boldness, even when visiting him by night, to have him take the litt e boy to FrenchUAVU.

She seemed to have been reared In seclu-sion ana taught to look vpon every ono as ; ati en "my. It was only tho direst npccasily ; that iuduced her to trust him on that occa-sion.

'•Iwill banish hor from my mind." ha re-solved, and for weeks mado heroic efforts to do no. He was partially aided by tho petty annoyances, whi "h. like the si ingof hornets, tended to divert his mind from greater suf-fering.

It was only a week after his tmsuccessful visit to tho great stono house that ho was interrupted ono no; nmg by tho abrupt en-trance of Mr. Tom Siuunona.

- I want to know the truth from you!" cried ihe oscltod Sitnmons.

" Do you mean to na-anato that I have been tcllitc? you talsehoodsl" demanded Allen, angrily-

'• No—no I don't; but I want to know all ol it now."

" Tell rae what it is you want to know, and you shall know all of i tf" said Aiiou, with considcrablo npint.

" Do you intend supportin' me for tho liegislctur' ?"

" 1 have Eirrned, ocaled :'3d delivered my contract to do so. aud I ccvtainly will."

" Arc you goiu' to support George Btrengi" '

" Not for Reprrrtentativa" 44 Foruny ofuco<" 44 Yes . " ' 44 What ?" roarfed Tom S'nmons. 44 For sheriff." 44 In he run-iiu for shorif!!''' 44 Yes." 44 Why didn't you toll mo soonor! Have

jro published nly anpouncomept y i t i " 44 It is set up. and will appear with the

bcrW issue f" 44 Chan je it Ptit mo iu for Eberiff. I

wou • 1 i ' hov the Logis'atur' if 1 could get it. I m jToiu' to run fur Elieriir."

441! ;', v nember your con.ruct—you wero to run tor . ho Legislnture."

441 tell yo 1 don't want it< I 've got ye pledged in ~ . i uu ' to support me. an' I'm ogoin' to run fur sheriff an1 bust him up or die."

••But look at yr.ir contract und see If you can. .Don't you nee that if you refuse to run for Ropresept vivo and doc'aro yourself a oaudidata for anv other office, that you

forf ' it to n e the sum of ono thousand dol-larsT'

Ho was not so anxious to bo elected himself ] as he was to beat strong. Ho had only got i ono block from tho printing ofilce when ho

saw his enemy entering it. I "There, now he's goin' in there to lay : plans to bust mo up; I know It," said Sim-: mons.

Allen had scarce got rid of one of tho i Turley's Point politicians, and turned again

to his desk, whoa the door of his sanctum opened and Mr. Strong burst in.

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I swar, things hov got to come to a Sp-ells 1" he roared, in a fury.

"Very well sir, let them focus," said Allen, somewhat spiritedly. "What ia wrong?"

44 I've hcerd yer gwine to support Sim-mons."

" I a m " 44 What, artor ye obligated yerself to

me?"' " I support you for sheriff, and him for

the Legislature." 41 Is ho mnning for the Legislatoorl" 44 Yes." "Hev ye published my announcement

yet!" 41 It will appear this week." 44 Change it." "Whyt" " I ' m n o t g w m e t o run for sheriff. Tm

gwino to run for the Legislatoor." :' But remember your contract" 41 What contract ?" Al'en drew the written cgrr-ement from

tho pigeon-hole in his desk and read it to tho angry Mr. Strong.

14 But, then, I didn't know ho was gvrine to run fur tho Legislatoor," persisted Strong. '• Now thct ho is. I'm gwino to beat him, I don't keer a cent, what it costs no . "

•'If you run for any other office than sheriff, you will forfeit to mo one thousand dollars," said Allen, very earnestly.

"Thunderation!" 14 Your contract says so," and he called

bis spedal attention to it. 44 It's * trick, yo two hev set up a trick on

me, that's all thar is o' it." •'No. it's me ye cot up a job on," said

Tom Simmons, nt this moment entering the offlco somewhat abruptly. Mr. Strong wheeled about and glared furiously at him. Allen, now quite thanklul tbat tho two men were together to vent their spleen upon each oilier, stood with folded arms and a smile on his face to see what would be the result of the meeting.

41 You heahl" .roared Strong. "You here!" yelled Simmons. 44 Yes. an* I'm agwrne to beat you.'1

, ' I'm agoin' to see yo laid in tho shadocf I it busts me to do i t "

4i Ye'vo allers been a crossin" mo. Tom Simmons. Yer one o' tho kind t' allers ba in a feller's track. I t war a mighty sorry piece o' timber they mado ye oat ov any way."

' ' .Tist say what ye please. I'm agoin' to beat ye. George Strong, ef it nuns me fur tho Legislatur' to do it."

Then Strong swore that ho would beat Simmons, and vowed that he would rather bo defeated any day than §ec his enemy elected.

'•Geuilemen," said Allen, coo'.ly, as ho stood leaning against his desk watching tho angry men. "my support has l)cca prom-ised to both of you ond you shall have it. It would lie u feather in our cap to have both sheriff and Representative from our village. I como here in the interest of Turley's Point, and to that end I am working."

" D'ye think ye kin help Turley's Pint, by sendin' him tio tho Legislatoor j" asked Strong.

" I do." 41 Then sink Turley's Pint ." 44 Would it help our town by eloctin* him

sher i f f f roared Simmons. "Of course." "Then let 'or bust ." 44 Gentlemon,' so long as yon entertain

such hostile fecHngs there will be Uttle hope for the advancement of our town. If you wish to effect any thing hero, and to build up a thriving commercial center, you must stop tliis combatting each other; put your shoulders to the wheel aud go to work in earnest for yourselves, for each other aud for Turley's Point."

"Me work for him! Never!" roared Sim-mons.

"Think I'm agwine to .gin him a boost! Not i:nieh," saiJ Mr. Strong.

'• But 1 shall hold oa*.'h of you to a strict observance of the contracts you have signed. You shall each of you run for tho odices to which you were selected iu the bo-cinniug, and I will support both."

" I ' d ruthor be beat a thousand times than see him elected," crio I Strong, as he left tho office. In language equally as forcible Simmons gave vent to Lis feelings, as he retired also.

441 think I begin to sec tbe cause of some of the trou'oie with Turley's Pcint," said

, Allen, as he stood on the front porch o ' tho i building gazing after tho two receding j figures going in different directions. "Tho

town is mado up of antagonistic rings und ; cliques. Every man here would rather die

hiciself than see some one else prosper. They have taken prosperily by tho throat and are tl.i'ottiing her "

The sna bctuned lazily down upon tbe s oping roof;', of the houses scattered along the' narrow valley aud hillsides. Tho store buildings were distinguished by their square fronts and painted signs. The usual crowd of loafers were gathered about tho stores und si: o, p s and we re silting on the porches or counters. Tho floors were well-worn and row Hi'-', whilo from the damp warerocms at the re:'.r one could iniiule the damp air is-suing i ron do jaying vegetables. There was tin air ui uullncos about tho little v-llage. as if ii had been stifled by the thick atr mosphero of hate.

No wonder that Turley's Point is on tho

ent directions. As tlio cftntest became more heated many camo to him to induce him to give up ono of tho candidates, but ho stated he was pledged to both. and. having the in-terests of Turley's Point at heart, could not bo swerved I ron his courso..

His dotcrnination alone prevented Sim-mons anu rlirong from withdrawing to de-feat each ot hor. Candidal c - f rom other parts

I of the country wore nominated, a Demo-crat from Uentonsvillo was put in nomin-ation for Rcpreseh'a'.ive, and a Republican from another village put ill nomination by his party for sheriff, against Mr. Strong.

The flrhi waxed hot. No Blander was too vile, low or unreasonable for Simmons to toll upon his fellow townsman, Mr. Strong, nor could Mr. Strong conjure up in his fertile imagination any thing too base to tell on his fellow townsman, Simmons.

Allen appealed in vain to their reason, afsuring then that they were mining each other, nnd destroying all the hopes of Turley's Point. Each swore ho would sink Turley's Point to boat his opponent.

It was useless for Allen to advocate the interests of tho Turley's Point candidates when they were doing all in their power to ruin each other. Every good word he spoke for them was flatly dcifMd. Tho local h.itrcd which had blighted Turley's Point seemed to culminate in wild rage on elec-tion day. At ten o'clock in tho foraaoon it had becamc dangerous to bo oat.

Drunken, burly ruffians wero parading tho streets to the terror of all good citizens. Half a dozen brawls raged during tho day,

and block eyes nnd bloody noses became a common sight boforu evening.

Tho young editor, disgusted with the people, tho town and tbo election, remained in his office all day. When returns camo in from all the tov.nir.hips he was not surprised to learn that both the Turley's Point candi-dates were badly defeated.

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CHAPTER XVIII. "THAT CAN NEVER UE."

Simmcns ond Strong found the bitterness of jicrsonal defeat somewhat sweetened by tho knowledge that their enemy had gouo down with . them. Morose, gloomy and iil-naturod, each went moping about tho streets, cursing his own ill-luck, and won-dering what blight had ^ jmc over their town tbat it* could not be saved from inev-itable ruin. Alloa Gray had como at last to realize that Turley's Point was doomed, and all his endeavors to save it were worse than useless.

" I will give it up," be said to himself, as ho sat at h b desk one day. 44 It is no use to try to do aay thing for these foolish people, while they arc so blindly jealous and en-vious of cach other. If a stranger cornea hero to purchase property or engage in business he is discouraged. 1 will sell out tho paper and go to other flclds where I shall have moro favorable BuiToandingB.'*

But property in Turley's Point was not a ready sale, and ho could' find no one bold enough to venture to take tho editorial helm of tho VTytcm Rcpnlillc.

During tho summer just passed Allen i oontinuaUy hoped amid tho heat of political j conflict and ,a failing business to entirely ; forget all obout tho stono house on the hill

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A Btory a t the expense of Sir William Harconr t i s wor th repeating. Before hif recent departure for tho continent the ex-clianeellcr of the exchequer spent some t ime nt tho seaside, and on one oc-casion visited a man-of-war lying on tbo Hampshi re coast.

A f t e r dinner , the war.ther proving ra tbor rough, tho captain, mi unusually smal l and dapper man, snfcgested that Sir Wi l l iam should sleep on board, aud tbonght fu l iy surrendered his own berth for tho n ight to h is distinguished guest.

Next morning, at the early hour when the captain usually rose, the hi t ter 's sailor servant , who knew nothing t f the change of berths, brought a cup of ctfTee to the cabin door and knocked onco

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ous building beooming daily moro nxod in his mind und moro aud more a part of him-so'.f. Try as ho would it was impossible to efface that imago from bis memory.

Ho had taken frequent strolls to the stone house, but not a soul was to be seen. It seemed as utterly deserted as if on an isl-and which had boon uninhabited for ages. Tho fountains were dried up, and weeds were growing in tho garden.

"They are all gone, taking that blighting. Withering mystery with them!" said Allen, a few days af ter the election, having re-turned from a stroll to the top of tbe hilL 441 will forgot her—I will leave tho neigh-borhood, and. iu other Colds, amid different scenes aud people, begin lifo anew."

As autumn advanced ho mudo vigorous ] efforts to dis{»or,c of the paper, but without I avaU. Rummer socmod to lin^or in the [ lap of winter, and those days of ripening fruit aud golden harvest were continued longer than usual.

One evening when the moon shonobright-ly from a cloudless sky, and the landscape seemed more lovely than by day, Allen de-cided to take one moro strol l His many adietions bad taught him to love solitude Miss Loethy Hopkins, in her efforts to capt-ure the young editor, was growing des-perate, frequeutlv driving her victim to the solitude of tho forests where, free from hor sickqning nonsense, he could commune with nature at his own sweet wiiL

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Eastward No 12 has Pul lman sleeper nnd Imtiel car attached Chicago to Detroit daily.

No. 14 has parlor buffet car attached Grand Haven to Detroit ex t ra charge (2-T. cents). No. IS has parlor car attached, ex-tra charge, (25 cents). No. 82 lias sleeper to Detroit.

Westward No. 11 has par lor car attached (extra charge 2-1 cents.) No 16 has parlor biiffei car attached Detroit to Grand Haven (extra charge 25 cents). No 17 has the Guest of Pul lman sleepers and buffet can-attached tu Chicago dai ly . No. SI hat-sleeper to G r i n d Hapids.

City offije lirst door east of i he Kinc Milling Co. where tickets a r e on sale, for all |Miiiils through and local.

Open 7 a. m. Ut 8 p. m. Sunday, 4 to 5 p. m. ,1 .INO. W m i P , B E N F L E T C I I E U ,

Traffic Manager. Trav. Pass. Agent. A. O. H K Y D L A U ^ F , Local Agent.

The only reply was iu tho E.-.tnre of n growl, and tho terrified sailor beheld n gigant ic figure tu rn ing over under tho bedclothes. Dropping the cup of coffce. t he f a i t h fu l son-ant rushed to the ship 's surgeon, exclaiming' .

" F o r goodnr fs ' sake, sir, come to the captain ut once. He ' s speechless, and swolleu to ten t im^s h is natural size. ' —Strand Magazine.

, p = — Thn Fatluer of t b e Corktail .

