77 10 10202 https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/f895243b2c434768048d909add41e16a.pdf 5f2dd7e9359c5c0733cfa85f87e74a5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. VOL. XVII. PINCKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, DEO. 7. 1899. No. 49. The-- Surprise Store, the following n tf 5c We announce frood>:— 10c stove liners N i c k l e pfrttHti H a m m e r 10c KhlH I ' e u i e i s 2 c 10* M^iii. me droppers 3c hftkHi-s r.iz.ir strops 10, 20, 25, and 35c JJmnit.o*. 5 and 10c D o u b l e inn* dominoes 25c L«iiiio itin MHI> 5 a n d 7c 8ni.il! si/,^ initi[) chimneys 3c •I ( i i D i t N> 1 hnutiey No. 2 Ltutn'ii ^ o» s I t . . i t ie y<> id i n k >l Ul'lJayH P e t IOIM1HI j^H.V 10c l i o i t e A m m o n i a lUittlH LiU'idry Ulue I'.OI II | I O p | | r t $ Clothe* line 25i; feather d u s t e r Coiihler set 10 do.x ciofhes pins Good tai *oap Lenox «oap 'Ivory 80*p Uoi!o»kiiiir. ttrHam soap L o u * h.tndle fire shovel S o d i u m * »et, 't'Soth powder 25 tfood • nveiopes- JjHud l e n t i l s 6 slate pencils 3c 4c 5c 1, 2, 3 and 4c 3, 5 and 7c 4c 5c 5c 10c 5 and 10c 10«! 44 and 92c 5c 2c 2c 4c 5a 5c 10c 5c 3c lc 1c We will rarry a full and complete line o' Hosiery, Handkerchiefs!, Gloves and Mittens Ribbon3, Pocket-books, L O C A L N E W S . Livingston County AxKitHation of Farmers' Club*. Our fine weather cwght cold Monday night, While we were unable to .mend the Matt Brady still remains about the same meeung at Howell on Saturday last the very sick. corresponding secretary \ary kindly sent Miss Nora Fohey, of Webster, was home " 8 t u « b l o w i n g excellent report: over Sunday. Willie Welsh, of Dexter, spent Sunday Although the attendance was not large, with Leo Foh*y. ' y e t a goodly uumuer of representative H . W. Crofoot and wife were in Howell on Saturday last. Miss Ella Devereaux was home from HowelJ over Sunday. The council proceedings for Oct. and Nov. appear in this issue. Mrs. W. G. Stephens of Plymouth is visiting her daughter Mrs. F . Ci. Jackson. Mrs. Fred Grieve and sister, Daisy Reasou, were in Howell on Saturday last. He sure and see the Art Gallery at the Social Friday evening at J . A. Cadwells. J . J . Teeple and wife visited friends at Howell and Fowlerville the first of the week. Miss Veronica Fohey, who is attending 6chool in Ann Arbor, was home for Thanks giving. Herb Schoenriiils and family, of Genoa, were guests of E . J . ttriggs and wife over Sunday. Mort Mortenson arM wife, of Genoa, were guests of his parents here the last of last week. C. L. Bowman of the City Meat Market lias an adv. on page four which will interest our farmer friends. men and women from t-ach cJub in the county were present ;uid.au interesting and protitable time was the result. The meeting was called to order by the president, and after opening exercises, Frank Shields gave a very interesting and instructive talk on the legal phase ot the subject, "Farmers' rights vs. leiepuoue companies' rigtits." Mr. Shiehis said all people were Supposed to hold and enjoy ail rights in common and the farmer was no exceptiou. Thought the courts looked upon leiepuoue, telegraph and rail road compaui<s with a degree of favor on the account of their being a public benefit; therefore franchises were granted corporations, and private property was taken fur public purposes; however corporations must show the necessity for the establishment of tbeir lines of business before they can force tlie right of way over private property and then only by just aud fair Compensation for privileges granted. Mr. Shields staled at the commencement that any question that might be asked would be no interruption, hence many questions were given him for solution and thus the forenoon session was profitably spent. AFTERNOON SESSION. After the report of the treasurer came NO USE for SANTA OLAUS T.e Magnetic Attraction of Oor HOLIDAY rOOD3 and Low Prices Pui tie Old Mao Aside. WE ARE PROUD of OUR BARGAINS for CHRISTMAS BUYERS. No matter how hard you are to suit, we can suit Beautiful Selection? of you, m new"a nd There will be good things to eat, and no end of pretty things to see at the social Friday evening at Mrs. Cadwells. Do not fail to read the first of our series of ''KlomjykeLetters'Mo be found on page j t h e d ^ . | h f h e f ( ) | J o w i four of this issue—you will hnd them in- . ° terestiug. result: Pr«B., F . E . Bui well, Brighton; „ , . < , . * ™ i ixr i II u u Kec. Sec'v, A. M. Wells, Howell; Cor. _, , i i u • I The Society of Church Workers will hold • ' » Stationery, Perfumes, J e w e l r y , H a n t h e i r r e g u l a r m o nthly tea at the home of »ec y, \ \ . H . Sayles, Gregory ; 1 reus., L. and H a i r Ornaments, Notions Mr. and Mrs. John Teeple, next Wednes- j K. Bench, Marion. Vice presidents were day, Dec. 13, from 5 until all are served A cordial invita Jon to all. Toys, Books and Novelties. F A N C Y G O O D S , N O T I O N S , E T C Our Stock is Well Assorted and Comprises the GREATEST GATHE R I N G of Desirable Merchandise We Have Ever Offered Our Holiday Patrons. Yon are Cordially Invited to Come and See What We Can Bo for Yoo Before Yoi Loot Elsewhere. All that is Newest and Best awaits youp inspection and approval, and the prices on All Our Goods are Extremely bow. P i n * and Fah'-v iJonds. Crockery, China, Glass-warn. Tin ware,.Enameled ware, etc 0'ir 5'- and 10c tables cantain the preatB*r i'ar^ams ever sold by any firm in the County. You are welcome at the N«*v Store. Come and vet our prices then "MATCH US 1^ YOU CAN." E. A. BOWMAN, Prop. hownian B'nek, Pinckney Moon Building, Howell. B E R T W E L L M ^ N , Mai'fltfer ot I'mekney Store. Great Exhibit of rare and old Photographs at the Sunday School social Friday night at J . A. Cndwells unexcelled for beamy. See how many old friends you can recognize. Work for first prize. W. D. Thompson having sold his farm to Chas. L. Csmphell tvill sell his personal property on the premises just north and east of this village, on Wednesday of next week, Dec. 13. See bills for articles and termes of sale. The Congregational Sunday School will hold a social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J . A. Cad well Friday evening Dec. 8. Refreshments will he served. A beautiful Ait Gallery which has been kindly loaned will be exhibited under the direction of one of the classes. Proceeds will go to the Chrisirmis fund. All are cordially invited. We Wish to Reduce Our UNDERWEAR STOCK By the First of the Year GATES WIDE OPEN FOR FALL BUSINES elected from each club in the county as follows: Green Oak, Mrs. Mary Marshall; East Putnam and Hamburg, G. \V\ Teeple Anderson, A. G. Wilson; Marion, Mrs. Frank Backus; Deerlield, John 'i'avne: Howell, E d . Wakefield; U..ad ilia, Kyal Barnum; Hartland, E. A. Koss; Genoa, C. G. Sweet; Brighton, J . W. Hunter; Tyrone, Y. T. Cole. Next on the program was a paper by A. G. Wilson, on the subject of " Transportation." Mr. Wilson handled this subject in a very practical manner and the position taken by the writer wis quite generally held by the meeting as shown by ihe discussion which followed. Mr. Wilson appreciated the benefits of good transportation facilities but thought evils existed in the present system and that the people had good reason for complaint as railroad com- "piiioK T?rihp<5 panies discriminate in favor of the large shippers; cited the Standard Oil Co. a* \ favorite of the railroad companies; Said, that theoretically, government ownership presented the needed remedy but thought there might be some less radical means to secure justice in this great branch of needed industry. Suggested more stringent laws regulating rates and establishing uniformity in same and their rigid enforcement. Mr. Bid well in discussing the paper said he could heartily agtee with the paper, especially that pnrt of it relating to the es- Spoke of F. A SIGLER. I>i-ug-g*is-4t. You Know Where We Are, _ _ pcx'iitiiy IIKU JIMri o i it r c i a u n j And as the weather has been warm t h e demand , (abiishment of uniform rates. was not very Rood, and we will have to make j [!»« raP.id consolidation o f <,e <;***[»" " " ' * ' ii i «j ! lines and said consolidation did not reduce prices move them. You will be well paid to look at our line before you buy. S e e O u r Line of F u r R o b e s M o n t a n a R o b e s S t a b l e B l a n k e t s S t o r m B l a n k e t s F a n c y P l a i d B l a n k e t s . We are Selling 'em on Small Profits. 5/A Five Mile Bias Girth Horse Blanket The Old Reliable. Has five miles of ttroaf irtrp threads. Long of wear, will never teir. Shoes. Will gi\e 15 per cent off from any shoes in our store for one week. Groceries for Saturday, Dec. 9: TEEPLE & CA DWELL. Rubbers* MEN, this will certainly interest YOV\ 6c* 8c Best Canned Pumpkin Best Bottle Catsup".; Best Bottle Pickles Best Tomato Mustard l i e . 8c. I D . \ D . lS&TTvaT&. capitalization but rather increased it through the well known process of watering stock, hence higher rates must follow to insure dividends to stock-holders. W. D. Sterling of the Howell Schools, haying been invited to prepare a paper on this subject presented a well written one which was quite descriptive of this great branch . ^ of American industry; said the production R u b b e r s of t h e LatnbertvilJe and Mishawaka brand carry conviction of wealth was greatly increased by trans- w i t h t h e m W e f w „ t h e m ( . h e a a m ] s e l l t h e m l i k e w i s e . A l s o h a v e portation; thought much of our aggregate » » T» i * i o t i T I L wealth was <ue to our extensive system of the celebrated Ball Brand Knit Boots and Socks. To show them is transportati«to£<»ted thejgre.t advance in s e n them. We have meu's, boys, and youths' Felts and Rubbers in commerce in the past 11 < years; said, sh.ill J J the American transportation be utilized in b r a n d s a n d S t y l e s t o p l e a s e a l l . the future, he considered its future treat. —. • • • - . w . ~ «> • • > . • Gents' Furnishings for Winter. Heavy Duck Coats, with aud without rubber lining. Heavy Kersey Pants. Heavy Overshirts and lighter weights. Every article a good value, made with care, good fitting, and for wear unsurpassed Gloves and Mitts, just the time for them. The right articles, onr a°ssortment furnishing anything j o u wish. Our Strong Point. and Underwear. Comparison with goods ereadvocauHijhe piestnt system uoubtri;g boU ^ t elsewhere has convinced us as well as many others that if s no the ability of the peoplt to manage »ogfeat . y .,; . a businefla with its many details. ~ 1 , exaggeration to state that we have the strongest line i n t h e county. The question box absorbed the remain- * » • • • " " • der of the time, there being nine question/ ! QstlirH^IV Vf)pf* 9" of local and national importance. To glob W O I U I U O J , 1 S C U . £ . . Jfe'*** a comqlete report of them would take 0o $ J b s B e s t C r a c k e r s / M * ^ :'v 40c. Tea—to close ^ Bfcu 3 lbs Bice for 1 1 * In the general discussion which followed all united in the opinion that an extended and systematic system of transportation was an absolute necessity in the sociai and material developement of a nation, but opionioii8 differed upon methods and management, some advocated government ownership and management on the ground that as transportation was a public heuetit and a necessity, the people should own and manage the same in their own interests, also as a means of preventing ihi' many injustices: , practiced under private ownership.' Ofr- A n d t h a t 18 H o s i e r y much time and apace. It was appa that those who could remain to tnuu part of the projrraa carjoyed the hooanrery much. J. W. Edgar was elected t o / e p r e - sent th« association at the stats speung, and tbs association adjoornsd saJsWl to c a l l o t s & s t * . E . B . S > • ' F. G. 3ACKS0N. -¾ *<-:i •mm EVENTS OF THE WEEK N O U R GREAT STATE RELATED IN A DRIEF FORM. n >» * * * « l a d l e t m e a t s Alreedy Returned by t h e flraad Jury luclade Speaker Ad«mn, La«4 Con* as lei toner Freuch nod Uuok .Agent Pr*U—Gold la Sobewttiug. Dead of » Maniac. A most horrible and brutal murder •was committed in Detroit on the evening of the 2d. The victim was .John M. Reindcl, who conducted a bicycle repair shop on Gnswold street, next door to the Capital Square Theater. As Mr. Keindel was known to always carry quite a roll of money it was at first thought that the killing was the work of auburglar, who committed the deed in order to cover up any clue to his identity. Later, however, a man by the name of Thomas Denton applied at police headquarters for admittance, and after being given a ceil, a physicians was called, who, after making an examination, pronounced the man insane. When, questioned Kenton admitted that he knew Keindel. and that he killed him and then poured gasoline upon his clothing and set it atire. Whether the insane man committed the deed with the intent of robbery, or whether it was just an insane desire to kill is a mystery. An Effort to Recruit O. A. B. Department Commander Pealer, of the G. A. It., in Michigan, is making a «trong effort to recruit the order. He has just issued general order No. 2, in which he states that there are now 3S5 posts in the state, and it is impossible to visit them all, he makes some suggestions for the work of the coming winter. First he would have great •care exercised in the selection of oosi -officers at the approaching elections. The new officers, he says, should be the most competent and loyal men to be found in the posts. They should all be recruiting officers. There should be no schemes to keep comrades out of the O. A. R. No political considerations . should be allowed to influence the action of members. Especially it is urged that an effect be made to win back old members who have fallen out of the ranks. Each post is ordered to make a speeial effort to secure at least five new members within the next three months. STATK GOSSIP. New Vie for Cornstalk*. A series of experiments which have been carried on for some time past by the agricultural department have recently developed a new use for cornstalks, from which a very valuable horse and cattle food can now be made. The department has done a great deal of work with cornstalks in the past year and has developed several valuable uses for them, namely coirerdam packing for warships, a high grade of writing paper, the basis for a smokeless powder superior to the picric acid powders, several other uses. The new cattle food is made by grinding the dry cornstalks, leaves and tops, to a .powder and mixing it with blood and molasses or both. This is pressed into cakes under a hydraulic press, and c;»n be shipped as easily as bricks or cordwood. For feeding it is broken up and mixed with water. White Cloud is to have electric lights before long. A new opera house is one of the possibilities for Saugatuck. Hollanders at Holland on the 25th donated 8300 for Red Cross aid for the Uoers. The postofflcc at Five Lakes was broken into on the 20th and about $05 taken. There is a poultry dealer at Otsego whose name, appropriately enough, is Caekler. Koiueo can secure a stave factory if a suitable building is donated for the purpose. Diphtheria seems to be epidemic in Florence and Northwest townships, Hillsdale county. The new opera house now in course of construction at Sheridan is fast nearing completion. Wreckers made two attempts to wreck trains on the Michigan Central near Mason recently. Now that Caro has a sugar factory, she is on the hustle to get a chicory factory to go with it. Geo. Kerns, a Dalton saloon keeper, has paid a line of $50 for keeping his place open on Sunday. The Methodists of Saline dedicated their tine new edifice with appropriate ceremonies on the 20th. The annual reunion of the 3d Michigan infantry will be held at Grand Kapids on December 13. Four carloads of stock were shipped from Had Axe, Huron county, to eastern markets on the 25th. The magnificent Catholic church of St. Thomas the Apostle at Ann Arbor was dedicated on the 20th. The annual reunion of the veterans of the .0th Michigan cavalry will be held at Ionia on December 27. A cement factory to cost 8200.000 is projected for Homer Lake, where plenty of marl of good quality exists. The first sugar made by the new beet sugar factory at Kalamazoo was turned out on the 17th. The beets test well. A SI0.000 brick manufactory, with all the modern appliances, will be a new industry at St. Joseph next spring. | The first hard snow storm of the sea- j son in the upper peninsula started on ; the 3d. Sleighs were out at Marquette j on that date. j How many people know that Jackson, j now one of the leading cities of the j state, was once called Jaeksonburg? The burg was dropped in 1833. 5 Horses aroi;nd Vienna, Gene*ee county, are dying of some disease, the symptoms of which balnea the farmers. Of the 200 heirs of the estate of the late J acob Maker, of Germany, which, it is alleged, amounts to $30,000,000, principally in real estate in Philadelphia, 13 or 13 are living in Huron county. The Ithaca council has taken a long step in the right direction by buying a 20-acre gravel pit near the city, the gravel from which will be used in improving the roads leading in from the country. Secretary Gage, of Washington, on the 27th forwarded to ex-Congressman Stephenson at Menominee a draft for $4,200 in payment for the lot at that place, on which the public building is to be loeated. After a session lasting since Nov. 13, the grand jury at Hay City, finished its ' work on the 20th, ret ATaUMEANDABEOAU S U M M A R Y O F T H E NEWS FOR T H E WEEK BY WIRE. WlteootlB Member of the Bennbl^an National Coutttlttcf Becojameude m Chunge in the Representation ut Conventions—Otuer Item*. •; ' 1 turning three indictments to the circuit judge and submitting a typewritten report of its doings, covering 12 pages. Cary Dunham, of Lawton, who mysteriously disappeared at Minneapolis, has returned very ill. He says he started tor the depot and then remembered nothing until he found himself on a train near San Francisco. Deputy Came Wardens P-mnctt and Atkinson seized a quantity of venison at the Michigan Central depot, Hay City, on the 27th, shipped from the north without a license tag attached. j It was consigned to Plymouth and Oxford. Manchester people have an idea that there is gas. or oil, or mineral water, or something worth going after, underlying their village, and efforts will be made to raise a fund sufficient to put down a test well to verify or disprove their belief. Diphtheria now exists at White Pigeon in malignant form and the school and churches have been closed for the time being. One little girl who was in school on the 20th died of the disease on the 23d. and about 400 pupils were thus exposed. Would it not'be a good thing if the farmers of the state would take half the money which is now spent on Ixjtched jobs of repairing roads and use it in building roads upon correct prin- | copies? Surely it would be only a few ; years until the farmers could get to I town at all seasons .with something more than an empty wagon. j The 12 census supervisors of the state j held a conference at Lansing on the 1st ! relative to methods of work and the i«- j terpretation of certain blanks, instruc- Lowell people seem to be very fond tions, etc.. the object being to secure dogs. The dog warden collected $05 J uniformity along these lines, They Three Indictment* Returned. The grand jury which is eapraged in investigating the charges of fraudulent legislation by the last legislature. has already returned three indictments against the following persons: E. J. Adams, speaker of the Last legislature; Wm. A. French, state land cointais- -sioner, and Chas. H. Pratt, whose story brought about the charges that convicted the above officials of felonies. W. A. French has been admitted to bail in the sum of $3,000. Two more indictments have been returned by the grand jury, but the names of the victims are suppressed. There is no doubt but what the charges were based on the dicker over the antitrust bill, as it is alleged $500 was demanded of the Grand Rapids wholesale grocers for the purpose of sidetracking thebilL That M«w Fruit LAW. There is great excitement at lien ton Harbor among fruit buyers. The new law that all commission firms must give a bond of $5,090 in each county where they do business, so that dissatisfied growers can sue them, has brought word from the leading Chicago firms that they will not give a bond, but rather keep oat of the state. There is likely to be a reconstruction of the fruit business in this state, and the fruit Till be brought direct instead of •being bought on consignment. atand at Faruainfto*. In the new park which Farmington is going to have will be placed what is probably the most historic band stand in the state. It formerly stood on the aite of the Detroit city hall and from it Seward. Douglas and many , a prominent speaker of 40 years ago addressed Michigan audiences, and from it all Michigan soldiers were reviewed on thcit way to the front in 01. A white swan was shot and killed by a hunter near Cadillac recently* the only bird of the kind **ar *fcjB'in<llf3t itjr. ' ' • " • • ' of in four days last week, and covered but j wiU also act as a unit in an effort a small portion of the village at that. secure an allowance for office work Mary Vickery. aged 90. an inmate of j taking the census next summer. the Jackson county house, set her clothes on fire with her pipe and before help came she was incinerated. Farmers in the vicinity of South Haven art1 sore because their sugar beet crop did not pan out and small acreage will be planted with beet seed next season. Free rural delivery out of St. Johns will be put into operation on December 4. The route lies north of the village, and covers 27 miles, over 1,100 people being served Two deaths from diphtheria was reported at Lansing on the 20th. There is one other case in the city, and the school in close proximity to that case has been closed. Arrangements are almost completed for the establishment of a daily rural delivery of mail south from Quincy into Algansee. This will wipe out several country postoffiecs. The Kalamazoo Ministrel alliance on the 27th drafted resolutions petitioning congress against the seating, of Congressman Roberts, of Utah, on the grounds of pobygamy. The farmers' granges in Clinton, Ingham and Eaton counties are now organizing a Patrons' Mutual Fire Insurance company. The officers of the organization will be at Lansing. The docket for the December term of the circuit court in Wexford county contains seven criminal cases, an unusually large number for that ordinarily law-abiding community. Wife beating seems to be a cheap form of amusement (?) in Hillsdale county. An Allen township man who was found guilty of that offense was let off with only 20 da3's in jail. 1 Hillsdale county brags that she stands third on the list of counties of the state for the number and strength of her Sunday schools, being excelled only by Kalamazoo and Calhoun. The original shingle roof of a store at Rochester which was built 55 years ago has just been replaced with a new one. Not many shingle roofs made now-a-days that will last that long. The deer hunting season, which ended on the 30th, resulted in a total of 11 hunters killed and seven wounded in Michigan and the Lake Superior sections of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Gen. Israel C. Smith was instantly killed while quail shooting just east of Grand Rapids on the 27th. He was going through a thicket and it is supposed that he stumbled, his gun discharging the full charge in the back •of bis head. to of Reports to the state board of health show that rheumatism, neuralgia; tonsilitis, bronchitis and influenza, in the order named, caused the most sickness in Michigan during the past week. Consumption was reported at 200 places; typhoid fever. 77: scarlet fever, 05; diphtheria, 41; measles, 32; whooping cough. 21; smallpox. 0, and cerebrospinal meningitis, 2. When Judge Smith gave Mrs. Joseph Ferguson, of Owosso. a bill of divorce a few months ago. he made an order forbidding her husband from marrying again within two years. Joseph stood it as long as he could, but he is married now. A charge of contempt of court now stares him in the face and he see ahead of him more trouble than he had with Mrs. Ferguson the first. Chas. Hentley and Hiram Waite, of Fort'Huron, were around the city on the 1st, meeting old friends, who have stood by them since they were sent to prison several years ago. They were pardoned on Thanksgiving day, and, although a parole only, was asked for Bentley. he received a full pardon. The men will go to work in that city, and friends will help them regain the reputation which was lost when they were arrested. THE NEWS CONDENSED From a British source it is learned that the Boers are withdrawing from Kimberley. C. E. Young, of Flint township, has had fresh berries from his patch many times in the last few weeks. Nearly $2,000,000 worth of property was destroyed by fire in the heart of the business section of Philadelphia on the 29th. Both houses of the Cherokee legislature have finally passed the bill extending to the 1st of July next the time for congress to ratify the Cherokee treaty The treaty is practically the same as that made with the Dawes commission. Out of respect to the memory of the late Vice-President Hobart the President has canceled all his social engagements for the present. The members of the cabinet have done likewise and the administration will observe a period of mourning. Lieut. Monroe with a handful of men, 50 in all, captured the garrison at Bay ombong. Gen. Conon surrendered 800, officers and men with rifles, several Americans and 70 Spanish prisoners. He must have felt cheap when he learned Lieut., Monroes actaai strengtlv Proposed Change lu Representation. Benry C, Payne, the Wisconsin member will present at the meeting of the national Republican committee in Washington, Dec 12, a resolution rec ommending a change in the basis of representation in future Republican national conventions. Mr. Payne's plan provides that each state be en> titled to four delegatea-at-large, and one additional delegate for each 10,000 votes, or majority fraction thereof, east at the last preceding; Presidential el«e> tion for Republican* electors; and four delegates from each organized territory and the District ot Columbia If the plan to be proposed! by Mr. Payne is recommended by the national commit" tee and adopted by the convention, Alabama would have 9 delegates; Arkansas, 8; Florida, 5; Georgia, 10; Louisiana, 0; Mississippi, 5, and South Carolina, 5—a total of 49 instead of 124, as under the present apportionment. The other decreases would be: Colorado, 1; Idaho, 1; Montana, 1; Nebraska, 2; Nevada, 1; North Carolina, 2; Tennessee, 5; Texas, 9; Utah, 1; Virginia, 0, and Wyoming, 1. The increases would be: California, 1; Connecticut, 3; Illinois, 17; Indiana, 7; Iowa, 7; Maryland, 2; Massachusetts, 2; Michigan, 5; Minnesota, 5';: New Hampshire, 2; New .Jersey, 0; New York, 14; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 11; Qrejjon, 1; Pennsylvania, 13; Vermont, 1; West Virginia. 2, and Wisconsin, 7. The representation of the other states would remain as now. The total number of delegates would be 8(J4 as at present. Secretary of War Root's First Report The first annual report of Secretary of War Root, made public on the 1st, is of exceptional interest, dealing as it does with large questions of insular policy; of army reorganization; of the future of Cuba, and of the campaign in the Philippines. The report begins with a recital of the policy followed in reorganizing the array in accordance with the necessities arising from the discharge of the state volunteers and of the men enlisted for the Spanish- American war, and gives statistics of the past and present strength of the organization, covering in that respect matters dealt with in the reports of the major-general commanding and of the adjutant-generaL ^ y..• i The regular army is distributed as follows; In Cuba, officers* 334: enlisted men, 10,706; in Porto Rieo, officers, 87; enlisted men, 2,855; on the continent of North America, officers. 910; unlisted men, 17,317; in Hawaii, officers. 12; enlisted men. 453; in the Philippine islands, officers, 905; enlisted men, 30,578. All the new regiments of volunteers are in the Philinpine islands or on the way to the Ph.*.ppines. The regular army has been increased to the number of 01,999 enlisted men and 2,248 officers, making a total of 04,247, and a new Toltrateer force has beeft'raised from the country at large, numbering 33.050 enlisted men and 1.524 officers making an aggregate of 34.574. The Uoers Succem fully R e t r e a t e d A London dispatch from Orange River, dated Nov. 27, and describing the battle at Enslin, says: The Boers successfully retreated. The Lancers attempt to intercept and reach them, but a severe fire, opened from a kopje (hill) forced the Lancers to retreat. Gen. Cronje was with the Boers. Among the Boer prisoners are Aid. Jeppe and commandant Ressik, who led the Boer forces. Many of the Boers voluntarily surrendered. The Boers were shelled during the final retreat, and must have lost heavily, but they succeeded in getting away northward with their six guns. The British were badly in need of more cavalry; The bulk of the fighting was on Free> State territory and the engagement was admirably planned. Thirty Boer wounded are under treatment at ©range- River. At the close of the action; Lord Methuen complimented the naval brigade upon, their splendid behavior-and expressed his regret at the losses; U. 8. Troop* May be S«nt t » Ken tacky. A few d»ys ago the President was asked oxu behalf of Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky* whether he would send federal trofsBs to assist state forces in case riot ensued on the attempt to seat Taylor as governor. The President referred th* matter to Atty.-Gea. Griggs and Secretary Root, as. it was claimed by Kentucky Democrats that as the kite election was not in any sense federal, the President bad no right to interfere. The President has received Grig*8' opinion that he eanaead troops. Atty.-Gen. Griggs, also maintained that it was the President's constitutional right so to act no matter what caused the riot, and especially where the governor declares martial law and asks the federal government for aid, as Gov. Bradley is said Intending to do. It is therefore presumed that regular troops will he placed ready to take pact in the '*augit8*tioa eer<io*jDie» in Keaanoky. "WAR MUTES. Gen. MacArthur is now in Bayaray bong (or Bayamban), preparing to sweep the country on both wides of the Munila-Dagupan railroad. Gen. Wheaton is at San Fabian and Gen. Lawton at Tayufl. The cordon, from San Fabian to Sun Isidro covers <yaU the roadsand occupies all towns on the line. The American policy is to prevent any more insurgents escaping to the north and to force them toward the country west of the railroad. Maj. March, with a battalion of the 33d infantry, occupies Vigan, .having made a forced march from San Fabian. The remainder of the regiment are on the way,., Gem- Young with a handful! of cavalry audi the Macabebes is in Vigan and Lieut.-- Col. Hoivse, with four decimated companies of the 34th infantry, barefooted and fagged, is struggling toward Viganfrom Aliga (Aliagu). When, last re~ ported he was within 50 miles of his destination. There are 5,000 Spanish prisoners in Abra province, whose release through the military operations , is expected soon. When the transport Manauense anchored in Manila bay on the morning of Nov. 23th, Z2 days from San Franeisco, there were several feet of water in her hold and 400 grimy, greasy, hungry, exhausted soldiers and sailors, who had been passing buckets of water since Nov. 17, night and day. First Assistant Engineer Dunlcavy was under arrest, and, according to Col. Webb Hayesf official report, the chief engineer would also have been under arrest if there had been anyone to rfeplaoe hia. The colonel's report declares^ that the captain of the vessel told binn that the only thing which brought thttm through was the fact that the men were greenhorns and failed to> realize their danger, while experienced seamen would have deserted the ship and taken, to the boats in mid-ocean. Three hundred Spanish prisoners who escaped from their captors before the American advance, including civil officials of rank, who had l>eeu in the hand ; of the Filipinos for more than a year and many officers, have arrived at Manila during the past week. Francisco Royes brought 100 of them from Gen. Whe&ton-. They were a motley clothed and bearded company. Some were ill.and had to be carried from Tayug to Sun. Fabian in army wagons. A delegation of thefce former prisoners visited Gem Otis in order to thank him for his hospitality which included the furnishing of food and clothes. Senor Jatnarillo; the Spanish commissioner, is making arrangement* to send them to Spaju oa boacd) of a Spanj^h transport. The following- dispatch from (Jen. Otis was soceived at the war department on the 27th; A steamer from San FabAirbrithe S&tfc brought 115 Spanish prisoners*: $15,000 in insurgent government money, and! other property captured by' (-Jen. Lawton's tr<x>ps near Tayflg on the 25th. Gen. Wheuton's troppsi Fowler's company of the 33d, drove the enemy westward from Mangataren. a few miles southwest of Dagupan, and captured five 3-inch muzzle' loading guns, 12 rifles. 12,000 rounds of Maxim cartridge*. 1.000 shrapnel, 800 pounds of powder and other property, also 94 Spanish and seven American prisoners. CoL Bell, with the 30th infantry?, tsftfc pttt&nit* and will march down tiie western Luzon coast. CoL Gardeners 30th regiment, which left Fort Sheridan on Sept. o, got its first glimpse of the Philippine islands on the. 21st, when their transport, the Sheridan, o m e to anchor in Manila bay. aixnija and, a half from shore. It was an; unbroken run from Honolulu, where she laid three days through to Manila,, no stops having been made at the Japanese ports or at Hong Kong. The Vvwyage lasted 27 days, ard it was the fastest time the Sheridan has made. The weather was fine all the way over. Only a few were sick when the boat reached! Manila, and they not seriously. Xhtt regiment has been assigned to Gem. Lawton's division and will doubt- Less see service in the near future. & — The last Filipino council of war was held" by the retreating leaders at Bayembong on Nov. 13, in the house now occupied by Gen. MacArthur. It was attended by Aguinaldo, Pio del Pilar, Garcia. Alejandrino and some members of the so-called cabinets. Information has reached Gen. Mae&rtlrur from several sources to the effect that the council recognized the futility of attempting further resistance to th«.Americans, with united forces and agreed that the- Filipino troops should scatter and hereafter follow guerrilla mathoda- , , , / Aguinaldo's mother ha» arrived at Manila and has been gtaen shelter by Senor Legarde, a proaainent amigtOv who was secretary before the outbreak and who resigned when it eam^. i<t seems that Bueneaoiino's party took refuge in a bandit village, whisk had offered Aguinaido an lasylumv intending to sell hfcn to tine America**. The bandits aswssnitiated half of <Bnea«e> mino's guard and proposed to keep Aguinaldos mother for ransom * Secretary of the Nary Long-on the 86th received a cablegram from Admiral Watson, dated Cavite, informing him that the entire province of Zambeanga, Island of Mindanao, had surrendered unconditionally to Commander Very of the Caatine. The surrender was made on the 18th, and the delivery of all £uni is promised. •»>'«M.ii*. .inifa" e f l 4 e t f * ^ irii?i-.i». H ' i i ililiXH •**«*„,, - - ^ • r " «f-.\ rm i ii in -M^»...«l-a ^ < ^ . ' „ . . A u i t . ^ _,.., •-' fi—LliL.-1.... . 1 . . . •^'••••ujhtti^ -~rf , .u.*fr i i*^fr i T.i f ....^^.,. " • * " • ' "'> T 'l l t - n*--- i n,.t»i • *lf*W%#JKT?»HW«fr-', " f i n t V i !*=*• •• •''•-'• '' - - ^ L ^ . ^ ^ J A A UeltfZkJ! ikAttj 0*mnmrmmmmmmmmmm*mm* KITTY'S HUSBAND By Author of "Hetty," Etc, . - * . iilifc. M m i M u w i w t u r CHAPTER XIV.—(Continued,) "The secret Is not my own," he continued earnestly after a minute; "you must b e . satisfied with half confidences.' I waited. "What I want, to tell you, Kitty, is ^nis. I am bringing a visitor here tonight to.§lecp. l want no one to know that be la here. He is eluding justice. I i m sorry to say that I am abetting him." "John, what has he done?" "Don't be frightened, Kitty. We can •leep in safety without fearing for our lives. He has forged a cheque—a cheque for a large amount. It is not his first offense. Many years ago he was guilty pf a similar forgery; then the would-be prosecutor was bought off, the case was never brought into court. This time he has to deal with men who are made of sterner stuff. They will hear no compromise; they insist on prosecuting; for weeks past I have been trying to negotiate with them, to save him. I have failed.." "Is he worth it, -John—worth all your work?" "No, I think not." "Why are you so anxious, then?" "For old friendship's sake." "Was he an old iriend of yours? Oh, let him come here;, we can hide him!" "Kitty, you spoke then almost as your old self might have spoken. No, dear, he was never a dear friend of mine. As I said before, Kitty, you must be content with half confidences. A few weeks ago I hoped he had escaped. He could not be found. Then we discovered that he had returned to London and was here in hiding. Today I find, what I feared yesterday, that his hiding place has been discovered; he dares not return there tonight. When it is much later and the way is clear, I shall bring him here. No one need see him, Kitty. I have a I turned toward the door; he opened It for me, smiling at me as he did so. "Thank you, Kitty," he said in r. grateful tone. "You have helped m i very much." "A wifely duty!" I returned, with A bitter little smile. "Don't thank me, I was bound to help you;" and * turned away from him with the sounf of my own bitter mocking voice ring ing in my ears. CHAPTER XV. "Heigh-ho, what a long evening thi' is!" and Meg sighed. "Wind and rain, wind and rain; listen to it." "Don't stand at the window, Meg," { urged. But Meg did not heed me. She stood between the parted curtains, and looked out across the wet pavement shining in the gaslight. "Madame Arnaud!" cried Meg suddenly. "Madame Arnaud?" I repeated. "She is coming in with John. Sh«» chooses strange hours for calling, Kit • ty; the clock is just striking nine W*ll, I aa= glad that some one haJ come to enliven our dullness—even a dull caller is better than no one." "But not tonight," I said absently. Meg turned away from the window | we both waited for John to brinr. Madame Arnaud into the drawingroom. We waited in vain. Ther^ were steps in the hall, then John'f. study door closed, and all was alien* in the house. Meg and I were silent, too; the rail* beat against the panes; I sat and 1:«* tened to it absently. Presently Mejr crossed the room and stood beside *uy chair, and kissed me caressingly. "Madame Arnaud must have gon<« again," I said, almost defiantly, defying Meg's unspoken sympathy, turning anil looking up at her. Meg did not answer. Presently s h i l«^/N^*%^^^^^^*%^*v^s*^/^^^^^^^%|•^l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^»^^^w^^^^»^^^^^^v> I LOOKED STRA IGHT AT HIM. > * • disguise prepared for him. Tomorrow, when he leaves here, he will, I hope, be uncecogsJjable. His berth has been taken for lim in another name in a ahip for Sv'uth America. Once there, be will be beyond the law." Jokn stood talking to me for some time longer, arraneiflg the details of our plot. "Shall I see him, JohnT" I asked. «? think not, Kitty.'> X rose at last to go. John detained a minute longer. "Not a word to Meg," he warned "No/* I promised. "One would not willingly trust state •ecreU to Meg," he added, with a slight •mile. "Try to keep her with you all the evening, Kitty. A s for the servants, 1 wtll tell them t o build up the study fire and then « o t t e disturb me again tonight. Wfeeav dinner i s over, take Mejf baok to the draWinjf-reom a n d keep her there." ' "Too will not be at dinner, John?" "No," be answered abstractedly. "I am going ont now." "WhereV I asked. The question escaped me before I had time to think; it was not often that I questioned him about his goings. He looked a little vexed at the question • o w . "To Madame Arnaud'i," he answered dimply. drew a low chair just opposite toTninr, An hour dragged by. All through that hour, even while Meg talked, I was listening with a strained attention. "Go to bed, Meg," I said at la»rv pleadingly. "Why, Kitty?" "Do go, Meg," I urged. Meg glanced at me. Then for o n « s she rose and kissed me again and went. The wind bad risen; the rain befA deafeningly against the window. Sounds in the house were lost in the sounds of the storm outside. I crossed the room, took up my stand at tbr> window, where Meg had been standing, and closed the curtains behind me to shut out the light of the room. Minutes went by, minutes thtt seemed like hours. At last the house door opened, shut softly, and John and Madame Arnaud tame out together, and passed the window where I stood. I waited. Ten minutes passed. The clock struck eleven slowly, and John passed the window again—this time alone. He let himself in silently; he went back to his study, and for an hour longer I waited. The fire had gone out, the room had grown cold; but my head was hot and throbbing. I threw open t h e window and knelt beside it, welcoming the cold wind Chat swept m* oven welcoming the rain that beat against my burning cheek. After a minute 1 shivered. But even then I did not move. Physical cold seemed to deaden for a minute all the passionate burning tumult of thoughts that were surging through my brain. The wind caught the curtains and made them sway to and fro. Suddenly, as the door was opened, I turned to see John coming in with a firm quick step across the room. He drew down the window sharply before he spoke a word. Then he turned to me, with a quick glance of mingled severity and gentleness. He tried to speak patiently, but there was something of anger in his self-controlled tone. "Do you try to make yourself ill, iCitty?" he asked. I had risen from my knees, and 7 stood leaning against the shutter, mj hands held down before me. I lookec straight at him, all the agony, all the hopelessness of the past two hours shining in my eyes. "I try to die," I said calmly, with th( calmness of the deepest passion. John's eyes expressed a passion a' deep as mine. He was putting a cur! upon his speech; his effort after self restraint was evident. "Why should I wish to live?" ,' asked. "Why? Tell me why." John sighed and made no answer, went on passionately— "If the wind blows upon me a littlfe if the rain touches me, you are sorry. You are not sorry that my heart is breaking. It is breaking all day long —always. And you—you do not care." "Kitty, I think you are mad when you talk like this." I pushed back my hair, which was falling loosely about my forehead, and looked at him with an odd little smiU —a heart-broken half-bitter smile. "I should be happier if I died," ,l said. "And you—could marry Madame Arnaud, John." John's gray eyes flashed a quick, startled, scrutinizing glance at my face. "That Is one of the things, Kitty, that I cannot allow even you to say," he returned at last severely. There was a long silence. It was John who was the first to break it. He spoke slowly, and his tone was heavy as he spoke. *You asked me the other day to let you leave me," he said. "I refused. I was wrong—and you were right. You may go, Kitty. I will not try to keep you with me." I was silent. John turned away, with a tired and heavy sigh. "We will talk" of it tomorrow," he added. "It's too late—we are neither of us calm enough—to talk tonight. But you shall go. I promise." I think I murmured a few Incoherent wo^>ls of thanks as I turned away. I m i g j t go! The privilege seemed an empty boon, indeed. I had no feeling of elation, no feeling of contentment in having won. Life stretched away blankly before me, bereft of every joy, every hope. Even now I cannot recall the long hours of that night with an aching pity for that old self of mine who lay sleepless, tearless the whole night through, and heard the hours strike one by one, and waited in a dull, hopeless, unexpectant way for the dawn to break. The dawn came at last. The sun rose slowly above the house tops—a red orb In a copper-colored sky. I dressed wearily, and turned with a heavy heart to go down stairs. My hand was on the handle ot my door when the door was opened from outside. Meg came in. At the first sight of her face I stepped forward quickly and put my arm around her. Her face was deathly white—white even to the lips. Her lips were tremulous, and yet they were trying in a pathetic way to laugh at herself and at me—at herself for her emotion, and at me for my solicitude. "I ought to faint, Kitty," she said, looking at me with a queer, tremulous little smile. "It would be befitting— and—and romantic, dear." She pushed away the eau de Cologne I had brought her, and gradually the color came back into her cheeks. "You should have told me he was here," she said, after a minute, hall lightly, half reproachfully. "Did you see some one, Meg? Were you startled? A—« friend of John's came last night to stay. I didn't tell you." "Do you know who he was?" she asked. "No. I don't know—John didn't tell me. But he told me that he was coming. I wish you hadn't seen him, Meg He startled you—naturally—when you didn't know that any one was staying here. Would you mind, Meg, not saying to any one that you have seen him?" Meg laughed harshly. "I am not likely to mention it, Kitty," she said drily. "It is' not often, dear, that I boast of that early escapade of mine. When I am an old woman cind very dull I may weave a romance out of those ices and love letter's a&d jam puffs; but I am not old enough just yet. I shan't talk of i t dear; don't fear." "Meg. what do yon mean? Who wai It you saw? Not Arthur St. John?" (To be continued.) T R A N S V A A L WAR I T E M S . Enlistments for the Boer army, it was learned on the H7th, are making some progress in New York, though more men are volunteering in Philadelphia and other places. The recruits are found chiefly among the Irishmen, although Germans and men of other nationalities are also voluntering to fight under the Boer flag. Some doaens of young Irishmen have already left New York for the Transvaal, but the largest recruiting is done in Chicago and other western cities, San Francisco sending her quota. British Ambassador Pauncefote has informed the secretary of state that he has been directed by Premier Salisbury to say that a state of war has existed since Oct. 11 between Britain, the South African republic and the Orange Free State. The notice will probably not materially affect the United States, except to enable the governru^nt to deal vigorously with any persons who attempt to recruit in the United States for either of the parties to the war, Boer or British. Presidents Pruger and, Steyn have instructed (Jens. Joubert and Conje not to split their forces into small detachments, but to strike vigorous blows. Gen. Joubert has three corps, one holding Ladysmith, the second commanding the Tugela, and the third, east of Estcourt, in order to cut off the British retreat. Gen. Cronje's forces are divided into three contingents, one at Kimberley. another at Modder river and the third in the rear of Gen. Methuen. '-The latest returns from the Modder River engagement says that Gen. Methuen, of the British forces, and several other officers were wounded. It is also added that Methuen's wound is slight, being a flesh wound in the thigh. The above report is taken from a London dispatch and it is believed to be greatly modified. The transports Scot, with 33 British officers and 1.0S6 men, and the Bavarian, with 83 officers and 2,810 men arrived at Cape Town on the 28th. Nations Warned by England. Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary of state for the colonies, in a speech at a luncheon at Leicester, Eng,, on the 30th, said that ever since the great split in the liberal party he had found himself a mark for the slanders and misrepresentations of the "baser sort of politicians," but that he had found compensation in the generous appreciation of the majority of his countrymen. Continuing Mr. Chamberlain said he was deeply gratified that the foreign relations of Great Britain were so satisfactory and he asserted that the country owed a debt of gratitude to Lord Salisbury for the great improvement in Great Britain's position. It was espeeially gratifj'ing, ho said, to note the friendly relations existing between the Anglo-Saxon branches, saying that the understanding between the United States and Great Britain was indeed a guarantee of the peace of the world. This statement was greeted with cheers. In speaking of the attitude of foreign nations Mr. Chamberlain said he hoped that the friendly feeling that now existed between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race would continue. For 47 Year* a Baflread Early this fall the m m s g s s i s s t o t the B.>«% 0. R. R. decided that the W»*- formed force should be provided with* service stripes, and on t i e winter matforms each man has one or more gold stripes on his right sleeve if 1» been in the service for five or years. The gold stripe stands for ttre years continuous employment toy tkecompany and a glance over the list develops an interesting and instructivecondition of affairs. The ordinary man, In a peaceful and uneventful vocation, is seldom in continuous service for forty years, yet o n the B. & 0. R. R. there is a bale a n * W. H. GREEN. He has been employed in the B. ft O. for 50 years. hearty old man, with keen, undlmmed eyes, and a springy step that has been in the continuous employ of the com- ! pany for 50 years and is still better than many men half his age. W. H. Green is his name, but everybody on the line calls him "Captain Harry" and he has a record that any man, in any station in life, would be more than proud of. Captain Green Is probably the oldest passenger conductor in the world. If he is not he has the best record, for not once has he been suspended from duty for any cause whatever. And then, too, he has never been Injured. Green was born on September 12, 1827, in Cockeysville, Baltimore county, Md., and entered the B. £ O. service March 3, 1850, as a freight brakeman. He was promoted in two years to freight conductor and in 1S57 was given a passenger train and has served in that capacity ever since. He is now running through trains between Baltimore and Cumberland, Md., and wears ten service stripes on his right arm. For many years B. & O. train e m - ployes have had an enviable reputation for politeness to passengers and attention to duty, and the adoption of the service stripe system will give the traveling public an opportunity to recognize long and faithful service. Division ot Samoa a Islands Kejected. The United States has declined to accept the agreement as to the disposition of the Samoan islands, reached by Great Britain and Germany. It was possib!;,' the leaking out of some information to this effect that gave rise to the report circulated in European capitals recently of the development of a serious hitch in the negotiations. As a mattor of fact, there is no serious hitch. and the reasons which influenced the state department at ^Vashingtou in rejecting the British-German arrangement when it was submitted for approval, related entirely to minor matters, and touched rather upon the form than the substance of the arrangement. Having rejected the tentative treat\T submitted by the other two powers, our government has in turn, and at the instance of the other parties, prepared and submitted a draft of a treaty which it is hoped will be acceptable to all three powers. T H E MARKETS N e w York- Best g r a d e s — Lowerjfrades. I ' h t c a r o — Lower trraUes D e t r o i t — Bo.st g r a d e s . . . Lower grades B u f f a l o - Best g r a d e s . . . Lower grades Cincinnati- Best g r a d e s . . . Lower grades Pittsburg— Best grades .. Lower g r a d e s . LIVK STOCK. - ' C a t t l e Sheep L a m b s t4 7.Vft»90 U HO «6 90 .3 1X&4 To -2 UU 5IKI .5 4*<?7 00 4 75 .3 &J&4 05 3 90 .3 T5<a4 75 S 50 .^ 50®3 73 2 50 .3 ?3@4 50 4 50 .-' 2*&3 6J 3 80 .5 30^5 SS 3 75 3 t*)j£4 50 3 00 .5 70®6 0J 4 25 .4 -&HI-1 90 3 76 5 50 4 50 t 90 4 25 5 50 4 25 4 79 4 10 5 00 4 7« Hogs 44 25 4 05 4 00 3 Co 3 90 3 75 <k 05 3 50 3 95 3 &J 4 66 4 00 GRAIN, ETC. Waeat. Corn, Oats. No. 2 r*d No 2 mix No. 2 white New Tork 71@7n* g*&SS* 90&S0 CUlcajro «©!»* S3&3.'* 2S&23* *l>etrolt 68@fc$* 83&3J* 27@27tf Toledo ftkdW^ »1©31* 23^3* Oiaeinaetl (»©09* 31^31¾ 88©*7 Pltteborff 7J&70S &®33* VQ3i% Baflale ' »JQ09ti 34634* 28&S8H •Detroit—Hay, No. I Timothy. «11 10 per ton. Potatoes, 36o per i>u. Live Poultry, •prise ehkkens, 7c per lb; fowla.ee; turkfoy*. 9Hc; duck*. 8c Ear*, Mtrlctly freeb. 18c per oosen. Butter, bost-dalry, UJ pvu* lb; creamery, an» Coaching Lead* te> Kemp's Balsam will stop the ooufrb at one*. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle tree. Said in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous* We sell our birthright t o be saved when we choose sin. Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. EL Green'* Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy specialists in the world. Read their advertisement in another column of tbisi Walking with God most begin in very short steps. THE GRIP CUBE THAT DOES CHTKa*. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removne the cause that produces La Grippe. JS. W. Grove's signature is on each box. Be. Cheerful giving always makes the giver rich. ACTS GENTLY ON THE KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS CLEANSES THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY/ OVERCOMES RITUAL cof**1* BWy Txe 6CNVIMC - 4 a * N l T » CMf (AUI^lAfctyRWHS rat*AU*Au< i':-'**** \ ^ tSfae 5?inchnry gwjmttb. Council Proceedings. f. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, DEC. 7,1899. W. C- T. U- «1 Edited by the W. C. T U. of Piuckney. $ » Three Uetrs a Day. The following list of goods was submitted to first class grocerymen of Milwaukee, east and west sides, and their estimates were made by the prices usually paid by workmen, and the average taken. 1 Barrel of flour. 50 Pounds of 8ugar. 20 Pounds of Corn Starch. 10 Pouuds of Macaronia. 10 Quarts of Beans. 4 12-pouud Hams. 1 Bushel Sweet Potatoes. 3 Bushel Irish Potatoes. 10 Pounds of Coffee. 10 Pouuds of Raisens. It) Pounds of Rice. 20 Pounds of crackers. 100 Bars of Soap. 8 Twelve-pound ^nrkeys- 5 Quarts of Cranberries. , 10 Bunches of Celery. 10 Pounds of Prunes. 4 Dozen Oranges. 10 Pounds of mixed nuts. Four big b a n els heaped up to hold these goods. In the bottom of the last barrel you will find a purse, in one pocket of which there is a five dollar gold piece; marked "a dress for mamma," in the other a ten dollar bill marked, "shoes for the children." In the third pocket there will be three dollars for a daily newspaper through the year, fifty cents for postage, and still one dollar and twenty five cents left for six good books. All this for ''Three Beers a Day" one year. Moderate drinker, just think of this. Take it home and show it to the loved ones, whom you wish to make happy. Yours for happy homes that will not drive men into the saloons. HENRY COLMAN. Milwaukee, Wis. F. A Sit/ler tfuarantees every bot tie of Chamberlins Cou^h Remedy and will refund the money to any one who is not falsified after using two Thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world tor la grippe coughs, colds, rroop and whooping "on^h and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. t mar.-l ASHEAL CANADIAN EXCURSIONS. For The Village of Pinckuoy. I U v u l a r . Oct. 2 , 1891). Council convened mid culled to order by Pres. M v l n t y r c . Present, trustees, Thompson, Sykos, Kiclmids and M o n k s . » Absent, trustees, J o h n s o n and l i o w m a n . Minutes were read and a p p r o v e d . Street Coin, report presented and ac- 3J ; cepted as follows :— Reason & Shehau, oil $2.98 Francis Carr, st. li'ting, matches 8.10 A. K. Hrown, marshal services, 1.67 Percy Swarthout, watering trees, 1.00 K. Sigler and K. Carr, " " 1.80 & Total The following highway bills sen ted and accepted:— S. Grimes, labor, J . Monkfi labor and team A If. Monks, " " Will Moran, labor, Marc^llus Monks, stone, Oral Wheeler, stone, $15.55 were pre- $2.50 5.50 2.50 1.00 150 100 Bv BAILEY SMITH. ^bbArranged hv M a s . W. C A I U . I N . ^ £ Perhaps just a wordof e x p l a n a t i o n before ^ o o d b u s i n e s s f o r SOllie o n e , o r a the beginning of these letters will m a k e , i - , , » . , , . , 1 i great number, for he next few them more readily understood. 0 l u August 18!>Tmy husband, Mr. CaHin y e a r 8 J U P t h « " V e r j w o o d i s w o r t h and my brother Riiley Smith left S.ui $ 8 . 0 0 p e r C o r d Oil t h e b a n k o f t h e Francisco for Oawnon city inteiuling to go bv boat the entire distance. T h e boat stream. All reports from h e r e they called the North Fork—on which bear evidence that this country is took passage was very heavily loaded be- r i c l i j n m i l i e r a l , a n d t h a t g o l d , 6ides taking in tow a smaller boat culled • the Mare Island to carry the passengers P ^ g from $G t o $ 1 0 p e r d a y , up the Yukon. The boat made very slow can he found on any creek in t h e progress an.l by the time they reached St. ! w b e R r i n ^ o o u n t r y . B u t t h i s Micliaels Island the season was so far a i l - i , , , . „ don t pay as the cost of provisions and the cost of tfettini< them there Total $14.00 U p c n motion council adjourned. K. H . T E E P L E , Clerk. Regular. vanced tliey could proceed no further as iee was already forming on the Y u k o n . Some of the passengers—Mr. Carlin included— returned to the states to spend the winter and go in over the Pios in the spring, while o t h e r s ' remained Nov. (J. 1809. on the boat in the canal, and it is of their Council c o n v e n e d and called to order by life from then until the present time' that" Pres. protein, T h o m p s o n . Present, trustees, J o h n s o n , Thompson, Richards, B o w m a n and Sykes. Absent, trustee, Monks, pres., M c l n t y r e . Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Street Conir. report read and accepted as follows: — li. V a n B l a i c u m , laying stone w'k $ 3 75 is described in these letters. M. Lavey, labor, J . Monks, " team S. Grimes, " A. Monks, " . " J . Mortenson, " M. Ku.-n Geo. Hutch " I)ei.l Swarthout, labor Teeple & Cadwell, nails A. E. Hrown, rep pick, T. Head, lumber etc , S. (irimes, labor, H. I). Grieve, cartage 9 88 22.75 3.75 6 25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.46 .10 14.20 .50 .35 {ST. MICHAELS ISLAND. On Board Steamer, Mare Island. Oct. 15 1807. We have gone info winters quarters about 15 miles from St. Michaels, in the channel between the island and the main land, 1 believe we wrote you after an ittempt and failure to get u p ' t h e Yukon. The ice drove us back, but if we had stayed in it for a week we would now be on our way of the great strike at Dawson did is very expensive. The ouly ways of getting through this country is by water in summer or by sleds in the winter. Then the hardships ami privations do not encourage one to remain here many years making not much more than a living. I think with the great rush of people here that new railroads will be built into this country; many new • trading companies located all along the river; provision will grow cheaper; labor cheaper and means of living better. Everything is backward now and the companies here are slow to act. For a few years times will be good in Alaska. The news Facts to Bemewberi The original and genuine Red Pills are Knitl's lied Pills tor Wan people at 25c box, the woraou's remedy. Don't pay 50 cents. You can work when they work, never gripe or make you sick, K'nill's Wbite Liver Pills. Bowel HtagiiKtor. Tiventy-tive doses, 25 cents. Plnasant, safe and sure are Km I -•• Black Diarrhce* Pills. Cures summer complaints, dysentery and all pains of the stomncb and bowels. Only 25 cents box. Knill's Blue Kidney Pill cure backache, etc. Only 25 cents box. Pure, swwet stomachs and breaths an* made by taking Knill's l\vspep>ia Tablets. They will cure indigestion, correct all stomach troubles destroys all foul gases tor 25(¾ box. Best and cheapest. Guarrantaed by y/'>us -drutf- %QSI Will Curlett, Dexter. W, B. Harrow, Pinrknev. Total T h e following Contingent bills were pre gented Htul iiccepted:— A K. B r o w n , marshal services to Nov. <;, isyy #2.07 L. G r a h a m , cure A. Jticoby, 6"i S. Sykes, rep. semper handles. 1.00 Reason 1¾ Sh< IIHD, o i l a m l globes ,5.48 IT. D . G r i e v e , cartage, .2-") \V. H. Darrow, l l y , comr. book, .50 up. The weather moderated, ice went out and the boats that we left in the ice went on up, but we had many timid passengers who 'a" never saw any ice, and when they $i»7.4!> found themselves among a little new ice they were ready to bid not reach here, St. Michaels, until last -lime, about four months a^o, and as this is the head quarters of all the trading companies Werner's Dictionary of Synonyms i Antonyms, Mytbology ani Familiar Pirases. A book thai should be i:ith evest pocket of every |>ersou, because it tells you the right word to use. No T w o W o r d s i n t h e E n g l i s h Language Have E x a c t l y t h e S a m e s i g n i f i c a n c e . To express the precise meaning thm one intends to convey a dicltoimrv of Synonyms is needed to avoid repetition. The slnngesst figuie ot Njieeeh. is antithesis In this dio- 110 nary the nprietnlert Antonyms will, therefore, be found extremely rulnable. Contains many other features such as M y t h o l o g y , F a m i l i a r A l l u s i o n s and Foreign P h r a s e s , Prof. Loisntte's Memory S y s t e m . • T h e A r t o f N e v e r F o r g e t t i n g , " e t c . , etc. This wonderful little book bound in a neat cloth binding and sent postpaid for $0.25. Full Leather, gilt edee, $ 0 . 4 0 . postpaid. Order at once. Send for our large book catalogue, free. Address all orders to T H E W E R N E R C O M P A N Y , rafclUheni and Xaaafactureri. AXXON, OBXQ. < n-i riated Aii: ;r>ol r i v e r s , C'^'ii.ntjnM lleam. ( Kt:..,•• -/j i r'>e. LAST FECT FORCVCPU SCALES • J O N E 3 OF B l N Q H A M T O N , BINQHAMTON, N. V< P"'1 • - L WA N T E D — S E V , i i U A l , B R I G H T A N D H O N E S T persons to reprtsunt n o t m u c h c o u l d 1>H d o n e ro h e l p ° 8 a 3 Mauageru in this rind close by court. out the situation at Dawson and ' i e s \ R a k r ? *9 0 0 a ^eiir ^ : x l « " c « ' / - • l / ^ - . -r» • • fctrai*. bone-fide, no more, JJO let>s. - IJosi- , C l r c l e C l t y - Provisions are scarce t i o n p e r a m n e n t > 0 u r r e f e r e n c e 8 > Aaf farewell to earthly troubles and there; the company's stores are bank in any town. It U mainly .,met cast their lot among the angels. closed and people will have to work conducted at home. Reference. Ivn. I don't think I shall leave this come down to Ft. \ ukon, where *lo«? self-addresswl camped envelope, T H * country soon for there will be boats are loaded and in win D o M , T r i O N ' M v p A M r,_Prr *-r-"«'*'"^ some good opportunities to make ter quartern or starve. There j money either in mining business, will be much suffering, in Alaska, I Total *y.i)5 Motion niHile ;nul ciirrit'd that the council meet herenftiT at 7 o'clock p. m. nun time. U p o n motion council adjourned. K. II TKEPLE:, Clerk. or labor. A small saw mill is a paying business here. The timber is small and hard to get out but at Dawson it is worth $200 per thousand. Wood cutting is a this winter. Money will not buy food when there is none to be had, and plenty of provisions are more to be coveted here than gold. C o i i l i t l l M ' r t % X I W r i t . I -- Tia Grand Trunk Railway System. Excursion tickets will be sold from all stations in Michigan and I n d i a n a (except east ot' Poutiac, Armada and Imlay City) "to stations in Onter.o, Quebec and New Brunswick, good goiog Dec. 14, 15, 16 and 17, and for return leavi n g destination until Jan. 16, 19()0. j quickest cur« in the world for all LonS limit: low rates; first class! throat and lung trouble. Regular Special. N o v 10. 1*99. D O E S I T F A Y TO B U Y C H E A P ? P e r s m n t to a call for special m e e t i n g , ; A chesp remedy for coughs and colds is by president Mclntyre, council convened all right but you want something that will and w;m r i l l e d to order by the president, relieve and cure the more severe results of Present, Hichnrds. Bowman, T h o m p s o n , , luny trubles. What shall y o u do? Go to Sykes, Johnson and Monks. warmer and more regular climate? Yes, Motion made by trustee Richards and if possible; if not possible for y o u , then in supported by trustee Bowman, that the eather case take the ONLY r e m e d y th;it has since at the terminus ol Pearl street south, ^>een introduced in all civilized countries be removed nud the cross-walk at t h a t w ' ' h success in severe throat and lung point lowered in a proper manner. I trubles, '-Hoschee's German S y r u p . " It Alotiou carried. Council adjourned. not only heals and stimulates the tissues to R. II T E E P L E , clerk. ! destroy the germ disease, but allays inflam- ——*- ..,—- : rnation, causes easy expectoration, gives a Iffiii I J f e W a a S a r e d good nights rest, and cures the patient. M r . J . E . L i l l y , a p r o m i n e n t C i t i z a a T r y ' o n e bottle. R e c o m e n d e d m a n y years of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a wonder- h.v a11 druggists in the world. Sample bott'nl deliverance from a frightful death. t l e s a t F- A- Si*ler'8- in telling of it he says: "I was taken ----- with typhoid fever, that ran into pneo* monia. My Iun#s became hardened.! 1 was so weak I could not even set np in bed. I expected to die soon o< con* sumption, when 1 heard of Dr. King's : New Discovery. One bottle (rave re- j liet. 1 continued to use and am I now well and strong and I can't ; say too much in its praise." Thia marvelous medicine is the snreet and Ra 11 road^Guide. Hrand Trunk Railway System. Time Table in effwt, June 19, 18»». iM. A. L. DIVISION WESTBOUND. No '11 Passem'er, I'ootiac to Jackson connection from Detroit 0 44 a a No. 2y PtiMseruer, i'oatiac to lucknon, 6:15 p. in. No. 29 tin* through coach troiu Uetroit tn J axon. No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jncknou roiinectioii froip Detroit 4 4fi p m All trains daily except (Sundny. KAS'J.OUND Bleeping, coach, dininir car and train service; optional routes via Detroit or Port Huron. Full information from all agents of Grand Trunk or connecting lines, or write to Ben. Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agent, Detroit. • • l e a a i l c E r u p t l * B « Are grand, but skin eruptioni rob life of joy. Bueklen'k arnica talve caret them; also old, running and fever torea, ulcers, boiU, felona, corn P. warta, enta, braises, burai, scalds, obapped aaa4s,* chilblains, best pile e«re oe eartli/drjv<» oot pains and ac4es. Only 25c a box; cure guaran tta4. 8eW by f. A. tt*f ler, druggist sizes 50c and $1. Trial bottles free at P. A Siller's drug store; every bottle guaranteed. I t r O n H r c i e r t l l i r C o ! l e c t o r . " Y C P , " s a i d t h e b n s i n e p s m a n , "I h a v e r i v e n up t r y i n g t o c o l l e c t t h a t U t i l e bill f r o m P.Ukins. Y o u s e e , h e i s a n r e i t y . b i g f e ! i o w , a n d h e u s e d t o t h r o w m y c o l l e c t o r s o u t . " " T h e n w h y didn't y o u e m p l o y a w o - m a n c o l l e c t o r ? H e c o u l d n ' t do t h a t t o n w o m a n . ' - " T h a t ' s w h a t I t h o u g h t . S o 1 g o t o n * a n d s e n t h e r a r o u n d , b u t s h e n e v e r c a m e b a c k . " " W h y n o t ? " " H e m a r r i e d h e r . " — A n s w e r s . Subscribe £or Dispatch C. L. BOWMAN, Proprietor of The C^y Market, Corner ol Main and Mill Sts., PINCKNEY, MICH. WILL PAY GASH For Tall ow, Hides, Pelts, and Dressed Pork. Se«* us before selling your Beef. C. L. BOWMAN. N o K l f r b t t o ( T f f l l n e t * A woman lovely in lace, form and temper will always have friends bat one who would be attractive must keep her health. If she is weak, sickly and all ran down, she will be nervous and irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood w i l l c a u s e p i m p l e s , b l o t c h e s Or S k i n No :V> Pauses or to Pontiac and Detroit filftp« e r u p t i o n s a n d a W r e t c h e d C o m p l e x i o n . No. 2« Pnsenn<:pr, .Iaxon -o Detroit, OilHa. m. E, . , . . . • ., • ,. •• . . , No. 28 IIHS llinnu'h cosiO'i fcoin .hixon to Detroit lectrlc bitter913 the best medicine in ! l i r o " No 44 MixeJ *o J-ontiac and Lenox 7 55 a m All trains ilnlly exonpt Sunday. No. ;Wconnection at Pontiac for Detroit. No4Joounection at Pontine for Dt>iroit and *<»r tliw west on l> 4 M ft K ««»• Be", U. J j<|atfk, Kirnt \ ( ) P A T ^K^nt, Aiffit, ''hic«i:o, III, i"i)ckn*»y the world to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and so purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good looking, charming woman of a run down invalid. Only T>0c at P. A. Sigler's drug store wo. \}-*4 W^rr- .— • {Jolted fcuttea L^nur.:. lUuUiou. J'or free JJOOIC .. -:-;RFLCT" CM SCALES . "s. AllKln<l.i 'M-y r c»tn > ' 0 M C 9 O P R ! ^ S H ^ W T r < QTATKof MICHIGAN'. Uoimtv of i.ivi-)^si.>- OS?* \t a suasion of the Probata Point for s:ikl county, held at the Probate O'ficc i'i t-\ • vi.U^u of Uowt'll, on Kriday, the U4th day of Nov , in tl»e year one thousand el«ht Imndred «u<\ ninety-nine. Present: Alltird M. Davis, JIKLC of P oliai*. In the matter of the estate ol SII.AS A. BARTON deoe.med. On reading and fllinirtlif petition • t>11 v veriiiMl t of Frank A, Button, praying that adminlatra i<-n of said e«tat»» mav be irranted to tiirnwlr or aonm other atiltahle person. Thereupon it Is ordered that Tuesday, the-^Uh day of Dec. next, at I o'el ck In the aitenmori, at eaid I'roliate Office, be afentxiiod tor t he heirin^ of said pi-tit ion. It is tart tier ordered that a com of this order be published in the PINCKNBY DIBPATCU, a newMpaper printed and circulating in ^\ I ^miitr. tiir»e succesolve week» previous to t»ii dtv of heartnif A I . H I K O M l»AVI<, t-."it lurl •«• of Prohjifp. 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O r g a n s of <\ hlch. h a v e b e e n w e a k e n e d •'use, o v e r w o r k , e x c e s s o r o, r e s t o r e d t o full p o w e r , d vi::ur b y o u r n e w a n d v : n i o: i r e a t m e n t '^rn(i ot t e s t i m o n i a l s b e a r " - w e v i d e n c e of t h e g o o d o b t u l n e d l r o m our m e t h o d of ri ail i o r m s of c h r o n l o d i s e a s e . .1 k<. mAND CURE IT'. Heart Disease, :..1 Syphilis. • •. •'"; Varicocele, .i!ijiSjl l f Sterility, : .: a. Eladdcr Trouble, -..-, ICJS o* Vnaky. .Kvi, Dy*->rp*Li, „ie M/caknws, Ccaui potion. LI TCT Complaint Tumors, Piles, Fistuk, Skin Diseases, Blood Diseases, Youthful Errors, Nervous Troubles, Weakness of Men. JNSlUAiIUS FREE. CHAR6KS lODUUTB* ItuuraOtoS. H»l Ope* Sudsy*. y_R. HALE IN PERSONAL CHARGE _ •strocui.tiOTirii Those unable to call should w a d stamp lor g.ueailoa blank fur home treatment. "Ah didn't kiss Melinda/' " Y u s y o ' d i d . " "Wha' for yo' say dat?" "From yo' own lips!" "Ah didn't say so!" "No, but yo* hab pink rouge on yo' lips, an' Melinda am de only gal dat uses pink." AT I WE. Bar-Ben i? o-.-> cTeatest known • w T I I B I U I M n e r v e t o n e .M. I blood vurlliur. ' ~t It c r e u u - M.iid llesli muscle and STRENGTH, c l e a r s the l*niiu, m u k e s the b l o o d pure and rich, a n d c a u s e s a m i c ' i a l r-eilng of health, power a n d renewed virullty. v.')iile the g e n e r a t i v e organs are helped to rpcuin t: i ;r normal powers, a n d the sufferer is qnicklv in.i.le c o n s c i o u s of direct benefit. One bo.s will v i -m wondera, six should perfect a cure. 80 cts, A L<0X; ii hoxi-s, $2.,1¾).. For s a l e by druk'tcistw cvi-i T l i e O n e G a y e i v n t a W a t e r i n g P l a c e . I t w a s a s t u p i d S o u t h e r n c o u n t r y w a t e r i n g p l a o e , d e s i g n e d e s p e c i a l l y t o c a t c h t h e N o r t h e r n f l y . W e w e r e t h e r e t w o d a y s , d u r i n g w h i c h i t r a i n e d a l l t h e t i m e . A t l a s t t h e c l e r k o f t h e h o t e l , t a k i n g p i t y o n o u r d e s o l a t i o n , t o l d u s t h a t t h e r e w a s t o b e a " c o o n w e d d i n g " t h a t n i g h t , a n d t h a t w e c o u l d g o a n d s e e t h e c e r e - m o n y a n d t h e d a n c e a f t e r w a r d . A c o l l e c t i o n w a s t a k e n u p f o r t h e h a p p y c o u p l e , a n d a w e d d i n g p r e s e n t d e v i s e d . T t h o u g h t t h a t s o m e t h i n g l i t - e r a r y m i g h t d o , j u s t f o r t h e f u n o f t h e t h i n g . I w e n t t o t h e n e w s p a p e r s t a n d a n d i n t h e m i d s t o f c o p i e s o f L a u r a J e a n L i b b e y a n d H a l l C a l n e , I f o u n d o n e b o u n d b o o k . I t w a s q u i t e g o r g e o u s , a n d t h e n e w s m a n t o l d m e t h a t h e h a d h a d i t f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s , a n d w a s q u i t e d e l i g h t e d w h e n I b o u g h t i t . I t h a d b e e n a k i n d o f m a s c o t , a n d h e w a s r a t h e r l o a t h t o p a r t w i t h i t . I t w a s o n e o f H . O M c V i e k a r ' s n o v - e l s , a n d w i t h d a r k l i l a c r i b b o n s I s e n t it t o t h e d u s k y b r i d e . I t s t i t l e w a s a p - p r o p r i a t e f o r t h e o c c a s i o n , " T h e P u r - p l e L i g h t o f L o v e , " a n d a b u n c h o f l i l a c s w a s a l s o s e n t i n l i e u o f t h e c u s - t o m a r y f l e u r s d ' o r a n g e s . A n d t h a t i s h o w I r e m e m b e r t h e M c V i c k a r l i t e r a t u r e . T,ovc'« S f s i m t u r e i|> th#» W r n i i s : lMnce. A s h o r t t i m e s i n c e t h e d a u g h t e r o f a H u l l m i l l i o n a i r e d r o v e u p t o t h e d o o r o f a j e w e l e r ' s s h o p , w e n t i n a n d s e l e c t e d a t u r q u b i s e a n d d i a m o n d r i n g v a l u e d a t £ 5 0 . S h e m a d e o u t h e r c h e c k f o r t h a t s u m a n d p a s s e d i t t o t h e a s s i s t a n t . T h e a l e r t y o u n g m a n ©n receipt of pru . A N D B E N S O N , ! i i u t i i n t U ' | | A >i4, i i i ' : n>, or mulled, sealed, , , . , , , . . , , . . , M'<S ! > K S , B A K T O J J g l a n c e d a t i t a n d t h e n l o o K e d i n q u i r - i ui-.,^ if . C l e v e l a n d , O i n g l y u p a t t h e y o u n g l a d y a n d s a i d : " T h e r e i s s o m e m i s t a k e h e r e I t h i n k . " T h e y o u n g l a d y flushed a n d a s k e d i f t h e c h e c k w a s n o t f o r t h e r i g h t a m o u n t . S h e w a s t o l d It w a s , b u t " B u t " w h a t ? " s h e e x c l a i m e d f r i g i d l y . " D o y o n m e a n t h a t ray c h e c k i s n o t a c c e p t a b l e ? " *~ '"" T h e a s s i s t a n t a c k n o w l e d e d t h a t h e k n e w w h o t h e y o u n g l a d y w a s , b u t e x - p l a i n e d t h a t t h e c h e c k w a s n o t m a d e o u t j u s t a s i t s h o u l d b e . A n d h e h a n d e d i t b a c k . T h e g i r l r a n h e r e y e o v e r i t a n d t h e n t u r n e d a d e e p c r i m - s o n . " O h . " s h e e x c l a i m e d . " I s e e ! " A n d t h e n e h e p r o c e e d e d t o m a k e o u t a n o t h - e r c h e c k . S h e h a d s i g n e d t h e f i r s t o n e , " Y o u r o w n s w e e t h e a r t . J e s s i e . " MOKE LOCAL. M o r e l i k e w i n t e r . G u y H a l l w a s a g u e s t o f f r i e n d s i n I o s c o S u n d a y . G e o . G r e e n a n d w i f e s p e n t T h a n k s g i v - i n g i n H o w e l l . G . W . T e e p l e a n d d a u g h t e r , M a u d , w e r e i n H o w e l l S a t u r d a y . R e m e m b e r t h e S u n d a y S c h o o l s o c i a l a t M r s . C a d w e l l s F r i d a y e v e n i n g . C . L . G r i m e s a n d c h i l d r e n w e r e i n H o w e l l t h e l a t t e r part o f l a s t w e e k . M i s s I v a PI a c e w a y s p e n t t h e p a s t w e e k w i t h r e l a t i v e s i n W h i t e O a k a n d I o s c o . F . E . W r i g h t a n d w i f e v i s i t e d t h e i r s o n F r a n k a n d w i f e i n J a c k s o n , T h a n k s g i v i n g . A U n i o n t h a n k s g i v i n g p r a y e r m e e t i n g w a s h e l d at t h e C o n g ' i c h u r c h o n T h u r s d a y last. M r s . I I . D . ( J r i e v e a n d d a u g h t e r K i t t i e w e r e g u e s t s o f r e l a t i v e s i n H o w e l l t h e l a s t o f last w e e k . N e l s o n B u l l i s o f U n a d i l l a , r e t u r n e d last w e e k f r o m t h e N o r t h w h e r e h e w e n t t o k i l l d e e r . H e w a s n o t s u c c e s s f u l this y e a r . M r . G . H a r t , o f L a k e O d e s s a , w a s t h e g u e s t o f M i s s I v a H a l s t e a d t h e 6 r s t o f t h e w e e k . H e w a s a p l e a s a n t c a l l e r a t t h e D I S P A T C H office M o n d a y . A b o q u e t o f p e t u n i a s w a s g a t h e r e d f r o m t h e y a r d at t h e h o m e o f H . G . B r i g g s , T h a n k s g i v i n g m o r n i n g , N o v . 3 1 . T h i s i s a r a r e t h i n g f o r flowers to b l o o m i n o p e n g r o u n d , s o l a t e i n t h e s e a s o n , i n M i c h i g a n . K ^ u l a r m e e t i n g o f t h e K . L . G n e x t W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g , D e c . 1 3 . A g o o d a t - t e n d a n c e is d e s i r e d a s t h e e l e c t i o n o f offic e r s o c c u r s at t h a t t i m e , a n d o t h e r m a t t e r s o f s p e c i a l i m p o r t a n c e t o e v e r y m e m b e r w i l l b e p r e s e n t e d . S a m G i n i e s s p e n t t w o o r t h r e e d a y s i n H o w e l l last w e e k . C a r l S y k e s w h o h a s b e e n w o r k i n g at P o n t i a c , c a m e h o m e F r i d a y l a s t . K u b e n W r i g h t a n d w i f e v i s i t e d r e l a t i v e s i n M a s o n a n d D a n s v i l l e la»t w e e k . A l l c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s w h o w e r e h o m e f o r T h a n k s g i v i n g , h a v e r e t u r n e d to t h e i r w o r k . A n u m b e r o f f r i e n d s a n d r e l a t i v e s o f J . A . D o n a l d s o n a t e T h a n k s g i v i n g t u r k e y w i t h t h e m . M r . a n d M r s . G e o . B a r t h a n d t w o s o n s , of n e a r P l a i n f i e l d s p e n t T h a n k s g i v i n g w i t h r e l a t i v e s i n A n n A r b o r , E . L . M a r k e y a n d f a m i l y o f B a t t l e C r e e k w e r e g u e s t s o f h i s s i s t e r , M r s . F l o y d R e a o n a t t h i s p l a c e last w e e k . A l o a d f r o m h e r e t o o k i n t h e e n t e r t a i n - m e n t a n d p a r t y a t D e x t e r T h a n k s g i v i n g e v e n i n g . T h e y r e p o r t a c r o u d a n d fine t i m e . W e w e r e v e r y s o r r y w e w e r e u n a b l e to b e p r e s e n t a t t h e c o u n t y a s s o c i a t i o n o f f a r m e r s c l u b s , at H o w e l l o n S a t u r d a y l a s t , a s w e d e s i r e a r e p o r t o f e a c h o f t h e s e m e e t - i n g s . W e m a d e a r r a n g e m e n t s t o a t t e n d h o w e v e r b u t c o u l d n o t g o w h e n t h e t i m e c a m e . W e u n d e r s t a n d t h a t a v e r y i n t e r e s t - i n g a n d p r o f i t a b l e m e e t i n g w a s h e l d . B l a m a r k ' s I r o n N e r v e Was the result of bis splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr. King'6 New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25c at P. A. Siller's drag store. ^4HMM>€MtHlH^iiHt # <1> <lMI>€^^<MHs»<s»#^ e t t5 T H t B E S T READING 4*&9S'SS3£9 Letters from the Klondyke, in serial form, by Bailey Smith, formerly of Howell, now iu the Golden Country. These are most interesting anil begin with our issue of today. h o u ^ • • i d - ^J.; i{] stock r a ^ i u ? . ivnbi. iK-s ariirk'g o n ji l . e horse, the colt, g horse IK.) i s, distuses of t;,c*inrse, the farm, g r a v e s , fruit culture, dairying. cookery.hiiiltn, cattle, sherp.swine, poultry, U i s , t h e dog, toilet, social As a cure for rheumatism Charjobpedi «s i n existence A large book, 8x5% x 1 ¾ Inches. 636 pages, fully illustrated, bound i n green c l o t h bindi n g a n d equal t o other books costing S4.0O. If you desire this book send us our special offer price, $ 0 . 7 5 , a n d $0.20 extra for postage a n d w e will forward the book to you. 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Lady riders are especially pleased with Arnica and oil Liniment, it is clean and nice to use. Twenty-rive cents a bottle; one three times as larg» for 50 cents. F. \ Sigler, W. B. Darrow, She ^uicfenta tio.ntclt PUBUSHKD KVBRX THURSDAY II JK.O.SU BY FBAiNK L. A N J H E W S Editor and 7*ropri9tor. Subscription F r i e s $1 i n Advance. Entered at t h e Fostuthue at f m c a a e y , Michigan, ttu second-class matter. Advertising rates made itnowo on application. B u s i n e s s Cards, $4.0U per y e a r . I \ ) a l h and marriage u o t i c e s puolisueil tre*. Announceuiente ot entert&iuuieul* uia> oe paid for, if desired, by p r e s e n t i n g tuo uihce witu tickets of a d m i s s i o n , i n cane t i c a e l s are uot o r o u g a t to the oihce, regular rate* w i l l on cuar^ad, A l l matter i n local n o t i c e c o l u m n will CHJ charg ed at 5 cents per line or tractiuu m e r e u t , tor each Insertion. Where uo cl.ue t* a^eciuea, *li notices will be inserted until jrdered n s c o u u u u e u , and will UecUarged forAOJordin^ly, „sf" i l i c u ^ n g e s of advertisements MUST r e a : h *ttis o.hce ad early as T C S S D A T m o r n i n g to i n s u r e a n insertion m e same wees:. In all i t s branches, a s p e c i a l t y . We hare all k i n d s anu the latesi styles ol l y p o , e i c , wmou j u a o i e s us to execute all s i n u s oi worn, auou <u liooas, Pamplets, Fosters, Programmes, dill deada, ^iots EeaUa, statements, Cards, Auction tfiiU, etc., i n superior stylea, upon the dnurtest uotice. Fnces as o v as good w o r t cau oe d^ue. «LL SILLS f AtfAHLlS iflliiC Olf AVtiA* HJ.S CH. THE VILLAaii DIRECTOR/, VILLAGE OFFICERS. P a s s i o s N T . . . . i l e x . Melutyre TjiUSTiSKS £ . L. ruoiupsou, Aitred jlound, Daniel Kicharda, >eu. Bow a i m , Samuel Syaes, K. U. JoUuson. C L B B K . . . . « 11. Teeple THKAHUKEH VV. E. Murphy AsstJSBOU VV. A. Carr aTKSKT u o i i J i i s a i o s s K J. Monlss. M A S S A U L A. E . riro#u. UKALTH o*ricifi« u r . fcl. f. ^l^ler a>TTuaNUY. • • « • « • • 4 < « • * , * * « , W. A. Carr CHURCHES.^ A SURE CURE FOR CROUP. Twenty-five Years' < onstant Without a Failure. use The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to PARSHALLVILLE. M:-s M. G. Cornell spent Thauksgiving with relatives in Elsie. B. F . Andrews had fine lettuce, that disease it may be >aken as a sur« jsecoud crop, for lliauksgiviug sign of the approach of an attack, dinner. Following this cough, is a peculiar | >irs< M v r t i e C o x o f S t J o h u s ME T H O D I S T KPISUOI'AL OtIUttUH. Kev. Chas. Siinpeou, pastor. Services every Sunday moruinn at lU:.io, aud every Sunday evening at 7:0» o'clock. Prayer meeting T h u r s - day eveDings. auhday s c h o o l at close of m o r n - ing service. LKAi.Siuj.aa.Supt. CO N U r t E U A r i O N A L C H U K C U . Rev. O. W. ttice pastor. Service every Sunday, m o r u l n j at H>:.1»» aud erery Sunday evening at 7:0C o'ciJd. Prayer meeting 1 hnrsday e v e n i n g s . Suad-iy s c l i o o l a t close ot m o r o - I n - s e r v i c e . U. 11. fee pie , S.iyc. HJJS itead, See ^ T . MAUYT'S'-'ArrfObHJ U t f U H C d . O Kev. M. J. Comiuerior.I, P.isc>r. Services every SSuunnddaayv,. Low mas s at 7:30 o'clock tilgii mass with s at 1:00 p. iu., veBpeir8anut>en«dictioD»t * :io p. m. higirmass w i t h s e r t n o o at 9;;5i»a. iu. Oatecuism SOCIETIES. The A. O. H. Society of t h i s place, meets e v e r y third Sunday m t n e Kr, Vlittbew 11*11. John Tuomay an I Vliiid SCelly,iJ)a i t / Oil-igites. mond, Ind., has been troubled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking ot it he says: "I never found anything that would relieve me until 1 used Chanr.berlains Pain Balm. It acts like magic with me. My foot was swollen and pained ma very much, but one good application of Pain Balm relieved me. For sale by F. A. Sigler Drugurest.. roupb cough. If Chamberiin's Couuh I Remedy is given as soon as the child j becomes hoarse, or even after the ' croupy cough appears it will prevent j the attack. It is used in many tbou.s- ! ands of homes in this broad land and never disappoints the anxious mothers. We have yet to learn of a single instance in which it has not proved ef fectual. No other preparation can show such a record—twenty live years constant use without lailure. For sale by F. A. Sigler. • « . ^ t^ P W O K T H LEAGUE. Meets every Suuday lievenlQK at tfiuoocloclc in the VI. ti. Ouurcli. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone, especially youug people. Mrs. Stella (irauain Pre* C fiusnvtf EVJKvvm soj[erv:-M«t. in^s every S u u l t y ev.'niQ,' ni d: 1) Preai'isut, Miss Etta Oarp-^uter; Scoratary, >Irs. C vV. Ltice. M r s A l b e r t W h i t e i s S p e n d i u g J , . , H E ^ . C , T . U. meets the Irsi Friday of e a o i I month at J: *\ p. in. at t ie li,) ue of Dr. II. b\ sigler. Kveryoae interested iu temperaac* i s coadially iuvited Mrs. '^eal Siller, I'res; .Vlrs. Etta Durfee, Secretary. is visiting her parents for a few weeks. this week with her daughter in Oak Grove. \','c i;n i y a s»i» k iif goods valct'i! :il — >l„'H»iM.'Jll. 00 Business Locals. The Christmas number of the Cosmopolitan comes to our table laden with good reading and seasouable stories. I t is one of the best numbers issued. The C'.T. A. and B. S o n e t * of this p'.ace, m e e t ev&ty third Saturday e v e n i n g in the f r . Matthew Hall John Donohue, President. Mv son hns heen troubled for v^ar^ KN I G U T S O r * M A C C A B E E S . Meet every Friday e v e n i n g on or before f a l l ot" ttie moou at their hall in trie Swarthout bldg. Visttint; brothers *re i-or liallv invited. C U A S . UAMi'BBLt,, Sir i£ni*ht C o m m a n d e r Livingston Lodge, No.71*, " . * A , H. K-i'i»»t Communication Toesday eveaiu^, o a or beiore nivu U I K M I H ; u i A i i u u r a , o n u i r ( n u n l L e , u l | „. ttlt? lU.>ou. AlexAQ-ler dclutyro, v\'. vC. Dr.Cidya Conditioa Powders are just what a horoe needs when in bad condition. Tonic, olood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25c per package. For sale by F. A. Sigier. Notice I will give $3.50 per cord for poplar delivered at tlie Hudson pulp-mill. t23 H. L. Stout, Supt. ai/o f persuaded liim to take some of Chamherliu's Colic, I'holrea and Diarrhoer Remedy. After using two bottles ol 25-'re.itt size he was cureii. I give this testimonial, hopinir >otneone s i m i l a r l y e f f e c t e d m a y r e n d i t a n d h e : b e n e f i t e d — T h o m a s '.'. B o w e r , ( . t i e n c o e . | O . F o r s a l e h v F A . ^ t i / l e r , d n w i f i s t . i OitOEB OF KASTKUNf SIW.K meets each month tiirt Friday evening t')Llo.via^ tua re^iU^r F . &A.M. meeting, Mas. M.\uv Hn\o, »V. >l. LA D ! F.-: OF T H E MACUABEKS. Meet every 1st aud rird Saturday of eacbmouiU at i'.'Xi p m. at K. o . I". M. lull, v'isr.iu^ -4,3(,)1-- j>r.liaily 14 vited. LILA CON 1 WAif Lady Com. ^ FARM JOURNAL Great Offer 1 KS U f H T S o F T H B LOYAL GU VHD ment every second Wednesday evening of every m o n t u i n t b e 1C. O. T. M. Hall at 7::10o'clock. All visiting Guards welcome. F. G. J A C K S O N , Capt. Gen. f r o m N o w t o D e c . 1 9 0 3 N t A K l . Y 5 > t A P S By special arrangement with the BUSINESS CARDS. • w a a n d o c c u p y t h e t a l l e s t m e r c a n t i l e building i o v e r 3,000,000 c u s t o m e r s . S i x t e e n hundred clet e n g a g e d rilling o u t - o f - t o w n orders. O U R G E N E R A L C A T A L O G U E i s t h r book of t h e pen;'. • — it quotrr. 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F A U L T FINDERS W I T H T H E W O R D OF Q O D . There never was a war in whicn each Bide couldn't prove the other the aggressor. Always purchase umbrellas in dry weather, as they are sure to go up whenever it rains. You may gain knowledge by Teading but you must separate the wheat from the chaff by thinking. Time may be money, but the average man would rather give you a lot of his time than lend you a little of his money. John Bull's press censor and the Paris journalists could never remain contented in the same mutual admiration society. Ambassador Choate thinks the friendship between the United States and England is ironclad. Rather unfortunate comparison. So was the Charleston. A New York society man examined for talesman in the Molineux case said in regard to occupation that he did nothing. He might have added that it tooK him all the time to do it. Vancouver dispatches state that J. J. McArthur, the dominion surveyor, who has had charge of a party making trails in the Yukon country for the past three months, has returned. The special object of his undertaking north was to make trails along the Yukon river, that winter travel to Dawson might be accomplished without the danger and hardships which have hitherto been the invariable attendants of such expeditions. To minimize these Inconveniences McArthur's party cut out 120 miles of trails, while the Yukon and White Pass Railroad Company also constructed about fifty miles of trails. Under these improved conditions, the Rink Rapids, White Horse, Fifty-Mile and Five Fingers can no*v be avoided in the course of a winter's journey to Dawson. A. man in Pennsylvania, who was recently discharged of his debts as a bankrupt, under the law, afterward made application to the judge of the United States District court to have the sheriff restrained from selling his property, saying that at least two thousand dollars more could be realized on it if it were disposed of by trustee's sale. The court asked what difference it made to him, sine? the proceeds from the sale would go to his creditors and not to him. His reply was notable: "My religious feelings Will not permit me to accept my dis-' charge in bankruptcy as releasing me from my moral obligation to pay in full all my debts. If this property is sold for two thousand dollars les3 than It would bring at a trustees sale 1 shall have just that much more to pay." The judge commended the debtor's sense of honor. Reports from the West Indies state that Jamaica has just recovered from what are termed' the seasonal rains, answering to the Indian monsoon. For days the island has been deluged, from thirty to forty inche3 of rain falling in various parts in the course of four days. Many lives have been lost, people being washed away by the torlential gullies and swollen rivers. Dry water courses in a day became raging torrents a mi!P. wide. Bridges have been swept away Jn many places, railway communication is suspended owing to innumerable landslips, the electric tramway system in Kingston has been so badly cut up that It will not run for some time, and the roads have been everywhere torn to pieces by the raging gullies. The seaport town "of Savanna-la^Mar was flooded for days, and communication was only possible by means of canoes. Many coastwise vessels have been wrecked, and several steamers from America were a day or two late in consequence of hurricane weather. The crops, especially, the bananas, which are Jamaica's principal export to the United States, have been everywhere destroyed, and acuu distress is likely to result In some parts of the island for a.time. The heavy rains will, however, prove general}? beneficial. Th« Allayed Uucleaaoou of the Blb1« Only the U D O I W U N A of the Uearta »ud Mluds nt tb« W«wld-I»e !£*• purgator*. In his sermon Sunday Rev. Dr, Talmage deals with a subject that is agitating the entire Christian church at the present moment, viz., "Expurgation of me Scriptures." ^The text chosen was, "Let God be true, but evc-ry man a liar," Romans ili., 4. The Bible needs reconstruction according to some inside and outside the pulpit. It is no surprise that the world bombards the Scriptures, but it is amazing to find Christian ministers picking at this in the Bible and denying that until many good people are left in the fog about what parts of the ; Bible they ought to believe, and what parts reject. The heinousness of finding fault with the Bible at this time is most evident. In our day the Bible is assailed by scurrility, by misrepresentation, by infidel scientists, by all the vice'of eartc and all the venom of perdition, and at this particular time even preachers of the Gospel fall into line of criticism of the word of God. Why, it makes me think of a ship in a September equinox, the waves dashing to the top of the smoke stack, and the hatches fastened down, and many prophesying the foundering of the steamer, and at that time some of the crew with axes and saws go down into the hold of the ship, and they try to saw off some of the planks and pry out some of the timbers because the timber did not com© from the right forost! It does not seem to me a commendable business for the erew to be helping the winds and storms outside with their axes and saws inside. Now, this old Gospel ship, what with the roaring of earth and hell around the stem and stern, and mutiny on deck, is having a very rough voyage,but I have noticed that not one of the timbers has started, and the captain says he will see it through. And I have noticed that keelson and counter-timber-knee are built of Lebanon cedar, and sho is going to weather the gale, but no credit to those who make mutiny on deck. When I see professed Christians in this particular day finding fault with the Scriptures it makes me think of a fortress terrifically bombarded, and the men on the ramparts, instead of swabbing out and loading the guns, and helping fetch up the ammunition from the magazine, are trying with crowbars to pry out from "the wall certain blocks of stone, because they did not come from the right quarry. Oh, men on the ramparts, better fight back, and fight down the common enemy, instead of trying to make breaches in the wall. While I oppose this expurgation of the Scriptures, I shall give you my reasons for such opposition. "What!" say some of the theological evolutionists, whose brains have been addled by too long brooding over them by Darwin and Spencer, "you don't now really believe all the story of the Garden of Eden, do you?" Yes, as much as I believe there were roses in my garden last summer. "But," say thny, "you don't really believe that the sun and moon stood still?" Yes, and if I had strength enough to create a sun and moon I could make them stand still, or cause the retraction of the sun's rays so it would appear to stand still. "But," thfy say, "you don't believe that the whale swallowed Jonah?" Yes, and if I were strong enough to make a whale I could«have made very easy ingress for the refractory prophet, leavi ing to evolution to eject him.if he were an unworthy tenant! "But," say they, "you don't really believe that the water was turned into wine?" Yes, jU3t a3 easily as water now is often turned into wine with an admixture of strychnine and logwood! "But," they say, "you don't really believe that Sampson slew a thousand with the jawbone of an ass?" Yes, and I think that the man who in this day assaults the Bible is wielding the same weapp.nl I. am opposed to the expurgation of the Scriptures in the first,place, because the Bible in its present .shape has been so miraculously preserved. Fifteen- hundred years after Herodotus wrote his-history, there .was only one manuscript copy of it. Twelve hundred- years after Plato wrote 'his book, there was only one manuscript copy of •it. God -was eo careful to have us have the'Bible in ju3t the right shape that we have fifty manuscript copies of the New - Testament a thousand years old, and .jome of th6m fifteen hundred years old. This book, handed down from the time of Christ, or just after the time of Christ, by the hand of such men as Origen in the second century and Tertulllan in the third century, and by men of different ages who died for their principles. The three best copies of the New Testament in manuscript in the possession of the three great churches—the Protestant church of England, the Greek church of St. Petersburg, and the Romish church of Italy. It is a plain matter of history that Tischendorf went to a convent in the peninsula of Sinai and was by ropes lifted over the wall into the convent, that being the only mode of admission, and that he saw there in the waste basket for kindling for the fires, a manuscript of the Holy Scriptures. That night he copied many of the passages of that Bible, but it was not until fifteen years had passed of earnest entreaty and prayer and coaxing and purchase on his part that that copy of the Holy Scriptures was put into the hand of the emperor of Russia—that one copy so marvelously protected. Do you not know that the catalogue of the books of the Old and New Testaments as wo have it, is the same catalogue that has been coming on down through the ages? Thirty-nino books of the Old Testament thousands of years ago. Thirty-nine now. Twenty- seven books of the New Testament sixteen hundred years ago. Twentyseven books of tho New Testament now. Marcion, for wickedness, was turned out of the church in the second century, and in his assault on the Bible and Christianity he incidentally gives a catalogue of the books of the Bible—that catalogue corresponding exactly with ours—testimony given by the enemy of the Bible and the enemy of Christianity. The catalogue is now just like the catalogue then. Assaulted and spit on and torn to pieces and burned, yet adhering. The book today, in three hundred languages, confronting four-fifths of the human race in their own tongue. Four hundred million copies of it in existence, uoes not that look as if this book had been divinely protected, as if God had guarded it all through the centuries? Nearly all the other old books are mumifled and are lying in the tombs of old libraries, and perhaps once in 20 years some man comes along and picks up one of them and blows the dust off, and opens it, and finds it the book he does not want. But this old book.much of it forty centuries old, stands today more discussed than any other book, and it challenges the admiration of all the good and the spite and the venom and the animosity and the hyper-criticism of earth and hell. I appeal to your common sense.if a book so divinely guarded and protected in its present shape, must not be in just the way that God wants it to come to us, and if it pleases God, ought it not to please us? Not only have all the attempts to detract from the book failed, but all the attempts to add to it. Many attempts were made to add the apochryphal books to the Old Testament. The Council of Trent, the Synod of Jerusalem, the bishops of Hippo, all decided that the apochryphal books must be added to the Old Testament. "They must stay in," said those learned men; but they stayed out. There is not an intelligent Christian man that today will put the Book of Maccabees or the Book of Judith beside the Book of Isaiah or Romans. Then a great many said: "We must have books added to the New Testament," and there were epistles and gospels and apocalypses written and added to the New Testament, but they have all fallen out. You cannot add anything. You cannot subtract anything to the divinely protected book in the present shape. Let no man dare to lay his hands on it with the intention of detracting from the book, or casting out any of these holy pa^es. I am also opposed to this proposed expurgation of the Scriptures for the fact that in proportion as people become self-sacrificing arid good and holy and consecrated, they like the book as it is. I have yet to find a man or a woman distinguished for self-sacrifice, for consecration to God, for holiness of life, who wants the Bible changed. Many of us have inherited family Bibles. Those Bibles were in use twenty, forty, fifty, perhaps a hundred years in the generation. Today._take— down, these family Bibles, and find out if there are any chapters which have been erased by lead pencil or pen, and if in any margins you can find the words, "This chapter not fit to read." There has been plenty of opportunity during the last half century privately to expurgate tho Bible. Do you know Eny case of such expurgation? Did not.your grandfather give u to your fatner, and did not your father give it to you? Beside that, I am opposed to the expurgation of the Scriptures because the so-called indelicacies and cruelties of the Bible have demonstrated no evil result. A cruel book will produce cruelty—an unclean book will produce uncleanness. Fetch me a victim. Out of all Christendom and out of all the ages, fetch me a victim whose heart has been hardened to cruelty, or whose life has been made impure by this book. Show me one. One of the best families I ever knew, for thirty or forty years, morning and evening, had all the members gathered together.aad the servants of the household, and the strangers that happened' to be within the gates—twice a day, and without leaving out a chapter or a verge, they read thi3 holy book, morning by morning, night by night Not only the elder children, but the Uttle child who could juat Bpell her way through the verse while her mother helped her. The father beginning and reading one verse, then all the members of the family in turn reading a verse. The father maintained his integrity, the mother maintained her integrity, the sons grew up and entered professions and commercial life, adorning every sphere in the life in which they lived, and the daughters went into families where Christ was honored, and all that was good and pure and righteous reigned perpetually. For thirty years that family endured the Scriptures. Not one of them ruined by them. Now, if you will tell me of a family where the Bible has been read twice a day for thirty years, and the children have been brought up in that habit, and the father went to ruin, and tho mother went to ruin, and the sons and daughters were destroyed by it—if you will tell me of one such incident, 1 wnl throw away my Bible, or I will doubt your veracity. I tell you, if a man ij shocked with what he calls the indelicacies of the Word of God, he is prurient in his taste and imagination. If a man cannot, read Solomon's Song, without impure suggestion, he is either in his heart or in his life, a libertine. The Old Testament description of wickedness, uncleanness of all sorts, is purposely and righteously a disgusting account, instead of the Byronic and the Parisian vernacular which make3 sin attractive instead of appalling. Wnen .these old prophets point you to a lazaretto you understand it is a lazaretto. When a man having begun to do right fall3 back into wickedness and gives up his integrity, the Bible does not say he was overcome by the fascinations of the festive board, or that he surrendered to convivialities, or that he became a little fast in his habits. I will tell you what the Bible says: "The dog is turned to his own vomit again, and tho sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." No gilding of iniquity. No garlands on a death's-head. No pounding away with a silver mallet at iniquity when it needs an iron sledge hammer. I can easily understand how people, brooding over the description of uncleanness in the Bible, may get morbid in mind until they are as full of it as the wing-3 and beak and the nostril and the claw of a buzzard are full of the odors of a carcass; but what is wanted is not that the Bible be disinfected, but that you, the critic, have your mind and heart washed with carbolic acid! I tell you at this point in my discourse that a man who does not like this book and who is critical as to its contents, and who is shocked and outraged with its descriptions, has never been soundly converted. Tho laying on of the hands of Presbytery or Episcopacy does not always change a man's heart, and men sometimes get into the pulpit as well as into the pew, never having been changed radically by the sovereign grace of God. Get your heart right and the Bible will be right. The trouble is men's natures are not brought into harmony with the. Word of God. Ah! my friends, expurgation of the heart 13 what i3 wanted. You cannot make me believe that the Scriptures, which this moment lie on i the table of the purest and best men and women of the ago, and which wero the dying solace o( your kindred passed ! into the skies, have in them a taint which the strongest microscope of honest criticism could make visible. If mer. are uncontrollable in their indig- ; nation when the integrity of wife or child is assailed, and judges and jurors as far as possible excuse violence under such provocation, what ought to be the overwhelming and long resounding thunders of condemnation for any man who will stand in a Christian pulpit I and assail the more than virgin purity of inspiration, the well beloved daughtarofGod? Expurgate the Bible! You might as we'll go to the old picture galleries in Dresden and in Venice and in Rome and expurgate the old paintings. Perhaps you could find a foot of Michael Angelo's "Last Judgment" that might be improved. Perhaps you could throw more expression into Raphael's "Madonna." Perhaps you could put more pathos in Rubens* "Descent from the Cross." Perhaps you could change the •crests of the waves in Turner's "Slave Ship." Perhaps you might go into the , old galleries of sculpture and change the forms and the posture of the atat- I ues of Phidias and Praxiteles. Such an iconoclast would very soon find himself I in tho penitentiary. But it is worse ! vandalism when a man proposes to refashion these masterpieces of inspiration, and to remodel the moral giants of this gallery of God. PPMftte MoitomKy. From the Detroit Journal: Romance and chivalry are not what they were, alas! Once, the hero, having'rescued the maiden from the tower, paused in his flight to exclaim: "Hark! The hoofbeats of pursuers!" But now— "SraelW The odor of thy father's automobile!" It ir terrible, this sordid utilitarianism! - - »- .. H I .' - * HOT A OLE SILVER A N N I V E R S A R Y -With the close M toe present year Mr. David C. Cook, ot,Chicago, will cele$> rate his firsNjguarter-eentennial as. editor and publisher of Sunday-school literature. Starting t^anty*five years ago, without reputation oz assurance of support, he has become one of the moat widely and favorably knowo publishers in this line. Beglnni^gW 1*7* with two small publications, his periodicals. have grown-in- Biiatber and favor until there are few schools in this country that do not find it to their interest to nee some of hie pure and helpful publications, while many in distant landspay tribute :ffi their merits,. The past quarter of a century h,a3 witnessed. njany changes among Sunday -school publishers^ anfo much Ifess tfme than. tiis, has. sufficed for some to outliv& their usefulness. On the contrary, Mr, Cook is preparing to eelVbraio the beginning of another quarter-century with additional improvements and new publications. Among those may bn mentioned The New Century Sunday- School Teacher's Monthly, a large and thoroughly inp-to-date magazine'tor superintendents and teachers, the first issue of which will apyear in Dc-ember. Among the most remarkable of his publications \s the Young People** Weekly, which haa attained a circulation of nearly a quarter of a million, being a successful attempt to1 furnish a high grade of religious story reading for boys and girls. To avoid the "goody-goody" story of the Sunday school, such ns we remember, in our childhood days, and furnish something natural, interesting and ennobling, haa been its aim, and we are not at all surprised at it3 popularity. The restraining influence of the Christian home and the 3unday school on our growing community of young people, some of us may not appreciate as we should—pernaps because these sometimes fail to restrain. This paper should be a most welcome accessory lu this work, and one which all should appreciate. Boys and girls will read,, and the story booh and paper are the;:' first choice. There seems a plentiful supply of religious papers for older people, but this is the tirst successful attempt to furnish a uon-se^tanan religious story paper for young people. The paper is profusely illustrated, beautifully printed, and contains as much or more reading matter than the most expensive of secular youu;? peo* pie's story papers. The price, 75 cents per year, should bring it within the reach of every home. Mr. Cook is now making a special effort to give the paper a wider circulation, and, all who Bend 75 cents for a year's subscription befSrk Jan. 1 wilf receive a beautiful premium picture entitled "The Soul's Awakening." It is exactly the same size (ioxlS inches) and style as thosa on sale at art stores for $1. Orders ehould be addressed to David C. Cook Publishing com'pany, UG Washington street, Chicago. Probably no man living has done so much to improve and cheapen Sundayschool literature as has Mr.. David C. Cook. Through his aid thousands of schools have been encouraged, improved and made self-sustaining. vMr. Cook is yet a comparatively young man, and it does not appear a-t all improbable that bis field of usefulness mav'extend over yet "another quarter* century. Ayes of Troon. A . well-known scientist famishes r.ome information in regard to the age3 of trees. He assigns to the pine tree 500 to- 700 years as the maximum.^4.13 years to the silver fir^ and 170 toUhe auh. Factory Iimpretor In 1>1HTU!*«*. A factory inspector at Paterson, N. J., has been investigating the millu of that city in the guise of a laborer, wheeling a barrow. * '< Try Grttln-o! Try Graln-oi Ask your grocer today to show you a paykag-e of GKAIX-O," the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children »m^y rfri'nltjit without injury as well as the'acTult. All who try it, like it. 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We offer runt, Sterling Silver Bracelets. Solid Gold Plated Bracelet.*, Solid Gold Rings, NethersUe Silver Bracelets Gold Pen and Pearl Handle, for selling our HandNome Dollies. WBITB Sl'BI TO-PAY. TOCB 8CCCBS8 18 CXRTAI*. P. A. REED & CO., J e w e l r y Deot. tot nrnaos BTKKKT, r a r TORK. r» • • • • » • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • » • Personally I Conducted § | California | Excursions V i a t h e S a n t a F e R o u t e . Three times a week from Chicago and Kansas City. Twloe a week from St. Paul and Minneapolis. Once a waak from S t Louis and Boston. In improved wide-vestlbuled Pullman tourist sleeping oars. Better than ever before, at lowest possible rate*. Experience** excursion conductors. Also dally service between Chicago A and California. • Correspondence solicited. X T. A. QRADY. i Manager California Tourist Service, 2 The Atchlsoa, Topeta * Seats Fe Railway 4 10S Adams Street, CHICAGO. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••, f ' b O ' S C U R £ f OR k1U UCRoEu5gh W firHrtnlt pAL.L T atsltRes • time BoMbydrasMrtsta. C O N <". I I M I ' T l O N EFFECT OF A WHITE LIE. •'I don't believe you'd tell a fib to save your life, Henry." This Temark caused a general laugh from the little crowd of students gathered to plan their Jokes for the coming holidays. Henry Harris was recognized by all who knew him as a fellow who detested the most trifling falsehood. His friends always jeered him when he refused joining in some practical joke comprising the sacrifice of truth. "You have often laughed at me," said Henry quietly, "but the sharpest pain the tmth ever cost me is as nothing compared to the life's sorrow and regret caused by my last falsehood. If you care to listen I will tell you the story of one lie and its effects." "All right, old fellow; let's have it," replied bis fellow-students in a chorus. Henry Harris leaned back in his chair and began his story. "When I was a boy of 12 there came to our village a young man in ill health, who soon became a sincere friend of my father's and frequently visited our home. "This invalid, whose name was Alfred Payson, confided his life's story to my father. It was a tale that is met with only too often. "Alfred had been a wild and reckless youth, thereby arousing his father's anger, and just six years before the two had parted, each vowing never to look upon the other's face. For those six years Alfred's proud spirit had refused to seek the reconciliation that a word from him might have brought about. "One day there came to him a sense of his sin against his father, to whom he had been as dead for so long. Seized with a sudden feeling of forgiveness he wrote a letter to that father, imploring his pardon and asking for one word with him before he'd die. "The letter was given to me to post by my father one noon as I arose from my dinner. " 'It will go off sooner if you post it in town,' said he. 'Be sure you don't forget it, my boy." " 'All right, father,' I answered, thrusting the letter into the pocket of my baseball trousers. "Upon reaching the town I found that I was already five minutes late for the game, and resolving that it would be time enough to post the letter afterward put it in my pocket again and hastened to the field. "After witnessing an exciting game I started homeward without one thought of the unposted letter in my ppeket, and there it lay forgotten through all the following week. "Alfred Payson grew weaker each day and w?r, no longer equal to the shortest journey, but when the day was bright and warm he would sit under HE WOULD EAGERLY WATCH FOR THE POSTMAN. the shade of the chestnut tree on the little lawn at Woodbine Cottage. "He would eagerly watch the postman coming down the lane, and what a disappointed shadow used to cross his face when told there was no letter for him. "One evening I was called Into my father's study and asked If I had posted the letter he gave me. " 'What letter, father?' I stammered, as a recollection of my duty omitted flashed across me. " 'The one I gave you a week ago,' answered my father sharply. 'Did you post it as I bade you?' " 'Yes, father/ I answered falteringly. "The moment the lie had escaped my lips I would have given worlds to recall it, but the next I yielded to my foolish cowardice and verified it by another. " 'You are certain, Henry?' added my father, looking searchingly at me, and I replied unhesitatingly: "'Quite certain, father.' ''All right, my boy,' he answered kindly. 'I don't doubt your word, but I thought you might have forgotten it, and it was an important letter.' "0, what a miserable, guilty boy I felt as I crept into bed that night. I resolved to post the letter the first thing l a the morning, but then I thought this would; entail l b * discovery iof my falsehood, for-the date of the postmark would be enough to explain the cause of its delay. "Anxious and unhappy I carried the Jotter la my pocket all day. Tbe possession of it made me miserable, yet I had noc the moral courage to do what I tfnew to be right—namely: go to my father aad confess all. "I had half made up my mind to do this, when, wandering down the garden, walk one evening, I was seized with a sudden temptation. The gardener had been burning rubbish all day. and the heap was still blazing brightly. "Without a thought of its contents, I threw the letter in the midst of the burning rubbish. In a moment the words that might have brought to a dying son a father's loving forgiveness were destroyed forever. "Not many days longer did Alfred Payson listen longingly for the old postman's footsteps in the lane. The angel of death was hovering near the little rose-covered cottage. "One bright June morning the news came to us that Alfred was dying. My father lost no time in sending a telegram to the young man's father summoning him to the bedside of his dying son. "By the next train the old man came at last with the words of love and pardon for which his boy had craved! "But too late! Alfred Payson had passed forever beyond the reach of earthly forgiveness. "Need I add that the letter which in my wicked cowardice I had destroyed had been a nlea from that dying son for the reconciliation that, but for the falsehood I uttered, should have brightened his last hours on earth? "Do you wonder that the memory of my life's Morrow and regret has taught me a less.m never to be forgstten?"— Boston Pest. A 3 S O L U T E PROOF. l i e Assured t b e Children T h a t t h e Story •\Tas True. Several years ago, in a certain town north, a gentleman possessed of more money than education was asked to address the scholars attending one of the local schools some- Sunday afternoon, saya Spare Moments. The day arrived and our friend was called upon. "Well, children," said he, "I's not used to public speyking, but I remember when I was a lad I was very fond of hearing a story. Shall I tell a story?" The children assenting, he proceeded: "Once upon a time, many^ years ago, there was a lad, a very good lad, who went regularly to Sunday school, and nivver missed. But one Sunday afternoon, Gs he was gawin' to school, two bad boys met him and persuaded him to gan birdnesting wiv 'cm. So they went lasg by the river side, and 'by-and-by they came tiv a tree, and in the tree, on a branch which overhung the wetter, was a nest. The two bad boys sent the good lad to climb the tree and fetch the eggs. Up he went and got out on the branch, farther and farther, and just as he was reachin' out his hand to tak' the nest the branch brok' and he fell into the river and was drooned." After waiting a few moments to allow his hearers to thoroughly grasp the full extent of the catastrophe, he resumed with: "Children, the story is true, for the lad that was drooned was me!" O r g a n i s t T a k e n for a n E n g l i s h Spy. Sir George Martin is nominally the dignified and gray-haired- organist of St. Paul's cathedral in London. Several weeks ago he went out to South Africa to conduct some musical examinations in Cape Town. His work over, ho determined to run up into the country to see a bit of the Transvaal. During his trip the talk of war became violent, and the wary Boers got an idea into their heads that Sir George Martin was a British spy masquerading as a musician. They put detectives on the trail, and anally detained him for some days in Pretoria to await developments. Finally, just before President Kruger"s ultimatum was made public, the authorities gave him hi3 liberty. Sir George took advantage of the opportunity, and has just arrived in London, overjoyed at his good fortune at getting away so easily. Good f o r I m o m n l a . Sip a glass of hot milk slowly just before going to bed and bathe the feet in hot water. Imitate the breathing of one who is asleep, and drop the head very slowly from one side and the other as one does when falling asleep in a choir. Another plan is to close the eyes and then allow them to gently roll toward the nose as though looking cross-eyed. Let the breath out through the nose and imagine it to br vapor, then seem to draw it back again, as though drawing back the vapor. These are far better than the ancient device of counting sheep jumping over an Imaginary fence. Time* Change. Things have changed since Shakespeare's days. The schoolboy does not go "creepier like, a snail, unwilling, ta school. He takes a trolley car,—Baltimore A m e r i c a . STATS OF OHIO, CITT or TO&ZXK>. t mm LUCAS Covtrrr, f *** Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner or the firm of F. J. Cheney A Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that aaid Ann will Day the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Tor each and every case of Catarrh that cannot bv cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. PRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1881 Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken intermally. and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces * of the system. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, a Sold by Druggist*, 76c. Hall's Family Pills are the best SOVIARWt COLDS f ^ GRIPPQ CROUP There In wealth in contentment; power in patience and joy in being grateful. T E N W E E K S F O B 1 0 C E N T S . That big family paper. Ttu IUvtrated H'«*?y> of Denver, Cok>. (founded 1890) will be tent ten week* on trial for lOe; club* of «. SOe; 13 for SI. Special offer aoleljr to introduce it. Latest mining- new* and illustrations of scenery, true stories of ><>Te and adventure. Address as above and mention this paper; sumps taken. When the cup of sin is put to the lips, a ser pent that btlngs is always in it. Lane's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts g-ently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. The Christian is well armed, whose faith says, "God is my strength." T a k e n Internally a n d Externally. Lightning Hot Drops; the only pain panacea. All druggists. Herb Medicine Co., Springfield, O caAtendg eblyin iats i sfo frrmom. Greek. Its meaning is indi- Xew Bomhardo Combination Reversible Parlor Game Board. 23 frames; blggestbit In years. Agenu wanted. Y.MJ.Caldwell*Co..Id Superlur-st., Chicago. Hannibal, is Carthaginian, meaning the Grace of the Lord Baal. Piso's Cure for consumption has been a Godsend to me.—Wm. B. McClellan, Chester, Florida, Sept. 17, 1893. God sometimes sends us good gifts in evil looking chariots. Brown's teething Cordlat corrects disordered bowels when bubies are teething. A blind man's world can be measured with walking stick. 2 5 c . SAMPLE BOTTLE 10c. FOR NEXT THIRTY DAYS. How long have you DUE suffered with . . . flllL ? How Long Bare You Read About "5 Drops" Witiiaat Taking Them? Do you not think you hare wasted precious tin:e and suffered enough? If so, then try the "5 Drops" and be promptly and permanently cured of your afflictions. "5 Drops" is a speed/ and Sure Cure for Rheumatism. Neuralgia, .Sciatica, Lumbago (lame back), Kidney Disease*, Asthma, Hay Fever, Dyspepsia, Catarrh of all kinds, Bronchitis, La Grippe. Headache {nervous or neuralgic). Heart Weakness, Dropsy, Earache, Spasmodic and Catarrhal Croup, Toothache, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Creeping Numbness, Malaria, and kindred diseases. "S Drops" has cured more people during the past four years, of the above-named diseases, than ail other remedies known, and in case of Rheumatism is caring more than all the doctors, patent medicines, electric belts and batteries combined, for they cannot cure Chronic Rheumatism. Therefore waste no more valuable time and money, but try "5 Drops" and be? promptly CURED. "5 Drops" is not only the best medicine, but i t is the cheapest, for a $1.00 bottle contains 300 doses. Price per bottle, $1.00, prepaid by mail or express, or 6 bottles for $5.00. For the next 30 days we will send a 25c sample FREB to anyone sending- 10 cents to pay for the mailing. Agents wanted. Write to-day. SWANSON R H E U M A T I C CURE C O . , 160-164 F. L A K E ST., C H I C A C O . DROPS CTRAOC MARK J M A M M O T H MAILORDER HOU! YTHCO >WEST M A D I S O N ST; H 5,000 GUITARS AT $2.65 THIS ELEGANT GUITAR rhfc Gotta* • made FOR $2.65 of the flnat imitation mahogany with either solidrosewood Of waJmit fingerboard, pearl inlaid position dot* and German silver raised fretsj it hat fancy inlay around sound hole and best quality American patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; H h strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to play upon* No more, to less, than 5,000 of them, probably the largest contract in guitars ever made — an instrument that positively wlls from $3.50 to $7.00. When this lot ic exhausted we cannot duplicate this offer. Quantity talks. Only by operating on such a bit? scale, together with our well-known small profit policy, could such an offering be possible. Another reason for dispensing such a bargain broadcast is the confidence we feel that every guitar sold will w i s for us a permanent patron and a friend whose recommendation we can count upon. We will forward the guitar to any address C. O. D., subject to examination, upon receipt of 50c We, however, advise that cash in full be sent, as that saves return charges for money and wo stand perfectly ready to refund money if the guitar is not all and more than we claim for it. B e r n e m b e r our special price on 5,(XX) of them only is wan we ciaim $2.65 1 ' U I ¥ U t b V V > * \.T»-\!V*v3 which is liattd at lowest whettsa!* prices iverything to o a t w e a r and u*a,is furnish* ed o n receipt of only 10? t o partly p a y p o s t a g e or e v p r e s s a g e a n d a s evioenct of good faith the 10? is allowed on first purchase amounting t o a 19? o r above. JSJMZHSEISMJ^ttiaGHL* *HYiIIII« | One Day Dyspepsia Cure. KASKOLA TABLETS All d r u g g - i s t s . 15 c e n t s . MILLIONS DROPSY"^***"• •*- of acres of choice agricultural LANDS sow opened for settlement in Western Canad i. Here is grown tt.e ce'- W D „ . m , efc(»tedNO. I HARD WHEAT, whicn brings the highest price in the market*of the world; thousands of cattle are fattened for market w.thout betm? fe•! grain, and without a day's shelter. Send for information and secure a free home in Western Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, or address the undersigned, who will mall you atlaaea, pamphleia, ete.. freeef ,OOH^ Jf. y. Melnne*. No. 1 ,uerTfl< Block, fcetipit, Jiich.; James Grave. Mt. Pleasant, Mien., or D. L. Caren, Bad Axe, Jlich. ^^•^v ^ ^» ~w^^ ^ ~ ^ ^ B ^ ^» *]*s>avaB> rerief endears* worst rCaAsMaS.. »B*o.o kH .v at .te Qatulinaaretle e>aer ann,d • *M* BM, TS* treataaat CHEAP FARMS 00 TOO WMTI MtE? •I OVOVf.OUVfifVi AftVfifHfEES« If*a"rm»*i»nvge dla n•+ds* t toatb me pdrivoivdeedd and sold oa long time sad easy p»ys»eats, a little Tw> Inmm Mew fjIskCfesetlL UMkc Ce.,Wteh. W.N. U « — D E T R O I T — N O . + 9 — 1 9 9 » > •••• . _ ^ _ _ — — Your money reaches its full limit of pur chasing power when you buy goods at MONROE BROS' Special Cloak Values. Our recent purchase of a Manufacturer'sHine of samples of Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Ladies' Capes has proven to be the greatest Cloak values offered to the people of Howell. Look at the prices and then call and see the values they represent: Ladies' and Misses' $5.00 Jackets for 13.98. Ladies' *7.&U Jackets for 5.00. Ladies' 8.50 Jackets for 6.50 Ladies' 10.00 Jackets for 7.50 Ladies' 32.00 and 12.50 Jackets for 8.75 Underwear. Underwear for everyone. Selected with great care and we give you the best values your money will possibly buy. Ladies' Jersey ribbed Underwear at 19c, 25c, 35c, 39c, 50c. Ladies' Jersey ribbed Underwear, wool, at 75c and fl.00. Ladies' fine wool Underwear, plain, $1.00. Ladies' black tights »1.00 and l.f.0. Ladies'Union Miitsat 25c, 39c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 Men's Jersey Underwear 3£c quality 2&c. ftien's Jersey Underwear, very lieavy, 50c. IWen's Fleeced Underwear, extra value, 35c and 50c. Men's wool fleeced Underwear 7fn- and $1.00 J Fine all wool Underwear, best value iu the town for the Offices, $1 HO, 1.25 and 1.50. Children's Jersj Underwear 15c, Wc and 25c. Children's heavy fleeced Undeiwear 2fc. Children's wool Underwear firm 25c to 60c. HAMBURG. Miss Amelia Baetcke of Brighton visited friends here lut week. Mr. Hiram DeWolf was very ill last week, but is much belter now. Mr. H. G. Beach moved his family to Toledo on Monday of this week. Mrs. Grant Reader of Lansing is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs H. DeWolf. The singing school class increases every week. Several new scholars were added again Inst Friday evening. Mr. imd Mrs. Henry Sawyer and son of Brighton spent Thanksgiving with their daughter Mrs. Edd Shannon. The M. E. 8. S. are preparing a tine cantata for Xmas. The title is "Sheph - erdsof Long Ago," and will be given Dec. 23. The Quarterly Conference will be held at the M. E. church two weeks faom next Saturday Dr. Kyou will preach the next morning at 10:30. Will Cusic a young man of Green Oak will known in this place was found dead last Thursday on the R. R. track near Remember the Farmers' Club at Ryal Barnutn's Saturday, Dec. 16. The young people of this place met at the school house and organised a literary club knowu as the "Ollapodrida Club." The next meeting will be held next Saturday evening. The following officers were elected:—Pres., llert Harris; Vice Pres., Will Stowe; Secy.and Treas., A.C. Watson. P»6TTHYSVILL% A daughter of E. G. Carpenter is quite sick. Chas. Mercer was home from Ann Arbor over Sunday. George Flintoff is in Saginaw this week buying lumber. Will Peck is working for Kerry Roach in North Putnam. STII.LMOKE LOCAL. Born on Monday evening last to P. G. Jackson and wife a sou. This has been a remarkable season—no freezing weather untill the 5th of Dec. To Take Thin, pale, anaemic girls need a fatty food to enrich their blood, give color to their cheeks and restore their health and strength, it b safe to say that they nearly all reject fat with their food. Mr. and Mrs. John Brogan of Ann Ar- Pexter, and was supposed to have been bor, were the guests of Miss Mame Sigler killed by the curs. Later on it was found Sunday evening. he had been killed and placed on the track. He had about $50 in jnouey on his person. Stfg&fcSjOH COD L I V E R O I L WffH HYPOPHOSPMTES or LIME* 50)04 Special Shoe Values. Ladies' winter Tan Shoes, heavy soles made to sell at 13.00 our price ¢1.98. Ladies' fine Shoes,, vesting and kid tap, extra fine quality at a low price, %\.E8. Ladies' fine vici kid Shots, better Mines canrjjpt possibly be made, for the prices at 2.00 2.50 3.00 nid 3 50. Men's fine fratin calf Shoes at 1.26 and 1 50. Men'p fine calf M < eh, "<knlle H le, U pll ei l.rtd for 2.00. Men's hi^h cut calf Shoes, double sole 2 50 quality for 2.00 MCD'R fepmless bhcts, ttal M((]*, *BtH] ic< f 3.0*0 quality ANDERSON. John Birnie is on the sick list. Fred Merrill and family spent Sunday in Iosco. Jas. and Chas. Hoff were in Howell one day last week. Ciareuce Whipple spent a few days with his parents hist week. Jas. Marble.and wife spent Thanksgiving with Dell Hall and family. Mrs. J. E. Durkee and son Fred, spent Sunday with Unadilla friends. \ Mr. and Mrs. Jean Smith, ppent the first of the week with "White Oak friends. | John Dinkle returned home from Pontiac Thuasday last, where he has been at work. Miss Bessie Cordley left Dec. 1st for a visit of several weeks at Jackson, Battle Creek and Ann Arbor. We hope those who have promised us wood on subscription will bring it now—it looks as if we should need it soon. , Word was received here Wednesday, of the death of Henry Nortberd of Grass Lake. He was a brother of Mrs. Patsey Welsh. . The M. E. Sunday School will have a Christmas tree at the church on Saturday evening, Dec. 23. A program is being arranged. There will be a meeting of the members of the Pinckney Driving club, on Saturday evening of this week, at the town hall; a good attendence is desired. By an error in the copy of the Grand Trunk excoursion notice found on page 4 *> W. H. Placeway and family of East Put- j the return limit is made to read Jan. 16, nam, spent Thanksgiving with his brother , when it should read Jan. 6. at this place. Several of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith and wife of Owosso, spent JaB- Henry of Hamburg met at their home the lat»er part of last week with his brother i on Tuesday last for a visit and to help tie for 2.50. and 2.00 Men's fine box cnlf Flcfs, d< vile Hie. 2,f0, 3.C0,3.t0. Men's ennmel find j a k u t leatbn Sires. Boys' and Youth's satin calf Shoes, three soles, at 1.50. Boys, and Youth's seal waterproof Slices, three soles, 1.75 We have the best line of Boys1, Youth's and little Gent's Shoes in Howell and our prices are the lowest.* Full line of Misses' and Children's Shoes. RUBBERS. A very lartje stock of Ladies', Gent's, Boy V and Childrens' Rubbers, to fit all kinds of shoe?. Men's and Boys1 Rubber Boots, the best brands made. Men's and Boys' Felt Boots and Rubbers. Men's and Boys' Socks and Rubbers. Ladies' Wrappers. Ladies' Flannelette Wrappers, (special). 69«'. Large stock Flannelette Wrappers, nicely trimnud, |1 00, 1 39, and 1.75, Ladies' Waists. Ladies' Mercerized Waists, silk finish, at S1.C0. 1.39 tnd 2 00. Ladies' Wool Waists, braid trimming. $1.50, 1.75 and 2 00. Ladies' Underskirts. Heavy Mercerized Sktrts at $1.00, 1.50, 1.75, 2.00 and 3.00. Jersey knit Skirts at 50c, $1.00 and 1.50. Wool Skirt Pattern, at 75--, SI.00 and 1.25. Bed BJankets. Special values, at per pair. 48c, 59c, 75c, 85c, 11.00, 1 25, 1 50,200. Special Prices on Groceries. 20ibs. Best Granulated Sugar for $1.00, (or 5 lbs for 25 cents. Only 20 lbs, to each cn-tomer.) 40c quality Tea for 30c. Be»t quality Teu for . . . 4 5 c . 3 lbs */ood Raisins io- 25c. 1 lb can good Hnkinp Powder, 8(.- or 4 lbs tor 25o. l l b p a c k a v e Lion Coffee for , . . . 9 c . 2 II* nest Santos C< f e e f o r . : 25c. Java Blend Coffee, 22c quality, lor 18c. Best Java Blend C< tie*, 30e quality, tor 22c. 10 Us Rolled Oats for 25c. 4 il»s l»est Craikers for 25c. Best canned Tomatoes >8c. " " ( V i r n . . . . 8c. 44 " Peas 8c. Canned Salmon . .i2c. 12 l>» rs pood Poa p . . . 25c. 9 hare Queen Ann Soap for 25c. 9 ha is Lenox Soap 25c. 9 bars Jazon Soap . 25c. Torn Starch, pet pr.und 4c. Olots Starch, per pound 5c. Utah Sale Coupons sriv<>n with every purchase. Monroe Brothers, Howell, Mich. Jas. at this place. I C. W. Wood, A. G. Wilson and daughter Mollie, attended the farmers' institute ' at Howell Saturday. A-rumber of young people from this vicinity attended the Ma< cabee oyster supper at Gregory on Thanksgiving evening and rt port a fine time. Dellivan Durkee of the Ypsilanti ftormtil, spent the Thanksgiving vacation at home. He was accompanied by his roommate, Mr. Weber of Elkton. The Anderson farmers' c'ub will meet on Saturday next, Dec. 9. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Marble. A good program is being prepared and an enjoyable time is expected. comfortables, spent. A very pleasant day was b exactly what they require i it not only gives them the important element (cod-liver oil) in a palatable and easily digested form, but also the hypophosphites which are so valuable in nervous disorders that usually accompany ansmia. SCOTTS EMULSION is a fatty food that is more easily digested than any other form of fat A certain amount of flesh is necessary for health. You can jet it in this way. We have known per" sons to gain a pound a day white taking it >joc and $1.00, at! druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. \IMWlMvl4vlt~i-' ^M1l^^^^^to^ WA A^ ^AB«WA ^• A• A* »A '. Dehorning done promptly by WTill Voorhies, Hudson, Mich. P. ()., Dexter, Mich. WAYNE HOTEL. DETROIT AMERICAN AHO BUROPEAN PLAN. %a TO ma BO it.oo TO 0*.OO t SimQLM MmALB. 6 0 0 . UP TO OAT* QAPBm UNADILL A. John Dunbar is building an addition to his house. David Bird, Aon Arbor, visited at F. E. Ives last week. Mrs. A. C. Watson visited at Frank Ives last Friday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Allie Holmes, Dec. 3, a daughter. Wm Sayles attended the Farmers' Club in Howell hist Saturday. Herman Reed visited friends near Howell the last of last week. Edd Joslyn and wife, of Marion, visited his parents here last Friday. John Ryan and wife, of Howell, visited at Mike Su'livans last Saturday. Midie North went to Detroit" Monday enroute for her home in Canada. John Watsou and wife visited at A. C. Watson's Thursday and Friday. The Sundiy school of this place is arranging a good program for Christmas. George Thnrndyke and family, of So. Lyons, visited at Robt. Bonds last week. Edna, Jennie and Roy Ives, of Chelsea, visited friends here the Just of last week. Mrs. Percy Mills and daughter Gertrude visited her sister near Munith, Saturday. Miss Belle Birnie returned to Olivet Wednesday after a two weeks visit here. J. D. Coulton, of Jackson, was a guest of Mrs. Flora Watson last Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Fred Douglas and son Willie, of Ionia, are spending the week at Wm. Livermore's. Mary Ives and Kittle Livermore return* ed home last Wednesday after a ten week's visit in Ithaca, N. Y., and Detroit. Frank Marshal I, Tom and John Badd , of Stockbridge, visited relatives here and enjoyed a day's hunt last Thursday. Quite a number from here attended the Maocabee oyster sapper at Gregory, last Thursday evening. A large croud and a food USM reported. Special Jacket AT THE BUSY BEE HIVE The following prices have just been made on two lots of Jackets, not this year's purchase. Many of these are of excellent material and the cloth is worth four times what we ask for the garments. Question: Won't it pay you well to make slight alteration? One lot, about 40, up to $10 and $12 Jackets, we offer at... One lot of higher priced ones we put into another lot at $1.98 $2.98 AL>SO* for a few days, we have on sale an 80x84 inch Horse Blanket. Price.. Which is a great bargain and will not last long. 58c For Friday and Saturday we will put on sale in with our 9 8 c Fleece Wrappers a nice lot ths^t have been $1.25 and let them all go at the 9 8 c price. Yours respectfully, L. H. F I E LD. Mick, Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch December 07, 1899 Description An account of the resource December 07, 1899 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899-12-07 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frank L. Andrews newspaper pinckney dispatch https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/d1e807c5257ba07025a40a1b4981e1f4.pdf a1d4e10018e6cf5509cb9c31edb74f20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. VOL. XVII. PINOKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, DEO. 14,1899. The--, » Surprise Store, BARGAINS. We srive you biff values lor your money and we are doing business— yes, loU of it. (Jbristmas buying has commenced and we are holiday headquarters. One Dollar spent in our store goes as far as Two Dollars spent elsewhere. We sell strictly for CASH and can afford to sell CHEAP. Try us and see. We raenton a few prices which speak for themselves. | 1 60 Crokinole board $100 2.50 Dress suit case 1.50 25u Toy chairs 10c 1 lb. box fancy candy 10c \ Box 12 good cigars 25c | 5 00 Chamber set $3.99 200 Carving set 1.50 2 50 Iron bottom trunk 1.75 Valises 47c to 1.50 No. 9 All copper teakettle 110 Dashboard lantern 64c Cobblers outfit 49 and 99c $200 Teachers Bible $1.10 100 Watch chains 69c 75c Overalls 50c 65c Oversbirts 45c Fancy box paper 10 and 25c Doll beads 5 to 35c Dolls—big hne— 5c to $2.00 Gocarfs 10c to $1.00 Doll cabs 17c to $1.00 CHINA Big values at 10c, 15c, 25c and up. See our fancy china be fore you buy. ALBUMS See our wonder at 49c Toiler cases, fancy boxes and novel ties. I L O C A L N E W S . Quite a snow storm Tuesday night. L«M than two weeks before Christmas. A fine and much needed rain the first of the week. Mrs. W. A. Reynolds is visiting relatives in Detroit. Reason and Shehan expect to be in their new store by next week. Miss Iva Halsted spent the past week with home frieacta in Leslie. Mrs. A. J . Wilhelm visited relatives in Iosco a couple of days last week. C. V. VanWinkle and wife are in Lansing in attendence at the state farmers' institute. Teeple & Cadwell are shipping wood to Jackson this week; Pinckney is a good wood market. Ethel Graham spent Saturday and Sunday with her uncle, A. B . Green and family, at Stockbridge. The house belonging to Mrs. H . D. Grieve, now occupied by Will Shehan is being treated to a coat of paint Do not forget the concert tomorrow (Friday) evening. Show the young people that yon take an interest in their work. Geo. Teeple recieved one day last week a pair of carrier pigeons by mail and will raise some if he has good luck. The pair is registered. W. D . Thompson has moved into the Potterton house, formerly owned by E . A. Mann. H e will remain iu the village dur. ing the winter. The Ladies Aid society of the M. E'. church will hold a tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Green Wednesday evening Dec. 20, from 5 until all are served. Miss Margarett Maloney and Miss Anna Spears left to-day for Indiana to visit friends. Miss Anna will also visit in Kentuckey and Georgia before her return. The social at the home of J . A. Cadwell on Friday evening was well attended and everyone enjoyed themselves. The Cong'l Sunday School was made the richer by $8. 70'. The people of thii place were pained to learn last week that Walter Mann of Detroit who fell from a tree and broke his right arm, had to have it amputated above the elbow. The bone was too badly crushed to save the arm. This is the month to pay your taxes. W. B. Darrow has a Christmas adv. on page 5 of this issne. Geo. Sigler was under the doctors care the first of the week. Geo. Schoenhals of Genoa, was the guest of friendB here Sunday. Rev. and Mrs Chas. Simpson visited his sister in Owosso this week. F . E . Wright has a special adv. on page 4. Do not fail to read it. Chas. Coe and daughter of New York are guest of F . E. Wright and family. Mr. and Mrs. D . D. Bennett of Fowlerville spent Sunday with relatives here. Coming, Coming, Coming, J a n . 1st 1900 Hoyt Conery. The Man about Town. Mrs. Harriet Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Clark of Flint spent the latter part of last week and the first of this with W. A. Carr and family. The show windows of our business places are resplendent in fancy goods for the holiday trade. Pinckney is the best town in the county to buy Xruas goods. Do not forget that the DISPATCH makes a very desirable Chiistmas present to a friend who has moved away. Every week it would bring to rememberance the giver. The K. O. T. M. society of this place hold their election of officers on Friday evening of this week which will be followed by a supper. All members are requested to be present. Rev. E. W. Ryan D. D. will lecture in the Hamburg M. E. church Saturday evening Dec. 16 1899. Subject, " W h o shall have our boys." Admission 10c. For the benefit of the Hamburg M. E. church. A birthday quilting party was given to the friends of Mies Norma Vaughn on Saturday last, in honor of Miss Norma's tenth birthday. The little folks enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon and Norma was the recipient of several fine andUseful presents. N . G. Riley, who has been teaching a class and giving private lessons in voice culture at this place for several weeks will give a concert assisted by his class, on Friday evening of this week, at the M. E . church. Mr. Riley has met with excellent success here and the entertainment should be well attended as it will consist entirely of home talent with the exception of some selections by Mr, Riley. Admission 10 and 15 cents. TOY SETS DISHES Sc, 10c, 15c, 23c, 25c, 49c and 73c. IRON TOYS Tbese"are good toys to buy—they last. GAMES, "BOOKS BLOCKS, ETC. at bargain prices. Perfumes, Pocket-books, Jewelry, Pocket-Knives, Handkerchiefs. Special sale of Ribbons Strictly all Silk Ribbon. No. 2, 2c. No. 5, 4c. No. 7, 5c. No. 9, 7c. Hair Ornaments Is a Strong Line with us. Come and see our 5c and 10c Tables. They Contain Bargains. Come and w e will do you good. E. A. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman Block, Pi«ok»«y. BERT WELLMAN, MftMfter of PifttiuMp Stor*. H o w « U 8 t « * , M i i t o f > * 0 . Bnd of the Year Sale, Sale commencing Dec- 14, closing Dec. 24, '9 9. We have always given our customers a chance to buy goods under their value for the last two weeks in the year, AND W I L L N O T D I S A P P O I N T ANY O F YOU THIS YEAR. Although prices are advancing on all lines of merchandise, we will make our promise good. All Dark Best Prints at 5c. All Best Light Prints at 4c. All 10c Tennis Flannel 8c. All 7c Tennis Flaunel 6c. All 5c Tennis Flannel 4Jc. In Dress Goods. All Dress Goods will be sold at Actual Cost. In Underwear. Men's heavy fleeced garments 41c. Ladies' heavy fleeced garment 41c. We have some odd sizes in Misses' and Children's underwear, in both cotton and wool, will sell % off. Our line of Handkerchiefs, Mufflers and Ties is very good and the prices the lowest. All $1 Corsets at 89c All 50c Corsets at 42c Heavy all linen Crash at 6c »> ) 1 • J M • 1 >> ») >» M »1 »» »» IC 7*c 8c 9c Ladies' $2.50 Shoe 1.99 Ladies' $2.00 Shoe 1.62 All odds and ends in Ladies' Shoes 89c. $1.10 85c- Ladies' fleeced wrappers Ladies' best print wrappers In Groceries In Shoes Men's fine box calf, $3.00 Shoe $2.49 Men's fine box calf $3.00 tau shoe 2.49 Men's fine Vici kid $3.50 Shoe 2.60 Men's fine calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Men's fine calf $1.50 Shoe 1.20 Boy's Calf $1.35 Shoe 1.00 Boy's heavy calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Ladies hand-turned fine kid $3.00 2.49 35o Coffee 30c Coffee 2-TC Coffee 20c Coffee 15c Coffee 50c Tea 40c Ten 35c Tea 30c 25c 21c 17c 12c 38c 36c 31c I pound of nice Cream Candy Free wlf h every $ 2 C»»h trade. All Gopds at above prices* GASH* Butte* and E&* T a k e n . "VD. \D. Tiaxuaxdu No. 5 0 . NO USE for SANTA CLAUS Tee Mapetic Attraction of Our HOLIDAY GOODS M Low Prices Pish tie Old Man Aside. WE ARE PROUD of OUR BARGAINS for CHRISTMAS BUYERS. No matter how hard you are to suit, we can Bait you, in new and Beautiful Selections of Toys, Books and Novelties. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC. Our Stock is Well Assorted and Comprises the G R E A T E S T GATHE R I N G of Desirable Merchandise We Have Ever Offered Our Holiday Patrons. Yon are Cordially Invited to Come and See What We Can Do for Yon Before Yon LoobElseinere. A l l that is Newest and Best awaits your inspection and approval* and the prices on A l l Our Goods ape Extremely Low. F. A. SIGLER. You Know Where We Are, GATES WIDE OPEN FOR FALL BUSINES ? S e t O u r L i n e of Plush Robes F u r Robes Montana Robes Stable Blankets Storm Blankets Fancy Raid Blankets. 5/A Five Mile Bias Girth Horse Blanket The Old Reliable. Has five ratles of strong rarp threads. Long of wear, will never tear. We are Sailing 'em on Small Profits. TEEPLE 4* CADWELL. Holiday Specials! 20 doz. Childrens' Handkerchiefs at l c each. 20 doz. Ladies' plain Hemstitched 2c each 10 doz. Gents' plain Hemstitched 4c each Ladies1 hemstitched and embroidered hdkfs. 5, 8, 10, 15, 25, 40, and 50a 25/pc. best Standard print at <T^lo pc. Tennis Flannel at Ladies' Black Hose 2000 yd best unbleached cotton at Ladies' Kid Gloves at Childrens Kid Mittens Bed Blankets at Ladies' $1.25 Fleeced Wrappers Gents' Un-Lanndried Shirts Specials in Underwear Specials in Shoes Specials in Groceries 4^c per yd. 4 and 4^c per y d 2 pair for 13c 5Jc 89c. 40c 49 and 59c. 99c 59c i I •« J V ••V X . 1 / Bargains will lie found throughout our stock daring thia F, G. JACKSON. ' > • * • , : ^ ^ . - ^ ^ . ^ I . H H 1 SSI. Our Islands, and Their Good Government. GOLDMAND TH€ BANK LAWS, . _ i _ t f e e Political F r e e d o m of Cuba — The P h i l i p p i n e W a r — Trusts and Other I m p o r t a n t H a t t e r s Beuolve Earnest . ConaldenUloa.. T o the Senate and the H o m e of Repre- ficntatlvcs:—At the threshold of your de- Iberations you a r e called to mourn with •jrour countrymen the death of Vice-Presid e n t Ho bare, who passed from this life on t h e morning of November 21 last. His x r e a t soul now rests in eternal peace. H i s private lifo was pure and elevated, While hla public career was ever distin- fruished by large- capacity, stainless inegrlty and exalted motives. He has been removed from the high office which he honored and dignified, but his lofty character, his devotion to duty, his honesty of purpose and noble virtues remain with tta as a priceless legacy and example. T h e Fifty-sixth Congress convenes in its first regular session with the country in a condition of unusual prosperity, or universal good will among the people at Home, and In relutlons of peace and friendship with every government of the World. Our foreign commerce has shown « r e a t Increase in volume and value. The combined Imports and exports for the y e a r arc the largest ever shown by a •Ingle year in all our history. Our exp o r t s for 1899 alone exceeded by more t h a n a billion dollars our Imports and exp o r t s combined in 1S70. The imports per t.capita are a) per cent less tr.au in ltf'U, howlng the enlarged capacity of the Unied States to satisfy the wants of Its own Increasing population, a s well as to cont r i b u t e l\j luus,* ol the people of other nations. . Exports of agricultural products were •784'<7ili*i. Of manufactured products we fxnorted in value $"39,592.11«. being larger t h a n any previous year. It is a notew o r t h y tact that the only years in all our nlstory when the products of our manufactories sold abroad exceeded those 'bought abroad were ls98 and 1899. O u r F i n a n c e s . Government receipts from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1S99. Including $11,796,314.14, part payment of the Central Pacific railroad indebtedness, ag- C e g a t e d $610,982,004.55. Customs receipts w e r e 1206,128,481.75 and those from internal revenue $»3,437,161.51. F o r the fiscal year the expenditures w e r e J700.oaj.GC4.02. leaving a deficit of ¢89,111,539.67. The secretory of the treasurer estimates t h a t the receipts for the current fiscal y e a r will aggregate $o40,9i>8,112. and upon t h e basis of present appropriations the expenditures will aggregate 5600.958,112. Seaving a surplus of $40,000,000. For the fiscal year ended J u n e 30. 1890. t h a Internal revenue receipts were inc r e a s e d about $100,000,OCO. The present gratifying strength of the t r e a s u r y is shown by the fact that on Dec. 1, 1X99, the available cash balance w a s $278,004,837.72. of which $239,744.905.36 was. in gold coin and bullion. The condit i o n s of confidence which prevail 'througho u t the c o r n t r y have brought g*td into tnore general use and customs receipts a r e now almost entirely paid in that coin. The strong position of the t'/easury with respect to cash on hand and the favorab.e ehowing made by the revenues have made Jt possible for the secretary of the treasu r y to take action under the provisions of section 3G94. revised statutes, relating to t h e sinking fund. Receipts exceeded expenditures for the first live months of the c u r r e n t fiscal year by $13,U3.3S9.91, and, as inentioned abeve, the secretary of the t r e a s u r y estimates t h a t there will bo a • u r p l u s of approximately $41>.000,OCO at the tend of the >oar. Under such conditions it 4va*i deenu_*d advisable and proper to re- • s m e compliance with the provisions of t h e sinking fund law, which 'for eight Vears ha.s not been done because of deficiencies in the revenues. The treasury department, therefore, offered to purchase during November, $23,000,000 of the C per cent loan of 1904, or the 4 per cent funded loan of 19i/7. at the current market price. The amount offered and purchased during November was 51Si.40S.G00. The p r e m i u m paid by the government on such purchases was $2.2€3,&21 and the net saving In Interest was about f2.885.000. The success of this operation was sufficient to ind u c e the government to continue the offer to purchase bonds to and including th? -Sid day of December, instant, unless the r e m a i n d e r of the $25,000,000 called for erhould be presented in the meantime for redemption. Increased activity In industry', with its welcome attendant—a larger employment -for labor a t higher wages—gives to the t>ody of the people a larger power to abs o r b the circulating medium. It is further t r u e t h a t year by year, with larger areas of land under cultivation, the increasing Volume of agricultural products, cotton. c o r n and wheat, calls for a larger volume • f money supply, This is especially not i c e a b l e a t the crop harvestlus and crop- •asovlng period. . E « s k t sued B a n k l n f f . r I n its earlier history the national act -seemed to prove a reasonable avenue t h r o u g h which needful additions to the circulation could from time to time be m a d e . Changing conditions have appare n t l y rendered it now Inoperative to that and. T h e high margin in bond securit i e s required, resulting from, large premiu m s which government bonds command In the market, or the t a x on note issues, o r both operating together, appear to be Influence* which Impair its public utility. T t r e a t t e n t i o n of -eon***** Is -r-eapedf nil jr - invited to this important matter w i t h the view of ascertaining whether or n o t such reasonable modifications can oe m a d e In t h e national banking act as will render its service In the particulars here referred to m o r e responsive to the peo- Ele's needs. I again urge t h a t national a u k s be authorized to organize with a c a p i t a l of $25,008. , T h e G o l d S t a n d a r d . I urgently recommend that to support the existing gold standard, and to maintain •*the parity in value of the coins of the t w o metals (gold and silver) and the e q u a l power of every dollar at all times i n the m a r k e t and in the payment o' d e b t s , " the secretary of the treasury be given additional power and charged with t h e duty to j»cll United States bonds and t o employ such other effective means as m a y be necessary to these ends. The a u t h o r i t y should include the power to sell bonds on long and short time, as condit i o n s may require, and should provide for * rate or interest lower than that fixed •by t h e act of J a n u a r y 14. W75. While t h e r e Is now no commercial fright which w i t h d r a w s goLd from the government. but, on the contrary, such widespread confidence t h a t gold Beeks the treasury d e m a n d i n g paper money in exchange, yet t h e very situation points to the present A S the most fitting time to make adequate provision to insure the continuance of t h e gold standar d and of public confidence i n the ability and purport of the governm e n t to meet ail its obligations in the money which the civilized world recognizes a s the lH*(-t. Our receipts now equal our expenditures'.; deficient iHVonues no longer create alarm. I^et us remove the t>nly remaining runt-••• b y conferring the full and n-.vt:•:;;!ry p o w e r on t h e Ntrcretary of the treasury And Impost* upon him the duly to uphold t h e present gold standard and preserve 4 h e coins of the two metals on u parity w i t h each other, which is the repeatedly •d«cl«*ed potter of the United Ktates. i p tola connection I repent my former r e o o m m e n d a t i o n s t h a t a portion of the - * > ^ U t t n c s abali be plac*A !c a trust funrt. from waii h greenbacks shall be redeemed upon pretermit.on. but whan once redeemed shall not thereafter bo paid out except for gold. M e r c h a n t M a r i n e . The value, if an American merchant marine to the extension of our commercial trade and the strengthening of our power upon the sea invites th« immediate action of consK----,. u u r national development will be one-sided and unsatisfactory so long as the remarkable growth of oui* inland industries remains unaccompanied by progress on the seas. There Is no lack of ccnstiuti! )'\'U authority for legislation which shall give to the country maritime strength commensurate with its Industrial achievements ar.d with its rank among the nations.of the earth. The other great nations have not hesitated to adopt the required means to davelop their shipping as a factor in national defense and as one of the surest and speediest means of obtaining for their producers a share, in foreign markets. Like vigilance and effort on our part cannot fail to improve our situation; wh!ch is regarded with humiliation at home and with surprise abroad. Even the seeming sacrifices which at the beginning may be involved will be offset by more than equivalent gains. The expense is as nothing compared to the a d v a n t a g e to be achieved. I n v e n t ' g a t e T r u s t s . Combinations of capital organized into trusts to control the conditions of trade among our citizens, to siltle competition, limit production and determine the prices of products used and consumed by tile people, are justly' provoking public discussion, and should early claim the attention of the congress. It is universally conceded that combinations which engross or control the market of any particular kind ot merchandise or commodity net essary to the general community, by suppressing natural and ordinary competition, whereby prices are unduly enhanced to the general consumer, arc obnoxious not only to the common law, but also t i tiie public welfare. There must be a remedy for the evils involved in such or^aniz itlons. If the present law can be extended more certainly to control or check these monopolies or trusts, it should he done without delay. Whatever rower tke congress possesses over thN most important subject should be promptly ascertained and asserted. The whole question is ro important and far-reaching that I am sure no part of it will be lightly considered, but every phase of It wll lhave the studied deliberation of ' h e congress, resulting in wise and judicious action. f o r e i g n R e l a t i o n * . , A review of our relations with foreign states is presented with such recommendations as are deemed appropriate. The boundary dispute with the Argentine Republic has been settled and a convention of extradition only awaits slight changes in the text before exchange. It is gratifying to be able to announce that ihe Belgian government has mitigated the restrictions on the importation of cattle from the United States, to which I referred in my last annual message. A convention of extradition with Tlrazil. signed May H. 1S.7. lias been- ratilled by the Urlzllian k*j.'ls',ature. During the past summer- two national -.-hips of the United States have visited Hrazilian ports on a friendly mission and been cordially re- Cvdved. ' . The claim growing out of the seizure of the American owned newspaper, the Panama Star and Herald, by the authorities of Colombia. 1 as been settled, after a controversy of i-wpta! years, by an agreement assess:';!.: at VM.IMI the indemniw to be paid by : he .Colombian government, in three installments of Jli.iVfl each. The go.)d will of Colombia toward our country has been tes'iiieil anew by the cordial extension of facilities to the Nieara^ uan can,:1 commission in their approaching in\ CM Ration of tne Panama canal and other pr'.i-cted routes across the isthmus of Darlen. Discussion of the question? raised by the action nf Derrrnark In imposing restrictions on the Importations of American meats has continued without substantial results in our favor. IxtbiiiiiM C a n a l . The Nicaragua canal commission which has been engaged upon—Ihe work of examination and survey for a ship canal route across Nicaragua, having completed its labors and made its report, was dissolved on .May SI, and on June 10 a new commission, known as the Isthmian canal commission, was organized under the terms of the act approved March 3. 1890, for the purpose of examining, the American Isthmus with a view to determining the most practicable and feasible route for a ship canal across the isthmus, with its probuble cost, and other essential details. The great importance of this work cannot be too often or too strongly pressed upon the attention of the congress. In my message of a year ago I expressed my views of the necessity of a canal which would link the two great oceans, to which I again invite your consideration. The reasons then presented for early action are even stronger now. T h e P a r i s I m p o s i t i o n . Preparations for the representation of the industries, a r t s and products, nf the United States at the world's exposition to be held in PaTis next year continue on an elaborate and comprehensive scale, ' h a n k s to the generous appropriation provided by congress ar.d to "the friendly Interest the French government has shown in furthering a typical exhibit of American progress. There has been allotted to the United States a considerable addition e-f space, which, while placing our country in the first rank p.mong exhibitors, does not suffice to meet the increasingly urgent demands of our manufacturers. The efforts of the commissioner-general are ably directed toward a strictly representative display of all that moat characteristically marks American achievement in the inveTrttve a r t s , and most adequately shows the excellence of our natural productions. I am informed by our commissionergenera! that we shall have in the American sections at Paris over 7,000 exhibitors, from every s t a t e In-ottr country, .a number ten times as great as those whicn were represented at Vienna in 1S73. six times as many as those in Paris in 1878. and four times as many as those who exhibited in Paris in 18S9. This statement does not include the exhibits from either Cuba. Porto Rico or Hawaii, for which arrangements have been made. R e l a t i o n s W i t h G e r m a n y . Our relations with Clcrmany continue to be most cordial. The increasing intimacy cf direct association has been marked during the year by the granting permission ir. April for the landing on our shores of a cable from Borkum Emden, on the North sea, by way of the Azore:-, and also by the conclusion on Sept. 22 of a parcels post convention with the German empire. In all that promises closer relations of intercourse and commerce and a better understanding between two races having so many traits In common. Germany can be assured of the most cordial co-operation of this government and people- We may be rivals In rrany mi'Uiial paths, but our riva'ry should be generous and open, ever aiming toward the attainment of larger • results and the mutually beneficial advancement of er ch in the line of its especial adaptabilities. The several governments of the empire ser-m reluctant to admit the natural excellence of our food productions and to H'Tent the evidence We constantly tender of the <are with which their purity is unaided by rigid inspection from the fane, through the slaughterhouse and-the packing estaUlshmr nts. to the port of shlprr.i :-.t. c u r system of control over r::p>r?ed food staples- invites examination fr< m any quarter ,---^ challenges re- , spool by iti efT'H'^-t thoroughness. It !« to be hoped that in time the two governments will act hi common accord to award the real petition of their common- purpiso to safeguard the publia health nnd to insures the P'.ljltx^fiCuX wholeFoAieneas of "all food products imported by either country from the other. O u r ( a n u i l i u u N e i g h b o r s . In my last annual message I referred to the pending negotiations with Great Britain in respoct to the Domlnlpn. pf CaoiUr da, By means 6t aa exeoiuive agreement !i Joint high cnyimiHgton has been creased' for" the purpose of adjusting t&\ unsettled questions between the United States and Cajiada, embracing twelve subjects, amonir which were th«a questions of the. fur seals, the fisheries of the coast and i contiguous Inland waters, the Alaskan boundary, the transit of merchandise in bond, and alien labor laws, mining rights, reciprocity In trade, revision of the agreement respecting naval vessels in the great lakes, more complete marking of parts of the boundary, provision for the conveyance of criminals, and for wrecking and salvage. The m a t t e r of tire boundary has been receiving the careful attention which its importance demands with the result that n modus vivendl for provisional demarcations in the region about the head of Lynn canal has been agreed upon; and It is hoped that the negotiations now in progress between the two governments will end in an agreement for the establishment and delimlnation of a permanent boundary. Apart from these questions growing out of our relationship with uur northern neighbor, the most friendly disposition and ready agreement have marked the discussion of numerous matters arising in th° vast and Intimate Intercourse of the United States with Great Britain. U o e r "War. TI1I3 government has maintained an attitude of neutrality in the unfortunate contest between Great T-intain and the Boer states of Africa. We have remained faithful to the precept of avoiding entangling alliances as to affairs not of our direct concern. Had < sicu'mstances suggested t h a t the parties to the quarrel would have welcomed any kindly expression of the hope of the American people, the war might be nverted, good ofHces would .have been gkwily tendered. The United S t a ' e s representative at Pretoria was early instructed to see that all neutruJ American interests be respected by the romhfttar.-ts. This has been an easy task In view of the nositive declaration of Both British and Boer authorities t h a t the personal " i d property rights of our citizens should be observed. A satisfactory arrangement was concluded between the governments of Germany and of England, by virtue of which England retired from Samoa in view of compensations in other sections, and both powers lenounced In favor of the United States nil their rights and claims over and in...respect to that portion of the group lying to the east of the one hundred and seventy-first degree of west longitude, embracing the islands of Tutuila. Ofoo, Olosenga and Manna. I transmit to the senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a convention, which besides the provisions above mentioned, also guarantees the same privileges and conditions in respect to commerce arid commercial vessels In a'l of the Islands of Samoa a.s those possessed by Germany. T h e S p a n i s h Y.'nr, My annua! message of last year was necessarily devoted in ureal part to a consideration of the Spanish war and of tho. resuit it wrought, and the conditions it imposed for the future. I am gratified to anru.rnce that the treaty of peace has restored friendly rc.ctions between the two powers. Effect has been Riven to its most important p; ovision.s. The evacuation of Porto Rico haviim already been accomplished en the ISth of October, 1898. nothing remained necessary there but to oon- Liniv the provisional military control of the island until the congress should enact a suitable government for the ceded terrl'.- r;-. The withdrawal of the authority of Spain from the is'and of Cuba was effected by the first of January, so that the full re-epfablishment of pence found the re- !in.'Ui.--hed territory held by. us in trust for' the inhabitants, maintaining, under the direction of the executive, such government and'" control' therein as should conserve public order, restore the productive conditions of pence, so long disturbed by the instability and disorder which prevailed for the greater part of the preceding three decades, and build up that tranquil development of the domestic state wrureby alone can be realized the hi«;h purpose, as proclaimed in the joint resolution adopted bv the congress An the isth of April. 1S'.»S. by which the United States disclaimed any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over Cuba, except for the pacification thereof, and asserted its determination when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people. The pledge contained in this resolution is of ihe highest honorable obligation and must be sacredly ker , t. C a b l e t o M a n i l a . Without repeating the obserratlons of my special message of February 10. 18»*, concerning the necessity of a cable to Manila. I respectfully invite attentipn to it. I recommend that, in case the ,contrress should not take measures to brinp about this result by direct action of the government, the postmaster general be authorized to invite competitive bids for the establishment of a cable; t h e company making the best responsible bw* to be awarded the contract; the successful company to give ample bonds to Insure the completion of the work within a reasonable time. Kn«Nla's F r i e n d l i n e s s . Claims growing out of the seizure of American sealing vessels in Bering sea have been under discussion with the government of Russia for several years with the recent happy result of an agreement to submit them to the decision of a single arbitrator. By this act Russia affords proof of her adherence to the beneficent principle of arbitration which her plenipotentiaries conspicuously favored at The Hague disarmament conference when it was advocated by the representative* of the United States. S a m o a S e t t l e m e n t . Important events have occurred in the Samoan Islands. The election, according to the laws and customs of Samoa, of a successor to the late king, Malletoa I*aupepa. developed a contest as to the validity of the result, which issue, by the terms of the general act was io be decided by the chief justice. Upon his rendering a judgment in favor of Malietoa Tanu, the rival chief. Mataafa. took up arms. The active Intervention of American and British warships became imperative to restore order, at the cost of sanguinary encounters. In this emergency a joint ooiuni'.jsion of representatives of the United States, Gerrrcny and Great Britain was sent to Sarrna to investigate the situation and provide a temporary remedy. T h e S i ' w C a b a . This nation has assumed before the world a grave responsibility for the future good government of Cuba. We have accepted a trust the fulfillment of which calls for the sternest integrity of purpose and the exercise of the highest wisdom. The new Cuba yet to arise from the ashes of the past must needs be bound to us by ties of singular intimacy and strength If its enduring welfare is to be assured. Whether those ties shall be organic or conventional, th • destinies of Cuba are in some rlrhtful form and manner irrevocably linked with our own, but how and how far is for the future to determine in the ripeness of events. Whatever be the outcome we must see to it that free Cuba be a reality, not a name, a perfect entity, not a hasty experiment bearing within itself the t lem.-nts of failure. Our mission, to accomplish which we took up the wager of battle. Is not to b,- fulfilled by turning adrift any loosely framed commonwealth to face the viaKMItudes which too often a.tteml weaker state* whose natural wealth und abundant, resources are. offset b y the incongruities of their political position und the recurrln.g occasions for interna! rivalries , -to sap. their strength and dissipate their energies. The greatest blcs3lr.f which can come to,.Cuba is.ih.e restoration-ai-liftr. Agrlcul* tural arul industrial prosperity, which will give empioymtnt to idle men and reestablish tiie pursuits of peace. Thii 1ft her chief and Immediate need. On tho 19th of August last an order was made fur the taking of the cerrsus In t h i I'lfc-laml.Me heJco'MpleKfa^ on the JlOth of ^NovenJse'r. fTy tJbe tpeaty of peace tho Spanish-popiSatlok on the inland have until April 11, 1&0U, to elect whether they will remain citizen* of Spain or become citizens of Cuba. Until then it cannot be definitely ascertained who shall be entitled to participate in tho formation of the government of Cuba. By that time the results of the census will have been tabulated und we shall proceed to provide for the elections which commit the municipal governments of tho island ra tho olficcrs elected by the people. Tha experience thus acqutrd will prove of great value in tho formation of a representative convention ot the peopie to draft a constitution and establish a genreal system of independent government for the Island, In lho meantime, and so long as we exercise control over tho island, tho products of Cuba should have a market In the United States on a* good terms and with as 'avorable rates ot duty as are given to the We«t India Islands under treaties of reciprocity which shall be made. • Eor the relief of tho distressed In the island of Cuba the w i r department has issued supplies to destitute persons, through the officers of the army, which have amounted to 5,433,000 rations, at a cost of $1,417,554.07. To promote .he disarmament of the Cuban volunteer army, and '.n the interest of public peace and the welfare of the people, tho sum of $75 was paid to each Cuban soldier borne upon the authenticated rolls, on cordltion that he should deposit 1 Is arms with the authorities designated by the United States. Tho sum thus disbursed aggregated $2.547,7¾). wni'-ii was paid ft'om the emergency fund provided by the act of Jan. f», 1890, for that purpose. Out of the Cuban island revenues during the six months ending June SO, 18JJ, Sl.712.OU."JO was expended for sanitation, $233.^1.711 for charities and hospitals, and $SS,9-14.03 for aid to the destitute. R e l a t i o n * W i t h Sun i n . Following the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace the two governments accredited ministers to each other,, Spain sending to Washington the Duke of Arcos, an omlnent diplomatist, previously stationed in Mexico, while the Un'ted States transferred to Madrid, Hon. Bellamy Storer, i.s ambassador at Brussels. This was followed by the respective appointment of consuls, thereby fully resuming the relations Interrupted by the wa-. In addition to its consular representation in the United States, the Spanish govornmont has appointed consuls for Cub.i, who have been provisionally recognized during the m-Mtary administration ot the affairs of that Island. Tin* Miiulin A r m y . The force now in Manila cons'sts of 903 officers and 30,."73 regulars, and 5)4 office-s and 13.388 of the volunteers, m i H n . a>i aggregate of 1.499 officers and 4','Oi r'Ci When the troops now under orders shall re-ich an I In. ihe force M *he arehl . ago will comprise 2,(7.1. officers and 03,183 men. The muster out of the irr'at V ) U i - teer army organized for the Spnn'sh war and the creation of a trow army, the transportation from Manila to Saa F r a n - cisco'of those eniUled to discharge, and transportation of the new tr o;.'s to tnk* the'r places, have been a work of g r e a t magnitude- well and ably done, for wh eh too much'credit cannot be j-'iven the war department. T r o o p s in C«l»n, During the past yenr we have re!u>ed our force in C>ba and I'jrto Rico. In Cuba W-M now have 334 officers and 10,7.1(5 enlisted men. In Porto Rico, &7 .>ffi-ers and 2/Cj,- enlisted men and a batallion of 4r»0 men composed of native Porto Rlcans, whl!^ stationed throughout the United States are 910 officers and 17,317 men, and in Hawaii 12 officers and 463 enlisted men. I'oa*41 s e r v i c e . The domestic postal service continues to grow with extraordinary rapidity. The expenditures and the rvvenue will each exceed $100,000,000 during the current year. Fortunately, sine* the refrfvalof paoaperous times, the leveni'es have grown roueh faster than the expenditures, and there is every indication that a short period will witness the obliteration of the -annual deficit. T h e Xnvy. The navy hag maintained the spirit and high efficiency which have always characterized that service, and has lost none of the gallantry in heroic action which has signalized its brilliant and glorious past. The nation has equal- pride In its early and later achievements. Its habitual readiness for every emergency has won the confidence and admiration of the country. The people are interested in the continued preparation and prestige of the navy and will justify liberal appropriations for its maintenance and improvement. The officers have shown peculiar adaptation for the performance of new and delicate duties which our recent war has Imposed. It cannot be doubted that congress will at once make-necessary provision for the armor plate for the vessels now under contract and building. P e n s i o n * . On the 50th of June. 1899. the pension roll of the United States numbered IW1,- 319. These include the pensioners of the army and navy roll in alt our wars. The number added 1O the rolls during the vear was 4n,mu. The 'lumber dropped by 'reason of death, remarriage, minors by legal limitation, failure to claim within three years, and other causes, was 48,186, and the number of claims disallowed waa 107.- «19. During the year fttf.OM pension certificates were Issued, of which 37,077 were for new or original pensions. The amount disbursed for army and navy pensions during the year was $1.:48.355.052.1)5 which was $1.051.461.(11 less than the sum of the appropriations. T h e r e h a n i . In accordance with the act of congress approved March 3. 18P3, the preliminary work +n oontwetton with the twelfth cerfi ' sus in now fully uudrr wav. 11 is believed t h a t the twelfth cenmis will empnasize our remarkable advance in all that pertains to national progress. The Philippine W»r. Th«> President treats at great length the Philippine war, covering all the efforts to avert war. etc. Oontlnuine. he says: It Is enough to say the claim of the rebel leader that he was promised independence by any officer of thp United States in return for his assistance, has no foundation in fact nnd is categorically denied by the very witnesses who were called to prove it. The most the insurgent leader hoped for when ho came back to Muni a WPS the liberation of the Islands from tne Spanish control, which they had been laboring for years without success to throw off The prompt accomplishment of this work by the American armv and navy gave htm other ideas and ambitions, and insidious suggestions from various quarters perverted the purposes nnd intentions with which he had taken up arms. No sooner had our army captured Manila than the Filipino forces began to assume an attitude of suspicion itnd hostility which the utmost efforts of our officers and troops w r c unable to disarm or modify. Their kindness and forbearance were taken as a proof of cowardice. The aggression of the Filipinos continually increased until finally, .lust before the time set by tb,o s'-nate ot the Uuited States for a vote on 1he treaty, an attack evidently prepared in advance, was made all along ihe American lines. whi;:h resulted in a terribly destructive and. sanguinary repulse of the insurgents. Ten.dayt* later an order of the insurgent government wirs-irsucd to Hs adherents who had remained in Manila, of. which Gen. Otis ,1ustly observes t h a t "for barbarous intent it Is imequaled in modern times." It directs that at 8 o'clock on faJWeV at i t i g night of th« 15th <of F e b r i m r y ' t n » i territorial miMtia" shall c o n v -log*rh*r In tha streets of San P t d r o . a r m e d with. their bolos, w l t h l f u r f ahd ' amirltmltion where convenient; that FUlpion families ,v shall be respictad: but that a4i- other ¾duals, of •wJiatTver race they mayl h a * 4>«sief lfr*H|pf<(»«> 'without ui)/! £ ^ ¾ ^ ¾ ¾ ¾ ^ "' rothTfci* we must avenge ourselves on AINjM^a«u.a\n4>Miite*M^g t%. l h e m , ,rifl n T e a T h e ^ s ^ m c n * ^ l v S y have coa^mittad. iw^yt <\\*: .attack ^vJtli ^f *nr." A cQayW tn/g.fetl, byls€>a fortifoe, into tha hands of our officers, and they were u-bk> to take measure* to pontrol the rising, whJtU'waa actually a t t e m p t e d on th«; night of Feb. 22, a week* later than waaj orlglnyUv. cukUmfdftied. chnsiderable' nunibtfranf armed insurgents-intered the clIKr by waterways and swamjitf and, inl concert with confederates .Inside, a t t e m p t - ed to (Jestroy Manila by fire. They were kept in check during: tho night and the nei|t driven u.ut of tho cityt w i t h heavy loss. T • - 1 ' -n The favorable circumstances connect©* with an active campaign have «ot been permitted io1nttM fero with thf-equaliy important work of reconstruction. Again I invito your atteMion to t h e reporf pf tha commissioners rur me mie;*^ ' a encouraging details of the work already acconipliuhed in tho establishment of peace an4 order and the inauguration of selfgoverning municipal life in many portions of tha archipelago. , ' N e u r o n iM.lnnt]. A notable beginning has been m a d e in tho establishment of a government in tho island of Ivegroa. which is deserving of special consideration. This was the first island to accept American Baver^ignty. Its peoplo unreservedly proclaimed, allegiance to tho United States ar.d ado/*ed a constitution looking to tho establishment of c. popular government. Tho. judicial power \* vested in three judges, who are to bo appointed by the military governor of tho Island. Inferior courts are to bo established. Freo public schools aie to bo established throughout tho poaulour. districts of the Island, in which tho linghsh language shall bo taught, and this subject will receive the careful consideration of the advisory council. Tho burden of government must be distributed equally and equitably among tha oeople. '1 r.e miT-'aiy •>• leet and receive the customs revenues and will control postal m a t t e r s and Philippine inter-island trado and oommerce. The military governor, subject to the approval of tho military governor of the Philippines, determines all questions not specilijally provided for and which do not come u n d e r t h a jurisdiction,of the, advisory council. Su!u I H I U I U I S . The authorities of the Sulu islands hava accepted the succession of 'the United Stutes to the rights of Spain, and our flag flouts over that territory. On the 10th nr August, ISM, iirig.-Oen. J. C. Pates. U. ,S. Volunteers, negotiated an agreement with the sultan and his principal chiefs. Uy article 1 tho KOV*.-. eignty of the-United States over the whole archipelago of Jolo and its dependencies is declared and acknowledged. Every tjdng indicates that, with tho speedy suppression of the Tarralo rebellion, life in the archipeiago wlil noon resume its ordinary course under the protection of our sovereignty, and the people of tht si" favored islands will enjoy a prosperity and a freedom which they have never before known. Already hundreds of schools are *»p«n. , .,. F u t u r e G o v e r n m e n t . The future .iroverciucut of J,h* Philippines rests with the congress of the, United Plates, Few graver responsibilities have ever been eonlided to it?, If we ac-' cept them in a spirit worthy of irur r a e s and' our traditions, . a great opportunity comes with them. The islands lie under the shelter of our flag. They are ours by every title of law and equity. They cannot h i abandoned. If we desert t+ie«i we leave thtm at once to anarchy and finally to barfj^riBm, We fling them, u gulden apple of discord, among the rival'powers, no one of which could permit another to seize them unquestioned. Their* rich, plains and valley* Kvould be Ihe scene of! endless atrlft aad blowiahed. The advent of Dewfcy's^eeT in Mai Una bay Instead ot being, as we hole, the d*.wr» of a new day of freedom and progrtW, will have been the beginning of a n . e r a of misery* and violence worse than any which has darkened their UhbappV past. It does not seera desirable that I ahould recommend a t this time a special arrd final form of government for these islands. When peace shall be restored it will be the duty of congress to construct a plan of government which shall establish and maintain freedom und order and peace iu the Philippines. L c K l s l a l l u n f o r H a w a i i . The people of these Islands are entitled to the benefits and privileges .of our constitution, but in the absence of any act of congress providing for fedoral courts in the islands, and for a procedure by which appeals, writs of error and other judicial proceedings necessary for the enforcement of civil rights may be prosecuted, they are powerless to secure their enforcement by the judgment of the courts of tho United States. It is manifestly important, therefore, that an act shall ba passed as speedily as possible erecting these Islands into a judicial district, providing for the appointment of a |udg3 and other proper officers and methods of procedure in appellate proceedings, and t h a t the government of this newly acquired territory under the federal constitution, shall be fully defined and provided for. G o v e r n m e n t f o r Porjfo K i e o . I recommend t h a t legislation to tha same end be had with reference to the government of Porto Rico. The time Is ripe for the adoption of a temporary form of government for this island; and many suggestions made with reference to Alaska are applicable also to Porto HJco. The system of civil jurisprudence now adopte d rP^j 1 , ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ °e ***** islWKl ie described by competent lawyers, who are familiar with it, as thoroughly modern and scientific FO far as ,4t rebates to matters of internaLiQgw>LUu*lnes6.. trad*, production and\»ocJai and private right in general. The cities of the island are governed under c h a r t e r s which probably require very ikjJe -or, oo ^changi. So t h a t with relation to matters of local concern and private right, it is not prehable -that mucn if any legislation is" aetrinVbie; but with reference to public administration and the relations of the island to the federal government, there ure many matters which are of pressing urgency. The same necessity exists for legislation on the part of congress to establish federal courts and federal jurisdiction In the island, aa has been previously pointed out by me with reference to Hnwati. It is desirable that the government of the Island under the law of J&elligerent right, now maintained through the executive department, should be superseded by an administration entirely eivil in its nature. For the present purposes 1 recommend that congress pass a law for the organization of a temporary government, which sh.all provide lor the appointment by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate., of a governor and such other officers a s the general administration of the island may require, and t h a t for legislative purposes upon subjects of a local nature not partaking of a federal character, a legislative council, composed partly of Porto Rlcans arrd partly of clti- ' zens of the/United States, shall be nominated and appelated by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate: their* »cts t o - b e euhject 4» ti»e approval of *he eongreas or the president prior to going ^1»to effect. In the municipalities and othor local subdivisions I recommend that t h e r n n - n p l e >of nelf-goverTtmcVt bcfappljed a t once, M> as lu enable the InteinRcnl^ltl- Kon* o t t h e a l a n d to participate in their owri a i W M f t o f w t l ' io Oeaffi by practical eTtperlence the duties and requirements of a so^f-cor.talncd und self-govern* ing rcople. ' MR a ^ W a ^ a ^ nan %- ,' - f§ W-#.i Y<o ure Gambling I It's too risky, this gambling with your cough. You take the chance of its wearing off. Don't I he first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the game's lost. Take some of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the gambling and the cough. " I -was g i v e n u p t o d i e with quick consumption. I ran d o w n from 138 to 90 pounds. I raised blood, and never expected t o g e t off my b e d alive. I then read o f Ayer's Cherry 1'ectoral and began its use. I c o m m e n c e d t o improve at once. I a m n o w back t o m y old weight anil in t h e best o f h e a l t h . " — C H A S . E . H A R T M A N , C^ibbstown, N . Y . , March 3 , 1899, Yon can now get Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in a 25 cent size, just right for an ordinary cold. The 50 cent size is better for bronchitis, croup, whooping- cough,asthma, ana the grip. The dollar size is best to itcp on hand, and is most economical for long-standing cases. kaanaMMnMMM DO •YOU:;. COUGH DON'T DELAY KEMP'S BALSAM THE - • v It Cure* Coldc, Cough*. Sore Throat, Croup. In- Ruenza. Whooping Cough. Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced sttges. Useatonce. You will see the excellent effect after taking the flrst dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large i bottles 25 cents a^d SO c »'*. Q £ M A I f l ^ a r t uti.rU.«i reiKion r C n u I U N w D O U B L E QUICK Write CAPT. O'FARRELL. Pension A g e a t , U 2 S New York Avenue. WASHiNQTON. D » C (MILLIONS of acres of choice agricultural LANDS now opened for settlement in Western Canadi. Here is trrown the ce!- „ . , _ ebrated NO. t HARD WHEAT, whicti briusrs the highest price In the markets of the world: thousands of cattle are fattened for market without, beinK fetl jrrain, and without a day's shelter. Send for information and secure a free home in Western Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, oraddtesa the undersigned, who will mail you atlases, pamphlets, etc.. free of cost. M. V. Mclnnes. No. 1 Merrill Block, Detroit, Mich.; James Urieve. Mt. Pleasant. Mich., or D. L. Caven, Bad Axe. Mich. t • t • • • • + • • • • » • • » • • • • + • » • • • • • • • | Personally | I Conducted . I California ! | Excursions f • Via the Santa Fe Route. • X Three times a week from Chicago i • and Kansas City. + $• Twice a week from St. Paul and • X Minneapolis. X Ojnceaweek from S t Louis aad + T Boston. • ¢. In improved wlde-vesttbuled X 4 . Pullman tourist sleeping oars. X • Better than ever before, at lowest * + -poMtilble rates. * T Experienced excursion conductors. • ' +, Alao daily aervice between Chicago X X aad California. T • Correspondence solicited. X T T. A. GRADY. • T Manager California Tourlrt Service, X X The Atchla**. ToMki ft Saata Pe Railway X + 100 Adams Street, CHICAGO. ^ • • • • » • • • » • » • • » • • • • • • • • • • • • V" f W » » ,%«*%* MVMMMMaMWIWHMWaH| KITTY'S HUSBAND By Author of "Hetty," Etc. >**»»%«n%%n«*«veja*jnMa*a»»aj*Ka«va.M sixty or over? »«»»«»»••>•«< •4i ~*41 M f t W M « « CHAPTER XV.— (Continued.) "Arthur St. John—alia3 Leslie— something else, no doubt, nowadays. He looked like a man of fifty. But I knew him; I knew him almost. In a 'Moment." "You couldn't ha sure," I said doubtfully. Meg smiled, but did not contradict me. But the smile was eloquent—it destfieed my folly. "I had gone down stairs early," Meg continued, leaning back in her chair, ?.nd pushing her hair from her brow with a nervous impatient little gesture. "It's not my way to get up early, is it? But I was restless, I couldn't sleep, and \ thought I should find a novel if I •vent down stairs. The servants weren't moving; but there was a fire In the study. The blinds were all down, but the lire looked <*osy; I went In and stood before it and warmed my toes. I dare say I was looking untidy, Kitty; I think he took me for an early housemaid; he came into the room quietly, and came up behind me, and—and he kissed me, Kitty. I hadn't heard any one come in, and I nearly screamed. But as I turned my head round quickly I saw his eyes, and I knew him, and I didn't scream—I was too frightened to move or make a sound " "Go on, Meg." "Then all at once John called to him from the passage. He called in a very quiet, mysterious sort of vevee—impatient, too. " 'St. John,* he said, 'your sister is waiting. Come.' "He opened the street door quietly and led some one in. They didn't come back to the study as I feared they would; they seemed to be detting out on some journey, and time seemed to be pressing. They stood for a minute speaking softly and quickly in the hall. Do you know, Kitty, whose voice I heard? It w"as a voice not to be mistaken— Madame Arnaud's voice. She was thanking John. She said such an I looked through the chinks of the Venetians and saw her go out. She had puffs of gray hair beneath her bonnet; her gown was bunched out at the sides; she looked sixty—quite. What does it all mean, Kitty? What is the mystery?" "I cannot tell you, Meg." "But you know? Kitty, you are trembling; what is the matter with you?" "Nothing, Meg—nothing!" I returned hastily. "I wa3 thinking—trying to think." But, try as I might, my thoughts refused to 3hape themselves. One idea, and only one, had taken possession of my mind. John had had business matters to talk of with Madame Arnaud! It was business that had taken him there so often—business that they talked about in such lowered, confidential voices! My spirits had suddenly grown buoyant, my voice almost gay. "Meg, stay here for a little while," I pleaded eagerly. "I want to see John all alone." "An uncommon wish!" laughed Meg; but the soft little glance with which she looked back at me robbed tn'e mocking speech of all its sting. CHAPTER XVI. . John was in the breakfast-room. He was seated in an arm-chair beside the fire, his elbow on the table that stood near, his head against his hand. I was standing close to him before he saw me. "John," I said in a quick voice that I tried in vain to steady, "don't let me go away from you! I don't want to go, John!" H.«» sprang quickly tG ^ 3 feet, his face lighting up. "Did I want you to r.o, Kitty?" he asked reproachfully. " i'our wish to leave me has been the bitterest trouble I have ever had to bear. I needn't tell you that. ne**i I? You know it only too well!" 'I DON'T WANT TO GO, JOHN." odd thing, Kitty; I stored it up to tell you—that was what I came to say. You have always been jealous of Madame Arnaud—and I used to think you had reason to be jealous; but now— well, now, I am not sure." '* "What was It that she said?" "She was thanking John for having given her so much of his precious time. " 'We know,' she said, 'that every m'nute spent away from Kitty is a minute you begrudge. You have besn very good; you have never let me feel how my affairs have bored" you.' " 'They have not bored me,' said John; 'we made a compact of friendship long ago; and what is the use of friends if they are not retdy to serve in time of need ?' " "John is a paragon to the end! How has he been serving Madame Arnaud, Kitty? What are her 'ataira' that have been 'boring' him and taking up hit time?" - "I don't know. I don't want to tell you, Meg—not now." "You are a little contradictory, dear; but never mind, mystery is the order of the da/. Do you know that Madame Arnaud came and went away in a dress and bonnet and mantle that madt t/ur lotfk c.ulte an old lady, an old lady of He had taken my hands in his, but I would not let him draw me near him. "I have been jealous, John," I said, bringing out the words in a sharp. labored way. "I have been jealous of Madame Arnaud!" "Jealous, Kitty! Have you cared enough for me to be jealous, dear?" he asked, sadly. "You have had no need to be jealous—none! Yet it i& good news to me, all the same." "It wasn't your love for hor, John, that I minded." I went on tremulously, the tears springing unbidden to my eyes. Perhaps—perhaps I did mind that, too; but that wasn't what I minded most You had loved her first and you couldn't help if you loved her best. You hadn't seen her for so long; you didn't know how it would be when you came to see her again—you couldn't help it! And I should have tried to bear it! What I couldn't bear was your always going to see her, your having so much to say to her secretly, so confidentially " "Do you know," asked John gravely, what those talks were about? Listen, Kitty, and I will tell you." "I know already. .You were helping the man about whom you told me yesterday— her brother—yes, I know. J o h a . ^ I went on eagerly, "you will let me stay? I said I wanted- to go, cut I didn't; it would break my heart to go! I'll be content, John; I'll be different and not tease you—I won't ask you to love me very much. I'll let my love be enough for both. And by-and-by, as you said, 'love may come.' You did love me—you said so—before you married me, and the love may come back again " John drew me toward him. He put his arm around me, and looked down at me closely, very tenderly, very wonderingly. "Kitty, you talk in riddles, dear," he said. "You won't ask me to love you very much? What does that mean? You know, dearest—you must k n o w - that, whether you ask or do not ask, I love you with my heart and soul." I looked up at him in bewilderment. "You said—you said that our marriage was a mistake, John," "It was you, KiUy, who said that." "But I said so because I thought that you thought so, John. And you agreed with me. Oh, John, you have forgotten you did agree with me! You said that you felt the mistake and regretted it even more bitterly than I." "For your sake, Kitty, for your sake, dear; because my love had failed so signally to make you happy. You told me that I had spoilt your life, broken your heart; that, when you had a wish, it was only a wish to die." "I didn't wish to make your life a bondage, John." John's eyes twinkled for a moment, and then were grave again. "Do you mean to tell me, Kitty," he a3ked incredulously, "that you doubted that I loved you?" "Do you mean that you could possibly doubt, John, that I loved you?" I retorted in the same tone of incredulity. "It was natural enough for me to doubt," said John humbly. "Much more natural for me," I returned, looking up at him with sparkling eyes. I had clasped my hands upon his shoulder; I put down my cheek against them. "I thought," I confessed, "that you had married me for kindness' sake— to—to provide for me, John. .Everyone thought so. Meg and Dora and Aunt Jane and even your sister. You yourself said that you thought of marrying me before ycu thought cf loving me." "Yes," admitted John; "years ago, I had some vague hope that you would give me the right one day to take care of ycu, to make life smoother for you. I suppose I didn't love you as long ago as that—I had only a very tender feeling for you. Love, when it came, was real enough in spite of that early thought. Don't scorn my love, Kitty, because I met it with welcome instead cf rebuff." There was not much scorn in my eyes as I raised my head and looked softly, smilingly into the gray eyes looking down at me. He kissed ms; and r^v a minute we stood in silence. "Kilty," he said at length, '^here is something that I want to tell you. I ought to have told you long ago. It was a painful story, and I did not tell rt. Come and sit down, and I will teh it now." He drew me to the little sofa beside the fire; and there he told me the story cf his first love, the story that in part I knew already. "She gave you up because you were poor?" I asked indignantly. "Don't blame her, Kitty! She gave me up for her brother's sake. It is more than ten years ago now that her brother forged that check of which I told ycu—that first check. There seemed to be nothing but utter ruin before him. Arnaud, the man that Lucia married, had money and influence. He used both on the tacit understanding that ehe should marry him. Her brother was saved for the time." "Was it the only vray?" I questioned. "I think some other way might have been found. But she could not be calm and weigh chances. She was devoted to this broiuer. For ten long years, as she said the other night in the park, she has hoped against hope for his reformation; has tried to be brave, has tried to hope for the best. And now, at the end of the ten years, things are just where they were before, I think they are worse this time, for this time he is less repentant. She is sacrificing her whole life to him; but she does it almost without hope. She la going away with him—to South America, to banishment." I was quiet for a moment. "John, I have been so unjust to her," I confessed in a low tone—"so unjust to her always in my thoughts." "She is one of the noblest women that I know!" said John. Again we sat silent for a minute. My heart was beating fast; I longed to ask a question which I dared not ask. "John, I won't be silly, I won't be jealous—tell me," I pleaded, "if you didn't try to love me, would you love her still—love her best, I mean?" John answered gravely, with an atr as earnest as mine. "I respect her," he said; "I shall respect her always. I do more than respect—I admire her. But that is all! The old love was dead, Kitty, years bafore the new love was born!" I was contented.—The End. Here's the Whole W i n t e r "There is one sound piece of advice that should toe repeated from Maine fco>- : Oregon every year when winter a p - j proaches, and that is—If you want t o 1 go through the winter without catching cold, wear rubbers."—Churchman. Ml A n n o s l R a i n f a l l o f A l m o s t 4 » F o o t . The heaviest rainfalls so far observed with scientific accuracy occur in India. At Cherrajunji. in.the Knaai. hills, in Assam, the mean annual precipitation is thirty-nine feet six inches,. at Debunja thirty feet ten inches, a n * at Bibundi thirty-four feet four Inches. Both the latter stations are on the sea coast and at a much lower level than* Cherrapunjl. . T h e H e a l t h a n d f l e a a a r * Of Texas, Mexico, Arizona and California are quickly and comfortably reached via the Southern Pacific Company's Sunset Route. Daily through) service from New Orleans to Sao Francisco via Hou»3ton, San Antonio, El Paso and Los Angeles. Special semi-weekly service, Sunset Limited from New Orleans Mondays and Thursdays, composed of Buffet Smoking Car, containing Bath Room and Barber Shop, Drawing Room Compartment Car, regular Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Car (meal3 a la carte), all of the latest design and most luxuriously appointed. Direct connections made at New Orleans from all points North and East. Detailed information cheerfully furnished by W. G. Neimyer, G. W. A., So. Pac. Co., 238 Clark St., Chicago; W. H. Connor, Cora'l Agt., Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, 0., W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass. Agt., 220 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. The first pipe organ was made hy A r c h i m e d e s , B . C. 220. W i n t e r in t h e S o u t h . T h e s e a s o n a p p r o a c h e s w h e n o n e * * t h o u g h t s t u r n t o w a r d a p l a c e w h e r e t h e i n c o n v e n i e n c e s o f a N o r t h e r n w i n t e r m a y b e e s c a p e d . N o s e c t i o n o f t h i s c o u n t r y o f f e r s s u c h i d e a l s p o t s a s t h e G u l f C o a s t o n t h e l i n e o f t h e L o u i s v i l l e & N a s h v i l l e R a i l r o a d b e t w e e n M o b i l e a n d N e w O r l e a n s . I t p o s s e s s e s . a m i l d c l i m a t e , p u r e a i r , e v e n t e m p e r a t u r e antif a c i l i t i e s f o r h u n t i n g a n d fishing' e n - j o y e d b y u o o t h e r s e c t i o n . A c c o m m o - d a t i o n s f o r v i s i t o r s a r e f i r s t - c l a s s , ande a n b e s e c u r e d a t m o d e r a t e p r i c e s . T h e L. & N . R. R. i s t h e o n l y l i n e b y w h i c h i t c a n b e r e a c h e d i n t h r o u g h c a r s - f r o m N o r t h e r n c i t i e s . T h r o u g h c a r s c h e d u l e s t o a l l p o i n t s i n F l o r i d a b y t h i s l i n e a r e a l s o o e r f e c t . W r i t e f o r f o l d e r s , e t c . , t o J A C K S O X S M I T H , D . P. A . , C i n c i n n a t i , O. S h o e m i i k i n g ' m a c h i n e s w e r e i n v e n t e d b y G a l l a h u e i n 1858. Solid Train* t o X o r t b o r n l l l e h l | The Chicago, Milwaukee £ S t Paur Railway is now running solid trains cf palace sleeping cars, dining cars (serving meals a la carte) and firstclass day coaches, through from Chicago to Calumet, Houghton, Hancock ami other points in the Copper country without change of cars, with direct connection for Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, etc., and passengers from the East. South and Southwest will find this a most desirable route. All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. B i l l i a r d s w e r e i n v e n t e d i n F r a m e b y D j v i j r n e a b o u t 1471. B e w a r e o f O i n t m e n t * f o r C a t a r r h T h a t Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy t h e sense or smell aad completely derange the whole s y s t e m when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never bo used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as t h e damage they will do is tenfold to the good y o u eua pos-sibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh. Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, andmade fnToledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold bv Druggists, price 7¾ per bottle. Hall's Fa icily Pills are the best. The man wao fives t i e world ^'old w^'I » e forpotion, but no who ,'ives L £oixl will r o . Strength is aut a bes-siu* wlum it is used tn tal;e advantage vt a Drotlier's are;ikucss. T E N W E E K S 5 W ? I O C E N T S . ThfttMg family paper. Tie filmatrat** ffeeHy.of Denver. Colo, uootxied J W I wilt be tent ten weekN on trial for M)c;eiut»uf 6.5de; tttortl. 8peoUlujftar felely to introduce it. Latest mlat*iriMwx*MM»fiM» trsttonn of acenery. true »rorle*atf lore an<t atrreatore. Address an *bo\ 1; ao<l ucotloa thia paper; ft«tm»- Uiken. It is only by jrivinp with the heart that any, man can know what it xiMans to be rich. TO C U R E A COLO I N ON 15 O A T . Take Laxative Rrrrao Quinine Tablets. AB. unipyists refund the money if it falls to cure-, ftc. E. VV. Grove's signature on each b o s . "When we are dotnjr our prayerful host let u»> remember th>t it is all Ood uxpect*. FITS f*»rBJ»a«fl«jCoi«u. :>uuu oriH>r«'»onie«*atwe hrst liuya u.-e of Dr kiioe » iirvMl A*r>o KtfMiim Sead for F U R IS S 4 . 0 0 trial bottle and trnaliii DB> K. II. Kn.\*.LU..KU ' - " ' i t "MlaJaltihia J N If we talk without w.^jhlnz our words, t h e will; oon h a \ e no w ^ h t for KOOCL C t i r t t A f ter R e p e a t e d FaJlnr— W i t h OtEera 1 win inform addicted to Murafciae, Laadaaaa>« Opium, Cocaine, of nwer-faltlaic. aanatoM, h<Mu*> cure. Mr». M. II. Baldwin, tor U l i , ChJeaga. l'k. The father of Constable, tho painter, wa#*a. miller and a lloui• merchant. • I know that my l*fo wus saved tey Ptso's ' o r e for Consumption.- John A. Miller, Au Subee, Michigan, April 2;. Itftft. ChiwlQtte is a French Noble. , stcanJn? Ail Brown's Teetkiitg Corliml heal* irritate** gums, and j<ives babies reat day and night. • ; » • • 8-, I Maurice is cf Roman origin. Son af a Moor. Frederic, a Gorman name, lUnlfla* * fUda. IViee. » \ ®fe yindncy fjtepatch. F. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1899. M j — — — ^ i — — — m m FARM JOURNAL C*"I*eat f Y o m NOW t o Dec. 1903 Ofiei* NEARLY 5 YIJAI'JS By special arrangement with the publishers of the FARM JOURNAL we are enabled to offer that paper to ever subscriber who pays for the DISPATCH one year ahead, for only $1, both papers for the price of ours only; our paper one year and the Farm Journal from now t o - D e c , 1903, nearly five years. T h e Farm Journal is an old established paper, enjoying great popularity, one of the best and most useful farm popers published. 8®~This offer should be accepted without delay. * Q U E S T I O N A N S V 7 K R E D . Yes, August FIOVUT sUJl has the largest bale ul any nieilieuie in (lie civilized worlij. Your HMthi'j's siiul ^rumimothers never thought «.f rising iinvtlnnj,,' else lor Indigestion or biliousness. Doctors were scarce, unci they seldom herd of Ahftedicitis, Nervous Prostration or H e a r t failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the systeii' an 1 slop fermentation of undigested food, /emulate the "clion of the liver, stimulate tlie nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and had with headaches anil other aches. You only need a few doses of CJreen's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you saiislied there is nothing serioUB the mutter with y o u . Sample bottle at F. A . Sigler's. SPECIE SALE For SHU i l ; OIC. 16,'! i& | 21 lbs of Granulated Sugar I W . 0 - T - U - | ; 2 4 I b s o f L i ^ h t b r o w n jj jjj j 1 j)kg Yeast Foam $ Edited by the W. C. T- U. of Tluckney. ® ' %\ fog flood S o d a $ - & A touching: incident I have read of a town meeting in Pennsylvania where the question of license was to be decided. As the question was about to be put, there arose from one corner of the room a miserable female, wrinkled and gaunt, and, stretching out her arms, in a shrill voice she cried: "Look upon me. You all know me, or you once did. You all know I was once the mistress of the best farm in the township. You all know I had one of the best—one of the most devoted of husbands. You all know I had five noble-hearted industrious boys. Where are they now? You all know. You all know they all lie in a row, side by sid^, in yonder churchyard; all— every one—filling a drunkard's grave! They were all taught to believe that temperate drill kin*, was safe—excess alone ought to b e avoided; und they . never acknowledged excess. But I saw the gradual change coming over my family and prospects with dismav a r d horror; I felt we were all to be overwhelmed in one common ruin. I tried to ward off the blow I tried to break the spell—the delusive spell— in,which the benefits of, temperate drinking had involved my husband and sons. I begged, I prayed; but the odds were against me." And, with her arms flung high, and her tall form stretched to its utmost, and her voice raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed: "I shall soon stand before the judgement seat of God —I shall meet you there, you false guides, and be a witness against you all." She spoke and vanished. But when the chairman put the question, "Shall any license be granted for the sale of spiritous liquors?" the response was unanimous— "No!" m i l l i o n * G i v e n ' A w a y It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coagha and Colds, have given away orer ten millions trial bottles of thin great medicine and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely enred thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of the throat, chest, and lungs are Barely cured by it. Call on K. A. Sigler druggist and get a trial bottle free, regular size 50c and 11. Every bottle guaranteed or price refunded. 1 lb Sodio H lbs Cracked Coffee 1 lb Gloss Starch 1 lb Com Starch 1 dozen good Tea Spoons 1 " " Table Spoons Decorated Lamps, regular value $1.25 and *1 50, at 85, SI. 19 81.00 1.00 .03 .05 .04 .10 .04 .04 .35 .45 Perhaps just a word of explanation before the b e g i n n i n g of these letters will m a k e them more readily understood. In August 1897 my husband, Mr . Ourlin and my brother Buiiey Smith l«ft San Francisco for Dawson c i t y intending to go by boat the entire distance. T h e boat called the North F o r k — o n ..which they took passage was very h e a v i l y loaded besides taking in tow a smaller boat called the Mare Island to carry the passengers up the Y u k o n . T h e boat made very slow progress and by the time they reached St. M i c h a e l s Island the season was so far advanced they could proceed no further as ice was already forming on the Y u k o n . S o m e of the passengers—Mr. Carlin included— returned to the states to spend the winter and go in over the Pass in the spring, while others remained on the boat in the canal, and it is of their life from then until the preseut time that is described in these letters. 4 cans best Tomatoes 1 can Plums to close 1 can Stringed Beans to close 1 gallon good Syrup 1 gallon 30c Molasses 1 gallon 40c Molasses .25 .02 .02 .20 •28 moon is a surprise. This month I n fact, "Everything Goes" at a t f u l 1 m o o n [t r o s e a l i U l e e a s t o f thss sale. We are Headquarters D O T t h ' c i r c l e B h i K h h l t l i e heavens for Gloves and Mitts and *e will c o m e s b a c k a n d s e t s a b o u t m t h e same place. I t rose about 3:30 in the afternoon and set about 12 Do not fail to call and get o'clock the next day noon. If we prices—we will save you $ $ $ surprise you on prices. PI i J> S « » * ^ By BAILEY SMITH. Arranged bv M K S . W . C A K U N . C O » T I « U I : U . n o w T h e | 1 w i t h k , a m e g > a a n c i l l g singing and visiting witb $he uoys on the Str. Healey (here in winter quarters) we manage'very well to wear away £hq time. Three- a£ us sunk a shaft here on the low ground to see the nature of the soil and if possible to find something, but the hope of finding gold was not very strong. We went down 50 ft. 40 ft. was"frozen. The next ten soft with no frost after 45. We exploded the theory that one could not get through frost in Alaska. The fifty feet was through muck with uo change. We found plenty of shells, layers of ice, and evidence of made ground from overflows. At 50 ft. we got through muck into a fine black sand, and were hopeful some of reaching gravel possibly, but low! the next morning we had ten feet of water. We took out the water but could make no headway so had to abandon our hopes and hard work of over a month. We did not regret the work as it put us in fine trim, giving us good appetites, good muscle and in fine spirits. This climate is healthy— I never felt better. Have not had even a cold—which was quiet common in the rainy seasons of Washington. We are a mile from the sea, and it is a sight to go out there and walk over the ice. I t is piled and gorged on the shore in places higher than our boat and for two or three miles out you can see great hills of ice which was piled up by the action of the tide while freezing. I t will be a grand sight in the spring to see it ^o out. I would like to be at the mouth of the Yukon river and see the ice come down and pile on the bar and sand spits. Two parties started out from the boat to prospect in the foot hills near by. Dec. 13th 1897. Now I will write you of our winter life. After we were settled we went to work stacking up wood to keep us warm during the winter. We were not able to get to Stewart island, a distance of twelve miles, where we were goifig to put up wood. The ice and cold weather prevented our getting over. We have now about four hours sun. from a little after ten until about two-thirty, about 18 hours darkness G hours light. The sun does not get high enough to 1** make a respectable sun rise. The than all the states east of the Mississippi, and but little prospected away froxu the Yukon. . An Indian carrier came down from Dawson 'las^w^ee^ (1300 mil4s) with » dog team,sent down to report the rival of three boats of ihe No£th American T r a d i n g Co. at Dawson with 600 tons of provisions. 1-1 his meaus there is no starvation at Dawson. News came ^ • w n t h a t mine owners were pay- ^ 0 ) ^ ^ 5 , 0 0 per day for men who h&d a grub stake to work in the mipes. See what we are missing. If (we had reached Dawson with our provisions every mau, no doubt, could have had work as kthey all have a year's supply of provisions. This long winter at those wages nifcaus we could make $5,000 by May. Well we are far from them. But the news is good; it shows the riches of the mines and means that Dawson will be a great place next year. C o n t i n u e d N e x t W e e k As a c u r e tor r h e u m a t i s m C h a m b - e r l a i n ' s P a i n H a l m is g a i n i n g a w i d e r e p u t a t i o n . D . 