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nrtfi * u Montague Observer^ MONTAGUE, MICH, JAN. THIRTY-SECOND YEAR 1 WE HAfE JUST i i Usome New Line Mr. a n d Mrs. S W e b b - e n t e r t n l n e d a eucmufCRcmuwcciunufKnsiaiMffcms ^ j D u m b e r o r f r i e n d s in honnr of tlielr 5 TrOUR DOLLAR ' d n u g h t e r s , Miss R l l z a b e l l i ? f n d Mrs. .1. ' Peterson last Friday. will c o m e b a c k to you if vou T h e m e r c h a n t s are busy p i k i n g i n s p e n d It a t home, i t Is g o n e voice of t h e i r s t o c k . T l j e f r p a s t year forever if you s e n d It t o s o m e h a s been a fairly p r o s p e i w s one for A glance mail o r d e r house. o u r m e r c h a n t s c o n s i d e r i n g i 4 h e finanS t h r o u g h our a d v e r t i s i n g c o l u m n s ^ cial s t r i n g e n c y which extetffl t h r o u g h 5 will give a n idea w h e r e to b u y r- o u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . 'JJ§e p r e s e n t \ to advantage. y e a r will no d o u b t be a b ^ t c r o n e for j J business. T h e predicted f r e e z e - u r t l c a m e on scheduled p u n c t u a l i t y T u d ^ a y n i g h t . LOCAL NEWS In a comoarativwly s h o r t . p e r i o d t h e A large crowd e n j o y e d t h e N e w m e r c u r y d r o p p e d a b o u t £0 degrees Y e a r ' s d a n c e a t tlie o p e r a h o u s e l a s t a n d W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g i specialist will be a t Mears H o t e l a g a i n M. B. Covell, C. G. P i t k i n . C. E . Covell, w h e r e be h a s e x p e n d e d a larne s u m of T u e s . J a n . 12 If vou h a v e e y e t r o u b l e m a c h i n e s on easy p a y m e n l a . Also a n d need glasses, it will lie t o y o u r in- pianos a n d organs. E x p e r t r e p a i r e r , | money in b e a u t i f y i n g t h e g r o u n d s a n d t e r e s t t o c o n s u l t t n i s e m i n e n t special- E . I'i Monroe, 132 W. W e b a t e r , MusJ. J. Gee, August Ediuod. ' e r e c t i n g a costly s u m m e r h o m e . ist. C h a r g e s reasonable. kegon. ^ | | that yon should inspect before buying elsewhere, ^3 THE BIG STORE WITH LITTLE PRICES. | | A YEAR OF GROWTH Our Forests. THe Farmers Bank, Teachers' and Patrons' Meet. DENIED THE D E C R E E . Tlie s p a r k of hope e n t e r t a i n e d by T h e Joy divorce trial cam# to n n T h r o u g h t h e Influence of C o m m ' r f r i e n d s a n d r e l a t i v e s of t h e crew of Nellie B. C h l s h o l m M o n t a g u e will be end S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g when J u d e o t h e lake s t e a m e r Soo City t h a t t h e honored w i t b t h e n e x t S t a t e T e a c h - Sessions, w i t h o u t h e a r i n g any m o ^ men were not lost when t h e i r s h i p e r s ' and P a t r o n s ' m e e t i n g for Muske- a r g u m e n t t h a n t h e opening by A t t o r f o u n d e r e d n e a r N e w f o u n d l a n d a b o u t gon c o u n t y . T h e m e e t i n g will be- ney H a r r i n g t o n of G r a n d Rapids, w h o a m o n t h ago began t o b u r n m u c h gin F r i d a y n i g h t , J a n u a r y 29, w i t h a represented Mis. Joy, dismissed t h o b r i g h t e r , when a r e p o r t yras received lecture by Mr. C E. Holmes, a t t h e bill a n d denied her a decree. f r o m Boston t h a t a l i g h t h o u s e keeper P r e s b v t e r l a n c h u r c h . Mr H o m e s Is While t h e decision was In his favor. a t Cape Ray, N e w f o u n d l a n d , had t h e s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of t h e school for Mr. J o y did not escape w i t h o u t a signaled t o a p a s s i n g b o a t t h a t he h a d t h e blind a t L a n s i n g a n d is a very scoring from t h e Judge, who c h a r a c t e i a s h i p w r e c k e d crew, w i t h none lost. ized some of his conduct w h i c h had logical a n d f o r c e f u l s p e a k e r . T h e n a m e of t h e vessel r e p o r t i n g On S a t u r d a y t h e following day it Is been complained of ns •'inexcusable" and t h e n a m e of t h e s h i p whose c i e w planned t o h a v e a n all day session and " c o m i n g very close to t h e l i m i t . " had been rescued a r e n o t given, b u t u n d e r t h e l e a d e r s h i p of C o m m ' r Nellie In concluding his opinion t h e judjje t h e d i s p a t c h says t h e m a t t e r h a s been B. Chlsholm a n d Mr. C. E . Holmes. said 1 a m unable to predict w h a t t h e t u r n e d over t o S u p t . F l y n n , of t h e A very i n t e r e s t i n g a n d i n s t r u c t i v e o u t c o m e of t h e decision In t h i s case Boston T o w b o a t Co. E f f o r t s will be p r o g r a m is b e i n g a r r a n g e d by Mrs. will be, b u t I m u s t recognize t h e f a r t m a d e as soon a s possible t o c o m m u n C h l s h o l m c o n s i s t i n g of p a p e r s and t h a t t h e decision m u s t be mwde acIcate w i t h Cape R a y . discussions on b o t h e d u c a t i o n a l and cording to t h e rules of law, and t h e r e Tlie r e p o r t also s t a t e s t h a t it would home topics. All will be of I n t e r e s t is n o t h i n g in t h e t e s t i m o n y a g a i n s t be q u i t e probable t h a t a crew m i g h t to t h e p a t r o n s of our schools a n d t h e d e f e n d a n t to indicate t h a t his be marooned a t Cape Ray w i t h o u t in t e a c h e r s alike. c o n d u c t has been s u c h as comes withf o r m a t i o n r e a c h i m ; t h e o u t s i d e world O u r people should show a n I n t e r e s t in t h e purview of t h e s t a t u t e g o v e r n If t h e crew tflok t o t h e small b o a t i t ing t h e g r a n t i n g of divorce. In t h e s e ineetlnKS by t h e i r a t t e n d a n c e is believed t h e y would h a v e died ot as t h e y are I n t e n d e d to b r i n g t h e Show your f r i e n d a n e w s u i t m a d e exposure a n d t h a t t h e i r only hope was schools a n d t h e i r p a t r o n s in closer re- by us and he will c o n g r a t u l a t e you *.ii rescue by a passing b o a t . l a t i o n s h i p . T h e p r o g r a m will be pub- your t a s t e In clothes. L e t h i m s.-e T h e old hexagonal t o w e r on t h e lished l a t e r . you In it a f t e n n o n t h s of wear and It will still look as good as when you cape, w i t h i t s old-fashioned reflector Tax Notice. first p u t it o n . L . J . Evans, F r a n k lights, s t a n d s o u t on t h e s o u t h w e s t T h e t a x roll of t h e T o w n s h i p of llDhouae H tailor. c o r n e r of N e w f o u n d l a n d a n d b l i n k s M o n t a g u e is now in my h a n d s for iUTwarnings for vessels to keep f a r t h e collection of t a x e s . T a x e s can be Coke. from t h e t r e a c h e r o u s shore. T o S t . paid every F r i d a y a t t h e O b s e r v e r If Interested In c h e a p fuel call at J o h n s , t h e n e a r e s t p o i n t from w h e r e p r i n t i n g oflice. L y m a n T. Covell's oflice and g e t p a m p h l e t on how to b u r n coke. CheapH . C. F l o t e n , t e l e g r a p h i c c o m m u n i c a t i o n s m a y be T w p . T r e a s . er t h a n hard coal; cleaner t h a n s o f t o b t a i n e d w i t h t h e o u t s i d e world, is a coal. F o r Sale—A nearly new K e r o s e n e long sail a n d a n a l m o s t impossible oil t a n k w i t h p u m p a t t a c h m e n t ; c a p . j o u r n e y by l a n d . For Sale or r e n t - T h e F e r r y H o u s n T h e s t e a m e r Soo C i t y ' s crew were a s 120 gal. very c h e a p . N. G. Osterhouse- E n q u l i e of S t a t e B a n k o j W h i t e h a l l . follows: C a p t . Dillon, O g d e n s b u r g ; J o h n Casey, Chicago, m a t e ; second m a t e , A n g u s M c l n t y r e , Chicago; first e n g i n 110 eer, C h a r l e s W a r w i c k , Michigan City, I n d ; second e n g i n e e r , N. J . D u n c a n , Chicago; p u r s e r , J a m e s A n d e r s o n , M o n t a g u e , Mich.; oilers, F i a n k Kelly, A l p e n a , Mich., a n d George Brown, Chicago; firemen, F r a n k S c h w l m m , Michigan City. I n d . , a n d S a m u e l O l e b s k y , Chicago; coal passers, E. L. Weaver, Downgiob, Mich., a n d a n o t h er man> n a m e u n k n o w n , s h i p p e d a t O g d e n s b u r g , N. Y.. c h i e f . Max L a n ders, Chicago; second cook, C h a r l e s W a r n e r , Chicago. Prejcip " (onvpounde By Registered Pharmacists. A TIME FOR ALL THINGS L. G. RIPLEY & CO. Druggists and Stationers. MONTAGUE, MICH. J I. i THE MODEL GROCERY. i | Good Coffee i 1 For Breakfast! I J. P J A C O B S O N . the State Bank of Whitehall Capital Stock $20,000. Surplus 5.000. Nothing w a r m s one up this weather like a Cup Good Hot Coffee. You can buy i 2 lb. good bulk cofiee for. 2 o ,4 •* << . *1 1 Arbuckles " " . 11 M 1 Bell '* . 1 *' Santos Blend coffee .. 15o. ^ ..15c. =2 ..19c. 5 oe; r ZZS I At Geo. Springer's. | | South Hill grocery, dur-1 I ing the month of Janu-1 1 ary. | ^uiuiuiiiiuiuiuiiiiuitaiuiiiuiuiuiuiuiuiuiuiiiiiiiuiuiil THE MONTAGUE OBSERVER H. C. FLOTEN. Publisher. MONTAGUE. MICHIGAN SUMMARY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS. Sunday. Records of I be previous week di prove the old adage that "a grcon (hr.sl mas makes a fat graveyard, and the roconl of the year shows extremely low i— tallty. Confirmation of the appointment of Bishop I). J. O'Connell, rector of Ihf Catholic University at Wasbingion. as auxiliary bishop of San Francisco. has been received from Home. Canada and Mexico have been invited by President Roosevelt to take part in a conference on the conservation of the nat ural resources o f ' N o r t h America, to be held in the White House Feb. IS. Monday. Miss Ethel Roosevelt was introduced to Washington society in the gayest p a r t j since her sister's debut. Andrew Carnegie sees in profit sharing and joint ownership of industries by workmen and managers the tme solution of the labor problem. Mrs. Charlotte Terkins Oilman, a t ft meeting of the American Sociological Society, declared modern home conditions are a menace to the race. The board of food and drug inspectors at Washington overrode Dr. WUcy. the fovcrnment chemist, and allowed the use of benzoate of soda as a preservative. Many thousands of persons were killed and enormoiv damage was done by an earthquake in tonthwestern Italy and the Island of Sicily. Whole section* were cut off from communication, and several tow ns are believed swallowed by the upheaval. Tuesday. Abraham Ruef, convicted San Francisco grafter, was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Castro's followers in Venezuela resisted new government, and in battle twenty men were killed, but, after repulsing attack, friends of the ex-dictator yielded. Two hundred thousand dead Is the latest estimate of the victims of the Italian earthquake, many cities are destroyed, and tfce tidal wave and fire added to the loss of life. SUOAH KING SPRECKELS DIES. F o u n d e r of Hug-e R e f i n e r i e s I s Vic t i m of P n e u m o n i a . Claus Spreckels. widely known ns the "Sugnr king of the Pacific coast, died at 4:30 o'clock S a t u r d a y morning at his home in San Francisco In his eightieth year. T h e immiHliate cause of death was an attack of pneumonia which developed with alarming symp tonis during the past few days. Ills condition C h r i s t m a s night told his phy slclans death was near and relatives remained at his bedside until the hour of his death. Despite his advanced age Mr. Spreck els had devoted a large s h a r e of ntten tlon •«» the various enterprises in which he was Interested, and It is not more than a month since he Appeared before the Ways and Means Committee of the House in Washington a s an authority on the subject of s u g a r duties. Apart from the importance which at tached to Claus Spreckels as the plo neer s u g a r refiner of the Pacific coast and as an Investor of millions in Cull fornia and the Hawaiian Islands, the Spreckels family has for many years been one of the most prominent in the State. Clans Spreckels was born In I.am stadt. Germany. In 1828, and came to the United States in 1840. A f t e r being employed for some time In Charleston S. C.. and New York he come to San Francisco, reaching this city in 1850 He cstahllshed a store there and later conducted a brewery. In IStiS he built the Ray Sugar Refinery and began the Importation of r a w material from Hawaii. Prospering in this business, he established other refineries and promoted the licet sugar Industry by establishing reiinerles ami engaging in the f a n n i n g of lieets on a large scale. He also built a refinery at Philadelphia. Invested largely In the Oceanic Steamship Company and many other enterprises, including the building of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad. Many of his interests In Hawaii a r e reported to have been disposed of by his son Rudolph during the latter's recent trip to the Islands. WILL GIVE UP CUBA JAN 28. P r o v i s i o n a l Government of Island to Terminate on That Date. Answering Governor Magoon's reWednesday. quest for a u t h o r i t y to convene the New earthquake shocks were felt in Cuban Congress and give formal posSyracuse. Palermo, Messina and Plzxo and session to I he Cuban government on add to the panic. J a n . 28, the following was received King Victor Emmanuel and Queen the other day from W a s h i n g t o n : Helena of Italy reached Messina and perMaroon, Havana :—Pursuant to insonally took part in the rescue work, both structions from the President, the Secreextricating injured persons from ruins. tary of War directs; Kew eart^i shocks completed the de1. That you assemble the Cuban construction of Messina, Italy, killing res- gri*» on a convenient dale, to be selected cuers and persons buried by the groat by you. to act on the credentials of memquake. Tbe king and queen were endan- bers-elect of the Senate and House of gered. Late reports showed 110,000 dead Repreventatlves. In two cities alone. 2. That, having passed on the creden A well-known Washington correspond- tials of members-elect and completed their ent says Secretary Root and Ambassa- organization, they assemble in joint sesdor Bryce have agreed on three treaties sion to canvass and declare the result of disposing of the Newfoundland fisheries the vote of the electoral college for Pres. question, the control of international dent and Vice President, and thereafter Trstorwavs and the settlement of pecu- be in reccss until reassembled by you for nntrr .ms with Canada. the purposes specified in the following liaragraphs: Thursday. 3. That the terms of offi<-e of th« '% u-g bankers are said to have President-elect and Vice President-elect rani 71 000 in bribes to aldermen to of Cuba shall begin on the 2Sth of Janu• aecurt c i* deposits. ary. I IKK), on which tlay they shall be The Ntw York Stock Exchange sus- inaugurated; that congress shall be aspended W. H. Martin and T. W. Moor- sembled during the forenoon of Jan. 28, head for three years. 1000. the call therefor specifying the inThe St. Paul railroad has found that itial duty of congress to be the induction its Montana mines yield good coal and into office of I he President and the Vice will aave $1,200,000 a year on fuel. President, and thereafter the consideraCyrus R. Teed, who as "Koresh I." rent tion of all matters within the jurisdiction Chicago in tbe early tK)s, is dead in of congress at its regular sessions; that Florida, where his follower* are expect- the President be maugurnted ond the provisional government terminated at 12 ing his resurrection. Bishop O'Connell will retire as head o'clock noon on said Jan. 28, 1000. This means the complete approval of af the Catholic University at Washington and may become coadjutor at Baltimor* the plan submitted by you. EDWARDS. with rights of succession to Gibbons. Friday. FOURTEEN YEARS IN PRISON. "Charley" Gates, son of John W. Gates, dropped nearly $25,000 in betting on I-os Angeles races. Big Political Boss of San Francisco A man attacked President Fallieres ot Given the M a x i m u m Term. France in a street of Paris and tried to Abe Ruef. once the real ruler of San pull bis beard Francisco, with the Income of a prince, The steamer Pretoria arrived in New was sentenced Tuesday to fourteen York after a terrible Btrug)fh» with the y e a r s In San Quentin prison for bribery. weather, which made the big liner take J u d g e Lawlor gave the fallen b o n the more than twice her regular time. Miss Mary A. Hardy, a patient in S t e x t r e m e limit of the law. but the term Mary's hospital in Racine. Wis., was will Ik* reduced to a little over eleven crushed to death when a nurse pulled the y e a r s for good behavior. cable, suddenly raising the elevator. T h e end of the long legal battle In More than three hundred moving-pic- the Supreme Court and the beginning ture men in New York protested against of a still longer fight In the higher Mayor McClellan's action In revoking courts was devoid of si>ectacular intertheir licenses and shutting off the holiday e s t Renf said nothing when he beard trade. his doom, and the court omitted the Saturday. usual formal reflections, the proceedClaus S'preckels, "sugar king of the Pa- ings being reduced to the simplest legal cific coast," died. formula. ImmedlHtely a f t e r sentence H. W. Poor & Co., big New York stock a notice of appeal was filed, a certificate brokerage firm, assigned, with liabilities of probable cause being signed by the of over $5,000,000. court, which will act a s a stay until a The Venezuela revolution is complete bill of exceptions can be prepared. without the shedding of blood; suits have Meanwhile Ruef will still be light lug In been filed to secure Castro's property. the courts three y e a r s hence, and the Miss Katherine Elkins, wounded in her heart by the breaking of her engagement prison walls will still a w a i t him. T h e t i the Duke of Abruzzi. will become a conviction Of Ruef. in the opinion of trained nurse and soon is to enter course most fieople. is the crowning triumph of education. of the g r a f t prosecution. It w a s he the election of President Roosevelt, in a reply to ap- » h o brought aliout peals in the Gompers cose, said he could Mayor Schmltx and the union labor n<»t pardon the labor leaders while tbe supervisors who misused their ofllces. case was befocc the courts, but stated and a f t e r their election It w a s Ruef that the sentences might be given atten- who held complete control of the legistion if the appeal was dropped. lation of the city. NOTES OF CUBEENT EVENTS. The Chattanooga chamber of commerce idopted resolutions requesting President, 1 ,,, t 0 re «PPoint Secretory Wright if the \\ ar Department. Vestments and furnishings of the sacrisly in tlie Church of St. Dominic. San W e r e daiDa e(1 * 'o extent of • J.uuo by some unknown person. Fire at Enterprise. W. Va.. destroyed the tipple, slack bins, boiler house and other buildings of Fairmont Coal Company. The loss is estimated at $75,000. It is reported at Rome that a farewell cable message sent by the Duke of AhI89 K ,er h f ® Klkins concluded J »V wi ever" W " r e m ember you forA l n n , n ev ?t . ®tUng clothes ond with a jimmy in his pocket was arrested at U .. ^ e h 6 " ' N f v" W h i l e p i c k i n 8 n l<*k at the home of Foster Slade, a New York engineer. f o n N c l e n r r I'ufa Man In J n l l . N, J . Donnell has surrendered for the murder of James Hennett at Madill, Okla.. several months ago. Donnell asserts he acted in self-defense. Donnell said the thought of the shooting was driving him insane, and he asked to be locked up. Hotel f l u r n c d t t.omm 9 ><*0,000. Fire the other day destroyed the Arlington hotel and seven other buildings in the heart of Oneonta, N. Y., causing a loss of $100,000. t'lofhea l a n l l e d f r o m .Spark. The explosion of a workman's powderfilled clothes caused the owner. Asa Burton, to be seriously, If not fatally, injured at the plant of the Rurton Powder Company, near Lowellvilie, Ohio. He turned on a small motor which emitted spark, which caused his clolhes to explode, but fortunately did not set off any powder in the plant. . . f ™ 0 1 * . D o ? o h u ^ « laborer who perf' n v of Mayor .No flail f o r ( ' • n u a c k S l a y e r s . McClennan of New York in an attempt In Nashville, Tenn„ Judge Hurt has to ««* him was arrested for disorderly conduct. He said be wanted to defend refused bail to Col. Cooper. Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp, charged with the the Mayor against plotting foreigners murder of Senator Curmack. WORLD'S GREATEST DISASTER FIRST AID TO THE STRICKEN. TOWNS W R E C K E D BY T H E QUAKE T h e towns In Slcll- and southern Italy reported wrecked by the earthquake ure as follows : Messina. Sicily—Population. 150.000: wrecked by eartlupiake ond swept by tidal wave; loss of life enormous. Catania Third largest town in Sicily. In ruins, I'aterno, Sicily—Ten miles northwest of • Rlania, 1.1,(MM); n heap of smoldering ruins. Vitloria. Sicily—Town of 17.000. on the Camarine river; wrecked. Naro. Sicily—Population, 11.000; half destroyed. All—Fifteen miles southwest of Messina. one of the most ancient towns in island: population. 2,(500; badly damnged. Mineo. Sicily—Ninety-six miles northwest of Catania ; badly damaxed. Pstti—On the north roast of Sicily: wrecked. Castoreal—Population; T.'JOO; twelve miles southwest of Milazzo; badly wrerked. I'nlmi. ('alabria—On the southwest coast; population. 14.000; in ruins. Regglo. Ciilnbria—Population. 4.500; across the Strait of Mesxinn from the city of Messins; reported eompletely destroyed. Scilla. Calabria—R<-|»orted destroyed. Itagnara—Sixteen miles northeast of Regglo: popnlstlon, 7. CHICAGO. "The dominant features in buslnesn Circles testify to SI1SIalned- recovery In l»oth activity and conildeiice. Statistics to some extent Include figures for one day less than n year ago. hut the comparison of averages Is gratifying. Payments Ibrotigb the banks nialntaln their recent high volume and trading defaults have declined. The r e t u r n s exhibit unprecedented local sales of holiday goods, increased dealings In foodstuffs and f u r r h e r gain In manufacturers. Conditions generally afford much encouragement. Important factors a r e t h e s t a r t i n g of the sf I r ' r r i t at Gary and enlargement at points, all assuring employu t for large forces of men and uia'lilnrrT. New deniands.for pig Iron, rsi . lUliv ment and structural mnterials 'me f o r w a r d with less' hesitancy il n machinery and h a r d w a r e lines r - u o r t Inquiries which promise much work. Structural materials reflect heavy tonnage needs In the near future. Lumber y a r d sfoclts are less extensive for tbe winter than heretofore and this Hlrengthens values for grades In b^st demand. Wholesole inercbandiso dep a r t m e n t s are in the Inll incident to the close of the year. Mall orders, however. for spring a n d summer wares reflect prompt country settlements. Grain growers still reap high prices ami the growth of winter wheat and rye Is healtby. The total movement of grain at this isirt. 8.003.112 b u s h e K compares with 8,503.0;^ bushels last week and 8*518*05 bushels a year ago. Compared with Ifsi7 there Is decrease in receipts of 10.0 per cent and Increase In shipments of 4.7 jier cent. Flour receipts were lfV).9S2 barrels, against 174JOI barrels last week and 220,852 liarrels a year ago. Live stock receipts. S4.'L524 head, compared wltti 403*181 head last week and 300jVt) head In 1007. Receipts of bides we.'e 3.571.25(1 pounds, against 2.001.108 pounds last week and 2.003.100 poumls In 1007. Lumber re4 cents; ribs, 121-.. cents a b a r r e l ; she.-p IS cents |ier h u n d r e d w e i g h t : pork. 20 cents a b a r r e l ; and lard. 4 2 4 eents a tierce. F a i l u r e s reported in the Chicago district number 22. aaglnst 41 last week. 22 In l!«»7 and 17 In 100H. Those with liabilities over $5,000 numl>er tt, against 13 last week. 7 In 1007 and 4 Id 100U.—Dun's Review WX 'HOOT I KG A T H . I E . r . A OK THX T Y P I C A L GOA&T KCTRTK TOYiK. projierty could not l»e us great a s at San Francisco, for Messlua and Reggloj tbe two principal cities destroyed, were not rich or uiagnlllcent from the metro|Nilltan point of view. F a c e of C o u n t r y In A l t e r e d . As a great cataclysm of nature, however. this d i s a s t e r Is on a f a r vaster seale than the California plienoinenon. The whole face of the country and the coast line have been altered. Even Scylla and Charybdls have changed the poMltlons they have occupied since \ e n a s ' legendary voyage. The three provinces where the greatest d a m a g e was done w e r e Messina a n d Catania, In Sicily, ami Regglo dl Calabria, on the mainland. They comprise about 4.400 S4|uare miles. T h e rock of Charybdls now blocks the entrance to the s t r a i t of Messina. Several hundred persons perlshetl and much dainage w a s done outside of these provinces, but within them the devastation was so coniplete that scarcely a human habitation remains. I iilieavul l.anta .'I- Sccomla. All accounts agree that the time «»<• cupled by n a t u r e ' s gigantic spasms win but thirty-two seconds. Some nilnutet later a great wave completed the havoc in the ill fated coast towns. T h e COAS^T O F EAUTti I ut ruins a r e left to Indicate where they formerly stood. Mr<»liiM W n r n r d a v617LF o r ^aiodJL Q PAL M l DOONARU SciUA 'AIXRMO J CASlfcOREAl^11 RtC6f0™ , A N C O MtTITO C IN A C PATFRWO CATANIA SYRACUSt h a p or s M e i L r a k d L O e A T I O K S 0 O F TOWHS9 g r e a t e s t '"WE*R. I T A I / Y , ^ - H O W K O ' W H I C H S*L7TF-E'RE'D PAJTA^E,-. MANY H U R T IN T H E A T E R PANIC. CuiiiihIIm flalcltlc In a T u b . Daspoii'leat from a long illness, caused F i r e on Htnue ut Alloona, Pn., Ilonl* by a cancer of the throat. D.ivid Hart, S p e c t a l o r a In f l u r r x . SO. a Civil War veteran, committed suiFollowing the close of an ait at I he cide by drowning himself In a bathtub Keith Theater in Aitoona, Pa., where a in tlie hospital at the Soldiers' Home In moving picture show was being presentod. Dayton. Ohio. fire started on the stage. There was a mad rush for the exits by the paulcAt Frankfort, Ky., Justice l.assing. In Htricken spectators and many received I he Court of Appeals, rendered a deeision painful bruises. While the firemen were giving horsemen u sweeping victory, holdresponding to an alarm the Haines spread ing that betting or wagering on a horse rapidly, consuming the stage nad mucll race is not gaming and canuut be conof the interior. strued as a felony. BURGLAR GETS $20,000. YALTARAl^O O O A b i E IX 1 9 0 6 . T H E £ A M £ ME.APUJLE.S* A R E / BE/lXc; US'LD JVy I T A L I A X K I L 1 T I A . . vMeii.Y ICxtra I ' n r e l.atv llelil Vallil. The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld B a n k T h e f t Hue to l-'ault)- f t c p a l r the validity of the law enacted by the LegW o r k . ** islature iasi winter, giving railroad comRut for the reversing of a spring lu panies authority to charge an extra 10 the vault time lock a burglar could not cents for tickets purchased on trains. The have carried away $20,700 from the First (pieslion came up in a case from l^igan National Rank of Monrovia. Cnl. Four county, brought by Marion Miller against days before the robbery an expert lock- the Toledo and Ohio Central. mith from l/os Angeles overhauled the lock.. He did ids work faultily and left .Hliatca M a m K i l l " .Self u l t l i K a a o r . the lock outwardly in good shape, but Taking the razor with which he had actually useless. The fact that the burg- jusl finished shaving a man in the Port lar hud still to open an ordinary combi- .lervis, N. Y.. barber shop where he was nation loek has caused the belief that he employed, Paul OralT. .'Il years old, cut was skilled in the handling of locks. his own tliro.it, dying iiistanliy. C U R R E N T N E W S NOTES. Cardinal Victor Lucian Sulplce I-ecot. archbishop of Rordeuux, died ut Chambery, France. Dale culture in the Imperial valley, California, is declared to be a success by J . W. Jennings, an experimenter. Justices of the Court of Sjieclal Sessions In NeW York sat almost all night in efforts to catch up ou cases. Forty-two steam and thirteen sailing vessels were built in the United States and oflielally numbered during November. A special couiinisslon from Porto Rico is In WaslilDgton for the purpose of Inducing Congress to impose a duty of 5 cents a pound on foreign coffee, the principal industry of the Island. A bridge three miles lu length will be built by the Pennsylvania road over Hell fJate, from Port Morris, a suburb of New York, to I-oug Island. The center arch will be 1.000 feet long. The Rev, John P. McCloskey, assistant pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Toledo, in the pulpit amiouiiced that his doys weie numbered, according to doctors, but he would labor to the In"* Often. Messina e.\i»erlenced a similar disaster In 17SS. She had then the same preliminary w a r n i n g s during the previous four or live y e a r s that she had recently In 1005 a n d 1007. Roth Messina and Regglo a r e ou the seismic line of contact or boundary lietween the p r i m a r y and secondary formations which s e p a r a t e Mount Ktna and Mount Vesuvius, it Is a veritable storm center of earthquakes, yet Messina stayed for this last lesson In the light of modern sclentltlc knowledge. Messina probably will not rise again from her ruins and ashes. T h i s last overwhelming calamity will al t er the f u t u r e history of Sicily ami southern Italy. It will lie regarded a s certain that a considerable portion of the |Mipulatlon of this fair land will bow before the w r a t h of the gods and seek homes elsewhere. Next to Italy Itself. America will feel the effect of this calamity more than any other country, for a large proisirtlon of the stricken population will seek refuge there a s soon a s the means of flight can be secured. i t e a t r n , Holtlird, C r c m a t r d . J . A. (lollahon, 75 years old, of Rroadford, Va., was beaten, robbed and Incinerated In his own house, which was set afire by tramps, who are thought to have known that the old man had money around the premises. Kntoinbed M l n r r » F o u n d Dead. Entombed in the Pennsylvapla colliery at Mount Carmel, Pa., by an avalanche of coal, the bodies of Frank Logan and Stanislaus Mortsvoge were found in a nuuiway by a rescuing party. illack H a n d AVrrokn l i o u n r . Because he refused to pay $1,000 demandedli the Rlack Hand Is believed to have attempted to kill Joseph Cacollcl and his family in Cleveland. Dynamite was exploded at a corner of his house and considerable damage was done, but no one was hurt. HlHliarrcd A t l o n i p y I.o««-« Oilier. Judge Jones of the Circuit Court In S'loux Falls, S. D., has decided tJiat (Jeorge W. Kgan, who was elected Slate's Attorney after his disbarment by the Supreme Court, is not eligible to hold the othe- Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $4.00 to $7.lfc»; hoe-«. prime heavy, J4.II0 to $<1.(15; sheep, fair to c'.iolce. $:{.00 to $5.2r»; wheat. No. 2. $1.04 to $1.(15; corn. No. 2. 50c to 38e; o.O*. siandard. 4*» to 40c; rye. No. 2. 74c to 75c; uay. timothy, $S.(X) to #l3.r 1; prairie. $S.OO to $12.00; butter, choire crvamery, 27c to S2c; eggs, fresh. 27c to y i e ; potatoes, per bushel. OOc to 70c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.1X1; hogs, good to choice heavy. $3.>S1 to $5.00; sheep, good to choice, $2.50 to $4.01; wheat. No. 2. $1.08 to $1.04; corn. No, 2 white. ."Vk- to 00c; oats. No. 2 white. 40c to ."ilc. Si. Ix)aia—Cattle. $4.50 to $7.00; hogs. $4.00 to $0.25: sheep. $.'{.110 to $4.50; wheat. No, 2. $LGS to $1.00; corn. No. 2. GOc to OOc; oats. No. 2. 4!k to 50c; rye. No. 2. 70c lo 77c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $4.00 to $5.85; hogs. $4.00 to $5.05; sheep. $3.00 to $L15; wheat. No. 2. $L««» to $1.07; corn. No. 2 mixed. 5Sc to r>JV-; oats. No. 2 mixed. 50c to 51c; rye. No. 2. 7V to SOc. Detroit—Cattle. $4.00 lo $">.50: hogs. $4.00 to $5.50; sheep. $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.02 to $1.04: corn. No. 3 yellow. 00c lo flic; oats. No. 3 white, 51c to 52c; rye. No. 2. 75c to 77c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 northern. $1.05 lo $1.08; corn. No. 3. 50c to flic; oats, standard, 40c to 51c; rye. No. 1. 73* to 74c; barley. No. 1. 04c to ti5c: pork, mess, $I4.iiO. Ruffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $15.75; hogs, fair to choice. $4.00 to $0.10; sheep, common to good mixed. $4.00 to $1.75; lambs fair to choice, $5,00 to $7.So. New York —Cattle. $1.00 to $'».00; hogs. $SJS0 lo $d.00; sheep, $3.00 to $1.00; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.07 to $1.00; corn. No. 2. 03c lo 05c: oats, natural white, 55c lo 57c; butter, creuuory. 2!K.* to .'{2c: eggs, western. 88c to 31c. Toledo- Wheat. No. 2 mixed. $1.03 to $1.05; corn. No, 2 mixed. SOc to 00c; oots. No. 2 mixed. 51c lo 52c: rye. No. 2, 77c lo 78c; clover seed, $5.37, TRADE AND INDUSTRY. Northwestern timber uiaguates have failed to complete the combine Iteguu in Chicago some weeks ago. Another meeting was held at Duluth, hut some of the large timber owners were still o^yosed to the consolidation. The C. A. SmUh Timber Company, with headquarters in Mlnneapol s, will apply the principle of reforestation to upward of half « million acres of timber laud. This action results directly from the action which is to he taken up by lumber men throughout America. The property of the Northwestern Cooperative Co.il and I W k Company was •old under foreclosure proceeding* at Ashland. Wis., to the Northern Dredge Company of Duluth for $100,707. die amount of the dredging claims. The company was started about three years ago by farmers of the Dakolas, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. The tapense of promoting the project is said to have been heavy and the organuers. it is said, were bitterly fought by coal maguattw. The National Forest Conservation League has forwarded to Congress a petition a>kiiig that the tariff on forest products he n pea led. FBENCH P E E S I L E N T ATTACKED. Man D t i o n s they bring u p these e l e m e n t s f r o m t h e subsoil, a l a r g e p o r t i o n of which e v e n t u a l l y goes to p r o m o t e t h e g r o w t h of succeeding crops In t h e r o t a t i o n . If l a r g e a m o u n t s of p u r c h a s e d g r a i n foods a r e fed on t h e / a r m t h e a m o u n t of potash and p h o s p h o r i c acid In t h e soil P o u l t r y f o r profit d e m a n d s good m a y be g r e a t l y Increased. W h e t h e r the supply of p o t a s s i u m a n d p h o s p h o r u s qunrterB a n d good feed. will be sufficiently m a i n t a i n e d In the S t a g n a n t w a t e r d m n k by t h e c o w s c u l t i v a t e d soils w i t h o u t f e e d i n g purl i a p t t o c a u s e stin g y milk. c h a s e d g r a i n f o o d s will d e p e n d to a F e e d i n g too mucii c o r n is t h e caune c e r t a i n e x t e n t upon t h e kind of soil of m a n y cases of w e a k n e s s In t h e h i n d a n d subsoil a n d t h e e x t e n t to which deep-rooted plants a r e grown. On legs. many f a r m s where these elements are L a m b s can be f a t t e n e d w i t h o u t c o m . deficient a n d Incomplete f e r t i l i z e r le F e e d t h e m barley, a l f a l f a , t u r n i p s a n d used w i t h success or t h e m a n u r e field peas. b a l a n c e d by t h e u s e of m i n e r a l f e r tlllzers. which a r e t e r m e d floats.