The cocktail was fbe invention of Colonel Carter of Culpeper Court House Va. Many years ago iu that locality ^here was a wayside inn named the Cock and Bottle, the semblauce of uu old Eng f j sh tavern, and which bore upon

glanced through tho iron bars, Lc waa astonished at tho transformation. Tho moon was bathing tho sccno in u flood of mellow light. All signs of neglect, wero ro-moved, aad flowers were blooming and fouutoius ro long dry aud sileut bad found their voices again aud wore laughingly gush-ing out tho brightest sparkling water. Tlio a::' Eoemed full of life und dadness.

From an open w ndow camo lhe strains of u piano. Allen was cntrauced ut the French air lhat floated on,the evejiiug breeze from the window of Jho house,. Even us he Int-oned enraptured the nss ic ceased, the

old vernacular , meaning the tap. He. thorofore, who got the last und muddy portion of the lap was said to have re-ceived the 4 4cockiai l ."

Upon one occasion, when Colore! Car-ter was subjected to the indignity rf having this muddy beverage put before h im. he threw it angrily upon fbe floor and exclaimed, " H e r e a f t e r ! wi l l drink cocktails of my own brewing ." and then and there, inspired evidently by the spiri t of Ganymede, he dashed together

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I t a c t s p o n c r f u l l r a n d qu i rk ly . C u r e s w b e a A l l - - power fu l ly a n d qui rk ly . Others lull. Vounc men regain lost manb luonrecover youthful visor. Abaotutelj nntocd to Cur« %>rronanc**. Loat VltRlltjrf Empotcncy. Xlnbtly f mUdons, V.oatFower. cither aex, FnllinK Mrmor.r, Waat lnc ca»e«, and all eft fell ot $tlf alnut or txetuti and {n'tfcntion. Wi-rds cfrliitaniiy and coDSiiraptlon. Con'tlct drua 'Kt lmpoi>c n worthlesseuhitltuie oa roul-ftca-iireliyii'iiis iigreaU-r rn>Ut. Insintonhav. ..is i ' K t F F . a ' B \ K k V I G O R , or Bend for itt .'snbocurrlod la vtwipocUeU Prepaid plain wrtt* '-r. H i»cr l>ox, or O for S5, with A Poaltlvo ' . rlHen Ouaruntce to Cure or Rofkiod thu ' 'oricy. Pumpnii't fron. Sold br ilnmlats. AddreM x SKjUiCAL AStJ-N, Chlotfo, SUi

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for evtahlislied, reliable house. Sa l a ry i!780 ami expenses. Steady position. En -close self addresMjd .stamped envelope; T h e Dominion Company, Th i rd F loor , O m a h a Bldg., Chicago, 111.

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Cincinnati. Saginaw A Mackinaw R. R trains Jeave Durand for S gm.w and Pa\ City 6:00 a. 111,9:40 i«. m., a:.d 6:50 p. in.

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Au immense vrar.u: in .'uexicau ca t t le Is being l u i l t up under the pressni favorable c e d i t i o n s for the i r i raporta t ion into th i s country . Twelve thou-sand head of stock ca t t lo were pur-chased in tho s t a t e of Coahuila, Mexico, d j r i n g one week recent ly , and brought in to Texas , and the Dolores ranch , in Kinney county, was stocked with them Ar rangemen t s a r e being made with English capi ta l is ts t o purchase several bundrcd thousand head of Mexican cat

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Cuief '1 all of t he Osngoa waa i t po. teJ to be s h o r t In h i s accounts last week.

Says t h e W i c h i t a E a s l e : "Wo do not Uke Eng land In any th ing . " How about t k e bo t tom ot the tu reen?

Mi lwaukee edi tors are t a lk ing o t t g h t i n g a duel. T h i s will doubtless be mccompllshed by pu t t ing shot In their I t k -we l l s .

H o u r by hou r , fellow-clllzens, wo are being remorselessly brought nea re r to the t i m e when the s traw-bal lot flead Will b a r e b is quadrennia l a t t ack .

If P res iden t Krugor ' s p ic tures in the p a p e r s a r e accura te wo bellevu the gold b r i ck opera tors have overlooked a fine BeW for operat ion in the Transvaal .

®cc?sionally there Is something In a name . A m a n named Flood wanted t o be put on the water commission In Bos ton and t h e mayor would c o t have I t •

I t fa said t h a t It takes money to get Into tho United Slates senate. This m a y bo why Congressman H. I). Money h a s been chosen by the Mississippi log-i d a t n r e .

A St . Paul typewri ter has been sued fo r $12,575 damages for a l ienat ing a h n s b a n d ' s affections. The St. Paul key-ponnder in action on the affections m a s t be a t e r ro r .

T h a t Troy paper which t h inks lhat " a l l will r ide bicycles hereaf te r , " per-h s p a will admi t t ha t a large propor-t i on ef t he r iders probably will have t o be classed as "Bcorchcrs."

Ba l l fighting seems to be a profitable profession. Guerri ta , t he most famous Span i a rd in t ha t lino, appeared In sev-enty-seven fights l a s t year, fo r which he received $1,200 for each perform-ance .

Paderewskl has a magnificent touch; t h e r e can be no doubt of tha t . Thir teen thonsand five hundred dollars for two m a t i n e e rec i ta ls ! There ' s noth ing the m a t t e r with tha t sort of box oflice tech-a i q n e .

" F i r s t catch your flea." Th is advice i s t o t h e new governor-general of Cuba w h o gives It out t ha t he will proceed a t once to crush the Insurgents. Campos announced h i s plans in very much the s a m e language.

A man who died in Chicago the other d a y l e f t a le t te r to be sent t o h i s sister, w h o s e name he confessed he didn ' t k n o w . The old adage, t ha t i t is a wise m a n who knows his own f a t h e r , will h a v e to be brought u p to date .

A Chicago m a n was offered $60 to kill a r epu tab le citizen. Instead o t ask ing t h e Intended victim how much h e would give not to be killed, t he first man re -por ted t h e offer to the police. Yet we h e a r t h a t Chlcagoans a r e enterpr is ing.

i'ilETTY AND ABLE.

S O M E N O T A B L E W O M E N O F T H E E A S T E R N M E T R O P O L I S ,

They Aro Writer* of IMayi iinrt Cnm-po*rr» of — MlMts Morton, Stonn and Ivr* und Tlieir Mont llc-

ccnt l>rniliict\on«.

New York Letter. ISS M A R T H A Morton Is one cf tb« cleverest Amer-ican playwrights and h a s an excep-tional record ex-tending back seven or eight years. Her first play was "Hel-

'£^4:11' j otne," produced at y t h e F i f th Avenue

/ / / U thea te r In 1889. Clara Morris a f t e rward s tarred in It for several years u.sder the tit le of "The Refugee 's Daughter ." " T h e Mer-chant , " however was the play which brought Miss Morton most prominent ly before the public. It was first brought out a t the Union Square with Sellna Fel ler , E. J . Henley and Nelson Whca t -crof t In the cast . Subsequently It was purchased by Thcmar. McDonough, who put it on for an extended run a t tho Madison Square theater and later sent It out as a popular a t t ract ion 00 tbo road.

"Jef f rey Mlddleton." he r next play, was brought out In Minneapolis by Au-gustus Pitou. Th is was co successful t ha t It brought her an order to wri te a play tor Wil l iam H. Crane. Th is eh* crtlled "Brother John ," and Crane had a prosperous season a t the Star theater with IL A Chicago "Brother John" nad an almost unprecedented run. yielding $90,000 In six weeks.

Miss Morton's latest play. "Hi s Wife 's F a t h e r , " which made such a hi t re-cently at t he F i f t h Avenue, with Crane as the star , is undoubtedly her best, and, indeed, one of the best p lays ever wri t ten by a woman.

Miss Morton is a New York girl and received her education at one of the public schools ot the city. She began wri t ing short stories and poems for magazines when quite young, but soon found her d ramat ic inst inct too strong tor sueh l imitat ions, and In he r first dramat ic effor ts proved herself to pos-sess a knowledge ot s tagecraf t that amounted to genius and is usually ac-quired only a f t e r years ot experience and dnidgery. But she Is not the only playwrigh! ot her sex here.

Miss Marguer i te Merrington. who Is a college professor, wrote her first play fo r E. H. Sothern. "Capt. Let te rb la l r" w a s given an e laborate production two eeacoa's ago a t the Lyceum, where it l a n successfully tor many weeks. "Good-By" and "A Lover 's K n o t " were Miss Merr lngton 's next successes. At present she is engaged on a p lay which Mr. Sothern expects to b r ing out soon, a historical d r a m a called "Bonnie Pr ince Charl ie ." She also wrote a play for Sol Smith Russell , "An Everyday Man," which contained a fine charac ter s tudy .

Miss Merr ington received the first prize of $500 f rom the New York Con-

ular and yet fa l l u t t e n y u-oiu i.\ck ot knowledge of technique, or what in bet-te r known aa stage business. A play is no t finished when it is wri t ten. The flrrt net Is to get It accepted, the sec-ond to get it produced and the thi rd U recure a public."

Mfra.Rylfey's home charmingly refiectf the ar t is t ic tas te of the hostess. Fine oriental rugs, beautiful Bagdad draper-ies, aud plies of cushions, large and small, form an Interior at once luxur-ious and unique. Mrs. Ryley has Just finished a play wri t ten to order for Nal Goodwin.

Miss Mary Stone, who Is " r eade r" at the Garrlck theater . Now York, Is a sweet-faced, charming-mannered Phi l-adelphia girl. She Is a regular "f i rs t -n ighter" nt New York theaters . Her work as " reader" demands tha t she fa-miliarize herself not only with all new plays but with the popular dramat ic tas te as well.

Her first work for the s tage was a dramatizat ion of Stanley W e y m a n ' s "House or the Wolf" for Richard Mans-field. Her success, however, came with the production of "The Social High-wayman" by tho Holland Brothers in September. This play was dramatized f rom a story by t ha t n a m e tha t ap-peared In Llpplncott 's July, 1895. and would have been brought out by Rich-ard Mansfield had not his recent se-vere Illness Interferred with his plans. The Holland Brothers are at present making a successful tour with It through tho United States.

Miss Stone Is much Interested In woman's progress /

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Rai lway constroet ion in J a p a n , tem-pora r i ly In ter rupted by the war . i s again ac t ive . "A sum of $23,000,000 has been vo ted tor tho construction of a double l ino, 376 miles long, between Toklo and Kobe , pass ing through tho principal commerc ia l and indus t r ia l centers of J a p a n , viz., Yokohama, Kio to and Os-a k a . "

T h e New York board ot hea l th recom-p i c n d s t b a t notices be placed In all pdbl io places, in su r face and ele-va ted cars, public hal ls and assem-b l y rooms, warn ing everybody against expectora t ion on the floors. The doc tors say t ha t consumpt ion , d iph-the r i a , Influenza, and o ther diseases a r e easily communicated In this way d u r i n g cer ta in s tages of the disease. C a t a r r h a l affect ions may be com-m n n l c a t e d through dried spi t t le mix-f a g wi th dust . These germs are l i ke ly to be gathered on the feet and o n t h e s k i r t s of women and taken Into p r i v a t e houses, where the most perfect v e n t i l a t i o n will not s t ay the i r evH affects .

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Repor t s f rom var ious sou thern points e a s t of t h e Mississippi show a r e m a r k -a b l e t i de of Immigrat ion f rom t h e a o r t h w e s t to the south s ince the hol i -days . A number o t minor Industrleti a r e be ing located in the south by west -e r n people. Representa t ives of the va -r i o u s professions f rom t h e nor thwes t a r e looking tor new locations In t h e sou th , and current events seem to favor a close political and indust r ia l al l iance of t h e south and the nor thwes t . No f e w e r t h a n 500 land agen t s have gone f r o m t h e southern states to the n o r t h -w e s t s ince Jan . 1 for the purpose of pre-sen t ing t h e advantages of d i f ferent lo-cali t ies and Inducing home-seekers to locate In the south. A large per cent of t h e se t t l e r s are Grand Army men, and th i s f ac t will show a heavy Increase in t h e pension payments for t l ie next year in the southern states.

David Hammel, of New Jersey, re -t u r n e d to his family the o the r day a f t e r t h i r t y years ' absence. In 1*56 he sup-por ted a republican for governor, q u a r -reled wi th his wife and lef t her . He r o w e d never to re turn unt i l a republ i -can w a s governor , uu event tha t h a p -pened wi th the Inaugurat ion of Oov. Griggs some days ago. Hammel , i t Is said, has had a t t imes to live on acorns , but he kept his vow. Repor t says ho w a s received with rejoicings and apple-jack , but Mrs. Hammel Is likely to re -gre t t h a t the s ta te did not remain dem-ocratic.

MADELINE R Y L E Y . sorvatory of Music for the l ibret to of "Daphne . " a comic opera. The niuoSi will be fu rn i shed by Mr. A r t h u r Bird, a pupil ot Liszt. So ta r th i s bri l l iant woman 's contr ibut ions t o the -stage have been noticeable tor unique char-acter sketches and g r e a t ski l l in con-s t ruct ion.

Ono ot t he p resen t season ' s great suc-cesses. according to cri t ics and mana-gers, was the product loa ot '•Christo-pher , J r . , " a t t h e Empire. Af te r crowd-i n g the house for weeks In New York it . was sent out on an equally successful ' tour ot the western cities. Mrs. Made-line Lucet te Ryley, t he author of the play. Is a beautiful vivacious woman, and an accomplished actroas as well as a clover p laywright .