13, J o h n s o n of R i c h - m o n d , I n d . , h a s b e e n t r o u b l e d w i t h t h a t a i l m e n t s i n c e 1 8 6 2 . I n s p e a k i n g ot it b e s a y s : "I n e v e r f o u n d a n y t h i n g t h a t w o u l d r e l i e v e m e u n t i l 1 u s e d C h a m b e r l a i n * P a i n H a l m . It a c t s l i k e m a ^ i c w i t h m e . My f o o t w a s s w o l l e n and p a i n e d m e v e r y m u c h , b u t o n e g o o d a p p l i c a t i o n ot P a i n B a l m r e l i e v - ed m e . F o r s a l e by F . A . S i g l e r , D r u g t / e s t . LAST rontvrn.' OTATKof MICHIGAN", County of Livingston A i. a session of the Probate Court for said counwere a little further north it would not set to us at all, but circle arouiul, all the time in sight. The sun next J u n e will take the place of tin- moon and we will have all day light and no dark. The beauties of our cold, clear nights, the sun sets, the northern lights, i The first could get no further than cannot be described or painted I j the hills, the snow being too deep have witnessed the northern lights for sledding and traveling; they re- PERFECT SCALES Copppi Plated All Steel Levers, Combination Beam* Catalogue Free. Address, J O N E S o r BlNOHAMTON, BINQHAMTON, N. V> WA . N T 1 M - - . M V , i . i a i i l i l l l l i i l T A N D I I O X K S T persons fo represent OR as Muu:i^v.'i-.> in tlii:; :mil do1-'.' by c o u n - lies. S.ilery $900 a yu.ir :i:id .-varices. Fti-:i!' !i!>n<,-!i !«>, no more, no les-s. I'onitio:. jie, m.uiuu. Our rt'fero"ci.'o, .111» bank in any town. It U mainlv fiio« wor.i conducted ftt IIOCK*. I-lofcreiu'c. Kn« tlosc 8e!f-nHi!ri'8sr<! -.;,in|it'd e n v e l o p e , T H £ here on some evenings that were ty, held at the Proliate Office in the village of t h e g r a n d e s t S i g h t s I e v e r s a w . O i l out arch Howell, on Kridtiv, tlm 2-ltli day of Nov., in the „ i i i • i , i . year one thousand eiKhtlmmir/d and ninety-nine, a d e a r C o l d l l l g h t t h e y COI110 O u t Pre8fiit: AlhirdM. Dnvic, .lud^e of Probate, In i n a l l t h e i r g l o r y , a g r e a t the niatlsr of the fotnti'ul' ' „ „ „ n i .1 .1 SII^. A. II*KT.,* ,.,.•,...*«. ; spans the heavens m the north, On reading and lllin-tlir petition, duly verified t h e n c o l u m n s s h o o t U p t o t h e Z e i l - oj Frank A Barton. prHyin. thai ndminis.rauon j ^ JJ j j k fc of said estate may he granted to himself or some n other suitable person. curtain and move along the sky. Thereupon it is ordered that Tuesday, the 20th S o m e t i m e s t i l " C U l ' t a i n a p p e a l ' s U) day of Dec. next, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at •, . » . , , . . said Probate Office, be assigned for the hearing of i a >" HI t o l a s , t h e l o w e r p a r t 1U said petition. bright brilliant colors of the rain- It is Inrther ordered that a copy of this order be v •, - , - , , . published in the PINCKNEY DISPATCH, a newspap- , b o W ' d a i l C l l l g U p a n d d ( ) W l l , s l l O O t - er printed and circulating in said county, three | i n g aCTOSS t h e s k y , U n r o l l i n g a n d eucceeeive weeks jirevious to Hairl day of bearinj.', Al.KIKl) At. I)AV18, t-51 Judije of Probate, C. L. BOWMAN, Proprietor of The City Market, Corner ol Main and Mill Sts., PINCKNEY, MICH. WILL PAY GASH For fallow, Hides, Pelts, and Dressed Pork. See us before selling your Beef. C.L.BOWMAN. rolling up like great white curtains. The sight is worth coming to Alaska. The winter so far has not been severe, the coldest 14 degrees below zero during the night. Has not been a day but what we could get out and work. Our work has been getting wood and ice for the boat, just enough to give us a little exercise, about 3 hours a day. We get up about day-light, 9, breakfast at 10, dinner at i, lunch at 10 again, and go to bed any time up to 2 o'clock in thV~fi!orniner; a very lazy life, but under the circumstances we could do nothing else. We have considerable reading matter a m o n g us, there being about 30 aboard the boat W o r k i n g Nlffbt' a n d D n y The busiest and mightiest little thin*? that was ever made is Dr. Kind's New Life Pills. Every pill is sutfarcoated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, h&tlessneea into energy, brain*fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building- np the' health. Only 25c per box. Sold bj F. A Sigler, drnggiat turned after a week out. The second met with a disasterous accident. I n digging into the ground they tapped a gas reservoir; the gas ignited from a fire near by, exploded, knocked tlie men down and burned them badly, burned up t h e i r outfit nearly. They walked in, a distance of twelve miles in the cold, which perhaps was the most soothing antidote they could find. St. Michaels is quiet lively this winter—iustead of being shut up with perhaps a white man or two to trade with the Indians, there are over 100 there, working for the trading companies who are preparing for a big season next year. New Companies are getting on the grounds, several new boats will be built to carry the rush of people next season. Alaska will have a future and times will be good here for many years. What it needs is transportation—small steamers to take the miners up the smaller rivers runuing into the Yukon. The Yukon is longer than the Mississippi having half a dozen or more tributaries from 500 to 1,000 miles long. The country is larger Railroad Guide. Hrand Trunk Railway System. Time Table in effect, Nov. 19,1899. R e d H l F r » m ( b e G u n Waa the ball that hit G B Stead man of Newark, Mich in the Civil War. It caused horrible ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. T en Bock len'i arnica salve cured him. Cures cats, braises, b a n s , boils, felona,eorne and akin eruptions. Best pile en re on earth. 25c a box. Care guaranteed. Sold by F. A. Sigler, drugirf. M. A. L. DIVISION -WESTBOUND. No. '27 Paaaencer, Pontiac to Jackaon connection from Detroit 0 44 a m No. 29 Passenger, Pontiac to Jackson, 6:45 p. m. No. 29 has through coach from Detroit to J axon. No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jackaon connection from Detroit 4 45 p m EASTBOUND No. 30 Passenger to Pontiac and Detroit S 15 p « No. 28 Pasennger, J axon to Detroit, 9:1« a. m. No. 528 has through coacb fr*oi Jaxon tn Detroit No. 44 Mixed to Pontiac and Lenox 7 55 a rn All trains daily except Sunday. No 44 connection at Pontiac for Detroit and tor th» west on D A M R R W. J. 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WFAK UFN restored to vigor and r r c / f n OT&fF vitality. Organs of the body which have been weakened through disease, overwork, excess or indiscretions, restored to full power, strength and vigor by our new and original system of treatment, iSI/UnPFf)C of testimonials bear flWJIwnCtfg evidence of tho (,'ouil results obtained from our method of treating all forms of chronic disease. WE TREATAND CURE Catarrh, Heart Disease, Liver Complaint. Asthma. Syphilis. Tumors, UronJutia, Varicocele, Piles, Fistula. Rheumatism, Sterility, Skin Diseases, Neuralgia* Bladder Trouble, Blood Diseases, Scutica, Lots of Vitality, Youthful Errors, Lumbago, -Dyspepsia, Nervous Troubles, Female weakness, Constipation* Weakness of Men. CONSULTATIOS FRKK. CHARGES HODBRAT*. Hours 9 to 8. Sot Open Suadsyi, UR. HALE IN PERSONAL CHARGE. SPECIAL NOTICE t Those UQ Able to call should tend stamp for question blank fur borne treatment. PAR THE GBEAT JtESTOHATIVE. i r You H t T « a D a i l y F'ariu A d v e r t i s e Y.un Milk Hiid ISuttctiullk. If you have milk to sell and are living upon a road favored by bicyclists hang out a .si^n. (lood patmnage <MM! good prices are the usual results wliere this hits been tried. It you nave • dairy, advertise your buttermilk in the same way. j If your cow h a s a sore treat, try hot water rather t h a n force anything up inside It. Merely have the water as ] hot as the hand can bear It, or a lltj tie lees at first, and let the teat rest in it Cor a quarter of an hour, changing ] the water so as to keep it hot, or a ] little hotter than at the first. Do this i night and morninfe for a few days, using a small pail to hold the water. j No breed is more justly noted for do I clllty, endurance, road ability and i beauty, than the French coacr. De- \ sended from the celebrated postilion | horses of France, they have since been , improve] by a cross with the English \ thoroughbred, making to-day the most '< magnificent roach and carriage horse | in style and action used in London and Paris, and their influence is fast im- ' proving'the stock of the United State*. [ Under no circumstance should the ! bull be trusted, either being handled by attendant or when running loose In the yard, as there are so many cases on record where they have become unruly and attacked their attendant without the least warning. A bull one year old or ove:- should always be dehorned and have a ring inserted in his nose, with rope attached for handling by. And whenever it is possible the T5ull should be handled by a grown-up person: he will then receive kinder '. and firmer treatment than if taken care | of by the boys, because they can not always resist the temptation of teasing the bull, which will be sure to spoil him if he is of a nervous temperament WEST PUTNAM. R o b t . K e l l y w a s i n H o w e l l S a t . u r d a y . L i n c o l n S m i t h i s p a p e r i n g f o r M r s . D . M . M o n k s ' t h i s w e e k . W m . W h i t e a n d wife, of M a r i o n c a l l e d o n 8 . E . B a r t o n l a s t T h u r s - d a y . M i s s K a t e R u e n w a s e n t e r t a i n - e d b y M i s s N e l l i e G a r d n e r l a s t F r i d a y . R o b e r t K e l l y is t h e o w n e r of a fine d r i v i n g h o r s e , p u r c h a s e d f r o m p a r t i e s n e a r H o w e l l . Clifford a n d T r a c y T r i p p v i s i t - e d t h e G a r d n e r B r o s . , W i l l J J . a n d G l e n n , t h e first of t h e w e e k . S e v e r a l f r o m h e r e a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g of t h e A n d e r s o n F a r m e r s ' C l u b a t J a m e s M a r b l e ' s l a s t S a t - u a d a y . Facts to Bemember. T h e original and g e n u i n e Red P i l l s are Knill's Red Pills for W a n people a t 25c box, the womon's r e m e d y . Don't pay 50 cents. You ean work when they w o r k , never gripe or make you sick, Knill's White Liver Pills. Bowel R e g u l a t o r . Twenty-five doses, 25 cents. Pleasant, safe and sure are KniU'^ Black Diarrhoea Pills. Cares s u m m e r complaints, dysentery and all pains of the stomnch and bowels. Only 25 cents box. Knill's Blue Kidney Pill cure backache, etc. Only 2"> cents box. P u r e , sweet stomachs and b r e a t h s are made by t a k i n g Knill's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure indigestion, correct all stomach troubles, destroys all foul gases for 25c box. Best a n d cheapest. G u a r r a n t a e d b v y o u r d r u g - gest. Will Curlett, Dexter. W. B. Darrow, P i n c k n e y . Bar-Ben IB the greatest known \ TUADE MAIiK. nerve tonic and blood purifier. It creates solid fleBh, muscle nnd STRENGTH, clears the brain, makes the blood pur*' uu<l rich, and causes a general fe<'ln>u of 'icalth, n >wcr and renewed vitality, while the rem mtivo 01-1::1:11- are helped to reKitin their n o m a / ;MJ .^:: ip i the sufferer is quickly made conscious <! oir <•: benefit. One box will wcrl; worn!.>;•• • •).v,li; perfectacure. 60ct8. A BOX: t >> >, < <\,, sale by druKKists everywlKTc. <•!••••'.::•.! ,; onreeeipt of price. A<U!n>-~ !»!,••. i •, i > u \ spJD BENSON. UiU-!$trsr.. > . . • ; , • . . . . For sale by F. A. SIGLEB, Druggist Pinckney, - - Mich. A $4.00 BOOK FOR 75cts. The Farmers' Encyclopedia. Every thing pertaining to the affairs of the farm, h o u s e h o l d and •tock raisin?. Em braces artic:lTeas on T h f O u t l o o k . Advices from London show that the Argentine is becoming a close competitor with us in furnishing beef to t h a t m a r k e t There appears to have been a bad failure of clover in some sections of the country. It will be well to make up for the loss by summer seeding. It \e a serious loss to the soil when the clover crop fails. There is likely to be a demand for our potatoes in Cuba. This will affect only the m a r k e t s of the eastern cities. Many eggs are already being1 sent to Havana, but the lack of transportation facilities In t h e way of refrigeration is against the egg trade. The eggs are apt to become like the canned meat seat to the soldiers during the war, rather malodorous. Texas now sends strawberries to Chicago, an indication that Its farmer Intend to grow something besides cotton and steers. There will be plenty of fresh eggs next winters—fresh from ice houses. Of forty-five carloads entering Chicago in one day, the greater part went into cold storage. Potatoes from Scotland and Germany were brought into eastern markets and knocked down prices far old stock late In spring, and also affecting southern shipments. Indications poifit to a Christmas Goods, Christmas Goods, Cl i list mas GOODS. We have in our store, first door west of the bank, the largest line of presents ever before shown in Pinckney. Books, Books of all kinds—Bibles, Dictionaries, Webster's latest International, Webster's Dictionaries, all kinds of Dictionaries. All kinds of Celluoid and Plush Albums, Dressing Cases, Manicure Sets, Cuff and Collar Boxes, Jewelry boxes, Necktie boxes, Glove and Handkerchief cases, Baby sets, Smokers' sets, Looking glasses, Work boxes, Fine box paper, Finest French candies, all kinds of candies and cigars. • We have a complete line of Toys. Our goods are all new and of the latest design. Every thing you may wish at Christmas time. Call and examine our stock and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere. W. B. DARROW. ! MOTlC£. We, the undersigned, hereby affret to rntund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of Baxter's M a n d r a k e Bitters, if it fails to c u r e constipation, biliousness, sick-headache, jaundice, • loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any of tho diseases for which it is reccomended. It is highly reccomended as a s p r i n g tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for e i t h e . . One pack* a g e of either g u a r a n t e e d to give satistaction or money refunded. P. A. Sigler. Will B. Uan-ow. ( 'P s i . - - " '•'-> <2>tte £wrtiieg Qiifitte F L B U d U K D KVBBT THUASDAX slJtt.-W.Su «Y FRANK. J-. A N J i i S v V S Editor and 2*ropriator. Subscription Price $1 ia Advance. Watered tit tue Poatoinoe at Piuoiuey, Michigan, ad second-ciaae mailer. Advertising rate* made Known on application. Business Cards, $4.uo per year. J eatu and marriage noticed puulidueu tree. 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Aguinaldo, according to the inhabit a n t s of Santa Cruz and other towns t h r o u g h which t h e Americans passed, say he and h i s refugee army have gone into t h e mpuja^ains. Uen. Young is still in pursuit and hopes to find the i n s u r g e n t leader in Benguet mountain pass and capture him there. d e n . Young's command was met by a brass band at t h e outskirts of Santa Cruz and h e and his officers were escorted to houses where rest and refreshments were tendered them. After a week's absence in the interior of Luzon. IJen. Young has been heard from, lie reports having arrived at Vigan on the evening of t h e 5th, after an engagement with the enemy at Narbucan. whom he drove to t h e eastward into San ljuentiu Canyau with a loss of one killed and 1>' wounded. The enemy left -5 dead in the trenches, besides a few rifles, several thousand rounds of small ammunition and 40 shrapnel. His troops are now engaged in pressing t h e enemy back. j - I t i s learned t h a t the Filipinos deserted an almost impregnable position at Tagudin 3G hours previous to (Jen. Young's arrival. There were 000 rebels strongly intrenched under command of Gen. Tino, which could have slaughtered a whole brigade while they, were crossing the river. In fact 100 well-deciplincd troops could have withstood a very strong a t t a c k without serious loss. Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar, commandi n g Aguinaldo's bodyguard, -was killed by Maj. Peyton C. March's battalion of t h e 33d infantry, in a fight 18 miles n o r t h w e s t of Cervantes, Dec. 3. In addition to this death 70 other Filipinos were also killed or badl}' wounded. T h e American loss was one killed and six wounded. Maj. March is still in pursuit of the enemy. It is reported that the Filipino commander, Gen. Alejandrino, with his staff, h a s surrendered to tlen. Mac Art h u r , and there is also a rumor that Alejandrino is at Aguilar suffering from a wound received'in a light between insurgents arid bandits and that he will be given an opportunity to surrender and will be properly cared for. A force of insurgents estimated at 800, attacked the" American garrison of 200 at Vigan. province of South I locos. T h e American loss was eight killed and many wounded. After very hard fighting t h e Filipinos were driven off and through the mountains, leaviug 3a dead. Col. Bisbee reinforced the garrison. Eighteen hundred soldiers have been ordered to return home from Cuba. This will leave only 8,000 soldiers on the island and this number will be reduced from time to time. The ordering home of the troops is a preliminary step towards establishing a civil government. Orders have been issued for the remaining four companies of the 41)th infantry, now at the Presidio, San Francisco, to embark on the transport Sherman, which sailed for the Philippines on the 0th. ^. Augustus C. Ledyard, son of Henry 11. Ledyard, of Detroit, was killed in an uprising of native police in a town ou the island of Negros on Dee. Si. Mr. Ledyard was lieutenant of the tith infantry. A force of 100 insurgents attacked a wagon train escorted by 30 men of the 10th infantry on the 0th n e a r Baliuag. A sharp engagement followed. The Filipinos lost 18 in killed and 9 captured^ The records of the treasury of the socalled Filipino government, together w i t h a q u a n t i t y of paper money and Nordenfeldt, was found at Mangatarem recently. The hospital ship Relief, which recently arrived at Manila from Vigan. b r o u g h t 272 sick soldiers and 232 Spanish prisoners. EVENTS OF THE WEEK S T A T E COISSIP. N OUR G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF F O R M . lielodel't Slayer, Uenry Hambtrgtr, of Detroit, • Former Kuplojro of the Murdered M M , has Coafeteod All— IIe«rins »•* 'or Dee. lo. Crop Report. THe Deeember^vrop repojrt issued from the office of the\secr»jtary of state on the 8th does not Wacribo t h e condition of wheat as very flattering. The report says: The condition of wheat, as compared with an average, is 80 in the state, 74 in the southern counties, 87 in the central counties, and 06 in the n o r t h e r n counties. A large majority of the correspondents report wheat as being badly damaged by the liy; a few report the condition good. Late sown wheat, in juauy instances, is as badly infested as t h a t sowed early, which is probably due to the warm, dry w e a t h e r of November. Some iields aiv Inung plowed up for other crops; other iields are being pastured by sheep. Taken as a whole, the crop is seriously damaged, with little prospect for its recovery, eventually. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed by farmers in November at the flouring mills is .)02,347, and at the elevators 10(5,307, or a total of ()tiS,0;>0 bushels. Of this whole amount 538,170 bushels were marketed in the southern four ties of counties, «»5,874 in the central counties and 34,012 bushels in the northern counties. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed in the four months, August-November. is 2,081,403, which is 4,840,103 bushels less than reported marketed in the same m o n t h s last year. At 48 mills and elevators from which reports have been received there was no wheat mark e t e d™ November. The total amount of wheat shipped by railroads from t h e various stations, as' reported for October, is 171.014 bushels. The condition of live stock throughout the state is good. In some counties considerable stock is beVng- fed for market, while in other sections very little is being fattened on account of the price of hay. The condition of horses, cattle and sheep, in the state, is 00, and of swine 07. In most parts of the state fall pasture has been good. While it has been too dry in some parts of the state for pasture to grow, the condition for the state being 87, yet in the main all kinds of stock have done fairly well. A foot of snow fell at St. Joseph on the 4th. A beet sugar factory t o cost $500,000 will be built at liattle Creek by Chicago capitalists. T h e common council of Saginaw will t r y t h e H n g r e o potato patch scheme next summer. Nickcl-in-the-slot machines, stall saloons, poker joints, etc., at Charlotte must go, according to a mandate of the council. Although he has 17 children, Wilson West, of Williamstou, h a s seen but three of them. He w a s stricken blind 30 years ago, at t h e age of 20. Win. C. Poole, aged 22, of Detroit, t h e somnambulist, w h o walked out of a third story window on t h e 7th, died of his injuries the following day. T h e owners of the Shaker farm, near Eau Claire, raised over 10J carloads of sugar beets on 102 acres. This is the champion beet farm ot the state. Mrs. Paulina linker, of Holly, is the possessor of a Hible 300 years old. It CONGRESS ASSEMBLES. London in 1000 and the oath. At the same time Kep. Tay country some years Found SI,000 Worth of rianrier. Judge Bate man of the probate court, of Centerville, on the 5th. ordered that the residence of Mrs. Annie Deline, at was printed in brought to this later. Kepreseutative farmers in the vicinity of Kalamazoo agree t h a t the chances for a good wheat crop in t h a t county are poor because of the ravages of the Hessian ily. School teachers are a scarce article in Tuscola county at present, and t h e school commissioner has to hustle whenever there is a vacany from one cause or another. Cheboygan county farmers are complaining t h a t the w a t e r in their wells is lower t h a n it has been at any time the past year, and they have to haul w a t e r for their stock. Alex. Simpson, of Wyandotte, is not w h a t would be called a handsome man, but he has two wives according to the verdict of the jury. He is now awaiting his sentence on the charge of bigamy. Tuscola county farmers w h o have beans for sale are m a k i n g a good t h i n g out of them at present. T h e r e are uumerous buyers around t h e county offering as much as 51.75 per bushel for them. Pontiac's new bridge, the construction of which has blockaded traffic on the main street of the city for several months past, has finally been completed, and the citizens arc correspondingly elated. During the month of October Cass C o a f i the 0»*h—Beta H O U M Adjoura. T h e opening of t h e 56th congress a t boon on Dec. 4 attracted that widespread attention which always attaches to t h e a n n u a l a*ae*nbling of t h e national lawmakers. There was added interest in the event t h i s year, for the many far-reaching questions awaiting consideration gave unusual importance to the r e t u r n of congress. I u accordance w i t h t h e time honored custom, the oldest member of the house in point of service, Mr. Harmer. of Pennsylvania, administered t h e oath to t h e speaker, David B. Henderson, of Iowa. T h e speaker t h a n announced t h a t the o a t h would be administered to t h e members by states. As the names of the members were called they appeared at the b a r in groups of about a dozen and there with raised hands were sworn in by the speaker. When the name of Brigham IT. llobe r t s was reached in t h e house roll call t h e I'tah member-elect proceeded alone to the area in front of the speaker's desk and awaited the administration of It ia A Ion j time since any measure Xowrt.. of u * b . Kot u h M | *** PgMfc improvement w i t h e Great Lakes h a s occasioned so widespread a n interest as is caused by t h e bill which Hon. J o h n It. Corliss, congressman from Detroit, introduced on t h e »th for t h e construction of a dam across the Niagara river. T h e purpose, of this dam is t o raise and control t h e level of Lake Erie a n d Detroit river, Lake S t Clair, St. Clair river and to a. limited e x t e n t of Lake Huron. T h e bill isbased upon the findings and recommendation of the board of distinguished engineers appointed by t h e l*resident in 1897 to investigate t h e project of constructing a deep w a t e r w a y from t h e tJrent Lakes to tide water. In t h e senate on t h e 7th Mr. Harrisintroduced a joint resolution providingfor t h e limitation of the time a President shall be elected to one term of six years and making t h e t e r m s of members of the house four years. He also introduced a bill for the g r a n t i n g of pensions to persons who nerved in t h e confederate service and afterward in t h e a r m y and navy of the United States. Mr. Roberts, the monuou representative, despite the adoption of the Taylorv of Ohio, secured recognition and, ler resolution, which in terms deprives amidst breathless interest, protested i him of his seat d u r i n g the pendency of against the swearing of Roberts, on the ground of his being a polygamist and not a properly naturalized American citizen. Mr. Taylor spoke calmy and dispassionately, and a t the close offered h i s case, was in the hall t h r o u g h o u t the session on the 7th and occupied the seat lie selected on t h e opening day. The senate in executive session on ., . „ . I * - , ., i * n e 7th confirmed the following anthe following resolution for the ap- I xin+m ,„f . , . ,., . , . . ^ , 7 , . ~p o.i;n„*tm„,e..n.*t of* .a speci-a.il commi•*tt*e e 4t o •i n pomtment s : Joseph W. Fifer, of Ilhvestigate the Roberts case: Whereas, It is charged t h a t lirigham H. Roberts, a representative t o the 50th congress from t h e s t a t e of Utah, is ineligible to a seat in the house of representatives; and, Whereas, Such a charge is made t h r o u g h a member of the house, on his responsibility as such member, and on t h e basis, as he asserts, of public records, affidavits and papers evidencing such ineligibility; Resolved, T h a t the question of the I month. nois, to be a commissioner of interstate commerce; Frederick W. Wines, of Illinois, to be assistant director of t h e census. Congressman Weeks has introduced & public bill to fix t h e term of service of j t h e surfmen in the life-saving service I on the lakes and rivers at 10 m o n t h s out of the year, closing t h e station*. i only d u r i n g J a n u a r y and February, a n d fixing the compensation at $70 per prima facie r i g h t s of Hrigham H. Robe r t s to be sworn in as a representative be referred to a special committee of nine members of the house, to be appointed by the speaker, and until such committee shall report upon and the house decide such question and right. the said Hrigham H. Roberts shall not be sworn in nor be permitted to occupy a scat in this house; and said committee shall have power to send for per- j Rep. Corliss in speaking of his PacifiO cable bill, says he will get it t h r o u g h if he don't accomplish another t h i n g at this session. T H E NEWS C O N D E N S E D Albion Methodists raised 82,510 and cleared their church from debt. Tom Sharkey h a s offered to train sons and papers and examine witnesses j C'orbett for his light with Jeffries and on oath in relation to the subject matof sugar beets, while Kiude, Huron county, shipped $fc\>,000 worth of stock . r • . , . . . City shipped 510,000 w o r t h of live stock; Mendon, be searched to ascertain if she i;Jvd A x c a s m u e h s t o c l c a m i 5 0 c a r U ) a d s had any property to pay for keeping her at the asylum for the insane. The officer found the house completely Mod with plunder, which 1 d 50 sheets, half a ton of soap, scores of lace curtains, silverware and bric-abrac of all descriptions and a valuable shotgun, the goods -amounting in value to more t h a n 81.000. The cellar was also rilled with stove wood. Mrs. Deline had lived as a hermit and had never made use of the stolen articles. Mendon people arc greatly surprised at the result of the search. T R A N S V A A L WAR ITEMS. The h o t t e s t bombardment of t h e siege took place at Ladyamith on Nov. *Q. T h e Boers got a new big gun in position on Lombard's kop, completely commanding the town, and anelled the British camp t h a t day and «ne day following, p l a n t i ng shells w i t h accuracy in the camp of the Gordon Highlanders a n d t h e Manchester regiment, where there were many narrow escapes. On t h e ?d the enemy resumed the bombardment, doing some very offective •hooting. Several of the British guns were shattered by the Boer big gun. The Boer w a r office h a s received t h e list of casualties d u r i n g the sortie from Kimberley, November 28, aa follows: Killed: Maj. Scott-Turner; of the Black Watch; Lieut. C. W. 'Wright of t h e Kimberley Light Horse, a n d 20 non-commissioned officers and men; wounded: Capt. Walleck, Lieuts. Clifford and Watson and 28 uon-commissioned officers and men. I t is said t h e real reason for Consul Macrum'a being relieved is t h a t he is a w a r m Boer sympathizer a n d refused to look after British interests. University Improvement*. I "During the past 10 years permanent improvements amounting to 8527.000 have been made at the University of Michigan. The several improvements and the cost of each are as follows: Two new hospitals, SKSO.OO,); enlargement of dental Amilding, 557.000; enlargement of law building, $25,000; new recitation building. £;';<).out); heating plant. 850.000»-new roof on museum, 85.000; gynasiums. S'M'UKK); dormatory at hospitals, S'.'O.OOO; two sun rooms at hospitals. 81.()(>(); new law building, 8:15.000: additions to library building, S20.o;x>; new roof on main building, 815.000; electric lighting plant on campus. 825,000; electric lighting plant at hospital, §5,000. llamberjcer Mas Confessed. Henry Hamberger, t h e young man' arrested on the charge of murdering John M. Reindel at his place of business in Detroit on t h e evening of t h e 2d, confessed all on the afternoon of the 8th. During his incarceration he had refused to eat anything, and this together with the occasional sweet box questioning caused him to weaken and he admitted all. The only reason for committing the awful deed was for the w a n t of money, according to the boy's own statement. After t h e confession a detective found 827.0(5 stowed away in a box in the barn at the Hamberger residence where the boy said he had hid it. Hamberger will be granted a hearing on the 15th. Sickness In Michigan. Reports t o the state board of h e a l t h show t h a t rheumatism, ne\iralgia, bronchitis, tonsillitis and influenza, in the order named, caused the most sickness in Michigan during the past week. Consumption was reported at aifi places; typhoid fever, 75; scarlet fever, 70j measles, 30; diphtheria, 28; whooping cough, 25; smallpox, 7, and cerebrospinal meningitis at 2. Coldwatcr was visited by a 34,000-flre on t h e 5th. The Hotel Dewey a t Harbor Springs was destroyed by fire on t h e 10th. Loss, 815,000. vgan pi, tiff for 81,000 on the 0th. Mr. Finnegan sued the company on account of the death of his lD-vcar-old son. The electric railway between Detroit and I'ontiac via Farmvngton is all completed except about one mile of the steel. A regular schedule service will probably be the Christinas present of the people living along the line of the road. Between dogs-which are killing numerous sheep, and thieves stealing cows, farmers around Willow are having a hard time now-a-days. The same medicine— large doses of lead administered w i t h a shotgun—is good for both afflictions. Henry Lacoy.. a marine engineer and a brother of James Laeey, or Farmington, committed suicide at the home of his brother on the 4th by hanging himself from a Warn in the barn. Religious insanity is supposed have been the cause. Holly will have another mnmifact u r i n g industry in a short time, in the shape of a handle factory. Work on the construction of the buildings will be begun immediately and pushed rapidly to completion. Local capital is behind the venture. Th'jre is no doubt t h a t the beet sugar manufacturers of the state will sti|l adhere to their determination to instit u t e legal proceedings to compel t h e state to pay them a bounty of One cent ,. per pound on all sugar manufactured during the seven years succeeding 1897; when the general b o u n t y law w a s passed. ter of this resolution Officers of the house are as follows: Clerk McDowall, of Pennsylvania. Sergeant- at-Arms Cascn, of Wisconsin. Doorkeeper (Henn, of New York, and Postmaster MeKlroy, of Ohio. In the shadow of the recent death of its president, Vice-President Hobart, t h e senate convened at noon oh the 4 th in the first session of t h e 50th congress. After the usual routine of business, customary on the opening day, Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, then announced t h e death of Vice-President Hobart and offered t h e following resolutions:' Resolved, T h a t the senate has received with the deepest regret information of the death of Garrett Augustus Hobart, late vice-president »of the United States. Resolved, T>at the business of the senate be suspended in order t h a t the distinguished public services of the deceased and the virtues of his private character may be fittingly commemorated. Resolved, T h a t the secretary of the senate be instructed to communicate these resolutions to the house of representatives. A s a further mark of respect the senate and house both adjourned. C O N G R E S S I O N A L NOTES. t h e ex-champion h a s accepted the offer. Nearly 82,000,000 w o r t h of property was destroyed by fire in the h e a r t of the business section of Philadelphia o a the 20th. F r a n k Erne, of Buffalo, and Jack O'Brien, of New York, fought 25 rounds a t the Coney Island Sporting club on t h e evening of the 4th, and at the end of the bout, Referee Geo. Silcr declared t h e tight a draw. Deputy Game Wardens Bennett and Atkinson seized a q u a n t i t y of venison at the Michigan Central depot, Bay City., on the 27th, shipped from the north without a license t a g attached. I t was consigned to Plymouth and Oxford. A tfain of 14 refrigerator cars, containing salt pork intended for the British army in South Africa, was wrecked near Kenilworth, 111., on the Milwaukee division of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad on the 3d. The cars were completely demolished, b u t it is believed the greater p a r t of the pork can be saved. CASUALTIES. Quincy, Mass.—Fire in the ear sheds of the Quincy & Boston Street Railway company destroyed the sheds, an office building and eighteen box cars. The loss is estimated at $60,000. Salem, Ind.—The public school building was totally destroyed by Are. The probable" cause was defective heating apparatus. The building was valued at $20,000 and insured. Cadillac, Mich.—The Cadillac Stave and Heading company's mill wa3 consumed by fire. In&uved for $£,600, which coreni the loss. ScottBtttle, Ky.—The large planing mill of Ivove, Boyd ft Co. was destroyed by fire. Lots estimated at $10,000, partly covered. Pottstown, Pa.—The po~/der worko of Jnmes S. Miller, near Sumneytown, were wrecked by an explosion. Three men were killed and several others ifc J'ir*d; . fr Another sorrow had fallen upon the senate before it convened on the fith. It was the death of Senator-elect Hayward, of Nebraska. While he was not officially a member of the body, he was in every other sense regarded as such. Senator Teller, w h o represents the free silver Republican group in the senate, says t h a t he t h i n k s it will requite three or four months to pans the financial bill. He said Democrats and free silver men'would not a t t e m p t obstructive methods, but would go on record In sprfsWhwi* Others believe the bill wiU be passed within 00 days. " T h e r u s h of bills in the house of r c n v resentttttres on-tire~*th. was the greatest in the memory of house officials, the total being 861 bills public and private and 30 resolutions. T h e financial bill drafted by a special Committee of Republican members was introduced in t h e house by Rep. Overstreet, of Indiana, on t h e 4th and accorded the distinction of being bill No. 1 on the records of t h e house. Sen. Chandler on t h e 0th introduced bills applying t h e e n s t p m s and internal revenue laws of the United States to t h e islands of Cuba and Porto Rico after J a n . 1, 1000. Goods between the isla n d s a n d the United States are to be exchanged as between the states. Nearly 800 bflhjand joint resolution*, several important concurrent resolution a n d petitions numbering hundred^, were presented to t h e Senate on the 0U>. A majority of t h e bilU were old stagers. A few were of national interest and importance. Mr, Aldrieh had t h e honor of introducing the first measure In t h e senate. I t was the financial bill d r a w n by the senate committee on finance, of which Mr. Aldrieh is chairman, and probably w a s t h e most important measure in- I troduced on the flth. j In a fire at Philadelphia, Pa., on the loth, t w o persons lost their lives imd S.T),()00 w o r t h of property was destroyed. The powder w o r k s of J a m e s S. Miller, near Sumueytown, Pa., were completely wrecked by an explosion on the 7t-U and three men were killed and several others injured. A syndicate headed by Tom L. and Albert Johnson, t h e street car mag" n a t e s of Cle^jghind, will build a street railroad in Honolulu and on Oahu island, on which the capital of the Hawaiian islands is situated. Electric lines will not only be built within the city limits but suburban lines will be constructed leading to t h e different points of interest and business n e a r the city. THE MAF L I V E 8 T New Y»rk— Cattle Ilest fr radon 94 50?ft« 30 Lower grades...» &J®4 75 IMllOARO nest grades S 60^7 3"> Lower Kradea.. .4 fx)&& 50 D e t r o i t — Best Rrade* 3 7*r?;4 75 Lower grades.. .sj'MGfrd 75 lluffalo— Lower grades.. .2 i%,3 GJ Cincinnati— Lower grades.. .3 Qb&l &"> I'Utuburg— Hen prade.s 5 7S@8 JO Lower xrudts.. ,4 (XX&4 50 G R A I N , • \VheiU. ?KETS OCK. • Sheep Lfu?b<< W 51 3 2o 4 75 k 85 4 01 a o j 4 8fc. 4 00 ' 4 ZS 3 75 « 4 33 3 4tt ETQ. 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T h e K e n t u c k y I k w r t o f E l e c t i o n s O S * c u l l y A n n o u n c e T h « t t h e K s p u b l i e s n S t * t e T r c k e t w u E l e c t e d — K e n t u c k y N e t - r o M u r U e r e r B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . T h e M e x i c a n * a n 4 Iuctlttns F i g h t . I n f o r m a t i o a f r o m O r t u , i*tate o f S o n o r a , M o x l , , . s * t a t » j s . . t f m f c J r l u p d M } T e r - h u u c , u u e x p e r t l a i n i u g e n g i n e e r , w h o h a s b e y n i n t h e m i n e s i n t h e Y a t j u i c o u n t r y f o r s o m e m o n t h s p a s t , h a s a r - r i v e d l i t O r t i z . H e a n n o u n c e s t h a t s i n e e N o v . 18 t h e Y a q u i I n d i a n s a n d t h e M e x i c a n m i l i t a r y f o r c e s h a v e h a d s e v e r a l e n g a g e m e n t s , a t t e n d e d w i t h l o s s o f l i f e a n d a n u m b e r o f w o u n d e d . T h e first o f t h e s e e n g a g e m e n t s w a s o n t h e a b o v e d a t e , j u s t n o r t h o f C o c o r i a n d d u r i n g t h e e n g a g e m e n t t h e r e w e r e 4 8 I n d i a n s a n d five s o l d i e r s k i l l e d o u t - r i g h t . I n a d d i t i o n t h e r e t o t h e r e w e r e 2 5 s o l d i e r s w o u n d e d a n d s o m e t h i n g o v e r 100 s q u a w s a n d I n d i a n c h i l d r e n c a p t u r e d b y t h e m i l i t a r y f o r c e s . T h e s e p r i s o n e r s w i l l b e s e n t t o ( J u a y a m a s b y t h e m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s t o b e h e l d a s h o s t a g e s . T h e p l a c e w h e r e t h i s e n - g a g e m e n t t o o k p l a c e i s o n t h e Y a q u i r i v e r , j u s t a t t h e e n t r u n c e t o t h e m o u n - t a i n s . T h i s s e c t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y i a v e r y h e a v i l y w o o d e d a n d h e n c e t h e e n - g a g e m e n t w a s c o n d u c t e d o n t h e u s u a l g u e r r i l l a w a r f a r e o r d e r . T h e M a i n e D e a d . A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y o f t h e T r e a s u r y A l l e n h a s r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r f r o m C a p t . J . (.r. G r e e n , c o m m a n d a n t o f t h e n a v a l s t a t i o n a t H a v a n a , s a y i n g t h a t c o n - t r a c t s h u v o b e e n e x e c u t e d f o r e x h u m - i n g t h e r e m a i n s o f t h e d e a d o f t h e b a t - t l e s h i p M a i n e , b u r i e d i n C o l o n c e m e - t e r y , a n d s a y i n g a l s o t h a t t h e y c a n b e r e m o v e d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a t a n y t i m e a f t e r D e c . 1 5 . T h e b a t t l e s h i p T e x a s , w h i c h w i l l b e u s e d f o r t h t t r a i s - p o r t a t i q n o f t h o s e r e m a i n s , i s n o w o n h e r w a y f r o m B r u n s w i c k , G a . , t o H a m p t o n R o a d s , w h e r e s h e w i l l c o a l a n d p r o v i s i o n a n d t h e n s t a r t f o r H a - v a n a . T h e s e r e m a i n s a r e t o b e b r o u g h t t o ^ Y a s h i n g t o n a n d r e i n t e r r e d i n t h e n a t i o n a l c e m e t e r y a t A r l i n g t o n , w i t h f u l l m i l i t a r y h o n o r s . H e a d y t o F i g h t a l l N a t i o n s . T h e F i g a r o p u b l i s h e s a n i n t e r v i e w o n t h e 1 0 t h w i t h M . L o c k r o y , f o r m e r F r e n c h m i n i s t e r o f m a r i n e , i n t h e c o u r s e o f w h i c h h e s a y s : " T h e B r i t i s h n a v y - I s t w i c e a s s t r o n g a s o u r s . I t i s a b l e t o o p p o s e s i m u l t a n e o u s l y t h e n a v i e s o f F r a n c e a n d t h e t r i p l e a l l i a n c e . E v e r y w h e r e F r e n c h fleets a r e s t a t i o n e d t h e y a r e c o n f r o n t e d b y t w i c e o r t h r i c e t h e i r s t r e n g t h . F r a n c e m u s t h a v e c a b l e s . G r e a t B r i t a i n ' s p o r t s a r e a l l c o n n e c t e d a n d t h e B r i t i s h a r e r e a d y f o r w a r t o m o r r o w , i f n e c e s s a r y , w i t h e v e r y n a t i o n o n t h e g l o b e . " 3 3 K i l l e d In a M i n e E x p l o s i o n . A b o u t n o o n o n t h e (.)th t h e q u i e t c o a l m i n i n g v i l l a g e o f C a r b o n a d o , W a s h . , w a s s t u n n e d w i t h t h e f i r s t r e p o r t o f 9 t e r r i f i c s u b t e r r a n e a n e x p l o s i o n i n t h e m i n e o f t h e C a r b o n H i l l C o a l c o m p a n y , t h e t u n n e l s o f w h i c h r u n f o r m i l e s u n - d e r t h e t o w n . T h e v i c t i m s o f t h e h o r - r o r n o w n u m b e r 32 d e a d a n d 5 i n j u r e d . T w o m e n w e r e r e s c u e d t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y a f t e r b e i n g e n t o m b e d f o r I S h o u r s . T h e d i s a s t e r w a s t h e r e s u l t o f a f i r e d a m p e x p l o s i o n . K i g F i r e a t R e a d i n g . O n e o f t h e m o s t a p p a l l i n g fires t h a t h a s e v e r v i s i t e d R e a d i n g , P a . , o c c u r r e d o n t h e 7 t h w h e n t h e e x t e n s i v e h o s i e r y m i l l o f N o l d e & H o r s t C o . , t o o k fire, d e s t r o y i n g t h e p l a n t , c a u s i n g t h e d e a t h o f o n e p e r s o n , M i s s L o u i s a C l a y , a n d i n j u r i n g 57 o t h e r e m p l o y e s o f t h e c o m - p a n y . Of t h e 5 7 p e r s o n s w h o w e r e i n - j u r e d , 3 0 a r e s e r i o u s l y h u r t . T h e r e - m a i n d e r o f t h e 5 7 h a d h a n d s o r f a c e s b u r n e d , l i m b s b r u i s e d , o r o t h e r w i s e i n - j u r e d . B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . D i c k C o l e m a n , t h e N e g r o m u r d e r e r o f M r s . L a s h b r o o k , w a s t a k e n f r o m t h e o f f i c e r s a t M a y s v i l l e , K y . , b y a m o b o f 1 , 0 0 0 m e n " o n • t h e tJth a n d b u r n e d a t t h e s t a k e . T h e m o b , l e d b y t h e h u s b a n d o f t h e N e g r o ' s v i c t i m , d r a g g e d t h e s h r i e k i n g c r i m i n a l t h r o u g h t h e p r i n c i p a l s t r e e t s o f t h e t o w n , o f 8 , 0 0 0 i n h a b i t a n t s , b o u n d h i m t o a s m a l l t r e e , s e t fire t o b r u s h a n d t o w a b o u t h i m , a n d s t o o d g u a r d u n t i l h e w a s d e a d . T a y l o r E l e c t e d G o v e r n o r . The Kentncky state board of elections on the 8th gave out their official findings that \V. S. Taylor for governor and the rest of the Republican ticket have been ejected on the face^ of the returns. Certificates of election were ordered issued to each candidate thereon. Taylor will be inaugurated on the 12th. F r a n o n M a d e a' D e m a n d o h C h i n a , T h e f r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t h a s f o r m a l l y d e m a n d e d t h e d e g r a d a t i o n o f t h e v i c - e r o y o f C a n t o n b e c a u s e t h e o r d e r t o e x e c u t e t h e C h i n e s e m a g i s t r a t e w h o w a s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e m u r d e r o f t w o F r e n c h o i K e e r s a t M o n t a o h a s n o t b e e n e a r n e d o u t . T h e T s u n g - L i - Y a m e n w i l l p r o b a b l y r e f u s e . A t l a s t a j u r y i n t h e M r s . M a r i e B u t - t e r f i o l d S a n d e r s o n m u r d e r t r i a l w a s s e - c u r e d / o n t h e 7 t h . Tells Hove He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Feruna. Mr. Isaac Drcc\c, tho Oldest Man in t h e U n i t e d States. Mr. I s a a c Broclr, o f M c L e n n a n c o u n t y , T e x . , h a s a t t a i n e d t h e g r e a t a g e o f 111 y e a r s , h a v i n g b e e n b o r n i u 1738. H e i s a n a r d e n t f r i e n d t o F e r u u a a n d s p e a k s o f i t i u t h e f o l l o w i n g t e r m s : " D u r i n g m y l o n g l i f e I h a v e k n o w n a g r e a t r u a n v r e m e d i e s f o r c o u g h s , c o l d s , c a t a r r h a n d d i a r r h o e a . I h a d a l w a y s s u p - p o s e d t h e s e a f f e c t i o n s t o b e d i f f e r e n t d i s - e a s o x , b u t I h a v e l e a r n e d f r o m I>r. H a r t - m a n ' s b o o k s t h a t t h e s e affe- t i o n s a r e t h e s a m e a n d a r e p r o p e r l y c a l l e d c a t a r r h . " A s f o r D r . H u r t i n a n s r e m e d y , F e r u n a . I h a v e f o u n d i t t o b e t h e b e s t , i f n o t t h e o n l y r e l i a b l e r e m e d y f o r t a i ' s e afife - t i o n s . "Peruna Jut* been my stand-by for many yearn, and I attribute my fjootl liealth ami my extreme age to this remedy. It exactly meets all my requirement*. "I h a v e c o m e t o r e l y u p o n i t a l m o s t e n - t i r e l y f o r th m a n y l i t t l e t h i n g s t o r w h i c h I n e e d m e d i c i n e . I b e h o v e i t t o b e e s p e - c i a l l y v a l u a b l e t o o l d people.'" I s a a c B r o c k . C a t a r r h is t h e g r e a t e s t e n e m y o f o l d a g e . A p e r s o n e u t . r e l y f r e e f r o m c a t a r r h is_sure t o l i v e t o a h a l e a n d h e a r t y o l d a g e . A froo. b o o k o n c u t a r r h s o u t b y T h e T e r ' a n a M e d i - c i n e C o . , C o l u m b u s , O. Tra^cJF T u u k t f o r F r e i g h t K a c l & e e . The use or track tanks by which locomotives of high speed passenger trains may take water without t o p - ping is almost universal on the larger Eastern reads, Where fast expresses are the rule. The B. & O. R. R. haa a number between Washington and Philadelphia and Intends to equip the entire Main Line in the future. This decision was recently arrived at through the us3 of passenger locomotives, equipped with water scoops, on fast freight trains. It was found that much time was saved, danger from stopping, being reduced to a minimum and cost of running lessened. The extra stops for water take much time and the wear and tear *on equipment is no small matter. If the experiment on this part of the road proves successful, track tanks will be installed on every division between Baltimore and Chicago. As a starter, the 50 new Vauclain compound engines recently ordered will be fitted with water scoops. READ WHAT A VOX « 0 D A T S TOO G A S T * t XX T O S l b UfeWXS. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN U*ellwOTid< Hat to say who baa bad 35 YEARS of aotif a taotice e! Medietas. X h a w * c * e r before l a m y 35 y e a r * o f practice of m e d i c i n e g i v e n njrferstiafctnrial of r e com men* datkm t o a n y pate at laedicine, hut there hi a remedy, the rssnlt of w h i c h ha* c o m e under a y o w n oheervatie*; for there 1* n o Disease w h i c h h a s eo baffled the medica.1 *)li£ of air a g e s a» Rhanaea* ttoae and to find a t e l l a b l e reaiedy for the s a n e . A t l a * w e h a r e found it in " j D r o p * , " m a a n - S c t e J e d W t h e ftwaanao RbMtaaasic Cur* C o m p a n y , C k t c a f o . IU, T h e " a D R O P S . " h a * p r o v e n M enratire p o w e r in RbeumatJsar, s o t a s a T e m p o r a r y R e l i e v e r o o l y , bat t o g i v e a P e r a n a e t t t Cure e r e n In c h r o n i c cases. S o m e t i m e a g o , 1 h a d a m o n g o t h e r s several Rheumatic c a s e s under my t r e a t m e n t a n d prescribed for these p a t i e n t s t h e very best R e t a e d k * w h i c h I s k i l l f u l l y selected, bat without desirable results. I t h e n heard o f " j D R O P S " a n d o f its >V—wtsiful C u r e s , a n d prescribed H t o a few p a t i e n t s w h o found relief from its use w i t h i n a f e w day*. After that I prescribed It to a zreat number a a d to m y surprise, X w i l l s a y t h a t in the course of T w o e r T o r * * W e e k * after tbey h a d u s e d • ' 5 D R O P S " and " 4 B r o p " P i a s t e r s t h e y w e r e Cured. A m o n g these w e r e a l e w w h o bad. Tor a n u m b e r o f y e a r s , been suffering w i t h C h r o n i c RbettsnatUia, w h s had piloted t h e m s e l v e s around ou C r u t c h e s . T h e y c a m e to m y o f t c e w i t h o u t Crutches a a d told ine thev w e r e perfectly W e l l . T h e y give all the credit t o **s DROPS'* and t o ' " 1 D r e p " P i a s t e r * a n d t h i s i s their testimony t o t h e S w a i s — 1 R h e u m a t i c Cure C o m p a n y for their k i n d n e s s and for t h e conscientious d i wonderful for it fSSf DROP [TBADE-MAOK.! W h y S u f f e r W i t h P a i n * I.lchtnlng Hot i>rop» atops U a t o a i e ; 25c a bottle. All druggists. Herb Medtelne Co., Sprlofiaeld, O. The father of Oliver Cromwell w a s a country g e n t l e m a n of s m a l l meatis. Marshal S u c h e t w a s u ailk-winder's boy, and enlisted In the ranks. a y in w h i c h t h e y are p l a c i n g these Wonderful R e m e d i e s a m o n g suffering humanity, w h i c h t h e y told rae t o w r i t e to t h e C o m p a n y a s a n a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t . A s I have been the C u r a t i v e P o w e r o f " 5 D R O P S " a n d " 5 D r o p " P l a s t e r s , in a great m a n y Instances, I c a n Truly r e c o m m e n d t h e m a n d also t h a t t h e firm is perfectly honest a n d reliable to deal w i t h . s w A x a o w ' s C. A. JACK&ON, Physician and Surgeon, Kearney. Neb., Aug. 29,1899. it #X n D A B Q ?! Is the most powerful specific knows. Free from opiate* and perfectly h a r m . 9 U i l V r o less. R e l i e f i s USUSIIT f sit the first airbt. U Is a posture care for Kheaamaw tlssm, S c i a t i c * . X e « r a 4 s ; l a , B y s * t c * « l a . B a c k a c h e , A s t a s a a , H a y F e v e r . C a t a r r h , ! U e « p - l e s s a e s s , H e r T o a s a e s s , X e n r o a t a a d N e a r a l a i e H e a d a c h e s , £ » r * y * h e , T o o t h a c h e , H e a r * W e a k n e s s , C r e s s , S w e l l i n g , I*a G r i p s * , M a l a r i a , C r o e a l * * N u m b n e s s , e t c . , e t c A f a n s Y Q to enable sufferers to ffivs" I DROPS'' »t It) sat a t r l s l , wa will send s 3*&c sample bottle* O U L J A T O prepaid by mail, for 10 «-U. Asamplw Sottls will con-riue* you. Also, large bonis* (30* doses) II 00 C bottles for »3. Sold by us and a cents. 1GK3TS WAVTTO la H»w TtfTttoi*?. WalTI TH TO-BAY. a w J u t f & O X K H E U H A T I C C U S S CO., I C O f o 1 « 4 l ^ a k c S t . , C H I C A G O , 11*1» * Try Grain=0! ! S i l k m a r u i f u c t u r e s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d i n E u r o p e i n A . D . 5 5 0 . ! • •> •• • • • •• • A B a r g a i n i n G u i t a r s . j All music lovers will be interested in the "ad" of John M. Smyth Co. shown in another part of this paper, in which they offer an elegant guitar for $2.G5. I The firm is thoroughly reliable. Get their catalogue of everything to eat, wear and use. JTry Grain=0! | A s k y o u G r o c e r t o - d a y t o s h o w y o u ^ a p a c k a g e o f G R A I N - 0 , t h e n e w f o o d • d r i n k t h a t t a k e s t h e p l a c o o f c o f f e e . £ . T h e c h i l d r e n m a y d r i n k i t w i t h o u t • i n j u r y a s w e l l a s t h e a d u l t . A l l w h o • t r y i t , l i k e i t . G H A I N - 0 h a s t h a t J r i c h s e a l b r o w n o f M o c h a o r J a v a , • b u t i t i s m a d e f r o m p u r e g r a i n s , a n d + t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e s t o m a c h r e c e i v e s i t J w i t h o u t d i s t r e s s . ^ t h e p r i c e o f c o f f e e . • 1 5 c e n t s a a d 2 3 c e n t s p e r p a c k a g e . + S o l d b y a l l g r o c e r s ^ Tastes like Coffee J Looks like Coffee • Insist that yonr grocer give* yon G R A I N - 0 «> Accept no imitation. w MAILORDER. MOUSB. YTHCO. J W M T MADISON ST; HI 5,000 GUITARS AT S2.65 FATBITS S. H.EVAS». 1010F»t Washington.IXC. Ad vue an to [jattnUibility tree. No attorney's tec until patent is alluwrd. Circular freo> ®& MTERSINK m : ¾ rhi* Guitar is made of the finest imitation mahogany with either solid rosewood or walnut fingerboardt pearl fpfajd position dots and German silver raised frets: it has fancy inlay around sound, hole and best quality American patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; it is strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to play upon. E v e r use It? Y o u should. THIS ELEGANT GUITAR FOR $2.65 K o m o r e , n o l e s s , than 5,000 o f t h e m , p r o b a b l y the l a r g e s t contract iu g u i t a r s over mafia — a n instrument t h a t positively &Mi3 from $3.30 to ¢7.00. W h e n this l o t lis e x h a u s t e d w e c a n n o t d u p l i c a t e th>3 offer. Quantity talks. Only by opera t i n g o n such a b i s scale, t o g e t h e r with o u r w e l l - k n o w n sjoiall proflt policy, could s u c h a n offering be possible. A n o t h e r • r e a s o n - f o r diapensinK s u c h a bargain b r o a d c a s t is the confidence w e feel t h a t every g u i t a r sold will win for n s a perm a n e n t patron a n d a friend w h o s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n we can c o u n t u p o n . Wo v/ill f o r w a r d t h e guitar t o any address C. O. D . , subject to e x a m i n a t i o n , u p o n receipt o f 50c. We, however, advise t h a t c a s h i n full be sent, as that savea return c h a r g e s for money and w e stand perfectly ready t o refund m o n e y if t h e g u i t a r is n6t all and more t h a n w e c l a i m for i t . R e m e m b e r our s p e c i a l price o u 5.000 of t h e m o n l y is $2.65 wjam-amjiTTM m ' i n B i i i m •iiwsgHK- r * U U 6 F O R $ 7 . 5 0 W o r t h Ikiwo DIRECT FROM FACTORY, FREIGHT PREPAID. H£?£DE FURNITURE !s l a e ILO-H ; c c c p t t b l e H o l i i iiy if t. Ourgi od.s are It..own iJiroi.>,..uut *V>o w o n u for ilu:ir excellence o ' w o r k m a n s h i p at-J l',nUh. OAK DINING CHAIR » . ' , " „ « , ? £ fully finish, d. h a s h:ind caned svat. o i n a - meiivul e m b o s s e d ln„'k, sbar:«0 front. I s i.$uullv retaileil at $itu»d per it.i. UPHOLSTERED ROCKER 273.- ¾ either Oak or Maho^auy finish, h u n d s o m c e m b o s s e d carvings, beautiful turnings, well braced a n d l i c h l y tipholstered in h « a v y Velour of s v p e r i o r q u a l i t y , in fancy colors, K e t a i l s e< ii.rn). W h e n c a s h a c c o m p a n i e s order, e'ther Rocker or Olutir, will be shipped freight prepaid. P u r c h a s e price to be refunded f not ss'tisfactorv. Wb h m T e v e r y t h i n g in the line of F u r n i t u r e . '."Trite and s t a t e what y o u want, C A T A L O G U E F R E E . S A L E S M E N W A N T E P - M u s t furnish gilt edge r e f e r e n c e s . iamL£SKt3Sr<w%m\»t u n s n G. R. WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich In which is listed at lowest wholesale prices [everything to eat w e a r and use,is furnish* ed on receipt of only 10? to partly pay postage or expressage and as evidence W good faith the 10? is allowed on first ^purchase amounting to >!?? or above. 4 'fll OUR MONTHLY 6H0CERY PHlCt LIST »>££-)Q j S e n d P t o n r e f o r t h i s n e w t w o - s t e p m a r e b . It h a s t h e f u l l s w i n g a u d t h e a i r is c a t c h y a n d e q u a l t o Sv>Uvsa'.->. S e u d 10 c e n t s i n m o u e y o r s t i r u p s t o G e o r g e C. J o h n s t o n , A l l e n B u i l d i n g , C i n - c i n n a t i O h i o BI6 DYE HOUSE. "Wearing apparel, such sa ball and puny costume*. strwt and house pi wns snd all other cias*ea of wearing apparel, Including men's, cleaned and dyed and given every appearance of new parmentg. curtains, portlerres, silk or woolea, drsp€r>', blanketu, etc., ileaned and dyel by the latest and most approved methods and at reasonable prices. No rfpphiRof garments nrcetsary. Tailors' urderu receive prompt attention. Send for particular* and prices. At'eDtf wanted 8. GOLliSTKLN 3TKAK DTK WOkXS, 184 ». Clark Str*«.i, Chle*c». n D H D Q V N E W OSCOVERY. &?** L l l % V l %# Y quick relief and cures w o n t ca.«e«. Dook of testlmonla * «ud 10 DATS* treatment FttKlu DR. II. II. *.UKt\-S SONS, 3ax K, AUSBU, Ua. CHEAP FARMS DO you wurr« H O K I l i l f l f l f l l l A P R C Q Improved and unimproved I U U | V | U U R u n C « farmlDir lands to l.e divided anil t*,>ld on long time a a d e a s y p a y m e n t s , a llttla euch year. Come and see tut or wrlre. THK TRUMAN Mt»»S STATK UANK.^atiilao Center. Mich., or The Truman Moss Estate.Croiwotl, Sanilac Co.,Mich, W . N . U . — D E T R O I T - - N O . 5 0 - - \3 9 9 V o e o A o s K t r i a g A d v ^ r t i s e m e a t s K i i v U y M e n t i o n T h i s f a o e r . . 0®00@®®®0®®®®0®0®©©©©©©©®®®^^®®®©© Headache Sick headaches! Always trace them to a lazy liver or a sick stomach. Poisonous matter, instead of being thrown out, is reabsorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes congestion and that dull, awful, throbbing, sickening pain, CASCARETS remove the cause by stimulating the liver, making the poison move on and out, and purifying the blood. The effect is almost instantaneous. Ladies, whose sensitive organisms are especially prone to sick headaches, do not suffer, but find relief in CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Look out for Imitations and Counterfeits J THIS IS THE TABLET 10* 25c 50c DRUGGISTS CASCARETS are absolutely harmleit, a pareTr•ejetable eoapotrad. lTo tnerenTial or other mineral pill-poison i n Caacareti. Caacarets promptly, effectiyely and permanently cure eyery disorder of the Stomach, Liver aad Intestines. They not only cure constipation, but correct any and every form of inegularity of the b o w e l s , including diarrhoea and dysentery. Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do^oed. Wever sicken, w e a k e n or jripe. Be sure you get the genuine I Beware of imitations and substitutes t B u y a box of CASCARBTS t o - d a y , and if not pleased in every respect, g e t your money back!. Write-us for bookletand free sample! Address STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO or HEW YORK. S74 Q®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®8®®< • :4 • : < "v« •!•« K«r. »•:•< K < •*.< «•.< CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS AT MONROE BliOS' Come to us and we will do all in Our power to make your Christmas a Merry one. Christmas Handkerchief Sale. Largest und finest variety of Haudkervhiefs evi-r placed in our store. Fancy Colored Border Hdkfs at le, 3c and 5c. All Linen Hem-stitched Hdkfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Hem-stitched Kmb. and Lace trimmed Hc|kfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Elegent line Ladies' tine Hdkfs. at "JO, l>5, 35, 40, 50 and 75c. Gents Hem-stitched Hdkfs. «t 5, 10 and 15c. Gents line Linen Hdkfs. at 15, 20, 25, 35 and 40c. Gents Initial Hdkfs. at Kk;. Genu Silk Hdkfs. at 25, 40 and 50c. Child rens' Initial Hdkfs. 3 in a box for 25c. Be sure and visit our Handkerchief Booth. Christmas Ribbons. Special Sale of All Silk Ribbon, All Shades. No. 2 Ribbon 3c. No. 12 Ribbon 9c. No. 5 Ribbon 4c, Xo. 16 Ribbon l i e . No. 7 Ribbon 5c. No. 22 Ribbon 13c. No. 9 Ribbon 7c. Christmas Gifts in Ladies' Furnishings. Fur Colla'retts from 82.50 up to $12.00 Fur Collars from ¢2.50 up to $8.00. Ladies' Dressing Sacques at 50c, 1.00, 1.50 and $2 00. Ladies Wool Waists (special values) a t . . . 1.50, 1.75 and #2.00. Ladies' Mercerized Wais.s, Silk finish 1.00. 1.39 and ¢2.00. Ladies' Black Crepon Dress Skirts |C 00 quality for $3.95. Ladies' Underskirts, Mercerized Goods 1.00, 1.50. 2.00'and $3 00. Ladies' Knit Lander-skirts at .. .50c, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50. Ladies' Dress Wrappers. 69c 1.00, 1.39 and $1.76. Ladies' Facinatore 25, 35, 50, 05, 75c, 1.00 1.25, 150 and $2.00. Ladies' Silk Umbrellas 1.00, 1.25. 1.50,2.00, 2 TO .md ¢3.00. Ladies' Kid Mittens 50c, 1.(0, 1 50 and $200. Ladies' Kid Gloves 1 00 and $1.50. Ladies' Underwear from 19c up to $1.50. Special reduction in all Cioaks for Christmas All $5.00 Jackets for $3.98. All $7.50 Jackets for .$5.00. All $8.50 Jackets for $6.50. All $10.00 Jackets for. All $12.00 Jackets for. ..$7.50 .$8.75. Christmas Gifts in Gents Furnishings. Largest Stock of Up-to-date Neck-wear in Howell. New Shapes and Beautiful Patterns 25c and 50c. Gents Silk Mufflers, shaped and lined 25,.ri0c, 1.00 and $1.50 Gents Jersey knit Mufflers, Sweater Collar. 25, 50, 75c and $1.00. Gents Brocade Silk Neck Scarf 25, 50c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents fine Kid Gloves 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 and $2.00. Gents fine Kid Mittens 50c and $1.00. Mem' work Gloves and Mittens. 25, 50c and $1.00. Gents Silk Umbrellas .1.00, 1.50, 1.75 and $2.00. Gents Over-shirts 50, 75c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents Underwear from 25c up to $3.00. Appropriate Christmas Gifts in Shoe Dept. Ladies' Felt Slippers, Fur Trimmed, black and brown . $1.00 Ladies' Fancy Slippers, fur ttimmed, black and tan $1.50 Gents Fancy Slippers 75, 1.00 and 1.50 Ladies' and Gents' fine Shoes, all the Up-to-date styles. Ladies' Over-gaiters 25, 50, 75, 85 and $1.00 Genes' Over-^aiteiB 50 and 75c Over Shoes and Rubbers, all styles for everybody. Lamb Wool Soles, all styles. Men's and Boy's Felt Boots and Rubbers. Men's and Boy's Socks and Rubbers, Best quality Felt Boots, 4 Leather Stays 50c Special Christmas Gifts. We have just purchased at a great under value price, a large and elegant line of Pillow Shams, Doilies, Dresser Scarfs, and Table Covers. The beautiful patterns and Low Prices will Surprise you. Table Linen and Napkins. Moquett Rugs $1.00, $2.00 aad $3.00. Chenile and Tapestry Drapery Curtains and Table Covers. Fancy Head Rests. Bed Spreads at 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 and $3.00. Fine Line Fancy Towels. Bed Blankets at 48, 59, 75, 85, 1.00, 1.25,1.50 and $2.00. Childrens' Fur Muffs and Collars. Christmas Candy Sale. Choice New Stock at about ONE HALF the Regular Prices, At 8c, 10c, 12Jc, 15c, and 18c, per pound. Fancy Mixed Candy, Choice Cream Candy, Carmels, Chocolate, Gum Drops, Broken Taffy, Peanut Squares, Creamlets and Cocoa Bon Bons. Choice Mixed Nuts, per pound, 15c. Be sure and Yisit our Candy Booth. Special Prices on Groceries. 20 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar for $1.00, (or 5 lbs for 25 cents. Only 20 lbs. to each customer.) . 40c qualify Tea for 30c. Hefct quality T e a for 45c. 3 lbs tfood Raisins loi 25c. 1 lb can good B a k i n g Powder, 8c. or 4 lbs for 25c. 1 lb package Lion Coffee for 9c. 2 lbs best Santos Coffee for 25c. J a v a Blend Coffee, 22c a a a l i t y , for 18c. Best J a v a Blend Coffee, 30c q u a l i t y , for 22c. 10 ll.s Rolled Oats for 25c. 4 lbs best Crackers for 25c. Bept canned Tomatoes 8c. C o r n . . . . 8c. " " Peas 8c. Canned S a l m o n . . . . . . 12c. 12 bars jrood So'ap.. .25c. 9 bars Queen A n n Soap for 25c. 9 bars Lenox Soap .25c. 9 bars J a z o n Soap 25c. Corn Starch, per pound . . . . . . 4c. Gloss Starch, per pound 5c. Cash Sale Coupons Riven with every purchase. Monroe Brothers, Howell, Mich. BRIC-A-BRAC. New York has 800 millionaires. Lima, Peru, is without umbrellas. Half a century ago nails were slowly wrought 'ne at a time with hammer and anvil. An alleged new Raphael picture has been discovered a t t h e exhibition of Sacred An at Como. It is estimated that the consumption of beer in llu> entire world amounts to $1,OS().()00.000 per annum. Th«> Cleveland street railroad fctnka ,>.>.< o h , , *•>-, ttnn f0.. fiinspurtat.on and maintenance of the Militia. .u.u.wauu iaw prohibits Baltimore policeman from doing mechanical work for the department or for h u e . Rjits recently operated the striking mechanism of the disused Flushing, L. T., town click for several hours. The total value of sea fish landed in Ireland in 1898 was $1,962,935, an increase of over $70,000 on the previous year. Santa Cruz. Cal.. 1s perhaps the only municipality in which water is furnished free to inhabitants for domestic purposes. The Street Railway Journal estimates t h e life of iron poles for overhead wires a t 33 years, and wooden poles a t 11 years. The names of Indianapolis milk dealers who use formaldehyde will be published in the newspapers by tha City Sanitarian. There is a project on Foot In Geneva 0., to erect a library In memory of the father of artistic penmanship, Piatt R. Spencer. Tunnyfish. a r a t h e r neglected fish in England, has in Portugal the glory of being made a subject of special study by the King. The total value of t h e lumber annually manufactured in the Northwept, including Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota, is $80,000,000. The health authorities of Bavaria examined laft year 55,437 saraplas of food and drink, and made complaints in 17.9 per cent of all cases. The British Government h a s given permission for the- Prime Minister of Vtrarda to visit England, and he will remain in London f->r three months. A SURE ( T R E FOR CROUP. Twenty-five Years* Constant use Without a Failure. The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to t h a t disease it may be taken as a s u r e sign of the approach of an a t t a c k . Following this couarb, is a peculiar r o u g h coui^h. If Chamberlin's Cough Rrtmeiy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after t h e croupy cough appears it will prevent t h e attack. It is used in many thousands of hom^s in this broad land a n d nev«r disappoints the anxious mothers. We nave yet to learn of a single instance in which it has n o t proved effectual No other preparation can show such a record—twenty five years constant use without failure. F o r sale by F . A. S i t l e r . UNADILLA Lon Lane of Chelsea Sundayed under the parental roof. Old Mrs. Pickell is very 8ick at the home of her son Irving. A. C. Watson was iu Chelsea on business last Monday and Tuesday. Don Harris is home from his work for Geo. Younglove in Marion. Earnest Pickell is quiet sick with scarlet fever and a number around town have been exposed. Mrs. Lime Barton and son Elmer attended the funeral of Mrs. Thomas Wilburn in Chelsea Saturday. There was no preaching in the M. E. church last Sunday eve the Elder having gone away for a visit. Mr. Will and Edd Sharp from near Williamston visited at R. Barnums the fore part of the week. Claw No. 3 of the S. S. with W. B. Collins u teacher went to Chelsea Thursday to have their pictures taken. Quite a number from this way attended the reading circle at the Anderson school house last Saturday afternoon. The Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church will give a Pan Cake social in their hail Wednesday eve Dec. 20. There was quite an excitement in our town last Thursday night caused by the mill dam breaking away but was repaired before much damage was done. . The following is the program for the Unadilla Farmers' Club to be held at the home of Ryal Barnum's, Saturday Dec. 16, commencing at 10 a. m. sharp: Singing by Qoartett. Prayer b r .Rev. Whitfield. Recitation b r Florence Riohmcm d. Paper, "The Voice of the People." Rev. J . J . Heatty Discussion, led by Rev. E. B. Ellis. Singing, Mr. and Mrs. laverock. Paper W. B. Collins. Discussion led by Ryal Bar num. Recitation, Roy Stowe. Duett Kiltie Livtnuore, Minnie Mills. Recitation, Jennie Harris. Question Box conducted by.. .Z. Hartsuff. Music. MORE LOCAL. Ten page* this week. Warren Goodrich killed a large blueracer on Friday last, Dec. 8. Ed. T. Kearney, of Jackson Neb., was a guest of his mother the first of the week. Tickets for the concert, Friday evening, for sale by Mitees Mabel and Lucy Swarthout. Mrs. Harriet Clark has been vissting her sister Mrs. D. D. Carr for a couple of weeks. This is the week of Christmas advertising 60 do not fail to read every one in the paper. Edward Bowers, who has been working in Jackson several weeks is spending a few days at his home here. The wind of Monday night upset the sheds on the race track, belonging to Tuomey, Teeple and Swarthout. We run a Supplement this week to accommodate advertisers and flews. The advertisement of McComb & Co., HoweJI, appear on supplement. F . E. Wright has rented the store riow occupied by Reason & Shehan and will move there in the near future. He issued removal sale bills the first of the week. Everyone who will are requested to meet tonight (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. L . Colby, to drill for a chorus to assist at the Concert at the M. E . church, Friday evening. The pupils of school district No. 8, will give a Christmas entertainment in connection with Christmas tree, on Friday evening, Dec. 22, at the new Town Hall, Dexter Township. Admission 10 cents. I would like to trade a single harness for pole wood. J O E SYKES. Notice to Tax Payers The Townships Tax Roll is now in my hands for the Collction of Taxes—1 will be at the Pinckney Ex. Bank during business hours to receive the same. R. H. Teeple. Twp. Treasurer. is Baby TOOThhl? If so, there must be some itrouble with its food. Well • babies are plump; only the, sick are thin. Are you sure : the food is all ri *ht ? Children can't help but grow* they must grow if their food i; nourishes them. Perhaps a mistake was made in the; past and as a result the di-, gestion is weakened. If that: is so, don't give the baby , a lot of medicine; just use' ! " your every-day common;; sense and r>dp nature a littic, and the way to do it is to add half a teaspoonful of SCOTT'S EMULSION i to the baby's food three or ; four times a day. The gain . will begin the very first day > you give it It seems to: correct the digestion and ' gets the baby started right again. If the baby is nursing but does not thrive, then f . the mother should take the emulsion. It will have a : good effect both upon the Imother and child. Twentyfive years proves this fact yx. and $x^M, aO druggists. SCOTT 4c BOWNE, Chemists, New York. WAYNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMERICAN Alio EUROPEAN PLAN, %a TO ma. BO 91.00 TO • * . 0 0 t 9IMOLM HmAum, 6O0. UP TO OATM OAPME Dehorning done promptly by Will Voorhies, rlmison, MM 1. 1'. O . I). X! . MK«!J YOUR MIND is on the selection of that Christmas Present. S a v e Worry and Time and Money and come right to the Busy Bee Hive. Store Pull and Overflowing and its Everything and plenty of it too. Books, Rugs, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Table Linens, Dolls, Neckwear for Ladies and Gentlemen, Collars and cuffs, Umbrellas, Hosierj,.. Underwear, Dressing Sacks, Furs, cloaks, Wrappers, corsets, Gloves, Dress Goods, •Lace curtains, Toilet Articles, Jewelry, Perfumery A n d a T h o u s a n d O t h e r good and useful articles. Can * t begin to tell you. Come and see. Tours respectfully, L. H. F I E L D . Mich, V o l . X V I I . S u p p l e m e n t D e c e m b e r , 14, 1 8 9 9 . TVo. 3>0. ANDERSON FARMERS CLUB. T h e Anderson Farmers' club met at t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. J a s . Marble, Saturday, Dec. 9. A large company was present and after dinner was served, president F . W. Allison, called the meeting to order. P r a y e r was offered by C . M. Wood, a n d after a piece of munic the business of t h e meeting was transacted. Mr. Wood gave H report, from the comm i t t e e , which was appointed at t h e last meeting, to make arrangements for a one d a y institute, to be held in Pinckney. M r . W o o d naid, in his report, that in all probability an institute would be held sometime in J a n . , and it was quite likely that Prof. Delos F a l l , of Albion, would be the evening speaker. Miss E t h e l Durkee then favored the audience with a vocal solo, after which Miss Gladys Daley highly entflined the company with a n instrumental solo. excellent p;iper on " I d e a l s . " Miss Greiner treated her subject in a masterly mann e r . She said many good things; a few of t h e thoughts being these: - A n ideal is a necessity to the highest attainment in life; t h a t our ideals should be lofty, a n d our m i n d bent upon its realization; strength of character is a necessity; a n d that t h e purest character is apt to be developed i n t h e country. Lucius E . Wilson then sang a solo, which was followed b y an instrumental solo by K a t e Ruen, Miss Mollie Wilson then read a paper u p o n t h e subject " H o u s e k e e p i n g a n d Housekeepers upon t h e p ' a r m . " Some of t h e ideas which she presented are these: Housekeeping is not a n exciting occupa- OUB POPULATION. W H A T WILL BE SHOWN NEXT CENSUS. BY T H E It fa n«li«ved T h a t • ftr»ntl Total of Nearly Ninety Million* Will Appear— Tbeae a r e M u n i f i c e n t a n d Alluring Fit-urea, W i t h t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of t h e c o m - m i s s i o n e r of t h e c e n s u s of 1900 specul a t i o n b e g i n s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n t h e e n u m e r a t o r s will find in t h e c o u n t r y w h e n t h e y finish t h e i r w o r k n e x t y e a r . \ s u s u a l l a r g e figures a r e b e i n g m a d e a n d a g r e a t i n c r e a s e i s c l a i m e d o v e r t h e p o p u l a t i o n g i v e n in 1SD0. O n e e s t i m a t e n o w g o i n g a r o u n d i.4 b a s M on t h e g u e s s e s of t h e g o v e r n o r s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n of t h e different S t a t e s _, . . . a n d t e r r i t o r i e s J a n u a r y 1. 1S99. T h e Miss Agnes Greiner then read an I t o t a ] o n f h a t d a t p . g p ] a ( ? p d a t _ ^ 3o3„ a n d . a d d i n g t h e p r o p o r t i o n a t e i n - c r e a s e b e t w e e n n o w a n d J u n e , 1899, i t is claimed t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s p r o p - er will h a v e i n 1900 a lion t 80.250,000.. A d d i n g t h e e s t i m a t e d p o p u l a t i o n o? T T"waiI. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e fs'pnds a n d a g r a n d total of 89.250,000 fs found. T h i s is a m a g n i f c r n t a n d a l l u r i n g flgpre. TT realized it would s h o w a g r o w t h of n e a r l y threefold s i n c e 18^0., or ffp f o r t y y e a r s . Tt i s e x t r e m e l y d o u h t f u M B i o w e v e r . if a n y such t o t a l is r e a c h W T h e a d d i t i o n of 9.1.)00.MO for t h e , p o p u l a t i o n of H a w a i i . P o r t o Rico a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e s 5? p r o b a b l y n o t t o o l a r g e . Tt - i v e s 1.000.000 le-^s p e o p l e t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e i s ' a n d s t h : : n i f ^ n ^ r o o d ajitho'-iMpp c l a i m , a n d it CHRISTMAS tion, simply prosaic, but not monotonous— would n o t b e unless we make it so; many enjoyments are to be found upon the farm, and the greatest drawback is the lack of time for advancement; but president effort oft«-n HchieAes what seems impossible; the woman oftoday living upon a farm may be a cultured, talented, welt informed l a d y ; and t h a t housekeeping should be viewed in the light of dignified instead of servile labor. M r s . A. A . Stowe in some remarks upon this paper, thought, that with enough determination and will that it was possible to develop the mind and yet be a housekeeper. T h i s was followed by an instrumental solo by Miss Edith Wood, after which Miss M i n n i e Monks also rendered an instrumental solo. Miss Nellie Gardner then sang a solo, a n d the program was closed with an instrumental solo by Miss Josephine H a r r i s . C O B . S E C autMn'-if > flurprisi I . i i " • n • * && '.v> [CENTS FOR The Bailed Dswi\ Paper Cream not SKimMtIK HitstKeNaJ!oivt!\eHe*dl Ki\ow5 what to Pat ii\ Knows what to Leaveoul ^ — R J I I of Ginger Fall of Sun5K, ive ^ - ^ A Practice taper For sieeves-roUediCip Fdrmen* GOOJI inanyState where GnnptimeCMTal d r roFit the Man who KnowsWhat VWtot Farmes at m Fliatl&Me. josticetoAHMcA Whv have a Mortgage on the Farm, Poor Cropa, Rheumatism, Sour Bread, Sick Hogs, a Leaky Roof, Kopy Milk, a Balky Horse, Grip, Hole in the Pocket, Skeleton in the Closet, or any other Pain or Trouble when you can get the Farm Journal five years for 90 cents ? Address FARM JOURNAL, PhiUu, Pa. 'jPORT ANT NOTICE.—By special arraageaMat made with theFARH JOURNAL, wt are enaMatf to offer that peper from now aatil Deoanbar, 1903, t a every subscriber who pays for ours one year ahead —both papers for the price of our.; only. ^tnjfi -½ 4tf~Be prompt in accepting this T h e a b o v e Journal for five year* FREE, with o n e year's ^5¾ aubficrlptlon to the PINGKNBY DISPATCH r " if t h e totn1 .ndd't'OPS to t h p pnpnlpMnn of t h i s remtry pi^dp b y t h p wr>r v i t h Spain would I p r p r p e ^ t e 10.noo.noo. Bu* t h e e s t i m a t e ; of Sn.opn,nnn a s thn "population of t h p j ( TTnfted Ftafes p r o p e r in 1900 is u n - d o u b t e d l y too l a r g e b y several m i l - t lions. I t would m e a n a n i n c r e a s e of j 17.400 000 since 1S90. or About t w e n t y - Seven p e r cent., a m u c h l a r g e r i n - j c r e a s e t h a n w a s s h o w n b y t h e l a s t I c e n s u s . J ^ u c h a n i n c r e a s e i s I m p r o b a b l e . j T ^ p r e fs n o e v i d e n c e t o s h o w t h a t t h e j r o " H r v h ? s g r o w n a t a nv>re rajVd r a t e I &vc(> 1890 t h a n it did d u r i n g t h e d e - I c*>^e b e t w e e n 1880 a n d 1890. T h e , g r o w t h w h i c h It w a s A r p e c t e d t h e ceni PUS of t h p l a t t e r y e a r w o u ' d sftow w a s r o t realized. E x p e c t a t i o n h a d been bas^d o n t h e p e r c e n t a e > of i n c r e a s e 1 n'Ti-ppr, T?-(\ nr,rf t ^ f t T?n + t h p Taro-a Merry Xmas is almost here and e verybody is looking for a present for some friend. T h e times are such that they want to buy the best they can get for the least money and here is where they can get it. We shall have everything for old and young. We have a complete line of XMAS BOOKS To Select from. Don't Fail to See Our Fiue HOLIDAY STOCK. Board covered, picture and reading books for small children, 5c, $ .10 Large books, cheap at 25c, for _ „„..15 Books with 200 and 250 pages, 20c and _... _ . .25 Peck's Bad Boy, with red covers, worth 25c, our price .15 Better books, 50c, 75c and 1.00 Autograph albums, 3c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c and. „...:.. _.25 Celluloid goods at about one-half their value. Photograph albums 35c and . .75 Musical album, plays two tunes _ '..._ 5.00 Work boxes, Glove boxes, Manicure sets and Toilet cases at prices that will astonish the closest buyers. We advise you to call early and get the first selections as they are always the best. Handkerchiefs and Glove boxes, two- in a s e t . _ .40 Toilet Cases .„„ _ ' , .60 Shaving Cases 1.25 Cuff and Collar boxes, _ 45c 1.10 Dolls of every description from l c to 3.00 China limb dolls, 3, 5, 10 and 15c Washable dolls, with hair,.... __ 10 and 15 Kid body dolls. 15, 25, 40 and 45 Sleeping dolls _ 50, 75, and 1.00 Sleds 22, 40, 45, 69 and .85 We also have a large assortment of Clynaware in Teacups and Saucers, Mustache cups and saucers, Salad dishes, Cake and Bread plates, Fruit dishes, Child's dishes, Water sets, Vases, Everything from the cheapest to the best. I n c r e a s e s h o w n in t h e l a t t e r v e a r >t is n o w a c k n o w l e d g e d . *vas riV«» tn * ! v defective c e n s u s of 15-70. T h e r m r " w - c u r a t e c e n s u s of 1880 g a v e a ia"r»« v.- c r e a s e o v e r t h e p r e v i o u s oerxnp r>n,i c r e a t e d t h e p o p u l a r d i s s a t i s f ^ ' o n w i t h t h e coppus of 1890. B'i> n o f•.-•('•-, h a v e since c o m e t o light t o she-'' *!"'t t h e Irst e n u m e r a t i o n w a s n o r f ;T a c - c u r a t e a n d c o m p l e t e . F v n r v c< ••••'«< m a d e b y P t a t e s d u r i n g t h e m s - ,>->:<* y e a r s h a s tended to nrm-p t h e cav:c-.:",- nops of t h e c e n s u s of 1 ^ 0 . Pome lisrbt is tb".i"-v on ' b e <*~n of t h e p r . r " ' a t i o n v.-,,,--'i v / ' ' ' 1-^ f"^- 1 in t h e c o u n t r y in J u n e , 1000. by t h e S t a t e c e n s u s e s t a k e n In 1895. T h e foll o w i n g t a b l e gives t h e r e t u r n s f r o m n i n e of t h e m S t a t e s : P o p u l a t i o n . S t a t e s M a s s a c h u s e t t s R h o d e I s l a n d N e w J e r s e y . . M i c h i g a n . . , W i s c o n s i n . . 1890. 2,238.943 345,506 1,444.933 2,093,889 1,686,880 Towa 1.911.896 M i n n e s o t a 1,301,826 K a n s a s 1,427,096 O r e g o n 313,767 1895. ... 2,495.345 384,758 1,672,942 2,241,454 1,931,905 2,058.069 1,574,910 1,334,668 362,762 C h i n a cupB a n d s a u c e r s 10c t o - - 5 5 B r e a d a n d m i l k 9ets - - - - - . 2 0 M u s t a c h e c u p a n d s a u c e r , 17e t o - . 5 5 Muffs f r o m 5 c t o - - - - - - , . 2 5 S h a v i n g m u j ^ - - - - - - . 1 0 S a l a d d i s h e s , 2 0 c t o - - . - . 7 5 B r e a d p l a t e s , 2 2 c t o - . - - 1.00 W a t e r s e t s , 80c t o - - - - . - 1.50 P i c t u r e s a n d E a s l e s v e r y c h e a p V a s e s 5 c . 8c, 10c a n d - - - - ^ 3 5 W e h a v e s o m e n i c e m u s i c a l clocks 3 . 2 5 E i g h t d a y S e t h T h o m a s clocks, o n e h o u r o r o n e - h a l f h o u : s t r i k e , marblt-ized. t h e s e a r e b e a u t i e s . 5 . 0 0 Notions. W e h a v e a tull s u p p l y a n d a t p r i c e s t h a t <'annot b e d u p l i c a t e d . B a i t i n t r t h r e a d per spool - • Y a r d Mo 1 ri»»bon - . - . C h i l d r e n ' s c o m b i n a t i o n s u i t s - P a p e r p i n - Set dr^<s s t a v s C r o c h e t h o o k s , in bone or s t e e l I n k , p<'i b o t t l n T a M n N , 2c, 3 4 , a n d M r n ' s a u d b o y s 1 g l o v e s a n d m i t t e n s a t a b o u t o n e half t h e i r v a l u e . Uov's faced a n d fleeced-lined tf'oves 20c - l c l c - 20c - 1.- - l c - 4 c 2c DRY GOODS. Our Dry Goods department is filled to its utmost capacity with bargain after bargain that is impossible for us to quote prices for want of space but we give just „asample: — - —— 1 It will b e seen b y t h i s t a b l e t h a ^ M i n n e s o t a a n d W i s c o n s i n a r e t h e o n l y W e s t e r n S t a t e s w h i c h m a d e l a r g e g a i n s b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895. T h e first S t a t e g a i n s a h o n t t w e n t y p e r cent, a n d t h e l a t t e r a b o u t fifteen p e r cent. Michig a n ' s c e n s u s w a s t a k e n In 1894. b u t i t s g a i n is only seven Tier cent., a n d I o w a ' s is a b o u t t h e s a m e . K a n s a s loses a n d Oregon gr:'ns a b o u t eleven p e r cent. T h e most s u r p r i s i n g garin m a d e i s i n N e w J e - s e y a n d M a s s a c h u s e t t s . T h e f o r m e r S t a t e i n c r e a s e d a b o u t fifteen r e r cent, b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895 a n d t h e l a t t e r S t a t e o v e r eleven p e r cent. in t h e s a m e t i m e . R h o d e I s l a n d a l s o showed a n i n c r e a s e of eleven p e r cent, in i t s p o p u l a t i o n . T h e a v e r a g e g r o w t h ir. t h e s e n i n e S t a t e ? i n t h e five y e a r s from 1890 t o 1M7> w a s a b o u t t e n p e r cent. Tf it is t h e s a m e b e t w e e n 1895 and 19^0 t h e a v e r a g e p e r cent, of e r o w t h o v e r t h e T'nited S t a t e s p r o p e r would b e t w e n t y p e r cent, for t h e d e - cade b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1900, o r a n i n - crease of a b o u t 12.500.000. T h i s added to t h e 62.622.250 p o p u l a t i o n i n 1890 would i n d i c a t e a p o p u l a t i o n of a b o u t 75.^00.000. A d d i n g 9,000.000 f o r H a - waii. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e Islands a n d a t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n of 84,- 000.000 a p p e a r s , o r 5.000,000 l e s s t h a n t h e s a n g u i n e p r e d i c t i o n s . T h i s will p r o b a b l y b e t h e exten^ of t h e g r o w t h i n p o p u l a t i o n t h e n e x t c e n s u s will disclose. T h e r e a l s u r - p r i s e t h e e n u m e r a t i o n will m a k e t o t h e c o u n t r y will p r o b a b l y b e t h e discovery t h a t t h e E a s t . S o u t h a n d m i d d l e W e s t h a v e g r o w n m o r e r a p i d l y t h a n t h e t r a n s - M i s s i s s i p p i S t a t e s . T h e perc e n t a g e of g a i n in t h e l e t t e r , w i t h t h e exception of o n e o r t w o S t a t e s , will p r o b a b l y b e found t o h a v e fallen off. T h i s is n o t a d i s c o u r a g i n g fact, a n d i t will n o t be s u r p r i s i n g if t n e s a m e tendency i s s h o w n In t h e censuses of 1910 a n d 1920. T h e f a r W e s t will h a v e t o w a i t u n t i l t h e w a s t e places i n t h e E a s t a n d S o u t h a r e filled u p . N e a r l y o n e - t h i r d of t h e w o r l d ' s s a v i n g s a r e in t h e 9S0 s a v i n g s b a n k s r-f t h e United S t a t e s . •A. Good lOc quality Shirting- at Canton Flannel, Heavy, Prints* one lot g-oing- at Towels, 5. IO, 15 and O rash Toweling1, 4, S and my Yarn per skein. 5e 4 c 3c o lOc 5e Remember this is only a few of our many bargains and we invite you to come early and thus avoid the rush You will greatly'assist us by jotting" down what you want and it will aid you when you come to buy. It is always our aim to please. These Xmas goods and prices far excel anything we'have ever been able to show in the way ot cheapness and qualitv. MoCOMB & CO. Second door west of McPhersons shoe store, H G W t L b , MICH. A WW I n^hiiuJ I ' r o d m f : ' : - h e r ] y — I : Vwit- t!:e P i l e rim Fi!tl:e;-s t h a t i n s t i t u t e d T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y . w a s n ' t it F l a s h er'.y—-Yes, c r a n b e r r i e s a r e a N e w E n g l a n d p r o d u c t , y o u k n o w . Holiday Rates Grand via Trunk. One fare and a third for the round trip to all points on its lines and connections west of the Detroit and St Clair Rivers Also to Canadian points west of and including Toronto, Niagara Falls,- and Buffalo, N. Y. Also to stations on Northern Divission Georgetown to North Bay, O u t Tickets for Xmas will be on sale Dec. 23, U and 25, 1899, and for New Years Dec. 30 and 31 «99 and Jan. 1, 190(). All good to rekturn up to and including Jan. 2, f900. v f Commencing Saturday, Dec. 2, ind Closing Saturday, Dec. 24, We will give to the people of Pinckney and vicinity way down prices on Prints, Ginghams, Drees Goods, Hats, Gaps, Handkerchiefs, Boots, Shoes and Groceries. During this sale we are bound to reduce our too large stock, and to thoroughly clean up all odds and ends that have accumulated. Article No. 1—Dress Goods. A search for the choicest assortment of the latest and most fashionable dress fabrics has f secured the complete line we show. These from the cheap suitings that retail from 10c to 15c to the dressy Crepons will receive their share of slashing. Special values in Planchette Suitings a t . . .8\c All 25c Dress Goods at 21c All $1.00 Dress Goods at 82c All 75c Dress Goods at i 59c Artiele No. 2— Silks. T h e demand for Silks this fall has been good, warranting us in carrying the finest as well as cheaper values. We wont forget you in this line. Our Trimmings and Linings are right, and as these are as important as the dress, don't overlook them. eREse© Article No. 4— Our Strong Point. And that's Hosiery and Underwear. Comp parison with goods bought elsewhere has convinced us as well as many others that it's no exaggeration to state that we have the strongest line in the county. Are especially strong in Fleeced Wear, and still have a complete line of sizes. Ladies' Hose, 10c kind, worth 12.1c. at two for - 15c Men's Fleeced Underwear \ . . . 37.1c Article No. 6— Leather Goods Talk. Some shoes wear well but look like sin. Some look pretty, but pinch. Some are easy, but spread all over. One good point don't make a shoe good. All of them, however, do, and you are sure to find them here for Men, Women and Children. Prices talk: 30 prs- Ladies' Fine Shoes, 2\ to 4, at 89c 24 prs. Ladies' $2.00 Shoes, 2J to 4J, a t . . $1.50 30 prs. Men's $2.50 Shoes, a t . $1.98 All odds and ends a t cost. Don't want to let an advertising opportunit} 7 slip to impress upon your minds the factthat we curry a full assortment of the famous "CRESCO Corset." This is the corset that cannot break at the waist line. We have never introduced a specialty before that has met with such a cordial reception. Only women who have suffered the annoyance of broken boned corsets can appreciate the ease, the health, t h e comfort and the economy of the "Cresco." Sales climbing every day. Scores of our customers who wear the "Cresco" corset, will wear no other. Glad to have you make a careful investigation of the "Cresco," the only corset made that can not break at the waist line. Article No. 7— MEN, this will certainly interest YOU! Rubbers of the Lambertville and Mishawaka brand carry conviction with them. We own them cheap, and sell them likewise. Also have -the celebrated Ball Brand Knit Boots and Socks. T o show them is to sell them. We have men's, boys' and youths' Felts and Rubbers in brands and styles to please all. Article Ho. 3— Domestio Linens and Wash Goods. Although the market has steadily advanced along" these lines, we can safely promise you largfe inducements in Bleached and Unbleached Cottons, T k k i n g , Denims, Shirting, Flannels, and Prig^T • In Taole Damask we are prepared to save you mone£ and still make money. Jftava a large assortment of Comfort Linings In the b e ^ p r i n t s a t 4Jc Good Tennis Flannels a t 4£c Article No. 5«- Gents' Furnishings for Winter. Heavy Duck Coats, with and without rubber lining, xieavy Kersey Pants. Heavy Overshirts and lighter weights. Every article a good value, made with care, good fitting, and for wear unsurpassed. Gloves and Mitts, just the time for them. T h e right articles, our assortment furnishing anything vou wish. Faced Mitts at ' 21c Working Shirts at 44c Men's Cotton and Wool Pants, less 20 per cent. Article No. 8— Groceries. Although last named, will hold a conspicuous place in the sale, as we depend greatly on our grocery leaders to make it a success. Our brands have been selected with care, knowing that where groceries are bought other goods will be sold. Our T e a s and Coffees you will find the best always for the money. j\ll Goods Sold lor Oash. F. G. JACKSON, Pinckney, Mich.VOL. XVII. PINOKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, DEO. 14,1899. The--, » Surprise Store, BARGAINS. We srive you biff values lor your money and we are doing business— yes, loU of it. (Jbristmas buying has commenced and we are holiday headquarters. One Dollar spent in our store goes as far as Two Dollars spent elsewhere. We sell strictly for CASH and can afford to sell CHEAP. Try us and see. We raenton a few prices which speak for themselves. | 1 60 Crokinole board $100 2.50 Dress suit case 1.50 25u Toy chairs 10c 1 lb. box fancy candy 10c \ Box 12 good cigars 25c | 5 00 Chamber set $3.99 200 Carving set 1.50 2 50 Iron bottom trunk 1.75 Valises 47c to 1.50 No. 9 All copper teakettle 110 Dashboard lantern 64c Cobblers outfit 49 and 99c $200 Teachers Bible $1.10 100 Watch chains 69c 75c Overalls 50c 65c Oversbirts 45c Fancy box paper 10 and 25c Doll beads 5 to 35c Dolls—big hne— 5c to $2.00 Gocarfs 10c to $1.00 Doll cabs 17c to $1.00 CHINA Big values at 10c, 15c, 25c and up. See our fancy china be fore you buy. ALBUMS See our wonder at 49c Toiler cases, fancy boxes and novel ties. I L O C A L N E W S . Quite a snow storm Tuesday night. L«M than two weeks before Christmas. A fine and much needed rain the first of the week. Mrs. W. A. Reynolds is visiting relatives in Detroit. Reason and Shehan expect to be in their new store by next week. Miss Iva Halsted spent the past week with home frieacta in Leslie. Mrs. A. J . Wilhelm visited relatives in Iosco a couple of days last week. C. V. VanWinkle and wife are in Lansing in attendence at the state farmers' institute. Teeple & Cadwell are shipping wood to Jackson this week; Pinckney is a good wood market. Ethel Graham spent Saturday and Sunday with her uncle, A. B . Green and family, at Stockbridge. The house belonging to Mrs. H . D. Grieve, now occupied by Will Shehan is being treated to a coat of paint Do not forget the concert tomorrow (Friday) evening. Show the young people that yon take an interest in their work. Geo. Teeple recieved one day last week a pair of carrier pigeons by mail and will raise some if he has good luck. The pair is registered. W. D . Thompson has moved into the Potterton house, formerly owned by E . A. Mann. H e will remain iu the village dur. ing the winter. The Ladies Aid society of the M. E'. church will hold a tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Green Wednesday evening Dec. 20, from 5 until all are served. Miss Margarett Maloney and Miss Anna Spears left to-day for Indiana to visit friends. Miss Anna will also visit in Kentuckey and Georgia before her return. The social at the home of J . A. Cadwell on Friday evening was well attended and everyone enjoyed themselves. The Cong'l Sunday School was made the richer by $8. 70'. The people of thii place were pained to learn last week that Walter Mann of Detroit who fell from a tree and broke his right arm, had to have it amputated above the elbow. The bone was too badly crushed to save the arm. This is the month to pay your taxes. W. B. Darrow has a Christmas adv. on page 5 of this issne. Geo. Sigler was under the doctors care the first of the week. Geo. Schoenhals of Genoa, was the guest of friendB here Sunday. Rev. and Mrs Chas. Simpson visited his sister in Owosso this week. F . E . Wright has a special adv. on page 4. Do not fail to read it. Chas. Coe and daughter of New York are guest of F . E. Wright and family. Mr. and Mrs. D . D. Bennett of Fowlerville spent Sunday with relatives here. Coming, Coming, Coming, J a n . 1st 1900 Hoyt Conery. The Man about Town. Mrs. Harriet Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Clark of Flint spent the latter part of last week and the first of this with W. A. Carr and family. The show windows of our business places are resplendent in fancy goods for the holiday trade. Pinckney is the best town in the county to buy Xruas goods. Do not forget that the DISPATCH makes a very desirable Chiistmas present to a friend who has moved away. Every week it would bring to rememberance the giver. The K. O. T. M. society of this place hold their election of officers on Friday evening of this week which will be followed by a supper. All members are requested to be present. Rev. E. W. Ryan D. D. will lecture in the Hamburg M. E. church Saturday evening Dec. 16 1899. Subject, " W h o shall have our boys." Admission 10c. For the benefit of the Hamburg M. E. church. A birthday quilting party was given to the friends of Mies Norma Vaughn on Saturday last, in honor of Miss Norma's tenth birthday. The little folks enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon and Norma was the recipient of several fine andUseful presents. N . G. Riley, who has been teaching a class and giving private lessons in voice culture at this place for several weeks will give a concert assisted by his class, on Friday evening of this week, at the M. E . church. Mr. Riley has met with excellent success here and the entertainment should be well attended as it will consist entirely of home talent with the exception of some selections by Mr, Riley. Admission 10 and 15 cents. TOY SETS DISHES Sc, 10c, 15c, 23c, 25c, 49c and 73c. IRON TOYS Tbese"are good toys to buy—they last. GAMES, "BOOKS BLOCKS, ETC. at bargain prices. Perfumes, Pocket-books, Jewelry, Pocket-Knives, Handkerchiefs. Special sale of Ribbons Strictly all Silk Ribbon. No. 2, 2c. No. 5, 4c. No. 7, 5c. No. 9, 7c. Hair Ornaments Is a Strong Line with us. Come and see our 5c and 10c Tables. They Contain Bargains. Come and w e will do you good. E. A. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman Block, Pi«ok»«y. BERT WELLMAN, MftMfter of PifttiuMp Stor*. H o w « U 8 t « * , M i i t o f > * 0 . Bnd of the Year Sale, Sale commencing Dec- 14, closing Dec. 24, '9 9. We have always given our customers a chance to buy goods under their value for the last two weeks in the year, AND W I L L N O T D I S A P P O I N T ANY O F YOU THIS YEAR. Although prices are advancing on all lines of merchandise, we will make our promise good. All Dark Best Prints at 5c. All Best Light Prints at 4c. All 10c Tennis Flannel 8c. All 7c Tennis Flaunel 6c. All 5c Tennis Flannel 4Jc. In Dress Goods. All Dress Goods will be sold at Actual Cost. In Underwear. Men's heavy fleeced garments 41c. Ladies' heavy fleeced garment 41c. We have some odd sizes in Misses' and Children's underwear, in both cotton and wool, will sell % off. Our line of Handkerchiefs, Mufflers and Ties is very good and the prices the lowest. All $1 Corsets at 89c All 50c Corsets at 42c Heavy all linen Crash at 6c »> ) 1 • J M • 1 >> ») >» M »1 »» »» IC 7*c 8c 9c Ladies' $2.50 Shoe 1.99 Ladies' $2.00 Shoe 1.62 All odds and ends in Ladies' Shoes 89c. $1.10 85c- Ladies' fleeced wrappers Ladies' best print wrappers In Groceries In Shoes Men's fine box calf, $3.00 Shoe $2.49 Men's fine box calf $3.00 tau shoe 2.49 Men's fine Vici kid $3.50 Shoe 2.60 Men's fine calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Men's fine calf $1.50 Shoe 1.20 Boy's Calf $1.35 Shoe 1.00 Boy's heavy calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Ladies hand-turned fine kid $3.00 2.49 35o Coffee 30c Coffee 2-TC Coffee 20c Coffee 15c Coffee 50c Tea 40c Ten 35c Tea 30c 25c 21c 17c 12c 38c 36c 31c I pound of nice Cream Candy Free wlf h every $ 2 C»»h trade. All Gopds at above prices* GASH* Butte* and E&* T a k e n . "VD. \D. Tiaxuaxdu No. 5 0 . NO USE for SANTA CLAUS Tee Mapetic Attraction of Our HOLIDAY GOODS M Low Prices Pish tie Old Man Aside. WE ARE PROUD of OUR BARGAINS for CHRISTMAS BUYERS. No matter how hard you are to suit, we can Bait you, in new and Beautiful Selections of Toys, Books and Novelties. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC. Our Stock is Well Assorted and Comprises the G R E A T E S T GATHE R I N G of Desirable Merchandise We Have Ever Offered Our Holiday Patrons. Yon are Cordially Invited to Come and See What We Can Do for Yon Before Yon LoobElseinere. A l l that is Newest and Best awaits your inspection and approval* and the prices on A l l Our Goods ape Extremely Low. F. A. SIGLER. You Know Where We Are, GATES WIDE OPEN FOR FALL BUSINES ? S e t O u r L i n e of Plush Robes F u r Robes Montana Robes Stable Blankets Storm Blankets Fancy Raid Blankets. 5/A Five Mile Bias Girth Horse Blanket The Old Reliable. Has five ratles of strong rarp threads. Long of wear, will never tear. We are Sailing 'em on Small Profits. TEEPLE 4* CADWELL. Holiday Specials! 20 doz. Childrens' Handkerchiefs at l c each. 20 doz. Ladies' plain Hemstitched 2c each 10 doz. Gents' plain Hemstitched 4c each Ladies1 hemstitched and embroidered hdkfs. 5, 8, 10, 15, 25, 40, and 50a 25/pc. best Standard print at <T^lo pc. Tennis Flannel at Ladies' Black Hose 2000 yd best unbleached cotton at Ladies' Kid Gloves at Childrens Kid Mittens Bed Blankets at Ladies' $1.25 Fleeced Wrappers Gents' Un-Lanndried Shirts Specials in Underwear Specials in Shoes Specials in Groceries 4^c per yd. 4 and 4^c per y d 2 pair for 13c 5Jc 89c. 40c 49 and 59c. 99c 59c i I •« J V ••V X . 1 / Bargains will lie found throughout our stock daring thia F, G. JACKSON. ' > • * • , : ^ ^ . - ^ ^ . ^ I . H H 1 SSI. Our Islands, and Their Good Government. GOLDMAND TH€ BANK LAWS, . _ i _ t f e e Political F r e e d o m of Cuba — The P h i l i p p i n e W a r — Trusts and Other I m p o r t a n t H a t t e r s Beuolve Earnest . ConaldenUloa.. T o the Senate and the H o m e of Repre- ficntatlvcs:—At the threshold of your de- Iberations you a r e called to mourn with •jrour countrymen the death of Vice-Presid e n t Ho bare, who passed from this life on t h e morning of November 21 last. His x r e a t soul now rests in eternal peace. H i s private lifo was pure and elevated, While hla public career was ever distin- fruished by large- capacity, stainless inegrlty and exalted motives. He has been removed from the high office which he honored and dignified, but his lofty character, his devotion to duty, his honesty of purpose and noble virtues remain with tta as a priceless legacy and example. T h e Fifty-sixth Congress convenes in its first regular session with the country in a condition of unusual prosperity, or universal good will among the people at Home, and In relutlons of peace and friendship with every government of the World. Our foreign commerce has shown « r e a t Increase in volume and value. The combined Imports and exports for the y e a r arc the largest ever shown by a •Ingle year in all our history. Our exp o r t s for 1899 alone exceeded by more t h a n a billion dollars our Imports and exp o r t s combined in 1S70. The imports per t.capita are a) per cent less tr.au in ltf'U, howlng the enlarged capacity of the Unied States to satisfy the wants of Its own Increasing population, a s well as to cont r i b u t e l\j luus,* ol the people of other nations. . Exports of agricultural products were •784'<7ili*i. Of manufactured products we fxnorted in value $"39,592.11«. being larger t h a n any previous year. It is a notew o r t h y tact that the only years in all our nlstory when the products of our manufactories sold abroad exceeded those 'bought abroad were ls98 and 1899. O u r F i n a n c e s . Government receipts from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1S99. Including $11,796,314.14, part payment of the Central Pacific railroad indebtedness, ag- C e g a t e d $610,982,004.55. Customs receipts w e r e 1206,128,481.75 and those from internal revenue $»3,437,161.51. F o r the fiscal year the expenditures w e r e J700.oaj.GC4.02. leaving a deficit of ¢89,111,539.67. The secretory of the treasurer estimates t h a t the receipts for the current fiscal y e a r will aggregate $o40,9i>8,112. and upon t h e basis of present appropriations the expenditures will aggregate 5600.958,112. Seaving a surplus of $40,000,000. For the fiscal year ended J u n e 30. 1890. t h a Internal revenue receipts were inc r e a s e d about $100,000,OCO. The present gratifying strength of the t r e a s u r y is shown by the fact that on Dec. 1, 1X99, the available cash balance w a s $278,004,837.72. of which $239,744.905.36 was. in gold coin and bullion. The condit i o n s of confidence which prevail 'througho u t the c o r n t r y have brought g*td into tnore general use and customs receipts a r e now almost entirely paid in that coin. The strong position of the t'/easury with respect to cash on hand and the favorab.e ehowing made by the revenues have made Jt possible for the secretary of the treasu r y to take action under the provisions of section 3G94. revised statutes, relating to t h e sinking fund. Receipts exceeded expenditures for the first live months of the c u r r e n t fiscal year by $13,U3.3S9.91, and, as inentioned abeve, the secretary of the t r e a s u r y estimates t h a t there will bo a • u r p l u s of approximately $41>.000,OCO at the tend of the >oar. Under such conditions it 4va*i deenu_*d advisable and proper to re- • s m e compliance with the provisions of t h e sinking fund law, which 'for eight Vears ha.s not been done because of deficiencies in the revenues. The treasury department, therefore, offered to purchase during November, $23,000,000 of the C per cent loan of 1904, or the 4 per cent funded loan of 19i/7. at the current market price. The amount offered and purchased during November was 51Si.40S.G00. The p r e m i u m paid by the government on such purchases was $2.2€3,&21 and the net saving In Interest was about f2.885.000. The success of this operation was sufficient to ind u c e the government to continue the offer to purchase bonds to and including th? -Sid day of December, instant, unless the r e m a i n d e r of the $25,000,000 called for erhould be presented in the meantime for redemption. Increased activity In industry', with its welcome attendant—a larger employment -for labor a t higher wages—gives to the t>ody of the people a larger power to abs o r b the circulating medium. It is further t r u e t h a t year by year, with larger areas of land under cultivation, the increasing Volume of agricultural products, cotton. c o r n and wheat, calls for a larger volume • f money supply, This is especially not i c e a b l e a t the crop harvestlus and crop- •asovlng period. . E « s k t sued B a n k l n f f . r I n its earlier history the national act -seemed to prove a reasonable avenue t h r o u g h which needful additions to the circulation could from time to time be m a d e . Changing conditions have appare n t l y rendered it now Inoperative to that and. T h e high margin in bond securit i e s required, resulting from, large premiu m s which government bonds command In the market, or the t a x on note issues, o r both operating together, appear to be Influence* which Impair its public utility. T t r e a t t e n t i o n of -eon***** Is -r-eapedf nil jr - invited to this important matter w i t h the view of ascertaining whether or n o t such reasonable modifications can oe m a d e In t h e national banking act as will render its service In the particulars here referred to m o r e responsive to the peo- Ele's needs. I again urge t h a t national a u k s be authorized to organize with a c a p i t a l of $25,008. , T h e G o l d S t a n d a r d . I urgently recommend that to support the existing gold standard, and to maintain •*the parity in value of the coins of the t w o metals (gold and silver) and the e q u a l power of every dollar at all times i n the m a r k e t and in the payment o' d e b t s , " the secretary of the treasury be given additional power and charged with t h e duty to j»cll United States bonds and t o employ such other effective means as m a y be necessary to these ends. The a u t h o r i t y should include the power to sell bonds on long and short time, as condit i o n s may require, and should provide for * rate or interest lower than that fixed •by t h e act of J a n u a r y 14. W75. While t h e r e Is now no commercial fright which w i t h d r a w s goLd from the government. but, on the contrary, such widespread confidence t h a t gold Beeks the treasury d e m a n d i n g paper money in exchange, yet t h e very situation points to the present A S the most fitting time to make adequate provision to insure the continuance of t h e gold standar d and of public confidence i n the ability and purport of the governm e n t to meet ail its obligations in the money which the civilized world recognizes a s the lH*(-t. Our receipts now equal our expenditures'.; deficient iHVonues no longer create alarm. I^et us remove the t>nly remaining runt-••• b y conferring the full and n-.vt:•:;;!ry p o w e r on t h e Ntrcretary of the treasury And Impost* upon him the duly to uphold t h e present gold standard and preserve 4 h e coins of the two metals on u parity w i t h each other, which is the repeatedly •d«cl«*ed potter of the United Ktates. i p tola connection I repent my former r e o o m m e n d a t i o n s t h a t a portion of the - * > ^ U t t n c s abali be plac*A !c a trust funrt. from waii h greenbacks shall be redeemed upon pretermit.on. but whan once redeemed shall not thereafter bo paid out except for gold. M e r c h a n t M a r i n e . The value, if an American merchant marine to the extension of our commercial trade and the strengthening of our power upon the sea invites th« immediate action of consK----,. u u r national development will be one-sided and unsatisfactory so long as the remarkable growth of oui* inland industries remains unaccompanied by progress on the seas. There Is no lack of ccnstiuti! )'\'U authority for legislation which shall give to the country maritime strength commensurate with its Industrial achievements ar.d with its rank among the nations.of the earth. The other great nations have not hesitated to adopt the required means to davelop their shipping as a factor in national defense and as one of the surest and speediest means of obtaining for their producers a share, in foreign markets. Like vigilance and effort on our part cannot fail to improve our situation; wh!ch is regarded with humiliation at home and with surprise abroad. Even the seeming sacrifices which at the beginning may be involved will be offset by more than equivalent gains. The expense is as nothing compared to the a d v a n t a g e to be achieved. I n v e n t ' g a t e T r u s t s . Combinations of capital organized into trusts to control the conditions of trade among our citizens, to siltle competition, limit production and determine the prices of products used and consumed by tile people, are justly' provoking public discussion, and should early claim the attention of the congress. It is universally conceded that combinations which engross or control the market of any particular kind ot merchandise or commodity net essary to the general community, by suppressing natural and ordinary competition, whereby prices are unduly enhanced to the general consumer, arc obnoxious not only to the common law, but also t i tiie public welfare. There must be a remedy for the evils involved in such or^aniz itlons. If the present law can be extended more certainly to control or check these monopolies or trusts, it should he done without delay. Whatever rower tke congress possesses over thN most important subject should be promptly ascertained and asserted. The whole question is ro important and far-reaching that I am sure no part of it will be lightly considered, but every phase of It wll lhave the studied deliberation of ' h e congress, resulting in wise and judicious action. f o r e i g n R e l a t i o n * . , A review of our relations with foreign states is presented with such recommendations as are deemed appropriate. The boundary dispute with the Argentine Republic has been settled and a convention of extradition only awaits slight changes in the text before exchange. It is gratifying to be able to announce that ihe Belgian government has mitigated the restrictions on the importation of cattle from the United States, to which I referred in my last annual message. A convention of extradition with Tlrazil. signed May H. 1S.7. lias been- ratilled by the Urlzllian k*j.'ls',ature. During the past summer- two national -.-hips of the United States have visited Hrazilian ports on a friendly mission and been cordially re- Cvdved. ' . The claim growing out of the seizure of the American owned newspaper, the Panama Star and Herald, by the authorities of Colombia. 1 as been settled, after a controversy of i-wpta! years, by an agreement assess:';!.: at VM.IMI the indemniw to be paid by : he .Colombian government, in three installments of Jli.iVfl each. The go.)d will of Colombia toward our country has been tes'iiieil anew by the cordial extension of facilities to the Nieara^ uan can,:1 commission in their approaching in\ CM Ration of tne Panama canal and other pr'.i-cted routes across the isthmus of Darlen. Discussion of the question? raised by the action nf Derrrnark In imposing restrictions on the Importations of American meats has continued without substantial results in our favor. IxtbiiiiiM C a n a l . The Nicaragua canal commission which has been engaged upon—Ihe work of examination and survey for a ship canal route across Nicaragua, having completed its labors and made its report, was dissolved on .May SI, and on June 10 a new commission, known as the Isthmian canal commission, was organized under the terms of the act approved March 3. 1890, for the purpose of examining, the American Isthmus with a view to determining the most practicable and feasible route for a ship canal across the isthmus, with its probuble cost, and other essential details. The great importance of this work cannot be too often or too strongly pressed upon the attention of the congress. In my message of a year ago I expressed my views of the necessity of a canal which would link the two great oceans, to which I again invite your consideration. The reasons then presented for early action are even stronger now. T h e P a r i s I m p o s i t i o n . Preparations for the representation of the industries, a r t s and products, nf the United States at the world's exposition to be held in PaTis next year continue on an elaborate and comprehensive scale, ' h a n k s to the generous appropriation provided by congress ar.d to "the friendly Interest the French government has shown in furthering a typical exhibit of American progress. There has been allotted to the United States a considerable addition e-f space, which, while placing our country in the first rank p.mong exhibitors, does not suffice to meet the increasingly urgent demands of our manufacturers. The efforts of the commissioner-general are ably directed toward a strictly representative display of all that moat characteristically marks American achievement in the inveTrttve a r t s , and most adequately shows the excellence of our natural productions. I am informed by our commissionergenera! that we shall have in the American sections at Paris over 7,000 exhibitors, from every s t a t e In-ottr country, .a number ten times as great as those whicn were represented at Vienna in 1S73. six times as many as those in Paris in 1878. and four times as many as those who exhibited in Paris in 18S9. This statement does not include the exhibits from either Cuba. Porto Rico or Hawaii, for which arrangements have been made. R e l a t i o n s W i t h G e r m a n y . Our relations with Clcrmany continue to be most cordial. The increasing intimacy cf direct association has been marked during the year by the granting permission ir. April for the landing on our shores of a cable from Borkum Emden, on the North sea, by way of the Azore:-, and also by the conclusion on Sept. 22 of a parcels post convention with the German empire. In all that promises closer relations of intercourse and commerce and a better understanding between two races having so many traits In common. Germany can be assured of the most cordial co-operation of this government and people- We may be rivals In rrany mi'Uiial paths, but our riva'ry should be generous and open, ever aiming toward the attainment of larger • results and the mutually beneficial advancement of er ch in the line of its especial adaptabilities. The several governments of the empire ser-m reluctant to admit the natural excellence of our food productions and to H'Tent the evidence We constantly tender of the <are with which their purity is unaided by rigid inspection from the fane, through the slaughterhouse and-the packing estaUlshmr nts. to the port of shlprr.i :-.t. c u r system of control over r::p>r?ed food staples- invites examination fr< m any quarter ,---^ challenges re- , spool by iti efT'H'^-t thoroughness. It !« to be hoped that in time the two governments will act hi common accord to award the real petition of their common- purpiso to safeguard the publia health nnd to insures the P'.ljltx^fiCuX wholeFoAieneas of "all food products imported by either country from the other. O u r ( a n u i l i u u N e i g h b o r s . In my last annual message I referred to the pending negotiations with Great Britain in respoct to the Domlnlpn. pf CaoiUr da, By means 6t aa exeoiuive agreement !i Joint high cnyimiHgton has been creased' for" the purpose of adjusting t&\ unsettled questions between the United States and Cajiada, embracing twelve subjects, amonir which were th«a questions of the. fur seals, the fisheries of the coast and i contiguous Inland waters, the Alaskan boundary, the transit of merchandise in bond, and alien labor laws, mining rights, reciprocity In trade, revision of the agreement respecting naval vessels in the great lakes, more complete marking of parts of the boundary, provision for the conveyance of criminals, and for wrecking and salvage. The m a t t e r of tire boundary has been receiving the careful attention which its importance demands with the result that n modus vivendl for provisional demarcations in the region about the head of Lynn canal has been agreed upon; and It is hoped that the negotiations now in progress between the two governments will end in an agreement for the establishment and delimlnation of a permanent boundary. Apart from these questions growing out of our relationship with uur northern neighbor, the most friendly disposition and ready agreement have marked the discussion of numerous matters arising in th° vast and Intimate Intercourse of the United States with Great Britain. U o e r "War. TI1I3 government has maintained an attitude of neutrality in the unfortunate contest between Great T-intain and the Boer states of Africa. We have remained faithful to the precept of avoiding entangling alliances as to affairs not of our direct concern. Had < sicu'mstances suggested t h a t the parties to the quarrel would have welcomed any kindly expression of the hope of the American people, the war might be nverted, good ofHces would .have been gkwily tendered. The United S t a ' e s representative at Pretoria was early instructed to see that all neutruJ American interests be respected by the romhfttar.-ts. This has been an easy task In view of the nositive declaration of Both British and Boer authorities t h a t the personal " i d property rights of our citizens should be observed. A satisfactory arrangement was concluded between the governments of Germany and of England, by virtue of which England retired from Samoa in view of compensations in other sections, and both powers lenounced In favor of the United States nil their rights and claims over and in...respect to that portion of the group lying to the east of the one hundred and seventy-first degree of west longitude, embracing the islands of Tutuila. Ofoo, Olosenga and Manna. I transmit to the senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a convention, which besides the provisions above mentioned, also guarantees the same privileges and conditions in respect to commerce arid commercial vessels In a'l of the Islands of Samoa a.s those possessed by Germany. T h e S p a n i s h Y.'nr, My annua! message of last year was necessarily devoted in ureal part to a consideration of the Spanish war and of tho. resuit it wrought, and the conditions it imposed for the future. I am gratified to anru.rnce that the treaty of peace has restored friendly rc.ctions between the two powers. Effect has been Riven to its most important p; ovision.s. The evacuation of Porto Rico haviim already been accomplished en the ISth of October, 1898. nothing remained necessary there but to oon- Liniv the provisional military control of the island until the congress should enact a suitable government for the ceded terrl'.- r;-. The withdrawal of the authority of Spain from the is'and of Cuba was effected by the first of January, so that the full re-epfablishment of pence found the re- !in.'Ui.--hed territory held by. us in trust for' the inhabitants, maintaining, under the direction of the executive, such government and'" control' therein as should conserve public order, restore the productive conditions of pence, so long disturbed by the instability and disorder which prevailed for the greater part of the preceding three decades, and build up that tranquil development of the domestic state wrureby alone can be realized the hi«;h purpose, as proclaimed in the joint resolution adopted bv the congress An the isth of April. 1S'.»S. by which the United States disclaimed any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over Cuba, except for the pacification thereof, and asserted its determination when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people. The pledge contained in this resolution is of ihe highest honorable obligation and must be sacredly ker , t. C a b l e t o M a n i l a . Without repeating the obserratlons of my special message of February 10. 18»*, concerning the necessity of a cable to Manila. I respectfully invite attentipn to it. I recommend that, in case the ,contrress should not take measures to brinp about this result by direct action of the government, the postmaster general be authorized to invite competitive bids for the establishment of a cable; t h e company making the best responsible bw* to be awarded the contract; the successful company to give ample bonds to Insure the completion of the work within a reasonable time. Kn«Nla's F r i e n d l i n e s s . Claims growing out of the seizure of American sealing vessels in Bering sea have been under discussion with the government of Russia for several years with the recent happy result of an agreement to submit them to the decision of a single arbitrator. By this act Russia affords proof of her adherence to the beneficent principle of arbitration which her plenipotentiaries conspicuously favored at The Hague disarmament conference when it was advocated by the representative* of the United States. S a m o a S e t t l e m e n t . Important events have occurred in the Samoan Islands. The election, according to the laws and customs of Samoa, of a successor to the late king, Malletoa I*aupepa. developed a contest as to the validity of the result, which issue, by the terms of the general act was io be decided by the chief justice. Upon his rendering a judgment in favor of Malietoa Tanu, the rival chief. Mataafa. took up arms. The active Intervention of American and British warships became imperative to restore order, at the cost of sanguinary encounters. In this emergency a joint ooiuni'.jsion of representatives of the United States, Gerrrcny and Great Britain was sent to Sarrna to investigate the situation and provide a temporary remedy. T h e S i ' w C a b a . This nation has assumed before the world a grave responsibility for the future good government of Cuba. We have accepted a trust the fulfillment of which calls for the sternest integrity of purpose and the exercise of the highest wisdom. The new Cuba yet to arise from the ashes of the past must needs be bound to us by ties of singular intimacy and strength If its enduring welfare is to be assured. Whether those ties shall be organic or conventional, th • destinies of Cuba are in some rlrhtful form and manner irrevocably linked with our own, but how and how far is for the future to determine in the ripeness of events. Whatever be the outcome we must see to it that free Cuba be a reality, not a name, a perfect entity, not a hasty experiment bearing within itself the t lem.-nts of failure. Our mission, to accomplish which we took up the wager of battle. Is not to b,- fulfilled by turning adrift any loosely framed commonwealth to face the viaKMItudes which too often a.tteml weaker state* whose natural wealth und abundant, resources are. offset b y the incongruities of their political position und the recurrln.g occasions for interna! rivalries , -to sap. their strength and dissipate their energies. The greatest blcs3lr.f which can come to,.Cuba is.ih.e restoration-ai-liftr. Agrlcul* tural arul industrial prosperity, which will give empioymtnt to idle men and reestablish tiie pursuits of peace. Thii 1ft her chief and Immediate need. On tho 19th of August last an order was made fur the taking of the cerrsus In t h i I'lfc-laml.Me heJco'MpleKfa^ on the JlOth of ^NovenJse'r. fTy tJbe tpeaty of peace tho Spanish-popiSatlok on the inland have until April 11, 1&0U, to elect whether they will remain citizen* of Spain or become citizens of Cuba. Until then it cannot be definitely ascertained who shall be entitled to participate in tho formation of the government of Cuba. By that time the results of the census will have been tabulated und we shall proceed to provide for the elections which commit the municipal governments of tho island ra tho olficcrs elected by the people. Tha experience thus acqutrd will prove of great value in tho formation of a representative convention ot the peopie to draft a constitution and establish a genreal system of independent government for the Island, In lho meantime, and so long as we exercise control over tho island, tho products of Cuba should have a market In the United States on a* good terms and with as 'avorable rates ot duty as are given to the We«t India Islands under treaties of reciprocity which shall be made. • Eor the relief of tho distressed In the island of Cuba the w i r department has issued supplies to destitute persons, through the officers of the army, which have amounted to 5,433,000 rations, at a cost of $1,417,554.07. To promote .he disarmament of the Cuban volunteer army, and '.n the interest of public peace and the welfare of the people, tho sum of $75 was paid to each Cuban soldier borne upon the authenticated rolls, on cordltion that he should deposit 1 Is arms with the authorities designated by the United States. Tho sum thus disbursed aggregated $2.547,7¾). wni'-ii was paid ft'om the emergency fund provided by the act of Jan. f», 1890, for that purpose. Out of the Cuban island revenues during the six months ending June SO, 18JJ, Sl.712.OU."JO was expended for sanitation, $233.^1.711 for charities and hospitals, and $SS,9-14.03 for aid to the destitute. R e l a t i o n * W i t h Sun i n . Following the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace the two governments accredited ministers to each other,, Spain sending to Washington the Duke of Arcos, an omlnent diplomatist, previously stationed in Mexico, while the Un'ted States transferred to Madrid, Hon. Bellamy Storer, i.s ambassador at Brussels. This was followed by the respective appointment of consuls, thereby fully resuming the relations Interrupted by the wa-. In addition to its consular representation in the United States, the Spanish govornmont has appointed consuls for Cub.i, who have been provisionally recognized during the m-Mtary administration ot the affairs of that Island. Tin* Miiulin A r m y . The force now in Manila cons'sts of 903 officers and 30,."73 regulars, and 5)4 office-s and 13.388 of the volunteers, m i H n . a>i aggregate of 1.499 officers and 4','Oi r'Ci When the troops now under orders shall re-ich an I In. ihe force M *he arehl . ago will comprise 2,(7.1. officers and 03,183 men. The muster out of the irr'at V ) U i - teer army organized for the Spnn'sh war and the creation of a trow army, the transportation from Manila to Saa F r a n - cisco'of those eniUled to discharge, and transportation of the new tr o;.'s to tnk* the'r places, have been a work of g r e a t magnitude- well and ably done, for wh eh too much'credit cannot be j-'iven the war department. T r o o p s in C«l»n, During the past yenr we have re!u>ed our force in C>ba and I'jrto Rico. In Cuba W-M now have 334 officers and 10,7.1(5 enlisted men. In Porto Rico, &7 .>ffi-ers and 2/Cj,- enlisted men and a batallion of 4r»0 men composed of native Porto Rlcans, whl!^ stationed throughout the United States are 910 officers and 17,317 men, and in Hawaii 12 officers and 463 enlisted men. I'oa*41 s e r v i c e . The domestic postal service continues to grow with extraordinary rapidity. The expenditures and the rvvenue will each exceed $100,000,000 during the current year. Fortunately, sine* the refrfvalof paoaperous times, the leveni'es have grown roueh faster than the expenditures, and there is every indication that a short period will witness the obliteration of the -annual deficit. T h e Xnvy. The navy hag maintained the spirit and high efficiency which have always characterized that service, and has lost none of the gallantry in heroic action which has signalized its brilliant and glorious past. The nation has equal- pride In its early and later achievements. Its habitual readiness for every emergency has won the confidence and admiration of the country. The people are interested in the continued preparation and prestige of the navy and will justify liberal appropriations for its maintenance and improvement. The officers have shown peculiar adaptation for the performance of new and delicate duties which our recent war has Imposed. It cannot be doubted that congress will at once make-necessary provision for the armor plate for the vessels now under contract and building. P e n s i o n * . On the 50th of June. 1899. the pension roll of the United States numbered IW1,- 319. These include the pensioners of the army and navy roll in alt our wars. The number added 1O the rolls during the vear was 4n,mu. The 'lumber dropped by 'reason of death, remarriage, minors by legal limitation, failure to claim within three years, and other causes, was 48,186, and the number of claims disallowed waa 107.- «19. During the year fttf.OM pension certificates were Issued, of which 37,077 were for new or original pensions. The amount disbursed for army and navy pensions during the year was $1.:48.355.052.1)5 which was $1.051.461.(11 less than the sum of the appropriations. T h e r e h a n i . In accordance with the act of congress approved March 3. 18P3, the preliminary work +n oontwetton with the twelfth cerfi ' sus in now fully uudrr wav. 11 is believed t h a t the twelfth cenmis will empnasize our remarkable advance in all that pertains to national progress. The Philippine W»r. Th«> President treats at great length the Philippine war, covering all the efforts to avert war. etc. Oontlnuine. he says: It Is enough to say the claim of the rebel leader that he was promised independence by any officer of thp United States in return for his assistance, has no foundation in fact nnd is categorically denied by the very witnesses who were called to prove it. The most the insurgent leader hoped for when ho came back to Muni a WPS the liberation of the Islands from tne Spanish control, which they had been laboring for years without success to throw off The prompt accomplishment of this work by the American armv and navy gave htm other ideas and ambitions, and insidious suggestions from various quarters perverted the purposes nnd intentions with which he had taken up arms. No sooner had our army captured Manila than the Filipino forces began to assume an attitude of suspicion itnd hostility which the utmost efforts of our officers and troops w r c unable to disarm or modify. Their kindness and forbearance were taken as a proof of cowardice. The aggression of the Filipinos continually increased until finally, .lust before the time set by tb,o s'-nate ot the Uuited States for a vote on 1he treaty, an attack evidently prepared in advance, was made all along ihe American lines. whi;:h resulted in a terribly destructive and. sanguinary repulse of the insurgents. Ten.dayt* later an order of the insurgent government wirs-irsucd to Hs adherents who had remained in Manila, of. which Gen. Otis ,1ustly observes t h a t "for barbarous intent it Is imequaled in modern times." It directs that at 8 o'clock on faJWeV at i t i g night of th« 15th <of F e b r i m r y ' t n » i territorial miMtia" shall c o n v -log*rh*r In tha streets of San P t d r o . a r m e d with. their bolos, w l t h l f u r f ahd ' amirltmltion where convenient; that FUlpion families ,v shall be respictad: but that a4i- other ¾duals, of •wJiatTver race they mayl h a * 4>«sief lfr*H|pf<(»«> 'without ui)/! £ ^ ¾ ^ ¾ ¾ ¾ ^ "' rothTfci* we must avenge ourselves on AINjM^a«u.a\n4>Miite*M^g t%. l h e m , ,rifl n T e a T h e ^ s ^ m c n * ^ l v S y have coa^mittad. iw^yt <\\*: .attack ^vJtli ^f *nr." A cQayW tn/g.fetl, byls€>a fortifoe, into tha hands of our officers, and they were u-bk> to take measure* to pontrol the rising, whJtU'waa actually a t t e m p t e d on th«; night of Feb. 22, a week* later than waaj orlglnyUv. cukUmfdftied. chnsiderable' nunibtfranf armed insurgents-intered the clIKr by waterways and swamjitf and, inl concert with confederates .Inside, a t t e m p t - ed to (Jestroy Manila by fire. They were kept in check during: tho night and the nei|t driven u.ut of tho cityt w i t h heavy loss. T • - 1 ' -n The favorable circumstances connect©* with an active campaign have «ot been permitted io1nttM fero with thf-equaliy important work of reconstruction. Again I invito your atteMion to t h e reporf pf tha commissioners rur me mie;*^ ' a encouraging details of the work already acconipliuhed in tho establishment of peace an4 order and the inauguration of selfgoverning municipal life in many portions of tha archipelago. , ' N e u r o n iM.lnnt]. A notable beginning has been m a d e in tho establishment of a government in tho island of Ivegroa. which is deserving of special consideration. This was the first island to accept American Baver^ignty. Its peoplo unreservedly proclaimed, allegiance to tho United States ar.d ado/*ed a constitution looking to tho establishment of c. popular government. Tho. judicial power \* vested in three judges, who are to bo appointed by the military governor of tho Island. Inferior courts are to bo established. Freo public schools aie to bo established throughout tho poaulour. districts of the Island, in which tho linghsh language shall bo taught, and this subject will receive the careful consideration of the advisory council. Tho burden of government must be distributed equally and equitably among tha oeople. '1 r.e miT-'aiy •>• leet and receive the customs revenues and will control postal m a t t e r s and Philippine inter-island trado and oommerce. The military governor, subject to the approval of tho military governor of the Philippines, determines all questions not specilijally provided for and which do not come u n d e r t h a jurisdiction,of the, advisory council. Su!u I H I U I U I S . The authorities of the Sulu islands hava accepted the succession of 'the United Stutes to the rights of Spain, and our flag flouts over that territory. On the 10th nr August, ISM, iirig.-Oen. J. C. Pates. U. ,S. Volunteers, negotiated an agreement with the sultan and his principal chiefs. Uy article 1 tho KOV*.-. eignty of the-United States over the whole archipelago of Jolo and its dependencies is declared and acknowledged. Every tjdng indicates that, with tho speedy suppression of the Tarralo rebellion, life in the archipeiago wlil noon resume its ordinary course under the protection of our sovereignty, and the people of tht si" favored islands will enjoy a prosperity and a freedom which they have never before known. Already hundreds of schools are *»p«n. , .,. F u t u r e G o v e r n m e n t . The future .iroverciucut of J,h* Philippines rests with the congress of the, United Plates, Few graver responsibilities have ever been eonlided to it?, If we ac-' cept them in a spirit worthy of irur r a e s and' our traditions, . a great opportunity comes with them. The islands lie under the shelter of our flag. They are ours by every title of law and equity. They cannot h i abandoned. If we desert t+ie«i we leave thtm at once to anarchy and finally to barfj^riBm, We fling them, u gulden apple of discord, among the rival'powers, no one of which could permit another to seize them unquestioned. Their* rich, plains and valley* Kvould be Ihe scene of! endless atrlft aad blowiahed. The advent of Dewfcy's^eeT in Mai Una bay Instead ot being, as we hole, the d*.wr» of a new day of freedom and progrtW, will have been the beginning of a n . e r a of misery* and violence worse than any which has darkened their UhbappV past. It does not seera desirable that I ahould recommend a t this time a special arrd final form of government for these islands. When peace shall be restored it will be the duty of congress to construct a plan of government which shall establish and maintain freedom und order and peace iu the Philippines. L c K l s l a l l u n f o r H a w a i i . The people of these Islands are entitled to the benefits and privileges .of our constitution, but in the absence of any act of congress providing for fedoral courts in the islands, and for a procedure by which appeals, writs of error and other judicial proceedings necessary for the enforcement of civil rights may be prosecuted, they are powerless to secure their enforcement by the judgment of the courts of tho United States. It is manifestly important, therefore, that an act shall ba passed as speedily as possible erecting these Islands into a judicial district, providing for the appointment of a |udg3 and other proper officers and methods of procedure in appellate proceedings, and t h a t the government of this newly acquired territory under the federal constitution, shall be fully defined and provided for. G o v e r n m e n t f o r Porjfo K i e o . I recommend t h a t legislation to tha same end be had with reference to the government of Porto Rico. The time Is ripe for the adoption of a temporary form of government for this island; and many suggestions made with reference to Alaska are applicable also to Porto HJco. The system of civil jurisprudence now adopte d rP^j 1 , ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ °e ***** islWKl ie described by competent lawyers, who are familiar with it, as thoroughly modern and scientific FO far as ,4t rebates to matters of internaLiQgw>LUu*lnes6.. trad*, production and\»ocJai and private right in general. The cities of the island are governed under c h a r t e r s which probably require very ikjJe -or, oo ^changi. So t h a t with relation to matters of local concern and private right, it is not prehable -that mucn if any legislation is" aetrinVbie; but with reference to public administration and the relations of the island to the federal government, there ure many matters which are of pressing urgency. The same necessity exists for legislation on the part of congress to establish federal courts and federal jurisdiction In the island, aa has been previously pointed out by me with reference to Hnwati. It is desirable that the government of the Island under the law of J&elligerent right, now maintained through the executive department, should be superseded by an administration entirely eivil in its nature. For the present purposes 1 recommend that congress pass a law for the organization of a temporary government, which sh.all provide lor the appointment by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate., of a governor and such other officers a s the general administration of the island may require, and t h a t for legislative purposes upon subjects of a local nature not partaking of a federal character, a legislative council, composed partly of Porto Rlcans arrd partly of clti- ' zens of the/United States, shall be nominated and appelated by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate: their* »cts t o - b e euhject 4» ti»e approval of *he eongreas or the president prior to going ^1»to effect. In the municipalities and othor local subdivisions I recommend that t h e r n n - n p l e >of nelf-goverTtmcVt bcfappljed a t once, M> as lu enable the InteinRcnl^ltl- Kon* o t t h e a l a n d to participate in their owri a i W M f t o f w t l ' io Oeaffi by practical eTtperlence the duties and requirements of a so^f-cor.talncd und self-govern* ing rcople. ' MR a ^ W a ^ a ^ nan %- ,' - f§ W-#.i Y<o ure Gambling I It's too risky, this gambling with your cough. You take the chance of its wearing off. Don't I he first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the game's lost. Take some of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the gambling and the cough. " I -was g i v e n u p t o d i e with quick consumption. I ran d o w n from 138 to 90 pounds. I raised blood, and never expected t o g e t off my b e d alive. I then read o f Ayer's Cherry 1'ectoral and began its use. I c o m m e n c e d t o improve at once. I a m n o w back t o m y old weight anil in t h e best o f h e a l t h . 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X • Better than ever before, at lowest * + -poMtilble rates. * T Experienced excursion conductors. • ' +, Alao daily aervice between Chicago X X aad California. T • Correspondence solicited. X T T. A. GRADY. • T Manager California Tourlrt Service, X X The Atchla**. ToMki ft Saata Pe Railway X + 100 Adams Street, CHICAGO. ^ • • • • » • • • » • » • • » • • • • • • • • • • • • V" f W » » ,%«*%* MVMMMMaMWIWHMWaH| KITTY'S HUSBAND By Author of "Hetty," Etc. >**»»%«n%%n«*«veja*jnMa*a»»aj*Ka«va.M sixty or over? »«»»«»»••>•«< •4i ~*41 M f t W M « « CHAPTER XV.— (Continued.) "Arthur St. John—alia3 Leslie— something else, no doubt, nowadays. He looked like a man of fifty. But I knew him; I knew him almost. In a 'Moment." "You couldn't ha sure," I said doubtfully. Meg smiled, but did not contradict me. But the smile was eloquent—it destfieed my folly. "I had gone down stairs early," Meg continued, leaning back in her chair, ?.nd pushing her hair from her brow with a nervous impatient little gesture. "It's not my way to get up early, is it? But I was restless, I couldn't sleep, and \ thought I should find a novel if I •vent down stairs. The servants weren't moving; but there was a fire In the study. The blinds were all down, but the lire looked <*osy; I went In and stood before it and warmed my toes. I dare say I was looking untidy, Kitty; I think he took me for an early housemaid; he came into the room quietly, and came up behind me, and—and he kissed me, Kitty. I hadn't heard any one come in, and I nearly screamed. But as I turned my head round quickly I saw his eyes, and I knew him, and I didn't scream—I was too frightened to move or make a sound " "Go on, Meg." "Then all at once John called to him from the passage. He called in a very quiet, mysterious sort of vevee—impatient, too. " 'St. John,* he said, 'your sister is waiting. Come.' "He opened the street door quietly and led some one in. They didn't come back to the study as I feared they would; they seemed to be detting out on some journey, and time seemed to be pressing. They stood for a minute speaking softly and quickly in the hall. Do you know, Kitty, whose voice I heard? It w"as a voice not to be mistaken— Madame Arnaud's voice. She was thanking John. She said such an I looked through the chinks of the Venetians and saw her go out. She had puffs of gray hair beneath her bonnet; her gown was bunched out at the sides; she looked sixty—quite. What does it all mean, Kitty? What is the mystery?" "I cannot tell you, Meg." "But you know? Kitty, you are trembling; what is the matter with you?" "Nothing, Meg—nothing!" I returned hastily. "I wa3 thinking—trying to think." But, try as I might, my thoughts refused to 3hape themselves. One idea, and only one, had taken possession of my mind. John had had business matters to talk of with Madame Arnaud! It was business that had taken him there so often—business that they talked about in such lowered, confidential voices! My spirits had suddenly grown buoyant, my voice almost gay. "Meg, stay here for a little while," I pleaded eagerly. "I want to see John all alone." "An uncommon wish!" laughed Meg; but the soft little glance with which she looked back at me robbed tn'e mocking speech of all its sting. CHAPTER XVI. . John was in the breakfast-room. He was seated in an arm-chair beside the fire, his elbow on the table that stood near, his head against his hand. I was standing close to him before he saw me. "John," I said in a quick voice that I tried in vain to steady, "don't let me go away from you! I don't want to go, John!" H.«» sprang quickly tG ^ 3 feet, his face lighting up. "Did I want you to r.o, Kitty?" he asked reproachfully. " i'our wish to leave me has been the bitterest trouble I have ever had to bear. I needn't tell you that. ne**i I? You know it only too well!" 'I DON'T WANT TO GO, JOHN." odd thing, Kitty; I stored it up to tell you—that was what I came to say. You have always been jealous of Madame Arnaud—and I used to think you had reason to be jealous; but now— well, now, I am not sure." '* "What was It that she said?" "She was thanking John for having given her so much of his precious time. " 'We know,' she said, 'that every m'nute spent away from Kitty is a minute you begrudge. You have besn very good; you have never let me feel how my affairs have bored" you.' " 'They have not bored me,' said John; 'we made a compact of friendship long ago; and what is the use of friends if they are not retdy to serve in time of need ?' " "John is a paragon to the end! How has he been serving Madame Arnaud, Kitty? What are her 'ataira' that have been 'boring' him and taking up hit time?" - "I don't know. I don't want to tell you, Meg—not now." "You are a little contradictory, dear; but never mind, mystery is the order of the da/. Do you know that Madame Arnaud came and went away in a dress and bonnet and mantle that madt t/ur lotfk c.ulte an old lady, an old lady of He had taken my hands in his, but I would not let him draw me near him. "I have been jealous, John," I said, bringing out the words in a sharp. labored way. "I have been jealous of Madame Arnaud!" "Jealous, Kitty! Have you cared enough for me to be jealous, dear?" he asked, sadly. "You have had no need to be jealous—none! Yet it i& good news to me, all the same." "It wasn't your love for hor, John, that I minded." I went on tremulously, the tears springing unbidden to my eyes. Perhaps—perhaps I did mind that, too; but that wasn't what I minded most You had loved her first and you couldn't help if you loved her best. You hadn't seen her for so long; you didn't know how it would be when you came to see her again—you couldn't help it! And I should have tried to bear it! What I couldn't bear was your always going to see her, your having so much to say to her secretly, so confidentially " "Do you know," asked John gravely, what those talks were about? Listen, Kitty, and I will tell you." "I know already. .You were helping the man about whom you told me yesterday— her brother—yes, I know. J o h a . ^ I went on eagerly, "you will let me stay? I said I wanted- to go, cut I didn't; it would break my heart to go! I'll be content, John; I'll be different and not tease you—I won't ask you to love me very much. I'll let my love be enough for both. And by-and-by, as you said, 'love may come.' You did love me—you said so—before you married me, and the love may come back again " John drew me toward him. He put his arm around me, and looked down at me closely, very tenderly, very wonderingly. "Kitty, you talk in riddles, dear," he said. "You won't ask me to love you very much? What does that mean? You know, dearest—you must k n o w - that, whether you ask or do not ask, I love you with my heart and soul." I looked up at him in bewilderment. "You said—you said that our marriage was a mistake, John," "It was you, KiUy, who said that." "But I said so because I thought that you thought so, John. And you agreed with me. Oh, John, you have forgotten you did agree with me! You said that you felt the mistake and regretted it even more bitterly than I." "For your sake, Kitty, for your sake, dear; because my love had failed so signally to make you happy. You told me that I had spoilt your life, broken your heart; that, when you had a wish, it was only a wish to die." "I didn't wish to make your life a bondage, John." John's eyes twinkled for a moment, and then were grave again. "Do you mean to tell me, Kitty," he a3ked incredulously, "that you doubted that I loved you?" "Do you mean that you could possibly doubt, John, that I loved you?" I retorted in the same tone of incredulity. "It was natural enough for me to doubt," said John humbly. "Much more natural for me," I returned, looking up at him with sparkling eyes. I had clasped my hands upon his shoulder; I put down my cheek against them. "I thought," I confessed, "that you had married me for kindness' sake— to—to provide for me, John. .Everyone thought so. Meg and Dora and Aunt Jane and even your sister. You yourself said that you thought of marrying me before ycu thought cf loving me." "Yes," admitted John; "years ago, I had some vague hope that you would give me the right one day to take care of ycu, to make life smoother for you. I suppose I didn't love you as long ago as that—I had only a very tender feeling for you. Love, when it came, was real enough in spite of that early thought. Don't scorn my love, Kitty, because I met it with welcome instead cf rebuff." There was not much scorn in my eyes as I raised my head and looked softly, smilingly into the gray eyes looking down at me. He kissed ms; and r^v a minute we stood in silence. "Kilty," he said at length, '^here is something that I want to tell you. I ought to have told you long ago. It was a painful story, and I did not tell rt. Come and sit down, and I will teh it now." He drew me to the little sofa beside the fire; and there he told me the story cf his first love, the story that in part I knew already. "She gave you up because you were poor?" I asked indignantly. "Don't blame her, Kitty! She gave me up for her brother's sake. It is more than ten years ago now that her brother forged that check of which I told ycu—that first check. There seemed to be nothing but utter ruin before him. Arnaud, the man that Lucia married, had money and influence. He used both on the tacit understanding that ehe should marry him. Her brother was saved for the time." "Was it the only vray?" I questioned. "I think some other way might have been found. But she could not be calm and weigh chances. She was devoted to this broiuer. For ten long years, as she said the other night in the park, she has hoped against hope for his reformation; has tried to be brave, has tried to hope for the best. And now, at the end of the ten years, things are just where they were before, I think they are worse this time, for this time he is less repentant. She is sacrificing her whole life to him; but she does it almost without hope. She la going away with him—to South America, to banishment." I was quiet for a moment. "John, I have been so unjust to her," I confessed in a low tone—"so unjust to her always in my thoughts." "She is one of the noblest women that I know!" said John. Again we sat silent for a minute. My heart was beating fast; I longed to ask a question which I dared not ask. "John, I won't be silly, I won't be jealous—tell me," I pleaded, "if you didn't try to love me, would you love her still—love her best, I mean?" John answered gravely, with an atr as earnest as mine. "I respect her," he said; "I shall respect her always. I do more than respect—I admire her. But that is all! The old love was dead, Kitty, years bafore the new love was born!" I was contented.—The End. Here's the Whole W i n t e r "There is one sound piece of advice that should toe repeated from Maine fco>- : Oregon every year when winter a p - j proaches, and that is—If you want t o 1 go through the winter without catching cold, wear rubbers."—Churchman. Ml A n n o s l R a i n f a l l o f A l m o s t 4 » F o o t . The heaviest rainfalls so far observed with scientific accuracy occur in India. At Cherrajunji. in.the Knaai. hills, in Assam, the mean annual precipitation is thirty-nine feet six inches,. at Debunja thirty feet ten inches, a n * at Bibundi thirty-four feet four Inches. Both the latter stations are on the sea coast and at a much lower level than* Cherrapunjl. . T h e H e a l t h a n d f l e a a a r * Of Texas, Mexico, Arizona and California are quickly and comfortably reached via the Southern Pacific Company's Sunset Route. Daily through) service from New Orleans to Sao Francisco via Hou»3ton, San Antonio, El Paso and Los Angeles. Special semi-weekly service, Sunset Limited from New Orleans Mondays and Thursdays, composed of Buffet Smoking Car, containing Bath Room and Barber Shop, Drawing Room Compartment Car, regular Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Car (meal3 a la carte), all of the latest design and most luxuriously appointed. Direct connections made at New Orleans from all points North and East. Detailed information cheerfully furnished by W. G. Neimyer, G. W. A., So. Pac. Co., 238 Clark St., Chicago; W. H. Connor, Cora'l Agt., Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, 0., W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass. Agt., 220 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. The first pipe organ was made hy A r c h i m e d e s , B . C. 220. W i n t e r in t h e S o u t h . T h e s e a s o n a p p r o a c h e s w h e n o n e * * t h o u g h t s t u r n t o w a r d a p l a c e w h e r e t h e i n c o n v e n i e n c e s o f a N o r t h e r n w i n t e r m a y b e e s c a p e d . N o s e c t i o n o f t h i s c o u n t r y o f f e r s s u c h i d e a l s p o t s a s t h e G u l f C o a s t o n t h e l i n e o f t h e L o u i s v i l l e & N a s h v i l l e R a i l r o a d b e t w e e n M o b i l e a n d N e w O r l e a n s . I t p o s s e s s e s . a m i l d c l i m a t e , p u r e a i r , e v e n t e m p e r a t u r e antif a c i l i t i e s f o r h u n t i n g a n d fishing' e n - j o y e d b y u o o t h e r s e c t i o n . A c c o m m o - d a t i o n s f o r v i s i t o r s a r e f i r s t - c l a s s , ande a n b e s e c u r e d a t m o d e r a t e p r i c e s . T h e L. & N . R. R. i s t h e o n l y l i n e b y w h i c h i t c a n b e r e a c h e d i n t h r o u g h c a r s - f r o m N o r t h e r n c i t i e s . T h r o u g h c a r s c h e d u l e s t o a l l p o i n t s i n F l o r i d a b y t h i s l i n e a r e a l s o o e r f e c t . W r i t e f o r f o l d e r s , e t c . , t o J A C K S O X S M I T H , D . P. A . , C i n c i n n a t i , O. S h o e m i i k i n g ' m a c h i n e s w e r e i n v e n t e d b y G a l l a h u e i n 1858. Solid Train* t o X o r t b o r n l l l e h l | The Chicago, Milwaukee £ S t Paur Railway is now running solid trains cf palace sleeping cars, dining cars (serving meals a la carte) and firstclass day coaches, through from Chicago to Calumet, Houghton, Hancock ami other points in the Copper country without change of cars, with direct connection for Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, etc., and passengers from the East. South and Southwest will find this a most desirable route. All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. B i l l i a r d s w e r e i n v e n t e d i n F r a m e b y D j v i j r n e a b o u t 1471. B e w a r e o f O i n t m e n t * f o r C a t a r r h T h a t Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy t h e sense or smell aad completely derange the whole s y s t e m when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never bo used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as t h e damage they will do is tenfold to the good y o u eua pos-sibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh. Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, andmade fnToledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold bv Druggists, price 7¾ per bottle. Hall's Fa icily Pills are the best. The man wao fives t i e world ^'old w^'I » e forpotion, but no who ,'ives L £oixl will r o . Strength is aut a bes-siu* wlum it is used tn tal;e advantage vt a Drotlier's are;ikucss. T E N W E E K S 5 W ? I O C E N T S . ThfttMg family paper. Tie filmatrat** ffeeHy.of Denver. Colo, uootxied J W I wilt be tent ten weekN on trial for M)c;eiut»uf 6.5de; tttortl. 8peoUlujftar felely to introduce it. Latest mlat*iriMwx*MM»fiM» trsttonn of acenery. true »rorle*atf lore an<t atrreatore. Address an *bo\ 1; ao<l ucotloa thia paper; ft«tm»- Uiken. It is only by jrivinp with the heart that any, man can know what it xiMans to be rich. TO C U R E A COLO I N ON 15 O A T . Take Laxative Rrrrao Quinine Tablets. AB. unipyists refund the money if it falls to cure-, ftc. E. VV. Grove's signature on each b o s . "When we are dotnjr our prayerful host let u»> remember th>t it is all Ood uxpect*. FITS f*»rBJ»a«fl«jCoi«u. :>uuu oriH>r«'»onie«*atwe hrst liuya u.-e of Dr kiioe » iirvMl A*r>o KtfMiim Sead for F U R IS S 4 . 0 0 trial bottle and trnaliii DB> K. II. Kn.\*.LU..KU ' - " ' i t "MlaJaltihia J N If we talk without w.^jhlnz our words, t h e will; oon h a \ e no w ^ h t for KOOCL C t i r t t A f ter R e p e a t e d FaJlnr— W i t h OtEera 1 win inform addicted to Murafciae, Laadaaaa>« Opium, Cocaine, of nwer-faltlaic. aanatoM, h<Mu*> cure. Mr». M. II. Baldwin, tor U l i , ChJeaga. l'k. The father of Constable, tho painter, wa#*a. miller and a lloui• merchant. • I know that my l*fo wus saved tey Ptso's ' o r e for Consumption.- John A. Miller, Au Subee, Michigan, April 2;. Itftft. ChiwlQtte is a French Noble. , stcanJn? Ail Brown's Teetkiitg Corliml heal* irritate** gums, and j<ives babies reat day and night. • ; » • • 8-, I Maurice is cf Roman origin. Son af a Moor. Frederic, a Gorman name, lUnlfla* * fUda. IViee. » \ ®fe yindncy fjtepatch. F. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1899. M j — — — ^ i — — — m m FARM JOURNAL C*"I*eat f Y o m NOW t o Dec. 1903 Ofiei* NEARLY 5 YIJAI'JS By special arrangement with the publishers of the FARM JOURNAL we are enabled to offer that paper to ever subscriber who pays for the DISPATCH one year ahead, for only $1, both papers for the price of ours only; our paper one year and the Farm Journal from now t o - D e c , 1903, nearly five years. T h e Farm Journal is an old established paper, enjoying great popularity, one of the best and most useful farm popers published. 8®~This offer should be accepted without delay. * Q U E S T I O N A N S V 7 K R E D . Yes, August FIOVUT sUJl has the largest bale ul any nieilieuie in (lie civilized worlij. Your HMthi'j's siiul ^rumimothers never thought «.f rising iinvtlnnj,,' else lor Indigestion or biliousness. Doctors were scarce, unci they seldom herd of Ahftedicitis, Nervous Prostration or H e a r t failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the systeii' an 1 slop fermentation of undigested food, /emulate the "clion of the liver, stimulate tlie nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and had with headaches anil other aches. You only need a few doses of CJreen's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you saiislied there is nothing serioUB the mutter with y o u . Sample bottle at F. A . Sigler's. SPECIE SALE For SHU i l ; OIC. 16,'! i& | 21 lbs of Granulated Sugar I W . 0 - T - U - | ; 2 4 I b s o f L i ^ h t b r o w n jj jjj j 1 j)kg Yeast Foam $ Edited by the W. C. T- U. of Tluckney. ® ' %\ fog flood S o d a $ - & A touching: incident I have read of a town meeting in Pennsylvania where the question of license was to be decided. As the question was about to be put, there arose from one corner of the room a miserable female, wrinkled and gaunt, and, stretching out her arms, in a shrill voice she cried: "Look upon me. You all know me, or you once did. You all know I was once the mistress of the best farm in the township. You all know I had one of the best—one of the most devoted of husbands. You all know I had five noble-hearted industrious boys. Where are they now? You all know. You all know they all lie in a row, side by sid^, in yonder churchyard; all— every one—filling a drunkard's grave! They were all taught to believe that temperate drill kin*, was safe—excess alone ought to b e avoided; und they . never acknowledged excess. But I saw the gradual change coming over my family and prospects with dismav a r d horror; I felt we were all to be overwhelmed in one common ruin. I tried to ward off the blow I tried to break the spell—the delusive spell— in,which the benefits of, temperate drinking had involved my husband and sons. I begged, I prayed; but the odds were against me." And, with her arms flung high, and her tall form stretched to its utmost, and her voice raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed: "I shall soon stand before the judgement seat of God —I shall meet you there, you false guides, and be a witness against you all." She spoke and vanished. But when the chairman put the question, "Shall any license be granted for the sale of spiritous liquors?" the response was unanimous— "No!" m i l l i o n * G i v e n ' A w a y It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coagha and Colds, have given away orer ten millions trial bottles of thin great medicine and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely enred thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of the throat, chest, and lungs are Barely cured by it. Call on K. A. Sigler druggist and get a trial bottle free, regular size 50c and 11. Every bottle guaranteed or price refunded. 1 lb Sodio H lbs Cracked Coffee 1 lb Gloss Starch 1 lb Com Starch 1 dozen good Tea Spoons 1 " " Table Spoons Decorated Lamps, regular value $1.25 and *1 50, at 85, SI. 19 81.00 1.00 .03 .05 .04 .10 .04 .04 .35 .45 Perhaps just a word of explanation before the b e g i n n i n g of these letters will m a k e them more readily understood. In August 1897 my husband, Mr . Ourlin and my brother Buiiey Smith l«ft San Francisco for Dawson c i t y intending to go by boat the entire distance. T h e boat called the North F o r k — o n ..which they took passage was very h e a v i l y loaded besides taking in tow a smaller boat called the Mare Island to carry the passengers up the Y u k o n . T h e boat made very slow progress and by the time they reached St. M i c h a e l s Island the season was so far advanced they could proceed no further as ice was already forming on the Y u k o n . S o m e of the passengers—Mr. Carlin included— returned to the states to spend the winter and go in over the Pass in the spring, while others remained on the boat in the canal, and it is of their life from then until the preseut time that is described in these letters. 4 cans best Tomatoes 1 can Plums to close 1 can Stringed Beans to close 1 gallon good Syrup 1 gallon 30c Molasses 1 gallon 40c Molasses .25 .02 .02 .20 •28 moon is a surprise. This month I n fact, "Everything Goes" at a t f u l 1 m o o n [t r o s e a l i U l e e a s t o f thss sale. We are Headquarters D O T t h ' c i r c l e B h i K h h l t l i e heavens for Gloves and Mitts and *e will c o m e s b a c k a n d s e t s a b o u t m t h e same place. I t rose about 3:30 in the afternoon and set about 12 Do not fail to call and get o'clock the next day noon. If we prices—we will save you $ $ $ surprise you on prices. PI i J> S « » * ^ By BAILEY SMITH. Arranged bv M K S . W . C A K U N . C O » T I « U I : U . n o w T h e | 1 w i t h k , a m e g > a a n c i l l g singing and visiting witb $he uoys on the Str. Healey (here in winter quarters) we manage'very well to wear away £hq time. Three- a£ us sunk a shaft here on the low ground to see the nature of the soil and if possible to find something, but the hope of finding gold was not very strong. We went down 50 ft. 40 ft. was"frozen. The next ten soft with no frost after 45. We exploded the theory that one could not get through frost in Alaska. The fifty feet was through muck with uo change. We found plenty of shells, layers of ice, and evidence of made ground from overflows. At 50 ft. we got through muck into a fine black sand, and were hopeful some of reaching gravel possibly, but low! the next morning we had ten feet of water. We took out the water but could make no headway so had to abandon our hopes and hard work of over a month. We did not regret the work as it put us in fine trim, giving us good appetites, good muscle and in fine spirits. This climate is healthy— I never felt better. Have not had even a cold—which was quiet common in the rainy seasons of Washington. We are a mile from the sea, and it is a sight to go out there and walk over the ice. I t is piled and gorged on the shore in places higher than our boat and for two or three miles out you can see great hills of ice which was piled up by the action of the tide while freezing. I t will be a grand sight in the spring to see it ^o out. I would like to be at the mouth of the Yukon river and see the ice come down and pile on the bar and sand spits. Two parties started out from the boat to prospect in the foot hills near by. Dec. 13th 1897. Now I will write you of our winter life. After we were settled we went to work stacking up wood to keep us warm during the winter. We were not able to get to Stewart island, a distance of twelve miles, where we were goifig to put up wood. The ice and cold weather prevented our getting over. We have now about four hours sun. from a little after ten until about two-thirty, about 18 hours darkness G hours light. The sun does not get high enough to 1** make a respectable sun rise. The than all the states east of the Mississippi, and but little prospected away froxu the Yukon. . An Indian carrier came down from Dawson 'las^w^ee^ (1300 mil4s) with » dog team,sent down to report the rival of three boats of ihe No£th American T r a d i n g Co. at Dawson with 600 tons of provisions. 1-1 his meaus there is no starvation at Dawson. News came ^ • w n t h a t mine owners were pay- ^ 0 ) ^ ^ 5 , 0 0 per day for men who h&d a grub stake to work in the mipes. See what we are missing. If (we had reached Dawson with our provisions every mau, no doubt, could have had work as kthey all have a year's supply of provisions. This long winter at those wages nifcaus we could make $5,000 by May. Well we are far from them. But the news is good; it shows the riches of the mines and means that Dawson will be a great place next year. C o n t i n u e d N e x t W e e k As a c u r e tor r h e u m a t i s m C h a m b - e r l a i n ' s P a i n H a l m is g a i n i n g a w i d e r e p u t a t i o n . D . 13, J o h n s o n of R i c h - m o n d , I n d . , h a s b e e n t r o u b l e d w i t h t h a t a i l m e n t s i n c e 1 8 6 2 . I n s p e a k i n g ot it b e s a y s : "I n e v e r f o u n d a n y t h i n g t h a t w o u l d r e l i e v e m e u n t i l 1 u s e d C h a m b e r l a i n * P a i n H a l m . It a c t s l i k e m a ^ i c w i t h m e . My f o o t w a s s w o l l e n and p a i n e d m e v e r y m u c h , b u t o n e g o o d a p p l i c a t i o n ot P a i n B a l m r e l i e v - ed m e . F o r s a l e by F . A . S i g l e r , D r u g t / e s t . LAST rontvrn.' OTATKof MICHIGAN", County of Livingston A i. a session of the Probate Court for said counwere a little further north it would not set to us at all, but circle arouiul, all the time in sight. The sun next J u n e will take the place of tin- moon and we will have all day light and no dark. The beauties of our cold, clear nights, the sun sets, the northern lights, i The first could get no further than cannot be described or painted I j the hills, the snow being too deep have witnessed the northern lights for sledding and traveling; they re- PERFECT SCALES Copppi Plated All Steel Levers, Combination Beam* Catalogue Free. Address, J O N E S o r BlNOHAMTON, BINQHAMTON, N. V> WA . N T 1 M - - . M V , i . i a i i l i l l l l i i l T A N D I I O X K S T persons fo represent OR as Muu:i^v.'i-.> in tlii:; :mil do1-'.' by c o u n - lies. S.ilery $900 a yu.ir :i:id .-varices. Fti-:i!' !i!>n<,-!i !«>, no more, no les-s. I'onitio:. jie, m.uiuu. Our rt'fero"ci.'o, .111» bank in any town. It U mainlv fiio« wor.i conducted ftt IIOCK*. I-lofcreiu'c. Kn« tlosc 8e!f-nHi!ri'8sr<! -.;,in|it'd e n v e l o p e , T H £ here on some evenings that were ty, held at the Proliate Office in the village of t h e g r a n d e s t S i g h t s I e v e r s a w . O i l out arch Howell, on Kridtiv, tlm 2-ltli day of Nov., in the „ i i i • i , i . year one thousand eiKhtlmmir/d and ninety-nine, a d e a r C o l d l l l g h t t h e y COI110 O u t Pre8fiit: AlhirdM. Dnvic, .lud^e of Probate, In i n a l l t h e i r g l o r y , a g r e a t the niatlsr of the fotnti'ul' ' „ „ „ n i .1 .1 SII^. A. II*KT.,* ,.,.•,...*«. ; spans the heavens m the north, On reading and lllin-tlir petition, duly verified t h e n c o l u m n s s h o o t U p t o t h e Z e i l - oj Frank A Barton. prHyin. thai ndminis.rauon j ^ JJ j j k fc of said estate may he granted to himself or some n other suitable person. curtain and move along the sky. Thereupon it is ordered that Tuesday, the 20th S o m e t i m e s t i l " C U l ' t a i n a p p e a l ' s U) day of Dec. next, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at •, . » . , , . . said Probate Office, be assigned for the hearing of i a >" HI t o l a s , t h e l o w e r p a r t 1U said petition. bright brilliant colors of the rain- It is Inrther ordered that a copy of this order be v •, - , - , , . published in the PINCKNEY DISPATCH, a newspap- , b o W ' d a i l C l l l g U p a n d d ( ) W l l , s l l O O t - er printed and circulating in said county, three | i n g aCTOSS t h e s k y , U n r o l l i n g a n d eucceeeive weeks jirevious to Hairl day of bearinj.', Al.KIKl) At. I)AV18, t-51 Judije of Probate, C. L. BOWMAN, Proprietor of The City Market, Corner ol Main and Mill Sts., PINCKNEY, MICH. WILL PAY GASH For fallow, Hides, Pelts, and Dressed Pork. See us before selling your Beef. C.L.BOWMAN. rolling up like great white curtains. The sight is worth coming to Alaska. The winter so far has not been severe, the coldest 14 degrees below zero during the night. Has not been a day but what we could get out and work. Our work has been getting wood and ice for the boat, just enough to give us a little exercise, about 3 hours a day. We get up about day-light, 9, breakfast at 10, dinner at i, lunch at 10 again, and go to bed any time up to 2 o'clock in thV~fi!orniner; a very lazy life, but under the circumstances we could do nothing else. We have considerable reading matter a m o n g us, there being about 30 aboard the boat W o r k i n g Nlffbt' a n d D n y The busiest and mightiest little thin*? that was ever made is Dr. Kind's New Life Pills. Every pill is sutfarcoated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, h&tlessneea into energy, brain*fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building- np the' health. Only 25c per box. Sold bj F. A Sigler, drnggiat turned after a week out. The second met with a disasterous accident. I n digging into the ground they tapped a gas reservoir; the gas ignited from a fire near by, exploded, knocked tlie men down and burned them badly, burned up t h e i r outfit nearly. They walked in, a distance of twelve miles in the cold, which perhaps was the most soothing antidote they could find. St. Michaels is quiet lively this winter—iustead of being shut up with perhaps a white man or two to trade with the Indians, there are over 100 there, working for the trading companies who are preparing for a big season next year. New Companies are getting on the grounds, several new boats will be built to carry the rush of people next season. Alaska will have a future and times will be good here for many years. What it needs is transportation—small steamers to take the miners up the smaller rivers runuing into the Yukon. The Yukon is longer than the Mississippi having half a dozen or more tributaries from 500 to 1,000 miles long. The country is larger Railroad Guide. Hrand Trunk Railway System. Time Table in effect, Nov. 19,1899. R e d H l F r » m ( b e G u n Waa the ball that hit G B Stead man of Newark, Mich in the Civil War. It caused horrible ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. T en Bock len'i arnica salve cured him. Cures cats, braises, b a n s , boils, felona,eorne and akin eruptions. Best pile en re on earth. 25c a box. Care guaranteed. Sold by F. A. Sigler, drugirf. M. A. L. DIVISION -WESTBOUND. No. '27 Paaaencer, Pontiac to Jackaon connection from Detroit 0 44 a m No. 29 Passenger, Pontiac to Jackson, 6:45 p. m. No. 29 has through coach from Detroit to J axon. No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jackaon connection from Detroit 4 45 p m EASTBOUND No. 30 Passenger to Pontiac and Detroit S 15 p « No. 28 Pasennger, J axon to Detroit, 9:1« a. m. No. 528 has through coacb fr*oi Jaxon tn Detroit No. 44 Mixed to Pontiac and Lenox 7 55 a rn All trains daily except Sunday. No 44 connection at Pontiac for Detroit and tor th» west on D A M R R W. J. 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WFAK UFN restored to vigor and r r c / f n OT&fF vitality. Organs of the body which have been weakened through disease, overwork, excess or indiscretions, restored to full power, strength and vigor by our new and original system of treatment, iSI/UnPFf)C of testimonials bear flWJIwnCtfg evidence of tho (,'ouil results obtained from our method of treating all forms of chronic disease. WE TREATAND CURE Catarrh, Heart Disease, Liver Complaint. Asthma. Syphilis. Tumors, UronJutia, Varicocele, Piles, Fistula. Rheumatism, Sterility, Skin Diseases, Neuralgia* Bladder Trouble, Blood Diseases, Scutica, Lots of Vitality, Youthful Errors, Lumbago, -Dyspepsia, Nervous Troubles, Female weakness, Constipation* Weakness of Men. CONSULTATIOS FRKK. CHARGES HODBRAT*. Hours 9 to 8. Sot Open Suadsyi, UR. HALE IN PERSONAL CHARGE. SPECIAL NOTICE t Those UQ Able to call should tend stamp for question blank fur borne treatment. PAR THE GBEAT JtESTOHATIVE. i r You H t T « a D a i l y F'ariu A d v e r t i s e Y.un Milk Hiid ISuttctiullk. If you have milk to sell and are living upon a road favored by bicyclists hang out a .si^n. (lood patmnage <MM! good prices are the usual results wliere this hits been tried. It you nave • dairy, advertise your buttermilk in the same way. j If your cow h a s a sore treat, try hot water rather t h a n force anything up inside It. Merely have the water as ] hot as the hand can bear It, or a lltj tie lees at first, and let the teat rest in it Cor a quarter of an hour, changing ] the water so as to keep it hot, or a ] little hotter than at the first. Do this i night and morninfe for a few days, using a small pail to hold the water. j No breed is more justly noted for do I clllty, endurance, road ability and i beauty, than the French coacr. De- \ sended from the celebrated postilion | horses of France, they have since been , improve] by a cross with the English \ thoroughbred, making to-day the most '< magnificent roach and carriage horse | in style and action used in London and Paris, and their influence is fast im- ' proving'the stock of the United State*. [ Under no circumstance should the ! bull be trusted, either being handled by attendant or when running loose In the yard, as there are so many cases on record where they have become unruly and attacked their attendant without the least warning. A bull one year old or ove:- should always be dehorned and have a ring inserted in his nose, with rope attached for handling by. And whenever it is possible the T5ull should be handled by a grown-up person: he will then receive kinder '. and firmer treatment than if taken care | of by the boys, because they can not always resist the temptation of teasing the bull, which will be sure to spoil him if he is of a nervous temperament WEST PUTNAM. R o b t . K e l l y w a s i n H o w e l l S a t . u r d a y . L i n c o l n S m i t h i s p a p e r i n g f o r M r s . D . M . M o n k s ' t h i s w e e k . W m . W h i t e a n d wife, of M a r i o n c a l l e d o n 8 . E . B a r t o n l a s t T h u r s - d a y . M i s s K a t e R u e n w a s e n t e r t a i n - e d b y M i s s N e l l i e G a r d n e r l a s t F r i d a y . R o b e r t K e l l y is t h e o w n e r of a fine d r i v i n g h o r s e , p u r c h a s e d f r o m p a r t i e s n e a r H o w e l l . Clifford a n d T r a c y T r i p p v i s i t - e d t h e G a r d n e r B r o s . , W i l l J J . a n d G l e n n , t h e first of t h e w e e k . S e v e r a l f r o m h e r e a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g of t h e A n d e r s o n F a r m e r s ' C l u b a t J a m e s M a r b l e ' s l a s t S a t - u a d a y . Facts to Bemember. T h e original and g e n u i n e Red P i l l s are Knill's Red Pills for W a n people a t 25c box, the womon's r e m e d y . Don't pay 50 cents. You ean work when they w o r k , never gripe or make you sick, Knill's White Liver Pills. Bowel R e g u l a t o r . Twenty-five doses, 25 cents. Pleasant, safe and sure are KniU'^ Black Diarrhoea Pills. Cares s u m m e r complaints, dysentery and all pains of the stomnch and bowels. Only 25 cents box. Knill's Blue Kidney Pill cure backache, etc. Only 2"> cents box. P u r e , sweet stomachs and b r e a t h s are made by t a k i n g Knill's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure indigestion, correct all stomach troubles, destroys all foul gases for 25c box. Best a n d cheapest. G u a r r a n t a e d b v y o u r d r u g - gest. Will Curlett, Dexter. W. B. Darrow, P i n c k n e y . Bar-Ben IB the greatest known \ TUADE MAIiK. nerve tonic and blood purifier. It creates solid fleBh, muscle nnd STRENGTH, clears the brain, makes the blood pur*' uu<l rich, and causes a general fe<'ln>u of 'icalth, n >wcr and renewed vitality, while the rem mtivo 01-1::1:11- are helped to reKitin their n o m a / ;MJ .^:: ip i the sufferer is quickly made conscious <! oir <•: benefit. One box will wcrl; worn!.>;•• • •).v,li; perfectacure. 60ct8. A BOX: t >> >, < <\,, sale by druKKists everywlKTc. <•!••••'.::•.! ,; onreeeipt of price. A<U!n>-~ !»!,••. i •, i > u \ spJD BENSON. UiU-!$trsr.. > . . • ; , • . . . . For sale by F. A. SIGLEB, Druggist Pinckney, - - Mich. A $4.00 BOOK FOR 75cts. The Farmers' Encyclopedia. Every thing pertaining to the affairs of the farm, h o u s e h o l d and •tock raisin?. Em braces artic:lTeas on T h f O u t l o o k . Advices from London show that the Argentine is becoming a close competitor with us in furnishing beef to t h a t m a r k e t There appears to have been a bad failure of clover in some sections of the country. It will be well to make up for the loss by summer seeding. It \e a serious loss to the soil when the clover crop fails. There is likely to be a demand for our potatoes in Cuba. This will affect only the m a r k e t s of the eastern cities. Many eggs are already being1 sent to Havana, but the lack of transportation facilities In t h e way of refrigeration is against the egg trade. The eggs are apt to become like the canned meat seat to the soldiers during the war, rather malodorous. Texas now sends strawberries to Chicago, an indication that Its farmer Intend to grow something besides cotton and steers. There will be plenty of fresh eggs next winters—fresh from ice houses. Of forty-five carloads entering Chicago in one day, the greater part went into cold storage. Potatoes from Scotland and Germany were brought into eastern markets and knocked down prices far old stock late In spring, and also affecting southern shipments. Indications poifit to a Christmas Goods, Christmas Goods, Cl i list mas GOODS. We have in our store, first door west of the bank, the largest line of presents ever before shown in Pinckney. Books, Books of all kinds—Bibles, Dictionaries, Webster's latest International, Webster's Dictionaries, all kinds of Dictionaries. All kinds of Celluoid and Plush Albums, Dressing Cases, Manicure Sets, Cuff and Collar Boxes, Jewelry boxes, Necktie boxes, Glove and Handkerchief cases, Baby sets, Smokers' sets, Looking glasses, Work boxes, Fine box paper, Finest French candies, all kinds of candies and cigars. • We have a complete line of Toys. Our goods are all new and of the latest design. Every thing you may wish at Christmas time. Call and examine our stock and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere. W. B. DARROW. ! MOTlC£. We, the undersigned, hereby affret to rntund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of Baxter's M a n d r a k e Bitters, if it fails to c u r e constipation, biliousness, sick-headache, jaundice, • loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any of tho diseases for which it is reccomended. It is highly reccomended as a s p r i n g tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for e i t h e . . One pack* a g e of either g u a r a n t e e d to give satistaction or money refunded. P. A. Sigler. Will B. Uan-ow. ( 'P s i . - - " '•'-> <2>tte £wrtiieg Qiifitte F L B U d U K D KVBBT THUASDAX slJtt.-W.Su «Y FRANK. J-. A N J i i S v V S Editor and 2*ropriator. Subscription Price $1 ia Advance. Watered tit tue Poatoinoe at Piuoiuey, Michigan, ad second-ciaae mailer. Advertising rate* made Known on application. Business Cards, $4.uo per year. J eatu and marriage noticed puulidueu tree. Annouueeweuta o[ entertainments may oe paid for, it desired, uy presenting m e oJloe witu tioa.- t^tti oi admission, in cade ticket* are nut orou.;4( io tne oiuce, regular rated will oe onarfjed. All matter in local notice comma «vui or* «Ui>, ed ato cenie per une or traction mereot, tor eaca insertion, w'nere no U.ue.d syeeiaea, ail notice* will ue inserted until Jidefcd -usoouauaeu, and will ne cuarged lor Accordingly, ^#".111 onau^ed ox advertideiuenta ALL'si' rea.h tnidonlce aa oai'iy ad TuiidDAK morning to indure an mdertion tna tt_VLUu A l ' t t A . JOS ?>/£/.V I/sYG/ in all ltd urancned, a bpecialty. >Ve naveailsauds) and tne utedt styled ol i'ype, o t c , *niou enaoios u» iO execute ail Kinds oi #orn, sucn aa liootd, iJanipleidI i^oaterd, ^rograniuied, dill ileaUa, ^*ot« xlcaaa, atatcuieula, ^ardd, Anctiuu dills, eUj., ia daperiur styles, upon tne auortebt notice, f riceaas nv a> jioouAorK »;an ue none. ULL LULLS l ' A l . \ i i L ^ r'ulli' Je' ci/di.ti Uo.Sl'U. THE VILLAS DiK^rOKi, VILLAGE OFFICERS. i'aKsioKNT . ..— .....~ i l l J i - -dclntyr* i'ltUdfKds Ci. h. i'li.j.npdon, .Lured .IIJ_I*J, Ouniel iUcnai'da, >eo. dowuiaa, ja.auel I ayiiee, K. O, Jonudou. CLKKK - A,- L ,L ^ i * j i'KEAsuudii »V.K Murphy I A s d i i d b o i t •• vV, A. o a r r I STKKKT Co.»i.aisaioNt;it j..aoand. MAHdAUL A- *•• JL , Y i > . UfcAi.riivJrt'lCEii :.. Jt. a. e . ai^ur A11MHM ^. \V. A. dcr CHURCHES. \yf ETHODIST EPISCOPAL OUUrtCd. I l l Uev. Ciias. sim^sou, padtor. service* every Sundav morning at ld:ao, and every Sunday eveninkr at 7:0i) o'clock. Prayer ineetimr i'auraday evenings. Sunday dcuooi at clode oi niorainy service. L,BAI. SIOLKB, Supt. T h e income from the Monte Carlo gaming tables for the past year reacnes $5,520,000. U a r e irleo F u l l Victims to stomach, liver and kid. ney troubles as well as w o m e n , a n d all The gimlet-pointed screw has been | feel the results in loss ot appetite, poithe horee, the colt, j large domestic crop and moderate prlceases oMhe'noreei j M through the entire season, the farm, grasses! | The hay crop Is light in many sections and prices are likely to be higher than last year. Tt is said that those w h o have contracted to furnish the government bid lower than the hay '•""> be purchased in the market. fruit culture, dairying, cookery,health, cattle, sheep.swine, poultry, bees, the dog, toilet, social life, etc., et«. One of the most complete Encyclopedias in existence. A large book, 8x5J^ x 1¾ inches. 636 pages, fully illustrated, bound In green cloth binding and equal to $4.00. If you desire this book send us our specii offer price, $0.75, and 10.20 extra for postage and other books costing 3ial erprt/, ;__'._", .".""" " . ' _ we will forward the book to you. If it is not satisfactory return it and we will exchange it or refund 5'our money. Send for our special illustrated rataogue. quoting the lowest prices on books, FVS& We can save you money. Address all orders to T H E W E R N E R COMPANY, raMls&trt aaalUBifectwtrt. AJETOB, OhiO. [The Wjgner Company is thoroughly reliable.}—Editor. P. A. Siurler g u a r a n t e e s eyery bot*-p8r. tie of Chamberlins Cough Remedy a n d will refund the money to any one who is not satsified after u s i n g two thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for la grippe, coughs, colds, croop a n d whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevent s a n y tendency of a cold to result in p n e u m o n i a . t mar.-l responsible for more wealth than most ellver mines. According to the Volkszeitung, of Berlin, the month of July saw in Germany sixteen prosecutions for lesemajesty. In Surrey, England, there Is a great poultry fattening establishment, which annually sends about 36,000 Cowls to London. sons in the blood, backache, n e r v o u s ness, headache and tired, listless, r u n - down feel in cr. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J W G a r d n e r ot Idaville Ind, who says: 'Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when be is all r u n down, and don't care whether he lives or dies. It did m o r i to give me new strength and gDod ap- T^ • r, , , ~~~^ 7 7 ~TJ A „ „-„ ' petite than a n y t h i n g I could take. I Dr* Cidy 3 Conditioa Powders are t v J . , , . , . , , , . can now eat a n y t h i n g and have a n e w lust what a horse needs when in b a d ! « •>» , Crt A « . «« ' lease on life. Only 50c at P . A. 8ig» CONUKEOAflONAL CtlUUCH. Kev. 0. W. ltice pastor. .Service every Sunday morning at 10:30 and every aunday evenlag at 7 ;0C o'clock. Prayer meeting Thurso day evenings. Sunday school at close or uxor ainsrservice. H. II. i'eeple , Supt. Kosd Head, ->eo ST MAKY'S 'jAl'tlOLlO CilUttOU. Rev M J. (Jouiuiert'ord, Padtor. Sdrvices everv Sunday. Low made at 1:M 0 clock bigli mass witli eermon at J :¾ a. in. Oirtecnisai at3;U0 p. m., vespers and benediction at , :W p.m. SOCIETIES; The A. O. H. Society of this place, meets every third Sunday in tne b'r. Mattuew Hall. Jonn 1'uotnevaul AUJ iCeiiy, J>a it/ J j l ^ u e a . T T LliAliUK. Meets every Sunday condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25c per package. For sale by F. A. Siglers d r u g store. Every bottle g u a r a n - teed . Business Locals. For Sjil«'. House and lot in the village of Pinckney t-52 II. [sham. I will give $3.50 per cord for popla* delivered at the Hudson pulp-mill. t23 H. L. Stout, Supt. "Some gold-standard politicians believe in the 16 to 1 theory—that it, 16 votes for $1. R -tilts' impress us more when we are i g m r a n t of the process by which tl\c: . : <j attained. About the time a man's argument is evh^'V'ed he begins to l^se Interest in in the subject. The only difference between speculation and peculation is a little crook- tKFuiro!tbe'mwu ednes?, The fact that there is a liU'e crook.-iiness about the letter " s " explains this. El1 WORTH « - , , , - A evening at &.W ocloolc in the M. b. bnurcu, A cordial invitation is extended to everyone especially young people. Mrs. Stella (irabam Pres. / ^ H R i s - r u s KSi)K.vv-)!i s6;iEry:-Niwt. {jlni* every Sund.ty eveuiau at <>;• I*. / « * l £ ? | » Miss Stta Curpeater; se ,r jtary, >I». Q. >V. ttioe. m B E W. C. T. U. meets the first Friday of each 1 monthat^:30p. »1. attiieboineof Or. ti. t. Sieler. Kveryone interested in temperance Is coartially invited. Mrs. Leal Si-ler, Pre*; Mrs. Ktta Durfee, Secretary. The C. T. A. and a. society of this place, meet every third Saturday evening • in the bt. Matthew Hall. John Donohue, President. KNIGHTS OP MACCABKES. Meet every Friday evening on or before fall of the moon at their hall in the Swarthout bid*. Vialtinu brothers are cordially invited. ^ H A S . UastFflgLL, Sir knight Commander f i r i n g s t o n L o ^ S ^ , ? 4 A. M. Kerihw L Communication Tuesday evening, on or hetore W I L T E D : to hire a married raaa to workon the farm, by the year. House furnished. Mrs. H. Clark, Sr. For Male. Mark Sw-:irt!iout. I My ^on h i s be^n troubled for y e a r s I with chronic diarrhoea. S o m e t i m e ago f persuaded him to take some of Chamherlin's Colic, Uholrea and D i a r - rhoer Remedy. After using two bottles of 25-cent size he was cured. I give this testimonial, hoping s o m e o n e About S tons of tine, or coarse marsh hay. similarly effected may read it and be benefited—Thomas 'J. Bower, Glencoe. 0 . For sa'e bv P. ,\. Sigrl«r. d r u g g i s t . Werner's Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms, Kytnology and Familiar Phrases. A book that should be i :i the vest pocket of every person, IHVHUM: it tells you the right word to use. No Two Words in the English Language Have Exactly the Same Significance. To express the precise, meauing that one intend* to convey a dictionary < f Synonyms is needed to avoid r e l - ation. The strongest figure of speech Is antithesis. In this J'ouonaxy the appended Autoii-vis will, therefore, be found exirenu-iv valuable. Contaius many other features such as Mytholofr", _ Familiar Allusions and For- • I n PhraasM, Prof. Lolsette s Memory •/•tern ,4The Art of Merer Portettlng, " e t c . , •<e. This wonderful little book bound in a neat doth binding and tent postpaid for to.25. Full ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets each month the Friday evening following the regular * . AA.M. meeting, Alttd. >LAUV IUAO, W . .vL LADIES OF THE MACCABEES. Aleet every 1st and 3rd Saturday of eaehuioutu at i:-i0 p- m. at K O T. M. hall. Visicin,' ^st.us wrdiatiy ia vi'ted'. LIUA CONiWAS- Lady Com. 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SIGLER k SIGLER, Physicia is and Sur^e <us. AU calls prouiptl attended to day or night. Oince on Main str Pinckney, Mich. DR. A. B. GREEN. OSS TtS r—'Every ftinrsday and Friday Office over Sigler'a Drug Store. Funeral Director and fimoalmt»r. itesliauoe connected with new state i.eleu.ioue. All calls promptly answered. One mile aortu of Plainneld Village. J. G. SAYtae. The Best Hotel in Detroit Oaa do no saor* tsr: ISUK) , land , la tke way «/ eomDsrtabls) than the Ftaakua B O U K / S line an _ „ _^ BatM arsj,k u* to ta_s_k_ a 5, gut edge, t«.«rpo«tpal5."'"order "at jay. Amsrtoaa plan. Woodssyd aad JegsIswiXvsnsT XdMiilnrcAsstie eaollr Wfli isla trog eboolToalasotue, tea. ^*FssJ»^tZn±^$ -£ •*IOJS2IZIS£H2I± a£tYZs:s assnMssnwssi 1m1t v^ts•sssSusrkttsiV* THE WERNER COMPANY, t • ! • N. .IAMCS * SON, Pmiirlt41R> **m jginrhtiei! gigyatth. TB&TCK L. Axinutwa, Publisher. PINCKNKY, MICHIGAN. WAR N O T E S . Aguinaldo, according to the inhabit a n t s of Santa Cruz and other towns t h r o u g h which t h e Americans passed, say he and h i s refugee army have gone into t h e mpuja^ains. Uen. Young is still in pursuit and hopes to find the i n s u r g e n t leader in Benguet mountain pass and capture him there. d e n . Young's command was met by a brass band at t h e outskirts of Santa Cruz and h e and his officers were escorted to houses where rest and refreshments were tendered them. After a week's absence in the interior of Luzon. IJen. Young has been heard from, lie reports having arrived at Vigan on the evening of t h e 5th, after an engagement with the enemy at Narbucan. whom he drove to t h e eastward into San ljuentiu Canyau with a loss of one killed and 1>' wounded. The enemy left -5 dead in the trenches, besides a few rifles, several thousand rounds of small ammunition and 40 shrapnel. His troops are now engaged in pressing t h e enemy back. j - I t i s learned t h a t the Filipinos deserted an almost impregnable position at Tagudin 3G hours previous to (Jen. Young's arrival. There were 000 rebels strongly intrenched under command of Gen. Tino, which could have slaughtered a whole brigade while they, were crossing the river. In fact 100 well-deciplincd troops could have withstood a very strong a t t a c k without serious loss. Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar, commandi n g Aguinaldo's bodyguard, -was killed by Maj. Peyton C. March's battalion of t h e 33d infantry, in a fight 18 miles n o r t h w e s t of Cervantes, Dec. 3. In addition to this death 70 other Filipinos were also killed or badl}' wounded. T h e American loss was one killed and six wounded. Maj. March is still in pursuit of the enemy. It is reported that the Filipino commander, Gen. Alejandrino, with his staff, h a s surrendered to tlen. Mac Art h u r , and there is also a rumor that Alejandrino is at Aguilar suffering from a wound received'in a light between insurgents arid bandits and that he will be given an opportunity to surrender and will be properly cared for. A force of insurgents estimated at 800, attacked the" American garrison of 200 at Vigan. province of South I locos. T h e American loss was eight killed and many wounded. After very hard fighting t h e Filipinos were driven off and through the mountains, leaviug 3a dead. Col. Bisbee reinforced the garrison. Eighteen hundred soldiers have been ordered to return home from Cuba. This will leave only 8,000 soldiers on the island and this number will be reduced from time to time. The ordering home of the troops is a preliminary step towards establishing a civil government. Orders have been issued for the remaining four companies of the 41)th infantry, now at the Presidio, San Francisco, to embark on the transport Sherman, which sailed for the Philippines on the 0th. ^. Augustus C. Ledyard, son of Henry 11. Ledyard, of Detroit, was killed in an uprising of native police in a town ou the island of Negros on Dee. Si. Mr. Ledyard was lieutenant of the tith infantry. A force of 100 insurgents attacked a wagon train escorted by 30 men of the 10th infantry on the 0th n e a r Baliuag. A sharp engagement followed. The Filipinos lost 18 in killed and 9 captured^ The records of the treasury of the socalled Filipino government, together w i t h a q u a n t i t y of paper money and Nordenfeldt, was found at Mangatarem recently. The hospital ship Relief, which recently arrived at Manila from Vigan. b r o u g h t 272 sick soldiers and 232 Spanish prisoners. EVENTS OF THE WEEK S T A T E COISSIP. N OUR G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF F O R M . lielodel't Slayer, Uenry Hambtrgtr, of Detroit, • Former Kuplojro of the Murdered M M , has Coafeteod All— IIe«rins »•* 'or Dee. lo. Crop Report. THe Deeember^vrop repojrt issued from the office of the\secr»jtary of state on the 8th does not Wacribo t h e condition of wheat as very flattering. The report says: The condition of wheat, as compared with an average, is 80 in the state, 74 in the southern counties, 87 in the central counties, and 06 in the n o r t h e r n counties. A large majority of the correspondents report wheat as being badly damaged by the liy; a few report the condition good. Late sown wheat, in juauy instances, is as badly infested as t h a t sowed early, which is probably due to the warm, dry w e a t h e r of November. Some iields aiv Inung plowed up for other crops; other iields are being pastured by sheep. Taken as a whole, the crop is seriously damaged, with little prospect for its recovery, eventually. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed by farmers in November at the flouring mills is .)02,347, and at the elevators 10(5,307, or a total of ()tiS,0;>0 bushels. Of this whole amount 538,170 bushels were marketed in the southern four ties of counties, «»5,874 in the central counties and 34,012 bushels in the northern counties. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed in the four months, August-November. is 2,081,403, which is 4,840,103 bushels less than reported marketed in the same m o n t h s last year. At 48 mills and elevators from which reports have been received there was no wheat mark e t e d™ November. The total amount of wheat shipped by railroads from t h e various stations, as' reported for October, is 171.014 bushels. The condition of live stock throughout the state is good. In some counties considerable stock is beVng- fed for market, while in other sections very little is being fattened on account of the price of hay. The condition of horses, cattle and sheep, in the state, is 00, and of swine 07. In most parts of the state fall pasture has been good. While it has been too dry in some parts of the state for pasture to grow, the condition for the state being 87, yet in the main all kinds of stock have done fairly well. A foot of snow fell at St. Joseph on the 4th. A beet sugar factory t o cost $500,000 will be built at liattle Creek by Chicago capitalists. T h e common council of Saginaw will t r y t h e H n g r e o potato patch scheme next summer. Nickcl-in-the-slot machines, stall saloons, poker joints, etc., at Charlotte must go, according to a mandate of the council. Although he has 17 children, Wilson West, of Williamstou, h a s seen but three of them. He w a s stricken blind 30 years ago, at t h e age of 20. Win. C. Poole, aged 22, of Detroit, t h e somnambulist, w h o walked out of a third story window on t h e 7th, died of his injuries the following day. T h e owners of the Shaker farm, near Eau Claire, raised over 10J carloads of sugar beets on 102 acres. This is the champion beet farm ot the state. Mrs. Paulina linker, of Holly, is the possessor of a Hible 300 years old. It CONGRESS ASSEMBLES. London in 1000 and the oath. At the same time Kep. Tay country some years Found SI,000 Worth of rianrier. Judge Bate man of the probate court, of Centerville, on the 5th. ordered that the residence of Mrs. Annie Deline, at was printed in brought to this later. Kepreseutative farmers in the vicinity of Kalamazoo agree t h a t the chances for a good wheat crop in t h a t county are poor because of the ravages of the Hessian ily. School teachers are a scarce article in Tuscola county at present, and t h e school commissioner has to hustle whenever there is a vacany from one cause or another. Cheboygan county farmers are complaining t h a t the w a t e r in their wells is lower t h a n it has been at any time the past year, and they have to haul w a t e r for their stock. Alex. Simpson, of Wyandotte, is not w h a t would be called a handsome man, but he has two wives according to the verdict of the jury. He is now awaiting his sentence on the charge of bigamy. Tuscola county farmers w h o have beans for sale are m a k i n g a good t h i n g out of them at present. T h e r e are uumerous buyers around t h e county offering as much as 51.75 per bushel for them. Pontiac's new bridge, the construction of which has blockaded traffic on the main street of the city for several months past, has finally been completed, and the citizens arc correspondingly elated. During the month of October Cass C o a f i the 0»*h—Beta H O U M Adjoura. T h e opening of t h e 56th congress a t boon on Dec. 4 attracted that widespread attention which always attaches to t h e a n n u a l a*ae*nbling of t h e national lawmakers. There was added interest in the event t h i s year, for the many far-reaching questions awaiting consideration gave unusual importance to the r e t u r n of congress. I u accordance w i t h t h e time honored custom, the oldest member of the house in point of service, Mr. Harmer. of Pennsylvania, administered t h e oath to t h e speaker, David B. Henderson, of Iowa. T h e speaker t h a n announced t h a t the o a t h would be administered to t h e members by states. As the names of the members were called they appeared at the b a r in groups of about a dozen and there with raised hands were sworn in by the speaker. When the name of Brigham IT. llobe r t s was reached in t h e house roll call t h e I'tah member-elect proceeded alone to the area in front of the speaker's desk and awaited the administration of It ia A Ion j time since any measure Xowrt.. of u * b . Kot u h M | *** PgMfc improvement w i t h e Great Lakes h a s occasioned so widespread a n interest as is caused by t h e bill which Hon. J o h n It. Corliss, congressman from Detroit, introduced on t h e »th for t h e construction of a dam across the Niagara river. T h e purpose, of this dam is t o raise and control t h e level of Lake Erie a n d Detroit river, Lake S t Clair, St. Clair river and to a. limited e x t e n t of Lake Huron. T h e bill isbased upon the findings and recommendation of the board of distinguished engineers appointed by t h e l*resident in 1897 to investigate t h e project of constructing a deep w a t e r w a y from t h e tJrent Lakes to tide water. In t h e senate on t h e 7th Mr. Harrisintroduced a joint resolution providingfor t h e limitation of the time a President shall be elected to one term of six years and making t h e t e r m s of members of the house four years. He also introduced a bill for the g r a n t i n g of pensions to persons who nerved in t h e confederate service and afterward in t h e a r m y and navy of the United States. Mr. Roberts, the monuou representative, despite the adoption of the Taylorv of Ohio, secured recognition and, ler resolution, which in terms deprives amidst breathless interest, protested i him of his seat d u r i n g the pendency of against the swearing of Roberts, on the ground of his being a polygamist and not a properly naturalized American citizen. Mr. Taylor spoke calmy and dispassionately, and a t the close offered h i s case, was in the hall t h r o u g h o u t the session on the 7th and occupied the seat lie selected on t h e opening day. The senate in executive session on ., . „ . I * - , ., i * n e 7th confirmed the following anthe following resolution for the ap- I xin+m ,„f . , . ,., . , . . ^ , 7 , . ~p o.i;n„*tm„,e..n.*t of* .a speci-a.il commi•*tt*e e 4t o •i n pomtment s : Joseph W. Fifer, of Ilhvestigate the Roberts case: Whereas, It is charged t h a t lirigham H. Roberts, a representative t o the 50th congress from t h e s t a t e of Utah, is ineligible to a seat in the house of representatives; and, Whereas, Such a charge is made t h r o u g h a member of the house, on his responsibility as such member, and on t h e basis, as he asserts, of public records, affidavits and papers evidencing such ineligibility; Resolved, T h a t the question of the I month. nois, to be a commissioner of interstate commerce; Frederick W. Wines, of Illinois, to be assistant director of t h e census. Congressman Weeks has introduced & public bill to fix t h e term of service of j t h e surfmen in the life-saving service I on the lakes and rivers at 10 m o n t h s out of the year, closing t h e station*. i only d u r i n g J a n u a r y and February, a n d fixing the compensation at $70 per prima facie r i g h t s of Hrigham H. Robe r t s to be sworn in as a representative be referred to a special committee of nine members of the house, to be appointed by the speaker, and until such committee shall report upon and the house decide such question and right. the said Hrigham H. Roberts shall not be sworn in nor be permitted to occupy a scat in this house; and said committee shall have power to send for per- j Rep. Corliss in speaking of his PacifiO cable bill, says he will get it t h r o u g h if he don't accomplish another t h i n g at this session. T H E NEWS C O N D E N S E D Albion Methodists raised 82,510 and cleared their church from debt. Tom Sharkey h a s offered to train sons and papers and examine witnesses j C'orbett for his light with Jeffries and on oath in relation to the subject matof sugar beets, while Kiude, Huron county, shipped $fc\>,000 worth of stock . r • . , . . . City shipped 510,000 w o r t h of live stock; Mendon, be searched to ascertain if she i;Jvd A x c a s m u e h s t o c l c a m i 5 0 c a r U ) a d s had any property to pay for keeping her at the asylum for the insane. The officer found the house completely Mod with plunder, which 1 d 50 sheets, half a ton of soap, scores of lace curtains, silverware and bric-abrac of all descriptions and a valuable shotgun, the goods -amounting in value to more t h a n 81.000. The cellar was also rilled with stove wood. Mrs. Deline had lived as a hermit and had never made use of the stolen articles. Mendon people arc greatly surprised at the result of the search. T R A N S V A A L WAR ITEMS. The h o t t e s t bombardment of t h e siege took place at Ladyamith on Nov. *Q. T h e Boers got a new big gun in position on Lombard's kop, completely commanding the town, and anelled the British camp t h a t day and «ne day following, p l a n t i ng shells w i t h accuracy in the camp of the Gordon Highlanders a n d t h e Manchester regiment, where there were many narrow escapes. On t h e ?d the enemy resumed the bombardment, doing some very offective •hooting. Several of the British guns were shattered by the Boer big gun. The Boer w a r office h a s received t h e list of casualties d u r i n g the sortie from Kimberley, November 28, aa follows: Killed: Maj. Scott-Turner; of the Black Watch; Lieut. C. W. 'Wright of t h e Kimberley Light Horse, a n d 20 non-commissioned officers and men; wounded: Capt. Walleck, Lieuts. Clifford and Watson and 28 uon-commissioned officers and men. I t is said t h e real reason for Consul Macrum'a being relieved is t h a t he is a w a r m Boer sympathizer a n d refused to look after British interests. University Improvement*. I "During the past 10 years permanent improvements amounting to 8527.000 have been made at the University of Michigan. The several improvements and the cost of each are as follows: Two new hospitals, SKSO.OO,); enlargement of dental Amilding, 557.000; enlargement of law building, $25,000; new recitation building. £;';<).out); heating plant. 850.000»-new roof on museum, 85.000; gynasiums. S'M'UKK); dormatory at hospitals, S'.'O.OOO; two sun rooms at hospitals. 81.()(>(); new law building, 8:15.000: additions to library building, S20.o;x>; new roof on main building, 815.000; electric lighting plant on campus. 825,000; electric lighting plant at hospital, §5,000. llamberjcer Mas Confessed. Henry Hamberger, t h e young man' arrested on the charge of murdering John M. Reindel at his place of business in Detroit on t h e evening of t h e 2d, confessed all on the afternoon of the 8th. During his incarceration he had refused to eat anything, and this together with the occasional sweet box questioning caused him to weaken and he admitted all. The only reason for committing the awful deed was for the w a n t of money, according to the boy's own statement. After t h e confession a detective found 827.0(5 stowed away in a box in the barn at the Hamberger residence where the boy said he had hid it. Hamberger will be granted a hearing on the 15th. Sickness In Michigan. Reports t o the state board of h e a l t h show t h a t rheumatism, ne\iralgia, bronchitis, tonsillitis and influenza, in the order named, caused the most sickness in Michigan during the past week. Consumption was reported at aifi places; typhoid fever, 75; scarlet fever, 70j measles, 30; diphtheria, 28; whooping cough, 25; smallpox, 7, and cerebrospinal meningitis at 2. Coldwatcr was visited by a 34,000-flre on t h e 5th. The Hotel Dewey a t Harbor Springs was destroyed by fire on t h e 10th. Loss, 815,000. vgan pi, tiff for 81,000 on the 0th. Mr. Finnegan sued the company on account of the death of his lD-vcar-old son. The electric railway between Detroit and I'ontiac via Farmvngton is all completed except about one mile of the steel. A regular schedule service will probably be the Christinas present of the people living along the line of the road. Between dogs-which are killing numerous sheep, and thieves stealing cows, farmers around Willow are having a hard time now-a-days. The same medicine— large doses of lead administered w i t h a shotgun—is good for both afflictions. Henry Lacoy.. a marine engineer and a brother of James Laeey, or Farmington, committed suicide at the home of his brother on the 4th by hanging himself from a Warn in the barn. Religious insanity is supposed have been the cause. Holly will have another mnmifact u r i n g industry in a short time, in the shape of a handle factory. Work on the construction of the buildings will be begun immediately and pushed rapidly to completion. Local capital is behind the venture. Th'jre is no doubt t h a t the beet sugar manufacturers of the state will sti|l adhere to their determination to instit u t e legal proceedings to compel t h e state to pay them a bounty of One cent ,. per pound on all sugar manufactured during the seven years succeeding 1897; when the general b o u n t y law w a s passed. ter of this resolution Officers of the house are as follows: Clerk McDowall, of Pennsylvania. Sergeant- at-Arms Cascn, of Wisconsin. Doorkeeper (Henn, of New York, and Postmaster MeKlroy, of Ohio. In the shadow of the recent death of its president, Vice-President Hobart, t h e senate convened at noon oh the 4 th in the first session of t h e 50th congress. After the usual routine of business, customary on the opening day, Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, then announced t h e death of Vice-President Hobart and offered t h e following resolutions:' Resolved, T h a t the senate has received with the deepest regret information of the death of Garrett Augustus Hobart, late vice-president »of the United States. Resolved, T>at the business of the senate be suspended in order t h a t the distinguished public services of the deceased and the virtues of his private character may be fittingly commemorated. Resolved, T h a t the secretary of the senate be instructed to communicate these resolutions to the house of representatives. A s a further mark of respect the senate and house both adjourned. C O N G R E S S I O N A L NOTES. t h e ex-champion h a s accepted the offer. Nearly 82,000,000 w o r t h of property was destroyed by fire in the h e a r t of the business section of Philadelphia o a the 20th. F r a n k Erne, of Buffalo, and Jack O'Brien, of New York, fought 25 rounds a t the Coney Island Sporting club on t h e evening of the 4th, and at the end of the bout, Referee Geo. Silcr declared t h e tight a draw. Deputy Game Wardens Bennett and Atkinson seized a q u a n t i t y of venison at the Michigan Central depot, Bay City., on the 27th, shipped from the north without a license t a g attached. I t was consigned to Plymouth and Oxford. A tfain of 14 refrigerator cars, containing salt pork intended for the British army in South Africa, was wrecked near Kenilworth, 111., on the Milwaukee division of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad on the 3d. The cars were completely demolished, b u t it is believed the greater p a r t of the pork can be saved. CASUALTIES. Quincy, Mass.—Fire in the ear sheds of the Quincy & Boston Street Railway company destroyed the sheds, an office building and eighteen box cars. The loss is estimated at $60,000. Salem, Ind.—The public school building was totally destroyed by Are. The probable" cause was defective heating apparatus. The building was valued at $20,000 and insured. Cadillac, Mich.—The Cadillac Stave and Heading company's mill wa3 consumed by fire. In&uved for $£,600, which coreni the loss. ScottBtttle, Ky.—The large planing mill of Ivove, Boyd ft Co. was destroyed by fire. Lots estimated at $10,000, partly covered. Pottstown, Pa.—The po~/der worko of Jnmes S. Miller, near Sumneytown, were wrecked by an explosion. Three men were killed and several others ifc J'ir*d; . fr Another sorrow had fallen upon the senate before it convened on the fith. It was the death of Senator-elect Hayward, of Nebraska. While he was not officially a member of the body, he was in every other sense regarded as such. Senator Teller, w h o represents the free silver Republican group in the senate, says t h a t he t h i n k s it will requite three or four months to pans the financial bill. He said Democrats and free silver men'would not a t t e m p t obstructive methods, but would go on record In sprfsWhwi* Others believe the bill wiU be passed within 00 days. " T h e r u s h of bills in the house of r c n v resentttttres on-tire~*th. was the greatest in the memory of house officials, the total being 861 bills public and private and 30 resolutions. T h e financial bill drafted by a special Committee of Republican members was introduced in t h e house by Rep. Overstreet, of Indiana, on t h e 4th and accorded the distinction of being bill No. 1 on the records of t h e house. Sen. Chandler on t h e 0th introduced bills applying t h e e n s t p m s and internal revenue laws of the United States to t h e islands of Cuba and Porto Rico after J a n . 1, 1000. Goods between the isla n d s a n d the United States are to be exchanged as between the states. Nearly 800 bflhjand joint resolution*, several important concurrent resolution a n d petitions numbering hundred^, were presented to t h e Senate on the 0U>. A majority of t h e bilU were old stagers. A few were of national interest and importance. Mr, Aldrieh had t h e honor of introducing the first measure In t h e senate. I t was the financial bill d r a w n by the senate committee on finance, of which Mr. Aldrieh is chairman, and probably w a s t h e most important measure in- I troduced on the flth. j In a fire at Philadelphia, Pa., on the loth, t w o persons lost their lives imd S.T),()00 w o r t h of property was destroyed. The powder w o r k s of J a m e s S. Miller, near Sumueytown, Pa., were completely wrecked by an explosion on the 7t-U and three men were killed and several others injured. A syndicate headed by Tom L. and Albert Johnson, t h e street car mag" n a t e s of Cle^jghind, will build a street railroad in Honolulu and on Oahu island, on which the capital of the Hawaiian islands is situated. Electric lines will not only be built within the city limits but suburban lines will be constructed leading to t h e different points of interest and business n e a r the city. THE MAF L I V E 8 T New Y»rk— Cattle Ilest fr radon 94 50?ft« 30 Lower grades...» &J®4 75 IMllOARO nest grades S 60^7 3"> Lower Kradea.. .4 fx)&& 50 D e t r o i t — Best Rrade* 3 7*r?;4 75 Lower grades.. .sj'MGfrd 75 lluffalo— Lower grades.. .2 i%,3 GJ Cincinnati— Lower grades.. .3 Qb&l &"> I'Utuburg— Hen prade.s 5 7S@8 JO Lower xrudts.. ,4 (XX&4 50 G R A I N , • \VheiU. ?KETS OCK. • Sheep Lfu?b<< W 51 3 2o 4 75 k 85 4 01 a o j 4 8fc. 4 00 ' 4 ZS 3 75 « 4 33 3 4tt ETQ. Corn, No. 2 red No. 2 mix N e w York 7#fc7.»x C h i c a g o 7Crj}70>4 • D e t r o i t 7*a7i* T o l e d o 71<&71«4 Cincinnati ?0@?0^ P t t U b n r g 7 ¾ ^ ¾ llnffulo 74071¾ XKSJ84 mm 83&03* 8 i ® s m &X&SSV4 8S&»Vi smM% ifl 01 4 75 5 50 4 Ov) 5 00 4 60 ft 50 4 0) 5"jn 4 75 ''• * 5 51 5 00 Hopr* u oa 3 do 4 10 3 85- i 05 3 90* 4 20 3 7J 4 00 3 75 4 10 4 95 Oatn. No. -3 white a^'/i, 2*^24 >i SflftSO*; S4&S4 Sft&26* S&&23H 27®27Ji •Detroit—Hay. No. 1 Timothy, 911 60 per ton. Potatoos, 85c per bu. Live Poultry, upring: chicken*, 7c per lb; fowls, Oo; turkeyn, U^o; ducks. Ho. Egtf". Ntriotly fresh, U>o per dozerv Butter, bunt dairy, Sic per lb; creamery, :26c. AT HOME AND AMOAB t 0 l f j E S T MAN IN AMEtttC* A SUMMARY OF T H E NEWS FOB , J H E WEEK. ©Y WIRE. T h e K e n t u c k y I k w r t o f E l e c t i o n s O S * c u l l y A n n o u n c e T h « t t h e K s p u b l i e s n S t * t e T r c k e t w u E l e c t e d — K e n t u c k y N e t - r o M u r U e r e r B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . T h e M e x i c a n * a n 4 Iuctlttns F i g h t . I n f o r m a t i o a f r o m O r t u , i*tate o f S o n o r a , M o x l , , . s * t a t » j s . . t f m f c J r l u p d M } T e r - h u u c , u u e x p e r t l a i n i u g e n g i n e e r , w h o h a s b e y n i n t h e m i n e s i n t h e Y a t j u i c o u n t r y f o r s o m e m o n t h s p a s t , h a s a r - r i v e d l i t O r t i z . H e a n n o u n c e s t h a t s i n e e N o v . 