— Colts f r o m a stallion t h a t Is k e p t In A g r i c u l t u r a l K p l t o m l s t . .table, with l i t t l e or no exercise, a r e ually I n f e r i o r . T o C a r e C a n k e r In P i s a . Canker sore mouth always appears C o m p u t into t h e silo will p r o d u c e In y o u n g pigs u n d e r six w e e k s old and m o r e feed to t h e a c r e t h a n most a n y f r e q u e n t l y w i t h f a t a l results. The t u f n g else f o r d a i r y cows. symptoms are as follows: Large water Get t h e cow's good will a n d s h e will blisters a p p e a r a b o u t t h e lips and not hold u p t h e milk. K i n d n e s s will snout, r a p i d l y succeeded by m u c h heat a n d swelling of t h e p a r t s , a n d l a t e r accomplish w h a t a b u s e n e v e r c a n . t h i c k b r o w n scabs apj>ear, w h i c h open It Is by t r y i n g t h a t men become ex- into deep cracks. T h e s e scabs e x t e n d p e r t In a n y t h i n g . If you would u n d e r - o v e r t h e face, head a n d even to t h e s t a n d y o u r f a r m i n g b e t t e r keep t r y i n g body a n d limits, t h e Joints of t h e l a t t e r B a r n s a r e c h e a p e r t h a n f e e d . Shel- becoming m u c h swollen a n d inflamed. the t e r well y o u r live s t o c k a n d m a k e t h e Ulcere f r e q u e n t l y f o r m about high-priced feed go a s f a r a s pos- s n o u t a n d Jaws, e a t i n g t h e flesh f r o m t h e bones. T h e pigs s h o w d u l l n e s s , a sible. d i s i n c l i n a t i o n to move, o f t e n r e f u s e to Sheep will never d r i n k I m p u r e wa- suckle, or to do so In a very h a l f t e r . In p u t t i n g y o u r flock Into w i n t e r h e a r t e d m a n n e r . q u a r t e r s see t h a t p r o p e r c a r e Is t a k e n T o be e f f e c t i v e t h e t r e a t m e n t s h o u l d to p r o v i d e a d e q u a t e a n d c l e a n w a t e r be p r o m p t a n d t h o r o u g h . Prepare a supply. solution of p e r m a n g a n a t e of p o t a s h , w h i c h can be h a d a t any d r u g store, H e a v y d r a f t m a r e s will grow a g r a d e u s i n g o n e o u n c e of t h e c r y s t a l s disd r a f t colt e v e r y y e a r t h a t will sell solved In one gallon of w a t e r in a comr e a d i l y a t f r o m $75 to $200 w h e n 3 mon pail. T h e y o u n g pigs should be y e a r s old. T h e s e s a m e m a r e s w h e n d i p p e d head f o r e m o s t i n t o t h e solution b r e d to a light h o r s e will breed colts a n d kept t h e r e f o r a brief time, Ret h a t will b r i n g f r o m $75 to $100. p e a t t h i s t w o or t h r e e t i m e s giving T h e h o r n y g l u t e n In a g r a i n of c o r n t h e pig t i m e to c a t c h i t s b r e a t h in t h e This treatment given c o n t a i n s t h e p r o t e i n . T h e a m o u n t of I n t e r m i s s i o n , p r o t e i n a corn c o n t a i n s can be d e t e r - every d a y f o r t h r e e or f o u r d a y s will m i n e d by c u t t i n g t«>e g r a i n In t w o u s u a l l y effect a c u r e if t h e t r o u b l e is long s t a n d i n g . In e x t r e m e c r o s s w i s e w i t h a p o c k e t k n i f e . T h e not of w h i t e m e a l y substam-e of t h e k e r n e l i s c a s e s w h e r e ulcers a n d h e a v y s c a b s h a v e f o r m e d u s e t w o o u n c e s of t h e the starch. p e r m a n g a n a t e to one gallon of w a t e r A u t h o r i t i e s on f o r e s t r y s a y t h a t sev- a n d b e f o r e d i p p i n g r e m o v e all t h e d e a d enty-tlve y e a r s a r e r e q u i r e d f o r t h e oak and loose t i s s u e s t h a t h a v e been e a t e n T h e s o w ' s u d d e r s h o u l d be to r e a c h m a t u r i t y : a n d a b o u t t h e s a m e a w a y . l e n g t h of t i m e f o r t h e a s h a n d e l m ; b a t h e d f r e e l y w i t h t h e solution e a c h a n d f o r t h e s p r u c e a n d fir a b o u t e i g h t y d a y . years. After this time their growth RiRht W a r to Uae Sllaire. r e m a i n s s t a t i o n a r y f o r some y e a r s , a n d Silos h a v e been a b a n d o n e d In m a n y t h e n d e c a y begins. T h e r e are, howcases because t h e m i l k b e c a m e so badever. exceptions, f o r o a k s a r e still livly t a i n t e d as to become u n s a l a b l e . If ing w h i c h a r e k n o w n to be o v e r 1,000 t h e c r e a m e r i e s a n d cheese factories y e a r s old. w e r e a s p a r t i c u l a r a s t h e y s h o u l d be A small flock of s h e e p can be k e p t t h e y would c o n d e m n a g r e a t deal of w i t h but l i t t l e expense, a n d , w h e t h e r t h e milk t h a t Is now accepted "from wool Is high o r low, t h e check t h e i r silage-fed h e r d s . T h i s is n o t t h e f a u l t wool b r i n g s In t h e s p r i n g Is a b o u t c l e a r of t h e s i l a g e ; It is t h e f a u l t of t h e profit, to say n o t h i n g of t h e f e a s t s of m a n w h o h a n d l e s It. Silage h a s a v e r y r o a s t l a m b a n d m u t t o n c h o p s t h e t a b l e p e n e t r a t i v e odor, which is t a k e n u p h a s held d u r i n g t h e y e a r . T h e n t h e very quickly by milk. If s i l a g e Is fed I n c r e a s e sold, w h e t h e r a s d r e s s e d m e a t b e f o r e m i l k i n g t h e milk is q u i t e cerif t h e milk on t h e local m a r k e t or a s live s h e e p t o t a i n to become t a i n t e d , be shipped, will b r i n g In q u i t e a s n u g Is allowed to s t a n d a f e w m i n u t e s in s u m . It Is h a r d f o r u s to conceive of t h e b a r n a f t e r m i l k i n g a n d silage Is a f a r m upon w h i c h a s m a l l flock of fed w h i l e t h e c a n s a r e s t a n d i n g a r o u n d t h e milk will be t a i n t e d . If t h e s t a b l e s h e e p will not pay. is not v e n t i l a t e d or Is poorly v e n t i l a t e d W h e n no w a t e r h a s been a d d e d to t h e silage o d o r s will linger In t h e s t a b l e b u t t e r m i l k It h a s been f o u n d to h a v e a s a n d t a i n t t h e milk. In a n u n v e n t l l a t e d g r e a t a f e e d i n g v a l u e a s skim milk. I t a s t a b l e t h e s t a b l e Itself will In t i m e beconqmsltlon Is p r a c t i c a l l y t h e s a m e a s come s a t u r a t e d or p e r m e a t e d w i t h t h e t h e skim milk, a l t h o u g h It v a r i e s some- silage o d o r a n d will t a i n t t h e milk, w h a t In composition. W h i l e It h a s been no m a t t e r how t h e silage Is h a n d l e d . used f u r calf f e e d i n g t h i s m u s t be T h e corn Is f r e q u e n t l y c u t Into t h e silo d o n e by s k i l l f u l f e e d e r s . I t h a s Its too g r e e n , w h i c h m a k e s v e r y s o u r silg r e a t e s t use a s a pig feed. In s o m e age, w i t h a s t r o n g odor. T h e silage is c a s e s It Is w o r t h m o r e f o r pig feed f r e q u e n t l y c a r e l e s s l y h a n d l e d In t h e through the t h a n t h e skim milk. S e v e r a l of tlie s t a b l e ; It Is s c a t t e r e d • t a t l o n s h a v e o b t a i n e d e x c e l l e n t r e s u l t s a l l e y s a n d a l l o w e d to r e m a i n on t h e In f e e d i n g It to pigs. floors. I n such I n s t a n c e s t h e s t a b l e will be scented w i t h t h e silage a n d t h e To Increaav Dairy Prollta. milk will be t a i n t e d . T h e d a i r y m a n Is e n t i t l e d to liberal If good r e s u l t s a r e expected f r o m compensation, as he r e p r e s e n t s t h e silage It m u s t be p r o p e r l y h a n d l e d In m o s t s t r e n u o u s b r a n c h of h u s b a n d r y . t h e s t a b l e . F i r s t , silage m u s t be fed T h e d a i r y m a n Is confined to h i s w o r k only a f t e r m i l k i n g . Second, t h e floors e v e r y d a y In t h e y e a r a n d f o l l o w s a m u s t be k e p t d e a n a n d no silage alb r a n c h of live stock Industry t h a t lowed to a c c u m u l a t e in t h e alleys. n e e d s methodical, s y s t e m a t i c m a n a g e - T h i r d , t h e r e s h o u l d not be m o r e s i l a g e m e n t . T h e d a i r y m a n Is compelled to fed t h a n t h e stock will c l e a n u p a t p l a c e b u s i n e s s before p l e a s u r e or s u f f e r once. F o u r t h , t h e s t a b l e m u s t be well s e r i o u s losses. R e g u l a r i t y In f e e d i n g v e n t i l a t e d . F i f t h , corn s h o u l d nof l)e a n d milking Is one of t h e g r e a t s e c r e t s c u t In too g r e e n . S i x t h , d o n ' t feed of success In t h e d a i r y I n d u s t r y . Any moldly silage. b r a n c h of a g r i c u l t u r e t h a t Involves F r o m t h e f o r e g o i n g It will be seen s u c h s t r e n u o u s effort a s d a i r y hus- t h a t silage m u s t be m o r e carefully b a n d r y should receive r e a s o n a b l e p r o f - h a n d l e d t h a n o r d i n a r y r o u g h a g e . O n e Its. cannot throw silage a r o u n d a s he T h e r e Is no elass of f a r m i n g m o r e m i g h t s t r a w or h a y a n d get s a t i s f a c t o r y u n d e r t h e control of t h e p r o p r i e t o r r e s u l t s . T o get best r e s u l t s f r o m silt h a n d a i r y i n g . It is a b r a n c h of hus- a g e a l i t t l e e x t r a c a r e m u s t be e x e r b a n d r y t h a t calls for t h e e x e r c i s e of In- cised all a l o n g t h e line, m o r e c a r e In t e l l i g e n c e a n d J u d g m e n t . T h e mer- filling silo, c a r e in t a k i n g s i l a g e o u t . clwint a n d t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r k e e p a c a r e in h a n d l i n g silage In b a r n , c a r v In r e c o r d of t h e i r t r a n s a c t i o n s a n d can v e n t i l a t i n g s t a b l e a n d , w i t h a l , cleanlitell w h e t h e r t h e i r b u s i n e s s is o p e r a t e d ness. If o n e is n o t willing to give t h i s a t a profit or loss. T h e milk p r o d u c e r e x t r a c a r e t h e silo Is best n o t built, c a n k e e p a r e c o r d of his c o w s a n d weed f o r t h i s la t h e p r i c e of success w i t h o u t t h e u n p r o f i t a b l e m e m b e r s a n d re- silage. Silage p r o p e r l y injt u p a n d p l a c e them w i t h b e t t e r p e r f o r m e r s . T o p r o p e r l y fed is a very c h e a p a n d most k e e p a record of t h e i n d i v i d u a l pro- excellent f o o d ; Improperly p u t u p a n d d u c t i o n of t h e d i f f e r e n t m e m b e r s of t h e Improperly fed it may be a n e x p e n s i v e h e r d will add Interest to d a i r y hus- a n d h a z a r d o u s e x p e r i m e n t b a n d r y a n d show t h e p r o p r i e t o r how to C a n r e l l n s the OhllRatlon. I n c r e a s e his profits. "You h a v e s a v e d my l i f e , " s a i d t h e Potnah a n d Phoaphorlc A d d . old m a n , w h o m t h e t r a m p h a d s a v e d W hlie w e can get all t h e n i t r o g e n f r o m d r o w n i n g . " A s y o u r r e w a r d , you r e q u i r e d In general f a r m i n g f r o m t h e m a y h a v e my d a u g h t e r t h e r e . " s i r a n d t h e stable m a n u r e , w e can not T h e l i f e - s a v e r glanced a t t h e d a u s h j e t all of t h e p h o s p h o r u s a n d potas- ter, t h e n bent a g a i n o v e r t h e old m a n . •lura. a n d w h e n they a r e deficient they W h a t a r e you d o i n g ? " a s k e d t h e i»ermust l>e restored to t h e soil In some plexed f a t h e r . way. T h e element most g e n e r a l l y de'Going t o d r o p you In a g a i n . " — ficient In most of o u r old c u l t i v a t e d J u d g e . soils Is p h o s p h o r u s ; It Is t a k e n f r o m No D a n s e r . t h e soil to f o r m t h e bones of every aniE x d t e d W o m a n — A r e you going to m a l a n d Is used largely by g r a i n cropsP o t a s s i u m is a b u n d a n t in most clay r u n a w a y w i t h me? Reckless Driver ( s l i g h t l y Intoxisoils, but it is iu a f o r m t h a t is not a v a i l a b l e to t h e p l a n t s , i n s a n d y , loose c a t e d ) — S o r r y , m u m . but—<)ut I c a n ' t soils It Is deficient. Ou clay soil t h e oblige you. I ' m m a r - m a r r i e d a l r e a d y . p o t a s s i u m can be m a d e a v a i l a b l e f a s t e r — J u d g e . by t h e use of l i m e o r l a n d p l a s t e r . It la m a n y t i m e s a q u e s t i o n of w h e t h e r It is c h e a p e r to use l i m e or p l a a t e r or t o buy p o t a s h s a l t s . On a f a r m w h e r e Uve stock Is fed t h e loss f r o m t h s s e slem e n t s will be slow a n d w h e n t h e deep r o o t a d legumes a r e g r o w n lu t h e rota- At t k e M a t i n e e . "Will you kindly remove your hat, m a d a m — I p a i d $5 f o r t h i s s e a t so I could see." " O h . I n d e e d ! a n d 1 p a i d $25 f o r t h i s h a t so It could be s e e n . " — J o u r n a l A mM--"* T h r o w s A r m s A)DUt F a l l i e r e a and Tries to P a l l Beard. W h i l e Arm.ind F n l l l c t e s , t h e Presid e n t of F r a n c e , acvumpanled t y ,\I. R a m o n d o u . h i s seciwtary, a n d Colonel Lasson, m i l i t a r y a t t a c h e a t t h e Elysee palace, w a s takli g a m o r n i n g stroll n e a r t h e Rue d e I'Ktolle in P a r i s , a poorly clad Individual, w h o e v i d e n t l y had been lying iu wait, s u d d e n l y j u m p ed upon t h e P r e s i d e n t f r o m behind a n d t h r e w h i s a r m s a b o u t M, F a l l lyres' neck in a n e f f o r t t o seize h i s beard. Colonel Lasson a n d S e c r e t a r y R a m o n dou s p r a n g to t h e a s s i s t a n c e of t h e P r e s i d e n t , d r a g g e d off his a s s a i l a n t a n d t u r n e d him o v e r to t w o special detectives w h o had been following t h e p a r t y on bicycles. IVesldent F a i l l e r e s ' c a n e w a s broken in t h e struggle, but beyond a s c r a t c h on t h e e a r he w a s not Inj u r e d a n d Insisted on c o n t i n u i n g his walk. As t h e d e t e c t i v e s slipped t h e h a n d c u f f s on t h e m a n he c r i e d ; "1 am unarmed. 1 s i m p l y w a n t e d to pull t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s b e a r d . " At tlie s t a t i o n h o u s e t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s a s s a i l a n t proved to be J e a n M a t t l s , a c a f e w a i t e r . 24 y e a r s old a n d a n a t i v e of t h e d e p a r t m e n t of Savole. Medals of G e n e r a l Mercler. t h e f o r m e r M i n i s t e r of W a r ; s t a m p s b e a r i n g t h e head of t h e Duke of O r l e a n s , a c a r d of m e m b e r s h i p In t h e P a t r l e F r a n c a i s e a n d o t h e r Royalist d o c u m e n t s w e r e f o u n d on Ills person. During the examination Mattls b o a s t e d of being a Royalist and t a l k e d c o n f u s e d l y of h a v i n g done b i s " d u t y " a n d obeyed t h e d i c t a t e s of his "conscience." Q u a n t i t i e s of Royalist react i o n a r y l i t e r a t u r e w e r e f o u n d by t h e Itolice w h e n t h e y r a n s a c k e d his residence. T h e Investigation r e v e a l s t h e f a c t t h a t M a t t l s w a s In close relation w i t h the Royalist organization, and this gives color to r u m o r s t h a t he w a s t h e I n s t r u m e n t of a R o y a l i s t plot. S e r i o u s evidence In t h i s direction, however, is l a c k i n g u p to t h e p r e s e n t t i m e INVITES T770 NATIONS. P r e s i d e n t Roosevelt Asks C a n a d a and Mexico to Aid in C o n s e r v a t i o n . A n n o u n c e m e n t has been m a d e at the W h i t e H o u s e In W a s h i n g t o n of a proposed plan for a c o n f e r e n c e looking t o w a r d t h e c o n s e r v a t i o n of t h e n a t u ral r e s o u r c e s of N o r t h America, to be held at t h e W h i t e H o u s e Feb. 18 next. Letters suggesting t h e plan h a v e been a d d r e s s e d by P r e s i d e n t Roosevelt to t h e G o v e r n o r G e n e r a l a n d to t h e P r e m i e r of C a n a d a a n d to P r e s i d e n t D i a z of Mexico. T h e y will be delive r e d to t h e officials In p e r s o n by Glfford P l n c h o t , c h a i r m a n of t h e National C o n s e r v a t i o n Commission and chief f o r e s t e r of t h e United S t a t e s w h o m P r e s i d e n t Roosevelt h a s chosen a s his personal r e p r e s e n t a t i v e to convey tlie i n v i t a t i o n s a n d to c o n f e r w i t h t h e aut h o r i t i e s of t h e t w o g o v e r n m e n t s . Mr. P l n c h o t first will visll C a n a d a . H e then will c a r r y t h e i n v i t a t i o n to P r e s i d e n t D i a z a t t h e City of Mexlcrt. T h e proposed North American conference Is t h e o u t g r o w t h of t h e t w o cons e r v a t i o n c o n f e r e n c e s held in W a s h i n g ton. in which t h e g o v e r n o r s of t h e S t a t e s a n d T e r r i t o r i e s w e r e t h e principal conferees. T h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s designa te d by t h e C a n a d i a n a n d Mexican g o v e r n m e n t s will, u n d e r t h e proposed p l a n , c o n s u l t with r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of t h e S t a t e a n d o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s of this government and with the National C o n s e r v a t i o n Commission The main object of t h e conference, as a n n o u n c e d , will be to point o u t t h a t n a t u r a l res o u r c e s a r e not limited by tlie bounda r y lines w h i c h s e p a r a t e n a t i o n s , to develop a b e t t e r k n o w l e d g e of t h e n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s of e a c h n a t i o n on t h e p a r t of t h e o t h e r s , a n d to Invite s u g g e s t i o n s f o r c o n c u r r e n t a c tion f o r t h e protec tion of m u t u a l I n t e r e s t s r e l a t e d to conservation. W/?S&€NDS. Racing at San Antonio, Texas, has bepun. A f a i r class of horses is entered, and the feature is a race at one mile, fourth on the card. The Australian tennis players won the Dwight F. Davis international cup, final* Ij defeating Messrs. Wright and Alexander, the American contestants. Myron Curtis, who has coached the Carieton football team for the past two seasons, has resigned his position ami will return East and go into business. H a r r y Stover, manager of Ihe track at Butte, Mont., says he has advices lo the effect that there will be no legislation against racinc in that S t a l e this winter. J e m Driscoil, claiming to be featherweight champion of England, knocked out Charley Griffin, featherweight champion of Australia, in ihe eleventh round of a bout which proved tlie best boxing t'xhibilion seen in Boston in many years. No football game will be played between Iowa and Minnesota next fall and negotiations have been pract'cally ended, as the Gopiiers insist that the game be played at Minneapolis and Iowa insists that it be played at Iowa City or not at all. T h e S t a t e board of control of high school athletics will not decide on the place for the annual meet of the Iowa high schools, but the different institutions will be given an opportunity to choose the location of the bin yearly event. Dea Moines expects to capture the meet. A fine row has been stirred up iD baseball circles by statements from Umpires Klem and Johnstone that an attempt was made to bribe them at the deciding frame between New York and Chicago at the New York Polo grounds. National League officials are investigating and prosecutions may follow. H a r r y Pulliam was unanimously elected president of the National Ba>ehall League at the annual meeting of the association. John Heidler was re-elected to the secretaryship. Freeport wants to stay in the Wisconsin-Illinois League. A committee is now busy in the Illinois c:ty raising the difference between $1.S00 already subscribed and the total $2.."i aa a C r i m i n a l M s k e t a a an EvaoRellat. P a t Crowe, w h o s e c r i m i n a l c a r e e r Is k n o w n t h r o u g h o u t t h e world—Crowe, t h e ex-couvlct. o u t l a w a n d kidna|>er— m a d e h i s d e b u t a s a n evangelist a n d d e c l a r e d to an a u d i e n c e In E v a n s t o n . a s u b u r b of Chicago, t h a t h e had sincerely r e f o r m e d . C r o w e p r e a c h e d a v e r i t a b l e s e r m o n to an a s s e m b l a g e of men and women u n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s of t h e W. C. T. U. P r i s o n R e f o r m League, a n d grew eloquent In a plea to citizens of t h e land to uld lu prison r e f o r m a n I s t o p t h e i n a n u f i i c t u r e of c r i m i n a l s lu r e f o r m schools a n d |»enltentlaries. Crowe, a f e w y e a r s a g o f a c i n g revolver b u l l e t s and fieelug f r o m police, b e f o r e t h a t a robber a n d i n m a t e of prisons, stood u p b e f o r e his a u d i e n c e a n d t a l k e d like h e m e a n t w h a t he said. H e t a l k e d fluently, d e t e r m i n e d l y , forcef u l l y a n d smoothly. T r u e , he e x p l a i n e d a f t e r w a r d , h e had r e h e a r s e d his add r e s s m a n y times U-fore h e undertook to deliver It. T h e f o m i e r I n m a t e of J o l i e t a n d Jefferson City penitentiaries, the kidnaper of E d d i e C u d a h y . p r e a c h e d a g a i n s t the THE WEEKLY Lf,; - HISTORIAN l . i 3 - - D e s r r u c t i o n of cargo of taxed tea in Boston harbor by citizens disguis« <1 as Indians, known as the "Boaton lea Party." 1770—The seat of the United States govj-rnment was removed to Baltimore. 1 m ' ^'orth Carolina adopted constitution. 