Speaking ot "Chris topher , Jr . ," Mrs. Ryley said In a recent interview: "I wrote the play in six weeks aud was [ six years in finding a manager to pro-duce it. I think it has been In the handg of fifty different managers . Sometimes It was too long, somet imes too short , sometimes too light, and again too heavy. It is really as tonish-ing, the variety of faul ts of which ono simple l i t t le play Is capable. No o n e who has not tr ied It can pos.«:bly undo-jf-s tand bow difilcult it is to got a pi accepted. Managers are afraid of new playwright, especially of a woman'). You are sure, if you are just lieginnlnfi!. to preseirt u melodrama the season fo'r farces, or a farce when t ragedy Is t h e fad; or again, if the character of thi.* play is adapted to the fickle public, ymii have probably put too many men and, womon In the story, or made too many , scnies . and lhat means enormous ex-pense In production. And, last of all,

j you may succeed In every other partlc-

MISS MARY STONE. of f b e most marked char«cterlst lc8 of the coming woman Is a full sense of humor. Humor and cul ture are usual-ly found hand in band—not simply wit. but reflnea humor—and i t is only among modern women tha t t h i s Is no-ticeable. I observe It on every s i d e -in their books.tbeir plays. thelr speech-es and In ordinary conversation. Men have been humorous tor centuries, but women are just beginning to develop this quali ty, so invaluable to the author and especially the p laywright ."

" T h e Brooklyn Handicap ." produced a t t he Grand Opera House In 'New York in 1894, was tbe first spor t ing play wri t ten by a woman. When Miss Alfce Ives was asked by a New York man-ager a couple ot yea rs ago whether she could write a "horse play," she repl ied: " I certainly don' t know much about races, but 1 can t ry . "

And to use Miss Ives ' own words, "Try ing means almost l iv ing on tbe r a re t rack for a couple ot mon ths fol-lowing. I read all the spor t ing papers and talked about the turf wi th all tbe spor t ing men I could meet . W h y , jus t to get one tact , the chest measure of one horse, I spent days vis i t ing veter-inary surgeons and l ivery stables. F in-ally I had to carry a tape measure and measure a vicious looking b ru te my-self. You see, an amus ing Incident in the play hinged on t ha t one thing, and I wanted my audience to laugh a t the play, not a t the au thor . "

In regard to the money to be made by play-wri t ing. Miss Ives said; "You have to wai t a long t ime for success. Nothing Ir. ha rder than to get a play accepted, but once accepted nctthinp pays better. Succees, fame, money all come at once.' '

Miss Ives was born in Detroit, and her first l i terary efTorts were for tho local newspapers of her na t ive city. To-day a more prolific and versati le writer would be hard to find. She has wri t ten grave and thought fu l articles for Harpe r ' s nnd the Century, and br ight j -kes for Puck. H e r first play was a t ragedy called "Don Rodc: 'v ." Lawrence Ban-. ' t t read this and wrote Miss Ives t h a t it was fu l l of poetical beauty.

" l ior lne," in which Malda Cralgau starred l as t season, and "I»avarre," are twe del ightful p lays by Miss Ives, and

MISS ALICE IVES,

the "Flower of the Hill," which was given a t the Berkeley Lyceum last tail is another of her dramat ic successes. Her s tyle Is up to date and realistic in the oictreme :

No ma t t e r w h a t Paul 's text was whenever he preached his theme wa* iChrlct

TALMAGE'S SEPMON.

" W A S H I N G T O N F O R C O D " L A S T S U N D A Y ' S S U B J E C T .

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-1 H E R E It Is," said the driver, and we all ins tant ly and excitedly roso In tho carriage to catch t h o first glimpse ot Je rusa -lem, so lone th<i joy ot t he wholo ear th . Tha t city, coronetted w i t h temple aud palace

and rad iant , whether looked up a t irom the valley of Jehoshaphat or gazed a t from adjoining hills, was the capital of a great nat ion. Clouds of luceuso had hovered over It. Chariots of kluga had rolled through It. Bat te r ing- rams ot enemies had thundered against i t . There Isaiah prophesied, and Jeremiah laniented, and David relguec^ and Paul preached, and Chris t was mar tyred . Most Interest ing city ever buil t since masonry rung Its first trfiwel, or plumb-line measured I ts first wall, or royalty

! swung Its first scepter. W h a t Je rusa -lem was to the Jewish kingdom, Wash-ington Is to our own country—tho capi-tal , t he place to which all the t r ibes come up, the great national hear t whose throb sends life or death through the body politic, clear out to the geographi-cal extremities.

Wha t the resurrected Christ said in my tex t to his disciples, when ho or-dered them to s t a r t on the work of gos-pclizatlon, "beginning a t Jerusalem," i t fieem» to me God says now. In his Prov-idence, to tens of thousands ot Chris-t ians in this city. Star t for t be evan-gellza'.lon ot America, "beginning at Washington." America is going to be taken tor God. I t you do not believe it, t ake your b a t now and leave, and give room to some man or woman who does believe It. As surely a s God lives, and he Is able to do as he eays ho will, this country will bo evangelized f rom the mouth ot tbe Potomac to the mouth ot t he Oregon, f rom the High lands of the Neverslnk to the Golden Horn, f rom Baffin's Bay to the Gulf ot Mex-ico, and Christ will walk every lake, whether bestormed or placid, and be transfigured on every mounta in , and the n igh t skies, whether they hover over groves ot magnolia or over Alas-ban glacier, shall be filled wltb angelic over ture ot "Glory to God and good-will to men."

Again and agalh does the old Book announce tba t all t be ea r th shall see the salvation ot God, and as tbe greater in-cludes the leader, t h a t t akes America gloriously In. Can you not s^e t h a t If America is not t aken for God by his consecrated people, i t will be t aken for Apollyon! T h e forces engaged on both sides a re so t remendous t b a t It cannot be a d rawn bat t le . I t Is com-ing, t he Armageddon! E i the r the Amerloan Sabba th will perish and th i s na t ion be banded over to Herods, and Hlldebrands, and Diocletlans, and Neroa of baleful power, and alcoholism will reign, seated upon piled-op throno o t beer barrels , h i s month foaming with domestic and nat ional curse, and c r ime will l i f t i ts unhindered k n i f e o t assas-sination, and ra t t l e keys ot worst bur-glary, and wave torch of widest confla-grat ion, and ou r cit ies be turned Into Sodoms, wai t ing for Almighty tempests ot f ire and br imstone, and o n o t idal wave of abominat ion will surge across t be cont inent , or our Sabbaths will t a k e on more sanct i ty , and the newspapers will become apocalyptic wings of bene-diction, and peni tent iar ies will be aban-doned tor lack ot occupants, and holi-ness and happlness , twln son and daugh-ter ot heaven, shall walk through the land, and Chris t reign over th i s na -tion ei ther In person or by agency so glorious tba t the whole country will be one clear, resounding echo o t heaven. I t will be one or the other. By tlie th rone of h im who liveth forever and ever, I declare it will be the lat ter . If the Lord will help me, as ho ulways .loes—blessed be bis glorious namo!— I will show you how a mighty work of grace begun at Washing ton would have a tendency to br ing tbe whole cont inent to God, and before th i s century closes.

Wi l l iam t h e Conqueror ordered the curfew, the custom ot r ing ing the bell a t midnight , a t which all the fires 00 the hear tha were to be banked, and all t be l ights extiBgulflbed, and all t he peo-ple re t i re to the i r plllowa. I pray Ood t ha t the curfew of t h i s century may n o t be sounded, and tbe flres be banked, and tbe l igh ts extinguished, a s the clock s t r ikes tbe midnight hour t b a t divides the nineteenth century frtvn the twentieth century, unt i l th i s beloved land, which was to most ot us a cradle and which will be to most of us a grave, shall come into the ful l possession ot him who is so glorious tha t Wil l iam the Conqueror could not be compared to him, oven tbe One who r ideth for th , "conquering and to conquer."

W h y would i t be espoclally advan-tageous it a mighty work ot grace s tar ted hero, "beginning at Washing-ton?" F i r s t , because this city Is on the border between the north and south. It la nei ther northern nor southern, it commingles tho two climates. Ir. br ings together the two styles of popu- j latlon. I t to uot only r ight , but beauti-ful , tha t people should have especial love for the lat i tude where they wore born and brought up. With w h a t lov-ing accentuat ion the Alabamlan speaks of his orange groves! And tho man from Massachusetts Is sure to let you know tha t he comes from the land of the Adamses—Samuel, and John, and John Qulncy. Did you ever know a Virginian or Obiolan whose face did not brighten r/non be announced h lm-oelt f rom the Southern or Nor the rn State of Pres idents? If a man does not like h*K nat ive clime. It Is because while be lived there, ho did not behave well.

This capital stnndu where,by its locality on all sides with tho foolsteps of ao<J and its political Infiuenco, It stretchca as be comes to awaken and pardon aaff forth one hand toward the north and save these great populat lont . Poopte the other toward the south, u M a of Washington , meet us next T k l f ^ mighty work of grace s ta r t ing hero night, at half past s o t e n o clock, Vo p r u r

would probably be a national awaken- for th i s . 0 5 h1 ? ' 1

I tie Georgia would clnsp the hand of for a pontecostal three t h o " " " * Now Hampshire, and Maine tho hand cf have referred l 0 '

Louisiana, and California tho hand of Such a fire ftB t h a ^ 0 ^ k l ° d ' 0 i ^ ! j J New York, and say. "Come, lot us go up that *ou ld be and worship the God of Nations, the crunching through the m o w s of LaUra-Christ of Golgotha, the Holy Ghost of dor to the Carrlbean sea where ^ the pentacoatnl threo thousands." I t ^ w l n l s " re born. has often been said that the only way ° f " C , b B k ^ ' k ; ^ tho north and tbo south will i * brought of the Bible: into complete accord. Is to have a war In he midst of ^ years In with some foreign nat ion. In which both of the years njada known. ln wr.Lb * sections, marching side by side, would m t m b e r mercy. Lot he ^

s r ^ r K r r f c : d L , h o . r

3 ^ w m " . u U m f o r o . ? ! . n

th i s Reneration la ilrad. ond pcraapn b s , , J ! J ' f " , a l t forever. T h . war lha t .111 m.Uo I * • j r e " ^ 2 Iho secllona forliat par i MBlWTeralM la ' ° o k """i w " ' I ? 0

a war w l n a t u n r i g h l w u n . ? . , t uch a . Gospel no . ol . • U t . ln m w a u n l v e r u l rollgloul a w a t o n n f would ••nda. T h l . T . . 1 work mvr t declare. W h a t w . want la a bat t le tor wmewhere . W h j no k e r . ? soula. In which ahoot (or l r m i l l i o n ; ™ ' m m t l r , t h e r a l j l n i t - T » * nor thernera and MUthetnera ahall be on , • »•>* » ' Lord . the earn . aide, and ahonldcr to ahoulder. ^ PrOTldcntlal a r r a n g e m c ^ I ", In no other c l l r on the cont inent can " " J week In eermonlo c o . a m » . l . * » o « a n d , a war be declared ao appropr l - ! " " T town, and a t e l r , lor all the o t t e r p-ent cltloa . r e too'* th a conntr r . and now I S lT . ( fce e i ther nor thern or aonthern. Thla 1,, watchword to north and aoutk. and

nei ther , or. r a the r , it la bolh. • ' " l l , « « " • Again

s tar ted 9here , because more" rep ' resenta ' - . t 0 " ton t lnen ta l awakening!

tlve men a re In Washington than I n I ^ any other city between the oceans. Of course there a re accidents in politics. by the quiet P a . l l s t ^ and occasionally there are men who get will be Emanuel . land In to the senate and house of represen-1 Work beginning W " h l n g t . a , \£ we tat lves and o ther Important p lace , who tbe faith and holy push and » t are fitted for the position in nei ther coneecrat!«n requisite. _ F i r s t -f a j head nor h e a r t : but th i s Is exceptional minis ters must get r i g h t y h t l

and more exceptional now than in ether , f i l i n g ut terance o t Mr. Swlnneok r days. There la not a d runkard in t t e ^ n be said " I t is a doleful tbltog to nat ional legislature, a l though there i Into hell from under t h . p u l ^ t , were t imes when Kentucky. Virginia, i ^ h o w a tb lag to d r ^ Delaware. Illinois. New York and Mas- E i t h e r out of the pulpit Tba t waa sacbuset ts had men In s -na t e or bouse ^ all-suggcstlve th ing tha t Paul w r t w ot representat ives who w e n t maudlin , t 0 Corinthians: "Lest that by a a g and s taggering drunk acre** those high m < , a n 8 . * h « n I have preached to otbera. places. Never nobler group of men sat 1 W ™ " fbou ld be a castaway T b a t in senate or house of reprcHontatlves an Inspiring motto wltb wbloh than sat t h e r e yesterday and will sit Whltefiold sealed all h is let ters: "We there to-morrow, while the highest ^ k t h e s tars ." Lord God! W a k o a p judiciary, wi thout excepMon. has now 1 tben It will ba a* upon i t . bench men ly.- ond criticism I w h « n V™* preached and It waa said

for good mora ls and me?.Vil endowment . So In all depar tments vt ofilclal posl-