18 t h e Y a q u i I n d i a n s a n d t h e M e x i c a n m i l i t a r y f o r c e s h a v e h a d s e v e r a l e n g a g e m e n t s , a t t e n d e d w i t h l o s s o f l i f e a n d a n u m b e r o f w o u n d e d . T h e first o f t h e s e e n g a g e m e n t s w a s o n t h e a b o v e d a t e , j u s t n o r t h o f C o c o r i a n d d u r i n g t h e e n g a g e m e n t t h e r e w e r e 4 8 I n d i a n s a n d five s o l d i e r s k i l l e d o u t - r i g h t . I n a d d i t i o n t h e r e t o t h e r e w e r e 2 5 s o l d i e r s w o u n d e d a n d s o m e t h i n g o v e r 100 s q u a w s a n d I n d i a n c h i l d r e n c a p t u r e d b y t h e m i l i t a r y f o r c e s . T h e s e p r i s o n e r s w i l l b e s e n t t o ( J u a y a m a s b y t h e m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s t o b e h e l d a s h o s t a g e s . T h e p l a c e w h e r e t h i s e n - g a g e m e n t t o o k p l a c e i s o n t h e Y a q u i r i v e r , j u s t a t t h e e n t r u n c e t o t h e m o u n - t a i n s . T h i s s e c t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y i a v e r y h e a v i l y w o o d e d a n d h e n c e t h e e n - g a g e m e n t w a s c o n d u c t e d o n t h e u s u a l g u e r r i l l a w a r f a r e o r d e r . T h e M a i n e D e a d . A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y o f t h e T r e a s u r y A l l e n h a s r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r f r o m C a p t . J . (.r. G r e e n , c o m m a n d a n t o f t h e n a v a l s t a t i o n a t H a v a n a , s a y i n g t h a t c o n - t r a c t s h u v o b e e n e x e c u t e d f o r e x h u m - i n g t h e r e m a i n s o f t h e d e a d o f t h e b a t - t l e s h i p M a i n e , b u r i e d i n C o l o n c e m e - t e r y , a n d s a y i n g a l s o t h a t t h e y c a n b e r e m o v e d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a t a n y t i m e a f t e r D e c . 1 5 . T h e b a t t l e s h i p T e x a s , w h i c h w i l l b e u s e d f o r t h t t r a i s - p o r t a t i q n o f t h o s e r e m a i n s , i s n o w o n h e r w a y f r o m B r u n s w i c k , G a . , t o H a m p t o n R o a d s , w h e r e s h e w i l l c o a l a n d p r o v i s i o n a n d t h e n s t a r t f o r H a - v a n a . T h e s e r e m a i n s a r e t o b e b r o u g h t t o ^ Y a s h i n g t o n a n d r e i n t e r r e d i n t h e n a t i o n a l c e m e t e r y a t A r l i n g t o n , w i t h f u l l m i l i t a r y h o n o r s . H e a d y t o F i g h t a l l N a t i o n s . T h e F i g a r o p u b l i s h e s a n i n t e r v i e w o n t h e 1 0 t h w i t h M . L o c k r o y , f o r m e r F r e n c h m i n i s t e r o f m a r i n e , i n t h e c o u r s e o f w h i c h h e s a y s : " T h e B r i t i s h n a v y - I s t w i c e a s s t r o n g a s o u r s . I t i s a b l e t o o p p o s e s i m u l t a n e o u s l y t h e n a v i e s o f F r a n c e a n d t h e t r i p l e a l l i a n c e . E v e r y w h e r e F r e n c h fleets a r e s t a t i o n e d t h e y a r e c o n f r o n t e d b y t w i c e o r t h r i c e t h e i r s t r e n g t h . F r a n c e m u s t h a v e c a b l e s . G r e a t B r i t a i n ' s p o r t s a r e a l l c o n n e c t e d a n d t h e B r i t i s h a r e r e a d y f o r w a r t o m o r r o w , i f n e c e s s a r y , w i t h e v e r y n a t i o n o n t h e g l o b e . " 3 3 K i l l e d In a M i n e E x p l o s i o n . A b o u t n o o n o n t h e (.)th t h e q u i e t c o a l m i n i n g v i l l a g e o f C a r b o n a d o , W a s h . , w a s s t u n n e d w i t h t h e f i r s t r e p o r t o f 9 t e r r i f i c s u b t e r r a n e a n e x p l o s i o n i n t h e m i n e o f t h e C a r b o n H i l l C o a l c o m p a n y , t h e t u n n e l s o f w h i c h r u n f o r m i l e s u n - d e r t h e t o w n . T h e v i c t i m s o f t h e h o r - r o r n o w n u m b e r 32 d e a d a n d 5 i n j u r e d . T w o m e n w e r e r e s c u e d t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y a f t e r b e i n g e n t o m b e d f o r I S h o u r s . T h e d i s a s t e r w a s t h e r e s u l t o f a f i r e d a m p e x p l o s i o n . K i g F i r e a t R e a d i n g . O n e o f t h e m o s t a p p a l l i n g fires t h a t h a s e v e r v i s i t e d R e a d i n g , P a . , o c c u r r e d o n t h e 7 t h w h e n t h e e x t e n s i v e h o s i e r y m i l l o f N o l d e & H o r s t C o . , t o o k fire, d e s t r o y i n g t h e p l a n t , c a u s i n g t h e d e a t h o f o n e p e r s o n , M i s s L o u i s a C l a y , a n d i n j u r i n g 57 o t h e r e m p l o y e s o f t h e c o m - p a n y . Of t h e 5 7 p e r s o n s w h o w e r e i n - j u r e d , 3 0 a r e s e r i o u s l y h u r t . T h e r e - m a i n d e r o f t h e 5 7 h a d h a n d s o r f a c e s b u r n e d , l i m b s b r u i s e d , o r o t h e r w i s e i n - j u r e d . B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . D i c k C o l e m a n , t h e N e g r o m u r d e r e r o f M r s . L a s h b r o o k , w a s t a k e n f r o m t h e o f f i c e r s a t M a y s v i l l e , K y . , b y a m o b o f 1 , 0 0 0 m e n " o n • t h e tJth a n d b u r n e d a t t h e s t a k e . T h e m o b , l e d b y t h e h u s b a n d o f t h e N e g r o ' s v i c t i m , d r a g g e d t h e s h r i e k i n g c r i m i n a l t h r o u g h t h e p r i n c i p a l s t r e e t s o f t h e t o w n , o f 8 , 0 0 0 i n h a b i t a n t s , b o u n d h i m t o a s m a l l t r e e , s e t fire t o b r u s h a n d t o w a b o u t h i m , a n d s t o o d g u a r d u n t i l h e w a s d e a d . T a y l o r E l e c t e d G o v e r n o r . The Kentncky state board of elections on the 8th gave out their official findings that \V. S. Taylor for governor and the rest of the Republican ticket have been ejected on the face^ of the returns. Certificates of election were ordered issued to each candidate thereon. Taylor will be inaugurated on the 12th. F r a n o n M a d e a' D e m a n d o h C h i n a , T h e f r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t h a s f o r m a l l y d e m a n d e d t h e d e g r a d a t i o n o f t h e v i c - e r o y o f C a n t o n b e c a u s e t h e o r d e r t o e x e c u t e t h e C h i n e s e m a g i s t r a t e w h o w a s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e m u r d e r o f t w o F r e n c h o i K e e r s a t M o n t a o h a s n o t b e e n e a r n e d o u t . T h e T s u n g - L i - Y a m e n w i l l p r o b a b l y r e f u s e . A t l a s t a j u r y i n t h e M r s . M a r i e B u t - t e r f i o l d S a n d e r s o n m u r d e r t r i a l w a s s e - c u r e d / o n t h e 7 t h . Tells Hove He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Feruna. Mr. Isaac Drcc\c, tho Oldest Man in t h e U n i t e d States. Mr. I s a a c Broclr, o f M c L e n n a n c o u n t y , T e x . , h a s a t t a i n e d t h e g r e a t a g e o f 111 y e a r s , h a v i n g b e e n b o r n i u 1738. H e i s a n a r d e n t f r i e n d t o F e r u u a a n d s p e a k s o f i t i u t h e f o l l o w i n g t e r m s : " D u r i n g m y l o n g l i f e I h a v e k n o w n a g r e a t r u a n v r e m e d i e s f o r c o u g h s , c o l d s , c a t a r r h a n d d i a r r h o e a . I h a d a l w a y s s u p - p o s e d t h e s e a f f e c t i o n s t o b e d i f f e r e n t d i s - e a s o x , b u t I h a v e l e a r n e d f r o m I>r. H a r t - m a n ' s b o o k s t h a t t h e s e affe- t i o n s a r e t h e s a m e a n d a r e p r o p e r l y c a l l e d c a t a r r h . " A s f o r D r . H u r t i n a n s r e m e d y , F e r u n a . I h a v e f o u n d i t t o b e t h e b e s t , i f n o t t h e o n l y r e l i a b l e r e m e d y f o r t a i ' s e afife - t i o n s . "Peruna Jut* been my stand-by for many yearn, and I attribute my fjootl liealth ami my extreme age to this remedy. It exactly meets all my requirement*. "I h a v e c o m e t o r e l y u p o n i t a l m o s t e n - t i r e l y f o r th m a n y l i t t l e t h i n g s t o r w h i c h I n e e d m e d i c i n e . I b e h o v e i t t o b e e s p e - c i a l l y v a l u a b l e t o o l d people.'" I s a a c B r o c k . C a t a r r h is t h e g r e a t e s t e n e m y o f o l d a g e . A p e r s o n e u t . r e l y f r e e f r o m c a t a r r h is_sure t o l i v e t o a h a l e a n d h e a r t y o l d a g e . A froo. b o o k o n c u t a r r h s o u t b y T h e T e r ' a n a M e d i - c i n e C o . , C o l u m b u s , O. Tra^cJF T u u k t f o r F r e i g h t K a c l & e e . The use or track tanks by which locomotives of high speed passenger trains may take water without t o p - ping is almost universal on the larger Eastern reads, Where fast expresses are the rule. The B. & O. R. R. haa a number between Washington and Philadelphia and Intends to equip the entire Main Line in the future. This decision was recently arrived at through the us3 of passenger locomotives, equipped with water scoops, on fast freight trains. It was found that much time was saved, danger from stopping, being reduced to a minimum and cost of running lessened. The extra stops for water take much time and the wear and tear *on equipment is no small matter. If the experiment on this part of the road proves successful, track tanks will be installed on every division between Baltimore and Chicago. As a starter, the 50 new Vauclain compound engines recently ordered will be fitted with water scoops. READ WHAT A VOX « 0 D A T S TOO G A S T * t XX T O S l b UfeWXS. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN U*ellwOTid< Hat to say who baa bad 35 YEARS of aotif a taotice e! Medietas. X h a w * c * e r before l a m y 35 y e a r * o f practice of m e d i c i n e g i v e n njrferstiafctnrial of r e com men* datkm t o a n y pate at laedicine, hut there hi a remedy, the rssnlt of w h i c h ha* c o m e under a y o w n oheervatie*; for there 1* n o Disease w h i c h h a s eo baffled the medica.1 *)li£ of air a g e s a» Rhanaea* ttoae and to find a t e l l a b l e reaiedy for the s a n e . A t l a * w e h a r e found it in " j D r o p * , " m a a n - S c t e J e d W t h e ftwaanao RbMtaaasic Cur* C o m p a n y , C k t c a f o . IU, T h e " a D R O P S . " h a * p r o v e n M enratire p o w e r in RbeumatJsar, s o t a s a T e m p o r a r y R e l i e v e r o o l y , bat t o g i v e a P e r a n a e t t t Cure e r e n In c h r o n i c cases. S o m e t i m e a g o , 1 h a d a m o n g o t h e r s several Rheumatic c a s e s under my t r e a t m e n t a n d prescribed for these p a t i e n t s t h e very best R e t a e d k * w h i c h I s k i l l f u l l y selected, bat without desirable results. I t h e n heard o f " j D R O P S " a n d o f its >V—wtsiful C u r e s , a n d prescribed H t o a few p a t i e n t s w h o found relief from its use w i t h i n a f e w day*. After that I prescribed It to a zreat number a a d to m y surprise, X w i l l s a y t h a t in the course of T w o e r T o r * * W e e k * after tbey h a d u s e d • ' 5 D R O P S " and " 4 B r o p " P i a s t e r s t h e y w e r e Cured. A m o n g these w e r e a l e w w h o bad. Tor a n u m b e r o f y e a r s , been suffering w i t h C h r o n i c RbettsnatUia, w h s had piloted t h e m s e l v e s around ou C r u t c h e s . T h e y c a m e to m y o f t c e w i t h o u t Crutches a a d told ine thev w e r e perfectly W e l l . T h e y give all the credit t o **s DROPS'* and t o ' " 1 D r e p " P i a s t e r * a n d t h i s i s their testimony t o t h e S w a i s — 1 R h e u m a t i c Cure C o m p a n y for their k i n d n e s s and for t h e conscientious d i wonderful for it fSSf DROP [TBADE-MAOK.! W h y S u f f e r W i t h P a i n * I.lchtnlng Hot i>rop» atops U a t o a i e ; 25c a bottle. All druggists. Herb Medtelne Co., Sprlofiaeld, O. The father of Oliver Cromwell w a s a country g e n t l e m a n of s m a l l meatis. Marshal S u c h e t w a s u ailk-winder's boy, and enlisted In the ranks. a y in w h i c h t h e y are p l a c i n g these Wonderful R e m e d i e s a m o n g suffering humanity, w h i c h t h e y told rae t o w r i t e to t h e C o m p a n y a s a n a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t . A s I have been the C u r a t i v e P o w e r o f " 5 D R O P S " a n d " 5 D r o p " P l a s t e r s , in a great m a n y Instances, I c a n Truly r e c o m m e n d t h e m a n d also t h a t t h e firm is perfectly honest a n d reliable to deal w i t h . s w A x a o w ' s C. A. JACK&ON, Physician and Surgeon, Kearney. Neb., Aug. 29,1899. it #X n D A B Q ?! Is the most powerful specific knows. Free from opiate* and perfectly h a r m . 9 U i l V r o less. R e l i e f i s USUSIIT f sit the first airbt. U Is a posture care for Kheaamaw tlssm, S c i a t i c * . X e « r a 4 s ; l a , B y s * t c * « l a . B a c k a c h e , A s t a s a a , H a y F e v e r . C a t a r r h , ! U e « p - l e s s a e s s , H e r T o a s a e s s , X e n r o a t a a d N e a r a l a i e H e a d a c h e s , £ » r * y * h e , T o o t h a c h e , H e a r * W e a k n e s s , C r e s s , S w e l l i n g , I*a G r i p s * , M a l a r i a , C r o e a l * * N u m b n e s s , e t c . , e t c A f a n s Y Q to enable sufferers to ffivs" I DROPS'' »t It) sat a t r l s l , wa will send s 3*&c sample bottle* O U L J A T O prepaid by mail, for 10 «-U. Asamplw Sottls will con-riue* you. Also, large bonis* (30* doses) II 00 C bottles for »3. Sold by us and a cents. 1GK3TS WAVTTO la H»w TtfTttoi*?. WalTI TH TO-BAY. a w J u t f & O X K H E U H A T I C C U S S CO., I C O f o 1 « 4 l ^ a k c S t . , C H I C A G O , 11*1» * Try Grain=0! ! S i l k m a r u i f u c t u r e s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d i n E u r o p e i n A . D . 5 5 0 . ! • •> •• • • • •• • A B a r g a i n i n G u i t a r s . j All music lovers will be interested in the "ad" of John M. Smyth Co. shown in another part of this paper, in which they offer an elegant guitar for $2.G5. I The firm is thoroughly reliable. Get their catalogue of everything to eat, wear and use. JTry Grain=0! | A s k y o u G r o c e r t o - d a y t o s h o w y o u ^ a p a c k a g e o f G R A I N - 0 , t h e n e w f o o d • d r i n k t h a t t a k e s t h e p l a c o o f c o f f e e . £ . T h e c h i l d r e n m a y d r i n k i t w i t h o u t • i n j u r y a s w e l l a s t h e a d u l t . A l l w h o • t r y i t , l i k e i t . G H A I N - 0 h a s t h a t J r i c h s e a l b r o w n o f M o c h a o r J a v a , • b u t i t i s m a d e f r o m p u r e g r a i n s , a n d + t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e s t o m a c h r e c e i v e s i t J w i t h o u t d i s t r e s s . ^ t h e p r i c e o f c o f f e e . • 1 5 c e n t s a a d 2 3 c e n t s p e r p a c k a g e . + S o l d b y a l l g r o c e r s ^ Tastes like Coffee J Looks like Coffee • Insist that yonr grocer give* yon G R A I N - 0 «> Accept no imitation. w MAILORDER. MOUSB. YTHCO. J W M T MADISON ST; HI 5,000 GUITARS AT S2.65 FATBITS S. H.EVAS». 1010F»t Washington.IXC. Ad vue an to [jattnUibility tree. No attorney's tec until patent is alluwrd. Circular freo> ®& MTERSINK m : ¾ rhi* Guitar is made of the finest imitation mahogany with either solid rosewood or walnut fingerboardt pearl fpfajd position dots and German silver raised frets: it has fancy inlay around sound, hole and best quality American patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; it is strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to play upon. E v e r use It? Y o u should. THIS ELEGANT GUITAR FOR $2.65 K o m o r e , n o l e s s , than 5,000 o f t h e m , p r o b a b l y the l a r g e s t contract iu g u i t a r s over mafia — a n instrument t h a t positively &Mi3 from $3.30 to ¢7.00. W h e n this l o t lis e x h a u s t e d w e c a n n o t d u p l i c a t e th>3 offer. Quantity talks. Only by opera t i n g o n such a b i s scale, t o g e t h e r with o u r w e l l - k n o w n sjoiall proflt policy, could s u c h a n offering be possible. A n o t h e r • r e a s o n - f o r diapensinK s u c h a bargain b r o a d c a s t is the confidence w e feel t h a t every g u i t a r sold will win for n s a perm a n e n t patron a n d a friend w h o s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n we can c o u n t u p o n . Wo v/ill f o r w a r d t h e guitar t o any address C. O. D . , subject to e x a m i n a t i o n , u p o n receipt o f 50c. We, however, advise t h a t c a s h i n full be sent, as that savea return c h a r g e s for money and w e stand perfectly ready t o refund m o n e y if t h e g u i t a r is n6t all and more t h a n w e c l a i m for i t . R e m e m b e r our s p e c i a l price o u 5.000 of t h e m o n l y is $2.65 wjam-amjiTTM m ' i n B i i i m •iiwsgHK- r * U U 6 F O R $ 7 . 5 0 W o r t h Ikiwo DIRECT FROM FACTORY, FREIGHT PREPAID. H£?£DE FURNITURE !s l a e ILO-H ; c c c p t t b l e H o l i i iiy if t. Ourgi od.s are It..own iJiroi.>,..uut *V>o w o n u for ilu:ir excellence o ' w o r k m a n s h i p at-J l',nUh. OAK DINING CHAIR » . ' , " „ « , ? £ fully finish, d. h a s h:ind caned svat. o i n a - meiivul e m b o s s e d ln„'k, sbar:«0 front. I s i.$uullv retaileil at $itu»d per it.i. UPHOLSTERED ROCKER 273.- ¾ either Oak or Maho^auy finish, h u n d s o m c e m b o s s e d carvings, beautiful turnings, well braced a n d l i c h l y tipholstered in h « a v y Velour of s v p e r i o r q u a l i t y , in fancy colors, K e t a i l s e< ii.rn). W h e n c a s h a c c o m p a n i e s order, e'ther Rocker or Olutir, will be shipped freight prepaid. P u r c h a s e price to be refunded f not ss'tisfactorv. Wb h m T e v e r y t h i n g in the line of F u r n i t u r e . '."Trite and s t a t e what y o u want, C A T A L O G U E F R E E . S A L E S M E N W A N T E P - M u s t furnish gilt edge r e f e r e n c e s . iamL£SKt3Sr<w%m\»t u n s n G. R. WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich In which is listed at lowest wholesale prices [everything to eat w e a r and use,is furnish* ed on receipt of only 10? to partly pay postage or expressage and as evidence W good faith the 10? is allowed on first ^purchase amounting to >!?? or above. 4 'fll OUR MONTHLY 6H0CERY PHlCt LIST »>££-)Q j S e n d P t o n r e f o r t h i s n e w t w o - s t e p m a r e b . It h a s t h e f u l l s w i n g a u d t h e a i r is c a t c h y a n d e q u a l t o Sv>Uvsa'.->. S e u d 10 c e n t s i n m o u e y o r s t i r u p s t o G e o r g e C. J o h n s t o n , A l l e n B u i l d i n g , C i n - c i n n a t i O h i o BI6 DYE HOUSE. "Wearing apparel, such sa ball and puny costume*. strwt and house pi wns snd all other cias*ea of wearing apparel, Including men's, cleaned and dyed and given every appearance of new parmentg. curtains, portlerres, silk or woolea, drsp€r>', blanketu, etc., ileaned and dyel by the latest and most approved methods and at reasonable prices. No rfpphiRof garments nrcetsary. Tailors' urderu receive prompt attention. Send for particular* and prices. At'eDtf wanted 8. GOLliSTKLN 3TKAK DTK WOkXS, 184 ». Clark Str*«.i, Chle*c». n D H D Q V N E W OSCOVERY. &?** L l l % V l %# Y quick relief and cures w o n t ca.«e«. Dook of testlmonla * «ud 10 DATS* treatment FttKlu DR. II. II. *.UKt\-S SONS, 3ax K, AUSBU, Ua. CHEAP FARMS DO you wurr« H O K I l i l f l f l f l l l A P R C Q Improved and unimproved I U U | V | U U R u n C « farmlDir lands to l.e divided anil t*,>ld on long time a a d e a s y p a y m e n t s , a llttla euch year. Come and see tut or wrlre. THK TRUMAN Mt»»S STATK UANK.^atiilao Center. Mich., or The Truman Moss Estate.Croiwotl, Sanilac Co.,Mich, W . N . U . — D E T R O I T - - N O . 5 0 - - \3 9 9 V o e o A o s K t r i a g A d v ^ r t i s e m e a t s K i i v U y M e n t i o n T h i s f a o e r . . 0®00@®®®0®®®®0®0®©©©©©©©®®®^^®®®©© Headache Sick headaches! Always trace them to a lazy liver or a sick stomach. Poisonous matter, instead of being thrown out, is reabsorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes congestion and that dull, awful, throbbing, sickening pain, CASCARETS remove the cause by stimulating the liver, making the poison move on and out, and purifying the blood. The effect is almost instantaneous. Ladies, whose sensitive organisms are especially prone to sick headaches, do not suffer, but find relief in CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Look out for Imitations and Counterfeits J THIS IS THE TABLET 10* 25c 50c DRUGGISTS CASCARETS are absolutely harmleit, a pareTr•ejetable eoapotrad. lTo tnerenTial or other mineral pill-poison i n Caacareti. Caacarets promptly, effectiyely and permanently cure eyery disorder of the Stomach, Liver aad Intestines. They not only cure constipation, but correct any and every form of inegularity of the b o w e l s , including diarrhoea and dysentery. Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do^oed. Wever sicken, w e a k e n or jripe. Be sure you get the genuine I Beware of imitations and substitutes t B u y a box of CASCARBTS t o - d a y , and if not pleased in every respect, g e t your money back!. Write-us for bookletand free sample! Address STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO or HEW YORK. S74 Q®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®8®®< • :4 • : < "v« •!•« K«r. »•:•< K < •*.< «•.< CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS AT MONROE BliOS' Come to us and we will do all in Our power to make your Christmas a Merry one. Christmas Handkerchief Sale. Largest und finest variety of Haudkervhiefs evi-r placed in our store. Fancy Colored Border Hdkfs at le, 3c and 5c. All Linen Hem-stitched Hdkfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Hem-stitched Kmb. and Lace trimmed Hc|kfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Elegent line Ladies' tine Hdkfs. at "JO, l>5, 35, 40, 50 and 75c. Gents Hem-stitched Hdkfs. «t 5, 10 and 15c. Gents line Linen Hdkfs. at 15, 20, 25, 35 and 40c. Gents Initial Hdkfs. at Kk;. Genu Silk Hdkfs. at 25, 40 and 50c. Child rens' Initial Hdkfs. 3 in a box for 25c. Be sure and visit our Handkerchief Booth. Christmas Ribbons. Special Sale of All Silk Ribbon, All Shades. No. 2 Ribbon 3c. No. 12 Ribbon 9c. No. 5 Ribbon 4c, Xo. 16 Ribbon l i e . No. 7 Ribbon 5c. No. 22 Ribbon 13c. No. 9 Ribbon 7c. Christmas Gifts in Ladies' Furnishings. Fur Colla'retts from 82.50 up to $12.00 Fur Collars from ¢2.50 up to $8.00. Ladies' Dressing Sacques at 50c, 1.00, 1.50 and $2 00. Ladies Wool Waists (special values) a t . . . 1.50, 1.75 and #2.00. Ladies' Mercerized Wais.s, Silk finish 1.00. 1.39 and ¢2.00. Ladies' Black Crepon Dress Skirts |C 00 quality for $3.95. Ladies' Underskirts, Mercerized Goods 1.00, 1.50. 2.00'and $3 00. Ladies' Knit Lander-skirts at .. .50c, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50. Ladies' Dress Wrappers. 69c 1.00, 1.39 and $1.76. Ladies' Facinatore 25, 35, 50, 05, 75c, 1.00 1.25, 150 and $2.00. Ladies' Silk Umbrellas 1.00, 1.25. 1.50,2.00, 2 TO .md ¢3.00. Ladies' Kid Mittens 50c, 1.(0, 1 50 and $200. Ladies' Kid Gloves 1 00 and $1.50. Ladies' Underwear from 19c up to $1.50. Special reduction in all Cioaks for Christmas All $5.00 Jackets for $3.98. All $7.50 Jackets for .$5.00. All $8.50 Jackets for $6.50. All $10.00 Jackets for. All $12.00 Jackets for. ..$7.50 .$8.75. Christmas Gifts in Gents Furnishings. Largest Stock of Up-to-date Neck-wear in Howell. New Shapes and Beautiful Patterns 25c and 50c. Gents Silk Mufflers, shaped and lined 25,.ri0c, 1.00 and $1.50 Gents Jersey knit Mufflers, Sweater Collar. 25, 50, 75c and $1.00. Gents Brocade Silk Neck Scarf 25, 50c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents fine Kid Gloves 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 and $2.00. Gents fine Kid Mittens 50c and $1.00. Mem' work Gloves and Mittens. 25, 50c and $1.00. Gents Silk Umbrellas .1.00, 1.50, 1.75 and $2.00. Gents Over-shirts 50, 75c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents Underwear from 25c up to $3.00. Appropriate Christmas Gifts in Shoe Dept. Ladies' Felt Slippers, Fur Trimmed, black and brown . $1.00 Ladies' Fancy Slippers, fur ttimmed, black and tan $1.50 Gents Fancy Slippers 75, 1.00 and 1.50 Ladies' and Gents' fine Shoes, all the Up-to-date styles. Ladies' Over-gaiters 25, 50, 75, 85 and $1.00 Genes' Over-^aiteiB 50 and 75c Over Shoes and Rubbers, all styles for everybody. Lamb Wool Soles, all styles. Men's and Boy's Felt Boots and Rubbers. Men's and Boy's Socks and Rubbers, Best quality Felt Boots, 4 Leather Stays 50c Special Christmas Gifts. We have just purchased at a great under value price, a large and elegant line of Pillow Shams, Doilies, Dresser Scarfs, and Table Covers. The beautiful patterns and Low Prices will Surprise you. Table Linen and Napkins. Moquett Rugs $1.00, $2.00 aad $3.00. Chenile and Tapestry Drapery Curtains and Table Covers. Fancy Head Rests. Bed Spreads at 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 and $3.00. Fine Line Fancy Towels. Bed Blankets at 48, 59, 75, 85, 1.00, 1.25,1.50 and $2.00. Childrens' Fur Muffs and Collars. Christmas Candy Sale. Choice New Stock at about ONE HALF the Regular Prices, At 8c, 10c, 12Jc, 15c, and 18c, per pound. Fancy Mixed Candy, Choice Cream Candy, Carmels, Chocolate, Gum Drops, Broken Taffy, Peanut Squares, Creamlets and Cocoa Bon Bons. Choice Mixed Nuts, per pound, 15c. Be sure and Yisit our Candy Booth. Special Prices on Groceries. 20 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar for $1.00, (or 5 lbs for 25 cents. Only 20 lbs. to each customer.) . 40c qualify Tea for 30c. Hefct quality T e a for 45c. 3 lbs tfood Raisins loi 25c. 1 lb can good B a k i n g Powder, 8c. or 4 lbs for 25c. 1 lb package Lion Coffee for 9c. 2 lbs best Santos Coffee for 25c. J a v a Blend Coffee, 22c a a a l i t y , for 18c. Best J a v a Blend Coffee, 30c q u a l i t y , for 22c. 10 ll.s Rolled Oats for 25c. 4 lbs best Crackers for 25c. Bept canned Tomatoes 8c. C o r n . . . . 8c. " " Peas 8c. Canned S a l m o n . . . . . . 12c. 12 bars jrood So'ap.. .25c. 9 bars Queen A n n Soap for 25c. 9 bars Lenox Soap .25c. 9 bars J a z o n Soap 25c. Corn Starch, per pound . . . . . . 4c. Gloss Starch, per pound 5c. Cash Sale Coupons Riven with every purchase. Monroe Brothers, Howell, Mich. BRIC-A-BRAC. New York has 800 millionaires. Lima, Peru, is without umbrellas. Half a century ago nails were slowly wrought 'ne at a time with hammer and anvil. An alleged new Raphael picture has been discovered a t t h e exhibition of Sacred An at Como. It is estimated that the consumption of beer in llu> entire world amounts to $1,OS().()00.000 per annum. Th«> Cleveland street railroad fctnka ,>.>.< o h , , *•>-, ttnn f0.. fiinspurtat.on and maintenance of the Militia. .u.u.wauu iaw prohibits Baltimore policeman from doing mechanical work for the department or for h u e . Rjits recently operated the striking mechanism of the disused Flushing, L. T., town click for several hours. The total value of sea fish landed in Ireland in 1898 was $1,962,935, an increase of over $70,000 on the previous year. Santa Cruz. Cal.. 1s perhaps the only municipality in which water is furnished free to inhabitants for domestic purposes. The Street Railway Journal estimates t h e life of iron poles for overhead wires a t 33 years, and wooden poles a t 11 years. The names of Indianapolis milk dealers who use formaldehyde will be published in the newspapers by tha City Sanitarian. There is a project on Foot In Geneva 0., to erect a library In memory of the father of artistic penmanship, Piatt R. Spencer. Tunnyfish. a r a t h e r neglected fish in England, has in Portugal the glory of being made a subject of special study by the King. The total value of t h e lumber annually manufactured in the Northwept, including Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota, is $80,000,000. The health authorities of Bavaria examined laft year 55,437 saraplas of food and drink, and made complaints in 17.9 per cent of all cases. The British Government h a s given permission for the- Prime Minister of Vtrarda to visit England, and he will remain in London f->r three months. A SURE ( T R E FOR CROUP. Twenty-five Years* Constant use Without a Failure. The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to t h a t disease it may be taken as a s u r e sign of the approach of an a t t a c k . Following this couarb, is a peculiar r o u g h coui^h. If Chamberlin's Cough Rrtmeiy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after t h e croupy cough appears it will prevent t h e attack. It is used in many thousands of hom^s in this broad land a n d nev«r disappoints the anxious mothers. We nave yet to learn of a single instance in which it has n o t proved effectual No other preparation can show such a record—twenty five years constant use without failure. F o r sale by F . A. S i t l e r . UNADILLA Lon Lane of Chelsea Sundayed under the parental roof. Old Mrs. Pickell is very 8ick at the home of her son Irving. A. C. Watson was iu Chelsea on business last Monday and Tuesday. Don Harris is home from his work for Geo. Younglove in Marion. Earnest Pickell is quiet sick with scarlet fever and a number around town have been exposed. Mrs. Lime Barton and son Elmer attended the funeral of Mrs. Thomas Wilburn in Chelsea Saturday. There was no preaching in the M. E. church last Sunday eve the Elder having gone away for a visit. Mr. Will and Edd Sharp from near Williamston visited at R. Barnums the fore part of the week. Claw No. 3 of the S. S. with W. B. Collins u teacher went to Chelsea Thursday to have their pictures taken. Quite a number from this way attended the reading circle at the Anderson school house last Saturday afternoon. The Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church will give a Pan Cake social in their hail Wednesday eve Dec. 20. There was quite an excitement in our town last Thursday night caused by the mill dam breaking away but was repaired before much damage was done. . The following is the program for the Unadilla Farmers' Club to be held at the home of Ryal Barnum's, Saturday Dec. 16, commencing at 10 a. m. sharp: Singing by Qoartett. Prayer b r .Rev. Whitfield. Recitation b r Florence Riohmcm d. Paper, "The Voice of the People." Rev. J . J . Heatty Discussion, led by Rev. E. B. Ellis. Singing, Mr. and Mrs. laverock. Paper W. B. Collins. Discussion led by Ryal Bar num. Recitation, Roy Stowe. Duett Kiltie Livtnuore, Minnie Mills. Recitation, Jennie Harris. Question Box conducted by.. .Z. Hartsuff. Music. MORE LOCAL. Ten page* this week. Warren Goodrich killed a large blueracer on Friday last, Dec. 8. Ed. T. Kearney, of Jackson Neb., was a guest of his mother the first of the week. Tickets for the concert, Friday evening, for sale by Mitees Mabel and Lucy Swarthout. Mrs. Harriet Clark has been vissting her sister Mrs. D. D. Carr for a couple of weeks. This is the week of Christmas advertising 60 do not fail to read every one in the paper. Edward Bowers, who has been working in Jackson several weeks is spending a few days at his home here. The wind of Monday night upset the sheds on the race track, belonging to Tuomey, Teeple and Swarthout. We run a Supplement this week to accommodate advertisers and flews. The advertisement of McComb & Co., HoweJI, appear on supplement. F . E. Wright has rented the store riow occupied by Reason & Shehan and will move there in the near future. He issued removal sale bills the first of the week. Everyone who will are requested to meet tonight (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. L . Colby, to drill for a chorus to assist at the Concert at the M. E . church, Friday evening. The pupils of school district No. 8, will give a Christmas entertainment in connection with Christmas tree, on Friday evening, Dec. 22, at the new Town Hall, Dexter Township. Admission 10 cents. I would like to trade a single harness for pole wood. J O E SYKES. Notice to Tax Payers The Townships Tax Roll is now in my hands for the Collction of Taxes—1 will be at the Pinckney Ex. Bank during business hours to receive the same. R. H. Teeple. Twp. Treasurer. is Baby TOOThhl? If so, there must be some itrouble with its food. Well • babies are plump; only the, sick are thin. Are you sure : the food is all ri *ht ? Children can't help but grow* they must grow if their food i; nourishes them. Perhaps a mistake was made in the; past and as a result the di-, gestion is weakened. If that: is so, don't give the baby , a lot of medicine; just use' ! " your every-day common;; sense and r>dp nature a littic, and the way to do it is to add half a teaspoonful of SCOTT'S EMULSION i to the baby's food three or ; four times a day. The gain . will begin the very first day > you give it It seems to: correct the digestion and ' gets the baby started right again. If the baby is nursing but does not thrive, then f . the mother should take the emulsion. It will have a : good effect both upon the Imother and child. Twentyfive years proves this fact yx. and $x^M, aO druggists. SCOTT 4c BOWNE, Chemists, New York. WAYNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMERICAN Alio EUROPEAN PLAN, %a TO ma. BO 91.00 TO • * . 0 0 t 9IMOLM HmAum, 6O0. UP TO OATM OAPME Dehorning done promptly by Will Voorhies, rlmison, MM 1. 1'. O . I). X! . MK«!J YOUR MIND is on the selection of that Christmas Present. S a v e Worry and Time and Money and come right to the Busy Bee Hive. Store Pull and Overflowing and its Everything and plenty of it too. Books, Rugs, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Table Linens, Dolls, Neckwear for Ladies and Gentlemen, Collars and cuffs, Umbrellas, Hosierj,.. Underwear, Dressing Sacks, Furs, cloaks, Wrappers, corsets, Gloves, Dress Goods, •Lace curtains, Toilet Articles, Jewelry, Perfumery A n d a T h o u s a n d O t h e r good and useful articles. Can * t begin to tell you. Come and see. Tours respectfully, L. H. F I E L D . Mich, V o l . X V I I . S u p p l e m e n t D e c e m b e r , 14, 1 8 9 9 . TVo. 3>0. ANDERSON FARMERS CLUB. T h e Anderson Farmers' club met at t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. J a s . Marble, Saturday, Dec. 9. A large company was present and after dinner was served, president F . W. Allison, called the meeting to order. P r a y e r was offered by C . M. Wood, a n d after a piece of munic the business of t h e meeting was transacted. Mr. Wood gave H report, from the comm i t t e e , which was appointed at t h e last meeting, to make arrangements for a one d a y institute, to be held in Pinckney. M r . W o o d naid, in his report, that in all probability an institute would be held sometime in J a n . , and it was quite likely that Prof. Delos F a l l , of Albion, would be the evening speaker. Miss E t h e l Durkee then favored the audience with a vocal solo, after which Miss Gladys Daley highly entflined the company with a n instrumental solo. excellent p;iper on " I d e a l s . " Miss Greiner treated her subject in a masterly mann e r . She said many good things; a few of t h e thoughts being these: - A n ideal is a necessity to the highest attainment in life; t h a t our ideals should be lofty, a n d our m i n d bent upon its realization; strength of character is a necessity; a n d that t h e purest character is apt to be developed i n t h e country. Lucius E . Wilson then sang a solo, which was followed b y an instrumental solo by K a t e Ruen, Miss Mollie Wilson then read a paper u p o n t h e subject " H o u s e k e e p i n g a n d Housekeepers upon t h e p ' a r m . " Some of t h e ideas which she presented are these: Housekeeping is not a n exciting occupa- OUB POPULATION. W H A T WILL BE SHOWN NEXT CENSUS. BY T H E It fa n«li«ved T h a t • ftr»ntl Total of Nearly Ninety Million* Will Appear— Tbeae a r e M u n i f i c e n t a n d Alluring Fit-urea, W i t h t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of t h e c o m - m i s s i o n e r of t h e c e n s u s of 1900 specul a t i o n b e g i n s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n t h e e n u m e r a t o r s will find in t h e c o u n t r y w h e n t h e y finish t h e i r w o r k n e x t y e a r . \ s u s u a l l a r g e figures a r e b e i n g m a d e a n d a g r e a t i n c r e a s e i s c l a i m e d o v e r t h e p o p u l a t i o n g i v e n in 1SD0. O n e e s t i m a t e n o w g o i n g a r o u n d i.4 b a s M on t h e g u e s s e s of t h e g o v e r n o r s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n of t h e different S t a t e s _, . . . a n d t e r r i t o r i e s J a n u a r y 1. 1S99. T h e Miss Agnes Greiner then read an I t o t a ] o n f h a t d a t p . g p ] a ( ? p d a t _ ^ 3o3„ a n d . a d d i n g t h e p r o p o r t i o n a t e i n - c r e a s e b e t w e e n n o w a n d J u n e , 1899, i t is claimed t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s p r o p - er will h a v e i n 1900 a lion t 80.250,000.. A d d i n g t h e e s t i m a t e d p o p u l a t i o n o? T T"waiI. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e fs'pnds a n d a g r a n d total of 89.250,000 fs found. T h i s is a m a g n i f c r n t a n d a l l u r i n g flgpre. TT realized it would s h o w a g r o w t h of n e a r l y threefold s i n c e 18^0., or ffp f o r t y y e a r s . Tt i s e x t r e m e l y d o u h t f u M B i o w e v e r . if a n y such t o t a l is r e a c h W T h e a d d i t i o n of 9.1.)00.MO for t h e , p o p u l a t i o n of H a w a i i . P o r t o Rico a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e s 5? p r o b a b l y n o t t o o l a r g e . Tt - i v e s 1.000.000 le-^s p e o p l e t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e i s ' a n d s t h : : n i f ^ n ^ r o o d ajitho'-iMpp c l a i m , a n d it CHRISTMAS tion, simply prosaic, but not monotonous— would n o t b e unless we make it so; many enjoyments are to be found upon the farm, and the greatest drawback is the lack of time for advancement; but president effort oft«-n HchieAes what seems impossible; the woman oftoday living upon a farm may be a cultured, talented, welt informed l a d y ; and t h a t housekeeping should be viewed in the light of dignified instead of servile labor. M r s . A. A . Stowe in some remarks upon this paper, thought, that with enough determination and will that it was possible to develop the mind and yet be a housekeeper. T h i s was followed by an instrumental solo by Miss Edith Wood, after which Miss M i n n i e Monks also rendered an instrumental solo. Miss Nellie Gardner then sang a solo, a n d the program was closed with an instrumental solo by Miss Josephine H a r r i s . C O B . S E C autMn'-if > flurprisi I . i i " • n • * && '.v> [CENTS FOR The Bailed Dswi\ Paper Cream not SKimMtIK HitstKeNaJ!oivt!\eHe*dl Ki\ow5 what to Pat ii\ Knows what to Leaveoul ^ — R J I I of Ginger Fall of Sun5K, ive ^ - ^ A Practice taper For sieeves-roUediCip Fdrmen* GOOJI inanyState where GnnptimeCMTal d r roFit the Man who KnowsWhat VWtot Farmes at m Fliatl&Me. josticetoAHMcA Whv have a Mortgage on the Farm, Poor Cropa, Rheumatism, Sour Bread, Sick Hogs, a Leaky Roof, Kopy Milk, a Balky Horse, Grip, Hole in the Pocket, Skeleton in the Closet, or any other Pain or Trouble when you can get the Farm Journal five years for 90 cents ? Address FARM JOURNAL, PhiUu, Pa. 'jPORT ANT NOTICE.—By special arraageaMat made with theFARH JOURNAL, wt are enaMatf to offer that peper from now aatil Deoanbar, 1903, t a every subscriber who pays for ours one year ahead —both papers for the price of our.; only. ^tnjfi -½ 4tf~Be prompt in accepting this T h e a b o v e Journal for five year* FREE, with o n e year's ^5¾ aubficrlptlon to the PINGKNBY DISPATCH r " if t h e totn1 .ndd't'OPS to t h p pnpnlpMnn of t h i s remtry pi^dp b y t h p wr>r v i t h Spain would I p r p r p e ^ t e 10.noo.noo. Bu* t h e e s t i m a t e ; of Sn.opn,nnn a s thn "population of t h p j ( TTnfted Ftafes p r o p e r in 1900 is u n - d o u b t e d l y too l a r g e b y several m i l - t lions. I t would m e a n a n i n c r e a s e of j 17.400 000 since 1S90. or About t w e n t y - Seven p e r cent., a m u c h l a r g e r i n - j c r e a s e t h a n w a s s h o w n b y t h e l a s t I c e n s u s . J ^ u c h a n i n c r e a s e i s I m p r o b a b l e . j T ^ p r e fs n o e v i d e n c e t o s h o w t h a t t h e j r o " H r v h ? s g r o w n a t a nv>re rajVd r a t e I &vc(> 1890 t h a n it did d u r i n g t h e d e - I c*>^e b e t w e e n 1880 a n d 1890. T h e , g r o w t h w h i c h It w a s A r p e c t e d t h e ceni PUS of t h p l a t t e r y e a r w o u ' d sftow w a s r o t realized. E x p e c t a t i o n h a d been bas^d o n t h e p e r c e n t a e > of i n c r e a s e 1 n'Ti-ppr, T?-(\ nr,rf t ^ f t T?n + t h p Taro-a Merry Xmas is almost here and e verybody is looking for a present for some friend. T h e times are such that they want to buy the best they can get for the least money and here is where they can get it. We shall have everything for old and young. We have a complete line of XMAS BOOKS To Select from. Don't Fail to See Our Fiue HOLIDAY STOCK. Board covered, picture and reading books for small children, 5c, $ .10 Large books, cheap at 25c, for _ „„..15 Books with 200 and 250 pages, 20c and _... _ . .25 Peck's Bad Boy, with red covers, worth 25c, our price .15 Better books, 50c, 75c and 1.00 Autograph albums, 3c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c and. „...:.. _.25 Celluloid goods at about one-half their value. Photograph albums 35c and . .75 Musical album, plays two tunes _ '..._ 5.00 Work boxes, Glove boxes, Manicure sets and Toilet cases at prices that will astonish the closest buyers. We advise you to call early and get the first selections as they are always the best. Handkerchiefs and Glove boxes, two- in a s e t . _ .40 Toilet Cases .„„ _ ' , .60 Shaving Cases 1.25 Cuff and Collar boxes, _ 45c 1.10 Dolls of every description from l c to 3.00 China limb dolls, 3, 5, 10 and 15c Washable dolls, with hair,.... __ 10 and 15 Kid body dolls. 15, 25, 40 and 45 Sleeping dolls _ 50, 75, and 1.00 Sleds 22, 40, 45, 69 and .85 We also have a large assortment of Clynaware in Teacups and Saucers, Mustache cups and saucers, Salad dishes, Cake and Bread plates, Fruit dishes, Child's dishes, Water sets, Vases, Everything from the cheapest to the best. I n c r e a s e s h o w n in t h e l a t t e r v e a r >t is n o w a c k n o w l e d g e d . *vas riV«» tn * ! v defective c e n s u s of 15-70. T h e r m r " w - c u r a t e c e n s u s of 1880 g a v e a ia"r»« v.- c r e a s e o v e r t h e p r e v i o u s oerxnp r>n,i c r e a t e d t h e p o p u l a r d i s s a t i s f ^ ' o n w i t h t h e coppus of 1890. B'i> n o f•.-•('•-, h a v e since c o m e t o light t o she-'' *!"'t t h e Irst e n u m e r a t i o n w a s n o r f ;T a c - c u r a t e a n d c o m p l e t e . F v n r v c< ••••'«< m a d e b y P t a t e s d u r i n g t h e m s - ,>->:<* y e a r s h a s tended to nrm-p t h e cav:c-.:",- nops of t h e c e n s u s of 1 ^ 0 . Pome lisrbt is tb".i"-v on ' b e <*~n of t h e p r . r " ' a t i o n v.-,,,--'i v / ' ' ' 1-^ f"^- 1 in t h e c o u n t r y in J u n e , 1000. by t h e S t a t e c e n s u s e s t a k e n In 1895. T h e foll o w i n g t a b l e gives t h e r e t u r n s f r o m n i n e of t h e m S t a t e s : P o p u l a t i o n . S t a t e s M a s s a c h u s e t t s R h o d e I s l a n d N e w J e r s e y . . M i c h i g a n . . , W i s c o n s i n . . 1890. 2,238.943 345,506 1,444.933 2,093,889 1,686,880 Towa 1.911.896 M i n n e s o t a 1,301,826 K a n s a s 1,427,096 O r e g o n 313,767 1895. ... 2,495.345 384,758 1,672,942 2,241,454 1,931,905 2,058.069 1,574,910 1,334,668 362,762 C h i n a cupB a n d s a u c e r s 10c t o - - 5 5 B r e a d a n d m i l k 9ets - - - - - . 2 0 M u s t a c h e c u p a n d s a u c e r , 17e t o - . 5 5 Muffs f r o m 5 c t o - - - - - - , . 2 5 S h a v i n g m u j ^ - - - - - - . 1 0 S a l a d d i s h e s , 2 0 c t o - - . - . 7 5 B r e a d p l a t e s , 2 2 c t o - . - - 1.00 W a t e r s e t s , 80c t o - - - - . - 1.50 P i c t u r e s a n d E a s l e s v e r y c h e a p V a s e s 5 c . 8c, 10c a n d - - - - ^ 3 5 W e h a v e s o m e n i c e m u s i c a l clocks 3 . 2 5 E i g h t d a y S e t h T h o m a s clocks, o n e h o u r o r o n e - h a l f h o u : s t r i k e , marblt-ized. t h e s e a r e b e a u t i e s . 5 . 0 0 Notions. W e h a v e a tull s u p p l y a n d a t p r i c e s t h a t <'annot b e d u p l i c a t e d . B a i t i n t r t h r e a d per spool - • Y a r d Mo 1 ri»»bon - . - . C h i l d r e n ' s c o m b i n a t i o n s u i t s - P a p e r p i n - Set dr^<s s t a v s C r o c h e t h o o k s , in bone or s t e e l I n k , p<'i b o t t l n T a M n N , 2c, 3 4 , a n d M r n ' s a u d b o y s 1 g l o v e s a n d m i t t e n s a t a b o u t o n e half t h e i r v a l u e . Uov's faced a n d fleeced-lined tf'oves 20c - l c l c - 20c - 1.- - l c - 4 c 2c DRY GOODS. Our Dry Goods department is filled to its utmost capacity with bargain after bargain that is impossible for us to quote prices for want of space but we give just „asample: — - —— 1 It will b e seen b y t h i s t a b l e t h a ^ M i n n e s o t a a n d W i s c o n s i n a r e t h e o n l y W e s t e r n S t a t e s w h i c h m a d e l a r g e g a i n s b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895. T h e first S t a t e g a i n s a h o n t t w e n t y p e r cent, a n d t h e l a t t e r a b o u t fifteen p e r cent. Michig a n ' s c e n s u s w a s t a k e n In 1894. b u t i t s g a i n is only seven Tier cent., a n d I o w a ' s is a b o u t t h e s a m e . K a n s a s loses a n d Oregon gr:'ns a b o u t eleven p e r cent. T h e most s u r p r i s i n g garin m a d e i s i n N e w J e - s e y a n d M a s s a c h u s e t t s . T h e f o r m e r S t a t e i n c r e a s e d a b o u t fifteen r e r cent, b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895 a n d t h e l a t t e r S t a t e o v e r eleven p e r cent. in t h e s a m e t i m e . R h o d e I s l a n d a l s o showed a n i n c r e a s e of eleven p e r cent, in i t s p o p u l a t i o n . T h e a v e r a g e g r o w t h ir. t h e s e n i n e S t a t e ? i n t h e five y e a r s from 1890 t o 1M7> w a s a b o u t t e n p e r cent. Tf it is t h e s a m e b e t w e e n 1895 and 19^0 t h e a v e r a g e p e r cent, of e r o w t h o v e r t h e T'nited S t a t e s p r o p e r would b e t w e n t y p e r cent, for t h e d e - cade b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1900, o r a n i n - crease of a b o u t 12.500.000. T h i s added to t h e 62.622.250 p o p u l a t i o n i n 1890 would i n d i c a t e a p o p u l a t i o n of a b o u t 75.^00.000. A d d i n g 9,000.000 f o r H a - waii. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e Islands a n d a t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n of 84,- 000.000 a p p e a r s , o r 5.000,000 l e s s t h a n t h e s a n g u i n e p r e d i c t i o n s . T h i s will p r o b a b l y b e t h e exten^ of t h e g r o w t h i n p o p u l a t i o n t h e n e x t c e n s u s will disclose. T h e r e a l s u r - p r i s e t h e e n u m e r a t i o n will m a k e t o t h e c o u n t r y will p r o b a b l y b e t h e discovery t h a t t h e E a s t . S o u t h a n d m i d d l e W e s t h a v e g r o w n m o r e r a p i d l y t h a n t h e t r a n s - M i s s i s s i p p i S t a t e s . T h e perc e n t a g e of g a i n in t h e l e t t e r , w i t h t h e exception of o n e o r t w o S t a t e s , will p r o b a b l y b e found t o h a v e fallen off. T h i s is n o t a d i s c o u r a g i n g fact, a n d i t will n o t be s u r p r i s i n g if t n e s a m e tendency i s s h o w n In t h e censuses of 1910 a n d 1920. T h e f a r W e s t will h a v e t o w a i t u n t i l t h e w a s t e places i n t h e E a s t a n d S o u t h a r e filled u p . N e a r l y o n e - t h i r d of t h e w o r l d ' s s a v i n g s a r e in t h e 9S0 s a v i n g s b a n k s r-f t h e United S t a t e s . •A. Good lOc quality Shirting- at Canton Flannel, Heavy, Prints* one lot g-oing- at Towels, 5. IO, 15 and O rash Toweling1, 4, S and my Yarn per skein. 5e 4 c 3c o lOc 5e Remember this is only a few of our many bargains and we invite you to come early and thus avoid the rush You will greatly'assist us by jotting" down what you want and it will aid you when you come to buy. It is always our aim to please. These Xmas goods and prices far excel anything we'have ever been able to show in the way ot cheapness and qualitv. MoCOMB & CO. Second door west of McPhersons shoe store, H G W t L b , MICH. A WW I n^hiiuJ I ' r o d m f : ' : - h e r ] y — I : Vwit- t!:e P i l e rim Fi!tl:e;-s t h a t i n s t i t u t e d T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y . w a s n ' t it F l a s h er'.y—-Yes, c r a n b e r r i e s a r e a N e w E n g l a n d p r o d u c t , y o u k n o w . Holiday Rates Grand via Trunk. One fare and a third for the round trip to all points on its lines and connections west of the Detroit and St Clair Rivers Also to Canadian points west of and including Toronto, Niagara Falls,- and Buffalo, N. Y. Also to stations on Northern Divission Georgetown to North Bay, O u t Tickets for Xmas will be on sale Dec. 23, U and 25, 1899, and for New Years Dec. 30 and 31 «99 and Jan. 1, 190(). All good to rekturn up to and including Jan. 2, f900. v f Commencing Saturday, Dec. 2, ind Closing Saturday, Dec. 24, We will give to the people of Pinckney and vicinity way down prices on Prints, Ginghams, Drees Goods, Hats, Gaps, Handkerchiefs, Boots, Shoes and Groceries. During this sale we are bound to reduce our too large stock, and to thoroughly clean up all odds and ends that have accumulated. Article No. 1—Dress Goods. A search for the choicest assortment of the latest and most fashionable dress fabrics has f secured the complete line we show. These from the cheap suitings that retail from 10c to 15c to the dressy Crepons will receive their share of slashing. Special values in Planchette Suitings a t . . .8\c All 25c Dress Goods at 21c All $1.00 Dress Goods at 82c All 75c Dress Goods at i 59c Artiele No. 2— Silks. T h e demand for Silks this fall has been good, warranting us in carrying the finest as well as cheaper values. We wont forget you in this line. Our Trimmings and Linings are right, and as these are as important as the dress, don't overlook them. eREse© Article No. 4— Our Strong Point. And that's Hosiery and Underwear. Comp parison with goods bought elsewhere has convinced us as well as many others that it's no exaggeration to state that we have the strongest line in the county. Are especially strong in Fleeced Wear, and still have a complete line of sizes. Ladies' Hose, 10c kind, worth 12.1c. at two for - 15c Men's Fleeced Underwear \ . . . 37.1c Article No. 6— Leather Goods Talk. Some shoes wear well but look like sin. Some look pretty, but pinch. Some are easy, but spread all over. One good point don't make a shoe good. All of them, however, do, and you are sure to find them here for Men, Women and Children. Prices talk: 30 prs- Ladies' Fine Shoes, 2\ to 4, at 89c 24 prs. Ladies' $2.00 Shoes, 2J to 4J, a t . . $1.50 30 prs. Men's $2.50 Shoes, a t . $1.98 All odds and ends a t cost. Don't want to let an advertising opportunit} 7 slip to impress upon your minds the factthat we curry a full assortment of the famous "CRESCO Corset." This is the corset that cannot break at the waist line. We have never introduced a specialty before that has met with such a cordial reception. Only women who have suffered the annoyance of broken boned corsets can appreciate the ease, the health, t h e comfort and the economy of the "Cresco." Sales climbing every day. Scores of our customers who wear the "Cresco" corset, will wear no other. Glad to have you make a careful investigation of the "Cresco," the only corset made that can not break at the waist line. Article No. 7— MEN, this will certainly interest YOU! Rubbers of the Lambertville and Mishawaka brand carry conviction with them. We own them cheap, and sell them likewise. Also have -the celebrated Ball Brand Knit Boots and Socks. T o show them is to sell them. We have men's, boys' and youths' Felts and Rubbers in brands and styles to please all. Article Ho. 3— Domestio Linens and Wash Goods. Although the market has steadily advanced along" these lines, we can safely promise you largfe inducements in Bleached and Unbleached Cottons, T k k i n g , Denims, Shirting, Flannels, and Prig^T • In Taole Damask we are prepared to save you mone£ and still make money. Jftava a large assortment of Comfort Linings In the b e ^ p r i n t s a t 4Jc Good Tennis Flannels a t 4£c Article No. 5«- Gents' Furnishings for Winter. Heavy Duck Coats, with and without rubber lining, xieavy Kersey Pants. Heavy Overshirts and lighter weights. Every article a good value, made with care, good fitting, and for wear unsurpassed. Gloves and Mitts, just the time for them. T h e right articles, our assortment furnishing anything vou wish. Faced Mitts at ' 21c Working Shirts at 44c Men's Cotton and Wool Pants, less 20 per cent. Article No. 8— Groceries. Although last named, will hold a conspicuous place in the sale, as we depend greatly on our grocery leaders to make it a success. Our brands have been selected with care, knowing that where groceries are bought other goods will be sold. Our T e a s and Coffees you will find the best always for the money. j\ll Goods Sold lor Oash. F. G. JACKSON, Pinckney, Mich.VOL. XVII. PINOKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, DEO. 14,1899. The--, » Surprise Store, BARGAINS. We srive you biff values lor your money and we are doing business— yes, loU of it. (Jbristmas buying has commenced and we are holiday headquarters. One Dollar spent in our store goes as far as Two Dollars spent elsewhere. We sell strictly for CASH and can afford to sell CHEAP. Try us and see. We raenton a few prices which speak for themselves. | 1 60 Crokinole board $100 2.50 Dress suit case 1.50 25u Toy chairs 10c 1 lb. box fancy candy 10c \ Box 12 good cigars 25c | 5 00 Chamber set $3.99 200 Carving set 1.50 2 50 Iron bottom trunk 1.75 Valises 47c to 1.50 No. 9 All copper teakettle 110 Dashboard lantern 64c Cobblers outfit 49 and 99c $200 Teachers Bible $1.10 100 Watch chains 69c 75c Overalls 50c 65c Oversbirts 45c Fancy box paper 10 and 25c Doll beads 5 to 35c Dolls—big hne— 5c to $2.00 Gocarfs 10c to $1.00 Doll cabs 17c to $1.00 CHINA Big values at 10c, 15c, 25c and up. See our fancy china be fore you buy. ALBUMS See our wonder at 49c Toiler cases, fancy boxes and novel ties. I L O C A L N E W S . Quite a snow storm Tuesday night. L«M than two weeks before Christmas. A fine and much needed rain the first of the week. Mrs. W. A. Reynolds is visiting relatives in Detroit. Reason and Shehan expect to be in their new store by next week. Miss Iva Halsted spent the past week with home frieacta in Leslie. Mrs. A. J . Wilhelm visited relatives in Iosco a couple of days last week. C. V. VanWinkle and wife are in Lansing in attendence at the state farmers' institute. Teeple & Cadwell are shipping wood to Jackson this week; Pinckney is a good wood market. Ethel Graham spent Saturday and Sunday with her uncle, A. B . Green and family, at Stockbridge. The house belonging to Mrs. H . D. Grieve, now occupied by Will Shehan is being treated to a coat of paint Do not forget the concert tomorrow (Friday) evening. Show the young people that yon take an interest in their work. Geo. Teeple recieved one day last week a pair of carrier pigeons by mail and will raise some if he has good luck. The pair is registered. W. D . Thompson has moved into the Potterton house, formerly owned by E . A. Mann. H e will remain iu the village dur. ing the winter. The Ladies Aid society of the M. E'. church will hold a tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Green Wednesday evening Dec. 20, from 5 until all are served. Miss Margarett Maloney and Miss Anna Spears left to-day for Indiana to visit friends. Miss Anna will also visit in Kentuckey and Georgia before her return. The social at the home of J . A. Cadwell on Friday evening was well attended and everyone enjoyed themselves. The Cong'l Sunday School was made the richer by $8. 70'. The people of thii place were pained to learn last week that Walter Mann of Detroit who fell from a tree and broke his right arm, had to have it amputated above the elbow. The bone was too badly crushed to save the arm. This is the month to pay your taxes. W. B. Darrow has a Christmas adv. on page 5 of this issne. Geo. Sigler was under the doctors care the first of the week. Geo. Schoenhals of Genoa, was the guest of friendB here Sunday. Rev. and Mrs Chas. Simpson visited his sister in Owosso this week. F . E . Wright has a special adv. on page 4. Do not fail to read it. Chas. Coe and daughter of New York are guest of F . E. Wright and family. Mr. and Mrs. D . D. Bennett of Fowlerville spent Sunday with relatives here. Coming, Coming, Coming, J a n . 1st 1900 Hoyt Conery. The Man about Town. Mrs. Harriet Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Clark of Flint spent the latter part of last week and the first of this with W. A. Carr and family. The show windows of our business places are resplendent in fancy goods for the holiday trade. Pinckney is the best town in the county to buy Xruas goods. Do not forget that the DISPATCH makes a very desirable Chiistmas present to a friend who has moved away. Every week it would bring to rememberance the giver. The K. O. T. M. society of this place hold their election of officers on Friday evening of this week which will be followed by a supper. All members are requested to be present. Rev. E. W. Ryan D. D. will lecture in the Hamburg M. E. church Saturday evening Dec. 16 1899. Subject, " W h o shall have our boys." Admission 10c. For the benefit of the Hamburg M. E. church. A birthday quilting party was given to the friends of Mies Norma Vaughn on Saturday last, in honor of Miss Norma's tenth birthday. The little folks enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon and Norma was the recipient of several fine andUseful presents. N . G. Riley, who has been teaching a class and giving private lessons in voice culture at this place for several weeks will give a concert assisted by his class, on Friday evening of this week, at the M. E . church. Mr. Riley has met with excellent success here and the entertainment should be well attended as it will consist entirely of home talent with the exception of some selections by Mr, Riley. Admission 10 and 15 cents. TOY SETS DISHES Sc, 10c, 15c, 23c, 25c, 49c and 73c. IRON TOYS Tbese"are good toys to buy—they last. GAMES, "BOOKS BLOCKS, ETC. at bargain prices. Perfumes, Pocket-books, Jewelry, Pocket-Knives, Handkerchiefs. Special sale of Ribbons Strictly all Silk Ribbon. No. 2, 2c. No. 5, 4c. No. 7, 5c. No. 9, 7c. Hair Ornaments Is a Strong Line with us. Come and see our 5c and 10c Tables. They Contain Bargains. Come and w e will do you good. E. A. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman Block, Pi«ok»«y. BERT WELLMAN, MftMfter of PifttiuMp Stor*. H o w « U 8 t « * , M i i t o f > * 0 . Bnd of the Year Sale, Sale commencing Dec- 14, closing Dec. 24, '9 9. We have always given our customers a chance to buy goods under their value for the last two weeks in the year, AND W I L L N O T D I S A P P O I N T ANY O F YOU THIS YEAR. Although prices are advancing on all lines of merchandise, we will make our promise good. All Dark Best Prints at 5c. All Best Light Prints at 4c. All 10c Tennis Flannel 8c. All 7c Tennis Flaunel 6c. All 5c Tennis Flannel 4Jc. In Dress Goods. All Dress Goods will be sold at Actual Cost. In Underwear. Men's heavy fleeced garments 41c. Ladies' heavy fleeced garment 41c. We have some odd sizes in Misses' and Children's underwear, in both cotton and wool, will sell % off. Our line of Handkerchiefs, Mufflers and Ties is very good and the prices the lowest. All $1 Corsets at 89c All 50c Corsets at 42c Heavy all linen Crash at 6c »> ) 1 • J M • 1 >> ») >» M »1 »» »» IC 7*c 8c 9c Ladies' $2.50 Shoe 1.99 Ladies' $2.00 Shoe 1.62 All odds and ends in Ladies' Shoes 89c. $1.10 85c- Ladies' fleeced wrappers Ladies' best print wrappers In Groceries In Shoes Men's fine box calf, $3.00 Shoe $2.49 Men's fine box calf $3.00 tau shoe 2.49 Men's fine Vici kid $3.50 Shoe 2.60 Men's fine calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Men's fine calf $1.50 Shoe 1.20 Boy's Calf $1.35 Shoe 1.00 Boy's heavy calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Ladies hand-turned fine kid $3.00 2.49 35o Coffee 30c Coffee 2-TC Coffee 20c Coffee 15c Coffee 50c Tea 40c Ten 35c Tea 30c 25c 21c 17c 12c 38c 36c 31c I pound of nice Cream Candy Free wlf h every $ 2 C»»h trade. All Gopds at above prices* GASH* Butte* and E&* T a k e n . "VD. \D. Tiaxuaxdu No. 5 0 . NO USE for SANTA CLAUS Tee Mapetic Attraction of Our HOLIDAY GOODS M Low Prices Pish tie Old Man Aside. WE ARE PROUD of OUR BARGAINS for CHRISTMAS BUYERS. No matter how hard you are to suit, we can Bait you, in new and Beautiful Selections of Toys, Books and Novelties. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC. Our Stock is Well Assorted and Comprises the G R E A T E S T GATHE R I N G of Desirable Merchandise We Have Ever Offered Our Holiday Patrons. Yon are Cordially Invited to Come and See What We Can Do for Yon Before Yon LoobElseinere. A l l that is Newest and Best awaits your inspection and approval* and the prices on A l l Our Goods ape Extremely Low. F. A. SIGLER. You Know Where We Are, GATES WIDE OPEN FOR FALL BUSINES ? S e t O u r L i n e of Plush Robes F u r Robes Montana Robes Stable Blankets Storm Blankets Fancy Raid Blankets. 5/A Five Mile Bias Girth Horse Blanket The Old Reliable. Has five ratles of strong rarp threads. Long of wear, will never tear. We are Sailing 'em on Small Profits. TEEPLE 4* CADWELL. Holiday Specials! 20 doz. Childrens' Handkerchiefs at l c each. 20 doz. Ladies' plain Hemstitched 2c each 10 doz. Gents' plain Hemstitched 4c each Ladies1 hemstitched and embroidered hdkfs. 5, 8, 10, 15, 25, 40, and 50a 25/pc. best Standard print at <T^lo pc. Tennis Flannel at Ladies' Black Hose 2000 yd best unbleached cotton at Ladies' Kid Gloves at Childrens Kid Mittens Bed Blankets at Ladies' $1.25 Fleeced Wrappers Gents' Un-Lanndried Shirts Specials in Underwear Specials in Shoes Specials in Groceries 4^c per yd. 4 and 4^c per y d 2 pair for 13c 5Jc 89c. 40c 49 and 59c. 99c 59c i I •« J V ••V X . 1 / Bargains will lie found throughout our stock daring thia F, G. JACKSON. ' > • * • , : ^ ^ . - ^ ^ . ^ I . H H 1 SSI. Our Islands, and Their Good Government. GOLDMAND TH€ BANK LAWS, . _ i _ t f e e Political F r e e d o m of Cuba — The P h i l i p p i n e W a r — Trusts and Other I m p o r t a n t H a t t e r s Beuolve Earnest . ConaldenUloa.. T o the Senate and the H o m e of Repre- ficntatlvcs:—At the threshold of your de- Iberations you a r e called to mourn with •jrour countrymen the death of Vice-Presid e n t Ho bare, who passed from this life on t h e morning of November 21 last. His x r e a t soul now rests in eternal peace. H i s private lifo was pure and elevated, While hla public career was ever distin- fruished by large- capacity, stainless inegrlty and exalted motives. He has been removed from the high office which he honored and dignified, but his lofty character, his devotion to duty, his honesty of purpose and noble virtues remain with tta as a priceless legacy and example. T h e Fifty-sixth Congress convenes in its first regular session with the country in a condition of unusual prosperity, or universal good will among the people at Home, and In relutlons of peace and friendship with every government of the World. Our foreign commerce has shown « r e a t Increase in volume and value. The combined Imports and exports for the y e a r arc the largest ever shown by a •Ingle year in all our history. Our exp o r t s for 1899 alone exceeded by more t h a n a billion dollars our Imports and exp o r t s combined in 1S70. The imports per t.capita are a) per cent less tr.au in ltf'U, howlng the enlarged capacity of the Unied States to satisfy the wants of Its own Increasing population, a s well as to cont r i b u t e l\j luus,* ol the people of other nations. . Exports of agricultural products were •784'<7ili*i. Of manufactured products we fxnorted in value $"39,592.11«. being larger t h a n any previous year. It is a notew o r t h y tact that the only years in all our nlstory when the products of our manufactories sold abroad exceeded those 'bought abroad were ls98 and 1899. O u r F i n a n c e s . Government receipts from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1S99. Including $11,796,314.14, part payment of the Central Pacific railroad indebtedness, ag- C e g a t e d $610,982,004.55. Customs receipts w e r e 1206,128,481.75 and those from internal revenue $»3,437,161.51. F o r the fiscal year the expenditures w e r e J700.oaj.GC4.02. leaving a deficit of ¢89,111,539.67. The secretory of the treasurer estimates t h a t the receipts for the current fiscal y e a r will aggregate $o40,9i>8,112. and upon t h e basis of present appropriations the expenditures will aggregate 5600.958,112. Seaving a surplus of $40,000,000. For the fiscal year ended J u n e 30. 1890. t h a Internal revenue receipts were inc r e a s e d about $100,000,OCO. The present gratifying strength of the t r e a s u r y is shown by the fact that on Dec. 1, 1X99, the available cash balance w a s $278,004,837.72. of which $239,744.905.36 was. in gold coin and bullion. The condit i o n s of confidence which prevail 'througho u t the c o r n t r y have brought g*td into tnore general use and customs receipts a r e now almost entirely paid in that coin. The strong position of the t'/easury with respect to cash on hand and the favorab.e ehowing made by the revenues have made Jt possible for the secretary of the treasu r y to take action under the provisions of section 3G94. revised statutes, relating to t h e sinking fund. Receipts exceeded expenditures for the first live months of the c u r r e n t fiscal year by $13,U3.3S9.91, and, as inentioned abeve, the secretary of the t r e a s u r y estimates t h a t there will bo a • u r p l u s of approximately $41>.000,OCO at the tend of the >oar. Under such conditions it 4va*i deenu_*d advisable and proper to re- • s m e compliance with the provisions of t h e sinking fund law, which 'for eight Vears ha.s not been done because of deficiencies in the revenues. The treasury department, therefore, offered to purchase during November, $23,000,000 of the C per cent loan of 1904, or the 4 per cent funded loan of 19i/7. at the current market price. The amount offered and purchased during November was 51Si.40S.G00. The p r e m i u m paid by the government on such purchases was $2.2€3,&21 and the net saving In Interest was about f2.885.000. The success of this operation was sufficient to ind u c e the government to continue the offer to purchase bonds to and including th? -Sid day of December, instant, unless the r e m a i n d e r of the $25,000,000 called for erhould be presented in the meantime for redemption. Increased activity In industry', with its welcome attendant—a larger employment -for labor a t higher wages—gives to the t>ody of the people a larger power to abs o r b the circulating medium. It is further t r u e t h a t year by year, with larger areas of land under cultivation, the increasing Volume of agricultural products, cotton. c o r n and wheat, calls for a larger volume • f money supply, This is especially not i c e a b l e a t the crop harvestlus and crop- •asovlng period. . E « s k t sued B a n k l n f f . r I n its earlier history the national act -seemed to prove a reasonable avenue t h r o u g h which needful additions to the circulation could from time to time be m a d e . Changing conditions have appare n t l y rendered it now Inoperative to that and. T h e high margin in bond securit i e s required, resulting from, large premiu m s which government bonds command In the market, or the t a x on note issues, o r both operating together, appear to be Influence* which Impair its public utility. T t r e a t t e n t i o n of -eon***** Is -r-eapedf nil jr - invited to this important matter w i t h the view of ascertaining whether or n o t such reasonable modifications can oe m a d e In t h e national banking act as will render its service In the particulars here referred to m o r e responsive to the peo- Ele's needs. I again urge t h a t national a u k s be authorized to organize with a c a p i t a l of $25,008. , T h e G o l d S t a n d a r d . I urgently recommend that to support the existing gold standard, and to maintain •*the parity in value of the coins of the t w o metals (gold and silver) and the e q u a l power of every dollar at all times i n the m a r k e t and in the payment o' d e b t s , " the secretary of the treasury be given additional power and charged with t h e duty to j»cll United States bonds and t o employ such other effective means as m a y be necessary to these ends. The a u t h o r i t y should include the power to sell bonds on long and short time, as condit i o n s may require, and should provide for * rate or interest lower than that fixed •by t h e act of J a n u a r y 14. W75. While t h e r e Is now no commercial fright which w i t h d r a w s goLd from the government. but, on the contrary, such widespread confidence t h a t gold Beeks the treasury d e m a n d i n g paper money in exchange, yet t h e very situation points to the present A S the most fitting time to make adequate provision to insure the continuance of t h e gold standar d and of public confidence i n the ability and purport of the governm e n t to meet ail its obligations in the money which the civilized world recognizes a s the lH*(-t. Our receipts now equal our expenditures'.; deficient iHVonues no longer create alarm. I^et us remove the t>nly remaining runt-••• b y conferring the full and n-.vt:•:;;!ry p o w e r on t h e Ntrcretary of the treasury And Impost* upon him the duly to uphold t h e present gold standard and preserve 4 h e coins of the two metals on u parity w i t h each other, which is the repeatedly •d«cl«*ed potter of the United Ktates. i p tola connection I repent my former r e o o m m e n d a t i o n s t h a t a portion of the - * > ^ U t t n c s abali be plac*A !c a trust funrt. from waii h greenbacks shall be redeemed upon pretermit.on. but whan once redeemed shall not thereafter bo paid out except for gold. M e r c h a n t M a r i n e . The value, if an American merchant marine to the extension of our commercial trade and the strengthening of our power upon the sea invites th« immediate action of consK----,. u u r national development will be one-sided and unsatisfactory so long as the remarkable growth of oui* inland industries remains unaccompanied by progress on the seas. There Is no lack of ccnstiuti! )'\'U authority for legislation which shall give to the country maritime strength commensurate with its Industrial achievements ar.d with its rank among the nations.of the earth. The other great nations have not hesitated to adopt the required means to davelop their shipping as a factor in national defense and as one of the surest and speediest means of obtaining for their producers a share, in foreign markets. Like vigilance and effort on our part cannot fail to improve our situation; wh!ch is regarded with humiliation at home and with surprise abroad. Even the seeming sacrifices which at the beginning may be involved will be offset by more than equivalent gains. The expense is as nothing compared to the a d v a n t a g e to be achieved. I n v e n t ' g a t e T r u s t s . Combinations of capital organized into trusts to control the conditions of trade among our citizens, to siltle competition, limit production and determine the prices of products used and consumed by tile people, are justly' provoking public discussion, and should early claim the attention of the congress. It is universally conceded that combinations which engross or control the market of any particular kind ot merchandise or commodity net essary to the general community, by suppressing natural and ordinary competition, whereby prices are unduly enhanced to the general consumer, arc obnoxious not only to the common law, but also t i tiie public welfare. There must be a remedy for the evils involved in such or^aniz itlons. If the present law can be extended more certainly to control or check these monopolies or trusts, it should he done without delay. Whatever rower tke congress possesses over thN most important subject should be promptly ascertained and asserted. The whole question is ro important and far-reaching that I am sure no part of it will be lightly considered, but every phase of It wll lhave the studied deliberation of ' h e congress, resulting in wise and judicious action. f o r e i g n R e l a t i o n * . , A review of our relations with foreign states is presented with such recommendations as are deemed appropriate. The boundary dispute with the Argentine Republic has been settled and a convention of extradition only awaits slight changes in the text before exchange. It is gratifying to be able to announce that ihe Belgian government has mitigated the restrictions on the importation of cattle from the United States, to which I referred in my last annual message. A convention of extradition with Tlrazil. signed May H. 1S.7. lias been- ratilled by the Urlzllian k*j.'ls',ature. During the past summer- two national -.-hips of the United States have visited Hrazilian ports on a friendly mission and been cordially re- Cvdved. ' . The claim growing out of the seizure of the American owned newspaper, the Panama Star and Herald, by the authorities of Colombia. 1 as been settled, after a controversy of i-wpta! years, by an agreement assess:';!.: at VM.IMI the indemniw to be paid by : he .Colombian government, in three installments of Jli.iVfl each. The go.)d will of Colombia toward our country has been tes'iiieil anew by the cordial extension of facilities to the Nieara^ uan can,:1 commission in their approaching in\ CM Ration of tne Panama canal and other pr'.i-cted routes across the isthmus of Darlen. Discussion of the question? raised by the action nf Derrrnark In imposing restrictions on the Importations of American meats has continued without substantial results in our favor. IxtbiiiiiM C a n a l . The Nicaragua canal commission which has been engaged upon—Ihe work of examination and survey for a ship canal route across Nicaragua, having completed its labors and made its report, was dissolved on .May SI, and on June 10 a new commission, known as the Isthmian canal commission, was organized under the terms of the act approved March 3. 1890, for the purpose of examining, the American Isthmus with a view to determining the most practicable and feasible route for a ship canal across the isthmus, with its probuble cost, and other essential details. The great importance of this work cannot be too often or too strongly pressed upon the attention of the congress. In my message of a year ago I expressed my views of the necessity of a canal which would link the two great oceans, to which I again invite your consideration. The reasons then presented for early action are even stronger now. T h e P a r i s I m p o s i t i o n . Preparations for the representation of the industries, a r t s and products, nf the United States at the world's exposition to be held in PaTis next year continue on an elaborate and comprehensive scale, ' h a n k s to the generous appropriation provided by congress ar.d to "the friendly Interest the French government has shown in furthering a typical exhibit of American progress. There has been allotted to the United States a considerable addition e-f space, which, while placing our country in the first rank p.mong exhibitors, does not suffice to meet the increasingly urgent demands of our manufacturers. The efforts of the commissioner-general are ably directed toward a strictly representative display of all that moat characteristically marks American achievement in the inveTrttve a r t s , and most adequately shows the excellence of our natural productions. I am informed by our commissionergenera! that we shall have in the American sections at Paris over 7,000 exhibitors, from every s t a t e In-ottr country, .a number ten times as great as those whicn were represented at Vienna in 1S73. six times as many as those in Paris in 1878. and four times as many as those who exhibited in Paris in 18S9. This statement does not include the exhibits from either Cuba. Porto Rico or Hawaii, for which arrangements have been made. R e l a t i o n s W i t h G e r m a n y . Our relations with Clcrmany continue to be most cordial. The increasing intimacy cf direct association has been marked during the year by the granting permission ir. April for the landing on our shores of a cable from Borkum Emden, on the North sea, by way of the Azore:-, and also by the conclusion on Sept. 22 of a parcels post convention with the German empire. In all that promises closer relations of intercourse and commerce and a better understanding between two races having so many traits In common. Germany can be assured of the most cordial co-operation of this government and people- We may be rivals In rrany mi'Uiial paths, but our riva'ry should be generous and open, ever aiming toward the attainment of larger • results and the mutually beneficial advancement of er ch in the line of its especial adaptabilities. The several governments of the empire ser-m reluctant to admit the natural excellence of our food productions and to H'Tent the evidence We constantly tender of the <are with which their purity is unaided by rigid inspection from the fane, through the slaughterhouse and-the packing estaUlshmr nts. to the port of shlprr.i :-.t. c u r system of control over r::p>r?ed food staples- invites examination fr< m any quarter ,---^ challenges re- , spool by iti efT'H'^-t thoroughness. It !« to be hoped that in time the two governments will act hi common accord to award the real petition of their common- purpiso to safeguard the publia health nnd to insures the P'.ljltx^fiCuX wholeFoAieneas of "all food products imported by either country from the other. O u r ( a n u i l i u u N e i g h b o r s . In my last annual message I referred to the pending negotiations with Great Britain in respoct to the Domlnlpn. pf CaoiUr da, By means 6t aa exeoiuive agreement !i Joint high cnyimiHgton has been creased' for" the purpose of adjusting t&\ unsettled questions between the United States and Cajiada, embracing twelve subjects, amonir which were th«a questions of the. fur seals, the fisheries of the coast and i contiguous Inland waters, the Alaskan boundary, the transit of merchandise in bond, and alien labor laws, mining rights, reciprocity In trade, revision of the agreement respecting naval vessels in the great lakes, more complete marking of parts of the boundary, provision for the conveyance of criminals, and for wrecking and salvage. The m a t t e r of tire boundary has been receiving the careful attention which its importance demands with the result that n modus vivendl for provisional demarcations in the region about the head of Lynn canal has been agreed upon; and It is hoped that the negotiations now in progress between the two governments will end in an agreement for the establishment and delimlnation of a permanent boundary. Apart from these questions growing out of our relationship with uur northern neighbor, the most friendly disposition and ready agreement have marked the discussion of numerous matters arising in th° vast and Intimate Intercourse of the United States with Great Britain. U o e r "War. TI1I3 government has maintained an attitude of neutrality in the unfortunate contest between Great T-intain and the Boer states of Africa. We have remained faithful to the precept of avoiding entangling alliances as to affairs not of our direct concern. Had < sicu'mstances suggested t h a t the parties to the quarrel would have welcomed any kindly expression of the hope of the American people, the war might be nverted, good ofHces would .have been gkwily tendered. The United S t a ' e s representative at Pretoria was early instructed to see that all neutruJ American interests be respected by the romhfttar.-ts. This has been an easy task In view of the nositive declaration of Both British and Boer authorities t h a t the personal " i d property rights of our citizens should be observed. A satisfactory arrangement was concluded between the governments of Germany and of England, by virtue of which England retired from Samoa in view of compensations in other sections, and both powers lenounced In favor of the United States nil their rights and claims over and in...respect to that portion of the group lying to the east of the one hundred and seventy-first degree of west longitude, embracing the islands of Tutuila. Ofoo, Olosenga and Manna. I transmit to the senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a convention, which besides the provisions above mentioned, also guarantees the same privileges and conditions in respect to commerce arid commercial vessels In a'l of the Islands of Samoa a.s those possessed by Germany. T h e S p a n i s h Y.'nr, My annua! message of last year was necessarily devoted in ureal part to a consideration of the Spanish war and of tho. resuit it wrought, and the conditions it imposed for the future. I am gratified to anru.rnce that the treaty of peace has restored friendly rc.ctions between the two powers. Effect has been Riven to its most important p; ovision.s. The evacuation of Porto Rico haviim already been accomplished en the ISth of October, 1898. nothing remained necessary there but to oon- Liniv the provisional military control of the island until the congress should enact a suitable government for the ceded terrl'.- r;-. The withdrawal of the authority of Spain from the is'and of Cuba was effected by the first of January, so that the full re-epfablishment of pence found the re- !in.'Ui.--hed territory held by. us in trust for' the inhabitants, maintaining, under the direction of the executive, such government and'" control' therein as should conserve public order, restore the productive conditions of pence, so long disturbed by the instability and disorder which prevailed for the greater part of the preceding three decades, and build up that tranquil development of the domestic state wrureby alone can be realized the hi«;h purpose, as proclaimed in the joint resolution adopted bv the congress An the isth of April. 1S'.»S. by which the United States disclaimed any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over Cuba, except for the pacification thereof, and asserted its determination when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people. The pledge contained in this resolution is of ihe highest honorable obligation and must be sacredly ker , t. C a b l e t o M a n i l a . Without repeating the obserratlons of my special message of February 10. 18»*, concerning the necessity of a cable to Manila. I respectfully invite attentipn to it. I recommend that, in case the ,contrress should not take measures to brinp about this result by direct action of the government, the postmaster general be authorized to invite competitive bids for the establishment of a cable; t h e company making the best responsible bw* to be awarded the contract; the successful company to give ample bonds to Insure the completion of the work within a reasonable time. Kn«Nla's F r i e n d l i n e s s . Claims growing out of the seizure of American sealing vessels in Bering sea have been under discussion with the government of Russia for several years with the recent happy result of an agreement to submit them to the decision of a single arbitrator. By this act Russia affords proof of her adherence to the beneficent principle of arbitration which her plenipotentiaries conspicuously favored at The Hague disarmament conference when it was advocated by the representative* of the United States. S a m o a S e t t l e m e n t . Important events have occurred in the Samoan Islands. The election, according to the laws and customs of Samoa, of a successor to the late king, Malletoa I*aupepa. developed a contest as to the validity of the result, which issue, by the terms of the general act was io be decided by the chief justice. Upon his rendering a judgment in favor of Malietoa Tanu, the rival chief. Mataafa. took up arms. The active Intervention of American and British warships became imperative to restore order, at the cost of sanguinary encounters. In this emergency a joint ooiuni'.jsion of representatives of the United States, Gerrrcny and Great Britain was sent to Sarrna to investigate the situation and provide a temporary remedy. T h e S i ' w C a b a . This nation has assumed before the world a grave responsibility for the future good government of Cuba. We have accepted a trust the fulfillment of which calls for the sternest integrity of purpose and the exercise of the highest wisdom. The new Cuba yet to arise from the ashes of the past must needs be bound to us by ties of singular intimacy and strength If its enduring welfare is to be assured. Whether those ties shall be organic or conventional, th • destinies of Cuba are in some rlrhtful form and manner irrevocably linked with our own, but how and how far is for the future to determine in the ripeness of events. Whatever be the outcome we must see to it that free Cuba be a reality, not a name, a perfect entity, not a hasty experiment bearing within itself the t lem.-nts of failure. Our mission, to accomplish which we took up the wager of battle. Is not to b,- fulfilled by turning adrift any loosely framed commonwealth to face the viaKMItudes which too often a.tteml weaker state* whose natural wealth und abundant, resources are. offset b y the incongruities of their political position und the recurrln.g occasions for interna! rivalries , -to sap. their strength and dissipate their energies. The greatest blcs3lr.f which can come to,.Cuba is.ih.e restoration-ai-liftr. Agrlcul* tural arul industrial prosperity, which will give empioymtnt to idle men and reestablish tiie pursuits of peace. Thii 1ft her chief and Immediate need. On tho 19th of August last an order was made fur the taking of the cerrsus In t h i I'lfc-laml.Me heJco'MpleKfa^ on the JlOth of ^NovenJse'r. fTy tJbe tpeaty of peace tho Spanish-popiSatlok on the inland have until April 11, 1&0U, to elect whether they will remain citizen* of Spain or become citizens of Cuba. Until then it cannot be definitely ascertained who shall be entitled to participate in tho formation of the government of Cuba. By that time the results of the census will have been tabulated und we shall proceed to provide for the elections which commit the municipal governments of tho island ra tho olficcrs elected by the people. Tha experience thus acqutrd will prove of great value in tho formation of a representative convention ot the peopie to draft a constitution and establish a genreal system of independent government for the Island, In lho meantime, and so long as we exercise control over tho island, tho products of Cuba should have a market In the United States on a* good terms and with as 'avorable rates ot duty as are given to the We«t India Islands under treaties of reciprocity which shall be made. • Eor the relief of tho distressed In the island of Cuba the w i r department has issued supplies to destitute persons, through the officers of the army, which have amounted to 5,433,000 rations, at a cost of $1,417,554.07. To promote .he disarmament of the Cuban volunteer army, and '.n the interest of public peace and the welfare of the people, tho sum of $75 was paid to each Cuban soldier borne upon the authenticated rolls, on cordltion that he should deposit 1 Is arms with the authorities designated by the United States. Tho sum thus disbursed aggregated $2.547,7¾). wni'-ii was paid ft'om the emergency fund provided by the act of Jan. f», 1890, for that purpose. Out of the Cuban island revenues during the six months ending June SO, 18JJ, Sl.712.OU."JO was expended for sanitation, $233.^1.711 for charities and hospitals, and $SS,9-14.03 for aid to the destitute. R e l a t i o n * W i t h Sun i n . Following the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace the two governments accredited ministers to each other,, Spain sending to Washington the Duke of Arcos, an omlnent diplomatist, previously stationed in Mexico, while the Un'ted States transferred to Madrid, Hon. Bellamy Storer, i.s ambassador at Brussels. This was followed by the respective appointment of consuls, thereby fully resuming the relations Interrupted by the wa-. In addition to its consular representation in the United States, the Spanish govornmont has appointed consuls for Cub.i, who have been provisionally recognized during the m-Mtary administration ot the affairs of that Island. Tin* Miiulin A r m y . The force now in Manila cons'sts of 903 officers and 30,."73 regulars, and 5)4 office-s and 13.388 of the volunteers, m i H n . a>i aggregate of 1.499 officers and 4','Oi r'Ci When the troops now under orders shall re-ich an I In. ihe force M *he arehl . ago will comprise 2,(7.1. officers and 03,183 men. The muster out of the irr'at V ) U i - teer army organized for the Spnn'sh war and the creation of a trow army, the transportation from Manila to Saa F r a n - cisco'of those eniUled to discharge, and transportation of the new tr o;.'s to tnk* the'r places, have been a work of g r e a t magnitude- well and ably done, for wh eh too much'credit cannot be j-'iven the war department. T r o o p s in C«l»n, During the past yenr we have re!u>ed our force in C>ba and I'jrto Rico. In Cuba W-M now have 334 officers and 10,7.1(5 enlisted men. In Porto Rico, &7 .>ffi-ers and 2/Cj,- enlisted men and a batallion of 4r»0 men composed of native Porto Rlcans, whl!^ stationed throughout the United States are 910 officers and 17,317 men, and in Hawaii 12 officers and 463 enlisted men. I'oa*41 s e r v i c e . The domestic postal service continues to grow with extraordinary rapidity. The expenditures and the rvvenue will each exceed $100,000,000 during the current year. Fortunately, sine* the refrfvalof paoaperous times, the leveni'es have grown roueh faster than the expenditures, and there is every indication that a short period will witness the obliteration of the -annual deficit. T h e Xnvy. The navy hag maintained the spirit and high efficiency which have always characterized that service, and has lost none of the gallantry in heroic action which has signalized its brilliant and glorious past. The nation has equal- pride In its early and later achievements. Its habitual readiness for every emergency has won the confidence and admiration of the country. The people are interested in the continued preparation and prestige of the navy and will justify liberal appropriations for its maintenance and improvement. The officers have shown peculiar adaptation for the performance of new and delicate duties which our recent war has Imposed. It cannot be doubted that congress will at once make-necessary provision for the armor plate for the vessels now under contract and building. P e n s i o n * . On the 50th of June. 1899. the pension roll of the United States numbered IW1,- 319. These include the pensioners of the army and navy roll in alt our wars. The number added 1O the rolls during the vear was 4n,mu. The 'lumber dropped by 'reason of death, remarriage, minors by legal limitation, failure to claim within three years, and other causes, was 48,186, and the number of claims disallowed waa 107.- «19. During the year fttf.OM pension certificates were Issued, of which 37,077 were for new or original pensions. The amount disbursed for army and navy pensions during the year was $1.:48.355.052.1)5 which was $1.051.461.(11 less than the sum of the appropriations. T h e r e h a n i . In accordance with the act of congress approved March 3. 18P3, the preliminary work +n oontwetton with the twelfth cerfi ' sus in now fully uudrr wav. 11 is believed t h a t the twelfth cenmis will empnasize our remarkable advance in all that pertains to national progress. The Philippine W»r. Th«> President treats at great length the Philippine war, covering all the efforts to avert war. etc. Oontlnuine. he says: It Is enough to say the claim of the rebel leader that he was promised independence by any officer of thp United States in return for his assistance, has no foundation in fact nnd is categorically denied by the very witnesses who were called to prove it. The most the insurgent leader hoped for when ho came back to Muni a WPS the liberation of the Islands from tne Spanish control, which they had been laboring for years without success to throw off The prompt accomplishment of this work by the American armv and navy gave htm other ideas and ambitions, and insidious suggestions from various quarters perverted the purposes nnd intentions with which he had taken up arms. No sooner had our army captured Manila than the Filipino forces began to assume an attitude of suspicion itnd hostility which the utmost efforts of our officers and troops w r c unable to disarm or modify. Their kindness and forbearance were taken as a proof of cowardice. The aggression of the Filipinos continually increased until finally, .lust before the time set by tb,o s'-nate ot the Uuited States for a vote on 1he treaty, an attack evidently prepared in advance, was made all along ihe American lines. whi;:h resulted in a terribly destructive and. sanguinary repulse of the insurgents. Ten.dayt* later an order of the insurgent government wirs-irsucd to Hs adherents who had remained in Manila, of. which Gen. Otis ,1ustly observes t h a t "for barbarous intent it Is imequaled in modern times." It directs that at 8 o'clock on faJWeV at i t i g night of th« 15th <of F e b r i m r y ' t n » i territorial miMtia" shall c o n v -log*rh*r In tha streets of San P t d r o . a r m e d with. their bolos, w l t h l f u r f ahd ' amirltmltion where convenient; that FUlpion families ,v shall be respictad: but that a4i- other ¾duals, of •wJiatTver race they mayl h a * 4>«sief lfr*H|pf<(»«> 'without ui)/! £ ^ ¾ ^ ¾ ¾ ¾ ^ "' rothTfci* we must avenge ourselves on AINjM^a«u.a\n4>Miite*M^g t%. l h e m , ,rifl n T e a T h e ^ s ^ m c n * ^ l v S y have coa^mittad. iw^yt <\\*: .attack ^vJtli ^f *nr." A cQayW tn/g.fetl, byls€>a fortifoe, into tha hands of our officers, and they were u-bk> to take measure* to pontrol the rising, whJtU'waa actually a t t e m p t e d on th«; night of Feb. 22, a week* later than waaj orlglnyUv. cukUmfdftied. chnsiderable' nunibtfranf armed insurgents-intered the clIKr by waterways and swamjitf and, inl concert with confederates .Inside, a t t e m p t - ed to (Jestroy Manila by fire. They were kept in check during: tho night and the nei|t driven u.ut of tho cityt w i t h heavy loss. T • - 1 ' -n The favorable circumstances connect©* with an active campaign have «ot been permitted io1nttM fero with thf-equaliy important work of reconstruction. Again I invito your atteMion to t h e reporf pf tha commissioners rur me mie;*^ ' a encouraging details of the work already acconipliuhed in tho establishment of peace an4 order and the inauguration of selfgoverning municipal life in many portions of tha archipelago. , ' N e u r o n iM.lnnt]. A notable beginning has been m a d e in tho establishment of a government in tho island of Ivegroa. which is deserving of special consideration. This was the first island to accept American Baver^ignty. Its peoplo unreservedly proclaimed, allegiance to tho United States ar.d ado/*ed a constitution looking to tho establishment of c. popular government. Tho. judicial power \* vested in three judges, who are to bo appointed by the military governor of tho Island. Inferior courts are to bo established. Freo public schools aie to bo established throughout tho poaulour. districts of the Island, in which tho linghsh language shall bo taught, and this subject will receive the careful consideration of the advisory council. Tho burden of government must be distributed equally and equitably among tha oeople. '1 r.e miT-'aiy •>• leet and receive the customs revenues and will control postal m a t t e r s and Philippine inter-island trado and oommerce. The military governor, subject to the approval of tho military governor of the Philippines, determines all questions not specilijally provided for and which do not come u n d e r t h a jurisdiction,of the, advisory council. Su!u I H I U I U I S . The authorities of the Sulu islands hava accepted the succession of 'the United Stutes to the rights of Spain, and our flag flouts over that territory. On the 10th nr August, ISM, iirig.-Oen. J. C. Pates. U. ,S. Volunteers, negotiated an agreement with the sultan and his principal chiefs. Uy article 1 tho KOV*.-. eignty of the-United States over the whole archipelago of Jolo and its dependencies is declared and acknowledged. Every tjdng indicates that, with tho speedy suppression of the Tarralo rebellion, life in the archipeiago wlil noon resume its ordinary course under the protection of our sovereignty, and the people of tht si" favored islands will enjoy a prosperity and a freedom which they have never before known. Already hundreds of schools are *»p«n. , .,. F u t u r e G o v e r n m e n t . The future .iroverciucut of J,h* Philippines rests with the congress of the, United Plates, Few graver responsibilities have ever been eonlided to it?, If we ac-' cept them in a spirit worthy of irur r a e s and' our traditions, . a great opportunity comes with them. The islands lie under the shelter of our flag. They are ours by every title of law and equity. They cannot h i abandoned. If we desert t+ie«i we leave thtm at once to anarchy and finally to barfj^riBm, We fling them, u gulden apple of discord, among the rival'powers, no one of which could permit another to seize them unquestioned. Their* rich, plains and valley* Kvould be Ihe scene of! endless atrlft aad blowiahed. The advent of Dewfcy's^eeT in Mai Una bay Instead ot being, as we hole, the d*.wr» of a new day of freedom and progrtW, will have been the beginning of a n . e r a of misery* and violence worse than any which has darkened their UhbappV past. It does not seera desirable that I ahould recommend a t this time a special arrd final form of government for these islands. When peace shall be restored it will be the duty of congress to construct a plan of government which shall establish and maintain freedom und order and peace iu the Philippines. L c K l s l a l l u n f o r H a w a i i . The people of these Islands are entitled to the benefits and privileges .of our constitution, but in the absence of any act of congress providing for fedoral courts in the islands, and for a procedure by which appeals, writs of error and other judicial proceedings necessary for the enforcement of civil rights may be prosecuted, they are powerless to secure their enforcement by the judgment of the courts of tho United States. It is manifestly important, therefore, that an act shall ba passed as speedily as possible erecting these Islands into a judicial district, providing for the appointment of a |udg3 and other proper officers and methods of procedure in appellate proceedings, and t h a t the government of this newly acquired territory under the federal constitution, shall be fully defined and provided for. G o v e r n m e n t f o r Porjfo K i e o . I recommend t h a t legislation to tha same end be had with reference to the government of Porto Rico. The time Is ripe for the adoption of a temporary form of government for this island; and many suggestions made with reference to Alaska are applicable also to Porto HJco. The system of civil jurisprudence now adopte d rP^j 1 , ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ °e ***** islWKl ie described by competent lawyers, who are familiar with it, as thoroughly modern and scientific FO far as ,4t rebates to matters of internaLiQgw>LUu*lnes6.. trad*, production and\»ocJai and private right in general. The cities of the island are governed under c h a r t e r s which probably require very ikjJe -or, oo ^changi. So t h a t with relation to matters of local concern and private right, it is not prehable -that mucn if any legislation is" aetrinVbie; but with reference to public administration and the relations of the island to the federal government, there ure many matters which are of pressing urgency. The same necessity exists for legislation on the part of congress to establish federal courts and federal jurisdiction In the island, aa has been previously pointed out by me with reference to Hnwati. It is desirable that the government of the Island under the law of J&elligerent right, now maintained through the executive department, should be superseded by an administration entirely eivil in its nature. For the present purposes 1 recommend that congress pass a law for the organization of a temporary government, which sh.all provide lor the appointment by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate., of a governor and such other officers a s the general administration of the island may require, and t h a t for legislative purposes upon subjects of a local nature not partaking of a federal character, a legislative council, composed partly of Porto Rlcans arrd partly of clti- ' zens of the/United States, shall be nominated and appelated by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate: their* »cts t o - b e euhject 4» ti»e approval of *he eongreas or the president prior to going ^1»to effect. In the municipalities and othor local subdivisions I recommend that t h e r n n - n p l e >of nelf-goverTtmcVt bcfappljed a t once, M> as lu enable the InteinRcnl^ltl- Kon* o t t h e a l a n d to participate in their owri a i W M f t o f w t l ' io Oeaffi by practical eTtperlence the duties and requirements of a so^f-cor.talncd und self-govern* ing rcople. ' MR a ^ W a ^ a ^ nan %- ,' - f§ W-#.i Y<o ure Gambling I It's too risky, this gambling with your cough. You take the chance of its wearing off. Don't I he first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the game's lost. Take some of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the gambling and the cough. " I -was g i v e n u p t o d i e with quick consumption. I ran d o w n from 138 to 90 pounds. I raised blood, and never expected t o g e t off my b e d alive. I then read o f Ayer's Cherry 1'ectoral and began its use. I c o m m e n c e d t o improve at once. I a m n o w back t o m y old weight anil in t h e best o f h e a l t h . " — C H A S . E . H A R T M A N , C^ibbstown, N . Y . , March 3 , 1899, Yon can now get Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in a 25 cent size, just right for an ordinary cold. The 50 cent size is better for bronchitis, croup, whooping- cough,asthma, ana the grip. The dollar size is best to itcp on hand, and is most economical for long-standing cases. kaanaMMnMMM DO •YOU:;. COUGH DON'T DELAY KEMP'S BALSAM THE - • v It Cure* Coldc, Cough*. Sore Throat, Croup. In- Ruenza. Whooping Cough. Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced sttges. Useatonce. You will see the excellent effect after taking the flrst dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large i bottles 25 cents a^d SO c »'*. Q £ M A I f l ^ a r t uti.rU.«i reiKion r C n u I U N w D O U B L E QUICK Write CAPT. O'FARRELL. Pension A g e a t , U 2 S New York Avenue. WASHiNQTON. D » C (MILLIONS of acres of choice agricultural LANDS now opened for settlement in Western Canadi. Here is trrown the ce!- „ . , _ ebrated NO. t HARD WHEAT, whicti briusrs the highest price In the markets of the world: thousands of cattle are fattened for market without, beinK fetl jrrain, and without a day's shelter. Send for information and secure a free home in Western Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, oraddtesa the undersigned, who will mail you atlases, pamphlets, etc.. free of cost. M. V. Mclnnes. No. 1 Merrill Block, Detroit, Mich.; James Urieve. Mt. Pleasant. Mich., or D. L. Caven, Bad Axe. Mich. t • t • • • • + • • • • » • • » • • • • + • » • • • • • • • | Personally | I Conducted . I California ! | Excursions f • Via the Santa Fe Route. • X Three times a week from Chicago i • and Kansas City. + $• Twice a week from St. Paul and • X Minneapolis. X Ojnceaweek from S t Louis aad + T Boston. • ¢. In improved wlde-vesttbuled X 4 . Pullman tourist sleeping oars. X • Better than ever before, at lowest * + -poMtilble rates. * T Experienced excursion conductors. • ' +, Alao daily aervice between Chicago X X aad California. T • Correspondence solicited. X T T. A. GRADY. • T Manager California Tourlrt Service, X X The Atchla**. ToMki ft Saata Pe Railway X + 100 Adams Street, CHICAGO. ^ • • • • » • • • » • » • • » • • • • • • • • • • • • V" f W » » ,%«*%* MVMMMMaMWIWHMWaH| KITTY'S HUSBAND By Author of "Hetty," Etc. >**»»%«n%%n«*«veja*jnMa*a»»aj*Ka«va.M sixty or over? »«»»«»»••>•«< •4i ~*41 M f t W M « « CHAPTER XV.— (Continued.) "Arthur St. John—alia3 Leslie— something else, no doubt, nowadays. He looked like a man of fifty. But I knew him; I knew him almost. In a 'Moment." "You couldn't ha sure," I said doubtfully. Meg smiled, but did not contradict me. But the smile was eloquent—it destfieed my folly. "I had gone down stairs early," Meg continued, leaning back in her chair, ?.nd pushing her hair from her brow with a nervous impatient little gesture. "It's not my way to get up early, is it? But I was restless, I couldn't sleep, and \ thought I should find a novel if I •vent down stairs. The servants weren't moving; but there was a fire In the study. The blinds were all down, but the lire looked <*osy; I went In and stood before it and warmed my toes. I dare say I was looking untidy, Kitty; I think he took me for an early housemaid; he came into the room quietly, and came up behind me, and—and he kissed me, Kitty. I hadn't heard any one come in, and I nearly screamed. But as I turned my head round quickly I saw his eyes, and I knew him, and I didn't scream—I was too frightened to move or make a sound " "Go on, Meg." "Then all at once John called to him from the passage. He called in a very quiet, mysterious sort of vevee—impatient, too. " 'St. John,* he said, 'your sister is waiting. Come.' "He opened the street door quietly and led some one in. They didn't come back to the study as I feared they would; they seemed to be detting out on some journey, and time seemed to be pressing. They stood for a minute speaking softly and quickly in the hall. Do you know, Kitty, whose voice I heard? It w"as a voice not to be mistaken— Madame Arnaud's voice. She was thanking John. She said such an I looked through the chinks of the Venetians and saw her go out. She had puffs of gray hair beneath her bonnet; her gown was bunched out at the sides; she looked sixty—quite. What does it all mean, Kitty? What is the mystery?" "I cannot tell you, Meg." "But you know? Kitty, you are trembling; what is the matter with you?" "Nothing, Meg—nothing!" I returned hastily. "I wa3 thinking—trying to think." But, try as I might, my thoughts refused to 3hape themselves. One idea, and only one, had taken possession of my mind. John had had business matters to talk of with Madame Arnaud! It was business that had taken him there so often—business that they talked about in such lowered, confidential voices! My spirits had suddenly grown buoyant, my voice almost gay. "Meg, stay here for a little while," I pleaded eagerly. "I want to see John all alone." "An uncommon wish!" laughed Meg; but the soft little glance with which she looked back at me robbed tn'e mocking speech of all its sting. CHAPTER XVI. . John was in the breakfast-room. He was seated in an arm-chair beside the fire, his elbow on the table that stood near, his head against his hand. I was standing close to him before he saw me. "John," I said in a quick voice that I tried in vain to steady, "don't let me go away from you! I don't want to go, John!" H.«» sprang quickly tG ^ 3 feet, his face lighting up. "Did I want you to r.o, Kitty?" he asked reproachfully. " i'our wish to leave me has been the bitterest trouble I have ever had to bear. I needn't tell you that. ne**i I? You know it only too well!" 'I DON'T WANT TO GO, JOHN." odd thing, Kitty; I stored it up to tell you—that was what I came to say. You have always been jealous of Madame Arnaud—and I used to think you had reason to be jealous; but now— well, now, I am not sure." '* "What was It that she said?" "She was thanking John for having given her so much of his precious time. " 'We know,' she said, 'that every m'nute spent away from Kitty is a minute you begrudge. You have besn very good; you have never let me feel how my affairs have bored" you.' " 'They have not bored me,' said John; 'we made a compact of friendship long ago; and what is the use of friends if they are not retdy to serve in time of need ?' " "John is a paragon to the end! How has he been serving Madame Arnaud, Kitty? What are her 'ataira' that have been 'boring' him and taking up hit time?" - "I don't know. I don't want to tell you, Meg—not now." "You are a little contradictory, dear; but never mind, mystery is the order of the da/. Do you know that Madame Arnaud came and went away in a dress and bonnet and mantle that madt t/ur lotfk c.ulte an old lady, an old lady of He had taken my hands in his, but I would not let him draw me near him. "I have been jealous, John," I said, bringing out the words in a sharp. labored way. "I have been jealous of Madame Arnaud!" "Jealous, Kitty! Have you cared enough for me to be jealous, dear?" he asked, sadly. "You have had no need to be jealous—none! Yet it i& good news to me, all the same." "It wasn't your love for hor, John, that I minded." I went on tremulously, the tears springing unbidden to my eyes. Perhaps—perhaps I did mind that, too; but that wasn't what I minded most You had loved her first and you couldn't help if you loved her best. You hadn't seen her for so long; you didn't know how it would be when you came to see her again—you couldn't help it! And I should have tried to bear it! What I couldn't bear was your always going to see her, your having so much to say to her secretly, so confidentially " "Do you know," asked John gravely, what those talks were about? Listen, Kitty, and I will tell you." "I know already. .You were helping the man about whom you told me yesterday— her brother—yes, I know. J o h a . ^ I went on eagerly, "you will let me stay? I said I wanted- to go, cut I didn't; it would break my heart to go! I'll be content, John; I'll be different and not tease you—I won't ask you to love me very much. I'll let my love be enough for both. And by-and-by, as you said, 'love may come.' You did love me—you said so—before you married me, and the love may come back again " John drew me toward him. He put his arm around me, and looked down at me closely, very tenderly, very wonderingly. "Kitty, you talk in riddles, dear," he said. "You won't ask me to love you very much? What does that mean? You know, dearest—you must k n o w - that, whether you ask or do not ask, I love you with my heart and soul." I looked up at him in bewilderment. "You said—you said that our marriage was a mistake, John," "It was you, KiUy, who said that." "But I said so because I thought that you thought so, John. And you agreed with me. Oh, John, you have forgotten you did agree with me! You said that you felt the mistake and regretted it even more bitterly than I." "For your sake, Kitty, for your sake, dear; because my love had failed so signally to make you happy. You told me that I had spoilt your life, broken your heart; that, when you had a wish, it was only a wish to die." "I didn't wish to make your life a bondage, John." John's eyes twinkled for a moment, and then were grave again. "Do you mean to tell me, Kitty," he a3ked incredulously, "that you doubted that I loved you?" "Do you mean that you could possibly doubt, John, that I loved you?" I retorted in the same tone of incredulity. "It was natural enough for me to doubt," said John humbly. "Much more natural for me," I returned, looking up at him with sparkling eyes. I had clasped my hands upon his shoulder; I put down my cheek against them. "I thought," I confessed, "that you had married me for kindness' sake— to—to provide for me, John. .Everyone thought so. Meg and Dora and Aunt Jane and even your sister. You yourself said that you thought of marrying me before ycu thought cf loving me." "Yes," admitted John; "years ago, I had some vague hope that you would give me the right one day to take care of ycu, to make life smoother for you. I suppose I didn't love you as long ago as that—I had only a very tender feeling for you. Love, when it came, was real enough in spite of that early thought. Don't scorn my love, Kitty, because I met it with welcome instead cf rebuff." There was not much scorn in my eyes as I raised my head and looked softly, smilingly into the gray eyes looking down at me. He kissed ms; and r^v a minute we stood in silence. "Kilty," he said at length, '^here is something that I want to tell you. I ought to have told you long ago. It was a painful story, and I did not tell rt. Come and sit down, and I will teh it now." He drew me to the little sofa beside the fire; and there he told me the story cf his first love, the story that in part I knew already. "She gave you up because you were poor?" I asked indignantly. "Don't blame her, Kitty! She gave me up for her brother's sake. It is more than ten years ago now that her brother forged that check of which I told ycu—that first check. There seemed to be nothing but utter ruin before him. Arnaud, the man that Lucia married, had money and influence. He used both on the tacit understanding that ehe should marry him. Her brother was saved for the time." "Was it the only vray?" I questioned. "I think some other way might have been found. But she could not be calm and weigh chances. She was devoted to this broiuer. For ten long years, as she said the other night in the park, she has hoped against hope for his reformation; has tried to be brave, has tried to hope for the best. And now, at the end of the ten years, things are just where they were before, I think they are worse this time, for this time he is less repentant. She is sacrificing her whole life to him; but she does it almost without hope. She la going away with him—to South America, to banishment." I was quiet for a moment. "John, I have been so unjust to her," I confessed in a low tone—"so unjust to her always in my thoughts." "She is one of the noblest women that I know!" said John. Again we sat silent for a minute. My heart was beating fast; I longed to ask a question which I dared not ask. "John, I won't be silly, I won't be jealous—tell me," I pleaded, "if you didn't try to love me, would you love her still—love her best, I mean?" John answered gravely, with an atr as earnest as mine. "I respect her," he said; "I shall respect her always. I do more than respect—I admire her. But that is all! The old love was dead, Kitty, years bafore the new love was born!" I was contented.—The End. Here's the Whole W i n t e r "There is one sound piece of advice that should toe repeated from Maine fco>- : Oregon every year when winter a p - j proaches, and that is—If you want t o 1 go through the winter without catching cold, wear rubbers."—Churchman. Ml A n n o s l R a i n f a l l o f A l m o s t 4 » F o o t . The heaviest rainfalls so far observed with scientific accuracy occur in India. At Cherrajunji. in.the Knaai. hills, in Assam, the mean annual precipitation is thirty-nine feet six inches,. at Debunja thirty feet ten inches, a n * at Bibundi thirty-four feet four Inches. Both the latter stations are on the sea coast and at a much lower level than* Cherrapunjl. . T h e H e a l t h a n d f l e a a a r * Of Texas, Mexico, Arizona and California are quickly and comfortably reached via the Southern Pacific Company's Sunset Route. Daily through) service from New Orleans to Sao Francisco via Hou»3ton, San Antonio, El Paso and Los Angeles. Special semi-weekly service, Sunset Limited from New Orleans Mondays and Thursdays, composed of Buffet Smoking Car, containing Bath Room and Barber Shop, Drawing Room Compartment Car, regular Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Car (meal3 a la carte), all of the latest design and most luxuriously appointed. Direct connections made at New Orleans from all points North and East. Detailed information cheerfully furnished by W. G. Neimyer, G. W. A., So. Pac. Co., 238 Clark St., Chicago; W. H. Connor, Cora'l Agt., Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, 0., W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass. Agt., 220 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. The first pipe organ was made hy A r c h i m e d e s , B . C. 220. W i n t e r in t h e S o u t h . T h e s e a s o n a p p r o a c h e s w h e n o n e * * t h o u g h t s t u r n t o w a r d a p l a c e w h e r e t h e i n c o n v e n i e n c e s o f a N o r t h e r n w i n t e r m a y b e e s c a p e d . N o s e c t i o n o f t h i s c o u n t r y o f f e r s s u c h i d e a l s p o t s a s t h e G u l f C o a s t o n t h e l i n e o f t h e L o u i s v i l l e & N a s h v i l l e R a i l r o a d b e t w e e n M o b i l e a n d N e w O r l e a n s . I t p o s s e s s e s . a m i l d c l i m a t e , p u r e a i r , e v e n t e m p e r a t u r e antif a c i l i t i e s f o r h u n t i n g a n d fishing' e n - j o y e d b y u o o t h e r s e c t i o n . A c c o m m o - d a t i o n s f o r v i s i t o r s a r e f i r s t - c l a s s , ande a n b e s e c u r e d a t m o d e r a t e p r i c e s . T h e L. & N . R. R. i s t h e o n l y l i n e b y w h i c h i t c a n b e r e a c h e d i n t h r o u g h c a r s - f r o m N o r t h e r n c i t i e s . T h r o u g h c a r s c h e d u l e s t o a l l p o i n t s i n F l o r i d a b y t h i s l i n e a r e a l s o o e r f e c t . W r i t e f o r f o l d e r s , e t c . , t o J A C K S O X S M I T H , D . P. A . , C i n c i n n a t i , O. S h o e m i i k i n g ' m a c h i n e s w e r e i n v e n t e d b y G a l l a h u e i n 1858. Solid Train* t o X o r t b o r n l l l e h l | The Chicago, Milwaukee £ S t Paur Railway is now running solid trains cf palace sleeping cars, dining cars (serving meals a la carte) and firstclass day coaches, through from Chicago to Calumet, Houghton, Hancock ami other points in the Copper country without change of cars, with direct connection for Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, etc., and passengers from the East. South and Southwest will find this a most desirable route. All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. B i l l i a r d s w e r e i n v e n t e d i n F r a m e b y D j v i j r n e a b o u t 1471. 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T E N W E E K S 5 W ? I O C E N T S . ThfttMg family paper. Tie filmatrat** ffeeHy.of Denver. Colo, uootxied J W I wilt be tent ten weekN on trial for M)c;eiut»uf 6.5de; tttortl. 8peoUlujftar felely to introduce it. Latest mlat*iriMwx*MM»fiM» trsttonn of acenery. true »rorle*atf lore an<t atrreatore. Address an *bo\ 1; ao<l ucotloa thia paper; ft«tm»- Uiken. It is only by jrivinp with the heart that any, man can know what it xiMans to be rich. TO C U R E A COLO I N ON 15 O A T . Take Laxative Rrrrao Quinine Tablets. AB. unipyists refund the money if it falls to cure-, ftc. E. VV. Grove's signature on each b o s . "When we are dotnjr our prayerful host let u»> remember th>t it is all Ood uxpect*. FITS f*»rBJ»a«fl«jCoi«u. :>uuu oriH>r«'»onie«*atwe hrst liuya u.-e of Dr kiioe » iirvMl A*r>o KtfMiim Sead for F U R IS S 4 . 0 0 trial bottle and trnaliii DB> K. II. Kn.\*.LU..KU ' - " ' i t "MlaJaltihia J N If we talk without w.^jhlnz our words, t h e will; oon h a \ e no w ^ h t for KOOCL C t i r t t A f ter R e p e a t e d FaJlnr— W i t h OtEera 1 win inform addicted to Murafciae, Laadaaaa>« Opium, Cocaine, of nwer-faltlaic. aanatoM, h<Mu*> cure. Mr». M. II. Baldwin, tor U l i , ChJeaga. l'k. The father of Constable, tho painter, wa#*a. miller and a lloui• merchant. • I know that my l*fo wus saved tey Ptso's ' o r e for Consumption.- John A. Miller, Au Subee, Michigan, April 2;. Itftft. ChiwlQtte is a French Noble. , stcanJn? Ail Brown's Teetkiitg Corliml heal* irritate** gums, and j<ives babies reat day and night. • ; » • • 8-, I Maurice is cf Roman origin. Son af a Moor. Frederic, a Gorman name, lUnlfla* * fUda. IViee. » \ ®fe yindncy fjtepatch. F. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1899. M j — — — ^ i — — — m m FARM JOURNAL C*"I*eat f Y o m NOW t o Dec. 1903 Ofiei* NEARLY 5 YIJAI'JS By special arrangement with the publishers of the FARM JOURNAL we are enabled to offer that paper to ever subscriber who pays for the DISPATCH one year ahead, for only $1, both papers for the price of ours only; our paper one year and the Farm Journal from now t o - D e c , 1903, nearly five years. T h e Farm Journal is an old established paper, enjoying great popularity, one of the best and most useful farm popers published. 8®~This offer should be accepted without delay. * Q U E S T I O N A N S V 7 K R E D . Yes, August FIOVUT sUJl has the largest bale ul any nieilieuie in (lie civilized worlij. Your HMthi'j's siiul ^rumimothers never thought «.f rising iinvtlnnj,,' else lor Indigestion or biliousness. Doctors were scarce, unci they seldom herd of Ahftedicitis, Nervous Prostration or H e a r t failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the systeii' an 1 slop fermentation of undigested food, /emulate the "clion of the liver, stimulate tlie nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and had with headaches anil other aches. You only need a few doses of CJreen's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you saiislied there is nothing serioUB the mutter with y o u . Sample bottle at F. A . Sigler's. SPECIE SALE For SHU i l ; OIC. 16,'! i& | 21 lbs of Granulated Sugar I W . 0 - T - U - | ; 2 4 I b s o f L i ^ h t b r o w n jj jjj j 1 j)kg Yeast Foam $ Edited by the W. C. T- U. of Tluckney. ® ' %\ fog flood S o d a $ - & A touching: incident I have read of a town meeting in Pennsylvania where the question of license was to be decided. As the question was about to be put, there arose from one corner of the room a miserable female, wrinkled and gaunt, and, stretching out her arms, in a shrill voice she cried: "Look upon me. You all know me, or you once did. You all know I was once the mistress of the best farm in the township. You all know I had one of the best—one of the most devoted of husbands. You all know I had five noble-hearted industrious boys. Where are they now? You all know. You all know they all lie in a row, side by sid^, in yonder churchyard; all— every one—filling a drunkard's grave! They were all taught to believe that temperate drill kin*, was safe—excess alone ought to b e avoided; und they . never acknowledged excess. But I saw the gradual change coming over my family and prospects with dismav a r d horror; I felt we were all to be overwhelmed in one common ruin. I tried to ward off the blow I tried to break the spell—the delusive spell— in,which the benefits of, temperate drinking had involved my husband and sons. I begged, I prayed; but the odds were against me." And, with her arms flung high, and her tall form stretched to its utmost, and her voice raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed: "I shall soon stand before the judgement seat of God —I shall meet you there, you false guides, and be a witness against you all." She spoke and vanished. But when the chairman put the question, "Shall any license be granted for the sale of spiritous liquors?" the response was unanimous— "No!" m i l l i o n * G i v e n ' A w a y It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coagha and Colds, have given away orer ten millions trial bottles of thin great medicine and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely enred thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of the throat, chest, and lungs are Barely cured by it. Call on K. A. Sigler druggist and get a trial bottle free, regular size 50c and 11. Every bottle guaranteed or price refunded. 1 lb Sodio H lbs Cracked Coffee 1 lb Gloss Starch 1 lb Com Starch 1 dozen good Tea Spoons 1 " " Table Spoons Decorated Lamps, regular value $1.25 and *1 50, at 85, SI. 19 81.00 1.00 .03 .05 .04 .10 .04 .04 .35 .45 Perhaps just a word of explanation before the b e g i n n i n g of these letters will m a k e them more readily understood. In August 1897 my husband, Mr . Ourlin and my brother Buiiey Smith l«ft San Francisco for Dawson c i t y intending to go by boat the entire distance. T h e boat called the North F o r k — o n ..which they took passage was very h e a v i l y loaded besides taking in tow a smaller boat called the Mare Island to carry the passengers up the Y u k o n . T h e boat made very slow progress and by the time they reached St. M i c h a e l s Island the season was so far advanced they could proceed no further as ice was already forming on the Y u k o n . S o m e of the passengers—Mr. Carlin included— returned to the states to spend the winter and go in over the Pass in the spring, while others remained on the boat in the canal, and it is of their life from then until the preseut time that is described in these letters. 4 cans best Tomatoes 1 can Plums to close 1 can Stringed Beans to close 1 gallon good Syrup 1 gallon 30c Molasses 1 gallon 40c Molasses .25 .02 .02 .20 •28 moon is a surprise. This month I n fact, "Everything Goes" at a t f u l 1 m o o n [t r o s e a l i U l e e a s t o f thss sale. We are Headquarters D O T t h ' c i r c l e B h i K h h l t l i e heavens for Gloves and Mitts and *e will c o m e s b a c k a n d s e t s a b o u t m t h e same place. I t rose about 3:30 in the afternoon and set about 12 Do not fail to call and get o'clock the next day noon. If we prices—we will save you $ $ $ surprise you on prices. PI i J> S « » * ^ By BAILEY SMITH. Arranged bv M K S . W . C A K U N . C O » T I « U I : U . n o w T h e | 1 w i t h k , a m e g > a a n c i l l g singing and visiting witb $he uoys on the Str. Healey (here in winter quarters) we manage'very well to wear away £hq time. Three- a£ us sunk a shaft here on the low ground to see the nature of the soil and if possible to find something, but the hope of finding gold was not very strong. We went down 50 ft. 40 ft. was"frozen. The next ten soft with no frost after 45. We exploded the theory that one could not get through frost in Alaska. The fifty feet was through muck with uo change. We found plenty of shells, layers of ice, and evidence of made ground from overflows. At 50 ft. we got through muck into a fine black sand, and were hopeful some of reaching gravel possibly, but low! the next morning we had ten feet of water. We took out the water but could make no headway so had to abandon our hopes and hard work of over a month. We did not regret the work as it put us in fine trim, giving us good appetites, good muscle and in fine spirits. This climate is healthy— I never felt better. Have not had even a cold—which was quiet common in the rainy seasons of Washington. We are a mile from the sea, and it is a sight to go out there and walk over the ice. I t is piled and gorged on the shore in places higher than our boat and for two or three miles out you can see great hills of ice which was piled up by the action of the tide while freezing. I t will be a grand sight in the spring to see it ^o out. I would like to be at the mouth of the Yukon river and see the ice come down and pile on the bar and sand spits. Two parties started out from the boat to prospect in the foot hills near by. Dec. 13th 1897. Now I will write you of our winter life. After we were settled we went to work stacking up wood to keep us warm during the winter. We were not able to get to Stewart island, a distance of twelve miles, where we were goifig to put up wood. The ice and cold weather prevented our getting over. We have now about four hours sun. from a little after ten until about two-thirty, about 18 hours darkness G hours light. The sun does not get high enough to 1** make a respectable sun rise. The than all the states east of the Mississippi, and but little prospected away froxu the Yukon. . An Indian carrier came down from Dawson 'las^w^ee^ (1300 mil4s) with » dog team,sent down to report the rival of three boats of ihe No£th American T r a d i n g Co. at Dawson with 600 tons of provisions. 1-1 his meaus there is no starvation at Dawson. News came ^ • w n t h a t mine owners were pay- ^ 0 ) ^ ^ 5 , 0 0 per day for men who h&d a grub stake to work in the mipes. See what we are missing. If (we had reached Dawson with our provisions every mau, no doubt, could have had work as kthey all have a year's supply of provisions. This long winter at those wages nifcaus we could make $5,000 by May. Well we are far from them. But the news is good; it shows the riches of the mines and means that Dawson will be a great place next year. C o n t i n u e d N e x t W e e k As a c u r e tor r h e u m a t i s m C h a m b - e r l a i n ' s P a i n H a l m is g a i n i n g a w i d e r e p u t a t i o n . D . 13, J o h n s o n of R i c h - m o n d , I n d . , h a s b e e n t r o u b l e d w i t h t h a t a i l m e n t s i n c e 1 8 6 2 . I n s p e a k i n g ot it b e s a y s : "I n e v e r f o u n d a n y t h i n g t h a t w o u l d r e l i e v e m e u n t i l 1 u s e d C h a m b e r l a i n * P a i n H a l m . It a c t s l i k e m a ^ i c w i t h m e . My f o o t w a s s w o l l e n and p a i n e d m e v e r y m u c h , b u t o n e g o o d a p p l i c a t i o n ot P a i n B a l m r e l i e v - ed m e . F o r s a l e by F . A . S i g l e r , D r u g t / e s t . LAST rontvrn.' OTATKof MICHIGAN", County of Livingston A i. a session of the Probate Court for said counwere a little further north it would not set to us at all, but circle arouiul, all the time in sight. The sun next J u n e will take the place of tin- moon and we will have all day light and no dark. The beauties of our cold, clear nights, the sun sets, the northern lights, i The first could get no further than cannot be described or painted I j the hills, the snow being too deep have witnessed the northern lights for sledding and traveling; they re- PERFECT SCALES Copppi Plated All Steel Levers, Combination Beam* Catalogue Free. Address, J O N E S o r BlNOHAMTON, BINQHAMTON, N. V> WA . N T 1 M - - . M V , i . i a i i l i l l l l i i l T A N D I I O X K S T persons fo represent OR as Muu:i^v.'i-.> in tlii:; :mil do1-'.' by c o u n - lies. S.ilery $900 a yu.ir :i:id .-varices. Fti-:i!' !i!>n<,-!i !«>, no more, no les-s. I'onitio:. jie, m.uiuu. Our rt'fero"ci.'o, .111» bank in any town. It U mainlv fiio« wor.i conducted ftt IIOCK*. I-lofcreiu'c. Kn« tlosc 8e!f-nHi!ri'8sr<! -.;,in|it'd e n v e l o p e , T H £ here on some evenings that were ty, held at the Proliate Office in the village of t h e g r a n d e s t S i g h t s I e v e r s a w . O i l out arch Howell, on Kridtiv, tlm 2-ltli day of Nov., in the „ i i i • i , i . year one thousand eiKhtlmmir/d and ninety-nine, a d e a r C o l d l l l g h t t h e y COI110 O u t Pre8fiit: AlhirdM. Dnvic, .lud^e of Probate, In i n a l l t h e i r g l o r y , a g r e a t the niatlsr of the fotnti'ul' ' „ „ „ n i .1 .1 SII^. A. II*KT.,* ,.,.•,...*«. ; spans the heavens m the north, On reading and lllin-tlir petition, duly verified t h e n c o l u m n s s h o o t U p t o t h e Z e i l - oj Frank A Barton. prHyin. thai ndminis.rauon j ^ JJ j j k fc of said estate may he granted to himself or some n other suitable person. curtain and move along the sky. Thereupon it is ordered that Tuesday, the 20th S o m e t i m e s t i l " C U l ' t a i n a p p e a l ' s U) day of Dec. next, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at •, . » . , , . . said Probate Office, be assigned for the hearing of i a >" HI t o l a s , t h e l o w e r p a r t 1U said petition. bright brilliant colors of the rain- It is Inrther ordered that a copy of this order be v •, - , - , , . published in the PINCKNEY DISPATCH, a newspap- , b o W ' d a i l C l l l g U p a n d d ( ) W l l , s l l O O t - er printed and circulating in said county, three | i n g aCTOSS t h e s k y , U n r o l l i n g a n d eucceeeive weeks jirevious to Hairl day of bearinj.', Al.KIKl) At. I)AV18, t-51 Judije of Probate, C. L. BOWMAN, Proprietor of The City Market, Corner ol Main and Mill Sts., PINCKNEY, MICH. WILL PAY GASH For fallow, Hides, Pelts, and Dressed Pork. See us before selling your Beef. C.L.BOWMAN. rolling up like great white curtains. The sight is worth coming to Alaska. The winter so far has not been severe, the coldest 14 degrees below zero during the night. Has not been a day but what we could get out and work. Our work has been getting wood and ice for the boat, just enough to give us a little exercise, about 3 hours a day. We get up about day-light, 9, breakfast at 10, dinner at i, lunch at 10 again, and go to bed any time up to 2 o'clock in thV~fi!orniner; a very lazy life, but under the circumstances we could do nothing else. We have considerable reading matter a m o n g us, there being about 30 aboard the boat W o r k i n g Nlffbt' a n d D n y The busiest and mightiest little thin*? that was ever made is Dr. Kind's New Life Pills. Every pill is sutfarcoated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, h&tlessneea into energy, brain*fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building- np the' health. Only 25c per box. Sold bj F. A Sigler, drnggiat turned after a week out. The second met with a disasterous accident. I n digging into the ground they tapped a gas reservoir; the gas ignited from a fire near by, exploded, knocked tlie men down and burned them badly, burned up t h e i r outfit nearly. They walked in, a distance of twelve miles in the cold, which perhaps was the most soothing antidote they could find. St. Michaels is quiet lively this winter—iustead of being shut up with perhaps a white man or two to trade with the Indians, there are over 100 there, working for the trading companies who are preparing for a big season next year. New Companies are getting on the grounds, several new boats will be built to carry the rush of people next season. Alaska will have a future and times will be good here for many years. What it needs is transportation—small steamers to take the miners up the smaller rivers runuing into the Yukon. The Yukon is longer than the Mississippi having half a dozen or more tributaries from 500 to 1,000 miles long. The country is larger Railroad Guide. Hrand Trunk Railway System. Time Table in effect, Nov. 19,1899. R e d H l F r » m ( b e G u n Waa the ball that hit G B Stead man of Newark, Mich in the Civil War. It caused horrible ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. T en Bock len'i arnica salve cured him. Cures cats, braises, b a n s , boils, felona,eorne and akin eruptions. Best pile en re on earth. 25c a box. Care guaranteed. Sold by F. A. Sigler, drugirf. M. A. L. DIVISION -WESTBOUND. No. '27 Paaaencer, Pontiac to Jackaon connection from Detroit 0 44 a m No. 29 Passenger, Pontiac to Jackson, 6:45 p. m. No. 29 has through coach from Detroit to J axon. No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jackaon connection from Detroit 4 45 p m EASTBOUND No. 30 Passenger to Pontiac and Detroit S 15 p « No. 28 Pasennger, J axon to Detroit, 9:1« a. m. No. 528 has through coacb fr*oi Jaxon tn Detroit No. 44 Mixed to Pontiac and Lenox 7 55 a rn All trains daily except Sunday. No 44 connection at Pontiac for Detroit and tor th» west on D A M R R W. J. 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WFAK UFN restored to vigor and r r c / f n OT&fF vitality. Organs of the body which have been weakened through disease, overwork, excess or indiscretions, restored to full power, strength and vigor by our new and original system of treatment, iSI/UnPFf)C of testimonials bear flWJIwnCtfg evidence of tho (,'ouil results obtained from our method of treating all forms of chronic disease. WE TREATAND CURE Catarrh, Heart Disease, Liver Complaint. Asthma. Syphilis. Tumors, UronJutia, Varicocele, Piles, Fistula. Rheumatism, Sterility, Skin Diseases, Neuralgia* Bladder Trouble, Blood Diseases, Scutica, Lots of Vitality, Youthful Errors, Lumbago, -Dyspepsia, Nervous Troubles, Female weakness, Constipation* Weakness of Men. CONSULTATIOS FRKK. CHARGES HODBRAT*. Hours 9 to 8. Sot Open Suadsyi, UR. HALE IN PERSONAL CHARGE. SPECIAL NOTICE t Those UQ Able to call should tend stamp for question blank fur borne treatment. PAR THE GBEAT JtESTOHATIVE. i r You H t T « a D a i l y F'ariu A d v e r t i s e Y.un Milk Hiid ISuttctiullk. If you have milk to sell and are living upon a road favored by bicyclists hang out a .si^n. (lood patmnage <MM! good prices are the usual results wliere this hits been tried. It you nave • dairy, advertise your buttermilk in the same way. j If your cow h a s a sore treat, try hot water rather t h a n force anything up inside It. Merely have the water as ] hot as the hand can bear It, or a lltj tie lees at first, and let the teat rest in it Cor a quarter of an hour, changing ] the water so as to keep it hot, or a ] little hotter than at the first. Do this i night and morninfe for a few days, using a small pail to hold the water. j No breed is more justly noted for do I clllty, endurance, road ability and i beauty, than the French coacr. De- \ sended from the celebrated postilion | horses of France, they have since been , improve] by a cross with the English \ thoroughbred, making to-day the most '< magnificent roach and carriage horse | in style and action used in London and Paris, and their influence is fast im- ' proving'the stock of the United State*. [ Under no circumstance should the ! bull be trusted, either being handled by attendant or when running loose In the yard, as there are so many cases on record where they have become unruly and attacked their attendant without the least warning. A bull one year old or ove:- should always be dehorned and have a ring inserted in his nose, with rope attached for handling by. And whenever it is possible the T5ull should be handled by a grown-up person: he will then receive kinder '. and firmer treatment than if taken care | of by the boys, because they can not always resist the temptation of teasing the bull, which will be sure to spoil him if he is of a nervous temperament WEST PUTNAM. R o b t . K e l l y w a s i n H o w e l l S a t . u r d a y . L i n c o l n S m i t h i s p a p e r i n g f o r M r s . D . M . M o n k s ' t h i s w e e k . W m . W h i t e a n d wife, of M a r i o n c a l l e d o n 8 . E . B a r t o n l a s t T h u r s - d a y . M i s s K a t e R u e n w a s e n t e r t a i n - e d b y M i s s N e l l i e G a r d n e r l a s t F r i d a y . R o b e r t K e l l y is t h e o w n e r of a fine d r i v i n g h o r s e , p u r c h a s e d f r o m p a r t i e s n e a r H o w e l l . Clifford a n d T r a c y T r i p p v i s i t - e d t h e G a r d n e r B r o s . , W i l l J J . a n d G l e n n , t h e first of t h e w e e k . S e v e r a l f r o m h e r e a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g of t h e A n d e r s o n F a r m e r s ' C l u b a t J a m e s M a r b l e ' s l a s t S a t - u a d a y . Facts to Bemember. T h e original and g e n u i n e Red P i l l s are Knill's Red Pills for W a n people a t 25c box, the womon's r e m e d y . Don't pay 50 cents. You ean work when they w o r k , never gripe or make you sick, Knill's White Liver Pills. Bowel R e g u l a t o r . Twenty-five doses, 25 cents. Pleasant, safe and sure are KniU'^ Black Diarrhoea Pills. Cares s u m m e r complaints, dysentery and all pains of the stomnch and bowels. Only 25 cents box. Knill's Blue Kidney Pill cure backache, etc. Only 2"> cents box. P u r e , sweet stomachs and b r e a t h s are made by t a k i n g Knill's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure indigestion, correct all stomach troubles, destroys all foul gases for 25c box. Best a n d cheapest. G u a r r a n t a e d b v y o u r d r u g - gest. Will Curlett, Dexter. W. B. Darrow, P i n c k n e y . Bar-Ben IB the greatest known \ TUADE MAIiK. nerve tonic and blood purifier. It creates solid fleBh, muscle nnd STRENGTH, clears the brain, makes the blood pur*' uu<l rich, and causes a general fe<'ln>u of 'icalth, n >wcr and renewed vitality, while the rem mtivo 01-1::1:11- are helped to reKitin their n o m a / ;MJ .^:: ip i the sufferer is quickly made conscious <! oir <•: benefit. One box will wcrl; worn!.>;•• • •).v,li; perfectacure. 60ct8. A BOX: t >> >, < <\,, sale by druKKists everywlKTc. <•!••••'.::•.! ,; onreeeipt of price. A<U!n>-~ !»!,••. i •, i > u \ spJD BENSON. UiU-!$trsr.. > . . • ; , • . . . . For sale by F. A. SIGLEB, Druggist Pinckney, - - Mich. A $4.00 BOOK FOR 75cts. The Farmers' Encyclopedia. Every thing pertaining to the affairs of the farm, h o u s e h o l d and •tock raisin?. Em braces artic:lTeas on T h f O u t l o o k . Advices from London show that the Argentine is becoming a close competitor with us in furnishing beef to t h a t m a r k e t There appears to have been a bad failure of clover in some sections of the country. It will be well to make up for the loss by summer seeding. It \e a serious loss to the soil when the clover crop fails. There is likely to be a demand for our potatoes in Cuba. This will affect only the m a r k e t s of the eastern cities. Many eggs are already being1 sent to Havana, but the lack of transportation facilities In t h e way of refrigeration is against the egg trade. The eggs are apt to become like the canned meat seat to the soldiers during the war, rather malodorous. Texas now sends strawberries to Chicago, an indication that Its farmer Intend to grow something besides cotton and steers. There will be plenty of fresh eggs next winters—fresh from ice houses. Of forty-five carloads entering Chicago in one day, the greater part went into cold storage. Potatoes from Scotland and Germany were brought into eastern markets and knocked down prices far old stock late In spring, and also affecting southern shipments. Indications poifit to a Christmas Goods, Christmas Goods, Cl i list mas GOODS. We have in our store, first door west of the bank, the largest line of presents ever before shown in Pinckney. Books, Books of all kinds—Bibles, Dictionaries, Webster's latest International, Webster's Dictionaries, all kinds of Dictionaries. All kinds of Celluoid and Plush Albums, Dressing Cases, Manicure Sets, Cuff and Collar Boxes, Jewelry boxes, Necktie boxes, Glove and Handkerchief cases, Baby sets, Smokers' sets, Looking glasses, Work boxes, Fine box paper, Finest French candies, all kinds of candies and cigars. • We have a complete line of Toys. Our goods are all new and of the latest design. Every thing you may wish at Christmas time. Call and examine our stock and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere. W. B. DARROW. ! MOTlC£. 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In Surrey, England, there Is a great poultry fattening establishment, which annually sends about 36,000 Cowls to London. sons in the blood, backache, n e r v o u s ness, headache and tired, listless, r u n - down feel in cr. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J W G a r d n e r ot Idaville Ind, who says: 'Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when be is all r u n down, and don't care whether he lives or dies. It did m o r i to give me new strength and gDod ap- T^ • r, , , ~~~^ 7 7 ~TJ A „ „-„ ' petite than a n y t h i n g I could take. I Dr* Cidy 3 Conditioa Powders are t v J . , , . , . , , , . can now eat a n y t h i n g and have a n e w lust what a horse needs when in b a d ! « •>» , Crt A « . «« ' lease on life. Only 50c at P . A. 8ig» CONUKEOAflONAL CtlUUCH. Kev. 0. W. ltice pastor. .Service every Sunday morning at 10:30 and every aunday evenlag at 7 ;0C o'clock. Prayer meeting Thurso day evenings. Sunday school at close or uxor ainsrservice. H. II. i'eeple , Supt. Kosd Head, ->eo ST MAKY'S 'jAl'tlOLlO CilUttOU. Rev M J. (Jouiuiert'ord, Padtor. Sdrvices everv Sunday. Low made at 1:M 0 clock bigli mass witli eermon at J :¾ a. in. Oirtecnisai at3;U0 p. m., vespers and benediction at , :W p.m. SOCIETIES; The A. O. H. Society of this place, meets every third Sunday in tne b'r. Mattuew Hall. Jonn 1'uotnevaul AUJ iCeiiy, J>a it/ J j l ^ u e a . T T LliAliUK. Meets every Sunday condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25c per package. For sale by F. A. Siglers d r u g store. Every bottle g u a r a n - teed . Business Locals. For Sjil«'. House and lot in the village of Pinckney t-52 II. [sham. I will give $3.50 per cord for popla* delivered at the Hudson pulp-mill. t23 H. L. Stout, Supt. "Some gold-standard politicians believe in the 16 to 1 theory—that it, 16 votes for $1. R -tilts' impress us more when we are i g m r a n t of the process by which tl\c: . : <j attained. About the time a man's argument is evh^'V'ed he begins to l^se Interest in in the subject. The only difference between speculation and peculation is a little crook- tKFuiro!tbe'mwu ednes?, The fact that there is a liU'e crook.-iiness about the letter " s " explains this. El1 WORTH « - , , , - A evening at &.W ocloolc in the M. b. bnurcu, A cordial invitation is extended to everyone especially young people. Mrs. Stella (irabam Pres. / ^ H R i s - r u s KSi)K.vv-)!i s6;iEry:-Niwt. {jlni* every Sund.ty eveuiau at <>;• I*. / « * l £ ? | » Miss Stta Curpeater; se ,r jtary, >I». Q. >V. ttioe. m B E W. C. T. U. meets the first Friday of each 1 monthat^:30p. »1. attiieboineof Or. ti. t. Sieler. Kveryone interested in temperance Is coartially invited. Mrs. Leal Si-ler, Pre*; Mrs. Ktta Durfee, Secretary. The C. T. A. and a. society of this place, meet every third Saturday evening • in the bt. Matthew Hall. John Donohue, President. KNIGHTS OP MACCABKES. Meet every Friday evening on or before fall of the moon at their hall in the Swarthout bid*. Vialtinu brothers are cordially invited. ^ H A S . UastFflgLL, Sir knight Commander f i r i n g s t o n L o ^ S ^ , ? 4 A. M. Kerihw L Communication Tuesday evening, on or hetore W I L T E D : to hire a married raaa to workon the farm, by the year. House furnished. Mrs. H. Clark, Sr. For Male. Mark Sw-:irt!iout. I My ^on h i s be^n troubled for y e a r s I with chronic diarrhoea. S o m e t i m e ago f persuaded him to take some of Chamherlin's Colic, Uholrea and D i a r - rhoer Remedy. After using two bottles of 25-cent size he was cured. I give this testimonial, hoping s o m e o n e About S tons of tine, or coarse marsh hay. similarly effected may read it and be benefited—Thomas 'J. Bower, Glencoe. 0 . For sa'e bv P. ,\. Sigrl«r. d r u g g i s t . Werner's Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms, Kytnology and Familiar Phrases. 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Aguinaldo, according to the inhabit a n t s of Santa Cruz and other towns t h r o u g h which t h e Americans passed, say he and h i s refugee army have gone into t h e mpuja^ains. Uen. Young is still in pursuit and hopes to find the i n s u r g e n t leader in Benguet mountain pass and capture him there. d e n . Young's command was met by a brass band at t h e outskirts of Santa Cruz and h e and his officers were escorted to houses where rest and refreshments were tendered them. After a week's absence in the interior of Luzon. IJen. Young has been heard from, lie reports having arrived at Vigan on the evening of t h e 5th, after an engagement with the enemy at Narbucan. whom he drove to t h e eastward into San ljuentiu Canyau with a loss of one killed and 1>' wounded. The enemy left -5 dead in the trenches, besides a few rifles, several thousand rounds of small ammunition and 40 shrapnel. His troops are now engaged in pressing t h e enemy back. j - I t i s learned t h a t the Filipinos deserted an almost impregnable position at Tagudin 3G hours previous to (Jen. Young's arrival. There were 000 rebels strongly intrenched under command of Gen. Tino, which could have slaughtered a whole brigade while they, were crossing the river. In fact 100 well-deciplincd troops could have withstood a very strong a t t a c k without serious loss. Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar, commandi n g Aguinaldo's bodyguard, -was killed by Maj. Peyton C. March's battalion of t h e 33d infantry, in a fight 18 miles n o r t h w e s t of Cervantes, Dec. 3. In addition to this death 70 other Filipinos were also killed or badl}' wounded. T h e American loss was one killed and six wounded. Maj. March is still in pursuit of the enemy. It is reported that the Filipino commander, Gen. Alejandrino, with his staff, h a s surrendered to tlen. Mac Art h u r , and there is also a rumor that Alejandrino is at Aguilar suffering from a wound received'in a light between insurgents arid bandits and that he will be given an opportunity to surrender and will be properly cared for. A force of insurgents estimated at 800, attacked the" American garrison of 200 at Vigan. province of South I locos. T h e American loss was eight killed and many wounded. After very hard fighting t h e Filipinos were driven off and through the mountains, leaviug 3a dead. Col. Bisbee reinforced the garrison. Eighteen hundred soldiers have been ordered to return home from Cuba. This will leave only 8,000 soldiers on the island and this number will be reduced from time to time. The ordering home of the troops is a preliminary step towards establishing a civil government. Orders have been issued for the remaining four companies of the 41)th infantry, now at the Presidio, San Francisco, to embark on the transport Sherman, which sailed for the Philippines on the 0th. ^. Augustus C. Ledyard, son of Henry 11. Ledyard, of Detroit, was killed in an uprising of native police in a town ou the island of Negros on Dee. Si. Mr. Ledyard was lieutenant of the tith infantry. A force of 100 insurgents attacked a wagon train escorted by 30 men of the 10th infantry on the 0th n e a r Baliuag. A sharp engagement followed. The Filipinos lost 18 in killed and 9 captured^ The records of the treasury of the socalled Filipino government, together w i t h a q u a n t i t y of paper money and Nordenfeldt, was found at Mangatarem recently. The hospital ship Relief, which recently arrived at Manila from Vigan. b r o u g h t 272 sick soldiers and 232 Spanish prisoners. EVENTS OF THE WEEK S T A T E COISSIP. N OUR G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF F O R M . lielodel't Slayer, Uenry Hambtrgtr, of Detroit, • Former Kuplojro of the Murdered M M , has Coafeteod All— IIe«rins »•* 'or Dee. lo. Crop Report. THe Deeember^vrop repojrt issued from the office of the\secr»jtary of state on the 8th does not Wacribo t h e condition of wheat as very flattering. The report says: The condition of wheat, as compared with an average, is 80 in the state, 74 in the southern counties, 87 in the central counties, and 06 in the n o r t h e r n counties. A large majority of the correspondents report wheat as being badly damaged by the liy; a few report the condition good. Late sown wheat, in juauy instances, is as badly infested as t h a t sowed early, which is probably due to the warm, dry w e a t h e r of November. Some iields aiv Inung plowed up for other crops; other iields are being pastured by sheep. Taken as a whole, the crop is seriously damaged, with little prospect for its recovery, eventually. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed by farmers in November at the flouring mills is .)02,347, and at the elevators 10(5,307, or a total of ()tiS,0;>0 bushels. Of this whole amount 538,170 bushels were marketed in the southern four ties of counties, «»5,874 in the central counties and 34,012 bushels in the northern counties. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed in the four months, August-November. is 2,081,403, which is 4,840,103 bushels less than reported marketed in the same m o n t h s last year. At 48 mills and elevators from which reports have been received there was no wheat mark e t e d™ November. The total amount of wheat shipped by railroads from t h e various stations, as' reported for October, is 171.014 bushels. The condition of live stock throughout the state is good. In some counties considerable stock is beVng- fed for market, while in other sections very little is being fattened on account of the price of hay. The condition of horses, cattle and sheep, in the state, is 00, and of swine 07. In most parts of the state fall pasture has been good. While it has been too dry in some parts of the state for pasture to grow, the condition for the state being 87, yet in the main all kinds of stock have done fairly well. A foot of snow fell at St. Joseph on the 4th. A beet sugar factory t o cost $500,000 will be built at liattle Creek by Chicago capitalists. T h e common council of Saginaw will t r y t h e H n g r e o potato patch scheme next summer. Nickcl-in-the-slot machines, stall saloons, poker joints, etc., at Charlotte must go, according to a mandate of the council. Although he has 17 children, Wilson West, of Williamstou, h a s seen but three of them. He w a s stricken blind 30 years ago, at t h e age of 20. Win. C. Poole, aged 22, of Detroit, t h e somnambulist, w h o walked out of a third story window on t h e 7th, died of his injuries the following day. T h e owners of the Shaker farm, near Eau Claire, raised over 10J carloads of sugar beets on 102 acres. This is the champion beet farm ot the state. Mrs. Paulina linker, of Holly, is the possessor of a Hible 300 years old. It CONGRESS ASSEMBLES. London in 1000 and the oath. At the same time Kep. Tay country some years Found SI,000 Worth of rianrier. Judge Bate man of the probate court, of Centerville, on the 5th. ordered that the residence of Mrs. Annie Deline, at was printed in brought to this later. Kepreseutative farmers in the vicinity of Kalamazoo agree t h a t the chances for a good wheat crop in t h a t county are poor because of the ravages of the Hessian ily. School teachers are a scarce article in Tuscola county at present, and t h e school commissioner has to hustle whenever there is a vacany from one cause or another. Cheboygan county farmers are complaining t h a t the w a t e r in their wells is lower t h a n it has been at any time the past year, and they have to haul w a t e r for their stock. Alex. Simpson, of Wyandotte, is not w h a t would be called a handsome man, but he has two wives according to the verdict of the jury. He is now awaiting his sentence on the charge of bigamy. Tuscola county farmers w h o have beans for sale are m a k i n g a good t h i n g out of them at present. T h e r e are uumerous buyers around t h e county offering as much as 51.75 per bushel for them. Pontiac's new bridge, the construction of which has blockaded traffic on the main street of the city for several months past, has finally been completed, and the citizens arc correspondingly elated. During the month of October Cass C o a f i the 0»*h—Beta H O U M Adjoura. T h e opening of t h e 56th congress a t boon on Dec. 4 attracted that widespread attention which always attaches to t h e a n n u a l a*ae*nbling of t h e national lawmakers. There was added interest in the event t h i s year, for the many far-reaching questions awaiting consideration gave unusual importance to the r e t u r n of congress. I u accordance w i t h t h e time honored custom, the oldest member of the house in point of service, Mr. Harmer. of Pennsylvania, administered t h e oath to t h e speaker, David B. Henderson, of Iowa. T h e speaker t h a n announced t h a t the o a t h would be administered to t h e members by states. As the names of the members were called they appeared at the b a r in groups of about a dozen and there with raised hands were sworn in by the speaker. When the name of Brigham IT. llobe r t s was reached in t h e house roll call t h e I'tah member-elect proceeded alone to the area in front of the speaker's desk and awaited the administration of It ia A Ion j time since any measure Xowrt.. of u * b . Kot u h M | *** PgMfc improvement w i t h e Great Lakes h a s occasioned so widespread a n interest as is caused by t h e bill which Hon. J o h n It. Corliss, congressman from Detroit, introduced on t h e »th for t h e construction of a dam across the Niagara river. T h e purpose, of this dam is t o raise and control t h e level of Lake Erie a n d Detroit river, Lake S t Clair, St. Clair river and to a. limited e x t e n t of Lake Huron. T h e bill isbased upon the findings and recommendation of the board of distinguished engineers appointed by t h e l*resident in 1897 to investigate t h e project of constructing a deep w a t e r w a y from t h e tJrent Lakes to tide water. In t h e senate on t h e 7th Mr. Harrisintroduced a joint resolution providingfor t h e limitation of the time a President shall be elected to one term of six years and making t h e t e r m s of members of the house four years. He also introduced a bill for the g r a n t i n g of pensions to persons who nerved in t h e confederate service and afterward in t h e a r m y and navy of the United States. Mr. Roberts, the monuou representative, despite the adoption of the Taylorv of Ohio, secured recognition and, ler resolution, which in terms deprives amidst breathless interest, protested i him of his seat d u r i n g the pendency of against the swearing of Roberts, on the ground of his being a polygamist and not a properly naturalized American citizen. Mr. Taylor spoke calmy and dispassionately, and a t the close offered h i s case, was in the hall t h r o u g h o u t the session on the 7th and occupied the seat lie selected on t h e opening day. The senate in executive session on ., . „ . I * - , ., i * n e 7th confirmed the following anthe following resolution for the ap- I xin+m ,„f . , . ,., . , . . ^ , 7 , . ~p o.i;n„*tm„,e..n.*t of* .a speci-a.il commi•*tt*e e 4t o •i n pomtment s : Joseph W. Fifer, of Ilhvestigate the Roberts case: Whereas, It is charged t h a t lirigham H. Roberts, a representative t o the 50th congress from t h e s t a t e of Utah, is ineligible to a seat in the house of representatives; and, Whereas, Such a charge is made t h r o u g h a member of the house, on his responsibility as such member, and on t h e basis, as he asserts, of public records, affidavits and papers evidencing such ineligibility; Resolved, T h a t the question of the I month. nois, to be a commissioner of interstate commerce; Frederick W. Wines, of Illinois, to be assistant director of t h e census. Congressman Weeks has introduced & public bill to fix t h e term of service of j t h e surfmen in the life-saving service I on the lakes and rivers at 10 m o n t h s out of the year, closing t h e station*. i only d u r i n g J a n u a r y and February, a n d fixing the compensation at $70 per prima facie r i g h t s of Hrigham H. Robe r t s to be sworn in as a representative be referred to a special committee of nine members of the house, to be appointed by the speaker, and until such committee shall report upon and the house decide such question and right. the said Hrigham H. Roberts shall not be sworn in nor be permitted to occupy a scat in this house; and said committee shall have power to send for per- j Rep. Corliss in speaking of his PacifiO cable bill, says he will get it t h r o u g h if he don't accomplish another t h i n g at this session. T H E NEWS C O N D E N S E D Albion Methodists raised 82,510 and cleared their church from debt. Tom Sharkey h a s offered to train sons and papers and examine witnesses j C'orbett for his light with Jeffries and on oath in relation to the subject matof sugar beets, while Kiude, Huron county, shipped $fc\>,000 worth of stock . r • . , . . . City shipped 510,000 w o r t h of live stock; Mendon, be searched to ascertain if she i;Jvd A x c a s m u e h s t o c l c a m i 5 0 c a r U ) a d s had any property to pay for keeping her at the asylum for the insane. The officer found the house completely Mod with plunder, which 1 d 50 sheets, half a ton of soap, scores of lace curtains, silverware and bric-abrac of all descriptions and a valuable shotgun, the goods -amounting in value to more t h a n 81.000. The cellar was also rilled with stove wood. Mrs. Deline had lived as a hermit and had never made use of the stolen articles. Mendon people arc greatly surprised at the result of the search. T R A N S V A A L WAR ITEMS. The h o t t e s t bombardment of t h e siege took place at Ladyamith on Nov. *Q. T h e Boers got a new big gun in position on Lombard's kop, completely commanding the town, and anelled the British camp t h a t day and «ne day following, p l a n t i ng shells w i t h accuracy in the camp of the Gordon Highlanders a n d t h e Manchester regiment, where there were many narrow escapes. On t h e ?d the enemy resumed the bombardment, doing some very offective •hooting. Several of the British guns were shattered by the Boer big gun. The Boer w a r office h a s received t h e list of casualties d u r i n g the sortie from Kimberley, November 28, aa follows: Killed: Maj. Scott-Turner; of the Black Watch; Lieut. C. W. 'Wright of t h e Kimberley Light Horse, a n d 20 non-commissioned officers and men; wounded: Capt. Walleck, Lieuts. Clifford and Watson and 28 uon-commissioned officers and men. I t is said t h e real reason for Consul Macrum'a being relieved is t h a t he is a w a r m Boer sympathizer a n d refused to look after British interests. University Improvement*. I "During the past 10 years permanent improvements amounting to 8527.000 have been made at the University of Michigan. The several improvements and the cost of each are as follows: Two new hospitals, SKSO.OO,); enlargement of dental Amilding, 557.000; enlargement of law building, $25,000; new recitation building. £;';<).out); heating plant. 850.000»-new roof on museum, 85.000; gynasiums. S'M'UKK); dormatory at hospitals, S'.'O.OOO; two sun rooms at hospitals. 81.()(>(); new law building, 8:15.000: additions to library building, S20.o;x>; new roof on main building, 815.000; electric lighting plant on campus. 825,000; electric lighting plant at hospital, §5,000. llamberjcer Mas Confessed. Henry Hamberger, t h e young man' arrested on the charge of murdering John M. Reindel at his place of business in Detroit on t h e evening of t h e 2d, confessed all on the afternoon of the 8th. During his incarceration he had refused to eat anything, and this together with the occasional sweet box questioning caused him to weaken and he admitted all. The only reason for committing the awful deed was for the w a n t of money, according to the boy's own statement. After t h e confession a detective found 827.0(5 stowed away in a box in the barn at the Hamberger residence where the boy said he had hid it. Hamberger will be granted a hearing on the 15th. Sickness In Michigan. Reports t o the state board of h e a l t h show t h a t rheumatism, ne\iralgia, bronchitis, tonsillitis and influenza, in the order named, caused the most sickness in Michigan during the past week. Consumption was reported at aifi places; typhoid fever, 75; scarlet fever, 70j measles, 30; diphtheria, 28; whooping cough, 25; smallpox, 7, and cerebrospinal meningitis at 2. Coldwatcr was visited by a 34,000-flre on t h e 5th. The Hotel Dewey a t Harbor Springs was destroyed by fire on t h e 10th. Loss, 815,000. vgan pi, tiff for 81,000 on the 0th. Mr. Finnegan sued the company on account of the death of his lD-vcar-old son. The electric railway between Detroit and I'ontiac via Farmvngton is all completed except about one mile of the steel. A regular schedule service will probably be the Christinas present of the people living along the line of the road. Between dogs-which are killing numerous sheep, and thieves stealing cows, farmers around Willow are having a hard time now-a-days. The same medicine— large doses of lead administered w i t h a shotgun—is good for both afflictions. Henry Lacoy.. a marine engineer and a brother of James Laeey, or Farmington, committed suicide at the home of his brother on the 4th by hanging himself from a Warn in the barn. Religious insanity is supposed have been the cause. Holly will have another mnmifact u r i n g industry in a short time, in the shape of a handle factory. Work on the construction of the buildings will be begun immediately and pushed rapidly to completion. Local capital is behind the venture. Th'jre is no doubt t h a t the beet sugar manufacturers of the state will sti|l adhere to their determination to instit u t e legal proceedings to compel t h e state to pay them a bounty of One cent ,. per pound on all sugar manufactured during the seven years succeeding 1897; when the general b o u n t y law w a s passed. ter of this resolution Officers of the house are as follows: Clerk McDowall, of Pennsylvania. Sergeant- at-Arms Cascn, of Wisconsin. Doorkeeper (Henn, of New York, and Postmaster MeKlroy, of Ohio. In the shadow of the recent death of its president, Vice-President Hobart, t h e senate convened at noon oh the 4 th in the first session of t h e 50th congress. After the usual routine of business, customary on the opening day, Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, then announced t h e death of Vice-President Hobart and offered t h e following resolutions:' Resolved, T h a t the senate has received with the deepest regret information of the death of Garrett Augustus Hobart, late vice-president »of the United States. Resolved, T>at the business of the senate be suspended in order t h a t the distinguished public services of the deceased and the virtues of his private character may be fittingly commemorated. Resolved, T h a t the secretary of the senate be instructed to communicate these resolutions to the house of representatives. A s a further mark of respect the senate and house both adjourned. C O N G R E S S I O N A L NOTES. t h e ex-champion h a s accepted the offer. Nearly 82,000,000 w o r t h of property was destroyed by fire in the h e a r t of the business section of Philadelphia o a the 20th. F r a n k Erne, of Buffalo, and Jack O'Brien, of New York, fought 25 rounds a t the Coney Island Sporting club on t h e evening of the 4th, and at the end of the bout, Referee Geo. Silcr declared t h e tight a draw. Deputy Game Wardens Bennett and Atkinson seized a q u a n t i t y of venison at the Michigan Central depot, Bay City., on the 27th, shipped from the north without a license t a g attached. I t was consigned to Plymouth and Oxford. A tfain of 14 refrigerator cars, containing salt pork intended for the British army in South Africa, was wrecked near Kenilworth, 111., on the Milwaukee division of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad on the 3d. The cars were completely demolished, b u t it is believed the greater p a r t of the pork can be saved. CASUALTIES. Quincy, Mass.—Fire in the ear sheds of the Quincy & Boston Street Railway company destroyed the sheds, an office building and eighteen box cars. The loss is estimated at $60,000. Salem, Ind.—The public school building was totally destroyed by Are. The probable" cause was defective heating apparatus. The building was valued at $20,000 and insured. Cadillac, Mich.—The Cadillac Stave and Heading company's mill wa3 consumed by fire. In&uved for $£,600, which coreni the loss. ScottBtttle, Ky.—The large planing mill of Ivove, Boyd ft Co. was destroyed by fire. Lots estimated at $10,000, partly covered. Pottstown, Pa.—The po~/der worko of Jnmes S. Miller, near Sumneytown, were wrecked by an explosion. Three men were killed and several others ifc J'ir*d; . fr Another sorrow had fallen upon the senate before it convened on the fith. It was the death of Senator-elect Hayward, of Nebraska. While he was not officially a member of the body, he was in every other sense regarded as such. Senator Teller, w h o represents the free silver Republican group in the senate, says t h a t he t h i n k s it will requite three or four months to pans the financial bill. He said Democrats and free silver men'would not a t t e m p t obstructive methods, but would go on record In sprfsWhwi* Others believe the bill wiU be passed within 00 days. " T h e r u s h of bills in the house of r c n v resentttttres on-tire~*th. was the greatest in the memory of house officials, the total being 861 bills public and private and 30 resolutions. T h e financial bill drafted by a special Committee of Republican members was introduced in t h e house by Rep. Overstreet, of Indiana, on t h e 4th and accorded the distinction of being bill No. 1 on the records of t h e house. Sen. Chandler on t h e 0th introduced bills applying t h e e n s t p m s and internal revenue laws of the United States to t h e islands of Cuba and Porto Rico after J a n . 1, 1000. Goods between the isla n d s a n d the United States are to be exchanged as between the states. Nearly 800 bflhjand joint resolution*, several important concurrent resolution a n d petitions numbering hundred^, were presented to t h e Senate on the 0U>. A majority of t h e bilU were old stagers. A few were of national interest and importance. Mr, Aldrieh had t h e honor of introducing the first measure In t h e senate. I t was the financial bill d r a w n by the senate committee on finance, of which Mr. Aldrieh is chairman, and probably w a s t h e most important measure in- I troduced on the flth. j In a fire at Philadelphia, Pa., on the loth, t w o persons lost their lives imd S.T),()00 w o r t h of property was destroyed. The powder w o r k s of J a m e s S. Miller, near Sumueytown, Pa., were completely wrecked by an explosion on the 7t-U and three men were killed and several others injured. A syndicate headed by Tom L. and Albert Johnson, t h e street car mag" n a t e s of Cle^jghind, will build a street railroad in Honolulu and on Oahu island, on which the capital of the Hawaiian islands is situated. Electric lines will not only be built within the city limits but suburban lines will be constructed leading to t h e different points of interest and business n e a r the city. THE MAF L I V E 8 T New Y»rk— Cattle Ilest fr radon 94 50?ft« 30 Lower grades...» &J®4 75 IMllOARO nest grades S 60^7 3"> Lower Kradea.. .4 fx)&& 50 D e t r o i t — Best Rrade* 3 7*r?;4 75 Lower grades.. .sj'MGfrd 75 lluffalo— Lower grades.. .2 i%,3 GJ Cincinnati— Lower grades.. .3 Qb&l &"> I'Utuburg— Hen prade.s 5 7S@8 JO Lower xrudts.. ,4 (XX&4 50 G R A I N , • \VheiU. ?KETS OCK. • Sheep Lfu?b<< W 51 3 2o 4 75 k 85 4 01 a o j 4 8fc. 4 00 ' 4 ZS 3 75 « 4 33 3 4tt ETQ. Corn, No. 2 red No. 2 mix N e w York 7#fc7.»x C h i c a g o 7Crj}70>4 • D e t r o i t 7*a7i* T o l e d o 71<&71«4 Cincinnati ?0@?0^ P t t U b n r g 7 ¾ ^ ¾ llnffulo 74071¾ XKSJ84 mm 83&03* 8 i ® s m &X&SSV4 8S&»Vi smM% ifl 01 4 75 5 50 4 Ov) 5 00 4 60 ft 50 4 0) 5"jn 4 75 ''• * 5 51 5 00 Hopr* u oa 3 do 4 10 3 85- i 05 3 90* 4 20 3 7J 4 00 3 75 4 10 4 95 Oatn. No. -3 white a^'/i, 2*^24 >i SflftSO*; S4&S4 Sft&26* S&&23H 27®27Ji •Detroit—Hay. No. 1 Timothy, 911 60 per ton. Potatoos, 85c per bu. Live Poultry, upring: chicken*, 7c per lb; fowls, Oo; turkeyn, U^o; ducks. Ho. Egtf". Ntriotly fresh, U>o per dozerv Butter, bunt dairy, Sic per lb; creamery, :26c. AT HOME AND AMOAB t 0 l f j E S T MAN IN AMEtttC* A SUMMARY OF T H E NEWS FOB , J H E WEEK. ©Y WIRE. T h e K e n t u c k y I k w r t o f E l e c t i o n s O S * c u l l y A n n o u n c e T h « t t h e K s p u b l i e s n S t * t e T r c k e t w u E l e c t e d — K e n t u c k y N e t - r o M u r U e r e r B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . T h e M e x i c a n * a n 4 Iuctlttns F i g h t . I n f o r m a t i o a f r o m O r t u , i*tate o f S o n o r a , M o x l , , . s * t a t » j s . . t f m f c J r l u p d M } T e r - h u u c , u u e x p e r t l a i n i u g e n g i n e e r , w h o h a s b e y n i n t h e m i n e s i n t h e Y a t j u i c o u n t r y f o r s o m e m o n t h s p a s t , h a s a r - r i v e d l i t O r t i z . H e a n n o u n c e s t h a t s i n e e N o v . 18 t h e Y a q u i I n d i a n s a n d t h e M e x i c a n m i l i t a r y f o r c e s h a v e h a d s e v e r a l e n g a g e m e n t s , a t t e n d e d w i t h l o s s o f l i f e a n d a n u m b e r o f w o u n d e d . T h e first o f t h e s e e n g a g e m e n t s w a s o n t h e a b o v e d a t e , j u s t n o r t h o f C o c o r i a n d d u r i n g t h e e n g a g e m e n t t h e r e w e r e 4 8 I n d i a n s a n d five s o l d i e r s k i l l e d o u t - r i g h t . I n a d d i t i o n t h e r e t o t h e r e w e r e 2 5 s o l d i e r s w o u n d e d a n d s o m e t h i n g o v e r 100 s q u a w s a n d I n d i a n c h i l d r e n c a p t u r e d b y t h e m i l i t a r y f o r c e s . T h e s e p r i s o n e r s w i l l b e s e n t t o ( J u a y a m a s b y t h e m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s t o b e h e l d a s h o s t a g e s . T h e p l a c e w h e r e t h i s e n - g a g e m e n t t o o k p l a c e i s o n t h e Y a q u i r i v e r , j u s t a t t h e e n t r u n c e t o t h e m o u n - t a i n s . T h i s s e c t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y i a v e r y h e a v i l y w o o d e d a n d h e n c e t h e e n - g a g e m e n t w a s c o n d u c t e d o n t h e u s u a l g u e r r i l l a w a r f a r e o r d e r . T h e M a i n e D e a d . A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y o f t h e T r e a s u r y A l l e n h a s r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r f r o m C a p t . J . (.r. G r e e n , c o m m a n d a n t o f t h e n a v a l s t a t i o n a t H a v a n a , s a y i n g t h a t c o n - t r a c t s h u v o b e e n e x e c u t e d f o r e x h u m - i n g t h e r e m a i n s o f t h e d e a d o f t h e b a t - t l e s h i p M a i n e , b u r i e d i n C o l o n c e m e - t e r y , a n d s a y i n g a l s o t h a t t h e y c a n b e r e m o v e d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a t a n y t i m e a f t e r D e c . 1 5 . T h e b a t t l e s h i p T e x a s , w h i c h w i l l b e u s e d f o r t h t t r a i s - p o r t a t i q n o f t h o s e r e m a i n s , i s n o w o n h e r w a y f r o m B r u n s w i c k , G a . , t o H a m p t o n R o a d s , w h e r e s h e w i l l c o a l a n d p r o v i s i o n a n d t h e n s t a r t f o r H a - v a n a . T h e s e r e m a i n s a r e t o b e b r o u g h t t o ^ Y a s h i n g t o n a n d r e i n t e r r e d i n t h e n a t i o n a l c e m e t e r y a t A r l i n g t o n , w i t h f u l l m i l i t a r y h o n o r s . H e a d y t o F i g h t a l l N a t i o n s . T h e F i g a r o p u b l i s h e s a n i n t e r v i e w o n t h e 1 0 t h w i t h M . L o c k r o y , f o r m e r F r e n c h m i n i s t e r o f m a r i n e , i n t h e c o u r s e o f w h i c h h e s a y s : " T h e B r i t i s h n a v y - I s t w i c e a s s t r o n g a s o u r s . I t i s a b l e t o o p p o s e s i m u l t a n e o u s l y t h e n a v i e s o f F r a n c e a n d t h e t r i p l e a l l i a n c e . E v e r y w h e r e F r e n c h fleets a r e s t a t i o n e d t h e y a r e c o n f r o n t e d b y t w i c e o r t h r i c e t h e i r s t r e n g t h . F r a n c e m u s t h a v e c a b l e s . G r e a t B r i t a i n ' s p o r t s a r e a l l c o n n e c t e d a n d t h e B r i t i s h a r e r e a d y f o r w a r t o m o r r o w , i f n e c e s s a r y , w i t h e v e r y n a t i o n o n t h e g l o b e . " 3 3 K i l l e d In a M i n e E x p l o s i o n . A b o u t n o o n o n t h e (.)th t h e q u i e t c o a l m i n i n g v i l l a g e o f C a r b o n a d o , W a s h . , w a s s t u n n e d w i t h t h e f i r s t r e p o r t o f 9 t e r r i f i c s u b t e r r a n e a n e x p l o s i o n i n t h e m i n e o f t h e C a r b o n H i l l C o a l c o m p a n y , t h e t u n n e l s o f w h i c h r u n f o r m i l e s u n - d e r t h e t o w n . T h e v i c t i m s o f t h e h o r - r o r n o w n u m b e r 32 d e a d a n d 5 i n j u r e d . T w o m e n w e r e r e s c u e d t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y a f t e r b e i n g e n t o m b e d f o r I S h o u r s . T h e d i s a s t e r w a s t h e r e s u l t o f a f i r e d a m p e x p l o s i o n . K i g F i r e a t R e a d i n g . O n e o f t h e m o s t a p p a l l i n g fires t h a t h a s e v e r v i s i t e d R e a d i n g , P a . , o c c u r r e d o n t h e 7 t h w h e n t h e e x t e n s i v e h o s i e r y m i l l o f N o l d e & H o r s t C o . , t o o k fire, d e s t r o y i n g t h e p l a n t , c a u s i n g t h e d e a t h o f o n e p e r s o n , M i s s L o u i s a C l a y , a n d i n j u r i n g 57 o t h e r e m p l o y e s o f t h e c o m - p a n y . Of t h e 5 7 p e r s o n s w h o w e r e i n - j u r e d , 3 0 a r e s e r i o u s l y h u r t . T h e r e - m a i n d e r o f t h e 5 7 h a d h a n d s o r f a c e s b u r n e d , l i m b s b r u i s e d , o r o t h e r w i s e i n - j u r e d . B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . D i c k C o l e m a n , t h e N e g r o m u r d e r e r o f M r s . L a s h b r o o k , w a s t a k e n f r o m t h e o f f i c e r s a t M a y s v i l l e , K y . , b y a m o b o f 1 , 0 0 0 m e n " o n • t h e tJth a n d b u r n e d a t t h e s t a k e . T h e m o b , l e d b y t h e h u s b a n d o f t h e N e g r o ' s v i c t i m , d r a g g e d t h e s h r i e k i n g c r i m i n a l t h r o u g h t h e p r i n c i p a l s t r e e t s o f t h e t o w n , o f 8 , 0 0 0 i n h a b i t a n t s , b o u n d h i m t o a s m a l l t r e e , s e t fire t o b r u s h a n d t o w a b o u t h i m , a n d s t o o d g u a r d u n t i l h e w a s d e a d . T a y l o r E l e c t e d G o v e r n o r . The Kentncky state board of elections on the 8th gave out their official findings that \V. S. Taylor for governor and the rest of the Republican ticket have been ejected on the face^ of the returns. Certificates of election were ordered issued to each candidate thereon. Taylor will be inaugurated on the 12th. F r a n o n M a d e a' D e m a n d o h C h i n a , T h e f r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t h a s f o r m a l l y d e m a n d e d t h e d e g r a d a t i o n o f t h e v i c - e r o y o f C a n t o n b e c a u s e t h e o r d e r t o e x e c u t e t h e C h i n e s e m a g i s t r a t e w h o w a s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e m u r d e r o f t w o F r e n c h o i K e e r s a t M o n t a o h a s n o t b e e n e a r n e d o u t . T h e T s u n g - L i - Y a m e n w i l l p r o b a b l y r e f u s e . A t l a s t a j u r y i n t h e M r s . M a r i e B u t - t e r f i o l d S a n d e r s o n m u r d e r t r i a l w a s s e - c u r e d / o n t h e 7 t h . Tells Hove He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Feruna. Mr. Isaac Drcc\c, tho Oldest Man in t h e U n i t e d States. Mr. I s a a c Broclr, o f M c L e n n a n c o u n t y , T e x . , h a s a t t a i n e d t h e g r e a t a g e o f 111 y e a r s , h a v i n g b e e n b o r n i u 1738. H e i s a n a r d e n t f r i e n d t o F e r u u a a n d s p e a k s o f i t i u t h e f o l l o w i n g t e r m s : " D u r i n g m y l o n g l i f e I h a v e k n o w n a g r e a t r u a n v r e m e d i e s f o r c o u g h s , c o l d s , c a t a r r h a n d d i a r r h o e a . I h a d a l w a y s s u p - p o s e d t h e s e a f f e c t i o n s t o b e d i f f e r e n t d i s - e a s o x , b u t I h a v e l e a r n e d f r o m I>r. H a r t - m a n ' s b o o k s t h a t t h e s e affe- t i o n s a r e t h e s a m e a n d a r e p r o p e r l y c a l l e d c a t a r r h . " A s f o r D r . H u r t i n a n s r e m e d y , F e r u n a . I h a v e f o u n d i t t o b e t h e b e s t , i f n o t t h e o n l y r e l i a b l e r e m e d y f o r t a i ' s e afife - t i o n s . "Peruna Jut* been my stand-by for many yearn, and I attribute my fjootl liealth ami my extreme age to this remedy. It exactly meets all my requirement*. "I h a v e c o m e t o r e l y u p o n i t a l m o s t e n - t i r e l y f o r th m a n y l i t t l e t h i n g s t o r w h i c h I n e e d m e d i c i n e . I b e h o v e i t t o b e e s p e - c i a l l y v a l u a b l e t o o l d people.'" I s a a c B r o c k . C a t a r r h is t h e g r e a t e s t e n e m y o f o l d a g e . A p e r s o n e u t . r e l y f r e e f r o m c a t a r r h is_sure t o l i v e t o a h a l e a n d h e a r t y o l d a g e . A froo. b o o k o n c u t a r r h s o u t b y T h e T e r ' a n a M e d i - c i n e C o . , C o l u m b u s , O. Tra^cJF T u u k t f o r F r e i g h t K a c l & e e . The use or track tanks by which locomotives of high speed passenger trains may take water without t o p - ping is almost universal on the larger Eastern reads, Where fast expresses are the rule. The B. & O. R. R. haa a number between Washington and Philadelphia and Intends to equip the entire Main Line in the future. This decision was recently arrived at through the us3 of passenger locomotives, equipped with water scoops, on fast freight trains. It was found that much time was saved, danger from stopping, being reduced to a minimum and cost of running lessened. The extra stops for water take much time and the wear and tear *on equipment is no small matter. If the experiment on this part of the road proves successful, track tanks will be installed on every division between Baltimore and Chicago. As a starter, the 50 new Vauclain compound engines recently ordered will be fitted with water scoops. READ WHAT A VOX « 0 D A T S TOO G A S T * t XX T O S l b UfeWXS. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN U*ellwOTid< Hat to say who baa bad 35 YEARS of aotif a taotice e! Medietas. X h a w * c * e r before l a m y 35 y e a r * o f practice of m e d i c i n e g i v e n njrferstiafctnrial of r e com men* datkm t o a n y pate at laedicine, hut there hi a remedy, the rssnlt of w h i c h ha* c o m e under a y o w n oheervatie*; for there 1* n o Disease w h i c h h a s eo baffled the medica.1 *)li£ of air a g e s a» Rhanaea* ttoae and to find a t e l l a b l e reaiedy for the s a n e . A t l a * w e h a r e found it in " j D r o p * , " m a a n - S c t e J e d W t h e ftwaanao RbMtaaasic Cur* C o m p a n y , C k t c a f o . IU, T h e " a D R O P S . " h a * p r o v e n M enratire p o w e r in RbeumatJsar, s o t a s a T e m p o r a r y R e l i e v e r o o l y , bat t o g i v e a P e r a n a e t t t Cure e r e n In c h r o n i c cases. S o m e t i m e a g o , 1 h a d a m o n g o t h e r s several Rheumatic c a s e s under my t r e a t m e n t a n d prescribed for these p a t i e n t s t h e very best R e t a e d k * w h i c h I s k i l l f u l l y selected, bat without desirable results. I t h e n heard o f " j D R O P S " a n d o f its >V—wtsiful C u r e s , a n d prescribed H t o a few p a t i e n t s w h o found relief from its use w i t h i n a f e w day*. After that I prescribed It to a zreat number a a d to m y surprise, X w i l l s a y t h a t in the course of T w o e r T o r * * W e e k * after tbey h a d u s e d • ' 5 D R O P S " and " 4 B r o p " P i a s t e r s t h e y w e r e Cured. A m o n g these w e r e a l e w w h o bad. Tor a n u m b e r o f y e a r s , been suffering w i t h C h r o n i c RbettsnatUia, w h s had piloted t h e m s e l v e s around ou C r u t c h e s . T h e y c a m e to m y o f t c e w i t h o u t Crutches a a d told ine thev w e r e perfectly W e l l . T h e y give all the credit t o **s DROPS'* and t o ' " 1 D r e p " P i a s t e r * a n d t h i s i s their testimony t o t h e S w a i s — 1 R h e u m a t i c Cure C o m p a n y for their k i n d n e s s and for t h e conscientious d i wonderful for it fSSf DROP [TBADE-MAOK.! W h y S u f f e r W i t h P a i n * I.lchtnlng Hot i>rop» atops U a t o a i e ; 25c a bottle. All druggists. Herb Medtelne Co., Sprlofiaeld, O. The father of Oliver Cromwell w a s a country g e n t l e m a n of s m a l l meatis. Marshal S u c h e t w a s u ailk-winder's boy, and enlisted In the ranks. a y in w h i c h t h e y are p l a c i n g these Wonderful R e m e d i e s a m o n g suffering humanity, w h i c h t h e y told rae t o w r i t e to t h e C o m p a n y a s a n a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t . A s I have been the C u r a t i v e P o w e r o f " 5 D R O P S " a n d " 5 D r o p " P l a s t e r s , in a great m a n y Instances, I c a n Truly r e c o m m e n d t h e m a n d also t h a t t h e firm is perfectly honest a n d reliable to deal w i t h . s w A x a o w ' s C. A. JACK&ON, Physician and Surgeon, Kearney. Neb., Aug. 29,1899. it #X n D A B Q ?! Is the most powerful specific knows. Free from opiate* and perfectly h a r m . 9 U i l V r o less. R e l i e f i s USUSIIT f sit the first airbt. U Is a posture care for Kheaamaw tlssm, S c i a t i c * . X e « r a 4 s ; l a , B y s * t c * « l a . B a c k a c h e , A s t a s a a , H a y F e v e r . C a t a r r h , ! U e « p - l e s s a e s s , H e r T o a s a e s s , X e n r o a t a a d N e a r a l a i e H e a d a c h e s , £ » r * y * h e , T o o t h a c h e , H e a r * W e a k n e s s , C r e s s , S w e l l i n g , I*a G r i p s * , M a l a r i a , C r o e a l * * N u m b n e s s , e t c . , e t c A f a n s Y Q to enable sufferers to ffivs" I DROPS'' »t It) sat a t r l s l , wa will send s 3*&c sample bottle* O U L J A T O prepaid by mail, for 10 «-U. Asamplw Sottls will con-riue* you. Also, large bonis* (30* doses) II 00 C bottles for »3. Sold by us and a cents. 1GK3TS WAVTTO la H»w TtfTttoi*?. WalTI TH TO-BAY. a w J u t f & O X K H E U H A T I C C U S S CO., I C O f o 1 « 4 l ^ a k c S t . , C H I C A G O , 11*1» * Try Grain=0! ! S i l k m a r u i f u c t u r e s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d i n E u r o p e i n A . D . 5 5 0 . ! • •> •• • • • •• • A B a r g a i n i n G u i t a r s . j All music lovers will be interested in the "ad" of John M. Smyth Co. shown in another part of this paper, in which they offer an elegant guitar for $2.G5. I The firm is thoroughly reliable. Get their catalogue of everything to eat, wear and use. JTry Grain=0! | A s k y o u G r o c e r t o - d a y t o s h o w y o u ^ a p a c k a g e o f G R A I N - 0 , t h e n e w f o o d • d r i n k t h a t t a k e s t h e p l a c o o f c o f f e e . £ . T h e c h i l d r e n m a y d r i n k i t w i t h o u t • i n j u r y a s w e l l a s t h e a d u l t . A l l w h o • t r y i t , l i k e i t . G H A I N - 0 h a s t h a t J r i c h s e a l b r o w n o f M o c h a o r J a v a , • b u t i t i s m a d e f r o m p u r e g r a i n s , a n d + t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e s t o m a c h r e c e i v e s i t J w i t h o u t d i s t r e s s . ^ t h e p r i c e o f c o f f e e . • 1 5 c e n t s a a d 2 3 c e n t s p e r p a c k a g e . + S o l d b y a l l g r o c e r s ^ Tastes like Coffee J Looks like Coffee • Insist that yonr grocer give* yon G R A I N - 0 «> Accept no imitation. w MAILORDER. MOUSB. YTHCO. J W M T MADISON ST; HI 5,000 GUITARS AT S2.65 FATBITS S. H.EVAS». 1010F»t Washington.IXC. Ad vue an to [jattnUibility tree. No attorney's tec until patent is alluwrd. Circular freo> ®& MTERSINK m : ¾ rhi* Guitar is made of the finest imitation mahogany with either solid rosewood or walnut fingerboardt pearl fpfajd position dots and German silver raised frets: it has fancy inlay around sound, hole and best quality American patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; it is strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to play upon. E v e r use It? Y o u should. THIS ELEGANT GUITAR FOR $2.65 K o m o r e , n o l e s s , than 5,000 o f t h e m , p r o b a b l y the l a r g e s t contract iu g u i t a r s over mafia — a n instrument t h a t positively &Mi3 from $3.30 to ¢7.00. W h e n this l o t lis e x h a u s t e d w e c a n n o t d u p l i c a t e th>3 offer. Quantity talks. Only by opera t i n g o n such a b i s scale, t o g e t h e r with o u r w e l l - k n o w n sjoiall proflt policy, could s u c h a n offering be possible. A n o t h e r • r e a s o n - f o r diapensinK s u c h a bargain b r o a d c a s t is the confidence w e feel t h a t every g u i t a r sold will win for n s a perm a n e n t patron a n d a friend w h o s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n we can c o u n t u p o n . Wo v/ill f o r w a r d t h e guitar t o any address C. O. D . , subject to e x a m i n a t i o n , u p o n receipt o f 50c. We, however, advise t h a t c a s h i n full be sent, as that savea return c h a r g e s for money and w e stand perfectly ready t o refund m o n e y if t h e g u i t a r is n6t all and more t h a n w e c l a i m for i t . R e m e m b e r our s p e c i a l price o u 5.000 of t h e m o n l y is $2.65 wjam-amjiTTM m ' i n B i i i m •iiwsgHK- r * U U 6 F O R $ 7 . 5 0 W o r t h Ikiwo DIRECT FROM FACTORY, FREIGHT PREPAID. H£?£DE FURNITURE !s l a e ILO-H ; c c c p t t b l e H o l i i iiy if t. Ourgi od.s are It..own iJiroi.>,..uut *V>o w o n u for ilu:ir excellence o ' w o r k m a n s h i p at-J l',nUh. OAK DINING CHAIR » . ' , " „ « , ? £ fully finish, d. h a s h:ind caned svat. o i n a - meiivul e m b o s s e d ln„'k, sbar:«0 front. I s i.$uullv retaileil at $itu»d per it.i. UPHOLSTERED ROCKER 273.- ¾ either Oak or Maho^auy finish, h u n d s o m c e m b o s s e d carvings, beautiful turnings, well braced a n d l i c h l y tipholstered in h « a v y Velour of s v p e r i o r q u a l i t y , in fancy colors, K e t a i l s e< ii.rn). W h e n c a s h a c c o m p a n i e s order, e'ther Rocker or Olutir, will be shipped freight prepaid. P u r c h a s e price to be refunded f not ss'tisfactorv. Wb h m T e v e r y t h i n g in the line of F u r n i t u r e . '."Trite and s t a t e what y o u want, C A T A L O G U E F R E E . S A L E S M E N W A N T E P - M u s t furnish gilt edge r e f e r e n c e s . iamL£SKt3Sr<w%m\»t u n s n G. R. WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich In which is listed at lowest wholesale prices [everything to eat w e a r and use,is furnish* ed on receipt of only 10? to partly pay postage or expressage and as evidence W good faith the 10? is allowed on first ^purchase amounting to >!?? or above. 4 'fll OUR MONTHLY 6H0CERY PHlCt LIST »>££-)Q j S e n d P t o n r e f o r t h i s n e w t w o - s t e p m a r e b . It h a s t h e f u l l s w i n g a u d t h e a i r is c a t c h y a n d e q u a l t o Sv>Uvsa'.->. S e u d 10 c e n t s i n m o u e y o r s t i r u p s t o G e o r g e C. J o h n s t o n , A l l e n B u i l d i n g , C i n - c i n n a t i O h i o BI6 DYE HOUSE. "Wearing apparel, such sa ball and puny costume*. strwt and house pi wns snd all other cias*ea of wearing apparel, Including men's, cleaned and dyed and given every appearance of new parmentg. curtains, portlerres, silk or woolea, drsp€r>', blanketu, etc., ileaned and dyel by the latest and most approved methods and at reasonable prices. No rfpphiRof garments nrcetsary. Tailors' urderu receive prompt attention. Send for particular* and prices. At'eDtf wanted 8. GOLliSTKLN 3TKAK DTK WOkXS, 184 ». Clark Str*«.i, Chle*c». n D H D Q V N E W OSCOVERY. &?** L l l % V l %# Y quick relief and cures w o n t ca.«e«. Dook of testlmonla * «ud 10 DATS* treatment FttKlu DR. II. II. *.UKt\-S SONS, 3ax K, AUSBU, Ua. CHEAP FARMS DO you wurr« H O K I l i l f l f l f l l l A P R C Q Improved and unimproved I U U | V | U U R u n C « farmlDir lands to l.e divided anil t*,>ld on long time a a d e a s y p a y m e n t s , a llttla euch year. Come and see tut or wrlre. THK TRUMAN Mt»»S STATK UANK.^atiilao Center. Mich., or The Truman Moss Estate.Croiwotl, Sanilac Co.,Mich, W . N . U . — D E T R O I T - - N O . 5 0 - - \3 9 9 V o e o A o s K t r i a g A d v ^ r t i s e m e a t s K i i v U y M e n t i o n T h i s f a o e r . . 0®00@®®®0®®®®0®0®©©©©©©©®®®^^®®®©© Headache Sick headaches! Always trace them to a lazy liver or a sick stomach. Poisonous matter, instead of being thrown out, is reabsorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes congestion and that dull, awful, throbbing, sickening pain, CASCARETS remove the cause by stimulating the liver, making the poison move on and out, and purifying the blood. The effect is almost instantaneous. Ladies, whose sensitive organisms are especially prone to sick headaches, do not suffer, but find relief in CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Look out for Imitations and Counterfeits J THIS IS THE TABLET 10* 25c 50c DRUGGISTS CASCARETS are absolutely harmleit, a pareTr•ejetable eoapotrad. lTo tnerenTial or other mineral pill-poison i n Caacareti. Caacarets promptly, effectiyely and permanently cure eyery disorder of the Stomach, Liver aad Intestines. They not only cure constipation, but correct any and every form of inegularity of the b o w e l s , including diarrhoea and dysentery. Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do^oed. Wever sicken, w e a k e n or jripe. Be sure you get the genuine I Beware of imitations and substitutes t B u y a box of CASCARBTS t o - d a y , and if not pleased in every respect, g e t your money back!. Write-us for bookletand free sample! Address STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO or HEW YORK. S74 Q®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®8®®< • :4 • : < "v« •!•« K«r. »•:•< K < •*.< «•.< CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS AT MONROE BliOS' Come to us and we will do all in Our power to make your Christmas a Merry one. Christmas Handkerchief Sale. Largest und finest variety of Haudkervhiefs evi-r placed in our store. Fancy Colored Border Hdkfs at le, 3c and 5c. All Linen Hem-stitched Hdkfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Hem-stitched Kmb. and Lace trimmed Hc|kfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Elegent line Ladies' tine Hdkfs. at "JO, l>5, 35, 40, 50 and 75c. Gents Hem-stitched Hdkfs. «t 5, 10 and 15c. Gents line Linen Hdkfs. at 15, 20, 25, 35 and 40c. Gents Initial Hdkfs. at Kk;. Genu Silk Hdkfs. at 25, 40 and 50c. Child rens' Initial Hdkfs. 3 in a box for 25c. Be sure and visit our Handkerchief Booth. Christmas Ribbons. Special Sale of All Silk Ribbon, All Shades. No. 2 Ribbon 3c. No. 12 Ribbon 9c. No. 5 Ribbon 4c, Xo. 16 Ribbon l i e . No. 7 Ribbon 5c. No. 22 Ribbon 13c. No. 9 Ribbon 7c. Christmas Gifts in Ladies' Furnishings. Fur Colla'retts from 82.50 up to $12.00 Fur Collars from ¢2.50 up to $8.00. Ladies' Dressing Sacques at 50c, 1.00, 1.50 and $2 00. Ladies Wool Waists (special values) a t . . . 1.50, 1.75 and #2.00. Ladies' Mercerized Wais.s, Silk finish 1.00. 1.39 and ¢2.00. Ladies' Black Crepon Dress Skirts |C 00 quality for $3.95. Ladies' Underskirts, Mercerized Goods 1.00, 1.50. 2.00'and $3 00. Ladies' Knit Lander-skirts at .. .50c, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50. Ladies' Dress Wrappers. 69c 1.00, 1.39 and $1.76. Ladies' Facinatore 25, 35, 50, 05, 75c, 1.00 1.25, 150 and $2.00. Ladies' Silk Umbrellas 1.00, 1.25. 1.50,2.00, 2 TO .md ¢3.00. Ladies' Kid Mittens 50c, 1.(0, 1 50 and $200. Ladies' Kid Gloves 1 00 and $1.50. Ladies' Underwear from 19c up to $1.50. Special reduction in all Cioaks for Christmas All $5.00 Jackets for $3.98. All $7.50 Jackets for .$5.00. All $8.50 Jackets for $6.50. All $10.00 Jackets for. All $12.00 Jackets for. ..$7.50 .$8.75. Christmas Gifts in Gents Furnishings. Largest Stock of Up-to-date Neck-wear in Howell. New Shapes and Beautiful Patterns 25c and 50c. Gents Silk Mufflers, shaped and lined 25,.ri0c, 1.00 and $1.50 Gents Jersey knit Mufflers, Sweater Collar. 25, 50, 75c and $1.00. Gents Brocade Silk Neck Scarf 25, 50c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents fine Kid Gloves 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 and $2.00. Gents fine Kid Mittens 50c and $1.00. Mem' work Gloves and Mittens. 25, 50c and $1.00. Gents Silk Umbrellas .1.00, 1.50, 1.75 and $2.00. Gents Over-shirts 50, 75c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents Underwear from 25c up to $3.00. Appropriate Christmas Gifts in Shoe Dept. Ladies' Felt Slippers, Fur Trimmed, black and brown . $1.00 Ladies' Fancy Slippers, fur ttimmed, black and tan $1.50 Gents Fancy Slippers 75, 1.00 and 1.50 Ladies' and Gents' fine Shoes, all the Up-to-date styles. Ladies' Over-gaiters 25, 50, 75, 85 and $1.00 Genes' Over-^aiteiB 50 and 75c Over Shoes and Rubbers, all styles for everybody. Lamb Wool Soles, all styles. Men's and Boy's Felt Boots and Rubbers. Men's and Boy's Socks and Rubbers, Best quality Felt Boots, 4 Leather Stays 50c Special Christmas Gifts. We have just purchased at a great under value price, a large and elegant line of Pillow Shams, Doilies, Dresser Scarfs, and Table Covers. The beautiful patterns and Low Prices will Surprise you. Table Linen and Napkins. Moquett Rugs $1.00, $2.00 aad $3.00. Chenile and Tapestry Drapery Curtains and Table Covers. Fancy Head Rests. Bed Spreads at 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 and $3.00. Fine Line Fancy Towels. Bed Blankets at 48, 59, 75, 85, 1.00, 1.25,1.50 and $2.00. Childrens' Fur Muffs and Collars. Christmas Candy Sale. Choice New Stock at about ONE HALF the Regular Prices, At 8c, 10c, 12Jc, 15c, and 18c, per pound. Fancy Mixed Candy, Choice Cream Candy, Carmels, Chocolate, Gum Drops, Broken Taffy, Peanut Squares, Creamlets and Cocoa Bon Bons. Choice Mixed Nuts, per pound, 15c. Be sure and Yisit our Candy Booth. Special Prices on Groceries. 20 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar for $1.00, (or 5 lbs for 25 cents. Only 20 lbs. to each customer.) . 40c qualify Tea for 30c. Hefct quality T e a for 45c. 3 lbs tfood Raisins loi 25c. 1 lb can good B a k i n g Powder, 8c. or 4 lbs for 25c. 1 lb package Lion Coffee for 9c. 2 lbs best Santos Coffee for 25c. J a v a Blend Coffee, 22c a a a l i t y , for 18c. Best J a v a Blend Coffee, 30c q u a l i t y , for 22c. 10 ll.s Rolled Oats for 25c. 4 lbs best Crackers for 25c. Bept canned Tomatoes 8c. C o r n . . . . 8c. " " Peas 8c. Canned S a l m o n . . . . . . 12c. 12 bars jrood So'ap.. .25c. 9 bars Queen A n n Soap for 25c. 9 bars Lenox Soap .25c. 9 bars J a z o n Soap 25c. Corn Starch, per pound . . . . . . 4c. Gloss Starch, per pound 5c. Cash Sale Coupons Riven with every purchase. Monroe Brothers, Howell, Mich. BRIC-A-BRAC. New York has 800 millionaires. Lima, Peru, is without umbrellas. Half a century ago nails were slowly wrought 'ne at a time with hammer and anvil. An alleged new Raphael picture has been discovered a t t h e exhibition of Sacred An at Como. It is estimated that the consumption of beer in llu> entire world amounts to $1,OS().()00.000 per annum. Th«> Cleveland street railroad fctnka ,>.>.< o h , , *•>-, ttnn f0.. fiinspurtat.on and maintenance of the Militia. .u.u.wauu iaw prohibits Baltimore policeman from doing mechanical work for the department or for h u e . Rjits recently operated the striking mechanism of the disused Flushing, L. T., town click for several hours. The total value of sea fish landed in Ireland in 1898 was $1,962,935, an increase of over $70,000 on the previous year. Santa Cruz. Cal.. 1s perhaps the only municipality in which water is furnished free to inhabitants for domestic purposes. The Street Railway Journal estimates t h e life of iron poles for overhead wires a t 33 years, and wooden poles a t 11 years. The names of Indianapolis milk dealers who use formaldehyde will be published in the newspapers by tha City Sanitarian. There is a project on Foot In Geneva 0., to erect a library In memory of the father of artistic penmanship, Piatt R. Spencer. Tunnyfish. a r a t h e r neglected fish in England, has in Portugal the glory of being made a subject of special study by the King. The total value of t h e lumber annually manufactured in the Northwept, including Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota, is $80,000,000. The health authorities of Bavaria examined laft year 55,437 saraplas of food and drink, and made complaints in 17.9 per cent of all cases. The British Government h a s given permission for the- Prime Minister of Vtrarda to visit England, and he will remain in London f->r three months. A SURE ( T R E FOR CROUP. Twenty-five Years* Constant use Without a Failure. The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to t h a t disease it may be taken as a s u r e sign of the approach of an a t t a c k . Following this couarb, is a peculiar r o u g h coui^h. If Chamberlin's Cough Rrtmeiy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after t h e croupy cough appears it will prevent t h e attack. It is used in many thousands of hom^s in this broad land a n d nev«r disappoints the anxious mothers. We nave yet to learn of a single instance in which it has n o t proved effectual No other preparation can show such a record—twenty five years constant use without failure. F o r sale by F . A. S i t l e r . UNADILLA Lon Lane of Chelsea Sundayed under the parental roof. Old Mrs. Pickell is very 8ick at the home of her son Irving. A. C. Watson was iu Chelsea on business last Monday and Tuesday. Don Harris is home from his work for Geo. Younglove in Marion. Earnest Pickell is quiet sick with scarlet fever and a number around town have been exposed. Mrs. Lime Barton and son Elmer attended the funeral of Mrs. Thomas Wilburn in Chelsea Saturday. There was no preaching in the M. E. church last Sunday eve the Elder having gone away for a visit. Mr. Will and Edd Sharp from near Williamston visited at R. Barnums the fore part of the week. Claw No. 3 of the S. S. with W. B. Collins u teacher went to Chelsea Thursday to have their pictures taken. Quite a number from this way attended the reading circle at the Anderson school house last Saturday afternoon. The Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church will give a Pan Cake social in their hail Wednesday eve Dec. 20. There was quite an excitement in our town last Thursday night caused by the mill dam breaking away but was repaired before much damage was done. . The following is the program for the Unadilla Farmers' Club to be held at the home of Ryal Barnum's, Saturday Dec. 16, commencing at 10 a. m. sharp: Singing by Qoartett. Prayer b r .Rev. Whitfield. Recitation b r Florence Riohmcm d. Paper, "The Voice of the People." Rev. J . J . Heatty Discussion, led by Rev. E. B. Ellis. Singing, Mr. and Mrs. laverock. Paper W. B. Collins. Discussion led by Ryal Bar num. Recitation, Roy Stowe. Duett Kiltie Livtnuore, Minnie Mills. Recitation, Jennie Harris. Question Box conducted by.. .Z. Hartsuff. Music. MORE LOCAL. Ten page* this week. Warren Goodrich killed a large blueracer on Friday last, Dec. 8. Ed. T. Kearney, of Jackson Neb., was a guest of his mother the first of the week. Tickets for the concert, Friday evening, for sale by Mitees Mabel and Lucy Swarthout. Mrs. Harriet Clark has been vissting her sister Mrs. D. D. Carr for a couple of weeks. This is the week of Christmas advertising 60 do not fail to read every one in the paper. Edward Bowers, who has been working in Jackson several weeks is spending a few days at his home here. The wind of Monday night upset the sheds on the race track, belonging to Tuomey, Teeple and Swarthout. We run a Supplement this week to accommodate advertisers and flews. The advertisement of McComb & Co., HoweJI, appear on supplement. F . E. Wright has rented the store riow occupied by Reason & Shehan and will move there in the near future. He issued removal sale bills the first of the week. Everyone who will are requested to meet tonight (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. L . Colby, to drill for a chorus to assist at the Concert at the M. E . church, Friday evening. The pupils of school district No. 8, will give a Christmas entertainment in connection with Christmas tree, on Friday evening, Dec. 22, at the new Town Hall, Dexter Township. Admission 10 cents. I would like to trade a single harness for pole wood. J O E SYKES. Notice to Tax Payers The Townships Tax Roll is now in my hands for the Collction of Taxes—1 will be at the Pinckney Ex. Bank during business hours to receive the same. R. H. Teeple. Twp. Treasurer. is Baby TOOThhl? If so, there must be some itrouble with its food. Well • babies are plump; only the, sick are thin. Are you sure : the food is all ri *ht ? Children can't help but grow* they must grow if their food i; nourishes them. Perhaps a mistake was made in the; past and as a result the di-, gestion is weakened. If that: is so, don't give the baby , a lot of medicine; just use' ! " your every-day common;; sense and r>dp nature a littic, and the way to do it is to add half a teaspoonful of SCOTT'S EMULSION i to the baby's food three or ; four times a day. The gain . will begin the very first day > you give it It seems to: correct the digestion and ' gets the baby started right again. If the baby is nursing but does not thrive, then f . the mother should take the emulsion. It will have a : good effect both upon the Imother and child. Twentyfive years proves this fact yx. and $x^M, aO druggists. SCOTT 4c BOWNE, Chemists, New York. WAYNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMERICAN Alio EUROPEAN PLAN, %a TO ma. BO 91.00 TO • * . 0 0 t 9IMOLM HmAum, 6O0. UP TO OATM OAPME Dehorning done promptly by Will Voorhies, rlmison, MM 1. 1'. O . I). X! . MK«!J YOUR MIND is on the selection of that Christmas Present. S a v e Worry and Time and Money and come right to the Busy Bee Hive. Store Pull and Overflowing and its Everything and plenty of it too. Books, Rugs, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Table Linens, Dolls, Neckwear for Ladies and Gentlemen, Collars and cuffs, Umbrellas, Hosierj,.. Underwear, Dressing Sacks, Furs, cloaks, Wrappers, corsets, Gloves, Dress Goods, •Lace curtains, Toilet Articles, Jewelry, Perfumery A n d a T h o u s a n d O t h e r good and useful articles. Can * t begin to tell you. Come and see. Tours respectfully, L. H. F I E L D . Mich, V o l . X V I I . S u p p l e m e n t D e c e m b e r , 14, 1 8 9 9 . TVo. 3>0. ANDERSON FARMERS CLUB. T h e Anderson Farmers' club met at t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. J a s . Marble, Saturday, Dec. 9. A large company was present and after dinner was served, president F . W. Allison, called the meeting to order. P r a y e r was offered by C . M. Wood, a n d after a piece of munic the business of t h e meeting was transacted. Mr. Wood gave H report, from the comm i t t e e , which was appointed at t h e last meeting, to make arrangements for a one d a y institute, to be held in Pinckney. M r . W o o d naid, in his report, that in all probability an institute would be held sometime in J a n . , and it was quite likely that Prof. Delos F a l l , of Albion, would be the evening speaker. Miss E t h e l Durkee then favored the audience with a vocal solo, after which Miss Gladys Daley highly entflined the company with a n instrumental solo. excellent p;iper on " I d e a l s . " Miss Greiner treated her subject in a masterly mann e r . She said many good things; a few of t h e thoughts being these: - A n ideal is a necessity to the highest attainment in life; t h a t our ideals should be lofty, a n d our m i n d bent upon its realization; strength of character is a necessity; a n d that t h e purest character is apt to be developed i n t h e country. Lucius E . Wilson then sang a solo, which was followed b y an instrumental solo by K a t e Ruen, Miss Mollie Wilson then read a paper u p o n t h e subject " H o u s e k e e p i n g a n d Housekeepers upon t h e p ' a r m . " Some of t h e ideas which she presented are these: Housekeeping is not a n exciting occupa- OUB POPULATION. W H A T WILL BE SHOWN NEXT CENSUS. BY T H E It fa n«li«ved T h a t • ftr»ntl Total of Nearly Ninety Million* Will Appear— Tbeae a r e M u n i f i c e n t a n d Alluring Fit-urea, W i t h t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of t h e c o m - m i s s i o n e r of t h e c e n s u s of 1900 specul a t i o n b e g i n s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n t h e e n u m e r a t o r s will find in t h e c o u n t r y w h e n t h e y finish t h e i r w o r k n e x t y e a r . \ s u s u a l l a r g e figures a r e b e i n g m a d e a n d a g r e a t i n c r e a s e i s c l a i m e d o v e r t h e p o p u l a t i o n g i v e n in 1SD0. O n e e s t i m a t e n o w g o i n g a r o u n d i.4 b a s M on t h e g u e s s e s of t h e g o v e r n o r s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n of t h e different S t a t e s _, . . . a n d t e r r i t o r i e s J a n u a r y 1. 1S99. T h e Miss Agnes Greiner then read an I t o t a ] o n f h a t d a t p . g p ] a ( ? p d a t _ ^ 3o3„ a n d . a d d i n g t h e p r o p o r t i o n a t e i n - c r e a s e b e t w e e n n o w a n d J u n e , 1899, i t is claimed t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s p r o p - er will h a v e i n 1900 a lion t 80.250,000.. A d d i n g t h e e s t i m a t e d p o p u l a t i o n o? T T"waiI. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e fs'pnds a n d a g r a n d total of 89.250,000 fs found. T h i s is a m a g n i f c r n t a n d a l l u r i n g flgpre. TT realized it would s h o w a g r o w t h of n e a r l y threefold s i n c e 18^0., or ffp f o r t y y e a r s . Tt i s e x t r e m e l y d o u h t f u M B i o w e v e r . if a n y such t o t a l is r e a c h W T h e a d d i t i o n of 9.1.)00.MO for t h e , p o p u l a t i o n of H a w a i i . P o r t o Rico a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e s 5? p r o b a b l y n o t t o o l a r g e . Tt - i v e s 1.000.000 le-^s p e o p l e t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e i s ' a n d s t h : : n i f ^ n ^ r o o d ajitho'-iMpp c l a i m , a n d it CHRISTMAS tion, simply prosaic, but not monotonous— would n o t b e unless we make it so; many enjoyments are to be found upon the farm, and the greatest drawback is the lack of time for advancement; but president effort oft«-n HchieAes what seems impossible; the woman oftoday living upon a farm may be a cultured, talented, welt informed l a d y ; and t h a t housekeeping should be viewed in the light of dignified instead of servile labor. M r s . A. A . Stowe in some remarks upon this paper, thought, that with enough determination and will that it was possible to develop the mind and yet be a housekeeper. T h i s was followed by an instrumental solo by Miss Edith Wood, after which Miss M i n n i e Monks also rendered an instrumental solo. Miss Nellie Gardner then sang a solo, a n d the program was closed with an instrumental solo by Miss Josephine H a r r i s . C O B . S E C autMn'-if > flurprisi I . i i " • n • * && '.v> [CENTS FOR The Bailed Dswi\ Paper Cream not SKimMtIK HitstKeNaJ!oivt!\eHe*dl Ki\ow5 what to Pat ii\ Knows what to Leaveoul ^ — R J I I of Ginger Fall of Sun5K, ive ^ - ^ A Practice taper For sieeves-roUediCip Fdrmen* GOOJI inanyState where GnnptimeCMTal d r roFit the Man who KnowsWhat VWtot Farmes at m Fliatl&Me. josticetoAHMcA Whv have a Mortgage on the Farm, Poor Cropa, Rheumatism, Sour Bread, Sick Hogs, a Leaky Roof, Kopy Milk, a Balky Horse, Grip, Hole in the Pocket, Skeleton in the Closet, or any other Pain or Trouble when you can get the Farm Journal five years for 90 cents ? Address FARM JOURNAL, PhiUu, Pa. 'jPORT ANT NOTICE.—By special arraageaMat made with theFARH JOURNAL, wt are enaMatf to offer that peper from now aatil Deoanbar, 1903, t a every subscriber who pays for ours one year ahead —both papers for the price of our.; only. ^tnjfi -½ 4tf~Be prompt in accepting this T h e a b o v e Journal for five year* FREE, with o n e year's ^5¾ aubficrlptlon to the PINGKNBY DISPATCH r " if t h e totn1 .ndd't'OPS to t h p pnpnlpMnn of t h i s remtry pi^dp b y t h p wr>r v i t h Spain would I p r p r p e ^ t e 10.noo.noo. Bu* t h e e s t i m a t e ; of Sn.opn,nnn a s thn "population of t h p j ( TTnfted Ftafes p r o p e r in 1900 is u n - d o u b t e d l y too l a r g e b y several m i l - t lions. I t would m e a n a n i n c r e a s e of j 17.400 000 since 1S90. or About t w e n t y - Seven p e r cent., a m u c h l a r g e r i n - j c r e a s e t h a n w a s s h o w n b y t h e l a s t I c e n s u s . J ^ u c h a n i n c r e a s e i s I m p r o b a b l e . j T ^ p r e fs n o e v i d e n c e t o s h o w t h a t t h e j r o " H r v h ? s g r o w n a t a nv>re rajVd r a t e I &vc(> 1890 t h a n it did d u r i n g t h e d e - I c*>^e b e t w e e n 1880 a n d 1890. T h e , g r o w t h w h i c h It w a s A r p e c t e d t h e ceni PUS of t h p l a t t e r y e a r w o u ' d sftow w a s r o t realized. E x p e c t a t i o n h a d been bas^d o n t h e p e r c e n t a e > of i n c r e a s e 1 n'Ti-ppr, T?-(\ nr,rf t ^ f t T?n + t h p Taro-a Merry Xmas is almost here and e verybody is looking for a present for some friend. T h e times are such that they want to buy the best they can get for the least money and here is where they can get it. We shall have everything for old and young. We have a complete line of XMAS BOOKS To Select from. Don't Fail to See Our Fiue HOLIDAY STOCK. Board covered, picture and reading books for small children, 5c, $ .10 Large books, cheap at 25c, for _ „„..15 Books with 200 and 250 pages, 20c and _... _ . .25 Peck's Bad Boy, with red covers, worth 25c, our price .15 Better books, 50c, 75c and 1.00 Autograph albums, 3c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c and. „...:.. _.25 Celluloid goods at about one-half their value. Photograph albums 35c and . .75 Musical album, plays two tunes _ '..._ 5.00 Work boxes, Glove boxes, Manicure sets and Toilet cases at prices that will astonish the closest buyers. We advise you to call early and get the first selections as they are always the best. Handkerchiefs and Glove boxes, two- in a s e t . _ .40 Toilet Cases .