1778—Four hundred persons perished in the burning of a theater in i rsgossa. Spain. l«Si New Jersey constitution. ratified the Federal 1789—The first circulating library was established in Salem, Mass. ' • 9 0 — T h e Russians took ;tic fortress I»mael from the Turks. 17! 12—First provincial P a r l i s s i t n i of J n * e r Can-vb at guebec. 1799—Burial of Gen. Waahingtoo. 1 ® ^ — T h o m a s Jefferson and George Clinton were unanimously chosen President and Vice President of the United States. PAT Cteo-tfii. saloon, a n d u r g e d t h e e x p e n d i t u r e by t h e G o v e r n m e n t of r e v e n u e f r o m t h e liquor t r a f f i c on t h e erection of highw a y s t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y by prison labor. H e s p o k e of his ideas in a somew h a t s c a t t e r e d m a n n e r , but his audience listened Intently. KILLED BY OIL WELL FUMES. Das Bocus, Mexico, a n d Country A r o u n d S c e n e of Q u e e r A f f l i c t i o n . F u m e s so s t r o n g t h a t all m e t a l s In a town sixty-five miles a w a y a r c t u r n i n g black, b u z z a r d s , p a r r o t s a n d o t h e r b i r d s a r e dying In g r e a t n u m b e r s , a n d t h e eyesight of m a n y people f a r a w a y Is affected, a r e a n n o u n c e d a s a m o n g t h e r e s u l t s of t h e g r e a t How of t h e Mexican oil well a t Dos Becas, Mexico. Since t h e recent fire t h e r e , which, a s r e p o r t e d a t t h e time, c o n s u m e d several million b a r r e l s of oil d u r i n g its almost t w o m o n t h s ' c o u t l n u a n c c , t h e best eng i n e e r i n g skill on both sides of t h e Mexican-United States touudary Hue has been e n g a g e d lu t h e e f f o r t to control t h e flow a n d c o n s e r v e t h e oil. I m m e n s e e a r t h e n r e s e r v o i r s a n d dikes h a v e been built, but t h e oil p a s s e d over these w i t h e a s e ami s p r e a d o v e r flu l a g u n a f o r s e v e r a l miles. Men and a n i m a l s , r e p o r t s Consul Griffith al Tamplco, a r e d y i n g f r o m t h e e f f e c t s of t h e noxious g a s e s c o n s t a n t l y t h r o w n of! In g r e a t q u a n t i t i e s by t h e wells. Ozuln a m a , a t o w n in Vera C r u z s t a t e , seven leagues d i s t a n t , a n d T a m p l c o , sixty-five miles d i s t a n t , a r e e x p e r i e n c i n g the b l a c k e n i n g of m e t a l f r o m t h i s cause, a n d all s h i p s e n t e r i n g T a m p l c o f r o m Vera C r u z a n d p a s s i n g n e a r t h e well show t h e effects of t h e poisonous gaset. Consul Griffith s a y s It h a s been aut h o r i t a t i v e l y r e p o r t e d t h a t t w o labore r s w i t h ten m u l e s w e r e exposed to n c u r r e n t of t h e d e a d l y f u m e s a t a dist a n c e f r o m t h e well a n d w e r e i n s t a n t l j killed. T h e D i a z g o v e r n m e n t h a s sent t o t h e well 300 s a p p e r s t o a s s i s t t h e c o m p a n y In p r o t e c t i n g t h e lives and p r o p e r t y of t h e people living a n d working In t h a t n e i g h b o r h o o d . U r s t Rom in Catholic orphan asylum in America incor|>orated in Philadelphia. 1812—Town of Derby, Vt., attacked by the British. 1835—Great fire in New York; $20,000,000 property loss. lS4r>—Sir Hugh Gough defeated the Sikhs iu battle of Moodkee. 1840—The first regiment to fight against Mexico was organized in Pittsburg. 1852— l S:icramento. Cal., was Hooded by the breaking of a levee. ISTto—Joel Abbott, commanding die American squadron in Ihe East Indies, died at Hongkong. 1800—South Carolina seceded from the U n i o n . . . .Gov. Hicks of Maryland refused to receive the Missisaippl commissioners. 1SC2—The Confederates recaptured Holly Springs, Miss. 18(V1—President Lincoln called for 300,000 v o l u n t e e r s . . . .Gen. Dix Issued an order for reprisals on Canadians hecause of the St. Albans raid; order annulled later by President Lincoln. 1870—Destructive fire at Little Rock, Ark. 1880—Paul Kruger elected president of the South African republic. 1891—Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry dedicated In Philadelp h i a . . . . S i r Oliver Mowat, L i l i r a l prime minister of Ontario, issu address declaring vigorously against American assimilation. 1893—A provincial plebiscite in P Edward Island supported prohi m of the liquor traffic by an overwluU ing majority. 1J?94—E. V. Debs sentenced lo si* months' imprisonment for contempt of court during the great railroad strike in Chicago. 1899—The Broadway National Rank of Boston closed its doors. . . .I^ord Roberts appointed commander-in-chief of the BritUli forces In South Africa. 1902—George Moorman, adjutant general of the I'nited Confederate N eterana, died at New Orleans. 1905—Gov. La Follette of Wisconsin resigned and was succeeded by Lieut. Gov. D a v i d s o n . . . .Abraham H. Hummel. New York lawyer, was convlrted of conspiracy and sentenced to imprisonment for one year. 1900—The new law separating church and slate went into force iu France. 1907—The American blttleahlp fleet departed from Hampton Roads for th« Pacific coast. FACTS FOR FARMERS. P a p e r is to be manufactured from cotIon stalks, according to a rcjajrl of the bureau of manufactures. A corajiany capitalized al $500,000 has been organMed at Atlanta. Ga., for the purpose. It !• claimed that paper can IK* made from cotton stalks at a cost of alwul $15 a ton. To increnae Frelicht Hate*. Secretary George (J, A. Wells of the Formal notice has been placed on file Iowa Grain Dealers' Association «tlmalea with Ihe I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Commis- that 47 per cent of the mirkelahle i^rsion by the T r u n k Line Association, com- lion of the new oats crop has now left posed of railroads east of Pittsburg, by farmers' hands. He estimates ihia year's Hie Central Freight Association, coiujkw- harvested corn crop al 11"> I»er cent, ot ed of lines botween Pittsburg and Ihe compared with last year, baaed at 1"" Mississippi and by tlie Transcoutiuental per cent. The Grain Dealers' AssociaFreight Bureau, composed of roads west tion rejtorl last year gave lows a crop of the MlnlKsippi, that rales will U' ad- of 25O.OOOjO0O bushels of corn, which, on vanced in amounts which will average the bitsis of 115 I ^ t eent, give# 2H7. about 10 per cent from east to west, and 000 bushels as the harvested crop thit in die opposite direction from 3 to !W year. Ten i»er cent of Ihe corn will ba per cenL Also the rail and water lines Isoft. High and well tiled or drained from Atlantic to gulf ports will post an lands show remarkably heavy yields tier advance of from 3 to 10 per cent. Thewe a c r e ; level flat lands that Were not low Kouthorn and Southwestern railroad* have or overflowed gave diMppolutlng yi-lds had Increases in effcct since Aug. 1. The per acre and low and overtlowed and I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Commission haa re- washed lands produced practically noiil j fodder from (he Britain of csllle and accurate than the on? it b a t replaeed States of P c o n s y l r j l. New York aod The problem of avoiding enm'ou of can•k of r ihe oi New Jersey, becaus. non and small arm* by the n.-w ammun'the foot and mouth lion. he says, ha« not m »"ol "-d rop lot of l b Director i Flntl Vapor on Mara. of bureau, am Al Boston Prof. P e r d v s l I]l .150 Iowa a - foil that hia aseistant had been able t deter- 1*10 * H'llltf* IJ17&54U mine that Mars had measurabb rapor. *i»riii£ whfl T h i s goes to confirm Ihe theory f lift ii2.(na4!» on that planet. Tlie proof is derit photographs of the a p e d rum in t ll'er alloys. Kettles, jsits. pans and committee. T h e n Cortelyou took him boat Is conqHised of linen, rendered Im- ls»wls of every conceivable kind and Into the Postofflce Department, making lilm first assistant. During his work permeable by a coating of rublier. and h l | " p c are made and Bold by the thou is provided with oars, which fold Into sands, 'j he most Interesting utensil there he was kn^wn a s " t h e card index 0,16 e a i b other to the size of an ordinary "'"I of most frequent use In m a n " for his systematic way of conwalking stick, and a cork seat, which " , t , Russian home. Ih what Is known ducting the affairs of his office. During the T a f t campaign he applied this sysalso serves to keep It taut when open. ,,H samovar or hot-water urn I lie model can accommodate one person Every house, however humble, has one tem. which was somewhar critlcbutl by oi ly. but larger ones may I»# made on '- r more, and they are In constant use. experienced politicians. IVrsonally Mr. the same plan for the conveyance of " ' o Russian breakfast Is ten and rolls Hitchcock Is tall and of light complextroopn and baggage when crossing rlv- sometimes with butter and Jam add- ion. -1 le walks ere< t with military rs. T h e Invention has been tried on o t '- A lire In the kitchen stove before bearing. He Is reputed to l>e a man the Seine by French naval exin-rts and luncheon lime Is the exception, hence who thinks much but talks little. l»y the Russian attache, who speaks of " ' f popularity of the samovar. These It i»i high terms and hopes to have It : , r e made in the moat beautiful shapes Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the New 11 FRITZI SCHEFF WEDDED. Introduced Into the Russian array. " d designs, and have capacity for ^ork World, who Is denounced l«y PresW. de Fonvlelle announces that a l M > a , , , , R '«•""> twenty to thirty glasses ident iloosevelt In a uiesttnge to the T h e re cut m a r r i a g e of Frltzl SchelT Senate •vlatlug to committee, apiiollited by the Scientific o f V V l , t e r f o r p r i v a t e houses, ami from the singer and comic opera star, t THE the Panama Canal Commission of the Aero Club of 0 , 1 0 , 0 B,,l'o,>* for hotel pnrismes. John Fox. Jr.. the novelist, w a s th J,lc wn, charges published li | Fr ance. Is about to institute experto v a r Industry first began culmination of a n Interesting roniancc the World, has t»ee n.ents to determine who among Its n b o u t H,x, - V y e a r s ago and has gradShortly a f t e r FrlUI SchelT was granted niciubers Is best fitted physically to redeveloped until now the a n n u a l proprietor of thatl i decree of divorce f r o m Baron von f i s t the effects of high altitudes, and I ^ I ' U t averages In value about $2,- paper since 1883. Bardclelton. It bCCnme known that Mr He was lK>rn inf tl.at then a systematic effort will be r,7 '' J - <100 n i , d Klves employment to many The Vulgate, the Initio version of the Fox was an ardent suitor f<>r her hand made to p e n e t r a t e Into the zone of " " ' " s a n d * of men. women a n d chll- Ruda|M*st. Hungary. Rlble, ordained by the Council ol ind not long ago their engagement wa ,n in 1847. and w a s | otmosphere lying 10.000 meters—32.000 I ( l r t ' u ' h e m a n u f a c t u r e of these Trent In April, 1540. to be the autheuth- announced. They were married at the lo 33.000 feet—above the e n r t h ' s sur- v e , , > 0 l > until recently only the lower educated by prlvatt veralon for the Runian C a t l u l l c Cliun-h tutors. He came |. j face. T h e asUMlonB concerned with l , o r t * o r what Is called the podden. or is now. fifteen centuries a f t e r the death r the United States li;! this attempt have been called "physion" , < , t and handle*, were ,>f Jerome, whose life work It was, t< 18G4 and served In johdmi p n . m r j L logical." because their prlnclpjjl object " " the remaining part? be revised. T h e colossal work of his to study the vital phenomenn of the " a m e h . the l>ody. the neck that Joins the c a v a l r y until the end of the war. vising Its text has iKfii given to the or He began his newspaper career as a reupi»er air. A p p a r a t u s for the Inhala- " 1 0 , , l t ' " ' " " d - the Interior pipe, the der of the Benedict I ins, who find tha tlon of oxygen as "a gaseous oordlal" | ^ a r c o a l tube and the water cumpart- porter on a GenH.in paper in St. T»uls. they need f u n d s to carry on the task wlll play an important part In the ment were welded out of sheet latten. In 1878 he bought the St. I » n l s DisT h e pope has. accordingly, given tin or thin plates of copper, and the re- pstch a n d united It with the Post, •< heme. Right Rev. Francis A. Gasquet. abbo Recent ex|>erlments at Shefhcld. Eng quisite f o r m was given to them by which he still owns as the Pnat-Dlspresident of the English Benedictine* land, suggest the (HMwlblllty that In means of hammering, while the lids patch. He served one term In the MIsl»ennisslon to accept a donation for tin tin* c t n t u r y shields may once more were made at the factories and forced sourl l-egislature. A f t e r removing to purpose. T h e donor will l»e r e w a r d e form an lni|»ortant p a r t of the equip Into HhaiK* under p m w u r e by machin- New York he was ebnie.l to Congress by having his name placnl on the fron ery. In 1S85. but resigned a t t e r serving a incut of an army, says Hariter's Week page of the new version, an honor that Recently, however, a new method of few months. Five years agn he enly. Steel shields, three mllllmeter« lu will carry his name d >\vii Into the comthickness and aliout 150 square Inches m a n u f a c t u r i n g the lid direct from the dowed Columbia College with O.OI4) ing centuries as no other monument In a r e a , have been devised, which afford sheet by means of pressing It Into a for the establishment of a s h-jol of would. Tile Vulgate is itself 1.500 complete protection against bullets fired form attached to the rotating spindle Journalism. y e a n old. Jerome's translatlou having •f a lathe and by using a S]»eclal Infrom the sen - tee rifle at a range of 40( been completed early In the fifth censtrument culled depllnlk has been luSir Oliver I^sl^e. the celebrated sciyards. The small nlzc of the shield. tury. and some of the sacred writings wL'ch weighs only 7 pounds, requires Iroduced. Under this Invention It Is entist. has set I » n d o n a s i l r with the of the Old T o t a n i e n t go back fourteen liosslble to m a n u f a c t u r e all the (mrts declaratbui that he has discovered a that the soldier shall lie prone on th centuries B, so It Is s a f e to assunn T h e central tube, plan whereby It will ground In order to be sheltered. Each by machinery. that the new version will l»o a monu whence the heat emanates—being filled >e |m» sihle to abolshield has a loophole for the rifle and ment more enduring 1'ian one of b r a s s ish t h i t arch-enemy Muds at the sides, no ||jat a series of with burning aharcoal—Is either cast 1 ilea go Record-Herald. • »f business and llie.u t a n be linked Into a continuous •r hand-forged from brass. Th-» most traffic, the Ixmdon seieen. T h e Idea Is t h a t by the use of U n u t l f u l of these urns a r e made from WOOD STILL LEADS IN BUILDING. 'og. Sir Oliver has such shields the ueceKdly of digging pliichbeek. an alloy of copper a n d sine, which gives the vessel a beau I if ul been carrying on t r e m lies may be avoided. . golden appearance. Many a r e made W h a t t h e G o v e r n m e n t R e p o r t s on e x p e r I m ents f o r The Industrial value of dogwood j,„i or» nickel i j , plate, , . . . * ^ Is ' jI from ,.i nickel while oth" i m e time, and a Construction Show. p r o l n b l j but little appreciated except ers a n ' heavily plated with silver. syndicate has been by nianufactureni and users of bobbins Iteporta collected by t h e govern me id Thone moot In use, however, a r e made formed to m.ike a •diullles and spindles employed In cot f r o m forty-nine of the leading d t l e s o from brass ami copper. T h e prices test of his discovery on a n d woolen mills. These a r e made the country show that In the last yea« range a n y w h e r e from $3.75 to $80. on a large scale. »f dogwood or persimmon wood, and 61 per cent of the buildings erected SIB OLIVTB LO T h a t the samovar might be Intmduced T h e test will cost hitherto the supply has come from the were of wood and 3ft iier cent of fire Into the Culled States with success $10,0()0, but the commercial pDsadblllSouthern States. The Forest Servlcc resisting m a t e r i a l . T h e figures do nqt •ems most feasible. tles of the Invention a r e so great t h a t now calls attention to the f a c t that the t a k e Into account the building done In no difficulty was experienced in finding sapply In t h a t part of the country Is t h e smaller cities and rural communiS P E E D L A W S OF 1810. capital to finance the experiment. Sir neaily exhausted. Fortunately dogwood ties of the country, hence the geological abounds In Oregon, Washington and f ' o n r h r a G o l n n . M n e M l l e a n n l l o n r Oliver claims that hi Is able to disitel survey has concluded that wood Is yet 1 u n k s of fog by electrical dis harges. t-'rIkhImcd the KaBliab. aHfornla, and large plants for tlu a n d Is likely t o remain for many yeurs T h e outcry dally growing louder In the currents acting directly on the conn u n u f a c t u r e of spindles have recently to come the chief material used In conbeen erected In the Cascades In Oregon. I ^ excessive si^ed of stituents of the fog and dissolving It struction In the United Stnles. If tls * lu the East an attempt has been made , n o * " r c a r s lends Interest to the fol- Into miliums of mluute particles. He figures on the smaller el ties were In declares that even if the Invention does FUITZI SCHKKK. io substitute the wood of the meaqult , ( m , n * l ' a s 8 a * e f r o l u l h e Annual Reglseluded It would be s a f e to say t h a t tin f 1 ,s,,, not prove to be a success iu its widest " • predominance of wood would IN- heav- homo of Mr. Fox' s brother. Rector K and the tui>elo for dogwood. The meaA UlMV xynn sense. It will still lie able to dissipate pilt Is very hard, heavy and closes t a r t e d In the ily incronsed In proportion to o t h e r ma Fox. the fog in limited areas, for Instance, g r o i n e d ; the tupelo Is heavy, but less s p r , n k ' t o r u n , 0 B r , « h t o n - a terlals. as Indicated by the re|K>rts Frltzl Scheff Is noted for her beauty of nf,y ,n 0 l u U ,n 8,1 ,lours along lines of railway, thereby enorh a r d . It h a s the valuable property of " ' ^ * ' * noted. as well a s for her ability a s an a c t r e a | T,,K nlnnnlng. par- mously decreaslivg the danger c»f acci"The use of cement, terra cot fa, brick and singer, and has the reputation of wearing smooth by friction. t k u l a r l y In the populous neighborhood dents. a n d stone with a f r a m e w o r k of steel being the most is-rfectly groomed and of Newlngton. through which It passed, INDIANS KEPT PENN TREATY. will m a k e It |K>ssible soon to do away gowned woman on the stage to-day. and the (tarlsh officers there caused fnKlamll Pasha, the Graud Vizier of with the use of wood entirely." Is a r« Her husband. John Fox. Jr.. Is ns fa- W e s t e r n e r S « r « He Una Orlulnn f o r m a t ' o n to l»e laid against the driv- Turkey, a diplomat of long training mark often heard. While these firt D o c a m r n t M a d e byl l e t l a k i n a . mous along his line of work a s is his e r s for driving firrlously on the public and wkle experience In s t a t e c r a f t , is proof materials a r e uow being used to ' harming bride, and Is a man of splenWhat Is represented to be the Indian road so a s to endanger the lives of his one of the most Inan extent almost undreamed of a few did Intellect and ability. copy of the treaty of friendship be- m a j e s t y ' s subjects. teresting figures y e a r s ago. It Is nevertheless t r u e that tween William Penn and the Indians. The result of this Is to be read In thrown strongly Inmore wood Is ludng m a n u f a c t u r e d for made under the elm tree has been of- M a n s a r d l " P a r l i a m e n t a r y Reports," to the limelight by building pur|Nmes each year than ever fered to Wilfred J o r d a n , c u r a t o r of In- J u n e 10, 1810. the recent Internabefore. dependence hall, for Inspection, a n d he T h e Attorney General moved for tional Imbroglio In Is dally expecting Us arrival from leave to bring In a bill the object of Europe, wherein the U. S. HAS 61.158 P0ST0FFICES. Frederick M. Hans, "Lone Star." In- which was the protection of the live* Sultan's realm h a s dlan scout, of Kansas, the ridladelidila 11IU | Umbs of his majesty's subjects by been the center. By A n n u a l R e p o r t F a v o r s E x t e n s i o n of Inquirer says. correcting the enormous abuses of • ome strange t h e City D e l i v e r y S e r v i c e . \\ hi ther It can stand the fire of his- 8 t n g e couch drivers. Within these few chance In this day At the end of the last fiscal y e a r torlcal criticism to which It will be d a y s It would be hardly credible what of many newspaper J u n e 30. 