. It would be especially advan - ! * forward m o r s m s n t * * If a mighty work of grace f l l to repentance and fa i th , U l s m H

tlon, with hero and thftie an exception, a r e to-day t h e b r a i n i e r men and most honorable men of A m ^ l c a . Now. sup-pose the Holy Ghost puwer should fall upon th i s city, and tbeae men f rom all p a r t s of America should suddenly be-come pronounced for Chr is t ! Do you say the effect would be electr ical? Moro than t b a t : i t t w i l d be omnipo-tent ! Do yon say lha t such learned and potent men are *o t wrought upon b y rel igious Influence? T h a t shows t ha t you have not observed w h a t has been going on. Commodore Foote, represent ing the n a r y ; General Grant , and Robert E. Lee. r epresen t ing the nor thern a n d southern a rmies ; Chief Jus t ice Chaso, represent ing t h e Su-preme cour t ; t h e FieUnghuyeens, Theo-dore and Freder ick , represent ing the United S ta tes sena te ; Wi l l iam Penning-ton and scores o t others , represent ing the house of representat ives , have sur-rendered t o t h a t Gospel which, before this winter i s onf , will, in t h i s capital of t he American r a t ion . If we a re fai th-ful in our p raye r s and exert iona, tu rn Into the k ingdom of God men o t na-tional and Interhat lonal power, thei r tongues of eloquence becoming the tongues of Are In ano ther Pen tecos t There a re on yonder hill those who by the grace of Ood will become John Knoxes, and Chrysostoms and Fene-lons, nnd Bonrdeleaus, when onoe re-generated. The re Is an Illusion I have heard in prayer meet ings and heard in pulpits, t ha t a soul is a soul—one soul worth as much aa another . I wmy i t The soul of a man who can br ing a thousand or ten thousand o ther souls Into the k ingdom of God Is worth a thousand t imes or ton thousand t imes more than the soul ot a man who can

1 t h a t men fell before the Word Uke elacked lime. Let u s all , laymen a s * clergymen, do ths work. Wha t Wash-ington wan t s most ot all i s an old-fash-* loned revival ot religion, but on a vaster scale, so t b a t t be world will bo compelled to say. as ot old. " W e never saw it on th i s fashion!" Bnt remem-ber the re Is a h u m a n side as well a s a Divine side to a revival . Those ef oa brought up in t be count ry know whait i s called " a rais ing," the n e i g h b o r ga thered together to Tift tbo heavy f r a m e tor a new house, a f te r t h s t im-bers a re ready to be put Into their places. I t i s dangerons work, and t h e r e a r e many accidents. The neigh-bors bad gathered for i nch a rais ing, and tbe beams had all been fitted to the i r places except ons, and t h a t vocy heavy . Tha t one, on t h s long plkec o t t h e men, had almost reached its-place, when something went wrong, and the men could hoist I t no higher . Ba t if i t did n e t go In i ts place H would fall back upon the men who were l i f t ing i t . I t had a l ready began te se t t le back. Tbe boss carpenter shouted, "L i f t , mea, . or die! All toge ther ! Ye—heaver ' Wi th might ier push they tried te send the b#am to Its place, but failed. StfU-they held on, all t h e t i m e their s t rength lessening. The wives, and motbera, a a d daugh te r s stood in hor ro r looking ca . Then the boss-carpenter shouted to the women, "Come and he lp!" They earns, nnd womanly a r m s became the a r m s sf giants , for they were l i f t ing to save the l ives of husbands, and fa tbors and sons,, a s well as the i r owa . Then tbe boss-carpenter mounted one of the beams snd shouted, "Now! Altogether! U f t or die! Yo—heaver ' And wi th al united offort tha t almost burs t l i e blood-vcsFcls, the groat bosm s u n t to Its place, and a wild huraa was heard.

bring no one into t h . k ln B dom. A T h a t 1. t he w a r i t aomeUmea . w m . ta

pre.lt outponrinn of the Holy Spirit in I . T i " ihia capital , r each lns the chlet men o l : ' " • s ' D r e t 0 be rcnred, bnt thoro la a kal t . America, wonld ba ot more value to " Mmewhere. A j w are

earth and heaven than In a n , other par t ^ or the nat ion, beoauae It wonld re .oh all ^ ihe atatea. eltlea. town. , nnd neighbor- j " 7 hooda or t h . continent . Oh. tor Ike ! C b r ' E , i " onta t re tch.d r ight arm ot Cod A l m l g b t , | « ° * " ^ " t o ^ f M™ L w ! Z

lo t God! Litt or die! The topstone maa t come to Its place "wi th s h o u t l ^ s of

in the salvation of th i s capital . Some of us remember 1857, when, a t

tbe close of tbe worst monetary dis-tress th i s country has ever f e l t com-pared with which the ba rd t imes of t be ia-* three years were a boom of pros-perity, r i gh t on the heels of t ha t c o m -plete prostrat ion came a n awaken ing In which five hundred thousand people were converted In different s ta tes ot t h e Union. Do you know where one of Its chief powers was demonst ra ted? In Washington. Do you know on w h a t s t ree t? Th is street. Do you know In what church? Thla church. I p'ekort up an old book a tew days ago, aud was start led, and thrilled, and enchanted to read these words, wri t ten a t tha t t ime by the Washington correspondent of n New York paper. He wrote : " T h e First Presbyter ian church can scarce contain the people. Requects arc daily preferred tor nn interest in the prayers offered, and the reading of these forms one of the tenderest and most effective foatu'-os of the meetings. Particuln;-pains are taken to diaclalm and occlude everything like sectar ian feeling. Gen-eral as tonishment is fel t a t the unex-

grscc, grace un to It.** Ood Is ready to do h i s pa r t ; a r s we ready to do oor p a r t e There Is work no t only for tho knee of p rayer , bnt for the shoulder of up-beavol. . And now I wonld l ike to see t h i s boor

tha t which I have never seen, but hope to see—a whole audience saved u n d e r one flash ot the Ete rna l Spirit . Before you go out of any of these doors, en te r the door of Mercy. Fa ther and mother , come in nnd br ing your childrea wi th you. Newly-marr ied folks, conaecntte your l i fet ime to God, and bo marr ied for e terni ty ns well as t ime. T o o a g man, yon will want God before you get through thin world, and you want him now. Young woman, wi thout Gefl thla Is a hard world for women. Ons and nil, wherever you s i t or stand, 1 l if t my volte so tha t you can hear It, out In the corridors and on the ctreet, and say, te I be words of tho Mediterranean shin caplaln. "C'nll upon iby Ood. If so be t ha t Ood will think upon us, tha t wo porlch not."

pocted rapidity with which tho w o r k , Kn.i has t h u s f a r proceeded, and wo are be - ; "I will s t rengthen thee," says God; g inning to ant ic ipate the necessity of "yea, 1 wlil help thee; yea, I will up-oponlng ano ther church ." Why, my hold thoe with the r ight hand o t m y hearers , not have tha t again, and more rightoousn* •s." Can there be a more than t h a t ? There a re many tbousandr. gracious piomise? Can there be ono moro ot Inhab i tan t s now than then. Be- more absolutely suited to the needs of side tha t , since then the telephone, with human nature? Long centur ies slnor. Its Gemi-omnlpreso/ii:e. and tho swif t it was found out tha t It is not in mnn cable car, for asBembling tho people. 1 who walketh " to direct h ls steps," a n d believe that tho mightiest revival of rc- the intervening ages have only f u r -llgiou t ha t this city has ever neon is yet nlshed additional proof tha t It Is b a m a n to como, and tho ear th will tremble weakness and h u m a n perversity which from Capltoline H i " to the boundaries stand In the way ot human happlnesi i

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Hi'W lo I uy u I Nrriit;». ^ The (rreat need of the tlmen is a oon-s l t iun whereby t h e producer ami enn-aumer may di'ftl wi th each o ther wi th-ent, lite in te rvent ion of the middle mwn. The coiumon ca r r i e r should b ; t be only tniiidlo man. The K l k h a r t Curr'mge ami l larnes* Co., uf l-.lkhart, Ind . di aln direct ly wi th the oonHumor. The i r good-, are shippeil anywhere fur evHminntion before .a le . livery car-riitre, every Ret of harness , every nr-lifie sold, w a r r a n t . * . One hund red ntylen of eurriuge*. n ine tv s ty les of hnrwrRH and for ty-one htyles of r id ing »ad<ll a Send fur t h e i r 11 p a i e c a t v lopne. This con ern doe<an ex tens ive bnuneSH t b r o u g h u u t the United States .

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BY CLARA AUGUSTA INTERNATIONAL P R E S S ASSOCIATION.

CHAPTER IV.— iCoHViKUttt, He Judged her by the majori ty of

women he had met, and finding ber In-different, be BC'ight to arouse her Jeal-ouiy by fllrtlj i,' with Miss Lee. who wa> by no mear > adverse to hia at tentions. But Margie hailed the t ransfer with relief which was so evident tha t Mr. Llnmere, piqued and Irr i tated, took up bis hat to leave, In tbe midst of one of Miss Lee's most br i l l iant descriptions of what ahe bad seen In Italy, from whence she bad but Just returned. He went over to the sofa where Margie was si t t ing.

"I hope to please you better next t ime," ho said, l i f t ing hor band. "Good-night . Margie, dear ." And before she waa aware, he touched his lips lo her forehead. She tore the hand away from him, and a flush of anger sprang to her cheek. He surveyed her with ad-mirat ion. He liked a l i t t le spiri t In a woman, especially as he Intended to be able to subdue It when It pleased him. Her anger made her a thousand t imes more beaut i ful . He stood looking at

. . . . ^ her a m c m i n t , then turned and wlth-Peoplo wonder why their nerves are to weak} . *

whylhcygrt tired so easily; why they do nol , , . . . . Bleep naUiraUy; why they have freouent head- 6 l n , c k h e r f o r e , 1 « * d w l l h h * T

hand, as If she would wlpo ou t the touch he bad left there .

Alexandr iue came and put he r a r m around Margie 's w a i s t

"I almost envy you, Margie," she said, In t h a t s ingular ly pur r ing voice of hers . "Ah , L lnmere la magnificent! Such eyes, and ha i r , and such a voice! Well, Margie, you a re a fo r tuna te gir l ."

And Miss Lee s ighed, and abook out the heavy folds of he r violet s i lk , wl tb the a i r of one who baa been l t t jured,but Is de te rmined to show a proper sp i r i t of res ignat ion.

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C H A P T E R V.

R. PAUL U N -mere hurr ied along through a n unf re -quented s t ree t to bla eulte of rooma a t the S t Nicholas. H e was very angry wi th everybody; he fe l t like an Ill-t reated Individual

(He had expected Margie to fall at

once. A man of b is at t ract ion to be uuubbed as had been, by a mere chit ot a girl, too!

"I will find means to lain* her , when once she Is mine," he muttered. "By heaven! but it will be rare sport to break tha t fiery spi r i t ! Il will make ms young again ."

Something white and shadowy bound his path. A spectral hand was laid on his a r m . chill ing l ike Ice, even through

1 his c lothing. The ghast ly face of a woman—a face f r amed In je t black hair and li t up by grea t black eyes bright as stars , glanced through the mirk of tbe n i g h t

The m a n gazed Into the weird face, and shook like a leaf in the blast . His a rm s a n k nerveless to bis Bide, palsied by t ha t frozen touch, his voice was so unna tu ra l that he s tar ted at t he sound.

"My God! Arabel Vere! Do the dead come back?"

The grea t unna tura l ly br i l l iant eyes seemed to burn Into bis bra in . The cold band t ightened on bis arm. A breath l ike wind freighted with snow crossed his face.

"Speak, for heaven 's sake," be cried. "Am I d r eaming?"

"Remember the banks of tbe S e i n e r said a s ingular ly sweet voice, which sounded tr Mr. Paul Llnmere as if it came from leagues and leagues away. "When you sit by the side of the living love, remember the dead! Think of the d j r k rolling r iver, and of what Us

nal recently offered ten leading wate.-rs covered."

makes of bicydes as prizes in a He 8t*rled f'ro:a "tr&ng* Pm-. 1 . once, and caught a t a post for support,

guessmg contest,giving the wm- His self-possession was gone: be trem-

ners free choice of any one of | ike the most abject coward, only

the ten machines. The result was ror * tl0menl-aD<3 then, when he ALL of the ten winners selectd ^ ^

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Linmere'i property, and lived with him, he did not have any a t t achmen t for him.

"Come bere, Blr!" said Llnmere, au-thori tat ively.

Still the animal did not s t i r . Llnmere was nervous enough t s be excited to anger by tbe veriest trifle, nnd the dog's diBobedience aroused his rage.

"Curse the bru te !" he cried: and put t ing h is foot against h im, he sent him sp inning across the room. Leo did not growl, or cry out, but bis eyes gleamed like coals, and he showed his white teeth with savage bul Impotent hotred. It was easy to see that If he had been a bull dog Instead of a grey-hound he would have torn Mr. Paul Llnmere limb from limb.

Llnmere went back to bis chair , and sat down with a sullen face, but he could not rest there. He rose, and go-ing Into an Inner room, brought out an ebony box, which be opened, aud from which be took a min ia ture In a goidon case. He hesi tated a moment before touching the spr ing, and when be did so the unclosing revealed the face ot a young girl—a fa i r young girl In her early youth—not more than eighteen summers could have scattered their roses over her, when t b a t beaut i ful Im-pression was taken . A r ipe southern face, with masses of Jet black hair , and d a r k br i l l iant eyes. The re waa a dewy crimson on her llpa, and her cheeks were red aa damask roses. A br ight , happy face, upon which a o blight bad fa l len.