„„ _ ' , .60 Shaving Cases 1.25 Cuff and Collar boxes, _ 45c 1.10 Dolls of every description from l c to 3.00 China limb dolls, 3, 5, 10 and 15c Washable dolls, with hair,.... __ 10 and 15 Kid body dolls. 15, 25, 40 and 45 Sleeping dolls _ 50, 75, and 1.00 Sleds 22, 40, 45, 69 and .85 We also have a large assortment of Clynaware in Teacups and Saucers, Mustache cups and saucers, Salad dishes, Cake and Bread plates, Fruit dishes, Child's dishes, Water sets, Vases, Everything from the cheapest to the best. I n c r e a s e s h o w n in t h e l a t t e r v e a r >t is n o w a c k n o w l e d g e d . *vas riV«» tn * ! v defective c e n s u s of 15-70. T h e r m r " w - c u r a t e c e n s u s of 1880 g a v e a ia"r»« v.- c r e a s e o v e r t h e p r e v i o u s oerxnp r>n,i c r e a t e d t h e p o p u l a r d i s s a t i s f ^ ' o n w i t h t h e coppus of 1890. B'i> n o f•.-•('•-, h a v e since c o m e t o light t o she-'' *!"'t t h e Irst e n u m e r a t i o n w a s n o r f ;T a c - c u r a t e a n d c o m p l e t e . F v n r v c< ••••'«< m a d e b y P t a t e s d u r i n g t h e m s - ,>->:<* y e a r s h a s tended to nrm-p t h e cav:c-.:",- nops of t h e c e n s u s of 1 ^ 0 . Pome lisrbt is tb".i"-v on ' b e <*~n of t h e p r . r " ' a t i o n v.-,,,--'i v / ' ' ' 1-^ f"^- 1 in t h e c o u n t r y in J u n e , 1000. by t h e S t a t e c e n s u s e s t a k e n In 1895. T h e foll o w i n g t a b l e gives t h e r e t u r n s f r o m n i n e of t h e m S t a t e s : P o p u l a t i o n . S t a t e s M a s s a c h u s e t t s R h o d e I s l a n d N e w J e r s e y . . M i c h i g a n . . , W i s c o n s i n . . 1890. 2,238.943 345,506 1,444.933 2,093,889 1,686,880 Towa 1.911.896 M i n n e s o t a 1,301,826 K a n s a s 1,427,096 O r e g o n 313,767 1895. ... 2,495.345 384,758 1,672,942 2,241,454 1,931,905 2,058.069 1,574,910 1,334,668 362,762 C h i n a cupB a n d s a u c e r s 10c t o - - 5 5 B r e a d a n d m i l k 9ets - - - - - . 2 0 M u s t a c h e c u p a n d s a u c e r , 17e t o - . 5 5 Muffs f r o m 5 c t o - - - - - - , . 2 5 S h a v i n g m u j ^ - - - - - - . 1 0 S a l a d d i s h e s , 2 0 c t o - - . - . 7 5 B r e a d p l a t e s , 2 2 c t o - . - - 1.00 W a t e r s e t s , 80c t o - - - - . - 1.50 P i c t u r e s a n d E a s l e s v e r y c h e a p V a s e s 5 c . 8c, 10c a n d - - - - ^ 3 5 W e h a v e s o m e n i c e m u s i c a l clocks 3 . 2 5 E i g h t d a y S e t h T h o m a s clocks, o n e h o u r o r o n e - h a l f h o u : s t r i k e , marblt-ized. t h e s e a r e b e a u t i e s . 5 . 0 0 Notions. W e h a v e a tull s u p p l y a n d a t p r i c e s t h a t <'annot b e d u p l i c a t e d . B a i t i n t r t h r e a d per spool - • Y a r d Mo 1 ri»»bon - . - . C h i l d r e n ' s c o m b i n a t i o n s u i t s - P a p e r p i n - Set dr^<s s t a v s C r o c h e t h o o k s , in bone or s t e e l I n k , p<'i b o t t l n T a M n N , 2c, 3 4 , a n d M r n ' s a u d b o y s 1 g l o v e s a n d m i t t e n s a t a b o u t o n e half t h e i r v a l u e . Uov's faced a n d fleeced-lined tf'oves 20c - l c l c - 20c - 1.- - l c - 4 c 2c DRY GOODS. Our Dry Goods department is filled to its utmost capacity with bargain after bargain that is impossible for us to quote prices for want of space but we give just „asample: — - —— 1 It will b e seen b y t h i s t a b l e t h a ^ M i n n e s o t a a n d W i s c o n s i n a r e t h e o n l y W e s t e r n S t a t e s w h i c h m a d e l a r g e g a i n s b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895. T h e first S t a t e g a i n s a h o n t t w e n t y p e r cent, a n d t h e l a t t e r a b o u t fifteen p e r cent. Michig a n ' s c e n s u s w a s t a k e n In 1894. b u t i t s g a i n is only seven Tier cent., a n d I o w a ' s is a b o u t t h e s a m e . K a n s a s loses a n d Oregon gr:'ns a b o u t eleven p e r cent. T h e most s u r p r i s i n g garin m a d e i s i n N e w J e - s e y a n d M a s s a c h u s e t t s . T h e f o r m e r S t a t e i n c r e a s e d a b o u t fifteen r e r cent, b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895 a n d t h e l a t t e r S t a t e o v e r eleven p e r cent. in t h e s a m e t i m e . R h o d e I s l a n d a l s o showed a n i n c r e a s e of eleven p e r cent, in i t s p o p u l a t i o n . T h e a v e r a g e g r o w t h ir. t h e s e n i n e S t a t e ? i n t h e five y e a r s from 1890 t o 1M7> w a s a b o u t t e n p e r cent. Tf it is t h e s a m e b e t w e e n 1895 and 19^0 t h e a v e r a g e p e r cent, of e r o w t h o v e r t h e T'nited S t a t e s p r o p e r would b e t w e n t y p e r cent, for t h e d e - cade b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1900, o r a n i n - crease of a b o u t 12.500.000. T h i s added to t h e 62.622.250 p o p u l a t i o n i n 1890 would i n d i c a t e a p o p u l a t i o n of a b o u t 75.^00.000. A d d i n g 9,000.000 f o r H a - waii. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e Islands a n d a t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n of 84,- 000.000 a p p e a r s , o r 5.000,000 l e s s t h a n t h e s a n g u i n e p r e d i c t i o n s . T h i s will p r o b a b l y b e t h e exten^ of t h e g r o w t h i n p o p u l a t i o n t h e n e x t c e n s u s will disclose. T h e r e a l s u r - p r i s e t h e e n u m e r a t i o n will m a k e t o t h e c o u n t r y will p r o b a b l y b e t h e discovery t h a t t h e E a s t . S o u t h a n d m i d d l e W e s t h a v e g r o w n m o r e r a p i d l y t h a n t h e t r a n s - M i s s i s s i p p i S t a t e s . T h e perc e n t a g e of g a i n in t h e l e t t e r , w i t h t h e exception of o n e o r t w o S t a t e s , will p r o b a b l y b e found t o h a v e fallen off. T h i s is n o t a d i s c o u r a g i n g fact, a n d i t will n o t be s u r p r i s i n g if t n e s a m e tendency i s s h o w n In t h e censuses of 1910 a n d 1920. T h e f a r W e s t will h a v e t o w a i t u n t i l t h e w a s t e places i n t h e E a s t a n d S o u t h a r e filled u p . N e a r l y o n e - t h i r d of t h e w o r l d ' s s a v i n g s a r e in t h e 9S0 s a v i n g s b a n k s r-f t h e United S t a t e s . •A. Good lOc quality Shirting- at Canton Flannel, Heavy, Prints* one lot g-oing- at Towels, 5. IO, 15 and O rash Toweling1, 4, S and my Yarn per skein. 5e 4 c 3c o lOc 5e Remember this is only a few of our many bargains and we invite you to come early and thus avoid the rush You will greatly'assist us by jotting" down what you want and it will aid you when you come to buy. It is always our aim to please. These Xmas goods and prices far excel anything we'have ever been able to show in the way ot cheapness and qualitv. MoCOMB & CO. Second door west of McPhersons shoe store, H G W t L b , MICH. A WW I n^hiiuJ I ' r o d m f : ' : - h e r ] y — I : Vwit- t!:e P i l e rim Fi!tl:e;-s t h a t i n s t i t u t e d T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y . w a s n ' t it F l a s h er'.y—-Yes, c r a n b e r r i e s a r e a N e w E n g l a n d p r o d u c t , y o u k n o w . Holiday Rates Grand via Trunk. One fare and a third for the round trip to all points on its lines and connections west of the Detroit and St Clair Rivers Also to Canadian points west of and including Toronto, Niagara Falls,- and Buffalo, N. Y. Also to stations on Northern Divission Georgetown to North Bay, O u t Tickets for Xmas will be on sale Dec. 23, U and 25, 1899, and for New Years Dec. 30 and 31 «99 and Jan. 1, 190(). All good to rekturn up to and including Jan. 2, f900. v f Commencing Saturday, Dec. 2, ind Closing Saturday, Dec. 24, We will give to the people of Pinckney and vicinity way down prices on Prints, Ginghams, Drees Goods, Hats, Gaps, Handkerchiefs, Boots, Shoes and Groceries. During this sale we are bound to reduce our too large stock, and to thoroughly clean up all odds and ends that have accumulated. Article No. 1—Dress Goods. A search for the choicest assortment of the latest and most fashionable dress fabrics has f secured the complete line we show. These from the cheap suitings that retail from 10c to 15c to the dressy Crepons will receive their share of slashing. Special values in Planchette Suitings a t . . .8\c All 25c Dress Goods at 21c All $1.00 Dress Goods at 82c All 75c Dress Goods at i 59c Artiele No. 2— Silks. T h e demand for Silks this fall has been good, warranting us in carrying the finest as well as cheaper values. We wont forget you in this line. Our Trimmings and Linings are right, and as these are as important as the dress, don't overlook them. eREse© Article No. 4— Our Strong Point. And that's Hosiery and Underwear. Comp parison with goods bought elsewhere has convinced us as well as many others that it's no exaggeration to state that we have the strongest line in the county. Are especially strong in Fleeced Wear, and still have a complete line of sizes. Ladies' Hose, 10c kind, worth 12.1c. at two for - 15c Men's Fleeced Underwear \ . . . 37.1c Article No. 6— Leather Goods Talk. Some shoes wear well but look like sin. Some look pretty, but pinch. Some are easy, but spread all over. One good point don't make a shoe good. All of them, however, do, and you are sure to find them here for Men, Women and Children. Prices talk: 30 prs- Ladies' Fine Shoes, 2\ to 4, at 89c 24 prs. Ladies' $2.00 Shoes, 2J to 4J, a t . . $1.50 30 prs. Men's $2.50 Shoes, a t . $1.98 All odds and ends a t cost. Don't want to let an advertising opportunit} 7 slip to impress upon your minds the factthat we curry a full assortment of the famous "CRESCO Corset." This is the corset that cannot break at the waist line. We have never introduced a specialty before that has met with such a cordial reception. Only women who have suffered the annoyance of broken boned corsets can appreciate the ease, the health, t h e comfort and the economy of the "Cresco." Sales climbing every day. Scores of our customers who wear the "Cresco" corset, will wear no other. Glad to have you make a careful investigation of the "Cresco," the only corset made that can not break at the waist line. Article No. 7— MEN, this will certainly interest YOU! Rubbers of the Lambertville and Mishawaka brand carry conviction with them. We own them cheap, and sell them likewise. Also have -the celebrated Ball Brand Knit Boots and Socks. T o show them is to sell them. We have men's, boys' and youths' Felts and Rubbers in brands and styles to please all. Article Ho. 3— Domestio Linens and Wash Goods. Although the market has steadily advanced along" these lines, we can safely promise you largfe inducements in Bleached and Unbleached Cottons, T k k i n g , Denims, Shirting, Flannels, and Prig^T • In Taole Damask we are prepared to save you mone£ and still make money. Jftava a large assortment of Comfort Linings In the b e ^ p r i n t s a t 4Jc Good Tennis Flannels a t 4£c Article No. 5«- Gents' Furnishings for Winter. Heavy Duck Coats, with and without rubber lining, xieavy Kersey Pants. Heavy Overshirts and lighter weights. Every article a good value, made with care, good fitting, and for wear unsurpassed. Gloves and Mitts, just the time for them. T h e right articles, our assortment furnishing anything vou wish. Faced Mitts at ' 21c Working Shirts at 44c Men's Cotton and Wool Pants, less 20 per cent. Article No. 8— Groceries. Although last named, will hold a conspicuous place in the sale, as we depend greatly on our grocery leaders to make it a success. Our brands have been selected with care, knowing that where groceries are bought other goods will be sold. Our T e a s and Coffees you will find the best always for the money. j\ll Goods Sold lor Oash. F. G. JACKSON, Pinckney, Mich.VOL. XVII. PINOKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, DEO. 14,1899. The--, » Surprise Store, BARGAINS. We srive you biff values lor your money and we are doing business— yes, loU of it. (Jbristmas buying has commenced and we are holiday headquarters. One Dollar spent in our store goes as far as Two Dollars spent elsewhere. We sell strictly for CASH and can afford to sell CHEAP. Try us and see. We raenton a few prices which speak for themselves. | 1 60 Crokinole board $100 2.50 Dress suit case 1.50 25u Toy chairs 10c 1 lb. box fancy candy 10c \ Box 12 good cigars 25c | 5 00 Chamber set $3.99 200 Carving set 1.50 2 50 Iron bottom trunk 1.75 Valises 47c to 1.50 No. 9 All copper teakettle 110 Dashboard lantern 64c Cobblers outfit 49 and 99c $200 Teachers Bible $1.10 100 Watch chains 69c 75c Overalls 50c 65c Oversbirts 45c Fancy box paper 10 and 25c Doll beads 5 to 35c Dolls—big hne— 5c to $2.00 Gocarfs 10c to $1.00 Doll cabs 17c to $1.00 CHINA Big values at 10c, 15c, 25c and up. See our fancy china be fore you buy. ALBUMS See our wonder at 49c Toiler cases, fancy boxes and novel ties. I L O C A L N E W S . Quite a snow storm Tuesday night. L«M than two weeks before Christmas. A fine and much needed rain the first of the week. Mrs. W. A. Reynolds is visiting relatives in Detroit. Reason and Shehan expect to be in their new store by next week. Miss Iva Halsted spent the past week with home frieacta in Leslie. Mrs. A. J . Wilhelm visited relatives in Iosco a couple of days last week. C. V. VanWinkle and wife are in Lansing in attendence at the state farmers' institute. Teeple & Cadwell are shipping wood to Jackson this week; Pinckney is a good wood market. Ethel Graham spent Saturday and Sunday with her uncle, A. B . Green and family, at Stockbridge. The house belonging to Mrs. H . D. Grieve, now occupied by Will Shehan is being treated to a coat of paint Do not forget the concert tomorrow (Friday) evening. Show the young people that yon take an interest in their work. Geo. Teeple recieved one day last week a pair of carrier pigeons by mail and will raise some if he has good luck. The pair is registered. W. D . Thompson has moved into the Potterton house, formerly owned by E . A. Mann. H e will remain iu the village dur. ing the winter. The Ladies Aid society of the M. E'. church will hold a tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Green Wednesday evening Dec. 20, from 5 until all are served. Miss Margarett Maloney and Miss Anna Spears left to-day for Indiana to visit friends. Miss Anna will also visit in Kentuckey and Georgia before her return. The social at the home of J . A. Cadwell on Friday evening was well attended and everyone enjoyed themselves. The Cong'l Sunday School was made the richer by $8. 70'. The people of thii place were pained to learn last week that Walter Mann of Detroit who fell from a tree and broke his right arm, had to have it amputated above the elbow. The bone was too badly crushed to save the arm. This is the month to pay your taxes. W. B. Darrow has a Christmas adv. on page 5 of this issne. Geo. Sigler was under the doctors care the first of the week. Geo. Schoenhals of Genoa, was the guest of friendB here Sunday. Rev. and Mrs Chas. Simpson visited his sister in Owosso this week. F . E . Wright has a special adv. on page 4. Do not fail to read it. Chas. Coe and daughter of New York are guest of F . E. Wright and family. Mr. and Mrs. D . D. Bennett of Fowlerville spent Sunday with relatives here. Coming, Coming, Coming, J a n . 1st 1900 Hoyt Conery. The Man about Town. Mrs. Harriet Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Clark of Flint spent the latter part of last week and the first of this with W. A. Carr and family. The show windows of our business places are resplendent in fancy goods for the holiday trade. Pinckney is the best town in the county to buy Xruas goods. Do not forget that the DISPATCH makes a very desirable Chiistmas present to a friend who has moved away. Every week it would bring to rememberance the giver. The K. O. T. M. society of this place hold their election of officers on Friday evening of this week which will be followed by a supper. All members are requested to be present. Rev. E. W. Ryan D. D. will lecture in the Hamburg M. E. church Saturday evening Dec. 16 1899. Subject, " W h o shall have our boys." Admission 10c. For the benefit of the Hamburg M. E. church. A birthday quilting party was given to the friends of Mies Norma Vaughn on Saturday last, in honor of Miss Norma's tenth birthday. The little folks enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon and Norma was the recipient of several fine andUseful presents. N . G. Riley, who has been teaching a class and giving private lessons in voice culture at this place for several weeks will give a concert assisted by his class, on Friday evening of this week, at the M. E . church. Mr. Riley has met with excellent success here and the entertainment should be well attended as it will consist entirely of home talent with the exception of some selections by Mr, Riley. Admission 10 and 15 cents. TOY SETS DISHES Sc, 10c, 15c, 23c, 25c, 49c and 73c. IRON TOYS Tbese"are good toys to buy—they last. GAMES, "BOOKS BLOCKS, ETC. at bargain prices. Perfumes, Pocket-books, Jewelry, Pocket-Knives, Handkerchiefs. Special sale of Ribbons Strictly all Silk Ribbon. No. 2, 2c. No. 5, 4c. No. 7, 5c. No. 9, 7c. Hair Ornaments Is a Strong Line with us. Come and see our 5c and 10c Tables. They Contain Bargains. Come and w e will do you good. E. A. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman Block, Pi«ok»«y. BERT WELLMAN, MftMfter of PifttiuMp Stor*. H o w « U 8 t « * , M i i t o f > * 0 . Bnd of the Year Sale, Sale commencing Dec- 14, closing Dec. 24, '9 9. We have always given our customers a chance to buy goods under their value for the last two weeks in the year, AND W I L L N O T D I S A P P O I N T ANY O F YOU THIS YEAR. Although prices are advancing on all lines of merchandise, we will make our promise good. All Dark Best Prints at 5c. All Best Light Prints at 4c. All 10c Tennis Flannel 8c. All 7c Tennis Flaunel 6c. All 5c Tennis Flannel 4Jc. In Dress Goods. All Dress Goods will be sold at Actual Cost. In Underwear. Men's heavy fleeced garments 41c. Ladies' heavy fleeced garment 41c. We have some odd sizes in Misses' and Children's underwear, in both cotton and wool, will sell % off. Our line of Handkerchiefs, Mufflers and Ties is very good and the prices the lowest. All $1 Corsets at 89c All 50c Corsets at 42c Heavy all linen Crash at 6c »> ) 1 • J M • 1 >> ») >» M »1 »» »» IC 7*c 8c 9c Ladies' $2.50 Shoe 1.99 Ladies' $2.00 Shoe 1.62 All odds and ends in Ladies' Shoes 89c. $1.10 85c- Ladies' fleeced wrappers Ladies' best print wrappers In Groceries In Shoes Men's fine box calf, $3.00 Shoe $2.49 Men's fine box calf $3.00 tau shoe 2.49 Men's fine Vici kid $3.50 Shoe 2.60 Men's fine calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Men's fine calf $1.50 Shoe 1.20 Boy's Calf $1.35 Shoe 1.00 Boy's heavy calf $1.75 Shoe 1.35 Ladies hand-turned fine kid $3.00 2.49 35o Coffee 30c Coffee 2-TC Coffee 20c Coffee 15c Coffee 50c Tea 40c Ten 35c Tea 30c 25c 21c 17c 12c 38c 36c 31c I pound of nice Cream Candy Free wlf h every $ 2 C»»h trade. All Gopds at above prices* GASH* Butte* and E&* T a k e n . "VD. \D. Tiaxuaxdu No. 5 0 . NO USE for SANTA CLAUS Tee Mapetic Attraction of Our HOLIDAY GOODS M Low Prices Pish tie Old Man Aside. WE ARE PROUD of OUR BARGAINS for CHRISTMAS BUYERS. No matter how hard you are to suit, we can Bait you, in new and Beautiful Selections of Toys, Books and Novelties. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC. Our Stock is Well Assorted and Comprises the G R E A T E S T GATHE R I N G of Desirable Merchandise We Have Ever Offered Our Holiday Patrons. Yon are Cordially Invited to Come and See What We Can Do for Yon Before Yon LoobElseinere. A l l that is Newest and Best awaits your inspection and approval* and the prices on A l l Our Goods ape Extremely Low. F. A. SIGLER. You Know Where We Are, GATES WIDE OPEN FOR FALL BUSINES ? S e t O u r L i n e of Plush Robes F u r Robes Montana Robes Stable Blankets Storm Blankets Fancy Raid Blankets. 5/A Five Mile Bias Girth Horse Blanket The Old Reliable. Has five ratles of strong rarp threads. Long of wear, will never tear. We are Sailing 'em on Small Profits. TEEPLE 4* CADWELL. Holiday Specials! 20 doz. Childrens' Handkerchiefs at l c each. 20 doz. Ladies' plain Hemstitched 2c each 10 doz. Gents' plain Hemstitched 4c each Ladies1 hemstitched and embroidered hdkfs. 5, 8, 10, 15, 25, 40, and 50a 25/pc. best Standard print at <T^lo pc. Tennis Flannel at Ladies' Black Hose 2000 yd best unbleached cotton at Ladies' Kid Gloves at Childrens Kid Mittens Bed Blankets at Ladies' $1.25 Fleeced Wrappers Gents' Un-Lanndried Shirts Specials in Underwear Specials in Shoes Specials in Groceries 4^c per yd. 4 and 4^c per y d 2 pair for 13c 5Jc 89c. 40c 49 and 59c. 99c 59c i I •« J V ••V X . 1 / Bargains will lie found throughout our stock daring thia F, G. JACKSON. ' > • * • , : ^ ^ . - ^ ^ . ^ I . H H 1 SSI. Our Islands, and Their Good Government. GOLDMAND TH€ BANK LAWS, . _ i _ t f e e Political F r e e d o m of Cuba — The P h i l i p p i n e W a r — Trusts and Other I m p o r t a n t H a t t e r s Beuolve Earnest . ConaldenUloa.. T o the Senate and the H o m e of Repre- ficntatlvcs:—At the threshold of your de- Iberations you a r e called to mourn with •jrour countrymen the death of Vice-Presid e n t Ho bare, who passed from this life on t h e morning of November 21 last. His x r e a t soul now rests in eternal peace. H i s private lifo was pure and elevated, While hla public career was ever distin- fruished by large- capacity, stainless inegrlty and exalted motives. He has been removed from the high office which he honored and dignified, but his lofty character, his devotion to duty, his honesty of purpose and noble virtues remain with tta as a priceless legacy and example. T h e Fifty-sixth Congress convenes in its first regular session with the country in a condition of unusual prosperity, or universal good will among the people at Home, and In relutlons of peace and friendship with every government of the World. Our foreign commerce has shown « r e a t Increase in volume and value. The combined Imports and exports for the y e a r arc the largest ever shown by a •Ingle year in all our history. Our exp o r t s for 1899 alone exceeded by more t h a n a billion dollars our Imports and exp o r t s combined in 1S70. The imports per t.capita are a) per cent less tr.au in ltf'U, howlng the enlarged capacity of the Unied States to satisfy the wants of Its own Increasing population, a s well as to cont r i b u t e l\j luus,* ol the people of other nations. . Exports of agricultural products were •784'<7ili*i. Of manufactured products we fxnorted in value $"39,592.11«. being larger t h a n any previous year. It is a notew o r t h y tact that the only years in all our nlstory when the products of our manufactories sold abroad exceeded those 'bought abroad were ls98 and 1899. O u r F i n a n c e s . Government receipts from all sources for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1S99. Including $11,796,314.14, part payment of the Central Pacific railroad indebtedness, ag- C e g a t e d $610,982,004.55. Customs receipts w e r e 1206,128,481.75 and those from internal revenue $»3,437,161.51. F o r the fiscal year the expenditures w e r e J700.oaj.GC4.02. leaving a deficit of ¢89,111,539.67. The secretory of the treasurer estimates t h a t the receipts for the current fiscal y e a r will aggregate $o40,9i>8,112. and upon t h e basis of present appropriations the expenditures will aggregate 5600.958,112. Seaving a surplus of $40,000,000. For the fiscal year ended J u n e 30. 1890. t h a Internal revenue receipts were inc r e a s e d about $100,000,OCO. The present gratifying strength of the t r e a s u r y is shown by the fact that on Dec. 1, 1X99, the available cash balance w a s $278,004,837.72. of which $239,744.905.36 was. in gold coin and bullion. The condit i o n s of confidence which prevail 'througho u t the c o r n t r y have brought g*td into tnore general use and customs receipts a r e now almost entirely paid in that coin. The strong position of the t'/easury with respect to cash on hand and the favorab.e ehowing made by the revenues have made Jt possible for the secretary of the treasu r y to take action under the provisions of section 3G94. revised statutes, relating to t h e sinking fund. Receipts exceeded expenditures for the first live months of the c u r r e n t fiscal year by $13,U3.3S9.91, and, as inentioned abeve, the secretary of the t r e a s u r y estimates t h a t there will bo a • u r p l u s of approximately $41>.000,OCO at the tend of the >oar. Under such conditions it 4va*i deenu_*d advisable and proper to re- • s m e compliance with the provisions of t h e sinking fund law, which 'for eight Vears ha.s not been done because of deficiencies in the revenues. The treasury department, therefore, offered to purchase during November, $23,000,000 of the C per cent loan of 1904, or the 4 per cent funded loan of 19i/7. at the current market price. The amount offered and purchased during November was 51Si.40S.G00. The p r e m i u m paid by the government on such purchases was $2.2€3,&21 and the net saving In Interest was about f2.885.000. The success of this operation was sufficient to ind u c e the government to continue the offer to purchase bonds to and including th? -Sid day of December, instant, unless the r e m a i n d e r of the $25,000,000 called for erhould be presented in the meantime for redemption. Increased activity In industry', with its welcome attendant—a larger employment -for labor a t higher wages—gives to the t>ody of the people a larger power to abs o r b the circulating medium. It is further t r u e t h a t year by year, with larger areas of land under cultivation, the increasing Volume of agricultural products, cotton. c o r n and wheat, calls for a larger volume • f money supply, This is especially not i c e a b l e a t the crop harvestlus and crop- •asovlng period. . E « s k t sued B a n k l n f f . r I n its earlier history the national act -seemed to prove a reasonable avenue t h r o u g h which needful additions to the circulation could from time to time be m a d e . Changing conditions have appare n t l y rendered it now Inoperative to that and. T h e high margin in bond securit i e s required, resulting from, large premiu m s which government bonds command In the market, or the t a x on note issues, o r both operating together, appear to be Influence* which Impair its public utility. T t r e a t t e n t i o n of -eon***** Is -r-eapedf nil jr - invited to this important matter w i t h the view of ascertaining whether or n o t such reasonable modifications can oe m a d e In t h e national banking act as will render its service In the particulars here referred to m o r e responsive to the peo- Ele's needs. I again urge t h a t national a u k s be authorized to organize with a c a p i t a l of $25,008. , T h e G o l d S t a n d a r d . I urgently recommend that to support the existing gold standard, and to maintain •*the parity in value of the coins of the t w o metals (gold and silver) and the e q u a l power of every dollar at all times i n the m a r k e t and in the payment o' d e b t s , " the secretary of the treasury be given additional power and charged with t h e duty to j»cll United States bonds and t o employ such other effective means as m a y be necessary to these ends. The a u t h o r i t y should include the power to sell bonds on long and short time, as condit i o n s may require, and should provide for * rate or interest lower than that fixed •by t h e act of J a n u a r y 14. W75. While t h e r e Is now no commercial fright which w i t h d r a w s goLd from the government. but, on the contrary, such widespread confidence t h a t gold Beeks the treasury d e m a n d i n g paper money in exchange, yet t h e very situation points to the present A S the most fitting time to make adequate provision to insure the continuance of t h e gold standar d and of public confidence i n the ability and purport of the governm e n t to meet ail its obligations in the money which the civilized world recognizes a s the lH*(-t. Our receipts now equal our expenditures'.; deficient iHVonues no longer create alarm. I^et us remove the t>nly remaining runt-••• b y conferring the full and n-.vt:•:;;!ry p o w e r on t h e Ntrcretary of the treasury And Impost* upon him the duly to uphold t h e present gold standard and preserve 4 h e coins of the two metals on u parity w i t h each other, which is the repeatedly •d«cl«*ed potter of the United Ktates. i p tola connection I repent my former r e o o m m e n d a t i o n s t h a t a portion of the - * > ^ U t t n c s abali be plac*A !c a trust funrt. from waii h greenbacks shall be redeemed upon pretermit.on. but whan once redeemed shall not thereafter bo paid out except for gold. M e r c h a n t M a r i n e . The value, if an American merchant marine to the extension of our commercial trade and the strengthening of our power upon the sea invites th« immediate action of consK----,. u u r national development will be one-sided and unsatisfactory so long as the remarkable growth of oui* inland industries remains unaccompanied by progress on the seas. There Is no lack of ccnstiuti! )'\'U authority for legislation which shall give to the country maritime strength commensurate with its Industrial achievements ar.d with its rank among the nations.of the earth. The other great nations have not hesitated to adopt the required means to davelop their shipping as a factor in national defense and as one of the surest and speediest means of obtaining for their producers a share, in foreign markets. Like vigilance and effort on our part cannot fail to improve our situation; wh!ch is regarded with humiliation at home and with surprise abroad. Even the seeming sacrifices which at the beginning may be involved will be offset by more than equivalent gains. The expense is as nothing compared to the a d v a n t a g e to be achieved. I n v e n t ' g a t e T r u s t s . Combinations of capital organized into trusts to control the conditions of trade among our citizens, to siltle competition, limit production and determine the prices of products used and consumed by tile people, are justly' provoking public discussion, and should early claim the attention of the congress. It is universally conceded that combinations which engross or control the market of any particular kind ot merchandise or commodity net essary to the general community, by suppressing natural and ordinary competition, whereby prices are unduly enhanced to the general consumer, arc obnoxious not only to the common law, but also t i tiie public welfare. There must be a remedy for the evils involved in such or^aniz itlons. If the present law can be extended more certainly to control or check these monopolies or trusts, it should he done without delay. Whatever rower tke congress possesses over thN most important subject should be promptly ascertained and asserted. The whole question is ro important and far-reaching that I am sure no part of it will be lightly considered, but every phase of It wll lhave the studied deliberation of ' h e congress, resulting in wise and judicious action. f o r e i g n R e l a t i o n * . , A review of our relations with foreign states is presented with such recommendations as are deemed appropriate. The boundary dispute with the Argentine Republic has been settled and a convention of extradition only awaits slight changes in the text before exchange. It is gratifying to be able to announce that ihe Belgian government has mitigated the restrictions on the importation of cattle from the United States, to which I referred in my last annual message. A convention of extradition with Tlrazil. signed May H. 1S.7. lias been- ratilled by the Urlzllian k*j.'ls',ature. During the past summer- two national -.-hips of the United States have visited Hrazilian ports on a friendly mission and been cordially re- Cvdved. ' . The claim growing out of the seizure of the American owned newspaper, the Panama Star and Herald, by the authorities of Colombia. 1 as been settled, after a controversy of i-wpta! years, by an agreement assess:';!.: at VM.IMI the indemniw to be paid by : he .Colombian government, in three installments of Jli.iVfl each. The go.)d will of Colombia toward our country has been tes'iiieil anew by the cordial extension of facilities to the Nieara^ uan can,:1 commission in their approaching in\ CM Ration of tne Panama canal and other pr'.i-cted routes across the isthmus of Darlen. Discussion of the question? raised by the action nf Derrrnark In imposing restrictions on the Importations of American meats has continued without substantial results in our favor. IxtbiiiiiM C a n a l . The Nicaragua canal commission which has been engaged upon—Ihe work of examination and survey for a ship canal route across Nicaragua, having completed its labors and made its report, was dissolved on .May SI, and on June 10 a new commission, known as the Isthmian canal commission, was organized under the terms of the act approved March 3. 1890, for the purpose of examining, the American Isthmus with a view to determining the most practicable and feasible route for a ship canal across the isthmus, with its probuble cost, and other essential details. The great importance of this work cannot be too often or too strongly pressed upon the attention of the congress. In my message of a year ago I expressed my views of the necessity of a canal which would link the two great oceans, to which I again invite your consideration. The reasons then presented for early action are even stronger now. T h e P a r i s I m p o s i t i o n . Preparations for the representation of the industries, a r t s and products, nf the United States at the world's exposition to be held in PaTis next year continue on an elaborate and comprehensive scale, ' h a n k s to the generous appropriation provided by congress ar.d to "the friendly Interest the French government has shown in furthering a typical exhibit of American progress. There has been allotted to the United States a considerable addition e-f space, which, while placing our country in the first rank p.mong exhibitors, does not suffice to meet the increasingly urgent demands of our manufacturers. The efforts of the commissioner-general are ably directed toward a strictly representative display of all that moat characteristically marks American achievement in the inveTrttve a r t s , and most adequately shows the excellence of our natural productions. I am informed by our commissionergenera! that we shall have in the American sections at Paris over 7,000 exhibitors, from every s t a t e In-ottr country, .a number ten times as great as those whicn were represented at Vienna in 1S73. six times as many as those in Paris in 1878. and four times as many as those who exhibited in Paris in 18S9. This statement does not include the exhibits from either Cuba. Porto Rico or Hawaii, for which arrangements have been made. R e l a t i o n s W i t h G e r m a n y . Our relations with Clcrmany continue to be most cordial. The increasing intimacy cf direct association has been marked during the year by the granting permission ir. April for the landing on our shores of a cable from Borkum Emden, on the North sea, by way of the Azore:-, and also by the conclusion on Sept. 22 of a parcels post convention with the German empire. In all that promises closer relations of intercourse and commerce and a better understanding between two races having so many traits In common. Germany can be assured of the most cordial co-operation of this government and people- We may be rivals In rrany mi'Uiial paths, but our riva'ry should be generous and open, ever aiming toward the attainment of larger • results and the mutually beneficial advancement of er ch in the line of its especial adaptabilities. The several governments of the empire ser-m reluctant to admit the natural excellence of our food productions and to H'Tent the evidence We constantly tender of the <are with which their purity is unaided by rigid inspection from the fane, through the slaughterhouse and-the packing estaUlshmr nts. to the port of shlprr.i :-.t. c u r system of control over r::p>r?ed food staples- invites examination fr< m any quarter ,---^ challenges re- , spool by iti efT'H'^-t thoroughness. It !« to be hoped that in time the two governments will act hi common accord to award the real petition of their common- purpiso to safeguard the publia health nnd to insures the P'.ljltx^fiCuX wholeFoAieneas of "all food products imported by either country from the other. O u r ( a n u i l i u u N e i g h b o r s . In my last annual message I referred to the pending negotiations with Great Britain in respoct to the Domlnlpn. pf CaoiUr da, By means 6t aa exeoiuive agreement !i Joint high cnyimiHgton has been creased' for" the purpose of adjusting t&\ unsettled questions between the United States and Cajiada, embracing twelve subjects, amonir which were th«a questions of the. fur seals, the fisheries of the coast and i contiguous Inland waters, the Alaskan boundary, the transit of merchandise in bond, and alien labor laws, mining rights, reciprocity In trade, revision of the agreement respecting naval vessels in the great lakes, more complete marking of parts of the boundary, provision for the conveyance of criminals, and for wrecking and salvage. The m a t t e r of tire boundary has been receiving the careful attention which its importance demands with the result that n modus vivendl for provisional demarcations in the region about the head of Lynn canal has been agreed upon; and It is hoped that the negotiations now in progress between the two governments will end in an agreement for the establishment and delimlnation of a permanent boundary. Apart from these questions growing out of our relationship with uur northern neighbor, the most friendly disposition and ready agreement have marked the discussion of numerous matters arising in th° vast and Intimate Intercourse of the United States with Great Britain. U o e r "War. TI1I3 government has maintained an attitude of neutrality in the unfortunate contest between Great T-intain and the Boer states of Africa. We have remained faithful to the precept of avoiding entangling alliances as to affairs not of our direct concern. Had < sicu'mstances suggested t h a t the parties to the quarrel would have welcomed any kindly expression of the hope of the American people, the war might be nverted, good ofHces would .have been gkwily tendered. The United S t a ' e s representative at Pretoria was early instructed to see that all neutruJ American interests be respected by the romhfttar.-ts. This has been an easy task In view of the nositive declaration of Both British and Boer authorities t h a t the personal " i d property rights of our citizens should be observed. A satisfactory arrangement was concluded between the governments of Germany and of England, by virtue of which England retired from Samoa in view of compensations in other sections, and both powers lenounced In favor of the United States nil their rights and claims over and in...respect to that portion of the group lying to the east of the one hundred and seventy-first degree of west longitude, embracing the islands of Tutuila. Ofoo, Olosenga and Manna. I transmit to the senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a convention, which besides the provisions above mentioned, also guarantees the same privileges and conditions in respect to commerce arid commercial vessels In a'l of the Islands of Samoa a.s those possessed by Germany. T h e S p a n i s h Y.'nr, My annua! message of last year was necessarily devoted in ureal part to a consideration of the Spanish war and of tho. resuit it wrought, and the conditions it imposed for the future. I am gratified to anru.rnce that the treaty of peace has restored friendly rc.ctions between the two powers. Effect has been Riven to its most important p; ovision.s. The evacuation of Porto Rico haviim already been accomplished en the ISth of October, 1898. nothing remained necessary there but to oon- Liniv the provisional military control of the island until the congress should enact a suitable government for the ceded terrl'.- r;-. The withdrawal of the authority of Spain from the is'and of Cuba was effected by the first of January, so that the full re-epfablishment of pence found the re- !in.'Ui.--hed territory held by. us in trust for' the inhabitants, maintaining, under the direction of the executive, such government and'" control' therein as should conserve public order, restore the productive conditions of pence, so long disturbed by the instability and disorder which prevailed for the greater part of the preceding three decades, and build up that tranquil development of the domestic state wrureby alone can be realized the hi«;h purpose, as proclaimed in the joint resolution adopted bv the congress An the isth of April. 1S'.»S. by which the United States disclaimed any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over Cuba, except for the pacification thereof, and asserted its determination when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people. The pledge contained in this resolution is of ihe highest honorable obligation and must be sacredly ker , t. C a b l e t o M a n i l a . Without repeating the obserratlons of my special message of February 10. 18»*, concerning the necessity of a cable to Manila. I respectfully invite attentipn to it. I recommend that, in case the ,contrress should not take measures to brinp about this result by direct action of the government, the postmaster general be authorized to invite competitive bids for the establishment of a cable; t h e company making the best responsible bw* to be awarded the contract; the successful company to give ample bonds to Insure the completion of the work within a reasonable time. Kn«Nla's F r i e n d l i n e s s . Claims growing out of the seizure of American sealing vessels in Bering sea have been under discussion with the government of Russia for several years with the recent happy result of an agreement to submit them to the decision of a single arbitrator. By this act Russia affords proof of her adherence to the beneficent principle of arbitration which her plenipotentiaries conspicuously favored at The Hague disarmament conference when it was advocated by the representative* of the United States. S a m o a S e t t l e m e n t . Important events have occurred in the Samoan Islands. The election, according to the laws and customs of Samoa, of a successor to the late king, Malletoa I*aupepa. developed a contest as to the validity of the result, which issue, by the terms of the general act was io be decided by the chief justice. Upon his rendering a judgment in favor of Malietoa Tanu, the rival chief. Mataafa. took up arms. The active Intervention of American and British warships became imperative to restore order, at the cost of sanguinary encounters. In this emergency a joint ooiuni'.jsion of representatives of the United States, Gerrrcny and Great Britain was sent to Sarrna to investigate the situation and provide a temporary remedy. T h e S i ' w C a b a . This nation has assumed before the world a grave responsibility for the future good government of Cuba. We have accepted a trust the fulfillment of which calls for the sternest integrity of purpose and the exercise of the highest wisdom. The new Cuba yet to arise from the ashes of the past must needs be bound to us by ties of singular intimacy and strength If its enduring welfare is to be assured. Whether those ties shall be organic or conventional, th • destinies of Cuba are in some rlrhtful form and manner irrevocably linked with our own, but how and how far is for the future to determine in the ripeness of events. Whatever be the outcome we must see to it that free Cuba be a reality, not a name, a perfect entity, not a hasty experiment bearing within itself the t lem.-nts of failure. Our mission, to accomplish which we took up the wager of battle. Is not to b,- fulfilled by turning adrift any loosely framed commonwealth to face the viaKMItudes which too often a.tteml weaker state* whose natural wealth und abundant, resources are. offset b y the incongruities of their political position und the recurrln.g occasions for interna! rivalries , -to sap. their strength and dissipate their energies. The greatest blcs3lr.f which can come to,.Cuba is.ih.e restoration-ai-liftr. Agrlcul* tural arul industrial prosperity, which will give empioymtnt to idle men and reestablish tiie pursuits of peace. Thii 1ft her chief and Immediate need. On tho 19th of August last an order was made fur the taking of the cerrsus In t h i I'lfc-laml.Me heJco'MpleKfa^ on the JlOth of ^NovenJse'r. fTy tJbe tpeaty of peace tho Spanish-popiSatlok on the inland have until April 11, 1&0U, to elect whether they will remain citizen* of Spain or become citizens of Cuba. Until then it cannot be definitely ascertained who shall be entitled to participate in tho formation of the government of Cuba. By that time the results of the census will have been tabulated und we shall proceed to provide for the elections which commit the municipal governments of tho island ra tho olficcrs elected by the people. Tha experience thus acqutrd will prove of great value in tho formation of a representative convention ot the peopie to draft a constitution and establish a genreal system of independent government for the Island, In lho meantime, and so long as we exercise control over tho island, tho products of Cuba should have a market In the United States on a* good terms and with as 'avorable rates ot duty as are given to the We«t India Islands under treaties of reciprocity which shall be made. • Eor the relief of tho distressed In the island of Cuba the w i r department has issued supplies to destitute persons, through the officers of the army, which have amounted to 5,433,000 rations, at a cost of $1,417,554.07. To promote .he disarmament of the Cuban volunteer army, and '.n the interest of public peace and the welfare of the people, tho sum of $75 was paid to each Cuban soldier borne upon the authenticated rolls, on cordltion that he should deposit 1 Is arms with the authorities designated by the United States. Tho sum thus disbursed aggregated $2.547,7¾). wni'-ii was paid ft'om the emergency fund provided by the act of Jan. f», 1890, for that purpose. Out of the Cuban island revenues during the six months ending June SO, 18JJ, Sl.712.OU."JO was expended for sanitation, $233.^1.711 for charities and hospitals, and $SS,9-14.03 for aid to the destitute. R e l a t i o n * W i t h Sun i n . Following the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace the two governments accredited ministers to each other,, Spain sending to Washington the Duke of Arcos, an omlnent diplomatist, previously stationed in Mexico, while the Un'ted States transferred to Madrid, Hon. Bellamy Storer, i.s ambassador at Brussels. This was followed by the respective appointment of consuls, thereby fully resuming the relations Interrupted by the wa-. In addition to its consular representation in the United States, the Spanish govornmont has appointed consuls for Cub.i, who have been provisionally recognized during the m-Mtary administration ot the affairs of that Island. Tin* Miiulin A r m y . The force now in Manila cons'sts of 903 officers and 30,."73 regulars, and 5)4 office-s and 13.388 of the volunteers, m i H n . a>i aggregate of 1.499 officers and 4','Oi r'Ci When the troops now under orders shall re-ich an I In. ihe force M *he arehl . ago will comprise 2,(7.1. officers and 03,183 men. The muster out of the irr'at V ) U i - teer army organized for the Spnn'sh war and the creation of a trow army, the transportation from Manila to Saa F r a n - cisco'of those eniUled to discharge, and transportation of the new tr o;.'s to tnk* the'r places, have been a work of g r e a t magnitude- well and ably done, for wh eh too much'credit cannot be j-'iven the war department. T r o o p s in C«l»n, During the past yenr we have re!u>ed our force in C>ba and I'jrto Rico. In Cuba W-M now have 334 officers and 10,7.1(5 enlisted men. In Porto Rico, &7 .>ffi-ers and 2/Cj,- enlisted men and a batallion of 4r»0 men composed of native Porto Rlcans, whl!^ stationed throughout the United States are 910 officers and 17,317 men, and in Hawaii 12 officers and 463 enlisted men. I'oa*41 s e r v i c e . The domestic postal service continues to grow with extraordinary rapidity. The expenditures and the rvvenue will each exceed $100,000,000 during the current year. Fortunately, sine* the refrfvalof paoaperous times, the leveni'es have grown roueh faster than the expenditures, and there is every indication that a short period will witness the obliteration of the -annual deficit. T h e Xnvy. The navy hag maintained the spirit and high efficiency which have always characterized that service, and has lost none of the gallantry in heroic action which has signalized its brilliant and glorious past. The nation has equal- pride In its early and later achievements. Its habitual readiness for every emergency has won the confidence and admiration of the country. The people are interested in the continued preparation and prestige of the navy and will justify liberal appropriations for its maintenance and improvement. The officers have shown peculiar adaptation for the performance of new and delicate duties which our recent war has Imposed. It cannot be doubted that congress will at once make-necessary provision for the armor plate for the vessels now under contract and building. P e n s i o n * . On the 50th of June. 1899. the pension roll of the United States numbered IW1,- 319. These include the pensioners of the army and navy roll in alt our wars. The number added 1O the rolls during the vear was 4n,mu. The 'lumber dropped by 'reason of death, remarriage, minors by legal limitation, failure to claim within three years, and other causes, was 48,186, and the number of claims disallowed waa 107.- «19. During the year fttf.OM pension certificates were Issued, of which 37,077 were for new or original pensions. The amount disbursed for army and navy pensions during the year was $1.:48.355.052.1)5 which was $1.051.461.(11 less than the sum of the appropriations. T h e r e h a n i . In accordance with the act of congress approved March 3. 18P3, the preliminary work +n oontwetton with the twelfth cerfi ' sus in now fully uudrr wav. 11 is believed t h a t the twelfth cenmis will empnasize our remarkable advance in all that pertains to national progress. The Philippine W»r. Th«> President treats at great length the Philippine war, covering all the efforts to avert war. etc. Oontlnuine. he says: It Is enough to say the claim of the rebel leader that he was promised independence by any officer of thp United States in return for his assistance, has no foundation in fact nnd is categorically denied by the very witnesses who were called to prove it. The most the insurgent leader hoped for when ho came back to Muni a WPS the liberation of the Islands from tne Spanish control, which they had been laboring for years without success to throw off The prompt accomplishment of this work by the American armv and navy gave htm other ideas and ambitions, and insidious suggestions from various quarters perverted the purposes nnd intentions with which he had taken up arms. No sooner had our army captured Manila than the Filipino forces began to assume an attitude of suspicion itnd hostility which the utmost efforts of our officers and troops w r c unable to disarm or modify. Their kindness and forbearance were taken as a proof of cowardice. The aggression of the Filipinos continually increased until finally, .lust before the time set by tb,o s'-nate ot the Uuited States for a vote on 1he treaty, an attack evidently prepared in advance, was made all along ihe American lines. whi;:h resulted in a terribly destructive and. sanguinary repulse of the insurgents. Ten.dayt* later an order of the insurgent government wirs-irsucd to Hs adherents who had remained in Manila, of. which Gen. Otis ,1ustly observes t h a t "for barbarous intent it Is imequaled in modern times." It directs that at 8 o'clock on faJWeV at i t i g night of th« 15th <of F e b r i m r y ' t n » i territorial miMtia" shall c o n v -log*rh*r In tha streets of San P t d r o . a r m e d with. their bolos, w l t h l f u r f ahd ' amirltmltion where convenient; that FUlpion families ,v shall be respictad: but that a4i- other ¾duals, of •wJiatTver race they mayl h a * 4>«sief lfr*H|pf<(»«> 'without ui)/! £ ^ ¾ ^ ¾ ¾ ¾ ^ "' rothTfci* we must avenge ourselves on AINjM^a«u.a\n4>Miite*M^g t%. l h e m , ,rifl n T e a T h e ^ s ^ m c n * ^ l v S y have coa^mittad. iw^yt <\\*: .attack ^vJtli ^f *nr." A cQayW tn/g.fetl, byls€>a fortifoe, into tha hands of our officers, and they were u-bk> to take measure* to pontrol the rising, whJtU'waa actually a t t e m p t e d on th«; night of Feb. 22, a week* later than waaj orlglnyUv. cukUmfdftied. chnsiderable' nunibtfranf armed insurgents-intered the clIKr by waterways and swamjitf and, inl concert with confederates .Inside, a t t e m p t - ed to (Jestroy Manila by fire. They were kept in check during: tho night and the nei|t driven u.ut of tho cityt w i t h heavy loss. T • - 1 ' -n The favorable circumstances connect©* with an active campaign have «ot been permitted io1nttM fero with thf-equaliy important work of reconstruction. Again I invito your atteMion to t h e reporf pf tha commissioners rur me mie;*^ ' a encouraging details of the work already acconipliuhed in tho establishment of peace an4 order and the inauguration of selfgoverning municipal life in many portions of tha archipelago. , ' N e u r o n iM.lnnt]. A notable beginning has been m a d e in tho establishment of a government in tho island of Ivegroa. which is deserving of special consideration. This was the first island to accept American Baver^ignty. Its peoplo unreservedly proclaimed, allegiance to tho United States ar.d ado/*ed a constitution looking to tho establishment of c. popular government. Tho. judicial power \* vested in three judges, who are to bo appointed by the military governor of tho Island. Inferior courts are to bo established. Freo public schools aie to bo established throughout tho poaulour. districts of the Island, in which tho linghsh language shall bo taught, and this subject will receive the careful consideration of the advisory council. Tho burden of government must be distributed equally and equitably among tha oeople. '1 r.e miT-'aiy •>• leet and receive the customs revenues and will control postal m a t t e r s and Philippine inter-island trado and oommerce. The military governor, subject to the approval of tho military governor of the Philippines, determines all questions not specilijally provided for and which do not come u n d e r t h a jurisdiction,of the, advisory council. Su!u I H I U I U I S . The authorities of the Sulu islands hava accepted the succession of 'the United Stutes to the rights of Spain, and our flag flouts over that territory. On the 10th nr August, ISM, iirig.-Oen. J. C. Pates. U. ,S. Volunteers, negotiated an agreement with the sultan and his principal chiefs. Uy article 1 tho KOV*.-. eignty of the-United States over the whole archipelago of Jolo and its dependencies is declared and acknowledged. Every tjdng indicates that, with tho speedy suppression of the Tarralo rebellion, life in the archipeiago wlil noon resume its ordinary course under the protection of our sovereignty, and the people of tht si" favored islands will enjoy a prosperity and a freedom which they have never before known. Already hundreds of schools are *»p«n. , .,. F u t u r e G o v e r n m e n t . The future .iroverciucut of J,h* Philippines rests with the congress of the, United Plates, Few graver responsibilities have ever been eonlided to it?, If we ac-' cept them in a spirit worthy of irur r a e s and' our traditions, . a great opportunity comes with them. The islands lie under the shelter of our flag. They are ours by every title of law and equity. They cannot h i abandoned. If we desert t+ie«i we leave thtm at once to anarchy and finally to barfj^riBm, We fling them, u gulden apple of discord, among the rival'powers, no one of which could permit another to seize them unquestioned. Their* rich, plains and valley* Kvould be Ihe scene of! endless atrlft aad blowiahed. The advent of Dewfcy's^eeT in Mai Una bay Instead ot being, as we hole, the d*.wr» of a new day of freedom and progrtW, will have been the beginning of a n . e r a of misery* and violence worse than any which has darkened their UhbappV past. It does not seera desirable that I ahould recommend a t this time a special arrd final form of government for these islands. When peace shall be restored it will be the duty of congress to construct a plan of government which shall establish and maintain freedom und order and peace iu the Philippines. L c K l s l a l l u n f o r H a w a i i . The people of these Islands are entitled to the benefits and privileges .of our constitution, but in the absence of any act of congress providing for fedoral courts in the islands, and for a procedure by which appeals, writs of error and other judicial proceedings necessary for the enforcement of civil rights may be prosecuted, they are powerless to secure their enforcement by the judgment of the courts of tho United States. It is manifestly important, therefore, that an act shall ba passed as speedily as possible erecting these Islands into a judicial district, providing for the appointment of a |udg3 and other proper officers and methods of procedure in appellate proceedings, and t h a t the government of this newly acquired territory under the federal constitution, shall be fully defined and provided for. G o v e r n m e n t f o r Porjfo K i e o . I recommend t h a t legislation to tha same end be had with reference to the government of Porto Rico. The time Is ripe for the adoption of a temporary form of government for this island; and many suggestions made with reference to Alaska are applicable also to Porto HJco. The system of civil jurisprudence now adopte d rP^j 1 , ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ °e ***** islWKl ie described by competent lawyers, who are familiar with it, as thoroughly modern and scientific FO far as ,4t rebates to matters of internaLiQgw>LUu*lnes6.. trad*, production and\»ocJai and private right in general. The cities of the island are governed under c h a r t e r s which probably require very ikjJe -or, oo ^changi. So t h a t with relation to matters of local concern and private right, it is not prehable -that mucn if any legislation is" aetrinVbie; but with reference to public administration and the relations of the island to the federal government, there ure many matters which are of pressing urgency. The same necessity exists for legislation on the part of congress to establish federal courts and federal jurisdiction In the island, aa has been previously pointed out by me with reference to Hnwati. It is desirable that the government of the Island under the law of J&elligerent right, now maintained through the executive department, should be superseded by an administration entirely eivil in its nature. For the present purposes 1 recommend that congress pass a law for the organization of a temporary government, which sh.all provide lor the appointment by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate., of a governor and such other officers a s the general administration of the island may require, and t h a t for legislative purposes upon subjects of a local nature not partaking of a federal character, a legislative council, composed partly of Porto Rlcans arrd partly of clti- ' zens of the/United States, shall be nominated and appelated by the president, subject to confirmation by the senate: their* »cts t o - b e euhject 4» ti»e approval of *he eongreas or the president prior to going ^1»to effect. In the municipalities and othor local subdivisions I recommend that t h e r n n - n p l e >of nelf-goverTtmcVt bcfappljed a t once, M> as lu enable the InteinRcnl^ltl- Kon* o t t h e a l a n d to participate in their owri a i W M f t o f w t l ' io Oeaffi by practical eTtperlence the duties and requirements of a so^f-cor.talncd und self-govern* ing rcople. ' MR a ^ W a ^ a ^ nan %- ,' - f§ W-#.i Y<o ure Gambling I It's too risky, this gambling with your cough. You take the chance of its wearing off. Don't I he first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the game's lost. Take some of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the gambling and the cough. " I -was g i v e n u p t o d i e with quick consumption. I ran d o w n from 138 to 90 pounds. I raised blood, and never expected t o g e t off my b e d alive. I then read o f Ayer's Cherry 1'ectoral and began its use. I c o m m e n c e d t o improve at once. I a m n o w back t o m y old weight anil in t h e best o f h e a l t h . 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X • Better than ever before, at lowest * + -poMtilble rates. * T Experienced excursion conductors. • ' +, Alao daily aervice between Chicago X X aad California. T • Correspondence solicited. X T T. A. GRADY. • T Manager California Tourlrt Service, X X The Atchla**. ToMki ft Saata Pe Railway X + 100 Adams Street, CHICAGO. ^ • • • • » • • • » • » • • » • • • • • • • • • • • • V" f W » » ,%«*%* MVMMMMaMWIWHMWaH| KITTY'S HUSBAND By Author of "Hetty," Etc. >**»»%«n%%n«*«veja*jnMa*a»»aj*Ka«va.M sixty or over? »«»»«»»••>•«< •4i ~*41 M f t W M « « CHAPTER XV.— (Continued.) "Arthur St. John—alia3 Leslie— something else, no doubt, nowadays. He looked like a man of fifty. But I knew him; I knew him almost. In a 'Moment." "You couldn't ha sure," I said doubtfully. Meg smiled, but did not contradict me. But the smile was eloquent—it destfieed my folly. "I had gone down stairs early," Meg continued, leaning back in her chair, ?.nd pushing her hair from her brow with a nervous impatient little gesture. "It's not my way to get up early, is it? But I was restless, I couldn't sleep, and \ thought I should find a novel if I •vent down stairs. The servants weren't moving; but there was a fire In the study. The blinds were all down, but the lire looked <*osy; I went In and stood before it and warmed my toes. I dare say I was looking untidy, Kitty; I think he took me for an early housemaid; he came into the room quietly, and came up behind me, and—and he kissed me, Kitty. I hadn't heard any one come in, and I nearly screamed. But as I turned my head round quickly I saw his eyes, and I knew him, and I didn't scream—I was too frightened to move or make a sound " "Go on, Meg." "Then all at once John called to him from the passage. He called in a very quiet, mysterious sort of vevee—impatient, too. " 'St. John,* he said, 'your sister is waiting. Come.' "He opened the street door quietly and led some one in. They didn't come back to the study as I feared they would; they seemed to be detting out on some journey, and time seemed to be pressing. They stood for a minute speaking softly and quickly in the hall. Do you know, Kitty, whose voice I heard? It w"as a voice not to be mistaken— Madame Arnaud's voice. She was thanking John. She said such an I looked through the chinks of the Venetians and saw her go out. She had puffs of gray hair beneath her bonnet; her gown was bunched out at the sides; she looked sixty—quite. What does it all mean, Kitty? What is the mystery?" "I cannot tell you, Meg." "But you know? Kitty, you are trembling; what is the matter with you?" "Nothing, Meg—nothing!" I returned hastily. "I wa3 thinking—trying to think." But, try as I might, my thoughts refused to 3hape themselves. One idea, and only one, had taken possession of my mind. John had had business matters to talk of with Madame Arnaud! It was business that had taken him there so often—business that they talked about in such lowered, confidential voices! My spirits had suddenly grown buoyant, my voice almost gay. "Meg, stay here for a little while," I pleaded eagerly. "I want to see John all alone." "An uncommon wish!" laughed Meg; but the soft little glance with which she looked back at me robbed tn'e mocking speech of all its sting. CHAPTER XVI. . John was in the breakfast-room. He was seated in an arm-chair beside the fire, his elbow on the table that stood near, his head against his hand. I was standing close to him before he saw me. "John," I said in a quick voice that I tried in vain to steady, "don't let me go away from you! I don't want to go, John!" H.«» sprang quickly tG ^ 3 feet, his face lighting up. "Did I want you to r.o, Kitty?" he asked reproachfully. " i'our wish to leave me has been the bitterest trouble I have ever had to bear. I needn't tell you that. ne**i I? You know it only too well!" 'I DON'T WANT TO GO, JOHN." odd thing, Kitty; I stored it up to tell you—that was what I came to say. You have always been jealous of Madame Arnaud—and I used to think you had reason to be jealous; but now— well, now, I am not sure." '* "What was It that she said?" "She was thanking John for having given her so much of his precious time. " 'We know,' she said, 'that every m'nute spent away from Kitty is a minute you begrudge. You have besn very good; you have never let me feel how my affairs have bored" you.' " 'They have not bored me,' said John; 'we made a compact of friendship long ago; and what is the use of friends if they are not retdy to serve in time of need ?' " "John is a paragon to the end! How has he been serving Madame Arnaud, Kitty? What are her 'ataira' that have been 'boring' him and taking up hit time?" - "I don't know. I don't want to tell you, Meg—not now." "You are a little contradictory, dear; but never mind, mystery is the order of the da/. Do you know that Madame Arnaud came and went away in a dress and bonnet and mantle that madt t/ur lotfk c.ulte an old lady, an old lady of He had taken my hands in his, but I would not let him draw me near him. "I have been jealous, John," I said, bringing out the words in a sharp. labored way. "I have been jealous of Madame Arnaud!" "Jealous, Kitty! Have you cared enough for me to be jealous, dear?" he asked, sadly. "You have had no need to be jealous—none! Yet it i& good news to me, all the same." "It wasn't your love for hor, John, that I minded." I went on tremulously, the tears springing unbidden to my eyes. Perhaps—perhaps I did mind that, too; but that wasn't what I minded most You had loved her first and you couldn't help if you loved her best. You hadn't seen her for so long; you didn't know how it would be when you came to see her again—you couldn't help it! And I should have tried to bear it! What I couldn't bear was your always going to see her, your having so much to say to her secretly, so confidentially " "Do you know," asked John gravely, what those talks were about? Listen, Kitty, and I will tell you." "I know already. .You were helping the man about whom you told me yesterday— her brother—yes, I know. J o h a . ^ I went on eagerly, "you will let me stay? I said I wanted- to go, cut I didn't; it would break my heart to go! I'll be content, John; I'll be different and not tease you—I won't ask you to love me very much. I'll let my love be enough for both. And by-and-by, as you said, 'love may come.' You did love me—you said so—before you married me, and the love may come back again " John drew me toward him. He put his arm around me, and looked down at me closely, very tenderly, very wonderingly. "Kitty, you talk in riddles, dear," he said. "You won't ask me to love you very much? What does that mean? You know, dearest—you must k n o w - that, whether you ask or do not ask, I love you with my heart and soul." I looked up at him in bewilderment. "You said—you said that our marriage was a mistake, John," "It was you, KiUy, who said that." "But I said so because I thought that you thought so, John. And you agreed with me. Oh, John, you have forgotten you did agree with me! You said that you felt the mistake and regretted it even more bitterly than I." "For your sake, Kitty, for your sake, dear; because my love had failed so signally to make you happy. You told me that I had spoilt your life, broken your heart; that, when you had a wish, it was only a wish to die." "I didn't wish to make your life a bondage, John." John's eyes twinkled for a moment, and then were grave again. "Do you mean to tell me, Kitty," he a3ked incredulously, "that you doubted that I loved you?" "Do you mean that you could possibly doubt, John, that I loved you?" I retorted in the same tone of incredulity. "It was natural enough for me to doubt," said John humbly. "Much more natural for me," I returned, looking up at him with sparkling eyes. I had clasped my hands upon his shoulder; I put down my cheek against them. "I thought," I confessed, "that you had married me for kindness' sake— to—to provide for me, John. .Everyone thought so. Meg and Dora and Aunt Jane and even your sister. You yourself said that you thought of marrying me before ycu thought cf loving me." "Yes," admitted John; "years ago, I had some vague hope that you would give me the right one day to take care of ycu, to make life smoother for you. I suppose I didn't love you as long ago as that—I had only a very tender feeling for you. Love, when it came, was real enough in spite of that early thought. Don't scorn my love, Kitty, because I met it with welcome instead cf rebuff." There was not much scorn in my eyes as I raised my head and looked softly, smilingly into the gray eyes looking down at me. He kissed ms; and r^v a minute we stood in silence. "Kilty," he said at length, '^here is something that I want to tell you. I ought to have told you long ago. It was a painful story, and I did not tell rt. Come and sit down, and I will teh it now." He drew me to the little sofa beside the fire; and there he told me the story cf his first love, the story that in part I knew already. "She gave you up because you were poor?" I asked indignantly. "Don't blame her, Kitty! She gave me up for her brother's sake. It is more than ten years ago now that her brother forged that check of which I told ycu—that first check. There seemed to be nothing but utter ruin before him. Arnaud, the man that Lucia married, had money and influence. He used both on the tacit understanding that ehe should marry him. Her brother was saved for the time." "Was it the only vray?" I questioned. "I think some other way might have been found. But she could not be calm and weigh chances. She was devoted to this broiuer. For ten long years, as she said the other night in the park, she has hoped against hope for his reformation; has tried to be brave, has tried to hope for the best. And now, at the end of the ten years, things are just where they were before, I think they are worse this time, for this time he is less repentant. She is sacrificing her whole life to him; but she does it almost without hope. She la going away with him—to South America, to banishment." I was quiet for a moment. "John, I have been so unjust to her," I confessed in a low tone—"so unjust to her always in my thoughts." "She is one of the noblest women that I know!" said John. Again we sat silent for a minute. My heart was beating fast; I longed to ask a question which I dared not ask. "John, I won't be silly, I won't be jealous—tell me," I pleaded, "if you didn't try to love me, would you love her still—love her best, I mean?" John answered gravely, with an atr as earnest as mine. "I respect her," he said; "I shall respect her always. I do more than respect—I admire her. But that is all! The old love was dead, Kitty, years bafore the new love was born!" I was contented.—The End. Here's the Whole W i n t e r "There is one sound piece of advice that should toe repeated from Maine fco>- : Oregon every year when winter a p - j proaches, and that is—If you want t o 1 go through the winter without catching cold, wear rubbers."—Churchman. Ml A n n o s l R a i n f a l l o f A l m o s t 4 » F o o t . The heaviest rainfalls so far observed with scientific accuracy occur in India. At Cherrajunji. in.the Knaai. hills, in Assam, the mean annual precipitation is thirty-nine feet six inches,. at Debunja thirty feet ten inches, a n * at Bibundi thirty-four feet four Inches. Both the latter stations are on the sea coast and at a much lower level than* Cherrapunjl. . T h e H e a l t h a n d f l e a a a r * Of Texas, Mexico, Arizona and California are quickly and comfortably reached via the Southern Pacific Company's Sunset Route. Daily through) service from New Orleans to Sao Francisco via Hou»3ton, San Antonio, El Paso and Los Angeles. Special semi-weekly service, Sunset Limited from New Orleans Mondays and Thursdays, composed of Buffet Smoking Car, containing Bath Room and Barber Shop, Drawing Room Compartment Car, regular Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Car (meal3 a la carte), all of the latest design and most luxuriously appointed. Direct connections made at New Orleans from all points North and East. Detailed information cheerfully furnished by W. G. Neimyer, G. W. A., So. Pac. Co., 238 Clark St., Chicago; W. H. Connor, Cora'l Agt., Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, 0., W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass. Agt., 220 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. The first pipe organ was made hy A r c h i m e d e s , B . C. 220. W i n t e r in t h e S o u t h . T h e s e a s o n a p p r o a c h e s w h e n o n e * * t h o u g h t s t u r n t o w a r d a p l a c e w h e r e t h e i n c o n v e n i e n c e s o f a N o r t h e r n w i n t e r m a y b e e s c a p e d . N o s e c t i o n o f t h i s c o u n t r y o f f e r s s u c h i d e a l s p o t s a s t h e G u l f C o a s t o n t h e l i n e o f t h e L o u i s v i l l e & N a s h v i l l e R a i l r o a d b e t w e e n M o b i l e a n d N e w O r l e a n s . I t p o s s e s s e s . a m i l d c l i m a t e , p u r e a i r , e v e n t e m p e r a t u r e antif a c i l i t i e s f o r h u n t i n g a n d fishing' e n - j o y e d b y u o o t h e r s e c t i o n . A c c o m m o - d a t i o n s f o r v i s i t o r s a r e f i r s t - c l a s s , ande a n b e s e c u r e d a t m o d e r a t e p r i c e s . T h e L. & N . R. R. i s t h e o n l y l i n e b y w h i c h i t c a n b e r e a c h e d i n t h r o u g h c a r s - f r o m N o r t h e r n c i t i e s . T h r o u g h c a r s c h e d u l e s t o a l l p o i n t s i n F l o r i d a b y t h i s l i n e a r e a l s o o e r f e c t . W r i t e f o r f o l d e r s , e t c . , t o J A C K S O X S M I T H , D . P. A . , C i n c i n n a t i , O. S h o e m i i k i n g ' m a c h i n e s w e r e i n v e n t e d b y G a l l a h u e i n 1858. Solid Train* t o X o r t b o r n l l l e h l | The Chicago, Milwaukee £ S t Paur Railway is now running solid trains cf palace sleeping cars, dining cars (serving meals a la carte) and firstclass day coaches, through from Chicago to Calumet, Houghton, Hancock ami other points in the Copper country without change of cars, with direct connection for Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, etc., and passengers from the East. South and Southwest will find this a most desirable route. All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. B i l l i a r d s w e r e i n v e n t e d i n F r a m e b y D j v i j r n e a b o u t 1471. B e w a r e o f O i n t m e n t * f o r C a t a r r h T h a t Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy t h e sense or smell aad completely derange the whole s y s t e m when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never bo used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as t h e damage they will do is tenfold to the good y o u eua pos-sibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh. Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, andmade fnToledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold bv Druggists, price 7¾ per bottle. Hall's Fa icily Pills are the best. The man wao fives t i e world ^'old w^'I » e forpotion, but no who ,'ives L £oixl will r o . Strength is aut a bes-siu* wlum it is used tn tal;e advantage vt a Drotlier's are;ikucss. T E N W E E K S 5 W ? I O C E N T S . ThfttMg family paper. Tie filmatrat** ffeeHy.of Denver. Colo, uootxied J W I wilt be tent ten weekN on trial for M)c;eiut»uf 6.5de; tttortl. 8peoUlujftar felely to introduce it. Latest mlat*iriMwx*MM»fiM» trsttonn of acenery. true »rorle*atf lore an<t atrreatore. Address an *bo\ 1; ao<l ucotloa thia paper; ft«tm»- Uiken. It is only by jrivinp with the heart that any, man can know what it xiMans to be rich. TO C U R E A COLO I N ON 15 O A T . Take Laxative Rrrrao Quinine Tablets. AB. unipyists refund the money if it falls to cure-, ftc. E. VV. Grove's signature on each b o s . "When we are dotnjr our prayerful host let u»> remember th>t it is all Ood uxpect*. FITS f*»rBJ»a«fl«jCoi«u. :>uuu oriH>r«'»onie«*atwe hrst liuya u.-e of Dr kiioe » iirvMl A*r>o KtfMiim Sead for F U R IS S 4 . 0 0 trial bottle and trnaliii DB> K. II. Kn.\*.LU..KU ' - " ' i t "MlaJaltihia J N If we talk without w.^jhlnz our words, t h e will; oon h a \ e no w ^ h t for KOOCL C t i r t t A f ter R e p e a t e d FaJlnr— W i t h OtEera 1 win inform addicted to Murafciae, Laadaaaa>« Opium, Cocaine, of nwer-faltlaic. aanatoM, h<Mu*> cure. Mr». M. II. Baldwin, tor U l i , ChJeaga. l'k. The father of Constable, tho painter, wa#*a. miller and a lloui• merchant. • I know that my l*fo wus saved tey Ptso's ' o r e for Consumption.- John A. Miller, Au Subee, Michigan, April 2;. Itftft. ChiwlQtte is a French Noble. , stcanJn? Ail Brown's Teetkiitg Corliml heal* irritate** gums, and j<ives babies reat day and night. • ; » • • 8-, I Maurice is cf Roman origin. Son af a Moor. Frederic, a Gorman name, lUnlfla* * fUda. IViee. » \ ®fe yindncy fjtepatch. F. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1899. M j — — — ^ i — — — m m FARM JOURNAL C*"I*eat f Y o m NOW t o Dec. 1903 Ofiei* NEARLY 5 YIJAI'JS By special arrangement with the publishers of the FARM JOURNAL we are enabled to offer that paper to ever subscriber who pays for the DISPATCH one year ahead, for only $1, both papers for the price of ours only; our paper one year and the Farm Journal from now t o - D e c , 1903, nearly five years. T h e Farm Journal is an old established paper, enjoying great popularity, one of the best and most useful farm popers published. 8®~This offer should be accepted without delay. * Q U E S T I O N A N S V 7 K R E D . Yes, August FIOVUT sUJl has the largest bale ul any nieilieuie in (lie civilized worlij. Your HMthi'j's siiul ^rumimothers never thought «.f rising iinvtlnnj,,' else lor Indigestion or biliousness. Doctors were scarce, unci they seldom herd of Ahftedicitis, Nervous Prostration or H e a r t failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the systeii' an 1 slop fermentation of undigested food, /emulate the "clion of the liver, stimulate tlie nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and had with headaches anil other aches. You only need a few doses of CJreen's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you saiislied there is nothing serioUB the mutter with y o u . Sample bottle at F. A . Sigler's. SPECIE SALE For SHU i l ; OIC. 16,'! i& | 21 lbs of Granulated Sugar I W . 0 - T - U - | ; 2 4 I b s o f L i ^ h t b r o w n jj jjj j 1 j)kg Yeast Foam $ Edited by the W. C. T- U. of Tluckney. ® ' %\ fog flood S o d a $ - & A touching: incident I have read of a town meeting in Pennsylvania where the question of license was to be decided. As the question was about to be put, there arose from one corner of the room a miserable female, wrinkled and gaunt, and, stretching out her arms, in a shrill voice she cried: "Look upon me. You all know me, or you once did. You all know I was once the mistress of the best farm in the township. You all know I had one of the best—one of the most devoted of husbands. You all know I had five noble-hearted industrious boys. Where are they now? You all know. You all know they all lie in a row, side by sid^, in yonder churchyard; all— every one—filling a drunkard's grave! They were all taught to believe that temperate drill kin*, was safe—excess alone ought to b e avoided; und they . never acknowledged excess. But I saw the gradual change coming over my family and prospects with dismav a r d horror; I felt we were all to be overwhelmed in one common ruin. I tried to ward off the blow I tried to break the spell—the delusive spell— in,which the benefits of, temperate drinking had involved my husband and sons. I begged, I prayed; but the odds were against me." And, with her arms flung high, and her tall form stretched to its utmost, and her voice raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed: "I shall soon stand before the judgement seat of God —I shall meet you there, you false guides, and be a witness against you all." She spoke and vanished. But when the chairman put the question, "Shall any license be granted for the sale of spiritous liquors?" the response was unanimous— "No!" m i l l i o n * G i v e n ' A w a y It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coagha and Colds, have given away orer ten millions trial bottles of thin great medicine and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely enred thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of the throat, chest, and lungs are Barely cured by it. Call on K. A. Sigler druggist and get a trial bottle free, regular size 50c and 11. Every bottle guaranteed or price refunded. 1 lb Sodio H lbs Cracked Coffee 1 lb Gloss Starch 1 lb Com Starch 1 dozen good Tea Spoons 1 " " Table Spoons Decorated Lamps, regular value $1.25 and *1 50, at 85, SI. 19 81.00 1.00 .03 .05 .04 .10 .04 .04 .35 .45 Perhaps just a word of explanation before the b e g i n n i n g of these letters will m a k e them more readily understood. In August 1897 my husband, Mr . Ourlin and my brother Buiiey Smith l«ft San Francisco for Dawson c i t y intending to go by boat the entire distance. T h e boat called the North F o r k — o n ..which they took passage was very h e a v i l y loaded besides taking in tow a smaller boat called the Mare Island to carry the passengers up the Y u k o n . T h e boat made very slow progress and by the time they reached St. M i c h a e l s Island the season was so far advanced they could proceed no further as ice was already forming on the Y u k o n . S o m e of the passengers—Mr. Carlin included— returned to the states to spend the winter and go in over the Pass in the spring, while others remained on the boat in the canal, and it is of their life from then until the preseut time that is described in these letters. 4 cans best Tomatoes 1 can Plums to close 1 can Stringed Beans to close 1 gallon good Syrup 1 gallon 30c Molasses 1 gallon 40c Molasses .25 .02 .02 .20 •28 moon is a surprise. This month I n fact, "Everything Goes" at a t f u l 1 m o o n [t r o s e a l i U l e e a s t o f thss sale. We are Headquarters D O T t h ' c i r c l e B h i K h h l t l i e heavens for Gloves and Mitts and *e will c o m e s b a c k a n d s e t s a b o u t m t h e same place. I t rose about 3:30 in the afternoon and set about 12 Do not fail to call and get o'clock the next day noon. If we prices—we will save you $ $ $ surprise you on prices. PI i J> S « » * ^ By BAILEY SMITH. Arranged bv M K S . W . C A K U N . C O » T I « U I : U . n o w T h e | 1 w i t h k , a m e g > a a n c i l l g singing and visiting witb $he uoys on the Str. Healey (here in winter quarters) we manage'very well to wear away £hq time. Three- a£ us sunk a shaft here on the low ground to see the nature of the soil and if possible to find something, but the hope of finding gold was not very strong. We went down 50 ft. 40 ft. was"frozen. The next ten soft with no frost after 45. We exploded the theory that one could not get through frost in Alaska. The fifty feet was through muck with uo change. We found plenty of shells, layers of ice, and evidence of made ground from overflows. At 50 ft. we got through muck into a fine black sand, and were hopeful some of reaching gravel possibly, but low! the next morning we had ten feet of water. We took out the water but could make no headway so had to abandon our hopes and hard work of over a month. We did not regret the work as it put us in fine trim, giving us good appetites, good muscle and in fine spirits. This climate is healthy— I never felt better. Have not had even a cold—which was quiet common in the rainy seasons of Washington. We are a mile from the sea, and it is a sight to go out there and walk over the ice. I t is piled and gorged on the shore in places higher than our boat and for two or three miles out you can see great hills of ice which was piled up by the action of the tide while freezing. I t will be a grand sight in the spring to see it ^o out. I would like to be at the mouth of the Yukon river and see the ice come down and pile on the bar and sand spits. Two parties started out from the boat to prospect in the foot hills near by. Dec. 13th 1897. Now I will write you of our winter life. After we were settled we went to work stacking up wood to keep us warm during the winter. We were not able to get to Stewart island, a distance of twelve miles, where we were goifig to put up wood. The ice and cold weather prevented our getting over. We have now about four hours sun. from a little after ten until about two-thirty, about 18 hours darkness G hours light. The sun does not get high enough to 1** make a respectable sun rise. The than all the states east of the Mississippi, and but little prospected away froxu the Yukon. . An Indian carrier came down from Dawson 'las^w^ee^ (1300 mil4s) with » dog team,sent down to report the rival of three boats of ihe No£th American T r a d i n g Co. at Dawson with 600 tons of provisions. 1-1 his meaus there is no starvation at Dawson. News came ^ • w n t h a t mine owners were pay- ^ 0 ) ^ ^ 5 , 0 0 per day for men who h&d a grub stake to work in the mipes. See what we are missing. If (we had reached Dawson with our provisions every mau, no doubt, could have had work as kthey all have a year's supply of provisions. This long winter at those wages nifcaus we could make $5,000 by May. Well we are far from them. But the news is good; it shows the riches of the mines and means that Dawson will be a great place next year. C o n t i n u e d N e x t W e e k As a c u r e tor r h e u m a t i s m C h a m b - e r l a i n ' s P a i n H a l m is g a i n i n g a w i d e r e p u t a t i o n . D . 13, J o h n s o n of R i c h - m o n d , I n d . , h a s b e e n t r o u b l e d w i t h t h a t a i l m e n t s i n c e 1 8 6 2 . I n s p e a k i n g ot it b e s a y s : "I n e v e r f o u n d a n y t h i n g t h a t w o u l d r e l i e v e m e u n t i l 1 u s e d C h a m b e r l a i n * P a i n H a l m . It a c t s l i k e m a ^ i c w i t h m e . My f o o t w a s s w o l l e n and p a i n e d m e v e r y m u c h , b u t o n e g o o d a p p l i c a t i o n ot P a i n B a l m r e l i e v - ed m e . F o r s a l e by F . A . S i g l e r , D r u g t / e s t . LAST rontvrn.' OTATKof MICHIGAN", County of Livingston A i. a session of the Probate Court for said counwere a little further north it would not set to us at all, but circle arouiul, all the time in sight. The sun next J u n e will take the place of tin- moon and we will have all day light and no dark. The beauties of our cold, clear nights, the sun sets, the northern lights, i The first could get no further than cannot be described or painted I j the hills, the snow being too deep have witnessed the northern lights for sledding and traveling; they re- PERFECT SCALES Copppi Plated All Steel Levers, Combination Beam* Catalogue Free. Address, J O N E S o r BlNOHAMTON, BINQHAMTON, N. V> WA . N T 1 M - - . M V , i . i a i i l i l l l l i i l T A N D I I O X K S T persons fo represent OR as Muu:i^v.'i-.> in tlii:; :mil do1-'.' by c o u n - lies. S.ilery $900 a yu.ir :i:id .-varices. Fti-:i!' !i!>n<,-!i !«>, no more, no les-s. I'onitio:. jie, m.uiuu. Our rt'fero"ci.'o, .111» bank in any town. It U mainlv fiio« wor.i conducted ftt IIOCK*. I-lofcreiu'c. Kn« tlosc 8e!f-nHi!ri'8sr<! -.;,in|it'd e n v e l o p e , T H £ here on some evenings that were ty, held at the Proliate Office in the village of t h e g r a n d e s t S i g h t s I e v e r s a w . O i l out arch Howell, on Kridtiv, tlm 2-ltli day of Nov., in the „ i i i • i , i . year one thousand eiKhtlmmir/d and ninety-nine, a d e a r C o l d l l l g h t t h e y COI110 O u t Pre8fiit: AlhirdM. Dnvic, .lud^e of Probate, In i n a l l t h e i r g l o r y , a g r e a t the niatlsr of the fotnti'ul' ' „ „ „ n i .1 .1 SII^. A. II*KT.,* ,.,.•,...*«. ; spans the heavens m the north, On reading and lllin-tlir petition, duly verified t h e n c o l u m n s s h o o t U p t o t h e Z e i l - oj Frank A Barton. prHyin. thai ndminis.rauon j ^ JJ j j k fc of said estate may he granted to himself or some n other suitable person. curtain and move along the sky. Thereupon it is ordered that Tuesday, the 20th S o m e t i m e s t i l " C U l ' t a i n a p p e a l ' s U) day of Dec. next, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at •, . » . , , . . said Probate Office, be assigned for the hearing of i a >" HI t o l a s , t h e l o w e r p a r t 1U said petition. bright brilliant colors of the rain- It is Inrther ordered that a copy of this order be v •, - , - , , . published in the PINCKNEY DISPATCH, a newspap- , b o W ' d a i l C l l l g U p a n d d ( ) W l l , s l l O O t - er printed and circulating in said county, three | i n g aCTOSS t h e s k y , U n r o l l i n g a n d eucceeeive weeks jirevious to Hairl day of bearinj.', Al.KIKl) At. I)AV18, t-51 Judije of Probate, C. L. BOWMAN, Proprietor of The City Market, Corner ol Main and Mill Sts., PINCKNEY, MICH. WILL PAY GASH For fallow, Hides, Pelts, and Dressed Pork. See us before selling your Beef. C.L.BOWMAN. rolling up like great white curtains. The sight is worth coming to Alaska. The winter so far has not been severe, the coldest 14 degrees below zero during the night. Has not been a day but what we could get out and work. Our work has been getting wood and ice for the boat, just enough to give us a little exercise, about 3 hours a day. We get up about day-light, 9, breakfast at 10, dinner at i, lunch at 10 again, and go to bed any time up to 2 o'clock in thV~fi!orniner; a very lazy life, but under the circumstances we could do nothing else. We have considerable reading matter a m o n g us, there being about 30 aboard the boat W o r k i n g Nlffbt' a n d D n y The busiest and mightiest little thin*? that was ever made is Dr. Kind's New Life Pills. Every pill is sutfarcoated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, h&tlessneea into energy, brain*fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building- np the' health. Only 25c per box. Sold bj F. A Sigler, drnggiat turned after a week out. The second met with a disasterous accident. I n digging into the ground they tapped a gas reservoir; the gas ignited from a fire near by, exploded, knocked tlie men down and burned them badly, burned up t h e i r outfit nearly. They walked in, a distance of twelve miles in the cold, which perhaps was the most soothing antidote they could find. St. Michaels is quiet lively this winter—iustead of being shut up with perhaps a white man or two to trade with the Indians, there are over 100 there, working for the trading companies who are preparing for a big season next year. New Companies are getting on the grounds, several new boats will be built to carry the rush of people next season. Alaska will have a future and times will be good here for many years. What it needs is transportation—small steamers to take the miners up the smaller rivers runuing into the Yukon. The Yukon is longer than the Mississippi having half a dozen or more tributaries from 500 to 1,000 miles long. The country is larger Railroad Guide. Hrand Trunk Railway System. Time Table in effect, Nov. 19,1899. R e d H l F r » m ( b e G u n Waa the ball that hit G B Stead man of Newark, Mich in the Civil War. It caused horrible ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. T en Bock len'i arnica salve cured him. Cures cats, braises, b a n s , boils, felona,eorne and akin eruptions. Best pile en re on earth. 25c a box. Care guaranteed. Sold by F. A. Sigler, drugirf. M. A. L. DIVISION -WESTBOUND. No. '27 Paaaencer, Pontiac to Jackaon connection from Detroit 0 44 a m No. 29 Passenger, Pontiac to Jackson, 6:45 p. m. No. 29 has through coach from Detroit to J axon. No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jackaon connection from Detroit 4 45 p m EASTBOUND No. 30 Passenger to Pontiac and Detroit S 15 p « No. 28 Pasennger, J axon to Detroit, 9:1« a. m. No. 528 has through coacb fr*oi Jaxon tn Detroit No. 44 Mixed to Pontiac and Lenox 7 55 a rn All trains daily except Sunday. No 44 connection at Pontiac for Detroit and tor th» west on D A M R R W. J. Klv-n. Agent. Plnckney AND STEAMSHIP LINES* Popular route tor Ann .Arbor, To-1 ledo and points East, South, and for'' Howell, Owosso, Alma, Mt Pleasant - Cadillac, Manistee, Traversa City aad^ points in Northwestern Michigan. * ) W . H . B^NNKT*, V G. p . A, ;i;oftjfo EXPERIENCE K' i TRAOC MARKS DESIGN* COPYRIGHT* 4 a Iqnuvi ention I* probably Com man1 Anyone tending a sketch and description aatf afckly ascertain onr opinion free whether m% r a t e m Lents. ratnte tnrouvn Mann «. uo. receive syeetai notice, without charge, In the y whetl tlon in prob ab) r patentable. ' IdenttJal. Handboo! Airencr forsecurlnjrpai Pat«nta taken through Munn & Co. ttons strictly oonfldenttal. Handbook on Pi sent free, oldest tljr Ol Scientific fltatrkaiu LanrestjSs TenM,*Ts A handsomelr Uluatimtejl eolation of unj sdenufle rear; ffoonnrr nmooortat e, fL St •M&c r DAIRY AND STOCK. BRITISH MEDICAL INSTITUTE 3 0 3 E. Mala SL, JACKSON, MICH. TREATS ALL DISEASES OF MEN AND WOMEN. WFAK UFN restored to vigor and r r c / f n OT&fF vitality. Organs of the body which have been weakened through disease, overwork, excess or indiscretions, restored to full power, strength and vigor by our new and original system of treatment, iSI/UnPFf)C of testimonials bear flWJIwnCtfg evidence of tho (,'ouil results obtained from our method of treating all forms of chronic disease. WE TREATAND CURE Catarrh, Heart Disease, Liver Complaint. Asthma. Syphilis. Tumors, UronJutia, Varicocele, Piles, Fistula. Rheumatism, Sterility, Skin Diseases, Neuralgia* Bladder Trouble, Blood Diseases, Scutica, Lots of Vitality, Youthful Errors, Lumbago, -Dyspepsia, Nervous Troubles, Female weakness, Constipation* Weakness of Men. CONSULTATIOS FRKK. CHARGES HODBRAT*. Hours 9 to 8. Sot Open Suadsyi, UR. HALE IN PERSONAL CHARGE. SPECIAL NOTICE t Those UQ Able to call should tend stamp for question blank fur borne treatment. PAR THE GBEAT JtESTOHATIVE. i r You H t T « a D a i l y F'ariu A d v e r t i s e Y.un Milk Hiid ISuttctiullk. If you have milk to sell and are living upon a road favored by bicyclists hang out a .si^n. (lood patmnage <MM! good prices are the usual results wliere this hits been tried. It you nave • dairy, advertise your buttermilk in the same way. j If your cow h a s a sore treat, try hot water rather t h a n force anything up inside It. Merely have the water as ] hot as the hand can bear It, or a lltj tie lees at first, and let the teat rest in it Cor a quarter of an hour, changing ] the water so as to keep it hot, or a ] little hotter than at the first. Do this i night and morninfe for a few days, using a small pail to hold the water. j No breed is more justly noted for do I clllty, endurance, road ability and i beauty, than the French coacr. De- \ sended from the celebrated postilion | horses of France, they have since been , improve] by a cross with the English \ thoroughbred, making to-day the most '< magnificent roach and carriage horse | in style and action used in London and Paris, and their influence is fast im- ' proving'the stock of the United State*. [ Under no circumstance should the ! bull be trusted, either being handled by attendant or when running loose In the yard, as there are so many cases on record where they have become unruly and attacked their attendant without the least warning. A bull one year old or ove:- should always be dehorned and have a ring inserted in his nose, with rope attached for handling by. And whenever it is possible the T5ull should be handled by a grown-up person: he will then receive kinder '. and firmer treatment than if taken care | of by the boys, because they can not always resist the temptation of teasing the bull, which will be sure to spoil him if he is of a nervous temperament WEST PUTNAM. R o b t . K e l l y w a s i n H o w e l l S a t . u r d a y . L i n c o l n S m i t h i s p a p e r i n g f o r M r s . D . M . M o n k s ' t h i s w e e k . W m . W h i t e a n d wife, of M a r i o n c a l l e d o n 8 . E . B a r t o n l a s t T h u r s - d a y . M i s s K a t e R u e n w a s e n t e r t a i n - e d b y M i s s N e l l i e G a r d n e r l a s t F r i d a y . R o b e r t K e l l y is t h e o w n e r of a fine d r i v i n g h o r s e , p u r c h a s e d f r o m p a r t i e s n e a r H o w e l l . Clifford a n d T r a c y T r i p p v i s i t - e d t h e G a r d n e r B r o s . , W i l l J J . a n d G l e n n , t h e first of t h e w e e k . S e v e r a l f r o m h e r e a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g of t h e A n d e r s o n F a r m e r s ' C l u b a t J a m e s M a r b l e ' s l a s t S a t - u a d a y . Facts to Bemember. T h e original and g e n u i n e Red P i l l s are Knill's Red Pills for W a n people a t 25c box, the womon's r e m e d y . Don't pay 50 cents. You ean work when they w o r k , never gripe or make you sick, Knill's White Liver Pills. Bowel R e g u l a t o r . Twenty-five doses, 25 cents. Pleasant, safe and sure are KniU'^ Black Diarrhoea Pills. Cares s u m m e r complaints, dysentery and all pains of the stomnch and bowels. Only 25 cents box. Knill's Blue Kidney Pill cure backache, etc. Only 2"> cents box. P u r e , sweet stomachs and b r e a t h s are made by t a k i n g Knill's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure indigestion, correct all stomach troubles, destroys all foul gases for 25c box. Best a n d cheapest. G u a r r a n t a e d b v y o u r d r u g - gest. Will Curlett, Dexter. W. B. Darrow, P i n c k n e y . Bar-Ben IB the greatest known \ TUADE MAIiK. nerve tonic and blood purifier. It creates solid fleBh, muscle nnd STRENGTH, clears the brain, makes the blood pur*' uu<l rich, and causes a general fe<'ln>u of 'icalth, n >wcr and renewed vitality, while the rem mtivo 01-1::1:11- are helped to reKitin their n o m a / ;MJ .^:: ip i the sufferer is quickly made conscious <! oir <•: benefit. One box will wcrl; worn!.>;•• • •).v,li; perfectacure. 60ct8. A BOX: t >> >, < <\,, sale by druKKists everywlKTc. <•!••••'.::•.! ,; onreeeipt of price. A<U!n>-~ !»!,••. i •, i > u \ spJD BENSON. UiU-!$trsr.. > . . • ; , • . . . . For sale by F. A. SIGLEB, Druggist Pinckney, - - Mich. A $4.00 BOOK FOR 75cts. The Farmers' Encyclopedia. Every thing pertaining to the affairs of the farm, h o u s e h o l d and •tock raisin?. Em braces artic:lTeas on T h f O u t l o o k . Advices from London show that the Argentine is becoming a close competitor with us in furnishing beef to t h a t m a r k e t There appears to have been a bad failure of clover in some sections of the country. It will be well to make up for the loss by summer seeding. It \e a serious loss to the soil when the clover crop fails. There is likely to be a demand for our potatoes in Cuba. This will affect only the m a r k e t s of the eastern cities. Many eggs are already being1 sent to Havana, but the lack of transportation facilities In t h e way of refrigeration is against the egg trade. The eggs are apt to become like the canned meat seat to the soldiers during the war, rather malodorous. Texas now sends strawberries to Chicago, an indication that Its farmer Intend to grow something besides cotton and steers. There will be plenty of fresh eggs next winters—fresh from ice houses. Of forty-five carloads entering Chicago in one day, the greater part went into cold storage. Potatoes from Scotland and Germany were brought into eastern markets and knocked down prices far old stock late In spring, and also affecting southern shipments. Indications poifit to a Christmas Goods, Christmas Goods, Cl i list mas GOODS. We have in our store, first door west of the bank, the largest line of presents ever before shown in Pinckney. Books, Books of all kinds—Bibles, Dictionaries, Webster's latest International, Webster's Dictionaries, all kinds of Dictionaries. All kinds of Celluoid and Plush Albums, Dressing Cases, Manicure Sets, Cuff and Collar Boxes, Jewelry boxes, Necktie boxes, Glove and Handkerchief cases, Baby sets, Smokers' sets, Looking glasses, Work boxes, Fine box paper, Finest French candies, all kinds of candies and cigars. • We have a complete line of Toys. Our goods are all new and of the latest design. Every thing you may wish at Christmas time. Call and examine our stock and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere. W. B. DARROW. ! MOTlC£. We, the undersigned, hereby affret to rntund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of Baxter's M a n d r a k e Bitters, if it fails to c u r e constipation, biliousness, sick-headache, jaundice, • loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any of tho diseases for which it is reccomended. It is highly reccomended as a s p r i n g tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for e i t h e . . One pack* a g e of either g u a r a n t e e d to give satistaction or money refunded. P. A. Sigler. Will B. Uan-ow. ( 'P s i . - - " '•'-> <2>tte £wrtiieg Qiifitte F L B U d U K D KVBBT THUASDAX slJtt.-W.Su «Y FRANK. J-. A N J i i S v V S Editor and 2*ropriator. Subscription Price $1 ia Advance. Watered tit tue Poatoinoe at Piuoiuey, Michigan, ad second-ciaae mailer. Advertising rate* made Known on application. Business Cards, $4.uo per year. J eatu and marriage noticed puulidueu tree. Annouueeweuta o[ entertainments may oe paid for, it desired, uy presenting m e oJloe witu tioa.- t^tti oi admission, in cade ticket* are nut orou.;4( io tne oiuce, regular rated will oe onarfjed. All matter in local notice comma «vui or* «Ui>, ed ato cenie per une or traction mereot, tor eaca insertion, w'nere no U.ue.d syeeiaea, ail notice* will ue inserted until Jidefcd -usoouauaeu, and will ne cuarged lor Accordingly, ^#".111 onau^ed ox advertideiuenta ALL'si' rea.h tnidonlce aa oai'iy ad TuiidDAK morning to indure an mdertion tna tt_VLUu A l ' t t A . JOS ?>/£/.V I/sYG/ in all ltd urancned, a bpecialty. >Ve naveailsauds) and tne utedt styled ol i'ype, o t c , *niou enaoios u» iO execute ail Kinds oi #orn, sucn aa liootd, iJanipleidI i^oaterd, ^rograniuied, dill ileaUa, ^*ot« xlcaaa, atatcuieula, ^ardd, Anctiuu dills, eUj., ia daperiur styles, upon tne auortebt notice, f riceaas nv a> jioouAorK »;an ue none. ULL LULLS l ' A l . \ i i L ^ r'ulli' Je' ci/di.ti Uo.Sl'U. THE VILLAS DiK^rOKi, VILLAGE OFFICERS. i'aKsioKNT . ..— .....~ i l l J i - -dclntyr* i'ltUdfKds Ci. h. i'li.j.npdon, .Lured .IIJ_I*J, Ouniel iUcnai'da, >eo. dowuiaa, ja.auel I ayiiee, K. O, Jonudou. CLKKK - A,- L ,L ^ i * j i'KEAsuudii »V.K Murphy I A s d i i d b o i t •• vV, A. o a r r I STKKKT Co.»i.aisaioNt;it j..aoand. MAHdAUL A- *•• JL , Y i > . UfcAi.riivJrt'lCEii :.. Jt. a. e . ai^ur A11MHM ^. \V. A. dcr CHURCHES. \yf ETHODIST EPISCOPAL OUUrtCd. I l l Uev. Ciias. sim^sou, padtor. service* every Sundav morning at ld:ao, and every Sunday eveninkr at 7:0i) o'clock. Prayer ineetimr i'auraday evenings. Sunday dcuooi at clode oi niorainy service. L,BAI. SIOLKB, Supt. T h e income from the Monte Carlo gaming tables for the past year reacnes $5,520,000. U a r e irleo F u l l Victims to stomach, liver and kid. ney troubles as well as w o m e n , a n d all The gimlet-pointed screw has been | feel the results in loss ot appetite, poithe horee, the colt, j large domestic crop and moderate prlceases oMhe'noreei j M through the entire season, the farm, grasses! | The hay crop Is light in many sections and prices are likely to be higher than last year. Tt is said that those w h o have contracted to furnish the government bid lower than the hay '•""> be purchased in the market. fruit culture, dairying, cookery,health, cattle, sheep.swine, poultry, bees, the dog, toilet, social life, etc., et«. One of the most complete Encyclopedias in existence. A large book, 8x5J^ x 1¾ inches. 636 pages, fully illustrated, bound In green cloth binding and equal to $4.00. If you desire this book send us our specii offer price, $0.75, and 10.20 extra for postage and other books costing 3ial erprt/, ;__'._", .".""" " . ' _ we will forward the book to you. If it is not satisfactory return it and we will exchange it or refund 5'our money. Send for our special illustrated rataogue. quoting the lowest prices on books, FVS& We can save you money. Address all orders to T H E W E R N E R COMPANY, raMls&trt aaalUBifectwtrt. AJETOB, OhiO. [The Wjgner Company is thoroughly reliable.}—Editor. P. A. Siurler g u a r a n t e e s eyery bot*-p8r. tie of Chamberlins Cough Remedy a n d will refund the money to any one who is not satsified after u s i n g two thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for la grippe, coughs, colds, croop a n d whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevent s a n y tendency of a cold to result in p n e u m o n i a . t mar.-l responsible for more wealth than most ellver mines. According to the Volkszeitung, of Berlin, the month of July saw in Germany sixteen prosecutions for lesemajesty. In Surrey, England, there Is a great poultry fattening establishment, which annually sends about 36,000 Cowls to London. sons in the blood, backache, n e r v o u s ness, headache and tired, listless, r u n - down feel in cr. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J W G a r d n e r ot Idaville Ind, who says: 'Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when be is all r u n down, and don't care whether he lives or dies. It did m o r i to give me new strength and gDod ap- T^ • r, , , ~~~^ 7 7 ~TJ A „ „-„ ' petite than a n y t h i n g I could take. I Dr* Cidy 3 Conditioa Powders are t v J . , , . , . , , , . can now eat a n y t h i n g and have a n e w lust what a horse needs when in b a d ! « •>» , Crt A « . «« ' lease on life. Only 50c at P . A. 8ig» CONUKEOAflONAL CtlUUCH. Kev. 0. W. ltice pastor. .Service every Sunday morning at 10:30 and every aunday evenlag at 7 ;0C o'clock. Prayer meeting Thurso day evenings. Sunday school at close or uxor ainsrservice. H. II. i'eeple , Supt. Kosd Head, ->eo ST MAKY'S 'jAl'tlOLlO CilUttOU. Rev M J. (Jouiuiert'ord, Padtor. Sdrvices everv Sunday. Low made at 1:M 0 clock bigli mass witli eermon at J :¾ a. in. Oirtecnisai at3;U0 p. m., vespers and benediction at , :W p.m. SOCIETIES; The A. O. H. Society of this place, meets every third Sunday in tne b'r. Mattuew Hall. Jonn 1'uotnevaul AUJ iCeiiy, J>a it/ J j l ^ u e a . T T LliAliUK. Meets every Sunday condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25c per package. For sale by F. A. Siglers d r u g store. Every bottle g u a r a n - teed . Business Locals. For Sjil«'. House and lot in the village of Pinckney t-52 II. [sham. I will give $3.50 per cord for popla* delivered at the Hudson pulp-mill. t23 H. L. Stout, Supt. "Some gold-standard politicians believe in the 16 to 1 theory—that it, 16 votes for $1. R -tilts' impress us more when we are i g m r a n t of the process by which tl\c: . : <j attained. About the time a man's argument is evh^'V'ed he begins to l^se Interest in in the subject. The only difference between speculation and peculation is a little crook- tKFuiro!tbe'mwu ednes?, The fact that there is a liU'e crook.-iiness about the letter " s " explains this. El1 WORTH « - , , , - A evening at &.W ocloolc in the M. b. bnurcu, A cordial invitation is extended to everyone especially young people. Mrs. Stella (irabam Pres. / ^ H R i s - r u s KSi)K.vv-)!i s6;iEry:-Niwt. {jlni* every Sund.ty eveuiau at <>;• I*. / « * l £ ? | » Miss Stta Curpeater; se ,r jtary, >I». Q. >V. ttioe. m B E W. C. T. U. meets the first Friday of each 1 monthat^:30p. »1. attiieboineof Or. ti. t. Sieler. Kveryone interested in temperance Is coartially invited. Mrs. Leal Si-ler, Pre*; Mrs. Ktta Durfee, Secretary. The C. T. A. and a. society of this place, meet every third Saturday evening • in the bt. Matthew Hall. John Donohue, President. KNIGHTS OP MACCABKES. Meet every Friday evening on or before fall of the moon at their hall in the Swarthout bid*. Vialtinu brothers are cordially invited. ^ H A S . UastFflgLL, Sir knight Commander f i r i n g s t o n L o ^ S ^ , ? 4 A. M. Kerihw L Communication Tuesday evening, on or hetore W I L T E D : to hire a married raaa to workon the farm, by the year. House furnished. Mrs. H. Clark, Sr. For Male. Mark Sw-:irt!iout. I My ^on h i s be^n troubled for y e a r s I with chronic diarrhoea. S o m e t i m e ago f persuaded him to take some of Chamherlin's Colic, Uholrea and D i a r - rhoer Remedy. After using two bottles of 25-cent size he was cured. I give this testimonial, hoping s o m e o n e About S tons of tine, or coarse marsh hay. similarly effected may read it and be benefited—Thomas 'J. Bower, Glencoe. 0 . For sa'e bv P. ,\. Sigrl«r. d r u g g i s t . Werner's Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms, Kytnology and Familiar Phrases. A book that should be i :i the vest pocket of every person, IHVHUM: it tells you the right word to use. No Two Words in the English Language Have Exactly the Same Significance. To express the precise, meauing that one intend* to convey a dictionary < f Synonyms is needed to avoid r e l - ation. The strongest figure of speech Is antithesis. In this J'ouonaxy the appended Autoii-vis will, therefore, be found exirenu-iv valuable. Contaius many other features such as Mytholofr", _ Familiar Allusions and For- • I n PhraasM, Prof. Lolsette s Memory •/•tern ,4The Art of Merer Portettlng, " e t c . , •<e. This wonderful little book bound in a neat doth binding and tent postpaid for to.25. Full ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets each month the Friday evening following the regular * . AA.M. meeting, Alttd. >LAUV IUAO, W . .vL LADIES OF THE MACCABEES. Aleet every 1st and 3rd Saturday of eaehuioutu at i:-i0 p- m. at K O T. M. hall. Visicin,' ^st.us wrdiatiy ia vi'ted'. LIUA CONiWAS- Lady Com. 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Aguinaldo, according to the inhabit a n t s of Santa Cruz and other towns t h r o u g h which t h e Americans passed, say he and h i s refugee army have gone into t h e mpuja^ains. Uen. Young is still in pursuit and hopes to find the i n s u r g e n t leader in Benguet mountain pass and capture him there. d e n . Young's command was met by a brass band at t h e outskirts of Santa Cruz and h e and his officers were escorted to houses where rest and refreshments were tendered them. After a week's absence in the interior of Luzon. IJen. Young has been heard from, lie reports having arrived at Vigan on the evening of t h e 5th, after an engagement with the enemy at Narbucan. whom he drove to t h e eastward into San ljuentiu Canyau with a loss of one killed and 1>' wounded. The enemy left -5 dead in the trenches, besides a few rifles, several thousand rounds of small ammunition and 40 shrapnel. His troops are now engaged in pressing t h e enemy back. j - I t i s learned t h a t the Filipinos deserted an almost impregnable position at Tagudin 3G hours previous to (Jen. Young's arrival. There were 000 rebels strongly intrenched under command of Gen. Tino, which could have slaughtered a whole brigade while they, were crossing the river. In fact 100 well-deciplincd troops could have withstood a very strong a t t a c k without serious loss. Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar, commandi n g Aguinaldo's bodyguard, -was killed by Maj. Peyton C. March's battalion of t h e 33d infantry, in a fight 18 miles n o r t h w e s t of Cervantes, Dec. 3. In addition to this death 70 other Filipinos were also killed or badl}' wounded. T h e American loss was one killed and six wounded. Maj. March is still in pursuit of the enemy. It is reported that the Filipino commander, Gen. Alejandrino, with his staff, h a s surrendered to tlen. Mac Art h u r , and there is also a rumor that Alejandrino is at Aguilar suffering from a wound received'in a light between insurgents arid bandits and that he will be given an opportunity to surrender and will be properly cared for. A force of insurgents estimated at 800, attacked the" American garrison of 200 at Vigan. province of South I locos. T h e American loss was eight killed and many wounded. After very hard fighting t h e Filipinos were driven off and through the mountains, leaviug 3a dead. Col. Bisbee reinforced the garrison. Eighteen hundred soldiers have been ordered to return home from Cuba. This will leave only 8,000 soldiers on the island and this number will be reduced from time to time. The ordering home of the troops is a preliminary step towards establishing a civil government. Orders have been issued for the remaining four companies of the 41)th infantry, now at the Presidio, San Francisco, to embark on the transport Sherman, which sailed for the Philippines on the 0th. ^. Augustus C. Ledyard, son of Henry 11. Ledyard, of Detroit, was killed in an uprising of native police in a town ou the island of Negros on Dee. Si. Mr. Ledyard was lieutenant of the tith infantry. A force of 100 insurgents attacked a wagon train escorted by 30 men of the 10th infantry on the 0th n e a r Baliuag. A sharp engagement followed. The Filipinos lost 18 in killed and 9 captured^ The records of the treasury of the socalled Filipino government, together w i t h a q u a n t i t y of paper money and Nordenfeldt, was found at Mangatarem recently. The hospital ship Relief, which recently arrived at Manila from Vigan. b r o u g h t 272 sick soldiers and 232 Spanish prisoners. EVENTS OF THE WEEK S T A T E COISSIP. N OUR G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF F O R M . lielodel't Slayer, Uenry Hambtrgtr, of Detroit, • Former Kuplojro of the Murdered M M , has Coafeteod All— IIe«rins »•* 'or Dee. lo. Crop Report. THe Deeember^vrop repojrt issued from the office of the\secr»jtary of state on the 8th does not Wacribo t h e condition of wheat as very flattering. The report says: The condition of wheat, as compared with an average, is 80 in the state, 74 in the southern counties, 87 in the central counties, and 06 in the n o r t h e r n counties. A large majority of the correspondents report wheat as being badly damaged by the liy; a few report the condition good. Late sown wheat, in juauy instances, is as badly infested as t h a t sowed early, which is probably due to the warm, dry w e a t h e r of November. Some iields aiv Inung plowed up for other crops; other iields are being pastured by sheep. Taken as a whole, the crop is seriously damaged, with little prospect for its recovery, eventually. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed by farmers in November at the flouring mills is .)02,347, and at the elevators 10(5,307, or a total of ()tiS,0;>0 bushels. Of this whole amount 538,170 bushels were marketed in the southern four ties of counties, «»5,874 in the central counties and 34,012 bushels in the northern counties. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed in the four months, August-November. is 2,081,403, which is 4,840,103 bushels less than reported marketed in the same m o n t h s last year. At 48 mills and elevators from which reports have been received there was no wheat mark e t e d™ November. The total amount of wheat shipped by railroads from t h e various stations, as' reported for October, is 171.014 bushels. The condition of live stock throughout the state is good. In some counties considerable stock is beVng- fed for market, while in other sections very little is being fattened on account of the price of hay. The condition of horses, cattle and sheep, in the state, is 00, and of swine 07. In most parts of the state fall pasture has been good. While it has been too dry in some parts of the state for pasture to grow, the condition for the state being 87, yet in the main all kinds of stock have done fairly well. A foot of snow fell at St. Joseph on the 4th. A beet sugar factory t o cost $500,000 will be built at liattle Creek by Chicago capitalists. T h e common council of Saginaw will t r y t h e H n g r e o potato patch scheme next summer. Nickcl-in-the-slot machines, stall saloons, poker joints, etc., at Charlotte must go, according to a mandate of the council. Although he has 17 children, Wilson West, of Williamstou, h a s seen but three of them. He w a s stricken blind 30 years ago, at t h e age of 20. Win. C. Poole, aged 22, of Detroit, t h e somnambulist, w h o walked out of a third story window on t h e 7th, died of his injuries the following day. T h e owners of the Shaker farm, near Eau Claire, raised over 10J carloads of sugar beets on 102 acres. This is the champion beet farm ot the state. Mrs. Paulina linker, of Holly, is the possessor of a Hible 300 years old. It CONGRESS ASSEMBLES. London in 1000 and the oath. At the same time Kep. Tay country some years Found SI,000 Worth of rianrier. Judge Bate man of the probate court, of Centerville, on the 5th. ordered that the residence of Mrs. Annie Deline, at was printed in brought to this later. Kepreseutative farmers in the vicinity of Kalamazoo agree t h a t the chances for a good wheat crop in t h a t county are poor because of the ravages of the Hessian ily. School teachers are a scarce article in Tuscola county at present, and t h e school commissioner has to hustle whenever there is a vacany from one cause or another. Cheboygan county farmers are complaining t h a t the w a t e r in their wells is lower t h a n it has been at any time the past year, and they have to haul w a t e r for their stock. Alex. Simpson, of Wyandotte, is not w h a t would be called a handsome man, but he has two wives according to the verdict of the jury. He is now awaiting his sentence on the charge of bigamy. Tuscola county farmers w h o have beans for sale are m a k i n g a good t h i n g out of them at present. T h e r e are uumerous buyers around t h e county offering as much as 51.75 per bushel for them. Pontiac's new bridge, the construction of which has blockaded traffic on the main street of the city for several months past, has finally been completed, and the citizens arc correspondingly elated. During the month of October Cass C o a f i the 0»*h—Beta H O U M Adjoura. T h e opening of t h e 56th congress a t boon on Dec. 4 attracted that widespread attention which always attaches to t h e a n n u a l a*ae*nbling of t h e national lawmakers. There was added interest in the event t h i s year, for the many far-reaching questions awaiting consideration gave unusual importance to the r e t u r n of congress. I u accordance w i t h t h e time honored custom, the oldest member of the house in point of service, Mr. Harmer. of Pennsylvania, administered t h e oath to t h e speaker, David B. Henderson, of Iowa. T h e speaker t h a n announced t h a t the o a t h would be administered to t h e members by states. As the names of the members were called they appeared at the b a r in groups of about a dozen and there with raised hands were sworn in by the speaker. When the name of Brigham IT. llobe r t s was reached in t h e house roll call t h e I'tah member-elect proceeded alone to the area in front of the speaker's desk and awaited the administration of It ia A Ion j time since any measure Xowrt.. of u * b . Kot u h M | *** PgMfc improvement w i t h e Great Lakes h a s occasioned so widespread a n interest as is caused by t h e bill which Hon. J o h n It. Corliss, congressman from Detroit, introduced on t h e »th for t h e construction of a dam across the Niagara river. T h e purpose, of this dam is t o raise and control t h e level of Lake Erie a n d Detroit river, Lake S t Clair, St. Clair river and to a. limited e x t e n t of Lake Huron. T h e bill isbased upon the findings and recommendation of the board of distinguished engineers appointed by t h e l*resident in 1897 to investigate t h e project of constructing a deep w a t e r w a y from t h e tJrent Lakes to tide water. In t h e senate on t h e 7th Mr. Harrisintroduced a joint resolution providingfor t h e limitation of the time a President shall be elected to one term of six years and making t h e t e r m s of members of the house four years. He also introduced a bill for the g r a n t i n g of pensions to persons who nerved in t h e confederate service and afterward in t h e a r m y and navy of the United States. Mr. Roberts, the monuou representative, despite the adoption of the Taylorv of Ohio, secured recognition and, ler resolution, which in terms deprives amidst breathless interest, protested i him of his seat d u r i n g the pendency of against the swearing of Roberts, on the ground of his being a polygamist and not a properly naturalized American citizen. Mr. Taylor spoke calmy and dispassionately, and a t the close offered h i s case, was in the hall t h r o u g h o u t the session on the 7th and occupied the seat lie selected on t h e opening day. The senate in executive session on ., . „ . I * - , ., i * n e 7th confirmed the following anthe following resolution for the ap- I xin+m ,„f . , . ,., . , . . ^ , 7 , . ~p o.i;n„*tm„,e..n.*t of* .a speci-a.il commi•*tt*e e 4t o •i n pomtment s : Joseph W. Fifer, of Ilhvestigate the Roberts case: Whereas, It is charged t h a t lirigham H. Roberts, a representative t o the 50th congress from t h e s t a t e of Utah, is ineligible to a seat in the house of representatives; and, Whereas, Such a charge is made t h r o u g h a member of the house, on his responsibility as such member, and on t h e basis, as he asserts, of public records, affidavits and papers evidencing such ineligibility; Resolved, T h a t the question of the I month. nois, to be a commissioner of interstate commerce; Frederick W. Wines, of Illinois, to be assistant director of t h e census. Congressman Weeks has introduced & public bill to fix t h e term of service of j t h e surfmen in the life-saving service I on the lakes and rivers at 10 m o n t h s out of the year, closing t h e station*. i only d u r i n g J a n u a r y and February, a n d fixing the compensation at $70 per prima facie r i g h t s of Hrigham H. Robe r t s to be sworn in as a representative be referred to a special committee of nine members of the house, to be appointed by the speaker, and until such committee shall report upon and the house decide such question and right. the said Hrigham H. Roberts shall not be sworn in nor be permitted to occupy a scat in this house; and said committee shall have power to send for per- j Rep. Corliss in speaking of his PacifiO cable bill, says he will get it t h r o u g h if he don't accomplish another t h i n g at this session. T H E NEWS C O N D E N S E D Albion Methodists raised 82,510 and cleared their church from debt. Tom Sharkey h a s offered to train sons and papers and examine witnesses j C'orbett for his light with Jeffries and on oath in relation to the subject matof sugar beets, while Kiude, Huron county, shipped $fc\>,000 worth of stock . r • . , . . . City shipped 510,000 w o r t h of live stock; Mendon, be searched to ascertain if she i;Jvd A x c a s m u e h s t o c l c a m i 5 0 c a r U ) a d s had any property to pay for keeping her at the asylum for the insane. The officer found the house completely Mod with plunder, which 1 d 50 sheets, half a ton of soap, scores of lace curtains, silverware and bric-abrac of all descriptions and a valuable shotgun, the goods -amounting in value to more t h a n 81.000. The cellar was also rilled with stove wood. Mrs. Deline had lived as a hermit and had never made use of the stolen articles. Mendon people arc greatly surprised at the result of the search. T R A N S V A A L WAR ITEMS. The h o t t e s t bombardment of t h e siege took place at Ladyamith on Nov. *Q. T h e Boers got a new big gun in position on Lombard's kop, completely commanding the town, and anelled the British camp t h a t day and «ne day following, p l a n t i ng shells w i t h accuracy in the camp of the Gordon Highlanders a n d t h e Manchester regiment, where there were many narrow escapes. On t h e ?d the enemy resumed the bombardment, doing some very offective •hooting. Several of the British guns were shattered by the Boer big gun. The Boer w a r office h a s received t h e list of casualties d u r i n g the sortie from Kimberley, November 28, aa follows: Killed: Maj. Scott-Turner; of the Black Watch; Lieut. C. W. 'Wright of t h e Kimberley Light Horse, a n d 20 non-commissioned officers and men; wounded: Capt. Walleck, Lieuts. Clifford and Watson and 28 uon-commissioned officers and men. I t is said t h e real reason for Consul Macrum'a being relieved is t h a t he is a w a r m Boer sympathizer a n d refused to look after British interests. University Improvement*. I "During the past 10 years permanent improvements amounting to 8527.000 have been made at the University of Michigan. The several improvements and the cost of each are as follows: Two new hospitals, SKSO.OO,); enlargement of dental Amilding, 557.000; enlargement of law building, $25,000; new recitation building. £;';<).out); heating plant. 850.000»-new roof on museum, 85.000; gynasiums. S'M'UKK); dormatory at hospitals, S'.'O.OOO; two sun rooms at hospitals. 81.()(>(); new law building, 8:15.000: additions to library building, S20.o;x>; new roof on main building, 815.000; electric lighting plant on campus. 825,000; electric lighting plant at hospital, §5,000. llamberjcer Mas Confessed. Henry Hamberger, t h e young man' arrested on the charge of murdering John M. Reindel at his place of business in Detroit on t h e evening of t h e 2d, confessed all on the afternoon of the 8th. During his incarceration he had refused to eat anything, and this together with the occasional sweet box questioning caused him to weaken and he admitted all. The only reason for committing the awful deed was for the w a n t of money, according to the boy's own statement. After t h e confession a detective found 827.0(5 stowed away in a box in the barn at the Hamberger residence where the boy said he had hid it. Hamberger will be granted a hearing on the 15th. Sickness In Michigan. Reports t o the state board of h e a l t h show t h a t rheumatism, ne\iralgia, bronchitis, tonsillitis and influenza, in the order named, caused the most sickness in Michigan during the past week. Consumption was reported at aifi places; typhoid fever, 75; scarlet fever, 70j measles, 30; diphtheria, 28; whooping cough, 25; smallpox, 7, and cerebrospinal meningitis at 2. Coldwatcr was visited by a 34,000-flre on t h e 5th. The Hotel Dewey a t Harbor Springs was destroyed by fire on t h e 10th. Loss, 815,000. vgan pi, tiff for 81,000 on the 0th. Mr. Finnegan sued the company on account of the death of his lD-vcar-old son. The electric railway between Detroit and I'ontiac via Farmvngton is all completed except about one mile of the steel. A regular schedule service will probably be the Christinas present of the people living along the line of the road. Between dogs-which are killing numerous sheep, and thieves stealing cows, farmers around Willow are having a hard time now-a-days. The same medicine— large doses of lead administered w i t h a shotgun—is good for both afflictions. Henry Lacoy.. a marine engineer and a brother of James Laeey, or Farmington, committed suicide at the home of his brother on the 4th by hanging himself from a Warn in the barn. Religious insanity is supposed have been the cause. Holly will have another mnmifact u r i n g industry in a short time, in the shape of a handle factory. Work on the construction of the buildings will be begun immediately and pushed rapidly to completion. Local capital is behind the venture. Th'jre is no doubt t h a t the beet sugar manufacturers of the state will sti|l adhere to their determination to instit u t e legal proceedings to compel t h e state to pay them a bounty of One cent ,. per pound on all sugar manufactured during the seven years succeeding 1897; when the general b o u n t y law w a s passed. ter of this resolution Officers of the house are as follows: Clerk McDowall, of Pennsylvania. Sergeant- at-Arms Cascn, of Wisconsin. Doorkeeper (Henn, of New York, and Postmaster MeKlroy, of Ohio. In the shadow of the recent death of its president, Vice-President Hobart, t h e senate convened at noon oh the 4 th in the first session of t h e 50th congress. After the usual routine of business, customary on the opening day, Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, then announced t h e death of Vice-President Hobart and offered t h e following resolutions:' Resolved, T h a t the senate has received with the deepest regret information of the death of Garrett Augustus Hobart, late vice-president »of the United States. Resolved, T>at the business of the senate be suspended in order t h a t the distinguished public services of the deceased and the virtues of his private character may be fittingly commemorated. Resolved, T h a t the secretary of the senate be instructed to communicate these resolutions to the house of representatives. A s a further mark of respect the senate and house both adjourned. C O N G R E S S I O N A L NOTES. t h e ex-champion h a s accepted the offer. Nearly 82,000,000 w o r t h of property was destroyed by fire in the h e a r t of the business section of Philadelphia o a the 20th. F r a n k Erne, of Buffalo, and Jack O'Brien, of New York, fought 25 rounds a t the Coney Island Sporting club on t h e evening of the 4th, and at the end of the bout, Referee Geo. Silcr declared t h e tight a draw. Deputy Game Wardens Bennett and Atkinson seized a q u a n t i t y of venison at the Michigan Central depot, Bay City., on the 27th, shipped from the north without a license t a g attached. I t was consigned to Plymouth and Oxford. A tfain of 14 refrigerator cars, containing salt pork intended for the British army in South Africa, was wrecked near Kenilworth, 111., on the Milwaukee division of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad on the 3d. The cars were completely demolished, b u t it is believed the greater p a r t of the pork can be saved. CASUALTIES. Quincy, Mass.—Fire in the ear sheds of the Quincy & Boston Street Railway company destroyed the sheds, an office building and eighteen box cars. The loss is estimated at $60,000. Salem, Ind.—The public school building was totally destroyed by Are. The probable" cause was defective heating apparatus. The building was valued at $20,000 and insured. Cadillac, Mich.—The Cadillac Stave and Heading company's mill wa3 consumed by fire. In&uved for $£,600, which coreni the loss. ScottBtttle, Ky.—The large planing mill of Ivove, Boyd ft Co. was destroyed by fire. Lots estimated at $10,000, partly covered. Pottstown, Pa.—The po~/der worko of Jnmes S. Miller, near Sumneytown, were wrecked by an explosion. Three men were killed and several others ifc J'ir*d; . fr Another sorrow had fallen upon the senate before it convened on the fith. It was the death of Senator-elect Hayward, of Nebraska. While he was not officially a member of the body, he was in every other sense regarded as such. Senator Teller, w h o represents the free silver Republican group in the senate, says t h a t he t h i n k s it will requite three or four months to pans the financial bill. He said Democrats and free silver men'would not a t t e m p t obstructive methods, but would go on record In sprfsWhwi* Others believe the bill wiU be passed within 00 days. " T h e r u s h of bills in the house of r c n v resentttttres on-tire~*th. was the greatest in the memory of house officials, the total being 861 bills public and private and 30 resolutions. T h e financial bill drafted by a special Committee of Republican members was introduced in t h e house by Rep. Overstreet, of Indiana, on t h e 4th and accorded the distinction of being bill No. 1 on the records of t h e house. Sen. Chandler on t h e 0th introduced bills applying t h e e n s t p m s and internal revenue laws of the United States to t h e islands of Cuba and Porto Rico after J a n . 1, 1000. Goods between the isla n d s a n d the United States are to be exchanged as between the states. Nearly 800 bflhjand joint resolution*, several important concurrent resolution a n d petitions numbering hundred^, were presented to t h e Senate on the 0U>. A majority of t h e bilU were old stagers. A few were of national interest and importance. Mr, Aldrieh had t h e honor of introducing the first measure In t h e senate. I t was the financial bill d r a w n by the senate committee on finance, of which Mr. Aldrieh is chairman, and probably w a s t h e most important measure in- I troduced on the flth. j In a fire at Philadelphia, Pa., on the loth, t w o persons lost their lives imd S.T),()00 w o r t h of property was destroyed. The powder w o r k s of J a m e s S. Miller, near Sumueytown, Pa., were completely wrecked by an explosion on the 7t-U and three men were killed and several others injured. A syndicate headed by Tom L. and Albert Johnson, t h e street car mag" n a t e s of Cle^jghind, will build a street railroad in Honolulu and on Oahu island, on which the capital of the Hawaiian islands is situated. Electric lines will not only be built within the city limits but suburban lines will be constructed leading to t h e different points of interest and business n e a r the city. THE MAF L I V E 8 T New Y»rk— Cattle Ilest fr radon 94 50?ft« 30 Lower grades...» &J®4 75 IMllOARO nest grades S 60^7 3"> Lower Kradea.. .4 fx)&& 50 D e t r o i t — Best Rrade* 3 7*r?;4 75 Lower grades.. .sj'MGfrd 75 lluffalo— Lower grades.. .2 i%,3 GJ Cincinnati— Lower grades.. .3 Qb&l &"> I'Utuburg— Hen prade.s 5 7S@8 JO Lower xrudts.. ,4 (XX&4 50 G R A I N , • \VheiU. ?KETS OCK. • Sheep Lfu?b<< W 51 3 2o 4 75 k 85 4 01 a o j 4 8fc. 4 00 ' 4 ZS 3 75 « 4 33 3 4tt ETQ. Corn, No. 2 red No. 2 mix N e w York 7#fc7.»x C h i c a g o 7Crj}70>4 • D e t r o i t 7*a7i* T o l e d o 71<&71«4 Cincinnati ?0@?0^ P t t U b n r g 7 ¾ ^ ¾ llnffulo 74071¾ XKSJ84 mm 83&03* 8 i ® s m &X&SSV4 8S&»Vi smM% ifl 01 4 75 5 50 4 Ov) 5 00 4 60 ft 50 4 0) 5"jn 4 75 ''• * 5 51 5 00 Hopr* u oa 3 do 4 10 3 85- i 05 3 90* 4 20 3 7J 4 00 3 75 4 10 4 95 Oatn. No. -3 white a^'/i, 2*^24 >i SflftSO*; S4&S4 Sft&26* S&&23H 27®27Ji •Detroit—Hay. No. 1 Timothy, 911 60 per ton. Potatoos, 85c per bu. Live Poultry, upring: chicken*, 7c per lb; fowls, Oo; turkeyn, U^o; ducks. Ho. Egtf". Ntriotly fresh, U>o per dozerv Butter, bunt dairy, Sic per lb; creamery, :26c. AT HOME AND AMOAB t 0 l f j E S T MAN IN AMEtttC* A SUMMARY OF T H E NEWS FOB , J H E WEEK. ©Y WIRE. T h e K e n t u c k y I k w r t o f E l e c t i o n s O S * c u l l y A n n o u n c e T h « t t h e K s p u b l i e s n S t * t e T r c k e t w u E l e c t e d — K e n t u c k y N e t - r o M u r U e r e r B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . T h e M e x i c a n * a n 4 Iuctlttns F i g h t . I n f o r m a t i o a f r o m O r t u , i*tate o f S o n o r a , M o x l , , . s * t a t » j s . . t f m f c J r l u p d M } T e r - h u u c , u u e x p e r t l a i n i u g e n g i n e e r , w h o h a s b e y n i n t h e m i n e s i n t h e Y a t j u i c o u n t r y f o r s o m e m o n t h s p a s t , h a s a r - r i v e d l i t O r t i z . H e a n n o u n c e s t h a t s i n e e N o v . 18 t h e Y a q u i I n d i a n s a n d t h e M e x i c a n m i l i t a r y f o r c e s h a v e h a d s e v e r a l e n g a g e m e n t s , a t t e n d e d w i t h l o s s o f l i f e a n d a n u m b e r o f w o u n d e d . T h e first o f t h e s e e n g a g e m e n t s w a s o n t h e a b o v e d a t e , j u s t n o r t h o f C o c o r i a n d d u r i n g t h e e n g a g e m e n t t h e r e w e r e 4 8 I n d i a n s a n d five s o l d i e r s k i l l e d o u t - r i g h t . I n a d d i t i o n t h e r e t o t h e r e w e r e 2 5 s o l d i e r s w o u n d e d a n d s o m e t h i n g o v e r 100 s q u a w s a n d I n d i a n c h i l d r e n c a p t u r e d b y t h e m i l i t a r y f o r c e s . T h e s e p r i s o n e r s w i l l b e s e n t t o ( J u a y a m a s b y t h e m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s t o b e h e l d a s h o s t a g e s . T h e p l a c e w h e r e t h i s e n - g a g e m e n t t o o k p l a c e i s o n t h e Y a q u i r i v e r , j u s t a t t h e e n t r u n c e t o t h e m o u n - t a i n s . T h i s s e c t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y i a v e r y h e a v i l y w o o d e d a n d h e n c e t h e e n - g a g e m e n t w a s c o n d u c t e d o n t h e u s u a l g u e r r i l l a w a r f a r e o r d e r . T h e M a i n e D e a d . A s s i s t a n t S e c r e t a r y o f t h e T r e a s u r y A l l e n h a s r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r f r o m C a p t . J . (.r. G r e e n , c o m m a n d a n t o f t h e n a v a l s t a t i o n a t H a v a n a , s a y i n g t h a t c o n - t r a c t s h u v o b e e n e x e c u t e d f o r e x h u m - i n g t h e r e m a i n s o f t h e d e a d o f t h e b a t - t l e s h i p M a i n e , b u r i e d i n C o l o n c e m e - t e r y , a n d s a y i n g a l s o t h a t t h e y c a n b e r e m o v e d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a t a n y t i m e a f t e r D e c . 1 5 . T h e b a t t l e s h i p T e x a s , w h i c h w i l l b e u s e d f o r t h t t r a i s - p o r t a t i q n o f t h o s e r e m a i n s , i s n o w o n h e r w a y f r o m B r u n s w i c k , G a . , t o H a m p t o n R o a d s , w h e r e s h e w i l l c o a l a n d p r o v i s i o n a n d t h e n s t a r t f o r H a - v a n a . T h e s e r e m a i n s a r e t o b e b r o u g h t t o ^ Y a s h i n g t o n a n d r e i n t e r r e d i n t h e n a t i o n a l c e m e t e r y a t A r l i n g t o n , w i t h f u l l m i l i t a r y h o n o r s . H e a d y t o F i g h t a l l N a t i o n s . T h e F i g a r o p u b l i s h e s a n i n t e r v i e w o n t h e 1 0 t h w i t h M . L o c k r o y , f o r m e r F r e n c h m i n i s t e r o f m a r i n e , i n t h e c o u r s e o f w h i c h h e s a y s : " T h e B r i t i s h n a v y - I s t w i c e a s s t r o n g a s o u r s . I t i s a b l e t o o p p o s e s i m u l t a n e o u s l y t h e n a v i e s o f F r a n c e a n d t h e t r i p l e a l l i a n c e . E v e r y w h e r e F r e n c h fleets a r e s t a t i o n e d t h e y a r e c o n f r o n t e d b y t w i c e o r t h r i c e t h e i r s t r e n g t h . F r a n c e m u s t h a v e c a b l e s . G r e a t B r i t a i n ' s p o r t s a r e a l l c o n n e c t e d a n d t h e B r i t i s h a r e r e a d y f o r w a r t o m o r r o w , i f n e c e s s a r y , w i t h e v e r y n a t i o n o n t h e g l o b e . " 3 3 K i l l e d In a M i n e E x p l o s i o n . A b o u t n o o n o n t h e (.)th t h e q u i e t c o a l m i n i n g v i l l a g e o f C a r b o n a d o , W a s h . , w a s s t u n n e d w i t h t h e f i r s t r e p o r t o f 9 t e r r i f i c s u b t e r r a n e a n e x p l o s i o n i n t h e m i n e o f t h e C a r b o n H i l l C o a l c o m p a n y , t h e t u n n e l s o f w h i c h r u n f o r m i l e s u n - d e r t h e t o w n . T h e v i c t i m s o f t h e h o r - r o r n o w n u m b e r 32 d e a d a n d 5 i n j u r e d . T w o m e n w e r e r e s c u e d t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y a f t e r b e i n g e n t o m b e d f o r I S h o u r s . T h e d i s a s t e r w a s t h e r e s u l t o f a f i r e d a m p e x p l o s i o n . K i g F i r e a t R e a d i n g . O n e o f t h e m o s t a p p a l l i n g fires t h a t h a s e v e r v i s i t e d R e a d i n g , P a . , o c c u r r e d o n t h e 7 t h w h e n t h e e x t e n s i v e h o s i e r y m i l l o f N o l d e & H o r s t C o . , t o o k fire, d e s t r o y i n g t h e p l a n t , c a u s i n g t h e d e a t h o f o n e p e r s o n , M i s s L o u i s a C l a y , a n d i n j u r i n g 57 o t h e r e m p l o y e s o f t h e c o m - p a n y . Of t h e 5 7 p e r s o n s w h o w e r e i n - j u r e d , 3 0 a r e s e r i o u s l y h u r t . T h e r e - m a i n d e r o f t h e 5 7 h a d h a n d s o r f a c e s b u r n e d , l i m b s b r u i s e d , o r o t h e r w i s e i n - j u r e d . B u r n e d a t t h e S t a k e . D i c k C o l e m a n , t h e N e g r o m u r d e r e r o f M r s . L a s h b r o o k , w a s t a k e n f r o m t h e o f f i c e r s a t M a y s v i l l e , K y . , b y a m o b o f 1 , 0 0 0 m e n " o n • t h e tJth a n d b u r n e d a t t h e s t a k e . T h e m o b , l e d b y t h e h u s b a n d o f t h e N e g r o ' s v i c t i m , d r a g g e d t h e s h r i e k i n g c r i m i n a l t h r o u g h t h e p r i n c i p a l s t r e e t s o f t h e t o w n , o f 8 , 0 0 0 i n h a b i t a n t s , b o u n d h i m t o a s m a l l t r e e , s e t fire t o b r u s h a n d t o w a b o u t h i m , a n d s t o o d g u a r d u n t i l h e w a s d e a d . T a y l o r E l e c t e d G o v e r n o r . The Kentncky state board of elections on the 8th gave out their official findings that \V. S. Taylor for governor and the rest of the Republican ticket have been ejected on the face^ of the returns. Certificates of election were ordered issued to each candidate thereon. Taylor will be inaugurated on the 12th. F r a n o n M a d e a' D e m a n d o h C h i n a , T h e f r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t h a s f o r m a l l y d e m a n d e d t h e d e g r a d a t i o n o f t h e v i c - e r o y o f C a n t o n b e c a u s e t h e o r d e r t o e x e c u t e t h e C h i n e s e m a g i s t r a t e w h o w a s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e m u r d e r o f t w o F r e n c h o i K e e r s a t M o n t a o h a s n o t b e e n e a r n e d o u t . T h e T s u n g - L i - Y a m e n w i l l p r o b a b l y r e f u s e . A t l a s t a j u r y i n t h e M r s . M a r i e B u t - t e r f i o l d S a n d e r s o n m u r d e r t r i a l w a s s e - c u r e d / o n t h e 7 t h . Tells Hove He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Feruna. Mr. Isaac Drcc\c, tho Oldest Man in t h e U n i t e d States. Mr. I s a a c Broclr, o f M c L e n n a n c o u n t y , T e x . , h a s a t t a i n e d t h e g r e a t a g e o f 111 y e a r s , h a v i n g b e e n b o r n i u 1738. H e i s a n a r d e n t f r i e n d t o F e r u u a a n d s p e a k s o f i t i u t h e f o l l o w i n g t e r m s : " D u r i n g m y l o n g l i f e I h a v e k n o w n a g r e a t r u a n v r e m e d i e s f o r c o u g h s , c o l d s , c a t a r r h a n d d i a r r h o e a . I h a d a l w a y s s u p - p o s e d t h e s e a f f e c t i o n s t o b e d i f f e r e n t d i s - e a s o x , b u t I h a v e l e a r n e d f r o m I>r. H a r t - m a n ' s b o o k s t h a t t h e s e affe- t i o n s a r e t h e s a m e a n d a r e p r o p e r l y c a l l e d c a t a r r h . " A s f o r D r . H u r t i n a n s r e m e d y , F e r u n a . I h a v e f o u n d i t t o b e t h e b e s t , i f n o t t h e o n l y r e l i a b l e r e m e d y f o r t a i ' s e afife - t i o n s . "Peruna Jut* been my stand-by for many yearn, and I attribute my fjootl liealth ami my extreme age to this remedy. It exactly meets all my requirement*. "I h a v e c o m e t o r e l y u p o n i t a l m o s t e n - t i r e l y f o r th m a n y l i t t l e t h i n g s t o r w h i c h I n e e d m e d i c i n e . I b e h o v e i t t o b e e s p e - c i a l l y v a l u a b l e t o o l d people.'" I s a a c B r o c k . C a t a r r h is t h e g r e a t e s t e n e m y o f o l d a g e . A p e r s o n e u t . r e l y f r e e f r o m c a t a r r h is_sure t o l i v e t o a h a l e a n d h e a r t y o l d a g e . A froo. b o o k o n c u t a r r h s o u t b y T h e T e r ' a n a M e d i - c i n e C o . , C o l u m b u s , O. Tra^cJF T u u k t f o r F r e i g h t K a c l & e e . The use or track tanks by which locomotives of high speed passenger trains may take water without t o p - ping is almost universal on the larger Eastern reads, Where fast expresses are the rule. The B. & O. R. R. haa a number between Washington and Philadelphia and Intends to equip the entire Main Line in the future. This decision was recently arrived at through the us3 of passenger locomotives, equipped with water scoops, on fast freight trains. It was found that much time was saved, danger from stopping, being reduced to a minimum and cost of running lessened. The extra stops for water take much time and the wear and tear *on equipment is no small matter. If the experiment on this part of the road proves successful, track tanks will be installed on every division between Baltimore and Chicago. As a starter, the 50 new Vauclain compound engines recently ordered will be fitted with water scoops. READ WHAT A VOX « 0 D A T S TOO G A S T * t XX T O S l b UfeWXS. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN U*ellwOTid< Hat to say who baa bad 35 YEARS of aotif a taotice e! Medietas. X h a w * c * e r before l a m y 35 y e a r * o f practice of m e d i c i n e g i v e n njrferstiafctnrial of r e com men* datkm t o a n y pate at laedicine, hut there hi a remedy, the rssnlt of w h i c h ha* c o m e under a y o w n oheervatie*; for there 1* n o Disease w h i c h h a s eo baffled the medica.1 *)li£ of air a g e s a» Rhanaea* ttoae and to find a t e l l a b l e reaiedy for the s a n e . A t l a * w e h a r e found it in " j D r o p * , " m a a n - S c t e J e d W t h e ftwaanao RbMtaaasic Cur* C o m p a n y , C k t c a f o . IU, T h e " a D R O P S . " h a * p r o v e n M enratire p o w e r in RbeumatJsar, s o t a s a T e m p o r a r y R e l i e v e r o o l y , bat t o g i v e a P e r a n a e t t t Cure e r e n In c h r o n i c cases. S o m e t i m e a g o , 1 h a d a m o n g o t h e r s several Rheumatic c a s e s under my t r e a t m e n t a n d prescribed for these p a t i e n t s t h e very best R e t a e d k * w h i c h I s k i l l f u l l y selected, bat without desirable results. I t h e n heard o f " j D R O P S " a n d o f its >V—wtsiful C u r e s , a n d prescribed H t o a few p a t i e n t s w h o found relief from its use w i t h i n a f e w day*. After that I prescribed It to a zreat number a a d to m y surprise, X w i l l s a y t h a t in the course of T w o e r T o r * * W e e k * after tbey h a d u s e d • ' 5 D R O P S " and " 4 B r o p " P i a s t e r s t h e y w e r e Cured. A m o n g these w e r e a l e w w h o bad. Tor a n u m b e r o f y e a r s , been suffering w i t h C h r o n i c RbettsnatUia, w h s had piloted t h e m s e l v e s around ou C r u t c h e s . T h e y c a m e to m y o f t c e w i t h o u t Crutches a a d told ine thev w e r e perfectly W e l l . T h e y give all the credit t o **s DROPS'* and t o ' " 1 D r e p " P i a s t e r * a n d t h i s i s their testimony t o t h e S w a i s — 1 R h e u m a t i c Cure C o m p a n y for their k i n d n e s s and for t h e conscientious d i wonderful for it fSSf DROP [TBADE-MAOK.! W h y S u f f e r W i t h P a i n * I.lchtnlng Hot i>rop» atops U a t o a i e ; 25c a bottle. All druggists. Herb Medtelne Co., Sprlofiaeld, O. The father of Oliver Cromwell w a s a country g e n t l e m a n of s m a l l meatis. Marshal S u c h e t w a s u ailk-winder's boy, and enlisted In the ranks. a y in w h i c h t h e y are p l a c i n g these Wonderful R e m e d i e s a m o n g suffering humanity, w h i c h t h e y told rae t o w r i t e to t h e C o m p a n y a s a n a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t . 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Smyth Co. shown in another part of this paper, in which they offer an elegant guitar for $2.G5. I The firm is thoroughly reliable. Get their catalogue of everything to eat, wear and use. JTry Grain=0! | A s k y o u G r o c e r t o - d a y t o s h o w y o u ^ a p a c k a g e o f G R A I N - 0 , t h e n e w f o o d • d r i n k t h a t t a k e s t h e p l a c o o f c o f f e e . £ . T h e c h i l d r e n m a y d r i n k i t w i t h o u t • i n j u r y a s w e l l a s t h e a d u l t . A l l w h o • t r y i t , l i k e i t . 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Circular freo> ®& MTERSINK m : ¾ rhi* Guitar is made of the finest imitation mahogany with either solid rosewood or walnut fingerboardt pearl fpfajd position dots and German silver raised frets: it has fancy inlay around sound, hole and best quality American patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; it is strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to play upon. E v e r use It? Y o u should. THIS ELEGANT GUITAR FOR $2.65 K o m o r e , n o l e s s , than 5,000 o f t h e m , p r o b a b l y the l a r g e s t contract iu g u i t a r s over mafia — a n instrument t h a t positively &Mi3 from $3.30 to ¢7.00. W h e n this l o t lis e x h a u s t e d w e c a n n o t d u p l i c a t e th>3 offer. Quantity talks. Only by opera t i n g o n such a b i s scale, t o g e t h e r with o u r w e l l - k n o w n sjoiall proflt policy, could s u c h a n offering be possible. A n o t h e r • r e a s o n - f o r diapensinK s u c h a bargain b r o a d c a s t is the confidence w e feel t h a t every g u i t a r sold will win for n s a perm a n e n t patron a n d a friend w h o s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n we can c o u n t u p o n . Wo v/ill f o r w a r d t h e guitar t o any address C. O. D . , subject to e x a m i n a t i o n , u p o n receipt o f 50c. We, however, advise t h a t c a s h i n full be sent, as that savea return c h a r g e s for money and w e stand perfectly ready t o refund m o n e y if t h e g u i t a r is n6t all and more t h a n w e c l a i m for i t . R e m e m b e r our s p e c i a l price o u 5.000 of t h e m o n l y is $2.65 wjam-amjiTTM m ' i n B i i i m •iiwsgHK- r * U U 6 F O R $ 7 . 5 0 W o r t h Ikiwo DIRECT FROM FACTORY, FREIGHT PREPAID. H£?£DE FURNITURE !s l a e ILO-H ; c c c p t t b l e H o l i i iiy if t. Ourgi od.s are It..own iJiroi.>,..uut *V>o w o n u for ilu:ir excellence o ' w o r k m a n s h i p at-J l',nUh. OAK DINING CHAIR » . ' , " „ « , ? £ fully finish, d. h a s h:ind caned svat. o i n a - meiivul e m b o s s e d ln„'k, sbar:«0 front. I s i.$uullv retaileil at $itu»d per it.i. UPHOLSTERED ROCKER 273.- ¾ either Oak or Maho^auy finish, h u n d s o m c e m b o s s e d carvings, beautiful turnings, well braced a n d l i c h l y tipholstered in h « a v y Velour of s v p e r i o r q u a l i t y , in fancy colors, K e t a i l s e< ii.rn). W h e n c a s h a c c o m p a n i e s order, e'ther Rocker or Olutir, will be shipped freight prepaid. P u r c h a s e price to be refunded f not ss'tisfactorv. Wb h m T e v e r y t h i n g in the line of F u r n i t u r e . '."Trite and s t a t e what y o u want, C A T A L O G U E F R E E . S A L E S M E N W A N T E P - M u s t furnish gilt edge r e f e r e n c e s . iamL£SKt3Sr<w%m\»t u n s n G. R. WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich In which is listed at lowest wholesale prices [everything to eat w e a r and use,is furnish* ed on receipt of only 10? to partly pay postage or expressage and as evidence W good faith the 10? is allowed on first ^purchase amounting to >!?? or above. 4 'fll OUR MONTHLY 6H0CERY PHlCt LIST »>££-)Q j S e n d P t o n r e f o r t h i s n e w t w o - s t e p m a r e b . It h a s t h e f u l l s w i n g a u d t h e a i r is c a t c h y a n d e q u a l t o Sv>Uvsa'.->. S e u d 10 c e n t s i n m o u e y o r s t i r u p s t o G e o r g e C. J o h n s t o n , A l l e n B u i l d i n g , C i n - c i n n a t i O h i o BI6 DYE HOUSE. "Wearing apparel, such sa ball and puny costume*. strwt and house pi wns snd all other cias*ea of wearing apparel, Including men's, cleaned and dyed and given every appearance of new parmentg. curtains, portlerres, silk or woolea, drsp€r>', blanketu, etc., ileaned and dyel by the latest and most approved methods and at reasonable prices. No rfpphiRof garments nrcetsary. Tailors' urderu receive prompt attention. Send for particular* and prices. At'eDtf wanted 8. GOLliSTKLN 3TKAK DTK WOkXS, 184 ». Clark Str*«.i, Chle*c». n D H D Q V N E W OSCOVERY. &?** L l l % V l %# Y quick relief and cures w o n t ca.«e«. Dook of testlmonla * «ud 10 DATS* treatment FttKlu DR. II. II. *.UKt\-S SONS, 3ax K, AUSBU, Ua. CHEAP FARMS DO you wurr« H O K I l i l f l f l f l l l A P R C Q Improved and unimproved I U U | V | U U R u n C « farmlDir lands to l.e divided anil t*,>ld on long time a a d e a s y p a y m e n t s , a llttla euch year. Come and see tut or wrlre. THK TRUMAN Mt»»S STATK UANK.^atiilao Center. Mich., or The Truman Moss Estate.Croiwotl, Sanilac Co.,Mich, W . N . U . — D E T R O I T - - N O . 5 0 - - \3 9 9 V o e o A o s K t r i a g A d v ^ r t i s e m e a t s K i i v U y M e n t i o n T h i s f a o e r . . 0®00@®®®0®®®®0®0®©©©©©©©®®®^^®®®©© Headache Sick headaches! Always trace them to a lazy liver or a sick stomach. Poisonous matter, instead of being thrown out, is reabsorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes congestion and that dull, awful, throbbing, sickening pain, CASCARETS remove the cause by stimulating the liver, making the poison move on and out, and purifying the blood. The effect is almost instantaneous. Ladies, whose sensitive organisms are especially prone to sick headaches, do not suffer, but find relief in CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Look out for Imitations and Counterfeits J THIS IS THE TABLET 10* 25c 50c DRUGGISTS CASCARETS are absolutely harmleit, a pareTr•ejetable eoapotrad. lTo tnerenTial or other mineral pill-poison i n Caacareti. Caacarets promptly, effectiyely and permanently cure eyery disorder of the Stomach, Liver aad Intestines. They not only cure constipation, but correct any and every form of inegularity of the b o w e l s , including diarrhoea and dysentery. Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do^oed. Wever sicken, w e a k e n or jripe. Be sure you get the genuine I Beware of imitations and substitutes t B u y a box of CASCARBTS t o - d a y , and if not pleased in every respect, g e t your money back!. Write-us for bookletand free sample! Address STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO or HEW YORK. S74 Q®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®8®®< • :4 • : < "v« •!•« K«r. »•:•< K < •*.< «•.< CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS AT MONROE BliOS' Come to us and we will do all in Our power to make your Christmas a Merry one. Christmas Handkerchief Sale. Largest und finest variety of Haudkervhiefs evi-r placed in our store. Fancy Colored Border Hdkfs at le, 3c and 5c. All Linen Hem-stitched Hdkfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Hem-stitched Kmb. and Lace trimmed Hc|kfs. at 5c, 10c and 15c. Elegent line Ladies' tine Hdkfs. at "JO, l>5, 35, 40, 50 and 75c. Gents Hem-stitched Hdkfs. «t 5, 10 and 15c. Gents line Linen Hdkfs. at 15, 20, 25, 35 and 40c. Gents Initial Hdkfs. at Kk;. Genu Silk Hdkfs. at 25, 40 and 50c. Child rens' Initial Hdkfs. 3 in a box for 25c. Be sure and visit our Handkerchief Booth. Christmas Ribbons. Special Sale of All Silk Ribbon, All Shades. No. 2 Ribbon 3c. No. 12 Ribbon 9c. No. 5 Ribbon 4c, Xo. 16 Ribbon l i e . No. 7 Ribbon 5c. No. 22 Ribbon 13c. No. 9 Ribbon 7c. Christmas Gifts in Ladies' Furnishings. Fur Colla'retts from 82.50 up to $12.00 Fur Collars from ¢2.50 up to $8.00. Ladies' Dressing Sacques at 50c, 1.00, 1.50 and $2 00. Ladies Wool Waists (special values) a t . . . 1.50, 1.75 and #2.00. Ladies' Mercerized Wais.s, Silk finish 1.00. 1.39 and ¢2.00. Ladies' Black Crepon Dress Skirts |C 00 quality for $3.95. Ladies' Underskirts, Mercerized Goods 1.00, 1.50. 2.00'and $3 00. Ladies' Knit Lander-skirts at .. .50c, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50. Ladies' Dress Wrappers. 69c 1.00, 1.39 and $1.76. Ladies' Facinatore 25, 35, 50, 05, 75c, 1.00 1.25, 150 and $2.00. Ladies' Silk Umbrellas 1.00, 1.25. 1.50,2.00, 2 TO .md ¢3.00. Ladies' Kid Mittens 50c, 1.(0, 1 50 and $200. Ladies' Kid Gloves 1 00 and $1.50. Ladies' Underwear from 19c up to $1.50. Special reduction in all Cioaks for Christmas All $5.00 Jackets for $3.98. All $7.50 Jackets for .$5.00. All $8.50 Jackets for $6.50. All $10.00 Jackets for. All $12.00 Jackets for. ..$7.50 .$8.75. Christmas Gifts in Gents Furnishings. Largest Stock of Up-to-date Neck-wear in Howell. New Shapes and Beautiful Patterns 25c and 50c. Gents Silk Mufflers, shaped and lined 25,.ri0c, 1.00 and $1.50 Gents Jersey knit Mufflers, Sweater Collar. 25, 50, 75c and $1.00. Gents Brocade Silk Neck Scarf 25, 50c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents fine Kid Gloves 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 and $2.00. Gents fine Kid Mittens 50c and $1.00. Mem' work Gloves and Mittens. 25, 50c and $1.00. Gents Silk Umbrellas .1.00, 1.50, 1.75 and $2.00. Gents Over-shirts 50, 75c, 1.00 and $1.50. Gents Underwear from 25c up to $3.00. Appropriate Christmas Gifts in Shoe Dept. Ladies' Felt Slippers, Fur Trimmed, black and brown . $1.00 Ladies' Fancy Slippers, fur ttimmed, black and tan $1.50 Gents Fancy Slippers 75, 1.00 and 1.50 Ladies' and Gents' fine Shoes, all the Up-to-date styles. Ladies' Over-gaiters 25, 50, 75, 85 and $1.00 Genes' Over-^aiteiB 50 and 75c Over Shoes and Rubbers, all styles for everybody. Lamb Wool Soles, all styles. Men's and Boy's Felt Boots and Rubbers. Men's and Boy's Socks and Rubbers, Best quality Felt Boots, 4 Leather Stays 50c Special Christmas Gifts. We have just purchased at a great under value price, a large and elegant line of Pillow Shams, Doilies, Dresser Scarfs, and Table Covers. The beautiful patterns and Low Prices will Surprise you. Table Linen and Napkins. Moquett Rugs $1.00, $2.00 aad $3.00. Chenile and Tapestry Drapery Curtains and Table Covers. Fancy Head Rests. Bed Spreads at 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 and $3.00. Fine Line Fancy Towels. Bed Blankets at 48, 59, 75, 85, 1.00, 1.25,1.50 and $2.00. Childrens' Fur Muffs and Collars. Christmas Candy Sale. Choice New Stock at about ONE HALF the Regular Prices, At 8c, 10c, 12Jc, 15c, and 18c, per pound. Fancy Mixed Candy, Choice Cream Candy, Carmels, Chocolate, Gum Drops, Broken Taffy, Peanut Squares, Creamlets and Cocoa Bon Bons. Choice Mixed Nuts, per pound, 15c. Be sure and Yisit our Candy Booth. Special Prices on Groceries. 20 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar for $1.00, (or 5 lbs for 25 cents. Only 20 lbs. to each customer.) . 40c qualify Tea for 30c. Hefct quality T e a for 45c. 3 lbs tfood Raisins loi 25c. 1 lb can good B a k i n g Powder, 8c. or 4 lbs for 25c. 1 lb package Lion Coffee for 9c. 2 lbs best Santos Coffee for 25c. J a v a Blend Coffee, 22c a a a l i t y , for 18c. Best J a v a Blend Coffee, 30c q u a l i t y , for 22c. 10 ll.s Rolled Oats for 25c. 4 lbs best Crackers for 25c. Bept canned Tomatoes 8c. C o r n . . . . 8c. " " Peas 8c. Canned S a l m o n . . . . . . 12c. 12 bars jrood So'ap.. .25c. 9 bars Queen A n n Soap for 25c. 9 bars Lenox Soap .25c. 9 bars J a z o n Soap 25c. Corn Starch, per pound . . . . . . 4c. Gloss Starch, per pound 5c. Cash Sale Coupons Riven with every purchase. Monroe Brothers, Howell, Mich. BRIC-A-BRAC. New York has 800 millionaires. Lima, Peru, is without umbrellas. Half a century ago nails were slowly wrought 'ne at a time with hammer and anvil. An alleged new Raphael picture has been discovered a t t h e exhibition of Sacred An at Como. It is estimated that the consumption of beer in llu> entire world amounts to $1,OS().()00.000 per annum. Th«> Cleveland street railroad fctnka ,>.>.< o h , , *•>-, ttnn f0.. fiinspurtat.on and maintenance of the Militia. .u.u.wauu iaw prohibits Baltimore policeman from doing mechanical work for the department or for h u e . Rjits recently operated the striking mechanism of the disused Flushing, L. T., town click for several hours. The total value of sea fish landed in Ireland in 1898 was $1,962,935, an increase of over $70,000 on the previous year. Santa Cruz. Cal.. 1s perhaps the only municipality in which water is furnished free to inhabitants for domestic purposes. The Street Railway Journal estimates t h e life of iron poles for overhead wires a t 33 years, and wooden poles a t 11 years. The names of Indianapolis milk dealers who use formaldehyde will be published in the newspapers by tha City Sanitarian. There is a project on Foot In Geneva 0., to erect a library In memory of the father of artistic penmanship, Piatt R. Spencer. Tunnyfish. a r a t h e r neglected fish in England, has in Portugal the glory of being made a subject of special study by the King. The total value of t h e lumber annually manufactured in the Northwept, including Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota, is $80,000,000. The health authorities of Bavaria examined laft year 55,437 saraplas of food and drink, and made complaints in 17.9 per cent of all cases. The British Government h a s given permission for the- Prime Minister of Vtrarda to visit England, and he will remain in London f->r three months. A SURE ( T R E FOR CROUP. Twenty-five Years* Constant use Without a Failure. The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to t h a t disease it may be taken as a s u r e sign of the approach of an a t t a c k . Following this couarb, is a peculiar r o u g h coui^h. If Chamberlin's Cough Rrtmeiy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after t h e croupy cough appears it will prevent t h e attack. It is used in many thousands of hom^s in this broad land a n d nev«r disappoints the anxious mothers. We nave yet to learn of a single instance in which it has n o t proved effectual No other preparation can show such a record—twenty five years constant use without failure. F o r sale by F . A. S i t l e r . UNADILLA Lon Lane of Chelsea Sundayed under the parental roof. Old Mrs. Pickell is very 8ick at the home of her son Irving. A. C. Watson was iu Chelsea on business last Monday and Tuesday. Don Harris is home from his work for Geo. Younglove in Marion. Earnest Pickell is quiet sick with scarlet fever and a number around town have been exposed. Mrs. Lime Barton and son Elmer attended the funeral of Mrs. Thomas Wilburn in Chelsea Saturday. There was no preaching in the M. E. church last Sunday eve the Elder having gone away for a visit. Mr. Will and Edd Sharp from near Williamston visited at R. Barnums the fore part of the week. Claw No. 3 of the S. S. with W. B. Collins u teacher went to Chelsea Thursday to have their pictures taken. Quite a number from this way attended the reading circle at the Anderson school house last Saturday afternoon. The Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church will give a Pan Cake social in their hail Wednesday eve Dec. 20. There was quite an excitement in our town last Thursday night caused by the mill dam breaking away but was repaired before much damage was done. . The following is the program for the Unadilla Farmers' Club to be held at the home of Ryal Barnum's, Saturday Dec. 16, commencing at 10 a. m. sharp: Singing by Qoartett. Prayer b r .Rev. Whitfield. Recitation b r Florence Riohmcm d. Paper, "The Voice of the People." Rev. J . J . Heatty Discussion, led by Rev. E. B. Ellis. Singing, Mr. and Mrs. laverock. Paper W. B. Collins. Discussion led by Ryal Bar num. Recitation, Roy Stowe. Duett Kiltie Livtnuore, Minnie Mills. Recitation, Jennie Harris. Question Box conducted by.. .Z. Hartsuff. Music. MORE LOCAL. Ten page* this week. Warren Goodrich killed a large blueracer on Friday last, Dec. 8. Ed. T. Kearney, of Jackson Neb., was a guest of his mother the first of the week. Tickets for the concert, Friday evening, for sale by Mitees Mabel and Lucy Swarthout. Mrs. Harriet Clark has been vissting her sister Mrs. D. D. Carr for a couple of weeks. This is the week of Christmas advertising 60 do not fail to read every one in the paper. Edward Bowers, who has been working in Jackson several weeks is spending a few days at his home here. The wind of Monday night upset the sheds on the race track, belonging to Tuomey, Teeple and Swarthout. We run a Supplement this week to accommodate advertisers and flews. The advertisement of McComb & Co., HoweJI, appear on supplement. F . E. Wright has rented the store riow occupied by Reason & Shehan and will move there in the near future. He issued removal sale bills the first of the week. Everyone who will are requested to meet tonight (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. L . Colby, to drill for a chorus to assist at the Concert at the M. E . church, Friday evening. The pupils of school district No. 8, will give a Christmas entertainment in connection with Christmas tree, on Friday evening, Dec. 22, at the new Town Hall, Dexter Township. Admission 10 cents. I would like to trade a single harness for pole wood. J O E SYKES. Notice to Tax Payers The Townships Tax Roll is now in my hands for the Collction of Taxes—1 will be at the Pinckney Ex. Bank during business hours to receive the same. R. H. Teeple. Twp. Treasurer. is Baby TOOThhl? If so, there must be some itrouble with its food. Well • babies are plump; only the, sick are thin. Are you sure : the food is all ri *ht ? Children can't help but grow* they must grow if their food i; nourishes them. Perhaps a mistake was made in the; past and as a result the di-, gestion is weakened. If that: is so, don't give the baby , a lot of medicine; just use' ! " your every-day common;; sense and r>dp nature a littic, and the way to do it is to add half a teaspoonful of SCOTT'S EMULSION i to the baby's food three or ; four times a day. The gain . will begin the very first day > you give it It seems to: correct the digestion and ' gets the baby started right again. If the baby is nursing but does not thrive, then f . the mother should take the emulsion. It will have a : good effect both upon the Imother and child. Twentyfive years proves this fact yx. and $x^M, aO druggists. SCOTT 4c BOWNE, Chemists, New York. WAYNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMERICAN Alio EUROPEAN PLAN, %a TO ma. BO 91.00 TO • * . 0 0 t 9IMOLM HmAum, 6O0. UP TO OATM OAPME Dehorning done promptly by Will Voorhies, rlmison, MM 1. 1'. O . I). X! . MK«!J YOUR MIND is on the selection of that Christmas Present. S a v e Worry and Time and Money and come right to the Busy Bee Hive. Store Pull and Overflowing and its Everything and plenty of it too. Books, Rugs, Handkerchiefs, Towels, Table Linens, Dolls, Neckwear for Ladies and Gentlemen, Collars and cuffs, Umbrellas, Hosierj,.. Underwear, Dressing Sacks, Furs, cloaks, Wrappers, corsets, Gloves, Dress Goods, •Lace curtains, Toilet Articles, Jewelry, Perfumery A n d a T h o u s a n d O t h e r good and useful articles. Can * t begin to tell you. Come and see. Tours respectfully, L. H. F I E L D . Mich, V o l . X V I I . S u p p l e m e n t D e c e m b e r , 14, 1 8 9 9 . TVo. 3>0. ANDERSON FARMERS CLUB. T h e Anderson Farmers' club met at t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. J a s . Marble, Saturday, Dec. 9. A large company was present and after dinner was served, president F . W. Allison, called the meeting to order. P r a y e r was offered by C . M. Wood, a n d after a piece of munic the business of t h e meeting was transacted. Mr. Wood gave H report, from the comm i t t e e , which was appointed at t h e last meeting, to make arrangements for a one d a y institute, to be held in Pinckney. M r . W o o d naid, in his report, that in all probability an institute would be held sometime in J a n . , and it was quite likely that Prof. Delos F a l l , of Albion, would be the evening speaker. Miss E t h e l Durkee then favored the audience with a vocal solo, after which Miss Gladys Daley highly entflined the company with a n instrumental solo. excellent p;iper on " I d e a l s . " Miss Greiner treated her subject in a masterly mann e r . She said many good things; a few of t h e thoughts being these: - A n ideal is a necessity to the highest attainment in life; t h a t our ideals should be lofty, a n d our m i n d bent upon its realization; strength of character is a necessity; a n d that t h e purest character is apt to be developed i n t h e country. Lucius E . Wilson then sang a solo, which was followed b y an instrumental solo by K a t e Ruen, Miss Mollie Wilson then read a paper u p o n t h e subject " H o u s e k e e p i n g a n d Housekeepers upon t h e p ' a r m . " Some of t h e ideas which she presented are these: Housekeeping is not a n exciting occupa- OUB POPULATION. W H A T WILL BE SHOWN NEXT CENSUS. BY T H E It fa n«li«ved T h a t • ftr»ntl Total of Nearly Ninety Million* Will Appear— Tbeae a r e M u n i f i c e n t a n d Alluring Fit-urea, W i t h t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of t h e c o m - m i s s i o n e r of t h e c e n s u s of 1900 specul a t i o n b e g i n s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n t h e e n u m e r a t o r s will find in t h e c o u n t r y w h e n t h e y finish t h e i r w o r k n e x t y e a r . \ s u s u a l l a r g e figures a r e b e i n g m a d e a n d a g r e a t i n c r e a s e i s c l a i m e d o v e r t h e p o p u l a t i o n g i v e n in 1SD0. O n e e s t i m a t e n o w g o i n g a r o u n d i.4 b a s M on t h e g u e s s e s of t h e g o v e r n o r s a s t o t h e p o p u l a t i o n of t h e different S t a t e s _, . . . a n d t e r r i t o r i e s J a n u a r y 1. 1S99. T h e Miss Agnes Greiner then read an I t o t a ] o n f h a t d a t p . g p ] a ( ? p d a t _ ^ 3o3„ a n d . a d d i n g t h e p r o p o r t i o n a t e i n - c r e a s e b e t w e e n n o w a n d J u n e , 1899, i t is claimed t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s p r o p - er will h a v e i n 1900 a lion t 80.250,000.. A d d i n g t h e e s t i m a t e d p o p u l a t i o n o? T T"waiI. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e fs'pnds a n d a g r a n d total of 89.250,000 fs found. T h i s is a m a g n i f c r n t a n d a l l u r i n g flgpre. TT realized it would s h o w a g r o w t h of n e a r l y threefold s i n c e 18^0., or ffp f o r t y y e a r s . Tt i s e x t r e m e l y d o u h t f u M B i o w e v e r . if a n y such t o t a l is r e a c h W T h e a d d i t i o n of 9.1.)00.MO for t h e , p o p u l a t i o n of H a w a i i . P o r t o Rico a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e s 5? p r o b a b l y n o t t o o l a r g e . Tt - i v e s 1.000.000 le-^s p e o p l e t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e i s ' a n d s t h : : n i f ^ n ^ r o o d ajitho'-iMpp c l a i m , a n d it CHRISTMAS tion, simply prosaic, but not monotonous— would n o t b e unless we make it so; many enjoyments are to be found upon the farm, and the greatest drawback is the lack of time for advancement; but president effort oft«-n HchieAes what seems impossible; the woman oftoday living upon a farm may be a cultured, talented, welt informed l a d y ; and t h a t housekeeping should be viewed in the light of dignified instead of servile labor. M r s . A. A . Stowe in some remarks upon this paper, thought, that with enough determination and will that it was possible to develop the mind and yet be a housekeeper. T h i s was followed by an instrumental solo by Miss Edith Wood, after which Miss M i n n i e Monks also rendered an instrumental solo. Miss Nellie Gardner then sang a solo, a n d the program was closed with an instrumental solo by Miss Josephine H a r r i s . C O B . S E C autMn'-if > flurprisi I . i i " • n • * && '.v> [CENTS FOR The Bailed Dswi\ Paper Cream not SKimMtIK HitstKeNaJ!oivt!\eHe*dl Ki\ow5 what to Pat ii\ Knows what to Leaveoul ^ — R J I I of Ginger Fall of Sun5K, ive ^ - ^ A Practice taper For sieeves-roUediCip Fdrmen* GOOJI inanyState where GnnptimeCMTal d r roFit the Man who KnowsWhat VWtot Farmes at m Fliatl&Me. josticetoAHMcA Whv have a Mortgage on the Farm, Poor Cropa, Rheumatism, Sour Bread, Sick Hogs, a Leaky Roof, Kopy Milk, a Balky Horse, Grip, Hole in the Pocket, Skeleton in the Closet, or any other Pain or Trouble when you can get the Farm Journal five years for 90 cents ? Address FARM JOURNAL, PhiUu, Pa. 'jPORT ANT NOTICE.—By special arraageaMat made with theFARH JOURNAL, wt are enaMatf to offer that peper from now aatil Deoanbar, 1903, t a every subscriber who pays for ours one year ahead —both papers for the price of our.; only. ^tnjfi -½ 4tf~Be prompt in accepting this T h e a b o v e Journal for five year* FREE, with o n e year's ^5¾ aubficrlptlon to the PINGKNBY DISPATCH r " if t h e totn1 .ndd't'OPS to t h p pnpnlpMnn of t h i s remtry pi^dp b y t h p wr>r v i t h Spain would I p r p r p e ^ t e 10.noo.noo. Bu* t h e e s t i m a t e ; of Sn.opn,nnn a s thn "population of t h p j ( TTnfted Ftafes p r o p e r in 1900 is u n - d o u b t e d l y too l a r g e b y several m i l - t lions. I t would m e a n a n i n c r e a s e of j 17.400 000 since 1S90. or About t w e n t y - Seven p e r cent., a m u c h l a r g e r i n - j c r e a s e t h a n w a s s h o w n b y t h e l a s t I c e n s u s . J ^ u c h a n i n c r e a s e i s I m p r o b a b l e . j T ^ p r e fs n o e v i d e n c e t o s h o w t h a t t h e j r o " H r v h ? s g r o w n a t a nv>re rajVd r a t e I &vc(> 1890 t h a n it did d u r i n g t h e d e - I c*>^e b e t w e e n 1880 a n d 1890. T h e , g r o w t h w h i c h It w a s A r p e c t e d t h e ceni PUS of t h p l a t t e r y e a r w o u ' d sftow w a s r o t realized. E x p e c t a t i o n h a d been bas^d o n t h e p e r c e n t a e > of i n c r e a s e 1 n'Ti-ppr, T?-(\ nr,rf t ^ f t T?n + t h p Taro-a Merry Xmas is almost here and e verybody is looking for a present for some friend. T h e times are such that they want to buy the best they can get for the least money and here is where they can get it. We shall have everything for old and young. We have a complete line of XMAS BOOKS To Select from. Don't Fail to See Our Fiue HOLIDAY STOCK. Board covered, picture and reading books for small children, 5c, $ .10 Large books, cheap at 25c, for _ „„..15 Books with 200 and 250 pages, 20c and _... _ . .25 Peck's Bad Boy, with red covers, worth 25c, our price .15 Better books, 50c, 75c and 1.00 Autograph albums, 3c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c and. „...:.. _.25 Celluloid goods at about one-half their value. Photograph albums 35c and . .75 Musical album, plays two tunes _ '..._ 5.00 Work boxes, Glove boxes, Manicure sets and Toilet cases at prices that will astonish the closest buyers. We advise you to call early and get the first selections as they are always the best. Handkerchiefs and Glove boxes, two- in a s e t . _ .40 Toilet Cases .„„ _ ' , .60 Shaving Cases 1.25 Cuff and Collar boxes, _ 45c 1.10 Dolls of every description from l c to 3.00 China limb dolls, 3, 5, 10 and 15c Washable dolls, with hair,.... __ 10 and 15 Kid body dolls. 15, 25, 40 and 45 Sleeping dolls _ 50, 75, and 1.00 Sleds 22, 40, 45, 69 and .85 We also have a large assortment of Clynaware in Teacups and Saucers, Mustache cups and saucers, Salad dishes, Cake and Bread plates, Fruit dishes, Child's dishes, Water sets, Vases, Everything from the cheapest to the best. I n c r e a s e s h o w n in t h e l a t t e r v e a r >t is n o w a c k n o w l e d g e d . *vas riV«» tn * ! v defective c e n s u s of 15-70. T h e r m r " w - c u r a t e c e n s u s of 1880 g a v e a ia"r»« v.- c r e a s e o v e r t h e p r e v i o u s oerxnp r>n,i c r e a t e d t h e p o p u l a r d i s s a t i s f ^ ' o n w i t h t h e coppus of 1890. B'i> n o f•.-•('•-, h a v e since c o m e t o light t o she-'' *!"'t t h e Irst e n u m e r a t i o n w a s n o r f ;T a c - c u r a t e a n d c o m p l e t e . F v n r v c< ••••'«< m a d e b y P t a t e s d u r i n g t h e m s - ,>->:<* y e a r s h a s tended to nrm-p t h e cav:c-.:",- nops of t h e c e n s u s of 1 ^ 0 . Pome lisrbt is tb".i"-v on ' b e <*~n of t h e p r . r " ' a t i o n v.-,,,--'i v / ' ' ' 1-^ f"^- 1 in t h e c o u n t r y in J u n e , 1000. by t h e S t a t e c e n s u s e s t a k e n In 1895. T h e foll o w i n g t a b l e gives t h e r e t u r n s f r o m n i n e of t h e m S t a t e s : P o p u l a t i o n . S t a t e s M a s s a c h u s e t t s R h o d e I s l a n d N e w J e r s e y . . M i c h i g a n . . , W i s c o n s i n . . 1890. 2,238.943 345,506 1,444.933 2,093,889 1,686,880 Towa 1.911.896 M i n n e s o t a 1,301,826 K a n s a s 1,427,096 O r e g o n 313,767 1895. ... 2,495.345 384,758 1,672,942 2,241,454 1,931,905 2,058.069 1,574,910 1,334,668 362,762 C h i n a cupB a n d s a u c e r s 10c t o - - 5 5 B r e a d a n d m i l k 9ets - - - - - . 2 0 M u s t a c h e c u p a n d s a u c e r , 17e t o - . 5 5 Muffs f r o m 5 c t o - - - - - - , . 2 5 S h a v i n g m u j ^ - - - - - - . 1 0 S a l a d d i s h e s , 2 0 c t o - - . - . 7 5 B r e a d p l a t e s , 2 2 c t o - . - - 1.00 W a t e r s e t s , 80c t o - - - - . - 1.50 P i c t u r e s a n d E a s l e s v e r y c h e a p V a s e s 5 c . 8c, 10c a n d - - - - ^ 3 5 W e h a v e s o m e n i c e m u s i c a l clocks 3 . 2 5 E i g h t d a y S e t h T h o m a s clocks, o n e h o u r o r o n e - h a l f h o u : s t r i k e , marblt-ized. t h e s e a r e b e a u t i e s . 5 . 0 0 Notions. W e h a v e a tull s u p p l y a n d a t p r i c e s t h a t <'annot b e d u p l i c a t e d . B a i t i n t r t h r e a d per spool - • Y a r d Mo 1 ri»»bon - . - . C h i l d r e n ' s c o m b i n a t i o n s u i t s - P a p e r p i n - Set dr^<s s t a v s C r o c h e t h o o k s , in bone or s t e e l I n k , p<'i b o t t l n T a M n N , 2c, 3 4 , a n d M r n ' s a u d b o y s 1 g l o v e s a n d m i t t e n s a t a b o u t o n e half t h e i r v a l u e . Uov's faced a n d fleeced-lined tf'oves 20c - l c l c - 20c - 1.- - l c - 4 c 2c DRY GOODS. Our Dry Goods department is filled to its utmost capacity with bargain after bargain that is impossible for us to quote prices for want of space but we give just „asample: — - —— 1 It will b e seen b y t h i s t a b l e t h a ^ M i n n e s o t a a n d W i s c o n s i n a r e t h e o n l y W e s t e r n S t a t e s w h i c h m a d e l a r g e g a i n s b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895. T h e first S t a t e g a i n s a h o n t t w e n t y p e r cent, a n d t h e l a t t e r a b o u t fifteen p e r cent. Michig a n ' s c e n s u s w a s t a k e n In 1894. b u t i t s g a i n is only seven Tier cent., a n d I o w a ' s is a b o u t t h e s a m e . K a n s a s loses a n d Oregon gr:'ns a b o u t eleven p e r cent. T h e most s u r p r i s i n g garin m a d e i s i n N e w J e - s e y a n d M a s s a c h u s e t t s . T h e f o r m e r S t a t e i n c r e a s e d a b o u t fifteen r e r cent, b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1895 a n d t h e l a t t e r S t a t e o v e r eleven p e r cent. in t h e s a m e t i m e . R h o d e I s l a n d a l s o showed a n i n c r e a s e of eleven p e r cent, in i t s p o p u l a t i o n . T h e a v e r a g e g r o w t h ir. t h e s e n i n e S t a t e ? i n t h e five y e a r s from 1890 t o 1M7> w a s a b o u t t e n p e r cent. Tf it is t h e s a m e b e t w e e n 1895 and 19^0 t h e a v e r a g e p e r cent, of e r o w t h o v e r t h e T'nited S t a t e s p r o p e r would b e t w e n t y p e r cent, for t h e d e - cade b e t w e e n 1890 a n d 1900, o r a n i n - crease of a b o u t 12.500.000. T h i s added to t h e 62.622.250 p o p u l a t i o n i n 1890 would i n d i c a t e a p o p u l a t i o n of a b o u t 75.^00.000. A d d i n g 9,000.000 f o r H a - waii. P o r t o R i c o a n d t h e P h i l i p p i n e Islands a n d a t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n of 84,- 000.000 a p p e a r s , o r 5.000,000 l e s s t h a n t h e s a n g u i n e p r e d i c t i o n s . T h i s will p r o b a b l y b e t h e exten^ of t h e g r o w t h i n p o p u l a t i o n t h e n e x t c e n s u s will disclose. T h e r e a l s u r - p r i s e t h e e n u m e r a t i o n will m a k e t o t h e c o u n t r y will p r o b a b l y b e t h e discovery t h a t t h e E a s t . S o u t h a n d m i d d l e W e s t h a v e g r o w n m o r e r a p i d l y t h a n t h e t r a n s - M i s s i s s i p p i S t a t e s . T h e perc e n t a g e of g a i n in t h e l e t t e r , w i t h t h e exception of o n e o r t w o S t a t e s , will p r o b a b l y b e found t o h a v e fallen off. T h i s is n o t a d i s c o u r a g i n g fact, a n d i t will n o t be s u r p r i s i n g if t n e s a m e tendency i s s h o w n In t h e censuses of 1910 a n d 1920. T h e f a r W e s t will h a v e t o w a i t u n t i l t h e w a s t e places i n t h e E a s t a n d S o u t h a r e filled u p . N e a r l y o n e - t h i r d of t h e w o r l d ' s s a v i n g s a r e in t h e 9S0 s a v i n g s b a n k s r-f t h e United S t a t e s . •A. Good lOc quality Shirting- at Canton Flannel, Heavy, Prints* one lot g-oing- at Towels, 5. IO, 15 and O rash Toweling1, 4, S and my Yarn per skein. 5e 4 c 3c o lOc 5e Remember this is only a few of our many bargains and we invite you to come early and thus avoid the rush You will greatly'assist us by jotting" down what you want and it will aid you when you come to buy. It is always our aim to please. These Xmas goods and prices far excel anything we'have ever been able to show in the way ot cheapness and qualitv. MoCOMB & CO. Second door west of McPhersons shoe store, H G W t L b , MICH. A WW I n^hiiuJ I ' r o d m f : ' : - h e r ] y — I : Vwit- t!:e P i l e rim Fi!tl:e;-s t h a t i n s t i t u t e d T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y . w a s n ' t it F l a s h er'.y—-Yes, c r a n b e r r i e s a r e a N e w E n g l a n d p r o d u c t , y o u k n o w . Holiday Rates Grand via Trunk. One fare and a third for the round trip to all points on its lines and connections west of the Detroit and St Clair Rivers Also to Canadian points west of and including Toronto, Niagara Falls,- and Buffalo, N. Y. Also to stations on Northern Divission Georgetown to North Bay, O u t Tickets for Xmas will be on sale Dec. 23, U and 25, 1899, and for New Years Dec. 30 and 31 «99 and Jan. 1, 190(). All good to rekturn up to and including Jan. 2, f900. v f Commencing Saturday, Dec. 2, ind Closing Saturday, Dec. 24, We will give to the people of Pinckney and vicinity way down prices on Prints, Ginghams, Drees Goods, Hats, Gaps, Handkerchiefs, Boots, Shoes and Groceries. During this sale we are bound to reduce our too large stock, and to thoroughly clean up all odds and ends that have accumulated. Article No. 1—Dress Goods. A search for the choicest assortment of the latest and most fashionable dress fabrics has f secured the complete line we show. These from the cheap suitings that retail from 10c to 15c to the dressy Crepons will receive their share of slashing. Special values in Planchette Suitings a t . . .8\c All 25c Dress Goods at 21c All $1.00 Dress Goods at 82c All 75c Dress Goods at i 59c Artiele No. 2— Silks. T h e demand for Silks this fall has been good, warranting us in carrying the finest as well as cheaper values. We wont forget you in this line. Our Trimmings and Linings are right, and as these are as important as the dress, don't overlook them. eREse© Article No. 4— Our Strong Point. And that's Hosiery and Underwear. Comp parison with goods bought elsewhere has convinced us as well as many others that it's no exaggeration to state that we have the strongest line in the county. Are especially strong in Fleeced Wear, and still have a complete line of sizes. Ladies' Hose, 10c kind, worth 12.1c. at two for - 15c Men's Fleeced Underwear \ . . . 37.1c Article No. 6— Leather Goods Talk. Some shoes wear well but look like sin. Some look pretty, but pinch. Some are easy, but spread all over. One good point don't make a shoe good. All of them, however, do, and you are sure to find them here for Men, Women and Children. Prices talk: 30 prs- Ladies' Fine Shoes, 2\ to 4, at 89c 24 prs. Ladies' $2.00 Shoes, 2J to 4J, a t . . $1.50 30 prs. Men's $2.50 Shoes, a t . $1.98 All odds and ends a t cost. Don't want to let an advertising opportunit} 7 slip to impress upon your minds the factthat we curry a full assortment of the famous "CRESCO Corset." This is the corset that cannot break at the waist line. We have never introduced a specialty before that has met with such a cordial reception. Only women who have suffered the annoyance of broken boned corsets can appreciate the ease, the health, t h e comfort and the economy of the "Cresco." Sales climbing every day. Scores of our customers who wear the "Cresco" corset, will wear no other. Glad to have you make a careful investigation of the "Cresco," the only corset made that can not break at the waist line. Article No. 7— MEN, this will certainly interest YOU! Rubbers of the Lambertville and Mishawaka brand carry conviction with them. We own them cheap, and sell them likewise. Also have -the celebrated Ball Brand Knit Boots and Socks. T o show them is to sell them. We have men's, boys' and youths' Felts and Rubbers in brands and styles to please all. Article Ho. 3— Domestio Linens and Wash Goods. Although the market has steadily advanced along" these lines, we can safely promise you largfe inducements in Bleached and Unbleached Cottons, T k k i n g , Denims, Shirting, Flannels, and Prig^T • In Taole Damask we are prepared to save you mone£ and still make money. Jftava a large assortment of Comfort Linings In the b e ^ p r i n t s a t 4Jc Good Tennis Flannels a t 4£c Article No. 5«- Gents' Furnishings for Winter. Heavy Duck Coats, with and without rubber lining, xieavy Kersey Pants. Heavy Overshirts and lighter weights. Every article a good value, made with care, good fitting, and for wear unsurpassed. Gloves and Mitts, just the time for them. T h e right articles, our assortment furnishing anything vou wish. Faced Mitts at ' 21c Working Shirts at 44c Men's Cotton and Wool Pants, less 20 per cent. Article No. 8— Groceries. Although last named, will hold a conspicuous place in the sale, as we depend greatly on our grocery leaders to make it a success. Our brands have been selected with care, knowing that where groceries are bought other goods will be sold. Our T e a s and Coffees you will find the best always for the money. j\ll Goods Sold lor Oash. F. G. JACKSON, Pinckney, Mich. Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch December 14, 1899 Description An account of the resource December 14, 1899 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899-12-14 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frank L. Andrews newspaper pinckney dispatch https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/04d8cd3bfb01cbfdbcd39830a881bcd8.pdf 311e1f4576f053e191ea43ab99956962 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. 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Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. VOL. XVII. PINOKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1899. No. 51 The-- Surprise Store, BARGAINS. We tfive you big values for y o u r money and we a r e doing business— yes, loU ot it, (JnristuiHs buying has commenced and we are holiday h e a d q u a r t e r s . o ne Dollar spent in our store goes as t a r as Two Dollars spent elsewhere. We sel I striitly for CASH a n d can afford to sell C H E A P . T r y us and see,. We menton a few prices which speak for themselves. $1 50 Crokinole board $ 1 0 0 2.50 Dress suit case 1 50 2 5 J Toy chairs 10c 1 lb. box fancy candy 10c 1 Box 12 good cigars 25i- $5 00 Chamber set $3.99 2 00 Carving set 1 50 2 50 Iron bottom t r u n k 1 75 Valises 47e to 1 50 No. 9 All copper teakettle 1 10 Dashboard lantern 64c Cobblers outfit 49 and 99«* $ 2 0 0 Teachers Bible $ 1 . 1 0 1 00 Watch chains 6 9 - 75c Overalls 50c 65c Oversbirts 45c Fancy box pap^r 10 and 25i; Doll heads 5 to 35c Dolls—big line— 5c to $2 00 Go c a r t s 10«; to $1 00 Doll cabs 17c to $1.00 CHINA Big values at 10c, 15c, 25c a n d u p . See our fancy elnna l»etoi« you buy LOC< ;ws. Dec. 30, 1899, The Columbian Dramatic Club, At the Pinckneyj Opera House, "Out of the Shadow; or the Convict's Bevenge." W. E. Murphy has afl\adv. on page 4 which will interest you. Christmas exercises and tree at the M. E. church Saturday evening. The Cong'l Sunday school will hold their Christmas exercises next Saturday evening. Mrs. J X. Knapp and Dr. N. H . Erwiu of Howell, spent Sunday with R. H . Erwin and family. To-day, Dec. 21, the'annual banquet of the Marion Farmers' Club is held at the home of H. E . Reed. Our merchants did>some hustling last Saturday. Some were obliged to employ extra clerks to wait on the people. Miss Maggie Grieve who has been spending a few weeks with relatives in Plainfield, returned to her home here last week. C. L . Bowman has finished off a room bHck of his meat-market and is prepared to serve oysters in almost any Way desired. We neglected to mention last week that the Pinckney school have been approved by the state board, and students may now be admitted to the Normal without examinations. The hot water which some of our state officials have gotten themselves into, up at Lansing is causing them to squirm somewhat although it has not reached the boiling point, and perhaps never may. Do not forget that the last entertainment of 1899, in this village, is "Out of the Shadow; or the Convicts Revenge," by the Columbian Dramatic Club, Saturday evening Dec. 30. Admission, 25 and 15 cents. The following we clip from the Henderson EvHiigel.—"It seems good fortune that our town lias secured a printing press. Our pastor, Rev. Wallace, will publish his paper semi-monthly so we can, enjoy reading a home paper of our own. The snow is all gone. Ten pages agian this week. To-day is the shortest day of 1899. Do not fail to read all adv in this issue. Miss Lillie Johnson of Okemus is a gue^t at the home of her uncle I , S. P . Johnson. Christmas exercises will be held in the North Hamburg church Friday evening of this week. To give him more space for a holiday announcement, we have placed F . G. Jackson's adv.' on first page of Supplement. Do not fail to read it. Services at the Cong'l church next Sunday will be appropriate to Christmas. Morning subject: " T h e Child in the Midst." Evening subject:—"Five Great Choirs." Hoyt L. Conary, v, 'JO appears here Jan. 1, needs no recommendation at our hands. He was here once, in ''Around the Stove," and that will secure him a big crowd for this next entertainment, "The Man About Town." Do not fail to hear him. Not as large a crowd as anticipated, was in attendence at the concert, last Friday evening, given by N. G. Riley and pupils. The young people did thenselves credit, and show that their voices have improved in the very short time they have taken lessons in voice culture. Mr. Riley visits Pinckney once each week now and will be glad to meet all who wish instruction. The Answer is the Same to All, "Buy your Holiday Goods and Christmas Presents from the store that has the Crisp Snappy Bargains for Wide Awake Buyers i » SANTA CLAUS recommends us to the public. Our Holiday assortment is replete with all the Novelties that go to make up a First Class Stock in the line of Albums, Pressing' Cases for X^adies or Grentlemen, Glove and. Handkerchief Boxen, Jewel Boxes Photo Oases and Boxesand Novelties of all hinds. In Boohs—The Finest and Latest Editions. Oames of all Kinds. • * • • * • « - The Business Changes The past week bus seen some changes i n business places in our village. The new Reason block being completed, Reason & Shehan have moved their large stock of hardware intoits commodious quarters and have one of the finest fronts in the county. F. E . Wright has moved his grocery and general stock into the store vacated by Reason & Shehan and this gives him much more and pleasenter room for his stock. The store vacated by Mr. Wright is occupied with a stock of Clothing by James & George, whose adv. appears in this issue. Business is booming in Pinckney and all our merchants are employing extra, help to handle the increasing trade. Letters and Figures cannot tell half the Bargain Story— you must com:, make your selection, and be yourself the judge. WE know that we never offered more for the money than we do at the present time. Q u a l i f y and Price cannot be duplicated. F. A. SIGLER. Dnig-g-ist, ALBUMS See our wonder at, 49c Toilet cases, fancy bcxes and novelties. NOTICE. TOY SETS DISHES *c, 10c, 15c, 23.-, 25c, 49c and 73c. IRON TOYS These'are good toys to buy—they last. GAMES, "BOOKS BLOCKS, ETC. at bargain prices. Perfumes, Pocket-books, Jewelry, Pocket-Knives, Handkerchiefs. Special sale of Ribbons Strictly all Silk Ribbon. No. 2, 2c. No. 5, 4c. No. 7, 5c. No. 9, 7c. Hair Ornaments Is a Strong Line with us. Come and see our 5c and 10c Tables. They Contain Bargains. Come and w e will do you good. £ . A-BOWMAN, Prop. Bowmaa Block, Pinckney. BERT WELUAAN, Mui«er of Piaekaey Store. Howail Btort, Btxt to P. 0. End of the Year Sale, | <. . . A r > 1A . .' -j. ,tta ! We must Sa l e commencing Dec- 14, closing Dec. 2 4 , 9 9 . ask all our Customers to settle i We fcave always given,our customers a chance to buy ^ 1 A c c o u n t s a n d N o t e s t h a t a r e (due, b e f o r e goods under their value for the last two weeks in the year, -r i lOAfl AND W I L L NOT D I S A P P O I N T ANY O F YOU THIS J a n # * ' i y u u - YEAR. , k\though prices are advancing on all lines of merchandise, we will make our promise good. All Dark Best Prints at 5c. All 10c Tennis Flannel 8c. All 5c Tennis Flannel 4 ^ c All Best Light Prints at All 7c Tennis Flaunel In Dress Goods. All Dress Goods wiU be sold at Actual Cost. In Underwear* Men's heavy fleeced garments 4lc. Ladies' heavy fleeced garment 41c. W e have some odd sizes in Misses' and Children's underwear, in both cotton and wool, will selll /2o ff. | Hoping to see yon all in time so we can I balance our books before taking our annual £. inventory, Jan. 1, 1900, either by Note or Cash. Respectfully Your*, TEEPLE f> CA DWELL. Our line of Handkerchiefs, Mufflers and Ties is very good and the prices the lowest. All $1 Corsets at 89c All 60c Corsets at 42c Heavy all linen Crash at 6c Ladies' $'2.50 Shoe Ladies' $2.00 Shoe All odds and ends in Ladies' Shoes >> >> >> M »> »> > > 7c no 8c 9c Ladies' fleeced wrappers Ladies' best print wrappers 1.99 1.62 89c. $1.10 85c. In Groceries In Shoes Men's fine box calf, $3.00 Shoe , Men's fine box calf $8.00 tan shoe Men's fine Vici kid $3.60 Shoe Men's fine calf $1.75 Shoe Men's fine calf $1.50 Shoe Boy's Calf $1.35 Shoe Boy's heavy calf $1.75 Shoo Ladies hand-turned tim kid $3.00 $2.49 2.49 2.60 1.33 1.20 1.00 1.35 2.49 35c Coffee oOc Coffee 25c Coffee. 20c Coffee 15c Coffee 5oc Tea 40e Tea 35c Tea 30c 25c 21c 17c 12c 38c 36c 31c I pound of nice Cream Candy Free with every $ 2 Cash trade. All Goods at above prices* GASH. Buffer and Eggs Taken. I W. W. BARNARD. We w e r e never Better Prepared to show you all the latest designs in FURNITURE at the lowest possible prices than now. B o o k C a s e s , C o u c h e s , R o c k e r s a n d i n f a c t e v e r y t h i n g i n t h i s l i n e . An article of FURNITURE m a k e s t h e f I neat Xmaa present possible to obtain. G. A. SIGLER •>'^4«<» / V ^ . . iW^ » - ^ , il ^ , , v . . ^ ^ ^ : ^ V V ^ ^ ^ L ^ . . ^ . ^ W ^ , - V . ^ . ^ ^.ui*************** A EVENTS 0¥ THE WEEK N O U R G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF F O R M . T h e N o v e m b e r Kcport of the D e a t h * in Our State S h o w s a Total of S.35U — T h e D e a t h Itttte w a s l'J.3 l ' e r 1,000 E s t i m a t e d P o p u l a t i o n . 2 . 3 5 0 D e a t h s lu November. T h e r e w e r e , 2.350 deathji r e p y r t e d t o t h e s e c r e t a r y of s t a t e f o r £fie~"month ot N o v e m b e r , o r 78 l e s s t h a n t h e n u m b e r f o r t h e p r e e ' d i n g m o n t h . T h e d e a t h •ra;te w a s 12.2 p e r 1,000 e s t i m a t e d p o p u - l a t i o n , a s c o m p a r e d w i t h 12.1 f o r O c t o - b e r . T h e r e w e r e 345 d e a t h s of i n f a n t s u n d e r . J y e a r of a g e . 171 of c h i l d r e n a g e d 1 t o 4. a n d ( u l d e a t h s of p e r s o n s i i g e d 05 a n d o v e r . T h e a y e d i s t r i b u - t i o n w a s p r a c t i c a l l y t h e s a m e a s i n Oct o b e r . I m p o r t a n t c a u s e s of d e a t h w e r e a s f o l l o w s : C o n s u m p t i o n , 140: o t h e r f o r m s of t u b e r c u l o s i s , 50; t y p h o i d f e v e r , 15(5; d i p h t h e r i a a n d c r o u p , 03; s c a r l e t f e v e r , IS; m e a s l e s , 22: w h o o p m g c o u g h , 11; p n e u m o n i a , 157; d i a r r h e a ? d i s e a s e s o f e h i l d r e n , 77; c e r e b r o s p i n a l m e n i n - g i t i s , 32; c a n c e r , 121; a c c i d e n t s a n d v i o - l e n c e , 147. T h e n u m b e r o f d e a t h s f r o m d i p h t h e r i a a n d c o u g h w a s o n l y t w o m o r e t h a u for t h e m o n t h of O c t o b e r . N o d i s e a s e s s h o w e d a n y m a r k e d i n - c r e a s e during1 t h e m o n t h e x c e p t p n e u - m o n i a , w h i e l i i n c r e a s e d f r o m 13i> t o 157. T y p h o i d f e v e r a n d d i a r r h e a l d i s - e a s e s of c h i l d r e n d e c l i n e d t o a c o n s i d - e r a b l e e x t e n t . STATfc GOSSIP. T H E CURRENCY D C D A T E . E x - A t t y . - G e o . M a y n a n l I n d h t c i l . E x - A t t y . - G e n . F r e d A. M a y u a r d . w h o w a s i n d i c t e d b y t h e g r a n d j u r y a t L a n - sing' o n t h e t»th. v o l u n t a r i l y a p p e a r e d i n t h e c i r c u i t c o u r t o n t h e a f t e r n o o n o f t h e 11th a n d f u r n i s h e d t h e S3.U00 bond' r e q u i r e d . T h e i n d i c t m e n t a g a i n s t Mr. M a y n a r d c o n t a i n s s e v e n c o u n t s , a n d i s b a s e d w h o l l y u p o n h i s a l l e g e d d e a l i n g s w ^ t h e^-Chief Clerk G e o r g e II K u h n s . T h e w r o n g d o i n g c h a r g e d e x t e n d e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e four y e a r s of M a y n a r d ' s i n c u m b e n c y of t h e otfice of a t t o r n e y - g e n e r a l , r e f e r e n c e b e i n g UUK'.C tQ 48 m o n t h l y p a y r o l l s . In brief, it i s a l l e g e d t h a t w h e n h e first e n t e r e d t h e e m p l o y of t h e a t t o r n e y - g e n e r a l . K u h n s r e c e i v e d S10 p e r m o n t h , w h e r e a s :-00 p e r m o n t h w a s d r a w n f r o m t h e s t a t e t r e a s u r y o n a ceo u u t of h i s sa 1 a ry. II i s a c t u a l s a l a r y w a s t h e n i n c r e a s e d t o S*>o p e r m o n t h a n d $$•*> w a s d r a w n . T h e l a s t n a m e d a r r a n g e m e n t c o n t i n u e d u p t€f t h e t i m e of M a y n a r l ' s r e t i r e m e n t f r o m office .Jan. 1 last. T h e t o t a l a m o u n t d r a w n for K u h n s ' s e r v i c e s \\ -as $4,595, b u t Mr. K u h n s o n l y r e c e i v e d 82,095. Wind Did Much D a n i t g e . T h e w i n d s t o r m in M i c h i g a n o n t h e 1 2 t h d i d c o n s i d e r a b l e d a m a g e . A t F a n n i n g t o n t h e s o u t h w a l l of t h e Det r o i t & N o r t h w e s t e r n e l e c t r i e r a i l r o a d ' s p o w e r h o u s e w a s b l o w n in. c a u s i n g a l o s s of §!,(»00; a w a s h o u t of 1.000 feet o f t h e D u l u l h . S o u t h S h o r e A A t l a n t i c t r a c k s n e a r M i s s i o n . K e w e e n a w b a y . a n d a n e n g i n e a n d 10 l o a d e d c a r s w e n t i n t o t h e ba}-; a t T o r t H u r o n t h e g r e a t - e s t d a m a g e d o n e w a s t h e d e m o l i t i o n o f a s t e a m d e r r i c k c o a l h o i s t a t M i l l e r & S o n ' s c o a l d o c k , t h e l o s s r e a c h i n g i n t o t h e t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s ; a t N e w a y g o t h e n o r t h h a l f o f t h e n e w d a m a c r o s s t h e M u s k e g o n r i v e r , b u i l t f o r t h e N e - w a y g o P o r t l a n d C e m e n t Co. a t a c o s t o f $26,000, w e n t o u t ; a t M u s k e g o n f o u r o f t h e s i x e n o r m o u s s m o k e s t a c k s a t t h e C h a m p i o n I r o n & S t e e l Co.'s p l a n t w e r e l e v e l e d , a n d i t w i l l t a k e s e v e r a l ' w e e k s t o r e p a i r t h e d a m a g e . P r e a c h e r and Saloon 1st P a t on t h e Gloves. : R e v . J . J. A x t e l l , p a s t o r of t h e C o n - g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h a t R o y a l O a k s , a n d <Ju8 D o n d e r o , p r o p r i e t o r of t h e R o y a l O a k h o u s e , p a r t i c i p a t e d i n a fiver o u n d "go* w i t h t h e g l o v e s o n t h e 9 t h , a n d t h e r e s u l t w a s d e c l a r e d a d r a w . Mr. A x t e l l o c c u p i e d t h e p u l p i t t h e f o l - l o w i n g d a j - a n d Mr. D o n d e r o r e s u m e d h i s b u s i n e s s of s l i n g i n g b e e r a s u s u a l . A r r a n g e m e n t s a r e b e i n g m a d e for a n - o t h e r c o n t e s t w h e n t h e r e v e r e n d d i - v i n e b e l i e v e s h e w i l l be a b l e t o d o u p h i s m a n . T h e ••mill" w a s t h e o u t c o m e o f R e v . A x t e l l ' s e f f o r t s t o m a k e t h e sal o o n k e e p e r s o b e y t h e l a w i n r e g a r d t o s e l l i n g l i q u o r t o m i n o r s . W a s h i n g t o n ' s Memory Honored. W i t h s o l e m n p o m p a n d c i r c u m s t a n c e . •with c e r e m o n i e s b e a u t i f u l , i m p r e s s i v e . a n d a p p r o p r i a t e , in t h e p r e s e n c e of a d i s t i n g u i s h e d a s s e m b l a g e , a n d in t h e f u l l s p l e n d o r of i d e a l a u t u m n w e a t h e r , t h e c e n t e n n i a l of t h e d e a t h of G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n w a s c o m m e m o r a t e d o n t h e 1 4 t h a t M o u n t V e r n o n , W a s h . D u r i n g t h e c e r e m o n i e s P r e s i d e n t M c K i n l e y p a i d a fitting t r i b u t e t o t h e " f a t h e r o f o u r c o u n t r y . " R o s c o m m o n Cases up t o t h e Governor. T h e p r o s e c u t i o n o f t h e s u p e r v i s o r s f o r c o r r u p t l y a n d u n d e r a s s e s s i n g prop* e r t y i n R o s c o m m o n c o u n t y c a m e t o a finish o n t h e 14th. T h e g e n e r a l o p i n - i o n i s t h a t t h e p r o s e c u t i o n f a i l e d t o s u s t a i n t h e c h a r g e s . T h e d e f e n s e p r o - -dnced a p r e p o n d e r a n c e o f e x p e r t e v i - d e n c e w h i e l i c o m p l e t e l y o v e r w h e m e d t h e p r o s e c u t i o n . T h e e v i d e n c e n o w g o e s t o '.he g o v e r n >:\ "..Cv't Sni»«r Output. D u r i n g S e p t e m b e r . O c t o b e r a n d N o - v e m b e r t h e di ffercnt1 >ect s u g a r f a c t o r i e s i n M i c h i g a n r e c e i v e d >.».t>2<i t o n s . 1,3011 HO—rtl nf b e e t s a n d t u r n e d o u t 9,833,- &&S prMinds of s u g a r . T h i s m e a n s t h a t S i x i n c h e s of s n o w f e l l a t M a r s h a l l o n t h e 12th. A m i n c e m e a t f a c t o r y t o c o s t 825.000 io b e i n g p r o j e c t e d a t S a g i n a w . H a r n e s s t h i e v e s a r e o p e r a t i n g in W a y n e c o u n t y n e a r N o r t h \ i l l e , T h e p o s t o l l i c o a t I.'pton, C l a r e c o u n t y , h a s b e e n d i s c o n t i n u e d . M a i l t o L e o t a . F i n e c e m e n t m a r l b e d s h a v e b e e n d i s c o v e r e d t h r e e m i l e s n o r t h o f S c h o o l - c r a f t . A s t e e l r o l l i n g m i l l i s t o b e e r e c t e d a t K a l a m a z o o b y t h e H a r r o w S p r i n g c o m p a n y . E m m a S m i t h , a g e d 'J2, o f D e t r o i t , w a s f o u n d on t h e s t r e e t a t a n - e ^ i r l y h o u r o n t h e 15th in a s e m i - u n c o n s c i o u s c o n d i t i o n . P h y s i c i a n s b e l i e v e s h e w a s p o i s o n e d . W o r k of s u r v e y i n g t h e l i n e of t h e N o r t h e a s t e r n K. R. f r o m L a w t o n to S c h o o l c r a f t h a s b e e n c o m m e n c e d . It i s p r o m i s e d t h a t c a r s w i l l b e r u n n i n g b y n e x t s p r i n g . L u d i n g t o u h a s h a d a l o n g a n d t e d i o u s fight for m u n i c i p a l o w n e r s h i p of t h e w a t e r w o r k s p l a n t , a n d t h e d e a l w a s f i n a l l y c l o s e d b y t l i e c o u n c i l o n t h e 12th. T h e price p a i d w a s 5110,000. M e n for w o r k in t h e w o o d s are v e r y s c a r c e a l l a l o n g t h e l i n e of t h e M a c k i - n a w d i v i s i o n of t h e M i c h i g a n C e n t r a l r a i l r o a d . W a g e s as h i g h a s S2S a n d £30 a r e b e i n g o f f e r e d b y l u m b e r o p e r a t o r s . A l e x . S i m p s o n , of W y a n d o t t e , is n o t w h a t w o u l d b e c a l l e d a h a n d s o m e m a n . I b u t h e h a s t w o w i v e s a c c o r d i n g t o t h e j v e r d i c t of t h e j u r y , l i e is n o w a w a i t - i n g h i s s e n t e n c e o n t h e c h a r g e of b i g - a m y . A I l e r s e y f a r m e r w h o h a d r e a d t h a t a s h e s w e r e a g o o d m e d i c i n e f o r h o g s , j p r e v e n t i n g c h o l e r a a n d s i m i l a r d i s e a s e s . l e d s o m e to h i s p o r k e r s l a s t w e e k , a n d i n s i d e of t w o d a y s t h e a n i m a l s w e r e d e a d . A P o n t i a c m a n h a s a h e n w h i c h h a s be».'u l a y i n g eg;rs a t t h e r a t e o f f o u r t o s i x a w e e k for a b o u t a m o n t h , a n d o n l y t h r e e of t h e e g g s h a v e b e e n s i n g l e y o l k e d . .Ml t h e rest h a v e h a d e i t h e r t w o or t h r e e y o l k s . T h r e e s t o r i e s of a f o u r - s t o r y b r i c k buildi::<* on W o o d b r i d g e s t r e e t . D e t r o i t . w h i c h hatl b e e n w e a k e n e d b y a r e c e n t (ire in ;in a d j o i n i n g b u i l d i n g , c o l l a p s e d o n t h e 12 th. O n l y o n e p e r s o n w a s injured, but he p r o b a b l y f a t a l l y . 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S e n a t o r C h i l t o n o n t h e 1 1 t h i n t r o - d u c e d a b i l l p r o h i b i t i n g t h e s e n d i n g o f a r t i c l e s , t h e m a k i n g o f w h i c h i s c o n - t r o l l e d b y a t r u s t , f r o m o n e s t a t e t o a n - o t h e r . S u c h o f f e n s e s a r e m a d e p u n i s h - a b l e b y i m p r i s o n m e n t n o t t o e x c e e d t h r e e y e a r s . S e n a t o r G e a r r e i n t r o d u c e d t h e a n t i - s c a l p i n g b i l l of l a s t c o n g r e s s . A h a n d s o m e p i p e s t o n e g a v e l w a s s e n t t o C o n g r e s s m a n M c C l e a r y o n , t h e 13th t o b e p r e s e n t e d t o S p e a k e r . H e n - d e r s o n . T h e h e a d i s a s o l i d p i e c e o f p i p e s t o n e a n d t h e h a n d l e i s d e c o r a t e d w i t h g o l d . T h e i n i t i a l l e t t e r s " D . B . H / ' a r e f o u n d o n t h e g a v e l i n s o l i d g o l d . R e p . W i l l i a m s o n t h e 14th i n t r o d u c e d a r e s o l u t i o n t h a t t h e i n d e p e n d e n c e o f t h e F i l i p i n o s s h o u l d b e r e c o g n i z e d a n d t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s l a n d a n d s e a f o r c e s s h o u l d b e w i t h d r a w n f r o m t h e i s l a n d s . R e p . J e t t o n t h e 1 1 t h i n t r o d u c e d i n t h e h o u s e a j o i n t r e s o l u t i o n e x p r e s s i n g s y m p a t h y w i t h t h e B o e r s . I t i s a l m o s t i n t h e s a m e t e r m s a s t h a t i n t r o d u c e d i n t h e s e n a t e b y M r . M a s o n . R e p . F o r d n e y h a s i n t r o d u c e d a b i l l a p p r o p r i a t i n g 8&0,UQ0 f o r a p u b l i c b u i l d i n g a t O w o n a o . S i n c e C o n g r e s s m a n C o r l i s s ' b i l l f o r a g o v e r n m e n t c a b l e a c r a n t h e P a c i f i c t o M a n i l a w a s i n t r o d u c e d . S e n a t o r H a l e , of M a i n e , h a s r e a c h e d o u t a f t e r s o m e of t h e g l o r y b y i n t r o d u c i n g a s i m i l a r m e a s u r e . H i s b i l l d i f f e r s f r o m M r . C o r l i s s ' i n t h a t i t p l a c e s t h e c o n s t r u c - t i o n o f t h e l i n e i n t h e h a n d s o f t h e n a v y d e p a r t m e n t i n s t e a d o f a c a b l e c o m m i s s i o n , a n d a f t e r c o m p l e t i o n i t p l a c e s t h e o p e r a t i o n i n t h e h a n d s of t h e p o s t m a s t e r - g e n e r a l , b u t d o e s n o t p r o - e n g a g eme n t , b e s i d e s t w o ' c a n n o n a n d v ide a r e d u c t i o n i n r a t e s a s f a s t a s t h e t w o a m m u n i t i o n w a g o n s . H e a l s o s a y s j r e v e n u e s e x c e e d t h e o p e r a t i n g e x p e n s e s , i t i» i m p o s s i b l e t o s t a t e t h e n u m b e r o f j M ¢ ^ M r . C o r l i s s ' b i l l , b u t p r o v i d e s de fad o r w o u n d e d B r i t i s h . I t n a t t h e p r o f i t s go i n t o t h e U. S. t r e a s u r y . A 4 *HIS WORD OF HONOR 3 m A Tale pi the Blue and the Gray, jyi |fj BYE WERNE& jf* y^i Copyright. 1804, by Robert Bonner's Sons. J | | ^ j J - W « ^ a k . ^ > n "as, • *•*• ^a<^fe . O f c . ^ a n ^ a .^fc«^k« ^a» ^ a » ^ ^ « 3¾ fc<%.^> -_5» • « ^ .^fc.^fc ^»'0W 0A0*00* 0M* 40 • ^0>*^0J* *& *^B*0w* 09 &F* 0W* 00 ' 0V* 00* ^01 " 00 * 00 • ^"* • ,^0 *00*0W' 00 00 CHAPTER II. The young officer seemed to have expected this refusal. He advanced a step nearer and dropped the strictly formal tone used heretofore. "Colonel, the interview I seek at Springfield is of infinite Importance to me. I will be perfectly frank with you. I suppose you know the relation in which I stand to Mr. Harrison's family." \ "The wealthy owner of the neighboring plantation, our most bitter enemy. Yes, I have heard of it. It toas said that you were engaged to hi J daughter, and at the outbreak of Jthe war made a sacrifice for your conJlctions." "I did not make it; it was forced upon me. Mr. Harrison broke my engagement to his daughter, without permitting rac even an explanation. The outbreak of hostilities prevented my hastening to my fiancee. I was forced to join my regiment. The letters I sent remained unanswered. I do not even know whether they reached her hands. For months I suffered the tortures of uncertainty. This morning an accident revealed that Miss Harrison, who, I supposed, had long since fled to some place of safety, was still in Springfield. It is the last, the only possibility of obtaining any certainty. I beseech you to grant it." The colonel's eyes rested with evident sympathy on the young man, who was indeed his favorite, and whose ill-repressed emotion showed how keeniT^'tw; suffered from this state of uncertainty; but he shook his head. "Even should I grant you the leave of absiuce, and you reach the plantation unharmed, who will guarantee that Harrison, after what has occurred, will not see in you merely an officer in the enemy's service and deliver you up?" "Deliver me up?" cried Wil'iam. hotly. "The man who was betiuthed only ths afternoon. You must return at sunset, and it is a long distance. You will have barely three hours at Springfield." "A single one would suffice for the conversation on which my whole future depends—I repeat my request" "So be it then. With caution, it may perhaps be possible to avoid the peril which threatens you on the wjiy. I shall rely upon your prudence." "Depend upon it, colonel." Burney approached the young man and, putting his hand on his shoulder, said with deep earnestness: "Till sunset then! It is now noon. If Lieutenant Roland has not returned by eight o'clock this evening, I shall believe that he is either dead or dishonored." William's eyes flashed, but they met his commanding officer's gaze, steadfastly "Believe the former! If I am alive at that hour, I will be here." "Then go—on your word of honor." "On my word of honor." William saluted and left the room. The colonel gazed after him a few seconds, then said in low tone: "Poor boy! I would ten times rather have sent him to meet the enemy than into this temptation." CHAPTER III, An Unexpected Visitor. It was the afternoon of the same day. The sun was lower in the west, but the heat had not yet lessened, and all the blinds in the spacious mansion of Springfield were closed. The extensive estate had, as yet, been spared the devastation of war. It was in the immediate vicinity of one of the principal recruiting-stations in the South and owed it to this circumstance alone that, for the present at lea&t, it could afford its inmates absolute safety. A pleasant dusk pervaded the sit- ^ ^ ^ ^ W W W W ^ A ^ A / V W V W V W ^ M V « A A A ^ V ^ M « W W W ^ A « V S / ^ t A A A A A A A A A / W S "THEN GO—ON YOUR Y/ORD OF HONOR." to his daughter—the man whom he onced called son?" "Everything is possible in these times. Surely you must know his character." "I expect any act of hostility toward in his house. He is a southern gentleman, and a man of honor. I am safe with him." "We will hope so; but another and graver peril threatens you there: If you are still regarded as the son of the house, every effort will be made to win you over to their cause. Suppose that—you should not return?" William started as if an insult had been hurled in his face. "Colonel, I am an honorable man." "I know it; but you are human. You are young and passionately, in love. Even the strongest natures succumb to such a conflict. At that time, you had no choice,, you say. Probably it will be so now. And when the prize is before you, when your affianced wife weeps and pleads, and the whole happiness of your life depends on a single word—avoid the temptation. Lieutenant Roland. I advise you as a friend." The young officer had turned pale, j but his voice sounded firm and resolute as he replied: "I beg you to grant »re the leave of absence—on my word of honor." Burney paced up and down the room several times in silence; at last he paused. "Jtt the utmost, I could grant you ting-room, whose doors opened upon the wide terrace. The glaring sunlight in the garden outside could not find its way into the apartment, whose doorways were protected by blinds and curtains; and a little fountain, whose jet rose amid a circle of tropical plants, diffused 'its cool, glittering drops through the sultry atmosphere. A young girl of perhaps eighteen was half reclining in a rocking-chair. Her little head with its wealth of dark hair was flung wearily back, her eyes were closed, and the long black lashes formed a sharp contrast to the pretty but somewhat pallid face. Her thin white dress, which, though intended only for house-wear, was trimmed with rich lace, harmonized with the costly furniture of the room. In the dreamy twilght, the dainty white-robed figure was as charming as one of the fragrant blossoms nodding over the edge of the fountain. One of the doors leading into the interior of the house was softly opened, and an old negro appeared en the threshold. Noiselessly closing it again, he cautiously approached his young mistress, but she started from her light slumber and sat erect. "Whet is it. Ralph? Does my father want me?" "No, miss, master is still asleep: but Mr. Harrison has come bait: and asks if he can see Miss Florence." "Edward?" The young lady hesitated a moment, then, sinking into her former attitude, she said faintly: "Let him come." Ralph withdrew; and directly after, a young man, fine-looking, but with an arrogant, self-conscious manner, entered the room. "How is my uncle?" he asked quickly. "What I heard from the servants outside did not sound very consoling. Is he worse?" "I fear so," replied Florence, softly. "He had a bad night, and the increased weakness is alarming. He fell asleep an hour ago, and I used the opportunity to get a little rest" Edward Harrison drew up a chair and sat down. "Excuse me if I d/sturb you. I har« just come from tjie city. My friend, Captain Wilson^ccompanied me; and the j u s t l c e ^ u i e peace, with the other itiifisecsT will arrive at the appointed time. All the preparations are made, so that the wedding can take place this evening." A slight tremor ran through the young girl's frame, and there was i tone OL iear in her voice as she asked. "Today—must it be?" "I thought we had arranged it. Surely you consented." "Yes; but I hoped you would allow me a :Utle time—a few months oi week.r What is the use of this fierce haste? Why should the wedding take place beside my father's sick-bed?" "Because it is your father's last wish and will, as you know from his own lips. F e wants to know that you will be safe and sheltered in a husband's, arms when danger assails us, and he has my promise that I will protect you and htg» property to my last breath." "As soon as it becomes yours—1 don't doubt it." Edward's brows contracted angrily. A dark frown shadowed his face. "What does that mean, Florence? Do you doubt my love? You know that it is bestowed on you alone, not your estates, which, in the storms of war, may be destroyed, like so many which have already been ruined. You must trust me. I shall certainly not sacrifice you to any principle, as others have done." The allusion was distinct enough Florence's head drooped, but her ton* betrayed rising indignation, as she re plied: "Was I sacrificed? You say so, anil so does my father, but I have never heard it from William's lips, and you were always his enemy. I cannot understand his giving up the struggle so quickly, not even making an attempt to change my views, and sometimes I fear " She did not finish the sentence, but her eyes, which rested with unmistakable suspicion on her cousin's features, expressed the thought which she did not utter in words. But there was no change in his countenance, and the answer was equally unmoved and cold. "Surely, you read the letter in which he broke with your father? Was not that plain enough? He knew the price that would enable him to possess you. it would have cost him only a single word to call you his; yet, instead, he delivered a political lecture on manly honor, duty, conviction and the rest of the set phrases. Well, he followed his ccn notion and—gave you up." The young girl's pr.le face began to flush, and her. lips were closely compressed. This was the goad which had conquered her resistance, forced her into the new bond; it produced its effect now. "Yes, he gave me up," she repeated, bitterly. "Well—I have given him up, too." "And cannot you yet shake off the memory? You have been candid with me, Florence, cruelly candid. I was forced to hear from your lips that that other still held the first place in your heart, that only filial duty won your consent to my suit. Be it so! I will venture the risk, even with this statement. I will cope with this arrogant German, who does not know what love is, who has never felt the full pulse of genuine passion. For me, no price is too high for the prize of possessing you. I would overthrow all that stood between us, were it even what I held highest. Resist as you may, I shall yet win you—you and your love." There was really a touch of genuine passion in the words, and the ardent gaze which rested on the young girl proved that Edward Harrison was not playing a mere game of calculation. Florence unresistingly left the hand he had seized in his clasp. She was halfunconsciously under the thrall of this man, whom she feared, for whom no voice in her heart pleaded, yet who exerted an almost demoniacal power over her. (To be continued.