100S—there were In o|>eratlon subjected from C u r a t o r J o r d a n remains n number of applications he had re and magazine porto be seen, but he said Monday t h a t he ^ v e d on this subject. KIAMIL CASH A. a total of 01,158 jsmtotllees in the Unitt r a i t s and gossip, would feel chargeable with Inexcusable ed States, according to the a n n u a l reS o n u , a c c o u n l s w m . enough to freeze Klamll Pasha Is probably one of the The province of Alberta governmonl neglect as a city official If he had not I o n o w I t h h o r r o r . A gentleman of veport of t h e First Assistant Postmaster least known among the prominent men l a s decided to give a subs'.autlal aid foi met the offer with a w a r m Interest and General. T h e number of j»ostnmsters racily had Informed him that on Tues- In prominent positions in Euro'je. His the construction of n railroad running appointed at presidential olllces was from the extreme north of the province anxiety to give the owner every fair day. May 21, at 5:30. the T r a f a l g a r picture Is very rarely published and 2,174, while 11,045 were given connnls- to connect with a Ualted Slates line at opportunity to prove the genuineness of and Regulator coaches set off from his very name strikes the average the relic. Incidentally It raises the •Ion In the fourth-class olllces. the inlemalional boundary. This underManchester and got to Liverpool at American reader strangely. question. " Wher e Is the white man's Of special Interest to the general pub- taklng musl proceed next year and (h« 8:20, doing this Journey In two hours lic a r e the recoininendatlons relating to bonds will be Koaranleed by the govern- original copy of the Penn treaty," If and fifty minutes, at the rate of twelve Adolf Deucher. who again h i s been there was one. If It was not left of miles an hour.—New York Sun. the extension and Improvement of the ment. elected president of the Swiss Republic, record only lu the recording angel's The Ixaidon Telegraph has set the Eucity delivery service. Millions of peohas held many Important jvwUlons in l i e Could Willi. ple residing In small towns, if Is stated, ropean court gossips all a-flutter by pub- book ? the r,»vemment of Mr. J o r d a n said there was no reason " H a s your husband a n ' o l d |talr o' a r e without any form of free delivery. lishiiiK an interview given by Emperoi •lis fatherland. He William of Germany lo n represonlalive to doubt the good f a i t h of the man p a n t s that he ain't usln', m a ' a m ? " T h i s condition, the report says, can l»e Englishman, in which the Kaiser told of who offered the Indians' copy of tin asked Wareham Long, respectfully re was born iu S{«vkremedied hy amending the law so a s to bis friendship for EiiRland hiid look inucli Iwrn, Thurgovla. lu permit of the establishment of city de- of the credit for the victory of the British treaty at any rate, whether It t u r n s out I moving from his head the shapeless 1831. received a to be a copy or only the Indians' orlgl- reiunaiit of a h a t livery service at postofllcrH where the over the Boers and COinplalDed of the bigh education and mil chronicle of the event or a repro "No." shortly answered the woman receipts a r e as much a s .<5,000 annually. suspicious attitude of the average BqgMitered the medical lislunan toward him. He said that two duct Ion of t h a t chronicle a f t e r the orlg- 0 f the house, eyeing him suspiciously. •rofesslou. In 1807 Si'lf-TulkliiK T e l e p h o n e , "My husband has only one jiulr of documenls al Windsor would prove his Inal wore out. he became a memJ . F. Ijiad. an export telephone man of friendship at the critical period of ibu ' l h e possessor Is I-rederlck M Hans, trousers, and they'll last him six Detroit. Ins begun the inanufactnro of n Boer war. One was a letter to the Queen or "Lone Star," a Kansas plainsman mouths yet." •er of lhe national device which will answer tbo calls of telling how ho bad refused lo join Franco and Indian scout. Ills own account of . . A „ ^ h t . ma'am." he rejoined, takouncll, and In 1883 telephones when the person colled is out. and Russia in demanding the ending of the m at t er sent to Philadelphia is as | 11K from a n Inside pocket a soiled w a s elected to the It Is the plionoitrapli principle applied to lhe war. and the oilier was a plan of cam- follows: scrap of eardlKuird and making a AOOI.K DKUCUKH. ,Vr,, | W U , , e l , • K>'" 4he telephone, and is called the annuueia- paign which the ItriliMh used with suc"It Is a little piece of buckskin, several y e a r s he has phone. 11 will repeat twice to each call cess. The publlcallon of ihis inlerview N eight Inches by twelve Inches, old. memorandum on It with the slump of a lead pencil. "I'll be around agin six been chief of the department of comof the phone, any message which has called in some quarters a "calculated in- soiled with long handling, the figures moid lis f'm to-day Afternoon, merce, Industries and agriculture. Prebeen imparled lo it. Il will be especially discretion." Paris papers angrily assort viously he had served three terms as useful to tin' doctor and lawyer, or any ihal (heir minister, Dulcasse, was lhe man half effaced. It was given lo Frederick ma'am." M. Hans by one of the squaws of SitPresident of SwltxerlaDd. one expeclint; to Ite called while n-it. who prevented iho antl-Briilsh coalition. I I nvnnaeqiieut. ting Bull. II contains a leafless tree, The Cuban nowspapors in gonervtl dis' I sometimes think it hardly fair Is said to record Hie fall as The Young Turks have been successHOT T I M E S IN H A I T I . 1 which That I am here while you are there. ful in tflie Conslanlinople election of dep- approve of the warning paragraph on Iho time of the making of the treaty. If the Haitian revolution was not Still I am perfectly aware uties lo the new chamber. Tlie ten repre- Cuba in President Rooseveil's message. I Every dot among the feet of the figures finaiuvd by the moving picture men. tho You might come here or I go there. iu which notice Is served lliat the consentatives are made up of five Turks. . LonRPtreet. widow of man ambassador al Paris, christened the was largely recruited from the Lenui the Confederate general, as pOKtmastor vessel. Poson. The new ship had pre- Ixmape Indians, with whom Penn made Hicks—They say t h a t the blind can reference.—Washington Star. What puzzles most in the Hiiltinu at Gainesville. (Ja. The action of lihe viously been known as the Baden. Amonfl the famous treaty. Other Indian clirou-1 dhdlngullh colors by the sense of touch. Senate in confirming the noinlnalion oi) I hose present were Prince Henry of Prus- I d e s In linns' possession give the noWicks - T h a t ' s nothing. One doesn't budget from day lo day is lo pick out the day it was received was a ipodal sia ami his wife, who entertained tin count of Iho rise of the Sioux. They have to be blind to feel blue.—Boston which is rebel and which is government. launching guests al a banquet. I —Newark Star. oomuiiment lo Mrs. Ixmcstreet. say a mighty warrior arose and cut Transcript. * IV15ING VUIGATE H HANDS BAW and scaly. l(c-l:ri| n n d D u r n r I T e r r i b l y — f ' o a l d \ o f B l o v w T l i u IU ItM W i t b o a I I ' l c a b ( . ' m c b l n s — . H l r r p | ni p o i a i b l r — C u l l « curn Soon t urcd B m r a i n . "Aii itcliiii:; liumor covered f)oth my Iiniwls a u d «'>t u p over my w r i s t s ami even up to t h e elbuu s. T h e Itching "and b n m l n g were. UTrlble. .My IihiicIs got nil M a l y a n d wiicn I siTntclied, t h e s u r f a c e n'ould he covered with b l i s t e r s n n d then get ran-. T h e eczema g«.t so had t h a t I eou!d n o t move my t h u m b s w i t h o u t deep c r a c k s niipciirlng, | went to my doctor, hut his iiKHlIeiue could only s t o p t h e Ifrlilug. At n i g h t I suff e r e d tut f e a r f u l l y t h a t I could not Bleep. I could not hear to touch my h a n d s w i t h w a t e r . T h i s w e n t on for t h r e e m n n t h s a n d I w a s f a i r l y worn out. At last I g.)t t h e C u t l c u r a H e m e dies a n d in a m o n t h I w a s c u r e d , wait e r II. Cox. I|i S o m e r s e t u t . Mass., Sept. 2.1. I M S . " P o t t e r D r u g & Chem. Corp.. Sole Props, of C u t l c u r a HeumHes. Boston. A n OiiIhIUo V e » e l n r l n n . .i you a r e n o t an o u t s i d e vegctarl>u a r e not really a v e g e t a r i a n a t all." i c s p e a k e r w a s a m e m b e r of Philad- l p b h r s little v e g e t a r i a n c h u r c h , uplo^>ii. Au odd llgure In his g r a y h e a l t h whirr, g r a y v e n t i l a t e d s u i t , g r a y knit gloves, g r a y a e r a t e d hat, g r a y cloth boots, he c o n t i n u e d : "An J n s i d e v e g e t a r i a n Is one w h o p u t s iu bis i n t e r i o r n o t h i n g t h a t h a s been p r o c u r e d by t h e s l a u g h t e r of anim a l s . An o u t s i d e v e g e t a r i a n p u t s on h i s e x t e r i o r n o t h i n g t h a t haw been procured by t h e s l a u g h t e r of a n i m a l s . " S e e my g l o v e s — v e g e t a b l e gloves of c o t t o n — n o t m a d e of t h e s k i n s of m u r d e r e d kids. See my b o o t s — w o v e n — o w i n g n o t h i n g to s o m e poor m u r d e r e d c a l f . See my b u t t o n s — w o o d e n — n o t m a d e of grisly bones. "Inside and outside"—so the quaint faddist concluded—"I am a vegetarian a n d inside a n d o u t s i d e I get along w i t h o u t t h e m u r d e r of a n y c r e a t u r e — fish, flesh or fowl. TheVe a r e m a n y like me." W h e r e t h e "(iooil ' I ' u n " W e r e . O n e of t h e m o t t o s which, though good, a r e r a r e l y a p p l i e d : is "A place for e v e r y t h i n g a n d e v e r y t h i n g in its p l a c e . " A w r i t e r In t h e D u n d e e A d v e r t i s e r tells of a L o n d o n c a b d r i v e r w h o seemed to think that affairs were ordered after t h i s p a t t e r n . As lie s w u n g d o w n t h e S t r a n d , a n A m e r i c a n s i t t i n g beside him it-l ed him to p o i n t o u t t h e s p o t s of interest " B i g h t you a r e . s i r ! " a g r e e d the d r i v e r , t o u c h i n g h i s h a t . " T h e r e ' s Luggit 'ill, w h e r e t h e y ' a n g 'em." A little l a t e r , " T h e r e ' s P a r l i a m e n t 'ouses, w h e r e they m a k e t h e l a w s wot does It, a c r o s s t h e w a y . An' t h e r e ' s Westminster Hahbey. where they b u r l e d t h e good "uns wot d i d n ' t get 'anged." To Laillca Onlr. The wish to be beautiful is predomin a n t in every woman, and none can say •ho does not a i r e whether she is beautiful or not. /Jr. Felix (Jouraud't Oriental Cream, or Mayical Bcautifier, elicits a clear, transparent complexion, free from T a n , Freekk-s, or Moth Patches, and so closely imitating nature as to defy dnlection. It has the highest medical testimony as well as professional celebrities, and on its owa merits it has become one of the.Iarsest and a popular specialty in the trade. FERD. T . I I o p k i x s . Sole Proprietor, Great J o n e s Street, New York. For side by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers throughout the United Slates, Canadas, and Europe. No. 9. How* i Tbut, l-Vllow* f T e n o r t w e l v e y e a r s ago, w h e n a girl got m a r r i e d , s h e left s u c h a d e b t f o r wedding clothes aud expenses that it' o r d i n a r i l y took t h e f a m i l y six y e a r s to recover f r o m it. F a t h e r s should t a k e off t h e i r h a t s to t h e modern girl. S h e e a r n s t h e money to buy h e r own w e d d i n g outllt a n d lu m a n y c a s e s h a s a little left to help buy t h i n g s f o r her n e w house. T h e m o d e r n girl Is m o r e of a n i m p r o v e m e n t o v e r t h e y o u n g w o m a n of t w e n t y y e a r s a g o t h a n t h e m o d e r n y o u n g m a n is over t h e y o u n g m a n of t h a t time. Scarcity. " I s t h i s t h e llnanclal e d i t o r ? " "Yes. sir." " J u s t to s e t t l e a bet, will you please tell m c ' l f t h e r e is s u c h a t h i n g a s a till?" "Certainly. I had a bill in my possession t h i s morning, a n d 1 stopped of t h e g r o c e r ' s on my w a y d o w n t o w n nnd p d M it. You lose." A» a G r r i u l c l t l c . Coal Merchant—Ah, well, we mustn't complain of zero weather. It kills microbes. you know. Customer (making out a c h e c k ) — Y e s ; I notice that in your case it has killed the poverty microbe. Doublful TcaUmonlal. Fladger—I low do you like your new preacher? Digsby—First rate. He's so agreeable; never talks religion to you at all you know. Guar* 1 * Throat and Lungs 5««d iuM lK« pMectioa afauu! cold tad UMI a obtaiiMd ho® P W I C » « . U RRO T n «Jd. oc •rrxHji. b»ok here, Nellie." said the squire, they -could not induce Mrs. Denison to at /eagtb, "yon can't imagine for oue in- come to their houses and chaperone her f a n t that I have any intention of coerc- own d a u g h t e / ; hut all such invitations ing Mande on the poinr. Only give it a had been met with a brief though courtrial. Be reasonable. You say she cares teous refusal. Poor lady, she had more for no one else at present. Let her see than once pleaded in her darling's behalf; young P e a r m a n , and like him. if she can. but, wrapped in his own selfish pride. If not. there's an end of i t ; but if she Harold Denison said fiercely, he would could fancy him. it would be well for all be patronized by no one. of us. Buin stares us in the face—this And so Maude grew up like some wild would avert it. She, poor girl, will be flower, though not "born to bloom and left but indifferently off should anything blush unseen." For a r e there not already happen to me; this insures her position, two who would fain pluck the wild flower and luxuries. I don't see why it shouldn't and gather it to their bosoms if they may? be," and Denison shot a keen glance at Did Maude know she was handsome? the pale face opposite. Of course she did. She wanted no Xmin"I will do what yon would have me, ster ball to tell her that. W h a t girl Harold," returned his wife, quietly. " I over fifteen, in the most primitive of don't think that I have ever seen Mr. nations, having beauty, is u n a w a r e of Pearman, but I hud formed such high it? If there are no looking glasses, are hopes for M a u d e ! I never crossed you there not deep pelucid waters that will yet : it is not likely I should begin now, serve as s u c h ? — N a t u r e ' s mirrors wherewhen you're in such trouble. But, oh, I by to wreath wild flowers in the hair? do wish Glinn could be saved ig any Maidens of our advanced civilization mayother way !" be haunted with misgivings. Given the "You have been a goad wife to me. face of an angel, can we tell how it mayNellie dear," said the squire, as he rose, stand the "make-up" that fashion seems and pressed his lips to Mrs. Denison's to have decreed in these days? How dark fair cheek. "You don't see this in the eyes and eyelashes will go with golden right light, but you will when you think hair is, of course, an open question, it over. Meanwhile, you will do what I can fancy the nervousness of those duskywant—eh?" Indian belles till they have ascertained " I will tell Maude when you deem it the effect of paint and pigments, and what necessary," returned the soft voice of his anxious moments our remote ancestresses w i f e ; "but. Harold, I can't think it r i g h t : must have had when they- first put on though you know best." their w o a d ! "You have not thought it over a j I T h u s it came about that Maude Denison have. Do so, and you will change your had been out but on very- few occasions mind," said Denisoo, as he left his wife's and had it not been that her godmother boudoir. who having gold to bequeath, was too im Sadly mused the wife over her husportant a person to be trifled with, had band's communication. Quiet, undemoninsisted on bearing her off, she had never strative woman as she was, yet Eleanor seen t h a t memorable Xminster ball. Denison had been brought up from her Twelve o'clock, and the sun shines cradle a thorough believer in tHe dogma of brightly into Mrs. Denison's boudoir caste, apd even her gentle n a t u r e rebelled throwing rich tints through Maude's at the idea that a daughter of hers should brown tresses, aud lighting up the pale wed the son of a low-born attorney. We face of her mother; that joyous, tearful know her passionate idolatry of Maude, capricious, womanish April sun—so like surpassing even a mother's love. It is a woman in its glowing strength, so like easy to picture the bitter tears she shed her, again, in its overclouded weakness a f t e r that morning's Interview. She was Poor Mrs. Denison" is still pondering on a woman naturally given to weeping. how to begin the d r t a d task her lord has No passionate storm of lamentation, set her. She knows that glozing phrase but a gentle shower of mourping. As of "not wishing to coerce the girl's deHarold Denison's wife she had had manicision," is but the meanest mockeries; fold opportunities of practicing her vocashe can look back upon that airy preface tion, yet 1 doubt whether he ever left of "not that I wish to sway you, piy Salter tears running down her cheeks than he did that bright spring afternoon. dearest Eleanor," in so many casos, and remembers too well that whatever may have been her misgivings or dislikes, the C H A P T E R VHI. program has generally been carried out Seldom did eye rest on a prettier pic- in its original integrity. She has borne ture than was made by bonnie Maude these things meekly. They concerned but Denison this early April morning. The herself; now they threaten her daughter. close-fitting French grey merino dress, Weak woman as she is, she would fain with the plain linen collar and cuffs, set stand at bay here. Still, though intuioff her beautifully molded figure to per- tively knowing that it was false, there is fection, while the cerise neck-ribbon just the specious reasoning of her husband's, relieves and gives warmth to her some- t h a t the thing ought to be submitted to what neutral-tinted robe. Moreover; that Maude herself. Again the tendrils of her she had just returned from a successful affections a r e twined round dear old raid on the conservatory, a snow-white G l i n n ; she feels what a bitter wrench it camellia and its blood-red sister coquet- would be to say farewell' to the old place. tishly twisted in her glossy brown hair, Above all, there is the strong will of that sufficiently attested—those crown jewels selfish husband, whom she still loves so of the floral world looking more in place dearly, under >vhose thrall her life has now than when adorning their parent passed. steins. train is lit through the precautions taken to prevent it. The d i c t r i n e of separation is in high favor among chaperones, but they often forget that when using it with a view to a contrary result. " B u t you don't say anything about Mr. Pearman, M a u d e ; did you like him?" "Well, he was pleasant and amusing enough. I only had one quadrille with him, you know. But Gren scolded so about my dancing with him a t a l l ; and said he wasn't 'form,' or 'bad form,' or something or other—meaning, in short, that I ought not to have stood up w-ith him. If he wasn't fit to be danced with, mother, why did they introduce him to me?" and Maude raised her pretty eyebrows. as if she had propounded a regular poser. "I see no reason in the world. He is not one of the old county- families, but his father is very rich, and he will take his place, ere many years are over, in the county. It depends, of course, a good deal upon how he marries. Suppose he fancied you. now, Maude—we are very poor, you know—what would you say to it?" "I !