"She was beaut i ful—beaut i ful as an houri !" eald Mr. Paul Llnmere . speak-ing slowly, ha l t unconsciously. It seemed, bis thoughts aloud. "And when I first knew her s h s was sweet and In-n o c e n t "

He sp rang up and r ang tbe bell vio-lent ly . Directly his valet , Pletro, a sleepy looking and swar thy Italian, ap-peared.

"Br ing me a glass ot b randy, Pletro; and look you, sir , you may sleep to-n igh t on the lounge In my room. I am not feel ing qui t s well, and may bavo need of you before morning."

The man looked surprised, but made no comment, He brought the s t imu-lant . bis master drank It off. and then threw' hiDsclf , dressed aa I * wa.^ o^

tbe bed.

Unanimous Choice

The New York Morning Tour-fe

Columbia Bicycles

The Journal ac-cordingly bought ten Cdumbias,

Sying $100 each * them, without

discount or rebate. On even terms few will choose a bicycle other than the Columbia

i S T A N D A R D O F T H E WORLD Unequalled, Unapproached.

Bojutl 'ul Art Catalogue of Columbia nnd Hart- ', for t Bicycles lu free It you call upon uny Colum-' oi* ocen t ; by mall from uc lor two a-ccut •Umps.

¥ P O P E M A N U F A C T U R I N G CO. FartorksandGeocBd Offices, Kartford,Conn.

•pa ^cencles in almost every g!ty R n d . t'?vya- l f Columbias are not properly npramotad ia your vicinity let ua know.

"Good God!" he cried, pu t t ing bis hand to h!s forehead. "Do the d e a i Indeed come back? I saw them take her f rom the river—Ob, heaven! I saw her when she sank beneath the ter-rible waters! Is there a hereaf ter , and does a man sell his soul to damnation who commits what the world calls mur-der r

He stopped under a lamp end drew out his pocketbook. taking thereilrom a soiled scrap of paper.

"Yes. I have it hers. "Found drowned, the body of a woman. Her linen was marked with the name of Arabel Vere. Another unfortunate—' No. I will not read tbe rest. I have read it too often, now. for my peace of mind. Yes. she is dead. There is no doubt. 1 h a r e been dreaming t o n i g h t Old Trevlyn 's wine was too s t rong for me. Arabel Vere. Indeed! Pshaw! Paul Llnmere, you are an idiot!"

Not daring to cast a look behind him be hurried home, and up to b is spacious par lor on the second floor.

Llnmere turned up the gas Into a flare, and, throwing off his coat, flung himself into an armchair and wiped the perspiration from his forehead. He looked about the room wltb half fr ight-ened, searching eyes. He dreaded soli-tude, and he feared company, yet felt tbe necessity of speaking to some one. His eye lighted on the greyhound doz-ing on the h e a r t h rug.

"Leo. Leo," he called, "come here", s i r ."

The dog opened bis eyes, but gave no responsive wag ot tbe ta l l . You saw a t once t h a t though Leo was Mr. Pau l

C H A P T E R VI.

P P E R tendom was r inging with the approaching nup-tials of Miss Har r i -son and Mr. Lin-

$ mere, i n e bride was so beautiful and weal t ' i . . and so Insensible to ber good for tune in se-cur ing the most el igible man In her

set. Half the ladies la the city were In love with Mr. Llnmere. He was so distingue, carr ied himsel t so lofti ly, and yet was so gal lant ly condescend-ing and b o Inimitably fascinat ing. He knew Europe l ike a book, sang l ike a professor, and knew j u s t how to hand a lady ber fan, ad ju s t her shawl, and take ber f rom her carriage. Accom-pl ishments which make men popular , always.

Early In Ju ly Mr. Trevlyn and Mar-gie, accompanied by a gay party, went down to Cape May. Mr. Trevlyn had long ago forsworn everything of the kind; but s .nce Margie Harrison ha-l come to reside with him he had given up his he rmi t habits , and been quite like other nice gouty old gentlemen.

The party went down on T h u r s d a y -Mr. Paul Linmere following on Satur-day. Margie had hoped he would not come: in his absence she could have enjoyed the sojourn, but his prespnee destroyed for ber all the charms of sea and sky. She grew frightened, some-times. when she thought how intense-ly f h e bated him. And in October she was to become his wife.

Some way. Margie felt s t rangely at case on the s u b j e c t She knew tha t a r raneements were all made, that her wedding trousseau was being gotten up by a hionable modiste, that Dplmon-Ico had received orders for the feast, and that the oranges were budded, which, wh^n burst Into flowers, were to

escape. She fnetened upon him nt once. She had a habi t of Bingling out gentlemen, nnd giving them the dla* Unction of her a t tent ions , and no one thought of noticing It now. Arch waa ill at ease beneath tbe Infliction, but he was a thorough gent leman and could not repulse her rudely.

A few days a f te r the arr ival ot Mrs. Delgrads. Arch took her down to the beach to bathe. The beach was a l l r e with the gorgeous grotesque figures of the bathers. The air was bracing, tho surf splendid.

Mr. Trevlyn 's carr iage drove down rnon a f te r Mrs. Belgrade bad finished I i t mornine 's "d ip ;" and Margie and

Mr. Lluir.oife. accompanied by Alexan-drine Lee. alighted. They were In bathing costume, and Miss Lee. espy-ing Arch, f i j t e n e d upon him without ccremony.

"Oh, h'.r. Trevlyn." i b e Bald animat-edly, "1 am glad to have come across you. I was Just tell ing Mr. Llnmere that two ladies were hardly safe with only one gent leman. In such a surf aa tliore la this morning. 1 shall have to dopend ou you to take care of me. Shall 1?"

Of course. Arch could not refuse, and apologized to Mrs. Belgrade, who good naturedly urged him forward, he tak-ing charge of Miss Lee.

Llnmere offered Margie his band to lead ht-r In, but she declined. He kept clrse beside her, and wbeu they stood waist deep In the water , and a huge breaker was app roach ln j , be put bis arm around her shouldere. Wl tb a n Impatient gesture ahe tore hereelt away. He made an effort to re ta in her, and In the s t ruggle Margie lost Ber footing, nnd tho receding wavo bore b T out to sea.

Llnmere grew pale a s death. He knew It Margie was drowned, he waa a ruined man. His pic tures and s t a tu -ary would have to go under the h a m -mer—his creditors were only kept t rom etr lklng by his prospect ot ge t t ing a

£C:ATI3 RHEUMATISH AND IIS m i

Prom the Qaaette, Burlington, Iowa. Ti e story of Mr. Tabor r nearly fntal

a t t ack ot sciatic rheumatism is familiar to bis large ciiole of aequaintancer, but fo r the ber . im of others and thoso r 'm-llarly nfTllcted The Gazette ban Invrstl-patcd the maUer for publication. Mr. Tabor la SeeretAry nnd Treasurer for the Cnmmorolal Pr in t ing Company, with offices in '.he Hedge Block, nnd re-sides a t 417 Basset Street, Burlington, Iowa. A Garet te man fought nn inter-view with Mr. Tabor nt his place of business to-day, und al though he was bu»lly engaged with Imperative duties, he talked fresly end feelingly on the subject of his rec»nt severe slcknc^fl and subsequent wonderful cure.

"Yes," said Mr. Tabor, "I can safely 5nv that I am a well man, tha t If, my old trouble with rheumat ism hns en-tirely d 'sappeared, but I am still talcing Pink Pills and will keep on taking them r« long es I continue to grow stronger end healthier, ns I have been every day since I began to use them. You will not wonder nt my profound faith In the ir.erlta of Pink Pills a f t e r you have heard what I have to t»il you. About one year ago I wa® stricken suddenly with srlat lc r lvumiif lsm and wns con-fined to my bed. It grew worse Rnd rapidly asauired tho form of Intlamma-tory rbeumat l fm. I suffered eonntnnt rnd aeute pnlns and nil tbe tor tures wMeb tha t borrH le ("Irers- Is e n r a ' le of inflicting. At length und i r the coi.slant care of a local pi yalclan i waa enabled to return to t ry work, but only at Inter-vals. Severe attack'* would appear res-t l a r l y In my back nnd d e f e n d Into my leg and foot, and threatened to mak" me a permanent cripple. I tried various remedies for rheumatism, but without cny brneflelal reeultB. 1 grew pale,weak br.d haggard, and my family grew alarmed at my con-tltlon.

"About eight weeks ago my mother Induced me to t ry Dr. Williams' Pink Pill? for Pale People, nnd you know tbe result. Before I had used one box I felt greatly relieved and much stronger. I continued their use and Improved rapid-ly. I have now taken eight boxes and feel like a new man and completely cured.

In reply to Inquiries Mr. Henry, the Bniggist, s tated tha t Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were having a large sale, tha t It waa part icularly gra t i fy ing to him to know tha t the customers themselves were highly pleased with the benefit*

r f rh wife t n n a r bin dnhta He cast a n ! l h e y ^ derived f rom their use; tha4 . rich w te to pay his debta. Me c a « a n , o f ^ ^ ^ ^ Imploring eye oo the swimmers a rouna | h e o n | y m e d i u m tha t had done 4 ^ *

IN MIDENT. U t . Q n l n t n s l l nmmcl , o t 118 M i c M n n

Ave., De t ro i t , t e l l s a War S t o r y

of h i s owa Exper ience , aiul

t b e R e s u l t

<*Vo« Detroit UittM.)

Our representative callcd at 118 MWn-iran Avenue, tlui residence of Mr. Quimus Hummel. Mr. Iluinmel is a veu-rmi ut the late war, and received, in tliccuinpaimi. da injury which has given him uiiich pain iikI suifering since. He belonged to a Ukhigan cavalry regiment aud his Uoreo lecoming frightened one day reared up. hmwlng bim backward. In falling bo .truck bis spine on a sharp stone, lutliet-ng a deep cut over five inches long. Tlw njurjr atlected the kidneys. About two veare ago the left kidney started to kilcul, ind bos been doing so ever since. Mr. ilummel, in a few pointed sentence#, gave .Mir representative the following account:

" T h e accident of my ' war days ' Wfc. ms In had 8ha|»»: pain in my bacV and iplne rendcivd me almost useless, and 1 wua compelled to give up work entirely, t coukl uot turn over lu bed without assist-tncc. I have spent hundreds of dollars in rnrious ways trying to Ond relief. Pliysi-:lans have told me my spine wa» honey-romlted for 13 Inches. I hud glvea up iu lespalr, never hoping for relief, wbun a friend to l l me about Doan's Kidner Pills, ind they have dons mo a world of good, riie paina have diBappeared from my hack, ind tho bleeding of my kidney Ium alwosi mtlrely stopped. I know I can never be •ntirely cured, as I would have to be ' a h j w mnn, ' but Doan's Kidney Pills have lone moro to maks me feel like ' a new •nan' than all the other things 1 have tried luring past years. I have not had any recurrence of tbe pain or blesdlng since taking them."

Doan's Kidney P l l h for sale by all deal-ere. Price 60 cents, by mail, from Pos-ter-Mi Iburn Co.. Buffalo. N. T . , soki •gents for tho United States. Remember the name, and (ako no other.

No oaa ruls other j waH who la set aiai-(sr himaell.

any good; tha t they not onl; them qnlck relief but p e n n a m y

him. but he wan too g rea t a coward to risk h is l i te among t h e swir l ing b reak-ers.

Only one man s t rnck bravely out to the rescue. Arch Trevlyn threw off t he clinging hand of Mlsa Lee. and with a Sod "

.0 gave

bimsvu. T

T » o bottles of Pisa's Cu ^ared me of a badT ob, Frlntel^n. IWl

flL Tha t the pllto do sell a ^ , .*£ pills do cure is a cer ta inty •'1 l h a t t h e

Dr. Williams' Ptnk B T • . . . condensed form, all ^ . • , s contain. In a

»he elements nec-Hfe and richness to

strong a rm pressed h i s way through t h e pink pfiia a re * . J A 0 " shattered nerves,

white-capped blUowB. H e came n e w to or m " V b » ' i n " Margie, and saw tbe ches tnut gleam ot j of all druggists, or direct by her ha i r on the b r igh t t reacherous "" Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., water, and In an ins t an t It was s w e p t . ^ a y ' ' ' ' under a long l ine of snowy foam. She , ^ la not pmisci at all unless it is cone rose again at a little distance, and b e r ' l , i e w u o 1 1 h C : i r f-eves met his pleadingly. Her llpa syV. ' j . ^ e r e . h

r ^ l h e wlil

i s a ' s C a r e , C o M u a p U e n lupa »r«ubia—Mrs. J. Nioa-, Mar.

labled the words, "save m t f " He heard them, above all tbo <Je?fen-

I rg roar of tbe waters. They nerved him on to t r e ih MsrilBi»»

v . . . -wmer s t r '* . .e . and he caught her arm. drew her to hlm. held h o r clorely to his breast, and touched her wet hair with biS "P^- Then he controlled himselt . and ppiMie cool'.y:

"Tnke my band . Miss Ttnrrisfin. anri I think I can tow you safely to the shore. Do hot be a f r r l d . " |

"1 am not a f ra id ." she eald. quietly. How his h e i r l leaped nt lhe sound «r

her voice! How happy he was tha t she was not a t m i d - t h a t she trusted her l ife to him? Of bow li t t le value he would have r*eVoned his own existence. If he had purchased hers by its loss!

'TO BE 0O*TIVCtn.»