\ , WAR NOTES. For some months it has been suspected that large quantities of military stores were in the possession of Cubans at some point in the interior. On the 13th the mayor of Tunis, a small town in the district of Holguin, voluntarily disclosed the location and surrendered of three effective field guns, 10,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition to the Americans. The guns had been stored in an obscure place, in a rough country under palm leaf blinds. It would have been almost impossible to find them Unless their whereabouts had been voluntarily revealed. The Holguin district is one of the wildest in the island, and has been regarded as a probable starting point for a possible uprising. Gen Young reports the rescue of lirutne, of the Nevada regiment, and Edwards, of the gunboat Yorktown, who have been held prisoners by the Filipinos. Gen. Tino, conveying the American prisoners north, is hotly pursued. Aguinaldo is a fugitive in the mountains, his body guard having been destroyed and Gregorio del Pilar killed. Gen. Concepcion has surrendered. The Lepanto province has been cleared of insurgents. The navy eo-ope rated with the army on the west coast. Two thousand eight hundred released Spanish prisoners are on their w a y to Manila. The latest from Gen. March is t o the effect that Aguinaldo has disguised himself, abandoned his troops and is hiding in the province of Bengued. He also adds that he destroyed Aguinaldo's bodyguard; killed Gen. Pilar; received the surrender of Gen. Concepcion and staff; killed and wounded 52 insurgents; released 575 Spanish prisoners and captured considerable property. His loss was t w o killed and nine wounded. A force of insurgents estimated at 800, attacked the American garrison of '»00 at Vigan, province of South Ilocos. The American loss was eight killed and many wounded. After very hard fighting the Filipinos were driven off and through the mountains, leaving 35 dead. Col. Bisbee reinforced the garr. son. An official London report gives the total number of killed, wounded and missing of all arms in the engagements of the 10th and 11th. north of Modder river at 832. There were 15 oflicerskilled and four wounded, and in addition five are missing and one is knovvn to have been made prisoner. v Ma j.-Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. V., was on the 13th assigned to the command of the division of Cuba, relieving Maj.-Gen. John R. Rrooko, l \ S. A. Maj.-Gen. Wood will, in addition to his duties as division commander, exercise the authoritj' of military governor of the island. The London war office has received a message stating there were 050 casualties among the non-commrssioned officers and men of the Highland brigade at Magersfontein. The brigade lost 10 officers killed, 3S wounded and four missing. The news of the appointment of Maj.- Gen. Wood as governor of Cuba, was received at Santiago with enthusiasm. Even the most hitter Cuban nationalist agree in praising him as a soldier and an administrator. Commander E. 1*. Wood. U. S. X., died of typhoid fever at his residence in Washington on Dee. H. Mr. Wood was in command of the gunboat Petrel at the battle of Manila bay. The transports Coneinaugh and Leelanaw. with live officers. 10 enlisted men. TS civilians and 41)2 horses has reached Manila. Lanes Family Urn Moves the bowels each day. l a order to be healthy this is necessary. 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Drink it, and you will hear the voice of men and maidens singing the 'Harvest H o m e / mingled with the laughter of children. Drink it, and you will feel within your blood t h e starred dawns, t h e dreamy, tawny dusks of perfect days. F o r 40 years this liquid joy has been within vstaves of oak, longing to touch the lips of man." D R . J . M. BUCKLEY'S R E P L Y . " I send you some of t h e most wonderful whiskey that ever b r o u g h t a skeleton into the closet, or painted scenes of lust and bloodshed in t h e brain of man. I t is the ghost of wheat and corn, crazed by t h e loss of their natural bodies. I n it you will find a transient sunshine, chased by a shadow as cold as Artie Midnight, in which the breath of J u n e grows icy, and the carol of the lark gives place to the foreboding cry of t h e raven. Drink it and you shall have 'woe/ 'sorrow/ and wounds without cause/ 'your eyes shall behold strange women' and your heart shall utter perverse things.* D r i n k i t deep and you shall hear the voice of demons shreaking, women wailing and worse than orphan chidren mourning the loss of a father who yet lives. Drink it deep and long,and serpents will hips in your ears, coil themselves about your neck, and seize you with their fangs; for ' a t last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. For 40 years this liquid death has been within staves of oak, harmless there as purest yater. I send it to you that you may ' put an enemy in your mouth t o steal away your brains.' And y e t I call myself your friend. P o o l e d t h e turgi All doctors told Hemck Hamilton of Witt Jefferson, 0., after suffering 18 a o i t b t from Rectal Fistula, be wonld die anlie* a costly operation was preformed; bat he cared himself with fit* botes of Backlen's arnica salve tfceteres* pile care on earth and the fctet t t l f ia the world; 26c a box and eeM by P. A. Big let. Manchester Enterprise: A r e - port comes from the south part of Manchester township that a man and woman were detected stealing chickens one night last week and both were peppered with shot, which a doctor was called toextri-; t w o days ago and it was as good cate. When t h e doctor asked j t o U 8 a B a t r j p home. Our mail where they were shot, the man re-1 w a 8 a n e w undertaking, t h e first plied, "Between the pig pen and w i n t e r m B ji i u t o s t Michaels. I t chicken ccop." The doctor h o w - ; w a 8 brought to Unalaska from ever, gives a different report, it is Seattle by t h e revenue cutter said, and intimates that at least "Bear" and then overland 500 oue of them will find it uncom- m i l e 8 b y d o g % S o far t h e w i n t e r has not been severe, n o weather bu^ what people could travel. N o worse much than Michigan win fortable to sit down for a while. sive whist until 10 o'clock, o u r lunch time, after that we danced until 3 o'clock in t h e morning, sang songs uutil 5 went to bed a t six. We have plenty of music aboard the two boats here in t h e canal. I am the dancing master by choice and have been teaching all the old grey headed men of the party how to waltz and dance. We use one side of our cabin and have a very nice dance hall. New Years we enjoyed another such evening and expected some visitors over from St. Michaels b u t none came. We received word they would come over to-night and bring some ladies with them, but they failed us again. Two officers of the Healey and one of the Mare Island, returned this evening with bleds aud dogs bringing the news about the mail, which no doubt is keepiug every body I heard it was re- Facts to Bemember. The or,«i„al and * , n u i D e Red M b ; t e r g T h e a ; r } s c o l < J a n d * ftn(j j S i t i n g letters. are Knill's Brd Hills tor Wan ^ P 1 * ! Z e r o w e a t h e r i a c o m £ o r t a b l e . M o s t ported at one time the "Mare I s at 25c box, th« womon s Don't pay 50 cents. Zero weather is r e m e d y - 1 of the weather talre^Iabc^ ! l R -n d " a n d a 1 1 o n b ™ r d w e r ° w r fc k i n i - I A /lorrroofl oh^wfi Vmt r u ' e d and that one or the Aberdeen You i-en work when they work, 1 0 to l o degrees above, b u t ™emake von Pick KniH's I n d i a n s tell us that winter hasnot P a P e r 8 h a d a n a r f c l c l e ~ a s h o r f c " * t u t t o r ' yet commenced, that t h e coldest, h ^ t o r y of my life while on t h e ' I weather is yet to come, last year ! H a r b o r - a sort of an obituary to March was the coldest month. I m e ' l / o u l d ]ik* t o / * a d t h e ftC" have been well all winter. W e - c o u n t of my death aiid what peo- • ,• _ „ „nm*„^aui„ ue„ pie think of me when they think I are enjoying a comfortable life r J aboard t h e boat doing nothing ! a m n o m o r e * more than getting our wood and | T h e activity in boat building ice for cooking and living pur- on the coast is some thing unpreposes. We get plenty of good cedented. I n two vears navigation food well cooked, so don't worry about the poor, unfortunate fellows of the Mare Island. We enjoyed Christmas and New Year. Had a fine Christmas dinner of never jmpe or make you White Ltver Pills. Bowel Twenty five doses, 25 cents. Pleasant, s*fe and sure are Km 1 Black Diarrhoea Pills Cures summer complaints, dysentery and all pains of the stomncb and bowels. Only 25 cents box. Knill's Blue Kidney Pill cure backache, etc. Only 25 rents box. Pure, sweet stnmarhs and breaths are made by taking Knill's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure indigestion, correct all stomach troubles, destroys all foul erases for 25c iiox. Best and cheapest. Guarrantaed bv you! dru#- will be compartively easy on the Yukon. I n '90 there were b u t three larpe river boats, now there are a dozen and they cannot handle t h e business which the pest. W. Will'(Jurletr, Dexter. B. Harrow, Pinckney. S TATE of Sis MICHIGAN, County of Livingston canned chicken and turkey with people demand. One cau go into pot-pie, dressing, mashed potatoes, any business, which this rush of chocolate cake—two dishes of people demand aud make money, which I am still fond—mince pie, All that come will not remain. At a session of the Probate Court for said coun- f r u j t c a ^ e > e t c . Y o u S e e W6 h a d a T h e m a n w h o hftS W o r k e d a l l h i s ty, held at the Probate Ofliee in the village of , ~ . . . i , . . . , , , -i . , , pleasant Christmas even though life in a store or clerked in a bank we are in the ice bound Island of unused to labor or hardships will the frigid zone. The Officers of n o t linger long when he reaches the Stmr. Healey were our guests this country, and after dinner we h a d progres- Continued Next week Howell, on Friday, the 24th day of Nov., in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. Present: Albird M. Davis, Judge of Probate. In the matter of the estate or SILAS A. BARTON deceased. On reading and filing the petition, duly verified> of Frank A. Barton, praying that administration of eaid estate may h»> granted to himself or some other suitable person. Thereupon !t is ordered that Tuesday, theSJCth day of Dec. next, at 1 o'ct >ck in the afternoon, at eaid i'robate Office, be assigned for the hearing of said petition. It is further ordered that a copy of this order be published in the PINCKNEY DISPATCH, a newspaper printed and cirrulating in said county, three successive weeks previous to eaid day of hearing, ALBIRD M. DAVIS, t-51 Judee of Probate, C. L. BOWMAN, Proprietor of The QHy Market, Corner ol Main and Mill Sts., PINCKNEY, MICH. WILL PAY CASH For Tallow, Hides, Pelte, a n d Dressed Pork. A Short Story. Short Stories are popular* provided they have point and directness- Here is one in a nut-shell. On Friday and Saturday, D e c - 2 2 and 2 3 I will sell 20 lb Granulated sugar for 200 tb of mixed Taffy at Butk Raisins at Best Rice Royal Tiger Salmon 30c Coffee Nice Figs Mixed Nuts 1 tb Candy Free with every lb of Tea ¢1.00 8c 8c 5c 10c 23c 15c 1.5c 5c i Arm and Hammer Soda 4c 1 2 M r s Lenox or Jackson Soap 25c 1 0 ¾ Oat Meal 25c Canned Corn, Tomatoes and Peas 8c Flour per sack 45c Pail Syrup per gallon 26c Banner Tobacco 4c Clothe* Pins Jc per dozen Lemons * 20c 3 packages Yeast Fuam I carry a full line of Men's and Boys' working clothes, Caps Gloves, Mittens,Duck goods and Underwear. A l l S a l e s a t t h e s e p r i c e s , C a s h , W. E. MURPHY. See as before selling your Beef. C. L BOWMAN. LAST FECT FOREVER. SCALES CVmnoi Plated Alrfcteel J«evers, Combination ttuun. Catalogue Free. AxWress, JONES o r •INOHA SINS \ The Best Hotel in Detroit Can do no more for *oo In U* way of comfortabls cood meili thar " - - ' *"" Kates and Lamed Street*. bertsfttid good meaii tbao the Franklin House, at eeu. Bataa art $1.60 to te.00 a dav. American plan, Woodward and Jaffemon Avw u « are only * M..?* away, Wi'h ran toall parts o< loevKy* *.xc«i, • "mi. v.atd.m for wheelmen W T ANTED—SliV liUAL BRIGHT AVD HOXKST person* to repttsent 8f as Mauagcrs in this and clo?o by counties. SmJery $900 a year and <xpeocet. fitrai'. bono-fide, no more, do lew. Poai* tiou permanent. Our references, *nf fc*nk ia uoj town, ft U mainly office work condiMMd at borne. Reference. En* aloe* Mltaddreaeed luimped envelope, THfl Domino* COM PAW. r»rrr 3, CHICAGO^ Werner's Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms, lyM027a1.Fa1i1iarP.raKs. A book that should be in the Test pocket of every person, because it tells you the right word to use. Ho Two Words i a the English LA&fuafe B A T S Exactly the Same Significance. To express the precise meaning that one in* tends to convey a dictionary of Synonyms is needed to avoid repetition. The frtronge*t figure of speech Is antithesis. In thin dictionary the appended Antonyms will, therefore, be found extremely valuable. Contains many other features such as Mythology, Familiar AUuaions and For- FrorT LolaetU's Memory Merer Forgetting,'' e t e ' little book bound in a neat cloth binding aod sent postpaid Jbr to. W. Full X * * U * % d n b e d f * ' l a ^ t t o K a f f i i u f f t w a . " Addiess all oeden to _ THC W£RNCR COMPANY, As a care for rheumatism Chamberlain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide reputation. 0. B, Johnson of Richmond, fnd., has been troubled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking of it he says: "I never found anything that wonld relieve me until 1 ased Chamberlains Pain Balm, it acts like matfic with me. My foot was swollen and pained me very much, but one flood application of Pain Balm relieved rae. For sale by F. A. Sigler, Drugpest. Holiday Rates Grand via Trunk. One fare aud a third for t h e round trip to all points on i t s lines and connections west of t h e Detroit and St Clair Rivers. Also to Canadian points west of and including Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Buffalo, N. Y. Also to stations on Northern Divission Georgetown to North Bay, Ont. Tickets for Xmas will be o n sale Dec. 23, 24 and 25, 1899, a n d for New Years Dec. 30 and 31 '99 and Jan. 1, 1900. All good t o r e - turn up to and including Jan. 2, 3900. Dr, Cidy's Condition Powders are just what a horv* needs when in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25c per package. For sale by F. A. Sigler. Business Locals. Notice to Tax Payers The Townships Tax RoJl is now in my hands for the Collction of Taxes—I will be at the Pinckney Ex. Bank during business hours to receive the same. R. H. Teeple. Twp. Treasurer. I would like to trade a single harness for pole wood. J O E SYKJW. For Sale. House and lot in the village of Pinckney t-52 H. Isham. For Sale or Exchange. A $140 00 or^an very cheap. Will take butter, etf^s, oats, hay, or anything 1 can use. Will take same in installments, Percy Swarthont, Pinckney, Mich. Railroad Guide. tfrand Trunk Railway System. Time Table In effect, NOT. 19,1899. ' M. A. L. DIVISION -WE8TBOUND. No 27 Pas96nper. Pontiao to Jackson cpouectton from Detroit 0 44 a pi No.29 Pasaenxefc. J'onttac to Jackson, <J:45 p. ml. No. 29 has through coach trom Detroit to J axon. No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jackson connection from Detroit 4 4 8 p « EAST- OUND No. 30 Passenger to Pontlso and Detroit ft le p » No. 28 Paaannger, Jaxon to Detroit, 9:1« a. m. No. 28 nus through coacfi from Jaxon to Detroit No 44 Mixed to Pontiao and Lenox 7 5 6 s m All trains dally except Sunday. No 44 connection at Pontlac for Detroit and for the west on D A M B B W. J, Blaak, Agent, Pincltnej •M. This wonderful " ' U M S H / P U / W l i J Popular route for Ann Arbor, To* ledo and points East, South, and fof Howell, Owosso, Alma, Mt Pleasant Cadillac, Manistee, Traverse City and points in Northwestern Michigan W. H. BKNNKTT, • 0. P . A. Toledo J . . — "18 BO YEARS BXPERIENCI TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPVPtlOHTw 4 0 . gojM sending a dkefoi and description aser jmiDBDiy rouantania. rvttnm t}»< _ sent fre*. olileat emtjl oan*oertatn~ our opinion free in opornofbldasbnlftt aPLa tMHatanbdibao. oCk ootnn mPi tioiTnean tsltornle 1t«l rp eroonbfaldbslyn t >Pnattferne*ts. otaldkeeant ath/rrsonuegyh f oMrsaenonar Ain fCtpoa. rtssaoststf. fecial nottee, wit boat w a r y . In the ScientificliiKricaii. A handsomely 1H1 - - - - eolation of «07 ~ j fonr •^Zi *hWi« , :«"*H if1» HUM kmi**m> iA^sWsUsk I1/ • — *••- "• - ^ afli^if'-tmMMKlVlrw 4 *t**L^.^*UL,L ilvdikiii. f^fr « ' i T T -T'-r--' ""••" - • - • " ^ I, >•» T T > ^ qi» ii • . nil! H f i i n w / V • > - . V * . : - : • > v «f,- • , ; " i ! . ' ••;.' ?; •;,'. ;-.."<• 1 1 •• - . • • ' . * • • ' ' " ' / • •• V- $.?v '¥ y v "*"„«»<<»*"" 'y'"*;.')1 t i f t . ' i ^ 1 - ! » • » ». ••.<" ' • • *>:-r ^ 4 , * • . : ! ' • ' SK v/,l'. J, /-,¾ ¥. X :(*> >•> vV:;.. Vol. X V I I . Supplement December, £21, 1899. T^o. 51, <*^ WEST PUTNAM. H. B. Gardner and wife were in Howell on Monday. Miss Carrie Erwin of Pinckney, was entertained by Nella Gaidner last Thursday. *'. The Misses Nella Gardner, Fannie Monks and Lucy Harris spent the 16th and 17th in Dexter and vicinity, Grace and Georgie Gardner attended a meeting of the Unadilla Farmer's Club at Byal Barnum's last Saturday. UNADILLARev. D. W. Miller of Wilmont, called on friends here last week. Jean Pyper of Chelsea is spending a few da) 8 under the parental roof. | v Remember the Christmas tree at the Presbyterian hall, Saturday night. J. D. Colton an^.Mra. Flora W&tson visited'friends in Chelsea Monday. *- Herman Lee Swift, genera] manager and treasurer of the Children's Temple Home, Chicago, gave a lecture Sunday morning at this place. He told a number of touching and pathetic stories of homeless boys in the city. f34^as pledged to help the good work along. A Mao About Town, ANDERSON. Edd Cranna was in Chelsea last of last week. Mr. and Mrs. F. Merrill were at the county seat Wednesday. Miss Nora Durkee visited in Marion a iew days last week. A. G. Wilson made a flying trip to Jackson one day last week. The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs, I*aac Pangborn, Wednesday last, Carl Ruele and family, oC Durand, are visiting at Burdick Hinchey's. C. D. Bennett and wife, of Howell, were Sunday visitors in Anderson. Mrs. Bettie Marshall of Gregory | Messrs. B. W. snd Geo. Harspent Saturday and Sunday visit. | ford, of IO^BO, w^re in Anderson ing friends in Unadilla. Wednesday. Spencer Boice and wife of Lyndon were* the guests of L. B. Reopoke and wife over Sunday. The Willie Pickell family who have been sick with scarlet fever for some time are now convalescent. Mrs. Myron May xoesnext week Miss Josie May, of Unadilla, visited at Mrs. E. J. Durkee's over Sunday. Mrs. Fred Merrill and son Alger and Miss Edith Wood spent Sunday in Iosco. A large number from here atto Grand Rapids, where she will; tended t h e m u g i o a l a t G r e g o r y spend the winter* with her son,; M o n d a y n i g h t S eZm ° r ^ ' / . « - . , , - . I &*v Whitfield and Frank Birn- Tom Budd of Stockdndge has ie> o f U u a d i l l f t j c a l l e d o n f r i e n d s become a frequent visitor at this h e r e o n e d a y l a g t w e e k < place again. He spent Sunday at | ~ A. C. Watsons. On Wednesday Dec. 13th, at 8: 30 p. m. occured the marriag** of AGeo. Alex Pyper and Minnie May Mills both of this place. The cer emony took place at the residence of Geo. Hoy land, Howell. Both %re highly Respected young people of this place, and have the hearty good wishes of their many friends for a happy and prosperous life. POINTS D PARAGRAPHS. Don't busy yourself with unimportant things. Tt is easier fro do right than it Is to get credit for it. A Kirl's idea of an eligible man Is one who wants to pet married.' The difference between love r^nr1 dyfi>ep«ia is merely a, matter of ye'art, No one ever heard of appendiclta resulting from, a diet of sour grapes. A few temptations beset the industrious, but all temptations assail the idle. Mr. Hoyt L. Couary will appear at 'the Pinckney Opera House, Jan. 1, in hit; new monologue, entitled "A Man About Town" It opens with a clever piece of verse, in which the different characters are introduced:— The Irish Alderman tells a' humorous story, how he tried to ride a bicycle ; the old English sailor tells a dramatic story of a shipwreck ; Farmer Jones tells his experience in the Farmers' Hotel; Bernardo Fopiano, the Italian fruit vender, describes the discovery of America by "Christoforo Colombo;" Cohen, the second hand clothier, tries to beat farmer Jones in a bargain, and does not succeed; "Uncle Johnathan" Introduces himself and closes the first scene. The second scene is in the cafe of a hotel:— the alderman sings a song; so does Farmer Jones; the Jew tells a dream he had; the " T h e Man About Town" and " Uncle Johcathan" closes the second scene with fitting stories. Taken as a whole, the entertainment is highly'interesting and instructive as well as amusing, and extremely laughable in places. HERE AND THERE Reason & Shehati's New Headquarters 1« the place to 'buy Holiday Hardware. OUT Nickle and Silver plated Ware, Skates. .-^00- Telegraph wires are better i, conductor* on Monday than on Satur- # Razors. Sleds and Small Bobs make Excellent Presents FOR EVERY ONE; Printing originated years ago in Cfcalatea. The Congo region exports about 3,M0,O0Oj walking sticks a year. The number of summer hotels in the United ' etatee is estimated at 23,000. The proportion of married persons to single ones \B at seventy-five to 1,000. Tall persons nave- the advantage of greater longevity than short ones. Tnere are forty-ftvfi admirals in the French navy and S30 generals in the French army. Births and deaths occur all the world over more frequently at night than in the daytime. In a Methodist church in a remote Georgia community the old rule of separation of the sexes during worship is observed. After the recent thunderstorms in England thousands of dead eels uere found near Sandwich,, floating in the Delf river. Exports of coftl from the United States have Increased from 227,918 tons, In 1S70, to over 4,000,000 tons during the past year. Chile is going to fit up a vessel^wlth the products of the country to be taken to the principal ports on the Pacific for exhibition. • • Among the Parsees a murderer is punished with 90 stripes on his bare back, while a maeter who neglects his dog receives 200 stripes. » Macaroni and vermicelli are simply a mixture of wheaten flour and water, pressed through molds and dried. They are produced largely in Italy, where they are favorite articles of food. Even a little thing like the common needle threader is worth 2,000 pounds a year to its owner, while the "return ball"—a wooden ball fastened on a piece of elastic—yields 10,000 pounds per annum. The athletes of Greece in ancient times, when? training for physical eontests, were fed on new cheese, figs and boiled grain: Their drink was warm water, and they were Hot allowed to eat meat. Metals get tired as well as'living Holiday Specials! Below we quote a few of the many Bargains to be found at Our Store during this week. Childrens' Fancy Handkerchiefs at lc each. Ladies' plain Hemstitched 2c each Gents* plain Hemstitched 4c each . Ladies' plain and embroidered hdkfs. 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 22,*25, 50c. All best printa at Good values in Tennis Flannel at 10—4 Grey Bed Blankets at Ladies' Kid Gloves at , Gents' Un-Lanndried Shirts Gents' Laundned Shirts at Ladies" $1.25 Fleeced Wrappers Best unbleached cotton at All Linen Crash at Special prices* on Underwear Special prices 6n Shoes \ 4,4¾ . wvm and 5c per yd. 4 and 4Jc per yd. " • - 49 and 59c. 89c. 59c 99c 5»c 5c . Saturday, Dec. S3, LOOKOUT FOR BARGAINS f Ever article in our Grocery department at a low price. Bargains will be found throughout our stock. A b b S A L E S GASH. F. G: 3ACKS0N. I J . I I I H I I I I M M M M I . >« I I fc.b < M H l»t*»»«' M M * i > > - ^ > Don't fall to see Our Xmas Tree. day; on account of their Sunday rest, and a rest of three weekt adds ten per ycent. to the conduct ivlty of a wire. Hanc^ea-row, one of Boston's historic and narrow byways, but of late ;-jw*r* one of the dirtiest in the city. ha* l>e*B deprived of itc honored : name by tfce etreet commissionerjB, j and will hereafter be known as..pufr"" He allev^ No. 102. A tark of chlorate of potash recently exploded In a factory in Irtncasoli-e^ Bn«kmd.. with, disastrous results. A a tbe substance Is not combustible in Itself, althoujrh a powerful aid to eomtastt'Jn tmder some eirauastanees, the dlsacter.ls not easy, to account for. i &HtoTi fc$IZEL \ mthe i 4 Ttve Boiled Dswr\ Paper Cream not SKim Mi IK Hits the N^lorv the ftaid Knows what to Pat ii\ Knows wtot to Leave out < ~ * ^ Full of Ginger Fall of Sunsh) TO « ^ - S * A Practical R^pfcr Fbrsieeves-rolted-ap FAm\eo G004 many.Sto.te where GampHonis Cart*A QtioFitthemvtoiftwVflw&ttW Fanners at the FhstlfeMe jastJcetoAiiMtfi Why haw a Mortgage on the- Farm, Poor Crops* Rheumatism, Sour Bread, Sick Hogs, « Leaky Root^ Ropy Milk, a Balky Hone, Grip, Hole is the I Skeleton in the Closet, or any other Pain or Trouble when you can get the Para Jaonaal fiie yeats fiar 9a its/ Address FAAK JOCKVA*. Fhila., Fa. -&PF K \ M E ^ . UlPORTATrT NOTKB.-^By made with tawFAftri JOURNAL.w» otter that ttcry —both papers tar MM to »•»**. The above Journalyears PhtE, vwilh one ,, ^^> aubscriptlon to the PINGKNBY D I S P A T C H , ::M mm The Would make an ejccellent X m a i present to some friend who la f * » front H&. aaaocfatea—tt ioea 3 a weeks for ^UOO.^ « ' ¥1. * . N ' * « : • W^gl^U.y " . H * : , * " " H ' « > - ' ' ••* of 1 » . ' » | . • " « » * - • ' ' » • ! ! > » • < * ' "*w" w ^ " t * - ^ -*••••• , • i n * ' ii) » • i i y » i i i f j i y i ^ H wyg^ytwy««^w^i i ww—ii •—«——^^q»wy~^w«»i.*«*fc • >C "?. "":~vin>: ' v-v••',' ' v ; ••; . , , * , , : . • „ • . . ¾ . V ' ' ' i • . - •••••;•• «' : V - V.v. . - • •• : > - * ' •• • • . • • « * & • ' • • • • : • • ;' > i l . *y. • • • ' • K . : • • t • / O ;,.,» ^ • • i i - > , ' • £» GREAT <0 :¾. remendous CLOTHING Profits Go to the Buyer and Wearer Price is no Object as the Money is Demanded by the Creditors. BEGINS -.-.-.A m ,,H tv'V' ct* FOR TEN DAYS ONLY We give the people of Pinckney and vicinity an opportunity to >uy clothing cheaper than ever before. This is no idle talk, come in and ie convinced. Come and see the Bargains. Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's 8 Worth 915, for $ 7.90 u 1 0 4( a -u\ a a a n a ii a u a h > Hea L v : * > : • • Heavy All Wool Ulsters, Black, Brown and Gray, • Heavy All Wool Ulsters, Black, Brown and Gray, . Heavy AH Wool Ulsters, Black, Brown and Gray, Fine Kearsey and Chinchilla Overcoats, Satin or Wool Lined, . Fine Kearsey and Ghincilla Overcoats, blacks and blues Fine Kearsey and Ohincilla Overcoats, blacks and blues Suits, Worsted Cheviots or Serges, any Style, Suits, Tweeds or Fancy Worsteds; any Color, Worth $12 to $ 1 3 6 0 for $5.95 Suits Cheviots, any Style, Good Weight and all Wool, , _ 8 '• 10 " 3.87 Boys' Chinchilla and Kearsey Ulsters, odd Pants and Suits at the same reductions. v^ weight Underwear, any color, Silk Trimmed, .'- • - - >« Working Shirts, Wampuses, Sox, etc., at cost. 12 10 18 15 10 15 ii 610 4.87 816 6.80 4 90 785 • . * * • • ' • * • " . • " ; * ' • * * ••„ & ' * •f-': <* e n « BRITISH MEDICAL INSTITUTE 303 E. Main 8 1 , JACKSON, MICH. TREATS ALL DISEASES OF MEN AND WOMEN. WFilf UFU restored to vigor and r r C / T A OTC/T vitality. Organs of the body which have been weakened through disease, overwork, excess or Indiscretions, restored to full power, strength and vigor by our new and original system of treatment. Ut/UnPFnQ of testimonials bear nUnunCUO evidence of the good results obtained from our method of treating all forms of ohronlo disease. WE TREATAND CURE PARSHALLVILLE. A. C. Wakeman has moved back to his farm but is in very poor health. Rob G»iswold went to Detroit Saturday, ' t o visit his daughter, Mrs. Rowley. C. B . Marvin went to L a n s i n g LNADILLA FIRMER* CLUB. T h e D e c e m b e r m e e t i n g of the U n a d i l l a farmers c l u b was held at the h o m e o f Mr. and M r s . R y a l Barnum in the village of U n a d i l l a , on Saturday of last week. O w i n g to the c<'ld, sickness and s o m e other causes there was not as big a turnout as usual but those present, enjoyed t h e m s e l v e s . U n c l e Catarrh, Asthma, Broochitk. Rheumatism, Ncur»l«k, Sciatic* Luml Female Heart Disease, Syphilis. Varicocele, Steriuty, Bladder Trouble, Loes of Vitality, Dyspepsia, Coostiptboo, Li rer Complaint Tumors, Piles, Fistula, Skin Diseases, Blood Diseases, Youthful Errors, Nervous Troubles, Weakness of Mcoc o i s u i r i n o i n u n . CHARGIS BOOUUTK. Hoars 9 (• S. 1st Opm Sudsy*. UR. HALE IN PERSONAL CHARGE. gPKUlIOTICBi Those unable to call should tend •tamp for question blank for home treatment. Darius J o s l i n was present and kept things last week to attend the farmers live]y w h e n h e thought there was need of Club Association. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frai k Bravender a seven pound boy last Saturday morning. Mrs. J e n n i e W r i g h t had the misfortune to fall and im'ure lier lame foot last week Thursday. Clare liook«r broke through the ice on the mill pond last Saturday but by calling for help was sopn rescued but had a cold bath. G r a n d m a Wakeman died at tlu home of her son, E. Wakerann, last Saturday morn in t>. The fu neral was held at the M. E. church at this place, on Monday at eleven o'clock, Rev. Walker officiating, j | TKASXaLtBX. THEG*£AT /f£STOAATIVE. Bar-Ben Is the greatest known nerve tonic and blood purifier. It creates solid flesh, muscle and STRENGTH, clears the brain, makes the blood pure and rich, and causes a general feeling of health, power and renewed vitality, while the generative organs are helped to regain their normal powers, and the sufferer is quickly made conscious of diroct benefit. One box will work wonders, 6ix phould perfect a cure. 50 da. A BOX; 6 boxes, $2.,¾). For sale by druggists everywhere, or mailed, sealed. on receipt of price. Address DRS. HARTON AND BENSON, Bar-Ben Block. Cleveland. O F o r sale by F. A. S I G L E R , Druggist P i n c k n e y , - - Mich. A $ 4 . 0 0 BOOK FOR TSctS. The Farmers' Encyclopedia. E v e r y t h i n r p e r - t a i a i s f to the affairs of the farm, h o u s e h o l d and stock ralslar. Embraces articles on the horse, the colt, horse habits, diseases of the horse, the farm, grasses, fruit culture, dairy, tng.cookery, health, cattle, sheep,swine, poultry, bees, the dog, toilet, social life, etc., e t c One of the most comp l e t e E n c y c l o - pedias in existence. A large book, 8x5% T 1% inches. 6 » paces, fully illustrated, bound in green cloth binding and equal to D i s c o v e r e d b y a W o m a i . Another great discovery has been made and that too, by a lady in tkis country. "Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood.its severest tests, but hwr vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep, She finally discovered a way to recovery by purchasing of t s a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and was 80 much relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all night and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Dutz." Thus writes W. C. Hammick & Co., of Shelby, N. C, Trial bottles free at F. A. Sigler's drug store. Regular -dze 50c and $1.00 every bottle guaranteed. Conkeys H o m e J o u r n a l for f>» c. is of extraordinary excellence. The front cover brings very forcibly to rhe reader's mind the comming of "stiring ' e m " up A f t e r dinner was served the club was called to order by the president and opened with r i n g i n g by the club and prayer by R e v . H . Palmer. F l o r e n c e R i c h m o n d g a v e a recitation which was the history of the Spanish A m e r i c a n war in A l p h a b e t . Th is w a s followed by W, I i . Collins r e a d - ing t h e speech of M i l o D . ('ompbell which was d e l i v e r e d in Lansing at the S t a l e A s - sociation of F a r m e r s ' C l u b s , D e c . 12 T h e speech w a s an excellent one and should be read by every farmer and voter in the state W e presume copies < an be lutil by d r o p - ing a card to the tax commissioner at Lansing m a k i n g a request for the same. It would require to much space to try and g i v e e v e n extracts of it for it was all good. I n the discussion which followed everyone agreed with the paper. Ryal B a r n u m said: T h e tax question is o n e in which we are all interested ; do not know why the railroad should not be taxed upon its valuation as well as the farm. I f railroads are to be taxed only on their earnings then tax the farm in the same m a n n e r . T h o u g h t that Unadilla was taxed as near its valuuas a n y township in the county. Also thought that the clubs of the county should work together to see that the c o m i n g special m e e t i n g of the legislature accomplish some thing in the l i n e of equalizing taxation. T . H o w l e t t : I think the tax commission a good thing a n d the farmer should stand by i t ; there is a good deal of money that is covered up and not taxed. R e v . EI. P a l m e r thought that a c h a n g e should be m a d e in our legislature. W. B. Collins : T h e r e is to m u c h m a c h i n e r y in politics; about s i x months ago I saw the slate for the n e x t county nominees ; p e o p l e should seek t h e officers instead of m e n seeking the office. W . I I . Sales: W c should not kick on officers unless we attend the primaries. R e v . B . H . Ellis was in favor of tax c o m m i s s i o n . S. Wasson was in s y m p a t h y with the tax question. Frank Biruey: We must put right m e n into offiice—men with backbone. T h e discussion being closed Mrs. Darius Joslin g a v e a recitatiou - ' T h e D r u n k a r d s W i f e " w h i c h was e x c e l l e n t , and the qiiesand got a good catch. F . Birnie s o w e d either in fail or spring a n d had b W good luck with sowing with oats or wheat. T h o u g h something was lacking in the soil. Mr. B a r n u m : H a v e had the beat luck in s o w i n g alone and after t h e drouth of A u - gust. Mr. Howlett a n d Mr. Hartsuff thought that the land n e e d e d s o m e fertilizer. It was voted to hold t h e next m e e t i n g a t the h o m e of Z. Hartsuff, at o'clock S H A R P , and no dinner will be aerved as it will be strictly a business session and e l e c t i o n of officers. Mr. Hartsuff and f a m - ily were appointed to-^look after t h e p r o - g r a m . m >m F. A. tjicrler guarantees every bottle of Cbaraberlins Cough Remedy and will refund the money to any one who is not satsified after using two thirds ot the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for la grippe, coughs, colds, uroop and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia, t mar.-l My son has been troubled for year* with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago I persuaded him to take some of Chamberlin's Colic, Cbolrea and Diarrhoer Remedy. After using two bottles o( 25-':eat size he was cured. I give this testimonial, hoping someone similarly effected may read it and be benefited—Thomas C. Bower, Glencpe, 0. For site oy F. A. Sigler, druggist STILL MOKE LOCAL. H i t c h i n g posts were scarce in town on Saturday last. M t k e the editor an Xraas present of that back subscription. Frank Backus was in S a g i n a w last week in the interest of the Gleaners. T h i s week Monday our body of law makers went into session at Lansing. Oil was struck at "a d e p t h of 164 ft. w h i l e drilling for water on a farm in C o h o c t a h , Saturday e v e n i n g was a/beautiful one to view the almost total eclipse of the m o o n , arid many enjoyed the sight—it was a l m o s t total. Subscribe for Dispatch PUBLISH*!) KVJtaX THURSDAY atoaHINQ BYJ j FRANK. L. A N J H E W S Editor and Th-oprietor. Subscription Price$1 in Advance. Watered at the fostodlce at c'luc^aey, Michigan, as second-class matter. Advertising rates made Known on application. Business Cards, $4.00 per year. l^eata and marriage notices ouolished trad. Announcements ot entertainment* may he paid for, ii desired, ay predating tue odice wita ucs> ele ot admission, la case ucieid are not oroa^aB to tne odiets, regular rates will us cuar^ed. 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I n the J o u r n a l are found UP- w < iL S a ^l e s plowed-and worked the a number of very_ interesting g r o u n a t h e M m e a s f o r oat8' 8 o y r e d i n M a ^ stories. The music in this number is exceedingly fine—worth more than the price of the Magazine for one whole year, Sample copies of this handsome number will be mailed on request. Addrees- Conkey's Home Journal, Chicago, 111. otner books costing $4.00. If you desire this book lend us our special offer price, $0.75« and $0.20 extra for postage and we will forward the book to you. If it is not satis, factory return it and we will exchange it or refund your money. Send for our special illustrated catalogue, quoting the lowest prioea on books, We can save you money. Address mil orders to • T H E W E R N E R C O M P A N Y , M U t t o n aa« Kaaafectutra. AkTOn, Ohle. [The Werner Company is thoroughly reluble.l—Edito*. Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25ct. bottle of Henry & Johnson's Arnica and Oil Liniment, if it fails to cure bumps, bruises, scratches, chafes, cuts strains blisters, sore muscles, sunburn chapped hands or face, pimples, freckles, or any other ailments requiring an external application. Lady riders are especially pleased with Arnica and oil Liniment, it is clean and nice to use. Twenty-five cents a bottle; one three times as large for 50 cents. F. A. Sigler, W. B. Darrow, A SURE CORE FOR CROUP. Twenty-five Years' Constant use Without a Failure. fri£ ViLLAdfi" UiKECrOK/, VILLAGE OFFICERS. FaKSiuBST .>nM . . . _ Uei. .\iclutyre TaUdXiSKd o. Li. LIIJ upsJU, .-VureJ. al.jaiid, Daniel Uiou<irdd, >eo. do>voi*u, si.aiiel syK.ee, P. LI. Jouueou. CLBaa ~~ ..--. •• •'•--*• It. U. Teeple rusAdjujitt -- - —,.W. E. Miirpuy Aartissott. ...— •..— W, A. Cafr araetsr ^oMjtidttiosaii . . . J . floated. AlAUriAUu. A. E, !<.-.».*J. : tit-ALiu Jtt\cnti. Jr. ii- K. it^ier ATTOUSB* ...—, ...~. ••-— •...— VV. A. CAIt CHURCHES. The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to that disease it may be taken as a sure sign of the approach of an attack. Following this cough, is a peculiar rouph cough. If Chamberlin's Cough Remedy is given as soon as the cbild becomes hoarse, or even after tbe croupy cough appears it will prevent the attack. It is used in many thousands of homes in this broad land and nev«r disappoint* the anxious mothers. We have yet to learn of *a sinale instance in which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation can show such a record—twenty five years constant use without failure. For sale by F. A. ^igler. T l i o A p p e t i t e o f a C « a t Is envied by ail poor dyspeptics whose stomach and liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. Kinsr'a New Lite I'ills, the wonderfnl; _ . stomach and liver remedy, gives a Vf arauuisr t^idoofAL, onuttoti. ,. j , i LTA rtev. CUJW. Siuipdoa, pastor, aervicddd.ery s p l e n d i d a p p e t i t e , s o u n d d s g e s t i o n a n d j Sunday uioruintf *t lU:io, and every Sunday • , j , i . , . . , i eveuiatr at 7:ou o'clocn, Grayer ineetia^ i'aurst r e g u l a r DOdy h a b i t t b a t i n s u r e s p e r - d»y eveuintja. suuday scaooi *l oioee ot Jiornr . L i . u j J. r\ , in^ service. LBAJ. JJIULBB, Suut. feet health and great energy. Only _. ! - 25c at F. A. dialer's drugstore. ! f^oNuttEOAno.NAL OHLKCU. j \J itev. C: W. Kice pastor. Service every I aaaday morainj it 10:40 <tad -ivdry Satil*y Compare other papers with this iti the i eveaia* at 7:oC o CIJC*. Grayer meeting rnara- , , , , 1 - , / . i I day evenings. oanJjy dctiool at cioaeot uoroline of l(K-!il news, th»ii sul>son!)e for the ' ioa service, rt. il. i'ecole , iaj^. Hm it^*i, isc D I S P A T C H for yourself or friend as you will get .ill tlie n-iw-i for $1.(K) H ye:tr. Jarri ?s E 1# ir of (izn >a w is elected President of t h e skate Farmers Institute which was held at L ruinsr list week*, and Miss J u l i a Bull, of II imburg V i c e Pres. A man ia Ypsilauti w is given ten dnys a abort time a,'> f ir'isin^ prjr'ine l;iri,*Jtge on the street. The d i n Is ot t\\? : n i r ^ i i l would be full if the U w was enforced in some towns. J f . . \ I \ i t l f S 'JAl'tiviulvJ OiiL-'itJd. O Itev. >I. J. OooiiUirtord, i'*iior. s^rvioaa every Sunday. Low uiana al7:*Jo clock hign inaee *'iiu *eruioa ^t Jiiij*. >a. Oatectiidin at J :oo p ui., veaperdanuuenediciionat <":Hi p. m. SOCIETIES. rnae A. O. U. Societv .)f tuii oli;e, aau *\?<STJ J. cuir I -j i i l i / t itad ?'r. >1 IXIII-J v liil. I J U i ' u a t / i i i i ili ij <£ju/, J n it' ) ' i g i i*. D D E S I T P A Y T O B U Y C H E A P ? A chesp r e m i ly for ci>Jghs an I colds is all rit*ht but y >u vviat son.»thi:i* t i n t will relieve and c u r ' t i e m i r e severe rtHdlts of lung trubles. W i t t s!mll y m 1 >? G> to warmer and m )re regular climate? Yes, if possible; if n )t possible f >r y >u, then in eather case take the O N L Y r e m l dy tint h i s been introduced in all c i v i l i z e l countries with success in severe throat an 1 lun trubles, ', B>sctiee's G ? r : u i n EPVVOltra LEAGUE. Meeta every Sunday dveam^ at <>;'>• J OUIOCK ia tUe 4 . E. Juarcu. A cordial lavitAtiou u extended to everyone, especially youu^ people. Mrd. St2e}^la Urauam i^re*. [ t i s n i v E ^ j ^ w > t •>>;LErfi-iiwt. i I^-I ewrc -i.t l U / >»>•* iia^ it i: i>. 'c MI i <ut, j MLSS C.UA Jirp'a;*r: w r » u r ; , A:-i. '. V. t.a. 0, rn a e <v.v. r. u. irnnstti , ^ iQiatb at „':}, p. .11. it t •>> i n i n »< \rM frilav of eaca i>r. I. P. Sigler. Bverx'»ae mter^st^d i i te npifiac* i* coadially iaviH I Hrs. '^eil Si;ler, I'r**; vCra. Etta Diirfee, Secretary. The C. T. A. and ti. »ociei.y >f tbia p'aoe, naiit every third Saturuay eveaia^ in the Pr. .<itthew Hail. John lioaohue, Freeident. l t ^ ' i r X l Q H T S O F MACCABEES. vrU[>." It I DLMeeteverv Friday evening on or rjefore Call . . . , , . . 'of the moon at their hall iu the Swarthout bldg. not only heals an I stimulates tlie tissues to , Visiting brother* ire cordially invited. destroy the g e r m dise.ise, but allays inflammation, causes easv expectoration, gives a good nights rest, aud cures the p a t i e n t . Try o n e bottle. R e c o m e n d e d many years by :il 1 druggists in the world. - S a m p l e bottles at F . A . Sigler's. CHAs.daPBELL, Sir Knight Commander O U R G E N E R A L C A T A L O G U E it the book of the pr» >-\»~it ouot, s Wholesale Pricr-. to !•• •' • • -v. has over l.ooo rages. if..\>o :'.. -trat.nns. and 60,000 d< . crjpticns oi'; ... \v,:h prices. It costs 72 cer.ts to pi. " a -.d nuil each copy. V V wa;,t > ^ t» iaavo o-ie. SENH K l F T E l i N CENT to show your good f. *.'. T-.! W . : ' • • a d y -:i :\ cp">' " !.. \vith all .char;;t•;•• ;;'vpaid. 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Visiua^ s.stirs o r i i a i i y .a vited. LILA CONIWA/ Lady Com. V KNiGHTS oy TUB L J V A U . i J i S J met-t every second vVeiuesday ereaiui; of <*verv mouta-in the It. O. T. M. dall ut r^iOo'elocic. All viaitinj Guards welcome. F. G. JACKSOX, Capt. (ien. BUSIN£S5 CARDS. . F. SIGLER M. 0- C. L, SIQLER M, 0 DZS. S1JLER d StiLER, Pnyalou m and j u r ^ m s . All c*tls ,>ri» apt! attended to day or ii^ht. 0&:* oa .VI*ia sir Pinckney, .Mich. DR. A. B. GREEN. [> •. < n v f - •:,• ;ry Taarsday and Frid*y Otflce over Siller's Drug Store. psml eral Dire.'t »r and Emhalmer. Healdaaea c >an-.«l3i«-1 wita ne«- ^t*n relepa >fl«. All calls promptly aa««v.>red. Oae mile njrth of Plainneld Village. J. 'i SAYuaa. PATENTS GUARANTEED Ottr fee returned if we fait Any one 1 •ketch and description of any invention promptly receive our opinion"free concerafaut the p&tentalnlity of same. " H o w to Obtaauii Patent" sent upon request. Pntenta arnajji * through us advertised for sale at our expense. Patents taken out through us receive ««Mce, without charge, in T H E PATKKT r « a illustrated and widely circulated OOtiwiHed by Manufacturers and ' for ammple«anr raUL VfOTO* «1. CVAMw A i i • m I. FSANK L. ANDUBWS, Fubliihen PINCKNEV, • " • MICHIGAN. The luxuries of life are the thlnga wc don't really need. That New York coffee scare Is no tempest in a tea cup. An earthly angel is a woman that other women never gossip about Time magnifies our good deeds and diminishes the size of our misdeeds. Talk about a "Greater Jolict" will not be received with favor in criminal circles. Many a man's reputation for goodness is founded upon his ability to conceal his badness. Humor is the electric light in the halls of literature. Wit is the flashlight, and sarcasm a torch darkened by the smoke of prejudice. Chicago engineers are designing an earthquake-proof steel palace for the crown prince of Japan. It will mark the advent of American steel construction in the Mikado's land, and the imperial government has appropriated 13,000,000 for its erection. Foundations are being laid with a view to rearing the framework in February. Around the skeleton of beams and bars will be built a house of granite and marble expected to eclipse in beauty of design anything the orient has ever known. The palace will adjoin the royal home of the Mikado in Tokyo, and it will spread to extreme dimensions of 270 by 400 feet, rising to a height of sixty feet. The architectural plans partake of the French renaissance. There will be only one serious objection to the proposed J200.000.0UO sugar trust-glucose trust amalgamation— namely, that not all of the capital stock will be water. The projectors of the enterprise must realize, with sadness, that out of the proposed $200,- 000,000 capitalization there will be several million dollars of bona-fide stock issued against an actual investment of tangible property. Perhaps their ingenuity Is equal to the occasion. They may find some way of skimming this cream of tangible property off the ocean of water so as to leave the latter in its original simon-pure condition. With another five years of trust promotions under the most modern methods the man who can produce a share of capital stock which represents an actual investment will be entitled to a prize. The attempt of the Russian government to adopt in that country the Gregorian calendar, which is fc use in nearly all the rest of the civilized world, has failed. The reason given is that it has been found impossible to establish an agreement between the dates of religious festivals appearing in both the Julian and the Gregorian calendars. That is to say. the people want to keep on celebrating Christmas and Easter and the other days on exactly the same dates as at present, and will not be reconciled to a change. Yet precisely such a change was made in the English-speaking world a century and a half ago, when the calendar was shifted twelve days, and what had been Christmas became Twelfth-day. There were popular protests against it, and in England not a few riots. But the authorities insisted upon the reform, and it was effected. It seems strange for the supposedly despotic Russian government to show itself more sensitive to popular prejudices than were the British and American government. The contention of Benjamin Kidd, the author of "Social 2 solution," that white men cannot become acclimatized in the tropics has stirred up a wide discussion. Dr. Manson, who has written a book upon this subject, and Dr. Rtao, director of the medical department of the Italian navy, are thorough believers in the possibility of tropical acclimatization. The death rate of Eu- , ropean troops in the tropics, which used to be from 100 to 129 per 1,000, is now as low as 12 per 1,-/00 in India. la Trinidad and Barbados the sickness and mortality among European soldiers are actually less than at home. The Boers are physically the finest men in South Africa. The Portuguese ufder favorable social conditions have been totally absorbed in India, but in Guiana and .Brazil they have thrived ..remarkably, well. Spaniards and Italians have become completely acclimatized in the tropical parts of both North and South America. The death rate of Spaniards in Cuba is less than in Spain. It is. to the microbe of the tropics rather than to the heat thai attention should be directed, according to the New York Medical News. The different experiences of the men la ships and the men on land at Santiago, it "thinks, proved this beyond question. They endured LLs heat but not the malaria. tHIS WORD OF HONOR, § $ A Tale ol the Bhte and the Gray. ff\ *K BYE WEKNEZ Jfi X Copyright. !»<, by Robert BAnuer'i Son*. - 4R CHAPTER I. A Soldier's Honor. The rays of the noonday sun were beating down with the scorching glow known only to the Boutin*^ In the hot, quivering air every ^object seemed steeped in radiant light, and even the forest afforded no coolness, for it, too, was pervaded by the sultry atmosphere, and beneath the huge trees the burning breath of noon was still felt Under one of these trees, whose branches, heavy with foliage, extended a long distance, two young men had flung themselves on the ground, apparently for a short rest Both wore the uniform of the Union army, one being a lieutenant and the other a surgeon. The latter, who had t slender figure somewhat below the middle height, expressive features and dark hair, lay in a comfortable attitude on the turf, listening calmly to his companion, who had started up and was pacing hurriedly to and fro. The powerful form, thick, fair hair and blue eyes unmistakably revealed German ancestry: but a cloud shadowed the frank, youthful face, and the voice trembled with passionate emotion. 'T must go, cost what it may! Since I knew that Harrison and his daughter were on the plantation, I have had no rest. Say what you please, John, I am going!" "My dear William, you are on the eve of doing a very foolish thing," said the surgeon, without changing bis comfortable position. "I advise you, as a friend, to drop It; the affair may be your death." "What do I care for that! Certainty I will have at any cost A brisk ride will bring me there in two hours, and I can return before sunset. I'll venture it at any peril." "And risk a bullet through your r —the honor of our different nationalities." "In which you usually came off worst" "Yes; you had an abominab't w^y of cudgeling German supremacy into me; and as you were the stronger, I generally yielded to your palpable arguments. But when there was anything which required brains and reflection, John Maxwell was summoned. Then you submitted to my authority, and, at the utmost, appeared on the scene when there was a drubbing to be given. Don't look so gloomy, Will; let us discuss the matter sensibly. What do you really expect to accomplish by this wild ride into the enemy's country? You don't even know whether Mis3 Harrison wishes to see you—whether the did not agree when her father dismissed you so unceremoniously." "No. no!" William impetuously retorted. "Florence has been deceived— forced; she has not received any of my letters, as I have not had a single line from her. Her father was always opposed to our engagement; we fairly extorted his consent He gave it reluctantly, and promptly availed himself of the excuse afforded by the war to recall his promise." John Maxwell shrugged his shoulders. "Well, you can hardly blame him! He, a secessionist and slave-baron, and you with your humanistic ideas! You harmonize like fire and water, and you were always a thorn in the flesh of his nephew, the charming Edward. You stole from under his very eyes the wife on whom he had set his heart. He'll never forgive you. Conditions were imposed at the outbreak of the war?" "Yes—shameful one3! I was to deny my convictions, desert and betray the "WILL YOU ACCOMPANY ME?" brain. You have probably forgotten that We are engaged in a war and that it is desertion for an officer to be absent from his regiment without leave. Court-martials are sometimes disagreeable in such cases, and it would be unfortunate if Lieutenant Roland should go out of the world by lynch-law." The sarcasm of these words succeeded in producing an Impression where sensible arguments might have failed. William Roland started and answered more quietly: "What fancy have you taken into your head? Of course, I don't mean to go without leave. The colonel will not refuse it; we are doing nothing here. I must see and speak to Florence once more, even though I hazard my life to do it!" "You lovers are always ready to risk your lives," said the young surgeon, carelessly. "Your feelings are forever at the boiling point A strange condition of affairs. Let me feel your pulse!" "Cease this Jesting!" cried William, furiously. "Can't yon curb your spirit of mockery even here? But how could I expect sympathy or appreciation from ycu where affairs of the heart are concerned!" "From the heartless American!" retorted John. "Of course, heart and feeling are the prerogatives of the German. You have taken out a patent on them, and consider yourselves actually insulted if other people claim a little of the article, too. Here we are back again at the old point of dispute, over which we wrangled auHciently a* bojj cause I serve and fight in the ranks of the enemy against our army. I rejected the dishonorable demand as it deserved." "With the most reckless bluntness to the millionaire and future father-inlaw. The Harrisons really are not so very much to blame. You would be an extremely troublesome son-in-law. I should have considered the matter a little. Where a bride and a fortune are at stake " "You would have practiced treason? John, don't make yourself worse than you are. Even you would have been incapable of i t " "Who talks of treason! You merely needed to have remained passive and not fought at all, either for or against the Union; that would have been the wisest course." "And a cowardly, pitiful one into the bargain! Am I alone to lag. behind, when every one springs to arms? Let us drop the subject. Our views ,on this point are very widely sundered." "They are on all points," said Maxwell, dryly. "I stick to it—this visit to the plantation is as useless as it Is dangerous,' but I don't flatter myself in the least with the hope of detaining you. You'll have your own way under all circumstances." "Of course, I shall. I'm going to .he colonel at once to ask for leave of absence. Will you accompany me?" The young surgeon sighed. He was probably loath to resign his comfortable resting place, yet he rose slowly. "1 wish Colonel Burney would put you under arrest for three .days., in,-. stead of giving; you leave of absence," he said, emphatically. "But unfortunately, you ax* a favorite, and besides, it's an established fact that, If a man wants to commit a tolly, everybody hastens to help him, 8o let ua t o ! " The regiment to which the young men belonged was stationed in the next village. After severe battles and arduous marches a short respite had been granted, but the men were to move In a few days. Constant burtle pervaded the usually quiet hamlet and was specialty noticeable around the colonel's quarters. When Roland a i l Maxwell entered, they found several officers there. The commander himself, a man advanced in years, with a grave but kindly face, stood among a group of his subordinates, apparently discussing something with them. "I am glad you have come, doctor!" he said to the Burgeon. "I was just going to send for you. Lieutenant Davis has reported that two of his men are ill, and the symptoms appear very grave; he fears fever, and begs to have medical assistance as soon as possible. You will ride over to the outposts." "I'll go at once," replied Maxwell. "I hope it will prove a false alarm, as has happened several times, but we'll soon ascertain." "Certainly. I am especially anxious to have reliable information concerning the nature of the disease The outbreak of an epidemic would be extremely inconvenient just now. When do you expect to be back?" "In three hours, if necessary. $ut I had intended to ask leave of Absence until evening on account of another matter, which I should like to attend to at the same time." "Of course, if you wish," said Burney, absently. "Only send me some good news." "The best in my power. At any rate, there is no time to lose. I will go at once." The colonel nodded assent, and the other officers now joined in the conversation. The subject was discussed in all its bearings. If these cases were really the first in an impending epidemic, the matter was very serious. At last Maxwell took his leave; but, in the act of going, approached his friend, who was standing silently at the window. "Do you still persist in your resolve?" he asked, under his breath. "Certainly. As soon as I get my leave I shall ride over.** "And perhaps be shot oa the way! Good luck to you!" "Thanks for the kind wish," said William, angrily. "Perhaps it will Le fulfilled." "Hardly. Men who, like you, are forever butting their heads against a wall, generally have uncommonly good fortune. Where the rest of us crack our skulls, they push the stone apart. Farewell, Will!" He left the room. Doctor Maxw/ill did not spoil his friend by pretty speeches; that was evident He took leave of the young officer who might "perhaps be shot on the way" as carelessly as If there was nothing in prospecjt save an ordinary ride. William scarcely heeded it; his mind was filled with other thoughts, and he availed himself of the first pause in the conversation to approach the colonel and request a brief private'interview. Burney opened the door of a small room adjoining, and the two men entered. • "Well, Lieutenant Roland, have you anything important to ask?" said the colonel, when they were alone. "I merely wished to request a short leave of absence," replied the young man, with apparent calmness. "There is a family matter to be arranged which is of the utmost importance to ] me." "And which you can arrange while on the march?" "At least I hope so. I intend to visit relatives who live on a plantation only a l e v miles from here. I have just learned that I was In their Immediate neighborhood." The request was not singular, and was easily granted, yet something in the young man's face attracted the colonel's attention, and he Inquired: "What is the name of the plantation you desire to visit?" William hesitated a moment, then slowly answered: "Springfield." Burney started. "Springfield? That is beyond our outposts. Arc you not aware that it is in the enemy's country?" "I know i t " "And yet you wish to go there? It won't do. I cannot permit i t " "I took a similar and far more danj gcrous ride a week age on staff duty," , replied William. j "That was in the service; duty required it: but this is a private affair, and I cannot permit one of my officers to risk his life for such a matter. No, ; Lieutenant Roland." (To be continued.) W E BUDGET OF FEN, SOME OOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. A Variety of Q«ftps, Glfcea M 4 Iroateev to O S O M a SaUto — rioteSM M « J « f I from tkm TUU • * an Wttty aajrUuca. T*e 014 Maa'c Oeenpat**^ "It's a queer worl'," said the old man, **when you come to think it over. You know, I eddleated Jim ter a Uw yer?" , "Yes." "An* Bill fer a preacher?" "Exactly." "An* Tom rer one o* those h»m literary fellers?" "I've heard so." "An* Dick fer a doctor*" "Yes." "Well, now, what do you reckon I'm a-doin' of?" "Can't say." "Well, sir, you mout not relieve it. but I'm a-supportin' of Jim an' Bill, an' Tom, an' Dick, an' it keeps me a-goin' from daylight to dark!"—At-' lanta Constitution. A i l l * Hay Crop. Rutts—I see by de papers dat dey had a big hay crop in Kentucky. Wragga— Dat's good. I alius wua used ter plenty of bed clotU-JS. BmTln* to the Laifc "You have only an hour longer to live," said the physician, so.jmnly, to the wealthy miser on his deathbed. "Is there anything you wish attended to before you pass away?" "Yes," answered the stricken man in faint yet eager tones. "I am glad you spoke cf it. Send for ths barber at once and have him shave me before I die. I only have to pay him 50 cents for coming in to shave mo now, and the regular price is $1 for shaving a dead man. Might as well save that half-dollar while I'm about* it."—New York World. IT Iter* Ile'd Go. "Aren't you afraid the law will take us in hand Tor gambling?" said the timid man who' had just been persuaded into making an election bet "Never mind," answered the confident politician. "Even if ft does, you're all right. They wouldn't senA you to jail for making that bet They'd send you to the insane asylum."—^ Washington Star. No Loneer a Competitor. He—Don't you think that girl over there is beautiful? She (coldly critical)—Oh. I don't know. Who is she? He—Mrs. Nuter. Just been married. She—Yes. I think she is—quite beautiful.—Detroit Free Press. The Parage Bachelor. The Sweet Young Th:ng—But. on what do you base your Idea that Hamlet was feeble-minded? The Savage Bachelor—Mainly on the /act that so many women want to play the part—Indianapolis Journal. Followed Instruction*. Aunt M'riar—Hiram, hev ye got John's letter? Hiram Otecake—Naw; wuzn't nuthin* important in it, but ther envelope sez, "Return in five days," so I done it. —New York World. . exclusive. The average woman regards an apology as a good deal like a sponge and believes that it will wipe cut anything.— Atchiscn Glote. Maud—They say Mrs. Tpmby is rery exclusive. Ethel (whom she snubs)—Yes. I hear that some of her teeth even don't move in the same set as the others. Loyalty. "What did ycu smash 'im foh?" "He insulted a frien' er mine." "Go way! Whut did he say?" "He taid dat nex' ter me, my frien' wah de mos' ignu'nt pusson in dia ccmruinity."—Washington Star. A western lady,who formerly lived at Cambridge, Mass., writes entertainingly of what she declares was the happiest Christmas of her life. The climax of this merry occasion was a house party given at the home of her uncle not many miles from Cambridge. The lady writes: "My uncle owned a big place about twenty mile3 from town, and every year he invited all his relatives to spend the Christmas holidays with him. He was a widower with two children— a son 26 years old and a daughter cf 17. This girl, my cousin, Stella, was one of the brightest and most fun-loving girls I have ever known. I was just two years her senior, and between us we managed to stir up that house party to a degree nothing short of startling! Twenty people beside our family were Invited, there being altogether about thirty guests in the house. Among them were a young lawyer fron New Yoi*k (for whom I immediately conceived a violent admiration), a naval officer, three Yale men from New Haven, my two brothers, an antique female ebusin of ours (age unknown), some girls from New YorU and a young.married couple from St. Louis. Before the end of v week Stella and I had almost originated a divorce case, where the young St. Louis couple were concerned. Of course, there were some other people, but they Were sort cf chap^rones, old fogies who didn't count much. Well, that year the 25th of December fell on Wednesday, and the guests were invited from Dec. 23 to Jan, 2, and I can tell you we made Rome howl. My brothers and I, with our parents, arrived at our uncle'* late Monday morning. The enow had been falling steadily for thirty-six hours, and was many inches deep. "We drove from the little rickety station three miles 'cross country to the farm. We were the first arrivals, and we made good use of the advantage over the other invited guests. The next train, at 4 o clock, brought them all, and at .r. they caroc shouting and singing UD to the house, an sleighs. wa&CQ3 and carriages, borrowed from the farmers all over that part of the country. Well, the first evening was pasted in the big dining rccm, all of us crowded about the roaring log fire. That is, all of us, excepting the young lawyer from New York and—myself. We v.ere seated on a chintz-covered soap-box, off in a dim corner of the room, discussing—er—the possibilities cf effect of mistletoe on—ah—mankind. Batore the candles were brought in to announce the 'time for disappearing.' we two had begun to understand each other. It was our first meeting, but in the country, and at Christmastide, people become acquainted very quickly. "The next morning we all arose at 8 o'clock, and after the jolliest kind of a breakfast, we hauled in great bunches of evergrern, reels of crow-foot mo£s, and pile after pile of holly and mistleon Christmas morning, and these wore suspended from the branches of the tree. Mistletoe was everywhere, nr.i! so were the girls. The consequence will b: readily understood—the men were not of the varieiy known a3 .-1 RECEIVED A PAIR OP HTJNTItfQ TROUSERS, toe. We spent most o( the day on step ladders or tables, hammering and tackinn the Christmas decorations in place. Ar.d in the evening my uncle had a big pine tree brought in and set up in the parlor. We had each brought scores of littlo packages from town to present "It v,-as long past midnight when wa trooped oif to our rooms and 2 o'eloeli struck before th« last good night rang down the darkened hallway. As soon a3 all was quiet, I stole from my room, and tip-toea down the corridor to my cousin Stella's door. It was locked, but I tapped gently, and was soon admitted. We two girls slipped down stairs, where I had told the butler (an old servant of my uncle's) to wait for us. And the:: we put our three heads together and concocted a grand scheme, for the undoing of everybody in the house. We tugged and hauled that hfg over-leaded Christmas tree from the parlor, through the hall into the library, and then we exchanged the names on all the presents. It was almost daylight before we finished, but we were amply repaid for our trouble. 'By 9 o'clock everybody was dressed and down stairs, exchanging greetings and gifts. Stella and I were the last to arrive, and our entrance was the signal for a grand r^sh to the parlor. And lo! the bis Christmas tree had flown. My uncle was enraged, the guests much excited, r-nd the youDg Ia-.vyer from New York looked very much amused. A search was promptly instituted, and of course the tree was found in the library, standing in stately solitude. "Who on earth could have put it there? No one knew—and no one could guess—Stella ana I were particularly obtuse. And after awhile the present* were distributed. The young married woman's card was inclosed in a bundle cf embroidered flannel petticoats' to 'my darling husband,' and 'darling husband' presented his 'little IOYP' with a volume of Mother Goose talfs, and a red bathing suit; my old maid cousin received a Dutch pipe and a pair of hunting trousers; my uncle got a half dozen tulle veils and a pair of gold garter clasps." Couldn't H e l p . "I have called," announced the mendicant, tearfully, "to ask you to help me in my extremity." "Impossible," returned the business man, promptly; "I'm not a chiropodist."— ! Philadelphia-Record. t A u t o m a t i c P h o t o g r a p h i n g . An apparatus has been devised for automatically photographing people uc they enter shops and other placet. | A Briffht Oaf La Porte, Texas, if BOW attracting tne attention of the business men of the, United States and dating 1900 great interest will be t lanifested in it- Owing to an advantageous natural location it is destined to enjoy a growth in commercial manufacturing and shipping interests which millions of dollars in advertising and years of energetic promotlpn could not give it were it not so favored by nature. Men of affairs with large experience in the upbuilding of cities are predicting a future for La Porte which if but half realized will make it the greatest seaport on the Gulf of Mexico and indeed one of the principal seaports of the United States as well as a city of great importance in the manufacturing, railroad and commercial world. 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The times are such that they want to buy the best they can get for the least money and here is where thevcan get it. We shall have evervthing for old and voung. We haw a complete line of XMAS BOOKS T o Select from. Don't Fail to See Our Fiue HOLIDAY STOCK. OF REAL INTEREST. Oriental phj»icians practiced vaccination over 1.000 years ago. The T a r t a alphabet contains 2i>*i t>ers. being t h e lorRtst in the world. A Vienna scientist has \v:ii:«n a learned article to prove that dogs laugh. Danish lighthouses are supplied with oil to pump ou the waves during a storm. In the United States 390.000 cubic feet of pine is used annually in making matches. T h e price of fuel at Shanghai. China, is seldom more than about $10 per ton for foreign coal. When a chameleon is blindfolded it lose*: all power of changing its color, and its entire body remains of a uniform t i n t There is a rosary in the British museum made of the vertebrae of a snake's backbone Another is compoeed of rat's teeth. German production of pig iron in the first half of the current year was 4.000,000 tons, against 3,600,000 in the same time in 1898. Of the Vatican's 11.000 r-oma, Pope Leo has reserved for his personal use only threp—a small pallor, a little dining room and a bedroom. At a recent meeting of t h e R u ? e n n Academy ~f Sciences."Prof. Dills advocated the use of English as a universal language for men of science. Ame'lcon farmers own cows to the value of $369,239,993. a sum equal t o more thnn one-half of the "capital Of all the national banks in the United States. A shellPsh known as the pianna in MORE LOCAL. No school next w**k. A M*rry Christiua* to all, Ci. A. Sigler has n ml* in this iusue. .Bert Wt'llm»u was iu Howell thetirst of the week. I<oolc over ouj adv. colams this week—it will pay you. The Loyal Guards held an oyster *upper last night. Mit>8 Mauie lirudy is clerking in the "Surprise" store. L. D. Hmkaw, «>f Howill WUH U Pinckuey visilor this week. Chas. Teeple ib assisting in F. (j. Jackson's store during the lioliitlay trade. Mr. and Mrs. N. F . I'nuiden »u<l son Meryl visited at K. M. Glenus last week. O. H . Benedict of Howell visited his brother-in-law W. W. Barnard the last of last week. Port Huron over Lee Carr tauylit in iiif place m - YOU cam Dodge mem [ C. L. Grimes was in j Sunday, til his return B o a r d c o v e r e d , p i c t u r e m i d r e a d i n g b o o k s fur snwill c h i l d r e n , .V, $ . 1 0 L a r g e b o o k s r c h e a p a t 25c, f o r w . 1 5 B o o k s w i t h 200 a n d ^ 5 0 p a g e s , 2t)c a n d .25 is made in Italy into a regular fabric. P e c k ' s B a d B o y , w i t h r e d c o v e r s , w o r t h 25c, o u r p r i c e . 1 5 B e t t e r b >oks, 50c, 75c a n d .'..1.00 A u t o g r a p h a l b u m s , 3c, 5 c , 10c, 1 5 c , 20c a n d ^ . 2 5 C e l l u l o i d g o o d s at a b o u t o u e - h a l f t h e i r v a l u e . P h o t o g r a p h a l b u m s 35c a n d . 7 5 M u s i c a l a l b u m , p l a y s t w o t u n e s _ . . , 5.U0 W o r k , b o x e s , G l o v e b o x e s , M a n i c u r e s e t s a n d T o i l e t c a s e s nt p r i c e s t h a t will a s t o n i s h t h e c l o s e s t b u y e r s . W e a d v i s e y o u t o call e a r l y a n d g e t t h e first s e l e c t i o n s a s t h e y a r e a l w a y s h e best. ' H a n d k e r c h i e f s a n d G l o v e b o x e s , t w o in a s e t 4 0 T o i l e t C a s e s t , 6 0 S h a v i n g C a s e s 1.25 Cuff a i ' d C o l l a r b o x e s , _ 45c 1.10 D o l l s of e v e r y d e s c r i p t i o n f r o m l c t o 3 0 0 C h i n a l i m b d o l l s , ; 3, 5, 1<I Hn<l 15c W a s h a b l e d o l l s , w i t h hair,. l O a n d 15. K i d b o d y dolls- 15, 25, 4 0 a n d 4 5 S l e e p i n g d o l l s 50, 7-\ a n d 1.()0 S l e d s , , 2 2 , 40, 4-"», 69 a n d .85 Anyone who has pop-corn or potatoes to exchange for one of llie hest pupeis in the county. c:m do so by culling on us. Mr. llaggmly and wife, of Aiderson, Elisha Abtls anil wife, of Perry were gueals of E. G. Fish and family Tuesday Geo. Poole and family entertained F . A. 1 Barton and family also Mr. and Mrs. Isaac iPangburn, Saturday afternoon and even- Mr. and Mrs K. M. Glenn of Putnam entertained three neices Ella Monroe of Waterloo, Mary Clark of Chelsea and Ora Monroe of Howell last week. The next meeting of the Anderson the Mediterranean has the curious Farmer's Club will he 1.. hi a. Hie home of power of spinning a visrld silk, which Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Placeway's, the second Saturday in January. Dinner as usual. "We a l s o h a v e a l a r g e a s s o r t m e n t of C h i n a w a r e ,'in T e a c u p s a n d S a u c e r s , M u s t a c h e c u p s a n d s a u c e r s , S a l a d d i s h e s , (Jake a n d B r e a d p l a t e s , ' F r u i t d i s h e s , C h i l d ' s d i s h e s , W a t e r s e t s , V a s e s , E v e r y t h i n g f r o m t h e c h e a p e s t t o t h e b e s t . China cups And saucers 10c to - - 5 5 Bread and milk sets .20 Mustache cup and saucer, 17c to - .55 Mutfs from 5c to .25 S h a v i n g inutfs .10 Salad dishes, 20c to - - - - .75' Bread plates, 22o t o - . - - 1.00 W a t e r sets, 80o to 1.50 P i c t u r e s and Easles very cheqp Vases 5c. 8c, 10c and - - - . .35 I We have some nice musical clocks 3.25' < E i g h t day Seth Thomas clocks, one bour or one-half houi strike, j marbUized. these are beauties. Notions. 5.00 We have a' full sup|>l\ and at prices that cannot be duplicated Brtitintf thread per spool • - Yard No. 1 ribbon . - - - - Children's combination suits - Paper pins - - Set dress stays Crochet hooks, in bone or steel Ink, per bottle - Tablets, 2c, 3. 4, and Men's aud boys'gloves and mittens at about one half their v a l u e . Hoy's faced and fleeced-lined gloves 20c l c 20c l c lo 4c 2c 5c DRY G O O D S . Our Dry Goods department is filled to its utmost capacity with bargain after bargain that is impossible for us to quote prices for want of space but we give just a sample: A. G o o d l O o q u a l i t y S t i r r t i n g * a t 5 c C a n t o n F l a n n e l , M L e a v y , 4 G P r i n t s , o n e l o t g - o i n g - a t 3 c T o w e l s . 5 . l O . 1 5 a n d 2 5 c C r a s h ^ o w e l i i i g , 4 , 8 a n d l O c N a x o n y Y a r n p e r s k e i n * 5 e Remember this is only a few of our many bargains and we invite you to comt early .and thus avoid the rush Ypu will greatly assist us by jotting down what y6u want and it will aid you when you come to buy. It is always our aim to please, These Xmas goods and prices far excel anything we have ever been able to show in the way ot cheapness and quality. > M c G O M B & C O . Second door west of McPhersons shoe store, ' HOW£l»b, M1GH. Jerusalem 1« now nothing but a shadow of the magnificent city of anrient times. It la about three miles in circumference, and Is situated on a rocky m a i n t a i n . The snnice gum crop of Maine, t h e largest In the State's history, in the neighborhood of thirty tone, worth about $^3.0^0. has been harvested and sent to market. It is n~w proposed t o construct a canal connecting Germany with Europenn Tu'koy. The financial success of the K;e1 canal has given rise t o this project. Tbe art of ee!f-defen?e is inculcated enrlv amrmii some of the wilder tribes of t i e Caueisus, who instruct their children ;is so~n n« they can walk In the nfe of the dagger. An ent'Tpnslnn western Ann is making arrangements to set up a modern American sawmill in China, where lumber Is still sawed by the primitive methods of a century ago. Peter A. Porter, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., clalme to have proved by careful study that it was Champlaln and not Cartler w h i made the first reference to Niagara Falls In literature. The authorities in Algeria gave $40,, 000 toward fighting the grasshoppers. In one section 3,200 earned were employed to carry the material for burning ^ver the places where eggs had been deposited. T h e Italian statistician, Lugi Bodio, reports In the Gionale Degli Economists that the Italian railways carried In 1897 nei'-ly 12,500,000 foreign passengers, of whom 6,219,813 traveled first class, 5,68844.4 second and only 239,000 third. In Nelson (New Zealand) if you use the telephone you must not give the number; you must name the party you want, and the exchange girl will cheerfully tell you whether he is in or o-'f if the*latter, where he is a n d when he will be back. A German officer has invented an acetylene searchlight wh; ch can be carried by one man and which will illiiTrinate everything within a distance ^f 100 yeards. It is expected tn be o f great use in searching for the wounded after a battle and in bridge building at night. We shall need every dollar due us, in January, to pay our taxes, intercut, etc. If our subscribers will be }>nnipt to pay us the little they owe it will help us materially. Several from here attended the entertainment at Gregory Monday evening, given by Lovett's Boston Stars, under the management of the Gregory Lecture Course. All pronounced the entertainment fine. I Jan. 1, 1900, Hoyt L. Conary, of Bos-1 ton, will be at the Pinckney Opera House. | Every body about the Country should hear J the favorite story teller, in bis popular! lecture, " A Man About Town." Single' admission, tto cents. Did you ever try to dodge the rain-drops? Did not succeed very well, did you ? It's just as useless to try to escape from the germs of consumption. You can't do it. They are about us on every hand and we are constantly taking them into our lungs. Then why don't we all have this disease? Simply because these germs cannot gain a foothold in a strong throat and lungs. It's when these are weak that the germs master. The body must be well supplied with fat. The danger comes when the blood is poor and the body is thin. If your cough does not yield, and your throat and lungs feel raw and sore, you should not delay another day. Take Scott's Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophosphites at once. It will heal the inflamed membranes and greatly strengthen them as well. The digestion becomes stronger, the appetite better and the weight increases. The whole body becomes well fortified and the germs ot consumption cannot gain a foothold. It's this nourishing, sustaining and strengthening power ot SCOTT'S EMULSION that has made it of such value in all wasting and exhausting diseases. 50c and fx.oo* «11 druggists. SCOT! & BOWNE, Chetnuis, New YortL WAYNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN, %2 TO 03 00 91.00 TO $».00 t SiRaurn Af « 4 i a , c o o . UP TO DATE OAPMB If If on Don't Buy a Dollar's Worth, Will pay you to get your head into thiB'JSY" BEE HIVE and see how hanisortii it looks in its UCM^WM msss. We are selling more Christmas Good's than ever before, and we have V A S T L Y MO HE for you to select from than ever before. full of Christmas Goods. AJDesV Store ALL SORTS. Woolwich Arsenal has a sixty-ton anvil. New Jersey ranks flrs.t in silk goods. America makes 20,000.000 false teeth annually. The United States have 4.000.000 w o r k i n g s omen. St. Louis is the greatest mule mar* kct in the worlrl Aurora. Til., has had thirty-four Mayors during the last forty years. Tattooing is just now the popular pastime of the leisured world. Over 40,000 refrigerator* are made annually by Fon du Lac, Wis., factories T h e money in circulation in t h e UnTTcd States has doubled In t h e last twenty years. There a r e 2,360 central station plants for generating electricity in the United States. • * * * SasV S\Ae 0¾ Store, lots of Dolls, Pictures and Frames and Glove and Handkerchief Boxes. Sterling Silver, Novelties, Purses, BeltvS and Buckles and a thousand other articles. ' Gloves, Neckwear, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, and lots and lots of other things. K i l l * * . . V e l v e t n , Ladies' and Men's Umbrellas, Underwear, Neckwear, Night Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Hosiery, Knit Novelties and everything else. Bissel's Carpet Sweepers, |2,$2.50. Moquette -Rugs, 27x64 inches, f 1.98. Lace Curtains, 60 inches wide, 3} yards long, $1.44. Garpe\,S»oom. Come inas NoonaN You. et this Reminder. Yours respectfully, L. H. FIELD. Mkb Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch December 21, 1899 Description An account of the resource December 21, 1899 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899-12-21 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frank L. Andrews newspaper pinckney dispatch https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/c05ec2e291a7ad7261c2e7f94a64e91b.pdf 1c6a38377d5afcd620a8eae25ca2da38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. OL. XVII. PINCKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, DEC 28, 1899. No. 52, A Man About Town. Mr. Hoyi.L. Co nary will appear at the r i n c k u t y Opera H o u s e , J a n . 1, in his »fW monuUgue, emitlkd " A Man About T o w n " It u|)t'iih wiih a clever piece of verse, in which the different characters are introduced:— The Irish" Alderman tells a huiimrotw story, how he tried to ride a bic \ c l c ; t h e w l d English sa.lor tells a dramatic *ii-ry of a shipwreck ; F a n n e r Jones lei is his experience in the Farmers' Hotel; U e m a r d o Fopiano, the Italian fiuit vender, desci'iius the discovery of America by ''Cnristoloio t'olomho;" Cohen, the second hand clothier, tneH io beat Farmer Jones in a b.>i'y,tin, and does not succeed; "Uncle J o h n a l l i a n " Introduces himself and closes the tiist scene. The second scene is in the cafeof a hotel:— the aldernvin sings u song; so does Farmer Junes; the Jew tel.s a dream he had; the " T h e M m About T o w n " and •'Uncle J o l . c i t h a n " closes t h e second scene with lilting stories. Taken as a whole, the entertainment is highly interesting and instructive MH. well as amusing, and extremely laughable in places. LOCAL N E W S . The - - Surprise v Store, BARGAINS. We wish to extend o u r t h a n k s for the liberal patronA^e given us t h e year junt d m winer to a close, and wish all o u r friends a n d customers a Happy New Yean We p l e d g e ourselves to give you the very best goods at t h e lowest possible price a n d it is .our d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o make t h e ' new year a b a n n e r year in o u r history. We p r o m i s e ' t o save you m o n e y — will you save some of y o u r t r a d e for us? A few prices to s t a r t t h e new year w i t h : Giant Thread 3 for , 10»; Ladies1 Fleered Hose f>8e Nickel-plated Safety pins, protected points, 5c grade 02c Paper Pins 01c Box Mourning Pins 01c Bottle best Ink 02c 25 Good Envelopes 03c No. 2 all silk Ribbons 02c Good Crash' 05c Guaranteed,Scissors 25c Pocket Scissors 10c Kin-ter^rarden Scissors 04c Glass Cutter 10c 6 Good Sauce dishes 10c Lamp Chimneys 03 and 04r> Lantern Globes . 05c China Etrus 3 for 05c X Box 12 good cigars 25c Good Can Opener 05c Mr. Bowman has gone to the city to buy bargains which are to be found in the big wholesale houses just before they' take inventory. With our two stores and our ability to pay S p o t C a s h , we can get Bargain* and when we get them our customers share the benefit k Tours for trade, E. A.. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman tiUock, Pittckaey. ^BERT WEL.LMAN, lUpager of Pinokaoy Storo. Mow»H Stor*, atit to P. 0. Vol XVII. No. 52, The last is>ue of 1899. Frank Shields of Howel! spent Sunday here. B. 0 Yountf of Detroit spent Xmas with relatives hern. MUs Kate Farnaja of Detroit spent Christinas with her mother here. Will Stickle and wife of Ann Arbor spent Xmas with his parents here. Lyle Younglove of Detroit was the gue^t ot his parents in Marion, Xmas. Mrs W. J. Black and children are the gnesth of her patents in Plainfield. S. T. UriniHS of Howell was the true*! <it his parents here over Sunday and Monday. VV. H. Cadwell and wife, of Stillwater, Minn., spenta few days with his parents here Miss l<ia Hants of Dexter Sunday with her friend, Grac man ol this place. Mi>s Kose Black who has been spending three weeks with friends in Lansing, returned Saturday. \Us. B. K. Pearce of Chesaninp, visiter) her parents P. A. Sigler ind wife, at this place this week. Mrs. Thos. Nolan and daughter Ethel spent Xmas at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hinchey. Mr. p]dd Doane jtnd family and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer .Jackson and son, of Daiisvilie visited at G. B. Hincheys Saturday. F. li, Andrews and family spent Xmas with his sister in Owo.-so as usual. Mrs. A and Florence are spending the, week there. J a n . 1, lyOu, Hoyt L. Connry, of Boston, will be at the Pinckney Opera House. Every body about the Country should hear the favorite story telier, in his popular lecture, ' ' A Man About T o w n . " Single admission, [-$") cents. Mav Moran was iti Howell on Sat urday last. Miss Hose Dunn returned to Ann Arbor on Christmas. John Tuomey spent Christmas with relativerin Detroit. Mesdames H. Kick and H. Gregory of Gregory, were in town Tuesday. P. G. Teeple and family of Marquette are guests ot their parents here. Miss Veronica• Fohey, ot" Ypsilanti, is spending her vacation at her home near here. Mr. Kelogg was the guest of his grand daughter, Mrs. Abel Smith, the past week Francis McKeeverof heton Iowa, is the guest rf his grandmother, Mrs. J. M. Kearney. Miss Belle Kennedy ot Ypsilanti, is spending the holidays with her brother near here. Miss Josie Reason who has been working in Marquette returned home ;mst week. Robt/jCulhane Sr. who has been working at his trade in Grand Kapids was horn *• Chiistmas. John Siller and daughter Mae of Leslie, spent Christmas week with G. VV. Teeple and family. Carl Reule and family, who have been spending the pis'; three weeks at Burdick Hincheys returned to their home in Durand Tuesday. E. A. Bowman of the "Surprise Store" is in Detroit making his annual purchases of sample goods etc. and will have a line line in the near future. Saturday eyening Dec. 30 the Columbian Dramaticf^lub wHl give "Out ol the Shadows; or the Convicts Revenge," at the opera bouse PincKney. The Club needs no recommend from us as all who have heard them before will want, to hear them again. A Few Left Pancy Albums, Xmas Toys, Fancy Goods, At Cost. A full and complete line of Drugs and Medicines. F. A. SIGLER. Druggist, NOTICE. INVENTORY We wish to reduce our stock before invoicing. In Shoes Ladies' $3 fine kid Shoes will sell for $2.49 Ladies' $2.50 fine kid Shoes will sell for 2.00 Ladies' $2 fine kid Shoes will sell,for 1.60 Ladies' $1.50 fine kid Shoes will sell for 1.25 Men's box calf, $3 Shoes will sell for . 2.50 Men's vici kid, $3.50 Shoes will sell for 2.75 Men's vici kid, $2.25 Shoe will sell for 1.85 Men's calf, $1.50 Shoes will sell for 1.20 Boys' calf, 2.00 Shoes will sell for 1.65 Boys'calf, 1.50 Shoes will, sell for 1.20 In Dress Goods , All Dress Goods will be sold at cost In.Silks, can show you a nice line of silks for Ladies' waists. Will ^ive 15 per cent off on all silks. 500 yards of best dark Prints for 5c per%yd 300 yards of best Tight. Prints for 4c yer yd Our stock of Rubber Goods is full and can make you low prices. Special on Groceries for Saturday—come and get our prices. W. W. BARNARD. We must ask all our Customers to settle all Accounts and Notes that are due, before S A L B # ^n. 1,1900. Hoping to see yon all in time so we can balance our books before taking our annual inventory, Jan. 1, 1900, either by Note or Cash. Respectfully Yours, l*» TEEPLE ^ CADWELL. Specials FOP This Week# Gents Flannelette Nisrht Robes 39, 50 and 75c Ladies' Flannelette Nigrht Robe, in 1.00 quality, 82c All odds and ends in Cotton and Wool Underwear Less 50 per cent All odds and ends in Shoes at actual cost. Saturday, Dec. 30* 40c Tea Pillisbury Vitos 1 qt can Syrup, Best Rice 29c l i e 07c 05c F. G. 3ACKS0N. / - EVENTS OF THE WEEK N O U R G R E A T STATE RELATED IN A BRIEF FORM. Mrs. Aokins, the CoufenHed Child Murderess, in on Trial at Frankfort und Her Attorneys Will pat up a Ple» of Insanity—Other Item*. Child-Murderes* on Trial. In the light of the past, the criminal history of Benzie county has no record of deliberate and premeditated crime to parallel that 01 which Mrs. Mate Askins, the child-murderess now on trial at Frankfort, as a confessed principal. On the night of Oct. (> last, Mrs. Askins left her boarding place at Honor and proceeded to Thompsonville in company with her two children, Glenn, aped 8 years, and Margaret, aged 11 years. She registered ai the Commercial hotel, and after having obtained 30 grains of morphine, -ounces of carbolic acid and 3 ounces of cocaine from a neighboring drug store, mixed the morphine into a goblet containing sherry wine, and gave each of her children a liberal dose of the mixture. When physicians arrived they found the girl cold and stiff in death,' but the boy and his mother were resuscitated without much effort. Mrs. Askins, freely confesses that she committed the rash act for no other purpose than to "get them all out of the world." The attorneys for the defense will now try and make out that the woman was insane. • Mr*. Tilir'e S» mi •THOU Acquitted. The jury iu the Sanderson case rendered a verdict of not guilty at 1 **:01 a. m., on Dee. 23. The jury iiled in at 1O:;JT p. in. and Foreman Emmons stated it could not agree. Jurvman Austerburg wanted to know if the contents of the stomach had been subjected to such heat by Prof. Pre&eott duriug the analysis to cause formation of glass. Prescott's testimony was to the effect that it had not and the jury again retired at 11:30. The crowd was large, over 1,000 people staying. When the jury again returned, just on the stroke of 12, Foreman Kmmons' announcement of not guilty was received with cheers and hand clapping. Mrs. Sanderson shed tears and was clasped in her father's arms, where she collapsed, but soon revived und thanked each member of the jury. SPECIAL CESSION DOINGS. World • Parliament of Lnbor. After the longest session in its history, the American Federation of Labor on the 20th adjourned lis 10th annual convention sine die. It will be looked back up as one of the busiest convention the central congress of the American laboringinan has ever held. Much was accomplished towards the furtherance of the trades union movement and towards the settlement of existing' troubles. The following were elected officers for the enduing year: !'resident. Samuel Compere, of the cigarinakers: 1st vice-president, .1. P. MeGuire, of the carpenters; 2d vice-president, .fas. Duncan, of the granite cutters: 3d vicepresident, J as. OVonnell. of the machinists; 4th vice-president. John Mitchell, of the miners; 5th vice-president, Max Morris, of the clerks; Oth | vice-president, Thos. J. Kidd. of, the j woodworkers; secretary. Frank Morri- I son, of the printers; treasurer, John 15. i Lcnnon, of the tailors. ; Prominent Official* Asked to Resign. One of the most sensational of the ! many sensations that have resulted j from the calling of the grand jury at Lansing, to investigate alleged crooked ! dealing of state officials, cropped j out on the evening of the 10th when j Gov. Pingree isked for the resignations I of Brig.-Gcn. William L. White, of j Grand Rapids, quartermaster-general; \ Brig.-Gen. Fred 11. Case, of Three- Riv-j ers, adjutant-general; Brig.-Gen. Ar- 1 thur F. Marsh, of Allegan, inspectorgeneral, and Samuel N. Bickerstoff. a member of the board of trustees of the Michigan asylum for insane at Kalamazoo, and city salesmau for the Henderson- Ames Co., of that eity, who is alleged to have engineered the deal for the Kalamazoo company, winch resulted in a steal from the state of many thousands of dollars while the state troops were being equipped for the Spanish-American war. Oar State llanki*. The comptroller of the currency on the 22d gave out an abstract of reports of the condition on Dec. 2 of the 74 national banks in Michigan, exclusive of Detroit. Since the report of Sept. 7 the total resources have increased from £54,302,22'J to 854,330,74.>; loans and discounts increased from 831,410,3.-)1 to §32,004.443, and cash reserve increased from S3.1U7.177 to $3,200,744,- of which gold holdings advanced from Si,771,()07 to §1,777,027, Individual deposits increased from 83(),538,324 to ¢3().540,442. and the average reserve held fell from 20.40 to 25.70 per cent. STATE GOSSIP. Ray City was visited by a £75,000 mill fire on the 20th. The Votey Organ company's works | at Detroit is to be removed to Garwood, i * . J. j A farmer:/ institute for Arenac j county will be held at Maple Ridge, .Jan. 18 and 10. I MeRain is going to experiment with I gasoline lamps as an illuminating ; agency for the streets. The Gladwin County Fanners' institute has been awarded the prize by the state institute oilieers for second best attendance at the last county institute. Gratiot county farmers who raised sugar beets the past season are well satisfied with the returns, and the acreage next year will be a great deal larger than last. The principal block in the village of Haley was completely destroyed by fire on the morning of the 21st. entailing a lost estimated at SlO.OOO with about'82,700 insurance. An hourly service between Detroit and Romeo has been established by the Detroit, Rochester. Romeo and Lake Orion Electric railway, much to the satisfaction of people living along the route. The evaporator at Mayville will start up again soon, the owner having secured a contract from the British government for a large quantity of evaporated potatoes for the troops in South Africa,. State'* Money Loaned to Corporations. The grand jury at Lansing will return a great many more indictments. It has been found that $4,030 of the state's money was loaned to Grocer Libbey at Grand Rapids to enable him to do $25,000 worth of business w ith the state troops at Island Lake, for which exceedingly exhorbitant prices were charged. The Blake Rifle Co. wan loaned «10,000 of the state's money, the state taking security on the company's plant. The statutes, chapter 15, page 189 and 190, first volume Howell's is explicitly specific and strict on this point of handling or loaning public moneys. Under the statute there is no excuse possible for the loans made, and heavy penalties are provided. A Proponed Reform. The Michigan State Poultry association which met in Detroit on the 19th adopted the following resolution: "Whereas, It being deemed that the only equitable way of buying and selling eggs is by weight instead of by count, it is hereby resolved that all Michigan poultrymen hereafter use their best efforts to induce consumers of eggs to demand that eggs be sold by the pound, instead of by the dozen and be it also resolved that' we petition the state legislature at its next session to fix the standard of weight for a dozen eggs." m Editor Doty Gett no Redress. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Koh- 'ler has notified Alva WMourn* F. A. Brigham, Elmer Moses and Charles Van Kirk, of Metamora, who were indicted by the grand jury, charged with •wrecking the Cross Roads Weekly thaV at the opening of the January session or t h e circuit court a motion would be insula by the prosecution for nolle pros cque and that the parties need not pre pare themselves for trial. Insufficient j but her conscience has talked to nor evidence is the cause. The supreme court has decided that the act passed by the last legislature, abolishing the water board at Detroit and transferring its business to the board of public works, unconstitutional and void. Three stories of a four-story brick building on Woodbridge street, Detroit. which had been weakened by a recent .fire in an adjoining building, collapsed on the 12th. Only . one person was injured, but he probably fatally, The funeral of a Meridian woman. who died a few days ago, had to be held out of doors, as the casket necessary to hold the remains was so large that it could not be gotten into the house. The deceased weighed 450 pounds. Hartford is at last in shape to fight lire with its gasoline water works plant. Full pressure can be obtained in three minutes from the time the alarm is sounded. The tower is not yet completed, but at present a direct pressure is used. The proposed electric railroad from Allegan to the lake shore seems to be a sure thing. The necessary franchises have all been secured except one. through the village of Fennville, and the council at that place noW has the matter under consideration. A new system of mail collectionjvent into effect at Grand Rapids recently. All the electric cars in the eity were furnished with mail boxes fastened on the side of the cars, the idea being that any citizen who had a letter to post could hail a car and as it stopped drop his letter through the slot. Railroad Commissioner Osborn has decided to appeal the case brought against the Wabash Railroad Co. to compel it to sell tickets at thev rate of two and a half cents per mile. .The commissioner lost his case in the Wayne circuit court, and the question will now come before the supreme court. A woman employe of the Sanitarium Health Food Co. at Battle Creek has f/mfessed that she set fire to the company's building on the night of July 10, 1808, when the structure was damaged to the extent of 80,000. Incendiarism had never been suspected. She says she did it to cover up a Jheft of ¢500, repeatedly since. The extraordinary session of the legislature convened on the morning- of the 18th. There were no railroad lobbyists present on the opening day and little time was lost in settling down to business. There were the usual religious exercises in the opening of both houses, and at noon Lieut.-Gov. Robison merely told the senate that the governor's call would tyll them why they were tl>ere. In the house Speaker Adams made a formal address. When the house convened in the afternoon Rep. Rureh, of Detroit, offered a resolution instructing the clerk of the house to notify the prosecuting attorney of Ingham county and the members of the grand jury now in session in that county, that the members of the house waive all claims of privilege in the service of any process that might issue from the said grand jury. The resolution was adopted without a dissenting vote. After the reading of the governor's message by himself, a joint resolution was introduced by Rep. Wayne, of Midland, under which it is proposed to amend the constitution so as to compel railroads and other corporations to pay an equal proportion of the state's taxes. The resolution was immediately referred to the house committee on judiciary, and that body tackled it shortly after adjournment of the house. The governor's message asking the legislature to empower the attorneygeneral to bring proceedings to recover the 840,000 lost in the sale of military equipments was sidetracked in the senate. It was first sent to the judiciary committee, but Senator Mon;\ghan presented a resolution asking the srovernor to send iu an additional message of a broader scope so that the state can take steps to recover all moneys that nmy have been illegally expended. This was passed, and nothing further will be done until the governor is heard from. A special matter that the governor j asked the legislature to act on is a proj vision for new boilers at the soldiers' I home in Grand Rapids. For this pur- I pose 8S.000 is asked. Another matter that may come up is an appropriation of 8">.000 needed for the upper peninsula normal school, the new institution having been neglected. Roth houses passed the bills-straightening out the tangle in the soldiers' home and Manpiette normal school ap- j propriation bills on the 10th. There was no opposition, as neither bill increased an appropriation, simply making the appropriation of the last legislature available at once for the uses for which it was intended. These bills were given immediate effect, and will become laws as soon as presented to the governor and signed by him. The house judiciary committee could not agree on the Wayne joint resolution proposing amendments to the taxation provisions of the constitution. Scully. Foster. Hunt and Chee.ver voted for a motion to report it favorably. while Davis, McCallum, Kerr and Handy voted no. A motion to report the resolution without recommendation was supported by all of the above except Scully, who refrained from voting. The senate considered the Wayne joint resolution in committee of the v vJole on the 20th. The only important amendment made was one by Lyon, which provides that the '"legislature may provide for the collection of specific taxes from corporations,'' instead of from ••banking, railroad, plank road and other corporations,"' as passed AT HOME AND ABROAD A S U M M A R Y OF T H E NEWS FOR W E WE^K BY W l R $ . It Now tiookV «N Tlioujjh England "had More Trouble Ahead of H*r — The Ruler uf Abyssinia It After Her — ]touud»ry Line Don't Suit. Abyssinia tind Uuglaud May yet Scrap. Much anxiety over the attitude of Menelek, ruler of Abyssinia, toward Britain is displayed in London. At present there is a dispute between this potentate and Great Rritaiu as to the boundary between Egypt and Abyssinia, and it is feared Meuelik may consider the present an excellent time to make a demonstration. The kings of Kthiopia have always claimed the suzerainty of territories extending northward as far as Nubia, southward to Mombasa and westward to the White Nile. Menelek claims to be the owner of the right bank of that river, from 14th to the 2d degree of latitude, just opposite Pnshoda. He reiterated these pretentions as early as 1801 in a diplomatic note addressed to all European powers. Whether Menelek intends to press his claim at this time or not, he has sent troops to occupy the territories which he claims, and has acted like President Kruger, having made extensive warlike preparations. In the last two years he is said to have imported <] 300,000 rifles, 4.000.000 cartridges and mitrailleuses and rapid-fire cannon. It is estimated that Menelek can put nearly 200,000 men in the field. As to military qualities, the bravery and endurance of the Abyssinian soldiers have been proved in their campaign against the disciplined, well-trained troops of Italv. T R A N S V A A L WAR I T E M S . The Brrtiafr.goTerament haw at* tost consented t<* mobilize a foyce which Gen. Buller is credited with haying demanded 611 aldtfr a's'ar^espentiai of success in £uuth gVfrifca^ namely 10,000 mounted infantry. Ou&he morning of fhe 20th the war office iSstaed an order to the effect that the government had decided to raise for* SouMu Africa a mounted infantry fo»ce» io >e <alled '•Imperial Yeomanry" and to be recruited from yeomanry, volunteers and civilians possessing the requite.qualifications. Enlistment will be fty one year or during- * thd continuance o/ the war. The- meu»uu»>t be between 20 and 3."> ^ears of age and of equal physique to the ordinary cavalry soldier. Officers and men are to> provide their own horses and to wear neutrHl t i n t doth shooting jackets, not necessarily uniform, felt hats, breeches and gaitby the house. After the committee of the whole had agreed to the resolution as amended it was referred to a special committee. The legislature adjourned on the 21st to permit the lawmakers to spend Christmas at home. The house on the 20th passed the Wayne joint resolution by a vote of 80 to 8. Oar St»te Robbed of 851,500. Developments of a most startling nature have come out in connection with the grand Jury's investigation of the affairs of the state military board, and indictments' against at least seven if not 10 of the men most prominently identified with the work of equipping and sending Michigan's troops to the front, are sure to be returned. The trouble with the legislative investigation last season seems to have been a failure to secure any positive evidence that any one man or party of men. in conclusion or otherwise, added to his or their eai'thly possession at the expense of the state as a whole, although there were all kinds of rumors that Michigan was milked right and left in, the purchase of supplies and subsistence for its soldiers. From the evidence now in hand it appears that on July 17 the military board held a meeting at which it was decided to sell a large part of the state stores, valued at thousands of dollars. A few days later a deal was fixed and the supplies, mostly clothing, were boxed and shipped to the Illinois' Supply Co., at Chicago. There the goods were receipted for in the name of the supply company by Addison C. Cobb, a former Kalamazoo man, who was then and is now a clerk at the Ocean Beach hotel. Without being unpacked, thes goods were promptly reshipped to the Henderson- Ames Co., at Kalamazoo, "the price paid the state for this big shipment by the Illinois Supply company, which is in reality the Henderson-^mes company, was 810, M)Q, Jp Dwl«ht L, Moody Dead. Dwight L. Moody, the famous evangelist, passed away at his home in East Northfield, Mass., at noon on Dec. 22, at the age of 02. The cause of his death was a general breaking down, due £o overwork. While speaking at Kansas City. Mo., Nov. 10, the noted evangelist was stricken down. Upon the advice of a phvsiciau Mr. Moodv re- i , , . - i and their families. ers. All must be good riders and marksmen. President Kruger's government has formally protested to Secretary Hay against the sale of munitions of war by American manufacturers and merchants to the British government. Secretary Hay has sent a reply to the Boer government reiterating the neutrality of the United States in the present war and declaring that American citizens in trading with both beligereats violate no neutrality obligation. The gravity of the military situation in London is again becoming accentuated in the public mind owing to the complete absence of news. Nothing' has been heard from Lord Methuen since Dee. ITth, and it is feared t h a t his communications have been cut off. If this be so, his position is dangerous. (Jen. Uuller's casualty list at Colenso, just published, shows that 140 were killed and 740 wounded. Two hundred and twenty-seven are described as missing, and of those about 40 are known ] to be prisoners in the hands of the j Boers. This makes u total larger than H e n . Bailer's original estimate. lloyal letters signed by the queen are being circulated by the archbishop tothe bishops of the various dioceses authorizing a collection in the, churches throughout England on Jan. 7 in aid of the fund f or siciv and wounded soldiers turned to his home, never to preach i again. Fully 15,000 people listened to his last sermon and many pronounced it as one of the evangelist's greatest efforts. Deceased was born on a farm near Northfield. Mass., in 1837. At the aged of 17 he started out in the world for himself, commencing as a clerk in a shoe store in Boston. One year later he went to Chicago, where he became a member of the Congregational church and an active member of the Y. M. C. A., and it was his work in connection with the association that built the foundation for his gteat evangelistic future. He was without a doubt the most famous evangelist of the day. Brooke May Relieve AuileMoD, Brigv-Gen. Thos. M. Anderson, commandant of: the department of the lakes, with headquarters in Chicago, Ik^dvers'artillervcnnnot will be relieved from active duty Jan 21, 1000, by the law retiring army otlicers at the age of 04. His retirement will remove from the regular army lists one of the old school, "whose military training was gained on the field of battle in the war of the rebellion. It is highly probable that Gen. Anderson, will be relieved by Major-General Brooke, retiring governor-general of Cuba. The Boers have been largely reinforced since Gen. Gatacre's reverse a t Stromberg. The country north of t h a t point is in arms, and the farms of the loyalists are being taken by the Boers, who reap the crops. Gen. Gatacre has issued a proclamati o n forbidding all persons living on farms to move about the district or t o visit Sterkstonn, except on Saturdays, and then only with passes, under pain of summary arrest. The lord mayor of London, Alfred Newton, is raising and' equipping a force of 1,000 volunteers among the city corps. The large city firms are'contributing the necessary expenses. Little credence is placed' in the report that the guns lost by the British were not captured by the Boers. Sir now muster That New Pension Rule. The order issued Oct. 31 by the pension department at Washington to the effect that each pension agent shall issue pensions only to such pensioners as live within the agency has ereated no end of trouble all over the country, inasmuch as the transfer of pensioners* names to their home districts has caused some delay in straightening up the books, any number of the pensioners will be shy their cheeks this quarter— an exceedingly inconvenient thing just at the holiday season. Tim* Extended to August. The interstate commerce commission on the 21st extended the time to August, lOOOv when all railroads must have their freight cars equipped with automatie couplers and other safety devices. The time would have been up Jan. 1, and this extension was made because applications for it was indorsed by representatives of railroad employes. Tbe Richest Yet Struck. The Vigilante Mining Co, has struck a vein of copper ore on its mine that exceeds in value anything that has ever been fonnd in the Black Hills. The mine is about five miles from Custer, S. D, The rich ore is found in'the 300- foot level, and the width of the vein at this time is 10 feet. THE NEWS CONDENSED It is rumored at Paris that the Bank of Russia has advanced the Bank of England £8,000,000. By the burning of a house at Oreen Brier, Ark., a mother and two small children were cremated on the 10th. Geo. Roberts, the father, was away from home at the time. The British and American minister* at The Hague have asked permission to retire to Antwerp with a view of avoiding personal unpleasantness during the anti-English attitude of the Dutch* much more than 30 guns. (Jen. Lord Roberts will supersede Gen. Buller in handling the British foree.s in South Africa. Gen Kitchener will also go to South Africa as chief of staff to Lord Roberts. The g o v e r n m e n t s New South Wales has decided to send a field' hospital corps and a battery of artillery to South Afri ca in addition to the mounted contingent. The bodies of two of the guides who mislead Gen. Gatacre at Stormberg were found on the battlefield. The mVn had been shot. The imperial government has accepted the offer of the Dominion government to send a second contingent to the Transvaal. WAR NOTES. Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Lawton was killed at San Mateo on the 18th. The general with cavalry and battalions of the 20th and 27th infantries left Manila on the above date for the purpose of capturing the town of Sah Mateo, with its rebel garrison of 300. On the same day of his death, not thinking the brave general to be dead, the President had instructed the war department t o prepare Gen. Law ton's commission as a brigadier general in the regular army to fill one ,of the existing vacancies. Gen. Lawton was a hero of three wars, was known as a'good fighter and a soldier of experience. He was born in Toledo, 0., and was appointed to the army from Indiana. He was married. Ex-President Harrison in commenting on the death, of Gen. Lawton says he believes that the general'* death was the result of treachery. . Gen. Young reports that he-believea the American prisoners, including Lieut. Gilmore, are now in the hand* of the United States troop*. , l i e u t , Col. Howse and Maj. Hunter have been operating with small commands in North Hocus province, and it is sup* posed that one of these has effected th* release of the Americans. A force of insurgents estimated a t 800, attacked the American garrison at 200 at Vigan, province of South Iloeoa, The American loss was eight killed and many wounded. After very hard fighting the ^Filipinos were drivon off and thijottf hfohf monntaiua, leaving S*. dea4 ' " « ,»••<'** #h~') ••Mm,im.»\mfmmmMI:Klimm,t^t,it^^ _ ^ **•*• » Ayers 20th Century manac ( N o t the ordinary kind) A handsome year-book filed with beautiful illustrations, and a complete calendar. It is sold on | all news-stands for 5 cents, and it's worth five times that amount. It is a reliable chronology of the progress of the 19th century and a prophecy of what may be expected in the 20th. IJere ftro a few of tho great men who have writtou for It: Secretary Wilson, on Agriculture Se% Chauncey M. Depew, on Politics Russell Sage, on Finance Thomas Edison, " Electricity Gen. Merritt, " Land Warfare Adml. Hichbom, " Naval Warfare " A l " Smith, " Sports You will enjoy reading it now, and it will be a book of reference for you through the years to come. Sixty-four pages, printed on ivory finish paper. If your news-dealer cannot supply you with it, cut out this ad. and send it with three one-cent stamps and receive this elegant book free. Address. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. « S M Onions peeled under ^^½ater do n o t d i s t u r b t h e t y e s . La Porte, Texas. T h e progress of the construction w o r k at La Porte, Texas, the future g r e a t deep-water shipping point at the head of navigation on Galveston Bay o n the Gulf of Mexico, is progressing favorably. .The wharves and switchi n g tracks are nearing completion and t h e work on the streets and on the s e w e r a g e and rater s y s t e m s is now under way. Mr.n. R. Holmes, the general manager ofjthe La Porte Improvem e n t C o m p a n y * and the La Porte W h a r f and Channel Company, is pers o n a l l y superintending the improvem e n t s . Mr. H o l m e s makes his headquarters at the Sylvan Hotel and visitors to La Porte during the next six w e e k s and before the time of the first g e n e r a l La Porte sale, which will be h e l d in February, 1900, should introd u c e themselves to Mr. Holmes and all o w him to extend to them facilities f o r getting a thorough understanding of the conditions surrounding the La P o r t a enterprises. A saucer of charcoal purifies t h e refrigerator. Deafness Cannot B e Cared Slocal applications, as they cannot reach the jeas-ed portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Xustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed Su have a rvimbling sound or imperfect hear- ?, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused' by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of tfee mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for Circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a Sold by Druffkists. 75c. Ball's Family Pills are the best Ei^e should be w a s h e d in h o t w a t e r , n o t cold. It lias No Eqaal Anywhere. Lightning Hot Drops; acknowledged pain pftnacea; AH druggists. Herb Medl<:lne Co., Sprlagtleld, O. N e v e r feed a b a b y directly before its b a t h . One man's dislike i s a n o t h e r man's •fad. SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT wttl be made hr every buverof LnTorte property- First g'wieral sale in February, lvtw, La Ports, Texas, is destined to-be the future Rre'ate st senlport of tho Gulf of Mexico. Every farmer, merchant asa manufacturer of tnp United States we«t of the Mississippi River is directly interested in I.a Porte. A sm»U investment will return handsome profit*. Write lor FREE Folder. Maps and Art Botk to AMERICAN LANO COMPANY, I8U Madison St., CHICAGO. r F S O ' S C U R E rofv ,r O N IM P T | O N ersrtlklS WORD OF HONOR. | yv A Tale of the Blue and the Gray* >fi ^ BYE. WERNER. ffi ^ / Copyright. ISM, by Robert Bonner's Sons. M *33*2;333:-i3«**3333*3233£33i*' C H A P T E R III.—(Continued.) "I believe you, Edward," she said, In a low tone. "I will be ready this evening." Edward raised her hands to his lips and rose. " T h a n k s ! And n o w o n e favor n o r e ! Captain W i l s o n a s k s permission to pay his respects to you. Will you receive h i m ? " "Not now. I m u s t g o to my father. The captain will excuse me if I receive him later." "As you please. A n d w h e n may I see my uncle?" "As soon as ho w a k e s . I am expecting the doctor. H e promised t o come toward e v e n i n g and bring Doctor Blackwood, w h o is to reach the city this morning. Perhaps he can give me hope." "Hope? Ycu k n o w as wall as I that it is only a question of time, a short addition to the days of life. The p h y - sicians have left us no doubt on that score. But I won't detain you from the sick-room now. F a r e w e l l ! I shall hope to see my uncle in half an hour." H e kissed her hand again, and left the room. Florence remained alone. She, too, had risen, and now, slowly approaching the fountain, bent over its basin. The sultry air oppressed her till her breathing a l m o s t failed. Perhaps it w a s also the burden of dread of the c o m i n g hours and the torturing decision which they mu3t bring. The water leaped and plashed. The fragrance of the flowers stole softly and sweetly to her. W h i l e her eyes mechanically followed the falling drops, their pattering and the fragrance wove a dreamy haze of remembrance about her and led her back into tho past—this last year, which at first had promised her so much happiness, only to bring such bitter suffering. E v e n this brief period of bliss had at first cost a struggle. She was obliged to conquer a prejudice of her followed the former's serious illness and Edward's passionate entreaties, for the latter was determined to secure her hand at any cost. At last, supposing herself deserted by the m a n she loved, she yielded to these creatures and gave up her resistance. The young girl was suddenly startled from her reverie by a broad, bright bar of sunshine, The blinds of the g l a s s doors loading out upon the terrace had been opened, and a man appeared, in a light s u m m e r suit, with a broadbrimmed straw hat pulled so low over his brow that his features could scarcely be distinguished. The visitor, strange to say, cante through the garden, instead of using the main entrance, and now, unannounced, hurriedly entered the drawing-room. The young lady involuntarily took a step toward the table, on which stood a bell. "Florence!" She started, for she recognized the voice, then the features, and w i t h a cry of mingled fear and joy. she held out both arms to him'. " W i l l i a m ! " H e was already at her side and clasped her passionately in his arms, e x c l a i m i n g with a deep sigh: "Thank h e a v e n ! A t least I have not lost y o u ! " Florence clung closely to him, as if seeking protection. E v e r y t h i n g that had tortured her vanished in her lover's presence, in the delight of seeing him, and she eagerly exclaimed: "Have you come at .last? W h y have you left me alone so long—so e n d l e s s l y long? I despaired of your return." .. "I could not hasten to you," replied William. "My regiment w a s one of the first to receive marching orders. Not a day, not an hour was granted me, and every march increased the distance between us. You know w h a t it cost me to submit to this iron necessity; my letters told you." "Your letters? You wrote to m e ? " "Then you did not receive t h e m ? I S H E S T A R T E D FOR S H E RECOGNIZED T H E VOICE. father, who had l o n g intended to wed her to his nephew and would hear of no other marriage. He considered the y o u n g offieer w h o had won his daughter's love as an insolent intruder, w h o w a s destroying the peace of his household; and the political opinions of the two m e n , w h i c h were strongly opposed t o each other, also threatened danger. Nevertheless, for the time, Mr. Harrison, conquered by the tears and entreaties of his o n l y child, yielded, t h o u g h with reluctance; Edward, w h o had Just returned from a long journey, found himself confronted with a fact a g a i n s t which h i s fierce jealousy w a s powerless. B u t he k n e w how to m a i n t a i n his influence o v e r his uncle, and never ceased to stimulate his aversion to the s o n - i n - l a w -who had been forced upon him. C H A P T E R IV. At last, the outbreak, of the war furnished the long-dc3ired opportunity for a n open breach. Harrison imposed conditions which he knew the y o u n g officer would never accept and, on his refusal, withdrew h i s promise. In this w a y he had a semblance of justice on his side, and Roland's refusal was described under the m o s t hateful colors. F l o r e n c e w a s neither energetic nor independent. She had been brave so l o n g a s W i l l i a m stood at her side and s h e w a s sure of h i s l o v e and protection. Alone she w a s unable to contend with her father and Edward, end now | suspected it w h e n no answer came, yet I still tried every m e a n s of c o m m u n i - cating w i t h you. Florence, we have been shamefully treated. I have never had one line from your hand." "From m e ? I did not write," said Florence, in a low, hesitating tone. William, w h o was still holding her in close embrace, suddenly released her and stepped back. "You did not? You have not sent ^Vttfi a single line during the l o n g m o n t h s of our separation? You have not once attempted to elude the watch set on your m o v e m e n t s ? Yet you must have known that I would m a k e every effort to' send you tidings cf me." The reproach w a s felt, but at the same time the old sting also piercad her heart, and, with a touch of defiance, the young girl answered: "Tidings of you did come, but they were not addressed to me—th? letter in which you renounced me and all of us." "Your father—not you. W h a t other answer could I make to his shameful demand? Either he*' never knew me,' or he could not have set such a choice before me—or he k n e w m y decision in advance, and my refusal was to seal a separation on which hd had l o n g determined." "Well, at least you made your choice rlromptly e n o u g h : You uttered^ the refusal, a n d — g a v e m e up." "No. Florence, n o ! " Wiliiam Impetuously answered. "I did not give you up, and never will, a3 l o n g as breath remains In my body. I know that we are parted for the time, that there can be no thought of marriage while I a m serving in the Union army. It would be expecting the impossible from your father if I were to ask h i s consent before the war is over. But m y fear was not vain that the effort would be made to wrest you from me, that estrangement and distrust would come between U3 while I w a s absent. You have doubted me, I see, and it w a s t o destroy this doubt that I took the dangerous ride here. But you will now believe in me and m y love, my Florence, as firmly as I trust you. Will you n o t ? " T h e last words expressed the utmost tenderness. H e believed so implicitly in the loyalty cf his fiancee; and she— A sudden fear a w o k e in her with tha memory of what had happened and was yet to como. William must know it1, yet she could not force her lips to utter the confession. She was to be spared the necessity. While still struggling to find the wordd with which to begin her story, Edward returned and paused on the threshold in astonishment, as he s a w the stranger clasping the y c u n g girl's hand so familiarly in his own. At the first glance the civilian's dress and the dim light deceived him; but as the young officer, with a sudden movement, turned toward him, Harrison started back, exclaimingly furiously: "Mr. Roland—is it you?" "Certainly," replied the other, coldly, with a gloomy glance at the man w h o m he had long recognized as his foe. "You probably did not expect to find me here?" Edward had already regained his self-control. H e instantly perceived what threatened him and the peril involved by his rival's unexpected appearance. A few hours later, the latter would have had n o power to cross his path; but c o w he must face the danger, and Harrison was not the man to shrink and give up the game as lost. "No, indeed," he said, a n s w e r i n g tho last question. "So far as I am aware, the Union forces have not reached Springfield." 'Yet I am here, as you see." "On hostile soil. And for what purpose?" "Do I owe a n account to you? You seem to be usurping the place of the master of the house, Mr. Harrison. I regret that I cannot acknowledge it; for I, too, h a v e a son's privilege here, and will speak only to the father of m y betrothed bride.". "My uncle will hardly be disposed to recognize your claim. At any rate, you must forego an interview with him." "Will you prevent it?" demanded Roland, threateningly. But Florence, who had anxiously noticed the rising wrath of the two men, now interposed. "My father is ill, William," she said gently; "has been very ill for months. During the last few w e e k s his disease has assumed a dangerous phase, and yesterday the doctor prepared me for the worst." Her voice w a s choked w i t h tears. William listened in perplexity; whatever wrath he bad cherished against his future father-in-law, this n e w s disarmed him. "I had no t h o u g h t of this," he s i i d , deeply moved. "My poor Florence!" He put his arm around the weeping girl. But this movement, the quiet confidence with which he asserted the rights of a betrothed lover, enraged Harrison to the utmost; his hands clenched as if he longed to tear the couple apart, and his voice sounded hoarse, almost stilled. "You don't seem to be aware of what has happened recently, Mr. Roland. I am compelled to inform you of it; 1 - " "I kuow and suspect more than m i g h t be agreeable to you," interrupted the y o u n g officer, releasing Florence and approaching him. "I just heard from Miss Harrison that not one of my letters has reached her hands, though I used every precaution. Her father cannot have interfered, since for m o n t h s he h a s been on a sickbed; yet an intrigue has been carried on which I see w i t h tolerable distinctness. Perhaps I shall apply to the right person if I ask y o u for information. You will, of course, deny—" " W h o tells you so?" asked Edward, coldly.' "The letters are in my hands." W i l l i a m started, back. This coldblooded a c k n o w l e d g m e n t completely destroyed his self-command for a m o - ment; but Florence exclainied in consternation: " E d w a r d ! You did that?" Hc» turned to her with a perfectly unmoved manner. | "I thir.k I can explain it. A t first I i acted only a t your father's request, • afterward 01% my o w n authority; but j t h e n I was s i m p l y exercising my rights, for you will remember that three w e e k s ago you consented to become my wife." "That is a ^ie! A shameful slandrvrl" cried William. "Speak, Florence! /.defend yourself.! Y o u see I don't believe one word of the calumny." (To be continued.) \ A Boston Man Plaaaad. I n conversation w i t h s o m e friends, * prominent Boston m a n told o f hia sufferings f r o m r h e u m a t i s m a n d nervousness, a n d one of his friends g a v e h i m some advice, w h i c h w i l l be mentioned, later, a n d w h i c h h a s proven t o be of incalculable value. To successfully act on t h e advice, i t w a s necessary t o m a k e a trip of over 2,000 miles, but h e understood it. a n d n o w t h a n k s h i s friend for t h e advice, as h e finds himself fully relieved of .his old trouble and h a s returned to h i s home feeling- able to cope w i t h hia business demands, a n e w man. T h e advice g i v e n w a s to g o to " H o t Springs," South Dakota, and t h e r e t a k e the b a t h s and enjoy t h e finest climate of a n y h e a l t h resort m America. If t h i s m a n w a s satisfied after making a l o n g trip, t h o s e r e s i d i n g w i t h i n a f e w h u n d r e d m i l e s and similarly afflicted c a n certainly afford t o try it, or rather can't afford to n e g l e c t t o try jt. Ask a n y a g e n t of t h e N o r t h - W e s t e r n Line for full particulars, or w r i t e J. R. B U C H A N A N , General Passenger A g e n t , F. E. & M. V. R. R., Omaha, Neb. School girls in S a x o n y are not all o w e d to wear corsets. Winter In the South. T h e season approaches w h e n one's t h o u g h t s turn toward a place w h e r e the i n c o n v e n i e n c e s of a Northern w i n t e r may be escaped. N o section of t h i s country offers such ideal s p o t s a s t h e Gulf Coast o n the line of the Louisville & N a s h v i l l e Railroad b e t w e e n Mobile and N e w Orleans. I t possesses a mild climate, pure air, even temperature and facilities for h u n t i n g and fishing enjoyed by u o other section. Accommodations for visitors are first-class, a n d can be secured at moderate prices. T h e L. <fe N. R. R. is the o n l y l i n e b y which it can be reached in t h r o u g h c a r s from N o r t h e r n cities. T h r o u g h car s c h e d u l e s to all points in F l o r i d a b y this l i n e are also perfect. Write for folders, etc., to J A C K S O S S M I T H , D. P. A., Cincinnati, O. Winter Excursions. The Southern Pacific Company and its connections operate the best first and second-class service to California,. Arizona, Texas and Mexico. T h r o u g h Pullman Palace Sleepers and T o u t i s t Sleepers from all principal eastern points. Personally conducted Tourist Excursions from Cincinnati, Louisville. St. Louis, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, K a n s a s City. etc. For particulars and descriptive literature write W.' G. Nelmyer, Gen'l Western Agent, 238 Clark St., Chicago; W> H. Connor, Com'l Agent, Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio, or W. J. Berg, Tray. P a s s Agt., 220 Ellicott Sq., Buffalo, N. Y. Solid Trains to Northern Michigan. The Chicago, Milwaukee & S t P a u l Railway is now running solid trains of palace sleeping cars, dining car* (serving meals a la carte) and flrstclass day coaches, through from Chicago to Calumet, Houghton, Hancock and other points in the Copper country without change of cars, w i t h direct connection for Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, etc., and passengers from the East, South and S o u t h w e s t w i l l find this a most desirable route. All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. You may oppress the t r u t h b u t y o u cannot suppress it. 8 $s£ Fend r.% once for this n&w two-step marcb. It has the full swing and the air is catchy and equal to SousaS. S^nd 10 cents in money or stnmps to George C. Johnston, Allen Boildinj, Cincinnati. Ohio TOURIST TO CALIFORNIA VIA Y o u will p r a c t i c e g o o d e c o n o m y In writing C. S. CRANE, C. P. A T. A., St. Louis, for particulars. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • » » • • + + + + » + + > •• • •• tx • t ! Personally Conducted California Excursions V i a t h e S a n t a F e R o u t e . Three times a week from Chicago and Kansas City. Twice a week from St. Paul and Minneapolis. Once a weak from St. Louis and Uos>ton. ,In improved wide-vestlbuled Pullman tourist sleeping cars. Better than ever before, at lowest possible rates. Experienced excursion conductors. Also daily service between Chicago and Calif ornir. Correspondence solicited. T. A. Q R A D Y . Manager California Tourl* Serrtee, Tac AtcbiMa. Tapeka* Saata Pe RaUwa* 1« Adums Street. CHICAGO. w^^^nmum »• n • '-•^r.'i T - » - • '1 I! ) :> -'I / 4- > Si ;i •it • 5 1« i4 •Vi • > •&•• «?• She fttufennj gwpatth. F. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1899. FARM JOURNAL fcrreat Prom Now to Dec. 1903 * ^Oei* NEARLY 5 YL3AWS B y special a r r a n g e m e n t with t h e p u b l i s h e r s of the F A R M J O U R N A L we are enabled to offer t h a t p a p e r t o ever subscriber who pays for t h e D I S P A T C H one year ahead, for oqly $1, b o t h p a p e r s for t h e pripe of o u r s only; our paper one year a n d the F a r m J o u r n a l from now t o D e c , 191*3, nearly five years. H e m i l i a b l e R e s c u e . Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plaintield 111. makvs the statement, that she cauffbt cold, which settled on her lungs; she was treated for a month by her family physician, hut ^rew worse. He told .shu was a hopeless victim of consmption and that no medicine could cure her Her drut^'i&L »u«rge*ted Dr. Kind's Ne v Pisco very for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted from first dose. She continued its use and after taking six buttles, found herself sound and well; now does her own bouse work,,and is as well ts she ever wa*.— Free trial bottle* of this Great Disci'very at K A Siller's Drutf Store, On 1 > 50ceiif> and £1.00, every bottle RUdl TdilteeO 'ml*®6** 3? - Bv BAILEY SMITH The first people w h o will l i v e i u t h e twentieth c e n t u r y , a c c o r d i n g T h e F a r m J o u r n a l is an old e s - 1 1 ( ) t , 1 e c o m , ) l l t H t i o l l o f K w r i t e r i n g £ Arranged bv M K S . \V. C A K I . I X . J M « , 4HHMMMMWMMHMWM9WIM»*<NK}(Hft4b COVM-MIII:U. D a w s o n City, J u n e 20th, 1898. I have finally r e a c h e d t h e Mecca of t h e N o r t h W e s t — T h e A SURE CUBE FOB CROUP. Twenty-fire Year*' Constant u e Without A Faitare. The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a cbild subject to that disease it may be taken as a sure siun of the approach of an attaok. Following this uouirb, is a peculiar rouuh cough. If Chamberlin's Couirh Kemely is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the Ion. All s u p p l i e s a r e in prices p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y as high. L a b o r _,, Ix . . . . * " i from My nook to Dawson is * 1 . L I - D o r a d o of m i n i n g c a m p s — a n d , .,.n r p e r h o u r or $ 10. per day, here at t h e mines, $1.50 p e r h g u r and * l . in town. A man and team is s u c h it is no d o u b t for old m i n e r s t h i n k it the richest placer c a m p on t h e c o n t i n e n t . T h e n u m b e r of , , , ,. , , w o r t h ¢10. per h o u r in d e l i v e r i n g people, boats, s u p p l i e s , horses a n d . . . . T , . .,,,.. , n .m. .y . ^i i freight. L u m b e r is $2 H) per t h o u s - o u t - n t s t h a t have c o m e over t h e 1 steak d i n n e r s #3., a cigar, or d r i n k 50c. L a s t w i n t e r whiskey sold j oroupy eoutfb appears it will prevent for $1. per d r i n k and *40. per gal- | the attack. It is used in many thousands of homes in this broad land and nevwr disappoints the anxious mothers. We u;ivo yet to learn of a single instance in whiuli it has not proved effectual No other preparation can show such a record—twenty five years constant use without failure. For sain l»y P. A. Siuler. , , A Tx . . _ . a n d or £300 dressed and t h e r e are p a s s and down t o Dawson is b e y o n d .1 .,, , . , f ,. , T , . - , • t h r e e mills h e r e r u n n i n g t w e n t y - belief. I n f o r m a t i o n h e r e is not re- j * „ . , • * • , . , four h o u r s a day, e x c e p t i n g S u n - tablished paper, enjoying g r e a t t h e j R n U H r v L m i i e H H o m e j , o u r p o p u l a r i t y , one of the best and ^ , - . ft,v i n l m b i a n f 8 o f R k , r o u p m o s t useful farm p a p e r s p u b l i s h - , Qf ulHl_pHc.iti,. island. T o woman ^ a o ' e a n ( * n o two people a r e of t h e ^ - ^ . „ t „ t ! w h o cont-nipl-ite visiting the P a r i s 6 f t I » * opinion, n e i t h e r d o t h e y j ^ / ^ y e f c ^ ^ ^ " ^ ^ j S ^ T h i s offer should be accept-! Exposition next, y e a r " E d i t h and ed without delay. j i n p H | . i s / . i n t | l H ^ m e m f i ^ H z i n e will prove helpful and interesting. " T h e liner Givl of S o u t h Africa," l W. C- T. U- S T h e Home ( ' o m i n g o f the N a k a n - tf nies," are nlso features of notable i'i interest in 'lie . h u m a n J o u r n a l . Fdlted by the W. C. T XT. of Pi nek ney. $ T . . . . ,, „ „ „ $ F r a n k l i n v \ e s wij.es. <<n I he M R e h e a r s a l ••' 0 i>;i\." MIMI the au- 1 t h o r o t \\ 1 P i c l » \ _'.i\t-. a con- Man> of the politicians of O n k - | v u l B i v e j v f | l f |1N ,.r t UMf ,,, M o M y a h o t h a believe that t h e territory ; DoiialiueV I M I S U H I . Allurt W. will soon Have t h e prohibition | £m[t\x ( . 0 1 , f n i m , f „ „ ltir 0 hi.s exi s s u e on its hands owing to t h e ' q n i s i t e ^,,,,^,,.., v . r .•> E d w a r d d e t e r m i n e d efforts of the A n t i - j B o k w r i t e f c . j | ( ,,,,,,, t „ . M , , , . r * ' A Saloon league, which is h o l d i n g | N a t i o n a l Crime a t e l-Wr t,f m e e t i n g s all over the^ territory, j American P a r e n t s , " >.nd in con- — M H a ' s Criterion. ! t r a s t is shown " T h e N , w ldeH in O h i o employs 10,305 male and ; T e a c h i n g Children " A score or 14,875 female teachers. T h e ! m o r e articles of special value to a v e r a g e salary of male tea( hers is women touch every plin-e Of $42 per month, and of females £39 home-making. By the Curl is p e r month. The whole a m o u n t P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y , Fliiladelp a i d to School teachers of O h i o is phia. One dollar a year; ten $12,473,295 per a n n u m . About cents a copy. $70,000,000 is spent for drink each j - • • • - year. Twelve million dollars for! QUESTION ANSWKRED. e d u c a t i o n a n d $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f o r j Yes. August Flower etill 1.:.8 the l a r ^ i d r i n k . — T h e American Issue. 18 n l e o f a n y ^ d i c i » ^ * , l 'e t i v i l i z ' l l W('rhl- ! "^ our mothers and grand 1110tin r» nev» r T h e d a n g e r of drink is g r e a t e r t ) l o n g h t ()f ll8ill„ anything else f,»r In«i.«et o t h e n a t i o n s o f t h e c i v i l i z e d tion or Diliousnts^. Doctors were scan'*', w o i l d than the danger of war, and and thry seldom herd of AppediciiiK, Nert h e r e f o r e the c o m i n g i n t e r n a t i o u a l ! <m18 **"»«™tion or He:,,, f.ilu.e, Wr. ,, , . , „, -,-, , 1 Tliey used August Flower to clean out the congress, called l)y the t rench r e - : J , t " , , . ,. ,. , • ^> ' * system and stop fermentation or umhtfet*led public to devise some international' f(J()d J t .oU ja l v ,i,e ..ciion of the liver, siimm e a n s of m a k i n g h e a d w a y a g a i n s t ; ulate (he nervous and organic action (it the t h e a b u s e of A l c l i o l i c HtplOrS, c a n i »>> em. and that is all they took when feelh a r d l y t e p l a c e d s e c o n d i n i m . ' »»g dull and bad wilh headaches and other , A, e i i i ' aches. Vou only need a few doses of p o r t a n c e to the conference called ,, , . ^ - „, - , - 1 , - ^ Green s August Mower, in liquid form, to by t h e e m p e r o r of Russia to consul- m a k e v o u s a i i s t i o ( 1 l h e r e \H ,1(>thing serious er the question of international the matter wiih you. Sample bottle at d i s a r m a m e n t . I t has a p r o s p e c t , F. A. Sigler's. of a c c o m p l i s h i n g more than is to 1 • • • b e hoped for from t h e m e e t i n g a t ! P. A. Siller t ' u a r a n r e ^ every hot- T h e H a g u e , for no interest of o n e t l e of Ohamherlin^Oo.wli R-.n-dv and p o w e r as against a n o t h e r would I w l U r e l u n d t l , H m o n e v t 0 a n v o n e w h o i n t e r f e r e with legislation against form like i m p r e s s i o u s of t h e c o u n t r y . T h e r e a r e 20,000 p e ople here, no doubt. T h e place is a live, a moving m a s s of h u m a n i t y twenty-four h o u r s a day. W e have no n i g h t s in t h i s for away land u n d e r the Artie C i r c l e ; t h e r e day. Well e n o u g h of these cold to which h u m a n n a t u r e in this . , « . . Business Locals. Notice to T a x P a y e r s The Townships Tax Ro)l ii now in nay hands for the Collction of Taxes—1 will be at the I'inckney Ex. Bank during business m a d rush is p u s h i n g , j o s t l i n g a n d j , l o u r s lt> ••"•m'e the same. s t r i v i n g to reach. H i e r e was no ! R> H' Te*'P,e- Twp. Treasurer. suffering here last w h i t e r from I would like to trade a single harnem w a n t of provisions, t h o u g h food i f o r H«' vv,md- JOE SVKES. was scarce, yet t h e r e was sufficient , to avoid s t a r v a t i o n . We passed a m a y be a shade of t w i l i g h t per-: l m ^ r w i u t e r of idleness iu I n d w n c e p t a b l e b u t t h e difference be- [ c a n a U „ d h a v i n g convinced „.„• tween day and m i g h t is lost a n d g e , v e s t l m t t h t . M r t r e I s ] a n ( 1 w o l l | , i one can read or write at a n y h o u r I m , v e r b e d b ] e t o s t e m t | l H ( , H r e n t «.f t h e twenty four with o u t b e i n g ; f t h f t Y u k o n , we took C . I . • f 1 ' For S a l e . House and lot in the village of Pinckney i-">li H. Isham. s e - conscious of t h e time of day. j t o i l l c l n t . e t h e m H i l a ^ m e i i t 1 L i k e t h e m i n i n g c a m p s of B u t t e , ; c u r e o u r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n and that Mont, and Leadv.lle Col. it s p r i n g s ' ^ Q U l . f r e i g h t o u W ) ( n e 8 W ( I 1 , j r ()tu p i n a n i g h , t h k e t h e g r o w t h o f a T O U e o f t n e o M e 8 t a b l i s h e , c o m . m u s h r o o m . S t o r e s , w a r e houses, i p a n i e 8 > j f c was a p a r t of tlin deal SMIOOU buildings, ( i n n u m e r a b l e ) t h f t t ftg m a n y a 8 eighteen s h o u l d and l o n g cahins are u n d e r con- m f i k e a p o v t H g e to t n e Y u k o n a n d struction in every p a r t of t h e t a k e the s t e a m e r , Chas. H. H a m i l - v<*r SHIHOP Exchati?e. A l i U t i l J if Mil i'Hry ,!HHd|). W i l l d k r o e i . H^^. OAIN. hay, or anynieasures iino ! i( u, • A'rltakH same in 0 I'M rev Sw^rthont, t'incknHy, M i c h . Werrcr1 .'iiji'.isi Antonyms, town. Alonv; the river front a frame work is p u t t o g e t h e r , a canvas s t r e t c h e d over, a stock of goods put in and b u s i n e s s o p e n e d u p in t h e e v e n i n g of t h e same dav. A vast a m o u n t of provisions t , , • *i 4 -i 1 t n e bay we had fine t r a v e l i n g as were b r o u g h t 111 over t h e trail a n d ,, J , . . . . b down t h e lakes in small boats; more t h a n will be carried u p by ton. 1 W e left M o n d a y Apr. 4th j u s t after d i n n e r . We bid t h e crowd good bye a n d s t a i t e d ac r o s s t h e bay to t h e coast. O v e r Myiii'jiogy and i'aailiai F&rases. A lKK>k that should bpin thevest .,, ockci of every |n.'i>on,-because It :»,*.''• tells von the ri>jht word tc use. * .<o Two Words in the English Language Have Exactly the Same *lj?nlficanc\ To express the [precise meaning thm one inj lends, to convey a dictionary of Synonyms is needed to avoid repetiti'yi. The Mr< :ige.st flpnre of siieech is i:i,tiihe?is. In l! .. .11(.-- tiotiary I,1-- flpiH'txled Anioinuig will, therelore, lx> found extremely vAlimbli'. Contain« many other features s'K-h ur. Mythology, Familiar Allusions and Foreign Phrases, Prof. Lois<*ttf's Memory System,'The Art of Never Forgettlnp," etc., etc. This wonderful little book hound in a neat the Stt-amers from St. Michaels. 'The river front is an i n t e r e s t i n g ni^ht, for two miles a l o n g t h e Yukon from the m o u t h of t h e K l o n - d i k e alonej j lie front rf t h e town to a bluff at, the u p p e r e n d , it is a solid mass of small boats, large t h e Rimw in n l a c e s l i a d b l o w n off ! cloth binding u i e s n o w 111 p i a t e s nao. u umi i o n !Le « t h e r and sent postpaid for $6.25. Full ( (rjh edee. $0 40. jxwtrnld. Order at O u r first two n i g h t s we c a m p e d " °"~A ' '" on t h e coast and laid o u r b l a n k e t s on the frozen snow, t h e r e b e i n g n o t i m b e r , n o b o u g h s for a bed. T h e n i g h t s were cold, d r o p p i n g below zero t h r o u g h t h e night, b u t t h a w i n g d u r i n g a few iiours a b o u t mid-day. A t an I n d i a n s e t t l e - m e n t e i g h t e e n miles from St. Michonoe. Send for our lare«- book eaiilogue, free. Address all orders to T H E W E R N E R C O M P A N Y , FlMUfean »nt Masnfactar<>r; ArXOK, OHIO. boats, scows, canoes a n d water baru'esof the most a w k w a r d size. a e N « w e l e f t t l i e coast and m a d e 'I'hey were n u m b e r e d a t some point on t h e way a n d I have seen as the highest n u m b e r , so far 12 a p o r t a g e over a range of h i g h hills i n t o t h e h e a d waters of a small river. I d o n t know of any •iw- u i-'.i 1 ' i work in all my varied e x p e r i e n c e 080. S o m e of t h e large scows and , , J ^ K r i i c a ^ c t h e use of alcohol, whereas the jealousies of the nations may very likely prevent an effective a g r e e - m e n t b e a r i n g on the reduction of a r m a m e n t . T h e invitation to p a r - j j n pneumonia, ticipate in t h i s anti-alcohol congress has been communicated to t h e g o v e r n m e n t of the U n i t e d S t a t e s t h r o u g h the F r e n c h minist e r at W a s h i n g t o n . T h e congress will m e e t in P a r i s in April, 1900. is not salsified alter n^in^ two • n-iris of the contents. This i-i the be*t remedy in the world tor la grippe eoii^hs colds, croop and whooping -on^h and is pleasant and safe to take. It pre. vents any 'end^ncy of a cold to result t mnr.-l boats b r o u g h t in horses and cattle. T o n s of supplies were b r o u g h t in, Biifficeut it is now e s t i m a t e d to k e e p the people of D a w s o n for a y e a r with out any h e l p from t h e s t e a m e r s c o m i n g up. T o - d a y six As a cure tor rheumatism Chamberlain's Pa«n Halm is gaining a wide reputation. I). B. lohnson of Richmond, Ind., has he^n trouiiled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking of it he says: "I n*ver found anything that would relieve me until 1 n«ed Chan\berlain» Pain Bahrr It acN like magic with me. My foot was swollen and pained me, verv modi, hut one jjood application of Pain Bulra relieved me. For sale by P. A. Sisrler, Drugffest. W A N i i > \ D 1M\'KS i'.iA' >. C. L. BOWMAN, P r o p r i e t o r of The Oty Marketv Corner ol Main and Mill Sis., PINCKNEY, MICH. Railroad Guide. # • tJrand Truak Railway System. Time Talne in erte. J Nor 19, 185W WILL Iica. S.-ilcr.1.' *'J00 a v.-.r .,..(! (\ htn.i'. 'toiif-'ile. iv) mcirc no les... lioti juMijiticnt. Our iffc'ie^ce. tMink in a<iv \uwi\. It i- miiiniv Wor« conductctj at*home. Kcference. r-n- 9loee edf-*4drc«u*(l nuiuiued enteiope, Turn UOMIITIOX.l'oWi'A.W tlupt S, CHfCAOci. Ilic« PAY GASH F o r Tallow, H i d e s , Pelts, a n d D r e s s e d P o r k . S e e u s before s e l l i n g y o u r Beef. C. L. BOWMAN. w h e r e b r u t e s t r e n g t h a n d d e t e r - m i n a t i o n were as necessary as m a k i n g t h a t distance, We were all e q u i p p e d with a p u l l i n g h a r - n e s s a n d often in m a k i n g a bad place o r steep climb, when we cattle sold for $0,000.(X) for "beef. W e r e o b l i ^ l to d o u b l e team, we W h e n dressed the m e a t sold for *2 W O u I d b e d o w u o n o u r h * » ^ « 1 ^ a pound. T h i s of course is a lux- feet P u l l l u 8 l i k * so m a n y d u m b u r y . b e e f steak b e i n g very r a r e in b r u t e 8 - A ^ e r r e a c h i n g t h e s u m - Dawson. I heard t h a t Mr. Weir m i t w e h f i c l H n e a 8 y t i m « down t h e h a d 1,500 head of c a t t l e on t h e O L l i e r s I o P e i n t o a r i v e r w l i e r e w e way over the trail for Dawson. b t r u c k ^ l a r e i ( : e f o r a d i s t a n c e W h e n they arrive, Dawson will w h e n . w e - . c a m p e d for t h e first have a b a r b e c u e and b e a n s a n d t l m e i u t i m l ^ r a n d m a d e a b e d of bacon wili go on a vacation. H e r e b o u « l l s - w e b i o k e c a m p early a r e s o m e of the p r i c e s w h i c h a r e a n d f o l l « w e d t h e river for a s h o r t not considered h i g h for t h i s p l a c - : d i s t a n c e when we b r a n c h e d off on F l o u r $8. per sack—oOibs, bacon a i J o t b e r *"& which we followed 40c p e r l b , s u g a r 30c, salt 30c, U P t o t h e ^ a d c l i m b i n g a s t e e p b e a n s 25c, ~utter $1.25, tea a n d g u l c h a u d ^ a k i n g a n o t h e r p o r t - coffee $1.25, rolled o a t s 50c, oat f^e o v e r a r a u K e oi m o u n t e t n s . meal a n d rice 40c, c a u n e d fruits J ' u e c j , m b was m o r e s W p t h a n t o m a t o e s , corn beans, etc. *1.25 t h e d a ^ **tare b u t t h e trail and*f' d r i e d fruits 40c a n d 50c p e r lb. snow was m u c h better. L u x u r i e s a r e so few t h a t prices Comimiwit Next Week a r e b e y o n d reach. E g g s $4. a doz " Meajs a t r e s t u r a n t s $2.00, moose S n S c r i b e i o r t h e Dispatch. M. A. L. DIVISION WKSTBOUND. No 27 Pas'senver, Pontine in Jaeksou . cuuueetidQ from Detroit U 14 a m No. "39 F'aaden^r, Pontiac to tuck-nm. ri:i'< ». m No. ^9 ba.s ttirou^h coach iro.u Detroit to Jazon. No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jacknon ..connection from i)<>troit 4 45 p >« KAS'J OlTNl» No 30 Paaaeower to Pontiac nnil introit ft \s i. i No. 28 Passnnirpr, J axon *o Detroit, '>:'•» a. tn. No. 38 na» thrmi^ri eoacu fru n Itxdt) t< l>.-t p«»i t No 44 Mixed 'o Pontiac and Lenox r vs . i All trains daily except Smidav. No 44 connection at Pnnti <c for tVtrnif NIHI for i'i»» west <>'r Howell, Owo-so, A'liri, Ht Plea>ant Cadihac, Manistee, TraverHe (!ify and points in North western \' ih'i .'n W. H . liaA.xiCTT. (». y. A. T«.iHdf» 5 0 YEAR* EXPERIENCE A Frlffbifnl B l u n d e r Will often cau>e a nornble bnrn, •e&ld, cut or bruise. Backlnn't* arnica salve, ti;e best in th^ world, will kiil the pain and promptly beal i t Core* old nor**, fever sores, ulcers, boili, felons, corns and all skin eruptions. Be*t pile core on earth. OolrJ 25c a boi. Cora iraaraoteed. - Sold by F . A. Bif- Ur« dr«Atfiat f h a i Tfe«»fciaff H « a < M k l Would quickly leave yoa, if jwm UMd Or. Kind's New Lift PUto. Thoasandi of sufferer* bar* tbeir metealeM merit for tiek ud vooi beaiacbec. They make Mood aad atronir nerree and bm)4 your health. Eaay ao taka. Try Only 25e, monay back if sot Soid by F. A. Bi/riv. dnura^t •t TRAOC MAUKS OcaioN* Co^YRIOHTa A e . •ending » ukrtoh and deMrtptlon mtf f —oTt»m oar (ptnioo fr«e WIMUMT M Lion la prohnhly pnt«nt»ble. CommaaMA* wuioa f ooniltMntial. Handbook on PataMt mt fro*. Olrtoat aproncy for aoonrtnv («tont«. PatonU UtkOB tniKHurh Mum tt Co. notice, without onarjre. la tb« Scientific flmctlcait A hnndaoMkotr Mad ooJatkMi of any totonuto f nar nonttaa, $1 ~ Tara»a..aTa fear; fnar mohtoa, at acM^vaO imnnaalam v. i vrf^i K^ MI ini m i tki % • \ ^ . ^ ^ , , ^ . ^ ^ . ^ ^ . ^ , , - : . ^ ^ rt<i| ,. |fl-n :M . . ii^jl-'rfa^-it^^wJ.^^JMai.- ^A±. . ^ . ' . S ^ - . ^ . v * ! ^ . . ^ ^ 4^1. ~tK n .afl '. Aafa \ ^ . . . ^ ^ . . ^ F a c t s t o B e m e m b e r , T h e o r i g i n a l a n d i t e o u i n e R e d P i l l s a r e K n i l l s Red P i l l s t o r W a n p e o p l e a t 2 5 c b o x , t h e w o m o n ' s r e m e d y . D o n ' t p a y 5 0 c e n t s . Y o u c a n w o r k w h e n t h e y w o r k , n e v e r K n p e o r m a k e y o u sick, K n i l l ' s W h i t e Diver P i l l s . B o w e l K e k u l n t o r . T w e n t y five doses, 2 5 c e n t s . P l e a s a n t , s a f e a n d s u r e a r e K m i • B l a c k D i a r r h o e a P i l l s . Cures* s u m m e r c o m p l a i n t s , d y s e n t e r y a n d all p a i n s of t h e hiiinincb a n d bowels. O n l y 2 5 Cents box. K n i l l ' s Blue K i d n e y Pill c u r e backa c h e , etc. O n l y 25• c e n i s box. P o r e , s w e e t stc niaehs a n d b r e a t h s a r e uiiid by t a k i n g Knill's [dyspepsia TaMet.> T h e y will c u r e i n d i g e s t i o n , c o r r e c t a l l s t o m a c h t r o u b l e s , d e s t r o y s all foul KHhes tor 25c b(.x Best a n d c h e a p e s t G u a i t a n t a e d bv y o u i d r u ^ - ffest Will ( ' u n e t t , Dexter. W. B. D a r r o w , P m c k n e y . r;sti *% n MONTHLY REPORT Of the Piuckney Public Schools for t h e month ending D e c . 22, 1899. THE GB£AT J?£S70&- ATIVE. Bar-Ben Is the gr eat e s t known TUADE i^AUi" n e r v e tonic and blood purifier. It c r e a t e s Bolid flesh, muscle mid STRENGTH. clears the brain, m a k e s the M o o d pun- -n~\\ :-.;h, a n d c a u s e s a general feeiinir of IK-SI Mi. i«iv.«_r and renewed vitality, while the ::- i< ;. : '-. •• ••;•:: t;..7 arc helped t o retrain their i-.o.-u-;-.. < • .,:-1 t h e s u f f e r e r is quickly inn.k " • .... . benefit. One b o x will work A. perfect n cure. SOcts.A b'J. : Bale by drusjdsts evcr.v>.-.'•"-- .c o n receipt of price. .'•.:•. I A N D B E N S O N . liiir-1: ., 11 HI s m e l»y i \ A. NioLEii, Druggist Piuckuey, - - Mich. HIOH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. Whole number of pupiU 4 9 . Total days attendance 704. Average attendance 39. Aggregate tardiness 5 8 . Number of days taught 18. PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOB TARDY, Sidney Sprout Laura Lavey Mue Reason Boss Read Bert Roche Sidney Sprout has been neither absent nor tardy during the term. S T E P H E N D U R F E E , Supt. GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT. Number of pupils 25 Total attendance 226 Total tardiness 29 Per cent of attendance 22.87 Number days taught 19 Pl.'1'U.S NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY. Eli cry Durfee Ethel Durfee Fred Bead Rex Read Eva Grimes Aubrey Gilchrist For the term : Kilery Durfee, Ethel Durfee, Fred Read, Eva Grimes C. L . G R I M E S , Teacher. INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. Whele number of days u u g h t 19 Total number days attendance 386J Average daily attendance 19.32 Whole number belonging 2 3 Aggregate tardiness 26 PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY Ruel Cadwell Norma V a u g h n Florence Reason Orpha H e n d e e Nella Bowers Mary Brogun F o r the term: Ruel Cadwell Norma V a u g h n Orpha H e n d e e E D I T H C A R R , Teacher. Master at Arms, E . R. Cook 1st Master of G u a r d s N . Whitcomb 2nd " " I . 8 . P . Johnson Sentinel, J - Chambers Picket, G. P . Lambertson LOYAL GUARDS. 19 A $4.00 BOOK FOR TScts. The Farmers' Encyclopedia. PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. 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A laigehook, 8x;iJ-i i x 1% inches. 6^6 pagis, fully illus- , trated, bound i n rreen c!oih bind- Cap. General, 8r. Captain, J r Captain Recorder, Paymaster, Chaplain, Sr. Lieut., J . Lieut., Chas. (irimes Arthur Shehan A. D. Swarthout F . L. Andrews Guy Teeple J o h n Monks E . J . McCluskey C. V. VanWinkle Sargeauts, G. A. Sigler, Albert Mills Sentinel, R. I I . Arnell f F . A. Sigler AuditorB, ' -{ C. J . Teeple { O. A. Sigler MODERN WOODMEN. Venerable Council, C. L. Grimes Clerk, R a i i k e r , W'orthy Advisor, Escort, Watchman, Sentry, Managers 1 Dec. 30, 1899, The Columbian Dramatic Club, At t h e Pinckney Opera House, My s m h i s o-ini t r o u b l e ! fur y e a r s w i t h c h r o n i c d i a r r h o e a . S o m e t i m e a * o I p e r s u a d e d a i m t o t a k e s o m a o f Lee Huff F . G. Jackson J o h n Kelly Claude I la use J a s . Fitzsinamoua Casper Volluer J o h n Jeffries Bert VanBlaricum N . Pacey -» «.« «. • . V O I I C E . 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Si,'l ir, d . ' u ^ ^ i s t r e - a r r a n g e , h a d b e t t e r a v a i l t h e m s e l v e s of t h e l e w d a y s before J a n . 1,—it mitfht s a v e b r e a k i n g a good r e s o l u - t i o n ( ? ) R i c h a r d D. R o c h e will o p e n u p a law office o v e r t h e F i r s t S t a t e & S a v - i n g s b a n k o n . J a n u a r y 1st. H e is a b r i g h t yfiuno; m a n a n d h i s m a n y f r i e n d s will wish h i m all(Hfne success t h a t m a y c o m e to h i m in t n e pracYtce ol h i s profession. — D e m o c r a t . Hoyt L. Conary, who appears here J a n . Subdcribti tor Dispatch Sac ^iU'ii.uM Junicx fHAN^ L. AN Jt^vVS t'ltttor and Jfroprietor. suotjunpUou t'rice $i m Advuuce, docoud-cid aidlkor. coukrh, o r t h r o a t t r o u b l e . W e also g u a r a n t e e D o w n ' s E l i x i r t o c u r e cons u m p t i o n , v/ben used a c c o r d i n g to d i r e c t i o n s , o r m o n e y b a c k . 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Address, J ONE* OF BlNGHAWTON, BINGH^WTON N Y Worthy Master, Sr. Warden, J r . Waideu, Secretary, Treasurer, Sr. Deacon, J r . Deacon, Chaplain, Tyler, Stewards, H . F . Sigler Kirk Van Winkle F . Ci. Jackson E. R. Hrown G. W. Teeple A . M e l i i t y r e Chas. Teeple K. H . Crane Thos. J'tirtier R. E . Fince, T . Read P e r r y Blunt, w a s i n D e t r o i t S a t u r d a y . A g o o d m a n y s u b s c r i p t i o n s e x p i r e t h i s w e e k . Miss D e d e H i n c h e y s p e n t C h r i s t m a s j in A n n A r b o r . M r s . S. K". H a u s e s p e n t t h e past w e e k i n D e t r o i t . Miss E v a S m i t h visited f r i e n d s i n H o w e l l t h e past week. Miss M a r y V a n Fleet, s p e u t X m a s in D e t r o i t , v i s i t i n g r e l a t i v e s . A S t o w e a n d wife s p e n t t h e past w e e k w i t h friends i n D e t r o i t . Born to Mr. a n d Mrs, H u r l e y A n - gell, on T h u r s d a y l a - t , a t/iri Miss L i l l i a n Boyle is s p e n d i n g t h e sle --nc^s h o l i d a y s a t h e r h o m ^ in Leslie, R. M. G l e n n a n d f a m i l y s p e n t C h r i s t m a s w i t h r e l a t i v e s in C h e l s e a . Mrs. F. L A n d r e w s a n d d a u g h t e r F l o r e n c e , w e r e in J a e k s o n last T h u r s - d a y . Mrs. A. B. G r e e n s p e n t a c o u p l e of d a y s last week w i t h h e r son in Stockb r i d g e . or m o r e . v i s s | r - n t in a s r:i ii v i s i t a n d torttiM ^ , , ,(j of r i i - 0-.1-.1- T h e < oin oanv I r »K • u p i t lovjr, 1():33. e v - e r v o n e f-^iirij" v-'lt p i , I f>r i " e n - I - in^r T h ^ pt>r V ' f i n - O->MI a p r o - p e p . o u r o n e t\f t h » ipie,--. i- to i i w m ^ e r s a n d ri(i iTI• • i i' •»' I'll - v-* i r 'ti w-^s wit Ii 65 n 'OV'-M'S HI j io i -.und'tiLj; all d e h t s p u d < rid u u .\- i-i f h « r :•- t - t i r v . 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The Mis-.es M a u d e a n d F a n n i e T e e - Tn r^eV-Tv m a r r i ^ s e s t h e w o m a n is' pie a r e h o m e from Ali.ion t o r t h e lioli- n^v —s p ' a c e d t o t h e r i g h t of t h e dav v a c a t i o n . ; 1 c;,-, --r.prl can b e m r d e i n t o p a n e - Leo F o h e v a n d sister, N o r a , a r e c n ,,.n 1VT1 i r e E t that, it m:;>* b e u s : d for s p e n d i n g t h e holiiiays with friends i n wind w s . Ft. W a y n e . I n d . , Tl-e h i g h e s t p o i n t t o w h i c h a m a n Miss M v r t i a Hal! of \ \ l i l i a m s t o t i , is „ n^n . ^ ,. ' . . . . . . , f p c r d is 16.050 feet. s p e n d i n g trie h o l i d a y s w i t h h e r m o t h - . . . , . ^ J 1 " A s e w i n g m a c h i n e i s - s u p p o s e d to d") e r , Mrs. J a s . H a l l . - l V p w ; M ... ^ f t w e l v e K o r n e n . T h i s of G W. T e e p l e a n d 0 M. W o o d , took I c m r s o d e p e n d s u p o n t h e r a t e a t in Lhe R e p u b l i c a n B a n q u e t a t t i o w e i J , ! ^ n ^ c h it is w - r k e d , ae is t h e c a s e w i t h last W e d n e s d a y n i g h t . a ! 1 ^ n o h i f h r r y . T h e l a r g e s t m a s s of p u r e r o c k salt Tbe C. T. A- aDd li. vji-ieij if f.ltvs i»'ac<», meat every third Saturany ^v^uia^ iti cae f'r. laohue. I renia«jut. K:Ni 1GUi > OK M.U' i 'At iKEs , Meeteverv t'riday eveiun^ "u ^>r ixstore L j Li ol tbe MIJOU i t their tuol ui '.lif. ?«v^rttiuut t>ldi{. Vieitiac orot tiers trc ''or.li.illy invited. CHA.f. CiMi'BCLL, Sir tvunjtit Coininandtif Li r i a g s t ou Lod^e, X >. r,!, l'' C\oia iiuuuK'n:ioa i'u-s.l.ij' ^\i>um,', n n r i H t u n thelull of LU - uiKi. A..'S ia.l-jr Lclutyro, »\ . d . OUDKK J F t:.VSr,:t:N' s t . v t : uioetmeaca mo'ita tue Fn.Li.v e v c i c u : >u.».Vi 1; : 1 > it^mr t*\ •itA.M. laeetiu^. vL;s. d.viiv lii.vi.), A', d. 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S h e a n d h e r m o t h e r a r e n o w v i s i t i n g in D e t r o i . , T h e fireman ol' ' I r u b t o n will g i v e a p u r t y at f n e 0 H I M house i n t h a t place M o n d a y e v e n i n g , J a n 1. M r . a n d M r s W i n . H a r r i s o n a n d '.•hild, >f Dakot.t, visited h e r m o t h e r , Mrs. D . I-1. E w e r , , ,t he past w e e k . *k ine.-l e v e r y ^oi.:o:i-.i >Ve t a d 4 d » f r N i a i i r S o i - ' r u s L.iVAL u J t.iiJ . • I e v f i i u i i ; of e v e r y I I I H I I .1 i a t Ue £ , \}, T. M . 1U1I it .. i 1 U'CL• >eci.. A l l v , d i U u < ' i u a r d d w e l e o i u e . " <•. <.'• J A C K S O N , C a p t . i r e n . p v r ' r c ' l o r . h u t Major Maxes, a F ^ i ' i s h ev.pl-rer. h a s found g r e a t h e r d s of t h e m a l o n p t V S o l ^ t r i v e r , a t r i b u - t s r v of t h e W h i t e Nile. BUSINESS CARDS. H. F. SIGLER M. 0- C, L, SIGLER ,M, O 0.\3. SiiLiiL-\ &. iiJLiiiit S t o r y of u M a r e . 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S E N D F I F T E E N C E N ' l . to s h o w y o u r good fuith and w e ' l l , send y o u a oopy F i l E E , w i t h a l l c h a r g e s 1 • ( p a i d . f. .M0RT60MERY WARD & CQ, MichtgaaAva. and Madison Street CHIOAQO v e t e r i n a r y c o l l e g e tn T o r o n t o , C a n a d n t is s p e n d i n g t h e v a c a t i o n w t t h h i s p a r - e n t * h e r e . Rev. W. G. Stephens, of Plymouth, was the gunst ol hja daughter, Mrs. F G. Jaekaou, also to make tbe ao* ^'qnainUuceef his ifraad. son Harry, ^ ! the list ^imatw^ik E l e c t r i c B i t t e r s , s h e is w o n d e r f u l l y i m p r o v e d a u d is abla t o d o h e r o w n w o r k / * T h i s s u p r e m e r e m e d y f o r fem a l e d i s e a s e s q u i c k l y c u r e s n e r v o u s uesa, sleeplessness, m e l a n c h o l y , h e a d - • c b e . b a c k a c h e , f a i n t i n g a n d dizzy s p e l l s . T h i s m i r a c l e w o r k i n g medioine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run doara people. Every bottle irnaramtefai Oaaly SOcents. Sold by F. A. ^glar Dnaykt. PATENTS M A N T E L Our fee retunieil if w c tail. A n y o n e 1 s k e t c h an.l clrscripiion ef an*y iiivention promptly n - e n v e our opinion" free c o n e e m i a j p t h e p.itcnt:i'i;lity vi .same. " H o w t o Obtain a P a t e n t " s e n t u p o n request. P a t e n t * secstroE through u s advertisetl for sale at our c x p e n a e . Patents t a k e n out through u s r«cet\« ijifiiiojl notice, without charge, in T H K P A T E N T Itaooaaw a n illnatrateu a n d widely circulated joMOMsC consulted bv Manufacturers aud investors* "" oe&d for bample copy F R E E . Addraoa, VICTOR «1. eVAMt * 04a. {PmtoMAttccmer*,) iVARMI H i iifl .•» \ i! " ^ . ' ' J * V * h . i > r-" FJ.ANU [.. Aximtwa, Publisher. PI.VCK •~~* • MICHIGAN-' Set a bad example and it will hatch o u t mischief. Narrow minds overlook a charitablo Act and search for tha motive. Seme people are never so happy as when they have bad news to tell. A fool may be able to answer questions t h a t a wise man wouldn't ask. If General Joubert is dead his soul IB certainly marching on with great success. When men have rn^re money than they need they think they need more t h a n they have. All a man has to do to obtain socalled social success is to put a fair value on himself and live up to it. A competitor to the Illinois State Pawners' society is In the Held, and there will soon be tvro cf these lowpriced loan associations in active operation In Chicago. Competition Is. in this case at least, the surest proof that t h e new idea is a success and has already achieved popularity among "genteel borrowers." It has been discovered in St. Paul t h a t electric ground connections, made by attaching wires to water pipes, not only ruin the pipes by electrolysis, but seriously interfere with the operation of the water meters. In one case a meter through which a large quantity of water was discharged failed to register. This was an extreme case and easily detected, but what the effect has been upon the indicators in cases where the current is not so strong the officers of the water board have no means to determine. To protect themselves, however, they have ordered the removal of all electric wires from the water pipes. Personal reserve is sometimes lost eight of in the far West, as a famous sugar merchant from the East recently discovered. He had business in a Missouri town, and was lunching a t a table with a native. "Hi, stranger," asked the other, "where you from?" T h e eastern man, having a stud farm in Kansas City, mentioned that place. " W h a t ' s your business?" "Well, horses," came the reply. "Say, what's your n a m e ? " "None of your business," rejoined • the disturbed sugar-dealer. Even in Ohio, settled largely by Massachusetts and Connecticut colonists, t h e eastern man sometimes finds himself in an atmosphere of frankness. "You are all talking about your weste r n reserve," such a one recently remarked. "Blessed if I see a n y ! " A wheat calendar, giving the time of ripening in various countries, shows how the grain has all seasons for its own. Dwellers in the United States. (for example, where so much of the land is resting during the winter months, find by the calendar t h a t wheat is at the harvest point of growth in December for Burma and New South Wales agriculturists. J a n - uary witnesses the same stage of development in Australia. New Zealand, Chile and Argentina; while February and March are wheat harvest months for Upper Egypt and India. The list for June, July and August is the fullest. There is one feature, almost inevitable, in the world's annual wheat story. A shortage, real or fancied, is a p t to be reported in some quarters, a n d then speclation sees lift opport u n i t y quite as soon as legitimate dealing. The biograph is doing good service t o science. A hospital in New York is adapting a machine to record minutely the actions of persons in epileptic fits and similar affections. Movi n g pictures have been taken showing t h e walking movements in persons afflicted with locomotor ataxia. When these films are reproduced on the screen doctors can study the sympt o m s carefully in the laboratory. The movements of all kinds of microbes a r e also being photographed, as well a s the actios of healthy and diseased corpuscles. When these pictures are magnified fc*d thrown on the screen t h e improvement or decline in the condition of the patient can be told. One of tlie most interesting uses of t h e biograph is to photograph and show minutely the growth and flowering of plants from the time of planti n g until in full bloom. A picture is taken every half-hour continually for about thirty days and nights. In order to secure a uniform light for every view a powerful electric light is employed. Sometimes 1,000 pictures will he made of one subject. Should t h : • a b j e c t be a lily the pictures at one fltafe will show the opening of the lttjr, while a t another stage its fading «wsjr is seen. By quickening the time 4*4 t h e pictures en the scroen the plant is actually saca to be growing. TALMAGES SEflMON. PILLARS OF SMOKE, LAST S U N - DAY'S SUBJECT. Text: Solomon'* 8on* 3: tt: Who la This That Cometh Out or the WU<l«ruea» LlJco 1'illHM of iSmukef —HuBvtiag of (Jod'a Church. The architecture of the smoke is wondrous, whether God with his finger curves it into a cloud or rounds it into a dome, or points it In a spire, or spreads it in a wing, or, as in the text, hoists it in a pillar. Watch it winding up from the country farmhouse in the early morning, showing that the pastoral industries have begun; or, sec it ascending from the chimneys of the city, teliing of the homes fed, the factories turniug out valuable fabrics, the printing presses preparing book and newspaper, and all the ten thousand wheels ot work in motion. On a clear day this vapor spoken of mounts with such buoyancy and spreads such a delicate veil across the sky, and trace, t;ueh graceful lineu of circle and 'S>1?micircle and waves and tosses and sinks and soars and scatters with such affluence of shape and color and sugge-stiveness, that if you have never noticed it you are like a man who has all his life lived in Paris and yet never seen the Luxemburg, or ail his life in Rome and never seen the Vatican, or all his life at Lockport and never seen Niagara, forty-four times the Bible speaks of the smoke, and it is about time that somebody preached a sermon recognizing this strange, weird, beautiful, elastic, charming, terrific and fascinating vapor. Across the Bible sky floats the smoke of Sinai, the smoke of Sodom, the smoke of Ai, the smoke of the pit, the smoke of the volcanic hills when God touches them, and in my text the glorious church of God coming up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke. In the first place-, these pillars of smoke in my text indicate the suffering the church of God has endured. What do I mean by the church? I mean not a building, not a sect, but those who, in all ages, and all lands, and of all beliefs, love God, and are trying to do right. For many centuries the heavens have been black with the smoke of martyrdom. If set side by side you could girdle the earth with the fires of persecution. Rowland Taylor burned at Hadleigh; Latimer burned at Oxford; John Rogers burned at Smithfield; John Hooper burned at Gloucester; John Huss burned at Constance; Lawrence Saunuers burned at Coventry; Joan of Arc burned at Rouen. Protestants have represented Catholics as having a monopoly of persecutors, but both Protestant and Catholic have practiced infamous cruelties. The Catholics, during the reign of Hunneric, were by Protestants put to the worst tortures, stripped of their clothing, hoisted in the air by pulleys with weights suspended, from their feet.then let down, and ears and eyes, nose and tongue were amputated, and red-hot plates of iron were put against the tenderest parts of their bodies. George Bancroft, the historian, says of the state of Maryland: "In the land which Catholics had opened to Protestants mass might not be said publicly; no Catholic priest or bishop might utter his faith in a voice of persuasion; no Catholic might teach the young. If a v a y w a r d child cf a Papist would not become an apostate, the law wrested for him from his parents a share of their property. Such were the methods adopted to prevent the growth of Popery." Catholicism as well as Protestantism has had its martyrs. It does seem as if when any one sect got complete'dominancy in any land, the devil of persecution and cruelty took possession of t h a t sect. Then see the Catholics after the Huguenots. See the Gentiles after the Jews in Touraine, where a great pit was dug and fire lighted at the bottom of the pit, and one hundred and sixty Jewish victims were consumed. See the Presbyterian parliament of England, more tyrannical in their treatment of opponents than had been the .jyriminal courts. Persecution against t h e Baptist by , Paedo-Baptists. Persecution of the Established Church against the Methodist church. Persecution against the Quakers. Persecution against the Presbyterians. Under Emperor Diocletian one hundred and forty-four thousand Christians were massacred, and seven hundred thousand more of them died from banishment and exposure. Witness the sufferings of the Waldenses, of the Albigenses, of the Nes^ torians. Witness , St. Bartholomew's massacre. Witness the Duke of Alva driving out of life eighteen thousand Christians. Witness Herod, and Nero, and Decius, and Hilaebrand. and Torquemada. and Earl of Montfort, and Lord Claverhouse, who when told that he must give, account for his cruelties, said: "i have no need to account to* man, and as for God I will take him In my own hands." A red line runs through t h e church history of nineteen hundred years, a line of blood. Not by the hundreds of thousands, but by the millions must we count those slain for Christ's sake. No wonder John Milton put the groans of the martyrs to an immortal tune, writing: — "Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold." T h e smoke of martyrs' homes and m a r t y r s ' bodies if rolling up all a t once would have eclipsed t h e noonday sun, and turned the brightest day the world ever saw into a midnight. " W h o is this t h a t cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke?" H a s persecution ceased? Ask t h a t young man who is trying to be a Christian in a store or factory, where from morning to night he is the butt of all the mean witticisms of unbelieving employes. Ask that wife whose husband makes her fondness for the house of God, and even her kneeling prayer by t h e bedside a derision, and is no more fit for her holy companionship than a filthy crow would be fit companion for a robin or a golden oriole. Compromise with the world and surrender to its conventionalities and it may let you alone, but all who will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution. Be a theater-going, cardplaying, vine-drir.king, round-dancing Jiristian, and you may escape criticism and social pressure. But be an up and down, out and out follower of Christ, and worldling will wink to worldling as he speaks your name, and you will be put to many a doggerel, and snubbed by those not worthy to blacken your oldest shoes. When the bridge at Ashtabula broke, and let down the most of the carload of passengers to instant death, Mr. P. P, Bliss was seated on one side of the aisle of the car writing down a Christian song which he was composing, and on the other side a group of men were playing cards. Whose landing place in eternity would you prefer—that of P. P. Bliss, the Gospel singer, or of the card-players? A great complaint comes from the theaters about the ladies* high hats, because they obstruct the view of the stage, and a lady reporter asked me what I thought about it, and I told her t h a t if the indecent pictures of actresses in the show windows were accurate pictures of w h a t goes on in many of the theaters, night by night, then it would be well if the ladies' hats were a mile high, so as to completely obstruct the vision. If professed Christians fro to such places during the week, no one will ever persecute them for their religion, for they have none, and they are the joke of hell. But let tftem live a consecrated and Christian life and they will soon run against sneering opposition. For a compromise Christian character an easy time now, but for consecrated behavior, grimace and caricature. For the body, thanks to the God of free America, there are now., no swords or fiery stakes, but for the souls of thousands of the good, in a figurative sense, rack and gibbet and Torquemada. The symbol of the domestic and social and private^and public suffering of a great multitude of God's dear children, pillars of smoke. What an exciting scene in India, when, during the Sepoy rebellion, a regiment of Highlanders came up and found the dead body of one of General Wheeler's daughters, who had been insulted and mauled and slain by t h e Sepoys. So great was the wrath against these murderers t h a t the Scotch regiment sat down and, cutting off the hair of this dead daughter of Gen. Wheeler, they divided it among them, and each one counted the number of hairs given him, and each one took a n oath, which was executed, that for each hair of the murdered1 daughter they would clash out the' life of a bestial Sepoy. But as we look over the story of those who in all ages have suffered for the truth, while we leave vengeance to the Lord, let us band together in one solemn vow, one tremendous oath, after having counted the host of the martyrs, t h a t for each one of those glorious men and women who died for truth an immortal shall live—live with God and live forever. But as I already hinted in the first sentence of this sermon, nothing can be more beautiful than t h e figures of smoke on a clear sky. You can see what you will in the contour of this volatile vapor, now enchanted castles, now troops of horsemen, now bannered procession, now winged couriers, now a black angel of wrath under a spear of the sunshine turned to an angel of light, and now from horizon to horizon the air is a picture gallery filled with masterpieces of which God is the artist, morning c!oud3 of smoke born in the sunrise, and evening clouds of smoke laid in the burnished sepulchres of the sunset. The beauty of the transfigured smoke is a divine symbol of t h e beauty of the church. The fairest of all the fair is she. Do not call those persecutors of whom I spoke the church. They are the parasites of the church, not the church itself. Her mission Is to cover the earth with a supernatural gladness, to open all the prison doors, to balsam all the wounds, to mo3D all the graves, to burn up the night In the fireplace of a great' morning, to change iron handcuffs into diamonded wristlets, to turn the whole race around, and wherea s it faced death, commanding it, "Right about face for heaven!" According to the number of t h e spires of -the^ churches in all our cities, towns and neighborhoods, are the good homefi, the world prosperities, and the pure morals and the happy souls. ••"* It la demonstrated to all honc.3t men t h a t It is not so certain that William Cullen Bryant wrote "Thanatopsis," or Longfellow wrote " H i a w a t h a " as thfct 'God, by the hand of prophet and apostle, wrote the Bible. All the wise men in science and law and medicine and literature and merchandise are gradually coming to believe in Christianity, and soon there will be no people who disbelieve in it except those conspicuous for lack of brain or men with two families, who do not like t h e Bible because it rebukes their swinish propensities. The time Is hastening when there will be no infidels left except libertines and harlots and murderers. Millions of Christians where once there were thousands, and thousands where once there were hundreds. What a bright evening this, the evening of the nineteenth century! And the twentieth century, which is about to dawn, will, in my opinion, bring universal victory for Christ and the church, that now is marching on with step, double-quick, or, if you prefer the figure of the text, is being swept on in the mighty gales of blessing, imposing and grand and majestic and swift like pillars of .smoke. Oh, come into the church through Christ the door—a door more glorious than that of the temple of Hercule3, which had two pillars, and one was gold, and the other emerald! Come in today! The world you leave behind is a poor world, and it will burn and pass off like pillars of smoke. Whether the final conflagration will s t a r t in the coal mines of Pennsylvania, which, In some places, have for many years been burning and eating into the heart of the mountains, or whether It shall begin near the California geysers, or whether from out the furnaces of Cotopaxl, and Vesuvius, and Stromboli, it shall burst forth upon the astonished nations, 1 make no prophecy; but all geologists tell us t h a t we stand on the lid of a world the heart of which Is a raging, roaring, awful flame, and some day God will let the red monsters out of their imprisonment, and New York on fire in 1835. and Charleston on fire in 1865, and Chicago on fire in 1871, and Boston on fire in 1873, were only like one spark from a blacksmith's forge as compared with t h a t last universal blaze, which will be seen in other worlds. But gradually the flames will lessen, and the world will become a great living coal, and that will take on ashen hue, and then our ruined planet will begin to smoke, and the mountains will smoke, and the valleys will smoke, and the islands will smoke, and the seas will smoke, and the cities will smoke, and the five continents will be five pillars of smoke. But the black vapors will begin to lessen in height and density, and then will become hardly visible to those who look upon it from the sky galleries, and after a while from just one point there will curl up a thin, solitary vapor, and then even that will vanish, and there will be nothing left exSept the charred ruins of a burned-out woHW, the corpse of a dead star, the ashes A f a n extinguished planet, a fallen pillarNafs|lo<fke7 But that will not interfere with your investments if you have taken Christ as your Savior. Secure heaven as your eternal home, and you can look down upon a dismantled, disrupted, and demolished earth without any per- ^ tiirbation. i ^ : W i i e n wrapped in fire the realms of i j ether glow, i And/heaven's last thunders shake the earth below, hou, undismayed, shalt o'er the ruins smile, And light thy torch at nature's funeral pile." CONORBS8IONAL N O T £ G . Speaker Hend^rbou on t h e 18th a n - nounced the oftairmen of the various committees. The Michigan congressman were mostly all given good places on the committees as is shown by t h e following list; Corliss—Election of president, etc,, chairman; interstate and foreign com-- merce, patents. H. C, Smith— Railway** nnd canals,. pensions, accounts, enrolled bills. Educa*: "~ " , i , i t l u holic liquor traffic. Gardner — Education, militia, ulco-- Th« Oueen as a MotUer. The queen, although kind, has been a despotic mother and grandmother, and has concerned herself, says "M. A. P.," more than the average parent with the bringing up of her descendants. Besides carefully supervising her children's education, selecting or approving their friends, and providing their husbands and wives, she has rigorously controlled their pin money, of which there never has been any wasting in the precincts of old Windsor. Toys and gewgaws in the royal nursery were limited, but there never was any lack of books. Each child had its own miniature book case, and was responsible for keeping it in order, as well as for a periodical report showing just how many and what books had been read. The report was submitted to the queen at t h e end of every month. The children frequently preferred to pass the time playing, making out their list at random, but were invariably caught. In this respect Princess Louise is reported to have proved the worst delinquent, and it. is said t h a t on an average her royal highness spent a whole day of each month in an empty room, as punishment for this offense alone. On one 6ccaslon, when a child of 8, she reported that her literary food for the month had consisted of a few "fairy tales.' "The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius" and "The Life of Zwingli." The queen's suspicions being aroused, she questioned her daughter as to who these personages were. Unhesitatingly came the reply t h a t Marcus Aurelius had discovered America and Zwingli was a famous German actor! Some men lose hats on an election r-ad some lose their heads. Hamilton—Elections Ntf^J, territories, cntilation and acoustics, enrolled, bills. W. A. Smith—Foreign affairs, Pacific railroads, expenditures in state department, chairman. S. W. Smith—Invalid pensions, D i s - trict of Columbia. Weeks—Elections No, 3, pensions. Fordney—Merchant marine and fish-- cries, expenditures in treasury department. Bishop—Itivers and harbors, private land claims. t r u m p — R a i l w a y s and canals, m i n e * and mining—chairman. Mcsicl:—Elections No. 3—chairman, war claims. Nhelden—Indian affairs, mines a n d mining, pensions. •Rep. Do Armond, of Missouri, introduced in t h e house on t h e 17th a t re solution declaring- t h e purpo.se of t h e I'uited States in t h e Philippines. I t declares t h a t under the constitutioa the federal government has no., p o w e r to rule over colonial dependencies; t h a t the expansion of our commerce c a n n o t be depended upon a policy of imperialism involving subjugation and annexation of Asiatic colonies and t h a t " w e are opposed to t h e retention of t h e Philippines and t h a t it is our purpose to consent to their independence a s soon as a stable government shall be established by t h e m and toward t h e prompt establishment of such a government we pledge our friendly assistance. " The house and senate on the 20th adjourned for the holidays, and will convene again on J a n . 3, IDLiO. Senator F a i r b a n k s on t h e 20th introduced a bill g r a n t i n g a pension of 82,- 000 a year to the widow of Gen. Lawton. Kep. Landis. of Indiana, i n t r o - duced a similar bill in the house. The u r g e n t deficiency appropriation bill, the first of the important supply bills for the government expenses, is practically made up, and the t o t a l will a m o u n t to about 851,(MX).000. Of this a m o u n t . 815.157.871 is asked for the w a r department, and 83,143,740 for the navy. 4U Children Drowned. T p w a r d s of 40 school children were drowned on the 22d in an ice accident at Freiinghem. near the French frontier. T h e children of the district had l>een given a holiday with permission t > play on t h e frozen river Lys. When the merriment was a t full height t h e ice broke suddenly and the children disappeared. A few were rescued half deid. but the majority were drowned, firty-six bodies have been recovered, ft t h e o t h e r s are still missing. 11 Children Darned to De*th. While the school children of St. Francis1 parochial school, a t Quincy, 111., were rehearsing on t h e afternoon of the 22d for an e n t e r t a i n m e n t to be given shortly, one of their dresses caught tire from a gas jet and 10 minutes later four of them were burned to death, two died an hour later and five others died before midnight. Half a dozen others were burned more or lesa severely. All the dead are between S> and 11 years of acre. Masked robbers boarded a p a s s e n g e r train at Kansas City, Kas., on the I'.ith, and w h e n t h e train had proceeded a* short distance they began t h e work of holding up t h e passengers. They- secured five gold wiitehes and a b o u t S10O in money and made their escape. No shots were exchanged. Senator Jones, chairman of t h e D e m - ocratic national committee, h a s issued a call for a meeting of t h a t committee to be held in Washington, on Feb. 22. The purpose of the m e e t i n g is to fix a time and place for h o l d i n g the Democratic national convention n e x t summer. T H E M A R K E T S . LIVE STOCK. New York— Cattle Sheep Lartb* Ho*s Besttrralcs f4 6d@J»95 U 75 «5 8>) M 40 Lower irrudes.. .8 7&&J 5J 2 50 5 0U 3 30 Chicago— Best erados 5 407¾¾ 80 4 15 5 75 4 IS Lower prudes... 4 S0&5 25 ,A <W 4 00 3 B» Detroit— L Bestjrrades 8 767M 75 4 £> fed 4 10 Lower grades.. .2 &A&8 75 •• 8, jtt£." JNO * 06- B u f f » l o — '' '••*.* " ? - • • Besttrrades 4 flftftft (K> --4 m " « M 4 » Lowergrades...2 25&3 00 3 75 5 40 ' 8 &) Cincinnati— A-, Best grades ft 2TV?rS 7\ . 4 2S 5 25 4 IS Lower grades... 4 15(5.1 0J 3 65 6 0d 3 8A I'lttubur*— n<r* grades 5 fiOfMl 2R 4 tlF «40 4" W Lower etudes... 4 4U&4 70 8 IW i> '2J i 10 GRAIN, ETC!. Wheat. Corn. Oat*. No -2 rod No. 2 mix No. 2 whit© Now Tork 7tfj&?iV 4U©4J 20®2»% Chtoajto ffX((*0* 8aVfc83'4- 24^24½ *i>etrblt 7Ua7t)* S3tft>3S<* 27@27 Toledo Wfttt *3®8><4 2«$>4 Clneinomtl 70&7JH SJI&32* 2¾^½¾ Pltuliartf 73&!2>i SN&SS* £*&» ItafNlo ?lft7ltt 3«fta4H '•&&» •Detroit—Hay. No. I Timothy, t i l 50 per ton. Potato©*, Me per bu. Live Poultry, aprtmr ohlckenn. 7^o per lb; fowls, tett; turiteyH, ttu;. ducki. Be J£3*x, wtriotly frewb. 19c per dazan* Duller, best duirjr, He fit»Lb;«routa^ry, 2tla \ \ , P- »^iji_ ..-.id../ ."^ M'-J* ' . J l . '• cJf/*^ ,i! tt^^^klm^LMt^^mM ih'''m%\if*Mi'•**-• ' •-•' ••• — u,*»LikJ.>'K-^mXk£*~Mistm-' - • I3jr M. S. Jameson. '•.'Well, U those fellows are coming oround to see the old year out they had better show up pretty soon," yawned II. Paiker Baxter as he slammed down the cover of a ponderous and gruesome medical book and turned a pair of sleepy eyes to the clock,which was complacently ticking away the last fifteen minutes of '98. No other sounds- were to be heard, save the occasional settling of the fire in the grate, fcr the snow lay deep and soft over the cobble and flagstone outside. The old year, after a stormy life, was dying calmly and beautifully. To our friend BaxLer, one of these unimpasiioned, dusty men who never "Join in," this ancient ceremony of seeing the old year out appealed but blue ocean sparkling in the summer rifilhlight! More than this, H. Parker Saras conscious of a slight odor of salt in the air, as of seaweed and wet rocks left by the, tide. The distunt boom of breakers, soft at Brat, grew louder and nearer,' When the girl stepped down from the drift log to the sand before his eyes, the doctor's smile of incredulity suddenly expired. When she looked at him and spoke he felt a tremor in the very marrow of his bonei, and not a tremor wholly of surprise either. There he was—on the beach with her again; not Baxter of surgical treatises and test-tubes, but the summercjad, sun-tanned devotee of Granite Head, and* the very ardent, though unassuming, admirer of Grace Marston. Her first words confused his thoughts, he felt a ghostlike atmosphere about him, but after that the glaring August sun warmed him through, the sea breeze exhilerated him, he was filled with energy and real live happiness. "Dear me," she was saying, "to think that there is nothing better for you to photograph than a summer girl making a guy of herself on an -old log! There go those Sewall girls from the 'Pines;' if you hurry you can catch heard they are great at it." "At posing, I suppose," he answered. "No, Miss Marston, I have graduated from the snap-'em-whenevor-you-can THE feebly. He used to say of New Years.l^heni to pose in a group for you. I've "an arbitrarily fixed point in time which has become the inaugural date for good resolutions, to the necessary neglect of all other dates for their formation," but most of his friends thought this simply a speech that he was gratilied to make. He was trying hard to.pose as a "rising young physician," and was really acting the part to himself, as many an ambitious man will do. But however this may be, as the seconds ticked along, H. Parker grew more and more drowsy. He settled himself back in the chair, stared at the fire, and blinked. Then his eyelids d r o p p L d . "This will never do," says he, straightening up with a jerk and reaching out to the table for something to read or look at, "I must keep awake & few minutes longer." Chance put a stack of photographs under his hand, and though they were stale enough he began to look them over again—incidentaliy yielding to the comfort of lying back in the big chair. Some were portraits of. his friends at school and •college, some were old faded prints t h a t ought to have had romances attached, but which were reaily very prosaic, even to him. Others bore the brand of the amateur's first attempt— these to be passed by quickly; a few were the products of his own photographic skill at Granite Head last summer— bathers in the surf, the hotel, a •clam bake, etc.—all very fair photographs in their way—but hold! here , is one that might be studied critically. There is no hurry. It is too late now for the revellers to come. H. Parker shifts to a still more comfortable position and the soft lamp light shines over his shoulder upon as pretty a little picture as you would ask to see. It is the picture of a dark-haired girl, •dressed in a suit of duck. She is standing on a log of driftwood with her hands behind her and her handsome, happy face turned squarely to the camera. In the developing of this picture H. Parker had conceded that more care was required than in ordinary wrork; he had watched its delicate lines appear with the enthusiasm of a true lover of the chemist's art. With any other passion? Possibly, but that was past and gone four months ago. The young dsctor liked that photograph, somehow. He had examined it time and again until he knew its every detail. It did not grow stale like the others. But tonight there seemed to be a new light upon it, a new tone in the unfocused background of sand and sea, an undefinable change of expression in those brown eyes looking out DOCTOR LIKED THAT PHOTOGRAPH. c'a.-s and have entered the art scb.ool-rh^ nc<? I have cluscn you fjr tb>; picture." "Ha-ha-ka! I appreciate that,' laughed the girl as they be^an to saunter down toward the cliffs, "but have you considered, Mr. Baxter, the probability cf my breaking the plate?" "What! An angler, too? I shall not humor the weakness in you, still, if you are a summer girl, as your own confession would indicate " "Pardon me, Mr. Baxter, "you know I like the assertion better when you let me make it." "Of course. Observe,that I advance no statements on the. subject myself. I was merely going to say that if you are a summer girl of the approved, newspaper- joke sort, your likeness upon the plate could not fail to produce the effect that it has hearts, to wit—complete fraciure." Yg strong for ''Why, I am surprised at you," said [V fray. Grace, a faint blush hardly perceptible j ^ a ^ ; Ring! under the healthy tan which she had found no difficulty in acquiring at Granite Head. H. Parker studied her face in its mock severity and watched the dainty little hand go up to push back some annoying hair that blew across her am very clever at showing fallacies in reasoning." "Well, unless because I live a uselei's life. Just look at my diary for a winter. Just look it through and see If you find anything accomplished, anything improving or worthy. Dances —calls—teas, over and over again. Do you call that sort of thing living? The people I meet diiy by day there; do I know them, are they friends, do they know me.? No, lt'a all vanity—artificial— a waste of time." Grace was serious enpugh now and stared out to sea with a- frown upon her brows a* dark as any that ever hovered ther&. A pause and her companion spoke. "It may be vanity for some, but not for you, Mjss Marston. Society furnishes a field for superficial character to breed and thrive in, but yours U good and strong and sincere." "I have begun to forget and disregard what it naturally is. I am tired of that life. I love the woods and the sea—the open air and the sense of freedom; freedom to go where I please, be as I want to be, choose companions that I like." "Then the view cf cliffs and breakers is pleasanter than the brilliant ballroom with its music and flowers? That cottage half buried in the pines seems a truer home than many a brown stone front on the avenue?" "Ah, a thousand times," answered Grace with the frown dying out of her face. His words were slow and earnest, but she seemed not to connect them with the speaker. They put her into a brown study and she fell to examining a handful of sand for garnets. Watching the search, he continued ever, more quietly than before. "Would there be happiness for you in a little home such as that cottage, far from town, with all its parties and things, where you would be with real people, where you would be loved and served by real friends?" Closer scrutiny of the sand. "Would you give up that luxurious life that you have followed for this, and for a fellow whose every energy would be turned to your happinesssuch a fellow, in fact, as I?" The sand slipped away, and the garnets were lost. "Oh, Grace, Grace, would you—could y o u - — ? " Dine, dong—dins,.dong—ding, dong; twelve o'clock. II. Pr.rksr Baxter awoke with a great str.rt arid looked around astonished. He had seen the New Year come in Au- T H E NEW BABY. Ring! Ring! Ring! Out on the New Years air, With clash and clang the New Year'; song; The birth of right, the death or wrong; All eighteen, nine and ninety s t r o n g RingL Ring! R n g ! Ring! Ring! Rin'= '! The message everywhere. The baby year that's born to-day To help the century away upon—er— m e n ' a ^ W i l l n e v e r l e t injustice stay; though girt fo« Ring! Rin; now apeyes. A great wave of admiration for .STANDING ON A LOG OF DRIFTWOOD. ,-of the albumen paper. Our imaginatioa is subject to suoh unhealthy flutters as this, yet most interesting grew •that picture, and H. Parker's eyes and heart were won, if his reason sanctioned not. Preposterous and incredible! The dock skirt began to move slightly, as if stirred by a breeze from the sea, and the margins of the picture drew farther and farther apart, until on one •ide a row of bath houses came into -view, while on the other the broad. that noble girl rose up in his breast— admiration very unlike that with which he had heard his brilliant classmates proclaim their knowledge. His heart told him, "I love her." Why not let his heart be heard? They strolled along together to the music of the sea. H. Parker felt that there was melody even in the screaming of the gulls overhead. He wondered why it had never seemed so before. "Let us sit up there under the big rock," suggested Grace, pointing to the nearest of the cliffs which leaned forward over the sand and made a cosy shelter from the sun. Here the sand was cool, the glare softened and the view of cheap cottages and decrepit bath houses cut off, while the whole stretch of beach on the right lay before them like a broad white highway. Grace sat with her back against the rock, and at her side reclined the doctor, full length upon the sand. "Are you ever serious, Miss Mars- ^ton?" quoth he with but a 'trace of that quality in his own tone. "Sometimes." "On what rare occasions woald it he possible for one to find you in that mood?" < 'Oh, well, I'm not naturally so, you know, but once in a while when something goes wrong to induce it I get very serious—even blue—and as I always end by finding out what a silly, useless creature I am, there is very little enjoyment in being serious. Please let's not be serious, Mr. Barter." "Never more lig«ht-minded in ray life. Miss Marston—never. But tell me how you deduct your conclusion! which proves you a silly, useless creature. I Ring! Ring! Of hope's best promise sing. May "ninety-nine," which pears, The last before one hundred years, Not leave a record blurred with tears. Ring! Ring! Ring;! Love T h e y Cannot Tell. "Can a man and woman love each other when their speech is different and they can't exchange a word?" said a lounger in the smoking room of one of the hotels the other night. "Loti says they can. Most of his bocks are about the charming and poetical love that existed for a time between himcelf and a Japanese, a South Sea islander, a Turkish girl, a Montenegrin, Tartar, or a Chinese lady. Loti will never forget these loves, he says in the books; but the fact that he abandoned them makes him rather a poor pleader. Go out in Dakota, though, into the wheat section of the northwest, if you want to know whether a man and a woman of alien speech can be lovers. Many of the wives there are Swedes, and they and their American husbands often can't undestand a word the other says. Yet they seem contented, happy and more loving than the aver- . age couple. Women in the wheat I section are the scarcest thing there is, you know; no women go . there but Swedish girls, imigrants I looking for places in kitchens. These girls are married in a short time after their arrival by the young farmers of the neighborhood. The husbandB are ! often educated fellowp, who at home would have counted on wedding the daughters of lawyers, physicians or clergymen. But out there, where women are so scarce, they are less par- : ticular. and they marry and are happy."— Philadelphia Record. DEWEY'S FLAG SHIP OLYMPIA-CAPTAIN GR1DLEY, COMMANDER. Mrs. Gridley, mother of Captain QvU\Xey%who was in command of Dewey's flag ship, at Hie destruction of the Spanish fleet at Manila, say» of our remedy, Peruna: "At the solicitation of a friend I used Peruna, and can truthfully say it is a grand tonic a^d is a tuoman's friend- and should be used in every liousehold. After using it for,, a sitort period I feel like a new person." Ann E. Gr'ulleu. N e a r l y a l l o u r i l l s a r e d u e t o c a t a r r h . W e a r e l i a b l e t o h a v e c a t a r r h of t h e h e a d , c a t a r r h of t h e t h r o a t , c a t a r r h of t h e l u n g s , s t o m a c h , k i d n e y s , b l a d d e r a n d p e l v i c o r g a n s . P e r u n a c u r e s c a t a r r h w h e r e v e r l o c a t e d . A d d r e s s Dr. I l a r t m a n , C o l u m b u s , Ohio, for f r e e b o o k . It takes four weeks' hard labor to prepare for a two-vreeks' summer vacation. Politicians are sometimes called dark horses because of their shady record* T E N W E E K S F O B 1 0 CENTS. That ltlk family pa; er. The Illustrated Meekly, o1 Denver, Colo, (founded 1830) will be eent ten week* on trial for 10c; clubs of 0.50c; 12 forll. Special oiler solely to Introduce It. Latest mining new* and ltlustrationn of scenery, true urorlesof love and adventure. Address a* above and mention tola paper; iumt:i taken. 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U. iiESKl*S BOSS, Baa E, AUaaU, Qa, ARTE RS INK t Is food for thought. | ) £ M A I f | l | A Get your Pension • E H W I U I I W DOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'PARRBLL, Pension Agent, 1425 New York Avenue. WASHINGTON. D . C CHEAP FARMS DO YDt) W M T I DONE? ( A i l A f l f l A f t R F ^ Improved and unimproved l U V f U U U n u n c a fanu'.as lands t> t>e divided and s. Id rn long time and «037 pav mriit:,. a little each year. Come agdaee us or irrUa, THE TBV&UC, jIOSS STATE H . v ^, ramiac center, Mich., i>r The Triiaaa.i Mot* UUle.Cros«ell. Sanilac Co.,Mick. MILLIONS of acres of choice agricultural LANDS n o * opened for settlement in Western Canadi. Here is irrown ti.e celebrated NO. 1 HARD WHEAT, whicn brings the hi ,'hest price in the markets of the world; thousands of cattle are fattened for market w thout bein? fe > grain, and without a day's shelter. Send fcr information and secure a free home in Western Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, or address the undersigned, who will mail you atlases, pamphlets, etc.. free of cost. M. V. Mclunes. No. 1 Merrill Block, Detroit. Mich.; James Gr eve. Mt. Pleasant, Mich., or D. L. Caven. Bad Axe. Mich. W.N.U.—DE5TR OI T—NO. 5 2 - 1 8 9 9 "[HtpRE^Utl Htlfcf^X I ••• I f « «•: G/PA/SS2fCOAL OF THE WORLD • LISTS F-ftll A D D R E S S _ CHICAGO SCALE* C9 0mOAt«0(K"SiSDE WORLDS FAJRXHICAGOJ803 ALSO OMAHA EXPOSITION 1896 AWARDED DIPLOMA SGOLD MECAL. v^oreaav (?MfC400./lL To succeed one xuust depend others and clepend on one o sell on The Hague.—The Japanese envoy, on behalf of the mikado, has signed all the conventions of the international peace conference, Paris.—It is rumored here that the Bank of Russia has advanced the Bank of England £8,000,000. San Jose, Cal.—San Jose held a two days' celebration of the golden jubilee of the founding of California's government. Washington.—The government of the United States has adopted "Puerto Rico" as the official spelling of the name of that islandv Dubuque. Iowa.—rFLre destroyed the carshop of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railroad. The loss will be between $75,000 and $100,000. Chattanooga, Tenn.—The trial of Julia Morrison, who killed Frank Leyden, stage manager of a theater, ia set tor rUa! her on Jan. 4, 1800. j made here that P. A. B. Widener and William U Elkins of this city and William C. Whitney of New York have secured the controlling interest in the stock of the famous Academy of Music at Broad and Locust streets, and will erect a new opera house on the site of the present building. Toronto, Ont—Lucius R. O'Brien, the landscape artist, is dead, aged 67 years. He painted many celebrated pictures, some of which were given a place in Windsor castle and at Oabourne. Bolivar, Pa.—An explosion blew up the nitro-glycerin magazine of the Pennsylvania Torpedo company. The shock was felt at a distance of many miles. Nobody was killed. Boston, Mass.—lhe lumber yards of Andrew F. Leatherbee and Blaker * Shepard were damaged $60,000 by Are. W e a n n o u n c e n e x t week t h e w i n n e r in our c o r r e s p o n d e n t s contest. { E d . UNADILLA. Xu. B . E o e p c k e h a s been q u i t e s i c k ' t h e past week. Geo. BJnj is h o m e from G r a n d R a p i d s on a t e n day visit. - M a t e B a r t o n visited friends in B o w e l l F r i d a y a n d S a t u r d a y . J o h n WatFon of Chelsea visited his b r o t h e r A. C. last S a t u r d a y . F r a n k Copfan and family of So. L y o n s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t W. H . Placeways. Mtss M a r y Vanfleet is s p e n d i n g h e r X m a s i n D e t r o i t . Mrs. E l l a O. Rollison I n s b e e n E d d Jofrlin ircin n e a r Howell G r o v e and M i s s K h t e Brown of visited Ins p a r e n t s h e r e S a t u r d a y . C h i c a g o a r e a t t h e bedside of t h e i r Miss A d d i e B i r k h a r t of Howell father, is s] e n d i n g t h e w e t k at \Y. Sales. Mrs. H e n r y H i c k s of J a c k s o n s p e n d i n g a few d a y s with h e r pars p e n t C h r i s t m a s with relatives in cuts Mr. a n d Mrs. J a c o b Kice. E a s t P u t n a m . Mrs. J . B . Hall a n d family e n - tertained a c o m p a n y of relatives C h r i s t m a s day. T h e B r o w n family had t h e i r C h i i s t n m s g a t h e r i n g a t M. T w i t c h e l l ' s in H a m b u r g . T h e C h r i s t i n a r festivities in t h i s vicinity were saddened by t h e severe illness of G. W. Brown. M r s D . Al. B o o g e m a n of Oak STII.L MOKE LOCAL. J e a n P y p e r of Chelsea spent C h r i s t m a s u n d e r t h e p a i e n t a l roof. I U < ( i j 1s of i h e ] fli) (tit fecial in t h e hall last W e d n e s d a y w e r e 14.50. pETT'-YSVILUfc N o school t h i s week. Vacation t h i s week in t h e C o r d - ley District. Miss E l l a M e l v i n was home T h e P u t n a m a u d H a m b u r g F a r m e r s club will meet a t t h e h o m e of E d d McCluskey S a t u r - day Dec. 30, »09. P r o g r a m : Sinking by the club Kfcitutioii Claytoi; PlHcoway Duet Mr. and Mrn. II. F. Kice Paper Mrs. John Fohey Instrumental music Maud Culy Heading Solo Paper Inst. Music I'II per Solo Reading Song Mrs. G Ar . P. Lamburtson Iva Pliiceway Clias. ('ampbell thur SolioenhaU Addie Kice Grace Nash Maud Culy J Albert Mills E l m e r B a r t o n h a s r e l u m e d t o o v e r S u n d a y . L u t h e r Clare Co. w h e r e h i s wife's M a u d Culy i s visiting h e r a u n t p a r . n t s live. j a t G r a s s L a k e . A. C. W a t s o n a t t e n d e d t h e R e - ! Miss F a n n i e Teeple is h o m e publican rally m e e t i n g in Howell from Albion for the holidays. last "Wednesday. I C h a r l e s M e i c e i is lirnie from Mrs. Molly C h r i s t o p h e r from A n n A r b o r for t h e holidays. L a n s i n g is s p e n d i n g a few d a y s a t M eting of t h e F a r m e r s club a t t h i s place and G r e g o r y . E d d McC'luskeys S a t u r d a y next. Rev. William's t w o children Mr. F d d B u n i n g s t a l l of Clare from A n n A r b o r a r e s p e n d i n g t h e Co. is t h e guest of h i s d a u g h t e r week with J a n e t W e b b . j M r s . A r t Flintoff. Airs. I ucy T tittle of D e t r o i t Miss E l l a J ' e n e r who h a s been s p e n t t h e first of t h e week with visiting in Toledo for the past few h e r sister A n n a G i l b e r t . weeks r e t i m e d Monday. j J T h e next m e e t i n g of t h e 011a-: - M r s A n n a B o h r g r a s s a n d p e d r i d a ( Jnb will b e at Z. A. children a r e s p e n d i n g t h e week B a r t s u f i s S a t u r d a y eve. J a n . 6. r w i t h relatives i n Webberville. Mips J e n n i e a n d E m m a R i c h - Misses Tre^sa Melvin a n d I v a m o n d attend* d t h e funeral of their Piaceway a t t e n d e d t h e T e a c h e r s u n c l e J o h n Rieves iu L a n s i n g B»-ading ( i i c l e a t B r i g h t o n last M o n d a y . S a t u i d a y . T h e P r o g r a m and a t t e n d e n c e of Miss E t t a S h e h a n who has been the Clirislmas tree last S a t u i d a y uiide; t h e doctors care for t h e n i g h t w a s f-mall b a r e l y m e e t i n g past two ^ e t k s has «o far recoverhalf of t h e expenses. cd that t-he ONJ <cts to lesun e h e r Mrs. J a m e s B a r t o n and children stud it-s at t h e Ypislmiti B u s i n e s s 1 W a r r e n a n d Avis s p e n t t h e last of College after t h e holidays, last week a n d t h e first of this, Pop Oorut If Santa Clai.. u;.- > -rue the sr:ue as grandpa." said a wee girl the o;!ior day. "I link h 'd be 'nald to eeme down the chin ney over a not lire tor feur his corns would pop." Fino wheeling these days. We wish von all a Happy New Year. l\at« O'Connor ;tnd Ann Fitzsimmons sp»nt Xtna^ with their parents in Howell. A. J. Wilhelm and wife ate Christmas dinner with L. Hicks, and family at Howell. Those who have not paid for their lecture course tickets ;• re requested to do so oy Jan 1. W. W. Barnard, wife and Miss Nelli Bennett, spent Christmas with relatives in Howell. Pl«a*e excuse errors this week as we were out celebrating Xmas and had to hurry our work. Several have presented us with a year in advance on their' subscription. Thanks. Let others do the same. M. E Fohey and family spent their Xmas here. Mike carries his riffht hand in a slinj* caused by trying to keep the bumpers of two cars apart. He will not lose onv tintfures. Frank Wright and wife of Jackson were quests of their parents here over Christinas. 4W- * Tbos. Clinton and wife spent Xmas with their daojfhter, Mrs. W. B . Watts, of Jackson. Remember Saturday evening at the Opera bouse Out of the Shadow; or the Ca^vi^'s Revenue. 'We^i. 8wl»toe and family of Webster were Quests of Frank Johnson and family of this place, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. A. Daley and daughter, Mabelle, of Iosco, visited at A. Wilhelm's over Sunday and Desde Daley returned with them to spend her vacation. Matt Brady who has been very low with typhoid fever fever tor several months past is slowly improving and his many friends wish him a speed/ recovoty. Henry Thompson of Oklahoma is the flfuest ot his brother E. L.:/:THx>mpson of this place. Mr. Thompsons was a resident here over thirty years atro and has not visited the vicinity for 32 y^ars 'Mii-lr M)IT.V l ' l i ^ h t . Psyche—Tins i^ Christmas time amoi'iK the inortals. Ci'i'-d Yes; 1 with we had a pair of a ocK'-ngd. < li»'«|» I ' x v s i ' i i t i h Perd'ta—Willi as". -;uy admirers as yuu have, it n;i;s; n.;\v been . r.uuer t'>pui>ive Christmas Tor you. I'ene.ope•- Ui<. i:o: at ail. 1 me^Piy gav!