—Mother, dear, what makes you ask such a question? I'm sure I don't know. Glinn is happy home enough for me at present. But 1 don't think, if I did marry, I should like there to be any doubt about my husband being a gentleman ; and they—that is, 1 mean Gren—didn't seem to think he was." "Gren, my dear, is prejudiced. Young Mr. Pearman has had an university education. and though his father was a nobody, he mixes, I'm told, with all the best people round." "Well, it don't much m a t t e r : I'm never likely to he called on to decide. I think I'd rather not, if It was so. But you don't mean to say, mother, you are trying to fit me with a husband out of my ball p a r t n e r s ! Oh, you scandalous match-making mamma !"—and Maude laughed merrily. " B u t suppose I was. whom would you choose?" "Oh, dear, none hf them. If it came to the worst, I should say I was engaged to Gren." "My dear M a u d e ! " " N o ; dear Maude never had the chance y e t ; he never asked her, and I don't think it at all likely he ever will. But I tell you what, mother, if I really was in such a quandary. 1 think I should ask him, I could tell him a f t e r w a r d s , you know, it was only to get myself out of a scrape, and Gren's been doing that for me always " "Stop. Maude, and listen seriously to what I have to say to you : Mr. Pearman has asked in earnest to be allowed to pay his addresses to you. Your father recommends you to think over it quietly and soberly. Bear in mind that we are very poor, and that he will be very rich." " M r . P e a r m a n w a n t s to marry me nnd the girl's face changed into a staTe of blank a s t o n i s h m e n t : "why, I never saw him but once." "No. love; but it is true, for all that." "Well, mother, I can hardly believe it. On my word, I'm obliged to Mr. Pearman. I presume he thinks girls, like hothouse fruit, are a mere question of what you will give for them. Best let him know, mother mine, that your daughter is neither to be wooed nor won in that fashion.' ( T o be continued.) N I N E E L E P H A N T S TO A M A N . I l i i f f e Dnjf M n d e b y N i n e D u t c h l i u n t e r n In S o u t h A f r i c a . T o s e c u r e a b a g of eighty-one elep h a n t s lu t h e s e p r o s a i c d a y s will s e e m like a d r e a m t o m o s t s p o r t s m e n , b u t t h e f e a t h a s j u s t been a c c o m p l i s h e d by J . W. V l l j o e n a n d eight o t h e r D u t c h f a r m e r s In t h e L o m a g u n d i d i s t r i c t . T h e government has just thrown the district oiH'ii f o r t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of e l e p h a n t s , "Goou morning, sweet mother mine," C H A P T E B IX. , a n d t h i s e n o r m o u s b a g w a s m a d e withcried Maude, as Mrs. Denison entered W h a t slaves these weak women are to the breakfast room. "Only look at the those miserable clay idols they have set in s i x t y miles of t h e c a p i t a l of Bhoplunder I've brought y o u ! I found old tip only to fall down before and worship ! desla, a n d n e a r t h e r a i l w a y . J u d k i n s ' flowers unguarded this morning, Adoration is the main part of a woman's Vlljoen a n d h i s p a r t y pi t ched t h e i r and I gathered and plucked. Isn't that a love. How- they still revere these worth- c a m p a t M a q u a d z l o , t h e c e n t e r of t h e bouquet, mamma, to greet you in A p r i l ? " less images, despite the daily proof they e l e p h a n t d i s t r i c t , a n d divided u p Into "Yes. love—glorious. No need to tell have as to what miserable potter's ware p a i r s , a f a c t w h i c h n e a r l y led to a f a me J u d k i n s was away, or never would they are composed of. But they go on, t a l i t y , f o r going t h r o u g h t h e b u s h Vllhis pels have been despoiled in this wise." even when bruised nnd beaten, still firmly "No, cross old t h i n g ! H e thinks flow- believing in their old romantic ideal. Oil, joen e n c o u n t e r e d h i s Urst e l e p h a n t , ers were made only to look at on their yes, women will shut their eyes to many- w h i c h h e s h o t . As t h i s fell a n o t h e r stems, and not to wear or decorate things sooner than give up that dream o n e c r a s h e d t h r o u g h t h e t r e e s a t t h e rooms." of their girlhood. They would sooner re- b a c k of t h e h u n t e r , a n d p u r s u e d him, The entrance of Harold Denison here main blind than awake to find themselves o n c e s t r i k i n g t h e h o r s e w i t h Ids t r u n k , checked conversation. He nodded a care- utterly bankrupt, aud their account f a r u n t i l Vlljoen succeeded iu reaching less "Good morning" to his daughter, and overdrawn at Cupid and Company's. A c l e a r e r g r o u n d , w h e r e h e f o u n d himself then plunged moodily into his correspond- woman will forgive the man she loves evt h i r t y y a r d s a h e a d of h i s p u r s u e r . Slipence. H e found nothing there, appar- erything except inconstancy, and only ently, to raise his spirits. At length, cling the closer to him through crime or p i n g off Ids horse, h e fired a t t h e elethrusting his letters into his pockets, he trouble. But there must never have aris- p h a n t a n d killed it. en a doubt in her mind that she is not rose. O n e Incident m a r r e d t h e s p o r t , a n d "W ell. ' he said, "things look blacker still sole mistress of his heart ; and with t h a t w a s t h e a c c i d e n t a l s h o o t i n g of a hll his faults, Harold Denison had never and blacker. I t ' s no use s t r u g g l i n g ; the m e m b e r of t h e p a r t y n a m e d Eloff. Eloff sooner my scheme is tried, the better. Do brought the tears to his wife's eyes in this a u d t h r e e c o m p a u i o u s p a i r e d off a n d what you promised yesterday. Delay is wise. useless." But I am wandering f a r away from the w a l k e d a d i s t a n c e of a b o u t fifty y a r d s " B u t , Harold " pleaded his wife mistress of Glinn. still musing on her a p a r t , w h e n Eloff a n d h i s f r i e n d sudas the ever-ready tears rose to her eyes. unwelcome task. Like her, I am loth to denly s a w t w o e l e p h a n t s . T h e y fired, " D o n ' t be foolish. It's our only chance. begin, though the miserable story- must be b u t only succeeded in s h o o t i n g off a U n d e r s t a n d , " he said, crossing over to his told, for i h e furtherance of this narrative. t u s k of o n e oC t h e a n i m a l s , w h o p r o m p t wife's chair, and lowering his voice so It is stealing the bloom off the girlhood charged them. Eloff m a d e In t h e t h a t his daughter could not catch his of such a maiden as Maude when you first d i r e c t i o n of t h e men In f r o n t of h i m , words—"just put It before her in a com- break to her that she is put up to aucmon sense way this morning. How can tion as veritably as if she stood in the a n d they, seeing t h e beast c r a s h i n g you tell she will object. She can do as Constantinople slave market. The T u r k t h r o u g h t h e b r u s h behind t h e m a n d she likes about it. I have no wish to has suppressed i t ; but in the West the I g n o r a n t of ElofTs w h e r e a b o u t s , fired coerce her in any w a y ; but, mind, tell her trade goes on merrily, and Lord Penzance at t h e e l e p h a n t , a n d w h i l e one bullet the whole t r u t h . It is only f a i r the pro- finds it quite as much as he can do to d i s p a t c h e d t h e e l e p h a n t , the other posal should be laid before her. I'll come rectify the mistakes that occur from ig- f o u n d a billet In E l o f f ' s neck, killing up to your room a f t e r luncheon, and you noring natural feeling in the contract h i m I n s t a n t l y . can tell me how she takes i t ; " and, turn- matrimonial. T h e p a r t y c a m e back to t h e T r a n s "Maude, dear," at last observes Mrs. ing on his heel, Harold Denison left the room. Denison, "whom did you like best of all vaal t h e r i c h e r f o r IMKH) i>ound8 of Ivory a n d seven y o u n g e l e p h a n t s . T h e " W h a t ' s the matter, my mother," said your partners at the X m i n s t e r ball?" "Like b e s t ! " and Maude's great grey- tlrst o n e w a s c a p t u r e d w h e n hal f g r o w n . Maude, as she stole to Mrs. Denison's tide, and. passing her arms round her eyes opened wide as she uncoiled herself It w a s f e e d i n g w i t h f o u r g r o w n eleneck, laid her fair, fresh young cheek from the sofa upon which she lounged, p h a n t s , all of w h i c h w e r e s h o t , a n d against the pale, worn, troubled face. intent on the latest novel Mndie had fur" W h a t makes you ask that, t h e n t h e little one. I n s t e a d of r u n n i n g "More of these dreadful money miseries^ nished. a w a y , m a d e f o r t h e h u n t e r s , t w o of mother?" I suppose; but don't look so tearful over "Never mind ! Tell me." w h o m seized Its tall, w h i l e t h e t w o othIt. Papa looks so gloomy, and you so "Well, I don't k n o w ; I never thought e r s h u n g on to e a c h e a r . a n d t h e r e w a s sad, it's enough to frighten poor me. Even Gus Brisden was nice, and a t u s s l e f o r hal f an h o u r , a f t e r w h i c h If he has lost some morr money, 1 sup- about it. pose we shall always have enough to Charlie Tollamache—he's a dragoon of t h e e l e p h a n t w a s rolled on Its back live u p o n ; and if you and I, mother, can't some kind, you know—he was great fun. a u d Its f e e t t i e d w i t h t h e h o r s e s ' reins, have new dresses for everso long, that's and valsed very well. Then there was Mr. Haudley, not very young, but I got it w a s t h e n f a s t e n e d t o a tree, a n d t h e nothing to be very sad about." I am afraid Maude Denison is display- on very well with him. I think, though, n e x t d a y d r i v e n i n t o c a m p . A f t e r a ing an ignorance of the world, and a dis- I liked dancing with Gren b e s t ; he can d a y o r t w o It b e c a m e so docile t h a t i t s regard to the vanities and gewgaws there- valse—and then we had such laughing a t t e n t i o n s w e r e r a t h e r a n u i s a n c e , f o r of. that may seem a little high-strained; over other people; but he got sulky to- It t r i e d t o t r e a d on t h e h u n t e r s ' tin's, but recollect that she is but eighteen, wards the finish. I'm sure I don't know h e l p e d itself t o all t h e a v a i l a b l e food, that the Xmbinster was her first ball, and why. I'm very fond of Gren, you know, a n d would p u t Its t r u n k into t h e cookthat, owing to her father's pride and mother, but he bullies me aud can be straitened circumstances, she has lived a very nasty at times, and the finish of ing p o t s a n d t a k e o u t a n y t h i n g It f a n very secluded life. that ball happened to be one of those cied, w h i l e It would follow t h e n a t i v e s Few were the strangers that came with- times. I don't know why," continued the d o w n to t h e s t r e a m f o r a d r i n k . in the gates of Glinn of late years. Har- girl, meditatively, "unless it was my dancOn t h e r e c o r d d a y t w e n t y e l e p h a n t s old Denison scorned to entertain unless ing with that Mr. P e a r m a n ; what could w e r e s h o t n n d t w o little o n e s c a p t u r e d ; he could do so with all the old lavish that matter to himV" VHJoeu's u n a i d e d e f f o r t s a c c o u n t e d f o r profusion—that prodigal hospitality of "And did you and Gren part on bad e i g h t e e n of t h e t w e n t y slain. T h e s e t w o terms?" former times which had entailed such bite l e p h a n t s sjieedily b e c a m e docile, a n d terness in his present daily bread. His " N o ; I came down and gave him his wife, naturally an extremely sensitive coffee before he went away, and he— now t h a t all t h e c a p t i v e s a r e in a p r o p e r k r a a l they h a v e become q u i t e woman, shrunk also from mixing in so- kissed me—and so we parted friends." ciety in a much more humble and modest 1 think, had I been Grenville Bose. I a c c l i m a t i z e d to t h e i r new s u r r o u n d i n g s way than she had been wont to do. She should have preferred Maude being a lit- a n d a r e both p l a y f u l a u d f r i e n d l y . — w a s not of the temperament to face the tle more reticent about the kiss. Still, B b o d e s l a H e r a l d Weekly. half-whispered comments and upraised the slight hesitation iu her speech, the tyefarows of her country neighbors: "Poor slight flush that crossed her cheek as she Aeqnlred Wladom. thing ! 1 hear he has run through every- alluded to it. were favorable signs to an T h e M a n — I w a n t e d t o pet m a r r i e d t h i n g ; even the carriage horses have to astute observer. H e had kissed her as w h e n I w a s 21. but my f a t h e r said I be put down." Bemarks of this kind his cousin all his life—why should the were past her endurance, and no It was recollection make her blush and hesitate d i d n ' t h a v e s e n s e enough. So I w a i t e d that since she left school, some two years now? Young people situated in this way u n t i l I w a s SO. T h e M a i d — A n d you m a r r i e d a t 30? ago, Maude had led a very secluded life. may like each other for y e a r s ; Ihe exTrue, many an old friend of the Denl- plosion of some v s t h e t l c force suddenly T h e M a n — O b . n o ; a t 30 I b a d too Bona had offered to take care of the girl awakes love. More often than not the m u c h s e n s e to w a n t a w i f e C O U Q H S AIND C O L D S 1 Took P e - r u - n a . ^s-.Jojeph Nall Chase 6 0 4 TCMTH s r l v f ' W A S H I K S T O H D.C.%7 : • Tipr: Peruna Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen :—I can cheerfully recommend Peruna as an effective cure for coughs and colds. \ o u are authorized to use my photo with testimonial in any publication. Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase, 8CK4 Tenth St.. Washington, 1). C. Could Not Smell Nor Hear. Mrs. A. L. Wetzel, 1023 Ohio St.. T e r r e Haute, Ind., w r i t e s : "When I began to take your medicine I could not smell, nor hear a church bell ring. Now I can both smell and hear. "When I began your treatment my head tfas terrible. I had buzzing and chirping noises in my head. "I followed your advice faithfully and took Peruna as you told me. Now I might say I am well. "I wanl to go and visit my mother and see the doctor who said I was not long for this world. 1 will tell him It was Peruna that cured me." Peruna is manufactured by The Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1909. Six i l l s L i m i t . T o t h e m a n who h a s a horse to sell c o n s i d e r a b l e leeway is a l l o w e d in tin m a t t e r of s e t t i n g f o r t h t h e a n i m a l ' s m e r i t s . " I ' v e got t h e v e r y h o r s e you w a n t , " said Gideon L a n e , t h e Bushby llvery s t a b l e keeiK'r, to one of the summer residents. " H e h a s no b a d t r i c k s ? " q u e r i e d t h e gentleman. "Safe for the family?" " L a u z e e , yes," r e t u r n e d Mr. L a n e heartily. "Any lady can drive him. a n d h a l f a dozen c h i l d r e n could get on h i s back a n d he'd n e v e r notice 'em. Not a trick to his n a m e . " 'Ah," said the s u m m e r resident, d o n ' t wish a horse w i t h o u t a n y s p i r i t . " 'Spirit!'* echoed Mr. Lone. " W e l l , you j u s t o u g h t to see him on c i r c u s d a y , t h a t ' s all. And I'll tell you confidentially ' t w o u l d n ' t l>e well f o r too m a n y people to get on t h a t h o r s e a t o n c e . " — Y o u t h ' s Comiranion. An E x p e r i e n c e d W a l k e r . C h a m p i o n H a y e s , of M a r a t h o n f a m e , p r a i s e d , at a d i n n e r i n New York, a walker. " H e a w a l k e r ? " s o m e one s a i d . " Y e s , " s a i d Mr. H a y e s , " a n d t h e n e x t r a c e b e e n t e r s , m a r k m e , h e will win." " W h y . I d i d n ' t k n o w h e h a d had any exi>erlence a s a w a l k e r , " s a i d t h e o t h e r . In a puzzled voice. Mr. H a y e s l a u g h e d . "No experience a s a walker, eh? s a i d he. " A n d t h e f e l l o w ' s o w n e d a n $80 s e c o n d - b a u d m o t o r c a r f o r t h e last t w o y e a r s I" Slrenuth. H o s t ( t o b e l a t e d g u e s t ) — 1 w a n t to I n t r o d u c e you to Col. l l a n k t h u n d e r a s soon a s I can c a t c h h i s e y e ; but you'll h a v e to t a l k in a loud t o n e of voice H e ' s very d e a f . Belated Guest—Wbee! H e ' s got a m u g on him t h a t w o u l d s t o p a c l o c k ! Col. l l a n k t h u n d e r (suddenly turning)—What's that, sir? H o s t — E r — c o l o n e l . I w a n t you to k n o w Mr. Slpes. H e w a s j u s t r e m a r k Inp to m e " W h a t a s t r o n g f a c e t h e colonel h a s ! " — C h i c a g o T r i b u n e . S u c h In F a m e . T h e W a s h l n g t n n m a n had t a k e n his v i s i t i n g f r i e n d u p into t h e congressi onal g a l l e r y a n d w a s s h o w i n g h i m how t h e H o u s e of B e p r e s e n t a f i v e s looks w h e n in session. " T h a t m a n who has just taken his s e n t . " h e s a i d , "Is C h a m p C l a r k , l e a d e r of t h e m i u o r l t y . " 'A s t a m p clerk, a n d l e a d e r of t h e m i n o r i t y ? " said t h e a s t o n i s h e d visitor. "Gee! W h a t ' s bis name?"