C A N A D I A N S T A T E S M E N .

n o w T h e y A r t W t m « A t t e n l i n g T h e i r

D a t l * « In P a r l i a m e n t .

I t Is a mis take to think tha t the a c t which led to the confederat ion of tbe

' Tr ied nnd Snre Things, RoiKh on licadache. quick cure. ..c. 1 on Tooi.uci.e. idsur; ruitt". r:c. fxoux.i o.i Sl'll ' ^ ht 'Ur. 15c. Roa{h oicolJ i . Laurippe o;.J 11...VUUS1 .W. Kru ;n 01 Ca arrh. bare lu p.tasc vi'U. '%-c R > ig 1 01 B le Pibs, I- si for con&tiFaticn, arc R n j n o a (alaria lor ci.ii.s ie \ t r ague. «oc. Ro 1; 1 01 rKvipcnsia, uniquabio t u n . t.<. R ) j : h o i < lej.a.itisa and cci l. r. turc, | i . R.>i: i on U nio.is anJ LU .b.»;Ks. jrC. R vjjh on «J«>rni. h.irJ cr bOU corns, :;c. ROJQ: \ oa R.i. i, >o.J a.l aruur.U li.e world, xjc. ^ Jrujjt,4-so. scat on rtvcij t of pmc. li. s \yeUs, Cne n C. Jersey Uly. N J.

CooJ uw. T " 1 6 Th in ,* , Rough <*1 P.t n. •WSwnl, t j c . Roagh oa Pain, Plas;?** **9, J-r^c. Koag.i on Pain, (.maiiafd aMstct^lb tt..f »sc. Roa-j.i on Worms, easy tafc«. tfitetive, Roava oa C iclcra. for di&rrhO* colic, t i c . rcc. Koa^aoa rtyutcria, quiets, resia; 350," Roa^a on he >, for all skin humors, Roaga on Asthma, new quitk relief. 5c<?. Raago oa Piles, externa and imeraal, 'c<. Rough on Sores cleans ng. quid, l.eabng, 130. beiarelle Oil Balm, for the complexion, joe. Ii Grav. use Wells' Kair B: tsam. tc. A: druggists or sent oa receipt of trice E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City,N. J.

T rus twor lhy Things . Wells' Velvet Cream Face Powder, »5C. Levarelle O.I Balm, sUn beautifier. -oc.

elts' Hair Balsa.n, preserves tl e hair. eoc. We.i» Brain Invigorant and Nerve Toaie,

kieeos you hrijht, vigorous and strrnj, 7'C. Webs' stomach blixir, comforting relief, 35c.

Avariea l> a robber »b»l bMpa pe«p't tom becoming rich.

broaehltbk Sadden changes of lhe nuse Bronchial Troubles. "Bhown b Bnoa-tbial Thochm" will give effective relief.

Tho laay man believes tbot thert Is no hfil which Is net steep.

LET TUB EAP.TII REJOITE AND rarS l t ra e ' - - wt"V *•— - — v .

gr4K!X clovers and Codder plants poorest, most worn out, tot isbcsi . if ere 1 piece of land can be made a s fert i le cs tbe v a l l e y of tbo Nile. Only lai:es a year or so to do so! A t t h e cams tinur you will be get t ing L ' s crops! Teoalntc. Giant Spurry, Sacal .ne . La thyrua , wha t a variety at names ! Catalogue teJa you!

It ron w'lt *at this n—t • .•h-i It to the John A. S a b e r Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wis., with loc. pos id 0 e , you f e t f ree their mammoth catalogue a n d ten grass and grain fodder Kamplea (worth $10-00 to get a s tar t ) . w.n.

, , . — "cu» ;>ioniacn aiixir. comionmg rei:el, sec various provinces In 1S67 has a t ta ined is'Kidney. BiadderandUriraryCnre.51.

- - " Weils'Lithia-Rve Whiskey,a pure. harm.eaa, liealthful srimr ant, $1.

At druggist-; or se .t on receipt of price, li. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J .

DonH Die In t h e I lonse . Rough on Rats. Clears out Flies, Be<? Bugs,

Roaches. Ants/Rati, Mice, isc.

no h igher meaning In the l ife ot tbe Canadian people than that of a const i -tutional union, says Donahoe's Maga-zine. U carr ies with It a meaning of far deeper import—a union of hear ts , whose offspring Is oneness of patr iot ic . l in and p u r p l e . Ot c ™ It wonU ^ , l r t „ , h o o l

laie to say tha t t he Canadian people »o witnom a comi«i s ia • hip. a r e a unit upon all quest ions of v i t i l

t n - Uke tho pos^lp wonld Mt b« ...Tr , ° 0 ' - K , hare aboi-.» It it t tnr tucn a b.ul ibln* » - • ^ the tiiog ia iu u a

He*ttS onto '1 i e t ea I - * • • • m P a r k e r ' s l i n g e r T o n i c h a s a t t n l n e d •! f-^u'ts In m a n r c a s e s , l i o o d l o r ewe.f mt a e s s a n 1 d i s t r e s s .

S u g a r - c o a t e d l i es a r e e a - l l y s w a l l o w a i . -a—

I t U m o r a t h « a w n n d n r f u l

p a t i e n t l y p e o p i e s u f f e r w i q c o r a a . p e a c e a n d c o m f o r t b j r e m o v i n g l i m d e r c o r a s .

C o r a p t a e m a k e s t h e b e s t m a t c h e s .

n T 8 - . » n n t * i t o i > i » r « l t r ^ h r P r . KTtw'»««»»>•> K e r v c K t s t o r r r . N i M U a l l r r i . n - n t x • &« k ltarT lou»C'irrK. T'vmlMBi-igStnali MiJ.-in-. • U c e e u i . w .,.1 ia,..- l.— mi | | t , a, A f a t p o c k c t b o o x I S a g r e a t V m i c .

I t t h e B a b y i s C u t i | b | > l r « t k . Sa ra re and uca r H mm* r e i w i y , ^ Woulowi soonmro Rrwrr tor 1

A good d i n n e r ts a oeui U.cUoii ,

interest to the life and growth of the dominion. The geographical Interests of Canada are so varied that there must necesMrily be at t imes some friction and clashing of provlncl f l needs and ambitions. This Is the case at Wash-ington: this Is the case. too. in so small a confederation a s the cantons of Switzerland.

A s t ranger vis i t ing the gallery of tbe Canadian house of commons is s t ruck with the dignity and decorum which mark the proceedings and surround even the warmest and keenest of de-bates. Pa r l i amen ta ry procedure being rigidly ndbf red to. there is l i t t le room for uncared for personali t ies In the

nituu. The renders of this paper will he p1i»»-H

to loara that thera in r.t least one drca.iod disoa>e that jticisoo has 1 eenable to enre in nil its stages, and tbat is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tho only positive care now known to the meJical fraternity. Catarrh l eirg a constitutional diMdro. reqnires a cnnsi.ittillr.nal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting dir«-tly upon tho blood ami mncous sarfnees ol the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disoa>e. nnd "giving the patient strength by building up the constitutioa and assisting nature iu doing its work. 'D^e proprietors have no much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hun-dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials.

Address. F. J . CHENEY & C O . , Tolodo.O. Sold liy l">ra"gists. 7 c.

Hail's Family Mils. c.

hei t of a discussion. Sometimes, how-

ndorn her forehead on her br ldafdVy" | e v e r ' w h e n t h e b o n ! f e h R S ^ 6 i u , n S She despised Llnmere with her whole f o r h o n r s w e a r i e 3 w i t b ^ perplexities soul, ahe dreaded him Inexpressibly, yei ^ 'ncrbercnclea of some member

she scarcely gave her approaching mar-riage wile him a single thought. She wondered tha t she did not ; when she thought of It a t all. she was shocked to find herself so Impassive.

Her par ty had keen a week at Cape May, when Archer Trevlyn came down, with the wife of his employer. Mr. Bel-grade. Tbe lady was iu delicate health nnd had been a-lvlsed to try sea air and surf baihlng. Mr. Belgrade's busi-ness would nnt allow of his absence at jus t that lime, and be had shown his confidence in his head clerk by select-ing him as U s wife's e s c o r t

Introduced into society by so well es-tablished an ar i s tocra t as Mrs. Bel-grade, Arch might at once have taken a prominent place among the fashion-ables; bnt his s ingular ly handsome face nnd high bred manners made bim an acquisition to any company. But he never forgot t ha t he had been a s treet sweeper, and he would not submi t to be patronized by the very people who had once, perhaps , grudged h im the pennies they had th rown to h im as they would have th rown bread to a s t a rv ing dog. So he avoided society, and at tended only on Mrs. Belgrade. Bu t f rom Alexandrine Lee he oould not

trom "way back." suddenly, as If through the unity of desperation, the usual dignity of the house Is relaxed and grave members f r i m such intel-lecturl centers as Montreal and Toronto play the schoolboy nnd outvie one an-other in " shy ing" blue books at the heads of s lumber ing and inoffensive members. Of the 215 members lha t make up tbe house of commons, in point of ability and gifts. 20 per cent of them are below mediocrity; 20 per cent of them occupy the plane of mediocrity; 40 per cent possess ad-mitted abili ty, and the remain ing 20 per cent a re men of commanding t a l e r t .

Snyinc thut that there is no harm ia a thing is luo iJtvii's attumpt ..t seit-Je euue.

" I cont rac ted a severe cold f r o m ex-posure. C u a g b e i all win cr . Could g e t no relief. ! r. Wo.»ds N o r w a y i-ine JSvrup broke n p t h e cold, a n d drove away the col I. Never took a n y -th ing t h a t did me so m n c h g o j d . " L li . iiro./Us, N.-i th Haverhi l l , N IL

n e * * * > a n ' a C n a i p h n r l e * w l l h O I j Ciir». Chaprwd HauUi- ai;d fae«, Temter v r S u n f t a a .

CtliUAlB". *c. C. U. UAT* UU., >•» Ob

S o m e people , w h o a r e t o o h o n e s t t * will b o r r o w und n e v e r p a y b a c k .

A s c o l d . n e w i f e i s u - i u b e a u t u a l * • a p o n a a a b w c a n a g h u s b a n d

Thrro Is ni moro dongeroai disease than Wauiiiig to Ret ri ii in a hurry.

'•1 u-as r u n over b y a I n m V r w a g o n . Did not expec t U» live. Was t c r n i d y , bloated. Aiy I r iends ba thed m e wi th I Dr. T h o m a s BcJectric Oil. a n 1 I w a s i w a s cure4. We have g r e a t f a i t h in Thomas" t c l e c t r i c o i l . ' Mrs. Wm. F . l iabcock, Xorvell , Mich.

f'ays which bnirin in darkness aod Btorm Oaten und in u clonoiui buubcl.

W h i n k y f o r M L

"Fo r the life o* me, cclonel, I don ' t Does y o n r head feel a s t h o n g h sotnfe . . . , . . one was h a m m e r i n g i t ; a s i h o u f h a

see why you persist in ma in ta in ing that mil l ion s p a r k s were l iving o n t of t h j - k i . w e v e > i . . l l a v s y o u i l 0 r r i b l e w c k n e s s o f

t n e s tomach? Burdock Blood B i t t e r s whisky is of any value in the cure of snake hues. W h y , all iae modern sci ent is ts—"

"Young m a n , " answered Colonel Bluegrass, t u r n i n g purple, " i t s t ands to reason, sah, l h a t good whisky, being beneficial in every o ther complaint .

w ill cu re you.

No woman ever crantcd her way to glory.

Hives a r e no t d a n g e r o n s t o l i f e b r | t h e y a r e a prolif ic b r e e d e r of m i s e r s

m u s t be ot benefit In snake bi tes . When a n d p ro fan i ty . Doan ' s O i n t m e n t g ives t h e r e is a universal law In na tu re , sah , ' i n s t * p t re l ief , even in t h e w o r s t cases I t t lses not vary for a mere snake, sab." 1 0 - t ! l i s 0 ^ i e r e x a s p e r a t i n g diseases -^-Cincinnati i n q u i r e r ' O I l h e S K m '

Gladness Comes \ \ ^ i t h a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e . ! ^ a n s « ? t ntLturc of t b e many phjw-leal ills wh ich vanish be fo re p roper e f -for ts—gent le e f f o r t s — p l e a s a n t effort*— n g h U y di rec ted . T h e r e is comfor t ia t he knowledge t b a t so many forms of s ickness a r e n o t d n e t o a n y actnal dis-ease. b u t s imply to a cons t ipa ted condi-

wh ich Uie p l ea san t t am. .y l axa t ive . S y r u p of I'^gs, n rompt-ly removes. T h a t i s w h y i t is t h e on ly r emedy w i t h mi l l i ons of tamil ies. and is e v r r y w h e r e e s t eemed so highly bv a l l who valne good h e a l t h . I t s beneficial e f fec t s a r e d n o t o t h e f a c t , t h a t i t is t ho o n e r emedy w h i c h p romotes i n t e r n a l cleanliness, w i t h o u t debi l i ta t ing tl ie o rgans on w h i c h i t a o t v 11 is t h e r e f o r e aU unpOTtant, in o r d e r to get i t s bene-Itciai e f fec ts , t o n o t e when you pnr-ctmse, t h a t y o n have t h e genuine ar t ic le , w m c h is m a n u f a c t u r e d by the Cal i fornia ^ S l f y n i p C a on ly , a n d sold by a l l ren-c t a b l e d rugg i s t s .