> them tauh more or less encourage 111 tilt. CIirNtintis D i n n e r in s l c h t lint— A Short Story. Our Story in last week's Dispatch gave such satisfaction that we concluded to republish it. So on Friday and Saturday, Dcc- 29 and 3 0 I will sell "Now. eis. T eot 'im hypnotise! <" off 'is luVd. quick. Ocllv! I "kin rl"-'... smell 'um breff a-coo'dn'." Little Rasi-etus (in background) — speaks fer de drumstick. Only fiat a V. Van Ishe—;>iu >uu hang up your stocking? Ten Broke—No. ray dress euit—ami I only got $5 on it. 12 bars Jackson Soap 20 lb Granulated bugar for Beet Kice Royal Tiger Salmon 20c Coffee at 25c Coffee at 30c Coffee lit) Chocolate Candy 1 It) Candy Free with every tt>o f Tea 25c $1.00 5c luc 15c 19c 23c 15c Greatly reduced prices in Gloves, Mittens, and Caps. All S a l e s at t h e s e p r i c e s , Cash. WT'E. MURPHY. v i t l i h e r uncle J u m e s A t q u i t h a t A h r u i l j i s Rlfictn.b C o . rJ b e C. E . isociety of t h i s place will give a Llntqut-rade Oyeler S u p p e r in t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n hall Monday eve J a n . 1, all w h o c a n a r e requested to come masked. At the election of officers of t h e />NCERi-CN. . M i ^ ^iniR ]• )a<'k of P e r r y is visiting at G. W. Black's. Miss L e t t i e W y l i e r e l n r n e d h o m e F r i d a y from Commerce. Mr. Carl B o l l i n g e r of G r e g o r y spent S u n d a y w.ith friends here. T lie l:ullis famlies held t h e i r vikv^yc( Have You TO Busy Bee ffive Friends Heard is S u n d a y school last S u n d a y , t h e x , l l « * ftt ^ - ^ ' a s s o n s of Plainfield. following were elected: Supt., N . D. Lhirkee of t h e Y p s i l a n t i W i r t B a r n u m ; Asst. S u p t , F r a n k N o r m a l is s[>ending t h e holidays B i r u i e ; Secy., M a b e l Harlsuff: at IK me. T r e a s . , E m m a B i c h m o n d ; L i b . , E u g e n e S m i t h a n d family s p e n t F r a n k B a r n u m ; O r g a n i s t , F a n n i e C h r i s t m a s a t A . J o h n s o n ' s of L a v e r o c k C h o r i s t e r Alex P y p e r . N o r t h L a k e . S a m ' l P i a c e w a y and family spent X m a s at TV. H . Placeway's of E a s t T u l n a m . F. G. B a n d a l l of Howell s p e n t t h e fore p a r t of t h e week with ! A i u U r s o n friends. j JMif-s M i n n i e IIoff of L a n s i n g i s s p e n d i n g the^ h o l i d a y s wi h h e r p a r e n t s at this place. , Miss I v a H a l s t e a d of P i n c k n e y 1 s p e n t tl e fore ] a r t of t h e week w i t h Miss F d i i h Wood. ^1 r. a n d M r s . N . M. Coleman a n d d a u g h t e r N e t t i e of L a n s i n g s p e n t X m a s at Chas. HofFs. H o n . C. M. W o o d a t t e n d e d t h e PARSHALLVILLE. E d d JVJerrilltw of D e t r o i t h o m e for H o l i d a y s . S t e w e r t Griswold i s h o m e from D e t u i t i c r P ( lidfjK Miss Nella Cole is h o m e from Owosso for H o l i d a y s . J u d Cox and family of St. J p h n s a r e t h e g u e s t s of F . K i r k for a few weeks. Mihs Bessie Cornell a n d Miss E m m a S a n b o r n of L i n d e n went t o E l s i e to, visit relatives t h e last of t h i s week. M o r r i s A n d r e w s a n d wife of O w o s s o and Cristal Cole a n d s i s - t e r o t D u r a n d a r e t h e gu< sts of R e p u b l i c a n C l u b a t Howell last Y. T . Cole for C h r i s l m a s . M r s . G( dfrey a n d children of B a n c r o f t a n d Mrs. B e l l a H a r v e y of Olivet a r e i h e g u e s t s of t h e i r a u n t M r s . Geo. Cornell t h i s week. week a n d r e p o r t s a good time. Mr. a n d Airs. J a s . M a r b l e a n d M r . a n d M r s . K i r k Van W i n k l e a t e C h r i s t m a s d i n n e r a t Willis S m i t h ' s of Mark»n. LAV NORTH HAMBURG. T h e exercises b e ld a t t h e N o r t h M i s s M y r t a H a l l i s borne fiom H a m b u r g c h u r c h S a t u r d a y e v e n . W i l l i a m s t o n t h i s week. I i n g were a success. M u c h credit Mr. J O B Lowell of S o . B e n d ig d u e Miss G r a c e Naeh, ( w h o so l a d ift v i s i t i n g a t Geo. H i c k s . j tirelessly p r a c t i s e d t h e c h i l d r e n ) £L W . L a k e a n d family e n t e r - B e r t S t e w e r t a s S a n t a C l a u s e t s i o e d • l a r g e c o m p a n y a t d i n n e r * n d t h e c h i l d r e n for d o i n g t h e i r fi^tatday. p a r t *o well. You may have heard about SCOTT'S EMULSION and have a vague notion that it is cod-liver oil with its bad taste and smell and all its other repulsive features. It is cod-liver oil, the purest and the best in the world, but made so palatable that almost everybody can take it Nearly all children like it and ask for more. SCOTT'S EMULSION looks like cream; it nourishes the wasted body of the baby, child or adult better than cream or any other food in existence, ft a bears about the same rela- $ tion to other emulsions that % cream does to milk. If you have had any experience with other so-called "just as good" preparations, you will find that this is a fact The hypophoiphitei that are combined with the cod-liver oil jive additional vakie to it became they tone up the nervous system and impart strength to the whole body. Soc. and i t .CO, «H dnittfeta. Si:oT T' & BOWNB, Chemteu. N«w.York. WAYNE HOTEL. DETROIT A * C * / C A * AMO MUmOPMAM PUUt. •# t o •» mo st.oe ro m*.oo t um TO OATM tX? All Over Southern Michigan, We Wish You a Happy New Year, and invite you to get ready for the G r e a t R e d M a r k le which commences TUESDAY, JAN. I. We will do you good. p . S — W e wish t o t h a n k y o n for t h e largist holiday t r a d e in o u r history. Yours respectfully, L. H. FIELD. Jtokm, Mkfc< Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch December 28, 1899 Description An account of the resource December 28, 1899 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. 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Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. VOL. XVIII. PINCKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MIQH., THURSDAY, JAN. 1,1900. No.Liio'-: *•* :>r, I L O C A L N E W S . • « • • •v; .Vol. X V i a , No 1 The first issue of 1900. No, this j s n o t a new century. This is the closing year ot the nine teenth century Mrs. John Martin is visiting relative* in Lansing. Rev. Fr. Comerfdrd was on the sick list the first o! the weak. The youny people have be?n eiijoyin^ sonyLfine skating the past week. There is a district school in Iosco 'with 16 scholars and not a *rirl among them. Bridget Carrol of Ann Arbor, was the truest of her parents near here the past week. Mjss Anna Bragan,of Detroit, spent a lew-days the past week with her parents here. Mrs. Ann Fitzsimmons and Miss W e wish to extend oar thanks! K * ' « O'donor are spendingtire; week for the liberal patronage given i t s | i n A n n A r b n r the year just dfawimr to a close^ 'Gilbert How* and mother, of Ann Mid Wish all our friends and CUB- j The— Surprise BARGAINS. We are just beginning another volume of the DISPATCH. For seventeen years the paper has been a.faithful distributer of the new*, both pleasing and sad, that has -vear* b a v e k e P l o o r broM transpired and goes to make up the history Keviews, he has alw^jpi of our plt-asant, 6ouwhing village during »° heart and s^fltpt*0JF**lfays au in that time. spiration to UK. ^Opi |ii»>#tle ot life For the past nine years it has been un- is now ended; n^JMfe'jpQpMpenced hiw der the present management and we thank journey to that** r<N|J« |i#yO!)d the all for their liberal patronage during'those ,,,ravH. a i ) ( j while frft*eTO*t boeds are years. With' your-help financially and g M f e r e d t Livingston tfe»t wUJ ever otherwise, we have been able to make r. the . '„ . . _ . » ^ . . , c .• »•• keep green his memorv. Slid esftftnd DISPATCH one of the most newsy papers in . ' " t, . d . . " \- s^5M& the county We have tried to be just and l t 8 h e * r t ' e , t l0Vfl a n d W m * * * * * * • ' impanial to all, and if any feel slighted m e m t * ' « o! the bereaved family, because some matter of news regarding — * m them has not been published. pleasH re-: PetteTaville WilU member thai an editor is neither omnipres- _ ent or omnicient. We are only too glad I have put m a new corn and cob to receive items of interest, and bear in ******* ™* thoroughly ropiirwd the mind that these items are what go to make M^11- Farmurs can now-' get their up a newsy newspaper. grinding don* in a superior manner As we said at the beginning, we are en- and on the shortest notice. ^toraersw Services preparatory'to'" communion at the Cong'l (ihurch, Saturday afternoon «f. 2:30 nVlock. Several Irbra here attended the danw) at. the K O T. M hall,'(^rnfibry you the very beet goods at the | Friday evening last. lowest possible price and it is our j M»*s Florence faster, of Howell, determtuftHou to=-makfr-U»»-iM»H w a s a »"l t t s t ot F< ^ A n d r e w s and Happy New Year, We pledge ourselves to give Arbor, spent- New Y^ars : with T. J.. Clark and ianvly. *! year a banuer year in »ur history. VPe promise to save you money— will you save some of your trade for us? >.$:{$'< :•.? i x „ A few prices to start the new year with: Giant Tbread'3 lor Ladies' Fleered Hose ,K*nR^ckel plated Safety pins^ ^ pfotected points, 5c grade P».Der Pins , Bos Mourw^te Pins Pottle best Ink 25 Good Envelopes No; 2 all silk Ribbons Good Crash Guaranteed Scissors Pocket Scissor* * Kinter^rarden Scissors Glass Gutter . 6 Good ftamse dtshea- Lamp Chimneys Lantern Globes - China titfus 3 for % Box 12-gobd tiyars Good Can Opener 10c 08c 02c 01c 0.1c 02.; 03.: 02.:, 05c 25.: 10c 04c family, Tuesday Last. - Mrs Thor-.. Brewer, wife of the editor of the Livingston Herald waa buried at Howell Sunday. 1.] Abliott of Marion, has been entertaining friends from Bowfin^, Ohio, for thf p*i.«t week. Ohm. Love and family, P G. Teeple and family spent Saturday at Dr. H. E. Brown s in Stockhridg-e. Geo Svkes and wife,, of Detroit, were ^nests of his parerrrs and other relatives here the p.ist. iveek. Mi>s Mabel Tripp, of Detroit was a gne>r at. the home of her uncle, John Uhalker. r.lie lir>t of tl.ie week. Mi-s KanuieClinton who is teaching near <'rysul. Lake, was a guest qf_ ber parents her*. ih*_pa*t week. Rex Rrad had the? misfortune on Saturday la>t to i/er a badly sprained ankle while ^katitttf It will lay him TO OUR PATRONS, t j community and state have been justry> proud. Thoujfb, during the pMlMT ywfa. tbe weivht and cares W MHMIi &" J. W. Harris and wife, who lfeve b*«9 spending severaljweekg with their son jba Aspen, Colo., returned home on Friday , U s t . , V . •'• At tbe play Saturdays evening, t b ^ - ½ ¾ ^ ¾ **between acts" wa* enlivened by aa.*'; orchestra which baa. Keen organized i a our village. Very few knew tfeat there was such an organization and many compliments were beard ow* every band at t e success t^--^^*^* attained. We hope they g | | f tret ber. •'...-• ^--^-- tering another year, and as usual at this ; timer many subscriptions expire and aj prompt settlement of such accounts will' materially aid us in keeping the paper up ! to its present standard. It coats money to , make a newspaper newsy. • j Tms week we insert a blank in all papers that expire with tins issue or before, and if WtE. Hooker. F o r S n l e . . __„ Cheap, a two horsepower and grinder combined, in good repair. 0 . W. Rrown'. Tbe play S a t p d y ^ f i » t M r ^ t , "Out of the S h a d o ^ | p # lifr'Conyict.s Revenge," was p!ay*M»y the Columbian Dramatic Club at the opera boos* here to a lark'e and appreciitive crowd. Although the play is a heavy one tbe club d d the work in a fine manner, and proved that they are capable of taking most any play. Every pari was so well done that no one need special praise. It would seem aa irafter all tbe work putuapon the play^ and tbe success attained, that it w o u l i pay to visit some of our sister ?J|H; The music hy the orchestra, attic!'•'m^t^1^ ing by loi;al talnnt wax excellent.," li.'? /, : r ,, 10. 03 and 04c 05c 05c 25c 05c rHnrp tor several days, Jusr as wjs'goto ores> we are informed l>y telephone to make arrange m e l H s t o 1U4J—a^ ' U l l — p U ^ a aHverfi^fttnent for L H. Pield of Jaukson, n^xt ee4. We presume be has some bar gains to <ffer our patrons. We would not have people think Mr. Bowman has gone ,to the ror a moment tnat because our business city to bt^ bargains which are to men have taken their advs out of th» I be found in the big wholesale bouses juat before they take inventory. • . • +. With our,.two stores and our ability to pay S p o t C a s h , we c&n get B a r g a i n s and when we get them our customers share the benefit Yours for trade/1 • k. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman,Block, Pinckney. BERT WELLM^rV Manager ot Pinokney Store. Howell Biore, next to P. O: M-'.>'- i * • how' 4 IF ^ ikLy^-,*. ft* - t>.. DISPATCH that Pinckney is dead The business men are busy taking inventory and we presume cajnnot find time to write advs; -Communion Services at the Conir'l church Sunday"morning, Jan. 7. All are invited The Sunday school will hold Ihe annual election ot ofli'-ers. A full attendance is urged. (Irjion serv- Ufa at 7 o'clock^Snbject^. <4Wby should we believe in a future lite? Prayer meeting Thursday and Friday evenings at tbe M. £. cburcb. On Saturday afternoon there will be preaching and on Sunday "morning quarterly "meeting services. Monday evening it is expected that Rev E VV you happen to get one in your paper pfease remember that a good many others hawe^ one also. Try and be prompt in sending in the little due us as we have a paymeu^ to make Feb. i, and these littles will help us out. If we made an error in mirkiugj your paper, bear in mind that we are not infallible but are liable to mistakes the same as others. Bring in your receipts and we will willingly correct the error. , Those who send in tlfetrfl miring tbts | month will be entitled to the Farm Jour-! nal for five years FREE. | Again thanking yotr-for past favors and hoping to merit a continuance of the same, I remain, yours for news, THE PUBLISHER. OBITUARY. Gforye Washinwton Brown was born at Fleming, Civuga oouhty, N. Y , September 9, 1825, and died Dec. 29, 1899, a^ed 74years 3 months and 20 days. c His father was Dr. L>aac Brown, native ot Mima, and ,t~piimgHr~ot Mich* igan. Mr Br >wn cairw witb his father's family to M i b , wuen 11 years old, and settled Hist at Dejfte«\ then a 3*3®^? Left | Fancy Albums, X ntasr Toy s, Fancy Goods, ;f WW®*' VA At Cost. •t-e^ tew yenrs later"th^y u».)ved to a farm near tbe villaue of Hudson, lour miles noTlf of Dexter. They remained thure a short time when they moved fo wha* became the old Rrown homestead, two mil^s east ot Pincknev. He remained with his fatlier domg farm wofk until 21 years ot ag*, he married Miss Sarah Wood, ot an "ad7 joining township. For tbfee/years after bi^ marriage he remained on bis fathers tar el, and/fben axovfiid.Jo Bexterr^=^A||fj&r fonr _years_ spent.in business there he next located on a fafm just south ot [)r. lirown's farm. _ In 1881 fie moved to his late home where he lived until death called him to the irreat beyond A full and Completeline of Drugs and Medicines. * -&• r FT A TRTBUTE PROM THE KBrOHBORS. Mr. Brown has lived among us many years, and we have-found hirrt a man ot sterling qualities, a good citizen^a kind and onli^in^ neuhtior, whose memory will "lontr be cherished among us for bis gonial i?ood svill, and friendship extended to all. THE K. O. T. S£ j On March 12. 1882, George W.I Browjk-became a Knight of. the \Licc*a-| bees, a member of LiviniMton Tent, ^Jer-^85; and the members ot tliis Tent' •J?AS NOTICE % Kyan will preacb and quarterly con- •mourn his dea^hns a personal loss. feren^e will follow. The nhliuktiohs be t.-»nk. nearlw Hoyt L. Coteary, in '^A Man About Town,^at the opera bouse Monday evening, sustained bis reputation as one ot the best, most original enter tftioert in tb*. world. While tbe entertamment weg buutoroutlo enlarge degree, there jwas Jtt it thinua well wotlb lememNiript: • Tbie ie Mr.[qualiti»t of mind»nd heart, character Oooary'SeeooDd virit to oor viHege, Md any who mwaedlwejtiftf himnitaie4akree| ofAUtt ^ • ^ ; • * • , ; • - We must ask all our Customers to settle • . - • ' * • * • - all AocDiats aai N>3tss that are* due, before Jan. 1,1900. Hopia? to see you all iu tinoie so w« can The oblivions be took, nearly »! balance our b^k^'bdt^TB tikm? our auatiai J yea'rs awo, before the altar, upon- the | \..---"^~ — - —— ~:— " Bible and tbe circle be has kept invi- inventory, Jan. 1,1900, either by Note of olate,; His lile, at all times, exempli- ^ -" ' ' fyinlt^hose^eautitul attributes, 1*^^*»? C a s h ^ "~ —^— .^-^^.^- hope, and charity, the foundation UJ>- * <*< on which Maocabeeism is btilded. The tjuB«r^pritteipletl-^tbe *M»e ratio ot the trqe 3tecc*oe«, made o u r deoe^sed Sir I^%ht « kived one iu i^fwuily, a*4 Voftisett of whom, tha Bespecthilly Y<mr% • • : » ' • * • ' ^ : v j - - . ^ ¾ -v . -r. IM O U R G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A B R I E F F O R M . Hkcomb Coanfcy Couple Married Under Difficulties—The Farmer* or Southern Michigan Have Formed a Co- - Operative Beet Sugwr Company. * T The Cold Didn't Bother Them.' H e r m a n Wibley and Miss Mary Yax, of, Ray township, Macomb county, m a d e u p their mind on Dec. 26 t h a t t h e y had lived apart l o n g e n o u g h . Ac- Mrs. K a t e Green, of Coldwater, w a s riorn in Poland on March 23, 1790, and is therefore nearly 110"«years of age. She i s doubtless the oldest w o m a n in Michigan. Jackson's h u m a n e society h a s taken up the cudgel for the horse this w i n t e r and is prosecuting t h o s e people w h o m a k e a practice of c l i p p i n g horses in cold weather. A t Le Roy, Osceola county, dry hard w o o d is s e l l i n g for. 81 per cord and green stove w o o d b r i n g s o n l y CO c e n t s per cord. P o t a t o e s are selling at 50 c e n t s per bushel. 1 T h e charter of t h e Grand Rapids National bank, w h i c h e x p i r e s on Feb. 5. 1900, has been e x t e n d e d another 20 years. T h e bank w i l l c o n t i n u e w i t h •wjas too young. The pair drove bac& t o Ray, secured the paternal permission a n d agViin appeared before the county clerk a n d the ceremony w a s t h e n performed and t h e happy couple departed for home, h a v i n g traveled 48 m i l e s over r o u g h roads w i t h the mercury hoveri n g around zero. - " ^ Farmer* Will Erect a Sucir Factory. AillRHJt 50 farmers residing in t h e southern part of the state have filed articles of association of t h e Farmers* Co-operative B e e t Sugar Co., t h e object b e i n g to raise beets a n d manufacture sugar. T h e capital stock is 850,- 000, a n d 828*500 has been paid in. It is pr6posed to erect a factory at Dundee, Monroe county, and operate t h r o u g h farms in Monroe, Wayne, Oakland, L i v i n g s t o n . I n g h a m , Jackson. Hillsdale, Branch, L e n a w e e a n d Washten a w counties. T h i s is t h e first co-operative company to be o r g a n i z e d for t h i s purpose. c o r d i n g l y Herman secured a horse and b u g g y and t h e pair started for t h e c o u n t y seat. To their surprise t h e y 1 ^ s present capital of 8500,000, w e r e refused a marriage license b j r t h e Mm. Ftorlina Butts, a g e d 92, of near c o u n t y clerk on the ground t h a t M&r^^Bediord, presented each of her three . « , , . . . .,.._„_ ^ - - • - ' ^ i i i B ^ i i i w i t h a cheek J o r S2.000. Besklee t h i s the old lady g a v e each of her nine grandchildren a c h e c k tor H 0 0 . Jas. Hinton,-aged SO, l i v i n g aear Seb e w a i n g , w h i l e ^temporary demented crawled t h r o u g h ft wifcdow o n e n i g h t recently i a b i s n i g h t clothes, and w a s found the* n e x t morning! frozen stiff. f h e body of Geo. McCreery, a farmer of neftr Charlotte, w a s found in a s w a m p a short distance from h i s home on t h e 36th. He w a s out h u n t i n g and it i s supposed he accidentally shot himself. " J u d g e Person, of Lansing, has decided to g o on w i t h the grand jury indefinitely, probing the military deal, and if necessary he w i l l call in an outside judge to continue t h e September term. T h e popularity of St. Joseph as the favorite Gretna Gr<>en of Chicago duri n g the- w i n t e r season a s -well as in summer w a s est-abliahed o n Christinas. F o r t y - t w o Chicago couple w e r e married on that day. • Grand llapids claims to be the banner recruiting point of the state of Michigan for the United States army. From J u n e 20, 1899, to Dec. 7, 1S91>, the recruiting station at t h a t point-enlisted a total of 400 men. T h e common council of Muskegon h a s t a k e n steps to look into the cost and expense of operating an electric l i g h t i n g plant, and it is proba*ble t h a t in another year the city will have its o w n l i g h t i n g system. The construction w o r k on the n e w Copper Range railroad in Houghton c o u n t y is practically completed, and trains are expected to be running regularly over the w h o l e l e n g t h of the road some time this w e e k . At a chancery sale in Lansing one dav recently 13,000 acres of land Were sold for $70. The land is situated in Clare, Gladwin and Roscommon counties and w a s formerly covered w i t h pine, irost of which has been cut off. Cha«. Hayliss, of Temple, while havi n g teeth extracted by a dentist in Cadillac, suddenly expired. A physician w a s present and administered the chloroform, but it is supposed Mr.\lt>tyliss w a s afflicted w i t h heart trouble and could not s t a n d t h e drug. T w e n t y prominent business men of Traverse City have formed a stock company and purchased t h e fair groun d property formerly o w n e d by the agricultural society, w h i c h will be made into a recreation park, w i t h a b.isebal diamond, race track and good fair buildings. --- A deputy sheriff made a raid on the nickel-in-the-slot m a c h i n e s In the saloons and hotels at Marine City recently, and confiscated eight of them. Some time a g o the c o u n t y officials notified the "Marine City salo'onists to rid t h e m s e l v e s of the machines, but no att e n t i o n w a s paid to t h e order, hence t h i s summary action. A short time ago William Smitherman, of Stockbridge, noticed blessoms on some pf the strawberr3r vines in his garden. He dug up the vines and replaced t h e m in a deep box, w h i c h he placed in a sunny b o w w i n d o w , and Mrs. A*kla» Gets Life Imprisonment. The Askins murder case at Frankfort c a m e to a close on Dec 23, w h e n the j u r y returned a , verdict of murder in t h e first degree. When apprised of the result of the trial the prisoner s h o w e d n o evidedce of surprise and said she expected it. S h e Was i m m e d i a t e l y sentenced to life imprisonment. Mrs. Mate Askins murdered her d a u g h t e r a n d tried to, kill her son and herself w i t h morphine. \ Wtints a Railroad and Must Hav« It. T h e residents of, Hubbard. Midland c o u n t y , have been w i t h o u t railroad c o m m u n i c a t on since the s t u b line runn i n g u p from Midland w a s abandoned and t h e tracks taken u p some m o n t h s ago. Residents of the place have offered t o provide the ties if the railroad c o m p a n y will relay the rails, and if the c o m p a n y declines to accept the proposition there is a likelihood of an electric road b e i n g built. —,—^—— Largest DOR; In Michigan. \V. J. B r o w n , of B i r m i n g h a m , claims t o have the largest dog in Michigan, .and the'second largest d o g of his breed in the world. The dog is a St. Bernard. He measures G feet from tip of nose to end of tail; his average h i g h t is 34 inches; g i r t l r just back of shoulders 3 feet () inches; girth of head 32 inches. The animal is only 18 m o n t h s old and w e i g h s 204 pounds. Copper Range Road Completed. A copper spike w a s driven on the Copper Range railroad on 'the 26th. c o m p l e t i n g the track laying. T h e road began doing business before its com-. pletiori, o w i n g to the necessities of the. m nes tributary. This g i v e s direct rail comrminication from one end of the l a k e copper belt to the other. M I C H I G A N N E W S I T E M S . Traverse City may have a w o o d alcoh o l plant. £6The n e w Cass county court house h a s b e e * completed. A terrific blizzard prevailed at) Sehoolcraft on t h e 24th. — P o t a t o buyers a r e - p a y i n g 36--and- 60 c e n t s per bushel at Reed City. Lumbermen in Osceola c o u n t y are jubilan%over a heavy fall of snow. Tlfc state taxes of t h e L. S. & M. S. Ky. a m o u n t e d to S46.743.60 this year. T h e discharged m o r t g a g e s in Washt e n a w county since 18S"> number 5.030. 1'lainwell is to have a pickle factory. A Detroit firm is interested in the project. P l a i n w e l l has cinched that pickle factory she lias so long been t r y i n g to secure. AT HOME AND ABK0AD T h e legislature convened a g a i n o n the 27th. The joint resolution w a s discussed in t h e senate and,, i t is believed will be t h r o w n down. However, t h a t body h a s a third s u b s t i t u t e measure. T h e substitute w a s simply reported to " the senate w i t h the recommendation t h a t it be referred to t h e committee of the whole. T h e senate does n o t propose to ass u m e any responsibility for t h e comm e n c e m e n t of suits to recover t h e $40,000*? lost by t h e s t a t e on the military deal. T h e vote by w h i c h it passed the joint resolution asked for by Gov. P i n g r e e w a s reconsidered on*m0tion of Senator Lyon, it b e i n g claimed t h a t t h e attorney-general h a s ample authority in t h e premises under e x i s t i n g l a w s , and in support of t h i s the fact is cited t h a t special authority to commence suits w a s never before asked for, a l t h o u g h scores of actions have been i n s t i t u t e d by the attorney-general and carried t o a successful issue. - , "'x- T h e senate committee )to w h o m t h e house resolution w a s submitted, on t h e 27th reported the f o l l o w i n g resolution as a third substitute to the t a x amendm e n t : "Sec. 10. The state may continue to collect all specific t a x e s accruing to t h e treasury under e x i s t i n g l a w s . T h e legislature may provide for the collect i o n of specific taxes from corporations. T h e legislature may provide for the ass e s s m n t of the property of t h e railroads and other corporations at its true cash value, and for the l e v y i n g of t a x e s thereon, by a state board of assessors, or such other person or persons, as t h e l e g i s l a t u r e may direct, in such manner as the legislature shall by general l a w direct, w h i c h . l a w s shall be uniform. "All taxes hereafter levied on t h e property of.railroads and railway com- -pararietei-tel^gf^h^companies. t e l e g h o n e companies, express companies, -plank road companies, river improvement companies, and insurance companies, shall be applied as provided in section o n e of t h i s article.. ^ "Sec. 11. The l e g i s l a t u r e ^ h a l l provide a uniform rule of taxation, except on property p a y i n g specific taxes, and taxes shall be levied on such property as shall be prescribed by law. Provided, the legislature m a y classify corporations for the pur-pose of assessm e n t for taxation, and the properly in each class shall be assessed, subject to review in such manner as the legislature shall provide by law, and t h e taxes thereon uniformly levied in such manner as the legislature may direct. -' Provided, further, that corporate property Upon which,- taxes, are assessed and levied by the provisions of section 10 of t h i s constitution, shall be assessed and p iy a t a x equal to and not .excess of the average aggregate rate of taxation for st;ue, county, municipal and school, t a x e s on other property for the previous year." • t Rep. IJurclV precipitated • a long,''discussion in the house on the 27th by offering a resolution p r o v i d i n g for the appointment of a special committee of five to investigate charges of corruption in connection w i t h the passage of the MeLeod bill. Chamberlain moved to amend the resolution, by substituti n g the grand jury for the special committee. Kurch-accepted—tlie amendment. McCall t h o u g h t ' t h e ' h o u s e w a s b e l i t t l i n g itself in t.his matter, and said that "the grand jury k n o w s w h a t it w a n t s to investigate and will r!o it w i t h o u t any request or instructions from us. The j u d g e * and prosecutor k n o w their business, and so does t h e jury. Let each body attend to its o w n business, and the p e o p l e w i l l be better o h V Carton roasted the proceedings a s undignified, s a y i n g that the legislature w a s convened for a special purpose and should attend to that business and go home. Cheevcr indorsed Carton's sentiments. Herrig spoke of the nearly unanimous_demand for i t s passage, and on his m o t i o n the resolui t i o n w a s tabled. T h e house than adjourned. Jte , The s e n i l e on the 28th by a vote "of 16 to 13 decided to k i l l the Pingree joint resolution providing for a n ame.ndmenl^QLjthe constitution td be A S U M M A R Y O F T H 5 N E W S F O R T H B W E E K B Y W I R E . Ovtr 8100,000,000 m ut be Paid 'Oat bit try — German j has Co»«i»d»d HJie Don't Want tb« Dantih Wait Indie*. n o w he h a s enough berries nearly matured to furnish a strawberry shortcake for his N e w Year's dinner. The remains of Samuel Dryer, w h o w a s employed at the Michigan Alkali Co.\sfplant at Ecorse, w a s found in a badly crushed c o n d i t i o n b e t w e e n the l i m e kiln elevator and shaft on the 26th. H o w the accident occurred is a mystery, as no one else w a s present w h e n it occurred. T h e unfortunate man resided w i t h h i s w i f e in Wyan- •dette. • T h e grist mill, w h i c h w a s recently destroyed by fire at Hear Lake, w i l l be rebuilt. " ~ S n o w h a s fallen in Arenac county and lumbermen are pleased over the outlook*. There are f>,400 m o r t g a g e s in force in Gratiot county, a g g r e g a t i n g i n l i m o u n t $2,855,300. T h e business portion of Charlotte w a s scorched to the e x t e n t of ¢10,000 on the 27th, ' - Flood of Gold to Europe. More t h a n $150,000,000 w i l l be paid o u t shortly in interest and dividends. T h i s is t h e largest sura in t h e history of trade i n t h i s country. Less t h a n ever of t h e semi-annual outpouring from s t r o n g b o x e s w i l l be sent to Europe at this season. It is usual in London for t h e discount rate to advance half a point in December as it h a s this year, and g o l d h a s heretofore flowed toward that center. T h i s year o n l y exports' of gold from N e w York u n w a r r a n t e d by trade balances are t o be looked for. There* is n o reason, financiers contend, w h y g o l d should n o t be exported from this country as a n y other surplus product is. T h e year's yield of American m i n e s w a s more t h a n $6o,000,000, w i t h o u t includi n g the ^15,000,000 to «20.000,000 sent from t h e Alaskan camps. E x p o r t s have been practically none. Indian Territory Settlers Mutt Vacate. On J a n . 1 every lessee of land in the Indian Territory w i l l be compelled to leave t h e territory or s u b m i t to" ejection by the tfrnted S t a t e s authorities. T h e number of 'farmers w h o h a v e leased lands on the five civilized tribe reservations will reach i n t o the thousands and all will h a v e to vacate. T h e exodus from the territory began some d a y s a g o and it is e s t i m a t e d that more than 3,000 families h a v e g o n e t o Oklahoma, 150 families' h a v i n g left Whitfield. 4. T., in one* dajr for Oklahoma. Recent l a w s passed by congress deoar t h e Indians from l e a s i n g their l a n d s for any purpose 'and this w i l l , s h u t out not only farmers, but the cattlemen. Congress w i l l be asked to repeal t h e law. A Husband's Awfal Promise. The charred remains of William J. Thomas, a farmer, and his three children were found in the a s h e s of their home, 11 miles s o u t h w e s t of Chillicothe, Mo,, on the 24th. T h e supposition is "that T h o m a s murdered the children, t h e n set fire to the house and took h i s o w n life. A b o u t _ a year a g o -Thomas' wife c o m m i t t e d s u i c i d e - b y t a k i n g poison. T h o m a s had frequently told his neighbors that his wife, o n her death bed, exacted a promise from h i m t h a t he would m a k e a w a y w i t h t h e children and hiraseUL-and f o l l o w her, and he evidently k e n > h i s promise. .Earthquake Causes 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 Dm mace. A severe e a r t h q u a k e shock w a s felt over a large portion' of southern California o n Christmas m o r n i n g , the undulations lasting a b o u t U' seconds. T h e entire center of the shock appeared to have been at San Jacinto, a small towTn in Riverside county. The, business portion j ^ _ S a n _ J a c i n t o consists of t w o blocks of two-story buildings, some "of brick. Ten or fourteen buildings w e r e damaged, c h i m n e y s b e i n g toppled over and w a l l s cracked-,and shaken. T h e total damage at San .Jacinto and Hemit. a small t o w n nearby, is e s t i m a t e d at$50,000. W A R JSrOTfcS. Col. L o c k ^ b j t U f e AiQ»W Ot2,500, 1 * c l u d i n g artillery, a t t a c k e d a «**ong force of inswsgents Intrenched i n t h e m o u n t a i n s n e f r Alofatalban* Kodut*lTf m i l e s northeast of San • Mateo, on vtfw Iftth, The tasemyi\were comple$plj routed, the Americans pursuing t h e m interest and D ^ l d e a d . br T h . a ^ a w , v t h ^ h t h e h i U e J d w M o h ^ Riot on a Trolley Car. During a riot a m o n g 47 Negroes, m e n and w o m e n , on a trolley ear in Morrisania, N. Y., early o n the morning of the *-'()th, one man w a s fatally shot and t w o dangerously w o u n d e d . There w a s a cake w a l k the n i g h t previous w h i c h w a s attended by a large c r o w d of colored people. The row w a s started, itis said, by some of the colored m e n m a k i n g disparing remarks a b o u t ' t h e female w i n n e r of the prize. Most of the Negroes involved in the row escaped. The fellow w h o . d o n e the shooti n g c l a i m s he done it in self-defense. fled i n every direction, yvrar' A n k r i - eajfts were.- w o u a d o d . ^ T k e ' ^ H A p i n o loss w a s large, r e s u l t i n g from B h e a v y i n f a n t r y and artillery Are for t h r e e hours i n t o the t r e n c h e s . Gen. Otis h a s issued a decree authori s i n g the.celebration of^oivil martlafcet i n t h e Philippines. Heretofore * all marriages w e r e celebrated by the Catholic church, so t h a t protestants a n d non- Christians were prohibited from marrying. The decree does s o t interfere w i t h t h e Catholics, w h o may be married according to their o w n rites, h u t e x t e n d s the privilege of civil marriage to those w h o desire it, j u s t a s practiced in the United States. A report has been received t h a t Cols. Hare and Howze have released 23 American prisoners, i n c l u d i n g Lieut. Gilmore, at Banna, in t h e province of North Ilocos. A n o t h e r report s a y s Gen. Tino h a s b e e n captured n e a r Juavag. Col. Hare reports h a v i n g h a d t w o encounters w i t h Gen. Tino, i n w h i c h 150 Filipinos w e r e killed o r w o u n d e d and about 250 rifles w e r e captured, w i t h o u t casualties on the Amercan side. Gen. Santa Ana, w i t h a force of i n - s u r g e n t s estimated at 300, attacked t h e garrison at Subig o n the 2Gth. A body of marines were sent from Olongapo t o reinforce the garrison, and the Filipinos w e r e driven back, several being killed. There warn no casualties on the American side. A company of the 46th v o l - unteer infantry, t o g e t h e r w i t h a cont i n g e n t of marines, h a s been sent from Manila to reinforce the Subig garrison still further. • fc A detachment of the^ 34th i n f a n t r y encountered a band of the enemy o n the L*3d at Aritao, province of N e w Vizzaya, and routed them, k i l l i n g t w o a n d w o u n d i n g or capturing 13. The Americans also seized a q u a n t i t y of a m m u - nition. The 32d r e g i m e n t on the 24th had a brush w i t h the enemy from the mountains n o r t h w e s t of Dinalupijan. One American w a s wounded. The troops captured 425 head of cattle and took t h e m to Granji, B a t a a n province. Col. J. Frandlin Bell of the 30th i n - fantry encountered l.")0 FUipinos on t h 21st n e a r Alaminos,—province of-Zam^ bales, and killed, w o u n d e d or captured 28 of them. Our troops also o b t a i n e d possession of a number of rifles and a quantity of ammunition. One American w a s wounded. ~ In the Island of Panay Capt. B r o w n - ell's company of the 26th i n f a n t r y f o u g h t the e n e m y near Saia. The rebels lost heavily, and the Americans captured»a number of rifles. ~ T h e rebels w h o fled from Pan ay t o Romblen Island are surrendering t o the American garrison from Panay. • .Thp remains of the victims of t h e M a i n e were interred in the A r l i n g t o n national cemetery on the 28th,- under appropriate military ceremonies. T h e funeral of Major-General L a w - ton w i l l take place Dec." 30. T h e rem a i n s will be embarked on the t r a n s - port Thomas. The 21st regiment attacked a F i l i p i n o outpost on the 24th, near, Calamba, scattering them and killed five~of t h e enemy. Gen. Y o u n g h a s been appointed mill? tary governor of the provinces of northw e s t e r n Luzon, w i t h headquarters a t Vicran.- T R A r T S V A A L WA-ft I T E M S . A corset company, w i t h a capital r,tock of $75,000. was o r g a n i z e d at Kalamazoo on the 20th. Wild'flowers are b l o s s o m i n g in the w o o d s near Pcrrmgton, or ''were prcvidus to th« recent cold snap. Only 50 deaths occurred at Miles durn g t h e past year,the-mortality rate bei n g about. 50 per cent less t h a n l a s t y e a r . ' •' _ •• •<• The recruiting of British colonists in Cape Colony is actively proceeding. T h i r t y thousand are already under arms and several thousand more w i l l be added. Those n o w in t h e field include Cape mounted police, the Rhodesian and Natal forces and t h e colonial troops beleaguered at Kiinberley »tind other points. T h c - t c * t s 7 o f w i r e l e s s t e l e g r a p h y at Mnddcr river hftve hf^n h i g h l y sunppss- \ i » - » " ' j . !7t# fnt, communication over a distapce of 70 miles b e i n g perfectijr—established. Six Marconi i n s t r u m e n t s , intended for the Boers, have Yieen seized at Cape T o w n . The lord mayor of London, Alfred N e w t o n , is raising and equipping a force of-1,000 volunteers a m o n g the c i t y corps. -The large city firms are contrib u t i n g t h e necessary expenses. _ , ..J ... "•' .. • " '• submitted to the electors. The result w a s a surprise to m a n y , as it w a s admitted t h a t the proposition would be defeated, but few w e r e prepared for t h e large majority a g a i n s t it. Only nine votes w e r e necessary to defeat the resolution, but t h e r e w e r e seven to spare. Gov. Pingree on the 29th. sent t h r e e more messages to the legislature. I n these messages he advocates, the passage of a joint resolution providing for | an a m e n d m e n t to the constitution t o permit cities to o w n and operate street r a i l w a y s and other public utilities; to raise the specific taxes of t h e railroads of the state from -$1.030,77(3.00 to $2,- "»00,000; and to raise by a specific t a x $1.."00,000 from the iron a n d ' c o p p e r m i n i n g companies of Michigan. 1 Jills encompassing t h e s e ideas w e r e introduced in the house, and referred to t h e proper c o m m i t t e e , a tremedqus a m o u n t of work b e i n g mapped out. T h e n t h e house adopted a j o i n t resolution to adjourn until Tuesday n i g h t , Jan. 2, and minhad it fivhr in fhn wntttp, wherf! it w a s also finally adopted. As the t i m e limit of the present special session expires Jan. () it w i l l be impossible to dispose of these m e a s u r e s before t h a t time, hence a n o t h e r special session w i l l be t h e o n l y alternative left. . « ., Spain h a s agreed t o g o on makingp a y m e n t s to th,e U n l t e d ' S t a t e s pledged under the treaty of 1 8 3 4 — i n d e m n i t y ^ : illegal Spanish b l o c k a d i n g in t h a t year Germany Won't T h e German" Buy BitnTsh West InHTes. g o v e r n m e n t has defin i t e l y abandoned all idea of acquiring the Danish West Indies, either by purchase from Denmark or otherwise. T h e German embassy i n W a s h i n g t o n h a s left no doubt t h a t any such a t t e m p t w o u l d be looked upon b y the Americans as an unfriendly act, and as a serious infringement of t h e Monroe doctrine. According to the same authority, the reports representing that Denmark is n e g o t i a t i n g to sell tire islands to the-United S t a t e s are either entirely premature or w i t h o u t foundation. Aid for the Boers. T h e r e is a general m o v e m e n t a m o n g the Irish citizens at Philadelphia to aid t h e Boers in t h e i r w a r w i t h England. A call w a s s e n t o u t for a special assessment on every member of t h e Ancient'Order of Hibernians, of w h i c h there are 2.">,000 in that city on the 27th. A return of $25,000 is expected, w h i c h w i l l help to s w e l l the general fund of $1,000,000 w h i c h Irish o r g a n i z a t i o n s throughout the country seek tu raise. r C O N G R E S S I O N A L N O T E S . Congressman Corliss' bill, h a v i n g in view the construction of ; a dam at the l o w e r end of L a k e Erie, so t h a t t h e lake levels w i l l be raised t w o feet, does > not m e e t much favOr in Ontario* especially among the Canadians t h a t reside oji_theJborder of Lake Erie, and on t h e Detroit river and. L a k e St. Clafiv I n order to carry the e n g i n e e r i n g s c h e m e t h r o u g h it w i l l be necessary to secure the consent of t h e dominion govern-, ment, hence the bill may be doomed for defeat. . f~- T H E MARKETS. L I V E S T O C K . Cattle Sheep .3 7,>S1 85 .4 IKiifca ib 21 Dr »wned « t Sea. A s p e c i a l f r o m N o r f o l k , V a . , s a y s : T h e JJritish s t e a m s h i p A r i o s t o , C a p t . R a i n e s , b o u n d frgrn G a l v e s t o n t o H a m - b u r g w a s w r e c k e d s i x m i l e s s o u t h o l • H a t t e r a s , N . C,., a n d 21 of t h e c r e w we're d r o w n e d . Capt. B a i n e s a n d e i g h t o f t h e c r e w w e r e s a v e d b y tKe' h e r o i c effort*,of t h e O c r a c o k e life* s a v i n g c r e w . N e w Yorkfiestprudes Lower Krailes.. rhlc*qr<>-TBesttrnules.... Lower grades.. 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V * '*.. . •<<..' ' r ; • . / 4 v ^ •*•" V * ; v-': - , - • • * " * " . \r?''"'•• fr .'•',"• . i . V T " \ w v "."?'*;. »•• i | •Mi* SsSSSiSSc^ HISWQRD OF HONOR § \to A T*lc of the Blue and the Grayt — jy* I D \ BY& WERNBSL jffk ^j( Copyright, 18M, by Robert Bonner'a Son*. AfK CHAPTER V. But Florence waa silent. She only cart a beseeching glance at EM ward; but theriatter knew bis advantage too well.. He was aware that there was atill one moans of parting the two lovers, and did not delay using the weapon. "You have come at an unfortunate time, Mr. Roland," he said, with cutting scorn. "I shall be at your service for the explanation you will probably demand at any hour tomorrow; today I regret that it is impossible. At my uncle's urgent desire, my marriage with his daughter takes place this very day: all the arrangements for the ceremony are completed; the Justice of the peace will arrive in an hour. You probably understand that our affair must be deferred for the present." Roland had turned deadly pale; lie scarcely beard the last words; his eyes rested only on Florence. At last., with a violent effort he murmured, almost unintelligibly: "You heard. What have you to say? Answer!" Florence stood as if utterly crushed. For the first time she realized how unpardonable her weakness had been, and that the decision which she had regarded as a sacrifice to filial love was really an act of treason to the m.Mn to whom her promise and her faith were pledged. In the consciousness of this guilt, she did not even attempt to defend herself, but> instead of answering, burst into passionate weeping. "I know enough!" said William in a hollow tone. "Farewell!" A flash of triumph blazed in J3dward's eyes, but he'exulted too soon. The moment when William turned from her broke the spell 'Which had his death-bed, such e dispute cannotbe settled. So I yield to necessity and shall wait a more fitting season." Edward looked as if he were on the point of rushing upon his enemy. The icy contempt in Roland's words enraged him even more than the insults themselves, but by exerting all Ms strength of will, he controlled himself. ' " A more fitting season!'" he repeated. "You are right, Mr. Roland. I, too, can wait, and perhaps the hour for settlement -will come before you expect it."1 He. turned slowly toward the door. His game was lost; the prize for whose sake he had humbled himself to intrigue was snatched from him at the last moment, y£t he did not quit the field like a vanquished m a n . ^ The menacing glance which rested on the young couple ought to have warned them; it was the look of a man sure of his vengeance and his ultimate triumph. CHAPTER VI. In. the Enemy's Hands. As the door closed behind her cousin, Florence uttered a sigh of relief. She had feared an instant outbreak of the quarrel, which seemed at an end; at least for-tb&jQioment, but the last threatening words oC the two men had not escaped her notice. "What are you to do?" she asked anxiously. "What is the moaning of the concealed threats you exchanged with Edward? William, 1 beseech you—" "Say no more," he intemiplod gravely, almost sternly. "This U a niatinr which concerns us men alone. You hear that, no explanation will tnke place, at-present. Let that sumce." my regiment today, and God aloue knows when I *hall be permitted to see ,you again." At his first words Florence's features expressed vague anxiety; now she started In sudden terror. "You are going? You 'win leave me?" "I must. I gave my colonel my word of honor to return at sunset This was the sole condition on which he would permit me to ride here. I must keep this promise." "And leave me alone, exposed to the *full fury of the storm which Edward will raise. You mortally insulted hfro, flung the word 'fraud* into his face. He will avenge himself for Jt, and on me, if you are out of reach." "Then come with toe," said William, with desperate resolution. "Cast everything behind you and follow me at once. Our marriage has long been agreed upon. We shall find within our lines a justice of the peace and a priest, will perform the ceremony. Day after tomorrow—tomorrow even—you can be my wife. Then come what may, at least nothing can separate us." "And- my* father?" replied t h e young girl, with a trembling voice. "Must he, in his last hour, call in vain for his child? Must a stranger's hand close his eyes? So long as he breathes, my place is at his side." "You are right! I forgot. You are bp.und; but,'so, too, am I. You hear. I gave my word of honor, and where duty calls—" "Duty? To whom? Your first, most sacred duty is to protect me. I shall stay. I have not the heart to leave my father.- You will go, when, you see that I cling to you in mortal anguish? William, our love is at stake!" "And so is my honor! Florence! Merciful heaven! Hear me! Do not torture me longer by your entreaties! Do you not understand" that I must go, even though the whole happiness x\f my life depended on my- remaining!" She really did not understand. The spoiled, idolized daughter of the rich planter could not believe that anything could be more valued than herself. She had had before her eyes the dangerous example of a passion which ret aside duty and honor to gain her^hand. Only -air liuur before she had heard the confession from Edward's lips. From William she always hearcLof,honor and duty; and the old suspicion that there ""vras-a lack of love stirred in her heart. Aad—yet, her whoje,_s^uXjdrew her to QUE BUDGET OF FUN. SOME QOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. A V a r i e t y of Q u l p i , G i b e * »n4 I r o a t o * t o C a u s e a S m l U — F l o t s a m a n d J e t a a m from t h a T i d e of H u m o r — W i t t y gay l a s * . W h e r a I t H a r t . "Why are you weeping?" asked t&e loving husband. "When little Harry and I went down town today," she sobbed, "the conductor insisted that I must pay for the child." "Oh, well," he said, "I wouldn't let that bother me. What's a nickel to us?" "It Isn't the nickel," she indignantly replied. "It's the impertinence of the brute of a conductor in Insinuating that it is possible for me to be the mother of a child more than ten years old,"—Chicago Times-Herald. IT WAS THE LOOK OF A MAN SURE OF,HIS VENGEANCE. held the young woman captive. She knew that if he crossed the threshold she would lose him forever, and, eve he reached it, she rushed forward, clasping his arm with both hands. , "William, don't leave me so! You see that I was deceived, ensnared, and that.unfortunate promise was extorted from me beside ray father's iicU-bed.-Hast-wish has a powerful influence, but They gave me no choice,'and constantly told me you had given me up, until I believed it." The young officer paused; hl3-voice still sounded harsh and bitter," but at least he lingered. " — ' "Then choose new," he said. "Now the net that ensnared you is t.srn. and no one shall prevent your free decision. Choose whose wife you will be." "Yours!_ Yours!" cried Florence with passionate fervor, as'^he rushed into his armjp "Protect me, WiKinm! You do not know how they have tortured me!" "Yes, I see it," he said, bending toward her. , His resentment could not endure against this touching entreaty. Cl.up ing her hand in his, he turned reso-> lutely- to Harrison. My fiancee's explanation is sufficient for mo, and, I hope, for you a l s o . / A S •she has been the victltn of a fradd—" Edward started at the insult, ^nd was about to answer, but Roland arav'e'irnn no opportunity. "Well, call it delusion, ji the word founds better. The factTremains the same, and also the part which you have played In It You probably will not refuse to account toyme for I t , even though there must be delay. * in this house and at the hour when, the man Who alto was a father to you lies on Florence looked timidly at him. The' dark^loucl on his brow was not caused by the dispute with ftdwtu'd; she knew only too well what had occasioned it. "You are angry with me—still!'' she said; softly. . "No*_L understand that you were deceived by the intrigue, that, a father's P had expected my affianced wife to show more.resolution, more confidence. I, too, remained for month-*, with no message from you;.I, too, heard that you assented to the separation your -rather decreed: but I did not believe it for an instant, What urged me hither was merely the torturing uncertainty, a-vague presentiment of misfortune. Had I arrived a few hours later, I should have found you another's wife." Florence bowed hoi* head in conscious guilt. She had so dreaded this fate, yet had not had courage to boldly resist it. But for this intervention, she woirld indeed have fallen a victim to it. 'I am brave only when you are at y side,"'she confessed. "Do not reroach me, William! I was so utterly deserted; but now you are here again, and all will be well." He gazed'silently ;\t the pale, sweet face raised so imploringly to his, and _th€_repro9f'died on.his lips. He loved this tender, yielding creature, wiUT "her gentle unseltUBfttSSH, amOiifeW that she was capable of'any sacrifice as soon as a s^ang 4iand s»Med ^'vi directed her. "Then shoW me that you can be brave and steadfast vrh*>n only my love, not my presence, r>rptart3 you," he ieplied. "I cannot stay with -you as you expect; my leave of absence gives me only a few hours more. I must rejoin p i the man who seemed so hard and unyielding— she would not lose him. "William!" There was no reproach in her voice now-. The tones were sweet and persuasive. "William, do not leave me; you do not^lthow what I must encounter during the next few hours. My father will demand the fulf i l m e n t of my promise. If I refuse, the excitement will perhaps cause h-is death. Then I shall be.wholly in Edward's power, and you do not know him as I do. He has a fiendish will, which can overcome all resistance. During his suit I have often felt like the bird spellbound by the gaze of 4he serpent. It knows> that, it is going to destruction, yet flutters into its jaws. Have you courage to leave me to this power? I—fear it." With feminine instinct, she had touched the right chord. William's jealousy blazed up at the. thought of the possibility suggested. He, toot k^new-Edward, and was aware that Edward would make every effort to wrest from him the prize which he had just regained. Florence was not created for a heroine. To leave her now was indeed to loo.se her, Torn ffom the sheltering trunk, she would flutter—helplessly, like a vine in the storm, and become a prey to the tempest. Roland made n o reply, but-^a- terrible conflict was raging in hisr soul. Now, for the first time, he understood the warning of Colonel Burney, who had been unwilling to let him go into temptation. He had manfully resisted it, when Harrrsoirassalled him.; but it was very different to stand face to face with Florence, listen to her entreaties and see her tears. The young officer loved her with all the passion of his fourand- twenty years, and his strength threatened to forsake him. Florence saw the c6nfiict in his face, and, clinging to h i m i i k e a timid dove, she pleaded more and more fervently, while the,temptation stole nearer and nearer. After all, why was it "necessary that he should return today? There f was no battle in prospect; t>u soldier wtnild not be missed from his post. What if he should stay merely until the morrow? Much—nay, everything— would be decided by that time. Death was already knocking at tlia door, and, as soon as Mr. Harriscu '. passed from earth, his daughter would' be *free to follow her lover. Until tomorrow! ) (b A pretext was easily found. Springflcld wao wlthin-lhfi_enemy s lines. The I n t h e B a r n y a r d . Rooster—Oh, say, this is a cinch. All the other chickens down the hill and the old lady with such a cold she can't call them. A l r e a d y S h e H a d B e g u n t o P r e p a r e . "If you keep c I as you have begun, Mabel," complained the young • husband, running his eye over the week;* ly account, "we shall never be able" to lay up. anything for a rainy day." "How can you say so, Henry," exclaimed the young wife, righteously indignant, "when you know that I have two of the loveliest rainy-day skirts that were ever made!"—Stray Stories. 44An Empts Sack Cannot Stand Uprighti*" 9{jtHher can poor, <ox*k, thin blood nourish and sustain the physical system* For strength of nerves and muscles there must be pure, rich, vigorous bleed* Hood's Sarsaparitta is established as the standard preparation for the Hood by Us many remarkable cures* .^,-, The constantly increasing buaineaa of the B. & 0. R. R. has necessitated very material additions to the .telegraph service. During the past year nearly 2,000 miles of copper wire, 1$6 pounds to the mile, have been strung. New lines have been placed in service between Baltimore and Pittsburg, BaV» timore and Parkersburg, Newark, O* to Chicago, PhiladeFphia to Newarjc, Philadelphia to Cumberland and CunV berland to Grafton. During the summer several of these wires were quadruplexed between Baltimore and Cumberland and duplexed west. [ ••m V , To the pure all things are moreor less adulterated. A lasvsuit is the proper court dress for an attorney. There are no reserved seats in heaven for rich people. T r y G n t l n - o ! T r y G r * t n - o t Ask your grocer today to show yon » packag-e of GRAIK-O, the new food drink that takes the place.of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All whotjry it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brawn of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. One-fourth-the price of coffee. 15c and 2"JC.'per package. Sold by alt A death-bed convert goes to heaven empty handed.. Lone'R 1'amJly M e d i c i n e . — M o v e s t h e b o w e l s e a c h d a y I n o r d e r t o b e h e a l t h y t h i s i s n e c v s ^ a r y . A c t s g e n t l y on" t h e l i v e r a n d k i d n e y s . C u r e s s i c k h e a d a c h e . P r i c e '2"t a n d r>0c. H o t t e r t o d i e of h e a r t f a i l u r e t h a n , b a n k f a i l u r e . B r o u g h t I t U p o n H i m s e l f . - ^ & £ a t i s t h e w o m a n ' s nffpnfiB?" "She threw a brick at a neighbor, your honor, and hit a nJTn standing behind her." "The man is guilty of contributory negligence." If he hadn^r been an idiot, he would have stood "in front of her. Case is dismissed."—Stray Stories. R e l i a b l e H e l p W x n f r t • niftier s^x.i Tin* Hunv'nitartiTT'H'Mii^nr.d San • i.itriuiu for ItivV.hla iirui Ht'ii'.M S<"''.<>TS. nic'i'- [•oraUMl. "j^ii'l U',' La Miu'.iin fi»i-1n11 tu'.orruatt.m. Aildi-oasJ. H. T«Web7irrm7Tmn» .uavVvrfas.N..&L H ^ a r - b t t f l m g - - w a t e r w i l t r p m n v f l t e A s t a i n s . -^ — -•• N a t u r a l I n f e r e n c e . "It seems strange that you never received* a proposal of marriage," remarked the sarcastic girl. "Who says I never received a proposal of marriage?" demand\d the other. \ _ ^ "Why, no one, of. course, but I've always understood that you are u spinster."—Chicago Evening Post. T H E G R I P CC7KE T n A T D O E S C U R B . Laxative fcromu Quinine T;iblsts r e m o v e t h e on use tliiir. produces \.'\ G r i p p e U. "W. Grove's si^'iiatUXL! io-'-vn each box. 2oc. Riches have wings and poverty has stings. There is no problem equal an aching tooth. AMERICA SAYS SO. The Entire Country on the Move. is T h o s e Lovlnsr Glrl«. Maiid<3—Mr. De Jones as-ked me to sing for Jhim the other- evening after we had been introduced. Clara—And what did you sing? Maude-^-Why, how do you know that I sang at all? Clara—Well, I noticed that he didn't ask you to sing , to-night.—Chicago News. Cascarc+s Canriy Ca hartfc DiJ It. a«d Recor* . a Phenomenal VUtary. HiveAlUiou Loxes Sold Last Year. A D i f f e r e n c e In T a s t e s . „ "I saw you kissing my daughter. ' 1 don't like it, sir." "Then you don't know what's good, sir."—Life. P o l l t e n e s * In t h g C o u n t r y . "Hand .me my hat, Schorch!" "What do you want of it?" "I, want to take it off to the parson when he passes!"—Fliegende Blaetter. way might be Obstructed; return im^ possible; any one of the hundred perils iv'tiich threatened the daring rider might intervene. It was but a word which stood between him and his happiness— true, his word of honor. (To be continued.) Always speak the trwth, but do not alwajp tell it—Ivan Paala. A _ F o r e c a s t . "The Indications are," remarked the^ man who was looking at-the sky with an expression of great wisdom, that it will be cold and raw." - The man who has trou Die with the servant girl problem meekly inquired: "What are you talking about, the weather or dinner?"'— Washington Star.. J F r e q u « n tly. "Pa, what Is a drawn battle?" "It Is one in which the enemy has r a t n e r the test of it."—Puck. ' F r o m every, p a r t of A m e r i c a f o r t e s t h e n e w s t h a t s u f f e r e r s from constipation^ h a v e fount! relief in C a s e u r e t s C a n d y C a - t h a r t i c , t h e w o n d e r f u l m o d e r n s c i e n t i l i c l a x a t i v e a n d i n t e s t i n a l tonic. C a s c a r e t a a r e f i g u r a t i v e l y a n d i i t e i a l l y in e v e r y - b o d y ' s n y ' T h r - T ' l r m g f l n ' i " M<.*n rrted C,i\n-. c a r e t s w i t h t h e m o s t p l e a s a n t a n d eff e c t i v e r e s u l t s , a n d v o l u n t a r i l y t e s t i f y t o t h e i r e x p e r i e n c e s . H e r e a r e a f e w * * * t r a c t s f r o m s o m e of t h e l e t t e r s : " I l m v e been u s i n g C a s c a r e t s for h e a d - a c h e a n d c o n s t i p a t i o n a n d h a v e r e c e i v e d g r e a t benefit from t h e m . " M r s . M. G a b - ler,'5U! L a r r a b e e St., C h i c a g o . '"I h a v e been t a k i n g C a s c a r e t s f o r o v e r a m o n t h a n d find t h e m j u s t t h e t h i n s f o r c o n s t i p a t i o n . " A l b e i t B. B u r t , Tu M a i n St.. A n d o v e r . M a s s . '"I a m u s i n g C a s c a r e t s a n d h a v e n e v e r f o u n d a n y t h i n g ' s o s a t i s f a c t o r y . " M r s . C . . W . D u r r a n t , 57 E m e r s o n St., Buffalo, N . V. " I h a v e t a k e n C a s c a r e t s a n d c h e e r f u l l y r e c o m m e n d t h e m to all m y f r i e n d s . " M r s . G. J. G r a d w e l l . F r u g a l i t y , P a . " C a s c a r e t s are, tine for b i l i o u s n e s s and} m a l a r i a tind a r e so p l e a s a n t t o t a k e . " M r s . M a r y C u m m i n g s , M a u d , O k l a h o m a . '"I u s e C a s c a r e t s in m y f a m i l y a n d find t h e m all you r e c o m m e n d t h e m t o b e . " E . I,. I r v i n , Cor. M e a d a n d R a i l r o a d . M e a d - vllle, P a . • " Y o u c a n s a f e l y a d d a p p e n d i c i t i s t o t h e ]J,n of d i s e a s e s t h a t C a s c a r e t s will b e n e f i t o r - c u r e . " E u n i c e J . S m i t h , R i c h V a l l e y , Onio. * ' " I have* u s e d C a s c a r e t s ; t h e r e is n o t h - ing- b e U e r for c o n s t i p a t i o n . " B e n j . P a s - sage-. K n i j r h t s t o w n . I n d . " C a s c a r e t s a r e all r i g h t , Th'ev h a v » c u r e d m e of . c o n s t i p a t i o n , -rttl I n.-ver e x - p e c t e d a n y t h i n g w o u l d . " C h a r l e s H . N y e . L o c k B o x '205. C t n e t n r r a t i , O h i o r -- : _ " I a m so t h a n k f u l for y o u r C a s c a r e t s . T h e y a r e b e t t e r t h a n a n y m e d e c i n e I e v e r u s e d . " M r s . M. H e w , L a c e l l e . I o w a . "I do not hesltsite to s a y t h a t C a s c a - r e t s i s t h e v e r y best m e d i c i n e e v e r p l a c e d be-fore t h e p e o p l e . " A n d r e . / Woodruff, r>aysville, X. Y. . " C a s c a r e t s a r e t h e b e s t c a t h a r t i c I e v e r u s e d . " T o m H o l t . W e l l w o o d . M a n i t o b a "L h a v e t r i e d - y o u r C a s c a r e t s a n d I w a n t to tell you t h e y a r e j u s t s p l e n d i d . " J o h n W i e i s m i n k , Vox Ml, A l l e s a n , Mich. W e could Mil t h e w h o l e p a p e r w i t h e x - p r e s s i o n s like t h e a b o v e . T h o u s a n d s o f P i m i l a r r e c o g n i t i o n s of t h e m e r i t s o f - C a s - c a r e t s h a v e b e e n v o l u n t e e r e d a n d p r o v e thaF"Uhis d e l i g h t f u l ' I & x a t i v e . so p l e a s a n t of t a s i e . so mild, a n d y e t effective, h a s s e c u r e d a t l r m l y e s t a b l i s h e d p l a c e in t h e h e a r t s of t h e people. ,Go b u y a n d try C a s c a r e t s y o u r s e l f t o - d a y . All d r u g g i s t s , 10c, 26c, oiJe. B o o k l e t a n d s a m p l e fiee. A d d r e s s SlerMng R e m - e d y C o m p a n y . C h i c a g o or N e w Y o r k . J T h i s is t h e C A S C A R E - 7 - t a b - let. E v e r y t a b l e t of t h e o n l y g e n u i n e C a s c a r e t s ' b e a r s t h e mafc'ic l e t t e r s " C C C . " L o o k a t t h e t a b l e t before y o u b u y , a n d b e w a r e of f r a u d s , i m i t a - flr>n<» a n d s u b s t i t u t e s . -~ P I S O ' S CURE. FOR y WK12>- -I-fn- tRt ALL u a t- -N-U- LSt I Confb Syrask T u M t O o o d . '.' Ct nCti BNM. SSUo iMd b yFdTnmJt tOt t . N . „ / mm m •*m tMuaM .-w * * * • *?*••> v;:fe -^--^iir—Y- -v-""-1^- - ^ . fe Rv L * • * ^ ;.?/ - M / - L . - : . . - : .^ ..v She findmcg f isjratrtt. ^ F. L. ANDREWS = 1 ^ ^ EOiTOR, * THURSDAY, dAN. 4, 1900. -A. FARM JOURNAL C* I" €» a t r r o m N o w t o j w ^ ^ " " e r NEARLY ^ Y E A R S "• By special arrangement with the publishers of the F A R X JOUKNAL we are enabled to offer that paper to ever subscriber who pays for the DISPATCH one year ahead, for only 81, both papers for the price of ours only; our paper one* year and the Farm Journal from now to D e c , 1903, nearly five years. The Farm Journal is an old established paper, enjoying great popularity, one of t h e best and most useful farm papers published. 8S§?*Thi8 offer should be accepted without delay. ing rooms, land then pay them liberal pensions besides, ninty per of which they spend besoting their\ bodies, hastening their death) aud consigning themselves to a jarunkardH doom! Better a ^##l^l^^f«^##i###^##iii####: m a/ $ By BAILEY SMITH. thousand times better, no pensiousl sj|§ , , w ,„ , , L . A , -, , . . | ^ . A r r a n g e d bv M K S . \ \ . ("AULIN. to these inmates than that ninty , q$ ' cent, of it should go to inflate - « - . * . ^ 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . . 4 , . a . H j j a | a ft| the pockets of the brewers, dispillers, and saloonkeepers. B u t rum rules! I t is politics—not kindness, b u t cruelty to the old soldiers. c o v a m n n . | ^ a v o j d t h e trees. We reached We readied the summit of the [Auvik statiou at 4 o'clock in the mountains about 4 o'clock in the | morning of April 17th making t h e DOKS IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right hut you want something that will, relieve ami cure the more severe results of c o a s t l a n d m a r k e s , n i l l o s t i n t h e lun^ trubk's. What shall you do? G>> to distance, and filling in the greater afternoon. We had:a commanding view of the country. North of us was the open Behring sea a little more to the west the bay at St. Michaels. . The buildings a n d distance—about 150 miles—in ^4 days. We rested thiee days on the way. Our traveling time was eleven days. O u r party of five kept t h e lead down t u e river and were-the first iu, b u t we had a close second iu t h e Loyd party, warmer and more regular climati? Yes. part of the sceue was the rolling ; coming iu, tw ) hours afterwards. They intended to be first at Auvik a u d the last day travled if possible; if not p o s M ^ n r you, then in m o u m a n i g f e t c h i n g a w a y t o eather case tukeJUe ON|,Y railedy ths'it luis <* W. C- T. Lf. to to . . . ... ., , . ,. ^ - r i >• ward the Yukon and aloug the been introuuctd in nil civj]i«ed countries , • i I i with success in severe throat and lung coast a V.ast sea of whiteness with jail night expecting to pass us trubles, '-R.scliee's German Syrup." It no relief—not a shrub or tree, jasleep—but we were to far ahead. not only heals and siioulates the tissues to x h e c le l ] 8 e whiteness was blind-! I n making the portage we reached ing under the-reflection of t h e t h e Yukon about 400 miles u p warm sun. We all wore snow from t h e mouth. We left Auvik olffsses, which did n o t prevent and started u p the Yukon to find a cases of Fiiow blind. Seven of location to cut wood. We went the boys were so blind that they u p the r-iver adout 18 miles where could not well travel and were we cut wood until J u n e 3rd when obliged to day a n d rest wTe took t h steamer for here. A TfaMmand T o m u N Could not express tbe raptnrt of Anna E. Springer of 1125 Howard tt, Philadelphia, Pa., when she funnel that Dr. Kind's New Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made hie a harden. All other remedies and doctors could givt her no help, hut *he says of this Royal Cute "it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep noundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like bounding its praises throughout the universe." 8o will everyone who triea Dr. King** New Discovery for any trouble of thft throat chest or langs^-^Price 50c and $1. Trial bottles f^e aYj1 . A. Biffier's drug store;<fVery bottle guaranteed. fl Business Locals. destroy the germ-disease,' kit allays it fhirumation, cant>es thsy exptctorfltion, gives a goc.d nights list, and cures the patient. Try one.bottle. Kiconiended n>&uv years by all.druggists in the world. Sample bottles at F . A. i^igler's. Each ynar when we receive the <r* ®' TT i) J> -ii A> i i o m i ^ t i xo camp a uny uuu retst we tooK n i e sieamer ror nere. ijj Edited by the W. C. T U. of Pinciney. M H o o d S h a i y a p a n l l a C a l e n d a r w e . . , v } n , o„tvnrw,,-f / i t-i' v «.1 • i i «Hi • . 8S5i wond,e r h. ow i.t i.s por?s.ib.j.e to orjji. their eyes. \\ e lett the summit Cutting woodm the spring is haj*d ^fe&e&6€6:€:f 6fe€¢66 6 ^ 6 6 - : ^ 6 ^ j l i a ^e such clever desiynes. "Q he "Dont mix religion and poli-! "Proverd Calendar" itself in front tics." This is the plea of the man i s i anything. 8. Coniaiisioner of fmmi^ration, of twolittle tots, one rolx-d in who has no religion to mix -with I delicate pink and t h e other in blue. On the reverse side there THI on. mI . TVT. TPo»w dieriJ y, UTr. n i are the usual astronomical calcul- atious HIK! other facts. The cal- •endar. is m»d^ to sfand alone on with a jump into a deep gulch work. .We were working on 4 ft. about 20(1 ft so.hteep that we had of snow which had melted down to p u t brenks on our sleds to let much by J u n e yet there was snow them d( wn safely. Once into the I 2 ft. deep in some places when gulch we had a gradual decent in- i we left. The breaking u p of t h e to the Auvik river*" . O u r sleds • Yukon was a grand sight. One of needed no pulling, i^'ost of the [natures moving panoramas, grand boys were on ahead of o u r party.- !• and exciting. T h e water raised says: "What have the s a l o o n s ! , ": - , , .. iileven of the eighteen having about 30 ft. from the-winter level i • . i • .. n TI i desk or tHble, or it may be BUS- , . , .. T v -, ,, . -, , . - , - . , -,-- ever done far humanity? How , , A, „ XT J nv.Bny people have they clothed, v n hired the Indians and their dog j before the ice began to -move. except the ealooi •When ttie men saloon keeper often contributes pended on the wall. You should teams to help the;:) over t h e two Then it started in one unbroken , , . - , 0 be sure^o^get one of these t a l e n - , ^ . - « . , , . , , „ . , -, )ii keepers tamily.' - - • ^ , .L portages. Our party of nve aud mass, moving slowly at first hard- , , ., ,, dais from your druggist, or q u e / ^ , i •• i * u i . Vi • i - a have a strike,-the-! wi~ll be m"a iMle=d rt7o" y~o^"u ib y se-n-?d^i~n-g~"i ±g^r-taJhjbJ: trtTy-r-^tee^o^Uto-^i^U-Uly —pr^#--p^4^.---cra^k4i4g-—aad ,, ., , -, , . 6 cents in stamps to C. I. Hcod & more than the dry goods man, but: ,, ~ , , , - T I Co., Lowell, Mass. he robs them of more. 1 never i * _ k-*^ew one of tliem to give a cent; rt rf^., ^ v _ ___..4^,1 . |,. _F. A Siyler yuarnitees every hot tliaf he did not expect a doirarnn | — - retum. Why shouldn't they ] close on Sunday ? I knowT of no class that needs a rest on Sunday more and time for thinking about their souls. If they would not do or counselors, use your influence to secure Sunday closing. If any one having power to make the laws, or to enforce them refuses to aid you, seclect some one who tie of Chamheriins Couth Remedy and will refund the money tc any one who is not falsified alter lining Iwo thirds ot the contents. " This is the best remour loads over without help and breaking in everv direction, moviii the two days travel of unusual i ing faster aud faster. I n an hour hard work we were b u t six hours t h e ice was moving as fast as the behind. The next day we rested, current, probably 7 miles an t he ot luar boy ft pu Hit) tt on H»avtng hour, and in large floes. For two us last on the trail. As t h e sun |days t h e river was a mass of mo.vwas getting most to warm for day J ing ice, when the jam was over, traveling, we decided to traveIH then it gradually r u n lighter for 3 edy in the world tor la pripne onnghs,! nights taking advantage of the ; days when it was all out above us. colds, i roop and whooping couuh and crust and cold weather. We j I t does n o t clear u p on t h e bars at i t voluntarily, let us make them is pleasant and safe to take. It pre- started the next morning at three ; the mouth of the Yvkon so boats do so. If any of you axe-legislators, l vents j.ny tendency of a cold to result o'clock and by sunrise had passed can enter from t h e out side un- \in pneumonia. t mar.-l ^ j five of the boys still m camp. The til about J u n e 2 6 t h . Since May 15 ..- - * • , • - next day we were in the lead. (we have had no night; when we WeTTre'in receipt of a beautiful, p o w u t h e Auvik we had fine sled- ; C ame through t h e Yukon flats -on -Calendar issued by tiie Michigan j n g a n d excellent weather, blight the artic circle there was no Agricultural College. It contains' W f i r m days, snow melted some and change in the shades of light. At some, forty.pictures of buildings, froze in a fine crust nfghts whjch^-Ft. Yukon just above t h e circle live stock, interior, and campus would bear us Aip until - a b o u t " 10 we had one day that t h e sun did scenes, arranged in twelve groups.J o'clock in the forenoon, when we not go out of sight. How would The progress of t h e institution would pitch camp and take s o m e ' y o u like a few such days.down in in recent years is very gratifying needed sleep. We made severaUMich? This "would be a good to its friends. The' attendance j large portages across the bends of country,for farming, a man Could has almost trebled during the p a s t the river saving distance,but n u k - ; work his help 24 hours a day. All four years, and will reach, during ing ourselves lots of hard worlw; winter I have surTered from nothyear nearly 700. I n making portages we rtstmlly worse than a cold and few frost The advantages offered by this left t h e river where the banks, bites; think I frosted my nose Coldest we Genearl Horatio C. King, presi. dent of the New York State board that' has control of t h e Soldiers' H o m e at Bath, New York, iir an an official letter—t£r^ Governor Roosevelt, says that of the more than §100,000 paid last-year- iu pensions to the inmates of that ] the present institution, "is is not an over esti m a t e to state at least ninty per j College are certainly worth very were high, it invarbly seemed so about nine times, cent, was spent foi intoxicants.''! careful consideration by all par-! a t W s t , and our sleds, at times, had at S t Michaels was 40degrees Doubtless the same is true of sol- ents who expect to send their sons1 had to be lifted like so much dead below zero. Up the river it is-] diers' homes generally, the one near Dayton included. Surely we are a""Ve'Ty pariotic philanthropic ( ?) people! We provide at an enormous expence palatial "soldiers' homes" for the dependent veterans of t h e Civil War," slip ply tlietn with all the necessaries of life, including medical attendence, parks for recreation, libaries and readn o b b e d lllC U l U T B A startling- incident ot which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject.is narrated hy finnas follows: "I was in'a. mo*t dreadful condition, my skin was almost yellow, eyessunken. tongue coated,.pain.continually in baxik no appetite, gradually growing .weaker day hy day. Three physicians had given me up bait fortunately 4 friend •advised trying Electric Bitters and to my Rrea|fJ^ and surprise, the fir*t brttle;-toade a decided improvement. I continued their use for three week,* and am now a well man. I know tbey saved my life and robbed the grave of another victim. No one should fail to try them. Only 50c guaranteed at ? . k. Sighir's drug stoje. and daughters away to school. C. L. BOWMAN, Proprietor of The City Market, , Corner ot Main and Mill Sts., I'lNCKNEY, MICH. WILL PAY CASH For Tallow, S i d e s , Pelts, and Dressed Pork. weight u p the bank; then we^ much colder, would wind our way through the No letters came after this one timber following a dog trail which, in June, until Dec. 13th, 1898., snake fashion, twisted eyeiry way Conituued Next Week Notice to Tax Payers The Township's Tax R>!1 is now in my hands for the Collction of Taxes—I will be at the Pinekney E x . B ink during businegg hours to receive the eame. R. II. Teeple. Twp. Treasurer. I would like to trade a single harueas for pole wood. J O E S Y K E S . For S a l e . House and lot in the village of Pinukney t-52 I I . Isham. For Sale or Exchange. A $140 00 ir^an very «!inu,>. Will takh butt«rT »u>j{>, oal>, hay, or anything I can use. WitlMkH samfl ia installments, Percy^warthont, Vinekney, Mich, Werner's Dictionary ol ay uoayms & Antonyms, HytSology and Familiar Pltrascs. |\ A book that should 1KM:I tljevest rxicket of every person, Lec»iui-e it tells you the right ^vorti tc use. Ho Two Words In the English Language Have Exactly the Same Significance. To express the precise meaning tliut one intends to", convey a dictionary of Synonyms U. need<*l to avoid reix;- utmii. TJTe Mmnpest tlRtire .of" speech 'is antithciiis. lv. this die-, tionarv the appended A,i/ni . .- will, therefore, bo foui\d exlreiiiL-ly valuahle. Contains many other features such JIK JH^'tholorty, Familiar Allusions and Foreign Phrases, Prof. Loisette's Memory Sy8tem,'The Art of Never Forgetting." etc.. etc. This wonderful HUle-bonk bonr.d in nneut cloth binding and sent postpaid for &0.25. Full Leather, gilt edrre. $0.40, pom paid. Ordor at ouce. Send for our large book catalogue, free. 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Butcklen'b arnica salve j er a .eivard of 50 cents to any person cures tbetn; also old, tunning and j who pu-chases of us, two 25o boxes fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, j 0f Baxter's Mandrake Bitters Tablets, warts, euts, bruises, burns, scalds, if it fails to cure constipation, biliouschapped bands, chilblains, best pile • ness, sick-beadache, jaundice, loss of cure on earthy drives out pains and ! appetite, sour stomacbe, ^ s p e p s i a , aches. Onlt 25c a box; cure guaran- i liv er complaint, or any of the diseases tetd. Sold by P. A. Sit?Ierr druggist ; {or which it is recommended. Price numb, er o•f- i 2..5. ce7n.t.s. fo, r eit-h er , t.a.b lets or li^q uid, We Will also refund the money dn one package of either if it fails to give good things as usual. Michigan | satisfaction,.. j The J a n r u a r y P r a n k Leslies Magazine is full of E_A, Sigler, W. B. 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TaleAo-. * IU •tO YEARi -' EXPERIENCI Subflotibe for the Difipatch. i !T" - ^ - 7 - ^ 1 r-«i— 7-^7---1- DESIGNS COPYRIGHT* AC. qnAlonkyloyn aes «c*enr<taHinng nao nrk oeptoinhi oann df rde«eM wHhpetttohner M aftf iUnovnean stitornic t\l*y pmrnnhflwdhelnyt ipaal.t eHntaanbdleb,o okC nomn mPaaDtteesat>i tent free. OJdent naency for •ecorlng patent*. Patent* taken thronrh l^nnn Jt Co. reoatf* apttlal notiet, without charge, in tbe Sckntific JUncrkaiu A handaomeiy Uhirtrated weekly. Large* d * ODlatlon of any aetenttflo KmrnaL Terma, l i f t Bar; f onr montha, $L BOM bv an mwadeaiam '• 4--. 1¾ ^.. •A •I'- ll t > 'l At :J» ^ i » ) W « ^ w » ! . « ( l W W f l W * a ^ ^ ' WVSCffiWP* ..•'•W*er'*<* ..fe?vc ^;-:rti/.i' • • > - ' r ^ ' • v i •:...>'< " W ; ;vLV'i.'Vy.» SR :<* >"": iJJW /•*!^ ' M - ^ ^ A K : ** A- . / ^ . - • " • ' : S f '.. <"- 'A" ^ • V ' ' ' . ***' ,f- ^ ujr l!,- - \ I 1 * i I"- t >S.# ••-••j /;-' Facts to Beniember. 'J'he original and genuine Red Fills are Kmil's lUd Pills tor Wan people at 25c boxt the womon's remedy. Don't pay 60 cents. You tan work when they work, mv^> • tii'ipe or make you eick, Knill's u liu,- Liver Pills. Bowel KetiOiJ-.tor. 'i\v"ji^ live doH«s, 25 cents. I'i• a.>ririt, safe and sure are Kni I'•' IIUM i Diarrlicea Pills, $)ures summer . in• iMiu, dysVnte^y atid all pains of it.- -i..uii.ch and bowels. Only 25 lv. V 4 i ne Kidney Pill cure back-, 4 Oi lv 25 cents box. -•. MWHt stomarhs and breaths • i)' t>y lakmyr Knill's Dyspepsia They will cure indigestion, •i 11 -^iiIIIIHfli troubles,- destroys i H^S tor 25c t>ox. Best and i Guai iHntaed l>v yout dru^- Will Unrlett, Dexter. W B. Harrow, Pinckney. ;i i MEN'S THOUOHTLESSN AR-BE /tgSTOHATIVE. B a r - B e n is t h e g r e a t e s t k n o w n n e r v e tonic a n d b l o o d purifier. It c r e a t e s solid flesh, fhuscle a n d STRENGTH, c l e a r s t h e brain, m a k e s t h e b l o o d pure and rich. T i i c U i u Ki),l IVItli Kucli OUl 1 - - . . W e a p o n s . "He tried to kill inel" she walled. There were those that sought to comfort her. They pointed out the fact that she wasatill alive. The villian'a murderous designs had failed. She had not even been hurt beyond the shock to her feelings incident to the discovery of the fact that he no longer loved her a* of yore, when they walked the green fields together and he helped her over the fences. For of course even her comforters could not pretend that he loved her after he had made an attempt to destroy her life.' Still, as has been said, the attempt had failed. The intended victim Uvea, while the would-be asassin was in prison to answer for his attempted crime. This ought to have been reason for gratitude. Bad as the situation was, it m!ght have been much rworse. He might have succeeded in his attempt, and he might have been made to suffer capitally for his crime. Both extremes hfcd-fceen avoided. Nevertheless she refused to he comforted. She wrung her hands in grief. "I -wouldn't have minded it so much," she went on in her anguish, "if he hadn't tried to kill me with such an old-fashioned weapon as an axe. That sort of thing went out-long ago in poTTte society, and even- attempts at murder by throwing lighted lamps are no longer considered the thing." Here she paused to replenish her supp'y of breath, for her remarks had been delivered at a rapid gait. Then tsho resumed her querulous complaint, and after all there seemed to be much reason in herposition. ' "\Vhv couldn't he." ahe demanded, GLASOS3EE1 VELLING. PROCESS BY WHICH EDGE IS CUT AWAY AND REFlNI^HtD. a n d c a u s e s a general feeling of health, power " W h y c o u l d n ' t h e h a v e b e e n u p - t o - d a t e . 1 ^ 7 ¾ ¾ ¾ ^ a n r t * J n t m e a b o x o f P o i s o n e d , c n n d y r t h e sulTerer is quickly m a d e c o n s c i o u s of direct benefit. One b o x will work w o n d e r s , s i x should p e r f e c t a cure, J 6 0 cts. A BOX; G h o x c s , .%.G0. For ] ealo by dnijrirists everywhere, .- , jnniled, s^filci, o n receipt of price. Ai>'';\ •. DKS. HAi;TOM ' A N D B E N S O N , Uar-1 , .. iiiook, Cleveland, 6 ' - i e by I i<". A. SIGLER, Druggist * .ii • i i . - y , - - M i c h . I They could not answer her, but, moving out slowly, with pity in their countenances,, they left her to her great grief. Oh, why will men be so unmindful of women's feelingk? A $4.00 ROM FOUXSctS. The Farjners' Encyclopedia. E v e r y t h i n $r p e r - t a i n i n g to t h e tiff a i r s o f t h e f a r m , h o u s e h o l d t a d s t o c k r a i s i n g . 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' . u c h l V r<rlTil>[,>.! • -r'>!:- • It lias hrt^n demonstrated repeatedly in everv state in the Union and in many foreii/n countries that •'hamh^rlitin'> (,'t'i ' ' I'ein^dv i< a certain prf- ^ If iTas' that W. said : "1 venfiVH and 'viri (or' croup Imeomn th« nnivpr^al rum^dv 'or. •'li^wa^n .VI V Pish-y, of Li'^rtv, Va., only reo^ats ivlvit his iv-»>n around thn i/lolv» vvh^u h^» vvrit"> Ii4ve us^i 1 J3h i-u'>»*rl lio'-i '"loii/ii R-'m- ^dy in my t'a-nily for s^v^ral years and alw ivs with.o^rfnr't snii.•«'<<>«. W-H believ« that it. i<* not. only the I P'l .COUL'II rein^'lv, h\\K that, It" is a sine > ure tor orou|). It his ^avel the liveof o'ii1 *hill"en a nu n h e r c>\' t u n e s " This ruinedv is for sale by b1. A. .Siller, Dt'UsJLJtst. r h © P l » t « t o B « J J e v e l l e d G o « » f r o m O n e W h e e l U» A u o t h e r U n t i l it 1» U r o u t j i i t t*» t l i e K i j ; h t 4 * o l u n J £ m e l > , SuuU a u d W o o d W U o e U A r e LiteO. Bevelled glass Is not new, but it is now far more extensively used than formerly. Twenty years ago bevelled mirrors were comparatively rare; now they are common, and are <seen iu many shapes and s;ze«. Bevelled places, large and small, and both straight and bent, are Used for various other purposes. The process of g.ass bevelling is very simple, but the work calls for skill on the part of the operators. The plate to be bevelled goes first to the roughing mill, which Is a solid, heavy steel wheel about two feet and a half in diameter, set horizontally, and turning at a. high rate of speed. The upper face, or top of this wheel. is slightly rougheneTd. Suspended over the wheel is a big hopper containing sand, which is fed down through a spout in Mich quantity us may be re-i quired upon the top of the rough-fa^ed steel wheel. The" grinder holds the plate to be ground in his hands, with the edge to be ground off upon the face of the roughing mill; he shiits the plate along as the glass is" ground away. The expert grinder, holding a sheet of glass against the roughing wheel in this manner. wMll grind a true- bevel, with a perfectly straight line along ^ts inner edge, anil he brings the side bevels together with a perfectly true angle at the corners. In the roughing mill the bevel is wrought to shape but its face is rough looking and fee tng, in fact, like what it is. ground glase. The plate goes then .to the emery wheel, also of steel and set hoiiizon.ally. Suspended over this wheel is a ljUle hopper filled with emery, the emery feeding dow^i upon ^he wheei. Upon this wneel tne rougn face of the bevel as it comes from the nr.'.ghing mill is again ground, the pla.e being held, in_the sarr.e manner by a grinder, and ' the surface is brought neaier to smoothness. From the emery, wheel the plate goe«i to the smoothing ston> . which is" also set. to turn horizontally. The ^iiioothiiig gtone, wh4eh is of_an -e*->- tremely tine sandstone, i s made__wllhl W t t a t t o T»o In « T o r n a d o J Do you live where there are tornadoes? Wive sou learned to dread the approach of raat funnel-shaped" cloud that Is the herald of disaster? Here are a few hints that may help -f you some day to save your life audi property. Thev are Irserl on facts of which Prof. E. B, Ciumott, of the Chicago Weather Bureau, is authority: Don't feel that you must pen yourself up in an air-tight house. A ,cy. clone is lfkely to make straight for a tightly closed house and lift it from. Its foundation. However substantial the structure the confined air inside will invite destruction. Ou the other hand„ don't feel that you are necessarily doomed just because your dwelling is frail. Open all 'the windows. Be'ter still, open all th'i doors and window" both. When the tornado arrives the air will" be able lo pass freely through the house, and the building will stand. It is u-ele^s to at;empt to fly from the approach of a tornado. No one can predict, where a tornadoOwill s-rike. Make up jonr mind that it ia all a matte.- of chance, and don't* waste energy in i i ' ^ e "precautions." Cvclon{r* force'- are a mystery even to the elo.-es't pimlrnt^ of natural phenomena. All tl.;\i i>- known is that tornadoes travel fven wrst to east and are mo-t frecu^r.t. in the Northwest and -Middle \Vr:-t. In the Winter tornpdoc. s form nv. ihe p,- ine coa?t and in the Culf States, i ne summer tor-. naclor^ eor e oa-t oi the Rocky Mountain r gion. My son h i s been troubled for years with chronic diarrhoea. Sometima ago I persuaded him to take some of Uhamberrin's Colic, Ubolrea and Didr* rhoer Etam-sdy. After aaia<? t ^ o bottles of 25-".ant siz'i he vva% cared. I ffive this testimonial, hoping someooa similarly effected may read it and be benetited—•Thomas 0. Bower, Glencoe. 0. Foe sil* o / P. A.. Si*ler, d r a ^ / i . s t t i e K i « > \ » , Willie—Sant- C ans only brings presents to good litt e boys. •— Tom (confidentially)—YTes, but he'e easi.y fooled. " Th6Best Hotel in timlx A Die at Can do no more tor w0u in the Way of- ^oi.iiv.jtj bedi,»nd good meali than the Franklin lion*; . . Bates and Larned Strwu. R * t « ar* $t.f>o to J; Co % dav, American plan. Wot>dwanl and Jefferson Arenpea are only a bloc* away, with c*r» tr> »11 nBrts of thacitjb AxceUent accommodatlom for wbeflaaen, H . H. J A M E S A S O N , P r o p r i ^ t o r a B a t e ! « n d L a r n e d S t a . , P e t r o l t . H i e ) LAST F O R E V E R . A n lnt«T' n t i o n a l Cnmpttrntion". •"'Tin- Ch,- _....o. ,.!!> one would knew, tlvi Vo-bh • was a B.iton and his w':'.-> _^n v meriean." "I'cr v. .'.at reason?" 'Ilo-xhe havh g n eea'skin di=nnte nd h y can't even settle it by arbitraticn." :v r: t T n e k v I-'«cjipe, ;vc; Hi—+—v\':..- about $"o ,we Of Q U r p n r i s h its upper surface, that against; which the gl::«s is brought, very sligh ly convex. This stone is finished perfectly smooth and it is.jso tine, grained that to Nthe touch iT"seems almost to he polished. . A tiny stream of water, enough to {keep i b e f:ire of the-stono, wet, is made to trickle down upon Tt ami the tlass is he'd to ibis wheel just as it was to the others, and here the bevelled oj'sre j ^ brought down to a emooh surface, but not po'ished '(he plate goes then to a polisliing wheel marie of wood and set to turn v.erticnlly; th(- bevel edge of the'glass Is held agniust the edge, or f^ice of this, wooden wheel as i' rapid'y revolves. The face of the wheel is "kept wet and constantly supplied with pulverized stone,- Upon this wheel the bevelled edge gets its first polish. The glass then takes the. final step itl the bevelling process It goes to another wheel, aleo_of_ wood, and also turning vertically whose" faceTis of TeTf." The-frrce of this wheel also is kepi we; and it ife supplied with a fine poMsh'ing rra-1 terial called- from i"s color, rm^gn. i Here, as at the first polishing wheel, the glass is held with the be\el ae-u?v? , the edge, or face of the wheel. On t"Hp 'rouge wheel the bevel gets i"s fin"H 'polish and finish and 1he-snvface ot iLJLbevelled edge, which after the Pv: A O n > ' ; 1)l«li O r (Hjnpany. A reiil q u i c k ill.-/: : o / u h e x i J f c t r d eoni]1 ::!]}' c:in l.-c r.'i:o;cj>: t h e o m n i ' p : c s - e i u eg;_'., l l o i l h:\.: ;i t l o / ; , - n — l e s s <;r m o r e — l o r ' t e n I U I M K O S , t l i e n l i m v ; t h e m jntti cn'(l u- • ;• M^t'or o n e uiinut.e,- c f i e r w h i c l i le'Vif^vp T h o s j i f ' l a n d o u t i n t o h o t ' w a t t ' r a,t:'!:.n. > | a k o ;i c r e a m g r a v y o f m i l k . Vii•:;':• ;iiid h o u r . ;>od s e a s o n w e l l , l l a l v " t h e e g g s a n d ptar.1 i t ov'X' t h e m . ' • E v e n a j t e r m - r r i a i r e a fireman l o v e s to talk of his own (lames-. I want to let, t.h-3 people who suffer from rheumatism and siatica know that Chamberlain's Pain Halm reliev- 4 ed'ma alter a number, of other medicijjes and a doctor had failed. It is t h e b e s l t i n r n r ^ j H : M y ^ ^ oH—J. A. Dodjzen, Alpharetta, Ga Thousands Wave l>een 'cured of rhenmrtisin by this remedy. One application'relieves the paiu. - F o r sale by P.. A. Sitfler, Drut/gi^t. Salwcribe for Despatch P U B H 3 U B D KVSRT THDB8DAY MOBMINe B V ^ F R A N K L. A M O i E W S Editor and 7*ropfieior. Subscription Price $1 ia.Advance <\ l a t e r e a at t h e PoutoHc* at i'laaany, JCttbl^fio, aa aecoad-ulaaa inittar. Adrertising ratea made Jcaown on application. Bcainese Cards, $4.00 per y e a r . I^eath and marriage uucicaa pu^liatted t r e e . 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We haveall k i n d s and the latest styles of Type, etc., wrncb e n a o l e s us to e z w u i e ail tiuda of wort, sac.n an Hui>Hfl» Paiuplets, Posters, Pruxrauauies, Bill Heads, Note Heads, statements, Cards, Auction Bills, etc., i n superior styles, upon tne shortest notice. P r i c e s M o*\- as ijuo'i WJfR can ije a o a e . THE VILLAGE DIRECTORY, VILLAGE OFFICEftSV P R B S H J B S T . ...... .:..~~ UiiX. M c l n t y r e iTnusTHCs li, L, L^i > U;J-J yd. Vicred . I > i . i s , Daniel Klch.irda, 'Hu. 3)»v,nia, S i u u e l I "~ . - Sykes. f. i>, Jouuaon. C.'LEBK.-.. ....... ...,^. •• ••.•««> •• TliEA^OUEit. •-:-..... •..« •• I A*»tiS*im ' >TRBEH.:Oil>ll"*S[i)SBrt . . . M A K S A U L A. E. , 1 , - I Y - I . ' u J i K A L T i w m c e u . o r . ti. K. si^Lir ATTORN nv M ....MM ......•• ^v". A. O i r r . : % • • ^ .11. H. reeple , \V. E. Murphy ...\V. A. C^rr .J,- >tonK3. CHURCHES. ME T H O D I S T E P I S C O P A L U U l ' k W d . Kev. Oiui-5. SiLUJSou, ^istor.'S^rv-i;i4 i v j r y Sunday inor'uin« at IDM-i, and -jvory S a n l a y eveniukj at T:»>» o'cV»ct. Prayer meeting L'aura- ,+*y-nTBpjrwu. Sunday -JO ;»oi ,-it Hose of J i o r n - AiTint^ i. Egrsyp*-T CO-SL* tiEG A TIC) N A L C il C UC l i . Kev. C. - W . l t i c e p^.-itur. Service e v e r y Suadav morning it , in;;-|.i -iu 1 -jw-sry S i i Uy evening at":0C )'ci. >c*. Prayer luentin^ Puursdav e v e n i n g s . S a a l - i y school *t cli>>*e >»f : nori\- i n i service. It.-Hr-Tii'eple , i iu'.. lt>ss ^*A, Sec Th^1 "Rank of Spain now holds $12,- Tno.OOO more gold thnn ir held a year ag . and $41,700.0^0 more suver. Tts note circnlation, meantime, has increased $21,800,000. About the most expensive luxuries In Lima are postage stamps. It cort* 22 cents in native s;ivei- to carry an ordinary letter, which is equivalent to 11 ceMs in gold. Tn those parts of Armenia where ST. M \ It i"S '.' A 1' H i > L. IC •' i i U itC d. Itev. M. .1. Co.uiii Tior.l, i'i^t)f. •••'rvic^M [every Sunday. Lumz uiaas a t 7 : M o ' c l o c k i higli uiaes wiiu s e r m o n iit J:i;>*. m. C^ueclnsm at :J:WI p. m., vespers<»afi.oeU'*dtr.tlon at t :•«» p. n . SOCIETIES. The A. O. II. SDcietv i»f tuis , ) l v \ o w » ^v-^ry t t i i r i S u i l i t - i i t m :'\-, t i t n e [ i l l J o a n l\i> ii «y .in I »li c iv 'uy^ J > i it.- > -l <( v'.-is . t ? P W O E l T H LEAGUE. Moets every Sunday Itjeveainij; at i>:'>'>«)cli»ck; m ihr< ^1. ••], Jnnrcti. . V cordial iuvltatinu is.e<t.erid.> i f.o .'very>i»e, e-ip^- ciallv vouu^ people. Mrs. .Stella Or*UAin'Pre-» poor_ PERFECT SCALES operation, was rough like ground g'^ss.' is now as smooth and as polished as the flat surface of the plate. ' Grea' plates that are tor> hig to b<5 Vnr,_-it vv *s So5 exactly. held by h°nd are looked into a frame -. ' n My I'.rrband old me vc :h:>t--nearly- h?lf of it that can be so moved ps to brine tht». .1 li- a gooi-natu ed sort of , e d *p i J t o be'bevelled against wheels Copppi P l a t e d Alliiteel Levers, Combination Beam. Catalogue Free. Address, Jones or BINGHAMTON, B I N G H A M T O N N- Y- wa- u, g r r l . e s . Ke won it at :vC. '.".-::ed it over to our fund. V.ig' ?e---\Ve.l. l'n- thankful i , ! (1 it oir till the monev di-iv.-.sed nf.---Crlor>$;o Tribune adjusted for the purpose. • E •'- 'V.-v carry a sio«k oi s;ix)ds valued v( $1,500,000.00 receive irt.m 'l0,tKX> to 2a,UMJ.lt tters every day r, : . . . - ^ ^ . . •- c .«.. <' 1 Havintr n *;r« ««i R a n nn Chamber* | laln'a r - u g h Remedy. ! Manager Martin, of the Pearson drug store, informs ns that lie is havin? a a rait r a n on Chamberlain's Consh Remedy.. He selU five hurries of that medicine t o one. or jiny other kindra,nd-i± gives ffrpat sati^fai• ti.»n. In These davs of la urippe there i» TTnfiTinir tike Ch^mbBFl«ifi£^ C^uiib .flem^dy to stop the convrh, heal up the sor-'throat and lnnes and yives t-ejief in a very short tun*. ; The s^ifs ire arrowing, ahd all who trv i* aie '»'eas-d >vith its» pr mpf netir>t«.:—Son'h 'lii'iiii'V-.f) lily Cal,umet. \?'^V sale bv the ma.-sacres t^ok place three yea-s ago Turkish so'diers-^ill infest th« v H ' ^ r s and foTce the impove.ished natives to support^them._ • T.art ypar the Sweetmeat Automatic Snrtn'v Company of London collected in c--pprr'?'from thel" Trneh'nes no le^s th-n €139 796—33.sni.O40 pennies, nvi"bly.2l2 ton of coppers. The "Belgians a^e an eminently cCr\-rvn-hil people. : Tn- An'we- p ten t'"ivo':r? commercial sc%o'nr7hrp?:' of three yen^^ deration, with an annual income r(. tlSUl^. are sr'ven to s'uden^ s whSyl^nost deserve such "ppo.-- tnnities. ^ ' . t'.. A yew Jersey mar har= patented a v itchlr°' p^s1, wh:c>i wi'l .accommo- ^n*e bicycles as we1! as horses, the no-ti^n of the no=t nearest t, - e pavement l'c><r nmvi'ed wi'h s^V nf snffe'e^ v '.vidth t" admir-fhe.v.'h'e! of the. macb.ine Ttrkey flo°s que'r Th nc- ?-^m^';m,>s —-t,,!r'.;•« whie^i ca"n o4 he fu lv 'tn:!erstord bv 'the n^-^le r( *N-> We-;^rri ^-r-r,d 0"e o* the n-W i°.-'d^"i'? rp- PP^'^V re'"itnd te'l-' ^f a ne:"P'at: ti'm tending som^ ^n-^ tex'i1"1 qr^c!-- v:-aprrrT ; n n ^ ^ ' T T o - c : f r t o u r ' k ^ v . T h " pn^'om o'^^'a'^ f'-.-i V'1 -h't th" sro^is had to ^e TTt'^'"\\""."^-nW <e;u oh the:r ' wav min,,s t^e re^'-vn^rs. C CU-il'lVN" ESV>.-:W'M S ^ U i l ' f i - M w t , Li-^- !»vr»rv s.i i i i / ^^»ii i,' it •>: 11 .'r MI I -nt, Mis-S .^tt.k ,'.iri> uic^r; i>'jr ii.u1/, >l:*. V. ii,.^. r n Q j ; ^V. (;. T. U. inv^t* tli ? : i r « ^ r i l i y of e*ch 1 . H ^ t t v o t ^ c p. tn. it t i^r^vra^ or :>r. f. f\ si^ler.^ tiV'Tvoa-i i-itt-r^st* t i i t ' O i i a a c ^ i-i <M*<liiiUv invito I Mrs. '^e.il Si^l^r, Prjs; »Irj. Etta Diiriee, Secretary. 1; The C. T. A. and B. Sueie>.j< jf t h i s . n ' a c e , m ^ i t every third Saturday evening in t'ir» f r . X vtthew- Hall. — John Dnnohue, 1: resident. & of N I O U T S O F MACCABBESi. Meet every Priday-evenin^ on or tiefore t a l l v,. the moon at their hall in the Swartliuut bld^. Visitinir brothers ire rordiallv invited. C H A » . CaHPBELi., Sir Eniuht C o m m a n d e r Livingston Lod^e, No. 7", * \ \ , « . tC-?^i»*r Coiniuuulcatiou 1'iifsday-eveain^, i>a >>r imfar* t h e m i l ot the mo.ni. Aiex>u ler dolutyfe, i'.'.'>I. OltOEK OE EASTEKN S l-AUineetaeach uioutn tiir» End.iy ev.?ntn4 t i i l o w u ^ uicj re'u:*r t \ A A.M. in-etm^, »- vt*s, .UAHY titAO, * , .*. LADIES OE T H E M A C C A B E K S . i l e i t every la* and ird 3at.1rd.-1y of eachinouih at 4:top in. » . K . ' ) . l\ >l. u.ill. Visiua^ *.»tjr> o > r i u i i y 11 \ i t e d . LILA C O S I W A I ' Lady Com. ^ S i i ! UTS OF THK L J Y A L GU vKl) _. me -t every s e o o a i >Veiuesddf ev^niu^ of every monULljULthd l£. Q»_ T.'.M. Hall At ."ilioVtocK. All visitinrf' .Guards welcome. e . G . J A C K S O N , Capt. (Ten. 8US!N£SS CARDS. And «x:eapsrthe talleat mercant*l!» buildiafe i f f ' f n e V o r ' . d . ; , , : nr.v- Qver 3,oao,ooo c u s t o m e r s . Sjxtpeti h u n d r e d t l e i r k a a r e const .• '};?• . : e n g a g e d filling 6ut-ot-tov^n orders. , .' •, .v.. • "* .- v _ . * . ' , . . • '"' ''""'•^ . O U R G E N E R A L C A T A L O G U E i s \ t > * bopkifp*f thy. p>*r'>, - i ' *-**; W h o l e a i l e P r i c e * t o E v > r y t A d y . h^s ovcr,j[,ono p a g e s , 16,000. illv-s.:.. u ;-.-.vi 60,000 d e s c r i p t i o n s o f aivn '.. a wi'thppi'cea: It c o s t s ?3 Cents t o print ->:S Vr.ail e a c h c o p y . W c W a n t y o u t J ^ a v e o n e . S ^ N D F r F T E E N ' ' C E N T S t ^ o t i r ! - * • - The' Qovernment of India is UJSTI-SCVT -fo-employ electricity as its mcitivp newer ir the gre^t central fnc o l ' s , which it intends to 3?t.up/"lTrj Jub^ulpore. t ,^w^ • " • ' ' / ' , Th'^ cheapest posla' %arr^ ltr>he /1.^ror1^"ls that of Japsn. where for" two t ^en—about Reven-tp';,^«» c >> ptr,"^.. D r . O i i y s t^onditif^n Poivd^rs are )i\it ivliat a h i r , - ne^^< wren in bad condition. T m i c , idood puririer and \^r;nil'i^e. Th*v an> n-ot t-ioi but ou- tii'ine and-the b»>>t in use t -> put a liorse in prime condition. Price 2-^ H. F.SIGLER M » 0 - C, L, SIGLER M. Q PRS.jIJrLER & S I J L E R . - P;i>-^ii.i» .-* ^rrl;i S.ir.;o >.i*. A i l c.iit* ^ r o i u p t l an-»:i t "I t o I iv vr '114m. O 4 ¾ o n M a t a ^ c r rrnnlcnpTT-H ttrlt;— per p.i.'fcAtfe.' For sa'r hv F A. Sijich^ copy. W e ^ a n t y o u t o ^ a v e o n e . • S E . N D ' F P P T E E N ' C E N T S to •ni'.cw r ^ J l e t t e r s a r e - C O n V e y e d 1 »11 O V f t M h e E m - »tfr good f«it!i. a n d vve'll^s-.cnd J>-u a cq^v T''''•:':•:, w i t h ail c.havjt.sj.v.y.'j-'. \ »,* f .,_.,__. ' 7 W > • ' " • • ' — ^ »«: - I ; . *'.• .P'r e« j y . , - . . > • • - l V* V L . . •* . H ^ Wn^TSPf^PRV l / ' P ^ f. rf\ Mtch:c-«Avo.an>^r?isa.Titreej f'V> S\ Tn (termfiny, during the ye*r,ending ^ . r H U i n u L u L m Vr/iaJ Co J 0 . - C H I C A G O ' . ^-)-½^i :. .Tu^.uftg.^ut -f.S87<H»l p-r«nn« l o o ^ . / ^ - - ''ti*" . > » ^ * • . . — IVR ^or e«rpj^yn>«»t, 22?.5*f"> frVond occ^ r>fitipn rpy,ftoeaa» of tree en^ploywent agenclet. 'er . Yankee ingenuity Vms itpset an #n> cient cvstnm in 4ndia. For jwnMir'rs p-very.»ra'ah ^ d cvejrL,-'he minor poten't:' tlV! havo. bjKf-"snpc^l men called "r.itnkas*-.te-;ran f-hem du-l^ijr th^i'* all wak'n? honr«. Now thei^ .lohl-gore, t*r rvprv ralnh ha» bought jan American BVctrlc fan. Da. A. B. GREEN, > •: ; rt - r - •;.• -.-y r i I M U y ami Kril^y Office over ^L'ler's Oraj; Store. ^ Funeral ')irvt>r an I '•UTii'inr. ftasldeieo • u i v " ' l .VHT i s v < t r i < l s p i » n . Ul calls pv.viiDiiy i ! M v r « d O-tri nile n^rth o< ?l.itadeld Village. J . :i $\Y1.&$. T PATENTS GUARANTEED Our fee returned if w e faiL A n y o n e s e n d i n g s k e t c h a n d description of a n y i a v e n t k H i w u l p r o m p t l y receive our o p i n i o n f r f e T o n c e r n i n s j t h e p a t e n t a b i l i t y of s a m e . u H o # " C b O b U i t t i -^.--¾ WlXrED-The Sahacription <Iae,aa the DISPATCH. f a t e u t " s e n t u p o n request. P a t e n t s t h r o u g h u s advertised for s a l e a t o a r e x p e n s e " . P a t e n t s t a k e n o u t t h r o u g h u s reeehre Mwetan • • t t o * , w i t h o u t c h a r g e , i n T H K P A T S X T • * « • % a n illustrated a n d .widely circulated Joocaa% c o n s u l t e d b y Manufacturers a n d XnvastoOb S c a d for s a m p ) « « o p y P f f t t 4 ft 'IdrsajL VICTOR J . t V A M * OO. ... , :..-.A WMNIINffiOIti aV flbt - . W U J I . . J , t > . „ > l , ..V' i • • * *- M. ^Kf^*:-**-- $ ¥ ^ V'''H:,' ;W :••; '.'''.'ty'-' '"•• • JL ^ * * ^ . ^ [ . « * ! ' ' ; A - ' •T u F B A N K L. ANDREWS, P u b l i s h e r PINCKNEY, MICHIGAN. 1 • I 88» Matching for the drinks is one kind of a ball match. The village minister acquires a surplice- -tut seldom a surplus. A woman forgets she h a s a headache when sb.9 is wearing a new hat. The flrst step is often so expensive t h a t you can't afford to take the second. Many a so-caHedl\pait. triot whose voice i s for war is unable to hear a call to a r m s . W h e n a woman reads the opening Ohapter of a novel she j u m p s t o the conclusion. ^ M A G E ' S SEEMON. v MILLARS O F S M O K E . L A S T S U N - D A Y ' S S U B J E C T , Lore., thy slaughtered whose uoues . / Text* SolomoQ'a 8on* 8: 6: Who 1» Thl* That Cometh O* of - t h e WUdemeu Like Pillar* of •Smoke?— Suffering of tiod'a Church. Fate is what a man calls it when he Sets In trouble for doing w h a t he shouldn't do. '""~~ Some people fail to recognize an opportunity when it comes up and shakes h a n d s with them. Wrinkles are the little furrows in which Father Time sows t h e seeds~6f discontent with a lavish hand. Medical statistics from Luzon show t h a t the death rate among the American soldiers engaged In t h e present w a r is r a t h e r lower t h a n among the troops stationed at Washington, Boston, New York % and San Francisco. Pedestrianism has always been regarded as a healthy-ferra-of-exercise, and the daily marches' In pursuit of the pugnacious Aguina^ldo have undoubtedly served to more *tnan counteract the supposed bad effects of a torrid climate. L o n g Lee, a Chicago Chinaman, has - The architecture of t h e smoke is wondrous, whether God with his finger curves it into -a cloud- or rounds it into a dome, or points it in a spire, or spreads it in a wing, or, a s in the text, hoists it in a pillar. W a t d k j j t winding up from the country f^artfplouse in the early morning, showing t h a t the pastoral industries have begun; or, seo it ascending frofc the chimneys of the city, telling of the homes fed, the factories turning out valuable fabrics, the printing presses preparing book and newspaper, and all the ten thousand wheels of work in motion. On a clear day this vapor spoken of mounts with such buoyancy and spreads such a delicate- veil across the sky, and traces such graceful lines of circle and semicircle and waves and tosses and sinks and soars and scatters with such affluence of shape and color and suggestiveness, t h a t if you have never noticed it you are like a man who has ali his life lived in Paris and yet never seen the Luxemburg, or all his life in Rome and never seen the Vatican, or all his life at Lockport and never seen Niagara. Forty-four times the Bible speaks of t h e smoke, and it is about time t h a t somebody preached a sermon recognizing this strange, weird, beautifuU„ e_lastic, charming, terrific and fascinating vapor. Across the Bible sky floats the smoke of Sinai, the smoke of Sodom, the smoke of Ai, the smoke of the pit, the smoke of the volcanic hills when God touches them, and in my t e s t the glorious-church of God coming up out of the wilderness-iike pillars of smoke. In the flrst place, these pillar's of smoke in my text indicate the suffering the church of God has endured. ;What do I m e a n by the church? I meain not been sentenced to work out a $100 fine, [ a building, not a sect, but those who, at the rate of $1.50 a week day? in' the , in all ages, and all lands, and of all behouse of correction. But the authorities have n o ' w o r k f o r ' h i m to do, and trio nnfrtrtnnatP "pftlpstial" is beginn i n g to fear t h a t "oJcT age with his ste'aling step may claw him in his clutcn" before the amount is discharged. No wonder the simple children of the east are often los% in wonder and amazement at the strange workings of western justice. A society woman who had" shown much kindness to a young collegian overheard him one" day S pgaklng : ofa lies as having a-monopoly of persecu her by her Christian name. Innocent in intention, ho showed himself inexcusably careless of the bounds between friendliness and familiarity, and was pever again invited to her house. F a r more innate was the courtesy of a comp a n y of young recruits who recently fell out of a military procession to salute Miss Gould at her house door. "She's Helen, our Helen!", they shouted, stamping their feet and toss1- i n g their caps, as they read her p a r d o n in her answering smiles. T h e extraordinary improvements -which have'recently been made in bicycle lamps makes It t h e more surprising that the locomotive h e a d - l i g h t a ' w i y w a r d " e h i f d o f T P a p i s t would not. liei's, love" God, and are trying to do right. For many centuries the heavens have been black with .the smoke W martyrdom. If set side by side you could girdle the earth with the fires of persecution. Rowland Taylor burned aJLHadleigh; Latimer burned r t Oxford; John Rogers burned at Smithfield; John Hooper burned at Gloucest e r ; Jotfn Huss burned at Constance; Lawrence -.Saunters burned at Coventry; Joan of Arc burned at Rouen. Protestants have represented Catho- "AvengM, 0 saiLts Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold." T h e smoke of m a r t y r s ' homes and m a r t y r s ' bodies if rolling up all at once would have~ecllpsed the noonday sun, and turned the brightest day the world ever saw into a midnight. " W h o is this t h a t cometh out of t h e wilderness like pillars of s m o k e ? " H a s persecution ceased? Ask t h a t young man who is t r y i n g to be a Christian in a store or factory, where from morning to night he is t h e butt of all t h e mean witticisms of unbelieving employes. Ask t h a t wife whose husband makes her fondness for the house of God, and even her kneeling praygr by the bedside a derision, and Is no more fit for her holy companionship t h a n a filthy crow would he fit companion for a robin or a golden oriole. Compromise with the world and s u r - render to its conventionalities and it ,may let you alone, but all who will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution. Be a theater-going, cardplaying, wine-drinking, round-dancjng\ Christian,- and you may escape criti-^ cism and social pressure. But be an up and""down, out and out follower of Christ, and worldling will wink to worldling as he speaks your name, and you wilhbe put to many a doggerel, and snubbed by those not worthy to blacken your oldest shoes. W h e n the bridge a t Ashtabula broke, and let down the most of the carload of passengers., to. Instant death, Mr. P. P. Bliss was seated on one side of t h e aisle of the car writing down a Christian song which he was composing, and on t h e other side a group of men were playing cards. Whose landing place in eternity would you prefer—that of P. P. BHss, the Gospel singer, or of the card-players? A great complaint comes from t h e theaters about the ladies' high hats, because they obstruct the view of t h e stage, a n d 4 a lady reporter asked me what I thought about it, and I told her that if the Indecent pictures of "actresses in the show windows were accurate pictures of w h a t goes on i n many of the theaters, night by night, then it would be well if the ladies' hats were a mile "high, so as to completely obstruct the vision. If professedtors, but both Protestant and Catholic have practiced infamous cruelties^ The Catholics/ du-ring the reign of Hunneric, were by Protectants put tdTThe worst tortures, stripped of their clothing, hoisted in the air by pulleys with weights suspended from tbeir feetrthen let down, and ears n.nH pyp^, nopft nn(i tongue were amputated, arid red-hot plates of iron we^e put against the tenderest parts of their bodies. George Bancroft, the historian, says ^>f the state. a O l a r y land: " I n the land which Catholics had opened to Protestants mass might not be said publicly; no Catholic, priest or bishop might utter his faith In a v o l a r of persuasion; no Catholic might teach t h e young. If h a s been so long neglected, since noth ing is more important t h a n t h a t the engineer should see as far aheati along t h e track as possible. The introduction of electricity do away with one danger* t h a t now attend rail become an apostate, the law wrested for him from his parents a share of their property. Such were the meth- ? odsr adopted to prevent the growth of promises , to.' popery.". of the chief I Catholicism as well as Protestantism r o a d traveling by night. Ob- has had its martyrs. It does seem as i f w n e n a n y o n e s e c t g o t complete domstacles on the track, broken, bridges, o t h e r trains ahead, and all the unk n o w n dangers t h a t the darkness covinancy in any land, the- devil of persecution and cruelty took possession on t h a t sect. Then see the Catholics after e r s will in future he^Uistinguishable in. t h e Huguenots. See the Gentiles after ample time t o bring t h e train to a the Jews in Touraine, where a, great standstill before any damage is done, pit was dug and fire lighted at the bot- — •- •- • - • torn of the pit, and one hundred a n a An illustration of t h e present-and sixty Jewish victims were consumed, prospective value of timber lands is See the Presbyterian parliament of furnished by the Charleston News and England, more tyrannical in their Courier, which tells, in a recent issue, j t r e a t m e n t of opponents than had been how an unusually large w h i t s oak log, the criminal courts. Persecution measuring forty feet in length and against t h e Baptist by Paedo-Bapforty- two' inches in diameter at t h e tists. Persecution of the Established emaller end, was recently shipped from Church against the Methodist church. Savannah to a northern firm. Its Persecution against t h e Quakers. Pervalue, says our'contemporary, when secution against the Presbyterians. Unsimply sawed into lumber for shipping d e r EmReror Diocletian one hundred was estimated at $240. Smaller logs _a°4 *°rty-foux thousand Christians bring equally good prices in propor- w e r o massacred, and seven hundred _tlon, of pource. 4 B , recent years timber t n o u s a n d m o r e o f t h e m d i e d f r 0 n i b a n " l a n d s in the south bearing similar l s h m e n t a n d exposure, lumber have been sold for $2 and even leas per acre. Landowners who dis Witness the sufferings of the Waldenses, of the Albigenses, of the Nesposedof or neglected theTr7orestlands t o r I a n s - W l i n e s s S t : Bartholomew's played a losing game in those years, f f f c r e . f W , i t n * s s ^iP"**" A l v a but, now that the folly of such busi^ ) £ v 4 n f o u t f* *i f e e £ h t e * n t h ? u x f n d ness has been brought home t o them. C h ? S f f ? » : T ^ J ^ L ^ J ^ l «• io n/x* iiniib-*i«. **?* . ) , . „ «111 *l tBd-Bechwr-and Hilaebrand, and Tor- L „ £ ? J £ l n ! l ^ t S S L LProflt auemada, and Earl of Montfort, and tty p a a f ^ s s o n s And preserve and n u r - ^ ciaverhouse, who when told t h a t t n r e their growing timber. Viewing recent developments in the lumber m a r k e t s , it may not-be-amiss t o suggest t h a t the farmers having about fort y acres or more on which oak Is now growing could do n o t h i n g better t h a n leave It alone, for it is more t h a n probable t h a t they will find U a good int e r e s t payer, If not t h e K c u f ^ u a b l e p a r t of .their flm^ Irf a f e w y i m to ae must give account for his cruelties, •jaid: "I have no need to account to mac, and as for God I will t a k e h i m in n y own hands." A red l)ne runs hrough the church history of nineteen mudr-edjrears, a line of bfood,____Not >y the hundreds of thousands, but by che millions must we count those slain for Christ's firiff, Hip wootfe* J f h n Milton put the groan* oi ' M a s immortal tune-, writing Christians go to such places during the week, no one will ever'persecute them for their religion, for they have none, and they are the joke of hell. But let inem live a consecrated and Christian 4ife and they will soon run against sneering opposition. For a compromise Christian ' charactor an easy time now, but for consecrated behavior, grimace and caricature. For the body,-thanks to the God of free America, there are now no swords or fiery stakes, but for the souls of thousands of the good, in a figurative sense, rack and gibbet and Torquemada. The symbol of the domestic and social and private and public suffering of a great multitude of God's dear children, pillars of smoke. W h a t an exciting scene in India, when, during the Sepoy rebellion, a regiment of Highlanders came up and found the dead body of one of General Wheeler's daughters, who had been insulted and mauled and slairj, by the Sepoys. So great was the wrath" against "these murderers that the Scotch regiment s a t down and, eutting-off the hair of, this dead daughter of Gen. Wheeler, they divided ii among them, and each _one counted the number of hairs g i v e n / : him, and each one took an oath, which, was executed, t h a t for each hair of the murdered daughter—they would dash out the life of a bestial Sepoy. But as v;e look over the story of those who in all ages have suffered for the truth, while we leave vengeance to the Lord,,let us l>nd together iu one solemn vow, one tremendous oath, after having counted the host of the martyrs, that for each one of those glorious men and women who died for truth an immortal shall live—live with God and live forever. But as ^ a l r e a d y hinted in t h e flrst sentence of this sermon^ nothing ca-n be more beautiful than the figures of smoke on a clear sky. You can, see what you will rn the contour of t h i s volatile vapor, now enchanted castles, cow troops of horsemen, now bannered procession, now winged couriers, now a black angel of w r a t h under a spear of light, and now from horizon to hori zon the air is a picture gallery filled with masterpieces of which God is the artist, morning clouds of smoke born in the sunrise, and evening clouds of smoke laid in the burnished sepulchres of the sunset. The beauty of the transfigured smoke is a divine symbol of the beauty of the church. The fairest of all the fair is she. Do not call those persecutors of whom I spoke'the church. They are the parasites of the church, not, the church itself. Her mission is to cover th» tn*r\vt with a supernatural gladness. to open all the prison doors, to balsam all the wounds, to moss all the graves, to .burn up the night in the fireplace of a great morning, to change, iron handcuffs into diamonded wristlets, to t u r n the whole race around, and whereas it faced death, commanding it, "Right about face for heavenf" According to the number of the spires of the churches in all our cities, towns and neighborhoods, are the good homes, thg_jmrld_p_rpsperltle8> and the pure moral* and the happy souls. * It is demou*:rated tr> a n ^oueert wen t h a t it is not so ceruun t h a t William Cullen Bryant wrote "Tha&atopsls," or Longfellow wrote " H i a w a t h a " as t h a t God, by t h e hand of prophet and apostle, wrote the Bible. All the wise men in science and law and medicine and literature and merchandise are grad-^. ually coming to believe in Christianity, and soon there will be n o people w h o disbelieve in it except those conspicuous for lack of brain or men with two families, who do not like the Bible because it rebukes their swinish propensities. T h e time is hastening when there will be no infidels left except libertines and harlot^ and murderers. Millions of Christians ^ h e r e once there were thousands, and thousands where once there were hundreds. W h a t a bright evening this, t h e evening of t h e nineteenth century! And the twentieth century, which is about t o dawn, will, in my opinion, bring universal victory for Christ and the church, that now is "marching on with step double-quick, or, If you prefer t h e figure of the text, Is being swept on in the mighty gales of blessing, Imposing and grand and majestic and swift like pillars of smoke. Oh, come into the church through Christ the door—a door more glorious A boiitttn Mmi PlmMi'd. I n conversation .with some friends, 0« p r o m i n e n t "Boston "man tbl3 o f h i s s u i * tarings from r h e u m a t i s m a n d n t r v o u * Siss, and one of hi^ friends gave him* me advice, which will /be mentioned' l i t e r , and which h a s proven to be of in»r ^calculable value. To successfully act on the- adrlo©, i t was. necessary t p m a k e W tjrip of o v e r 2,000 miles, but h e understood it, a p d now t h a n k s his friend' for t h e advioe* a i he finds himself fully relieved of hUold * r o n b & tod/.'ha* ^ $ ^ $ > V* home feeling able to cope w i t n l i i s b u s i - ness demands, a n e w man], „ * ' The advice]given w a s t o ' g o to "Hot* Springfi," South Dakota, and t h e r e t a k e the b a t h s and enjoy t h e finest-^Umatei of any health resort in America, If this man w a s satisfied after m a k - i n g a long trip, those residing w i t h i n • few hundred miles a n d similarly afflicted can certainly afford tb try it, or r a t h e r can't afford to neglect to t r y it. Ask any agent of t h e North-Western. Line for full particulars, or w r i t e J . R.• BUCHANAN, General passenger •Agent, F. E. & M. V. R. UM Omaha, N e b . . TIIA Health and l*l«a»ure Resorts Of Texas, Mexleo, Arizona and California are quickly and comfortably reached via the Southern Pacific Comt h a n that of the temple of Hercules, | pany's Sunset Route. Daily- t h r o u g h which had two IpTIIarsT and one w a s ' service from New Orleans to S m I gold, and the other emerald! Come in today! The world you leave behind is a poor world, and it will burn and pass off liko pillars of smoke. Whether the final conflagration will s t a r t In the coal mines of Pennsylvania, which, In'some places, have for many years been burning and eating Into the heart of the mountains, or whether it shall begin near the California geysers, or whether from out the furnaces of Cotopaxi, and Vesuvius, and Stromboli, it shall b u r s t forth upon the astonished nations, I m a k e no prophecy; but all geologists tell us that we stand on the Hdvftf a world the heart of which is a raging, roaring, awful flame, and some day God will let the red monsters out of their Imprisonment, and New York on fire in 1835, and Charleston on fire in 1865, and Chicago-on fire in' 187.1, and Boston on fire in 1873, were only like one spark from a blacksmith's forge as compared with t h a t last universal blaze, which will be seen in other worlds. But gradually the flames will lessen, and the world will become a great living coal, and that will take on ashen hue, and then our ruined planet will , begin to smoke, and the mountains will smoke, and the valleys will smoke, and the Islands will smoke and the seas will smoke, and the cities will smoke, and the five continents will be five pillars of smoke. But the black vapors will begin to lessen in height and density, and then will become hardly visible to those who look upon it from the sky galleries, and after a while from just one point there will curl up a thin, solitary vapor, and then even t h a t will vanish, and there will be nothing left except the charred ruins of a burned-out world, the corpse of a dead star, the ashes of an extinguished planet, a fallen pillar of smoke. But that will not interfere with your investments if you have taken Christ as your Savior. Secure heaven as your eternal home, and you can look down upon a_ dismantled, disrupted, -and demolished e a r t h without any perturbation. "When-wrapped in fire the realms of ether glow. And heaven's l a s t . t h u n d e r s shake t h e earth below, Thou, undismayed, shalt o'er t h e ruins smile, And light thy torch at nature's funeral pile." Francisco via Houston, San .Ajalftnlo. El Paso and Los Angeles.. Special semi-weekly service, Sunset Limited from New Orleans Mondays and Thursdays, composed of Buffet Smoking Car, containing Bath Room and Barber Shop, Drawing Room Compartment Oar, regular Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Car (meals a la carte), all of the latest-design and moat luxuriously appointed. Direct connections made at New Orleans from all points North and East. Detailed information cheerfully furnished by W. G, Neimyer, ,G. W. A., So. Pac. Co., 23S Clark St., Chicago; W.* H. Connor, Com'l Agt., Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, 0., W. J. Berg, Trav. Pass.^ Agt., 220 Elllcott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. •_ .. .— - "L» Forte, Texas. • The progress of ^ the construction work at La Porte, Texas, the future great deep-water shipping point a t the head of navigation on Galveston Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, is progressing favorably. The wharves and switching tracks are nearing completion and the work on the streets and on the sewerage and water systems is now under way. Mr. I. R. Holmes, the general manager of the La Porte Improvement Company and the La Porte Wharf and Channel Company, is personally superintending the improvements. Mr. Holmes makes* ;h1s headquarters at the Sylvan Hotel and visitors to La Porte during the next six weeks and before the time of the first general La Porte sale, which will be held in February, 1900, should intror duce themselves to Mr. Holmes and allow him to extend to them facilities for getting a thorough understanding of the conditions surrounding the L a Porte enterprises. Hop© is olwuys sayin? that there Is a light close hy-when wo fret in the dark. The Queen am s» Mother. The queen, although kind, has been a despotic mother and grandmother, and has concerned herself, says» "M. A. P.,""more t h a n the average parent with the bringing up of her descendants. Besides carefully supervising her children's education, selecting or approving their friends, and providing their husbands and wives-, she has rigorously controlled their pin moneys .of. which there n e v e r - b a a been any wasting in the precincts of old Windsor. Toys and gewgaws in the royal nursery were limited, but there never was any lack of books. Each child had its own fflin- 1,000 NEWSPAPERS Are now using our International Type-High Plates Sawed to LABOR-SAVING LENGTHS. They^vftt-save time 4n—your composing room as thoy can bo handled even quicker than type. No extra charge is made for sawing plates -to short lengths. ^ :^end a trial order to this office and be convinced. 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O F F One B e a p e i l tJndylng F a m e In t h e J&ajroh t o K»uU»har, thw O t h e r pn t h e B l o o d y $aada of t h e Houdrnn— N o w Cotuit on Victory. T i e s e r i o u s n e s s o f t h e w a r s t t u a t i o a i n S o u t h • A f r i c a h a s s t i r r e d u p E n g - l a n d aa s h e h a s n o t b e e n s t i r r e d b e f o r e i n t h r e e - q u a r t e r s 6t a c e n t u r y a n d h a s l e d t o ; h e r o r d e r i n g t a t h e s c e n e of h o s t i l i t i e s t w o of h e r a b l e s t g e n e r a l s , F i e l d M a r s h a l L o r d R o b e r t s a n < $ M a j . - G e n . L o r d K i t c h e n e r , t h e o n e t h e h e r o of K a n d a h a r , i n A s i a , a n d t h e o t h e r t h e h e r o \ o f O m d u r m a n , i n A f r i c a . L o r d R o b e r t s , w h o w i l l a s s u m e ^ l i e f c o m m a n d i n S o u t h A f r i c a , i s t ^ e i d o l o f t h e B r i t i s h a r m y a n d l S * p o p u l a r l y k n o w n a s " B o b s . " H e i s r e g a r d e d b y the' m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s of t h e l e a d i n g c o u n t r i e s o f E u r o p e a s t h e f o r e m o s t B r i t i s h c o m m a n d e r of t h e V i c t o r i a n era, h i s c e l e b r a t e d f o r c e d m a r c h t o K a n d a h a r c o n s t i t u t i n g o n e of t h e fine s t f e a t s o f E n g l i s h a r m s i n m o d e r n t i m e s . ' v L o r d F r e d e r i c k S. R o b e r t s w a s b o r n a b o v e t h e c i t a d e l o f - K a b u l , a f ^ x o u t ^ ^ ^ n t h e i M t f e w y e a i ^ i n * t h e Aferhan a r m v. w h i c h o u t n u m - incurable. F o r » great many years doctors prcli l g A f g h a n y , o u t n u m btfred t h e B r i t i s h b y t w e l v e t o -one. T h e n a f t e r r e i n f o r c e m e n t s h a d b e e n s e n t t o h i m h e b e g a n o n e of t h e m o s t f a m o u s m a r c h e s i n h i s t o r y — o v e r t o w - e r i n g m o u n t a i n r a n g e s a n d t h r o u g h h o s t i l e t e r r i t o r y , s t r a i g h t f r o m K a b u l t o K a n d a h a r — 3 0 0 m i l e s i n 20 d a y s . A t t h e e n d o f t h e m a r c h h e c r u s h e d A y o o b K h a n , a n d t h e w h o l e ' e m p i r e r a n g w i t h t h e p r a i s e s of t h e m a n w h o a f e w m o n t h s b e f o r e h a d b e e n a l m o s t u n k n o w n . S i n c e t h e n R o b e r t s h a s ' a d v a n c e d t h r o u g h s u c c e s s i v e s t a g e s t o t h e p o s i - t i o n o f c o m m a n d e r - i n - c h i e f of t h e f o r c e s i n I r e l a n d . N o w i n h i s 6 7 t h y e a r h e i s c a l l e d u p o n t o f a c e t h e h a r d - e s t t a s k of h i s m i l i t a r y c a r e e r a n d a p a t h e t i c t h i n g a b o u t hia d e p a r t u r e i s t h e f a c t t h a t h i s o r d e r s c a m e t o h i m s i m u l t a n e o u s l y w i t h t h e n e w s of t h e d e a t h o f h i s s o n , a b r i g h t y o u n g officer, w h o f e l l i n t h e b a t t l e of t h e T u g e l a r i v e r F r i d a y of l a s t w e e k . L o r d K i t c h e n e r , c h i e f - o f - s t a f l t o L o r d R o b e r t s , i s E n g l a n d ' s l a t e s t a n d m o s t p o p u l a r w a r h e r o . H i s s u c c e s s - f u l c o n q u e s t of t h e E g y p t i a n S o u d a n w o n f o r h i m a f a m e i n E n g l a n d t o b e c o m p a r e d w i t h t h a t of A d m i r a l D e w e y i n t h i s c o u n t r y . I n r e t u r n f o r t h e s e r v - i c e s Gen.* K i t c h e n e r r e n d e r e d h i s c o u n - t r y l a E g y p t h e w a s r a i s e d t o t h e p e e r - a g e a n d w a s v o t e d a g i f t of ¢150,000 b y t h e h o u s e of c o m m o n s . H e w a s b o r n i n K e r r y c o u n t y , I r e - l a n d , i n 1851, a n d a t t h e a g e of 20, r e - c e i v e d h i s c o m m i s s i o n a s l i e u t e n a n t of e n g i n e e r s . F o r a l o n g t i m e h e w a s i n t h e c i v i l s e r v i c e , b u t i n 1882 e n t e r e d t h e r e g u l a r s e r v i c e i n E g y p t u n d e r Sir E v e l y n W o o d , w h o w a s t h e n e n g a g e d in t h e r e o r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e E g y p t i a n a r m y . H e r e c e i v e d a n a p p o i n t h e n f f o n t h e i n t e l l i g e n c e staff w h e n t h e t r o u - b l e s i n t h e S o u d a n m a d e n e c e s s a r y t h « There is more Catarrh in this section of the ' country than all other diseases put together. FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS i n I r e l a n d i n 1832 a n d w a s e d u c a t e d a t t h e R o y a l M i l i t a r y C o l l e g e a t S a n d - h u r s t H e w a s o n l y 19 y e a r s o l d w h e n h e w e n t , t o I n d i a a n d e n t e r e d t h e B e n - g a l a r t i l l e r y a s a l i e u t e n a n t . H e r e h e labored, u n k n o w n t o f a m e u n t i l t h e I n d i a n m n t i n y w h e n h e w a s a t t a c h e d t o t h e c o l u m n w h i c h w a s s e n t t o ' a t t a c k D e l h i , t h e f o r c e s of t h e r e b e l l i o n . T h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e s m a l l B r i t i s h f o r c e b e - fore t h e c a p i t a l of t h e i n s u r r e c t i o n " w a s for m o n t h s a p e r i l o u s o n e . F i g h t i n g w a s of d a i l y o c c u r r e n c e , t h e m u t i n e e r s h a v i n g a n u n l i m i t e d n u i u b e x . of g u n s a n d a n i n e x h a u s t i b l e s u p p l y of a m m u - n i t i o n . R o b e r t s c a m e u n d e r fire_.fpr t h e first t i m e In a s k i r m i s h , w h e n e i g h t o f h i s p a r t y ' w e r e k i l l e d a n d t h i r t y w o u n d e d . S o o n a f t e r w a r d , i n a n o t h e r of t h e e n g a g e m e n t s n e a r t h e w a l l s of t h e c i t y , t h e y o u n g l i e u t e n a n t w a s h i t by a b u l l e t n e a r t h e s p i p e a s h e w a s h e l p i n g t h e d r i v e r s k e e p the" h o r s e s q u i e t w h i l e l i m b e r i n g u p t h e g u n s . A - l e a t h e r p o u c h h a d s o m e h o w s l i p p e d b e h i n d h i s b a c k a n d p r e v e n t e d t h e b u l - let p e n e t r a t i n g d e e p l y . \ A f t e r t h e c a p t u r e of D e l h i R o b e r t s j o i n e d t h e a r m y of Sir C o l i n C a m p b e l l , w h i c h a d v a n c e d t o t h e r e l i e f of L u c k - n o w . W h e n t h e ..relieving a r m y g o t , c l o s e t o t h e r e b e l l i n e s o u t s i d e L u c k - n o w S i r C o l i n , w i s h i n g t o l e t t h e B r i t - i s h c o m m a n d e r , O u t r a m , _ k n o w "o^f-*his p r o g r e s s w a n t e d a flag r a i s e d on* t h e m e s s h o u s e . W i t h i n p l a i n v i e w of t h e m u t i n e e r s L i e u t . R o b e r t s c l i m b e d t o t h e t o p of t h e b u i l d i n g , a n d , a m i d a r a i n of s h o t , r a i s e d t h e flag e n t h e t u r - , r e t n e a r e s t t o t h e foe. I t . w a s s h o t a w a y , a n d h e r e p l a c e d it. A g a i n it w a s s h o T a w a y , a n d ' h e r a i s e d i t a g a i n . B u t it w a s n o t f o r t h i s d e e d t h a t R o b - e r t s w o n h i s V i c t o r i a C r o s s . T h a t w a s d o n e . - a t K h o d a g u n g e J a n . 2, 1858. He* s a w in t h e d i s t a n c e t w o s e p o y s g o i n g a w a y w i t h a s t a n d a r d . P u t t i n g s p u r s t o h i s h o r s e , h e o v e r t o o k t h e m . T h e y t u r n e d a n d p r e s e n t e d t h e i r m u s k e t s a t h i m , a n d o n e of t h e m e n p u l l e d t h e t r i g g e r . I t s n a p p e d , m i s s i n g fire, a n d t h e s e p o y w a s c u t d o w n b y R o b e r t s ' s w o r d . T h e o t h e r m u t i n e e r r e d e a w a y , a n d t h e y o u n g l i e u t e n a n t b r o u g h t . . . t h e s t a n d a r d b a c k t o c a m p . The. s a m e d a y he r e s c u e d a w o u n d e d c o m r a d e u n d e r a l m o s t s i m i l a r c i r c u m s t a n c e s . I n t h e y e a r s t h a t f o l l o w e d t h e m u - t i n y R o b e r t s s a w a l m o s t c o n t i n u a l s e r v i c e . H e w a s at U m b e y l a , in t h e f r o n t i e r c a m p a i g n , in 1S03: i n 1S67 h e hijd c h a r g e of t h e e m ' b a r k a t i q n - o f t h e f o r c e for t h e A b y s s i n i a n c a m p a i g n . ' In 1S71 a n d 1S72 h e w a s t h e s e n i o r staff officer in t h e L u s h a i c a m p a i g n , a n d f r o m 1S75 t o 1S78 h e w a s q u a r t e r m a s t e r g e n e r a l . A l l h i s p r o m o t i o n s w e r e "for m e r i t . " I t w a s t o w a r d t h e end' of 1878 t h a t t h e g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y of G e n . R o b e r t s ' c a r e e r c a m e . t o h i m . T h e a m e e r of A f g h a n i s t a n r e b e l l e d a g a i n s t t h e a u - t h o r i t y _ / o f G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d R o b e r t s w a s s e n t a t - Uiu h e a d of- - t h e a r m y 4 o - s u b d n e . h i m . H e c a r r i e d t h e e n e m y ' s s t r o n g h o l d a t T e i w a r K o t a l w i i h a M A J . - G E N . L O R D K I T C H E N E R . kii»ed. K i t c h e n e r o n r e t u r n i n g h o m r a f t e r t h i s b r i l l i a n t e x p e d i t i o n became the, p o p u l a r idol. H e i s t h e y o u n g e s ; m a j o r - g e n e r a l in the_.British a r m y . E x t i n c t i o n of t h e Maori*. J u d g i n g f r o m t h e - r e c e n t r e p o r t of t h e r e g i s t r a r - g e n e r a l of N e w Zeatonri. t h a t fine m a r t i a l r a c e , t h e M a o r i s , i? g o i n g t h e w a y of all a b o r i g i n e s w h o s e c o u n t r y h a s b e e n c o l o n i z e d b y t h e w h i t e s . T h e y m a y n o t b e c o m e a b s o - l u t e l y e x t i n c t f c r a f e w m o r e dfecades. b u t t h e i r d o o m i s s e a l e d . A m o n g the c a u s e s officially a s s i g n e d for t h e t h i n : n i n g of t h e i r n u m b e r s a r e t h e h i g h i n f a n t i l e m o r t a l i t y r e s u l t i n g f r o m i m - p r o p e r f o o d , e x p o s u r e a n d t h e w a n t of o r d l n a f y ~ c a r e , c o n s t i t u t i o n s d e b l l i - t a t c d b y p a s t d e b a u c h e r y , t n e _belio i n n a t i v e d o c t o r s a n d n e g l e c t of the s i c k , a n d t h e a d o p t i o n of E u r o p e a r proaounoed It a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F . J . Cheney SL Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. I t is t a k e n internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio, Sold byDruggists, 76c. H a l l s Family Pills are the b e s t The man who looks for difficulties will find two where he only expected one. A woman's pocket book i s nearly always worth more than the money in it. C o a c h i n g X e * d s t o CoBSumptloa, K e m p ' s B a l s a m w i l l s t o p t h e c o u g h a t o n c e . G o t o y o u r d r u g g i s t t o d a y a n d g e t a s a m p l e b o t t l e f r e e . S o l d i n 25 a n d 5 0 c e n t b o t t l e s . G o a t o n c e ; d e - l a y s a r e d a n g e r o u s . 17 •• : .y. •%t} •*>l N o man knows the right way so well as the one who has once been mliiss*l ed. Mrs. W i n s l o w ' s Soothing: S y r a p . For children teething, softens the gumi, reduces infisromstlon, allays pain, cures wind colic ascabotu*. Some men's Idea of practicing economy is to preach it daily to their wives. W h e n C h a n g i n g W a t e r or D i e t T7«e Lightning Hot Drupi and arold Ma«8«; 3 All drujudsu. Herb Medicine Co., Sprlagnsld, 0. :tfJ i< >l ACTS GENTLY ON T^E KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS ClEAN5ts THE SYSTEM ^EFFECTUALLY A fat woman never looks as fat in a phaeton as i n a high top buggy. ^ Baker's B r e a k f a s t Cocoa 1» deHdous. Coats less than one cent a cup. Made only by Walter Baker <S Co. Ltd., Dorcht»tea Br, Mae St. Paul said that all men are liars, probably an assessor. He was OVERCOMES * * i w t s s * 2 ^ PERMANENTLY -Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me large doctor bills.—C. L. Baker, 4 3 * Regent Sq., Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, 18S/5. After a man reaches 35 he should stop dreaming and go to work. Brown's Teetilag Cordial is the babies best friend, so say the mothers, BV7 TMt G t N V l N E - M A N ' f O B y <£Ur9rWIAFG$YRVP(§ ,t.*L. X?*» d i s p a t c h o f t r u s t w o r t h y E n g l i s h offl c e r s t o D o n g o l a i n a d v a n c e of L o r d - W o l s e l e y ' s N i l e e x p e d i t i o n fifteen y e a r s a g o . T h e r e K i t c h e n e r w a s a l w a y s t h e o n e s e l e c t e d for a n y w o r k t h a t d e - m a n d e d g r e a t f o r c e of c h a r a c t e r , c o m - b i n e d w i t h t a c t a n d r e s o u r c e f u l n e s s in d e a l i n g w i t h i n t r i g u e s of d i s l o y a l offic i a l s o r w i n n i n g o v e r t h e c h i e f s w h o - w a v e r e d b e t w e e n f e a r of E g y p t i a n p o w e r a n d a h a n k e r i n g after, t h e g o o d t h i n g s p r o m i s e d b y M a h d i s m . W i t h t h e N i l e e x p e d i t i o n K i t c h e n e r ' s p r o m o t i o n w a s r a p i d . H e b e c a m e o n e of t h e t w o m a j o r s of c a v a l r y in 1884, w a s m a d e l i e u t e n a n t - c o l o n e L i n 18S5 a n d b e c a m e cOlcnel in 1888. H e w a s in c o m m a n d c f a b r i g a d e of t h e E g y p - ' t i a n a r m y i n t h e o p e r a t i o n s n e a r S u - a k i m in D e c e m b e r , 18SS, a n d w a s p r e s - e n t i n t h e e n g a g e m e n t s a t G e m a i z a h a n d a t T o s k i , i n 1889. A t t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e c a m p a i g n of 1896 f o r t h e r e c o n q u e s t o f t h e S o u d a n K i t c h e n e r w a s m a d e c o m m a n d e r - i n - c h i e f of t h e f o r c e s i n E g y p t . H e led a s u c c e s s f u l e x p e d i t i o n u p t h e N i l e a g a i n s t t h e K a l i f a , s a f e l y c o n d u c t i n g h i s troop's u p c a t a r a c t s a n d t h r o u g h m a r a u d i n g t r i b e s a n d burning~"deserii u n t i l _ _ , e m d u r m a n w a s r e a c h e d . _ H e r e w a s f o u g h t a terrific b a t t l e b e t w e e n t h e A n g l o - E g y p t i a n t r o o p s a n d t h e d e r v i s h e s , t h e l a t t e r b e i n g c u t d o w n l i k e g r a s s b e f o r e t h e s c y t h e . I n o n c h a r g e T h e d e r v i s h e s l o s t 4,0G(Tmen a m . w h e n t h e b a t t l e w a s o v e r 16,000 oi t h e i r dead' a n d d y i n g s t r e w ^ the g r o u n d . T h e K a l i f a a n d h i s "chief." w e r e f u g i t i v e s a n d h a v e r e c e n t l y b e e n There is no fun n grumbling when nobody pays any attention. fba &*u w Aii oRysetffi, wmet **. m acme W . N . U . — D E T R O I T — N O . 1 * - 1 9 Q Q . Vhea Answering Advertise m e a t s HifxH} Mention This f a p e c . ^,wi.iiiit,i»iiiimmmm;>wiffi!mKmmTmiiuiitiui;.itinn7iT^r 9 oo DROPS .iHHUUminulMHiiiUiiliilm, lr, Vegetable PrepacaLionfor Assimilating the Food andBegulating the S toiaachs anlBowels of i N r A N ' I S / i . H U . D K E N ' Promotes DigcslioaChecrfurness and Rest.Con tains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. N O T " N A R C O T I C . &ctpe <*OUI*S4MUn.HKHRR Pump/a* Setd>' ftin? Seed- A perfect Remedy rorCon$tipa- Fion, So ur S totivach, Diarrhoea Worms .CmwuisTons ,Fcverish-'" ness and L o s s OF SLEEP, F a c s i m i l e Signature o f X E W Y O R K . GASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Latins of >v MOYBL A l b i t l ' o o l h v o l i i . J 5 D 0 S r ^ | 5 C l N i v | | EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER* Thirty Years CASTORIA h s p l e n d i d r u s h a t o d d s of a l m o s t t e a t o - W l b l t s a n d c o s t u m e s , l e a d i n g t o diso n e . T h e n e x t y e a r t h e n e w s , of S i r ^ M o f t h e ~ r e S p l r a t o f y O r g a n s . A L o u i s C a v a g n a r l ' a m u r d e r in K t b u l ^ a o r j M , A . . N g a t a , In " a d d r e s s i n g a h o r r i f i e d all E n g l a n d a n d R o b e r t s w a s c a l l e d u p o n t o l e a d a n o t h e r a v e n g i n g f o r c e d W i t h ¢,0.00 m e n h e c u t h i s * a j t s t r a i g h t t h r o u g h t h e h o s t i l e l a n d , a n d r e c e n t c o n f e r e n c e of h l s ~ c b u n t r y m e n . s a i d t h a t d r i n k w a s p a u p e r i z i n g t h e m a n d s a p p i n g t h e i r v i t a l i t y . — L o n d o n C h r o n i c l e . SPECIAL COUCH SAW Beautiful Rococo Conch, Ion? and wide, with hiphly tempered steel springs, soft and luxurious, upholstered in handsome velours, any shade desired, usually re mils at 112.00, only, S8.75 F D F l f l H T D A i n ^ h e n cash accompanies order we will ship ubove Couch, freight • i Y i _ i v j i • i r ^ i L * , pajjj JQ a n y point i n Michigan. Our goods are strictly high prade and are fully guaranteed. SAflPLES FREE. Name the shade desired and we will send you free samples of best covering. Agents Wanted. 6. R. WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO,, Grand Rapids, Mich. / \ ^KASKOLATABLETS 15 c e n t s . All drup-orists. n a-1 MH • M mi • • • ' I V - V • > > • • • < ' : . *\?7*> ^T? • / >• --^2---T ~- * W.*'^^'>,Vr,'V-,-^vH T " ; T ; v ,'•:,.. ... 1.,.. tV ... .. f w."', . * > • • ; * It » i - V * \ J! * • : : . ; ' • & • r' ? ! • ; • j , — ^ - - - — — — I . I ii m i — — As we said in otfr last issue we would announce this week tbe winner ol th^ tonga- «ine among our correspondents, we give below a summary of the number of lines lieut in by liaise who have sent in any large •mount. \Yc thank all for (their,efforts to help make the DISPATCH a newsy paper, and shall extend thesitme offer for another year with the exception that we will make the second in the race a present of a fine book or magazine of our own selection. Please read our rules in our Book of In- •truclious carefully. If you have never Jbad one or worn one out, ask for another. T H E PUBLISHER/ > Unadilla... ....'. ..2,013 A nderson 1,862 Parshallville »1,111 Hamburg.' t 78i' Silver Luke... j 681 Gregory .' 543 Pettysville ; 471 East Putnam !. 435 HAMBURG. Aubery Eoyce, of Detroit, is visiting his parents here. Mrs. Truman Lake is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Grant Race, in Detroit. Miss Arola Steiner has been visiting with relatives near Hotfell tW paBt two weeks. Miss Nora Durkee spent New Years with her aunt in Unadilla. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. HolmeB, of j Lansing, spent New Years at Jas. j Marble's. ; Miss Olivo Brearley, of Greg-) ory, spent apart of last week at] J o h n Birnie's. • • Miss G r a c e D r e w of Howell,! s p e n t t h e first of t h e week a | | 6 a n i uel Placeway's. L e l i a C o l e m a n a n d S n m u e l i C l a p h a m , of L a n s i n g , are v i s i t i n g ' r e l a t i v e s in t h i s vicinity. ! A n u m b e r of y o u n g people from t h i s vicinity a t t e n d e d t h e oyster s u p p e r at H e n r y SingeltonV. T h e Misses J e n n i e end K i t t i e M o n t a g u e , of C h u b b ' s C o r n e r s , visited at A. G. W i l s o n ' s last week. T h e A n d e r s o u F a r m e r s ' C l u b meets a t the h o m e of JSHiiluel piaceway^ J a u . 13^ E v e r y o n e invited. T h e m a n y -friends of C h a r l i e H i u c h e v *vill "be s o r r y t o learn t h a t be died on the 1 7 t h of D e c , in t h e west where h e h a d g o n e Lila Chubb, ot Marion, was a guest«of her teacher, Miss Thressa Melviu, over New Years. Frankie Plaoeway, of Gregory, was a guest of her cousin, Iva Place way the first of the week. The New Year was ushered in with a very tine day. •Gilbert Howe and Miss Marion Clark are visiting friends iu St John and St Louis. V. . ^ » 0 * « . . . , . . ' Bl«murk'« Iron N*rv« Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where stomach,' liver, kidneys and ,bowela are out of .order. If you want these qualitiei and the success they brintf, use Dr. Kind's New Lite Pills. They tterefop Avery power of brain and body. Only 25o at V. A. Siller's drug store. OF REAL INTEREST. M i s s L a u r a B e c k e r is h a v i n g a l i o r h i s l u , R l t b ' l a s t B W n * t w o weeks vacation from h e r school d u t i e s in tlie__Howell H . S. Bertfca-and M a b e l W r i g h t , of M a f i o i \ M Rifle a n d M a b d ^igler, Dr. Swartz has" p u r c h a s e d , t h e ^ ^ H a l s t e a d a n d I ^ l l i a n Boyle, EIOTO which belonged t o B u r t o n E o y c p , nml also the stock of d r u g s he lately sold to p a r t i e s from D e t r o i t , BHV. H a r v e y Pen ice a n d wife will jjive an elocutionary e n t e r - t a i n m e n t at-tlie M. E. c h u r c h , h e r e of P i n c k n e y , spent t h e latter p a r t of last week with E d i t h Wood. | ^ETTPVSViLLa '. R u b e B l a d e was h o m e for New Y e a i s . R a y T o m p k i n s i s h o m e from s o m e t i m e t h e lailei p a r t of tlTTs i H a r t l a i u H o r a few days". m o n t h . ExHct date will b e k n o w n Atost of o u r y o u n g t e o p l e went later. •- j to 'Whit more L a k e to t h e N e w 1 ^___ I Y e a r s party. | . • ANOWfON. i J . W. P l H c e w a y a n d vvjfe s p e n t ! School began T u e s d a y after a N e w Y e R r s w h h G e o b r i g h t a n d ! r e e k s vacation. ! family in Iosco. | B n g e n e rniiili and family s p e n t ; 8 T e e p l { 4 ^ {n H o w e n T f l e g . ] New Years m Daiu-ville. i„. ±. i- .• ' J +i day, a t t e n d i n g a m e e t i n g ot t h e Dillivan D u i k e e r e t u r n e d to L i v i n g s t o n Co. M u t u a l F i r e In-1 t h e Noi'mal at Y p f i l a n t ^ Tuesday, s u r a n c e Co. ' " T h e ftfar^-nfle union in the United States was ufat of the tailors, formed in 1806. , One of ijhe Buffalo p ^ e r s runs He entire r4nnt bv electricity furnishe'l from Niagara Falls. Q'-ecn Victoria is ^ e shortest adult 60.Yj»i-eig:n in the world, being only 4 feet 11 inches in height. J C i e screv'e of an Atlantic liner, re^ vo'ves pomrtlring ike fiSO.Ono times'Detween Liverpool and New York. According to' Lfeb7g, tiveralklall in ppraragus develops form iu the human brain. Hair dve drcclv'es p^eop'e who use it Into thlnk'ns: they .arn rlcceiving other j people.—Chicago N e s ^ ^ The Brothernrod of Carpenter and Joiners hr.ve CO.000 -'members, being one*tenth-of the whole number of men In this trade. ~ The p.'ijdii.'tlve-cpp'c'ty of the labor sivirg rnachii cry o; the United States at• the present time-M x qu-" 1 to a. hand working papulation of 400,000.000."' Ebenezor Ford, elected to the New ' York Legislature in 1829, was the first man to g a n office as a labor candidate. A few ye*us :go tli^re was as^mar.y i as thirty-three vegetarian restaurants in Lonii'on.. To-day there exist only about six. MoceanIiM the U»t Foolw««r. Tbe moccasin is the most rational and comfortable of all footwear, - l a moccasins tbe feet have full playr they can bend and grasp{ there ie nothing to cnate H1*em or Impede circulation. In moccr !.ne one can move like an acrobat. c\ ^iing slender and slirpery log(5rcH'"l ing trees or pas«inr, with ease and security along dizi:y trails on the mountain side, where a slip might mean sure deetruction. The leet do not slick fast In the'mud. Tn the]nor h. when the mercury is far below lz,ero and no civilized boot will protect the feet from freezing, the eivrrre suffers no inconvenience, Hie moccasins, stuffed with dried grass, let the blood course freely. The perspiration may freeze on the hay in a -solid lump of tee, -bjrpthe feet remain warm and dry. ^ The buckekln moccasin, Indian tanned, with deers' brains and wood smoke always dries soft alter a wetting In autumn, when all the leaves and twigs are dry as tinder, a man wearing shoes-nmkee-a noise fn-the forest like a troop of cavalry. **nt In moccasins he can move swiftly through the woods with the stealth, of a panther. The feet are not bruised, for after enjoying for a time the freedom of natural eovering, these hitherto blundering members become .ike hands and feel their way through, the d.irk„4ike thoce of a cat avoiding obstacles as though gifted with a special sense, ites- of all, the moccasin is light. Inexperienced sportsmen and soldie/s affect high-topped laced boote with heavy"soles and hobnails, Imagining that these are rro^t -erviceab e for rough weather. THit these weigh between four ;md live pounds, while a p"ir of thick moose-hide jnocc'aVina weigh only eleven ounces. In marching ten miles a man wearing the clumsy hoots lifts '.wenty tons mbre shoe leather than.if he wore moccasins. r m**-m—i m i II i MI H in • to* It vou want H|| the nnvvs subscribe tor thn ni-r-ATrii Gentle Art of Scoldloff. One branch of the gentle art of disagreeing is "How to scold," a very Important branch' for' women who have chi.dien and servants under their care It is often a duty to point out faults and sugre t a remedy, and it is a most difficult ciu y to perform we 1. Thlfc is UMial'y because people do not realize that dis-g eement may be a gentle art. They tfyink it necessary to speak sharply because their words contain a reiuike; whi'h is a sad mistake, because at no live are such gentle woiidB needed as when sonib one must be set right. • Of course, it is useless to reason with n child or a grown up who is out of temper; but it is also useless to tr\ anjJL shout him down. Oh. i is worth di'igent "study arrrt much application, tbU gentle art~~oT dis..gJ"( eir.g. asa YOUR DOCTOR] Ask your physician this question, • * What is the one great remedy for consumption?" j He witt answer, "Cod-liver oil." Nine out of ten will answer the same way, Yet when persons have '• consumption they loathe all fatty foods, yet rat is neces- : *ary for their recovery and they cannot take plain cod-' liver oil. The plain oil disturbs the stomach and takes away the appetite. The disagreeable fishy odor and taste make it almost unendurable. What is to be done? This 4|uestioJV was answered when we first made ^ : ^ % \f r •\fV i i I SCOTT'S EMULSm® of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. Although thct was nearly twenty-five yens ago, yet it stands alone today the one great remedy for all affections of the throat and lungs. The bad taste and odor have been taken away, the oil itself has been partly digested, and the most sensitive stomach objects to it rarely. Not onelif tehTcanlaXe and digest the plain oil. Nine out of ten can take SCOTTS EMULSION and digest ii That's why it cures so many cases of early consumption. Even in advanced cases it brings comfort and greatly prolongs life. 9 I *» is WAYNE HOTEL,, DETROIT AMERICAN ANO EUROPEAN PLAN. %a TO 95 so $1.00 ro 0a.OO f 6MQLM MEALS, GOO. UP TO GATM GAFMB The First Week In^rrrgrVew Year, will be The Lasfi/Veefc that w e will offer our lines of Men's and Boys' Suits, OVercoats and UlstersTxT the people of Pinckney and vicinity.. BUSY HJVn. J, . _ T H B G R B A T Xh is Week w e offer some especially good bargains on account of our anticipated removal- Don't Neglect ^Fhis Opportunify. Give us a call and Sou will be convinc- 1 / ed that .we know what w e are talking about. / P o s i t i v e l y our last w e e k in Pinckney. \ . RED tVlARK SALB ir VNow in ppo^pess. .y,,-..- ., „„, Watch fop OUP Announcement Mext Week - h. Yours respeetf utry, H. FIELD: - I Jackson, Mich , ^J MM ?& mm Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch January 01, 1900 Description An account of the resource January 01, 1900 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-01-01 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frank L. Andrews newspaper pinckney dispatch https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/c7da3641e78a3107d05617649e7df6b8.pdf 0370223823db9f69ba427b043a84ebd4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. VOL. XVIII. LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JAN. 11.1900. No; 2. LOCAL N E W S . The - - Surprise -Store,- FIRST GREAT BARCJAIN SALE OF Ice harvest began last week. Fred Teeple was laid up with tonsilitis the past week. Tbe Board of fcJupefvisoiS are in session at Howell this week. E J. Bri^rt<8 and wife visited relatives in Oueola the past week. F L. Andrews visited bis people in J?arsballville the last otlast week. Wilhelm Nelson, ot Marion, visited at John Mortenson's the past week. Miss Betbie Wright ot Iosco visited tnends in town tbe first of the week. Miss Grate Lake was a guest of Miss Mame Siglitr tbe last of last week. Tfie" njoon• ligb t"~and~statinglire making tine sport tor the young peo pie. Miss Grace and Fred Aid rich ot Marion, visited Desde Daley last Saturday. E. N. Book of Ann Arbor spent the past week with J. A. Donaldson and -family • ' s Little Kenneth Teeple has been suffering with a severe case ot tonsil itib tbe past week. Little Helen Teeple is ill with measles at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Gbas. Love. Mrs H. F. Siglejfc visited at tbe tome of Dr. W. B. Watts, in Jackson, the last of last week. Among our many exchanges there comes words, of good cbeer on our seventeenth anniversary. - County tjohool Commissioner, J. H. •:-sm ' •'' .'-sly Wallace, of Fowlerville, was a. guest of Stephen Darfee laSb Saturday. Mrs. A. Brings returned to her home in Oceola last Thursday, after several weeks Visit with relatives here. Tbny bettaa rilling the Schuler ice M r . B o W n t a i l p i c k e d Up Touse at Hamburg Jet. Tuesday. S o m e Choice b a r g a i n s -^while ^Bveral from here are working tbere. in the city and put them on l b e Youo* Ladif*' C l u b of this . TT -it A 11T 1 •' J. J_I_ place have sent out cards tor a dancsale. He will tell about them ^ pftrly t0 be ?iveQ by t b e m J&Q l 2 next week. The following; i960. prices of course hold good." ^iant ThreadSfor - Ladies' Fleeced Hose '_. Nickel-plated Safety pins, protected points, 5c grade Paper fins I0C+ 08c 02c Olc Olc 02c 03c 02c Bos Mourning Pins Bottle best Ink 25 Good Envelopes No. 2 all silk Rib bom Good Crista ~ Guaranteed Scissors Pocket Scissors Kintergarden Scissors Glass Cutter 6 Good Sauce dishes Lamp Chimneys Lantern Globes China Eggs SJ'QJ ' 1 Box 12 good citfars Good Can Opener Yours for trade, E. A^BO^MAN, Prop. _ JBqi^inaii Block, Pinckney. ' BERT/WELLMAN Manager of Pinckney Store. Howell 8tore, next to P. 0. / Mrs. Will Cad well and son left last Friday fdr a short visit in Leslie and Detroit before er return to Stillwater, fclirfh. Mrs. George Anderson and son Shirley, of Jackson, visited her sister, Airs. R. E. Finch, and other relatives here jhe past week, r We wonder if those who are cutting ice in the pond know that there is_a. severe penalty for not putting up / &?: danger signals. The "cussedness" of some one broke a window in G. A. Siglers store also' ftfa^one in F.-G^ Jackson*, Sunday even- 2§c in* and Monday morning. ^, 10c A large party of Masonic brethren 04c went to Jackson last Friday to attend 10c a School of Instructions. They report 10c a profitable and enjoyable time. OS and 04o The ladies Aid of the M. E. church 05b will bold a dinger at tbe home of Mr. 05c and Mrs, R E. Finch, Friday, Jan. 12. 25c A cordjal invitation is~extended to all. 0°^ About 60 Gleaners and friends enjoyed an oyster supper at tbe home of Geo. Poole, last Friday evening. A huge time and a large quantity of bivalves were eaten. Municipal ownership of the electric lighting plant is under discussion at Howell, and the council has taken the first steps toward submitting the matter, to a vote of the citizens. S. G. Kime, and son, of B reck enridge, spent the past two weeks with the Clark families at this place. He was also a pleasant caller at this office. He considers the DISPATCH a weekly letter from home. f A short time ago William Smitherman of Stock bridge, noticed blossoms on bis strawberry vines. lie dug the vines up and placed them ID a sunny window and he had enough berries to make a short cake for his New Tear's dinner. . . _ . . ' Mrs. Leal Sigler was quite 111 the first of the week. Miss Mamie Wallace is visiting, her people nearOarkon. Geo. Clinton of . Gregory was a pleasant caller at this office, Monday. The^ week of prayer was observed at tbe Couft'l and M. E. churches, alternate this week. Jas Wilcox came out with a' new. bus which is a dandy, and much more eonveni nt for making trains. Several of our subscribers have responded te our call this week; but tbere are others who have no*. And still tbe good weather and wheeling continue. A good time to draw in that wj2ndyfiJi- promised the Editor. Eugene Campbell has purchased 80 acres of land of Miss Lucy Hincbey, just west of town. Gene is getting to be quite a farmer. Tbe Missas Maude Tapper of Benton Harbor, and Clara Dorranue, of Howell, were guests of Mrs. Jennie Baker tbe past week. Since our m-ide pages Were printed with C. L. Bo <vtnaus adv. in, Mr. Bowman has closed his meat marked and gone out of ousraess. The hnn of J dines & George who have been cIos<in* out a bankrupt stock of clothing at this place tor a couple of weeks, moved their goods to Dexter, Tuesday. ^"StTMary's society held a forty hour devotion the first ot tbe week. Kevs. Fr. Conley, of Williamston, Fr, Kelly, of Dexter, and Fr. Hallisey, of Jaukson, assisted during the services. ' Miss Margaret Vlaloney and Miss Anna Spears who went south for a visit this winter were obliged to return sooner than expected owinur to the severe illness of Mtss B|alonpy. OQ<HMMMMHH>«Oi Gome to the Dispatch Office % For b e t t e r Heads, Envelopes, Cards, Etc. P r i c e s Right. Always at iiv At What? Selling Goods of c o u r s e . While the holiday trade is always a harvest for some 'and~wrj~gGt bur sfaareF^ouFTrade"~always remalns^good Miss Myra Morella, the prima donna wbo was known in private life as Miss Myra Muliken, died in Florida. Jan. 9. She was the daughter of E. F. Mulliken who was at me time a railroad agent at £lowell. , the year around. The reason is that we sell the best staple goods for the least money. People today are not looking for CHEAP goods but GOOD goods cheap. The following are some of our lines: ni Dru£s and Medicines. A full and complete line. School Supplies, Arrangements are being completedand a program made for a one day farmers institute for this county to he held in the Opera house, Pinckney, Jan. 24. Watuh the DISPATCH for further announcement and program The consolidatiou of therC & W. \1., D. G. & W. and F &'P VI. took place Jan. 1, 1900— All the above names %*ve-iiow become a tbing of the past, (hat lives only in rneorory. The nnw system will be known as the Pere Marquette Railroad Co, The Beldinar Star.thinks that Judge R. H. Persons, of, Lansing, would make an excellent Governor tor Michigan; they believe he would bring both dignity and capability to tbe ei»- ecutive chair. HU mteurrttvand riffid adherence to tbe ri^ht would he for the best interest of the people of Michigan. Perhaps, but according to past experence of governors, he may wield more power where he is. ' B o o k s , T a b l e t s . P e n c i l s P e n s , Ink and E x a m i n a t i o n B l a n k s . Fancy Articles* Crockery. A full line of Plain and Pancy w a r e . A fine line of Lamps. Celluloid Goods, Hdkf., Cuff and Col lor Boxes. T h e y make fine birthday gift*. Groceries. W e c a r r y a l i n e of t h e b e s t in t o w n . P ^ i c l e s ^ e e j i ^ h t . RESOLUTIONS* The following preamble and resolutions were passed by the Putnam and Hamburg Farmer's Club upon the death of Mr. Geo. B'owu: WHEREAS:—For the first time kinet the organization of our Club death has rei^ oved from our midst one of our oldest members, George W. Brown; RESOLVED:—That we acknowledge this act as coming from God, and that- we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the dere&yed family; RESOLVED:—That a copy of these retold* tions be sent to the family of the, deceased, and also thai a copy be pticeti-iipon our record; also that a copy be published in the Pinckney DISPATCH. {J. T. Chambers. » Mrs. £. A. Kennedyr Mrs, W. H. Placeway. Wall Paper. * : *" • Our s a l e s the past year were- far ahead, of bur expectations, and this season w e will be better prepared than ever to give values. F. A. SIGLER. Druggist. s NOTICE. Starke gives hie | 3 , $2.50 and | 2 photos tor $1, on Jan. 17. We must ask all our Customers to settle aUAacouats aad Notes that are due, before Jan. 1,1900. Hoping to see yotralt in time so we can balance our books before taking Dur annual inventory, Jan. 1,190Q^g§ither by Note or Casli; -'v \ • • • ' . . . fcj .'•' . , • * • • . '"."•!» V Respectfully Tpurs, t <v TEEPtiE m CADWELL. jifc-uiat^afcufiii-r'^' •*LL ji:-^~ M B •AdMU , , ^ - ^ *' ' • • • - . • ' • ' • • ' . ^__ Mi!--' '"' fev'V"' ' * fc Im** ft K\ c. Ki J Ti . — ,— . .^ ! >V~:. - - — - ' + - - -<< ,•/..',. T 'EVENTS O M I E WEEK N OUR GREAT S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF F O R M . Tbo Stmt* Salt Inspector's Annual Report Shows Manlitee County Lends In the Production of Salt—Gen.' Wbtte ha* Gone to Some Secluded Spot for Best. Manistee Still Leads In Salt Production. The 3d annual report of State Salt Inspector Jabez B. Caswell, and the 31st of the department, has just been •completed. Ifc covers the year ending November 30. The inspector gives the usual date concerning different districts "of the state. The number of firms engaged in manufacturing salt during the year was 57; number of blocks, 02; solar salt covers, 1,200. Salt was inspected in the different districts as follows: Manistee county, 2,205,182 barrels; Wayne. 072,823; Mason, 500,123; iSt. Clair, 43:1,929; Saginaw, 424,432j Bay, 405,079; Midland, 20,700; Iosco, SMM1; total, 4,732^609. The increase and decrease in inspection was: Increase — Saginaw, 338 barrels; Bay, 2,848; Manistee, 050,170; Mason, 2,285; Wayne, 126,530; total. 782.227. Decrease —St. Clair, 163,618; Iosco, 52,757; Midland, 5/099; total, 221,474. There was manufactured during the year 4,759,253 barrels of salt, and the number in the bins Dec. 1, 1899, was 1.152,837. There were 560,753* more barrels of "salt inspected in 1899 than in 1898, and 587,337 more barrels of salt manufactured. The amount of salt inspected since the inspection law w e n t i n t o effect is 83,- 392,717 barrels, and the total amount manufactured is 86,675,398 barrels. M I C H I G A N NEWS I T E M S . Has Gen. "White Skipped? It was a shock to the friends of Gen. White on the 2d to learn that he has fled from the country and will not be in Grand Rapids to face the grand jury indictments unless he is brought back by the officers. Without any question whatever he has become a fugitive and from all accounts Gen. Marsh has gone with him. Ever since he was notified by telephone from Lansing two weeks ago of the action of Gov. Pingree in -demanding his resignation, Gen. White has been a complete changed man. On the 2d a letter was received by mai£ from Gen. White. It was dated Chicago, and was written Dec. 30, although not mailed until Jan-t.—It watrbrief and stated in substance: "I am thoroughly discouraged, and can't stand this any longer. Everything is working against me, and if I should return I would be in torment continually. I have suffered every minute for weeks, and am now going away iviiere I can get a little rest. I don't know just yet where it will be, but I leave here at once." There were some injunctions enclosed for other friends ~ a h d s o m e directions for the disposal of his property. At first it was thought that Gen. Marsh had gone with Gen. White, but he had merely went to-Brockport, N. Y., and "as sootfas he learned that the state- of~ ficials were looking for him, he telegraphed as to his whereabouts and immediately returned. Two Moro Indictments Returned. The Ingham county grand jury, which has investigated the charges of eor- -ruption in the state legislature, the state mili'tary hoard anri nt.hpr departmentsof— the—state government, is a thing-of the past. SWortly after noon on the 6th the jury came into court, returned two niore indictments, and was -discharged by the circuit-judge. The indictments returned were against '•Col. Eli R. Sutton and J. II. Brown, president of the live stock commission. "The former is charged with fraud and -embezzlement, and the latter with collecting money from the state for services performed when he had been employed and paid by private, individuals. «5 Divorce Suits In Calhoun County. County Clerk Austin, of Calhoun county, issued 484 marriage license during the past year and 85 divorce suits were started. The records show that tb^rc-is-n© improvement in the decrease of divorces over the previous year. Nearly two-thirds of the divorces originate in Battle Creek' One hundred and seventy of the marriage licenses were issued during the past three months—an unusually large number for such a short time. During the past month alone 05 licenses were issued, making it .the-banner month s since 1896. Berrien Springs had 20 inches of snow on the 2d, and it was still snowing. Holly's new industry, the handle factory, is almost ready to begin operations. '•Jack the Hugger" is operating in Ann Arbor, and naturally the female sex are terrified. Milan's new hoop and stave mill is nearly completed. It' will furnish employment to 100 men. There is much talk at Evart of formi n g a stock company to operate a large cattle ranch in Osceola county. Peach Plains, Ottawa county, on the 1st celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of that settlement. Dowagiac has a chance to secure a canning factory, and it is not likely that the citizens will let the chance get by. Decatur is putting on metropolitan airs. She has been sued for 85,000 for injuries sustained on an alleged defective sidewalk. The granges of Van Buren county* are going to organize a fire insurance company for the protection of the property of their members. Midland people are talking of securing a chickory factory, so many of the farmers roundabout would rather raise chikory than sugar beets. A South Lyon man has been ill for 40 days, and the singular part of it is that in all t h a t time he has taken no nourishment except cold water. The organization of an independent military company is under way at Saline. No effort to get int<Ktbe state national guard is contemplated. _The cash balance in the state treasury at the beginning of the new year 'was 9301,134.47.' '-Dn" is. amount is 8113,- 500 more than the balance one year ago. The old saying that the "mills of the gods grind slow" doesn't obtain Newberg. Cass county. A~"youhg"man there got drunk and threw his father out of doors one cold night recently, and within an hour he had been arrested and senteneed-to 30 days in jail. If Paw Paw doesn't have a basket factory next- year it will be because she doesn't think such an addition to the list of local industries is worth $500. That amount, the price of the site, is all that is asked by the .man ^vho-proposes to build tlie factory-^- The Detroit Association of jEthwal and Economical Reform has beenformed in Detroit to publish a daily paper beginning probably in March. Those who signed the articles are: Tom Bawden. Dr* Geo, II. Sherman. D. E. Weikert, J. L. Pickering, Geo. E. Williams, E. E, Mains. A. M. Beebe, John R. Morrisey and E. M. Goodell^ Rapid Railway combination freight and passenger train No. 17, northbound, ran into an open switch at the gravel pit of the company, four miles south of Mt. Clemens on the evening of; the 7th and six people were injured.' The wreck is thought to be the work Murder and Suicide In Kalamazoo County Charlds Root, a farmer, aged 40, of Texas township, Kalamazoo county, murdered his wife on the 4th by cutt i n g her throat with a razor and then killed himself by the same method. It is supposed that they quarreled Root's family consisted of two little boys besides himself and wife. While Root l e f t no note or word to indicate wtfy lie did the deed, it "is supposed that he w#ts jealous of his wife. They fiad had "^notttcal quarrels for several months. but who he was .jealous of is*Uiot Known. of vandals, although no posilite proof to that effect is at hand. Alphonse Hempke, aged 48. of Detroit, was found frozen~stiff- upon the street at an early hour on the morning of Dec. 31. He had—been drinking heavily the night before, and while on his way home had fallen upon the ground, where a desperate struggle between life and death must have ensued, as the unfortunate man h'acT succeeded in dragging his almost lifeless body along the street until within one block of his home, where he was completely overcome and gave up in dispair. The stock of the firm of Morgan, Puhl & Morris, manufacturers of regalia and military supplies, valued at $50,- 000, and located in the Parisian laundry building, corner Washington and Grand River avenues, Detroit, was totally destroyed by fire on" the .morning of the 3d/' The laundry company suffered a loss of S3,000 and W. T. Fiske, shoe supply manufacturer, about the same amount, while the building was damaged, to the extent of §5,000. All the loss was covered by insurance with the exception of that of Mqrgan, Puhl .& Morris, who only carried 820,000. The origin of thcTire is a mystery. SPECIAL SESSION D O I N G S . On the re-convemng of the legislature on the evening of Jan. 3 the a t tendance was light, only 18 senator! and 65 representatives answerbsg tc the roll call. The senate passed: Sena- I tor Graham's concurrent resolution asking Gov. Pingree for a message recommending the submission to the people of the question of a genera) revision of the constitution. When this w a s received in the house a viva voce vote on concurring resulted in a tie, 23 voting each way. Then there was a brief season. of oratory, Elkhoff and Lusk opposing concurrence on the ground that it is useless to submit the question at a special election unless the constitution is first amended so that i t can be carried by simply a majority of the votes cast on that proposition. Mc- Call was in favor of the resolution, saying "that now that the senate has finally agreed to something, let us, for God's sake, agree to it to'o. Let's see if the two houses cannot get together just for once. The people want to vote on some of these questions, 4ind here appears to be a chance to accommodate them." The resolution was finally adopted by a vote of 40 to 21. GovT Pingree fulfilled the prediction that more messages would be forthcoming, and the latest is a recommendation that all special railroad charters be amended so as to bring them under the provisions of the general railroad laws of the state for the purposes of taxation. Rep. Colby gave notice of a bill in the" house on the 3d, encompassing the governor's ideas. It stands a show in the house, but will probably uot reach the senate. The Bryan bill providing for a specific tax on copper and iron ore was before the house all day on the 3d, the familiar discussion of last spring being reproduced in a large measure. The only amendment made to the bill was one changing the rate of tax on iron ore from three to two cents per ton. After some warm arguments both for and against the measure the bill finally passed the laouse by a vote of 76 to 12. The tax commission appointments was finally held up in the senate on the 3d by that body turning them over to the taxation committee, which means that the commission will now have to serve under appointment of the governor for the balance of their respective term, thus holding the governor responsible i o r t h o i r actions during the remainder of the term. .,_ Late on the afternoon of the 4th Gov. Pingree sent the house three special messages—in a bunch. They were all brief rarid referred to' local matters. Ionia city had made a mistake in issuing 830,000 worth of bonds and wanted the legislature to pass an act legalizing the issue. At the regular session*a billwas passed changing- the boundaries of certain school districts on the line between Wayne and Oakland counties, the result being that two sections of land were not placed in either district. A law to correct this state of affairs was wanted. The township of Springwells iisked for leave to borrow money to pay its share of the cost of constructing a bridge and to take" care of other indebtedness. Bills covering these three cases were introducted at once and passed. —T4re=ra#read AT HOliE AND AM0AD A S U M M A R Y O F T H E NEWS FOR T H B W S E K BY WJRE. \ She Big Drainage Canal at Chicago It Upjnpleted—Alabama has Another Horrible and Brutal Murder to Her Credit—Other Item*. McCoy Won In Five Boaudr* "Kid" McCoy again placed himself in* the ohampionship class by defeating Peter Muher in a brisk, well-fought battle of five rounds before the Coney Island Athletic club on the afternoon of Jan. 1. The fight was scheduled to last 25 rounds, and the purse was to have been 920,000, but the attendance was not as large as had been expected, and before the fight was begun, the principals agreed that the winner should receive the gross gate receipts. The battle was hard-fought • from start to finish, but McCoy was far the cleaverer man in ring tactics, dodging, side-stepping and hitting powers. He showed hiuv^ self to be a good ring general, ever watching for an opening and never failing to take advantage of one. Maher, although credited with being a heavy hitter, did not get in many effective blows His foot-work was poor, and at times he did not appear to have perfect control of himself. '00 a Prosperous Year for K*11ron<l*. The best evidence that th" year 1 SW) was one of general prosperity is fohnd in the fact that it was a year almost without railway bankruptcies. In only two years since 187"), have the roads for which receivers were appointed been BO few—and in only three of those years' ""were~ thmniteage 'arret capital involved so small. Only one road of importance is fohnd In the list, the new Kansas, Pittsburg & Gulf, which defaulted in its obligations before it had time to demonstrate its •Chaoiplon VNItmi by u SIS.OOO-FJre. The; two best business buildings in Champion were destroyed by fire on the 1st. The loss, is estimated Ht 8i3,- nnn, vv\tk Htt.lft insnttnw charge of receivers early in th'c year, For the past 24 years the foreclosure sales have averaged more than 34 a year, the largest number in one year being 05 and the smallest !.*>. In the hist six years, 273 roads have been sold, a yearly average of 45!^, no^t counting a number of insolvent companies that have been reorganized without sale. It is not conceivable that the coming quarter century will show any such rate_of mortality among railway corporations. committee had been hanging on to Fleischhauer's bill to increase the specific tax rates so long that Rep. IJurch on the 4th moved that it be take from the committee and placed on the generar order. The motion to take it from the committee prevailed. Later when the bill came up,, Rep. Lusk moved to amend the rates provided so as to make-the increase in revenue as based on last year's earnings 8")00,000 a year, the increase provided for in the bill as introduced being only 8124,000. The Lusk amendment was adopted, the new rate being as followsr On earning under §2,000 per mile, 2¾ per cent; between 82,000 and $4,000, 4 per cent; between 84,000 and $6,000, 6 per cent; between 86,000 and 88,000, 8 per cent; in excess of 88,000,10 per cent. This will yield an annual revenue of 81,500,000. No new arguments developed and the bill finally passed by a vote of 72 to 17. The special session of the legislature was brought to an unceremonious end by the senate shortly after, the noon hour on the 5th. Not a single law of any benefit to the taxpayers w a s enacted. The bills passed were: One appropriating 840,0(¾) for the replenishing of the Spanish war relief fund; one straightening out a technicality in the laws of the regular session making appropriations for the Marquette Normal school an the Soldiers' home; a joint resolution authorizing the attorneygeneral to commence suits to recover any money lost through the improper Robert* May be Excluded. The report of the committee of the house of representatives, which is investigating the case of Mr. Roberts, of Utah, will be made shortly, and there is reason to believe the majority report will -recommend that Roberts be excluded from the house and that he be not permitted under his credentials to exercise any prima facie right of being sworn in. Whether the report will be unanimous is open to doubt, as three of the'members of the committee are not counted on as positively favorable to the course indicated and this may result in the submission of a minority report. The minority view, if submitted, probably will deal^wTthT the prima facie right to he sworn in on credentials, which are regular, and will recommend that Roberts be sworn in and thereafter expelled. Chicago s Big Drainage Canal Dpened. Chicago's big drairiage canal was opened on the morning of Jan^ 1. The canal isnf Rufflfliant. Kir.p. and capacity to produce and maintain at all times a continuous flow of at leahl 110,000 cubic feet of water a minute with a current notr exceeding one mile an hour. The flow of water is of the minimum depth of 33'feet in~ihe~earth sections of the canal, and the same depth throughout the rock sections. The rock sections are constructed of a width of 150 feet aYthe-bottom. All of the rock sections and five of the earth sections have now a capacity for a flow of 600,000 cubic feet of water a minute. The work was first commenced on Sept. 3, 1892, so that a little more than seven years have been consumed in the entire work, There will prob*.b4y be BO reduction, *in-the military force now in the Phttippines format leaet-aty month, s| Including aH t h V M m * of j*u« •e'rvicj, there: are now1 in the' islands 65,tfod" soldier*, in addition to about 1,200 marines a t Cavite, and about 5,000 sailors on t h e warships. The total of the fighting forces is thus fully 70,000' wfltti'' The war departmenV;wiebj«s 1 o : f T # d > f e e mistake made when*Gen. *f>tntfft*rtbok command, of underestimating the difficulties to be encountered, and the policy is to be followed of b a v i n * more men than needed rather than W>£ee*~ Gov.-Gen. Wood has recommended that the bridges .throughout t h * inland be repaired, so as to make than* passable for trains, and urges that a large force of men he put to worlf i » eachprovince. The water Bupply system will also receive immediate , attention*' Ordinary wells and artesian wells will be constructed in sufficient .numbers, if possible, to supply the needs of the eutire island. As soon as the prisons .have been emptied of persons unjustly •held Gen. Wood intends to have their sanitation looked after. Four explosive bombs, a few firearms and 500. rounds of ammunition were discovered in a house in the center of Manila on Dec. 31, while the police! were seeking Itecarto, the insurgent leader, who was said to have come „to Manila in the hope of effecting an outbreak by taking advantage of the mobilization of the American troops at Gen. LaWton's" funeral. Aguinaldo's wife, sisters and 18 Filipinos have surrendered to Maj. March's battalion of the 32d infantry, at Bon-' toe, province of that name. The Filipino officers also surrendered and t w o Spanish and two American prisoners were released. It was reported some time ago that Agxiinaldo's wife had died, but this w a s ^ mistake. The health officers of" Manila have found a native with all the symptoms of bubonic plague, in a house in the walled city, where two suspicious deaths have recently occurred. T h e patient has been isolated and every precautionTias been taken to prevent a spread of the disease. Gen. Schwan's column, advancing t o - the south, occupied Binau. One AmfiCican> was Tsilled and three were wounded. Nine of the enemy's dead were found on the field after the fight. A number of rifles- were captured and several prisoners were taken. It is re pur ted that—Lieut. Gilmoreinvolvingan outlay of about 833,000,000. TTomai't Body Thft-mMilatpd Backed and Burned. remains of Mrs. Jennie Jones were found in a ditch near Rosser, Choctaw county, Ala., on the 2d. The arms and legs had been hewn from the trunk with an ax and the head had been severed with a knife; a bruise on the head indicating- that death had been inmcxed with an ax. All portions of the body had been partly burned, and it was with dilHeulty that the identity pf the dead woman was established. The smoldering ashes of a spent fire in a nearby thicket showed that after the woman had been murdered her bddy h a d b e e n crrtTto pieces and heaped upon a pile of brushwood, which was then lighted, but the fire failed to accomplish its work and the remains were then cast into the ditch and covered with leaves. "7 expenditures of the military board; a concurrent resolution urging the ap- , . , pointment of Chief Clerk Miller of the earnvng capacity and WHS p l a m L i r ^ h j i l ^ ^ ^ a s o n e o f t h e commissioners to revise the federal statutes, and four purely local bills, which permits the cities of Grand Rapids and. Ionia and the township of Springwells, "Wayne county, i o make loan«7~ -and one straightening out a school district in Wayne and Oakland counties. Chrintlan Science Treatment Failed. . Diphtheria and Christian science have had a bitter battle in a New Brighton, Pa., family for the past two weeks, "V" *V* * ' and party have been released from the clutches pf the Filipinos. Their liberty was the reanlt of remarkable military achievements on the part of Cols. Hare and Howze. ' A reconnaissance oirt of Imus, Cavite province, on the 7th, resulted In the loss of three Americans killed and 20 wounded. The enemy's loss is estimated at 00 killed and 80 wounded. Johnson, 'a deserter from the 6th United States artillery, clothed in a major's uniform, was found among the insurgent dead at Neveleta on the 7th. Five American prisoners held by Filipinos were recently noTribly mutilatedvthree of the number are dead, but the others may possibly recover. Two more regiments have been detailed for provost duty in Manila, mak-' ing a total of 37000 troops in the. city. The six military commands in Cuba will be reduced to two, it is said. / — • C O N G R E S S I O N A L N O T E S . Kentucky Legislature In Session. Both houses of the Kentucky legislature organized at noon on t h e 2d, by electing the nominees of the previous night's Democratic caucus. Gov. W. S. Taylor submitted a message of over 7,000 words, covering state affairs and presenting elaborate reasons for the repeal of the Gocbel election law, which he called the "infamy of 1S98, that had demoralized, disliu:*^*^ and disgraced the -state." /The- governor recommends a new state capitoL building, stringent taws against lynching and all mobs a'nd tm£_prohibition of the use as well as the sale of cigarettes. The notices of contest by Senator Goebel and J. C. W. Beckham against Gov. Taylor and Lieut.-Gov. Marshall were served late in the day. 30 Fronehipen Killed by Chinese. News has reached Canton that a battle occurred between natives near Wang Chaun and the French forces stationed there. It is said that the Chinese routed the French and pursued them for some distance. The French loss was 30 killed. The Chinese losses are not stated. The battle occurred on Dec. 10 and 11. , On hearing of the affair the viceroy dispatched three gunboats w i t h ..1,000 soldiers to restore order. The viceroy also wired the tsung li yamen asking what steps are to be taken, as he is quite unable to carry out delimitation to the satisfaction of the French* A bill has been introduced by Congressman W'm. S. Mesick, of Michigan, which is considered liable to .make a decided change in the affairs of the bureaxvof pensions, as it is intended to clear up at one twist of the wrist, so to speak, a considerable number of claims for pensions that are in a high degree perplexing. It is in the nature of a general service pension law, "but the beneficiaries are only those who have reached the age of 60. Mr. Mesick's bill provides: "Survivors of the army and-navy of the rebellion w h o served 90 days and who received an honorable discharge from the service, and have attained, or will attain, before or aftei* the passage of this act, the age of 60 or over, shall be granted an unconditional pension of $24 per month during life, and that survivors are entitled to the provisions of this act on the condition that all other pensions they are receiving, or may receive from t h e United States government, shalirbo forfeited."' Congress will soon take up the bill providing a government for the Hawaiian islands which will be reported out of committee probably within a week. The bill may be amended to omit giving the islands a delegate in congress. Congress convened on t h e 3d after the holiday recess. Little* business of importance was done, and no special work was mapped out for the first weekn Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, introduced, a resolution on the 4th that is composite of views of the Republican leaders of the senate regarding the status o f the Philipines. The resolution is as follows: "That the Philippine islands are territory of the United States, that it is the intention of the United States to retain them as such, and to establish and maintain such government control , throughout* the archipelago as the. situation may demand," - • • # . , I. v ' * i ' • ) *v t4:J. * £ • - • T -A \ r . ^ A ..<.,tW*»<U-MMK*K<" •*•' .""*-.•• l,!«<l'*,**Jr*''*'- <9tT mm*m*mummm»mmmmm&mmmmmmM4m*^ , • • • ' > < • • • ' . • • • • • ' ' - . • , ' • ; . • . " " " " • • y * » . - ; . . : - - ! • . . ' • • ' BftPt: ..:,-:,:¾ : ^ ^ 1 -r vKw,' /J" ^ , 'N i | H/5 APO«D OF HONOR, f X A 7a/e o/ die Blue and the Gray, jft BYE WERNER. ft * - yty ' Copytighfc l«M, by Sober* Bonner'* Sons. f«-•-.<!- CHAPTER VI. Then, with this last thought, a burning gfens* of shame 'filled the young of-^ ficert Will.1" The face of hiB old com-' ma«der suddenly rose vividly before him'. He taw his earnest gaze; heard the warning words: "If Lieutenant Ro- . land haa riot returned by eight o'clock tblft evening, I shall believe that he Is either dead or dishonored." And at the same moment William felt that he could not stand in his presence with a lie or an evasion on his lips; that he must tell him the "truth; and with this thought the struggle was over. He released himself so hastily, so abruptly, that the young girl almost tottered back. His lip3 quivered, but his voice v a s as firm as when he made the fateful promise. "I cannot be a dishonored man, Florence, net even for the prize of your hand. If you fear Edward more than you love me—if you have not the courage to defend this love against him— why, I must lose you. I will not break my word of honor." Florence had shrunk back. Her dark eyes rested with a look of mingled surprise and anger upon the man, whose rigid sense of duty she could not understand.. But ere she could frame an answer, the floor again opened, and a stranger appeared on the threshold. It was a young man in uniform, who paused a moment, scanning the pair with a hurried glance, then courteously approached the lady. "Pardon this intrusion, Miss- Harrison. Allow me to request a brief "private interview with this gentleman. I have some important news,for him." Florence recognized Captain Wilson, Edward's friend, whom she had seen —several times. She knew only too well i what had brought him to Springfield that day, but this sudden entrance into her drawing-room aroused the "Yield, Mr. Roland," he said, quietly. "Resistance would be vain. You will not find your horse where you left him; all the exits from the house are guarded; jand the servants have orders to prevent your departure by force. Convince yourself that flight has become an impossibility/' He pointed toward the terrace and Willlam> eyes followed the gesture. He really did see several figures whose faces were unfamiliar to him, and who certainly would not fail to carry out the orders which they had received. The preparations had evidently been made with the greatest caution. Edward's revenge.was swift and sure. ' "I do not know you, sir," said the young officer slowly, without lowering his weapon or averting his eyes from his enemy. "You, on the contrary, seem to be very well informed concerning my personality. In that case, you probably are also aware that I am in the house of my future father-in-law, and came solely to see my betrothed bride. By what right do you attack me?" Wilson shrugged his shoulders. "By the same right which you would exercise" if an officer of the hostile army should fall into your hands in disguise. I am a soldier and must discharge my duty;-it-is not my business to inquire the motive that brought you here. Will you surrender?" "So long as I carry a weapon, no! However the struggle may end, the flrst man" who touches me I will shoot down!" "Then you will force me to extreme measures. The consequences must be on your head." The captain turned toward the terrace, with the intention of summoning the men who'were waiting there, SHE RUSHED PAST HIM TO ROLAND. • • % » * ' • utmost astonishment. For the moment she lacked the least comprehension of the situation. But William understood it better. He saw the Confederate uniform, and with it the danger menacing him, and slowly thrusting his hand into the breast-pocket of his coat, where he carried his pistol, he replied with cold formality^ . "I shall be at your service, sir, as soon as my conversation with Miss Harrison is over. We have some ini-- portant masters to discuss, so I beg—" Glance and tone plainly requested the captain to retire. But instead of, doing so, he advanced close to the young officer, saying in a low tone: "I wish to spare the lady, and hope you will aid me—Lieutenant William Roland." ^.William.started. He perceived that ho was betrayed, and did not doubt a moment the authfcfr of the treachery. To deh'y his'identity was impossible. Only prompt action could be of service now. If he succeeded,in reachi n g his horse,' whieh -was fastened a few hutidred paces from—'the bouse, escape might yet be possible. Hastily retreating a few steps, at the same time drawing his revolver, said In a loud, sharp tqner^ "Well, what do you want "with Lieutenant Roland?" Florence uttered a cry of terror. ~Bh<s too, now suddenly realized th*» fu>l extent of the peril, but the curtfjn remained unmoved, though Iho pistol was" aimed at him. -he- 4s when Florence, who had stood trembling and deadly pale, anticipated him. She rushed past him to Roland, threw herself on his breast, and clinging to him frantically, exclaimed: "You nrasrnn-otr William! There are ten to one! You will be conquered in the struggle! They will kill you!" "Let me go, Florence! Let me go, I say!" William was vainly striving to release himself, when Captain Wilson, taking advantage of the favorable moment in which his enemy was defenseless in the arms that clasped him so closely, with a rapid movement snatched the revolver. A cry of indignation escaped the young man's lips. The next instant he had wrenched himself free, but it was too late. He stood defenseless. "Florence, what have you done?" he cried in a tone of->sharp reproach. "Saved you!" she passionately exclaimed. "They would,, have killed you here before my (eyes!" _;*Calm yourself, Miss Harrison," said the captain, gravely. "Lieutenant Roland will not be so mad as to offer resistance now. Once more, sir, yield! Spare us useless- bloodshed. It t-no-disgrace to- a soldier 4f he submits to the inevitable, and I give you my word that you have no dishonoring treatment to/fear as a prisoner of the Confederacy you will be treated in an honorable manner. William bent his eyes gloomily on the floor. He perceived the truth of have been madness and, at the utmost, brought only degrading treatment upon him. After a brief, tincomfortable pauce, he turned t o the officer. - "I am in your power. Dispose of me.** "I will send news of your arrest to the city. Mean while, /remain, here; and, If you give me your word of honor to make no attempt to fly—" "No! I yield to force, but to that alone." "Then I cannot leave you in Miss Harrison's society, but must provide a more secure prison." "Which you will doubtless find in Springfield," said William, "with, an outburst of resentment. "I was prepared for everything when I risked the ride here, except treachery in the house in which I was called son." _ "You are right, Mr. Roland." The captain raised his voice so loud that a person on the other side of the closed door could not fail to hear it. "But do not address your reproaches to me. I did what I was forced to do. I do not believe in treachery, and I regret that you have fallen a victim to it." "My words do not apply tp you. i, know the traitor—and now I will ask; only ,a_ moment longer." j lie went to his fiance and bent ovef her, but just at that moment a side* door was hastily flung open and Ralph rushed in. "Miss Florence, master is asking for you. He has suddenly grown worse. .We are afraid the end is near." Florence had hitherto found it difficult to sustain herself. This last blow threatened to crush her. She tottered and would have fallen had not William clasped her in his arms. "I cannot go!" she murmured, despairingly. "Not at this moment! William! What will become of you?" "Lieutenant Roland is my prisoner and under* my protection," said Wilson, with marked emphasis. "Have no anxiety for him. I will answer for his safety so long as he remains in Springfield." ^_JL_ "Go to your father," said William, pushing tlie~fre*mbirrlg~girl with gentle violence toward the door. "You hear? No harm will befall me, and your place is tpere. Courage, my poor Florence!" I cannot be with—you in this trying hour, but, at least, you know that._I_.am near. So be resolute." He gave her to Ralph, who drew the .half-senseless girl away with him, and then went back to the captain. "If you wish to go to the sickroom," said the latter, in a low tone, -"t-writ not" prevent yon." — William made a gesture of refusal. - "No. After what has passed between me and the sick man, my presence could not help exerting a bad influence upon him. He-has no suspicion that I am here; let him remain ignorant of it. I thank you for your consideration,, sir. Let us go!" The servants, at the captain'* order, had left their posts at the doors but stood whispering together witl. troubled faces. Ralph had ^betrayen. that the officer under arrest was Mia-. Florence's lover. And it had happened' in her own house!" True, the master of the hou.se had had.no share i.o it; they all knew now that he w.,-> dying. Edward Harrison, pacing up an<2 down the drawing-room alone, with r> cloud upon his brow, knew it also. The end-se-rong expected was comini' more quickly than had been supposed. The physician had given the siclt mar days, and now, at the utmost, there were only hours. Yet Edward had not courage to enter the apartment where Florence was, and had Ralph bring him reports, which constantly grew more alarming. Then Captain Wilson entered, but the cordiality with which he. usually treated young Harrison had given place to coliL_fonnaIIty; he_b_owed_as_ if he were saluting a s t r a n g e r ^ __ "I wished to inform you that "I am going to the city to report t h e capture," he said, distantly. "An escort will be sent for the prisoner; until then he must remain at Springfield." Edward did not appear to notice the icy coldness In the tone and manner of the words. Longer resistance would TRANSVAAL WAR ITEMS. The exact position at Molteno and Zyphergat is not yet clear, but in any «se these little engagements are beginning to attain a greater degree of nobility. Lord Methuen's cavalry iconting has developed the fact t h a t She Boers' intrenchments extend some 10 miles, far overlapping the British:! positions and making flank attacks ex-! seedingly difficult. Military analysts iffirm t h a t the Boer trenches confronting Oen. Buller stretch away some 17 miles, and t h a t work upon them is pushed unremittingly. While t h e advance is delayed, flank movements a r e ' rendered most difficult because long marches are not done with celerity, and it is hard to time an attack with jertainty. lGen. French reports that while en* Sfaged in Bombarding Kuruman on Jan. 1, he took '120 prisoners, including two captains, Mr. Hilliard, the magistrate, and eight other officers, besides capturing it natives together with a number of rifles and revolvers and a. quantity of ammunition. Fifteen British were wounded. J There was a small skirmish near Belmont on the morning of the 3d. The British fired a few shells, but the Boers did not respond. A detachment of about 40 Boers attempted to rush Klokfontein, but were beaten back by the mounted infantry. Possibly this force consisted jf fugitives from Sunnyside. A report from Col. Pilcher of the British forces says that on Jan. 1 he completely defeated the Boers in com mand at Sunnysidelaagar, taking the laager and capturing 40 prisoners, with a loss of-only two privates killed and one lieutenant wounded. The guns which were captured from Gen. Buller at Colenso have been mounted in the hills commaning the drift over the TUgela river at Springfield. The Boers also captured 620 rounds of shrapnel when thej* took the A N o w f t a * . Big resourceful Texas li famed for its great undertakings. T k * aew««t and brightest star whleir 1*ir alroC athwart its horizon la the wondtcfui town of La Porte, located on Galveston Bay midway between Houston a n d Galveston in the celebrated Coast Country of Texas. A happy trinity of pluck, brains and capital is here foun4 at work building up a great deepwater seaport city. Extensive public work t » under way Including wharfs, docks ana water front shipping facilities. The tJ. 8. 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T h e r e a d e r s of this paper will be pleased t o " learn t h a t t h e r e is, a t least one dreaded d i s e a s e t h a t science h a s been able to c u r e In all i t s stages, and t h a t is Catarrh,- H a l l ' s C a t a r r h Cure is t h e only positive cure now k n o w n to t h e medical fraternity. Catarrh being a c o n s t i t u - tional disease, Tequi res a constitutional t r e a t - ment. Hull's C a t a r r h Cure Is taken i n t e r n a l l y ; acting directly upon t h e blood a n d mucous s u r - faces of t h e system, thereby destroying. tbe> foundation of t h e disease, and giving t h e p a t i e n t s t r e n g t h by building u p t h e constitution andassistlng n a t u r e in doing its work. T h e p r o - prietors have so m u c h faith in I t s c u r a t i v e powers t h a t they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case t h a t i t fails to cure. Send for list o t Testimonials. Address FTT^CHENEY & C©., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists 75c. . Hull's F a m i l y Pills a r e t h e b e s t F r o m t h e s t a n d p o i n t of t h e b u l l d o g ^ t h i s i s a v e r y q u a r r e l s o m e - - w o r l d . R e l i a b l e H e l p W a n t e d I (E'thersex.) The Htimaaltnrian Home and Santtar- | film tor Invalids and Health Si-ekers, incorporatetl I ^end ].!<• In BtHinps for in I Information. Address J. li. Teltlcbauui, Treasurer, Laa Vegas, X. M. "They that hprior mo, I will honor." a yood thin^ when-it comes from (Jod. T O C C K E A C O L D I N O N E D A T , T a k e Laxative Bromo Quinine T a b l e t s . A l l driirpfsts refund t h e monfy if it fails t o c u r e . 25c. E . W. Grove's signature on each b o s . To t h e m a n who seeks God hrst, seeking » fortune will become a means of grace. A B o e r d i s p a t c h f r o m D o r d r e c h t d a t e d J a n . 4 . s a y s t h a t t h e B r i t i s h w e r e c o m p e l l e d t o r e t r e a t f r o m t h a t p l a c e ; t h a t t h e fighting a r o u n d C o l e s - b u r g c o n t i n u e s , a n d t h a t t h e B r i t i s h o c c u p y s o m e o f t h e o u t s i d e l ^ o p j e s . T h e l a t e s t t e l e g r a m s s a y d e n . F r e n c h h a s a T m o s t s u r r o u n d e d C o l e s b u r g . b u t t h a t t h e B o e r s a r e stiffly d e f e n d i n g a l l „ t h e i r p o s i t i o n c l o s e t o t h e t o w n , p r e - v e n t i n g t h e B r i t i s h f r o m c a p t u r i n g i t . T h e K a f f i r s t a t i o n s i n t h e v i c i n i t y of D e r d e p o o r t h a v e b e e n d e s t r o 3 ' e d b y t h e B o e r s a n d t h e i n h a b i t a n t s h a v e fled t o a p l a c e of s a f e t y . I t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t 3,000 K a f f i r s w e r e d i s p e r s e d . T h e T T r i l i s l i r n a v a r g u n S n r t - e h T g v e i t ' y I F»TS P ^ t m i u i e o t ^ p u i n L ^ , . & . _ , , ^ first dny * tis<« of Dr Kline c a m p c o n t i n u e t h e i r i n e f f e c t i v e , l o n g - " - • r a n g e fire n i g h t a n d d a y , t o d i v e r t B o e r a t t e n t i o n f r o m t h e m o v e m e n t s of B r i t i s h t r o o p s . Col. B a d e n - P o w e l l of t h e B r i t i s h f o r c e s , r e p o r t s t h a t i n a r e c e n t a t t a c k o n t h e B o e r s a t M a f e k i n g t h a t h e l o s t 21 m e n , h a d 14 w o u n d e d a n d 3 t a k e n p r i s o n e r s . ~"~ I t i s s a i d t h a t P r e s i d e n t K r u g e r h a s s e n t s e v e n s o n s a n d r>0 g r a n d s o n s i n t o t h e B o e r a r m y t o l i g h t t h e E n g l i s h , _ j n _ a d d i t i o n t o t a k i n g t h e field h i m s c l . l B r i t a i n h a s l o d g e d a p r o t e s t w i t h j S w i t z e r l a n d a g a i n s t B o e r r e c r u i t i n g , ] w h i c h i s s a i d t o b e i n p r o g r e s s i n t h a t ! c o u n t r y . Honor i s I p e r T o turn « »« arme s Greal Nerve Restores. bead fur F R E E $ 4 . 0 0 trial bottle and treatise Da. H. li. KtiNK. Ltd..931 Arch St., Philadelphia. F » Failure is impossible when God helps, arid God.' always helps waen we take his way F o r Cnta. R n r n s a n d B r u i s e s . IJchtnlrnr Hot Drop*; applv at onro; why »nffer> 23c. Ail druggUta. Herb Med. Co., Springfield, O. Before J e s u s told any man to love h . s neighbor a s himself, he showed h i m h o w A t t r a c t i v e B o o k l e t S e n t F r e e . Choice KeiMpe* for making Cwoa ami Chocolate. Address Waiter Baker &. C». Ltd.. Dorchester. Mas*. A cheerful pift is always a lari/e gift, because nothing small can be given to God. Lieut.-Col. "WatsoB^of Gen. French's command was wounded on the fJth, and 70 of his men were,taken prisoners, including seven officers. M r s . W i n s l o w ' B S o o t h i n g S y r u p . i Forchlldren teethlnft, softens the gums, reduces t t r tUminailoa, allays pal a, cured wind colic. &cabotiie» If you would keep the wrinkles o u t of y o u r face, keep sunshine in your heart. I shall recommend Piso's Cure for C o n s u m p - tion. f;\r and-wide.—Mrs. Mulligan, Plumsteath Kent, England. Nov. 8, 1685. The size of a m a n ' s bank account h a s nothing to do with h i s fitness for heaven. Brown's Teetblna Cordial m a k e s good babies o u t Of cross babies. T n e » friend, atfd answereof the point in question of the utmost indiffer- I'll see that the us." his former quietly, a& if were a matter ence: "Have no anxiety, spy doesn't escape "I am positive TEaTXTeutcnant Roland is not a spy," replied Wilson, with marked emphasis. "What brought him here is perfectly apparent, and I shall make m^optirtpir-as emphatic as possible at the court-martial." (To be continued.) D i s h e v e l e d . From Judge: yB^h was deeply interested in a weeping willow that her father had planted the night before on the lawn. "Come, mamma, hurry!" she called, as she looked from the sitting room window, "and see this cunning little-tree w4th-4ts hair all down.** At the close of formal dinners In Japan guests are presented with any portion of the mcaj they may fail to eat, which they a r e expected to take h o n e . ' : ' r^ —— G e r m a n S t e a m e r S e i z e d b y t h e B r i t i s h . The imperial mail stejnner General \ has been detained at Aden and occupied i by British troops, with the object of, searching her cargo, which is to be dis- j charged. The General is owned by the { German East African liue, the owners | of the Bundesrath. previously captured ! by the British cruiser Magieienne, off Delagoa bay. The seizure of t h e ' steamer General has considerablj- ag- j gravated t h e situation at Berlin, and j the mrfio^fttTmi against England is in- • ten^rfied._^The government is still j earnestly endeavoring to preserve cor- j R is net <zvfut <wcs*y, bot<G>hat HootTs rect official relations, b u t England wiH j Sarsap&ritt* does, ifut teUs the story. Thousands of people geve the proof py telling of remarkable cures by Hood's $4D*> sdpArUU of ScrofuU, Salt Rheum, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and aW other blood diseases and dtbHiiy. Has not God alwavSTSeeTTTrood t o us? why net Relieve he always will? 4'Proof of the ^Pudding Is in the Eating. 9» do well to make the amende honorable to Germany. THE MARKETS. N e w Y o r k — Cattle S h e e p k a m b v Best grades *5 WJH6 25 Lower grade*. 4 t£&5 3D C h i c a g o — Best g r a d e s . . . Lower grades. *4 50 S 00 16 70 5 75 HOSTS fi 8i i 1 73 Zfood&Si i 25(58 «0 .4 *X<t5 2J - D e t r o i t — Best tcrade* 3 TSJjM 55 Lower g r a d e s . . .•: jU^J 73 B u f f a l o - Best grades 4 OOfto 03 Lower grades .2 23t&3 00 C i n c i n n a t i — B e s t g r a d e * . . . .6 35<fc5 3D " L o w e r g r a d e s . . .4 0X&4 40 P U t u b a r s — Best grades 5 M@« 35 Lower g r a d e s . . .4 i i f i o 00 4 73 4 i i ~4 S) 3 30 4 63 4 2> 4 10 4 6) 4 00 6 3 3 4 SO 5 9 0 3 0J 6 3) 3 75 5 r> 4 73 3 90 4 6-Y 4 3 5 4 33 N e w York C h i c a g o ' D e t r o i t T o l e d o Claelaaatl PUUbarg- B v f f a l o G R A I N . W h e a t . J¥o.2red 7J@73 70&70 75©734 ?*a?4H E T C Corn. No. 2 mix Oat*. No. 2 white — - 2 0 & 2 & % »9*2* 24&>t »fc33H ft£33H ^ - * * 3 2 8 * , •DetrolV-Hay. No. 1 TJjaothj. I l l 80 per ton. tPotatoee, 60c per b». Live Poultry, spring ^fo; fowls. «c;jurkeya, 1 0 J ; do—i chicken*. dtiem.»c Duttex^btst " ...-7 7c Pjr^lb; M<g».irtrt« stdatry.afc Mo par per lb; creamery, Ma CHEAP FARMS N YOU WUI» MMEt l O O t O O O A 1 * ^ ^ Improved •»« unlmproT** eecnj and sold pe long time and e a e y p a y m e n t * , a r i m e - e u v C o m e and see us o r write. T H B T R U M A J I » T A T E B A N K , Sanilac C e n t e r . Mica., ar , O S C U R L F / fe. r*- \ &>**?'.' ^$wJ$ffi$& *•' ^Qf;.'. T' '.!& ' ^ M»- • '•\!-' i'' •-•'.•''t '•'',".oli.S'','i.'jiS(?' ••i'^*'. •>>;; .',v.v:':''fr:'"'"''-T?' 'A* • .u*"''1 -,-:-: ,.-:v,'.'." ..\*—w* ." '.->.-"•-v. >• ••• , .' (if - • s i -. ; ; : ^ : - # ^ •'•rt-t- • t - , r •' c JT'^Mi P.V'I*1 » '» '•••-'-•r • * • * > . f;^.^ 1-.", >/..,.• ;'' , '. /• L . } ^ - : _ •v" ' V - Vr ' V •VXT> '#. "Vf' • t ^ T >..^.v > . < • * * *T" 1 . " > " > ' " , ; . . ^ r * " * ' • • • < * , «• z •.? • V , / . * . ^ ^ r r ^ ' fEkt ffitufemg gtfcpatrii. fe v-t; • vv .1=. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. . r^v ~fT* tJT! THURSDAY. JAN. 11, \900. I Mill III. I '11,1 ",.' , ' ' ' ' ' . ^ Iff $ * • ; • • • ; .A. FARM JOURNAL Cat !•€» 1 ¾ t r r o m N o w t 0 Dec. 1903 O i l e r NEARLY 5 YEARS. By special arrangement with the publishers of the F A R M JOURNAL we are enabled to offer that paper to ever subscriber who pays for the D I S P A T C H one year ahead, ^ o r only $1, both papers for the price of ours only; our paper one year and the Farm Journal from now to-DfC, 1903, nearly five years. The Farm Journal is an old established paper, enjoying great popularity, one _of the best and most useful farm papers published. w W A X A- * x v i ",'i 4 t £ QUESTION ANSWERED. _Ye«, August Fl<»w«r BtiH Ixm the largest sale of any medicine in the civilized world. Yoijr pothers tnd grandmothers wever thought of using anything else for liulideation or Biliousntas. i l)<>ctort were bcarce, and they seldom herd of Appediciue, Nervous Prostration or Htart«f»ilute, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop ferjnfniation otyariigcst*^ food, reguTate the • ciiou of the Jiver, siimulate the nervous and organic action of the system, and that i* ail th« y took when feciing dull and bad with heudac-hes ntul other] JWlft ice king HOW achea.^You only need a few doses of sway over this country Green's AnMus. Flower, h» liquid f<.»m, to had snow the latter part of Sept. make you satisfied there is nothing serious i> . •• . l x -i ., A, ' . . u i t ... * Uoats carue into Dawson daily the mutter with y o u . cwtaiple buttle ut - J 'f-'-'.-.Hr- By BAILEY SMITH. ^Arranged by Mfis. W. CARLIN. rt* WW" & co^ri^tii o. F, A. Sigler's. A very welcome letter w <s r e - ceived from one of bur "boys who is in the far west, a part of which "twill be read with interest: — Germantown, Cal., Dec. '30,"*9& F . L . Andrews: Dear 8ir, May Wood Colony, or Corning, is ha« a store a t S k e g ^ a y . ' H i s holds ! stores are better than a xood mine We [ when a few small capsuls cost/12 or $3. and caster oil $1-per oz., and other drugs in proportion. ~ Feb. aoth, 18W9. The winter Las been ' u r better than I expected, we have no%evere storms or winds in the winter. I n Thankful words writiw by ¥«KT Ada B. Hart of Oroton, ^ 0 , . ^ , tak«n with a bad cold wbjcb iettlrtl t OQ my lonATt; oo«tfb wttl^d lp * w | . finally terminated io OoDwmpiio^, FOUR doctpjra jt*f+*mQ up MjiBt f ? coal i live but a abort time. 1 «ftff{ myseTTup U> nay Saviour, d«UrtniRO^ it I could not stay with mv frieudj o i | earth, 1 would meet my absent OMi aboye, My husband was advised t * get Dr. j i m « ' s New Discovery fi» | Consumption, Coughs and Colds.—$ift. -¾^ '•'r7^:~' dnripu Au^. a n d Sept. Provisions and general supplies wer*« u u - loaded by t h e barge aud cargo lottdand many predicted that Dawson would be supplied for years,: very cold weather there is appar- ) et there is MOW a scarcity of but- ently no rate of wind. We had a ter, eondenned milk an 1 sugar. jCpldjmap of about 10 days in Nov. hy the w a y - - ! see considerable from 30 to 45 degrees below ,zero. '"Darling Oondensed Milk" in \ From the 1st of Dec. up till Xmas Dawson put u p in Howell aTid ! was mild, scarcely below zero, and liHusiiig. Suppose I have been much of the time from 10 t o 20 gave it a trial, took in all eight hot* ties. It ha* cured me. and thank God: I am saved and'now a well an# healthy woman. Trial bottles free H F. A. Sitfler's drag store. Regular •ize50c.aod $1, guaranteed or priflD refunded. Business Locais This offer should be accept- j a b ; o m i n e o J ^ " ' ; i t V planted ' l i n k i n g milk fnmi the f.rm this ' degs. above. After Xmas i t grew • • < . ' • ; • ' • > < , . . > ! » • • • " ed_without delay. out to orange ••••r:**tiA-<* W. C. T. UE d i t e d by the W. C. T V. of Ptncknej. & : ^ * * • : • ' ^ ^ e « see ees 6&€ e@e e^« e&« Be Sironir—mid H< I p. If you are free from acquired appetites for alcohol' o r from an iuheiiled predigpiOsitioi^bJOltLik ,(*th«-rH^G"d with all your soul, but .don't indulge in grain of prid^. L e t your thalT^ngi\Mvg take 1 he i form of s^mpalhy for^the other* felh w who has both inherited pre- ! disposition and acquired appetite, j While you lift, him u p with one hand, knock the stumbling-blocks neach aud almond w n , ^ r « Butter sells for ¢2.00 per cold and has remained so, and av- 1 trees etc. T h e tree's are' young, ]h- -Mi'k 75c'f>er can, sugar 7 5 c eraged about 30 degs. below. W e j but are looking well in spite of l>er pound We have plenty of do not feel t h e coTtT weather as 8--the fact that t h e m-ound under ^ r e s ^ me#r. Thousands of cattle.keenly as in t h e states. I have $ t h e immediate surface W as hard weredrive.i in here last season expert need weathei in Dakota £ as rock aud has to be blown u p n " ^ butchered nfter the freeze^up.. far worse than any j e t in Dawsor. | with dynamite or powtter-tomake 'I'l'^ meat keeps as it t . e v e r f h a w s People suffer less from t h e cold 8 holes to plant t h e trees. T h e ' " ' , n e H ', n l> H R l 1 ^ will remain here than 4« t h e states as they ground in summer has to be irri- T ' » ^ e " l l , , , i l ^ p r i l o r May; t h e dress better for th« cold: you see gated, so is expensive, but eastern l^i^** are. from 7'>c to gl.25 p.er no leather shoes or boots, t h e foot capital is sacrificed on t h e altar M>und. There is also some pork wear being felt shoes and moccftof a big scheme to make money. 8 , , d mutton hi the m a r k e t at $1JiO sins. F u r s and mackiuaws art> """"ESTetfiii"> iB veIT"batrkward this P e r I'btuid, chickens and turkeys worn by t h e miners and travelers; y^ar. We have had so much rain ftre " ' tMtJ «""'ket l>ut t h e prities wlfile you see the business men of tliat it is impossble to work t h e are very high. W_e have neatly Dawsofi dressed about the same as land. I t will be a week befoie we every thing here row' that one they would be in Seattle, unless are able to start work if we have " ^ d s , if it U properly cooked, when traveling, then" they wear Canned goods-of every kind c a i r t u r s . We have weather here from be found in t h e stores. AH kiiuls April to October that a Californof meats, fruits and veuetables are iau would envy. ancfr-quit at sundown—not a v e r j T ^ W ^ 1 i n ]wr^ T 1 , e ««""ed The volunteer fire department goods are astonishing; can^ get give good service, and with two canned beef, mutton, pork, c h i c k - clientieal a n d a steam fire engine, S Notice t o T«x Payers The Totfinhi'M T-ix !1>M is »»* i'J my hands for thn OolJction of r»i<-'>—1 will be at the Pinckney Ex. Bv>K d.iri-i^ husiuesa houriJ to rTirptvo the NHtne. H H. T o i o l ' . Two' ri«'!isurei*. I wouhl lik« to tra.ie a si. h t-u^ss for pole wood. J O K S V K ^ S . <, • • . For Sale. • House nnd lot in the v i i ^ w o f Piuukney t-55i 11. lotitiiit.- '•Vtr S.IIH or Kx«'liJt.»,*»*. A »• thintf I <!an usu. Vi I i • i n < iTtin- tallniHnts. Percv s.v -. u.mt, I ' M I , \ , M l i b ; ' t i i y - gobd weather. I am now driving an eight mule team; we go to work as soon as we can see to hitch-up^ of ot.e•r .it-li.iiT ikn4igi place•s oniti- of i hiie i .lo ng d,a y_if_l ^t h. i.s— t-i,m e of« ye—ar, way with the other, using the bal | & f / lot of an American sovereign.— J. F . C. .-: "t Can Dutik or Let it Alone." A man who used to run a saloon in Wellsville, Ohio, had wonderfully developed his power of self control. One of his customers, who when he got one drink, always wanted more and usually ended in a drunk, had" been in- __ duced many times to drink by the i VPnti? hVy f ^d ^n t > y of acoTcTTo result . liytiiol&gy aiid i acinar hti •smt etgn «iv»A Atvjoicil'u-ii sho'.'jil '»cJn(iu:veat ^•' ;"§! cocket of o^eiy |.t'i OJI", t/.".u»!iK' i t 5 i M i do Two Wj;-ds rn til9 EoRlish *#:';|i Uacs'ttaga Have Exactly the ' v '• : Jam© ••^r.trntfi'c.'nc^. T> oxI>rocs jtands to convey a dictionary of ^»UB|fc-yuonytast» uecdtd to I'voltl repe- ""{'/•••'jjjtnj^n. The fl?jviig«ft figure of '^Ijifwoch is nntltJiewx. J» this cite- ^•rjli tionn'V the nt^ioi'.-'wl AT.toj.vjis "^ will, thereiorc.'tie.found exlJ-o.i..