—Chicago Tribune. I'nele Allen Demnrn. 'It has always seemed to me," said Uncle Allen Sparks, " t h a t it's u n j u s t to call 'em 'Ananias clubs.' It isn't quite fair to Ananias. He didn't actually utter any lies; he only lied by implication. He wasn't really el'gible himself to membership in an Ananias club." T H E N AND NOW. HE OBLIGED A LADY. Little D l l l r Saw t o It T h a t P u l l j Had a Cracker. P a r r o t s t o r i e s a r e m a n y , but new ones a r e r a r e r . H e r e Is one w h i c h may be a c c u r a t e l y d a t e d J u l y 4. 1008. L i t t l e Billy h a d been sent t o spend t h e F o u r t h w i t h a n a u n t a t h e r uew c o u n t r y cottage, w h e r e she kept several pets, a m o n g them a p a r r o t — a bird he h a d never yet seen. H e a r r i v e d l a t e on t h e t h i r d , a n d w a s a t once scut to IHHI. T h e next m o r n i n g , very e a r l y , h e woke a n d stole d o w n s t a i r s to explore, t a k i n g h i s firec r a c k e r s w i t h him. Not long a f t e r t h - r e w a s a t e r r i b l e commotion, a n d his a u n t r a n d o w n In h e r w r a p p e r to investigate. Mingled s o u n d s of sobs, s q u a w k s a n d screeches, following the explosion w h i c h h a d roused her. led h e r to a screened porch, w h e r e she f o u n d Billy, w e e p i n g a n d s h a k i n g Ids fingers, while t h e p a r r o t flapped a n d fluttered a t tho end of Its t e t h e r , scolding f r a c t l c a l l y a t t h e curl of s m o k e w h i c h still rose lazily f r o m a h u n c h of exploded cracke r s a t t h e foot of t h e s t a n d - p e r c h to which It w a s f a s t e n e d . " W h y , B i l l y ! " c r i e d t h e l a d y , re proachfully. " Y o u ' v e a l m o s t blown p o o r Polly up, a u d f r i g h t e n e d h e r quite o u t of h e r w i t s — a n d you k n o w y o u ' r e not a l l o w e d t o set off c r a c k e r s all alom by y o u r s e l f , a n y w a y . H o w could y o u ? " " I w a s n ' t a l o n e ! " p r o t e s t e d Billy t e a r f u l l y . " S h e w a s here, a u d s h e ask ed m e to. Mean old thing, to make s u c h a f u s s w h e n I only t r i e d to pleas* h e r ! T h e y w o u l d n ' t h a v e all gone off a t once If s h e h a d n ' t s c r e a m e d a t m e so I dropjied t h e m a t c h on 'cm. e i t h e r . I think she's h o r r i d ! " "Asked you t o ? " echoed t h e mallgne'1 p a r r o t ' s o w n e r , shocked a t t h e a p p a r e u t fib. " W h y , B i l l y ! " " W e l l , s h e d i d , " Billy I n s i s t e d ; a n d j u s t t h e n Polly, c h e e r e d by t h e presence of h e r m i s t r e s s , s p o k e u p a u d confirmed him. " P r e t t y P o l l y , " s h e c r o a k e d , genially. "Polly w a n t s a cracker. Crack—err! Pretty Poll! " T h e r e ! " s a i d Billy. "And I d i d n ' t give It to h e r for ever so long, ' c a u s e I k n e w I'd h a v e to fire It f o r her, irs h e can t a l k . B u t s h e kept r i g h t on. a n d f a t h e r a l w a y s s a y s to oblige a lady!" Billy's a u n t s a t d o w n s u d d e n l y a n d began to laugh. " W h e n e v e r you can. Billy," she a g r e e d . "Only be q u i t e s u r e w h a t t h e lady wants. There are crackers ami crackers." " O h ! " said Billy. " W h y But. a u n t y , y o u see it w a s t h e F o u r t h . " — Youth's Companion. HURT Kldneya IN A WRECK. lladly Injured nnd Serlmikljr I m p a i r e d . Health W i l l i a m W h i t e . It R man. 201 Con s t a n t l n e St.. T h r e e H i r e r s , Mich., s a y s : Iu a r a i l r o a d collision my k i d n e y s must h a v e been h u r t , a s I passed bloody urine w i t h pain for a long t i m e a f t e r , w a s w e a k and thin, and so I could not work Two years after I went to t h e hospital a n d remained almost six mouths, but my case seemed hoi'eless. T h e u r i n e passed Inv o l u n t a r i l y . T w o m o n t h s ago 1 began t a k i n g D o a n ' s Kidney Tills and the I m p r o v e m e n t h a s been w o n d e r f u l . F o u r boxes h a v e done me more good t h a n all t h e d o c t u l n g of seven years. I have gained so much t h a t my f r i e n d s wond e r a t It." Sold by all d e a l e r s . 50c a box. Foster-Mllburu Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. I ' m i c c o u n t n l t l c MlMtnke. All was quiet in t h e sleeping car. Suddenly the passenger in lower No. 7 parted the curtains, thrust out a weather beaten face, and hailed Hie sable functionary who was tiptoeing past "Say," he grumbled, "where's the pillers fer this b u n k ? " " T h e r e a r e your pillows, sub," said the porter. " T h e m t h i n g s ! " exclaimed the paaaeacer. "Smash my toplights! I thought them was the life preservers!"—Chicago Tribune. How's This? We offer One llninlred Duilart Rew-jnl for any e n * 0 f Calarrli that rouuot be cured by llsll's Catarrh Cure F. J. CIIKNEV k CO.. Toledo. O. We. Ihe iinder5l);neil. have known F. J. Cheney for the laxt 15 y^ara. and IwIIere him iierfeolly honorable In all biMlness Iransactloix. and llnanelally able to carry out any obligations maile by hl« tlrm WAI.OI.no. KI.xnan & .\UnTiM, Wholesale DruxKlitn. Toledo. O HaU'n CalMrrh Cure Is taken Inlfrnally. actlm; directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces nf the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Drueciata. ^ .... Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. D l v l - l u n of I.Mltor. Ruggles—Have you read the President's message? Ha mage—Yea—my section of it. I belong to the Thirty-nine Club. We divide the message into thirty-nine parts. Bach member reads his own i>art and no more. Then, at our leisure we meet and comIMire notes. Saves time. T n k | n f t lllm nl Ills W o r d . Kxcitq^ trailer (at police s t a t i o n ) — I lia'd ray pocket picked on the street cars just n o w ! Desk Sergeant—Well, if you had It done what are you coming here to kick ahout? Xo Apol3Klea to S t a k e . Nan—Your nice new waist is all crutapled. Ho you tnink Jack I r a n armless wonder? P I L E * C U R E D IX G TO 14 D A T S f.KZO OINTMENT i. cuar^ntoed t o V u r e . n , case of Itchlnc. Blln I. BlreJIa • or I'rwtruJor Mkr 1 > " W , u a 1 0 refunJcX Norway's seaweed, used as fuel, yieldi a greater revenue than its fisVri-s. Kemp's Balsam W i l l s t o p a n y c o a n h that c a n b e s t o p p e d by liny mcdlclne and cure coughs tbnl c a n n o t be c u r e d by a n y otber medicine. It Is a l w a y s the b e s t cougb curc. You c a n n o t a l l o r d to t a k e c h a n c c s o n any other kind. KEMP'S BALSAM enrea c o u g h s , c o l d s , bronchitis, grip, asthma and consumption i n first s t a g e s . II d o c s not c o n t a i n a l c o h o l . o p i u m , m o r p h i n e , or any other narcotic, poisono u s or h a r m l u l drug. SICK HEADACHE P o s i t i v e l r c u r e d by these Little Pillt. They also reUere Distress from Dyspepsia. InITTLE digestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness. Nausea. Drowsiness. Bad TasU in the Uonth. Coatod Tongue. Pain In the SMa. TORPID LTVKR. Tlioy regulate t i e Bowels. Purely Vege table. CARTERS PIUS. SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signaturt REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. JUST DOUBLE 3 2 0 ACRES I n s t e a d of 160 ACRES A s f u r t h e r I n d u c e m e n t to s c t t l f m r n t tb« Whi-at R a i s i n g l a n d s o M V v s t r r n C a o a I •. Uv C a n a d i a n Gore n m r n t h a s inc eased t an-a t h . i t m a y be • a k r n b y a h o m o t / a d e r t o . v ' u — I b O t n e a u d IM) to be p u r c h a s u d a t ?3.00 | • t aciT h e s e l a n d s a r c in t h • B r a i n - r a U i n a are ., ntirrv m i x e d f a r m i n g is a l t u c a r r i e d on w i t h success. A r a i l w a y will s h o r t l y be b u i l t to H u d i Hay. bringina the world's m a r k e s a thousauu n e a r e r t h e s e w h e a t fields, where schools s n d c h u r c h c s a r e conTenient, d i m u e exoellent, r a |. w a y s close to all s e t t l e m e n t s a n d local m a r k e t s good. f' mould taht timr to a$iimilata (As rmvtlaliont that a visit to thm gruat mmpirm lying to thm North of ui unfoldtd at u r n ' . ' ' — C o r r e s p o n d e n c e ol a N a t i o n a l E d i t o r , who \ i s i t e d W e s t e r n C a n a d a in A u g u s t , 1908. L a n d s m a y a l o be p u r c h a s e d from R a i l w a y 5R!? 1 * 2 4 G o m p s n l c a a t L O W PRICES A N D ON E A S Y TERMS. For pamphlets, m a p s and i n f o r m a t i o n a s t o l»w R a i l w a y R a l . s s p p v ?o W . D. S c o t t , S u p e r i n t e n d e n t ol I m m i g r a t i o n . O t t a w a , C a n a d a , or C. J . U r o u g h t o n . 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DeQeod. Na*ar Slekan, Woaken nr Qrlpa lie. Uc. Me. Saval sold In bulk. Tlio K*nDliia lalifal alauipad 0 U 0. Q n s r u n l c a d to c u r s or your mniiar back. S t e r l i n g R e m e d y C o . , C b i c a s o o r N . Y . 59! A N N U A L S A L E , T E N M I L L I O N BOXES TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keepa the b r e a t h , teclh, mouth and body antiseptioelly clean and free from un« healthy f e r m d i f e and diaaireeable odors, which w a t e r , aoapand tooth preparation! alone cannot d o . A germicidal, d i a i n f c c t i n | and deodorizing toilet requisite of exceptional excellence and econ* omy. I n v a l u a b l e for inflamed eyes, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At d r u f and t o i l e t •lore*, SO centa, or by mail postpaid. Large Trial Sample Complete Recovery f r o m Coffee Ills. WITH '* M f SLTM SNO Bf SUT*" BOOB aCMT r s f « 'About n i n e y e a r s ago my d a u g h t e r , THE PAXTON TOILET CO., BOSIOD.Miii. f r o m coffee d r i n k i n g , w a s on t h e verge Only Oaa "OROHO QUIN1NK" of n e r v o u s p r o s t r a t i o n , " w r i t e s a Louis- That Is LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE. Look NO M O N K E Y I N G ville lady. " S h e w a s confined for t h e for ihe signature of E W CKOVE. t'aed th# World over to Care a Cold In Ont Day. 23c. If jtm CmOw E»a» aaad| S* f 44111 Ml most p a r t to h e r home. H -1. M»i WraaA. TS« hutfa. yaa I n r l r Allrn. "When she attempted a trip down ndUbaMiMM b k.l4a, M Sometime;.." said I'ncle Allen Sjxirks. t o w n s h e w a s o f t e n b r o u g h t h o m e In a • allar one of these Btatexman fellows who ••til. S*« W-llf »uU»ra4. .kal akapa a.»J»^ .-^••a« • • c a b a n d would be p r o s t r a t e d f o r d a y s >-ILLA* FLY*, ••LA.lta VRASCS la •••4 * -"a laa thinks he's steering a mighty jiidiriou« Sal, afterwards. • a w t l i V.SL '• IJ I • BRAMK |L ITSRAW I S»ff«a EA* "aaa ASNLA SLF course between the radicals and the con- dkaalra. FUMRA ata . "On t h e advice of her physician s h e saliai Tfca La*a S.Kar^««a»afcOa.Baalla S«a Baila. B-S ervatlves wahhles just enough to make gave up coffee a n d tea. d r a n k P o s t u m . both of 'em sore on him." as p i p I X S I S T o * HATIJIO and ate Grape-Nuts for breakfast. D r . M arfcl's PrcparaiUo It a t h e J u d g m e n t of m a n y amokers " S h e liked P o s t u m f r o m t h e very beW O M E N 7 KA ATAA4AR4 "•lOr MLM* hat I^wla" Single Binder 5c cigar g i n n i n g a n d we soon s a w I m p r o v e m e n t • r-a far Waak ••BalWr far c u r n r * ! u OKI c t®.. a* W «M ' eqnala In q u a l i t y t h e In'st ]0c c l e a r . To-day s h e Is In p e r f e c t h e a l t h , t h e m o t h e r of five c h i l d r e n , all of w h o m a r e The (Jrenoble district in F r a n c e b If iinkled wltb fond of P o s t u m . noi.il in the export trade of that coanlry Sore Eyes, ate " S h e h a s recovered. Is a m e m b e r of for two very different p r o J u r t s —walnuts Mm. l»o» C. ft. r . t h r e e c h a r i t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d a club, and kid glove*. holding a n office In each. W e glTe Mr«. Wlnslow-s Buaiaiso Srscr far GUM# etiTtM t a » t » f B i i s f t s pif*»r M l aafiasa tba gnm*. P o s t u m a u d G r a p e - N u t s t h e credit f o r | tawhinc. " | s s M * ike a t f t c r i i a s j u a l la Ois a s a s r . U/a paia. c«jwa eo'k*. h e r recovery." "There's a Reason." N a m e given by P u s t u m Co.. B a t t l e Creek. Mich. Itead " T h e R o a d to Wellville." In pkgs. pay si tsaes AND f ' " ' Tju pay bb lBlrf»sl « tmrm • a.i p. 4 IK Toll DIR Ever read the above l e t t e r ? A toe. WB will ijec<| n fmmr h rlrs al uBe< ?REK Ol CH lKuE new one a p p e a r s f r o m time to Vat full [ tlrulsrs. write twds/ !• time. They are genuine, true, and o. r. 8 A > B O B N C O KL F A S T. B B K T «, A S U L . A F T L ' . f u l l of h u m a n i n t e r e s t . IMHTOIMI II WHITE RIVER. F r e d C. B r o c k m a n went to G r a n d Rapids M o n d a y to s p e n d a few d a y s w i t h f r i e n d s . Local News You May Need It P e t e r Anderson w e n t to Crystal Valley today on business. Gladstone Dowle and Will P a u l i c did business in Muskegon T u e s d a y . C. C. C h r i s t i a n was In S o u t h H a v e n on business t h e first of t h e week. Mr. and Mrs A. F . Casselman ret u r n e d Monday from t h e i r M i l w a u k e e visit A new supply of s n o w T u e s d a y m a k e s it look a l i t t l e like w i n t e r Ask y o u r doctor about the wisdom of y o u r keeping A y e r ' s C h e r r y Pectoral in the h o u s e , r e a d y f o r colds, coughs, c r o u p , bronchitis. If he says it's all right, then get a bottle of it at once. W h y not s h o w a little foresight in such m a t t e r s ? E a r l y treatment, early c u r e . Miss G r a c e J a c k s o n r e t u r n e d to Big R a p i d s w h e r e s h e a t t e n d s High School. Mr. F r a n k Miller r e t u r n e d to Milwaukee S a t u r d a y . On S u n d a y J a n . 10, lOOil services in t h e G e r m a n A m e r i c a n B a p t i s t c h u r c h will be S u n d a y School a t 9:00 a. m. E n g l i s h p r e a c h i n g s e r v i c e s a t 10:30 a. m. Subject Responsibility. B. Y. We publith our formulas P . U. m e e t i n g a t 7:00 p. m. b«nlBh aloohol from our modiclnea " L i v i n g f o r E t e r n i t y , " leader W e uree you to consult your Win. Meinert; English service doctor 7:30 p. m. S u b j e c t Tl.e G i v e r Many a boy is called dull and stupid, when the whole trouble is due to a lazy of Life."- We will continue o u r liver. We firmly believe your own doc- s e r v i c r s every evening this tor will tell you that an occasional dose of Ayer's Pills will do such boys a great week': deal of good. They keep the liver active. Mon., A n A w f u l Disease, ——Made by lb# J . O. Ayar Co., Lowall, Maaa. Tues., A L o s t B l e s s i n g , Wed., T h e W e d d i n g G a r m e n t , t h a t t h e y h a d been royally e n t e r t a i n T h u r s , , A Voice W i t h i n , ed. Fri., Little Things. T h e n e x t m e e t i n g will be a t t h e again. Miss Essie Simonson of MuskcRon s p e n t New Years with Miss N e t t i e Till lan t. C. D. Burdlck of G r a n d R a p i d s s p e n t Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Peterson. J a m e s Reavey of Chicago s p e n t a few days here t h i s week w i t h his son James. T h e board of supervisors will convene next Monday for t h e i r J a n u a r y session. Misses K a t i e and J e n n i e i B e n t o n of Cranston are quests of A. L D i c k i n son and family. Misses Marjorle a n d A n n m a e Gaynor returned t o Monroe Monday, where they are a t t e n d i n g school. h o m e of Mrs. C h l s h o l m F r i d a y , J a n . 8. D r . Hanson r e t u r n e d to Chicago Give us your n e x t o r d e r for s u i t or F r i d a y a f t e r spending t h e h o l i d a y s a t p a n t s . W e d o It r i g h t w i t h r i g h t price. T h e r i g h t design a n d r i g h t t h e home of Mr. and Mrs. S. W e b b . k i n d of s t o c k . L . J . E v a n s , F r a n k l i n Myrtle Wurtzler and E d n a S i m o n - house, t a i l o r . son of Muskegon were g u e s t s of Mr. T H I S IS W O R T H R E A D I N G . aud Mrs. N. G. O s t e r h o u s e N e w Y e a r s . L e o . F . Zelinski, of (58 Gibson S t , H. H . DeMaat, tailor and proprieBuffalo, N. Y . s a y s ; 1 cured t h e m o s t tor of t h e general store in t h e postofflce I a n n o y i n g cold sore I ever h a d , w i t h block, is suffering from an a t t a c k o f ' B u c k l e n ' s A r n i c a Salve. 1 a p p l i e d t h i s s a l v e once a d a y for t w o d a y s lumbago- ^ w h e n every t r a c e of t h e sore w a s Miss M a r j o n e Dowllng r e t u r n e d to g o n e . H e a l s all sores. Sold u n d e r her work as k i n d e r g a r t e n t e a c h e r in g u a r a n t e e a t R i p l e y ' s d r u g s t o r e . 