H ^ e n j o y m e n t of good h e a l t h , amd t h e s y s t e m is regular , then l axa -favesor o t h e r r emedies are not needed. If aff l icted w i t h a n y ac tua l disease, o n e m a y b e o o m m e n d e d t o the most sk i l l f u l phys ic ians , b u t i i i n need n ' a laxa t ive , t h e n o n e s h o u l d have the best, a n d w i t h toe weU- in fonned everywhere, S y r u p of £>gs s t a n d s h ighes t and is most! < • i • • u ijfirtm mvti fczicrzl sat' '

WWELL STATS BANE C a p i t a l , - $26 ,000 .00 .

IXnVBIX, MICH.

•f • • • • F R A N C I S KINO, I'renWenl,

CHAS. McCARrY, Vice President.

M.C.QHlSWOLD.CMli ler .

dirkctohh: FranciH King, Clius. MoCnrty,

Rol)crl Hardy, K. King,

0 . II. Force, L. J . Post,

M. C. Oriswold.

A GqucmI Banking Ihwinoss Transacted Money Loaned on Real KKIUIO Security

WILL R E N D E R V E R D I C T .

C i r c u i t f o r t h e C o u r t J u r o r s M a r c h T e r m .

T h e pe t i t Ju ro r s for the M a r c h term

of t h e C i r cu i t cour t were d r a w n yes-

t e r d a y by C o u n t y Clerk E d d y , Jus -

t ice W i l l i a m P . A d a m s , Ju s t i ce J o h n

W . H o l c o m b ond Sheriff Woodwor th .

T h e y o re : J a m e s H . W a r d , A d a , H .

E . Rector , A lgomo; Danie l Creselinfr,

A l p i n e ; Chas . F r e y e r m e t , B o w n e ;

J o h n A . Ande r son , B y r o n ; Wi l l iam

A . Rolands , Caledonia ; B u r t M. H o a g

C a n n o n ; A lmond T . Dean , Cascade;

F r a n k B e n h o m , C o u r t l a n d ; Dav id

N e a r , G a i n e s ; H . H . H a v e n s , G r a n d

J l a p i d s ; W i l l i a m J . McCar ty , Gru t -

t a n ; J a c o b W , W a l k e r , Lowel l ;

L e v i M c D o n a l d , Nelson | J o h n W .

Se i f r ed , Oakf i e ld ; Mi lo Pa r sons ,

P a r i s ; George DoCkerv, P l a i n f i d d ; J e r o m e H o c k e t , Solon; C l a u s C a r l s o n , S p a r t a ; E r w i n C. Cooper, S p e n c e r ; E l m e r o n D . .Smith, T y r o n e ; J o h n 0 . Denn i s , Vergennes ; J o s e p h A v e ril l , W a l k e r ; Ju s t i ce M. B r o o k ( f ; ' W y o m i n g ; F i r s t ward . C. S t r y k e r ; Second ward , H . M. Dusker ; t h i rd ward, E d -w a r d H o w e l l ; four th ward , R i c h a r d F y f e ; " fifth ward, J o h n Poll is ; s ix th w a r d , Lfouis Spoels t ra ; seventh w a r d . W i l l i a m B r a g g ; eighth w a r d , Wi l -l iam D r e u k e ; ninth ward , George ^ . Mi l l s ; T e n t h ward, H e n r y M. Goebel; e leventh ward, Dav id M u u s h a w ; t«velvlh w a r d . H a r m R i t zema .

P i c k l e lit a P i c k l e .

C h a r l e s P ick le , who was fo rmer ly

wel l -known b y the police because of

his deeds, b u t whose home is now in

Lowell , was arres ted lost n i g h t by Po-

l iceman Love lace and George H

W e l l s on the cha rge of larceny from

t h e person uf W i l l i a m Maseroica ol

208 H a m i l t o n street . L a s t n i g h t the

two men were together iu SchraderV

Baloon, corner of B r o a d w a y and N o r t h

s t reets , T h e y were d r i n k i n g toge ther

lind Masero ica showed a roll of money.

P i c k l o was seen to d r o p s o m e t h i n g be-

side a s idewalk , and when search was

made, a roll of bills con ta in ing $20

and a handke rch ie f , in which was

tied 82.Go in change , were found .

P i c k l c has a wife and t w o chi ldren

in Lowel l , b u t he has been employed

b y E . B . W e s t , ihe W e s t side coal

denier , f o r a sho r t t i m e . — [ G r a n d

R a d i d s D e m o c r a t , Feb . 12.

T r u a n t O f f i c e r s a t W o r k .

T r u a n t Officer E d m o n d s , a f t e r r e

peated wnrningg to offenders, on Mon

day a n v s t e d six boys f o r r u n n i n g

away from school and took them be

lore Jus t i ce Hicks and Coun ty Agent

Ho lcomb . They were O n i e W i n g a t e ,

F loyd and H e n r y Cover t , Cl i f ford

aud George Gibson. Ali bu t t h e last

n a m e d pleaded gui l ty and were l e to l f

on de fe r red sentence. T h e t r ia l of

t he l a t t e r is set for the 17th. Tiie pa-

rents of these boys are said t o have

exhaus t ed eve ry means lo compe l

tbe i r a t t e n d a n c e at school; a n d the

boys will now have to toe the mark

or deal with the s t rong a rm of ihe

law. R i g h t ! Tliey must not be al-

lowed to was te their opportuni t ies ,

whe the r they would or not. Mind

your eyes, now boys!

Old R e s i d e n t s ' A s s o c i a t i o n of t h e

G r a n d R i v e r Val ley .

T h e above named association will

hold an adjourned meet ing a t the

office of the president , J o h n M. Malh-

ewson, Thureday , F e b . 2 0 , 1 8 9 6 , at 2

o'clock, p. m,, for the purpose of mak-

ing the necessary a r r a n g e m e n t s , and

de termining the da te of the a n n u a l re-

union, also the t ransac t ion of a n y

o t h e r necessary business. A ful l at-

t endance is requested.

By order of the P res iden t .

S P. Hicks, Sec.

H a r d T i m e s P a r t y .

T h e Vergennes D a n c i n g C lub will

g i v e a hard times p a r t a t Music hall

on F r i d a y evening , F e b r u a r y 2.

Music by 0 . 0 . A d a m s orches t ra .

F loor managers , J o h n D u t c b e r , J o h n

S . Hooker , George Coppena. Bill fo r

d a n c e fifty cents, inc lud ing ca re of

horses. Oyster supper , fifty cen t s p e r

couple . A va luab l e pr ize will be

g iven to the couple whose cos tume

bes t repreittQts b a r d times.

L i b r a r i a n Robinson informs us t ha t there were 1802 hooka loaned f rom the school l ib ra ry d u r i n g the mon th of J a n u a r y . A p r e t t y good showing, and p len ty of w o r k - f o L l h e l ibrar ian .

Celebrated N i a g a ^ T b r a n d canned goods a t Bergin 's .

Mrs. Geo. T . Mine and daugh te r , Martie, re turned last week T h u r s d a y from an ex tended visit in Det ro i t .

All k inds of wood and coal for

sale by C . H . W e s b r o o k .

F o r BALE.r-First class house nnd lot on easy te rms. I n q u i r e of C. 0 . Lawience , a t t he bake ry .

Geo. M c A r t h u r and wife of Oak-field have been vis i t ing the families of McConnel l brothers.

See o u r window. L . H . H u n t & Co.

Mr. and Mrs. J . Ol iver . Meters. Ben Wes t . E d g a r Morse, Dick War-ner, Mauley Jones , J o h n Goss and o thers f r o m G r a n d Rapids a t tended the f u n e r a l services of their f r i end , A . B. Johnson . ^

Good Rio bhiyc coffee a t Bergin ' s ,

25cl8.

bWk c(

Seigel a n d Ed ie Kopf of G r a n d Rap ids visited with her d a u g h t e r , Mrs. J o h n Kopf , this week.

O n hand now the largest and best st ck of pianos nnd organs eve r in Lowell a t rock bot tom prices. R . D . Stocking.

F r e d B m n n e r ' a n d wife visited f r iends in F reepor t Sunday .

Ladies clean y o u r kid gloves with Joseph ine Glove Cleaner , for sale only by E . R . Col la r , headquar te r s for dressed and undressed kid g l o v e s in all the most des i rab le shade for s treet or e v e n i n g wear . 9 3 tf

J a p W a t e r m a n nnd wife visited wi th her sister, M r s . Lloyd Jones .

P iugree ' s " F a c t s and Op in ions ' ' f r e e with new yea r ly subscr ipt ions to the Ledgkb.

Aus t in W r i g h t and wife of Gra t -tan visited a t 0 . T . H o g a n ' s last week.

R . D. S tock ing ' s low pr ice sale of all k inds sewing machines is still ou.

Mr . and Mrs M u r p h y a re visit ing he r parents , Mr, a u d Mrs. Allen, in South Lowell,

H a v i n g pu rchased the B a n n e r l aundry of C. L. Sovery, I will say t ha t 1 shall be pleased to see a n y t ha t m a y cal l . All work guaran teed firsi-

lass. G . W . S k v e r y , p rop r i e to r .

E t h e l Kings ton of Ion ia visited with Mrs. Josio J o n e s last, wetik.

Al l kinds of watch , clock nnd jew-e l ry r epa i r ing done a t r e q ^ b a b l e prices. L ' . B. Wil l iams.

On account of the" illness " f R e v . Moses Grab ie l , t h e Baptist pu lp i t was occupied by Rev . McGee.

B u y y o u r g loves and mi t tens n t T h e F a i r .

Mr. and Mrs. G e o r g e F . W h i l e a re visit ing f r i ends a n d relat ives in G r a t -lan aud Otisco this week.

Money t o loan on rea! es t ' te . Low ra tes , no bonus. L n v e l l S t a t e B a n k .

Mr . ond Mrs. Wil l iam Brown of Middlevil le visited her sister, Mrs . Newton Omnti, S a t u r d a y a n d a t t ended the fune ra l of L l o y d R i n g ut S m y r n a

S u n d a y . .

Mocha a n d J i ro- t iu f fee , best io t h e world, a t B e r g i r i ' s N

A . M. Barnes is under the doc tor ' s c a r e .

Cabinets , 8 1 p e r dozen, ga l l e ry over postofiice.

M a r y H o w a r d is v b i t i n g he r b ro ther , 0 . J . Howard nnd sister, Mrs . Owen McGee , in Ve rgennes .

A m b o y c h e r t e ^ i u m e be t te r , 14cts. a t Bergin 's .

Miss J e n n i e a n d Dan ie l Townsend enter ta ined a few f r iends T u e s d a y evening.

See our w i n d o w , L . H . H u n t & C o

There will be no serv ices n e x t Sunday a t the Cathol ic c h u r c h .

R e m e m b e r t h a t B a r b e r & C r a w ' s goods a re finest in town. P r i ce s r igh t .

T h e union meeting of the y o u n g peoples' societies of t h e d i f fe rent churches in town held a t t he Bap t i s t church last S u n d a y m o r n i n g was largely a t tended and a ve ry interes i -ina: mee t ing .

See E c k e r & Son for wood a.'-d k in -dl ings.

Mr. and Mrs . W . M. Chapman went to G r a n d R a p i d s Tuesday to visit his m o t h e r and s is ter . / "

F i n g e r r ings, ear r ings, bt|east p ins , etc. repaired by U . B. W j M i 0 » s .

F ind F i n d l a y ' s Fa tuous Fe l t s .

J a m e s Nick l in a n d f a m i l y h a v e moved f rom Hudson s t ree t , west side, to the M c C a r t y dwel l ing house nea r the L & H . s ta t ion.

T h e r e will be a V a l e n t i n e p a r t y a t A d a r ink on F r iday even ing , Feb , 14, 1896. Music by 0 . O . A d a m s ' quad -rille b a n d .

Mr . G . C . McConnel l of this vi l lage and d a u g h t e r , Mrs. F r a n k B e n b a m of Cou r t l and , s p e n t pa r t of last week wiih McConnel l b ro thers a t Lowell -Cedar Spr ings Cl ipper .

I t is a surpr is ing fac t t h a t two-t h i r d s of t h e fa i lures in t h i s coun t ry are of business houses which neve r adve r t i s e .—Cedar Spr ings Cl ipper .

Wi l l Crofoot is h o m e f r o m t h e f a r south now.

'•P * •

Mrs. G i l m a n W a l k e r has been v e f y sick the pas t week with a n a t t a c k of lagr ippe. H e r many f r i ends will bo glad to know she is be t te r a n d gain-ing rap id ly .

Amos Smi th ' s m o t h e r has been visiting him for the past five weeks. She has gone to Leslie, Mich., to spend the rest of the winter with her two sisters.

Miss D i b b l e who has been a t She lby for the pas t two months on a visi t r e turned W e d n e s d a y to aga in m a k e he r home with her cousin, Mrs. W a l k e r .

Genu ine GoluWria r iver salmon a t B e r g i n ' s for lOoretojer p o u n d .

J o h n Gib?on of tDwosso is visi t ing his parents , M r . one} Mrs . B u r d i c k .

Cabinets , 41 per dozen, ga l le ry over postofiice.

J u h n M, Randa l l e levated t h e Jou rna l ' e fire proof safe to its position W e d n e s d a y . . y*

F o u r pounds a n c k e r s , b u t t e r or soda, for 25cts. a t Bfet^fln's.