-ly valuable. Contains ainny otber features puch *>» Mythology, Familiar Allusions and For- Fhrases, Prof. l.ol«<nte'S MeajOTjr Your Friend. j en, turkey, and wild fowel, fish of two hose carts, and a hook ^ , ^Sy-ste^m.^ 'T0he ^Ar6t of^ Ne^ve^r "Forcettiticr/' efcej." ^ \- r _ . : all kinds; but canned goods soon ladder truck of t h e best make, we j £ 5 $ , ! ! ^ F A Sit/ler S a r T n t e ^ every hot-! grow tasteless and tiresome. One feel fairly well protected. T h e i " " * - - - ^ ^ 0 0 ' 1 8 ^ ^ 6 1 i> ptt-a»>arit and ?afp to ta^rp. It pre XT in pneumonirt t mar.-I J. G. SAYLES Plainfield, Mich. >5:" l •iii-rv saloonkeeper, who would say, "Come on and rake a drink and then let it alone like I do." But listen! t h e saloonkeeper j fills a drunkprds grave today, while th© other man used good common sense and quit drinking, and is now living an upright, temperate life. The first party proved that h e conld take a drink W h a t did the second party prove? Whiskey Jug- Wrecks ErjfTit Cars.. During the local option contest at Dorset, Ashtabula county, one ««»««*«« i miienorth ot village of the saloonistB, ill fact the lead- ; State Telephone Connection. e r of the Saloon crowd, went t o All call^promptly answered. Ashtabula to buy a special ship- — — — ^ i — i — — — • • — tie.of Chamhprlins Conyh Remedy and needs vegetables and fresh fruits, police census approximate about will refund Uie money to any one who W7e have onions and potatoes at 5,000 people in Dawson this winis not sfif*ified aHer u>in# tuo thirds 60c jjer_p°und. Some_ fruit-came ter, and 15,000 on the various riv- •ot the contents. This i< the lest rem- | n lrt8t summer, no one but a good, ers and creeks, of this district. «-»Iy. i»i ili^1 w.-.1 Id <f»r In urippe eonphs. c l a i m owner could afiPord to "eatr During t h e short days t h e sun colds, rroop and wliPopin««onB|i and m a c h o f i h Saw two watermelons- for. some five weeks did irot apmarked S15.CHJ and $25^>0; good pear to the people of Dawson, we apples 25c a piece, and other fruit had dayJight from 9 a. m. until in proportion. about 3:30 p. m., a g r a y . d a w n Since I arrived in June, have rather of somber color. T h e sun been working for a, storage Co., appeared about Jan. 10th, and the driving team at $10 a day, and 5>1 days lengthened rapidly; Feb. 1st per hour for a i l over time. The We had tliree"Tiours of sun, and first mouth I made *293. Tejyniiig_a o W T .j, e b. 20th, we have nearly 8 is §10. per hour and f »r six weeks hours of sunlight, with 12 hours I made * 100.00 per day and better daylight. Two -monthj fronT'now for the company. Since the cold We will have—no darkness- ^ B r e weather began I have been haul moon in this north rn country is once. Send for our lar»?« boo' cutaiogne, free. Address all ortlers lo THE WERNER COMPA\Y> fablUhera *nd M^nqfactarem, AKXOX, OHIO. Funeral- Director and E»mbalmer* ing wood, which was *35 per cord 'assfcj&nge in its manner of whirlin 4 foot length, in t h e f a l l - b u t i ' ^ around ns as the appearance i 2d- i i i • . °f the sun. 1 ve seen the moon in is now only *2o. An ol 1 acquaint- t h e h e R w n s 2 0 h o u r s o f t h e ^ i u ance from Howell, Chas. Kelly, is December^ here in th? drug business, \ip also ConcKideil N e x t W e e k , Spain** Greatest lfe«d Mr. ft. F. Oliva of Barcelona, Spain lw lit'--, r rf'Vment of liquor to be used on t h e (Jay of the local option ele'etion. After transacting his business a t Ashtabula be purchased a j u g of whiskey a n d g o t ou a freight train to steal a ride home. ir.te imbibed from t h e j u g freely. As thertrain did not stop a t Dorset and _wajLgoing to fast for him t o jump, ^e opened the valve of t h e air breaks which set so quick a s to pile u p e i g h t / d the cars en top of one anoliier. Some hours «fcr The annual meeting of the Livingston County Mutual F i r e I n - jsiirance company was held at the ^P«nda hi* winters at" Aikne, 8. a C . ' L . B O W M A N , {*>"* house, Howell,Tuesday J a n . W e a k aer™ b a d c f t a 8 e d 8 e ? e r e ***** ' 1 T h e secretary's report showed Railroad Guide. tfraiKl Trunk Railwar Mystem, T i m e Table In Mffect, N o r . 19, 1899. M. A. L. D f V t S t O N -WESTBOUND. N o 2? Paswak'er. Pontiae ro J a c k s o n .cunnectipR from Detroit 9 44 a M No.'-S P*s*ei»^Hr, Pontine t*> Inckwn, fl:<ip. rn. No. 29 has through coach irom Detroit t o Jaxoa« No. 43 Mixed. Lenox t o Jncksaa ..connection from Detroit 4 49 p m EAST OUNi) N o 30 P a u e n j e r to Pontine and Dwtrolt 5 15 p at No. 38 Pasannzer, J axon t * D e t r o i t , 0:1« a. m. No. 28 a m tbr >u^b coacb from J A ton tn Detroit N o 44 MIXPU *o Pontiae and L e n o x 7 66 • m All trains daily exempt Sunday. No 44 connection at Pontine for Detroit and - j-for th# weat o i D d N R R W. J Bla**. A<?«nt. P i n c k n e y Proprietor of J h e Grty Market, Corner ol Main and Mill Sts., PINCKNEY, MICH. ter wards h*> was pulled out o f t h e ] wreck horribly.':>angWl. H e died shortly afterward. T h e election winch he was t r y i n g to control came off July 11th, resulting in a victory of two t o o n e f o r tempera n o * P e r h a p s one of the Strang. 9tt features of this occurence w a s t h a i t h e pastor who led t h e temperaoce forces against the saloons was aaked t o .preach t h e funeral aermon of t h e dead saloonist— Gilbert J . Kaynor, Colttmbna, Q,, WILL PAY CASH F o r Tallow, Hides, Pelts, a n d Dressed Pork—— S e * us before sedling y o o r B e e t C.L BOWMAN. that one year ago there was 3144 policy holders in the county, today they number 3216. T h e total in the back of his head. On using Etffcrrte Bitters, America's greatait blood and nerve remedy, all pain toon latt him. He says this g-asd medietas i» what bis conntry needs. Ail Amera m o u n t a f pfft|,mtty now insured ica knows that it cures liver and kidand at risk amount to ^5,3()2,835. ney, trouble, purifies the blood, tones Amount paid for losses *&,?5,3J!2.^np-tb^aiomaeh, strengthens the nerves Cash balance on hand $2,t)06.30. PuU *»m, vigor and. new life into T h e foliowingofficers were elect- every muscles, nerve and or jan of t b t eoT:— \ . •<• body. If weak, tried, or ailing* yea President—Wm. M. Horton, of n*«d i t Every bottle goaraate«dt FowlerviHe. ^ 0nly SO Sold by P. A. Sigler, drnggisl. Vice Pres.—D. O. Smith, of ^ M " i c « t a r y - W . J . L « r | t i n ; G e n o % ' ' * " * » * HOTEL. DETROIT Di rector—E. Wilson Hardy, of * ^ * Oceola. AMD STEAMSHIP UNCBm Popular route tor Ann Arbor, Toledo and points East, South, and for Howell, Owo«so, Alma, VIt Pleasant Cadillac, Manistee, Traverse City and points in Northwestern Michigan. W. H . BkNNBTT, \ tt.'P. A, Toledo 60 YtARff EXPERiENCI A r r i a a t l n l Blonder Will often caave a horrible bum, scald, eat or bruise. Back left's arnica salve, the tx^t in tbV world, wilt kill tkiejayn and promptly beat ik Caret oideoret,'fevar sore*, ulcers, boils, lei oat, corns and, ad skin ftraptions. Best pit* tmto oa earth. Only 25e a hoT Core goaraatstdV Sold by f. A. Big AMSmOAM AMO MUROPMAfi FLAK. 19 •»• eo St'Oa r o *a»oo t m*AiA,soo. UP ToOATmOAPmm tts is Manager.1* iu thi.i :KM! i:i<*> \ fief. 8»Jery,$900 a y«:-.r and \j)^nccs<. •BlraJ», bono-fide, no more; w» len>. IVwition pcrnianent. Our ^fehsrc<.5, ..HV bank in any town. \t U ma'mlv • fB«s work coodtioted ^ •lose telMKidrwMxl auuaped envelope, ^ n l DoaimoN ('on PAJ*V. hffPT .T, CurcAoo., TaAot MARKS DCSIQNS COPVRIOMVS a\o. ;i,- 4 -| p JA*Blyto tw»a***nrrt«t1inBg oaanrk Boptrimtooann ddpanatewrotpktkthomci i ^ '-*-"f«oned#ntW. Handbook tm Pat _ WM| Kyency.for aecortpirjpXaat^ _ • •tt•cnniifaraet*r.t oOUMjriAwto nnfelodntntyt tafol.r »H«aontd--t„ . aj,M1Pe*iot«l nntoat ictaek*n wn ttthhortorntt orhb arMgan.n lna fttb «, Scientific Jltncricam L r% *- .. J A handaomelr illnirt.nit§d WMkly. Lanwat d»> • t OOOte. Refcrencer hn* i ootatton of any aetonufta Joomat. T«rmt, | T a _, ... ^, -T > i J L l gfcwr^fmiTmonthe.il SoMb»«R a w t l i i l e m ^.'•tP TV *Wr ^ t --.^.,. m?BJim^mi^M^ - "•*•,».? w *5%r>vim " > V ••: - - ,/(i*-y..:. /*MMMIU , . . . ^ / - \ , l : , > . v * ^ \ : ' u v V ; , ' V . . , ! 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I->w»iity tive doses, 36 cent*. ^l«a**nti safe^cd sore are KnWBlack IMsrrbcea Fill*. Cure* lummer torn plaints, dysentery and at! peine of thV-^mnuai and Dowels. Only 26 tents box. . Y KaillV Blue Kidney Pill core back- #jsil«i.joi«» Q'tilj 25 e^nts box. -nsr ^ - j / -¾., • » X urn niad« by tafrnp Knill's Dyspepsia I'ahipts.. They will core Indigestion, torreet all htooiaiib troubles, destroys all toul unf#$ lor 26c"box. Best and iheape*t. Guar ran tard bv yoot drug/ gest. Will Oorlett, Dexter. W *J1 Darrow, Ptnckney. AL4. 8QR?8, • « * • THUNTEES -INQ.OF ALU «*nd stored i n large taufei .from which it can be ahifted aotozDarioally . , . - M M ^4 ^ , to W or an parta of the mmmt in J P^WMMSW-- KRUOER THE MOST OARH Biich- a manner ae to amotber a Are effectlTely, !a a new idea to be need in change at Indlanapolte. ted. the new Telephone Companj'e Bx- Thla 1« a Boer dejicacy: A great eonare elloe la out off a loei made ot eoerfte unsifted meai. and covered with r thick layer of Jam—preferably atraw. berry. A;row-j»f^aardAnet la then placed on top and the oil from the sardine box is liberally poured over the whole. ATnewly married couple In Portland/ Me., who are both deaf, and are trying houeekeeplng -without a servant, have devised an Ingenious arrangement for i. • • -»'_-'u- . . A u-M»ir„i t^*^ door bell, by which a caller, when Piiiu-Rwwt sroma.bs and breaths |»e presses the button lights the lamps, . . * / • > * • A \ - .-•y THEGPEAT JaSTOM", AT/VE. Bar-Ben is the greatest known • « VBABBHABK. nerve tonic and blood purifier. * ^ » - • * • • * » • It creates solid flesh, muscle and STRENGTH, clears tbe^brain. makes toe blood pure and rich, and causes a general feeling of health, power and renewed vitality, while the generative organs are helped t o regain their normal powers) and the sufferer is quickly m a d e conscious of direct benefit One box will work wonders, sia should perfect a cure. 60 da. A BOX; 6 boxes, $2.50, For sale by druggists everywhere, or mailed, sealed. &,&S$BLP* l*10*- Address DRS. BARTON AND BENSON. Bar-Ben Block,devel&pd. O. IV! s«le b y h\ ArSlGLBR, i>rn^H6t P i n c k n e y , . - M i c h . and thus makes his presence known. In Australn hotele it Is still customary to charge extra for caudles. A •man Who made a foot tour recently figured out that at the 24 hotels whero he stopped In the course of 56 days he paid more than nine florins for light— a sum for which be could have bought 138 candles. The curious fact Is -revealed by the discontinuance of the coining of the thaler of the free city of Frankfort that the great actor. Fanny Tanauschek, was once <beavfiful as well as interesting la countenance. She was Chosen queen of beauty at a Frankfort schuetzenfest, and her features in profile were c'H^^e^ for the heafi on the Frankfort thaler. The largest bell in the world is in a Buddhist mon"atery • near Canton. China. J t is eighteen feet high and is forty-five feet in circumference ana Is of solid bronze. It is one of eight great bells • which were cast by command of the Emperor YungTo about A.. D. 1400, and is said to have cost the lives of eight me"n, who were killed during the process of casting. A $ 4 . 0 0 BOOK FOR TSctS. The Fanners' Encyclopedia. Everything pertaiainrto- tfee affairs of the farm, h o m s e k o l d and stock raising. Embraces articles o n the hone, the colt, horse habits, diseases o f the none, the farm, grasses, fruit culture, dairvtagtCOokery. health, cattle, sheep,swlne, poultry, bees, t h e dog, toilet, social life, etc., e t c One of the most comp l e t e E n c y c l o - I>edias in existence. A large book, 8x5V£ x 1% inches. 636 pages/ fully illustrated, bound in m cloth bind- It has been demonstrated repeatedly in every state in the Union and in many foreign countries that Chamberlain's Couurh Remedy is a certain preventive and c i r e tor <>roup. i t has become the universal remedy* lor that disease. M V. Fisher, of Liberty, W. Va., only-repeats what has be«n said around the crlobe when he w r i t e r **t have used Chamberlain's Con?b Remedy in my family fer several years and always with perfect success. We believe that it. i* - n o t Onty the lest coucrh remedy, b a t that it is a sure cure for croup. It has saved the^Hves ^of our children a nuraber^ofyiuhies " This remedy is for sale by K. A. Sigl e r t D r n ^ ^ i s t . other books costing $4.00.- If you desire this book send us our special offer price, $0.75, and »0.20 extra for postage and we wlU forward the book to you. If it is not satisfactory return it and we will exchange it or refund your money. Send fe^our-speclal illustrated catalogue, quoting the lowest prices on books, "We can save you money. Address all orders to - THE WERNER COMPANY, « . rsbutten and Xumfecttirtrt. AkTOn, OhiO [The Wtrner Cytripanv is thorouehly reliable.J — T'Utor ^f W €_•- i'n HI more for »ou in tto« »»y of comfortable twi.sunci gotKi tueajj than ths Franklin BOUM, at rot « aealj _ _ liaies an.l Laroed Streets. RaUs ar« Sl.60 to'ts.eb'a day, Asaerican plan. Woodward and Jefferson Arannea are only a block away, with cars to all parts of ta« city. Excellent accommodations for wheelmen, H . H. J A M E S A S O N , Proprietor* JSrUo- txiid l e a r n e d Sts.« D e t r o i t , Mlel. LAST FORCVKM. PERFECT SCALES >ppei F i s t e d U Steel Levers. Co Al CCoatmalboignuaeti oFnr eBe.e am. Address, J o N t a OP BINOHAMTON, •1NOHAMTON, N. Y , There are 5,0ft0 theatres In thn United states. More than 2,000 are fairly claesible as legitimate and over 1,000 more are devoted to vaudeville. 2,000~000 cases of condensed milk were put uip In this country last year and^uai**ib'"|~and most of it was consumed at home. This Indicates that the condensing nf milk may become an important business. The total wealth of the United States will be nearly $100,0QQ.000,on>) when the next century begins, and since the country has grown so richwe have become one of the first among nations that seek investment In foreign lands. Anaesthetics were known in the^daye of Homer, and the Chinese 2.000 years ago had a preparation of hetap known as "una yo," to deaden pain—something similar to our modern cocaine. An Jtaliari pajper which purports to give statistics of all canonizations and beatifications since the year 1500 shows that there have been no saints in Ireland, England or Scotland from that date. At a depth of 27 feet a curious discovery was made recently, a Berlin aper says, on the Island of Gothland the skeletons of several knights In fuHl armor seated on. their horses. Archaeologists think they date back to the,ninth century. in Detroit A N Ciwdlted. WttH F r e e i n g ' a«*thAXrl«»«fUott»-Ten*«rfTlM>u»aiHl« • f H a r m l e s s UiraJE* K i l l e d f s * Th»lr B i d e s - T I M 1» very Valuable. The Boers are credited with being t r e a t hunters, and chief of them itf his younger days wa# President Kruger, whose daring in attacking a lion single handed, with a bunting knife, has many times been told. When tht Boers migrated from Cape Colony to the Transvaal they were forced to clear tho way by killing 6,000 lions, many of which were killed by Kruger. For years the South African Boers have been hunters, and their skill with the knife is due to this daily practce in the fields and woods. But with them the killing of game has been either a matter of dollars ad cents or self protection. Their creditable work of freeing South Africa of the dreaded liqns. which roamed ,in|such numbers that life was rendered [unsafe anywhere in the country, ia offset by the ruthless destruction of the giraffe from Cape Colony to the Botletli river. If they killed 6.000 lions In the Transvaal_b£-_ fore existence was made safe, they may have kiilled 60.000 of the Innocent, graceful giraffes. In the early days of South African history the giraffe was the most abundant game in the Transvaal. Matabeleland and Orange Free State, "but the creatures has been killed off like our American buffalo, and the few remaining representatives of a noble race gradually driven north. For years past the giraffe has been a .profitable quarry for t h e Buer hunters, and the animal was valued by them only because the hides were articles of commercial use. They were pot hun'ed, shot down in droves, and destroyed in the greatest number possible in every direction. A good giraffe skin is worth from $10 to $20 in South Africa to-day, and much more in Europe On their hunting trips ten and fif een years agO it was a common matter for one hunter to kill forty and fifty of these graceful animals iu pne day. The reason for this is that'the giraffe Is the most innocent of animals and is easily hunted. It is absolutely defenceless, and there is hardly a case on rpco.d where a wounded giraffe turned upon the hunter. It is true giraffes have g^eat powers of speed, arid they can dodge rapidly from tree to tree in tb^e woods, but they offer such a fafr~roark that these tactics hardly ever save them The hide of the animal is its chiefl article of. value. No wonder that the bullets often fall to pene rate th's sic71, for it is from three-quartere to rn i' ch thick, anl as tough a<s it is thick. The skin, when cured and tanned, makes excellent leather tor cer:a:n purposes The Boers make riding whips and r nduls out of the skins they do not e'id to Europe^ The bones of the gir:1 ..o brve also a commercial va ue. The leg bones are solid instead of hollow, ~ancTTn l^urope they are-4n great demand for manufacturing bu tons and other bone articles.- The tendon^ of the giraffe are so strong that th y will sustain rn eno;-:;~o^s de d.we'gfct, which gives them pecun.ary value. I want to let the peoplt, wM suffer from rheumatism and <iiatiea> know j that Chamberlains Pain Balm reliev> ed me alter a number of other medicines and a doctor bad failed. It 1$ the heat liniment X have ever known of.—J. A. Dodgen, Alpharetta, Ga. Thousands have 0009 cored of rbeumrtisto by this remedy. One applieation, relieves the paiu. For sale by F* A. Sigler, Druggist. American capitalists have invaded the Canadian iron country and organised a company which will control the iron, steel, coal and/ limestone output of Newfoundland, together with the Cape Bre'ten coalfields and the Sidney limestone Quarries. " Instead of the bicycle driving, t h e -horse out of business the two havecome to an understanding and do well together. It is curious how these things do clash for a time and then sett'e down to both work out the inevitable destiny of man. My son has been trouble i for year* with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime aero [ persuaded him to take some of Ohamberlin's Colic, Cholrea and Dfarrboer Remedy, After using two botties of 25=£fliit size he was cured. I I*.*»r* w > ^'-•TMiijg^.fi^rttai* W Manasrer Martin, of tue j^arson drag store, inlorms us that he is baviaj?> gre^t ran on Oh*»lwrla>o4e QoQirh Remedy} 8e salU tlf a littles of that sjedicioe to ooo or any other kind, and it fftves great satiafaction. fa these days of la grippe there fa nothing like Chamberlain'i CouH Remedy to stop thn coqgh, heal up the sore throat and lnn«e and gives relief in a very abort time. k The ealeo are growing, and ail who tr/ ^_»f»K pleased with its prompt aetioaf-iy8oatb. Cbieago Daily Calumet. For sale by F. A. SiffLer, drugget.. give this testimonial, hoping someone similarly effected may read it and be benefited—Thomas C. Bower, Glencoe. 0 . For sate by P. A. Si«ler, dra^s?ist USEFUL SUGGESTIONS. For burns and scalds apply vaseline. It will give speedy-relief and is a sure cure. Do not allow the burns to Ixsi, come dry. but keep them well covered with vaseline. Camphor moth balls will keep silver and si ver-prated ware from tarnishing. I was standing at a glass case iu a large store watching the e'erk putting these balls in 'among the silver. I asked why she was doing this and was told it was to keep the silver- from tarnishing. For bleeding from the nose bathe the face and neck with cold warer. A physician's wife told me that Dlecdmg from the nose could be stopped by chewing. Put girm or any substance in the mouth and keep constantly chewing it and the bleeding will stop in a short time. • Powdered rosin is good to stop a cut from bleeding. After the rosin is sprinkled on the cut wrap the part with soft cbtton or linen. As long aa the wound feels, feverish keep the cloth wet with cold water. /" If sleeplessness Is caused by too much blocd in the head^t may be help- ! ed by putting a cloth.Twet in cold water, to the back of the neck. Salt and water not too strong, will reUeve_a tickling in the throat. Use .water about milkwarm and gargle frequently. Sickness of the stomach is often relieved by drinking a'teacuplul'of-hotwater. Drink just as hot a=s you cTvnT Purgatives and strong physics are hurtful. A dose of castor oil is per- Site £iittstg ^ipfirrtr rasusaso S V S B Y TVOBSDAY K U « N U « » T , . Bailor and 2*ropri*tor. Kabscriptton Price $1 in Advance / : Sotered at ttte Poetofflc* at Pioc*aay, J£lo*l«a»« as eecood-ciase master; Advertising rate* mads known on sppJtestios. Business Cards, |4.oo per year, r Peata and marrlase uoticea paMisaed tree. Announcements of entertainments may be paM for, if desired, b / presenting the office wita tickets of admission, l a owe ticteteare act iiroutfat to the office, regaiar rates will be charged. AU matter In local notice column trill be enarf ed at 0 cents per line or fraction thereof, for each insertion. Where no time is speelned, all notices will be inserted ontil ordered llacuatinaed, and. wiU be cnarr»d for a c u w a i n 4 y . ^§r- \U changes of advertiMments MDSf rea^h this omee as early as T o s s o a r morning to in*ore an Insertion t h e same week. SOB PBMTIjrG/ In aU its branches, a specialty. . We have sU kinds and the lateat styles o f rype, etc., waich enables as »0 execute all kinds of work, such aa Books, Pamplete, Posters, Programmes, BUi tieada, Note Heads, {Statement*, Cards, Auction BU1», etc., i s saperier styles, upon the shortest notice. Prices as o-v as good work can lw aoae. ' THE VILLAGE DIRECTORY. VILLAGE OFFICERS. P-BS81DKNT . ^ - . , . . . _ viex. Mcfntyrs TttuuTESs E. L. Ttioinpaoa, Alfred rfjius. Daniel Bicn&rde, -eo. Bowinin, Samuel Sykes, If. 1>. Jobnson. ( J L B H K . . . . B. (LTeeple X^asAscasa......MM. . • • ......^..-....^... w. c^ jLtirpny ASBBSSOH ..-« -M W V A . 0*rr STRBBT COMXISSIONBH .J. Monks. MAaSAHL A. Jfi. rfi-»#a. UitALTUurrioBft.,..,... . . . . D r . t i . K. SUU< AiTotiNicY...WWM .MM.. ...iim •••««•. n , A. o>irr CHURCHES. MBTUOOlSTEPlSOOPAliCtfUaCtt. Hev. Cbaa. Siinpoon, ptutor. $*rnc<i4 avury bandsy morning, at 10:3^, and arery Sandsy evening at 7:00 o'clock. Prayer meeting Thursday eventnga. Sunday ecuool at cloaa of aiorning service. LBAJ. SiQLsa, 8upt. CO > 0 » « K Q A n « N A L CHUttCH. Bpv. 0. W. itice :S?a etor. Service every Sunday raorninj st 1U:&) and erdry S j a i i y eveninK at 7:UC o'clock. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings. SaaJAy school at close ot aoro- Inif service, tt. U. f«wple , ia.pi. Aon iCead, iac T h a t T t t o b b i u f f H e a d a c t s w WoUld qmi'kly l«>nve -yoth if ysej used Dr. Kind's New Life Pills Thousands of sufferers have proved their matehless merit for tick andaar* vous heal aches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build a p your health; Easy to take. Try Uesa. Ooty 25c, money back if n o t Sold by F. A. Sigler, druggist. FEMININE OBSFRVER, fectiy harmless and is sure to rel eve the stomach. It is good for bilious colic and if taken in time may prevent serious illness. FANCY WORK DO-NT'S ST. ilAtt^'S CATHOLIC Ct£U KOd. Hev. H. J. Uotnmarforil, P*-stit. Services every Sunday. Low mass at7:30o'clock high mssS witnsermon at 9:40 a. in. CateebiematoiOU p. m., vespers ana benediction at 7:iu p. m. SOCIETIES. \h* A. O.-Ki, ^'V'tftiyi^tftiJUllv!gi''T^<>^ *v«ry tbird S n a i i / iactxelTrT vTitcui* 'tilf"-— Jatxo Tuomiy an I \Iiij tC-^u/, ' > i it/ > <i -gaM, EPV70RTH LEAGUE. Meets" every Suniay evening at «}:0O oclook in too \4. ci. ouurcu. A cordial invitation U extende-l to evaryoiid, ii)Mciaily young people. Mrs. stalls (iraaam Pre-* i a i s n \ ^ ESTJS\.v >^ io JiarTT^Tlet. ii^a every Sunday av<mia^ m d:l) t*rin 1 mt, Misls & titta Carp^atar; Sdcr^tafy, A.a, 0. Y. >i.>n. 11H1 in ^HE ^V. C. T. U. tneits the beat friJjy of eaoii >ntb at -ivi~ p. in, at t ie ho ne of Or. 1. v%. _ , , , , Sigler. Bveryoae iatereatud it* teinperano* is D o n t CUt t h e e d g e s o f a n y p i e c e o f j coadially i n v i t o Mrs. 'jeal Siller, Pr«»; At*. Etta Durfee, Secretary. If, . - . r*-fi '<a^.\ W'f carry a' StfK vnlt !:.. f i o r d s ; • cil ;a $1,.T0U.IU>00 :.'"• i j » " - —»' ••L&**t*Fr- ' /<'*?:.**? f->!i>!'- 2o.UKJ k'ltcr every day occupy the talleat mercenttU building tn the world. We hsvi; over a,ooe^ooo customers.. sixteen hundred clerks are constantly x engaged filling out-of-town orders. O U R G E N E R A L C A T A L p Q U E is the book of the peepleWholesale, Prices tos E vrr'SM v . has over 1,000 pagee, 16,000 il lust rat. oris, end 60,000 descriptions ot' r.. each co^y. V.'cv/ant; your f;ood ./ • / : r '-. ^; w rH'\\lM^\\*>Y''i\%/ \'^:'>&*S'9> t>\} •'•'•'••'• 'j^nAvi.and ittadiionStrwj; . « - : i ><•>». • Th© love of self outlasts all othe>i dievotlon. SimpMoity is the last resource of (ho: knowing womnn. If tirre is money, how many are jruil - ty of stealing fortunes. To keep, your husband absolutely truthful do not cr.teohise him. True politeness consists in treaties: othe:-«! as you wou>d care to be treated yourself. Dresser covers showing polka-riots scattered over a wliite ground, are the correct thing this season. • No man is eo absolutely1 disagreeable as tfe one wnose manner is either overly gushing or absolutely boorten. Why is it that the woman who cau only afford one Hew p-e^era1 !y "selects one work until it is dampened and pressed. Don t i o gainst natu e in your shadings jor desifeuo. r>iu^ao_.ib and leaves should a.'AM/.s be wovKed in tints like the natural ones. Don't -forgeT that pure white and green are, alter all, the daintiest ancl pre;tie«st for table ;pieceo, no matter how briillaut the oOxuiuig.' Don't use an ironing board for pressing embroideries uu.c-ss it is well and softly p.uld.d-wi.h tii'Lk flannel. This is nece'sc-ry to r. i^e the work and bring uut the ue.-tsu. Don't h-ve large flowers or designs on small pieces, i :' . tive results are o b i a i n d only by consistent treatmrent acco.-viius tu t-iz^, kiha and the purpose for which the .inen is intenued^.- Don'i neglect your edges when workin? the scallops- -t'.]e universal edge flnLsh now. Unless they are close and firm they will loox f.:iyed and rsurg>ed and rspeitrd washings will soon finish, them altogether. Don't have ug'y knots showing on the ur.der side cf- your work. The The C. T. A. and a. Sociev/ of this p^see, aid^t every third Saturoay evening in the ft. Mttthevr Hall. Jonn Donahue, President, I7-N1QUTSOF MACCABSKS. IVMeetevery Friday evening on or Oetore Call of tne moon at their hall in the Swarthout btdg. Visiting hrotbera ATK cordially invited. CHA». UAUPBKLL, Sir Knight Oou>mandat Livingston bodge, No. 7 « , " * A. « . K-i'»>sr Communication Tuesday evening, on or oel'ore tbetull of the moou. Alexander dolotyre, vV. vf, RDSR OF EASTErtS STAK meeUeach month tne Friday eveningC>ilo>via^ the regular b\ a a s . MASTT RSAD, V7. .«. 0 AA.M. meeting. LADIE.S OP THE MACCABEKS. Meet every Is. and 3rd Saturday of eachmoutb at *:3u p in. a* K. «•>. C. H. Uall. VmUa,' *;dt<srs vj>rlUuy ta * vited. Liua COXIWA? Lady Com. «• gown a sci-'^i , wi\ nir ^iue tlion- .1,0^ ..^ n e i Kn:)ts are brie that she becomes identified with i rubn.u 0ff whh the iron and of such hue or fa-",- right - 1.1--.: be-'de i t t SB t h e to b e the hereby money on a 50 i •' ;i ; *.»"ork O'.rt Don t ase lghi. f tne fact that otten l i -• .. ^ LK'iSpri ne s Many tiu.e rt che.r and more bi.iik.wj," rt^ ;^s ...c »cmi^ed by large \ with prices. It ^os^ts 74-centa to print ac J^mail 10 haVP one. S E N D F I F T E E N CENTS to,show • c.i t y :: a <- -••••' :" '*.!?,, with all charges orcpaid. > O I I C I ; . 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'i!w.VL > ' ii liMi ^ ^ : ^ w ^ & » i h . ^x&itoK^^.i,^ii^^xi>rt '-jwrnm \Vr :,V:^w'S'>S:v>.( • f * p v » * ^ - > •••• iv* &&>?'• " IT" 4* * a j p i vat*':, .V4!t 'V • • » FBAKK L, ANDREWS, Publisher. "PINCKNEY, f * * MtcniOAir. i ' .^i. A temperance crank must he a c Rodger. t The whir-r-r of the alarm clock an eye-opener. orn \ . % \ i . r v f * Poverty may be a blessing, but only when it clings to our enemies. It is said that many a model woman earns a living by trying on cloaks. • . % • waste much time reading the bill of fare. The test kind of local government 1B founded on the wrecks of political machines.' - ', The late General, Lawton didn't depend upon the typewriter or the newspaper interview for his heroism. The new bankruptcy law appears to be inviting some rather complete smash-ups from the most unexpected Quarters. TALHAGE'S SERMON. of it ho sees angels of XJod hovering -allies of'that Bta to'marched Ifl'procx*- TALK ABOUT WOMAN'S FULNESS. USETh* r« Are Danjrerog* Alaremanta or Trap* That Blo»t Ever B e Avoided —**8h« Shall lie Called ^ o m » D " - <ien. l i t 9^3. God, who can make no . mistake, made man and woman for a specific work and to move in particular spheres—man to be regnant in his realm; woman to be dominant in hers. The boundary lind between Italy and Switzerland, between England and Scotland, is not more thoroughly When « m * n i s - hungry _ e d o e s n ' t 4 marked than this distinction between It is said that there is now ¢35 in money to every person in the United States. How many of us can fork up that amount. « One enterprising newspaper reporter can generate more railway rumors in one day than the magnates can deny in an entire week. , There is a strong suspicion in rational quarters to the effect that the belligerency of the Boers doesn't .require any special recognition. The cautious persons doesn't feel that his position in society Is secure until his nose instinctively turns up at the mention of the names of "people In trade." Phillips Brooks said, in the last Thanksgiving sermon he preached: "I defy a. man to put his finger "upon any page of history when it was clearer than it is^today that, man has something* to do with his brethren and that they are his brethren. Yes, it belongs to nations, too. No nation dare act in sublime selfishness." Whether the restraining motive be high or low, the fact of greed, envy, hate, under some control, is a grountT'b^hope for individuals and governments. Inspector-General Breckinridge, reporting to Secretary Root, suggests the employment of officers returned from foreign service, and unable to perform other duty, as professors of military science at military colleges. There -are many indications H/hat- t4io rpign of peace is yet far off, and until the millennial sun chases away the martial clouds t h a t brood over every land it may_be wise to instruct the youth of the country betimes in military drill and discipline, "A defensive force will always be. necessary here as elsewhere, and this plan offers congenial and easy tasks to men whose health has been injured in their country's service, and promises to provide at least a framework on which to build up an efficient force to meet any national emergency. the empire masculine and the empire feminine. So entirely dissimilar are. the fields to-jxh^ch God called them, that you can no^ more compare them than you can oxygen and hydrogen, water and grass, trees and stars. All this talk about the superiority of one sex to the other i&^an everlasting waste of ink and speech. A jeweler may have a scale so delicate that he can weigh the dust of diamonds; but where are the scales so. delicate that you can weigh in them affection against affection, sentiment against sentiment, thought against thought, soul against soul, a man's world against a woman's world? You come out with your stereotyped remark that a man is superior to woman in intellect; and then I open on my desk the swarthy, irontyped, thunder-bolted 'writings of Harriet Martineau and Elizabeth Browning ami George Eliot. You come on with your stereotyped remark about woman's superiority to "man in the item of affection; but I ask you where was there more capacity to love than in John the disciple—and Matthew Simpson the bishop and Henry Martyn, the missionary? The -heart of those men was so large, that after you bad rolled it into two hemispheres, there was room still left to marshal the hosts of heaverr,—rmdsel^tip the throne of the eternal "Jehovah. I deny to man the throne intellectual. I'deny to woman the throne affcctional. No human phraseology will ever decline the spheres; while there is an-intuir tion by which we know when "a man is in hi3 realm, and when a'woman is in her realm, and when either of them is out.of it. No bungling legislature ought to attempt to make a definition, or to say: "This is the line and" that is', the line." My theory is, that if a woman wants to vote she ought to vote, and that if a man wants to embroider and keep house, he ought to be allowed to embroider and keep house. Thexe are masculine women and there are effeminate men. My theory is that you have no right to interfere with any one's doing anything that is righteous. Albany and Washington might as well decree by legislation how a brown-thresher should The father of the Countess Schim melmann, now in this country doiag4l i < 3 w n b u t t h e ° . u e s t l o n o f incapacity. evangelistic work, ranked in Denmark second in wealth to the king. The countess has sold hundreds of precious family jewels Jn order to carry on her charities among thfiJiungry and needy. General Gordon was once asked the secret of his ability to do certain benevolences. He confessed reluctantly that he "gave his medals." For his services in quelling the Taiping rebellion, the Emperor of China conferred on him a magnificent gold medal, and this, his most precious possession, Gorden gave anonymously to the Widow's Relief Fund, after first obliterating the proud inscription. Do not our fly, or how deep a trout should plunge, as to try to seek out the beight and depth of woman'3 duty. The question of capricity will settle finally the whole question, the whole subject. When a woman is prepare4 to preach, £he will preach, and neither conference nor presbytery can hinedr her. When a woman is prepared to move in highest commercial spheres, she will have gerat influence, on exchange, and no boards of trade can hinder her'. I want svoman to understand that heart and brain can overfly any barrier that politicians may set up, and that nothing can keep her back or keep her own experiences with our "medals," "world are a long scene of jostle and Whatever they be, suggest that lesser personages ar© often satisfied with lesser sacrifice* for their fellow-men. ^ . : In qne of his most beautiful and affecting poems- Longfellow mention's some of the achievements of men who have reached the age of fourscore years. Such a summary, if complete, would support the poet's assertion that old age as well as youth is opportunity. Worthy of a place in the list is the service to the civilized world by Theodor Momrasen. Past the limit of eighty years, his energy has survived in a remarkable measure, and he has published a new work on Roman criminal law, which will supplement his authoritative contributions to the knowledge we possess df t h e general subject of Roman law. Work, under proper conditions, has a preservative influence. What if he had laid down his .pen when' he reached his threes c o r e ^ a n d . ten? These are many Aances that heHfrttti* not now be living. My chief anxiety is, not that woman have other rights accorded her; but that she, by the grace of fciod, rise up to the appreciation of the glorious rights she already possesses. First, she has the right to make home happy. That realm no,one has ever disputed with her. Men may come home at noon or at night, and then tarry a comparatively little while; but she all day long governs it, beautifies it, sanctifies it. It is within her power to make it the most attractive place on earth. It is the only calm harbor in the world. You ktlow as well as I do, that this outside world and the business about it. 1 he ladders of heaven aro let down to that house. Over the child's rough crib there a r e the chantin gs of angels that broke over Bethlehem, It is home. These children -may come up after awnue, ana taey may win high position, and they may have an affluent residence; but they will not until their dying day forget that humble roof, under which their father rested,'and their mother sang, and their sisters played. Oh, if you would gather up all tender memories, all the lights and shades of the heart, all banquetings and reunions, all filial, fraternal, paternal and conjugal affections, and you had only just four letters with which to spell out that height, and depth, and length* and breadth, and magnitude, and eternity fff meaning, you would, with streaming eyes, and trembling voice, and agitated hand, write it out in those four living capitals, H-O-M-E. .^--- — When you want to get your grandest idea of a queen, you do not think of Catherine of Russia, or of Anne of England, or of Marie Theresa of Germany; but when you want to get your grandest idea of a queen, you think of the plain woman who sat opposite your father at the table, or walked with him arm-in-arm down life's pathway; sometimes to the thanksgiving banquet, sometimes to the grave, but always together—soothing your petty griefs, correcting your childish waywardness, joining ' in your infantile sports, listening to your evening prayers, toiling for you with needle, or at the spinning wheel, and on cold nights wrapping you up snug and warm. And then at last on that day when she lay in the back room dying, and you saw her take those thin hands with which she had toiled for you so long, and put them together in a dying prayer that commended you to the God whom she had taught you to trust —Oh, she was the queen! The chariots of God came down to fetch her; and as she went up all heaven rose up. You cannot think of her now without a rush of tenderness that stirs the deep foundations of your soul, and you feel as much a child again as when you cried en her lap; and if you could bring her back again to speak, just once more your name, as tenderly as she used to'speak it, you would be \vilir_ ing to mrow yourself on the ground and kiss the sod that covers her,~crying: "Mother! mother!" Ah, she was the queen—she was the queen! . Now, can you tell me how many thousand miles a woman like that would have to travel down before she got to the ballot box? Compared with this work of training kings and queens for God and eternity, how insignificant^seems 'all this, work of voting for alderman and common councilmen, and sheriffs, and constables, and mayors, and presidents! To make one such grand woman as I have described, how many thousands would you- want of those -people who go in the round of fashion and dissipation, going a3 far toward disgraceful apparel as they dare go, so as not to be arrested by the police— their behavior a sorrow to the -"good and a carricature to the vicious, and an insult to that God who made them women and not gcrgons, and tramping on, down through a frivolous and dis-; sipated life, to temporal and eternal damnation. Oh, woman, with the lightning of your soul, strike dead at your feet all these allurements to dissipation and to fashion. Your immortal soul cannot be fed on such garbage. God calls you up to empire and dominion. Will you have it? Oh, give God your heart, give to God all your best energies; give to God all your culture; give to uod all you* refinement; give yourself to him for this world and the next. Soon all. these bright eyes will be quenched, and these voices will be hushed. For the last time you-jwjll look upon this fair earth. Father's hand, mother's hand, sister's hand, slon, and by prayer and Christian songd ^shut up more places' of dissipation than were ever counted. Were they opened again? Oh, yes. But is it not a good thing to shut up the gates of hell for two or three months? It seemed that men engaged in the business of destroying others did not know how to cope with this kind of warfare. They knew how to fight the Maine liquor law, and they knew how to fight the National Temperance society, and they knew how to fight the Sons of Temperance and Good Samaritans; but when Deborah appeared upon the scene, Sisera took to his feet and got to the mountains. It seems that they did not know how to contend against "Coronation," and "Old Hundred," and "Brattle Street," and "Bethany," they were so very intangible. These men fo.und they could not accomplish much against that kind of warfare, and in one of the cities a regiment was brought out all armed to disperse the women. They came down in battle array;* but oh, what poor success! for that regiment was made up of gentlemen, and gentlemen do not like to shoot women with hymn books in their hands. Oh, they found that gunning for female prayer-meetings was a very poor business! No real damage was done, although there was threat of violence after threat of violence all over the land. I really think if the women of the east had as much faith in God as their sisters of the west had, and the same recklessness of human criticism, I really believe that in one month three-fourtns of the grog-shops of our cities would be closed, and there would be running through the gutters of the streets Burgundy, and Cognac, and Heidsieck, and old Port, and Schiedam Schnapps, and lager beer, and you would save your fathers, and your husbands, and your sons, first, from a drunkard's grave, and secgnd, from a drunkard's hell! To this battle for home let all women rouse themselves. Thank God for our early home. Thank God for our present home. Thank God for the coming home in heaven. One twilight, after I l i a d been player BUDGET OF T W , SOME GOOD JOitES ORK31NAV AND SELECTED. - r T « A T«*!«ty of i>albs. Glb«fl and Ironiaa to Can»a a Bmlle — Flot*anaK a n * Jateaai from t*e P4<fc% y t »aa|pf-», Witty tafias* *« I *<' * !> .* ' \ 7 . .,. .--/• u;r stLMfiV t Ha Kn«w. * Voice, at the Telephone1—**I» Mr. Bfl^ lfag;er:yiere?,, i , • ?• • -* 'Office Boy—"Yes, but he's busi. W h * shall 1 tell him wants to talk -, w^lthv h i m ? " <•- SM.' VoLce-r-"Umrm-tn-m-m-m,'Vi Office Boy—"I dan/t get ,tt, , S p e t t louder, please.** ' • Voice—"Tell him he's an old fool- He'Jl know who i£is*'V f_,t Billlnger (upon receiving the met* sage)—"You idiot, that's my w l f e / w Prom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.0 ( ' i M A Fortunate Mlstnk*. contention. The man who has a dollar struggles to keep it; the man who has it not struggles to get it.; Prices up. Prices down. Losses. Gains. Mlsrepre-, sentations. Underselling. Buyeys depreciating; * salesmen exaggerating. Tenants seeking less rent; landlords demanding more. Struggles about office. Men who are in trying to keep in; men out trying to.get in. Slips. Tumbles. Defalcations. Panics. Catastrophes. Oh, woman! thank God you have a home and that you may be queen i ; it. Better be there than wear a Victoria's coronet. Better be there than carry the purse of a princess. Your alfo'de, mayv be humble, but you can, by your faith in God, and your cheerfulness of demeanor, gild it'with splendors such as an upholsterer's hand never yet kindled. .There are abodes In every city—humble* two stories; four plain, unpapered rooms; undesirable neighborhood; A and yet there is a man who would die on the threshold rather than surrender. ^ Why? It Is home, Whenever he thinks will no longer be in yours. It will be night, and there will come Up a cold wind from the Jordan, and you Will start. Will it be a lone woman on a trackless moor? Ah, no! Jesus will come up in that hour and-offer his hand, and he will say: "You stood by me when you were well; now I will not desert you when you are sick." One wave of his hand, and the storm will drop; and another wave of his hand and midnight will break into midnoon; and another wave of his hand and the chamberlains of God will come down from the- treasure-houses of heaven, with robes lustrous, blood-washed and heaven-glinted, in which you will array yourself for the marriage supper of the Lamb. And then with Mariam, who struck the timbrel of the Red sea; and with Deborah, who led the Lord's host into the fight; and with Hannah, who gave her Samuel to the Lord; and wkh Mary who rocked Jesus to sleep while there were angels singing in the air; and with the sisters of charity, who bound up the battle-wounds of the Crimea, you will, from the challice of God, drink to the soul's eternal rescue. - Your-«ominion .is home, 0 woman! What a brave fight for home the women of Ohio made some ten or fifteen years ago, when^hey banded to- It is a great satisfaction to find out gether and in many of the town* and I that what we fcalieve is reaTy | 0 ing with the children for some time. I lay down on_the loung:e to_resL__The children said, play more. Children always want to play more. And, half asleep and half awake, I seemed to dream this dream: It seemed to me that I was in a far-distant land—not in Persia,'although more than oriental luxuriance crowned the cities; nor the tropics—although more than tropical frultfulness filled the gardens; nor in Italy—although more than Italian softness filled the air. And I wandered around, looking forthorns'"and nettles, but I found none of them grew there And I walked forth, and I saw the sun rise, and I said: "When will it., set again?" and the sun, sank not. And I saw the people in. holiday apparel, and I said: "When do they put on workingman's, garb again, and delve in the mine, and swelter at the forge?" but neither the garments nor the robes did they put off. And I wandered in the suburbs, and I said: "Where do they bury the dead of this great city?" and I looked along by the hills where it would be most beautiful for the dead to sleep, and I saw castles and towns and battlements; but not a mausoleum nor monument nor white slab could I see. And I went into the great chapel of the town and I said: "Where do.the poor worship? where are the benches"~,oh which they sit?" and a voice answered: '^We havie no poor in this great city." And I Wandered out, seeking to find the place where were the hovels of the destituifce; and I found mansions of amber ana ivory and gold, but no tear did I see or 3igh hear. I was bewildered, and I sat under the shadow of a great tt*ee, and I said: "What am'I, and whence uuuit/a all Llfly?" ••And at that moment there came from among the leaves, skipping up the flowery paths and across the sparkling waters, a very Jagson—"Mus' 'pologlze ole (hie) man. Mistake all found. You mad? (hie) mistake in housh. M'wife made mistake in man. She must thought it was (hie) me."—Philadelphia* Inquirer. • < n :A*fc«r»jffhlnff. Sparkle—Yem?-sis£ej{ Js^wearing one of Miss Pinkie's rings. I wish you'd get it for-m©,—t want to take- the measure. Going to buy an_ engagcmenta* in#,. you Jeadm «^r •<*»• BarKley-Eh? Tlas , Miss, Pinkie aft» cepted you? Sparkle—Sfhe will, .when I propose. Last night s,he aske$ mp how'. I liked her mother'.—Ne\y York >Veekly. ThH Uapt>enAd iii pittftbnr;;. From the Chtea^o Dally News: Ho- 4e-l-Guest (as fire alarm sounds)—Does the fire department here haye__aay difin locating a .fire? Landlord—Not any more than in any other city, 1 suppose. But why do you ask? Hotel Guest—Well, it's so smoky here I don't see how they ever find the fire. r~ Not Dead Yet. Laura—While Jack was calling the other evening he made the statement that he would kiss me or die in tft» attempt. ' Belle—Yes? (After a pause.) Well, did he kiss you? Laura—You haven't read any account of Jack's death in the papers, have you?—Paris American "Messenger. Of Otlior HfKhti*. Ethel (rummaging in grandma's drawer)—"Oh, grandma, what a curious key this is!" Grandma—"Yes, my^dear. That was your grandfather's latch-key." "And you keep it in memory of old days?" "No, my dear; old nights."—London Tit-Bits. . Mutual Grief. bright and sparkling group; and when I saw their step I knew it, and when I heard thei'r voices I thought I knew them; but their apparel was so1 different from anything I had ever seen, 1 bowed a stranger to strangers. But after awhile, When they had clapped their hands and shouted: "Welcome! welcome!" the mystery was solved, and I saw that time Jiad passed and eternity had come, and that God had gathered^ us up into a higher home; and I said: "Are we all here?" and the voices of innumerable generations answered: "All here;" and while tears of gladness ware raining down our cheeks, and the branches of Lebanon cedars were clapping their hands, and the towers of the great city^were chiming their welcome, we began to laugh, and singr and leap, and shout: "Home! home! home!" And then I feltia child's hand on /my face, and it wtfke me up. The children wanted more play. Children always want to play more. "Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Do not look at small advantages." "What girl?" "Boo-hbo, vooe sittin' on my tart!"—Punch. u little jam More Ont From -the Chicago Daily *New3: "Brown," said the partner of the corner office, "you put that notice on the wall, 'No Loafing/ and there are now . actually five men lounging directly under i t Go out and tell them to move "No/'.answared^Brown, "r won't d o * > i t They are beneath my notice." 'K4^' ,1 -v; ;iM / M i A :!.& *<W* ' ' • > < » • : ^ : - ^ ^ : ^ S1&5¾ / W; ) • * ; m . , ^ « f 445 W*iF v . • * i . > • • * • . f$:^^$M!\u •I w ^ i|iin i ii > l , n 7-^,^ I*".'.' •'• 'ff^-'Vw'' ^^ ~ ^ * p - » - s * — im MMMBlMlMMMHi^MH Ho// H i t - "About tilrty JCUJ w o I bought a bottle of I Aver'5 Hair Vigor to stop my hair from falling out. One-half 1 bottle cured me. A few days ago my nair began to fall out asata. 1 lent totjbe_fl^£ane_ snelf and found the old bottle of Hair Vigor just as good as wben I Bought i t . " — ] . C. Baxter, Braidwopd, 111» Sept. 27, 1899. Keeps Years Ayer's Hair VigotJa_certainly the most economical preparation of its kind on the market, A little of it goes a long way. And then, what you don't need now you can use some other time just as well. It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, restore color to gray hair, cure dandruff, and keep the hair soft and glossy. There's a great deal of good and an immense amount of satisfaction in every bottle of it. $l.W a bottle. AH drcrjlsts. THE BlDICULOUB. If Christina Chrlstofel had been weighed in tireUatanrer shxrWroM ijtrt-1-t**** * -«tr«et car people stared; ftavelyeea found wanting, i n d e e d , she would have been found to be overprovided. Christina was a large baby when whe was born—so large that the miree had to split open the sleeves of the little shirts to get them on the dimpled arms, and to put strings in the neckbands ot the embroidered frocks. At the ago of 2, Tiny, as she was Inconsistently called, was as large and robust as most children of 5. At 13 she had her full growth and was ashamed to be seen with the little girls in her grade at school. , Her thirteenth year was a distressing period for Tiny, for she made the miserable discovery that shq was ridiculous. She had suspected it for some time, but the remarks which she overheard, and the unwillingness of certain trig girls she knew to be seen with her, confirmed her in the suspicion. Moreover, she began to study her mirror. There was no doubt about it— the 4argo neck, with its pink-tinted creases of flesh, the soft double chin, the big arms and ovcrconspicuous bust, the great waist girth, and the heavy hips were distinctly ridiculous. The-night that Tiny actually realized it she wept. It was a beautiful night, as it happened, and she was sitting by her window. The moon flooded the world with a sort of bluish light. Only a few stars; wefe~seen, pale and inef- I ble that through the spaces which the Write the Doctor If you do notobtalnall the benefit*you desire from tho use cf the Vigor, write the Doctor about it. Address, Dr. J. C. A Y E B , Lowell, Mass. Many S t u d e n t s of F o r e s t r y . The number of students taking part In the college of forestry of Cornell university has become so large that it has been found necessary to provide oew quarters. Florida, W e a t I n d i e s a n d Central America. The facilities of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for handling tourists and travelers destined for all points in Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico, Central America, or for Nassau, are unsurpassed. Double dally lines of sleeping cars are run from Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago and St. Louis through Jacksonville to interior Florida points, and to Miami, Tampa and New Orleans, the ports of embarkation ror the cou^itries^menttaned. " F o r ers, etc., write Jackson Smith, D. P. A., Cincinnati, O. , — - 3 • No man can be truly known until he is seen through the eyes of love. There is nothing like faith in God for taking the bitterness out of life. rw N,»+» + + » ? » + » Try Grain=0! Try Graih=0! Ask yon Grreer to-day to show yon a package orSRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the placo of coffee. r The children may drink itjrithout injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. * GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. £ the price of coffee- 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers Tastes like Coffee Looks like Coffee !•.•'. v Insist that your groceftfiiveryou GRAIN-0 Accept no Imitation. ! • T l D O D Q V N E W DISCOVERY. Rives B ^ I m \ e w B ^ » 3 i 1 quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DAYS* treatment tlllS. DR. H. H. OKKV8 SPSS. 10¾ E. AtlaaU. Ba. B E %i A I f | I I AGet your Pension rCHwlllllWDOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'PARRELL, Pension Agent, 1433 Ne^r York Avenoe. WASHINGTON, Q.C» CARTERS INK Sdentinoally made— P** Therefor© .THBBBST. •? « « * • « & aaoked In a few bows with ^ _. • _ MAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OP SHOW. .Jade from hiekori wood. Cheaper, oleaster, sweeter, and m m than the old way. Sand for einoias. JUKIUVaiU**BKO*lliltea( l»a» * • * < « « « , * « « * « - « - « * * « * > * _ „ * * * POTATOESftSff lareeet feet r«TAT^«M»m niWtrtca. Trtees * St.M* a*. «•!>•••• stesfcs ef Been, O e w aad Ttrm » •eats. Urn* tale aetlee aae-lOe far eaurietea* It ft aaa."""»CLavER{ »•* A. saima >«rft co., u capsaa^wia,. w i i I W M W » P » W W W W > 1 fectual in the midst of the chastened f lendor. The trees were unreal and adowy, the breath of the wind indescribably caressing. Something in the glory of this night filled poor Tiny with a longing and regret to which she could give no name. She realized dimly, as a child might, that the great joys of womanhood wonlcPnever' be hers. Nefesiover would ever creep out of the blue moonshine to murmur beneath her balcony—providing she had one. She could never be dignified nor impressive, nor fascinating. It was simply her destiny to be fat. She was doomed to drag about a fatiguing burden of flesh, which would be her shame and hindrance. She looked at her softly tinted flesh with, loathing. She felt shtf would have endured any torture to have got rid of it. Seven years later, after Tiny had been graduated from the state university and had returned to her home, she in the course of years she had a ' great many beautiful thoughts, but she never looked as if she did. She seemed to grow larger every year.' f f s h e enat church the children giggled; she could not be induced to go to a party or a' dinner. She especially objeoted to dinners. "I . shall b? suspected of being greedy," she said. So she staid by herself and found her friends in books. She tried not to grow bitter, but she did, and then her complexion got sallow. She took but little exercise. She let time.go by and was painfully conscious of Its passage. One day she died of a sudden difficulty of the heart, and even in death she could not manage to look dignified. There was no shroud large enough to fit her, and mree sewing women came and gossiped and snickered, and measured, and basted, and stitched, and with the aid of the undertaker and his assistants got her into it. The coffin came too short and had to be sent back and made over, and the grave had to be lengthened a bit "at the last moment. When at last she was safely laid away a little sardonic wind started among the bushes and made a rasping laughter. It was the comment oV nature upon her preposterous daugh* ter. Later, when the night came, the moonlight which she loved streamed over her grave; the lake intoned with solemnity. A peace and loveliness brooded over everything. It is possi moonlight sweeps a soul, liberated from hampering flesh, darted with ecstasy. It could enter God's presence clothed in its inherent majesty. It was released from the thrall of the ridiculous. ENGLISH CRANKS. FLED TO HER ROOM. happened to be called upon to entertain one pt her brother's friends for an entire evening. The friend, Who was named Quinton Sherry, had come to spend a fortnight with her brother James, and James being out of town upon the evening of young Sherry's_arrival, Tiny did what she could. She had hated to meet him, for she always disliked to have men look at her. She was particularly embarrassed when she met Sherry, for he was an uncommonly small man. She was almost a head .taller than he and fully twice his width. She wanted to yell with laugh*- ter as they sat facing each other in the drawing-room. For the next fortnight she was almost at peace. The world seemed for the time being to be made up not of material things, but of ideals. Unsuspected beauties came to light in her thought; she, who had always hated herself, began t o enjoy herself, presented to herself as she was by her lover's appreciation and flattery. For they were lovers. There was no doubt about it. He told her so one night when "the moon burned blue, just as it had that night five years before.when she discovered sorrow, and4" she stbopecTover and kissed him. She had to stoop quite a way. Then, suddenly, all her fabric of joy tottered and fell in a ridiculous ruin about her feet. She laughed harshly and snatched her hand from his and fled to her room. The next morning he received a cruel note. "1 will not be made a spectacle," it said. "We would be ludicrous if we married. We cannot afford to furnish material_for the jests of our friends. We have no business even to suffer— only the beautiful and interesting havea right to suffer. Please never let me see you again. Where has your sense of humor been while you have been making love to me? I shall laugh to my last day, thinking of It." ' The letter was really a cry. of pain, but Sherry was too hurt to realize it. He did as he was told. He went away never saw her again. U. S. SENATOR ROACH Says Peruna, the Catarrh Cure, Gives Strength and Appetite. T h e E c c e n t r i c i t i e s o f Genius S o m e time a P r o v e R i d i c u l o u s . When I lived at Newport, R. I., from 1864 to 1878, says Col. T. W. Higginson, in the October Atlantic* there was a constant procession of foreign visitors, varying in interest, and often quite wanting in it.. I remember one eminent literary man who, in spite of all cautions to the contrary, appeared at a rather fashionable day-reception in what would now be called a golf suit, of the loudest possible plaid, like* that of the Scotch cousin in "Punch," who comes down thus dressed for church to the terror of his genteel' cousins. In this c?s,c the visitor also wore a spyglass of great size, hung, round his ncc'.:, all through the entertainment. Another highly connected Englishman, attending an evening reception given expressly for him, came into the parlor wiu i his hat and umbrella in, his hand; declining to be parted from them during the whole evening; which suggested to a clever Newport lady the story of the showman who exhibited a picture of Daniel in the lions' den, and pointed out that Daniel was to be distinguished from the lions by having a blue cotton umbrella under his arm. In this case, the lady remarked that the conditions were reversed, since it was "' the lion that carried the umbrella^ A REMEDY SUPREME T r a g e d i e s of t h e G r e a t Canon. Tragic stories are told of men "who have lost their lives in the search for precious metals v/hich may lie hidden or uncovered here, says Harriet Monroe in the December Atlantic. The great primeval flood cut this broad V through all the strata of rock, and all their veins of metallic ore, down to the earliest shapeless mass, leaving in its wake the terraced temples and towers which seem to have been planned by some architect of divinest genius to guard their inaccessible treasures t o ' the end of time. And the river, rising | far to the north ainong--tfae-mountainsj rich in mineral, has-been washing for' ages the sands away and depositing! this gold and silver and lead in the still crevices of the inaccessible chasm. Here the earth„ laughs at her human master, and bids him find her wealth if he dare, and bear it away if he can. A young Californian who accepted, thft [TRADE MARK] 9f% f% A V A to enable rofferfl to itlTe "5 DROPS" at least a trial, we win send a aample bottle, pre* O V U M I O p ^ b y m a l j for £ 5 0 . ^ B a m pie bottle will convince you. Also, large bottles <SO0 doaea) •1.00,6 bottles for 15. Sold by ui and agents, AGISTS WASTU* U S«» TenHt-ry. D o n ' t w a l t ! W r i t e n o w t challenge, and set forth upon the turgid water to sift its sands for gold, never emerged tfith his hapless men to tell the story of,his search. Only near the brink of the cleft are a few miners burrowing for copper, and sending theirjare up to the rim on the backs of hardy burros; as'who should prick the mountain with a pin, or measure thf ocean with a cup. D i p l o m a c y of a n Editor. Editors of newspapers are often In jeopardy of their lives; and only by coolness and discretion do they escape from the harm which might otherwise come"to them from cranks. The editor of a certain, newspaper in a New Jer- $ey town was approached by a wellknown general whose death had been published in the' paper several days before. "I want that statement taken back, sir," cried the general, "or I'll have your life.", The editor looked frightened, but. retaining his presence of mind, answered: "I am very^sorry, ray dear sir, but we do not take back anything we have published, nor can we contradict mistakes, but." with a broad smile, "tomorrow we'll publish your name in the column of 'births.'' The humor of the remark struck the general, and his anger was appeased.— Philadelphia' Call. DOVOU COUCH DON'T DELAY mm D I I C X U It Cure* Colds. Cough*. Sore Throat, Croup. In* taenia. Whooping Caugh, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain euro for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Ueeatonce. You will toe the excellent effect after taking tho •rst dose- Sold by dealers everywhere. Largo bottles 2ft ctnts" and SO cents. SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT — will be made by every buyer of I A Porte property. First gencfal sale In February. ItiOu La Porte, Texas, is destined to be the future greatest seaport of the Gulf of Mexico. Every farmer, merchant nnd manufacturer ot the United States, west of the Mississippi River is directly interested in La Porte. A sznull investment will return handsome profits. Write for FREE Folder, Maps and Art Booh to ~ AMERICAN LAND C O M P A N Y , 188 Madison St., CHICAGO. MILLIONS FOR 14 CENTS We «iah to r«ln thia y ear 9KSCC0 saw oastomen, and nanoe offer 1 P*». Citj Garden Beet, lOe 1 PkYBarl'at Emerald OoenuborUo 1 *• La Croua Marat* XMtaos, lie I " Btrawbern Matao, Uo I - Early Ripe CabbOfO, Me 1 * larlf Dinner Oniaa? SOo Ilaoty lower Seeda. fee eemta. f E » of acres of choice airrl. cultural J J A N D S now opened for settlement in Western Canada Here is Krown tfeo celebrated NO. 1 HARD WHEAT, which brings the hixhest price in the markets of the world; thousands of cattle are fattened for market without being fevt grain, and without a day's shelter. Send for information and secure a free homo in Western (.Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, or address the underatoned. who will mail TOU atlases, pamphlets, etc.. free of cost. M. V. Mclnnos, No. 1 MerrULBlock. DetrOU, Mich.; Jamea Grieve. Mt. Pleasant. Mich., or D. L. Caven. Bad Axe. Mid i • BrtlflaatJIower Wartk ¢1.00, far 14 Above 10 Pkca. worth fLOO, wo will saall yea free, together with eat areat Catalog, telu n't ailaboat S A U t l S MAU& M U I NTATt npon reeeint of this a o t f e e * f i e . stampa. W e invite yoortrade, a » i h g U anew when yea eaee try Mavl s o P o g^gHfOOO}ayon will never do without. ••SiawHrOO Prtaeeon Salter's 1»00 : eat eexiieetToaftto QUat on earth, m i. aAUxmsa^aco^LACBoesxwis. W . N . U . - - D E T R O I T — N O . 2 — l d O O . 7 » « i « * ^ ^.1 ' • ^ fsN- - ,-¾.. Hon. W. N. Roach. United States Senator from Worth Dakota. Hon. W. N. Roach, United States Senator from North: Dakota, personally endorses Peruna, "the great catarrh cure and tonic. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, at Columbus, Ohio, written from Washington, D. C , Senator Roach says: "Pirsuaihd by a friend, I havi ustd Peruna ** a tonic, and I am - glad to testify that it has greatly helped me In strength, vigor and appelite. I have been advised by friends that It Is remarkably efficacious as a oure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh." ' S e n a t o r R o a c h ' s h o m e a d d r e s s i s J L a r i m o r e , N o r t h D a k o t a . P e r u n a i s n o t a g u e s s , n o r a n e x p e r i m e n t : i t i s a n a b s o l u t e , s c i e n t i f i c c e r - t a i n t y . P e r u n a c u r e s c a t a r r h w h e r e v e r l o c a t e d . P e r u n a h a s n o s u b s t i t u t e s — n o r i v a l s . I n s i s t u p o n h a v i n g P e r u n a . L e t n o o n e p e r s u a d e y o u t h a t s o m e o t h e r r e m e d y w i l l d o n e a r l y a s w e l l . T h e r e i s n o o t h e r s y s t e m a t i c r e m e d y f o r c a t a r r h b u t P e r u n a . A d d r e s s t h e P e r u n a M e d i c i n e C o m p a n y , C o l u m b u s , O h i o , f o r a> f r e e b o o k o n c a t a r r h , w r i t t e n b v D r . H a r t m a ' n . AN APPEAL TO HUMANITY GENERALLY W e need your assistance In announcing to tho world the GREATEST REMEDY t h a t Science b a s e v e r produced, and you need our assistance to secure relief lor yourself and friends through, SWANSON'S "5 DROPS." "- - - ^ - As surely as the American Navy^ias conquered and will conquer all that opposes it, so will "5 DROPS" unfailingly conquer all diseases like Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia. Lumbago. -Catarrh of «11 kinds, ASTHMA, Dysngps^,Backache, Sleeplessness, Nervousness. Heart Weakness, Toothache, Earache, Creeping Numbness, BronChltlsr Liver and Kidney Troubles, etc., etc., or any disease for wttich we recommend it. *'5 DROPS" is t h e name and the dose, "o DROPS" is perfectly harmless. It does not contain Salicylate of Sofia nor Opiates in any form. The Child can use it as well as the Adult. Read carefully what Mr. L. R. Smith, of E l Dorado Springs, Mo., writes us under date af Nov. 27, 18C9, • » • • • • • • • » — • ^ ^ • m also Martan Bowers, of Caraghar, M E I I R A L G I JsV Ohio, ucder date of Doc. 16¾. 1899: • « • • « » • ^ • - • • • ^ • • a - m I do not know how"7 to espre»s how wonderful I think your "5 D R O P S ' * medicine Is. 1 was sufferlag intensely with MEURAL.GIA and thought for a month that I would have to die. One day a lady called I > «ee me and brought me an advertisement of your "5 D K O P 8 . " 1 resolved to try it and aent for a eanipie bottle. Have been tejelag It for three weeks and have not hadan attack of suffering stace-t-took the first do^e. I believe It baa •saved my life. This statement is ponlilvely true. I shall Aiao take pleasure in recommending your «5 D R O P S " for the cure of N E U R A L G I A . L.R.SMITH, El Dorado Springs. Mo., Nov. 27, 1889. Q | j ana a | m sa • • • • A SAM Yomr "5 D R O P S " came to hand on the 11th of last month and f \ 0 £ V - I w l # % I I w I w l was ?lad to receive it for I was suffering at the time with untold agonies. The nrstdose helped ine out of my pain on short notice. Bless the name of tiod for it. It will do all you Say it will and more too. 1 had severe paina all over my body, wh?n night came I could not Bleep. The worst pain was In my left leg. 1 could not put my foot to the floor without suffering great pain. Hare used four different kinds of medicine for R H E U M A T I S M and got no relief until I got your **5 DROPS,** jEhichgaveme Immediate tellef as above stated. MARTAN BOWERS, BoxBS.Caraghar, Ohio, Dec. 16,18». m \ MtfQ AtsvetUsg Advefttseaetta Hottioa TMs rapw. .Mfl'v X ^ :.. «' ,•». .J-?^';T.-' -"...',s I .•• i . ; -. • V ',' • • . • . . . . . , .'.'•• ' ! ; . . • • > • ' ' . - r : : : * A ... I . * — » * .4.K.' . " * . ' • ; . f * . 1 • • . w • • ; • •#* VNA0H.LA. [mother of seven children, six of Mrs. Martha "Webb is on fthfr-whom survive her. She was a sick l i s t faithful wife and mother, a faith- Horace Miller of Iosco called f u l christian friend and neighbor. on friendB bete Sunday. Will Clark of Stockbridgie spent last week with Geo. Siegrist. Mrs. Mary Ives is spending the week wilh friends in Bancroft. v . The two churches at this place are observing the week of prayer. Bev. H, Palmer and family vis- •*•*• * T Miss Kate Brown returned Satuidap, to h e r school duties in Chicago. Elmer Hause and wife, of Wil- For her "to- live was Christ, to die; l i a m 8 t o n .visited a t E . G. Fish's last week. Bert Hicks a n d family visited was gam. ANDERSON. Miss Maggie Birnie is spendiug the week at home. Fred Merrill and wife spent Sunday in Iosco. Miss Jessie Messinger spent Hamburg aod Putnam Farmer's Club. The H a m b u r g and P u t n a m Farmers Club met a t thev pleasant home of J . E . McCluskiy the last Saturday in Dec The meeting opened jby siuging an<£; ^ BV Plaoeway were a p ^ pointed to do the work. The report of associations of Farmers C l i u s , at Lansing, was next given by Miss Mary V a n - Fleet. This was a profitable papi e r ^ and showed t h a t we 8©fltw a good delegate to Lansing. Ouoof pointmeut of committees, then ad- j h e r r e m a r k s was, that "the Oiub journed for diuuer. „ , , | Bhould be intensive instead o l First after dinner was t h e pro- j extensive," in order that our Club 11 W U 1 giaro which consisted of a solo by j 8 h o u i d bo improved. • J a s * Iva Placeway, a seclect reading by mi n~~~ :„ *u« ~„~Q ^~« invited to . T v l ^ ^ : ^ - . . u „ The questions ID t h e question . , ' , . . , , . A m e r i c a . Then followed t h e a p - one day last week at t h e home of . , t , ... ,, "I Will Hicks near Gregory. On Saturday evening next ( J a n . 13, 1900) an old time social will be tield>t the home of Mrs. J a s . I v a p l a c e w a y > a s e c l e c t reading by rPeeaarrssoonn.. All are mvitea ro come ^ j Fohey, recitation by , * ZSLI 7 J L A ZA 1Z»17 ited relatives in Parma last week, j l a s t week with her aiater, and l i s t ento the literary and m u - i ^ ^ ^ c ^ ^ i o ^ ^ * W ^ i e x t read, and brought Wirt Ives of Chelsea, visited j Mrs Jas. Durkee was In O h M - ^ a m a d b y t h B ; — - — out quite a nveiyaiscus friends in this place the past week. s e a on business one day last week. | ' * p . R to d u e ; ^ fr' and Mrs. l l e n r y Jiice, , C | b h ftd o u l . n e J to ^O4t.i s Poo nd, anJd wif*e off ITo 's co', ' M. . r. G^ ri•s wel,di andJ fBa mi• •y o*f Sc-o . c o u i m i t t e K ^ome! pay your ceu r e a d i n g by Maud Only, p a p e r , ; . , c ,. , • To„ «• T W . ., , , • . , , , i L • . . . „ , „ , 0cMexfna ts, (g/ feltf yvonui lrP Ssnunptpwe r, aamml i hneea»r r ««a'S -i # ^-r* » n i r n u u l H s t Saturday in Jan. at J . W. 0il fertility, Charlie Campbell. , « , , Visit ed hexmother here last week.! Lyon are visiting at b. Placeway B.; t h e c o u f f t 8 9 i o n 8 ' l>f t h e maidens H e said that the people that h a d P l H C e w a y 8" out quite a livelydiscussion. T h e meet t h e Miss Eleanor Bird of Stock- j M^sdames Geo. Black and Gene and bachelors of East Putnam, bridge visited at.R Barunms last Smith w*»re in Stockbridge Mon week. - 'Inss Mable Tripp is home on a fao weeks vacation t r o i t day. PARSHALLVILLEMr. and Mrs. Jas. HoflP were J u d Cox went to AJbioa last from De-1 visiting Ih Handy the first of the w e e k ° » husiuess. • — wevk. Mrs. E. E. Caster of Howell, is ! BOil. The discussion was led by kept themselves posted for t h e last ten years knew that t h e fertility of the soil was decreasing, and that every farmer should aim to keep u p the lichness of the K Chas. Rud of' Detroif was in ' The Anderson ladies'aid socie- visiting friends-here this week. i Mr. "J. Fohey who said he thought this vicinity on business last Sat- ty met mith Mrs. Jas. Durkee ou Chauncey Snow of N. Y., a t - a good way to enrich the soil was urd^y. [Wednesday. fc tended the funeral of his mother to plow under oats, rye or clover. Miss Kittie Livermore is spend-! Mesdames Isaac-Psngborn, Geo. on Mouday. Mr. Kice said he didn't believe ing t h e week with relatives iu43ullis,mid Will Daley, are on the Elmer Preston aud wife of Ban- in bough ten fertilizer b u t ' t h o u g h t Ionia. sick list this week. croft^ are spending a few days it best to plow under rye or clover. Mrs James Gibn«y is "spending Miss Minnie Hoff returned to with friends here. | Miss Addie Kice then read a a few days with her daughter in her work in lyHusing las' "Sntur- Detroit. day, after a two week's holiday. Mrs. Charlie Hadley is spend-1 There was a latv.e att. ndHitce at ing a few days with her daughter the teacher's reading circle nt the near Ypsilanti. . Eaman school house on .Sainrday Mrs. Maggie Dyer and two chil- la s f - dren f n m Eowlerville, visited at j A number of young j.enn . Win. Doyle's last Sunday. pjthis vicwity, attended ih; •Mr. slid Mrs. Layfette Gallup supper al-Geo. BowenV li returned last week from a visit to d a y evening. their'daughter in Chicago. ( L T h e A l u ^ r w > n hr^f ^ i .1 TJ 3 J 'c t meets--at !S. I'laeewfnV •CJiRfles Hudson and wife, of ; • ^ i T i J - e urday next. A gY.nd lure Grand Ledge, are spending a few J , , . . -, . .,i , . . , pected and e v e n body m-vU'< d a \ s with his parents here. , r The feed mill of this place is j LA now in running order. Grinding j \y. H.. Placeway was in If >* • 11, done every day except Sunday. ;Mondaydast - E d w i n Nutting and Charlie; School opened Monday at'u-r a ArborMonday. A Houlton (Me.) man recently tooli n. ve: v sr^nti photograph with a s'mpif pastpboard box and a dry plate. An-aperture was cut in the box, over which was pasted a.piece of black paper in which a small hole was unde with the point of a pin. The box wa» then taken to a dark room aud the plate' securely faetened Inside. PetteysYlllo «Hls. I have | uf in a new corn and cob crushm* ami thoroughly rnptirvl the Mill Fannnrs can now <t»t thelr yrinrti.ni/ (\nr\" in a .superior manner and on the shortest notien Wri-. Honker Mrs: C. M Smith is still quits very interesting paper on, " W h a t sick. Her daughter, Mrs. F r a u k w i U we do to make our club better, Parker, uf Flint, is with her for a i n 1900." Among the many good few duv** vi pointers which it contained was, ' „ „,, , . . , - , , , „ . „ „ " ' . . ' , . l e w (iH>s. f > M T A T K O I Ml' Hlf.AN, Gountv of i.ivlu^aton Old Mrs. Snow died at her home by o<v U t r e « u l a F attendence, 2nd last Saturday and was buried from being willing to help in t h e pro- 4, ,, .. . i ». i. ~ gram, and if we were a little bash fiirn ^', e *">«f)tist emirch, ou Monday, > , A ^, _A t , ^ .,.r Rev. Davis? officiating. She leaves t BFffflii (if il P. .Piobat. ( onrt for saidcountv, hp)ri at tlif PiobHte. (»tti(p in Die vlilaKe of How. II. on Moniisty. the Mli •! .y • • t Ian , in th« ful at first by a repeated effort we J In [.,( [.,[_ two sens and two daughters to mourn the loss of a patient mothei. •c l i b SHI - • X - would gain courage, and not only help ourselves, b u t add our inlist rent-lit: AlbjnlM I'uvle, Jinkeof V oliate. t h t ' MIMllPr l ) f t'1 *' HBlHlP D l N K f R O h W (IHIIWN <IHI'*» • «M<1 On muling Hr<<! fllinuth.' pitition duly verifled, flueUCe i l l b e t t e r i n g t h e c l u b . Ill of SHI--' H «»vni. ;ntylni' ih*t mlnuniatrailon I ^4.U^„ ~,^-~A~ 1*. ^,^^, i«xr«^M ' , ..,1 of sail tetiil. intiv. b irrmitwl to ncr.s^-lt or some ^r • • ' i n k other words it was "Jborward .. .. ,, a -- Ft-hel V.vV i« nn tlie siei. liof | March' and do your duty." This Ti>er„„/u, u i...m«>^d tf„u vn» ,i«v, theoth *^^J^i s on t l ^ SICK list i ^ a f i u e p ^ R 1 K l o n e H l i B h o u h ^ M l > . M. A . U a V 1 8 - 4 S O n t h « s i c k a . , F 7 F , , , , , , , 'H U I '^l-HtMifhre, »* Mb-U..o,l t.,.-n.« Uesriag Of profit by. J o h n Chambers then »«id p.titii.n It U nirilUT iinlerrd Hi ti a emu of ttnw orderly Mrs. Larkin is visiting relatives resolutions on t h e death of Mr."«i>ri.'.tHi9n(idr.-ui.ti..K in '-..n ...,,^, enrae in Ann Arbor. |-Brown, which was carried, and •uco.wiveWk-,..^..,,, i .i*v,r h-wim. ( MHS Mercer returned to Ami! John Chambers, Mrs. Kennedy • t-s ;I<«<I^ uf fmbate, -Bne ach o,f Howell visited at Ryal two weeks vacation. ^ r v t l u „.Q O .,. T , - liarnnm s tt,h e -1la s.t oet il astt . weelk . - A-M..,.. Q >»..U. I ee^le was in Jackson a n L»i.,u0 ia' a»A I.TN . /> i i \ / 2 ^Arthur .hchoenhals and jvyte, couple <»f tlnys last week. . Edtl Craneyi has purchased'the a n ( ] Mrg. Hugh Rice, of HfiinKiiig u • v v . , . „ r . , farm across fr om nG eo. Mfit arshi alnl spent ^Frid,ay a- t th, e home' •"o f (U.r ns. nessie H right ot Iosco and n • ,-. p , , i whi -ici h was ownedi ib y M»»y ra Br»i-r di. Blown JJw4s.nt i ura 'The..next meeting of the, Olla- -—r podrida Club will be held at Mrs. JaH. Gibdey'.s next Saturday evening, Jan 13. Word WKS received last week of the death df Rev. S. Osinga, a Prer-byleriai* minister, formerly of t his place. - Richard Mackinder went to Lansing last Tuesday and will take a six weeks course in the college there. Miss Emma Scripter, daughter • • • V of St. Johns, visited at ,]. W. Placeway's, Sunday and Monday. J n i n e s l l e n r v left Monday for Whit more Lake where he expects to siiperi'iTt"end the cutting of ice for the Bennett ice house. Making a Mark I Babies and children need proper food, rarely ever medicine. If they do not thrive nf Daniel Scripter of this t plnce, l - p n their food Something is j daysHast week in the-lieu of her 1 died at her I t me in White O a k / i * last Wed.nes(1ay. r~" Word was received last week of the death of Clysses Steadman, a former well known resident here, but who has been residing in Cal. for the past 25\ears. ' , Geo. Rla\ le.mited to his work ~rn Grand Bapids, last Tuesday. H e was acct mpanied by Mrs. Tong. They need a little help to get their digestive WEST PUTNAM. - Mr H rt. Radley called on friends in this vicinity last week. _Miss,Nelb| Christopher of Lansmg visited'at Silas Bartons last week Miss Mame Brady taught a few Record • . T h i s 1 9 0 0 R e d M a r k S a l e is s t a r t i n g off t o b e t h e bujorest o n e in o u r h i s t o r y . ' » £ > will generally correct this. M y r a May who will spend the •winter will) her son -Seymorer »i -ni-' i i ^. , ",,•** , difficurty. Mrs. Elizabeth Pickell was born I Iifc you wi-lnl puxt efr om one in Palm.MM, N.-Y., April; 8, 1826", ar'd died ut her heme in Pnadilla, Jan. 5, 19"0. She WHS the daughter of James and IAH\ Smith, At the a^et»f ten years she can e with h e r paienls to Michigan and settled in Jackson counU, where, at the-age of-"Pr slie married Jeremiah Pickell: af.er h e r marriaure sister H. B. Gardner and daughter machinery Working properly. | Grace were in HbweH last Wednesday. ' ^ Master Francis Dunn of Anderson vwited his uncleTat this place last week. N»dla Gardner visited Miss Ethel Read in Pinckney t)ie first of last week. H. B. Gardner attended t h e Masonic gathering in Jackson last Fri4ay. . _:...,„ Ernest J . Cooke of* Chelsea COD LIVER O I L WfrtHfYPePHOSPHITES OF LIMES SODA fourth to half a teaspoonful: : in baby*s bottle three or four; 8 Pe n t H iwt~of last week with I times a day you will soon see . a marked improvement. For J larger children, from half to a teaspoonful, according to , age, dissolved in their milk, settled on ", the previously owned "by John Wat- \ son, at this place. Mr.. Picked Irving Kennedy. Mrs. Wm. Gardner a n d daughter E m m a Sundayed with parents and grand parents iu Dexter township. ^ While felling a treeu last YV-edshe returned to Stuben county* N. I If • you SO desire, Will Very J | nesday, Andrew Murphy hjfet-With Y., and settled on a farm where SOOn show its g r e a t nourbh- " a very serious.Bccideut, a branch the) continutd to r»side lor «bou;t I ing power. If t h e mother's : of the tree striking him on t h e 20yearsT In 1804 they with .their \ mJ|K does n o t nourish t h e . Il i e a < i : A t e a m b e i n K n e a r ^ h e family the farm \ ^ 5 n c n e c d $ t h c ^ ^ ^ '•[was brought to Drs. Sigler, who sion. It will show an effect yr&s converted at the a^e of 21, f at once both upon mother and united with 1 he^BreslTyferTaTr • i^nd^chlld. ' " oburch of which hhe haa l>eej» a so«.«nd$i.oo,«iidrugg»«t». # « { * K # n l n , . ^ ^ . G l « ^ * ' 4t f SC.QTT .¾ DOWWC, Chcmi«ts, Ntw York. fttthfnl inember. S h ^ ^ a s the ] , » — . . , -nn • » , • found it necessary to take eight stitches. Far Sale. t* Cbaa'p, a two horsepower and grinder combined, in good repair. C. W. Brown. T h e first w e e k w a s a g r e a t s u c c e s s . E v e r y d a y t h e s t o r e c r o w d e d w i t h , b u s y b a r g a i n _ g e t t e r s . K v e r y b o d y p l e a s e d w i t h t h e R e d M a r k p r i c e s . T h e c o n t i n u e d c r o w d s of p u r - c h a s e r s s h o w b e t t e r t h a n a n y w ^ r d s in n e w s p a p e r s c a n t h a t t h e p e o p l e a r e <*et- 4 + n g g r e a t v a l u e f o r t h e i r m o n e y a t o u r s t o r e d u r i n g t h i s R e d . M a r k S a l e , , f o r p e o p l e d o n ' t k e e p c o m i n g d a y in a n d d a y o u t i n c r o w d s u n l e s s T H E A T - T R A C T I O N S A K E R E A L A N D STRONG. J'^ X We are not/ut^n^ the public very hard to buy at this sale, for every bit_of merchandise we are soiling is worth more than the day it was bought. You're welcome, though, to take advantage of these Low Red Prices/ and you won't get another such chance for years • l[our8 respecrtf i*Uy, L. 1^^1 ELD. / • ^1 * .1 Jackson, Mich i V* mmimmm ^ Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch January 11, 1900 Description An account of the resource January 11, 1900 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-01-11 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frank L. Andrews newspaper pinckney dispatch https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/0f4b761b2ae7386d0bf8157466f85c82.pdf 513a9c494ac3d479ea6bc5b682f7a0a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. VOL. XVIII. PINCKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JAN. 18.1900. No. 3, £** ill LOCAL N E W S . The-- Surpi4se Store, / Prices That Speak for Them!: elves. per yard 04 - 05 02 £nd 03 01 and 04 01 per skein 05 per skeirt 06 10 Brush Edge binding Dress Stays Card ot hooks and eyes Paper of pins - Box Mourning Pins Saxony yarn Gerraaritown zephyrs Ladies' Fleece lined Hose " Casbimer wool bowe 15 " Cotton bo*e, double beel and toe 10 Bottle best Ink 03 Red in* 05 Bottle ot good mucilage 03 25 Good Envelopes 03 Men's heavy cotton socks 05 Men's leather faced mittens 25, 35 Hiop-sticks— 09 Large size corn-popper 10 Coat hanger 02 Lanterns 45 and 64 F. E. Wright and wifa are visiting in New York., B«rt Carpenter of Chilson, was in tbi» place Monday. Miss Maybelle Daley, of Marion, is a guest ot her sifter Desd%. Miss Eva Grimes was the guest of Miss Alice Barton over Sunday. I. S. P. Johnson and wife visited relatives in Stotkbridwe last week. Remember the Farmers1 institute at this place next Wednesday, Jan. 24. Mrs, Millie Bates has been, caring for a fcick friend in Iosco the past week. The K. O. T. M. installation of officers took place at their hall last Friday evening. Mr. Wellman, at tbe "Surprise Store" is agent tor the Howell laundry. He dmptajs a fine sign. The amount ot the revenue stamp wbicb was* required on the new Pere Marquette Ry. deed was ^7,350 50. Friends of the DISPATCH when you are obliged to have any legal printing done, justshow your appreciation of your home paper by requesting it to be printed in this paper. . Mary V, l+M* is recovering nicely from a severe attack of measles. Miss Mande Richmond spent tbe last ot lafttfweek with ' Un ad ilia rela* tives. Tbe ladies1 aid society of tbe Lakin appointment, will bold a social at tbe borne of Mr. Willison, toniffbt, (Thursday .) All are invited Special union services are being held this week by tbe Couu'l and M. E. societies, and considerable interest is manifested. Tuesday evening Rev, Harvey Pearce preached and the service closed with an alter service. The meetings aie held alternately between the churches—tonitfht it being in tbe M. E. cburcb. Services begin a t , 7 o'clock. All are invited. COUNTY ASSOCIATION Of Farmer's Clubs, Meet in Pinckney Wednesday, Jan. 24. On Wednesday of next week, Jan. 24, the Livingston County Association of Farmer's Clnbs will hold a meeting in tbe opera house at this place and a big time is expected. The t'ol lowing is the prografn: y F0BENQG2L, 1 0 O'CLOCK: America, by the Audience '*< III #+**0*4MMMM>00 Invocation, K. H. Oram During 1899 there have been 175 j Address of Welcome, Hon.G W . T<wple marriage licenses ifSUed ; 206 births Addreo, "Liv* Stock on the Farm and Means ot a j J „ r r J A mL Improving It, Hon. Peter Voorhels, Pontiac recorded.and 255 deaths. There were , Diwuasion also 26 dlVOP-.es granted. Nearly One j Kemarke, Kev. Fr. Oomerford divr-rce out ol 7 marriages. I£ you need anything in ourjine it will pay you to call. s Our two stores enable us to give you the greatest value for your money—why pay morev Your* for trade, E. A.BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman Block, Pinekney. BERT WELLMAN. Manager of Pinckney Store. Howell 8tore, next to P. O. "Better be born lucky than rich," thought a young1 lady and gentleman who skated into a place where ice bad been removed on a lake near pleasaut valley. They were rescued* ^. A special communication of Livingston Lodge No 76, P. and A. M., will I be held Tuesday evening, Jan.* 23, for work. Let all tbe membeis be present. E R Brown, Sect'y. The County treasurer's report shows thutrevery cent, of the peoples raonev, which was $115091 94, was accounted for. Would that the people of the s-tate could say the same ot their, state taxes. 1» th^re, are any widow pensioners in t.bis community, beware of the man that willt.rv and make you think he can uet vour pension, increased. All he wishes is tbe $5 00 for preliminary examinations-. Last Friday evening was a busy time tor the people in this place. Tbe union prayer meeting at the M. E. «hureh; the O. E. S. and K. O. T. Mt societies met in their respective balls; ano1 the dance in the ball room ot the Tuomey house. The Columbian Dramatic.Club of this place will present the realistic drama of tarm and city ]ite,'**na.prioe"*at Dexter opera house tomorrow night (Jan. 19). Miss Nella Gardner Mr. Edward Misner and Lincon Smith will give some vocal selections. This is the season of the year when people are scanning the different papers for bargains, fts tbe majority of us are working the economy plan in every channel possible. Many are seeking the cities for bargains which they see advertised in the dailies. Tbe merchants ot the country towns make a mistake when they cease to keep, their goods before the. public eye. This is an age of bargain seekers. F. L. Andrews of the DISPATCH office attended the meeting of the Mich, Press club at Detroit on Friday of last week. Tbe session was full of meat for the country publisher and all present enjoyed the occasion. At the close of the session, Ed. Staire, a former Livingston publisher, extended an invitation to the dub to attend in a body the play "1 tie Night B^tore^ Christmas," at the Whitney opera house. Those who availed themselves of the opportunity pronounced the play.one ot the best and Mr. Staire has tbe thanks of tbe club for hit Always at it. A t What? Music Selling Goods of course. AFTERNOOK, 1 O'CLOCK: . Question Box Diversified Farming, Hon. Peter Voorheia Discussion- Moalc, Audience Recitation, Miss I „a Pl*ceway Remarks Rev. C. W. Rice Farm Needs and Requirements, Hon. wm Bail j the year around. The reason is that we sell the best sta* Tran pprtation, " Prof. Sterling, Howell t p i e g o o d s f o r t h e l e a s t m o n e y . P e o p l e t o d a y a r e n o t l o o k - Remarks, Rev. Chaa. Simpson While the holiday trade is always a harvest for some —and we *ret our share—our trade always remains good Duet, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Kice UNADILLA FiRMER'S CLUB. The folfowing is the program'that will be rendered at the club which, will meet a_^the home of Vtr. and Mps Z. Hartsuff, in Uuadilla/<m~ Saturday ot this week, Jan. 20 Club will be called to order at 1 o'plock sharp: Singing by the club ' The Club Papen^Jhe Woman Problem" Mrs. E. J. Harris Discussion led by Mrs. C. Wood*^rth Solo Miss Inez Marshall Recitation Miss Gertrude Mills Singing Mr. and Mrs. G.ttes Paper "Clover, as a Feed and Fertilizer" Frank Birnie Discussion led by Th<>8. Howlett Solo F. L. Andrews Song, "A Farmer's son. am !'!__ Henry~Uowman In Good Order. The nig ts of tbe Loyal Guard in stalled-theiru)fficers at their regular meeting last week, and beard the report of officers, wbicb went to show that the order has been doing business tbe past year and is in a flourishing condition. Tbe paymaster's report was in subrtance as foTTows: Receved for Asse»ments-|6iJ.70— Paid Sup. Div. 500.20 I courtesy. Bal. on hand 13.50 Received for P. C. Tax $125.00 Paid Sup.^iv. 123.00 .. Bal. on hand 2.00 Tbe balance on baud in tne aoove is for assessments paid in advance by members who are to I* away a year and do so to keep in good standing and avoid being suspended. Rec. for Div. Dues $68 46 . Paid out as per report 61.60 ing for CHEAP goods but GOOD goods cheap. The following are some of our lines: Drugs and Medicines. _ _. A full and complete line. School Supplies. Books* Tablets. Pencils Pens, Ink and • Examination Blanks. Fancy Articles. Celluloid Goods, Hdkf., Cuff and Collor Boxes. T h e y make fine birthday gifts. Crockery. A full line of Plain and Fancy w a r e . A fine line of Lamps. Groceries. We carry a line of the best in town. • Prices are right. W a l l Paper. ~ Our safes the past year were far ahead of our expectations, and this season w e will be better prepared than ever to dive values. rj F. A. SIGLER. Druggist. NOTICE. Bal. on hand 6.86 Total Receipts $707.16 Total expenditure* 684.80 Total balance 22.86 As there are 65 ^members in good standing, nil debts paid and $6.86 on hand, the showing is a good one which intpiret oon^denon, We must ask all our Customers to settle alt Aecoiiats and Notes that are due, before Jan. 1,:19007 Hoping to see yon all in time so we can balance our books before taking our annual inventory, Jan. 1,1900, either by Note or Cash. r • / • Respectfully Yours, TEBPLE S» CADWELL. / .-.^,. v., 'JF ^ -1 ' . ) - • 't .: " ».:•••• i* .J iNMjglialSta**** ^atamik al^iii m ^ ^ * . • • • & •Ik itmaum if-- >< : sMw^.twaafti^^ .j^feitfa^'ftte v*&»<... -.-*»* . - . , - ^ n «7 •*r.V-> WSTi). r w t m VilnUniiii i n n — — « H — * * ' 1 ¾ ¾ ^ ^ fl^ti. i r t t f i f r ^ * * ^ - ^ ^ •• *»<«&# J' *--:• v-'v '.."f <"': '•••*,,• ..vV ..*.. ,>,. .-.-^^^.-4. ' . • . 1 ' EVENTS OF THE WEEK .'$?; N OUR GREAT STJCTE R E L A T E Q IN A BRIEF FORM. The Monthly Crop Report Ssys With Favorable Conditions There la Yet a ! Chance for Wheat — Another New f Klectrlc Line—Other Items. m ! ' • • > ' . ' Monthly Crop Report. . T h e January crop report, issued by Secretary of State Stearns on the ©th, says that with favorable conditions Michigan may have, a fair wheat crop this year, but to the conservative observer the chances are against it at the present time. One-half of the correspondents think that wheat has suffered an injury during December. Whether this injury is due to unfavora b l e climatic conditions or to the ravages of the Hessian fly, cannot be determined. The number of bushels of Wheat reported marketed by farmers t n December at the flouring mills was 425,421, and at the elevators 288,066, a total of 714.0S7 bushels. Of this whole bmount 562,404 bushels were marketed i n the southern four tiers of counties, 130,566 bushels in the central counties (and 21,057 bushels in the northern counties. At 54 mills and elevators from which reports have been received there was no wheat marketed in December. The total amount of wheat Shipped by railroads f rem the various stations, as reported ,-for November, was 500,341 bushels._ > The average condition or live stock i n the state is reported as follows, comparison being with stock in good, healthy and thrifty condition: Horses (and sheep, 96 per cent; cattle, 95 per <cent; swine, 97 per cent. Milch cows were worth $32.44 per head. Cattle tataer than milch cows, under one year old,-were worth, per head, $10.79; between one and two years olcU 818.79; vetween two and three years old,> -$2A.30, and three years old and over, <$36.54. The average prices of sheep •under one year old was 82.81, and one 'year old and over S3-.57; arid hogs not fattened were worth 83.33 per cwt. The prices of farm products d o not r *ary much when compared with those of Jan. 1, 1899. The price of wheat 1 dhows an increase of one per cent, and j -oats a decrease of one per cent, while ' 4hat of corn is the same. One year ago Hhe price of hay showed a decline of 13 3ents per ton, while this year it has insreased $2.54. The average price of ^dressed pork has increased 75 cents per ewt.; fat hogs 60 cents per cwt. .and lIat cattle 26 cents per cwt. Manufactories Prospered In 18u». In a bulletin sent out by Labor Commissioner Cox on the 10th on the industrial conditions in this state it is stated that at no time in its history has Michigan enjoyed the same general condition of prosperity as it did in 1899. Manufactories are said to have been run to thjeir full capacity, laborers and skilled mechanics have been employed at fair and improved wages, the real estate business has improved, lake traffic has been heavy, and the mineral deposits have been developed to a wonderful degree. The average daily wages in factories have increased from 31.37 per day in 1888 t o 81.39 in 1899. In the canvass of nearly 5,000 factories it was determined that 545 of them have increased their,actual capital 86,531,884. In 1,333 factories of those canvassed there were fquhd to be employed a total of 24,262 mqre employes than in 1898. It is estimated that 74 factories are able to pair their employes weekly, 12 per cent monthly, and 1¾ percent semi-monthly, Sjeventyfour per cent of these factories! report an increase of business over 189^. Someone was Negligent. A sensation developed in the circuit court at Port Huron on the 9th at the trial of a 82,000 damage suit brought by Wm. fy Johnson against John,. C. Hamilton, a saloonist, and C. Bern and Joseph Casselo, his bondsmen, for the year of 1897, for the alleged selling of liquor to his minor son, causing him to become intoxicated. When the bond was produced in evidence it developed that instead of being made~ out in the penal sum of 84,000, as provided by the city charter, it was in the sum of only $4. The amount was plainly written in the body of the bond, while in the justification the sureties simply justified to "the amount of the bond." The introduction of oral testimony to show that the bond was intended to be for 84,000, and that the error was simply a clerical omission, was objected to as inadmissable„and ruled out by Judge Atkinsony upon-h?galgrounds. r0ow a Friendly Game of Cards Ended. What will probably prove to be a • murder in self-defense occurred at the saloon of Mike Hayes at Mill Creek, aear Grand Rapids, just across from •*the soldiers'1 home, on the evening of "the 9th. Henry Morsel aged about GO, who served in the war in a Massachusetts regiment and was admitted to the home nine years ago from Detroit, was 'struck on theTiead and fatallyTnjurod •toy Harry Hollis, a railroad brakeman. This saloon is the nearest, one to the home, just across the mile limit line fixed by law, and is a great resort for t h e old soldiers. The two were-engaged in a game of cards and Morse was drunk and ugly, and finally accused Hollis of cheating. At this the t w o arose from the table, and the foraaer drew a knife and chased llollis about the room, when the railroad -ttnan seized a lemon squeezer from off t h e bar and hit Morse over the head, felling him to the floor. ,r. J • New Electric Line, St. Clair citizens are elated by the Vfact that after a struggle of several years they a r c to have direct railroad . 5ommunication with Detroit. On Jan. 9 a company was organized in Detroit, with J. R. Whiting, of St. Clair, as president, which will construct a line of road from Lenox to Rochester, a distance of 18 miles, connecting, with the- Michigan Central at both ends. Behind t h e deal are prominent beet sugar men •who aim to secure for the farmers of that section satisfactory transportation \for their saccharine product. * It is the Intention to construct sidetracks in the townships at intervals, thus giving the farmers an easy way to market their feugar beets without hauling more than « fay miles. St. Clair is interested because of th)s increased facilities for exporting salt and the prospect of a direct road to Detroit without a change of cars by running its St. Clair trains lover the proposed road. Beet Sugar Output in Michigan. Land Commissisner French has issued a statement showing the output of beet sugar in Michigan up to Jan. 1. There was not quite a two-thirds crop of beets. The amount of sugar fnanufactured at the various factories t o Jafc. 1 is as follows: Michigan Sugar Co., Bay City* 5,640,297 pounds; Bay City Sugar Co., 4,007,551; West Bay City Co., none; Alma Sugar Co., 2,420,820; JSalamazoo Sugar Co., 1,265,- 858; Wolverine Sugar Co., Benton Harbor, 1,509.527; Holland Sugar Co., 1,- S41,115; Detroit Sugar Co., Rochester,, 3,660,839; Peninsular Sugar Refining Co., Caro, 2,619,908. " T h i s makes a total of 2^075,004, the bounty on whi(jh, if t h e l a w b f lSOTis valid, amounts* to^ $226,750.04. During-the period naafed there, was "received at the pine factories jaa aggregate of 175,838 tons of beets. j Another Grand Jury In Sight. Although there have been no direct assurances from that gentleman himself^ it is generally believed at Lansing that Judge Wiest, who succeeded Judge Person, will soon^call another grand jury tolnvestigate alleged crookedness in the legislature. It is believed that the jury will be called i n March. The methods by which the McLeod bill was passed and the use of liquor in the legislature will be among the subjects to be investigated. It is *hot improbable that if the grand jury is again called that other expenditures of public money will be thoroughly investigated. Milan's School Destroyed by Flrfc Milan's public school was destroyed by fire on the 10th. At the time the fire started there were 300 pupils in the building, all of whom escaped death. Two girls, however, were badly burned ttfid Miss C l a r a Eage's, preceptress, saved her life by jumping from a window. Great praise is given Prof, Carrick for his presence of mind in the hour of-danger, as it was through his efforts that all but .the above persons escaped in safety. All the pupils lost their wraps and books. The fire is supposed to have caught from the ~fnrnace. Another Street Crossing Accident. """Alex. Sim, aged 65. flagman in the employ of the Wabash Ry., at Detroit, was killed while at his post of duty on the 12th. He was in the act of warning others of the approaching danger when he either misjudged the speed of the train or else slipped and was struck bv the engine. This°is the same crossing where little Irene Tyler was killed in December. M I C H I G A N NEWS ITEMS. Morrice has a new electric light plant. Lapeer's grand jury cost the county abu 11183,000. The January calendar of Eaton circuit court contains 17 divorce cases. A large wildcat was shot in Fraser township, Saginaw county, recently. ASeveral farmers of Berrien count}' raised profitable tobacco crops last season. The number of undischarged mortgages in Huron county since 1885 is 5,385. Ten wildcats were recently killed in one day by Geo. L. Atkins, of Crawford county. Calumet police officers are making an effort to stop the gambling which has flourished in that city. Work on the (lull Lake branch of the Battle Creek-Kalamazoo electric railroad has been suspended until spring. Regular service on the Detroit & Northwestern Electric railroad between Pontiac ancLDetroit began on the 8th. Benton Harbor maids have formed an anti-cigarette league and will boycott the boys who smoke the "nasty things." The Saginaw Southern Railroad/do. has been organized and will build an electric road > from Saginaw/ to St. Charles and Chcsaning. / Barry county farmer* who have bet come interested in the breeding of Shropshire sheep have organized the Barry County Shropshire Breeders' association for mutual benefit. Port Huron is after the L. A. W. offer for the city sending in the first 200 applications for membership in the league to have a mile of macadamized road and the four days' festival. % Grand Ledge people don't believain using adulterated products, and a Toledo firm which has been selling cider there that was not made from the pure apple juice was fined 350 recently. Lumbering is going on with a rush since the recent cold snap. Ice roads are being made all over northern Michigan and if the weather remains cold the output of logs wilL be immense. Omer is to have a new tub and pail factory. Saginaw parties will back the venture. The factory will use jackpine, which has always—or rather until very lately—been considered worthless. ' Branch county* board of supervisors has voted to submit a proposition to the voters of the county next April to raise by tax S2.500 for the purpose of repairs and additions to the county house. Miss Lena Kehil, af Tawas City, committed suicide on the 7th .by shooting herself. She had been in poor health for some time and it is claimed that a love affair over which she was despondent caused her act. There is talk that the Caro branch of the Michigan Central is to be extended to Harbor Beach, and Bad Axe people are hopeful that if it is done, the route will be laid out in such a way as to take int-their village. The survey of the route for the extension of the South Haven & Eastern railroad from Law ton to Schoolcraft has been completed and construction worjlc will begin as early in the spring as the weather will allow. F. W.. Wolf, of Chicago, a sugar factory contractor, who has visited the Michigan counties where sugar factories have been erected, is quoted as saying that Bay county beates all of the counties in the state on the raising of sugar beets. State Salt Inspector Caswell's report for the month of December is a9 follows: Manistee county, 104,104 barrels; Mason. 5.U95; Bay, 38.512; Wayne, 37,- 326; Saginaw, 37,111; St. Clair, 32,270; Midland, 5.508; total, 299,042. December, 1S9S, 297,068. ' Cold water people may soon be in a position to get the benefits of competition in the matter of a telephone service.' as the council has received an application for a franchise *from an independent company which wishes to install an exchange there. Albert Linabury, a progressive farmer, of Metamora, has conceived the idea of stamping all the eggs which his hens lay with the date on which they are laid, thus enabling purchasers to know, w.itlLOu£._breukil»g-. the shells, whether they are buying eggs or chickens. • Kalamazoo supervisors cut . Sheriff Snow's-board bill from 40 to 30 cents per day for each prisoner. The sheriff says he cannot feed the prisoners for 30 cents, and after a certain date will refuse to board them, leaving the supervisors to .provide some other means -for their care. The supervisors of Jackson county believe in patronizing hpme industries and at their present session adopted a resolution that hereafter all printing and binding work shall be done by home concerns, instead of being sent outside, as has frequently been the case in the past. When the hardware warehouse of Adams & Lieh, at Lawton, was opened on the morning of the 8th the body of a man was found hanging from one of the rafters. Later the body was identified as-that of Chas. Brown, of Benton Harbor. He had gained entrance to the building by breaking open a transom. Rev. J. J. Axtell, the pugilistic pastor of the Congregational church of Royal Oak, was formally given his walking papers by the congregation on the 10th, when the following result was arrived at after the matter had been debated for two hours behindclosed doors: '"In view of Mr. Axtell's recent conduct we ask him to resign.' .- ^ BRIEF NCWS P A R A G R A P H S . AT HO^E AHjfcABSGAl} / r Owing to defective walls^n new three story brick structure at Battle Creek collapsed on the 9th. It was known as the Stewart biock;'^ ' S U M M A R Y QF T H * N B W 8 F p ^ t T H t WEEK BY W1RB, New Mexico hat Experienced the ^ftarat^ Billiard Ever Witnessed in That Seglon—An Unlcnowa Ship Wuu4mt» •n the Fewfoundland Coast. Many Live* Lost la a BItssard. Derails of the blizzard which swept over southwestern New Mexico on th» 9th and 10th are earning in and they Indicated that it was the severest storm ever experienced in the region. A strip of territory 50 miles in width with White Oaks and Nogales. for the cenier, seemed to suffer the most, although the severity of the storm was fully felt throughout the Sacramento mountain region. The velocity of the wind was terrible, all roads and trails were obliterated and the driving snow made it impossible for travelers to see their way in the storm. When the storm abated wagons which bad been abandoned were found strew u all over the section. Several fatalities are reported including the driver of the White Oaks-Lincoln stage. It is feared that many sheep herders have lost their lives. Thousands of head of stock perished and it is believed that the loss will aggregate over ¢500,000. Shipwreck of Newfoundland Com**. An unknown steamer foundered in St. Mary's bay, the crew, passengers and boat being a total jloss. The ship is a two-master steamer of nearly 3,000 tons and probably carried a crew of 60, with probably some passengers. She went ashore before daybreak on. the 11th, striking a ledge at the foot of the cliff, where escape was hopeless- The crew launched the boats, but probably ^during the panic some were crushed against her sides, others being swamped, and all the occupants apparently perished. The ship was seen to be on fire by residents six rtliies away. Attracted to the scene, they found the after half of the wreck blazing fiercely and the forepart under water. Kerosene in the cargo helped the blaze. An Insane Doctor's AvrJal Deed. Dr. G. W. Appleby, for several years the leading physician at Bristow, Butler county, la., in a fit of insanity killed a 10-months-old child of Henry Wearly, of Hampton, while making an examination of it. He took the child in his arms and handled it so roughly that the parents protested, but to no avail. Suddenly he put his thumbs under its chin and, with his fingers on top of its head, crushed its face in so that blood gushed out of its nose and mouth. , Then jumping up he seized the'chilAJjy one foot and began swinging it around his head, resisting all efforts of the terror-stricken parents to stop him, and it was not until help was called in that the child was takeii from him, dead. Appleby declared that-Ood-had-Uken the child. _ Santo Domingo to Settle With France. A dispatch from Surfto Domingo says that President Jiminez, who has been at Macoris since the 6th, superintending the raising of the popular subscription to pay the Boismare-Caccavelli claim to the French government, returned on the 9(th with 300,000 francs. The claim amounts to 280,000 francs. As the subscription is larger than the claim, the Dominicans are rejoicing. The return of the president under such auspicious circumstances was marked by patriotic enthusiasm and and a general flag display The French cruiser Cecille saluted the gunboat on which President Jiminez returned. In addition to the settlement by paying her the cash, France also demands an apology, but the latter may not be con* ceded. The Lawton fund up to noon, on the 8th had reached,867,40g, and Gen. Corbin is ef the opinion that 885,000 will be raised. U. S. Consul Macrum, formerly situated at Pretoria has been heard from. There is nothing in hisfeport to throw the faintest light on his inexplicable action in leaving his post in the middle of the war. Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, in his message to the legislature denounced the "brutal practice" of the "prize fight," and recommended that a more string-, ent lasy be enacted in^that state suppressing the practice altogether. The famine in India grows darker every week, and the sale of children by starving parents is becoming common. It is a famine of water as we^l as food. C.attJ.e are dying off by thousands, and no~rain is now expected until June, - •: - • . . . < . V ' : - --••' •••• _, Julia Morrison James Acquitted. The trial of Julia Morrison Jaraesrfor the murder of Frank Leidenheimer, of the "Mr. Plaster of Paris" company, of which they were leading man and lady, on the stage of the Chatanooga opera house on the night of September 23 last, ended on the 10th, when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Miss Morrison, upon hearing the words which insured* her freedom, advanced to the speaker's platform and made a most dramatic speech to the court and the jur^-. Seized Flour Released by England. The American flour seiaed off De4agoa bay has been released. United States Ambassador Choate had an interview with the' Marquis of Salisbury^ on the 10th and received a verbal reply to the representations of the Washington government. The British note on this subject w a s sent later to the United States embassy. The gist of it was cabled to Washington. In brief, foodstuffs are not considered contraband of war unless intended for the enemy. Massacred bjr Cannibals. Mail advices from New Britain report the massacre of the captain and crew of 15 men belonging to the British schooner Nukumania, % of South W'al&s, while trading among tho A.dmirality islands. Only three boys escaped. u The ithtiVes after murdering the sailors,-inaugurated,a fenst ashore and ate the victims.;' " . . - « y » • .«•» « • > ^ ^ M ^ j g f * -**** • * •*•* The infiabitants' of the island off Leyfe^^5M ShmaK'jfce suflering^from! lacku>l. food, jfe&timttg f rota * t b * longi blockade, the arbitrary confiscation of [ S ) peppert^ and tA* levying of tribute h y ,thfy so-called government of the Filipinos. The governors of both island* are Tagalos, w h o are ' appointed by Aguinaido, and*hey fed*. tJse territories completely in their power, admin* istering; local affairs according t o their own whimsu*hd aocewntable t o « 0 otoe. They bawe armed forces which terror-; ize the-peaceSal rnhabftahtsl-^Trh* rebel! forces o a the other hand, have never lacked food or money. The inhabitants, I driven t o desperatio» by the neeeafity of having to pay four times the normal price for. foodstaffa, are organized U> fight insurgent depredators, but hawing no arms they were unable to resist their oppressors. A formal order has been i feued from the w a r department t o Maj^*Gesw Shafter to escort the remi tins of tb» late Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Lawton froaa San Francisco to Washington, upon their arrival at the former place from Manila-, which is expected to be about Feb. 1. Genl Shafter will be accpm> panied by one of his aides-de-camp* The remains are to be interred with full military honors in the national cemetery at Arlington. Reports from the movements of the American commanders south of Manila show that Gen. Bates and Gen. Wheaton are at Perez das Marinas and Gen. Schwan at Silang, all awaiting the arrival of provision wagons. Reconnaissances have shown that 2,000 armed in* surgents have retired to the mountains from the districts between Indang and Maig, and thatJ others have retreated along the coast from Novelita toward Batangas. "-- As a compromise ana settlement of property claims in the Philippines^ it said that Archbishop Chapelle has an* agreement with President McKinley whereby, in consideration of $20,000,- 000 worth of property to be-^eJected by the archbishop, for which a^lfewr and unencumbered title is to be given by the United State's, the church is to waive all claim's to title to any other property or lands in the Philippines. The President has created a military department consisting of the territory of Alaska, and assigned Col. George M. Randall, 8th U. S. infantry, to command. Col. Randall is on d u t y ' w i t h his regiment in Cuba, but will report . at Washington en route to Alaska on Jan. 15. The tranrports Tartar and Aztec sailed for Manila on the 10th. The Tartar will go to the Philippines direct, with 500 recruits and a large quantity of commissary stores. Cot Freeman of the 6th artillery will* be a passenger. The Aztec will carry cavalry horses and will stop at' Hilo. The 30th regiment, made up chiefly of Michigan and Illinois recruits, and commanded by Col. Gardener, have a t last seen actual service. The boys fought bravely and their only loss was CorporaTJ"a"s. W. Johnson, of Detroit. — Gen. Schwan has ocexipied Silang and Indang, Cavite province, meeting with but slight resistance. He captured three guns and a quantity of ammunition. The roads in that section are very heavy. Lieut. Gillmore, formerly of the Yorktown, and for many months a prisoner in the hands of the Tagals, has been assigned to temporary duty on the Glacier. On the 9th Nolan's squadron of the l i t h cavalry drove a body of insurgent* from Maig, killing 13 Filipinos. One American was killed and two wounded. • McGovern Mow the Champion. Terry McGovern on the 9th wrested the featherweight championship of the world from George Dixon, who defended it for nearly nine years. T©> save Dixon from a knockout Tbm, O'Rourke, his manager, threw u p t h * sponge in the eighth round, w h e n the Negro was staggering helplessly, bleedy ing and weak, but as game as the dying gladiator;. The fight took place be- * fore a crowd .that packed; the, Broadway Athletic clubv New York city, and. tho victory decided the awnej:sbip(©f;a$io,- 000 purse. When Dixon and McGovern stepped on the scales to make the necessary 118 pounds. Dixon seemed to be ih a better condition. He was full of life and energy, and looked as if the making of the weight had not'troublcd him, ^wbile McGovern seemed to be toa finely drawn. -When they stepped in the ring, however. McGovero*s face showed no traces of rigid training course and as soon as they stripped to the buff each looked in perfect condition. The Dewey Loving Cop* The loving cup of silver made from the melted dimes contributed by- over 70,000 American citizens, the majority of whom were children, was presented to Admiral Dewey on the 9th. A small but notable gathering met in the parlors of the Dewey residence in Washington and participated in the ceremony. The cup, which ^ is a massive and artistic creation, nearly six feet in height and appropriately inscribed, occupied the bay window, draped aboftt the base with the American flag. At one side wa$ a large silver bound volume containing the names of the con tribntors of the /dimes who had subscribed to the- token through the "in*. Btrumcntnlity of the NeuLYork Journal. 1 ! r / .-^,. m t m m *>'&*.. -OT& \'M,lw'J' gSfc * * ? ; sa^ = 4 ^ , ^ : 4*v -. ?*m :M '"•'• ;;7":':" y'cty':, ['±i-r <••'-: i> w^v.-jr •• lI'.JJI ' f r. '•;:• t • r''-', V •'•»' ••'.r W W Or f HIS WORD OF HONOR, 8 A Tak, of the Blue and the Gray. if* Copyright. 18W« *y Robert Bonner's Sons. C H A F T E f c VJ,—{Contleued.) . " I . f p t r i t . w i l l b * of little service t o the, pri&qnw. Tfcere i» t o m u c h bitt e r t t e s i t a f a i n a t t b e $ » n e i a y t h a t t h e m e r e suspicion of his h a v i n g c o m e a s a spy will suffice t o bring t h e m o s t • e v e r e sentence t h e court-martial can Impose. In t h e interest of our s a f e - t y , I felt c o m p e t e d to give you t h e Information and urge the arrest of t h e s u s p i c i o u s person." "And I have fulfilled your request, a s duty required. ( M y ^ o p i n i o n of it w e n e e d n o t discuss. Only I desire to remind' you that I h a v e given L i e u - t e n a n t m y word of honor that he s h a l l have honorable treatment. 1 shall* hold you responsible for every i n s u l t -that Is offered h i m . " Edward shrugged his shoulders and tried to as3umb a scornful manner. "You don't seem able to show ,y.our prisoner sufficient respect and Indulg e n c e . *Jo one intends to insult him. I s h a l l confine myself t o p r e v e n t i n g a n y effort t o escape; w h i c h is a l w a y s possible. You m o s t positively refused t o adopt a n y further precautions." "Of course I did. Captured officers a r e hot gagged; that is a measure fit o n l y for spies or traitors." , Edward clenched his teeth. T h e g l a n c e w i t h w h i c h he surveyed t h e captain w a s full of m e n a c e ; but W i l - s o n o n l y smiled contemptuously. "Farewell, Harrison. T h e object for w h i c h y o u s u m m o n e d me here is proba b l y baffled; and after w h a t I h a v e l e a r n e d today I can only congratulte Miss Harrison. I a g a i n request t h a t t h e prisoner shall be neither m o l e s t - ed nor insulted until the escort arrives." H e bowed as coldly and formally a s before, and left the room. Harrison did not return; the1 salute, but gazed m u t e l y and g l o o m i l y after his former friend, w h o n o w turned from h i m w i t h undisguised contempt. The act w h i c h sir," said the older of the two, a little w i t h e r e d m a n , w i t h gray hair. "But w e are g o i n g to Springfield, t o o ; a n d if y o u will Join u s y o u cannot mr&a the road." "With pleasure. I should n o t like to g o out of m y w a y , as I am in a hurry." T h e rider urged h i s horse to a faster trot a s he spofce, In order n o t to fall behind the carriage. The old g e n t l e m a n eyed him curiously.' "You are in a hurry?" he repeated. "I suppose t h i n g s are very bad at Springfield." "Very bad!" w a s t h e laconic answer, but a sharp, k e e n glance rested on the speaker. "Unfortunately, t h a t w a s to be expected. But as you are so well informed, I presume I a m n o t m i s t a k e n in supposing that I h a v e m e t Doctor B l a c k w o o d ? " "Doctor Blackwood—of course," returned t h e stranger, w i t h the s a m e brevity. "And to w h o m have I tile honor.—" "My n a m e is' T h o m p s o n . I a m a justice of the peace i n t h e city, and a friend of y o u r colleague, Doctor Green. H e told m e yesterday that y o u had been s u m m o n e d for consultation, and t h a t he w a s g o i n g w i t h y o u to Springfield. ~ B u t y o u are alone, I see." "Yes. Doctor Green w a s detained by an e x t r e m e l y critical case, and cannot leave t o w n today, so I s e t off alone. T h e s e confounded military disturbances! N o t a v e h i c l e could be had in the w h o l e city. I w a s o b l i g - ed to ride in t h i s scorching heat." "May I offer you a seat in my carriage?" asked the m a g i s t r a t e courteously. "My c o m p a n i o n can take your horse." ~ *— "I t h a n k you. Don't trouble yourself. I'll keep up w i t h the carriage." Mr. T h o m p s o n , w h o was e v i d e n t l y C H E C K E D H I S H O R S E . t h e w i l d e s t jealousy had led htm to c o m m i t already showed to him a v e r y different face t h a n a t the first m o m e n t of gratified1 revenge. W h a t had h e g a i n e d b y it? Florence w a s forever l o s t to him, for she k n e w as well as R o l a n d himself w h o ; . h a d been g u i l t y of t h i s deed of treachery. Her father w a s no "longer able' t o exert a n y c o n - trol over her or m a k e a n y bequest i n favor of h i s n e p h e w w h o , w i t h h i s daughter's hand, w a s to receive all the r i g h t s of heirship and now possessed n o legal claims. N o t h i n g was left s a v e vengeance o n the hated rival, and this vengeance, a t least, should be wreaked. C H A P T E R VII. A horseman, w h o w a s evidently a stranger to' the road, w a s trotting t o - w a r d Springfield.' HeL scanned1 ; every object very closely, a n d . s o m e t i m e s o v e n seemed doubtful concerning t h e d i r e c t i o n * t o pursue. H e wore" c i v i l - ian's, dress, a g r a y s u m m e r suit s u i t - ed to the climate. N o w , at a point w h e r e t h e road branched in t w o direct i o n s , h e checked his horse irresolute* ly, pondered a f e w m i n u t e s and t h e n ' w a i t e d for a carriage approaching h i m from behind. It w a s a light open v e - hicle, occupied by two gentlemen. T h e stranger, bowing, said: "Pafdqn me. I a m on m y w a y to Springfield, and don't k n o w w h e t h e r t o t u r n - t o the "right or the left. Perh a p s you will be kind enough t o inf o r m m e ? " glad to find s o m e one w i t h w h o m he could chat a w a y the weary hours, ordered the driver fo proceed more s l o w - jy, and a n - a n i m a t e d conversation was s o o n ^ i n full course. 'The old g e n t l e - m a n did not perceive that it consisted a l m o s t e x c l u s i v e l y of q u e s t i o n s which he answered. He did this, h o w - ever, v e r y eloquently, and w a s m u c h pleased w i t h his n e w acquaintance. "Yes, I w a s s u m m o n e d for consultation," said t h e physician. "Doctor Green h a s no doubt about t h e case, but the p a t i e n t — " ' , Ho paused, apparently s e e k i n g just the right words. "Poor Mr. H a r r i s o n ! " observed the justice. "Yes—poor Mr. H a r r i s o n ! You know him, t o o ? " "Certainly; he a l w a y s spends half the year at Springfield with his c h a r m - ing daughter. It is hard for the y o u n g lady that her w e d d i n g should take place under s u c h sorrowful circumstances." T h e physician started. A g a i n a swift, s e a r c h i n g g l a n c e scanned the old g e n t l e m a n ' s face. " W e d d l u s ? A\ her father's sickbed?" • • "That is t h e reason. H e probably k n o w s that t h e end. of h i s life is approaching, and wlsb-es first, to place his daughter in h e r ' husband's arms. At least t h a t Is w h a t Mr. E d w a r d Harrison told m e w h e n h e asked m e t o .perform t h e m a r r i a g e ceremony " a t T h e r e a r e t w o levers Tor m o v i n g m e n Tfou m u s t take the right-hand one, [ Springfield. U n d e r t h e c l r c u m s t a n w i , 1 — t o U r t S t and fear.—Napoleon. I could n o t refuse, and a m o n m y way there." i "Edward H a r r i s o n ? A relative of t h e sick m a n , I suppose?" "His n e p h e w , and, through t h i s wedding, also h i s heir. Miss F l o r e n c e is t h e o n l y child.":...- "But t h i s h a s t e is incomprehensible!" said t h e physician, w h o s e lips curled in a s m i l e Of cutting s a r c a s m . "I i e a r d f r o m m y colleague t h a t but a_ahort t i m e ago the y o u n g lady w a s ootmd by o t h e r ties." "Yes, I h a v e heard/ so, too. S o m e romantic' y o u t h f u l l o v e affair, w h i c h probably w a s not m e a n t t o be t a k e n seriously. T h e lover, a y o u n g officer, is said to h a v e entered t h e Union army, w h i c h , of course, ended t h e matter. At a n y rate, the y o u n g lady will be Mrs. g a r r i s o n t h i s evening, if God s o wills." "Certainly—if God s o wills." T h e tone w a s s o peculiar that even u n s u s p i c i o u s Mr. T h o m p s o n noticed it. . " W h a t did you mean, s i r ? " , , h e asked.. " N o t h i n g especial; I merely repeat-, ed your p i o u s words." T h e m a n s i o n of Springfield w a s n o w visible in t h e distance; they were already d r i v i n g through the plantation. T h e justice of the peace availed himself of the opportunity t o dwell upon Mr.' H a r r i s o n ' s w e a l t h , discussed the possible l o s s e s which the war m i g h t inflict u p o n his property and e x p r e s s - ed his belief that a large portion of h i s fortune w a s invested elsewhere. T h e doctor listened attentively, but t h i s did n o t prevent h i s s c a n n i n g the vicinity s t i l l more closely t h a n be* fore. H e s e e m e d trying to fix every bend in t h e road, every distant landm a r k upon h i s memory, and t h e house w i t n iia d o o r s and terraces received the same s c r u t i n y . "A fine estate," he said. "Do y o u think its v i c i n i t y , to the city w i l l afford it p r o t e c t i o n ? I have t h e ' contrary o p i n i o n , for it is an open secret that t h e m a r c h of the U n i o n •forces is directed here." "Impossible! H o w do you k n o w ? " cried T h o m p s o n , starting from his corner ol t h e carriage in terror. "I- heard it on m y journey to the city."- ' • . . . " "I heard, on the contrary, that their march w^s southward, otherwise'I certainly s h o u l d not have left t o w h . " _ 7" The doctor smiled m i s c h i e v o u s l y at the timid little gentleman, w h o had "turned pale w i t h fright. "Why, t h e troops w i n riot interfere w i t h a j u s t i c e of the peace. A t the utmost, y o u could only be obliged to unite s o m e loving couple w i t h i n the e n e m y ' s l i n e s , in t h e . bonds of matrimony." "Jest an m u c h as you choose," eaid T h o m p s o n , angrily. "I want nothing t o do w i t h the enemy. At a n y rate, 1'irinquire about that rumor, and, for the present, remain in the city, w h i c h can only b e taken by a regular siege." T h e carriage now stopped at the house, the g e n t l e m e n alighted, and the doctor d i s m o u n t e d from his horse, throwing t h e bridle to a n e g r o w h o hurried up. "Don't u n s a d d l e my horse," he said, carelessly. "I m u s t go back to the city_ as quickly as possible, and at any rate shall leave before the other gentlemen." He let t h e t w o men precede h i m and lingered, a s if by accident, o n the steps, l o o k i n g after the servant. A n u n m i s t a k a b l e expression of satisfaction flitted over his face as he saw t h a t t h e .animal w a s lid to a stable c l o s e by the house. Edward H a r r i s o n received the new arrivals, and the loquacious Mr, T h o m p s o n instantly presented Doctor B l a c k w o o d , sparing the latter a n y explanation by relating in detail the cause of Doctor Green's absence. Then he introduced his clerk, a. pale, eff e m i n a t e fellow, whose m a n n e r w a s e x c e s s i v e l y timid and deferential, and of w h o m n o notice w h a t e v e r w a s taken. M e a n w h i l e , during the last half hour Edward h a d had t i m e to regain h i s composure. These visitors m u s t , of t o u r s e , o b t a i n no glimpse of the catastrophe w h i c h had happened, here. H e e x p r e s s e d in courteous phrases his regret for h a v i n g troubled the m a g i s t r a t e in vain, his uncle's condition had c h a n g e d so suddenly for the worse t h a t it w a s impossible to have t h e w e d d i n g take place that day. Miss Harrison w a s in a state of the utm o s t a n x i e t y and excitement. Then, turning w i t h the s a m e courtesy to the physician, ^he added: "You a r e welcome. Doctor Blackwood, t h o u g h I fear you can g i v e us no c o n s o l a t i o n . We were prepared for the w o r s t long ago, yet a physician's presence i s a l w a y s a satisfaction. I suppose Doctor Green h a s told y o u about t h e c a s e ? " ^ "Yes," replied the doctor, . w h o s e sharp k e e n eyes raised,steadily on t h e y o u n g m a n ' s face. "So I should like to g o to t h e ' s i c k room at once. Pray, don't t r o u b l e yourself. I prefer t o see t h e p a t i e n t first alone, and w i l l t h e n inform y o u o f t h e result of m y e x a m - ination." ( T o be continued.) T R A N S V A A L W A R I T E M S . T h e p l i g h t of British arms in S o u t h Africa is o v e r s h a d o w e d for t h e p r e s e n t oy t h e storm w h i c h i s bursting" o v e r She head of t h e h o m e g o v e r n m e n t , r h e Manchester Bpeeches of Mr.. Balfour, t h e g o v e r n m e n t leader i n t h e l o u s e of c o m m o n s , l i a s loosened s u c h a torrent of c o m m e n t from t h e press and individuals of h i s o w n party t h a t w e r e parliament t o re-assemble today i t i s doubtful if t h e conservatives w o u l d retain power i n spite of their t r e m e n d o u s majority of t h e past session. T h e pentup dissatisfaction w i t h t h e government's lack of e n e r g y in w a g i n g t h e war is no l o n g e r concealed. Gen. M e t h e u n h a s been recalled t o England. T h i s is g i v e n on t h e h i g h e s t authority. I t is reported t h a t h e w a s laboring under g r e a t m e n t a l e x c i t e m e n t after the b a t t l e of Modder River, and that t h e w a r office h a s c o n s i d e r e d - i t necessary t o displace him, as h e i s evidently not i n a fit condition t o command troops. T w o m e m b e r s of h i s family are said to be w e a k - m i n d e d . I n the e n g a g e m e n t at L a d y s m i t h on the Oth t h e B r i t i s h loses were: Officers killed, 14; w o u n d e d , 34; non-commissioned officers and men k i l l e d or wounded, 800. T h i s account is from a British source a n d is probably not overestimated. F r o m the same source it is estimated t h a t t h e Boer losses w a s bet w e e n 2,000 and 3,000. A report from Col. Pilcher of t h e British forces s a y s t h a t on Jan, 1 h e completely defeated the Boers i n com m a n d at S u n n y s i d e laagar, t a k i n g t h e laager and c a p t u r i n g 40 prisoners, w i t h a loss of o n l y t w o privates k i l l e d a n d one l i e u t e n a n t w o u n d e d . T h e g u n s w h i c h w e r e c a p t u r e d from Gen. Buller a t Colenso h a v e b e e n mounted in t h e h i l l s c o m m a n i n g t h e drift 6ver t h e T u g e l a river at Springfield. T h e Bcfert also captured 620 rounds of shrapnel w h e n t h e y took t h e guns. T h e e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e of t h e Int e r n a t i o n a l Peace society recently sent a t e l e g r a m to President McKinley aski n g h i m to i n t e r v e n e w i t h a v i e w ' of e n d i n g the w a r in S o u t h Africa. Gen. Lord Roberts, the n e w commander of t h e British forces i n South Africa, a n d h i s chief of staff, Gen. Lord Kitchener, arrived at Cape T o w n on the 10th. ; Boers accuse t h e British of m i s u s i n g ~the w h i t e flag", bearers of it t a k i n g part in l i g h t i n g and a train c a r r y i n g it a i d i n g in,bridge repairing. C O N G R E S S I O N A L N O T E S . There e x i s t s a serious difference of opinion b e t w e e n the members of t h e commerce c o m m i t t e e of the t w o h o u s e s on the s h i p p i n g subsidy bill. A s t h i s bill w * s ottered in last c o n g r e s s t h e premiums were largely for speed. T h i s means t h a t the chief benefits w o u l d accrue to t h e s w i f t passenger carriers and the h i g h class freighters. N e w l y constructed A t l a n t i c liners w o u l d receive the g r e a t e s t sums because t h e y naturally w i l l be the speediest and largest vessels. There are a large number of s e n a t o r s and representatives w h o think this is w r o n g in principle. TheA- say. t h a t the g r e a t e s t benefits shoulcf g o to the coarse f r e i g h t jcarriers. These dissenters from t h e plan of the original bills say "that the premiums should favor t o n n a g e rather t h a n speed. These objections first came from t h e m e n w h o a r e - i n t e r e s t e d in b u i l d i n g up t h e commerce of the Pacific. r Rep. W e e k s , of Michigan, h a s introduced a j o i n t resolution reciting the unsettled s t a t u s of t h e people in the islands acquired from Spain, and providing t h a t for five years the President, as commander-in-chief of the army and n a v y shall c o n t i n u e military a u t h o r i t y in.said islands, and t h a t congress shall deal w i t h the subject at the expiration of t h e five-year period. In t h e meantime, it is provided t h a t reciprocity reductions not e x c e e d i n g 23 per cent may be made o n the products of the islands brought t o this country. 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Live, Poultry, lpnns chicken*, Be per lb; fowl*, 7c: turkeys. 10j; duck*. 9c E«r*, Ntrictly fre*h. 80c per dozoa Butter, best dairy. sMo per lb; creamery, VOo. Some very large trees bear very littler fruit. . ' •* Mlat*>* < puff EARED CORN 1 tMiMw.wrUwt.OTrnwau ttooii* torn frowlag, yMdtac ta VM, la HlnnaxHa, «00 tnu.pr»tr«.; B I O P O U R OATS mataMtBM) S P E L T Z SO bst. par Mr*. Grta*«rtgi_ fc&dharfued talaaideortba Marat I B A R L E Y , B E A K O L E U , JUWI 111 bo*. In K.Y. Wo*i«rfeU K A P E *&*. A TON Olrts rtoU, groan tad far caiUa, •b««p, iwiaa, poultry, «tc.. ttlOa. • ion. Waaoll BiM-unifcaaf U» Rape Med oaad in tht V. 9. BBOMTJS INEKMT7S Graateat graaa «a atria. Grow* t> | parftotto* tn A stark* — l y f c w a . Saliar n r r u U It I T H E MILLION DOLZJUI y*t*t«lJ th« M H tftlkad 9t pa> tato an atria, aad SaUar S i x jVaakat beA »iU Mk« J M Hah.! Urftti grow at PMataaa aai Fare Saada la tfca warid. T B G E T A B L E S E E M I Lartaat, ahofaaat Mat to U. U , 1 Oatoo Saad, Me. lb. ftSaryiktaht varrtttadtagraw. K pigs aw**! Uatt TtptaMaajpaatpalaV fMt> . A FOJ* 1 0 * •TAMPt ; tkta »«41««, tra stall «r«a» SaaS OMtkag ao410 >iga Taflai Sa*4 "i IMKI | JoHNAS/diSiSEEDCa LA CROSSE WIS. P l S O ' S r i i R t F U S tottme. rap. C O.N S L f M P T l O N , I U S 1i **»• •~.... J —^4- •TftMrflrr1,: 4 f /: HI>Ut fittrimnj g)fejrafoft. f. L. ANDREWS € O t T O « . THURSDAY, JAN. 18,-MOO. FARM JOURNAL I * « 3 a t p r o m Now t o D e c . 1903 *" NEARLY 5 Y E A R S . By special arrangement with the publishers of the FARM JOURNAL we are enabled to offer t^iat paper to ever subscriber who pay a for the DISPATCH one year ahead, for only $1, both papers for the price of ours only; our paper one year and the Farm Journal from now to Dec, 1903, nearly five years. The Farm Journal is an old established paper, enjoying great popularity, one of the best and roost useful farm papers published. SST'This offer should be accepted without delay. P.-A. Siuler puaranfees every bot tie ot Cbamberlins Cough Remedy and will refund the money tc any one who is not falsified alter uwi^tWe -thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy iu the world for la grippe cougbs, colds, croop and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. t rnar.-l Monday, t h e condenced milk factory here received 125,<K59 lbs~~~ of milk the largest amount for an v single day in the history of the institution. . That amount of milk at the present price, 101.20, Means $1,500.71,to the milk producers, in a siugle day. The daily' average is nearly 90,000 pounds. The company is building an addion to the factory, 30x37 feet, for a sugar room—Republican. By BAILEYj SMITH. T .Arranged by M R S . W. C A R U N . C O N T I N U E D . ". _ i —=• C o n c l u d e d . Sept. 20th 1899. Inside of three weeks the Yukon will be closed for Navigation. It freezes hard every night aud our season of rocking will soon close. Labor will be in demand and wages" good til is winter. For the first time I saw a bulletin— "Miueis Wanted." When winter work begins-½ L the mines there W. C- T. UEdited- by^the W. C. T. U. of Fincknej. wo Rtirht to u n m e t * w i l 1 b e n o unemployed in Dawson. A woman lovely in lace, form and The amount of machinery coming temper will always have triendi bat j into Dawson is astonishing, one. who would be attractive must J themers-pumps and hydraulic makeep her health. If she is weak, wckly' c h i u e r y b y t h e bo^t io a d g < The ^| iag. ^>ne-doo't need nrtfn|T years in here to make a fortune, if they can once get on their feet with money to buy paying property. Propenty that has been well prospected and paying are good investments. They usually bring good prices, yet it is the best and quickest way to fortune. Mr. Kroenert (who"bought in with me) had some money this spring and purchased Gold Hill property, buying one fourth interest in one claim and a half inand all run down, she will be nervous future methods of mining in here . . will be completely revolutionized. ft The Elephant and Python. Dr. Lewis Albert banks tells the following story, which has a most important lesson, especially for you ng peopfe: "About six months ago a baby elephant wag brought over from Burmah and made a summer tour, extending into the late autumn, with a traveling show. Then i(; Was sent to the Brooklyn boardinghouse to spend the winter, The elephant took a ba<l cold and the landlord dosed him with whiskey and quinine from a demijohn^ The elephant did not like the ^tqubr at first, but soon acquired the habit, and the other night, feeling thirsty, he knocked the head off the demijohn, which had been left in his quarters, and-f*ad manures, sucked out all there was left. _ There was not enough to make him "dead" drunk, but just enongh to make him feel big, and want to br°ak something aud have a great time. I n his hilarity he and irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood .... . . . . . . , , will cause pimples, blotches or skin W h l l e W ^ i n g last spring * eruptions and a wretched complexion, hauled, one, the only product, the Electric bitters is the best medicine in other t h e chief luxury—gold the world to regulate stomach, liver and whiskey, in greater quantities and kidneys and so purify the blood, than I ever expect to again. F o r It tfives sinnicr nerves, bright eyet, nearly a week I hauled whiskey smooth velvety skin, rich complexion. t o t t i e Q{\t Forks up Bonanza It m'11 make a good looking, charminfr-a b ( m t i c miles. I hauled two woman of a run down, invalid. Only , j * j i i , • ™u,„ ^.c ™rt„ «A . » . « . , -*—, x loads of 50c at P. A. Sigler s drug store; -i - . . g.orl d d-u s, t .„in value ,o f o,v er r. one million of dollars, and a box We quFoatrem etrhs'eIn sfotiltluotwe.i ng from LCof mBmauekrc eb, ilvlas lufeo r8 7t5h0e,0 0B0a. nk of The Farmers' Guide, 'published at Indianapolis, Indiana: "Mr. Cal. Hussleman, writer of Echo Farm Notes, is a farmer and aairyman. He is known in*every township in ludiana, having lectured from one to five time^ in every county in lixliana and whose services are During this last summer nearly all kinds of vegetables have been raised here, beets, turnips, peas grow 7 ft higbl and covered with pods, radishes\pnjly 10c a bunch, lettuce, kale, mustard and cabbage .potatoes tried-*i& an ex perm en t terest in an adjoining dlaim. They put men to work and opened u p the greund, taking out money by the POUND. He put his money .in more property adjoining.aad now owns half interest in ^evau-claims on Gold Hill. He left last month for Seattle to _buy machinery. When he left he told me his banner claim was turning out * 1,0()() per day and thajfc he. had paid for all his property out of that claim. I now intend to stay with this c a m p - a few years for there are opportunities not found in the states. The Klondike district is being recognized as the richest placers known. The Cape Nomt> tJiscovery„on-the coast, near St. Michaels, made this spring, promises to be another Kloudike. They are principally summer diggings, which is an important\fejfturtV their lavor, as there is no tion of children t o another; not being subject to sale or inoumberence. I t is a fine place and to keep i t up in as fine shape aa it is under with its orchards and shade trees growing larger with age, would be but a small part of the duty we owe you, Father and M of her, for ^he-heme so pleasant to us ~*JMW-~ ren in our younger days. T h e K u d . A .. and iaised very fine ones. Oats j w o o d a l o n * t h e co*9fc- The sought by more states than our . . . ' , countrv is hlpak AnH h»rrpn »n • ' _ / . , , • and timothy hay were also grown i country is Dieas ana Darren, ana own. We is one of the best farm. .—« ., •, .. , , the winter IH «fwpr« nwinu'tn fh« , . . . . YV here the moss and timber have I u e ™iIli;er 1S severe owiu^..to tne writers and lectures in America. , , , ^, . • , , ; u ^ i , w;T1rln «nrl Hrrfrimr a.^w xs—TJ r- . . , been burned oft, the ground thaws n i ft" W l n c l 8 a n a a r m i n g snow, Mr. Jdussleman is one of our state - , , ., .. • . , : ul i r ,rnifi |11r.pfl m f l n in th«ir Hfll,flr , a n ( j the B01i 1g very rich. 0Ul fe01(1 J" res men in tneir eager speakers expected at our county; , , , . , nnronirnf fnr.h,,ioi>nii«A «iww.i„ in«Hr,ir« F«l»r,v«rv » «nH 3 H Mother you always write hop- P u r 8 U l t <* fortune and no obshcle institute February 4 ana o. t i e , , / . . . iH en (»roDf u t nrUr fK^ ^.,^^,.,^ ing I will soon make a fortune l s s o ^ r e a t bufc w h a t t h H enterpriswill talk about tillage, fertilizers The one day iu-and come hoim?. Well it ^egins ing Yankee will overcome. H l » Mffe W a s 8 a r * 4 Mr, J. £. Lilly, a prominent cjtiiei of Hannibal, Mo., latery bad a wonder, j'ttl deliverance from a frightlal death. la telling of it he says: "I was takes with typhoid fever, that ran into pnea* raonia. My lungs became hardened* 1 was so weak I could not even set np in bed. I expected to die soon of eon* sumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle pave, relief. I continued to use and ant now well and strong and I oanl say too much in its praise/' This mar* vrtlous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for> ail throat and lung trouble. Regular sizes 50c and $1. Trial bottles free at P. A Siller's drug store; every bottle guaranteed. A $4.00 BOOK FOR 7SctS. ~ T'ao Farmers' Encyclopedia. Everythlnfpertainiiif'to the affairs of the farm, h o a a e b o l d and stock raislne. Embraces articles on the horse,, the col v . horse hubits, diseases of the noree, the farm, grasses," fruit culture, dairying. cookery.health, cattle, Bhet'p.swine, poultry, t<-i», the dng, t(iilef>~B6fial lite, etc., etc one of the most comp l e t o EJJCVCIO- |>e.diuM in existence. - A large book, 8x5>£ x 1% inches. 6^6 pages, fully illustrated, bound in f;reen cloth bindng and equal to other books costing rln0. If you desire this book send us our special otl'iT priri'. $0.75, and *i.2l) extra for pwtnge p.nd we will forward the book to you. If it is nut Fatibfactory return it and we will exchange it or refund v'our tiiom'y.' Send for our special illustrated catalogue, quoting the lowest prices on books, FREE We'can save you money. Address all orders to » T H E WERNER COMPANY, fubhihcn and Mannfactnreri. AkfOn , OhlQ.i • T h.- ' V . r r i r , ••!,,-,,.,• n u muphlv relint •(.-. |— IMitor A FREE PATTERN C»ruerd oiwltbno gMr*lepchtelod* )ptala t»eT*t rayo 4ra blllwuraitbu«itrlo. nBte. auOtiifHugl Uciowt, Utatt, artUtla, exquiilw and itrlctlj up-to-date d«alfa» stitutes will he oondnctodiy Jlon. | t o , o n k a s i f < J 5 m e f o r i i » e h a < 3 ^ - ^ ° «^J^Siyot r e a d i n g ^ - Peter VoorhieB, of Poniac, B t | p w tpsmile ..n meaiid jny small > r this year.Magiu^e. of all Fowlerville, January 23rd, P i n c k . : investment l a s ^ J u n e in mining -publication, are eent in and the ney-Janu»*y-24th, Bj-lghtoti January ' 25th. over-turbed a glass-covered case in which there was a twenty-foot python a-sleep. The big snake was angry when fie waked up, and with a vicious sparkle in liis little eyes, he went for that tipsy elephant and coiled himself around its 'body. As the coils grew tense about the elephant trumpeted in agony, and struggled to shake thepython R E W A R D . ' We The undHrsr^n^d d r u g g i s t ? , off-J p e r t y . er a - ewa.'d :,f 5 0 cenU to a n y person wh?rrin; chases of us, t w o 25< properity is going to lay the fouii- C0A^ papers come in every week. . . . , „ , , T , rpi «i • • i Dr«MmakIngr «conomlM, fancy work, household hlnU dation for a start. Through July 4 h e m*" service is very good. ^ ¾ ¾ ^ ¾ ¾ ¾ ^ ^ ^ % ¾ ^ and August we took out ¢11,000] Although^Dawson was only three the purchase price of the pro-! y e a r s old this last June yet it is As we work into the hill, I ^1 1 ^6 a Metropolitan town with a getting into deeper ground our' telephone system to all the main off, but the snake had neither mercy nor fear. The boardinghouse keeper was awakened by the noise and rushed in club in .hand. He saw the peril of the elephant, and when t h e -BBftke-raised his head angerly at the intrusion he hit it a savage blow. Tthe coils loosened and the python fell to the floor. The elephant gasped and fell likewise. Its ribs had been crushed in, and in half an hour it was dead. T h e gnalie was put back into fts box, and in an hour it was dead also. The empty demijohn in the corner told the cause of the tragedy." DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP? A clu-ap ivmcdy fur coughs an,d colds is •nli ri^ht hut yoiTwant something that will i i i i i v e iind pure the more severe results of i<•lu: Tiuhi«8. "What alrnll you do? Go to '•nimci und jnore regular climate? Yes, if i <>--il>l*-; if not possible for you, then in'j i Mini inne take the ONLY remedy that has I < <n introouced in all civilized countries V' n i-ucerBtj in severe throat and lung null i s . '•Ji<«chee,8 German Syrup." It ) ••< o f appetite, sour storaauhe, dyspepsia, tiver c o m p l a i n t , nr a n y of t h e dis»'asHs for which it is r e c o m m e n d e d . Pcice 25 c^nfs for either ablets or liquid. We will also refund the t m n e y on o n e package of either i t il fails t o g i v e oxes pay 6tre_flK_L^rriW8 deeper aud rich-} creeks, a telegraph line connect- FUolQr iltaydllle«sh, ,mTclhrlacw ". e»ttlrel»ct « nnodt talttutll*n cehdl lbdyr ttnh.e oTwh *ott m«••a>a other p»a*rnj Have DO equal for atyle and perfect fit -( satisfaction, P. A. S i l l e r , W. B. Darrow, J.G. SAYLES - P 4 a i n f f e f d 7 i V I i c h . Funeral Director and . Bmbalmei** R e s i d e r \ c e I m i l e n o r t h o f v i l l a g e . S t a t e T e l e p h o n e C o n n e c t i o n . AJI c a l l * p r o m p t l y a n s w e r e d . MS CALL 4 t BAZAR* L fATTERNS er. The ten days we worked in l-^g" DaWfeon'with Skegway, a pro- June we cleaned up $650.00;' P°3e ^ m^ter or electric car line to through July 83,400 and in A u g - t u e principal creeks, eclectric ust $7,000; so you can see how our j lights and other modern improvpay increases as we work into the orients which make a progressive channel. I expect to clean up' ^ wide-a-wake mining camp. from five to seven thousand by j : I t a l a o supports &v* papers rangnext spring's clean u p when I ] i»g in prices from47 J o $24 per . — — ^ ^ ^ ^ . . ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ . ^ shall try to buy more of the! yeaT- T h e o u * P«* of gold this' '^r^^^rtfV^^^nil^iSt ground. Weexp-ct to take' out j y e a r f r o m t h e Klondfke, will not ** <" 1 ^ ^ i ^ ^ \ * e ^ ^ ; n A t ^ * ' ^ r ^ from 40 to HO thousand this w i n - ! b e l e 8 s t h a u 2QX millions—that ter. The ground we have every j w o u l ( 1 b e about 40;Jons of native reason to believe, will produce i ^olc1' J f anv one tliinks they can not less than £80,000 and possibly double that. The claims each side a'nd ahead of us are being worked. We started on the rim of the hill nothing below us, but have T H E McCALL COMPANY, * I M ( I Writ Hth Strfot. . • • N»w T«rk City. S . T* carry off a fortune in gold if.given an opportunity should t r y about $10,000 for a starter (40 ib^). Mother you write you think neither Edd or I care for farming, forced up the work nearly across 11- hardly know; my iieas of ii^e the claim, with pay dirt the whole farm and life in the country have distance, so with paying property changed since I came to this each side and ahead of us we can rest contented that all our ground barren mountainous country. I believe that when I have made Werner's Dictionary of Syncnym&& Antonyms, KytlioiGgy and Familiar Phrases. A'book thm shoujd be fn the vert nocket of every t>crson, beOfcUM It t'jlis you the right word to use. No Two Words in the EnfrUpJi Language Have Exactly tbe Same significance. To express tho j«rocise meaning that one intends to convey a dictionary of Synonyxna is needed to avoid repetition. The Btrongest figure of speech is antithesis. In this dictionary the appended Antonyms will, therefore, be found extremely valuable. Contains many other features such aa Mythology, <Jrrt/nv the perm disease,%.ut allays inflam- f eign P h r a s a f ^ o f f • ' U l M t t a ^ a M e m o r y »...»«., c a u s e a ^ r expectoration, gives ^ ¾ ^ 1 ¾ ^ ¾ ^ rfii (\ nitlits rest, and cures the patient, cloth binding and sent postpaid for $0.25. Pull a< L ..> x> J ^ L. Leather gilt 'edge, $0.40, postpaid. Order at Jl vy one bottle. Recomendetf many years 0 0 0 ^ ^ 8 ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ 0 0 0 ^ ^ ^ 6 , ^ . by aJi druggists in tbe world. Sample botahead is pay. This mpnth will i'Juoney_ enough in this c-puutry end the rocking season and no that I would like to live on the more gold will be cleaned u p un-farm, though, like father, mill til next spring. ,Some of the men ' work suits me- better. No I are now cutting^ wood and when | Wouldn't like to. think that the the frost stops the summer work-|-^anD would ever pass out of the we will build our traui-road*r so family. The old English and }«* at F. A. Sigler's. we can run our dirt to the creek, sluice it next summer, build our cabin and get ready to commence running tunnels and drifting out d i r t We will take, out dirt all winter and ' pije it up. I n the spring rnn'it rlown to the creek and si nice it, which is much faster German custom of keeping landed estates in the family name has much tp commend it, as it is a monument of the family history marks to younger g^r>^r^j^nfit Address all orders to T H E W E R N E R C O M P A N Y , 4 V - 4 . , , . . - . , Anon, Omia, than the old primitive way of rock- For my part I should like to see the farm left in such a manner, that it will pass from one genera- AND STEAMSHIP UNESt Popuidr roul'- i..r Ann u i » ) i , 'l'i>- ledo and points East, South, and tot Howell, Owo^so, Aim*, Mt Pi^a-Hnt Cadillac, Manistee, Traverse Oity H'IHI points in Northwestern Michigan. W.H . HKNNETT, \ (». F . A . TolMh. EXPERIENC1 TqADt M A R K S D E S I G N S CO^YWJGHTV A c Anyone sending % •v-ptoh anri (iof>r;)ii >n mat QnloklT aa^flruln rur pinion free .«I ether aa fiiventlnn H nrohn»>lv i> ic tub,*: < • unMK. Mon«StrictIy<vmf11f>nn,i! 11 iihlhiMik on Titteav •entfree—Ul'lont mf>i). «• 'or sJHiiriiiL'tMtcn»8 and keeps sacrectlSFe old land V aiw^^sStS^^fe^r^V,1""^^ '" "'co<** Scientific Jlmcricattr A hnnrtw>me(y tlln^tmied wnekir !<j«nre«t flOPcniaMon of any sdonntlo loarn«|. T«rm«> fT«)— fr*j*inr;r ; rfooaarr mmoonnttbh s. IL 8old c »11 r\9***mi*r%. SUNN & Co I«I Branob te»l8f» ji -* ^^IJItoja.t i » r » j . V 7, I • 1 . • " ' • ' - - ^ w r ,w ] * •J* -..* . - ^ £•;• t ..... . 1 - . T ' Facts to Be member. The original and genuine Red Pills a r e Knill's Ked PjHs tor Wan people a t 25c boi, the women's remedy. Don't pay/50 cants. You can work when they work, never pripe or make you sick, h'uill's White liivnr'PilU. Bowel KM«uKt,orV Xweoty tive doses, 25 cents. Pleasant, safe and sore are Km 1 •• Black Diarrbcea Pills. Cures summer coniplaints, dysentery and all pains of the atomnob and bowels Only 25 Cents box. Nfrirtfti tttue Kid,ney Pill cpre backache, etc. Only 25 cents box. Pure, s-Waet stomachs and breaths are made by takinp Knill's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure indigestion, correi-t all stomach trouble)* destroys all fnul prases tor 25c box Best ana cheapest. Guarrantaed bv your drupgest, . Will Curl eft, Dexter. VV. B. DarroW, Pmck'ney, IHEGPEAT RESTORATIVE. Bar-Ben Is the jrreatest known IV. TRADEMARK nerve tonic and blood purifier. • ^ *"*"••*"•• It creates solid flesh, muscle and STRENGTH, clears the brain, makes the blood pure and rich, and causes a general feeling of health, power and renewed vitality, while the generative organs are helped to regain their normal povjfers, and the sufferer is quickly made conscious ui direct beheflt^Qne box will work wonders, six Bhould perfeetar.cure. 80 cts. A BOX; 6 boxes, $2.50. For sale by druggists everywhere, or mailed, sealed, on receipt of -prtro: Address DRS. BARTON «**«> BENSON. B a r ^ n Block, Cleveland. O For Bale by F. A. SIGLEB, Druggis P i n c k n e y , - i c h . Bill J u d s o n , t h e P i n g r e e p u s h of W a s h t e n a w c o u n t y , s a y s t h a t t h e f a r m e r s a r e g o i n g t o s w e e p M i c h i g a n n e x t fall in t h e elections. Bill m a y be r i g h t , b u t if t h e f a r m e r s vote as a u n i t , i t will be t h e first t i m e in t h e i r history. T h e f a r m i n g class, however, i s a w a k e n i n g to t h e realization t h a t it has t h e balance of power, a n d it m a y h a v e decided to use it. I t is a difficult m a t t e r for t h e average voter to c u t away from p a r t y lines a n d t h e f a r m e r is n o exception, b u t if h e is wise t h i s year, he will have a plain u n d e r s t a n d i n g of what he is to expect from t h e several c a n d i d a t e s , and t h e n see t h a t he g e t s w h a t h e e x p e c t s — F e n t o n I n d e p e n d e n t . ANOER80H FARMERS CLUB. , It has 1ve*en demonstrated repeatedly in every state in the Union and -in many foreipn countries that tjbamberlainls Coupb Remedy is a certain preventive and cure for croup. It has b.icome the universal remedy lor that The first meeting of the Anderson Farmer's Club tor the year 2900 was held at the borne of M»\ and Mrs. .Samuel Ptaeeway, Jan. 13th. A goodly number were present, and after an excellent dinner the meeting was called to order by Pres., P. W. Allison. The invocation was offered by Tbos, "Howlett, 'after which the company joined in sinpinp "America." The business of the meeting was then transacted. The necessary committees were appointed, and it was decided to have an oyster dinner at the next meeting. The next in order was *he report from the delegates, Mr. and Mrs. 0. V. Van Winkle, ot the State Club Meeting, held at Lansing, Dec. 12 and 13, 1899 Mis, Edna Webb then ptfve a recitation, after which Miss Edith Wood executed an instrumental solo. Miss Kittie Hoff then santf a solo, which was followed by a recitation, "The White Man's Burden," by Miss Mabel Hartsuff. The subject, "How to secure a catch of clover seed," was then discussed. T«ls«alc I r a p d M i An grand, bat skiu eruptions rob life of joy. Backlen'* arnica lalve cures them; also old, r u n n i n g and fever tores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, cots, bruises, burns, scflds, chapped hands, chilblains, best pile care.on earth, drives oat pains and aches. Only 25c a box; cure guaranteed. Sold by P . A. Sigter, druggist. T h e o b s e r v a n t e d i t o r h a s t h e t h i n g figured o u t t h i s way: W h e n ! relief in a very short time. The sales disease. M V. Fishery of Liberty, W. Va., only repeats what has been said j Z Hartsuff said he had tried different around the ulobe when he writes: "I ways; one method wajs to sow on t t u have used Chamberlain's Couifh Remedy in my family for several years and always with perfect, success. We believe that it. is not only the le*t coui/h remedy, but that it. is a suie oure for croup. U has saved the lives of our children a ' number of t i m e s " This remedy is for sale by b\ A. Sitfler, Druggist. * . ; LAST PERFECT FOREVER. SCALES Or>p<u Plated All Steel Levers, Combination Beam. Catalogue Free. Address, wheat, and alter the ground settled, dragged it; another method was to sow on corn stubble, cultivate both ways and dra^r, but with neither had he met with success. At another time ber-plowed and dragged the land and you see a m a n d i g g i n g in t h e g a r - den very slowly, s t o p p i n g often to r e s t a n d c u s s i n g occasionly, i t i s safe to say h i s wife g o t h i m to w o r k ; b u t if h e is digsring l i k e a good fellow", n e v e r s t o p p i n g t o rest, a n d w h i s t l i n g a p o p u l a r a i r h e is after fish bait. Dr;Cidy,s Condition Powders are ju%t what a bor-.re needs when in bad condition, 1\)nic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the be*t in use to put a Havriasr . Great Mam mu Cl»auai*er> a i n ' t Coach fUuaedf. Manager Martin, of the Peorsoir drugstore, informs us that be is hav* ing a great run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sells ti>e bottles of that medicine to one or any other kind, and it gives great satisfaction. In these days of la grippe there is nothing like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to stop the cough, heal up the sore throat and limps and gives are growinur, and all who try i t are pleased with its prompt action.—South Chicago Daily Calumet. For sale by F. A. Siflrler, druggist. i i . ' , . J PUBLISHED KVKHY THURSDAY X > i M . s o By. FRAM^L ANJiSvVS Editor and "Proprietor, Subscription Price $1 tu Advance Entered at the PoatoJlctt it I ' I A ^ M / , Michigan, as second-class matter. Advertising ratea made ( a o v n o a application. Easiness Cards, $IM per /bar, *• • • , ¾ t*V I^eatn and marriage notices paolisaed nred. , • i - . n - n r Announcements of entertainments may Ua yald bOi se in p r i m e c o n d i t i o n . PriCP <SOC f0r, if desired, by presenting the oiflce witn tick- « U f n.w.L.ai.a p n , J Q i u „ p \ 5;.^ | eta of admission, in ewe aetata are uot orou^nt per p a c k a g e . t o r ^a,a b y b . A . » J g - t l o tneortice, regular rates will »won*r<ed. I All matter in local notice •olumn will be -nam ed at 5 cents per line or t'ra -.tiua thereof, for eicb insertion. Where no tlu« ^ sp^cidtid, ill notices I will be inserted until irdor-d lidconUnaed, and I will !>ecoATS-d 'or*c :ordia,'ly. JT* vU cn-tni^es ! jf advertiseiaentd MUST rea h caiso nceaa early u ruBSOAr morninj; to insure an inaertion the tame week. S u b s c r i b e for t h e D i s p a t c h . I want to let. th-i people who suffer from rheumatism and siatica know that Chamberlain's Pain Halm relieved me after a number of other medicines and a dncfor had failed the best liniment I have ever sowed in the spring but rereived no i of—J A. Dod^en, Alpharetta, Ga., return tne first year, but the nextyear I Ttn>u»ands have been cured of rheuhad a good catch He believed if wet mrrisui bv this remedy. One appticacould uat rain when we ought that tion relieves the pain. For sale by F . JOB PKIJ/IIJVG / \ In all its brancued, a specialty. vVe bare all kindf ! and the lateet styles ol Cyyv, etc., wuicb enables j in Co execute all Kinds >>f work, sued <w ttjoka, T,. I Painplete, testers, Pro^rauiines, Bill tfeadd, Note i i . . - i s I Lieada, atateiaenta, Cards, Auction Bills, etc., in k n o w n ' 9 t t Po r i°r s ! l yl t ». ^POQ tbe^bortejit notice. PrlcetM 1 o v ad ^ood wort can 0« loan. I'l.iii' >-,4v-uiv <&.)S-e*. J O N E S or B I N G H A M T O N , BIN&HAMTON N. Ytbt- re w m!d be no trouble in securing a catch of clover seed. Mrs. Stowe said she bad heard of someone who I prepared their ground as tor summer fallow, ihen sowed clover seed the first year with bo result, but- continued this method two or three times At*Higl*»r, Dru:/gi-rr O n l y two a u i m a l s e a t t o b a c c o —a l a r g e g r e e n worm a n d m a n . T h e worm c a n ' t h e l p i t — E x . , 1 ^ 1 . . . . » , , « « « 1 « , < « M M I I I I I » • ! ! I ' l l l l l l M I I M I M I t BIGGLE BOOKS A Farm.Library of unequalled value—Practical* Up-to-date, Concise and Comprehensive—Handsomely Printed and Beautifully Illustrated. B y J A C O B B I Q Q L B No. 1—BIGQLE HORSE BOOK. All about Horses—a Common-Senst Treatise, with o*er 74 illustrations. a standard work. Price, 50 Cents. No. 2—BIQQLB BERRY BOOK All about arrowing Small Fruits—read and learn how , contains 43 colored Hie-like reproductions of all lending varieties and 100 other illustrations. Price, 50 Cent*. . 3-BIOOtE-POtJLTRY BOOK All about Poultry ; the best Poultry Book in existence < tells everything ; with23 colored hfe-like reproductions of nil the principal breeds; with 103 other illustrations. U p o n ! B l a m a r k N I r o n I f r r r * the sanie piece of ground and t hen se- ^ w a s the result of bis splendid health. cured a thick, fine catch. F. W. Alii- [indomitable will and tremendous son said be had the best luck with j energy are not found where stomach, seed'sown in the rnud, in March, y.j liver, kidneys and bowels are out of i THE VILLAGE' DIRECTORY. VILLAGE OFFICERS. P K B S D I S ; ..„., . . . « „ . . . . _ Uejx. Mclntyro TitUdi'e.j.5 ^. IJ. ' i'n-> upd *u, AUred* .IIJIIM, Uanitfl liicd.irdd, --io. BowjiiU, .Saaiuei I Sykee, K. L). Jonnson. ! (JLEUK ..«»;".;i.«« K. U. Teeple TutASaiieu W. E. Murphj W, A. Carr j STKKBT IJOMHIddfOSBkt . , , J . >Ioak£. I MAIMAUL —.A. E. iir I * J . i HKALTH Jt'fioBn . . . . . . L)r. ti. K". Sifter A. C4rr CHURCHES. iVX rtev. Cuas. .Siui,>dou, (j.+dC>r. s-icvita every LEAI._SIOLBB, riuut. Price, 50 Cents. Mo. 4—BIQGLE COW BOOK All about Cows and the Dairy Business ; having a great sale; contains 8 colored life-like reproductions of each • breed, with 132 other illustrations. Price, go Cents. No. 5—BIQQLB SWINE BOOK Just out. All about IIORS—Breeding, Feeding, Butchery, Disea.«s, etc. Contains over 80 beautiful halftones and other engravings. Price, 50 Cents. The BIQQLB BOOKS areuniqne.original.usefuT—you never" saw anything like them—so practical, soseusiblc. They are having an enormous sale—East, West, North ana South. Every one who keeps a Horse, Cow. Hog or . Chicken, or grows Small Fruits, ought to send right away for the BIQGLE BOOKS. The FARM JOURNAL Is your paper, made for you anoVnot a misfit. It is 33 y e a n old; it is the great boiled-down, hit-the-nail-on-the-head,— quit-after-yon have-said-it, Farm and Household paper i a the world—the biggest paper ofits size in the United Statee_ of A. mcTica—having over a million or ' a-half regular readers. Any ONE of the HIGGLE BOOKS, and the rARM JOURNAL 0 YBAK5 (remainder of 1899,1900, 1901, 1903 and—1903) will be sent by mail *o any address lur A DOU^AR BILL. Sample of FARM JOURNAL and circular describing '. ^OLB BOOKS fret. WTlatBft ATKINSON. F A J U K CHAb * 'SNXiNS. . J U R N A L «-», 1 , 1 , n-A*~ I f »«•-. m „ » « *-u«o-. ~~„\;t;aB ! Sunday uiormnt; at UMo, »a4 dvory Sunday Flaceway fitted the ground the same o r a e r 1T J o u v v a Q l tnese quantiei 1 eveD>ng a t r:jdo'clock. i'ray«r .ueetimi r&urB* as fir other crops and nevrr lailed.' " U the success they brinsr, use Dr. | f*y"^jia«-, Suad*y *c.iU.>i * i . . . . - rf ****• A t o n e time afterint; a rye crop, he ! King's New Life Pills. They derelop ' vin- 2r> at K A. Siguier's drug store prepared the groiind and before win- *vwry power of brain and body. Only (\^ON UKretvE.G cA. riwO.N iAtiLce CplalUsttoirU, U.s ervice every J W ANTE1>—SE V tkhJu* RRUllU ter had clo^ref lar^e enough to pa>- ture, but this was a wef fall At another time he cultivated well, solved the seed in the spring arid bad a wood crop. Tbos Howlett thought that with plenty of rain, it did nor matter what rime we SO'WHJL. hut land whi.-h tiou permanent. G * r _ a t o m i c ^ had been snhj-cted to cultivation tor H L J ^ b a n y t m . t | h M ( n I t if,.|# pood many years lacjeed soin^ natural -work conducted at hoot* R*#»r*-n«»*. i-'neletnent which was n^ce>>a,rv to the tioaesetlf-addm«w>rf •laiap^j •r*»«j1.j>t. J m production of clover. He also sai.d DoMrtrrov "vp*x< '•»»-» << 1V1.-^.-,. that be secured no hetter ri-<nirs when — ^ — — ^ - — — — . ^ - — — usinif plaster A A. Stove said 'lie knew of H case where upon a pirt of a fi^lf* l'lrt ^e_rd_ was sown anour t vice HS thick as upon 1 he rernaind-r, ^nd wlu-ie sown thi'je r were WHS a pood >M-op wtnle upon the rest it failed. Mr. Howie J; and Mr Hartsuff 1>oth sowed about one bushel on six acre-, an 1 Mr Younplove sowel one-half bush 1 in :.H n acres and—pot a very, pretty catch. n m Shies bad expermeuted with plaster upon nearly every crop raised upon the farm, but had received no hands for the Collction of Taxes—I will be Sunday morning »t LU:;i>> tul ivjry >iu lty evening at 7:6c j'ci >a. 1'rayer ineetinij Ttmrsday e v e n i n g . >aaiay aciiuul ^t closa of nornina service. It. li. feeiJlo\?_L j<.. ti>di itead, Sac A N D H U N K W r ptnm* t, r e [ u o ^nt ^ uov. .*. J. Uo.n.ujrf.jrl. .'*«•>.• *jrino« • 8 as Managers in this and i l w !>v c>uu- e v 8 r i ' Sunday. Low mass at 7:;«/o'clock _ . ^WM» . 1 higli mass witu aermou at J\lo i. m. Uttticuiiiai lies, balery P M ) I y«ti/ ami xpencvea, I at:i:0up. ui., vesporaanuDeurttlJctiori >it ?: <(» ^. u. JBtraJt, bono-firle, 00 aaora, 00 I**.-,. r•••»;. j ' 3001£JI£S,_ ~ rjlhe A. O. H. Society >f tin-* ,iti':J, n u n v/^r.y I vjri.a L'-u.my i:ii *[;;• iCsiiV, " • 1 -t * > •• g uos . WAYNE HOTEL. DETROIT AMERICAN Alio EUROPEAN PLAN, j LT'PW'OUrU Lti.\(iUE. Meets dvery Suii'lay > EieveaiOk,' at ii:'>( otiloc* in tn•* »1. 0. '.i.irj.i. V i cordial ta^itati »u ts ottutilt! 1 .•> .'Virvoij, -i»p»»- • cially-youUi{ people. ^1 ra. Stella iraium I're^ ma TO 93 eo mi. 00 TO ma.00 SlNQLM MMAL3. 6 0 0 > UP TO DATM GAP** \V\S L ^ l ) - T i i e S u b s c r i p t i o n J u e o u the D I S P A T C H . t Business Loqals. 1 1 1 t i ^ i i v.> • t i i l . U * ' ) i - ) U . i l ' t ' i - . l i a t . i^/i 14-4 ever-v s.i 1 I i^- ..- > ii 1^ ,L »: it 'rMtl'it, Miss ^tt.i Jarp«iu-»r; v*cr»iar/. "<lc*. /. V. t*:^. I>UE V. (\. r. U. m'.'ts t!ii* :irsr «\-i 11? of .5.40ti iiontli at i: 1 [),01. it t Ttf :n u> o;' i)p. I b\ Siller. -dvT'ryotic' i-it<jr*sr »d i 1 tjii^'riao* i i coaitiullv iavit-1 Mrs. '^eai Si,'lur, i\vs; .Irs, Etta Diirfee, Secretary. .•/"ft ! < • • • ' 4 . . • ' . * • , ^ r tr I »' Trie C. T. A. anti B. Society of this o'ace, \tt-nt eve/y third Sataruay evening in ta-* fr. Vfit« thew iiall. John Donohue, Presiaent. Notice to Tax Payers MN IU UTS O F WACU A li J*C s. eeteverv Priday evening on or oafore fall Tl lliiee TL,>o**'nin, .tu,i.'i.<» Tt a-ixr KR..lIlL 1is* nn>oww Imn mmvy o f t&e moon at their hall iu the Swarthout bld<. ; visiting brothers ^re cordiilly invited*-.-. , CUAS. CAMPBELL, Sir Knight Oommandet t * * * * * * * * * * * - - PHZLAXBLPHZA I benefit from its use. p. \V . A l l i e n apreed with Mr. Sales in this, an i Mr. ^lace-way al*o saw no ^ood from i's :it the i'lucku'-y E x . B m k during business hours to receive the s a m e . use upon corn. Mr." Wood thoupht ashes pteferat'le to plaster upon corn and then sj oke of sorrel as a fertilizer. He said he had a summer fallow covered- wit b sorrel, which he plowed under when in blossom, then kept, the ; pround tMvlrivated cle^n and raised Livingston Lods'e, Xo.,"", ^ t V. M. K^'-i^r Caujuiunioation [\iesday evenin,', >u or o^t'ors I thetull o? the maoti. AlexAu.ler' -lcltityre, A'. «1. K. H. Temple. Twp. Treasurer.4—^=^- — ~ = — 1 " ROER OF EASriSliX St'Att ine^tseach month 0' tnn Friday evening follo^vi i< tu'-* ~~- " Fo r » . « l e . A A.M. ineetia^. AAA. MARY USAO, W. M. Cheap. <x two horsepower and prinder \/\ A D I E S O F T U E MACI:ABEBS. Meat every is combined, in pood repair C W.. Brown. PetteysTille Hills. L I have j ut in a new corn and cob the best wheat that he raised upon i crusher and thoroughly vepiired the the field, excepting where the pround j Mill. Farmers can now pet their had beeu manured • j prindint? done, in a superior manner At the next meetinp, "The' .Primary , and on the shortest notice. School Money, its Origin, Distribution 1 " Wm. Hooker, and U>e." will be discu>sed, and the - annual election of officers will t i k e i ^,T place. The next m etinp will be held ^ s at the home of A. G. Wilson, tfeb.'lb. j T A T E o f MICHIGAN, Co.ntv of U»inijstor» and 3rd Saturday of eachmomu at i:M) p in. &} K. 1). I'. M. nail. ViiiMa^ -i;.it.!.-« J »r ii.iay >i vited. " Li LA Cox IWAV Lady Com. 1 KNiGUTS OK TrtK LJVAJk i U iRi> uae -t every second Wednesday evening of every month in tue &.. O. T. M. Hall at iYioo'ulocs. All Visiting Guards welcome., t*. O. JACKSON, Capt. (fenf ^ BUSINESS CARDS. t a session of tke Probate Court for said counj ty. held at the Probate Office in" the village of COR, S K C . | Howtll, on Monday, the 8th day of Jan., in ths j year one thousand nine hundred. . , , . , , . Present: A Ibird M. Davis, Judge of Probate My son his been troubled for y e a r s j the matter of the estate T>f with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime-! _ OBORAK w. BROWM deceased. 6n reading and filing the petition, duly veritte H. F. SIGLER M. 0- C. L, S1QLER M, O DAS. SIjLtfr&-SI-iLK.' Pnysici* is and Har'e < is. vil jails prompt! attended to iiv »r i:<ftr. O fl^n on Matnttr Pinokney, Mich. J)R. A. EGREfiM. . DENTIST-Eyery Fridaj; and on Thura- [ day when having appointments. Office over I o I Siirler'e i>rus store. a^'o T persuaded him to take some of Oliamherlin's Coliri, Cholra* and Diarrhoer Ile.nedyV. After usinp two bottles of 25-tent size he was cured. I pive this testimonial, boping someone similarly erTecte'd may read it and be benefited—Thomas C. Bower, Glencoe. 0. Far-sale bv F. A. Sipler, draofjjist PATENTS GUARANTEED Our fee returned if we f.iiL Any one sendtaa? S ubscribe £oy Dispatch of Sarnh Brown, prayinu that adminlstraik of .«nid .estate may bo srranted to herself or some othorsniUhle person. sketch and description of any invention wiL Thereupon it is ordered that Tuesdftg, the Gth ' promptly receive our opinion free ccmcenriaa; dav of Feb. next, at 10 o'el .ck in ltni fthJMlnii 111 ^ patentability of same. " How to Obtain a ,aid . ^ Offioe, be s i g n e d t c ^ S ^ o t S g ^ h 5 2 4 8 ¾ ^ ¾ JmTSfSS^ said petition. \fc.-< . ' I Patents taken out tlivouch ua rcceive^Mciol U ts farther ordered that a oopy o f l k » e * ^ I ? ^ ¾ ? * ^ ! i W c h a , r g e • 1 ^ , 1 ,'1 UK- P A T E . * ! I ^ f 5 ° * % " " r w R w ^ . . * an illuatralea and widely circulated joanuia> ' consulted by -Manufacturer* and Investors. Send for sample copy FREI. Addxaas, poblished tn the PISCKNRT DISPATCH er printed and circulating In said count successive-weeks previous to said A A m a b M» D a n s , t-5 Judga of Probata, VICTOR J . EVANS * CSKT-7"^ (Pmtcot Attorney;*,) •alltflng, *A9HmVTQHt D. «, |t.. 1» *P*P* • < . . . . - . . . - > » . — • - ~ - ^mm^^^ ,¾ *.ii:'"v.i.:v V4-* M : - . < * • > f.'i' !•''' ?'.:•* ijfcSA'-.V*"*^'' 1 !•" 1 £= §inthqe]) gigfiatih: r FBAXK L. ANDBEWS, Publisher* •INCKNEY, • " - MIGOIOAH. u. •. • ' " • I l i l ' I * It would be a blessing if the whisky trust trusted nobody. Truth-ts the grandest word in the language, but few can discover it. The Product of the Late Special Session. The fellow that kicks the most about tuxes is the one who pays none at all. \ irrim-n-r • All women are bern equal-r-but some of them spoil it by marrying worthless men. ] Yon can. never convince a man that a luncheon can be as satisfying as a dinner. Michigan's fighting parson is now to spar for charity. But he has not been reported as turning the other cheek. A Chicago woman dreamed of burglars and awoke to find them in her room. In other words, it was "no dream." A child feels that life is worth living when it is allowed to drive without some grown-up holding the reins back of it. Fashion has ordered womankind to again wear high-heeled shoes. This- Is not the sole offense of the fussy old dame, either. If a woman has but one gray hair in her head, it is going to show just at the time when she is trytog^to- impress some one that Bhe is younger than she really is. Judge Shiras of Iowa has decided that a married woman cannot be compelled J.qi_ attend .school. _It __is always cheerful to learn of common sense being used on the bench. When one does discover a grateful" woman, &he appears-to be a veritable rara avis, and is regarded as possessing an unusually fine character, whereas she only has the decency to be properly appreciative. LAWS THAT WERE ENACTED. The Mett of the BeMlon'i Work W « | on Special Aets and Resolution*—»40,- ^000 for t h e Soldier*—Mothiac That the,. Governor Wanted w a s Done. Queen Victoria, it is said, is manifesting deep interest in Mrs. Kruger, and has asked many questions concerning "Oom Paul's" wife and her influence '"with her shrewd but warlike spouse. The South African bloodshed may not be stopped through, the good offices of two aged, kindly and most estimable women. Had the Transvaal question been left to the queen and Paul Kruger's wife for decision in the first place the present struggle might have been averted. According to perfectly reliable reports from the seat of war the Boers are quarreling among themselves and the British are suffering from typhoid fever; the Kaffirs are rising against the Boers and the Cape Dutch against the British; 2,000 Boers were killed at ^ u , Q ,»* lwViea ,n me legislative Modder river, this loss crushing the--SfH-f1 1 ^.^ f o r l 'l e ,.p e r i o d ending June t n n t spirits of the survivors, and 5,000 Brit y of- the suec^edin* vefir ami th^ ish fell at Colenso, thus breaking the hearts of Buller's army. Meanwhile both Boer and Briton sit calmly iii their trenches and wonder why the fate of Ananias does not overtake various war correspondents of unlimited imagination. y • AN ACT:to make available an Appropriation to lurntsh new butlers to replace those now in use at the Michigan Soldiers' Home, being act number one hun- „ aruu beveaty-iuur, Public Acts of eighteen hunured ninety-riiine. approved June i w e i u y - t m e e , eighteen hundred ninety-nine, for ine foLow.ng purposes, viz.: Tne trection of a two-siory .doner House; ihe erection of a UricK < Chimney;, uie pwruirtt- and selling oi boiiord, inciud.ng oieeennig to connect same wuli SinuKe black; piped ana connections; one new engine uu<l ono new dynamo. The i-eopks of in© btaio of .uiomgun enact; section 1. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars appropriated u> section one of aci numbeied one hunurou sevcniyfour, public acta ot eighteen hunured nlneiy-uihe, approved June iwenty-imve, eighteen huniued ninety-nine, ue and tno same i*> hereby raauo avaiiuole icy- purposes anu amounts atf iouov\s: 1'or tne erection of one two-stoiy ijoiier house, threo' tnousand dollars; lor tne ert-ction of one blieK chlijiney, hi teen hundred dollars; ior,.lhe purenase oi new sieaui boilers and setting oi yanie, mcluaing breeching to connect boilers witn s;no«iestack, six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars; ror ldpes and connections, two thousand d o n a i s ; lor tne purcnase o£ one new engule, one tnousand dollars, and for the purchase of one new dynamo, seven hundred ttfty dinars;. _ Provided, T h a t if tne amount designated in this section for any of the purposes stated be Insufficient to complete the work oa purchases, any surplus remaining after tae completion of t n u o t n e r work or purchases irpecined in l i a s section may be used in"" the account or accounts where such deficiency exists, the Intent, of this proviso oeing to mai^e m e entire fifteen thousand uodars available lor the purpose stated herein. Section 2. The amount appropriated by the said act" number one hundred seventy- four shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Treasury to the treasurer of the Michigan Soldiers' Home at such times and m SUCH amounts as tne general accounting laws of tne- Stale prescribe and the disbursing oniecr shall render his accounts to the Auditor-General thereunder. , o This act is ordered to take Immediate eft'ect.- Approved December 21, 1S1)9. AX ACT to amend section two of act number one hundred forty-two of tne laws of eighteen hundred-ninety-nine, entitled "An act to repeal section eight of act nuniyer two huiuiren six of tne laws of eighteen hundred eighty-one, entitled 'An a c t ' t o provide for the Uni-" form regulation of certain Slate Institutions, and amendments tiiereto, be- ' ing section two thousand two hundred thirty of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, and to provide for a change from the Calendar to the F i s c a r y e a r for ail Limited and Standing Appropriations where the specific act of the appropriation does not so provide." ^,- . The People of the State of Michigan •enact: Section 1. That section two of act number one hundred forty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred nmetv^hihe. entitled "An act to provide for tne uniform regulation of certain State institutions, and amendments thereto, being section two thousand two hundred thirty, of the compiled laws of eighteen hundred ninety- seven, and to provide for a c h a n g e ' from the 'calendar to the fiscal year fpr all limited and standing appropriations where the specific act of the appropriation does tint so provide" be amended to read as follows: - Section 2. The Auditor-General shah keep all accounts with ~ appropriations made for any State institution or" board by fiscal years*, and, whenever provision therefor is not contained in the act making the appropriation, and the tax for m m l r i g tne same is provided In the specific appropriation bill, the appropriation met by such tax levied Jn the legislative e In 1813 Napoleon in order to increase— the popularity of an issue of 6-franc pieces, announced that several bonds redeemable at 5,000 francs each had been inserted in coins of the issue. Dispatches from Binghamton, N. Y., state that J. W. Hoban who opened a ^saloon recently in Waverly, took a 5- franc piece over the bar.' Having read of Napoleon's announcement, and noticing the date on the coin, he opened the latter and found a slip of paper which, presented at a French bank through the banking house of Roger Ryan, was cashed for $11,500, the amount of the bond "withT interest to date. The Muncie High School of Muncle. Ind., is self-governing and in control of the student*. The governing board consists of a president, who must be a student elected by popular vote, the superintendent of public schools, the principal of the High School, a member of the school board, a woman member of the faculty and one member chosen from each of the high school grades. Five student vice-presidents are the heads of as many departments. All questions of government are brought before the board, on which students hold" the controlling Tote. The regular studies and study hours, except where they may conflict with some department law, are controlled by the teachers, as usual A company of uniformed High School cadets" Is supported*; tennis, football, basket-ball and baseball teams are kept up and field day sports are directed The as*, sociation also keeps up a flee and mandolin dob and a dramatic club. A dramatic cluTT manager and property tax levied in the succeeding vear shall be appropriated for the period ending June thirty • f l o w i n g . Provided. T^Jtt nothing-herein contained shall affect the appropriations heretofore made for tho University of Michigan. And Provided Further, That nothing herein contained shall affect t h e -pro visions of section four of act number riftynne of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety- nine. effTelciit.s act is^ordcred to take immediate Approved December 21.--1S99. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION' relative to the Appointment of-Lewis M. Miller as Commissioner on the Revision of the United States Statutes. tVhereas, There is; a proposition pending before the Congress' of_the Unitee* States for the appointment of a commission for a revision ot tlie statutes, which on account of the general demand for ^uch a revision, will probably become -u law; therefore, .— Resolved, by the House (the Senate concurring). That our Senators and Representatives in Congress are requested to use their best endeuvors to secure the appointment, as n member of said comraiseion, of Lewis M. f i l l e r of this State whose ability has been s.o markedly evidenced by his work on the annotated compilation of the genertrhstatutes recently completed and placed in the hands of tht people of this State, who unanlmousi> declare the work invaluable and hitherto unrivaled in its ^excellencies, and so per« feet as to leave nothing further t o be desired; and, Resolved." T h a t we earnestly request President McKinley^ In case of the passage of t h e bill directing the said revision, to appoint the said Lewis M. Miller to b^ one of the commissioners to prepare the text for said revision, believing a s we do that his services on said commission will be as valuable to the people of the United States as they have proved to be to tne people of the State of Michigan. Resolved, That ccpieg of this resolution bdee n«t enMt cbKvi ntlheey Saonrdr Hounrr «Snefn aHtotartsP atnod P rR.-eapi - resentatives in Congress. Approved J a n u a r y 3, 1900. AN ACT to amend section one of act nurftber four hundred forty-five of the local acts .of eighteen hundred ninety- nine, entitled. "An Act to authorize the City of Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent arxl State of Michigan, to borrow money to be expended in the conetruction of a bridge across Grand River at Bridge Street in said city, approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred ninety-nine." The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. That section one of act number four hundred forty-five of the local acts of eighteen hundred nlnety^nlne, entitled, "An Act to authorise the City of Grand Rapids, In the Count; of Kent, and State of Michigan, to borrow money to be expended I n the construction of a bridge across Grand River at Brld 4M& - * » „ 1 * - * i : : • ' • ^ - . r ««a _pTgpenj 8 - t ^ . m , a l d city, approved June iftmaii are among the officers. Ts» AM- Teenth. eighteen nuhared nin&ty-r tralian baijot 1« used, • aineaded so a* to read as follows: Section 2. That tho City" of Grund Rap- Ids, in tho County of Kent, and Stat* of Michigan, is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow money on the faith and credit of the city, and to issue bonds therefor to an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars, whioh shall be expended in construction of a .bridge acroes Grand River at Bridge street in said city: Provided, That a majority of the electors of Bald city voting on the Question at any special or regular election at which said question of bonding shall be submitted shall so determine in compliance with the provisions of this act. and not otherwise. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved January 5, 1900. JOINT K F « o / HTION empowering the Attorney-General to investigate and bring such legal proceedings as the law may warrant to recover the value of property alleged to have been fraudulently obtained from the State upon the sale of certain Military Goods and Supplies, and to reimbu»*se the Rtatfl for d a m a g e s occasioned by a fraud alleged to have been perpetrated upon the State In the sale and purchase of Military Goods and Supplies. Whereas, (It Is alleged t h a t in the sale of certain Military goods and supplies of the state of Michigan made by the milit a r y board [of this State on or about the thirtieth,- dky of J u n e last, and lrr the subsequent purchase of military goods and supplies by said military board for the National Guard of said State, certain frauds have been perpetrated by whichthe State of Michigan Is alleged to have suffered damages in a large amount, Rcsrdwd. That tho Attorney-General of this State be and is horeby empowered to in vest lea to, and to bring such legal proceedings as ho may deem beat, and to protect the interests of the State in all defalcation matters, and the Auditor-General of this State 13 hereby directed to draw his w a r r a n t upon the. • treasurer of this State upon proper vouchers therefor, signed by said-Attorney-General, for the payment, of all costs necessitated herein, a n d the treasurer Is hereby directed to pay said w a r r a n t out of any moneys In the treasury" not otherwise appropriated. Approved J a n u a r y 8, 1&X). AN ACT to authorize' the City of Ionia tn Borrow Thirty Thousand Dollar? and to issue the Bonds of the city therefor to pav outstanding City Bonds. Tho People of the S l a t e - o f Michigan enact: Section 1. T h a t for the purpose of redeeming and retiring thirty thousand dollars worth of water bonds of the City ot Ionia, outstanding and issued in the year eighteen hundred eighty-three, the City of Ionia, be and is hereby authorized, acting through and by the common council of said city, to borrow thirty thousand dollars on the credit of the city at n jate— of -interest not exceeding four per cent per a n n u m a'nd* to issue the bonds ot the 5-aid oily therefor. ' Sec 2. The amount of each bond, place of pavment of principal a n d interest, tlmo and condition of payment and time o. maturity" is left to the discretion of tne common council of the said city. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. ^ A Approved J a n u a r y 8, 19C0. T ; h e ^ o p l e of the S t a t e of Michigan e n a c t : r e l i e f of s i c k I": l 3- to pay sueh. claims for the . disabled and needy ex-soldiers, sailors a n d ' m a r i n e s of the late Spanlsh-Amerieajj, war as may be properly audited, allowed and filed with paid Auditor General on or before the thirty-first day of .January, nineteen hundred, by virtue of act ni«nber one hundred thirty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled "An act for the relief of slek, • disabled and needy ex-soldiers, sailors and marines of the late Spanish-American war," the be paid out under this act, and no claims shall be paid hereunder until after the t'nirtv-tirst day of J a n u a r y , nine-teen hundred, nor until all claims to be allowed hereunder shall have been presented to the Auditor General, and if the amount herein appropriated is not sufficient to pay all of said claims the Auditor General is authorized to divide said fund among said claimants proportionately according to the amount of said claims, paying to each claimant his pro r a t a share thereof, or In his discretion in such proportion .as shall be determined by him to~bc Just and equitable. . ' This act is ordered to take immediate effect.. Approved J a n u a r y 8, 1900. AN ACT to authorize the Township P.oard of the Township of Springwells, in the County of Wayne, to borrow a sum of money not to exceed twenty thousand dollars in the year nineteen hundred, for the! purpose of paying its proportion of the cost of constructing a Rridge over the Rouge River on Fort Str^et.in said Township, and to pay the present outstanding obligations and indebtedness of-said Township, and to issue Bonds therefor. " The People* of the State of Michigan enact: Section ,1, The township board of the Township of Springw"ells, in the County of W a y n e shall have tho authority and power, and is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, money on the faith an5 credit of said township and issue bonds -therefor in a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars" in the year nineteen hundred, for the purpose of paying its proportion of the cost of constructing a bridge over the Rouge .River,,on Fort Street, in said township, and to pay the present outstanding obligations and indebtedness of said township, and Issue bonds therefor: Provided, T h a t a majority of the quailiied electors of said township, voting at an annual or special election, to be called in compliance with c h a p t e r nineteen of Howell's Annotated Statutes of Michigan and t h e acts amendatory thereto, shall vote In favor of such loan or bond Issue in the manner therein specified and not otherwise. Sec. ?. If such bond issue or lo'an shall be authorized bv a majority of said qualified electors, said bonds sh?ll be issued in denominations of five hundred dollars each, and shall be payable at such times and a m o u n t s at any time within twenty years from the date of the issue as fixed and determined by said township board, and wTCn 11 ral« of htlerest not exceeding four per cent per annum, and such bonds shall be signed by the supervisor and clerk of said township, and be negotiated by and under the direction of the township board of said township, and the money arising from the sale thereof shall be appropriated In such m a n n e r as said township board shall determine for the purpose aforesaid and not otherwise, tfhd the said township board shall have the power, ond It shall be Its duty to raise by taxation upon the taxable property of said township such sum or sums as shall be sufficient to pay the a m o u n t of said bonds and the interest thcron as fast as the same shall become due, a s hereinbefore stated. Sec. 3. The vote upon such pr6poslt!on fchall be printed by ballot and shall be in the following words: For the issue of township bonds. Yes. ( ) For the issue of township bonds. No ( ) ^ This act is ordered to take Immediate effect. - '~-"\ Approved January 8, 1300. \ AN ACT to repeal act number four hundred seventeen of the Local Acts -»f eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled; " A n Act to ohange the naja&.jilJ[iMz. tlonal school district n u m b e r two of Piymouth and Novl townships in th,e counties of Wayne and Oakland, in the State of Michigan, to fractional school district number one of NorthvlUe and Novi townships and to add new territory thereto." TrW people of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. That act number four hundred seventeen of the Local Acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, entitled, ','An Act to change the name of fractional school district number two of Plymouth and Novi townships In the counties of Wayne, and Oakland, in the State of Michigan, to fractional school dlsmct number *>no of Northvflle and Novl townships and to add new territory thereto," } be and the same Is hereby repealed. This, a c t is ordered to t a k e immediate effect. Approved J a n u a r y 8, 1900. OljE BUDGET OF Ftj£ SOME GOOD J O K E 9 , OTUOiWALAND SELECTED. CASUALTIES. Holland, Mich.-^AU carg of the Holland & Lake Michigan electric railway, numbering ten, one motor-power snow plow, and car barn wjere destroyed by fire. Corneto, Italy—In a collision Mrs. Alexander Herininger, an American, who was a passenger on the Calais express train, was injured. Ripley, Mich.—Fire destroyed the fsundry, office, pattern-shop and one warehouse of the Portage Lake machine works. Loss, $85,000; insurance, §40,000. Louisville, Ky.—Mrs. 'Mary Theobold, aged 58, was burned to death and her daughter, Lucinda, aged 2S, was so badly burned she cannot live, by the explosion of aTawp.—~:> - _ Warren, Ohio—Jonathan Thompson was "killed and Thomas Wilson was fatally injured by a Pittsburg & Painesville train. Dassel, Minn.—Fire destroyed the business section. Loss exceeds 550,000. ' d a n h Treatment. "My dea*. ll ttiougfct they'1*ad aoql- \WML fcbrpbral p\mifl&in'etft" ft thenavy." "They have." "Does that apply to yachts, too ?" "I suppose it does. What are yo* driving at?" "Why, I noticed that In a recent racw oft Newport one of the yachts was steered so badly that her spankerstruck a buoy."—Cleveland Plain 'Dealer. • i . .. CRIME. Spencer, Neb.—M. Jacoby jshot and killed Miltcn Nelson and killed himself. Mcpherson, Kan.—Worried over the incarceration of her husband on a charge of drunkenness, Mrs. Joseph Christie murdered her two children, cut her own throat and then set fire to her home. Philadelphia,—The trial of the alleged Pennsylvania legislative bribers, growing out of t-enator Quay's Te-eiec- Uon, has been postponed until March 22. v ^ MISCELLANEOUS. Springfield, -111.—Horse3 in south Shelby county are dying from a, disease pronounced by state veterinarians to be contagious glanders. Wishington.-Brig.-Gen. James H. Wilson has written a letter from Cuba to the adjutant general, in which he vigorously denies having said .that he v/vould1 not serve under Jlov. Wood. Saginaw, Mich.—The purchase of the McCassy Brothers' washboard factory in Cincinnati by the Saginaw Manufacturing company is said to'be the beginning of a consolidatidn of the washboard manufacturing business, Newcastle, Eng.—The United States cruiser Albany completed her endurance trial with the following result: Average speed per hour, 19:54 knots; revolutions, 149; horse-power, 5,624; coal consumed, 144 tons per twentyfour hours. Denver, Colo.—Thomas Linton, one of the most prominent Masons in the United States, died. He was born in England in 1828. He has been tyler o£- the Masonic grand lodge of Colorado since 1873. Chillicothc, Mo.—The Nelson Kneasa Monument association has been organized for the purpose of "erecting a monument over the grave of Nelson Kneass, the musical author of "Ben Bolt." Paris.—The manager and artist of the paper La Caricature, who published a cartoon grossly caricaturing Queen Victoria, were acquitted of the charge of outraging public morals. Washington.—Congressman Prince introduced a bill in the house asking for an appropriation of not less than $100,000 for a government postofflce building at Sterling, 111. Washington.—The president sent to the senate the nominations of Henry L. Howison, Albert Kautz, George C. Remey and Norman H. Farquhar as rear admirals. Washington—Rev. Benaiah L.Whitman, president of Columbia university, has tendered his resignation to accept the pastorate of Calvary Baptist church, Philadelphia^ Winnipeg, Man. — Manitoba's new cabinet was sworn in by Lieut. Gov. Patterson. Morris, 111.—John Holderman, one ot the first settlers of Grundy county, Ifcd at his home, aged 72 years. English business men in Paris are being boycotted because of England's talk of boycotting the exposition. The soil of Egypt at the present day is tilled by exactly the same kind of plow that was used 5,000 years ago. Normandy fishermen complain of the ^udden appearance of cuttlefish, which arc: making inroads on the fisheries. Tho length of the world's railways is more than seventeen times the circumference of the earth at the equator. Monument* to mark the boundary line between the federal district and the state of liexlcq are to be erected shortly. His Kind of Courage. "I want yotl to pull a tootii, but not with gas. That costs too much!" "Well, you're a brave man. Show me the tooth." "Wait a minute. My mother-in-law will be here right away. It's fcer tooth."--Der Floh. - , <? ' : The Leftsless Ajje. "It's a 'lessless age," remarked Simpers. • •-- T "What do you mean?"i inquired Galeae "Here's a couple who entered upon a loveless marriage, drove away in a horseless carriage and received all their congratulations by wireless telegraphy."— Philadelphia North American. Vh%y Qot Together. "Papa," said little four-year-old Margie, "I think you 'are just tne nicest man in the whole 'World." "And I think you are- the nicest littla girl in the world," replied her father. " 'Course I am,".said MaTgie. "Ain't it queer how such nice pedple happen to get into the same family?*'—Sydney Town and,-Country Journal. Lack. "They say," he*said, "that it is no longer fashionable to attach to. wedding presents the cards pt the People who give them." "Then," she declared, "I'm going t© take back that $20 picture I intended to give Nell Waterson, and get her a solid silver teaspoon."—ChicagoTimes- Herald. Old Time Dexterity. Joe Ker—The earlier watches were much cleverer timepieces than those of ^he present. Jacques—How so? , Joe Ker—They marked the time with only one hand.—Jewelers' Weekly. I Neighborly Ties "The telephone is a great sochl factor." "That's so. We wouldn't have caMec] _on those people next door at ail if we hadn't wanted to use their telephone.'* —Chicago Record. A Careful Mother. Teach,er-^What do you know of the> microbe family? Little Maude—Please, ma'aqL_ipam», ma has forbidden us to gossip about fother people's family affairs.—Exchange. The Difference. "Detectives in real life are not a bit like the story-book detectives." "That's so," said the man who hasn't any s a voir faire whatever. "The storybook detective invariably catches hitman sooner ox later."—Washington Star. A Variety of Quip», QUm »nfl I / o o U * . to Cana* • Stnile -rr Flotsam and J e t m m from *&• Xl*l« of Humor— Witty Sajlsff* ..J. — i " N \ ^ • • l i n i i l ^ i •••«< | | V rrzsm \'JHfimirtHKM.:Jf^\ • •"tRWiiT-- W <-V«M-'*W r. f *—m*m*m AP^^W *fw$m 'i '••:•• - . . ' ! • - * . . 1 . $ ^ . •W- "',-- THtfSlWy;Q(F:ABET. T h r e e , . J p h n j i t e ^ s a t * t ^ - t # t t * - t * $ | f t - - a a a d a r n ? " r i - i ^ i r 1 ^ - • **.^ ' • ! « ! • o v e r l o o k i n g , 0 ^ r ink, , TT hh e* •ostkroaftaerr.as " S i r ! " c r i ed t h * l a d y . w e r e w a l t z i n g w i t h a l l t h e p o e t r y # o l t h e i r r h y t h m i c m o t i o n t o t h e d u l c e t s t r a i n s of ' t W "Tzigane b a n d , a n d a s m a l l c r o w d of p e o p l e , l i k e o u r thre< J o h n n i e s , w a t e h e d t h e m , n o t i n g t h e s p e c i a l g r a c e of o n e a n d t h e s c a r c e l y h i d d e n c l u m s i n e s s of a n o t h e r . T h e h a l l , w a s g u l l o f j i g h t , a n d t h e e l e c t r i c g l o w } a m p * w e r e r e f l e c t e d f r o m t h e r e a l ioe floor.. T h e -gay . d r e s s e s of t h e l a d i e s , t h e r e d a n d w h i t e C a n a d i a n c o s t u m e s o f t h e a t t e n d a n t s , h e l p e d t o m a k e a p r e t t y a n d e x h i l a r a t i n g s p e c - t a c l e , w h i c h o u r t h r e e J o h n n i e s w e r e d r i n k i n g i n . Tw.0. of. t h e m w e r e y o u n g J o h n n i e s , a n d & e t h i r d w a s a n o l d J o h n n y . T h e y o u n g m e n w e r e a c q u a i n t a n c e s ; t h e e l d e s t o n e , w a s a s t r a n g e r t o t h e o t h e r t w o . T h e y h a d m e t ^ a t t h e r i n k f o r t h e first t i m e , e x c h a n g i n g a s a l u t a t i o n . a s t h e y s a t o v e r a g l a s s of. w i n e a n d w a t c h e d t h e s c e n e . T h e ~ c o n v e r s a t i o n » g r o w i n g u p o n t h e m , h a d r e s u l t e d i n a n i n t e r c h a n g e of c a r d a . T h e m o s t a n - c i e n t J o h n n y w a s H o b e r t R i c h a r d s , a c - c o r d i n g t o h i s p a s t e b o a r d : T h e o t h e r t w o w e r e A l g e r n o n D u k e a n d M o w b r a y S m i t h . " T h e r e ' s o n e o r t w o d e c e n t g i r l s h e r e , " a s s e r t e d M o w b r a y . " D e c e n t ? T h e r e ' s s o m e d e c n e d fine f r o c k s a b o u t , if y o u w a n t m y o p i n i o n . W h a t d o y o u s a y ? " S o s a i d A l g e r n o n . "I a m e n t i r e l y o f y o u r o p i n i o n , " c o i n - c i d e d t h e e l d e r l y p e r s o n , a s h e s i p p e d h i s 'WinQ. " L o o k a t t h a t o n e , n o w , " p u r s u e d AIgy.;; J ! a e p r e t t y a s a picture."" " A n d n e a r l y a s w e l l p a i n t e d , " s a i d Mr. R i c h a r d s . " Y o u ' r e a c y n i c , " l a u g h e d M o w b r a y . " Y o u d o n ' t l i k e w o m e n . " " N o t i n t h e a g g r e g a t e . T h e r e a r e o n e o r two. t h a t I k u o w t h a t I a m r a t h e r f o n d of." " N o w , a s for m e / * s a i d M o w b r a y , " I ' m f o n d of t h e w h o l e c r e w , f a i r a n d d a r k , h a n d s o m e a n d p l a i n , d e m u r e a n d s l a s h i n g , o l d a n d y o u n g . " " A g a y L o t h a r i o , " c h i m e d i n A l g y . " W e l l , w h a t d o y o u s a y t o t h i s ? " " T h i s " w a s a c h a r m i n g c r e a t u r e , d a i n t y of ngjire,-exquisitelyL_CQs.tumed, a n d w i t h t h e h e a l t h y g l o w of e x e r c i s e u p o n h e r p r e t t y f a c e . S h e w a s j u s t l e a v i n g t h e ice floor, a n d a n a t t e n d a n t - Y O U ' V E W O N , " H E S A I D . t o o k eff h e r s k a t e s a s s h e s a t d o w n a t a t a b l e r a t h e r c l o s e , t o t h e t h r e e J o h n n i e s . B u t | A r e y o u t i r e d w i t h y o u r s k a t i n g . •*•*» • ' T h a n k y o u , " e a i d t h e l a d y . M o w b r a y d i d n o t m o v e a w a y . Oh, I d o n ' t w i s h t o i n t r u d e - * - — " T h e n p l e a s e d o n o t . " 'I'm su^re I b e g y o u r pardon^" fU. Ihe b o w ^ d c o l d l y . Arid M o w b r a y r e t i r e d w i t h h i s t a i l b e t w e e n h i s l e g s . "Itfc m y t u r n , " s a i d t h e e l d e r l y J o h n - nie, w i t h a s a r d o n i c g r i n / T h e o t h e r t w o l a u g h e d g l e e f u l l y a s t h e y w a t c h e d h i m . H e c r o s s e d t o t h e l a d y , s p o k e t o h e r — s h e s m i l e d — h e s a t d o w n - ^ a n d h e c a l l e d t h e w a i t e r . ^ > ' " W e ' r e d o n e ! " c r i e d A l g y a n d ^ o w - b r a y . T h e y r o s e i n d i s m a y . " D o n ' t g o , " c r i e d Mr. R i c h a r d s t o t h e m . "I h a v e o r d e r e d a b o t t l e o f w i n e a t y o u r e x p e n s e * I'll l e t y o u off t h e o t h e r b o t t l e s . O n e w i l l b e e n o u g h f o r a l e s s o n . " A l g y b e c k o n e d h i m . o v e r t o t h e m . " Y o u ' v e f a i r l y w o n , " h e s a i d , " a n d w e g i v e i n . , B u t w h o Is t h e l a d y ? " - ' " M y w i f e , " a n s w e r e d Mr. R i c h a r d s , w i t h h i s b l a n d e s t s m i l e , a s h e r e s u m e d h i s s e a t a n d p r e p a r e d t o c o n s u m o t h e s p o i l s of c o n q u e s t . — A l l y S l o p e r . DAIMTE AND SHAKESPEARE. S i n g u l a r P a r a l l e l W h i c h S e e m * t o H a v e E s c a p e d C o m m e n t a t o r * . I w i s h t o p o i n t o u t a s i n g u l a r p a r a l - l e l w h i c h , s o f a r a s I k n o w , h a s e s - ' c a p e d t h e - a t t e n t i o n of S h a k e s p e a r e a n c o m m e n t a t o r s , s a y s t h e A t h e n a e u m . T h e s e s q u i p e d a l i a n w o r d q u o t e d b y C o s t a r d i n " L o v e ' s L a b o r L o s t " ( A c t V . , s c e n e 1 ) , "I m a r v e l t h y m a s t e r h a s t n o t e a t e n t h e e f o r a w o r d ; for t h o u a r e n o t s o l e n g b y t h e h e a d a s h o n o r i - flcabilitudinitatibus," s e e m s t o h a v e b e e n t a k e n f r o m D a n t e ' s " D e V u l g a r i E l o q u i o " ( B o o k II., c h a p t e r 7 ) . D a n t e , s p e a k i n g of w o r d s w h o s e e x c e s s i v e l e n g t h f o r b i d s t h e i r u s e In t h e c a n - z o n e , g i v e s a s a n i n s t a n c e " i l l u d h e n - o r i f l c a b i l l t u d i n i t a t e , q u o d d u o d e n a p e r - flcitur s y l l a b a i n v u l g a r i , e t i n g r a m - m a t i c a t r e d e n a p e r f l c i t u r i n d u o b u s o b l l q u i s . " (I q u o t e f r o m D r . M o o r e ' s t e x t of D a n t e , O x f o r d , 1897, p. 396.> T h e c o i n c i d e n c e i s t o o r e m a r k a b l e t o h a v e b e e n t h e r e s u l t of p u r e a c c i d e n t . I t w i l l be o b s e r v e d t h a t S h a k e s p e a r e , or t h e p e r s o n s t o w h o m h e w a s I n - d e b t e d T o r £ h e w o r d , t u r n e d D a n t e ' s I t a l i a n w o r d i n t o i t s L a t i n f o r m ("in. g r a m m a t l c a " ) , a n d g a i n e d a n a d d i t i o n - a l s y l l a b l e by t h e u s e of. o n e of t h e o b l i q u e c a s e s r e f e r r e d t o . I s i t p o s s i - b l e thdt: S h a k e s p s a r e h a d a c t u a l l y s o m e " a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h D a n t e ' s t r e a t i s e , e i t h e r in t h e I t a l i a n t r a n s l a - t i o n cf " T r i s s i n o , " p u b l i s h e d , i n 1529, o r In t h e - - L a t i n t e x t , ' w h i c h a p p e a r e d f o r t h e first t i m e i n P a t r i 3 in 1577? T h e l a t t e r m u s t h a v e b e e n a n i n t e r e s t - i n g l i t e r a r y n o v e l t y i n t h e t i m e of S h a k e s p e a r e ' s y o ^ t h a n d e a r l y m a n - h o o d , a n d w h i l e o u r p o e t ' s g e n i u s w a s s t i l l in i t s l y r i c a l s t a g e , a n d h e w a s e n g a g e d in t h e c o m p o s i t i o n of " L o v e ' s L a b o r L o s t " ( v e r y p o s s i b l y t h e e a r l i - e s t of a l l h i s c o m e d i e s ) , h e m a y w e l l h a v e t a k e n -a p l e a s u r e in t h e I t a l i a n -poet's c u r i o u 3 anil e l a b o r a t e r u l e s f e r - tile m a k i n g of c a n z e n i , a s D o n A r - n ; a d o a n d S i r N a t h a n i e l a n d M a s t e r H o l o f e r n r s w o u l d m o s t c e r t a i n l y h a v e d o n e . It i s o b v i o u s t o r e m a r k t h a t t h e p l a y s h o w s s o m e a c q u a i n t a n c e o n S h a k e s p e a r e ' s p a r t w i t h b o t h L a t i n a n d I t a l i a n . 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W b w e i s t h e f a r m e r w h o c a n figure t h e c o s t o f h i s flock of c h i c k e n s ? T h e p o u l t r y p r o d u c t Is t h e " v e l v e t " of t h e f a r m . T h e p o u l t r y p r o d u c t of M i s s o u r i g a i n e d 20,000,000 p o u n d s l a s t y e a r , w h i c h m e a n t $1,500,000. A n d t h e p r o d - u c t t h i s y e a r w i l l . s c p r e a n o t a b l e a d - v a n c e , t h e b u y e r s a n d s h i p p e r s s a y . Profitable M a n a g e m e n t of S h e e p . L e t e w e s d r o p t h e i r first l a m b s a f t e r w a r m w e a t h e r a n d g r a s s h a v e c o m e In t h e s p r i n g . G r a s s i s t h e b e s t m i l k p r o d u c e T r - a n d y o u n g e w e s n e e d it—to^ e n a b l e t h e m t o n o u r i s h t h e i r l a m b s M a r v e l o u s Siberian Horses. 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A t first t h e p o o r b e a s t s w a l k w i t h t h e g a i t o f a D u t c h d o l l , b u t , a s t h e d r i v e r s a y s , h© " s o o n w a r m s t h e m u p . " A n o t h e r p e c u l i a r i t y o f t h e s e s t e e d s i s t h a t the^r a l w a y s g e t a p a i l f u i o r m o r e Of i c e - c o l d w a t e r t o d r i n k b e f o r e s t a r t - i n g o u t f o r t h e i r " t r i c k " o n t h e p o s t - r o a d , w i i n t h e r e s u l t t h a t t h e y t r e m b l e a l l o v e r in a- m a n n e r p i t i a b l e t o s e e , b u t o t h e r w i s e s e e m t o b e o n l y t h e " W h a t d o I s a y t o t h a t ? " c r i e d M o w - b r a y . "It's p e r f e c t i o n ; I w i s h I c o u l d c a t c h h e r e y e . " " S h e w o u l d n o t n o t i c e y o u , " s a i d Mr. R i c h a r d s . "I'd l i k e t o a t t r a c t h e r a t t e n t i o n , " s a i d A l g y . " A n d s h e w o u l d n ' t n o t i c e y o u , " r e - m a r k e d Mr. R i c h a r d s . " Y o u w o u l d n ' t m a k e a b e t ? " "I'll b e t y o u . " T h e l a s t t w o r e m a r k s w e r e f r o m t h e y o u n g J o h n n i e s . Mr. R i c h a r d s s m i l e d . " W h a t i s t h e b e t t o b e ? " " D o y o u ^ f a f i c f y o u r s e l f ? " a s k e d A l g y . " W ^ a r e / y o u n g e r t h a n y o u . B u t I'll b e t ^ D a a ' b o t t l e t h a t I m a k e f r i e n d s w i t h I h e l a d y . " " A n d r i l bet t h e s a m e , " s a i d M o w - b r a y . " D o n e ! " c r i e d Mr. R i c h a r d s . "I'll t a k e b o t h - b e t s , a n d I'll w a g e r t w o m o r e b o t t l e s t h a t ; a f t e r t h e l a d y h a s m o r e flt f o r t h e i r w o r k c u t y o u b o t h , s h e w i l l m a k e f r i e n d s w i t h m e . " T h e t w o j u n i o r s l a u g h e d a t t h e c o n - c e i t of t h e o l d J o h n n i e , w h o s m i l e d g r i m l y a n d s a t b a c k i n h i s c h a i r , w h i l e A l g y s a u n t e r e d a c r o s s t o w h e r e t h e l a d y s a t , d r u m m i n g h e r g l o v e d fingers o n a m a r b l e t a b l e t o p . " M a y I h a v e t h e p l e a s u r e of o r d e r - i n g a n y t h i n g f o r y o u ? " A l g y a s k e d x w i t h h i s v e r y b e s t b o w . T h e l a d y s t a r e d a t h i m i n m u t e i n q u i r y . T h e n s h e t u r n e d a w a y q u i e t l y . " W a i t e r , " s h e c a l l e d , " k i n d l y b r i n g m e a g l a s s of w a t e r ! " A l g y m a d e a t o u r of t h e r i n k , a n d , b y £ r o u n d a b o u t p a s s a g e , c a m e b a c k t o h i s t a b l e , c r e s t f a l l e n . " T h e c u t direct^* r e m a r k e d „ Mr. R i c h a r d s . "I l o o k l i k e w i n n i n g : * ' J u s t - t i i c n ^ i h a J a d y d r o p p e d h e r p r o - g r a m m e o f t h e m u s i c . " T h a t ' s r m y c h a n c e ! " . c r i e d M o w b r a y , ' a n d h e d a s h e d a c r o s s t o t h e t a b l e , l i f t e d t h e c a r d a n d p r e s e n t e d i t w i t h a flourish. s a t i s f a c t o r i l y , s a y s a n e x c h a n g e . F r o m t h e l a t e w e a n e d l a m b 3 I w o u l d r e n e w t h e b r e e d i n g flock, for I b e l i e v e i t w i l l be m u c h m o r e s a t i s f a c t o r y , - f o r m a n y r e a s o n s , t o g r o w o n e ' s o w n e w e s . T h o s e l a m b s , of c o u r s e , s h o u l d be of t h e b r e a d d e s i r e d in t h e p e r m a n e n t flock, a n d f o r -them I s h o u l d u s e a m a t u r e r a m . T h e m a l e l a m b s of t h i s c r o p m a y b e s e n t t o t h e m u t t o n m a r - k e t a t 10 a n d 12 m o n t h s of a g e . If M e r i n o s , t h e y w i l l s e l l b e t t e r w h e n s h o r n t h a n i n full fleece. W h e t h e r t o b r e e d t h e e w e s ' f o r a s e c o n d c r o p of e w e l a m b s or n o t s h o u l d be d e t e r m i n e d by t h e n e e d of m o r e - ^ e w e s . U n d e r a w e l l - e s t a b l i s h e d flock o n t h i s p l a n , t w o c r o p s of l a m b s of t h i s c l a s s w o n W - b e - - r e q u i r e d — t o - * e e p - u p t h e n u m b e r of t h e e n t i r e flock. T h e second" or t h i r d c r o p of l a m b s f r o m a n y c l a s s of e w e s I s h o u l d h a v e w e a n e d in M a r c h . T h e a g e a t w h i c h a e w e s h o u l d d r o p her first l a m b d e p e n d s s o m e w h a t u p o n t h e b r e e d , b u t m o r e u p o n t h e c a r e s h e h a s b e e n g i v e n . W h e n t h e y h a v e b e e n p u s h e d t o r a p i d m a t u r i t y , e w e s m a y r a i s e a l a m b a t 2 y e a r s of a g e . B u t t h e y s h o u l d b e f e d s o a s t o continue" t o g r o w d u r i n g t h e i r t h i r d a n d f o u r t h y e a r s , w h i c h t h e y w i l l d o a f t e r t h i s t e m p o r a r y c h e c k . If t h e w o o l w i l l a p - p r o x i m a t e l y p a y f o r t h e i r k e e p i n g , I p r e f e r t h e y s h o u l d n o t r a i s e a l a m b u n t i l 3 y e a r s o l d . R a i s i n g a l a m b w i l l r e d u c e t h e fleece 20 per c e n t i n w e i g h t a n d t h e p o s s i b l e c a r c a s s w e i g h t a b o u t 10 p e r c e n t . H e n c e , a I a m b r a i s e d b e - f o r e t h e e w e i s m a t u r e i s n o t e n t i r e g a i n . W i t h h e r first l a m b a t 3 y e a r s of a g o , a e w e m a y r a i s e f o u r l a m b s a n d be p u t u p o n t h e m a r k e t h e r s e l f fat a t 6 y e a r s of a g e . T o o O b l i g i n g . The. a m e e r of A f g h a n i s t a n m u s t s u r e l y b e a v e r y o b l i g i n g m a n , if a s t o r y t o l d of h i m b e t r u e . x N o t - ' m a n y y e a r s a g o a q u e e n ' s m e s s e n g e r o r s o m e o t h e r offlcia) w a 3 o n h i s w a y t o Cab u l , w h e n h e had' t h e m i s f o r t u n e t o b e r o b b e d . H e w a s 1 i n h o w a y i n j u r e d by vthe r o b b e r s , b u t t h e B r i t i s h g o v e r n - ' m e n t p r e f e r r e d a c o m p l a i n t , w h i c h c a m e d u l y t o t h e k n o w l e d g e o f t h e a m e e r . N o r e p l y w a s r e c e i v e d , a n d t h e m o n t h s ' pftSSedT A t ' l a s t -'the a m e e r w r o t e , a n d h i s l e t t e r s h o w e d t h e e a r - n e s t n e s s of h i s d e s i r e t o o b l i g e t h e q u e e n . " T h e m a t t e r y o u m e n t i o n , " s a i d t h e l e t t e r , " h a s b e e n t h o r o u g h l y i n v e s t i g a t e d , a n d n o t o n l y h a v e t h e r o b b e r s of y o u r m e s s e n g e r b e e n p u t t c ^death, b u t a l l t h e i r c h i l d r e n , a s \pelr* a s t h e i r f a t h e r s a n d g r a n d f a t h e r s . I h o p e t h i s - w i l l g i v e s a t i s f a c t i o n t o h e r m a j e s t y t h e queen-." N e v e r t h e l e s s i t i s d o u b t f u l if i t did. T w i n L a m b s . It i s t h e d e s i r e of s h e e p - g r o w e r s n o w a d a y s t o i n c r e a s e t h e i r flocks a s r a p i d l y a s p o s s i b l e , a s s h e e p n o t o n l y b r i n g a betteY p r i c e t h a n t h e y did t w o or t h r e e y e a r s a g o , b u t a r e l i k e l y t o d o s o for s o m e t i m e t o c o m e , s a y s t h e F a r m e r . O n e of t h e w a y s t o i n c r e a s e t h e flock r a p i d l y i s t o s e c u r e a- b u c k f r o m s o m e of t h e l a r g e , s t r o n g a n d c o a r s e - w o o l e d b r e e d s . T h e D o r s e t , S h r o p s h i r e , C o t s w o l d a n d L i n c o l n b r e e d s of s h e e p h a v e f o r a g e 3 b e e n bred b y t h e i r E n g l i s h o r i g i n a t o r s t o p r o d u c e t w i n s . If t h e y a r e b r e d w i t h t h o s e of t h e s a m e b r e e d , p r o b a b l y t w o - t h i r d s o r t h r e e - f o u r t h s of t h e e w e s w i l l b e a r t w i n s . A s t h e s e t w i n s w e r e a l - w a y s f a v o r e d b y b r e e d e r s , t h e t e n - d e n c y t o p r o d u c e t w i n s w a s i n c r e a s e d . V e r y r a r e l y h a v e w e h e a r d of t h e M e r i n o w h e n i n t e r - b r e d p r o d u c i n g t w i n s . B u t if t h e r e s h o u l d b e , s u c h a c a s e s u c h t w i n s o u g h t t o b e u s e d a s b r e e d e r s , a s i t i s a v a l u a b l e c h a r a c - t e r i s t i c a n d e n a b l e s t h e s h e e p - g r o w e r t o i n c r e a s e h i s flock v e r y r a p i d l y . I n t h e o l d e n _ t i m e s w h e n s h e e p d r o p p e d t h e i r l a m b s i n t h e fields i n e a r l y s p r i n g a b o u t t h o o n l y a d v a n t a g e of t w i n l a m b 3 w a s t o k e e p t h e e w e s i n m i l k s h o u l d o n e - o f t h e t w i n s d i e . C l o v e r h a y i s t h e g r e a t s t a n d a r d of r o u g h f e e d f o r t h o d a i r y c o w . A N e w Sea F o r t . T h e r e I s a l u s t y y o u n g c i t y g r o w - i n g u p d o w n in T e x a s w h i c h i s a t t r a c t - i n g w i d e s p r e a d a t t e n t i o n . I t i s B a F o r t e , l o c a t e d a t t h e h e a d o f G a l v e s - t o n B a y . I t i s b e i n g m a d e t h e g r e a t s e a p o r t o f t h e Gulf o f M e x i c o , t h e m e e t i n g p l a c e o f rail a n d w a t e r w a y s f o r t h e v a s t c o m m e r c e of t h e , w e s t T h e s a v i n g t o w e s t e r n s h i p p e r s v i a t h i s e x p o r t o u t l e t w i l l r u n i n t o m i l - l i o n s a n n u a l l y . T h e c i t y h a s t h e m o s t m a g n i f i c e n t n a t u r a l p o r t . o n t h e s o u t h - e r n c o a s t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d o n e of t h e b e s t i n t h e w o r l d . T h e U. S. g o v e r n m e n t i s c o m p l e t i n g a d e e p w a t e r c h a n n e l t h r o u g h t h e b a y t o t h e g u l f , w h i c h w i l l s o o n b r i n g t h e J a r g e s t o c e a n l i n e r s t o L a P o r t e d o c k s a n d w h a r f s . W h e n y o u p r a y d o n ' t f o r g e t t h o s e w h o t r e a t y o u d e s p i t e f u l l y . N o t h i n g i s g a i n e d b y s t a r v i n g t h e s o u l t o f e e d t h e b o d y . How** T h i s * We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. j7<3HENEY & C O ^ r o p s . , Toledo. 