2oc. Grand Rapids, a f t e r s p e n d i n g t h e R O T H BUR Yholidays with her p a r e n t s . A yers Miss Estelle Carleton r e t u r n e d Saturday to the T r e a t K i n d e r g a r t e n school a t Grand Rapids, a f t e r spending a pleasant vacation a t h o m e . H e r m a n Geboo a n d f a m i l y a r e moving to the village from t h e count-ry and will occupy t h e J o h n P . W l l t l a n ' h o u s e . Mr. Geboo has sold h i s f a r m t o Chris Degan. Miss Lillian Terwilllger l e f t S a t u r day for her school work a t S o u t h Lyons, aud Blisr Helen Ripley t o Ypsilantl Monday where s h e Is a t t e n d i n g the State Normal. T h e L a d i e s ' S o c i e t y of t h e P r e s b y terian church will hold a s p e c i a l meeting at the home of Mrs. A. E . B o a r d , well next Wednesday a f t e r n o o n for t h e election of officers. A large a t t e n d a n c e is desired. The work of saving t h e bte P e r e Marquette c a r f e r r v No. 17, w h i c h went aground near Big P o i n t S a b l e during the gale of l a s t week, b e g a n Monday night when t h r e e big t u g s and a big force of men w e n t t o t h e spot and the pumps were p u t t o w o r k . T h e entire loss.ls e s t i m a t e d a t a b o u t •50,000. T h e weather is a t p r e s e n t ideaUmd it is expected t h a t t h e big c r a f t will be released before n i g h t . L y n n s u m n e r of Chicago and S i d n e y S u m n e r of D e t r o i t s p e n t the holidays with their parents on the f a r m . Rev. M a x A. R e i n h a r d t , p a s t o r of t h e B a p t i s t c h u r c h p r e s e n t e d each of the m e m b e r s and f r i e n d s of his c h u r c h with a n e a t f o l d e r c o n t a i n i n g New Y e a r ' s g r e e t i n g s with t h e p a s t o r ' s p i c t u r e on t h e c o v e r . Rev. R e i n h a r d t is v e r y p o p u l a r with his p e o p l e and t h e Santas C l a u s was q u i t e b u s y g r e e t i n g s w e r e a p p r e c i a t e d a s a a r o u n d k h e r e d i s t r i b u t i n g pre- token of r e m e m b e r a n c e and a s s e n t s . H e It f t a bab}' boy a t Mr. w o r k of art. and Mrs. Will K e i l ' s on C h r i s t m a s T h e L a d i e s ' Aid of t h e B a p t i s t eve, also a b a b y g i r l -at C h a r l e s c h u r c h m e t a t t h e h o m e of Mrs. M u n r o e ' s on C h r i s t i n a s m o r n i o g . F r e d S c h u l t z last T u e s d a y a f t e r Will Upson s t a r t e d on Monday noon. m o r n i n g f o r t h e Tipper peninsulWe h a v e received a s u p p l y of i n c a n a r to work i n ^ t h e woods f o r t h e d e s c e n t K e r o s e n e B u r n e r s a n d c a n lit out y o u r old l a m p s so t h e y will give 5 winter. times as much light with the same a m o u n t of kerosene, or can M E D I C I N E T H A T 18 M E D I C I N E . 1 h u \ e Miff.'utl a utiod deal w i t h malaria a n d ti.i acli c o m p l a i n t s , but, 1 h a v e now f o u n d a r e m e d y t h a i keeps me well, a n d t h a t r e m e d y Is E l e c t r i c B i t t e r s , a m e d i c i n e t h a t is m e d i c i n e for s t o m a c h a n d liver t r o u b l e s , a n d for r u n down" c o n d i t i o n s , says W. C. K i e s t i e r , of H a l l d a y , A r k . E l e c t r i c B i t t e r s p u r i f y a n d e n r i c h t h e blood, t o n e u p t h e n e r v e s , a n d i m p a r t vigor and energy to t h e weak. Your money will be r e f u n d e d If It f a i l s t o h e l p you. 50c a t R i p l e y ' s d r u g s t o r e . F r e d O m n e s s of M u s k e g o n was here over Sunday visiting his p a r e n t s and f r i e n d s . H e r m a n O m n e s s h a s g o n e to M o n t a g u e t ^ a t t e n d school f o r the winter. G e o r g e E l l i o t t is q u t t e with tonsilitis. sick T h e l i t t l e d a u g h t e r of A l b e r t P f u n d ' s is v e r y sick w i t h pneumonia. UNITY CLUB. One of t h e n u m e r o u s N e w Y e a r events was " G e n t l e m e n ' s N i g h t , " S. K i t t r i d g e and family of given by t h e m e m b e r s of t h e W h i t e M o n t a g u e w e r e visiting f r i e n d s K I L L T H E Lake Unity club, in honor of t h e i r in C l a y b a n k s . A N D C U R E THE L U N G S husbands a t t h e ideal home Cuf Mr. M A R K E D FOR D E A T H . and Mrs. L. T . Covell. T h e Misses T h r e e y e a r s ago 1 was m a r k e d for W I T H E m e l l n e a n d Elizebeth Covell, F r a n c e s ! d e a t h . A g r a v c - y a r d c o u g h was t e a r Gee and Marian Covell ably filled t h e ! Ing my l u n g s to pieces. D o c t o r s fail,roll of ushers. T h e r e c e i v i n g comed t o h e l p m e , a n d h o p e had Med, • when my h u s b a n d g o t Dr. K i n g ' s N e w m i t t e e consisting of Mrs. L. T . Covell, Discovery, s a y s Mrs. A . C. W i l l i a m s , Mrs. M. B. Covell, Mrs. D*r. S m i t h , PBICE of Bac, Ky. T h e tirst dose h e l p e d m e H S Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Gee a n d Miss F O R C_8 O LL DDSS " T r b H B o t U e ' r r e a a n d i m p r o v e m e n t k e p t on u n t i l I h a d Buchanan, welcomed each g u e s t w i t h g a i n e d 58 p o u n d s In w e i g h t a n d my AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. h e a l t h was f u l l y restored. This a happy Nfew Y e a r ' s g r e e t ing, j T h e GUABANTEED SATISFACIORY m e d i c i n e holds t h e w o r l d ' s h e a l i n g rooms were b e a u t i f u l l y decorated w i t h O B MONEY REFUNDED. record for c o u g h s a n d colds a n d l u n g potted plants, red c a r n a t i o n s a n d a n d t h r o a t diseases. I t p r e v e n t s pneu smilax, besides t h e usual holiday decm o n l a . .Sold u n d e r g u a r a n t e e a t L. •niHUHHJj a . R i p l e y ' s d r u g - i t o r e . 50c a n d 11.00 orations. •ASBd Su|)(uq tM}(tiui J n o | j |up.»jv P|oo u n o j T r i a l b o t t l e 10c. T h e principal f e a t u r e of t h e e v e n i n g was sociability. T h e g u e s t s Joined In singing " A u l d L a n g Syne,*' a f t e r which i n s t r u m e n t a l selections were contributed by Mrs. M a t t e s u n , Misses Springer. Elizabeth Covell, F r a n c e s Gee and Marian Covell. D r . Keyes gave an Interesting talk upon R e s o l u tions, Dr. Gladstone Dowie was l i s t e n - 1 ed to with pleasure while he r e h e a r s We p r o v e the f a l s i t y of t h a t idea by o u r m o d e r a t e p r i c s. ed his t r i p to Australia, he also e x h i b Our fall and w i n t e r s t y l e s a n d f a b r i c s a r e r e a d y f o r y o u r i n ited some tine views, a f t e r w h i c h t h e spection guests were invited Into t h e s p a c i o u s dining room where a two-course l u n c h You c a n n o t fail to a d m i r e t h e m a t first c h a n c e . eon was served, before l e a v i n g t h e dining room all Joined In s i n g i n g one L a d i e s ' ajid G e n t s ' c l o t h i n g c l e a n e d , p r e s s e d and r e p a i r e d . verse of America, and as c h e e r h a d been t h e order of t h e e v e n i n g it v\as pleasingly continued by t h e s i n g e r s cheering -themselves. T h e h o s t a n d hostess were bidden good n i g h t a n d FRANKLIN HOUSE BLOCK. U P S T A I R S all r e t u r n e d to t h e i r homes f e e l i n g COUCH Dr. King's New Discovery SWELL TAILORING is usually thought to cost a swell price. L.J. EVANS, THE GREATEST CURE FOR M E R C H A N T TAILOR. And Millions of people Daily e a t of the Good Things m a d e frvoni i hiG^ white fOK poices • Fence Co. SJ®®' Web Picket Fence Cheaper Than Wood H a v i n g b o u g h t t h e Mills I n s u r a n c e A g e n c y I hope to merit a c o n t i n u a n c e of t h e p a t r o n a g e e n j o y e d by my predecessors. Get my r a t e s b e f o r e placing y o u r i n s u r a n c e elsewhere. Only the s t r o n g e s t & m o s t , reliable c o m p a n i e s r e p r e s l 3ntc'J. GUARANTEED CURE FOR Croup, W h o o p i n g C o u g h , Bronchitis, La Grippe, Quinsy, H o a r s e n e s s , H e m o r r h a g e of t h e L u n g s , W e a k n e s s of the L u n g s , A s t h m a a n d ail diseases of T H R O A T , LUNGS A N D CHEST PREVENTS PNEUMONIA Eleven years ago Dr. King's New Discovery permanently cured me of a severe and dangerous throat and lung trouble, and I've been a well man ever since.—G. 0. Floyd, Merchant, Kershaw, S. C. PRICE 50o AND S l . 0 0 C Office o v e r J a c o b s o n ' s Grocery S t o r e . I. L. LANFORD T h e lowest priced good substantial lawn and garden f e n c e built Write for catalog of lawn, field, h o g and poultry fencing. L G . R I P L E Y CEl C O fTTT TTTT-ELggEggM Wins, Hoyt, Erwin, ^ Sessions i Vanderwerp D E K A L B FENCE CO., DeKalb, 111. Kansas City, Mo. I / \ t t o r n * v * a t Lava/. / v \ u a l c e a o n . Frederldr A. Ninu H. J - Hoy* UftTld E. F.rwln C. W . S e u l o D t John Vanderwerp. HOLIDAYS. A. CATL1N HOLIDAYS- They are coming and we are ready to m e e t t h e People at our n e w s t a n d in t h e Franklin House stock. Come in and see o u r line of w a r m S h o e s and S l i p p e r s for ladies and G e n t s . Fur trimmed J u l i e t s in B r o w n and black l o r ladies and white f o r t h e babies E c l i p s e l a m b wool soles f o r k n i t s l i p p e r s . L e g g i n g s f o r ladies and c h i l d r e n , wool s o c k s f o r men. All k i n d s of r u b b e r s , O v e r s h o e s and A l a s k a s f o r all t h e family. B r i n g in y o u r old l e a t h e r t o p s and h a v e t h e m s e w e d on a new p a i r of r u b b e r . Don't f o r g e t t h e % Honorbilt and T r e a d well line for m e n ' s d r e s s shoe, L a a d i n z L a d y and M a r t h a W a s h i n g t o n f o r the ladies. Boys o v e r A. J . GLADSTONE D O W I E ATTORNEY AT L A W And NOTARY PUBLIC, RIPLEY BLOCK, Over Pchrcnbach'i Jewelry Store. Buy a Home I O. N . D Y B V I G , STOP PAYING RENT. SANITARY T J o m e IK t h e f a t h e r ' s K i n g d o m , t h e PLUMBING M o t h e r ' s World a n d t h e C h i l d ' s STEAM Paradise. HOT A I R A N D HOT WATER I t ' s l a u d a b l e of every A m e r i c a n citHEATING. izen t o be ainbltlouit t o own a home. L e t me h e l p you s e c u r e a good home s o m e w h e r e (have your choice) In t h e Tin, S h e e t Iron, & Metal Work Speclftcatioi taoo Ettlmate* U. S., C a n a d a , C u b a or Mexico. Cbcvrfally Kurnlthed. C h a n . C. Coors, J o b Work can be l e f t a t G a v n o r ' s C o s m o p o l i t a n Ileal E s t a t e m a n , h a r d w a r e s t o r e , M o n t a g u e , a n d wIP receive p r o m p t a t t e n t i o n . M o n t a g u e , Mich. Shop, Whitehall, 0pp. Bank. Phone 646. and look o v e r my b r a n d n e w slock of S i l v e r w a r e S o u v e n i r Spoons, e t c . , s u i t a b l e f o r w e d d i n g or birthday gifts. POND & WIARD I ^Green's Block, i J e w e l e r , M o n t a g u e , Mlcb. PAUL A. GERNER, B u i l d i n g Contractor Siwcltlo i l l o u t iinil B ^ O i n a i e i I ' h o e r f u l l y I iiriitslied a m i all o r d e r s p r o m p t l y a t lendectto. MICH J. H. WILLIAMS FIRE INSURANCE S t r o n g e s t C o m p a n i e s in t h e WORLD/ Postoffice Bl o c k P h o n e at S t o r e and R e s i d e n c e . M i c h . WHITE HALL. I S OPEN FOR B U S I N E S S E V E R Y DAY U? P h o t o s In all s t y l e s a n d grades.; l i k e n e s s ' h a t will please, a p i c t u r e t h a t will s u i t , a t t h e lowest p o p u l a r prices. F i n i s h i n g d o n e for a m a t e u r s . Pict u r e f r a m i n g d o n e t o o r d e r . P i c t u r e s e n l a r g e d a t lowest prices. All work g u a r a n t e e d . TAILORING. .'15 years experience. H. H. D e M a a t , Prop'r. C h i l d r e n are c a l l e d , stupidl Oecnuse of poor eye s i g h t . S e n s a t i o n s oxht. fur our g u i d a n c e . T h e y a i c u.iv i . ^ . u r n l n g s . Over worked eyes d e m a n d r e s t . E y e s t h a t t i r e easlly^call for h e l p . Properly a d j u s t e d glasses alTord t h e only a s s i s t a n c e possible. 1 m a k e a s p e c i a l t y of t i t l i n g glasses foo t h e relief of eye s t r a i n a n d headaches, a n d g r i n d my own lenses, a n d can guarantee absolute satisfaction at a r e a s o n a b l e price. Ernest Eimer Opt. D. W e s t e r n Ave. MUSKEGON, MICH dMMMd. for Ihrve iuccv»»lrr weeks previous to aald day S. F E M E N B A C H . MON PA G T E , S T A T E OK M t C H I O A S . The P r o b a t e O o u r t for t b e C o u n t / Maikegoa. A t a («s*ion of t a l d C o o r t , bald a t tba P r o b a t a Ofllc* In ( b e City of M u i k t . - o a i n M i d C o u u l T , OD tba 101b• dw a *< of I t o c r m b a r . A . I). I"**. P r a a e n t . E L L I O T T 1>. PHESOOTT, Jud*a ol Probata, I n t h e m a t t e r of t h e e a U l e of H a o r i e t U R c n z H of b e a r i n g . In t b e M o n t a g u a O b x - n a r , a n e « s p a p e r p r i n t e d a n d c i r c u l a t e d In said c o u n t y . E l l i o t t IK P r e a c o t t , J u d g e ol P r g b t l a A t r u e copy. Kutb Tbompaon, Register. L o w e s t P r i c e s to all. a h a p p y a n d pri«pcrou>j. N e w Y e a r . We t h a n k o u r cufit< m c r s for t h e i r liberal p a t r o n a g e w h i c h e n a b l e s us t o I n c r e a s e o u r stock of b o t h N e w a n d Second H a n d Goods In t h e line of household f u r n i s h i n g s , T a b l e s . Dressers, C o m m o d e s , S i d e b o a r d s , Beds, S p r i n g s , M a t t r e s s e s . 1'IIIOWH a n d Dishes. We also h a v e Increased o u r s t o c k of H o r s e f u r n i s h i n g s , a n I m m e n c e stock of horse B l a n k e t s , prices f r o m $1.00 up. Also w h i p s , s w e a t puds, c u n y c o m b s , b r u s h e s a n d h a u l i e r t i e s a t t h e very l o w e s t prices. T h e s e goods a r e t h o r o u g h l y reliable a n d our prices a r e s i i low c o n s i d e r i n g t h e q u a l i t y of t h e s e goods t h a t t h e I n t e r e s t s of t h e e n t i r e c o m m u n l l y c e n t e r s today on t h e g r e a t b a r g a i n s olTered by us. We still h a v e a few new a n d second b a u d s h o t g u n s , r i f l e s a n d ^ revolvers, r e p e a t i n g a n d single s h o t w h i c h a r e going even below o u r \ f o r m e r prices r a t h e r t h a n c a i r y t h e m o v e r . Y o u r s for 1009, F*rok>«te O r d e r F r a n k A. R u n c e l b a r i n g nied In »aJd c o u r t b i s p e t i t i o n p r a j r l u v t h a t t b e a d m l n U t r a t l o n oX u i d e a t a t e be g r a n t - d to H e r m a u W. Ruuxel o r t a • o a i e o t b c r *tiliak|« p e n o n . I t It a r l c m l , t b a t t h e l l t b d a y of J a o i i a r y A . D I A V at tan o'clock In t b a for*noon, a t t a l d prob a t a o t t o e . be a n d u beraby a p p o i n t e d for b a a r i u * •aid p e t i U o n ; * i t u f u r t h e r o n l e r o d , t h a t p u b l i c n o t l c a tber.-of be g i v a u by p j b l k a t l o a of a copy of t b l t o r l ^ r , All g o o d s s t r i c t l y as r e p r e s e n t e d a n d sold at lowest prices. 1 n a v e a new line of w a t c h e s , clocks & r i n g s . WE WISH YOU ALL P . O. B l d g . S b a p KIIOD'« b a l l d l n g . ra^l l e n c e o n e block a o r t h o f M o n t a g u e I r o n W o r k i . MONTAGUE L A U N D R Y Como in FRANKLIN HOUSE BLOCK. ARTISTIC HENRY SCHOESSOW, Wagon and Carriage Painting. 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AND W I L L I A M 11. H E L L . Defeudauls. It a p p e a l i n g f r o m a f f l d a T l t o n flln t h a t It c a n n o t l e - a i - e n a l n e d ID • h a t c o u n t r r t h e d e f e n d a n t s , t h e u n k n o w n h e i r s of A u g u s t u s Stall, d e c e a s e d . reside. It Is o r d e r e d . T h a t said d a f e n d a n t a , t b e u n k n o w n b a i n of A u g u s t s Stall, deoentad. e n t e r t h e i r a p i i e a r a n c e lu said cause o n o r b e f o r e a l l m o u t h s I r e m t h e d a t e hereof a n d t h a i w i t h i n t w e n t y d a y * t h e c o n i n l n l n a n t c a u s e a c o p y of t h i s o r d e r to be p u b l i s h e d iu t h e M o n t a g a a Ob a e r v e r , i n e w s p a p e r p u b h a l i e d a n d cilrcula i r c u l a t i n g In said C o u n t y a n d t h a t said p u b l l c a t i o u be ooiitluuad tliarcin f o r six successive weeks. C l a r e n c e W. Ses»lons Circuit J u d g a Nltua. H o y t , E r w l n A V a n d e r w e r p . Solicitor* for C o m p l a l a a n t liusioeas a d d r e t s , M u s k e g o n . Mlcb. Probate Order. S T A T E OK M I C H I O A . V T h e PrutMkU) C o u r t for t h e C o u n t y »f M u s k e g o n . At a session of said Court nHd a t t h e P r o b a t e OlUce In t h e City of Muskvtron iu >ald C o u n t y , o n t h e 6 t h d a y of J a n u a r y A. D. I9i«. P r e s e n t . H o n . B L L I O T T D. P H E S C O T T . J u d g e ol P r o b a t a . In t h e m a t t e r o l t h e e s t a t e of A n n a M. Gay nor. Mnrjorla E. U a y n o r , G e o r g e E . G a y u o r , A lie. M. G a y u o r , Adalia C. G n y n o r a n d J o h n U a v n o r . Minora. Agnes M. P r o h a u b a v l o g filed In snld oourt h e r p • t i l t a u , p r a y i n g f o r license to sell t h e I n t e r e s t »r said e - u t c Iu c e r t a i n real aetata t h e r e i n d e s c r i b e d , f o r t h e p u r p o s e of I n v e a U b g t h e p r o c e e d s . It la o r d e r e d , t h a t t h e Is: day of Kebrunrv A. D. I9U9, a t ten o ' c l o c k in t h e f o r e o o o n . a t said p r o bate ofllce. bo a n d Is h e r e b y a p p o i n t e O for h e a r i n g said p e t i t i o n a n d t h a t a l l D«raona I n t e r e s t e d In said e s t a t e a p p e a r b e f o r e said c o u r t , a t s a i d t i m e and plaoe, to show cause w h y a license to •ull t h e I n t e r e s t of said estate In >ald real e s t a t e should no) be g r a n t e d ; It Is f u r t h e r o r d e r e d t h a t p u b l i c n o t i c e t h e r e o f be g i v e n by p u b l i c a U o n of a copy of t h i i o r d e r for t h r e e t u c o e s s l v e w e e k s p r e v i o u s to s a i d d a y of h e a r i n g , I d t h a Moutaitue O b s e r v e r a n e w s p a p e r p r l n t e u a n d c l r c u l a t e a in s a i d c o u n t y . E l l i o t t I*. P i a a o o t t , J u d g e of P r o b a t e A trua cony: R u t h T n o m p s o n . R e g i s t e r of P r o b a t e . ORDER O P PUBLICAN. State of M i c h i g a n . T k e C i r c u i t C o u r t for t h e C o u n t y of M u s k e g o n , In Chancery. Georgia Aruott, Coniplalnaut va. Wlliinm A. Aruatt, Defendant. At a session of s a i d o o u r t held a t t h e C o u r t h o u s e In t h e elty of Muskegwu o u ( h e &tb d a v of J u n n a r v , A . D . 19l». l a t h i s c a u s e . It a p u e a r l u g f i o u i H n d a v U on flle, ( h a t t h e d e f e u d a n t . W l l l U m A. A r n o t t Is not a r e s i d e n t of t h i s S l a t e , b u t Is a r e s i d e n t ol t b e City of C h i c a g o u u d S l a t e of l l l l u o l s . On m o t i o n of c o m p l a l n a t l ' i s o l i c i t o r , It Is o r d e r e d t h a t t h e a p p e a r a n c e of a a i d n o n - r e s i d e n t d e f e n d a n t , William A . A r u u U , be e u t e t v d . w l i h l n f o u r i i i o n l h i f r o m t b e d i i t e of t h i s o r d e r ; a n d In case of h i s a p p e a r a n c e lie c a u s e his a n s w « r (o ( h e bill of c o m p l a i n t t o be l l l e d . a n d a copy tliereol to be served on t h e o o m p ' a l u f s solloit'ir w i t h i u fifteen day* a f t e r servioa u p o n h i m of a cony of s a i d bill and n o t i c e of t h i s t i r d e r ; a n d In d e f a u l t t h e r e o f , said bill will be t a k e n as ooufessod by said n o u - r e a l d e n t dcfeiidnul, And It Is further ordered, that within twenty days the comnlitliiant c a u i e a n o t i c e of t h i s o r d e r to b e ^ t n b l U h e d In t h e M o n t a g u e Observer, a n e w s | i a p e r iirlnled. i m b l l s h e d a n d c l r u u l u t l n g In said o o u n t y . a n d that >ald p u b l i c a t i o n b e o o n l l n u a d t h e r e i n o n c e lu e a c h w e e k , for six w e e k s In succession, o r (ha( he cause a copy of ( h i s o r d e r to be p e r a o n a l l y served o n said n o n r e s i d e n t d e f e n d a n t at lea»t t w e n t y d a y s b e f o r e t h e t i m e above p r e s c r i b e d for h i s n|>|>varanc*. C U r e n c e W. S e s i i . m s , Dau T. Chnmberlaiu Circuit Judge, Alex. S u t h e r l a n d , Solicitors f u r C o m p l a i n a n t . UuslnBss Address: Muskegon,Mlch^