J o h n L Taylor , t h e c iga r manu-f ac t a r e r , has been g iven thu cont rac t lo carry- t h e mails between the sta-tion nn the D . & M. and t h e post office. His bid being the lowest. 8250.

Buy coal of Wesb rook now before

the rise.

Myron Kisor of Boston took in the f a rmer s ' ins t i tu te a t G r a n d R a p i d s this week.

See ou r window, L . H . H u n t & Co

Miss K a t e P e r r y received, the fore pa r t of t he week, , a personal le t te r f r o m her f r i end . Miss M e d a Hess, missionary and teacher , a t Marash , T u r k e y , which gives more fol ly the atrocities commit ted on the A r m e n -ians, and of the dest i tut ion and suffer -i n g of the widows nnd orphan child-ren of t h e Armen ians who were killed.

B u y baled hay of C. H . Wesbrook .

R . B Boylan was i n , t h e city of G r a n d R a p i d s last T h u r s d a y ou busi-ness.

Rev. Mosea Grab ie l of Ka lamazoo will occupy the Bap t i s t church nex t S u n d a y morn ing and evenihg.

F i u d l a y ' s felts 40ct8. a n d oOcts. per pair .

The Mendelssohn chorus will re-pea t t he i r en t e r t a inmen t next M o n -day even ing for the benefit of t he young people's societies of the Metho-dist, Bap t i s t and Congrega t iona l churches A few c h a n g e s will be made in the p rogr

T w o gal I o T r p p f r - s f W i p 70cts. a t Bergin ' s .

All lovers o f music should a t t e n d the e n t e r t a i n m e n t a t Jktusic hall Mon-day even ing .

One or two personal le t ters f r o m Miss M e d a Hess, fo rmer ly preoeptreas in our school a n d now a miss ionary and teacher a t Marash , T u r k e y , will be read a t the nex t mee t ing of t h e Y. P . S. C. E , S u n d a y . F e b . 16. a t which t ime there will be taken a col-lection for the benefit of the perse-cuted A r m e n i a n s , which will be s en t to Mi<^ Hess to assist her in c a r i n g for the f ta rv i r ig and a lmost c lotheless widows and o r p h a n s of the m u r d e r e d A r m e n i a n s t h a t a re d a i l y a s k i n g fo r help, and fa r beyond her power t o

g ive .

W a r m shoes a t g r e a t l y r educed prices a t C . M. F i n d l a y ' s .

Come early and ge t a good sea t a t Music hall M o n d a y evening.

All k inds of spec tac le r e p a i r i n g . ^ U . B . W i l l i a m s .

F e b . 15, (we wjll sell 60 Si-ML oUiiiity ( L y c o m

i n g ) or 2 5 c^nlsva poi r , regu

lar p ' J . H o w k A Son.

Mrs . 0 . C . \McDanne I l wns in G r a n d Rap ids Tuesday .

B u y all k ind of wood of J . W .

E c k e r & Son.

Mrs . F . R. E c k e r was in G r a n d

R a p i d s Tuesday .

F o b S a l e — T h r e e 40-acre fa rms ,

cheap . E n o s & B r a d field.

Mias Minnie C a r d e hns r e t u r n e d to her h o m e a t Big Rap id s , a f t e r severa l weeks visit w i th h e r uncle, W . H .

C l a r k .

D r . J . B. Goodsel l , den t i s t , is pleas-a n t l y located in a uea t office in T r a i n ' s

o p e r a block.

M r . and M r s . S c h u y l e r W e e k s of Sunfield a t t ended tbe funera l of the i r n iece , G l a d y s C h a p m a n , S a t u r d a y .

Lampkin* attended the quflting party al

Harvey Brown's last Thureday. B. F. Wilkinson will take in the farmers'

institute at Qrand Rapids.' Mrs. Melissa Hull is entertaining Mrs.

Ella Hull und Miss Howe from McBride.

Mrs*

F a l l a s s b u r g .

There wns a dance at Wm. Scott's last

Friday night Mrs. Grindell is at her daughter's,

W. H. Booth, this week. . Johnny Rice had one of his legs broken

Monday, at the Waters school house. A number of the young folks spent Fri-

day evening with Minnie Steke^ee.

Mrs. Win. Rexfwrd visited Airs, d i e t

Farrott at Alto, brother, Prii) Wesbrook

and liiother in Campbell last week. John Wright visited at M. C. Denny's

Tuesday. Ira Potlruff has-been sick the past two

wee! s and this week two of bis children,

Lottie and Louie, arc sick. Charley Rooth is in Orand Rapids hav-

ing his limb treated again. He is on the

gain. Some of Wm. Scott's neighbors and

friends met at his house Sunday, it being

his birthday. They left him a chair.

Mrs. BoJiung and sister went to Miriam

to church last Sunday. G. Sears and wife of Grattan visited

friends here last week. Mr. Towers received the sad news that

his father died in Dakota and was buried Febuary 5. He went there last fall to

spend the winter and wat from Canada.

He was 78 years olu. Frank Sherrard and wife spent Saturday

aud Sunday at M. C. Deqpy's. Mrs. M. Bozung is very sick at this

writing. Ben Morse was in the burg Wednesday

on business.

K e e n e C e n t e r .

Born, to Mr. and Mts. Lewis Cahoon,

Tuesday, a son. Milton Wilkinson came home from

Grand Rapids Friday, to visit his parents,

returning Monday. A very large party gathered at H . Lee's

Friday evening and a pleasant time was

spent in games. George Converse gave a dance Friday

evening. Mrs. Irvine Brown and Mrs. Robert

Sparks made a trip to ClarksVille last

week. B. F. Wilkinson and wife visited at Or

CUimt'o last We Inesday. Miss Myrtie and Norman Oglivie, Mrs.

Hattie Sparks and bob, Floyd, took dinner at Mrs. Wilkinson's .Sunday.

Matie Ogilvie has been quite sick with

rheumatism but is somejielter now. Mrs. WUl Covert, Mrs. Fred Lee, Mre.

Cyad Lee, Mrs. Wilkinson nnd Mrs Chas. "'Viul

A l t o n ,

George McArthur and wife of Uakfleld

spent Monday at Edmund Ring's. Miss Ida Cooper of Lowell ami Mr. Mc-

Kabe of Smyrna wero guests at John Hape-

man's Sunday evening." Allen Godfrey and wife, of Lowell re -

mained Sunday night at Horace Weeks.

Burr Davis and wife spent Sunday at Orleans with her mother, Mrs. Towns.

E. Camhell and wife ol Lowell called on

friends bere Monday. Chris Blosser and Judd Hapeman filled

their ice houses this week. Grange meeting this week Saturday af-

ternoon. Mr. Davis of Lowell is assisting Mr.

Broadbent in our flour mill.

Geo. H. Godfrey of Oaklield was in Al-

ton ono day last week. Sarah White visited, at Geo. Bradishes

on Frank Chases farm near Greenville las',

week. Cora Godfrey of Lake Odessa was visit-

ing friends and relatives here for several

days. D. A. Church and. Willis Purdy with

their wives visited relatives in Belding one

day last week. Mr. Hicks of Ionia called at E. Ring's

Sunday. • Smith D. Godfrey an old pioneer of Al-

ton died at uot>b, Monday, Feb. 10th, of the

grip-Little Lloyd Valentine Ring, only child

of George and Gertie Ring, died, Tliureday,

Feb. 6, al the home of bis grandparents, A.

J . Ring and wife in Keene, of spinal men

ingitis. H e was born ^eb. 14th, 1894.

Fnneral services were held at the Smyrna

Baptist church, Sunday, Feb. 9. The

church was full, friends being present from

Keene, Grattan, Otisco, Smyrna, Courtland,

OakGeld, Mayville, Lake Odessa and Alton.

Rev. O. J . Golden of Belding oflicia ted

Lloyd was a bright and beautiful chi ld; to

know him wns lo love him. God has taken

one mure lily bud to bloom in Heaven

The sorrowing friends have tho sympathies

of tbe community in this their great be-

reavement.

T o w n L i n e .

The Ladies aid gave a chicken pie social,

Friday night, al the home of Mrs. H . Wes-

brook. A good attendance and a very en-

joyable lime. Receipts over $6.

Stella Batey spent last week with her sis-

ter, Mrs. Grant Fraiser. Mrs. Maud Philipps and Miss Anna Mc-

Call visited Mrs. Batey Friday. We are sorry to know that Wm. Stinton

does not improve any.

Mrs. Wesbrook and little girls look d in -

ner with Mrs. J . B. Easterday, Sunday. W. 8. Hesclie and wife, ou tbe sick list last

week, are belter. The ladles are tbinklnsr of a leap year parly

in the near future. More about It later. Urs. Emily Murray, Mrs. 8. Jay, Miss Lon-

ella Richmond, Miss GciUc Collins. E. 8tln( b-omb, C. Wheaton of Lowell, Mrs. Cora Thom-as and son UllntoD, of McCordr, Miss E<ith Bumis, near Ada, were, present at the social Krlday night.

Thursday a boy applied for board end lodg ing at the home of Mr. aud Mre. Tullner— usual weight.

Miss Isadora Reynold! entertained Mrs. Seward Onan, and Misses Anna Onan and Laura Wesbrook one day laat week.

Work is progreaslng finely on the church. If tbe weather Is fair It will bo nearly enclosed this week.

Jeff Hulbart has returned home after an extended visit with his daughter, Mre. Orrin Keyes.

Miss Hattie Sargent is staying in Urand BapttU s i present

The

W e s t Lowell .

Ladies Aid noch tyj.wlll meet at the

W M . P U L L E N & S O N , -^ss^CLOTHIERS, O F F E R S — ^

3 B I G S P E C I A I S . No. 1.

Boys all wool Knee Pants made with allthe late improve-., meiits, and worth 75c. Special price 50c. Age 4 to 14.

No. 2.

I Men's all wool suits worth $7.00. A t this sah? you can b them for f 5.00. -L

No. 3. y

Cttmels, hair shirts au^ drawers worth 50 and COc. ^ now fyr 39c.

ALL OVERCOATS REDUCE%| In Price at the Double Store. Call and examine our ^oods.

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I W i Affi SMFf CiMG. A perfect Anti-Rattler and Bolt Holder combined.

In f hp Improved " Acme " Anti-Rattler, we offer An urtlole tliat olfectimlly previ-nu uny nulling lu

| the coupling, refl'deriaj? them perfecily noUeliws, .mil will, with ordinary dse, Innt just an loiiicas ' II;C vnlildo, and are uppnioiatcU lor Uu|r Jollow-| iiig niuiiiu: I i . They are quicklji and easily liiscr;-d or re-, movoj . by placing i:; ixwiijon and drive In or out 1 with a hammer, not ^e tns n e c t a r y to remove the | bolt or shaft . 1

, a. Tlieir chape is such t h a t they are h=Id. Ilrmly in place by sprln/f tension. ' 3. Relng made cf two pieces, solidly riveted together , they will not I break as others made of one picce do . • •,

4- Ileine made of Crescent Patent Cold Rolled Strel. ever)-.pair a r e 1 warranted to preserve their , s t rength and elasticity, and not to brnd o r 1 break with ordinary use. ' "

5. Dy tl.eir IUC much annoyance is ((Voided, and very of ten valuable 1 t i n e saved.

6. If the nut comcs off bolt, hoidinfr shaf t to shackle, the bolt cannot loso out on account of the bolt-holder a t tachment . . .

Manufactured by FalcttJalToT. 'S7. 1 '

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last Thursday. Ur. and Mrs, L. W. Gristwood spent last

Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. T. Inger-soll.

THE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS LIFE.

Mr. G Cailloueite, Druggist, Beavere-villo III., says: "To Dr. King's New Dis-covery 1 tiwe my life. Was taken with la grippe and tried all the physicians for miles about, but of nn avail, and wits given up and told 1 could not live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its use ami from the first dose began to get belter, and after using three bottles was up and about again it is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or house without it." Get a free trial bottle at Hunt & ' o.'s drug store. 2

CUBE FOR HEADAtHE.

As a remedy for all forms of headache Electric Bitters hau proved to be the very be«-l. i t effects a permanent cure alld the mist dreaded habitual sick beadaches yield to its influence. We urge all who are afflicted to procure n bottle, and give i.-is remedy a lair trial. In cases of habiliial constipation Electric Bitters cures by giv-ing 1 he needed tone to the Iniwels, and few cases long resist lhe use of this medicine. Trv it once. Fif l j cents and | 1 at L. H . H u n t t ' o . ' s drugstore. 2

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v . W h i t e an-i OiJve S h a d e s .

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O i i ' L Y 25 C E r ; T 3 F E ? . BOX. tknU io'ctaU lor can. pie.

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Vluiut, YUii:;, GliiuS:oii|ier Bortlc, ufony odor. ~Se Glass Stapler Sottle, larcc size, 50c Extra Slae. 81.00

Sent by nai l on receipt of price. . J

THE EV-I-LO COMPANY, 35S Dearborn S t . , Chicago, I I I .

F o r S a l e b y M k s . A l . i l l L B B .

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home ot Mre. H Peters Wedneadsy, !Fcb. 19. Mrs. D. Flanigan, Mre. K. D, Court and

Mrs. 8. Gristwood visited Mre. McGregor

Cal l n t t h o LrUGkk'h new qunrU rs

of any th ing in lhe line when in noei

of job pr in t in

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r r a c l l c a l Horsemen-

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THE jT LEDGER

Three MoTntbi on trial

25c.