0 . We, the undersigned, ^ v e known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry oat any obligations made by their nrm. x West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo* 0.; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent' free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family P l u s are the best. A w o l f i n s h e e p ' s c l o t h i n g i s n o n e t h e l e s s a w o l f . T h e r e I s a Class of P e o p l e W h o a r e i n j u r e d b y t h e u s e o f c o f f e e . R e c e n t l y t h e r e , h a s b e e n p l a c e d i n a l l t h e g r o c e r y s t o r e s a n e w p r e p a r a t i o n c a l l e d G R A I N - O , m a d e of p u r e g r a i n s , t h a t t a k e s t h e p l a c e of c o f f e e . T h e m o s t d e l i c a t e s t o m a c h r e c e i v e s . i t w i t h o u t d i s t r e s s , a n d b u t f e w c a n t e l l i t f r o m coffee. I t d o e s n o t c o s t o v e r o n e - f o u r t h a s m u c h . C h i l d r e n m a y d r i n k i t w i t h g r e a t b e n e f i t . 15 c e n t s a n d 25 c e n t s p e r p a c k a g e . T r y i t . A s k f o r G R A I N - O . E v e r y t e m p t a t i o n r e s i s t e d i s a t r o u - b l e e s c a p e d . I am JPastSo and Not a Gray Hair "I tare nacd Ayef'a Hiir Vigor for a great many yctn, tad although I am past eighty years of age, vet i have not a sray hair in my head."—Ceo. Ycllott, Towson, Md., Aug. 3, 1899. Have You Lost It? C o u g h i n g Leads to Consumption. K e m p ' s B a l s a m w i l l s t o p t h e c o u g h at o n c e . G o t o 3'our d r u g g i s t t o d a y a n d g e t a s a m p l e b o t t l e f r e e . S o l d i n 25 a n d 50 c e n t b o t t l e s . G o a t o n c e ; d e - l a y s a r e _ d a n g e r o u s . •_ T h e r e s t of C h r i s t i s f o r a l l W h o w i l l g i v e u p s i n . R e l i a b l e H e l p W a n t e d (Either sex.) The Humanitarian Home andtSanltaflum for Invalid* and Health Seekers, Incorporared Send 12c In stamp* fur full Information. Address J. H. Teitlebauua, Treasurer, Las Yegaa, N". M. We mean all that rich, dark color your hair used to have. But there is no need of mourning over it, for you can £nd it Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color to gray hair. We know exactly what we are saying when we use that word " always." It makes the hair grow heavy and long, too; takes out every hit of dandruff, and stops falling of the hair. Keep k on your dressing table ana use it every day. SI.M «bottle, AII dnoisu. M4 •••• t wM • 1 * * Write the Doctor If you do not obtain all the benefits yoa desire from the use of the Vigor, write the Doctor about it. He will tell yoa just the right thing to do, and will send you his book-on-tSe Hair and-Scalp if you request it. Address, Dr. J. C. AYEB, Lowell, Mass. God has called many men to preach the gospel, but none to defend it* it dieted wuh ;TboniDMrs Eyt Watfi. •oteaiea, use DROPSY, Children Like It S w e e t e n e d . Lightning Hot Drops cures complaints of oalldreu; 25c. All druggists. Herb Med. a>.-. SprlngtleM, O. NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and carei wont cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DATS' treatment rajnu PB. H. H. «RKEJ'8 BOSS. R»» I . I U M U , 6«. M F i l C I A i l ' O H N w . i n o B H i s , | l d l 9 l \ / l l W a s h i n g t o n , D . C. The man who lives a lie hounds on his track. has a pack of blood- Mrs* Winslow's, S o o t h i n g Synrp. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation , allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. e 4i4 Has thexndorsemeni of the U. S. Government and oil tho Leading Railroad*. Too many start to follow Christ who stop at the hrst cross-roads. -^ T h e L a r g e s t In t h o World. •Walter lUker & Co. Ltd.. Dorchester. Mass-..*^ the largest Mm. of Cocoa and Chocolate In the world. Every man helps the devil who talks one way and lives another. I believe Piso's Cure is the only rriedieine tk^t will cure consumption,—Anna M. Koss, William sport, Pa., Nov. 12, 1895. CHEAP FARMS 00 YOU WWT t HOKE? I H O . O d d A C R E S I m P ^ e d and unimproved I U V 1 U U U f t w n C d fanning land* to l.e divided and sold on long time and easy p a y m e n t s , a little each year. Come and see us or write, THE THUMAN MOSS STATE BAXK, Sanilac Center, Mich., or The Truman Moss Estate.Crosweli. Sanilac Co.,Mich. The best place for a Christian is whece Cod heeds him most. Brown's Teething Cordial secures rest for the parents, as well as the babies. No man who truly follows Christ ever has to stand alone. QThe best news ever told in this world was that God is love. MI MIWOnDOUARK™ Most talked of Catalog t I T ' S tori Largest form potato on earth J Oar tells—so also about Weeks vegetable Sal- Potato, seed..: '.-^- ^ r S growers In U.S. Potatoes, $1.20 andi upabbL Send this notice and 6c I •Uatp for Big Caeatof. waa IJ0HNA.SAHERSEED(HACR7 MURDEROUS MICROBES Breeding and Feeding Human Intestines. in A N e w P o w e r f u l Germ D e s t r o y e r Discovered— How Microbes Are Killed w h i l e You Sleep. MILLIONS ptolive and Millions of microbes, bacteria maines, d i s e a s e - g e r m s of every kind and breed and feed In the s t o m a c h bowels. For their propagation it Is only n e c e s - s a r y for the liver and intestines t o bec o m e lazy and o p e r a t e irregularly. Modern s c i e n c e has been at work to find a m e a n s of killing1 microbes, a n * the m o s t s u c c e s s f u l g e r m destroyer of all Is C a s - carets Candy Cathartic. T h e y bacteria w h e r e v e r they find them, are an tlseptic. stop sour s t o m a c h , m a k e the liver lively, the blood pure, the b o w e l s regular, e v e r y t h i n g as it should be. Go buy and try Cascarets to-day. It's w h a t t h e y do. not w h a t w e s a y they'll do, t h a t proves their merit. All druggists, 10c, 25c. or 50c. or mailed for price. Sond for booklet a n d Trer sample. Address, T h e Sterling R e m e d y Co., C h i c a g o ; Montreal, Can.; or N e w York. Thia-4s the C A S C A R E T t a b - let. E v e r y tablet of the only genuine C a s c a r e t s bears the m a g i c letters "C C C." Look at the tablet before you buy, and b e w a r e of frauds, Imitations and s u b s t i t u t e s . of acres of choice agricultural L A N D S now opened for settlement in Western Canada. Here is grown the celebrated NO. t HARD WHEAT, which brings the highest price in the markets of the world; thousands of cattle are fattened for market without being fed grain, and wlthoutajday's shelter. Send for Information and secure a free home in Western Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigrationi Ottawa, or address the undersigned, who will mall you atlases, pamphlets, e t c , free of c o s t M. V. Mclnnes, No. 1 Merrill Block, Detroit, Mich.; James Grieve, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Or D. L. Caven. Bad Axe. Mich. LlPORTE TEXAS u a n . ; or s Situated on Galveston Bay, is ftestined to be the s l a u g h t e r I n o S T PROSPEROUS CITY on the Gulf of Mexico It possesses unexcelled NATURAL advantages -.vhich coupled with tho BACKINOof wealthy and Influential men assures a brilliant future. The IT. 8. Government is now speeding a large iiuount of money in Harbor improvements. La Porto Is the natural seaport for tne broil- jets of the entire Middle, Northern and Western States and for Houston, the great railroad center of Texas. Excursions at reduced rates will be ran twice a FLEITUE&RAA JTUXRSE? afnc 7d fPu1tBllB panrAticPuSl'a rDs EtSo CRIPTIVE AMERICAN LAND CO., CrUCAOO There is such a thing as having religion in the head and not in the heart. 138 Madison St., W. N. U—DETROIT—NO. 3—1900 * • • • • • ' • 1 ' ' . . . . Kbea A o s w e r t t g A d v e r t t s e a e n t s U t t t t y Wctttioe This f a p e f . One Day Dyspepsia Cure KASKOLATABLETS a t i,- pts. / <.£*• m T -mrri & -¾% ^iiTH" *-^>*»— Wf ^ • ^ : : y v \ w ^ ^ ' - ; ' - : , ^ ? y ' ^ ' ' * ; t »*fe'> ft r*"-*-:r.vi V :''•'•' *f.r sfc <\ :¾ fifc r" * • PLANFIELD. C. Iuglee visited in Dansville the past week. Quite a number in this vicinity are suffering with yellow jaundice. The Misses Grace and Georgia Gardner, Ella Murphy and Mrs. S. E. Barton attended a meeting of the Anderson Farmer's Club at Sam'l PlacewRys last Saturday. HAMBURG. Jessie Bennett is very sick. ..Mrs. H. DeWolf is entertaining A series of Special meetings are a sister from Howell. being held at the M. P. church this week. Mrs. Jnmes Grossman returned last week from a visit in William* £ a r m to work. GREGORY. Remember the farmers' club at Z. Hartenffe Saturday at 1 p. m. Mi88 Ella Johnson of Detroit, is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. Denton. The Wcmans' Mission Circle meets with Mrs. Anna Moon at 2:30 p. m. Friday. Frenfan Gone has disposed of his dray property to his brother Geo- and contemplates taking a <**+ Grant Macomber has just mov- eton. ed into the squrae houBe. next to M. Topping's, Amos Ward and Will Ward are in Milan owing to the seriowillneps of their father.^ The following officers have been elected in the K. O. T. M. for the ensuiug year: Coir. B W. Harford Lieut. Com. J. M. Koster Ren. Keeper E L. Topping Fin. K^per S G Topping Mrs. James Starks has gone to California to spend the rest of the winter. The Maccabees held their installation of officers Tuesday evening of this week. Mrs. Ruth Chapman is quite ill and her daughters, Mrs. Silas Barton, of near Pinckney, and Mrs. Fred Stowe, of Unadilla, are with her most of the time. The Central Lyceum bureau have substituted the Uncle Josh Chaplain' Phy. Snriit. Ut M.ofG. 2nd " SnnMnel Picket Ed. Cuipman W. J. Wright J. G. Sayles Silas Wesson Grant Kimel L Peferspn\ Ehh. Smitb Old Mrs. Royce died last Sun- Picture Play Co. for Rev. J. J. day at the home of her sou Burton Lewis who diBsapoiuted us and of this village- The funeral was failed to give reason why. hel(l Tuesday, at the Episcopal EA6T_MARI0N. The School Board held a private session last weefc^-—- JMrs. Elliottttnd-son are preparing to move to Grand T ravers. Fred Fish of east Putnam called on Elder Pierce last week. It is paid that several families have taken their children out of church. R v. Harvey Pearce and wife of Carlton, will ^ive an elocutionary entertainment at the M. E. church next Friday evening. Mrs. Pearce is a graduate of the Noble school or elocution of Detroit, and liec recitations will be both classical and comic. Mr. Pearce furnishes entertainment in t-ongs. Admission, 10 cents, for benefit of the. pastor. The special Christmas number of "Book «»f Trains" issued by the Lakf Short & Michigan Southern j By., is rot only a most beaut;ful j ANDERSON. Tbe»Mi88es Facia Hinchey and Blanche Martin are sicV with the measles, MPS. 15. W. Martin spent a few days last we^k with her father-inlaw at Chibon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Merrill visited at Dave .Bennett's in Marion one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bullis spent the last of last w^ek with relatives at Chu'bbs Corners. Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Placeway, of East Putnam, visited at Samuel Placeway's on Tuesday. - Cards are out for tije celebration school. meeting next Sunday e o m a n v ^ > 0 ( 1 t i r i n g about Christ-'Jan. 23. Topic, "Send Me," Mrs mas. The publicat ion contains a| Mrs. J. R. Dunning received a ciioTc^ collection of poetry and telegram QU Wednesday last* of prose from favorite authors; also.a the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs, charming story of Christmas eve, Qeo. Burch, of Chidago. C. E. evening. Morgan leader. ~~ Miss Nella Mortenson of Pinckney visited her sister Mrs. J. Brigham last week. The Ladies Aid society for this month will be on Thursday of this week at Mrs. Morgan's. Dinner from one to fonr. A Session of the County School Examiners was held at the school 4iouse last Friday. They found no cause to revoke the Certificate mi of Mr. Roosa and he continues to teach* and valuable souvenir of th* day, of the golden wedding of Mr. and ImVno where ban ever been found Mrs. C. E. Bullis on Tuesday, and it is beautifully and profusely illustrated with half-tones, etchings, crayon and pen and ink eff- Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Smith were called to Ann Arbor Tuesday last to attend the funeral of a cousin ectsHiH from original drawings. | o f M r s : Smith, Joseph Brownell. Mr. A. G. Wilson had the mis- BRILUANT8. flelf-conquest Is the truest royalty. Religion and reason never disagree. Bigotry it not peculiar to religion. Many a Ood-se ' affliction has "been a bridle to cheek ,-iesumption. Even in private we are •ftrhear'd by God. Notoriety is cheap to get, but dear to keep. Love is the one universal badge of the Christian. Chrtet did for man what the Creator did for matter. There is nothing truly "Gotf-foreaken" in the world. Love's flowers are our feelings; its fruits are our deeds. It is better to go home on foot than to pi Icon In a palace car. It 19 always ea4|r to recognise a debtor than a creditor. The fairest joys bloom where the bitterest tears have fallen. It does not change the truth to look at it with colored g.asses. The great wonder is not His miracles, but the miracle of Uimael£ God cannot help th'j aman who does not feel the need of Hb' kelp. Some men will not worship God because Gtfd will not worship them. It is the goodness you are looking for in others that will fill your own life. A society gentleman is often a man with white hands and a black heart The man cannot help being an optimist who is looking to God all the time. The secret Christian will either fail to be a secret, or he will fail to be a Christian. "' The fleeting smile of the world may be (purchased at the price of eternal tear 8. MORE LOCAL. Wednesday, January, 24th, Farmers' Institute At Pinckney opera house. Mrs. Chas. Simpson was called to Mt. Clemens Tuesday, by the illneS3 of her daughter. On page 5 will be found the com plete laws as enacted by the last session ot the legislature. —Mrs. H. fj7~Br\aa^ and daagfrtwr, Mrt.K. H.Crane it spending ftht week with her parents at Hartlind, E. H. Teeple and wife ware gnafti of C. D."Bennett and wife, of Howell, over Sunday. Mrs. Percy G. Teeple and daughter started Monday morning for their r home in Marquette. Rev. Harray Pearce and wife of Carleton, were the gutati of R. H« Teeple and wife the first of the week, S. J. Wallace started the first of the week for Sberiden. where he will spend a few weeks buying and shipping stock. About fourteen of the schoolmates of Miss Mae fteason, gave ber a surprise and spent a very pleasant evening, Monday. The Detroit telephone Co.. and the New State telephone Co. were gobbled up by the Michigan telephone Co. the first of the week—trust. There will be a chicken pie social at the home of Mr, Roy, near'Anderson, on Fnd; y evening, Jan 26. For a , good time>and lots to eat, all come. Many ot our patrons are remember ing us with the small amounts due us, Thanks friends, we are glad you remember that Fek 1 u not far off. Let us bear irom many, more4during the next two weeks. GHO Reason, Jr., is on tbe road for th** celebrated "Air Lisrhf,"' the Una of Reason & tfhehan having the agency tor Livingston and Otktaod; counties. The machine in their s'oregives the best of satisfaction at less than half the cost of kerosene. The following are the officers or the Cong'l Sunday school Tor the ensuing year: Supt.', R H. Teeple; 2nd Supt^ Ki 11 ie H off; Srd~So^t7, Mrs. H. W. Oroloot; Seo'y, VlaM Swarthout; Ast. Ser'y, Kittie Grieve; Treas., Arthur Swarthout; Organist, Etta Carpeoter; Ast Iva Placeway; Librarian, Mauds Richmond A copy of the book can be obtain _ee for four centu i 1 postage by applying to A. J. Smith, G. P. & T. A., Cleveland, Ohio. bet- . PARSHALLVILLE. MTB. C . M ^mith is some ter at this writing. Charley Bristol and wife are yisitiug his father J. Bristol this week. - MesdamesF. L. Andrews and H. G. Biiggs of Pinckney were here Wednesday to attend -the funeral of Frank Kirk. Meetings are being held at the M. E. church every evening under the direction of evangelist Gliddon of Grand Rapids. Frank Kirk died at «his home here Sunday evening after one weeks illness, of JPhneumonia, aged 47 years. The funeral was held at the M. E. church Wednesday, Jan. 17, Rev. 0. Sanborn officiating. The remains were taken to Howell for burial. WEST PUTNAM. Ri<hard May was in Howell one da/last week. Kirk Van Winkle and wife were in Howell JSunday. Bert Hadley of Unadilla visited at Silas Braton's Sunday. Miss MabJe Tripp who has been visiting ber mother in this place returned to Detroit Tuesday, -the 16th;: Andrew Murphy who was •evere y injnred by a falling tree a shou time ago is slowly recovering. Edwc.d KenD€dy is home from Marshall, Mich where he has been •Dperintending the construction •f a railroad. ' Do you take cold with every c h a n g e in t h e weather? Does your throat feel raw ? And do sharp pains dart through your chest? — Don't you know the— are danger signals which point to pneumonia, bronchitis, or consumption Itself ? If you are ailing and* have lost flesh lately, they are certainly danger signals. The question for you to decide is, ••Have 1 the vitality to throw off these diseases?" Don't wait to try SCOTTS EMULSION "as a last resort." There Is no remedy equal to it for fortifying the system. Prevention Is easy* Scott's Emulsion prevents consumption and hosts of other diseases which attack the weak and those with poor blood. SCOTT'S EMULSION la the one standard remedy for Inflamed throats and lungs, tnchttlsjtnd consumption. It is a food medJcine of renarkahjapower* A food, because l£ nojjrtsbeetlie body; and a medicine, because It corrects diseased conditions. Secandat^^alldniffiMi SCOTT & BOW**, OMmiatt, Nrtr Yoifc fortuue on Friday last while bieaking ice in his water tank, to slip aud fall across the tank iu sucbr a way as to break two ribs. Alwavft So. The telegraph editor looked r.p with a pleased grin. "Well, its turned out in the same old way." "What's turned out in the same old way?" asked the club reporter who had happened in a few minutes before. "Another flrs with people killed and frantic women Jumping from the windows In OmahA this time," "What do you mean?" inquired the enb, and stopped filling his pipe, the last rpminder of the days when he was a freshman at college. "T mean," went on the telegraph editor, trying the nitfof his fountain pen on the blotter, "that great disasters always enme in bunches. When there is a had fire in New York one day __there_ia sure-tn^be another somewhere else within a-week. When one big man dies another i« sure to drop off within a week, and when one kind of suicide occurs there are sure to be half a dozen similar cases within ten days. When Tiiietgert chopped up his wife I knew there'd he another sausage maker do the same thing before long. And wasn't there? Of course there was. There's one held now for a similar crime in New York • When one ship goes down another •follows it. 1 am so dead certain of the succession of disasters that whenever something big happens 1 offer odds on another disaster orcurrinj within a week. You see If there 1st another hotel fire before long." The cub smiled and resumed piling his pipe . "So yon don't believe me/ huh?" went on the old man. "Welf yot just look over the file for the \wi year and see for yourself how things run." And the cub did, and^wo days later he said to the telegraph edUor: "By Jove, old man. you a/e right. Curious, ain't' it?" "No," was the/eply; "It's commonplace." - [ To Rent i My house, barn and garden spot at Mrs. F. L. Andrews, were in Parshall OhnMis Corners; I ALSO h*ve a brood ville the first of the week . mnre for xale MR-*. 8 ELLIOTT. Closing Out Bvery^Gfoak In f he Store This Week. Wednesday and Thurcday THIS WEEK Saturday ' . . , , " , > • • > ' ' •'•• . ! V - \t ~\ Any Cloth[ Jacketo^Cape A ^ ^ # 0 0 Any Cloth Jacket/or Cape 3 4 # G 0 These are our entire stock of Fine Fall Garments in value $10, $12.50, $15, 18. j f-V,') ••' At Constant'no^e there is an autograph letter which is claimed to have been ,wrlt.tem by the hand of th« HaTiotlr. whose nu'hfnt'c'tv •hut- 1»eea etoutly defended for eenturle*. " Colored children are much more sensitive to neat th«n <rh»t* c^ldrea, which pr^baWy means that their power of dhwrtmlnat'on--!* r*>*eh t>ei ter. end not that tb»y mffe- more fMBI HMO. The quicker you come the better the selection you can get. Yours respectfully, L. H. FIELD. Jackson, Mich — . ' < * r' Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch January 18, 1900 Description An account of the resource January 18, 1900 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-01-18 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frank L. Andrews newspaper pinckney dispatch https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/f5a6b0707874a8ccc6d2105e7f23b4fb.pdf 23a0294a5973b2a306786b220e8465e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. P I N C K N E Y ; L I V I N G S T O N CO.,UIICHM T H U R S D A Y , J A N . 25.1900. No. 4. L O C A L N E W S . • 1 1 -r I II / ^ , \ The January thaw got here just the same. Miss Kittle Grieve spent the last of last week with her brother Fred, and family, of Bast Putnaagu _. . Miss Anna Harris and Casper Vol- Tbe thaw caught cold. The weather bureau promised this cold wave—so did Hicks. ft. A. Sigler and son Cecil, were in- Howell Tuesday. Wm Thurston is the happy father of a girl since Sunday last. On* dealer in Chelsea has shipped mer were married a t S t . Alary s 50 car loads of onions since last fall. The -- SurDrise Store, Speak Prices That for Themselves. per yard 04 05 [Brush Eiitf** binding ])ress Stays Card of hooks and eyes Saxony yarn* p^r hkein 05 Germantnwn zephyrs per skein 06 Ladies' Fleeie lined Hose 10 Children's heavv fleece In'd hose 10, 15 Men's heavy cotton socks 05 Ladie*' hdkfs. 5, 10, 15, 25 Children's lidkls M en V t u r U ey red hdkTs. Paper napkins Music rolls Men's henvv over shirts Men's and hoys' wristlets •tooth brushes Shoe brushes ~ ,, W. J . Harrison and wife who 02 and 0 S T ^ e n y i s i t i n K her motlrer Mrs. D, 01 05 per doz 05 25,49 45 10 5,10,15 10, 15, 20, 25 Shavinir brushes Good heavy suspenders Shoe s <les 25o door mat and scraper -florae whip^ 5,10 10, 15, 25 10,15 10 10- 05 05.07 03,04 05 Enameline slove polish Lamp burners Lamp chimnev IfHlnz:c+or-hfw-pttw- — Iv( ry Soap •3 We carry a complete line, of Hosiery, Stationery, Pocket Books, Hair Pins and Hair Ornaments. Our two stores enable us to give you the greatest value for your money—why pay more. Come and ge.t our prices, then MATCH US IF YOU CAN. church on Wednesday of Jhis week. Quite a large party from here at* tended the play and dance a t ' Dexter on Friday evening last. They report a good time. The Misses Mame Sigler, Iva Halstead and Lillian Boyle were the guests of Miss Edith Wood of Anderson over Sunday. _ . A young mail lost his life near Leslie last week by skating into a hole where the ice had been taken out and no signals placed. There will be a chicken pie social a t the home of Mr. Roy, near Anderson, on F n d t y evening, J a n . 26. For a good time and lots to eat, all-come. Norman the little son of A. D. BennettoifJiowel) cauin near drowning in Thompson's lake, Howell, one day last week. He Was rescued by ice cutters. have K, Ewen in this place tor a i e w weeks returned to their home in No. Dak. the first of the week. Our time for offering t h e Farm Journal lor five years and tbe DISPATCH one year for $1 is limited. These who desire to accept this ofler bad better not delay too long. Rev. F r . Coraerford was a t Bunker Hill Sunday and opened J h e 40-bour devotions there. Rev. F r . Conley or -W'iliiamston officiated in St. Mary's church here during his absence. ' Mr and M r s . R> M. Glann have been visiting in Wayne Co, the past week whew t d e v ' a t t e n d e d the 60th > wedding anniversary of their uncle attdftunt Mr. and Mrs. Ri-.hard Bird I p —*- , | book event occured on Yours for trade, E. A. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman Block, Pinckney. B E R T WELLAVAN Manager of Pinckney Store. Howell Store, next to P . O. of Romulus which the 20th. 0. E Bullis of Anderson sailed out jMonday morning to secure a turkey per par 04j.for their 50rh anniversary teast. He saw the bird he wanted, drew a bead and fired. When the smoke cleared away.be found that he bad killed two1 turkeys and a chicken and thought that was luck enough for one day so did not t r y again. John I). McPherson, who has been in the employ of William McPherson & Sons for the past tw.enty years, severer! his connection in that capacity Monday evening and Jtias started out with a view of seclecting a place to embark in business for himself. His" ma^y friends wish the best of success to follow him—Democrat. We hear nearly everyone of our subscribers who receive t h e Farm Journal, say that it is the best farm paper tbey ever saw. I t contains more matters boiled down and in reasonable shape than any other farm Journal published. And do you know! we furnish the DISPATCH 1 year and the Farm J o u r n a l from now until the close ot 1904—nearly 5 yeais— for only $ 1 . . Next April supervisors will be compelled to swear each property owner to a statement of his taxable, property. In addition to this, the former will be suplied by tbe tax commissioner with slips showing every live mortgage on property and will be required to report these to tbe commissioner. These remedies, together with .our criminal laws for perjury in rv < king false statements to assessors, ».r« expected to to work a revolution iu the matter of assessments. Next spring the .supervisors— will also have advice^ from the state commission as to tbe in* crease or,-decrease in values of real estate shown by investigation to be necessary to reach true oath value. C. P. Sykes & Son are in Pontiac again this week doing a job of plumbing. Mrs. Richard Baker and Miss Mollie Kelley visited their sister Mrs. Wm. McQuillian tbe last of last week. ~% '• Mrs Ina D. Poole and son, Howard, of Genoa, spent the latter part of last we*k with Geo. Poole and family of Unadilla. .lames Lyman, of Jackson, was in town the *Krst of tbe week. He is buving hickory for a bu«ri?y concern of tbe Cential City. Jerome Peterson, wife and granddaughter of Brighton, were guests of H. G. Bribers, wife and other relatives here tbe last ot last week Jas Fitzsimmons, Frank Parker and Howard Reason, left this place Monday morning tor t « O. P , to work 'or the Mtrh,Cen. Ry. Cn, cutting timber on their lands there. We are in receipt of the mid winter number of the Los Angles, Gal, Times which i* a fine addition of 86 pawres and i* in the interest of the developemept Of the Pacific coast. The Columbian Dramatic Club had a cood audience at, Dexter, Friday evening last not with s^andin^ the weather was auainht theru They brought home a uood balance in the treasury. In the year 1898 the tree surer of Livingston county paid spirrow order>jto the amount of $1064 45, in rhe year 1899. $624.97, Something likn half the $624 97 has be^n pnid to one man alone in. Putnam township. The colored work in Hmgle Berry Ts~ an it rune nee a»d rrr growers. It shows the leading b^t We desire to secure at least 100 new subscribers during the next few weeks and therefore make the liberal offer of T h r e e M o n t h s f o r 1 5 C e n f s V Tbe DISPATCH is strictly a local paper, issued in the interest of Pinckney and the surrounding country. We endeavor to give all of the news especially that which is of interest to the farmer. During the next few weeks will occur several farmers' clubs and institutes, complete reports-of which will be given In the DISPATCH. This of course will include the report of the one-day institute in Pinckney Jan. 24, and tbe two-day institute in Howell, FeHJ|2, 3. These reports alone will be worth more than the ..subscription price. Those who pay $1 in advance will receive tha DISPATCH one year and the Farm Journal nearlyJLie years FKEE. Hand in your name today. Trial subscriptions stopped when time expires. ~ If you already take the paper, send it to your son or some friend for three months—they will enjoy it. -*r A l w a y s at it. A* What"? Selling Goods of course. ^While the holiday trade is always a harvest for some —and w« gret our share—our trade always remains good the year around. The reason is that we sell the 'best staple goods for the least money. People today are^not looking for CHEAP goods but GOOD goods cheap. The following are some of our lines: iTFTTy ! _ _ ! Drugs and Medicines. A full and complete line. ries t r u e to size shape and color. They were first carelully panned hy^an—FX^ erienced artist, and then tepmriucfd by lithography at a co:-l of over on* thousand dollars Aside from Th^ color work there are. scores ot ivpro duotions made directly from photographs of berries, so that the render may have an accurate id«a of thnm. The price is 50 cent*, free l>y mail; address the publishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co., Philadelphia. Hamburg and Putnam Farmer's Club. School Supplies. Fancy Articles. Books, Tablets, Pencils Pens, Celluloid Goods, Hdkf., Cuff Ink and j and Coilor Boxes. E x a m i n a t i o n B l a n k s . T h e y m a k e fine b i r t h d a y gift*. The Putnam and Hamburg Farmers Cluo will meet with Mr and Mrs. J , W Placeway Jan. 27, 1900 The fulowintf is the program: Singing by all Seclect Reading Inst. Music Recitation Solo Paper Ins. Music Recitation Solo Reading Solo Recitation Duet G. Lambertson Maud Cufy Alma McCluskey . Iva Placeway H. F. Kice Grace Lake Raymond Kennedy Nettie Hall Mrs. E. Kennedy Albert Mills Iva Placeway H. F . Kice and wife To Rent My house, barn and garden spot at Chubbs Corners; I also have a brood mare for sale. MBS. S. ELLIOTT. Notice *¥e farmers and fruit growers. I am again in this vicinity in the interest of I. ilgenfritzs' Sons, nursery of Monroe. We hope we pleased you well enough last year to have you save your orders for as. y BtJBT RODOBRS. MofteytoLOAB. Having aooepted »g—agency for loaning money, 1 am prepared to make loans on Baal Estate, at a low rate ot interest. Inquire at the Pi; ney Exchange Bank. G l r o c k e r y . A full line of* •.-—-* Plain and Pancy ware.! ... A fine line of Lamps. Groceries. W e carry a line of the bes^r in t o w n . Prices a r e right. Wall Paper. Our sales the past y e a r w e r e far ahead of our expectations, and this season w e will be better prepared than e v e r to give values. F. A. SIGLER. NOTICE. We must ask all our Customers to settle all Aceouats aai Nates that are due, before Jan. 1,1900. f— Hoping to see yon all in time so we can balance our boak* before taking our annual inventory, Jan. 1,1900, either by Note or Cv ash. i .V ^ V Respectfully lours, TEEPLE > CA DWELL. •«.&« *. - • hi v • \ - * . • • * • / ' WOra.v^BWMMWOiWuatf^v:- m0 wm:.v m • • ) • « • • • > « a M M M > ' " f H ' M ' ' t p T *£.**• i» mini ««*•• mM»»fr« HfrpViilHi i » ^ iw {»">*• 4 M •^''•"•f'w^sissaK - I » L - '*•'•?•' *v- ?tfr" < 0 '••-'•; v>> e' 1 *jft... i • ; ; A EVENTS OE THE WEEK N OUR G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF F O R M . Oxford Method'sts are Enjoying m Genuine Church Row—Michigan'* Sevr 1 Retaliatory Law Prumiie* a Revenue of 819,000 or «10,000 a Year. Corporation Department a Paying One. The corporation department of the secretary of state's office transacted an unusually large volume of business during the yea* 1$99. An examination of the books discloses the fact that articles of incorporation of 726 new corporations were received for filing*, while 76 corporations filed amendments increasing their capital stock. The new incorporations were of the following classes: Mercantile and manufacturing, 4;}'*; mining, 44; religious assoc i a t i o n s , 43; street and electric railways, 18; telephone, 13; publishing, 15; banks, 8; railroads. 7; gas, 7; navigation and transportation, -5; electric light, 8; miscellaneous, 126. During the year, 43.» mercantile and manufacturing corporations riled notices of dissolution, and 1% were stricken from the records on information that the companies had ceased to exist. Annual reports were filed as follows; Merchantile and manufacturing companies, l,(lSl;-chari table societies, 31; street railway companies, G; ti-ansportation companies, 77; publishing companies. 21; miscellaneous, 70. The aggregate authorized capital stock of the corporations filing articles during the year is ¢332,219,000. That the department is a paying one is demonstrated by the fact, that it collected fees aggregating $171,- 100.81 during the year, Of this total, •$166,902.78 were franchise fees, 82,742.20 recording and filing fees, and $1,455.83 fees for certified copies'. * — > Church Row at Oxford. A fist-SgEt was narrowly averted in the Sunday school rooms of the M. E. church at Oxford on the 11th. In 1898 Rev. Mr. Lowrey was placed in charge of the church there/ He did not prove •acceptable to a majority of the members of the society, and much ill-feeling was expressed when the conference 1aStc year, dispite protests, returned Mr. Lowrey to that charge again. Trouble has been brewing for some time and the climax came on the 14th, •when .the reverend gentleman demanded the resignation of the Sunday school superintendent, simply because tie refused to demand the resignation »of a certain lady teacher, whom Mr. Lowrey considered was not eligible to teach a Sunday school class because 4i\\& was not a member of the church. It is feared that if the pastor is not removed the societjr will become completely disrupted. The row is the talk •of the town. AhHronillnjr Cashier Caught. Clifford A. England, former cashier of the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Go., of Detroit, who is alleged to have embezzled $10,000 from the company in August, 1897, and for whose apprehension a reward of $1,000 was offered, w a s arrested in Chicago on the evening of the 19th. England being confidential agent, book-keeper and cashier of the above firm he experiedced no difficulty in securing the money from a local bank by means of depositing a check, drawing another and having it cashed. When arrested he acknowledge his crime and said he would return to Detroit and suffer the penalty. He and his wife visited many points of interest in Europe and then traveled in Asia, coming back to Chicago by w a y of San Francisco. Shortly after reaching Chicago he secured a position as manager in John McLelland's wholesale furniture store, which position he was still holding when arrested. England was a young man of exemplary habits and made^ua^ny friends, and had the confidence of his employers. His downfall is attributed.to.his wife. - Mrs. England is a woman with a history. She was formerly Miss Dorothy Winifred Smart, daughter of llehry Smart of Cleveland. Trior to Sept. (>, 1890, she lived at the Hotel Renaud, Detroit, with a man named White, who was, or pretended to be a traveling mau from Cleveland. They lived as man and wife, and their behavior was such as not to arouse the slightest suspicions on the part of either the proprietors or guests. After living quietly, there for eight months, White paid the bill, and the two moved out. mm A Test Case of Process Butter. State Food Commissioner Grosvenor on the 17th made complaint against Rollin G. Phelps, agent for Armour & Co. of Chicago, on the eharge of selling what is known as process butter»_with-- out complying with the state law in the matter of labeling packages. This will be-atest case. Michigan w a s one of the six states in 1899 to pass laws regulating the sale of this kind of butter, at the instigation of the National Association of State Dairy and Food Commissioners. Heretofore it has been impossible for chemists to tell the difference between process butter an/1 dairy or creamery. Michigan chemists^ however, claim, to have found an infallible test. Process butter has been on the market for 10 years* The most of it is manufactured in Chicago, one firm there sending in thousands of pounds during the year. It is the product of cheap dairy butter that has spoiled, melted up and churned again in new milk. If the food department carries its point, similar suits will be started all oyer the state. Michigan Will Retaliate. The fire insurance companies that are now beginning to file their annual reports and pay their taxes preparatory to having their Michigan licenses renewed, are. discovering that the last legislature enacted a retaliatory law that promises to yield the state a revenue of between §12.000 and $15,000 a year. This law. provides for retaliating on the companies of all states that charge Michigan companies a fee for agents' licenses. Heretofore Michigan has not charged such a fee. The Phoe-' nix of Connecticut has just paid a retaliatory fee eqnal tb 20 per cent of its annual tax. The fee ranges from $2 to ¢10 per agent in the various "states, and this is what they will have to pay Michigan. _ m' .Northvllle's Churches Over 50 yearn Old Northville has four church buildings, each of which is at least 54 years old. The edifice in which the Presbyterians first worshiped, was built in 1835 and was the first meeting house in the place. It is now used as a private dwelling. In 1839 the Methodists completed and dedicated a church that was the most-commodious building of the kind for miles around. The Catholics now own it and hold occasional services therein. The Baptist people built a church in 1843 and the same is in use j ^ today. Twice they have had to enlarge the building to meet the needs of the congregation. T h e youngest of the .quartet is the new Presbyterian church. This structure was finished in 1846. Another ¢70,000 Blaze In Detroit. Shortly after midnight on the 17th fire was discovered in the building occupied by the Mutual Storage Co. at 36-40 Woodward avenue, Detroit, and atoout $70,000 worth of property was •destroyed before the. .fire was extinguished. The loss was divided among the following firms: Mutual Storage X'o., $30,000; ^Schneider & Sieder, $3,000; Valentine Schroeder, $12,000; Gebhard jpaper Co., $10,000; building, $10,000; Sleier & Schuknecht, $2,000; minor Josses, $3,000. The loss was fully cov- «red by insurance, Made a Fine Showing, The annual meeting of the Hillsdale County Agricultural society was held in Hillsdale on the 16th, and disclosed a pleasant condition of affairs to the retiring anfl succeeding officers. The society received and disbursed during the last year 814,270, leaving a balance on hand at this date of $109.62, after reducing the indebtedness daring the year by the sum of $1,560.18. The next fair will be held Oct. 1-5. M I C H I G A N NEWS I T E M S . The/ Have Flentr of gnow Mow. Snow has fallen at Benzonia the past tfew days and the lumbermen-arc maki n g hurried preparations to move their logs and bark.. Near Ben2onia thousands of corthFof hemlock bark were i>ecled last summer and held for winter tauling to the_raiIroad. Laek of snow tiad prevented any lumbering operations, and lumbermen bad begWn t o /ear there was going to be^iro sotow. A test shaft is being put down at Maple Rapids in the hopes of finding coal. Holly's new cement factory w i l l be located either at Brush lake or Rapallu lake. l Menominee wants a- deaf and dumb school in connection with t h e public schools. ' Ludington boasts of a centenarian who has passed the century mark by six years. A new Congregational church w a s organized at Warren on the 15th with 16 members. During 1899, 85 divorce cases were begun in Calhoun county and 51 decrees were granted. The Pere Marquette will continue the sale of family mileage books the same as in the past. Allegan jsolers will decide at the springs election whether they want local option or notv <iNiles now has an Improvement association. Already the association has six factories in view. There were 10 boiler explosions in this state last year, and 16 people-were killed and 10 wounded. It is reported that 600 conversions were the fruits of the Chapman revival meetings at Kalamazoo. It is said that farmers in Kalamazoo county will refuse to grow sugar Wets for less than $5 per ton. Dowagiac's Commercial club is negotiating for the establishing of a mummoth canning factory there. A movement is on foot at Lansing which will eventually result in the placing of all wires underground. For the year ending Dec. 31," pauper orders have been paid, by St. Joseph county to the amount of $9,476.60. The Kalamazoo city council has passed resolutions of sympathy for the Boers in their struggle against England. - ( T h e totaHtptrbcr «ttt of Menominee for the year 1899 was 366,427.000 f e e t . Prices have increased nearly 40 per ceaL Cadillac has paidxiff the last of the indebtedness on the local schools, and JIQW the erection of a new city hall is being discussed. A thief entered the bar, room of the Hotel Harris a t Newberry some time during the night of the 10th and stole $123 from the till. Romeo can have a cheese factorynif the farmers in the vicinity will eontract to supply the milk of enough cows to keep it going. Work will soon begin on the erection of the new buildings for the new creamery package manufactory which is to be located at Dowagiac. The Bay City sugar factories on the 15th paid out $113,000 for beets delivered during December. They will run through January and February. Plainwell has been having a milk famine, the milk men being obliged to make long trips through the. country and then cut their customers short in many cases. The Catholic society of Durand will soon begin to hold services in its new church, which has just been completed'. It is a 84,000 edifice. It has pot yet been dedicated. Niles is at present exp3riencing a religious bpoui. over 50 people being converted in less than a week. A Miss Downey,' an evangelist, of Evanston, 111. is holding forth there. The municipal ownership~ofelectric lighting plants has proved a success at Coldwater, the month of December being the most profitable of any since the concern changed hands. — -Four carloads of bird's-eye maple logs were shipped from Menominee to New. York, destined for England. The lumber from the logs is to be used for the interior finish of a nobleman's house. The people of Hastings, as well as the farmers of the vicinity.^ know what is good for themselves, and are putting in all their spare time this winter improving the roads around . those parts. Mason county farmers have heard of the benefits of rural free mail delivery as established in the southern and eastern portions of the state, and are making efforts to have a route or t w o put into operation there. Proceedings were commenced in the ^supreme court on the 15th to test the validity of the act of the last legislature providing for the examination and licensing of barbers. Fred S. Wass, of Benton Harbor, is the complainant. A cement factory is said to be a sure thing for Rogers City'the coming season, it being expected that work on the plant will begin early in the spring. The men who are behind the project have secured control of 3,000—acres of fine marl lands in the vicinity. About a month ago the village of Ludington purchased the local water works, pTant at a cost of $110.000. Now a special election will be held on Feb. 5 for the purpose of voting on the proposition t o bond for $25,000 t o buy or build an electric lighting plant. -The unprecedented-lack of ^now4athe lumber woods, and the consequent inability to get out timber is liaving its.effect on the paper mills along the Menominee river, some of which are said to have already shut down on account of the impossibility of securing the pulp wood from which the paper is made. AT HOME AND ABROAD A S U M M A R Y OP THE N E W S FOR THE WEEK BY WIRE. Kentucky hat Another Horrible Shooting Tragedy, to Her Credit and aa a Remit the Lives of Three Fromln- Men Wer« sacrificed. •hooting Affray in Kentucky. A shocking tragedy in which the lives of three prominent men were sacrificed and that of a fourth hangs by a slender thread, while t w o others miraculously escaped with painful injuries, occurred at Frankfort, Ky., on the 16th. The principals in the tragedy were ex-Congressman David G. .Colson, of Middlesboro, and Lieut. Ethelbert Scott, of Somerset. Scott was shot six times by Colson and almost instantly killed. Luther W. Demarre, assistant postmaster at Shelbyville, an innocent bystander, was shot three times and died instantly, ^Charles Julian, another bystander, was shoT and died a half hour later, and Capt. B. B. Golden, of Barboursville, comnionwealth's attorney, ~of the 27th judicial district, was shot in the back and in not expected to survive. Col. Colson himself Was shot twice in the arm. Harry Mc- Ewing, of Louisville, w a s shot in the foot and W. O. Ridpath, of Chicago, sustained a broken leg by the lifeless 'orm of Scott falling against him as it rolled down the stairway. The tragedy is one of the most sensational in the history of "the dark and bloody ground."- -The killing occurred in the lobby of the Capital hotel, the principal hostelry of the state capital, the joom being well filled at the time with politicians and others who were there attending the contests for state officers before the legislature. Van Buren is a prohibition county, but just across the line in Cass connty a saloon has been established, and it is stated by the Dowagiac Republican, with all due regard for the truth, (?) that already the residents of Decatur, two or three miles distant, have worn a path two feet deep between their town and the thirst parlor. The governor the other day discovered that the law was changed last winter limiting him to 10,000 copies of his message at state expense. He had been used to striking off about 30,000 for the edification of the people in the state. He said a few things, but ordered the usual number and will pay for them out of his own pocket. An idea of the magnitude pf the marriage business which w a s worked up at St. Joseph last year by the excursion boat lines running between there and Chicago may be had from the fact that the number of marriage licenses issued in 1899 in Berrien county, where St. Joseph is located, was nearly 2,500. while in the neighboring courity of Cass there were only 221 applications The Michigan (Bell) Telephone company has purchased controlling interest in the Detroit and New State Telephone companies. The companies will not be consolidated at present any further than the perfection of a working agreement by which there wilt be no throat cutting between the companies. There will be n o change in the present rates, and the company announce that they are willing to make 25-year conntracts at the prevailing prices. Among other things that Quartermaster- General White left behind him. which will have a tendency to keep his memory-green so long as he remains away, is an unpaid printers~^bill. He had an 80-page pamphlet printed, which contained letters from generals, colonels and commissioned officers gen* Raaala und Japan May Scrap. , "War between Russia and Japan is looked for as inevitable by the naval officers of those countries who have been nearest the probable scene of future operations," said Lieut. Romanoff of the imperial Russian navy, who arrived in Chicago recently. * The lieutenant has just completed a. three years' cruise in Asiatic waters on the Russian battleship Sissoi Teliky, and is,on his way to St. Petersburg. Just how soon such a war may begin it is difficult to say, but events little short of miraculous must occur to avert it. The Japanese are building warships as rapidly as possible, in anticipation of the outbreak of hostilities and Russia is strengthening her navy as fast as she can. That Russia must have a naval base between Port Arthur and Vladivostock is conceded, and that" she will try to get one in Korea is certain In the event of suqh a war it is considered probable in Russian -naval circles that Russia .will have the aid of Germany and that England will take the other side. European war w i l l follow the outbreak of hostilities be=" tween Russia and Japan. T R A N S V A A L WAR I T E M S . > • •». s r - HW» v.* : v-.?. . ,J J.' Q. C. V a n Den Bosch, of Mish- -awaka,- IncL, recently received a letter fitoura frfiend at fcim'by the name of JXeinrkh Van Der Riep, a young lawyer, w h o resides; in P^retoria. Among other things he says: "When trouble began here I joined J6«bwri?ti fprces. I was wounded in the fight at Elandslaagte b u t am recovering. Tnte1 subject that makes every humane, soldier tremble with rage k the manner in w h i c h the British t w a t our wounded and prisoners. I wish above all things thai the world might k n o w how completely these scoundrels violate all - conventional and humanitarian laws. How they butchered wounded soldiers with their lances, cruelly maltreated prisoners, and that in direct contrast with the so-called 'stupid Boers,' who are treating their EngH|frx prisoners and wounded with the greatest kindness " A British dispatch says the forward movement fpr the relief of Ladysmith began on Wednesday, Jan. 10, from Frepe and Chieveley. Lord Dundonald's mounted brigade, with the 5th brigade, under Gen. Hart, comprising the Dublins, the Connaughts,, the Iniskillens and the Borden regiment, proceeded northwesterly to Springfield. The position had previously been thoroughly reconnoitered/ A few milea outside of Frere, Lord Dundonald passed targets erected by the Boers t o represent a force advancing in skirmishing order. Evidently the Boers had been firing at these from the adjacent hill^. Lord Dundonald pushed on, and as the main column advanced it was notified that Springfield was not occupied by Boers, and that the 5th brigade had taken possession. A dispatch from Gen. Duller dated Jan. 21 says the British wounded i n the battle of the 20th numbered 11 officers, one of whom died, and 279 noncommissioned officers and men. The British also lost t w o killed, two missing and 12 wounded in a reconnaissance on the. same date. The^iJoegr casualties is not given. Six big Cruesot guns and 5^0 tons of shells were landed from the HVench steamer Girondo, about the middle Of last month under the noses of t w o ish warships and were , dispatched Pretoria, causing much rejoicing at the> ease with which contraband of war can run the blockade. It is announced that ex-Consul Ma* crum, of Pretoria, is a bearer of a letter to President MeKinley from President Kruger, in which the latter proposes peace terms based upon the status quo, with complete independence and a ""Seven years' franchise. Geo. W. Van Siclen, of New York, treasurer of the American Transvaal fund, says not a single day passes but what from 10 to 20 able-bodied young men apply in person to him to be sent to South Africa to fight on the Boer side. Anglo-Germao Opposition. Both Great Britain and Germany have formally served notice that they will protest against fortification of the Nicaragua canal jf that waterway be constructed by the American government. Three notices were filed by Ambassadors Pauncefote and Von Holleben. It is believed both France and Russia, and perhaps other marine powers, will join in the protest if the United States persists in constructing the canal upon the basis provided in the bill reported from the house committe on interstate and foreign commerce and agreed to with some .additions by the senate committee on mteroceanic canal. WAR N O T E S , ner in which he equipped and cared for the Michigan troops at Camp Eaton; and on leaving so suddenly forgot to settle for the same. " Killed the Jailer and Escaped. County Jailer Alfred Henry, while feeding the prisoners in the Howell county jail at West Plains, Mo., on the 17th, was overpowered and killed by two prisoners, Ben Richardson and-Ed. Grady. Richardson was under sentence to the penitentiary for burglary and is an escaped convict from the Tennessee penitentiary. Henry had gone to the jail to feed the prisoners, and. not returning to his home at the accustomed time, his wife became anxious and sent a neighbor in search of him. His body was found in a pool of blood on the jail floor. The prisoners had escaped and locked the door after them. C. 9. Capital to be Invested In Russia. Thomas Smith, consul of the United States art Moscow, returned to Russia on the 16th, after a short stay in this country, with authority from three or four manufacturing concerns here to negotiate the preliminary steps for the building of American manufacturing plants In Moscow and St. Petersburg, to cost $6,000,000. Mr. Smith said that the plans of the American manufacturers who'Win invade Russia with American machinery and ideas within the next 12 months involve an expenditure of $15,000,000. l Electricians Off for Belgium. The Western Electric Co. of Chicago, on the 18th sent 72 of its most skilled operatives to its_plant in , Belgium, which has been furnished throughout with American machinery. It i s for the purpose of teaching natiye_ erally, commending him for the man«-_workmen*the uses of inis .machinery and the manner of constructing telephone and other electrical devices after American methods ttfat the' men are' sent. The presence at Manila of Archbishop Chapelle, the apostolic delegate to the Philippines, is greatly stirrings the Catholics of all nationalities. They Filipinos have gained the impression that Mgr. Chapelle came as the joint agent of President MeKinley and the pope to reinstate the friars in their former power. Mgr. Chapelle denies this, and Catholics of all sections are petitioning Mgr. Chapelle and Maj.-Gen. Otis against the friars returning to their parishes. To quell the excitement, Maj.-Gen^X)tis"consentetl to the publication in. the local newspapers of a statement which he had made to a delegation of Filipinos as follows: 4,If the church authorities assign friars to churches who are obnoxious to the people, they will not be compelled to accept them. The individual liberty guaranteed by the American constitution will not be denied t h e Filipinos, and the government will not force upon them any ecclesiastical denomination contrary to their wishes." A large number of claims for pensions are being received by the pension office as a result of the Spanish war. Statistics prepared by the bureau show that the percentage of applications from volunteers is much larger than from the regulars^ The. battle of San Juan was selected by the bureau as a basis for calculations, as the greatest number of casualties occurred there. There were 192 regulars killed, 1,077 wounded and 55 missing. Claims for pension from-the-regular army number 2,7*2. At that battle 34 volunteers were killed, 177 wounded, and 45 missing. The claims for pensions from volunteers number 3,558. There were 33 regiments of regulars and three regular batteries engaged in this fight as against nine regiments of volunteers. The escort of 50 men of Co. C, aoth , regiment, Lieut. Ralston commanding, which w a s ambushed near Pina, consisted of 50 convalescents from the hospital, w h o were going to rejoin'the regiment. The insurgents hid in the bushes along the road and opened fire upon the pack train from their sides. In addition to their casualties, they were compelled to abandon the ^rain, which consisted of 22 horses. The 1*4^ ter, with their packs all fell into the hands of the insurgents, w h o pursued the retreating escort for three miles along the road, until the Americans were reinforced. / -~-- X t* • •^i - 4 * i - v Vr ' t_ „..., 'i L. • \ i 1 ii & HIS WORD OF HONORl A Tale o£ the Blue and the Gray* BYE WERNER. Copyright, 18M, by Robert Bonner's SOD*. m CHAPTER VII.—(Coitinu«4.) HI* tflJQfti wan the courteous yet decided^ QQS prf a man accustomed to see his mejJ)i»J,i«thMity mognized with. out opposition, Edward had not in* tended to enter the sick chamber, where he would be obliged to meet Florence, but the plainly Intimated request that he should remain outside nettled,him. He^glanced haughtily at the doctor and replied witfv evident coldness. "The physician aiways has the right to Command in such cases. I will submit, but shall expect'speedy news of ray uncle's health." He gave the necessary orders to the servant, who was still in the room, and then turned to Thompson again. The doctor was ushered through several apartments no less richly furnished than the drawing-room, then the man opened a door veiled by a heavy portiere and permitted the physician to enter, while he himself reV mained behind. CHAPTER VHI. Here, too, a subdued twilight reigned, and in the dusk the newcomer at first perceived only the, white figure kneeling beside the bed, with her face buried in the pillows. The sick man himself appeared to be in a sort of stupor, and, at the end of the room, Ralph was busied with some medicine. After convincing himself by a hurried glance that the door had again closed behind bim^ Doctor Blackwood approached the kneeling girl, bent down to her and said, in a low tone, -with marked emphasis: "Miss Harrison!" She slowly raised her pale, tear-- stained face, The voice seemed to arouse some memory, her eyes rested lnqulripgly upon the stranger's features for a lew seconds, then a start- -led cry escaped her lips. — "And now for the living," he continued. "Calm yourself. Another life is at stake, as dear to you as the one now vanishing." "William?" cried the young girl, in terror. "Is his life threatened? They concealed it from me. They spoke only of imprisonment. For heaven'*} sake, tell me the truth!" "First of all, you must tell me what has happened. I have just arrived, and know none of the particulars." . i Takins her hand,, he led her to the window, where Florence, in hurried, breathless whispers, informed him of what had occurred. I Maxwell listened silently.withcut interrupting her. Not until she had finished her story did he ask a few brief, direct questions. "Is Captain Wilson stiU in Springfield?" "No. I heard from Ralph that herode* away half an hour ago." VAnd when do you expect your family physician and the real Doctor Blackwood?" "Toward evening. They witl not arrive ^before seven o'clock." "Well, then, we shall have a few hours at our disposal. Can you rely upon this old man? Implicitly?" "Ralph was the friend and confidant of my childhood. . He is devoted to me with all his soul, and will do anything to save William. Won't you, Ralph?" She had summoned the old servant by a gesture. He laid his hand upon his heart. ' " ' . "Yes, Miss Florence—anytling." Maxwell looked keenly at him a few minutes, and seemed satisfied. "Miss Harrison's.lover is ta be rescued," he said. "Will you help us?" "Yes, master, as much as I can." "Then first inform Mr. Harrison that I must remain here for the present, as his uncle's death may take the verge of fainting, rallied^ her strength. Her voice still trembled yet thrilled with kindling energy as she replied: "I am not so weak as you imagine. I have courage for anything where William is concerned. Tell me what I am to do." "For the present you must remain quietly here, but be ready to respond at any moment if I call you. This room has another' door, I see; so I can leave it, unobserved, while I am supposed to be engaged in my professional duties. After the message I sent to Mr. Harrison, he will probably remain near, expecting further news." "But if he doesn't—if he discovers and surprises you—if the doctors should arrive a few hours earlier—" "Yes, but one must not take the .*ifs' into account in such enterprises," said Maxwell, carelessly. "Several hundred 4ifs' menaced me when I rode after that obstinate William, yet here I am, and my identity is wholly unsuspected, which is • enough for the beginning." He again approached the sick bed, .where his prediction was being fulfilled. Death was approaching slowly but calmly and without suffering, and he silently beckoned to the daughter to resume her place. KNEELING BESIDE THE BED. "Doctor Maxwell! Is it you?" "Hush! Don't mention my name!" said Maxwell in a low, impressive tone. "I pass here as Doctor Blackwood, and we are not alone." He glanced significantly at the^ negro, whose attention had been attracted; but Florence made an eager gesture of dissent. "Ralph Is faithful and discreet. You need fear mrireachery from him. I will answer for that" "So much the better. But, first: What has happened here? I am looking for William. Isn't he in Springfield?"- "Yes, he is here, buta prisoner, be- - trayed by Edward, and Just at the moment they dragged him away from me this severe, perhaps fatal attack, came on. Doctor Maxwell, will my father die?" John Maxwell did not answer the despairing question at once. The first glance at Harrison had told him that it must be in the affirmative, but he - bent over the patient, felt of his pulse and placed his hand upon his heart It was a short but careful examination; ° "•" ' " "Yes, Miss Harrison/' he said at last "It is useless to withhold the truth; you must face it; but the Struggle is over, and the end will be painless. , He ' will probably not recover his consciousness." Florence, sobbing aloud, covered her fact with both hands; but Maxwell allowed her no time to give way to - Iter grief. place at any moment. But I must re- CHAPTERIX. Edward Harrison had, of course, taken every precaution to prevent any attempt at escape or rescue. He had been forced to yield to Captain Wil-, son's demand for suitable accommodations for his prisoner and his refusal to adopt other measures—indeed, the latter would have been superfluous* William* was in the charge of his most bitter enemy, nd he guarded him better than any jailer. In a" side-Wing of the building, at the end of a long passage, was a room where many Valuable articles were kept during the absence of the owners. The only entrance was through a strong door with a double lock, and the t>ne window, which also opened upon the passage, was protected by an iron grating, which, though not heavy, was remarkably strong. In "addition, the corridor was closed by a second door, and Edward kept the keys of both in his pocket. No assistance could come from outside, and her cousin knew only too well that Florence had njpt the energy to attempt to free the prisoner, at least in her father's dying hour; . William paced Sup and down the close, gloomy room in the most intense excitement. So this was the end of the fooihardy ride which he had undertaken in defiance of every warning. Tpue, he had thought of two alternatives only—success or death in honorable" conflict; and Colonel Burney,, too, had had no other idea when he uttered the fateful words: "Dead or dishonored.'" There was a third: "Captured!" True, this captivity meant death. The young officer did not deceive himself concerning his fate; but little as he feared death, his blood boiled in fierce rebellion at the thought of beting sentenced as a spy. Anything save this shameful doom. There was one bright ray of hope for him: He trusted in the honour of the Confederates. Unless Edward Harrison could hoodwink them into believing him a spy, he seemed reasonably safe. Then came the thought of Florence, who would now be left wholly without protection. How would she endure the terrible event, and what would befall her after her father's death? Edward, as the sole male relative, would also be the guardian an4-protector of the young girl, who would be absolutely in this scoundrel's power. Wil- _ Ham clenched his hand's in helpless fury, and a Tow groan escaped his lips. Suddenly he started.—Ha fancied Then find out for me in what part of house Lieutenant Roland is imprlson- „ed and whether it is possible to reach TTim unseen. This can easily be learned from the servants; but be careful to rouse no suspiciqn." Ralph's face showed that he clearly understood the importance of the commission. He promised in a whisper to obey exactly, and then glided noiselessly out of the room. Maxwell again turned to Florence, who seemed somewhat sustained by his presence. "Do you really mean to try to reach William?" she asked. "Suppose that you should be discovered and recognized as his friend?" John shrugged his shoulders. "Then we shall probably be shot together. Yes, Miss Harrison, a fainting fit will be quite superfluous here and cannot serve us in the least. If you are not resolute, the game will be lost; and -I tell you frankly that it is a matter of life and death. We shall undoubtedly be considered spies, and your cousin will certainly do nothing to clear up the error. This Is the exact state of the case. Will you lie here, fainting, while it 1B decided, or will you do what you can to help?" These blunt words fulfilled their purpose. What William, with all his consideration and tenderness, had failed to do, his friend's-sharpness accomplished. Florence, who was really on i quest him not to enter the sick cham ber. Miss Florence does not wish it. J t n a t ^e n e a r ( i h i s n a m e s p oken by some one close at hand. Of course it must be a delusion, yet he stood still and involuntarily glanced toward the window. The voice reached him again. This time more distinctly. "William! Don't you hear?" With a sudden spring, the young man reached the somewhat high window, behind whose gratings the outlines of a human figure were now visible. , "John—you? Impossible! It can't be!" "I have the honor, however, to be myself," was the reply. "Good evening, Will!" "But how did you get to Springfield? How did you hear of my fate? How did you succeed in making your way here?" , "Don't be in such a hurry. Put your questions slowly, in regular order, and I'll answer in the same way. We shall have'plenty of leisure for it; it will~be some time before I can saw through this confounded iron grating." The faint sound of a file showed that the rescuer was really at work, and at the noise fresh hope and courage filled the young officer's soul. Freedom! Rescued He could nave shout' ed for joy at the bare thought, as If the rescue had already been accomplished. •> (To be continued.) C O N G R E S S I O N A L N O T E S . The administration shrinks from applying the retaliatory clause in the Dingiey tariff law to Canadian lumber, because the province of Ontaria will not let Michigan owners of stumpage in that province take their logs home to saw. Secretary Gage, who was believed to favor that proposition, faced the other way when Senator McMillan and BUTTOWB. <md Rep. Crump and Fordney asked him on the 15th to exercise his retaliatory powers under law. He said he did not believe the Dingiey law was broad enough to allow him to do so, and that he did not see how he could give it so generous a construction. He said he felt they should go to congress for their relief. The four urged that Ontario's action amounted to con* fiscation of property; that timber was bought with the full understanding that it was to be sawed in the United States and that owners of it were entitled to the protection of this~government in so flagrant a violation of a plain contract. If the matter was to again go to congress it would mean to great a del-ay, and Secretary Gage finally agreed to take the matter up in cabinet meeting. The house slate, so far as Michigan is concerned, is made up as follows: Mr. Corliss, tally clerk, Frank H. Waketfeld, Detroit, $3,000; Henry C. Smith, a page, Mr. Allen, of Morenci, 8900; Mr. Gardner, assistant doorkeeper, B. W. Kennedy, Grand Ledge, 82,000; Mr. Hamilton, clerk in folding room, not yet selected, but probably of Barry county, 81,200; Wm. Alden Smith, assistant sergeant-at-arms, Cal. E. S. Pierce* Grand Rapids, 82,000; Samuel W. Smith, locksmith of congress, W. C. Jones, Detroit, 81,440; Mr. Weeks, postoffice clerk, Silas F. Scott, 81,200, and chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, Port Huron,-£900; Mr. Fordney, policeman, H. A. Savage, Saginaw, 81,000; Mr. Bishop, assistant librarian, Roswell F. Bishop, Ludington, S1,S00; Mr. Cump, messenger, not yet selected, 81,000; Mr. Mesick, reading clerk, D. E. Alward, Clare, 83.600; Mr. Shelden. policeman, iJamesb'C'onnell, Si.000; late lieuteuant 34th Michigan infantry. Secretary Gage on the 17th informed (Senator McMillan of a decision that the Dinglej- law as it stands will not warrant attempting" retaliation on Canada for Ontario's prohibition of the exportation of sawlogs. The attitude of the cabinet against stirring up the British government over the matter must have been pretty firm, as Senator McMillan said he did not believe the plan to^ask the state department to proceed against the British government for confiscation of property promised any hope of relief. Mr. Burton, of Ohio, on the 18th introduced a resolution, calling upon the secretary of war to furnish the house of representatives all correspondence and reports now on file in the war department pertaining to a proposed power canal projected by the Michigan Lake & Superior Power Co., to be constructed in the state of Michigan from Lake Superior, above St. Mary's Rapids, to a point below said .rapids. The special committee of the house investigating the case of Brighum II. Roberts, of Utah, on the 17th reached conclusions. On the polygamous status of Mr. Roberts the committee was unanimous and agreed. on a formal statement of facts. The report* of the committee is expected on the 20th, and the house will take up the subject, probably not later than the 23d. Rep. Payne, of New York, chairman of .the ways and means committee of the house and iloor leader of the majority, on the llJth introduced in the .house a.bill to extend the customs and internal revenue laws of the United States over the island of Puerto Rico. > The house committee on election of the President and Vice-President on the 17th agreed on a favorable report on the joint resolution for an amendment to the constitution for the election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people. The urgency appropriation measure, appropriating S45.000,000 for disabled soldiers, widows and orphans of the late Spanish-American war, passed the house »n the 17th. 44 Take Time by The Forelock*+ Won't «**# untilsickness overtakes yotu When that tired feeling* the first rheumatic pain* the first vjamings of impure blood are manifest, take Hood's Sarsap*? rUla and you vM rescue your health and probably save a serious sickness, 5Br sure to get Hood's, because tftbodA & T h e m e n w h o a r e a l w a y s m a k i n g f o o l s of t h e m s e l v e s m a y he g i v e n o n e credit mark. T h e y a r e n o t a p t t o m a k e fools of others. I t i s h i s m o n e y rather than t h e poll-* tician h i m s e l f t h a t h a s t h e h a b i t o f g e t t i n g In t h e h a n d s o f , h i s < friends about caucus time.—Chicago Dispatch. Sellable Help Wanted (Either sex.) 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New York— Cattle Sheep Lamb* fTop* Best grades 14 5.¾¾¾ .V) . *4 » #6 75 f4 9'i LowergraUes.,.3 tKXtf.4 2> 3 5J 6 0J 173 Chicago— Best grades 5 2"*ft6 40 5 03 Lower grades. .4 U0&4 W 4 M) Detroit— Best prudes.... .3 75@4 60 1 51 Lower grades. •.- 5U<£3 "o 3 23 Buffalo— Best grades 3 »@J 35 5 0) Lower grades.. .3 2o$4 o; 4 40 Cincinnati— Best grades 5 35^5 75 AV> Lowergrades...4 40£5 a a SO n t U b a r s j — Best grades 5 503« W 4 80 Lower grades.. 4 2S®5 00 4 25 6 40 4 65 61» 5 5J 6 4) b 80 < ft 23 b 4J 6 f t 600 4 75 4 45 4 75 4 25 80 50 65 35 475 4 40 G R A I N , E T C Wheat. Corn, No. 2 red No. 2 mix New York Chicago 'Dotrott Tolotfo Ctaolaaatt Plttabmrc 653657. 7 0 # 7 J * d9®63_ 7J®71 71Q71* 40&4JH » $ 3 3 * & & S 2 * S3Q32 *&S3 stasjtt sans** Oats. No. 2 white 2*a.>3* 27^27 ft •©asirtisf •Detroit—Hay. No. 1 Timothy, lis 00 per too. Potatoes,' 48c per bu. Live Poultry, spring cBlekeaa, 7e per lb; fowU, S J : turkey*. So; ducks. So. E m strictly fresh, Ito per doseo. Butter, best ds4rf» 1*J per lb; creamery, tte> < ; - For Sick Mfofiteif First—the mediclno that holds the rooord for%tho largest number of absolute Cures of female His Is Lydla Em Pinkham's Vegetable Compound* Second—Mrsm Pfnkham can show by her letter files In Lynn that a million women have been restored to health by her medicine and advices Third Ail letters to Mrs. Plnkham are received, opened, read and answered by women only* This fast Is certified to by the mayor and postmaster of Lynn and others of— Hrfrsm Plnkham's own ohym Write for free book containing these oertlflcatesm Every ailing woman Is Invited to write to Mrs. Plnkham and get her advice free of charge* Lvdis. E. Plnkham Med. Co., Lynn* Mass. PARALYSIS Locomotor Ataxia eea quered at task Doctor* p o n i e d . 8perlallaU amazed at recovery of patienu thought Inrurab)*. ky OR. CHASE'S BLOOD AND NERV£ FOOD. Write m« about your case. Advice and proof or evrea DR. CHASK. Ui X. 1Mb St.. 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'l"»l,T.',?S''Tir**,T "^yii't'M »n'«n»U^"iiyii i »» «<iiii i ii »i .i i 'ir.inn.o , i .11». ,1 ,,1,.'—<««fp)^C^i»w«i,w»U i »iin n« ''inv'l HI iin»tiii<ii>ijjnnii.niJ.mBHB_iii \t ' " n * 1 : ^ ' ' * * * y ''*'l l ,"»W(M>'wWW'^*fc,^Bpl , , l *l **'f*^**P'««»0^*illllj * : • • ; • : • . : " ,,4<"i'-' , rv. # : • > * j ;• ' t" | f * • f * v" i , ®he gincltiug f tejwtoh. F. L. ANDREWS , - EDITOR. THTTRvSDAY, J AN. 25, 1900, i UNAMLLA FARMER'S CLUB. This Paper One Year. Farm Journal 5 Year?. PAY UP AND GET BOTH PAPERS AT PRICE OF ONE. We w a n t t o tfet 10() n e w s u b - s c r i b e r s t o o u r p a p e r , a n d a r e g o - i n g to d o i t if we c a n ; we t h e r e - fore c o n t i n u e o u r a r r a n g e m e n t with t h e F a r m J o u r n a l by w h i c h we cnn eend t W PlNCKKEY D i s - FATCH o n e y e a r a n d t h e F a r m J o u r n e l 5 years, b o t h for $1.00. A n d w e m a k e t h e s a m e offer t o all old t-ubscribers w h o will p a y all a r r e a r a g e s a n d o n e y e a r i n a d - vance. You k n o w w h a t o u r p a p e r is, and t h e F a r m J o u r u a l is a g e m — practical, p r o g r e s s i v e — a clean, T h e U n a d i l l a F a r m e r s ' C l u b h e ld tlnm' first a n n u a l m e e t i n g a n d election of officers on S a t u r - day last a t t h e home""of M r . a n d Mrs. Z. Hartsuff. A large n u m - b e r were p r e s e n t a n d a t 2 o'clock P r e s . H o w l e t t called t h e c l u b t o o r d e r a n d opened by . singing, « u d p r a y e r by R e v . Whitfield. T h i s was followed by t h e election of officers which resulted as follows: President, Thos Howlett Vice i»r-t'B., ' Z. Hartsuff Secretary, Emory Glenn Treat-unr, Win. Sales Cor. Secretary, Fred SStowe T h e following c o m m i t t e e w a s a p p o i n t e d with i n s t r u c t i o n s t o a r SoUtor'ft Setter *5TOV{V TiCoxvo\»\u. O n B o a r d V. S. T r a n s p o r t ; H O N O L U L U , H . I , D E C , 10, '99. A s I s a t on deck t h i s a f t e r n o o n r e a d i n g a F r e e P r e s s — w e e k old— my t h o u g h t s w a n d e r back t o h o m e and f r i e n d s , — t h o u s a n d s of miles away. 1 t h i n k of y o u a u d says t o myself, +'11 write B o b a n d h e r e goes. ! S u p p o s e y o u will b e s u r p r i s e d to h e a r I am once more back i n A FREE PATTERN irteat, JaSoTwUftiraaTstrtetfrtgtssata 4m&* MAGAZINE' YEAR t h e a r m y b u t after my Cubiau r a n g e a p r o g r a m for two m o n t h s : ! * « p I could n o t settle down u n t i l F r a n k B i r u i e , W m . P y p e r , O t t o Arnold. F r a n k B i r n i e then gave a talk I saw t h e P h i l l i p i n e s , so after I rested u p for a few weeks I re-inlisted, was a s s i g u e d t o t h e 42ud on " C l o v e r HS a feed a n d fertiliz-11»f. given a S e r g e a n c y a n d a t er." H e said clover has been used ouce settled down t o t h e r o u t i n e as a fertilizer for a good m a n y | of a r m y life for a n o t h e r t w o years years. E v e n in tlie history of u n l e s s sooner d i s c h a r g e d o r killed. G r e e c e a n d R o m e they used g r e e n I n o u r % r i p from Buffalo N . Y. . . , , "*„iT ""# p l a n t s for fertilizer. W e have S a n F r a u c i s c o , o u r t r a i n w a s honest, useful p a p e r — r u l l of f , , , , .• , , - n , r> , XTT *• * n * i - „.• n ^ know edge that clover itself, w a s wrecked at Castle Rock W y o . g u m p t i o n , f u n of s u u s h i n e , w i t h ; , , . , . « ^ ' • w * 3 w u 1 ^ • w , , ^ used Rs a fertilizer over 300 y e a r s We w e n t down a b i g e m b a n k m e n t i m m e n s e circulation a m o n g t h e ! J , . , , . , . ,, • . ° ago. I n t h e old couutry I never a n d t h e cars s m a s h e d i n t o k i n d - best p e o p l e e v e r y w h e r e . Y o u , k l ] e w c l ( ) V e r f o f f t i l Q n e t r o M e l i n ^ w o o d b u U e 8 c a p e d u u h a r m - j o u g h t to t a k e it. | seems to be. in g e t t i n g a catch of ed so I take t h a t as a sign I a m ~~ QUESTION ANSWERED^ U e e d ; b u t this qnesiion WH* well g o i n g t o g o t h r o u g h safely. A m Yes. August Flower still has the largest'discussed at t h e Andersou...Club. feeling flue. W e sailed from S a n gale of any medicine in the civilized world, j I h a v e liadjiocd luck i n / s e e d i n g F r a n c i s c o o n T h a n k s g i v i n g d a y ' your mothers and grar.dmothtrs never with oats, HIHO with cdrn. Clover a n d ha<l a most delightful voyage j thought of using anything else for Indjgw- i s c } a 8 ^ ( ] a s H . . , ^ . , HlHt benrs - « e a calm a n d very plesant tion or Biliousness. T)octors were Scarce, , . - ., , , . . . rv i.i • * i.u 1 A- . . . t . V o p pods, a n d this <•lH^^ < f plants ah- weather. On t h e e v e n i n g of t h e 1 and they seldom herd or Appedicitis, iNer- f > r « t j c vous Prostration or Htart failure, etc. I s o r b s n i t r o g e n h i Li liie Hir a n d e i g h t h d a y o u t Sighted o u r first They used August Flower to clean out the j t h a t is what is needed Did n o t land, t h e Hawaiian A r c h i p e l a g o , system and stop fermentation of undigested I believe t h a t a n \ v\ lh< fertilizers W e land a t r H o n o l u l u for a few! -> food, regulate the-ciion of the liver, stim-1 ftdverlige(1 . p ^ . ^ : , , , , IIH' , . | o v e P i ( U y s r e s t , to coal a n d provision W i t h clover as a fertilizer we g e t tlie boat". T h e y call t h i s g r o u p of ing dull and bad with headaches and other i b n t little weed seed T h i s is all islands t h e " P e a r l of t h e Pacific"; aches. You only peed a few doses of [very good, but.how a r e a e to ^ e t x , u c h h a s BejBn said a n d w r i t t e n t h e a r c h i p e l a g o e m b r a c i n g a n area ^ , ^ ^ , ^ , 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ 5 ¾ ¾ } ¾ ¾ ¾ of m o r e t h a n 50 miles, a n d a s t h e ^ i ^ f ^ ^ ^ & X i J S & ^ X S a p p r o a c h e s to i t a r e t h r o u g h beautiful groves of o r a n g e , lemon a n d b a n a n a a t r e e s , it w a s most delightful. S o m e of t h e boys cont i n u e d t h e " t r i p t o t h e clouds'* (an t o M t . K o n a h u a n u i w h i c h is 4,( feet i n h i g h t b u t I h a d climed _ ^ - .-. mMlttttmaM*~ e n o u g h for o n e d a y a n d t u r n e d J ^ ^ S ^ ^ S S t f S w S s s * back t o t h e city. H e r e I visited t h e P a l i o r p u b l i c p a r k w h i c h is s i m p l y a g a r d e n of E d e n filled with a most g o r g e o u s a r r a y of f e r n s , p l a n t s a n d s h r u b b e r y of all v a r i e t i e s k n o w n t o t h e ... , M e r e surf b a t h i n g is also enjoyed T H E MCCALL C O M P A N Y , to its best. T h e b e a c h is onmpoa* * — w ™ " » _ ^ ed of p u r e w h i t e s"and a n d slopes! j +~\ ^ A \T \ C T C g e n t l y d o w n while t h e w a t e r h a s ; J * V - J . - ^ ^ x " * X L-» L v O MS CALL M BAZAR* " FATTERNS i. EnittT sut toMtbar Only «0 fcnd ll «•»** • • ' ^ r i ^ i f t r o p i C 8 . Khe r.P SoldVn M*rly e/«ry city »njttov^or by «01. . , AA lor them. AbiolutelytaryUwtmiAo^^*!"* ulate the nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feel- Green's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you satisfied there is nothing serious the matter with you. Sample bottle at F. A. Sigler'fl. . . • # • « - Tt is a curious property of the compounds of tellurium thnt they havp a putrid and unbearable odor. London phvcMeians have taken advantage of .this f;»ct in prescribing: it for feminine patients whom they wish to temporarily isolate from society. When the Dominion' liner" Labrador went to pieees on the coast of Fcotland a large part of her cargo. which, c-nsieted o-f. app'es. driit"d a-hore otl the islands of Mull and loan. From these thousands of sprouts have sprung up and the thriftv islanders are busy transplanting them. Fingers aTeraltred-at a high-price in Australia. A Mefhourne boy of eieht had his fingers crushed in a gate at ta level crossing and one had to bo» •amputated. An action on his behalf was brought against the State railway department.- The jury awfarded the full amount claimed. $5,000. A bridge composed wholly of telegraph who was buit over the Jhelum river at Kohala. in the Punjab, in the place nf a bridge which was swept by the floods in 1892. A similar* t h e c l o v e r — I tliii-k • we need to .about H o n o l u l u , t h i s metropolis sow r y e , b u c k w h e a t o r some nimi- of t h e Mid-Pacific, b u t i t is imposl a r c r o p , plow it u n d e r a n d y e t sible for e i t h e r w r i t e r or a r t i s t t o t h e vegetable m a t t e r back i n t o the_ begin to d o it justice, t h o u g h g r o u n d which is needed for t h e nTany have tried. H e r e we experg r o w t h of clover. T h i n k t h a t t h e ienced t h e first r e a l taste of t h e clover is w o r t h as much for feed tropics, a l t h o u g h s u r r o u n d e d on as a fertilizer, b u t have n o t y o t a 1 1 s i d e s " S b y ^ J J n g l i s h s p e a k i n g time to discuss t h a t point today. P ' ^ p l e still o n e feels t h a t h e is i n - Mr^ H o w l e t t was to discuss t h e q u e s t i o n , b u t t h o u g h t ~ M r . B i r n i e h a d covered t h e subject e n t i r e l y . d e e d in a foreign clime. T h e H a w a i i a n islands a b o u t t w e n t y i n all a r e of volcanic origin. - T h e \ T h e talk was followed by a vocal d i s t r i b u t i n g c e n t r e is H o n o l u l u , solo b y M i s s I n e z Marshall. which h a s a beautiful laud locked Mrs. E . J . H a r r i s then r ^ a d a h a r b o r sufficiently 'Targe to.accom-^ fine p a p e r , " T h e W o m a n P r o b - i ' 1 a t * s t e a m e r s of t h e l a r g e s t tonlem." I t was an excellent p a p e r i m « e w h i c h ' l i e a l o n ^ s i d e o f a n d was discussed b"j Mrs. R. R, w h a r v e s d u r i n g t h e i r stay here. | W o o d w o r t h . T h i s w a s followed A f t e r o u r fransport w a s m a d e by a s o n g b y Mr. a n d Mrs. G a t e s , f««t to t h e dock, we were inform- ( s o l o b y F . L . A n d r e w s , a n d tf song ed t h a t d u r i n g o u r stay h e r e — | by M a s t e r H e n r y Bowman. a b o u t 10 days—we would be given : T h e t r e a s u r e r s r e p o r t was t h e n s h o r e leave from 10 a. m. t o 1 1 m r e a d a n d accepted, s h o w i n g t h a t m - a n d w e ftt 0 U f " e began t o form t h e c l u b h a s a balance to t h e i r p l a n s to see i s m u c h as possible c r e d i t of over *8.00., A c o m m i t t e e o | j [ f e ^ n try. T h e city prop.• j of ladies, u p o n m a k i n g iuvestiga- u a s a population of a b o u t 30,000 a bridge wasVonstructed'durlng the"lirst | tions, r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e c o m i n g -great m a n y o t w h o m a r e Ameri-i Soudan campaign over the Kokora j y e a r t h e y should serve n o refresh- c a n s a n d E u r o p e a n s a n d t h e E n - j m e n t s w i t h t h e exceptions of o n e glish l a n g u a g e is a l m o s t univers-; \ a n d u n d e r s t o o d The first I river for military purposes. Miss Jane L. Ruchan, a young wo- | , b a n n n e t a t t*ne election of ally spoken man of Southern Pines. N. C . has dis- a n n u a l o a n q u e t , at t n e eiecnon O I J • • H ; "vered a new field of industry for officers; t h e r e p o r t w a s adopted, t h r o u g h o u t t h e g r o u p . wvmen in grape-packing. As the grape season lasts only a few weeks, in order tQ make Tt payrshe contracts with various vineyards and has a corps of' experienced girl workers trained by herself. It has heen demonstrated repfcafedly in every state in the tjnion %nd in many forpiirm conn tries* that Uhamher- Iain's ronj?4» }?emedy i« a certain prevnntive and ^nre^or cronp. It has become MIH n n i v e r ^ l remedy ior that. dweasM \1 V Fisher, of L^erty^ W. Va., »«nly repeats what, has been said a r o n n d t h e wrlohe vyh^n he write^: ' ' I have us^d ('Humherlain's (^outrh Remedy in my Kmily for several years and alway* with perfect success. We hftlieve that i», is not only the I e»| p.oouh rnmedy, hut that if is a suie inre tor cronp. It hag saved th« lives y/ of onr children H nni.nber nt* t i m e s " This remedy is f*»r sale by b\ A. Sitffer. Driitftfi>t. one m o n t h a t t h e hall iu Uuadflla * ; '"If*'' F. A Sitfler ^uarnnteHs every hot level c a n b e seeu all t h e . s u r r o u n d - | i n g c o u n t r y a most beautiful I sight. F r o m P u n c h Bowl Hill I climbed Mt. T a n t l u s 2,000 feet above s e a level, from which is o b - t a i n e d t h e best possible view of Werner's Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms, Mythology and Familiar Pbrases. . WAYNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMKMtCAfi AMO WHO**** PLAM,> j$m TO %» mo 0I.OOTO0M.OO t U* TO OATMOAPM9 T h e r € h i b adjourned to m » e t i n place I visited w a s P u n c h Bowl HTTlT T h i s is a n e x t i n c t c r a t o r a n d only a b o u t 20 m i n u e t s walk t.i, e ot. nC.h amo. e.rh. ns „C ouw,h „R emed,y and, from .o u r, t r anspor t . Pr om i t s ! A ...S - , . „,,, . ( . / . . . s u m m i t a b o u t ol)0 feet above sea will refund toe money tc any one who is not salsified alter Usin^j two thirds ot the contents." This is the he^t remedy in the world tor la grippe coughs, colds, croop and whooping cou^h and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumouin. t mar.-l The .society of total nhstainer^ just formed in Vienna Is the first ever estahlishrd in Austria. Kveryhody drinks in Aitstrla.. An Auatrlan baby l.'O.ginjj to <=ip heer nt the age- ~f three months, and, as it grows up. learns to ronsTime the Hnuor. tn ever-increasing qttantity until, when a ful'-growa Kman. he can drink tt by the gallon. A steel hlrd's nest was recently acqui. e,d~by. the mueeum of Soleure; in Switzerland. Soleure has an extensive watch and clock factory, and thin metal filings are c-ntfnually being" | swept into the roads with the waste from the yorkshop»-• Of—these two wagtails built a ne^t, which was" cared after their brood bad flown. a delightful mild t e m p e r a t u r e . I t is n e e d l e s s t o a d d I took a d i p . O n r e t u r n i n g t o t h e boat I found I was slated for " S e r g e a n t of t h e G u a r d " t o - m o r r o w so I will n o t see s h o r e a g a i n for 48 h o u r s . I have fiuised m y trick of g u a r d a n d fatigue d u t y — o n c e m o r e I a m off t o see t h e s i g h t s a s notice is posted we leave d a y after tom o r r o w . I j o i n e d a p a r t y going t o see t h e m o s t wonderfull s i g h t o n t h e i s l a n d — t h e volcano K i l - auea. W e g o h o r s e back over t h e new g o v e r n m e n t road, a s s e n d i n g to a h i g h t of 4,000 feet b u t s o adm i r a b l e i s t h e g r a d e t h a t o u r horses g o a t a s w e e p i n g t r o t n e a r l y t h e e n t i r e distance, p a s s i n g t h r o u g h scenes of tropical magnifi c e n c e t h a t fairly b e g g a r d i s c r i p - tion. T h i s volcano is called t h e place of endless" fire, a n d never was a n a m e m o r e fittingly b e - stowed. I m a g i n e a J a k e whose fires a r e n e v e r q u e n c h e d a fiery sea with waves like those of t h e ocean t o s s i n g t o a n d fro, t h r o w i n g u p m o l t e d lava i n t o t h e a i r t h e d a s h i n g of g r e a t b r e a k e r s o n t h e beech b u t b r e a k e r s of l i v i n g fire i n s t e a d of water, a n d t h e n only t h e faintest c o n c e p t i o n of t h e g r a n d a w e - i n s p i r i n g s i g h t c a n b e conceived. I t is n e e d l e s s for m e to s a y — I will r e m e m b e r it t o m y d i e i u g day. S t r a n g e a s i t m a y seem, t h e c l i m a t e n e a r t h e volc a n o w a s n o t d i s a g r e e a b l e a n d t h « y say t h e n i g h t s a r e very chilly. W e l l o u r stay h e r e is u p a n d w i t h a m i n g l e d feeling of p l e a s u r e a u d r e g r e t , I " o n c e more* g o on b o a r d for a r u n of 10 o r 12 d a y s t h r o u g h t h e " s u m m e r s e a s " t o J a p a n . W e will l a n d a t T o k i o w h e r e all b a n d s g o a s h o r e t o s t r e t c h o u r legs a n d i n c i d e n t l y d o a little d r i l l i n g I will w r i t e y o u a g a i n from t h e r e , I want to let t,h* people who suffer from rheumatism and siatica know that Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved me after a number of other medi cines and a doctor bad failed. It. is the best liniment 1 have ever known of—J. A. Dodiron, Alpharetta, Ga. Thousands have been cured of rhedmrtigin by this remedy. One application relieves the pain. For sale by A. Sigler,.Drutfflist. P l a i n f i e l d , M i c h . Funeral Director and &mb Imer. R e s i d e n c e t m i l e n o r t h of v i l l a g e . S t a l e Tcl-.vph \n*. C o n e c t l o n . All c a l l s o p i '»o lv i t s w p d. ijifhanarv A book that should be in the vest pocket of every person, because it tttils you the right word to use. Wo Two Words in the English Language Have Exactly the Same Significance. 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I'm»-. *« eet stomachs and breatbf i n iiiriiir1 L<y t&kjnjf Knill's Py^pepsin 'I'a*'!. i- PHUNNYGRAPilC rori't < t ttll tnul ( httH DH> af*-st They will cure indiueshon, all stomach trouble*,^destroy.* wHbes tor 25c box. Best ana t Quarrantaed l<v youi dru^ Will Curletr, pexter. W B. Harrow, Pincknwy. THE GBEAT f$£STOHATIVE. Bar-Ben is the greatest known • ^. TRASS MASK. nerve tonic and blood purifier. * — * • It creates solid flesh, muscle and STRENGTH. Clears the brain, makes the blood pure and rich, and causes a general feeling of health, power and renewed vitality, while the generative organs are helped to regain their normal powers, and the suffe.rer is quickly made conscious uf direct benefit. One box will work wonders, six should perfect a cure. 60 cts. A BOX.; fi boxes, $2.50. For aale by druggists everywhere, or mailed, sealed, e n receipt of p-* e. Address DRS. BARTON .AND BENSON 494 ^ar-Ben Block, Cleveland, 0 1 o r s a l e b y K A. S I G L E R , D r u g g i s t liny, - - 2 1 k U . There are two things In this life for which a man is never prepared—^twiiis; Don't blame the farmer for looking all dragged out; niB work is often har rowing. Of all wise words from a woman's pen, the wisest are these, leave the pants to men. Inquiring Boy to H1e Mother—"M" wjKit did the moths eat before Adam and" Eve wore clothes" "Ma, the minister to coming." "What m^kes vou think so? "Hid y»-u see him?" "No, but I saw pa take the parrot and lock it up In the stable." A Now York divorce lawyer adver-' tlses: "Hymeneal inconipaiibilities as si eclalties de icately ajdjuste 1. T i s plavery to detain the jiand after the heart hath fled." ] "Ft>me mea," said Uncle Ebon. "vJluidn* hab no trTjrrttjs 'tall 'bout get t*n' rich ef dey held on ae tight to de money dey earns a dey does to demorey dey borrows." "Is there any difference between •slrk' and 'ill?' 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Caution* a n d WarnlnajTb** A r « DMrefrard* • d i t i M t i n liluftn. "Anybody who make* a study of the various phaees of metropolitan life," said the wide-awake man. 'can veatily that while all the rules and regulations pas ed up in well-known places for the guidance of the public are supposed to be vested with the sanctity if genuine laws, many of ihem are in reality nothing more nbr leae than gigantic bluffs. The tfniikltiated. as a rule, are unable to detect the gold from the droes and unwittingly put all on the same toasis, but the ljnan with experience can tell at a glance wjiichmeans business and whicn does n*: "Perhaps the cten with which the public te most fami iar is the one seen in restaurants warn ng patrons that the management will not he responsl ble for h. t6j wraps and umbrellas. This notice 1B all very well in a wav and really does good service, inasmuch as it predisposes people to be ,. inofe careful of their be.ongings than the> would be were there nothing' in sig|it to remind them of the penal.y lack bf vigilance frequently exacts.. But .jll you should be so luckless as to suffer the loss: of either of .he above mentioned articles, and cared to push the matter, the proprietor would probably make good the loss, nine times out of ten. notwithstanding the placard to the contrary. 'Hotels are equally prodigal of aseertions which are not founded on tne solid rock of truths as you will find out if you ever attempt to test them. pure ron l n t h e s e L o f r u l e s f o u n d i n e a Q n r ° ° m ^ r H of these big hostelriee many houses insert a Clause to the effect that the host will be in nowise responsible for a gupst'e mail, jy/et in spite of this declaration. I know for a fact that the> proprietor of a jiroadway hotel recent ly paid one wb^an a neat little cum of money which she said had been sent her in a letter which hid been lost^ through the carelessness of the clerh. The man did this, too, without any positive proof tha' the woman haa lost the money. He settled rather than run the risk of having ftfbuble. "Another bluff is found;In the elevators of many big buildings. A goodly number of theee lifts are decorated with a notice informing passengers that if they do not call their floor before reaching it. the elevator positively will not re'nm to the landing after having passed it, to let the dilatory offender off Kvery e i e v a o r boy. every Janitor and every real estate afcent firmly belives he means what he say?, when the notice is put up, yet the man le, a sorry tactician, indeed, who cannot get whisked up or down the heient of a half story and put off on the doelred floor "Passengers on street cars and elevated railroads, encounter a variety of bluffs. They are positively forbidden to stand on front pla'forms, yet they calmly Ignore the order. Thev are forbidden to expectorate on^he floors, yet to the regret of every fair-minded person, some of them do that. too. On tome of the lines the cars are fitted "out witn a"sign half a yard long in- [ forming passengers that if they do not_ get their transfers when paying their fare, or at certain dnsignated places, the conductor will not furnish them with passes. But this also, is a blurt and the conductor who adheres to that rule is a hardened villain. "There are many places-, such as libraries and museums, where it is an* nounced in glaring let ere that 'silence must be preserved here,' yet scores of inconsiderate, thoughtless people come into -these places daily, who not oniy talk, but raises their vorces to a ««hnei; when so doing. It isn't right, of course, but they do it. because the sign is a bluff. ^Scarcely a day passes that a m;in In business does not get into stores and factories and offices where the notice, 'No admittance' stares him in the face. If he is a timid man he will stajf out, but many people who have not a particle of business there work their way in behind those closed doors lor that is only anbthef bluff. "I am a regular caller at a select book and art store up town where the visitor is told in polite but forcible language that thereVire books ln certain parts of the store which he must not handle, yet those same books uro turned1 inside out d*ily. This 'Pon'tr touch' sign is quite common—and likewise quite useless. Florists display it, and jewelers and 'he custqrilans of. all treasure houses, but it>I/wem into any of those places with the feeing that I wanted to 'touch/'! should do so with the assnrance^rbat even thou eh detected in the transgression I would be pretty sur? >o be granted immunity from punishment. "Then there-rs another bluff that we. all know about This is the notice seen ih jrJMcp bni dings forbidding beggars, peddltrs ami ven book agents from jpu;su ne trri; Tallin.? within. In *splte o f t h a t order' there are few downtown buildings where agents of all sorts and even beggars do not ply their vocation undisturbed. The theatres put up a big bluff too, against those who buy standing room. The ushers bluntly and decjdedly forbid these devotees of artistic drama to rest their weary bones on the steps in the aisles, yet these devotes produce bluff for bluff they are pretty sure to sit through the greater part of the performance and no power known to the theatre usher is going to dislodge them from their lowly but impregnable position. "Then, there is the 'No smoking' bljiG. The places wherevmen are forbidden to lndu'ge in this pleasure are legon. yet the places where they really do refrain from smoking are very few. Thii 1st of apparent limitations to the public's powers and privileges mipht be clontinued indefinitely. There are a thousand and one .things we are told in emphruic i>nd even threatening terms we must or we must not do, but tbe majority of those 'nstruc'ions are found *o he nothing but good big bluffs which can be counterbalanced b^ equal aggre-^ivene^s. Why, If : you have a mind to and go about it in the right way, yuu can even walk on th« grpss, rnd nobody will stop you, for under te t in ti cumstances the familiar Keep off' Mgn ie also a bluff. S u b s c r i b e for t h e D i s p a t c h . D r . O i d y s Condition Powd«rs are ju't what a hor*« needs when in bad condition. Tonic, blood pnrifier and vermifuge. T h e y ^ a r e not food hut medicine and the bes^ in use to put a Intseiti prime condition. Prio<» 25c rf>r package For salo by P A. Sip;- rW! i m i i m AHTSD-tiEVttRAL B E I Q H I AKD HONEST P I F U M fc> represent 1H as Manager* in thi* and eloce by conntie*. Salary 1009 a year and vxpencea, Strait, bono-fide, • » a n t e , no lest, Pon. lion permanent. 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' Religion may hkve its drawbacks, but the backslider^ are generally the victims. The happening of the unexpected never worries people who are not prepared for anything in particular. If a man made no good resolution New Year's day he would be quite lonesome, having none to break. A New Jersey boy swallowed a small reptile. This is worse than swallowing those Boston sea serpent stories.' It is said that a man's declining years begin at 50; but a woman's never begin while there is an eligible man in sight. Chicago lady fanciers are to have a pet dog club. Under no circumstances will they hold a joint session with the cat club. Political issues a^e born in the hearts of the people, but the politicians keep right oh manufacturing the spurious article. * The Boers have nojabjectjon ,to the" open door, but they dont' want the whole world coming In and sleeping in the best bed. r , Cavalrymen scouting in Luzon -the other day killed thirteen Filipinos. And yet some scientific people say that the number thirteen is not unlucky. . A curious man bent over the.swiftry flowing Citicago river so fondly that he fell in. Free baths should be strictly "prohibited in the river, admitting that the temptation is how very strong. A series of experiments made ax Kiel during the last two years have shown that of all metals used in ship-building an amalgam of iron and zinc is least subject to deterioration from the influence of sea water. — Fifty short, practical dairy rules for the production and handling of puremilk, printed on large cardboards, have been distributed by the tens of thousands among American farmers by the Bureau of Animal Industry. For the most part when the general of an army starts out in conflict he would like to have a small battle in order that he may get his courago up and he may rally his troops and get them drilled for greater conflicts; but this first undertaking of Jdfshua was greater than the leveling of Fort Pulaski, or the thundering down of Gibraltar, or the overthrow of the Bastille. It was the crossing of the Jordan at the time of the spring freshet. The snows of Mount Lebanon had just been melting and they poured down into the valley, and the whole valley was a raging torrent. So the Canaan- Ites stand on one bank and they look across and see Joshua and the Israelites, and they laugh and say: "Aha! aha! they cannot disturb us until the freshets fall; it is Impossible for them to reach us.". But after awhile they look across the water and they see a movement in the army of Joshua. They say, "What's the matter now? ' Why, there must be a panic among these troops, and, they are going to fly, or perhaps they are going to try tomarch across the river Jordan. Joshua is a lunatic," But Joshua, the chieftain or the t e u , looks at his army and cries: "Forward, march!" and they start for the bank of the Jordan, One mile ahead go two priests carrying a glittering box four feet long and two feet wide. It is the Ark of the Covenant. And they come down, and no sooner do they just touch the rltu of the water with their feet, than by an Almighty flat, Jordan parts. The army of Joshua marches right on Without getting their feet wet, over the bottom of the river, a path cf. chalk and broken Shells and pebbles, until they can getFto the other bank. Then they lay hold of the oleanders and tamarisks and no sooner Tiave they reached the bank thirty or. forty feet high, and_ having gained the other ,bank, they clap their shields and their cymbals. and sing the praises of the God of Joshua. Eut no sooner have they reached the bank than the waters begin to dash and roar, and with a terrific rush they*break loose from their strange anchorage. Out yonder they have stopped, thirty miles up yonder they halted. On this side the waters roll off toward the salt sea. But as the hand of the Lord God is taken away from the thus uplifted waters— waters perhaps uplifted half a mile— as the Almighty hand is taken away, those waters rush down, and some or the unbelieving. Israelites say: "Alas, alas, what a misfortune! Why could not those waters have stayed parted? Because perhaps we- may want to go In Siam the liquid measure used is derived from a cocoanut shell, which is capable of holding 830 tamarind seeds, and 20 of these units equal a capacity of a wooden bucket. In dry measure, 830 tamarind seeds make 1 "k'anahn" and 25 "k'anahn" make 1 "sat," or bamboo basket; "^W^sat"" make 1 "kwien," or cart. This is an example of the primitive origin of most units of weights and measures. Santo Domingo, hep.ving of the coming of French warships as collectors, concluded ' to pay that bill for 20,000 francs. If it is all the same to the warships, however, she would like to be let off from paying an apology. Santo Domingo, Nicaragua and some of the other Central American republics will learn after awhile_thatit is easier, simpler and far more pleasant to pay their debts promptly than to have them collected at the cannon's mouth. \:J The recent decision of the Supreme court of Massachusetts in the case of tho Attorney General vs. Henry Bigelow Williams holds that the law limiting the "height of buildings • around Copley Sqnare, Boston, to ninety feet. , is constitutional. The court said: "We hold that the ^tatnte gives rights in the nature of an easement over land* facing Copley .Square, which easement is annexed to the square for the benefit cf the public, for whose use and enjoyment Copley Square was laid out; and that these rights are similar in their nature to rights in highways, in great ponds, and in navigable waters of the commonwealth."' The broad view which the court took is indicated by the following expression,- appearing in the opinion: The grounds of Copley Square "are to be enjoyed, by the people who use them; they are-txpected to minister not only to the grosser senses, but also to the love of the beautiful in nature, in the • a r l t d forms which the change in sea. bring** back. Oh, Lord, we are engaged in a risky business. Those Canaanltes may eat us up. How if we want to so back? Would it not have been a more complete miracle if the Lord had part ed tho waters to let us come through and kept them parted to let us go back if we are defeated?" My frienCs, God makes no provision for a Christian's retreat. He clears the path all the way to Canaan. To go back is to die. The same gatekeeper that swings back the amethystine and crystailir.e gate of the^Jordan to let Israe^-r>a*s through, now swing shut the amethystine and crystalline gate cf the Jordan to keep the Israelites from going back. 1 declare it in >our hearing to- | day, victory ahead, water forty fee; deep in- the rear. Triumph ahead, Canaan ^ahead; behind yon death and darkness and woe and hell. But you say, "Why didn't those Canaanites, when they had such r. splendiu chance —standing en top of the bank thirty But. this is no place ior the host to stop. Joshua gives the command. "Forward, march!" In the distance there is a long grove of trees, and at the end of the grove is a city. It is a city of arbors, a city with walls, seeming to reach the heavens, to buttress the very sky. It'is the great metropolis that commands the mountain pass. It is Jericho. That city was afterward captured by Pompey, and,it was afterward captured by Herod the^ Great, and it was afterward captured by the Mohammedans; but this campaign the Lord plans. There shall be no swords, no .shields, no battering ram. There shall'only be one weapon of war, and that a ram's horn. The horn of the slain ram was sometimes taken and holes were punctured J n it, and then the musician would put* the instrument to his lips, and he would run his fingers over this rude musical instrument, and make a great deal of sweet harmony for the people. This was the only kind of weapon. Seven .priests were to take these rude rustical musical instruments, and they were to go around the, city every day for six days —once a day for six days, and then on the seventh day they were to go around blowing these rude musical instruments seven times, and then at the close of the seventh blowing of the rams' horns on the seventh day the peroration of the whole scene, was to be a about at. which those great walls should tumble from capstone to base. Joshua's troops may not halt here. The commands is: "Forward, march!" There Is the city of Ai; it must be taken. How- shall it be taken? A scouting party comes back and says: "Joshua, we can do that without you; It Is going to be a very easy job; you just stay here while we go and capture it.1' They march with a small regiment in front of that city. The men of Ai look at them and give one yell and the Israelites run like reindeers. The northern troops at Bull Run did not make such rapid time as these Israelites and the Canaanites after them. They never cut such a sorry figure as when they were on the retreat. Anybody that goes out in the battles of God with only half a force, instead of your taking the men of Ai the men of Ai will take you. Look at the church of God on the retreat The Bornesian cannibals ate up Munson, the missionary. "Falls back!" said a great many Christian people—"Fall back, oh church of Qodi Borneo will never be taken. Don't you see the Bornesian cannibals have eaten up Munson, the missionary?" Tyndall delivers his lecture at the University of Glasgow, and a great many good people say: "Fall back, oh church of God! Don't you see that Christian philosophy is going to be overcome by worldly philosophy? Fall back!" Geology plunges its crowbar intj the mountains, and there are a great many people who say: "Scientific investigation is going to overthrow the Mosaic account of the creation. Fall back!" Friends of God have never had any right to fall back. Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. It is the only time you ever see the back of his head. He falls on his face and begins to whine, and- he says: "Oh, Lord God, waerefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God*we had been-content and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us ar.ound and cut off our name from the face of the earth." I am very glad that Joshua said that. Before it seemed as if he were a supernatural being, and. therefore could not be an example to us; but I And he j^s a man, he is only a man. Just as sometimes you find a man under severe opposition, or in bad state of physical health, or worn out with overwork, lying down and sighing about everything being defeated. I am encouraged when I hear thi3 cry of Joshua as he lies in the dust. God comes and rouses him^ How does he rouse him By compl^e,ntary apostrophe? No, He says: "Get thee up. Wherefore liest thou upon thy face?" Joshua rises, and I warrant you, with ?. mortified look. But his' old courage comes back. The fact was, that was not his battle. If'he had b?en in it he would have gone on to victory. He-gathers his troops around him and says: "Now let us go and capture the city of Ai; let us go up right away." They march on. He puts a major-^ ,ity of the troops behind a ledge of rocks in the night, and then- he sends a comparatively small battalion up in front of the city. The men of Ai come out with a shout. This battalion in stfategem falls back and falls back, and when the men of Ai have left ^the city and are in pursuit of this scattered, or seemingly, scattered battalion, .Joshua stands on a rock—I see his locks flying in the wind as he points his spear toward the doomed city, and that is the signal. The men rush out from behind the rocks and take the city, and it is put to the torch, and these Israelites in the city march down and the flying battalion of Israelites return, and between these two waves of Israelitish prowess gain the victory; and while I see the curling smoke of that "destroyed city on the sky, and while 1 hear the huzza of the Israelites and the groan of the Canaanites, Joshua hears something louder than it all, ringirfg and echoing through' his soul: "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee in all the "day3 of thy life." \ But this is no place for" the host of Joshua to stop. "Forward, march!" cries Joshua to the troops. There is the city of Gibeon. It has put itself under the protection of Joshua. They sent word: "There are five kings after us; they are going to destroy us; send troops quick'; send us help right away.' Joshua has a three days' march more than double quick. On the morning of the third day he is before the enemy/ There are two long lines lof battle. The battle open* with great slaughter, but the Canaanites soon discover something. They say: "That i3 Joshua; that is the man who conquered the spring freshet and knocked down the stone wall and destroyed the city of Ai. There is no use fighting." 'And they sound a retreat, and as they begin to retreat Joshua and his host spring upon them like a panther, pursuing them over the rocks, and as, these Canaanites with sprained ankles and gashed foreheads retreat, the catapults of the sky pour a volley of hailstones into the valley, and all the artillery of the heavens with bullets of iron pounds the Canaanites against the ledges of Beth-boroih . "Oh!" says Joshua, "this is surely a victory." "But do you not see the sun is going down? Those Amorites are going to get away after all, and they will come up some other time and bother us and perhaps destroy us." See the sun is going-down. Oh, for a longer day than has'evec been seen In this climate! What ia the matter with Joshua? Has he fallen in an apoplectic fit? No. He is in prayer. Look out when a good man makes the Lord his ally. Joshua raises his face, radiant with prayer, and looks at the descending sun over Gibeon, and at the faint crescent of the moon, for you know the queen of the night will sometimes linger around the palaces of the day. Pointing one hand at the descending sun and the other at the faint crescent of the moon, in the name ef God who shapes the worlds and moves the worlds, he cries: "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, moon, In the'valley of Ajalon." And they stood still. Whether it was by refraction of the sun's rays, or by the stopping of the whole planetary system, I do not know, and I do not care. I leave It to the Christian scientists and the infidel scientists to settle that question, while I tell-you I have seen the same thing. "What!" say you, "not the sun .standing still?" Yes. The same miracle is performed nowadays. The wicked do not live out half their day, and the sun sets at noon. But let a man sta'rt out and battle for God, and the truth, and against sin, and. the day of his usefulness is prolonged, and prolonged, and prolonged. But It is Urne for Joshua to go home. He is lio'years old. Washington went down the Potomac, and at Mount Vernon closed his days. Wellington died peacefully at Apsley house. Now, where shall Joshua rest? Why, he is -to have his greatest battle now. "After 110 years be has to meet a king who has more subjects than all the present population of the earth, 'his throne a pyramid of skulls, his parterre-- the graveyards and cemeteries of the world, his chariot t h e world's hearse— the King of Terrors. But if this is Joshua's greatest battle, it is going to be Joshua's greatest victory. He gathers his frfends around him and gives his valedictory. And as you have heard a grandfather, or a great-grandfather, seated by the evening fire, tell of Monmouth, or Yorktown, and then lift the crutch or staff as though it were a musket, to fight, and show how the old battles were won—so Joshua _ gathers his friends around his dying couch, and he tells them the story of what he has been through, and as he lies.there, his white locks snowing down on his wrink-, led forehead, I wonder if God has kept his promise all the way through—the promise of the text. As he lies there he tells the story one, two" or three times over—and he answers: "I go the way of all the earth, and not one word of the promise has failed, not one word thereof has failed."/ And he turns to his family: as a dying parent will, and says: "Choose now whom you will serve, the God of Israel, or the God of the Amorites. As for me and ray house, we will serve the Lord," A dying parent cannot be reckless 'or thoughtless in regard to his children. Consent to part with them at the door of the tomb we cannot. By the cradle in which their infancy was-rocked,,by the bosom on which they first lay, by the blood of the covenant, by the God of Joshua, it shall not be. We will not part, we-cannot "part. "Jehovah Jlreh,., we take thee at thy-promiso: "I wijl' be a God to thee and thy seed after thee." £-.rV Dead, th-^ old chieftain must be laid out sacred body is ov?r 110 vears of age Lay him out\ stretch out those feet that walked dky shod ths parted Jordan. Close thcvse rips -which helped blow the blast at which the walls of Jericho fell. Fol^ the arm that lifted the spear toward the doomed city of AI. Fold it,right over the heart that exultfd when the five kings fell. • B u t where shall we g«fc\ tho burnished granite for the headstone and the footstone? I bethink myself now.' I imagine that for the head it shall be the sun that stood still upon Gibeon, and for the foot, the moon\that stood still in the valley of Ajalon. A MINNESOTA PARMER Doe* Well In Weetern Canada. Yirden, Man., Now4.'8, 1891. ' ,Hon. Clifford SlftQA. Minister of the* Interior, Ottawa; Canada—Sir: Thlnk-f iqg that my fcrpdrletice in Manitoba. might be both useful and Interesting; to my fellaw-counfryfcen in the Unlteil States who. may ft tookinf to Manitoba and the > neffnwfet w?tH the i n - tention of settling there, I have much, pleasure in stating tha* through la*: formation received frqm Mjr. W. F.: McCreary, hnmtg«at«?n commissioners at Winnipeg, f was induced to visit1 cauea upon Mr. McCreary he scared no» bains to give me ah /the information, *fc' J n W8» PPSftesaJtoxL, the,, result of which was that 1 came here w i t b a - letter of introduction from him'to the secretary of the Virden £o$rd of Trade. That gentleman provided m a , with a competent land guided and, although there was considerable snow OB the ground, I had no difficulty in selecting three homesteads for myself and sons. Having made the necessary homestead entries at the land office in iirandon, I returned to my home in Lyon county, Minnesota, and came back here in May following, accompanied by one of my boys, bringing with us two teams of horses, implements, etc. Our first work was to erect a temporary shanty and stable, after which we broke and leveled seventy-five acres and put up thirty tons of hay. I went back to Minnesota about*July 20, leaving my son here. I returned in October, bringing my family with me. I found that the land we had acquired was of good quaiity, being a strong clay loam with clay subsoil. Last spring I sowed 100 acres in wheat and fifty acres in oats and barley. (Seventy-five acres of this grain was sowed on "go-back" plowed last spring.) My crop was thrashed in October, the result being over ZJSiO bushels of grain in all. Wheat averaged fifteen bushels per acre and graded No. 1 hard, but that which was sown on lund other than sod ("goback") went twenty four and one-half bushels per acre. To say that I am well pleased with the result of my first year's farming operations in Manitoba does not adequately express .my feelingsr and I have no hesitation in advising 'those who are living in districts where, land is high In price to come out here, If they are willing to do a fair amount cf work. • • < v J , -.., two! elevators. I h i s summer I erected a dwelling house of native stone and bought a half-section of land- adjoining our homesteads, for which I paid a very moQerate price. There are still some homesteads in this district,, and land of fine quality can^be purchased from the Canadian Pacific Railway company at 13.50 per acre on liberal terms. Good water is generally found at a depth of from fifteen to twenty feet. I have 175 acres ready for crop next year. The cost of living here is about the 3ame a s in southern Minnesota. Some commodities are higher and others lower in price, but the average—ifabout the same. I remain, your obedient servant. (Signed.) JACOB REICHERT. AHlttle boy usefl~to crnsrr fienvers to» obtain their color, and would then paint all sorts of pictures on the white walls of his father's cottage in the' Tyrol. He became known to the world later on as the great artist Titian. Seaport of tho South. It has long been evident that the rapidly increasing movement of grain and merchandise towards the south- Handle him verv gentlv; that k e r n s e a b o a r d would. demand an in- " p crease of shipping facilities on the Mexican Gulf; The most promising seaport-city is La Porte, at *he head of ualveston Bay. Peculiar natural advantages surround LaPorte,-notably its being the fartherest inland seaport on .Itlui-Gulf, having high dry land with perfect drainage and the purest artesian water, a climate unsurpassed in the south and an. attractive city site. The American Land Co., 188 Madison street, Chicago, is interested at La- Porte and announces the first general sale of property will bo held Feby. 14-17, 1900^ v • .{• ;; War Upon Bad Seeds. \ The agricultural department has constructed a new building at Washington to be used solely for testing seeds of all kinds, in order t o afford protection against dishonest dealers. Recent tests gave remarkable results. Meadow-foxtail seed from Germany, costing 35 cents a pound, was adulterated more than 70 per c,ent with seed worth only 10 cents a pound. Orchard grass, purchased in the open market, was more than half bad. Some crimson clover, similarly purchased, was 98 per cent bad. a - God goes with th.o mail who i© willing to take a hard place. Th< ri is no virtue in doing1 right simply because we have to. A Word of Warn log-. From the Chicago News: Wife— I'm going to run across the street just a minute to bid Mrs. Jones good-by. Husbandrr^Well, you'll have to hurry, The train leaves Tn three hours. Not Very Conioltiiff. Simkins—Cheer up, old man. There's just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught. Timkins—Perhaps there are; but what's a fellow to do when he's out of bau?—Chicago News. ' Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the giver's bosom. Deafneia Cannot Be Carey, by )oc»l applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfeot hearinp. and when It is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammatipn can bo taken out and this tube restored to ftw normal nclondition, hearing will be destroyed forever;. Z r 5 a s e s o u t °* t e n a r 0 caused by cataixh, which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We.*ill give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deaftfess (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hair* Catawh^Curax Sead Jor circuiars,\free. ^ / . . " * o ,.w \ F.J. CHENEY A CC< Toledo, Qt Sold by Etomrists. 7hP * -- y~ - Hall's Pwofly puis are Upbeat. Misfortunes and imprudence are often twins. \ ,•" A dollar neve^ troys much for a sijngy man.' v / / / -½ • I**" l: Tha Land ef ttre«d and Batter. is the title of a newXillustrated pamphlet just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee ft S t Paul Railway, relating more especially to the land along, the new line it is now building tbJctaglfc Bon Homme and.Charlea Mix counties In South Dakota. It will be found very Interesting reading. A copy\w?ll bemailed free on receipt of 2-cedt stami for poetag*. Address Geo. H. » General PeasengerL Agent, Chici 7= N?^ f-*:•',;••: ' **! •,i»'>•'!'• VM * » » r l fcid t h*A coogh for six week* ind coutd not Ind tny relief whatever. I read what a wonderful remedy Aycr'sCHfrry Pectoral was for coughs and I bought a bottle. Before I had taken a quarter of it my cough had entirely left me."—L Hawn, Newington, Oat., May 3,1899. Quickly Cures Colds Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis which pulls down your general health and deprives you of sleep; or they end in genuine consumption with all its uncertain results. Don't wait, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral just_as.soon as you begin to, cough. A few doses will cure you then. But it cures old colds, too, only it takes a little more time. We refer to such diseases as bronchitis, asthma, whooping-cough, consumption, and hard winter coughs. If you've just taken cold A 25 cent bottle is all you'll need. For harder cases a 60 cent "bottle ia better. For chronic troubles, and to keep on hand, the 91.00 bottle la moat economical. T h e m a n w i l l b e w e l l o c c u p i e d w h o s e first a i m i n l i f e i s t o d o G o d ' s w i l l . M y p r o f e s s i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n w a s a t s t a k e . I h a d , t h r e e m o n t h s b e f o r e t h e d a t e o f w h i c h I w r i t e , p e r m i t t e d a n o - t o r i o u s d e s p e r a d o t o e s c a p e f r o m m y c h a r g e , a n d I w a s d i s t i n c t l y o u t o f f a v o r w i t h t h e d e p a r t m e n t . I h a d a p e c u l i a r s u p e r s t i t i o n a b o u t t h e a d r o i t c r i m i n a l w h o s e r u s e h a d o u t w i t t e d m e . H e w a s t a l l , 'alert a n d g r a c e f u l , w i t h a f a c e t h a t r e m i n d e d m e s t r o n g l y o f t h e p i c t u r e s I h a d s e e n of, E d g a r A . P o e . H e h a d a n i n s i n u a t i n g m a n n e r a n d t h e m o s t m u s i c a l v o i c e J e v e r h e a r d . H i s p r o f e s s i o n w a s s a f e - b r e a k - i n g . I h a d o n c e a p p r e h e n d e d t h e m a n , - a n d , c u r i o u s l y e n o u g h , it w a s t h e r e - s u l t o f m y first a s s i g n m e n t t o d e t e c t - i v e w o r k . H e h a d , a s a r e s u l t , s e r v e d • a t e r m o f s e v e n y e a r s i n t h e p e n i t e n - t i a r y . It c h a n c e d t h a t d u r i n g h i s r e s i d e n c e t h e r e I m e t h i m s e v e r a l t i m e s a n d o n e a c h o c c a s i o n h e h a d r e g a r d e d m e _ w i t h a l o o k t h a t w a s n o n e t h e l e s s s i n i s t e r b e c a u s e i t w a s h a l f j o c u l a r . T h e m a n ' s l o o k w a s a m e n a c e . I k n e w h e w a s t h i n k i n g t h a t h e w o u l d b e r e - v e n g e d , a n d I w a s s u r e t h a t o n l y t h e m o s t c o n c l u s i v e of r e v e n g e s w o u l d s a t i s f y h i m . I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h i s m a n w a s d e t e r m i n e d t o h a v e m y l i f e . I a l w a y s f a c e d h i m w i t h a l o o k a s d a r k a s t h a t w h i c h h e g a v e m e , f o r t h e i n - t e n t i o n i n m y s o u l w a s n o l e s s r e l e n t - l e s s t h a n h i s o w n . W e w e r e d o o m e d , a s I f e l t i n m y a p p r e h e n s i v e s o u l , t o s t a n d o p p o s e d i n s o m e h i d e o u s t r a g - e d y . W h e n , t h r e e y e a r s a f t e r h i s r e l e a s e , h e a g a i n I n c u r r e d t h e d i s p l e a s u r e of t h e l a w / 1 t r a v e l e d 6,()00 m i l e s i n m y s e a r c h f o r h i m , a n d d i s c o v e r e d h i m a t l e n g t h - i n I n d i a n t e r r i t o r y . H o w h e o u t w i t t e d m e o n o u r w a y b a c k t o C h i - c a g o i s a s t o r y I h a v e n o i n c l i n a t i o n t o t e l l . It w a s , t h e r e f o r e , w i t h m i x e d f e e l - i n g s t h a t I l e a r n e d fxojoL-the c h i e f o f o u r a g e n c y o f t h e n a t u r e of m y c o m - m i s s i o n . H e t o l d m e t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n h a d b e e n b r o u g h t h i m of a n a t t e m p t t o b e m a d e t h a t n i g h t u p o n t h e s a f e of t h e M c P h e r s b n I n v e s t m e n t c o m p a n y ; T h e p l o t h a d b e e n o v e r h e a r d b y a n e c - c e n t r i c r e p o r t e r f o r o n e of t h e d a i l y p a p e r s , w h o s e b u s i n e s s h a d t a k e n h i m i n t o s o m e s o r r y r e s o r t . F r o m t h e d e - s c r i p t i o n w h i c h t h e y o u n g m a n g a v e of t h e t h r e e c o n s p i r a t o r s t h e c h i e f h a d n o difficulty i n e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e i r i d e n - T t i l H e a l t h a n d P l e a s u r e R e s o r t s Of T e x a s , M e x i c o , A r i z o n a a n d C a l i - f o r n i a a r e q u i c k l y a n d c o m f o r t a b l y r e a c h e d v i a t h e S o u t h e r n Pacific C o m - p a n y ' s S u n s e t R o u t e . " D a i l y t h r o u g h s e r v i c e f r o m N e w O r l e a n s ~ t o Sarr~ '» F r a n c i s c o v i a H o u s t o n , S a n A n t o n i o , E l P a s o a n d L o s A n g e l e s . S p e c i a l s e m i - w e e k l y s e r v i c e , S u n s e t L i m i t e d f r o m N e w ' O r l e a n s M o n d a y s a n d T h u r s d a y s , c o m p o s e d o f Buffet S m o k - i n g Car, c o n t a i n i n g B a t h Roon*» a n d r B a r b e r S h o p , D r a w i n g R o o m C o m p a r t - m e n t Oar, r e g u l a r P u l l m a n S l e e p e r s , a n d D i n i n g C a r ( m e a l s a l a c a r t e ) , a B - of t h e l a t e s t d e s i g n a n d m o 9 t l u x u r i - o u s l y a p p o i n t e d . D i r e c t c o n n e c t i o n s m a d e a t N e w O r l e a n s f r o m a l l p o i n t s . N o r t h a n d E a s t , D e t a i l e d i n f o r m a - t i o n c h e e r f u l l y f u r n i s h e d b y W . G. N e i m y e r , G. W . A., S o . P a c . Co., 238 C l a r k S t . , C h i c a g o ; W . H. 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T h e s e c o n d w a s a m u l a t t o , W a s h i n g t o n B r o w n , a m a n of m u c h i n t e l l i g e n c e a n d r e c k l e s s c o u r - age,' w h o t o o k h i s d e s t i n y b y t h e t h r o a t a n d m a d e a n o u t l a w of h i m s e l f r a t h e r t h a n c o u r t f a v o r of a w o r l d w h i c h w o u l d , a t b e s t , h a v e s h o w n h i m o n l y c o n t e m p t . T h e t h i r d r a s c a l , w a s a n o l d - t i m e c u l p r i t , G e o r g e B u r k e , a t h i c k - n e c k e d , l o w - b r o w e d f e l l o w , w h o w a s b o r n t o c r i m e . " H o w m a n y m e n d o y o u w a n t ? " a s k e d t h e c h i e f o f m e . " T w o . " " B u t w o u l d i t n o t b e w i s e t o o u t - n u m b e r y o u r a d v e r s a r i e s ? T h e y a r e d e s p e r a t e m e n . " I t h o u g h t ' o f P a y s o n W e a t h e r b y ' s s i - l e n t c h a l l e n g e , a n d f o r m e d a r e s o l v e t o m e e t h i m w i t h o u t o d d s . W e e x p e c t e d t o b e b e f o r e h a n d w i t h o u r m e n , a n d w i t h G r a y s o n , t h e r e - p o r t e r w h o h a d g i v e n u s t h e i n f o r m a - t i o n , w e r e a t t h e s p o t a q u a r t e r o f a n h o u r b e f o r e t h e t i m e W e a t h e r b y ^had a p p o i n t e d . B u t t o o u r c h a g r i n w e f o u n d t h e r e a r w i n d o w of t h e j>lace w i t h o u t a s q u a r e o f g l a s s . M y e v i l l u c k s t i l l h e l d . T h e s a f e - b l o w e r s w e r e w i t h i n . W i t h m e w e r e J a m e s B i g e t o w , a y o u n g f e l l o w , f r e s h t o a d e t e c t i v e ' s l i t * a n d N e l s o n G r e e n , a g r i z z l e d v e t - e r a n , c a u t i o u s a s a c a t , a n d a m a n n o t e d f o r - h i s l i g h t n i n g - s w i f t m o t i o n s . T h e y a n d . t h e r e p o r t e r f o l l o w e d m e t h r o u g h t h e w i n d o w . A f e w s t e p s m o r e r e v e a l e d t o m e t h e f a c t t h a t t h e d o o r o f t h e o u t e r v a u l t h a d a l r e a d y b e e n f o r c e d . ' v I m o t i o n e d t h e r e p o r t e r t o s t a n d b a c k tn«J m y _ _ m e n a n d _ I e n t e r e d t h e V a u l t , w h i c h w a s a n i r o n r o o m 1 6 x 1 6 f e e t J* e f e e ^ a n d o c c u p i e d b y a h e a v y t a b k a n d t w o c h a i r s . O p p o s i t e t h e d o o r w a s t h e s a f e p r o p e r , a n d b e f o r e t h i s t h r e e m e n - k n e l t , a l l d e s p e r a t e l y . o c c u p i e d . > I h a d n o t i c e d w h i l e I s t o o d i n t h e d a r k a l l e y w i t h o u t t h a t t h e r e w a s a r i s i n g s t o r m , a n d n o w a s u d d e n e x - c e s s i v e g u s t of w i n d b l e w s h u t t h e i r o n d o o r o f t h e v a u l t w i t h a r e p o r t a s l o u d a s t h a t o f a n e x p l o s i o n . O n a of tfce, m e n — i t w a s W e a t h e r b y — c r i e d o u t i n t e r r o r a n d l e a p e d a w a y f r o m c e r t a i n l i t t l e b o x - l i k e c o n t r i v a n c e s w h i c h l a y b e s i d e h i m o n t h e floor. H e ( b o u g h t t h e c o n c u s s i o n w o u l d e x p l o d e t h e d y n a m i t e . T h e n h e s a w u s , s t a n d - i n g t o g e t h e r , o u r r e v o l v e r s a i m e d , a n d , r e c o g n i z i n g m e , g a v e a l i t t l e c l u c k w i t h h i s t o n g u e a n d s m i l e d c y n i c a l l y a s h e t h r e w u p h i s h a n d s i n t o k e n of t h e f a c t t h a t h e r e c o g n i z e d t h e s i t u a t i o n . H i s c o n f e d e r a t e s g l a n c e d u p , s a w u s , a n d c o w e r e d w h e r e t h e y w e r e , b u t o n e of t h e m - m a n a g e d t o e x t i n g u i s h t h e l a n t e r n b y w h o s e l i g h t t h e y h a d b e e n w o r k i n g , a n d t h e y w e r e p o s s e s s e d o f t h e v a n t a g e of s h a d o w . I h e a r d t h e c l i c k of tjheir r e v o l v e r s , a n d , r e a l i z i n g t h a t t h e l i g h t I c a r r i e d m a d e u s f a i r t a r g e t s , I p u t i t o u t . H a l f a s e c o n d l a t e r a b u l l e t c l a t t e r e d a g a i n s t t h e w a l l b e h i n d m e . I d r o p p e d t o t h e floor, a n d t h e m e n w i t h m e f o l l o w e d m y e x a m p l e . T h e n I h e a r d a c l a t t e r i n g a t t h e d o o r , a n d k n e w t h a t G r a y s o n , t h e r e p o r t e r , w a s t r y i n g t o g e t i n t o u s . B u t t h o u g h t h e l o c k m u s t h a v e b e e n f o r c e d , y e t i t did n o t y i e l d t o i t s m a n i p u l a t i o n s , a n d p r e s e n t l y a l l w a s s i l e n t T h e n t h e u n e x p e c t e d h a p p e n e d . T h r o u g h a t i n y b a r r e d w i n d o w , h i g h in t h e w a l l , a flash of w h i t e l i g h t n i n g g l e a m e d , a n d ' w e s a w t h a t o u r f o e s , l i k e o u r s e l v e s / w e r e c r o u c h i n g o n t h e floor. G r e e n fired, a n d a g r o a n f o l - l o w e d t h e r e p o r t of h i s r e v o l v e r . F o r s o m e r e a s o n w h i c h I s h a l l n e v e r b e a b l e t o e x p l a i n , W e a t h e r b y a n d I d i d n o t s h o o t . H i s s m i l i n g , i n s o l e n t f a c e m e n a c e d m e , a n d I l o o k e d b a c k w i t h w h a t defiance*"! c o u l d . W e a l l W a i t e d f o r t h e n e x t flash o f l i g h t n i n g , n o t d r a w i n g a n a u d i b l e b r e a t h . N e v e r d i d s i l e n c e s e e m s o . c o m p l e t e t o m e a s i n t h a t l i t t l e r o o m w h e r e s i x d e s p e r a t e m e n w a i t e d i n d a r k n e s s t o d o e a c h o t h e r t o t h e d e a t h . If I c o u l d h a v e h e a r d a s i g h I s h o u l d h a v e fired. I h a v e k n o w n w o u n d s a n d t h e s u r g e o n ' s p r o b e , b u t t h e p a i n o f t h a t s i l e n c e d i s c o u n t e d t h e m . I c r a w l e d a l o n g t h e e d g e o f t h e w a l l t h a t I m i g h t b e i n a n u n e x p e c t e d p l a c e b y t h e n e x t l i g h t n i n g g l e a m , k e e p i n g m y r e v o l v e r j u s t i n a d v a n c e of m y n o s e . W h e n t h e e n v - e l o p i n g flash c a m e it r e v e a l e d t h e e y e s o f P a y s o n W e a t h - e r b y n o t s i x i n c h e s f r o m m i n e . W G b o t h i n v o l u n t a r i l y r e c o i l e d ; w e b o t h fired. A b i t of i c e s e e m e d t o g r a z e m y h e a d , a n d t h e n I f e i t a w a r m fluid d a m p e n i n g m y c h e e k . B i g e l o w c r i e d o u t s u d d e n l y , a n d I w a s g u i l t y of a n a u d i b l e g r o a n of a n x i e t y f o r h i m . A g a i n w e w a i t e d — I c a n n o t tell t h e l e n g t h o f t i m e . I t w a s n o m o r e t o b e m e a s u r e d t h a t a h a s h e e s h d r e a m . T h e n o u t o f t h e s i l e n c e c a m e a v i b r a n t , h y s t e r i c a l s h r i e k . P a y s o n W e a t h e r b y h a d n o t l o o k e d l i k e E d g a r A . P o e f o r n o t h i n g . H i s d e l i c a t e l y w r o u g h t o r - g a n i z a t i o n T e v u l t e d a g a i n s t t h e s t r a i n u p o n it. H e s o b b e d a n d l a u g h e d . H e w a s a m a d m a n . 4^his h o r r o r a f f e c t e d u s a l l s i m i l a r l y . W e w e r e w a r y , b u t w e s u s p e n d e d h o s - t i l i t i e s . W e w e r e o n o u r g u a r d l e s t t h i s e m o t i o n a l m a n i a c s h o u l d d a s h - e u * - b r a i n s o u t o r h i s o w n a g a i n s t t h e i r o n w a l l s . > T h e h a s h e e s h d r e a m r e a c h e d o u t l i k e t h e b e g i n n i n g of e t e r n i t y , a n d w e b e - g a n t o s u f f e r f o r a l a c k of o x y g e n . T h e n c a m e a b a t t e r i n g a t t h e d o o r a n d I s t a g g e r e d o u t , d r e n c h e d i n b l o o d f r o m m y w o u n d . S o m e o n e h e l p e d m e up, a n d I h e a r d l a t e r t h a t i t w a s P a y - s o n W e a t h e r b y . - W n e n , s i x w e e k s l a t e r , I c a m e o u t of t h e h o s p i t a l , t h e y t o l d m e h e w a s i n a cell a t K a n k a k e e . A s f o r m e , I g a v e u p t h e d e t e c t i v e p r o f e s s i o n . I h a d b e e n a f a i l u r e a t It. B u t I h a r e t h e c o m f o r t of t h e r e f l e c t i o n t h a t i f P a y s o n W e a t h e r b y d e f e a t e d m e , I d e - f e a t e d h i m n o l e s s . N o " P r o p e r t y " Etcapca. O v e r t h e a u d i e n c e r e s t s a s e t t l e d , i m - m o v a b l e s t i l l n e s s , u n b r o k e n e v e n b y a s i g h . N o e x p r e s s i o n r e f e r a b l e t o s o r - r o w , s y m p a t h y , j o y o r t e a r s l i g h t e n s t h e b l a n k , d e a d w a l l s o f t h e f a c e s . T h e C h i n a m a n i s i m p r e g n a b l e . O n l y o n c e d o h i s e y e s c h a n g e , a n d t h a t i s w h i l e t h e p r o p e r t y m a n i s o n t h e s t a g e , a n d h e i s n e v e r off. T h e C h i n e s e p r o p e r t y m a n s e e s h i s d u t y t o t h e m a n a g e m e n t , a n d p u t s i t i n t o p r a c t i c a l effect, N o " p r o p e r t y " s h a l l e s c a p e h i m . H e g a t h - e r s all t h i n g s b y t h e w a y . W h e n t h e C h i n e s e R o m e o s l a y s T y b a l t t h e p r o p - e r t y m a n s t e p s o n t o t h e s t a g e , g a t h - e r s u p T y b a l t ' s s w o r d , c a p a n d c l o a k a n d t h i n g s a n d w a l k s off w i t h t h e m . H e w o u l d e n t e r M a c b e t h ' s b a n q u e t h a l l w h i l e . t h e w e a k - k n e e d m o n a r c h w a s e x e r c i s i n g B a n q u o ' s g h o s t , g a t h e r u p t h e g o b l e t s a n d p l a t e s i n o n e a r m a n d M a w b e t h ' s c h a i r w i t h - t h e . o t h e r , a n d ' c a r r y t h e m a w a y . H e w o u l d p l u c k t h e r o s e s f r o m E l a i n e ' s b r e a s t ; h e w o u l d t a k e t h e d a g g e r f r o m J u l i e t ' s d e a d h a n d ; h e w o u l d i n t e r r u p t H a m l e t ' s s o l i l o q u y i n t h e c h u r c h y a r d w i t h a r e - q u e s t f o r Y o r l c k ' s s k u l l , a n d h e w o u l d I n t e r p o s e i n t h e m u r d e r o f D e e d e m p n a t o r e m o v e t h e p i l l o w s f r o m h e r h e a d . — L e s l i e ' s W e e k l y . / - — ' " ~ ' N o t , W o r t h W h i l e . H e ^ - N o ; I n e v e r r e a d b o o k s t h a t a r e t a f t e d - a b o u t . S h e — B u t w h y n o t ? H e — I t t a k e ? s o m u c h effort t o e x p l a i n If I t t o a ' t I l k a t h e m . — P u c k . WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh. Coughs, Colds, Grip and Catarrhal Diseases. MRS. BELVA A. L0CKW00D, LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. M r s . B e l v a L o c k w o o d , t h e e m i n e n t b a r r i s t e r , o f W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , i s t h « o n l y w o m a n w h o h a s e v e r b e e n a c a n d i d a t e f o r t h e P r e s i d e n c y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t eft S h e i s t h e b e s t k n o w n w o m a n i n A m e r i c a . A s t h e p i o n e e r o f h e r s e x i n t h e l e g a l p r o f e s s i o n s h e h a s g a t h e r e d f a m e a n d f o r t u n e . I n a l e t t e r t o The* P e r u n a M e d i c i n e C o m p a n y , s h e s a y s : "/ have used your Perunm both tor myself and my mother, Mrs* Hannah J. Bennett, now in ber 88th year, and I find it an invaluable remedy for cold, catarrh, hay fever and kindred diseases; also a good tonic for feeble and old people, or those run down and with nerves unstrung. it Yours truly, Belva A. Lockwood. C a t a r r h m a y a t t a c k a n y o r g a n o f t h e b o d y . W o m e n a r e e s p e c i a l l y l i a b l e t o c a t a r r h o f t h e peLvic o r g a n s . T h e r e a r e o n e h u n d r e d c a s e s of c a t a r r h o f t h a p e l v i c o r g a n s t o o n e o f c a t a r r h o f t h e h e a d . M o s t p e o p l e t h i n k , b e c a u s e t h e y h a v e n o c a t a r r h of t h e h e a d , t h e y h a v e n o c a t a r r h a t a l l . T h i s i s a g r e a t m i s t a k e , a n d i s t h e c a u s e o f m a n y c a s e s o f s i c k n e s s a n d d e a t h . " H e a l t h a n d . B e a u t y " s e n t f r e e t o W o m e n o n l y , b y T h e P e r u n a M e d i c i n e ^ o . , C o l u m b u s , O h i o . S o m a H e n Ara So Mean. M r s W a l k e r ( t o h e r h u s b a n d , w h o i s Dearly a s l e e p ) — O , N o r m a n , i s t h e l a m p o u t i n t h e d i n i n g r o o m ? N o r m a n — D o n ' t k n o w , b u t I'll t a k e c h a n c e s o n it. It w e n t o u t b e f o r e I c a m e t o b e d , a n d I h a v e n ' t h e a r d i t c o m e i n . — N e w Y o r k W o r l d . D O Y D U D.onr DELAY BALSAM THE It Cures Colds, Couqhs. Sore Throat, Croup. In* Ruenza. Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cute for ConsamptionirxJirat stages, and a sure relief in advanced stagesT Use at once. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose- Sold by dealers everywhere. Large bottles 25 cents and SO cents. n D n D C V N E W DISCOVERY; gives 1 # | \ ^ ^ kr ^ 9 I quick relief and cure* worstcases. Boole gf te/Hfmontals and 10 DATS* treatment rax*, DR. H. H. flam's soss, *»x a. AU— U . O*. ARTERS1NK . Just as cheap a s poor ink. Get your Pension DOUBLE QUICK Write C APT. O'FARRELL, Pension A r e n t , 1425 New York Avenue. WASHINGTON. 0.<a> PENSIONS M«>«t smoked in A few hoars with KRAUSERS' LIQUI0 EXTRACT OF SMOKE. liiad* from hickory wood. . Cheaper, cJemaeAj •weeter, Aad sur*r than the-old way. 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La Porte is the natural seaport for the products of the entire Middle. Northern and w e s t - ern s t a t e s and for Houston, the great railroad center of Texas. Excursion* at reduced rates will be run twloe a month. Write for FREE HAPS, DCSCRJPTIVB UTBRATURE and full particular* to AMERICAN LAND CO., 188 ftvawtso* 8t*»* •• • - - CHICAOa W. N . U . — D E T R O I T — N O , 4 - - 1 OOP toe* Atsuertag Mverttseaaeits I M S \ •?~» / X EAST MARION. Tom Richards was home from Detroit over last Sunday. Mrs. J. B. Allen, of Howell, visited her daughter the first of the week. The neighborhood had quite a scare over the ravines of a drunken man one night last week. Manning and Edd Hoisel and Emmet Watson are- attending school in the Hause district. I. S. P. Johnson and wife, of Pinckney, visited with Elder Pierce and family last week. C. E. meeting next Sabbath evening, Miss Jennie Montague, leader. Topic:—"Simon and Us." EA&T PUTNAM. The C. E. Society cleared six dollars at their social last week. Mesdames G. W. and E. D. Brown are visiting in Oak Grove. Guy Hall spent the last of last week visiting relatives in Fpwlerville and WUliamston. Hanson Lake of Ithaca is the guest of his brother R. W. and, other relatives iu this place. Mesdames Mortimer Twitchel and Arthur Schoenhals of Hamburg, spent Tuesday with Mrs. J . R.Hal). UNADILLA J. D. Coulton of Jackson was in town over Sunday. John Dunning and Gertrude Mills are on the sick list. Herman Reed visited friends in Howell Saturday and Sunday. Will Stowe visited friends in Brighton last Saturday and Sunday. Wm. Pyper and A. C. Watson made a business trip to Waterloo Monday. The union meetings are being carried on in the M. E. church this week. Kittie Livemore returned last week from a week's visit with relatives in Ionia. Rose Glenn of North Lake spent a few days last week with Gertrude Webb. Geo. Cooper"of Mt. Pleasant is s pending a few days with her sister Mrs. Geo. Goodwin. Airs. Mary Ives returned last Saturday from a two weeks visit -with friends in Banroft. Wm. Sales s^avo a paper at the ^owlerville meeting of the Farmers Instilute Tuesday of this week. The Ladies Aid of the , Presby- NORTH HAMBURGMrs. M, Davis.is on the gain. Mrs. Clareuce Carpenter is vis iting near Dexter. v! Charles Hull txpects) to soon move on his aunt's farm, Mrs. Sears, near Aim Arbor. Mrs. Jarvis is spending the winter with her daughter in the northern part of the state. Miss Lillian Boyle and Miss Iva Halstead are spending a few weeks with relatives in Le>lin. FARMER8' INSTITUTE. A Good Attendance, and Much Interest, The Farmers' Institute vertised iu the DISPATCH which was adlast week, was nure from stock to keep land up to the standard. A man can run hit farm in a diversified way forms a broader experience than the one who follows just one line, this makes them mrrow. In our diversified farming we m ist use our brain as well aa our brawn. We mast know how to select a farm and Low to plan it so as to get the most out of it. Stock it with "general purpose" horses, cows, tools, etc. As there was no discussion on this subheld in the opera house. Weduesday, and ject Miss Iva Placeway gave a recitation, considering the weather was largely attend- j 4<Tfae F a r m e r » 8 N e e t | 8 a n d Rehire . ed, about 100 being present at the morning session. The meeting was called to order by the local manager, C. M. Wood, and opened by singing "America," by the audience, and invocation by Rev. K. H. Crane. The i ments," by Hon. Wm. Ball. Not every ! man who can hold ar plow, feed hogs or milk a cow is a farmer. To be a farmer is something more. He must do all of , these to be sure, but he must also be a bus- . . iness man. He must improve on everyaddress o( welcome WHS given by Hon. O. | ^ M o f e ^ ^ ^ o f 8 f l l r m e r t0(lay> W. Teeple. Although I am not a farmer t h a n e y e r b e f o f e a n d fae ^ k § e p OQ i m . by trade, I am one by proxy; or may be p r o v i n g f o r m 0 r e w U 1 b e ^ ^ i n t h e classed as a "little" farmer. We welcome , „ CT ., w _ _u „4 # l _ , j _ you to our model village. We hope what ou listen to, today, may prove a benefit to you. ' ; Address by Hon. Peter Voorheis, Of Pontine, subject, "Live Stock on the Farm and the mue-a n*s of .I mip- rov»uin«g „.I,kti.^"* I aa mr.! How many farmers know how much it very much interested in the subject, as I f J • see .tuh e n^eedi ofc -i~m pr-o. vem~.~en~t*. TIt* i:«s. g„.»e»t- costs to make one pr ound of pr ork or butteri, future. He must know what the world requires and work to meet the requirement. He must be a lawyer; doctor, and preacher —at least he must be a moral man. He must be a botanist and understand some chemistry. ting to be so that the farmer must understand a reasonable amount of chemistry in shape, with ihe f< llowing officers: Prea., Fred Jarvis; Vice Pres , R. C. Haddock; Sec, Edessa Black; Treas., Emil Stewart; Organist, Grace Nash. Miss Grace Nanh spent part of order to succeed as a farmer; to know how the week with her sister, Mrs.' *> increase the fertility of the farm. We Hendee, at Chubb'* Corners. j mu*c keeP l'"e T? t0 ^1 7 * *?*' I Now what kind of stock shall we keep on North H a m b u i g C. E. society t h e f H r m ? T 1 ) a t depends upon what is are Starting the new. year in good wanted of the stock, as there is a difference in breeds for different purposes; but all should be uf the best breed for the purpose, and keep them :<s pure as possible. I advocate, fur general purpose, the Short Horn. You may have cows that will bring you in more money in milk, but when you come to turn off ihey will not bring much of anything. Cows are not all of the stock that it pays to keep on a farm. A good many keep sheep to advantage but in tbis there should be the same object—to keep a pure breed I can keep iiogs very cheaply and make them pay. I have a silo and during the summer bring the hogs along on rape, clover etc. and in winter on silo feed among the cows. One more kind of live stock I wish to speak of and that is our boys and girls. We often spend to much time thinking what we'shall feed and do for our stock and forget to think of the boys and girls. MORE LOCAL. The cold weather must have frozen some of onr correspondents ink tbis week. — Miss Myrtilla Reason is now one of the "hello" girts in a telephone office in Detroit-- Kirk Van Winkle was in Detroit the first of tbe week attending the grand lodge F. & A. M. He was a delegate from the lodge here. A father in Detroit was competed to pay a judgement of over a $1000 on account of n> ><o V careless use of a tov trie. Rifles are nil riirbt in their plac*?, but thejr p'a<'e is not in the i hands of "don't oar*11 youngsters, who are found in ev^ty town, tms one not excepted / terian church will hold a business meeting in their hall Wednesday afternoon Jan 31. Mr. and Mrs Chas. Hudson returned to Grand Ledge last week after an extended visit with relatives here and at Dansville. The Ollapodrida club meet at L. H. Hadleys last Suturday night a good time was enjoyed by all who attended. The next meeting will be held at Will Sales Saturday evening Jan. 27. The program will consist of a debate on the English Boer Question. « & • • ANDERSON. Chas. Hoff Jr. sports a bran new buggy. Mr. and Mrs Fred Merrill were in Iosco on Tuesday of this week. Will Singleton spent the past week with his sister near Munith. Mrs. Kirk Van Winkle is spends ing a few days with her parents here.^ Mrs. Charles Woodworth, of Gregory, called on friends here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bennett, of B o well, were guests of. her parents over*Sunday. * The Misses Mame Sigler, Lillian Boyle and Iva Halstead spent Sunday at C M . Wood's. Several from this place attended the Unadilla Farmers' Club at Z. A. HartsufFs on Saturday last. There will be a chicken pie social at theJuun* of Mr. L. Boy, Friday evening of this week. Supper 10 cents. Everybody iavited. If yon want all-the news subscribe for the DISPATCH. Thin, pale, an&mic jirls ; ! need a fatty food to enrich their blood, jive color to their cheeks and restore their health and strength, it Is safe to say that they nearly all reject fat with their food. beef or mutton. These questions must be met and answered by the successful farmer of today and the future. Boys, study this, for you will be required to know it if you succeed. The farmer should not raise auy animal that will not pay for good breeding and care. Half of the success of tbe ani. mat is in the blood—the rest is in the-care. The well bred anirral we like to care for— the mongrel we kick out of the way. Do not keep more than you can keep well. The time has come when we must pay attention to these things if we sueceed. Why raise wheat when we k%ow it does not pay. The man who succeeds the best with stock is the one who is with it the most of the time. If other lines of business were carried on in the same manner as farming it would be bankrupt in six months. If your farm gives you a living as you run it it will give good dividends if taken care of and handled properly. The man who tries to fun the government and lets the farm run itself, never will succeed. Stay at home, care for the farm and the farm will care for you. Every farmer boy will not be a farmer or the farmer's girl a farmer's wife. They should be educated so that they may fill them. They hare many advantages over the yonng people of the city. Give them an education rather than money. They cannot lose that bnt they can squander property—leave them an education if nothing more. Too much land it plowed OTery year for crops. We must not put in more crops than we want and cat take care of to gel the most out of. I do not believe that the farmers of this county read euough good farm Journals. Smoke and chew tobacco less and furnish your family with good reading. You have got a good many good ideas here this afternoon but will you profit by them. If you have got anything out of the meeting go home and practice it, as it will be for your good, The paper "Tratasporation" by Prof. Sterling of Howell, was read by Rev. C. W. Rice, Mr. Sterling not being able to be present. The paper has been read and commented on before so we only say it was excellent. The whole meeting was a success from begining to end and much enthusiasm was shown. At the afternoon session nearly 400 people crowded into the opera house and remained to the close. - M M M M R U i H M M M M a i l M a z pi cw CO IP © Z 0 r •< They are our future rulers and farmers *n7 position respectably that may fall, to and we mnst watch them. From our doehas) 3" •3 ft ft 2 .© 3 r* oi 3" * % s. B Li o 1 tors and lawyers up to our presidents the most of them came from the farm and it stands us in hand to bring up and train our boys and girls right. Kev. Simpson led in the discussion. Said he was interested in the talk especially the latter part of it. Thought i t just Finishing Up The Red Mark StQbSiOH — COO L I V E R O I L mHHYPOPHOSPMTESOFUMEiSOOA is exactly what they require; \ it not only jives them the im-;; portent element (cod-liver oil) in a palatable and easily digested form, but also the hypophosphites which are sovakaabSc in nervous disorders that usually accompany anaemia. SCOTTS EMULSION b a I fatty food that is more easily $ digested than any other form of fat. A certain amount of flesh is necessary for health. You can get it in this way. We have known per* sons to gain a pound a day while taking it# ~ $oc. ami $1.00, «11 drugfkta,' ' SCOTT & BOWNE, OttttitU, New Y**. and righTTo look after, the live stock but we must not neglect the boys and-girls. AFTERKOOK SESSION. The afternoon session was opened by singing the last two verses of "America" and the opening of the question box. How and when is the best time to de-horn cattle —Either fall or spring but not to late in the spring. The most humane way is when they are small calces, with caustic potash. What is the most profitable age to sell fatting cattle—Mr. Ball. As soon as they t t can be gotten in a saleable condition to Red Mark Prices, and when this sale is over you will prob* weigh aboutT200 lbs. How to secure a catch of clovermy ground and sowed the seed and in i the fall mowed ddwn the weeds to form a i covering. Mr. Bail goes over the wheat field where the wheat has been taken with | a seed drill or dray and sow clover. ; Do you deam it profitable to feed silage | unless engaged in dairying. Yes, think silage profitable to feed to any stock. Mr. j Beach—A neighbor feed silage to lambs 1 and never raised better lambs or cheaper and they were ready for market sooner. | ' Is it profitsbtefo have hedge-fence? No. i What is the best way to preserve fence I posts—Mr. Wood, in '61, dipped fence posts in tar and I of them are stand ing to-day. The posts were green^jswamp-oak. Would you advise a farmer who is makiug butter-making a business, to raise Short Horns—We give satisfaction to our customers with Short Horn butter, but if your customers want Jf.rBey butter, supply them. | What is the cost of a silo that will hold 20 acres of corn—Thfs depends upon how good you make the silo; knew one man whu built one from timber taken from his woods. He thought it cheaper than a bough ten one. A 100-ton silo ran be put up for $100. How can we as farmers' clubs secure a traveling library? Write h Mrs. Spencer, state librarian, Lansing; think/h costs (5 for membership. y Tha-question of wheat and iron was Not many days left now for you to buy gdods at tark Prices, and when this sale is over you will probr— fitted! abty n o ^ again for yearsMfrnrsuch chances tcr buy good goods so cheap. We have been making prices to draw to this sale from[far.. - People'have. paid railroad fare from places 40 miles away, and have said it was money in their pocket to travel even further ~to get) the benefit of such sale prices. There are grand good bargains *in every department of'this store and you find everything e^r^rine just aa represented./ "^ Any Cloak in Our Stock Now $4.00. •^•aiAi.n. ••!'«. , *sh* at thrown out as one not profitable tor farm ers discussion. "Diversified farming," by Mr. Vorheis. There are but few "special" farmers, so this question is very apropos. There are some who think they can make a specialty of grain and use commercial fertiliser, bat tbjsjk thai the farm must hare the ma* ' . v^jr""- Come in to get a share of these 5ed Mark reductions. Only a few days more. Yours respectfully, L. H. FIELD. Jftduno, MJcfe. V. J — b+»J Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch January 25, 1900 Description An account of the resource January 25, 1900 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. 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Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. VOL. xvin. r mm. • • ' • • • • • • ' ' - '••• ' j , : f i ; V ;>•/-•'•'•'<.' PINCKNEY, LIVINGSTON CO., MICH., THURSDAY, FEB. 1,1900. •n* r;,#. No. 5 . /:, i r The-- Surprise Store, LOCAL N E W S . *. *- State Farmers' Institute. Prices That Speak for Themselves. Brush Edge bfhding per yard 04 Dress Stays 05 Velveteen binding per bunch, 10 Uard of hooks and eyes 02 and 03 Saxony yarn . per skein 05 Germantown zephyrs per skeinj)6 Ladies' Fleece-lined Hose 10 Cbildren'3 heavy fleece In'd hose 10, 15 MenV heavy cotton socks 05 Xadies' hdkfs. 5,10, 15, 25 Children's hdkfs. Men's turkey red hdkfs. Paper napkins Music rolls Men's heavy over shirts Men's and boys' wristlet* Tooth brushes Bhofi-feruihes Shaving brushes 5.10 Good heavy suspenders 10,15, 25 01 05 per doz 05 25,49 45 10 5, 10,15 10,1MKU!5 Shoe soles 25c door mat and scraper Horse whips 10,15 10 ——.—m 05 05.07 03,04 05 per par 04 Enameline stove polish Lamp burners Lamp chimney 10 doz. clothes pins Ivory 3oap We carry a complete line of Hosiery, Stationery, Pocket Books, Hair Pins and Hair Ornaments. Our two stores enable us to give you the greatest value for your money—why pay more. "Come and get our prices, then MATCH US IF YOU CAN. Yours for trade, E. A. BOWMAN, Prop. Bowman'Block, Pinckney. B E R T W E L L M A N Manage* of Pinokney Store. Howell Store, next to P . O. Feb. 1. This is "Cupids" month. Get your Valentines ready. The K. O. T. M. installed their officers on Friday evening last. An Oceola township farmer has 27 cows which bring him $8 per day formilk. Frank Wright and wife, ot Jackson, are spending a few weefcs with relatives here. Sumner Simpson and a Mr, Hall, of Handy, were guests of E. J. Briggs the last of last week. There is talk of rural mail delivery north and east of Howell. The route will comprise 25 miles. No school in the Grammar, Intermediate and Primary rooms, Monday, as it was impossible to heat them comfortably. Mrs. Frank Wright and son Frank wero called to Waterloo, the first of the week, on account of the death of her mother. A little child belonging to Mrs. Isaac King, of Waterloo, died on Sunday evening last. The funeral was held on Tuesday. Nearly twenty of the young friends of Fred Campbell gave him a party at his home on Thursday evening, and and report a rousing time. On Monday of last week the milk factory took in 130,027 pounds of milk. This was- worth $1,563.24 to the farmers of the county. Livingston county now has a Demociatic club of over 700 members. W. H. S, Wood ia president, E. C. Shields secretary and GrAT. Newman treasurer. The February term of circuit court opens in Howell on Monday, Feb. 5. We see the names of WmT"L>ock±ng r and W. D, Thompson as Jurors from this township. L. M. Teeple has purchased two dray lines in Vassar, he went Monday night to take charge of them. His family will go later. Here is to your success Lloyd., C. Jacobs brought to town Monday, ten fall lambs (born about the time of our first snow storm) for wich he received $3.00 per head. We%air' this quick returns. Our' patrons have our thanks for responding so quickly to our call for settlement. There are still a few others from whom we, would like to hear from. The DISPATCH has received many compliments upon its report of the Farmers' Institute held here on Wednesday of last week. It being our press day, many did not look for so full a report, The DISPATCH was one week ahead of mpst papers in this vicinity in the publishing the laws enacted by the last session of the legislature. We do not believe in playing "second fiddle" anyway. We are in receipt of the Gratiot Journal in which is an article exposing a Spiritualistic Medium. One was giving a seance at Ithaca, and was caught by one*of the boys, the lights turned on, and the "spirit" proved to be flesh and blood. i n our mention last week, of the way MrTWood treated fence-posts, we simply said tar when it should have read coal tar. Mr. Wood informs us that, thiy should be dipped in when the tar is hot, and ne cousiders it one of the best preseryities of tence-posts and well worth trying. On page 8, plainly visible, is the advT of F. H. Nix * 3on, photographers. We have seen ome of the work of these gentlemen and can say that it is equal to any we have ever seen anywhere. Their groupings ancj posin^s are excellent, and their work is the -wortof artists. -They open the gailery on Saturday of this week. . _ A Two-Day Meeting at Howell Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2-3. On Friday and Saturday of this week, the Stata Farmers' Institute will meet in the court room at Howell. A good program bas been-arranged and a large attendance is looked for. Every farmer in the countv, who can possibly do so, should attend. P30GRAM. FRIDAY MORNING, FKBBUABY ?. Duet Mr. and Mri. Fred Bucknell Invocation. Remarks by president of institute society Sheep and clover L. W. Oviatt ., Discussion. Citizenship S. M. Yerkee Discussion. _ AFTERNOON. • Music. Stale? Qaartett Quizzing box. The general purpose cow .Prof, C. D. Smith Discussion. Music Staley Quartett Horse ani Horsemanship..Dr. G. W. Waterman Discussion. Solo G. B. Hosley EVENING. Solo, Emll Bode A balance ration for man.. .Mrs. Emma Campbell Recitation Miss Ella-Winegar Home Sanitation Dr. Henry B. Baker Muaio SITUBPAY MORNING, FSBBUABY 3. Music Invocation. Fertilizers and manures.. Cal. Husselman . Discussion. When papa's sick...» Miss Florence Allison Fattening pigs and Iambs .E. W. Oviatt Discussion. •>' Solo. ; Trusts...... Fred Richter Business Meeting. Reports of committees. Secretary and treasurer's reports. AFTERNOON. Report of Dayfoot monument comtrittee.......r O. W. Sexton Farm drains F. L. Andrews Tillage ...Cal Husselman Quizzing boz. , Solo H. O. Hill Diseases of domestic animals and hygiene of - the stable Dr. U. W. Waterman Discussion. MuTtcr. J i l l 111 n 1 U t 111 1 Ail 111» It Ml 1111 i *»1 i m t n i H i * Gome to the Dispatch Office P i n c k n e y * M i c h . , P O P Letter Heads, E n v e l o p e s , C a r d s , E t c . P r i c e s Right. I f f f T T T I T T I H l I T M T T T T f T T T T U I I I I T I T f l l T f f T i m i Jul Program for woman's section of Farmers' Institute at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon. 1:30 r. TT --, Singing—America- '" Prayer. Recitation MIBS Eva Houghteling Paper Mrs. Frank Backus Music Nora Howe, Edith and Etbel Peavy Recitation Mrs. Mae Batchelor What is best Mrs. Emma A. Campbell Speakers. Mrs. Emma Campbell, Ypsilanti. furnished by the ' state board of agriculture. Local Speaker, .Mrs. Frank Backus Marion Joseph Sykes is on the sick list. Almost a blizzard the first of the week. Born to Mr. and Mrs, Will Mercer, Jan. 25, a son. Geo. Reason Jr. was in Stockbridge Monbay onabusiness. Geo. Schoenhals, of Genoa, was in town the first ot the week. James and Richard Harris are cut' ting wood for John Watson of Marion. Miss Gertrude Snedioor, of Howell, was a guest of Mrs. Geo. Green the past week. John Fohey spent Saturday and Sunday with his daughter, Veronica, in Ann.Arbor. Now is the time to get those magazines bound as the volume has closed. Call and see our work. Cards are out announcing a party to be given by the Youug Peoples' Club of this place, at the Tuamey House, Feb. 9. E. A. Bowman has consented to let ! Bert Wellman issue premium tickets ' with trade. These tickets have won | a good deal of trade for the store *t Howell. The tickets will be redeemed at either store. On Friday afternoon- last, the Lady Maccabees held a special meeting and installed their officers. While the meeting was not an open one, each member had the privilege of inviting a lady friend, and there were, about 70 present. After the installation a Banqnet was spead and an hour was spent in a social manner, much to the' benefit of the order. Always at it. At What? Selling Goods of course. O % While the holiday trade is always a harvest for some —and we get our share—our trade always remains good the year around^—The reason is that we sell the best stapie goods for the least money. People today are not looking for CHEAP goods but GOOD goods cheap. The following^are-so-me-ef-ettr facs: Drugs and Medicines. A fulr and complete line. School Supplies* Books, Tablets, PcncHs Pens, Ink and Examination Blanks. Crockery. A full line of , Plain and Pancy ware. A fine line of Lamps. Fancy Articles* Celluloid Goods, Hdkf., Cuff and Collor Box. s. T h e y m a k e f i n e b i r t h d a y g i f t s . Groceries. We carry a line of the best in town. Prices are right. Wall Paper. Our sales the past year were far ahead of our expectations, and this season we will be better prepared than ever to give values. F. A. SIGLER. Di-ng-glst. TEEPLE & CADWELL General Hardware, Have as complete an assortment of heavy and shelf hardware as can be found in^4b£ county, and 1900 finds us more thoroughly equipped than ev3r before. u*< K M . Builders Hardware a Specialty. Doors and Common Sash always in stock.^ Complete line of Buggies, Wagons and Heating Stoves, Ranges, ood Stovesu Wood and Coal.. yr f'h r • • « ' ? • w>. UEVENTS OF THE WEEK N OUR GREAT S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF FORM. % When the Report pt the Statft Tax CotemtMlon la Ka*e PabUc it Will Furnish Some Startling Information Beg- ardlng Unjust Method* of Taxation* MICHIGAN N E W S ITEMS. Anolher Way of Stealing From the State* The state tax commission, in/ pursuance of its^duties of investigating the system of assessed valuation and taxation of the state, has already been through 55 out of the 83 counties, in the state. Two-thirds of this work is done, and from a brief survey of a small portion of the field covered by the Commission, there, is no question that when the report is finally made to Gov. Pingree, or to the next legislature when it meets, will prove most startling. Apparently hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of property,* both real and personal, is escaping taxation yearly, owing to the most flagrant neglect of the assessing officers of the townships and counties throughout the state.' At Muskegon a millionaire was found who was paying taxes on 81,000 worth of property when the same was actually worth 5000,000. Since the' special session of the legislature adjourned, the commission have investigated the assessing system of eight or ten new counties. Instance after instance has been found where the large property owner is escaping taxation altogether, and where county after county is assessed for only from 25 to 33 per cent of its real property value, and escapes its just proportion of the state tax where other counties aro assessed for from 60 to 80 per cent of property1 value and are bearing an undue proportion of the cost of operating the state. Eau Claire wants a grist mill and w«,nts it bad. Manistee suffered a fire loss of 814,- 000 on the 26th. Three new rural mail routes arc soon to be established at Albion. South Haven will vote on the proposition to bond for electric lights. An electric line from Flint to Long Lake and Fenton is being agitated. The free mail delivery service will be established at Wyandotte on Feb. 1. Lawrence is to have a local board of trade and improvement association. The Maryland Fidelity & Deposit Co. denies liability under Gen. White's bond*. Slippery Corners, five miles north of Mt. Clemens, was wiped out by fire on the 25th. At tho union revival services just :2 persons were To Fight the Bell Mooopoly. The Independent telephone companies of Muskegon, Saranac, Lansing, Union of Gratiot and Isabella counties, Alma and Vestaburg, Traverse City, jana county, Howard City^ Adrian, Kalamazoo, Grand Haven, McBrides, Benton Harbor, Lake Odessa, Sunfield, Reed City, Battle Creek, Dowagiac, St. Johns, Cassopolis, Jackson, Charlotte, Kalkaska, Owosso and Shipscwana, Ind., were represented at a meeting held at Grand Rapids OH the 23d. Saginaw and South Haven companies sent assurances of co-operation. The representatives of the companies discussed plans of defense against the Bell monopoly and expressed a determination to' stand together and continue the fight. Some Counties are Rhy. Kent county, which pays the second largest tax of any county in the state, -has—not yet made any- remittance of taxes received by the county treasurer up to Jan. 15, as'the statute requires. No return has yet been made by Houghton county, which pays the third largest state tax. A number of smaller counties are also shy, but on the whole the taxes have come in more promptly this year than ever before. About 81,- '300,000 has been received during tho past 10 days, and the balance in the state treusury at the close of business on the, 25th was $1,¢28,017.60. closed at Charlotte converted. Five business places at Traverse City were scorched to the extent of 820,000 on the 24th. Tho Ogemaw county treasurer has paid out 8141 bounty for the killing of 47 wildcats. The Brighton Breeders' association, composed of 20 stockholders, has been formed there. During 189ft, 85 divorce cases were begun in Calhoun county and 51 decrees were granted. The cooper shop at Reading was destroyed by fire on the 25th, entailing a loss of 85,000. A gang" °f sheep thieves that has been operating in Berrien county has been rounded up. A bone fide boom is on at South Haven—there is not an. empty store to be folffid in town. r" Benton Harbor is to have an overall manufactory which will give employment to 500 hands. Muskegon has been struck by the revival of the roller skating craze, and a rink has been opened. An Oxford man is the possessor of a hen which has laid a double-yolk egg every day for a week. — ^ Fine beds of marl^have been found at Cass City and the prospects for a cement factory are good. The output of the beet sugar factory at Alma was 3,500,000 pounds, made from 10,267 tons of beets. A county bar association formed by the attorneys of county on Lincoln's birthday. Rev. J. J. Axtell, of Royal Oak, has decided to leave that village and make Battle Creek his headquarters. Of the 17 deaths in Tekonsha village and township tl\iring 1899 seven were of persons over 70 years of age. will be Calhoun A Detroit gentleman has offeredT^to buy any or all of the stock of the New State Telephone Co, at 46 cents j^Cvthe dollar. \ Mew Appointees on Military Board. Gov. Pingree" on the 24th named the men who are to take the places of the members of the state military board who retired as a result of the findings of the grand jury of Ingham county. The appointees announced are as follows: Quartermaster-general, O'Brien Atkinson, Detroit; assistant quartermaster- general, Ford Starring, Detroit; inspector-general, Fred. W. rGreen, Ypsilanti. Regular Session Expense*. According to the records in the auditor- general's office at Lansing, the cost of the last regular sesssion of the legislature was 8174,549.42. This includes per diein, mileage, stationery and committee expeniturcs. aside from the cost of heating and lighting A great deal of 'money was .spent on legislative junkets. One of the most significant items is that for employes of the senate, whose per diem mileage and stationery aggregated 820,431.90, while that of the 32.senators was only $18,592.30. Marine City to Detroit. A portion of the bridge across Belle river on the Detroit, Mt. Clemens &' Marine City Electric railway is being placed in position at MarincCity. With the feed and trolley wires all up between Mt. Clemens and Marine City, and the large electric power house at ,Ncw Baltimore approaching completion, this road ought to /,oon be running through electric cars between Marine City and Detroit. • An Unpleasant Joke. A young, married man of St. Joseph got up the other morning and played a good joke on himself. ^ He lit the fire and got breakfast all ready and tiicu went to hi3 bedroom and invited his wife to breakfast, when he glanced at' the clock and notice.'', that it was only 2:30 o'clock. Breakfast was postponed for four hours. TheJ33d anniversary" of the admissiob of this state into the union was cele* brated at Washington on the evening of Jan, 25. / Frank B. Rosevelt, of Keeler, wants Dr, S. Stevens, of Dowagiac, to p:.y him 810,000 for alleged alienation of his wife's affections. "The Montcalm Telephone Co. will shortly be consolidated w i t h the Alma company. The former has connections with 40 different towns. Reading has finally purchased a site for her water works pumping station. The test well sunk on the land has resulted most successfully. In a Lapeer household is a which hasheen in the family flatiron for 280 The anti-saloon league in Hillsdale cocintyia preparing to give the liquor element a battle at the coming election. years, having been brought over from England i n the Mayflower. A Detroit firm will erect a pickle faetory at Bloomingdalc. Contracts have been made with farmers for raising 200 acres of cucumbers. The school for the blind at Lansing is n o w open again, the diphtheria patien^ Jtaving recovered and the quarantine of the institution raised. The Otsego Base Ball association has filed articles of ineorporatian_&t Lansing and will eclipse all former efforts in that line the coming season. A proposition to bond the city of Muskegon for $40,000 to build a municipal electric lighting plant, will be submitted to the voters in the spring. According to the county clerk's report there were 82 divorce cases be« gun in Genesee county last year, 61: decrees being granted and three refused. The young business men of Paw Paw have organized a local board of trade and improvement association^and will now do some hustling for shops and factories. < Hastings can have a pickle, factory, a branch of a big eastern institution, if the farmers of the vicinity will guarantee to grow enough cucumbers to make it a success. Lyman Ogden. of Union township,1 Branch county, has a horse 33 years old that is as spry as a The horse seems good 3 cars more. ' There is something in the atmosphere at Richmond, evidently, which is conducive to longevity, for 21 of the 1,000 residents of that burg are over SO years of age. 3-year-old foY a score colt, of The supreme court has confirmed the conviction of Otto L. Luttermoser. of Springwells township, Wayne county. He was convicted of raising several township orders from 83.75 to 813,75. A wreck occurred on the M. C. railroad at Standish late on the 24th. One train crashed into another, demolishing a caboose, two freight cars and an engine. Loss, 810,000. No one was hurt. Twice inside of six months the dam across the Pine river at Milbrook has given away. The first time the dam went out it cost the taxpayers 81,000, while the accident on the 23d will cost 8500 more. Recalcitrant members of the Methodist church at Oxford, who are opposed to Rev. Lowry, will try a freezeout game, and say they will furnish no more fuel and light while be remains pastor of Zuc church. Four wooden store buildings valued at 818,000 was destroyed by fire at Muskegon at an early hour in the morning on the 24th. Heroic work by the firemen saved the buildings on the opposite side of the street. The voters of Springwells township, Wayne county, on the 24th decided by ballot to bond the township for $20,- 000. The bonds will be issued at once, and it is expected will all be taken by residents of the township. The farmers in the vicinity of Holly report that the wheat crop is in very poor condition. While the ground has not frozen and thawed enough to do any damage, the wheat seems to be of a yellow, dead appearance. Tha Port Huron Salt Co. has filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. The stock has been divided into 35,000 shares at 810 per share. Just 8190,750 of the 8350,000 capital stock has been paid in. By the explosion of a tinner's gasoline pot in the plumbing shop of Beyer & Reisig, at Monroe, on the 23d, Mr. Reisig and a young man were badly burned about the head and arms, but their injuries are not dangerous The Uline & Yarian Manufacturing Co., of Nappanee, Ind., has decided to move its stave, heading, box manufacturing plant and machine shop to Berrien Springs. It will furnish employment to 30 men the year around. A big plaster company is going to remove to Grand Rapids from Kansas City, where it is now located. It will give employment to 75 or 100 men, and comes to the second city without the payment of a bonus or other inducement. Two miners named Kratt and Sweet dropped nearly 2.000 feet in the Atlantic mine at HoughtorTorrthe 22d. The accident was caused through another accident at the engine house disabling the hoist. Both men were horribly mangled. They leave large families. The Prohibition convcntlcm~for~tlie 3d congressional district has_been called to m(jet at Albion, Feb. 9, to select delegates to the state Prohibition convention,, and nominate a candidate for congress. This is the first convention called in this vicinity for the coming campaign. For some time past some person has been committing all kinds of depredations in the vicinity of Burlington. The/dimax was reached a few nights ago when shades and ornamental trees were girdled, street lamps ^ broken,* windows at the school house broken, and other school property maliciously destroyed. Default has been made in the libel suit of Gov. Pingree against the Port Huron Times, no declaration having been filed in the case within the time limit fixed by the statute. The suit, however, can be renewed on the governor's behalf by the payment of the costs which accrued up to the time the default was taken. _ Here's a peculiar verdict rendered by a conorner's jury at Houghton in an accident in which t w o men were killed at the Atlantic mine recently; "By the evidence given w e attach no blame to anyone. It was purely an accident, for whom no* one is accountable. We recommend the company to employ in the future competent engineers.'' ^ The route of the proposed Detroit and Toledo electric railroad is now practically completed and the first, assurance of settled weather will see the work of grading and laying of tracks rushed to a speedy finish, as the company propose to have a finished and fully equipped road ready for the summer passenger business between Toledo and Monroe. Geo. A. Nye. for the past five years manager of Alderman Tony Weiler's saloon in Detroit, was on the 25th convicted of perjury in the recorder's court. He swore falsely to secure, the acquittal of Johns, McLaughlin and Lyle, whq are each serving>20 years-in Jackson prison for having assaulted and robbed Nelson Cunningham in Detroit last February. News was received on the 24th to the effect that John Smith, aged 27, a former resident of Detroit, was devoured ,by—wolves about eight miles from Prcsque Isle. That Smith fought desperately for his life is shown by the surroundings. The deep snow was trampled down and painted crimson with blood, and a dead carcass of a wolf lay within a few feet of the man's body. iT HOME AND ABE0AD S U M M A R Y OF T H 1 N E W S FOR THE WEEK BY WIRE. Professor Recummeudi That **«**«»_. Antl-Toxln Stations be Established by toe United States to Prevent tfee Possible Spread of Bnboulo Plague. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. <• People Dying of Scurvy. The war department has made public »31 important report from Capt. W. R. Abererombie, second infantry, who commanded the Copper river exploring expedition in Alaska last season. The :hief topic treated in the report is the laying out of the great trans-Alaskan military route from Port Valdez, Alaska, to Port Egbert, on the Yukon. While engaged in this work the officer was charged to ta"ke note of the mineral resources of th/country, of its adaptability for agriculture and stock raising and the fuel and food products for man and animal. Capt. Abercrombie arrivedait Valdez, the starting point of the expedition, on the 21st of April, being received by a motley crowd which had just come across the Valdez glacier from the Copper river valley. He found that hundreds of people were dying of starvation and scurvy in the Copper river country. "" The people at Valdez were in a most pitiable condition, crowded in miserable huts like ardines in a box. There were no facilities for bathing; most of the sufferers had scurvy, and not a few frost bitten hands, faces and feet. The tops of Did rubber boots and strips of gunny sacks made shoes and socks for many of them. The stench was intolerable and 70 per cent of the inmates of the huts were mentally deranged. This was common to those whom a fear of scurvy had driven over the glacier, where so many had perished by freeze ing to death. Prepare for the Pleague. Dr. Edwin Klebs, professor of pathology in the post guaduate medic*! school, at Chicago, thinks ^he United States government shouldfake the precaution to prepare for a visit from the bubonic plague. He points out as significant that France, Germany, Russia and Italy ^re making Pasteur antitoxin and suggests that the United States department of agriculture be Authorized by congress to establish serum stations at once i a islands in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and perhaps the great lakes. Prof. Klebs' idea came from his careful watch of the spread of the disease, and the fact that in 1896 in Canton and Amoy, China, the administration of the Pasteur anti-toxin reduced the- death rate from 00 per cent to 0.6 per cent. It require.s a year to perfect the anti-toxins. Another Shooting AlTray in Tieorgla. Two Negroes shot to death and two white men badly wounded was the resjalt of an attempt to arrest a Negro murderer at Macon, Ga., on the 22d. J. II. Butler, colored, is the man who did the most of the shooting and who was himself shot to death. Butler threatened to kill a Negro, woman and when a policeman attempted to arrest him he began to shoot. The Negro ran up one of the busiest streets in Macon, pistol in hand, shooting at everybody in sig"ht. The sound of the shooting attracted a number of policemen an d citizens. When Butler fell wounded five policemen and 15 citizens were shooting at him. Three bullets went completely through his body and there were other wounds. Pension StatUtlcs. Pension Commissioner Evans has given out the following statement, giving the number of pensioners borne on the rolls on account of each of the wars of the United States: On account of the revolutionary war, four widows and seven daughters; war of 1812, one survivor, 1,998 widows; Indian wars, 1832 to 1842, 1,656 survivors and 3,88.9 widows; Mexican war, 9,204 survivors and 8,175 widows. Granted since 1861 under general law, 321,555 invatid and 92,901 widows and other dependents; under law of 1890, invalids, 420,912; widows and dependents, 130,226. Had to Make .Good His Offer. David Rutherfood, of Kokomo, Ind., was awarded a judgment of 81,000 in the circuit court against David Hi ley for the saving of the latter's wife from drowning. During a flood last spring Hiley and his wife were swept off a bridge by a torrent. Hiley reached land and offered $1,000 for the rescue of his wife. Rutherford, after a long struggle, brought the woman ashore, but Hiley, who is a wealthy farmer, refused to pay the reward. Rutherford sued and the jury allowed him the full amount. Kansas Gov. Wants Capital Punishment. Gov. Stanley, of Kansas, will recommend to the next legislature that the crimes act, fixing the punishment for murder, be amended so that the jury shall decide that Question and the jury having fixed the/punishment, the governor's only duty shall be to execute its judgment./ This would restore in Kansas capital punishment for murderT which the present law practically abolishes. The recent double lynching at FKlScott is believed to have influenced the governor. A meeting most important to the brewing interests convened on t h e afternoon of fbe 2,od in the. committee room on public buildings and grounds •to formulate-,plans gpr the pushing of the Babcock bill, which effects* every brewer in the country. This bill proposes to do away with what Is known as the one-eight and oh#*sixth> of a barrel cask, leaving only the quarter, half and barrel sixes. The revenue officials do not object to the measure, and the representatives of St. LouU, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Detroit, Buffalo and Rochester, with other large eastern cities, are planning to rush the bill through. It will simply relieve the brewers of handling the two sizes of casks alluded to, and is of great importance, to them. The case of Brigham H. Roberts, the mormon representative-elect from Utah, which has occupied so much of the attention of the house since the assembling of congress, was decided on the 25th by the adoption to exclude him by a vote of 268 to 50. The exact language of the resolution was as follows: "That under the facts and circumstances of the case, Brigham H. Roberts, representative- elect from the state of Utah, ought not to have or hold a seat in the house of representatives, and that the seat to which he was elected is hereby declared vacant." The reports of the committee on privileges and elections in the case of M. S. Quay, who claims a seat in the United States senate on the strength of an appointment from the governor of Pennsylvania were presented in the senate on the 23d. The majority report, opposing the seating of Mr. Quay, was signed by Senators Caffery, Pettus, Turley, Harris and Burrows. The house committee on Indian affairs on the ^ 25th ordered a favorable report upon the Indian: appropriation ' bill. It carries 87,2,50,000. The agreements with the Kaws, Comanches and Apaches are confirmed. A provision is inserted for the relief of the Pottawattomies. The appropriation for the Dawes commission is increased to §300,- ; ooo. The senate committee on'public lands on the 22d reported favorably Senator Warren's bill granting 850,000 acres in Wyoming for the benefit of the State Soldiers and Sailors' home of that state, and a bill granting the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation to the state of Kansas for a branch agricultural college. Secretary Gage has sent his estimate to congress of the expense for collection of customs in Michigan districts during the year ending June 30, 1901, as follows:* Detroit, $4)9,935; Grand Haven, 87^740; Grand Rapids, $5,237; Marquette, $20,430; Port Huron, $50,753. The cabinet on the 23d discussed~nt length the Puerto Rican situation. The opinion is unanimous in the cabinet that free trade with' the islaniTor~a nominal duty is essential to prevent widespread business disaster among all classes of its people. President McKinley recommends that the bill for $40,370 for cable repairs, presented by tho ('nfra, Suhitia.rinn T V I » . graph Co., a British incorporation, be paid. The cable was cut by American forces during the war with Spain. The President has approved a recommendation by the secretary of war that a portion of the peninsula in Alaska embracing part of Point Spencer^ be reserved for public use. The success of the negotiations insti-. tuted by Secretary Hay with a view to • insuring the u open door" for American trade in China, may be regarded as assured. The question of a government cable across the Pacific was considered by the house committee on interstate andforeign commerce on the 23d. WAR NOTES. • A • r \ \ < * Gen. Otis reported to the war department on the 24th that the western coast of the island pjt Panay is now open for trade and that the coast of Laguna de Bay and the neighboring sections of the country will also be opened to unrestricted traffic within a week. He also reports several minor engagements with the Filipinos, in which American arms meet with the usual success. The enemy lost heavily and a large amount of arms and ammunition was captured. The newly-appointed law reform commission at Havana will begin work almost immediately. Among the principal innovations will be the establishment of police correctional courts, presided over by salarie'd judges. The judicial system throughout the island will be made to lend itself to the speedy handling of cases in order that justice may be obtained without delay. At the same time facility to appeal will be granted. Gov.-Oen. Wood, of Cuba, ( w h o is making a tour of inspection of the island says a noticeable feature of the provinces visited w a s t h e i a c k of publio work. He does not believe it wise to supply the people with oxen and farm* ing incitements on credit, thinking it would be better to give them public work and let tho men save enough to purchase the necessary farming utensils. Gen. John Rv Brooke, formerly g o v ernor-geheraPbf CtfbaT arrived in Washington ou the evening of the 23d. W was accompanied by his wife and Capt. J a m e s l ^ Dean. ^::f':'*;*yw'-'« •••iWWW^'' : f r / ' - | f ' ^ ' ; ' ' ^ - ¾ ^ -'••'"'*^/^•,' ^ ' f f i ^ r ^ I " ? ! ' . ^ ^ ^ * H ! '^ "v, •>J.;!fl " '<! 1555 . • g/flS WrO£P OF HON OR, % JjJ A trie oi the Blue and the Gray, /J\ ^ *y# WEWVEfc (ft ty Copyright. ISM, by Robert Banner's Sons. ' j r t | CHAPTER IX^CCoatlnued;) *'So 70a h a w reached this point of success!v Maxwell continued, in his dry way. "tea, my dear Will, it doesn't "always answer to run one's head against a wall; this time the maaonry' remained Arm. You have tangible proof of it, since your progress is impeded. You were raging up and down like a caged lion." "Do you want to mock me even in this terrible situation?" cried Roland, Impetuously. "You do not know how I was disarmed or what'it I3 to meet with base treachery in the house where one seeks happiness and love!" "Didn't I warn you against this Edward, though I knew him only from your description? Ho was traveling when I called on the Harrisons, with you—luckily!, Had I had the honor of his, personal acquaintance, the whole plan would have been impossible. I pass here for the eminently respectable Doctor Blackwood and, as .that worthy man, have been received with the utmost courtesy. Were it known that instead of medicine I was engaged in the iron business at present, the courtesy would probably end promptly—on both sides I I shall shoot this noble Mr. Harrison with the utmost composure if he takes it Into his head to enter the corridor. Besides, Ralph is mounting guard at the outside door, to which fortunately a second key was found, and will give us a sign if dagger is approaching." "But, afe least, tell me how it was possible for you to accomplish all this in a single half hour, for you cannot have been here longer. You went to the outposts?" "Where Lieutenant Davis had again created an entirely unnecessary alarm. There is no appearance of fsvep*- Two hurry, it must be admitted. Mr. Harrison wished, under any circumstances, to become a Benedict today." "The magistrate? So he has really come? I should like to wring his neck!" "You will please refrain from that," said Maxwell, reprovingly. "Mr. Thompson, is a good friend of mine, whom I hold in great esteem. It was he who originated -the peerless idea of considering me Doctor Blackwood. I won't have his neck wrung on any account, and it would be very impractical* on your part. A justice is an extremely important character. For instance, he is absolutely necessary at your wedding." "My wedding?" repeated William, in amazement. "What do you mean?" "Why, I think the best plan will be to wind up the business on the spot. You want to marry under any circumstances. The bride, the magistrate and the witnesses are all here, so I don't see what is to prevent you except this confounded iron grating, which I shall finally cut through. If Florence i,s your wife, you can take her with you to some place of security, then your amiable cousin can l:eep house here as he chooses. He can't wholly ruin the plantation or carry off the buildings; and, as soon as the war, i3 over, you can assert your wife's claim." "But, John, have you gone daft? Such a.plan in the house where Edward rules and will summon all the servants to his aid the instant we appear. He did so just no*v, at the time of my arrest." "Pshaw, the servants! They are only negroes, and not one will lift.his' hand against us as soon as we say THE FILE HAD WORKED UNWEARIEDLY. cases of sunstroke,which were not even severe, and will probably terminate favorably. I've had the men removed to the hospital and sent a, report to the colonel. Davis' introduction obtained for1 me the loan of a suit of civilian's clothes from the owner of the adjoining plantation, and, as I wanted to profit by the beautiful afternoon, ,and my leave, of. absenoo, I rode to Springfield." ' The accompaniment to this story, told in the most matter-of-fact tone, was/the low, harsh grating of the file, which the speaker was diligently using. The whole affair was thoroughly characteristic of John Maxwell. Any one else would have done everything in his power to keep his friend from such a venture, and, when all failed, would at least have been anxious and troubled about him. John did nefther. He considered the former useless, the latter superfluous; but, without wasting another word, he rode straight into the jaws of danger after his man and considered it the simplest and most natural thing in the worjd: William' stood close by the window, breathlessly watching the work of liberation, as well as the dim light of the room permitted. He could do nothing to help. "Have you talked with Florence?" he asked. "Does she know your plan? She Is now alone at her father's death bed—alone with "the scoundrel who betrayed me!" [ardly, for I have forbidden him to enter the sick chamber; and besides, he has a visitor-r-the magistrate from the city, who was summoned feere for the wedding. They are in a we are officers in the Union army. The fellows are constantly coming in throngs to seek protection with us. You were not known to them, or else they Were afraid of Captain'•Wilsun. and Harrison. The servants are not to be feared.^-JJ11 undertake to deal with the justice and his companion. So no one is left except your beloved future relative—and he must be made harmless." "You mean that we are to attack him in his room?" "Nor that is too uncertain, and will create an unnecessary stir in the house. I have a better plan. As soon as you are at- liberty, Ralph shall announce, apparently in great trepidation, that his young mistress has suddenly disappeared. He has locked for her in vain. Of course, she can bo only in one. place. Harrison will rush here as fast as possible to frustrate the attempt at liberation, and we shall have him in our hands. Then he can occupy the place which he so^kindly selected for you, and you* can use his marriage contract—the simplest exchange possible." "But that is a partial deception," replied William. "Am I secretly, craftily, to steal a right which was promJ ised me openly in the presence of all the world? Am I to urge Florence to a marriage in this terrible hour which robs her of a father—" "Stop, Will! My patience is being exhausted!" Maxwell angrily intend rupted. "Don't bother .me again with your German slowness and stupidity, or I'll leave you behind bolts and bars. One can't lead, good fortune straight to your arms. You must first inspect it on all sides—subject it to a critical examination—to ascertain Whether It is thoroughly ideal and free from earthly dross; and meanwhile the light, airy thing flutters out of your hands. In short, do you want to slurry Florence or not?" "Of course I do. But—" "Very well, then, the matter is settled. Leave the rest to me. True, it's abominable to expect a best man first to drag the bridegroom from behind so many iron bars, but you must have some unusual circumstance connected with it. One thing more; Of course you have no weapons." "Should I have been captured otherwise? I certainly would not have surrendered with arms in my hands," "I anticipated that and concealed two pistols about me. There, now I've finished. Try your strength and see if you can tear out the grating." The file had worked unweariedly all the time, had cut through the larger portion of the grating and loosened the rest, but the iron still held. William tugged and shook in vain, and there was no more time to lose. But the consciousness of danger lent the young man unnatural strength. After a few unsuccessful efforts he 'again seized the grating and, with a last, violent struggle, wrenched it from its fastenings. The opening was made; nnd, after a few anxious moments, Roland had forced his way through, and was standing ift the co.'ridor beside his friend. "Here!" said the latter, laconically, handing him a revolver and grasping a second pistol himself. "Now I'll instruct Ralph." v William uttered a sigh of relief when he found himself free and felt the weapon in his hand. "I thaiik you, John!" he cried enthusiastically after his retreating friend. "You are right. We two will rule the whole household." "Yes, that is just to your taste!" returned Maxwell, tartly. "This time we feally must run our heads against the wall, and if it happens to stand firmer than we expect, it will cost us our lives. You have arranged matters so that we have no choice. But keep quiet! Harrison niay come'at any moment; the fighting"witl begin, and—you will play the principal role, again." 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Edward could not send the gentlemen, who had taken the long ride in vain, back to the city immediately; so he had invited them to dinner. Mr. Thompson could not find words enough to express his regret and sympathy for the sorrow ^verhanjing- the household, but, hesaw no reason why he should not have a comfortable meal on that acount. He thought it perfectly natural that Edward should excuse himself and remain in the drawing-room. No one could teel offended, with the grief^ stricken nephew, but he himself discussed all the more eagerly the good things set befor* him, and was ably supported by his clerk.'" The old gentleman only regretted Doctor Blackwood's absence, arid admired the sense of duty which would not permit him even to appear at din- K.ner. Ho was just ^giving his factotum a discourse concerning this distinguished physician, at the/ same time helping himself to a large piece -of roa^t meat. His factotum listened raos^ dutifully and took a still larger clice\ when the subject of the conversation suddenly entered. "AhAthero you are, Doctor Blackwood !"\cried the judge. "Sit down. Unfortunately you have come a little STATS or Oino, CITV OF TOLEDO, I LrcAs COUNT v, fs* Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the flrm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum ot ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. , FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 188». r e . . , n A. W. GLEASON, 1&*AL.J_ Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure 4s taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials,'free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best Every women on this continent should understand that she oan wrke freely to Mrs* Plnkhem about her physical condition because Mrs* Pinkham Is A woman and because Mrs, Pink" ham never Violates* confidence and because she knows more about the Ilia of women than* any other person In this country* Lydla E* Plnkham's Vegetable Compound has cured a million sick women* Every neighborhood* almost every family, contains women relieved of pain by this great medicine* A lie is a l w a y s a n e n e m y , n o m a t t o r Low f r i e n d l y i t m a y look. Lxno'i Family Merticlne. M o v e s t h e b o w e l s e a c h d a y . I n o r d e r t o be h e a l t h y t h i s is n e c e s s a r y . A c t s g e n t l y on t h e liver a n d k i d n e y s . C u r e s sick h e a d a c h e . P r i c e 23 a n d 50c. E v e r y c o n v e r t e d m a n is a living- proof t h a t t h e B i b l e is t r u e . . ' T H E G R I P CUBiq T H A T DOES CURE. Laxative Kromo Quinine Tablets removes the <cause that produces La Grippe. K. W. Grove's signiLurrf is on each box. 'ZZJ C. Try tflvinff all your troubles to the Lard, and see how light they will become. Mrs. Winslow's S o o t h i n g Syrnp. For children teething, soften^ the puma, reduces In* ilainuiatlon, allays pain.curea wind colic 2^c a botuo. God needs Daniels, and Josephs, and £tl*ftbs to-day, as much as he ever did. . Perhaps it's the Indigestion of Starchy Foods that troubles you. Why not try a ' remedv prepared especially for that kind of Indigestion. 15 cents en the Money-backif- not-satisfactory-plan will purchase a box. if ft © if n i A assess!!1 • » * » ^ » » ^ " ™ " " edy thatdixests 1.000 times its weipht of starch, most Dy>pepsia euretf are failures because they do not digest this class of food. Kaskola cntatains the meritorious elements of the old treatment combined wiih tho new di.-covery. Price 15 cents all druggists or of the makers. THE P. L. AB3EY CO., Kalamazoo, Mfch. _ Ijaker'a Chocolate a n d Cocoa. ^ — —Look for tin- rlctrrre of "La RelU» Choeolatiuru." It is ou every 'g^nuini' package. g f l P * A *+t run i^ ui The man who thinks his sin will never and him out has deceived himself. Piso's Cure for Consumption i^ our only modicine for eouirhs and colds,- Mrs. C. Beltz," 43y ^th Ave. Denvt".-. ('i)l.. N'ov.y is^i. • Time is wastcs.1 in tryinu to make a trotter out of a horse with a broken l;v. No cross babies or sick babivs in families that use Brown'.s Teething Cordial. If we try to please everybody, we shall soon have the respect of nobody. Do what you c:\xi do well, arid you will soon be able to do much better. ' We wish to gain this jear SOObOOP' new customers, and hence offer ' I Pkg. Cttr Garden Beet, lOo LI Pkg Earl'tft Emerald Cncnmberlfio " La Cxoee* Market Lettno«,16o Strawberry Melon, 16o 11 Day Radisb, lOo Karly Ripe Cabbage, loo KariT Dinner Onion, 10c a * Brilliant Flower Seeds, 16c Werth »1.00tJfrr-14 Cteta.—fEBD AboTelo Pkgs. worth SLOOjrewill mail you free, together fftth oar gTeat Catalog,telling ail about SALIEI S MILLION DOLLAR POTATO npor. receipt of thiA notice £ l 4 c . atamp*. We invite,7ourtrade, and k know when yon once try Smlzer'a •seeds you will never do wit hoot. ' • t o o Prizes on Salter's 1»y0—rarest earliest Tomato Giant on earth. »••— JO M.I A. &ILZKR BIXS CO., LA CROSdK. WIS. W. N. U. — D E T R O I T - - N O . 5 — 1 9 0 0 late. We\ have had the roast serv- -ear ^ The doctor bowed in the most charming manner, and signed to the servant, who had just brought in the dishes, to leavis the room. . "Thank you. I am very sorry to disturb you, but theVe is a business matter to be settled, which admits of no delay." \ "A business affair? Is there a will to be made?" \ "No, on the contrary, the matter concerns a wedding.'^ \ Mr. Thompson dropped^ his knife and fork and stared at the speaker in the utmost astonishment. "The ceremony is put off. Mr. Harrison told rae himself that he was compelled to defer it for the present." "Certainly, and he will probably do so altogether; but another person has taken his place—Mr. "William Roland." "What? What did you call him?" "William Roland. The circumstances have entirely changed, and unfortunately I have not time to explain them to ypu in detail. But, in the name of the betrothed couple, I beg of you to perform the wedding ceremony at once." The magistrate leaned back in Jijs chair, assuming a dignified attitude and a solemn, official manner.- (To be continued.) Pbilfi^RS I! " • " -4in ': f >v Vegetable Preparationfor Assimilating ttteFcod andBeg ulating the Stoiuaete andBowels of /(.H1LDRKN Promotes Digestion.Cteer fulness and Rest.Con tains neither OpiufluMorphine twrMUsfat N O T XAHLGX>TIC . For Infants and Children. •V'"'<£| •'^1 H! M ~4 The Kind You Have Always Bought m i-a| /Vnsaiss SeUjttx. SauM * Aperfecl Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions Jevenshness and L o s s OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of X E W ' Y D R K . i It is impossible that an ill-natured man can have a public spirit; for how should he love ten thousand men who has never loved one. VI h r> uosis-j-jc J N I S I? WRAPPER. For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA r . / ®fa f incttiueg Stepatcfc. F. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1900. This Paper One Year. Farm Journal 5 Years. PAY UP AND GET BOTH PAPERS AT PRICE OF ONE. We want to get 100. new subscribers to our papeY, and are going to do it if we can; we therefore continue our arrangement with the Farm Journal by which we can send the PINCKNEY D I S - PATCH one year and the Farm Journel 5 years, both for $1.00. And we make the same offer to all old subscribers who will pay all arrearages, and one year in ad* vance. You know what our paper is, a n d t h e Farm Journal is a gem— practical, progressive—a clean, honest, useful paper—full of gumption, full of suushine, with immense circulation^ among the best people everywhere You ought to take it. DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP? A chesp remedy for coughs and colds is all right .but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe resultB of lung trubles. What shall you do? Go to warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible for you, then in eather case take the ONLY remedy that has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe throat and lung trubles, '-Boschee's German Syrup." It not only heals" arid •stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy expectoration, gives a good liights rest, and cures the patient- Try one bottle. Ktconiended-many years ;by all druggists in the world. Sample botles at F . A. Siglrr's. Hamburg and Putnam Fanner's Clua. Eight thousand manuscripts were received by The - Ladies Home Journal during the year just closed. Each was given a careful reading, but out of the enfire number only—eighty were found worthy of publication. The Manuscript Bureau of The Ladies Home Journal is operated at a large eexxppeennccee,, but the hope dt discovering new writers or aspir ants with developed talent war 1 rents the outlay. It can be seen that the articles secured by sueh a careful winnowing process brings the cost up to and above the" remuneration paid our best writers. The first meetina; of the Putnam and Hamburg Farmers' Club for 1900 met with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Place way, Saturday last. The meeting was called to order by the president, and the Club joined in singing "America." On account of the lateness of the hour the committees were appointed, and a report from the delegate to Lansing was given, then adjourned for dinner. After dinner the program opened by an instrumental solo by Grace Nash, followed by a reading by G. P. Lambertson. A song by Iva Placeway, followed by a paper, "Road Building" by H. F. Kice. He said there should be more attention paid to our road building, because the demand jtor better roads is increasing, and in order to bring about this change we should place the best men of the township on the ticket regardless of politics. John Chambers led in the discussion—I think the farmers should talk over the matter of road building on election day with the oVerseerof roads and then hpve the law enforced. If one or two prosecutions were made in the township I do not think-we would not have much trouble. Chas.= Brown thought if we practice at home what we come here to preach, it would be better all-around. If every path-master would study the best method for grading and graveling, the condition of the roads would be improved. Miss VauEleet thought that more attention should be paid to noxious weeds by the road side, and there would be if the men had'to walk along the road in skirts and low shoes. A recitation by Raymond Kennedy, a song by Albert Mills, was folowed by a reading, "Choosing an occupation," by Mrs. Kennedy. A recitation by Iva Placeway, a duet by Mr. and Mrs. H. Kice was greatly appreciated by the Club. The question box was next in order. "What is the best fence to build, all things considering," was given Mr* Bfit&rs to answer, and he will answer at the next It has been demonstrated repeatedly in evftvy state in the Union and in many foreign countries that Chamberlain's Cough lleniedy is a certain preventive a n d cure for croup. I t has become t h e universal remedy lor tliat disease. M. V. Fisher, of Liberty, \Y m e e t i n g . Why should not tire president of the club appoint a committee tc get free mail delivery from Pi nckney? Jobn Chanibers—A good many towns have succeeded in gettmg free mail delivery; a petition sent to congressman Smith is the better plan. "Are farmers educating them-" selves fast enough to compete with educational advances in other organizations against farmers?" H. Schoenhals—I do not tnink ' they are. If farmers would take more Va., only repeats what has been baid | | p a i n 8 i n going to caucus and putaround the ge1lo' be wh*n he writes:*'! t i n g g o o d m e n i n t o o f f i c e t j j e y have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family for several ^years. .and always with perfect success. We believe that it is not only the lest couplrremedy, but tbat it is a sure cure tor croup. It has saved the lives of our children a number of times." This remedy is for sale by F. A. Sigler, DruggistT We have received a copy of an illustrated paper called "The Corn Belt," a clean, well printed and highly interesting publication containing many pictures and description of W estern farms. There is nothing cheap about this paper and we congratulate the Chicago publishers on their good work. men into office would do away with more trusts than by any other method. F. A. Rigler guarantees every bottle of Chamberlins Cough Remedy and _wi 11 refund the money to any one wtio is not sataified after using two thirds of the contents.. This is the best remedy in the fcorld for la grippe coughs, colds, troop and whooping eongh and}bottles is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. t mar.-l Messrs.,Chambers, Lambertson, Coniway, Kice and Briggs were appointed as a committee to circulate a petitson for the purpose of securing free mail delivery. The-Club then adjourned to meet the last Saturday in February at P. W. Com ways. Cor. Sect'y. Council Proceedings. For The Tillage of Pincknejr. Regular. Dec. 4, 1899. Council convened and was called to order by Pres. Mclntyre. Present:—Trustees Richards, Bowman, Thompson, Sykes, Johnson and Monks. Absent, none. -Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Highway Com. report read and accepted. J . Monks, labor and team, $34.8t> A. Monks, " " «.00 S. Grimes, " 2.76 J.Chalker, " 8.13 ' G . W . Hoff, " 63 Mark "Wilson, " 3.75 Teeple & Cad well tile and naih* 8.00 Dud Grieve, cartage .10 __, 61.23 The following contingent bills were read and approved: Francis Carr Oct. services $ 8.05 " " Nov. " 8.55 P. Monroe, services 1.67 Teeple & Cadwell, rope .15- Reason & Shehan, oil 3.50 21.92 Resignation of marshal Brown read and accepted. Pres. appointed P. Monroe for balance of term. Appointment sustained. Mr. Monroe was then sworn in by Justice Carr. Upcn-motion council adjourned. R. H . T E E P L E , Clerk. Regular, Jan. 1, 1900. Council-convened and called to order by Pres. Mclntyre. Present:—trustees Richards and Johnson. Absent:—Sykes, Bowman, Monks, Thompson. There being no quorum present council adjourned until next regular. R. H. T E E P £ E , Clerk. A C a r d . We, t h e undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 50- cent hot-He <- of Green's W a r r a n t e d S y r u p of T a r if it fails to cure y o u r cough or_colvi/ We also # u a r a n t e o a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. t-30 Will 13. Darrow. "Joshua fixod our next • conpro.>s-J man." "Wl:;it did he do?" "He \vn»t' to Him for' $:i so ho couid replace 1/)(-- garden seed thai, didn't grow!""—CT.icago Record. Warden (to condemned mnn, p-il'ns his last breakfast—Will you have K KT.I ham and r.^gs? Cund; mned m a : i - - \ couple of os^s, pie ise ,1mt no ham. IL gives one indite, tioiv—Tii-Bits. - -There isnro better medicine tor t h e babies than ChambertahaV Cough Remedy. I t s pleasant taste and p r o m p t and effectual cures make it a favorite with mothers and small children. I t quickly cures their coughs and colds, preventing p n e u m o n i a or other serious consequences. I t also cures croup a n d has been used i n tens of thousands of cases without-a single failure so far as we have been able to learu. It not only cures croup, b u t when given as soon as t h e croupy cough appears, will prevent t h e attack. I n cases of whooping cough it liquefies the tou^h mucus, m a k i n g it easier to expectorate; a n d lessens the severity and frequnc'y of t h e paroxysms of coughing, thus d e p r i v i n g that disease of all dangerous consequences. For sale by F . A. Sigler, D r u g g i s t . OF INTEREST. T t e r e a r e E>\000 Hebrews In Italy. PoUoa ivy. lb DIM- of Uic tiu'iiures to t o l l . There are 8],>U0 iual misu'rr. In France. Peoria distilleries u*» 40,000 bushels of c >rn dally. Only six persons out of a thousand reach the age of sixty-five. One-fourth of the earth's population dies before reaching t h e age ot seventeen. A resident of New Zealand haa patented a liquid for branding cattle which can be applied with a brush. A Wealeyan preacuer named Houldsworth. who had preached for eighty years, died recently in the Halifax (JSng.) almshouse aged ninetyfour- years. In a single year the value of canaries raised in Germany is estimated at $250,000 and t h e greater part of thir? sum goes into the pockets of the very poor. The London underground railroad is losing popularity. During the last half year t h e falling off in t h e number of passengers carried amounted to 300,000. Ecuador produces nearly one-third of the entire cacao used in t h e world. T h e total ie estimated at 75,000 tons. The average crop of Ecuador is about 22,000 tons. . . — Materials for dynamo a n d motor manufacture have risen I n a year all the way from eleven per cent, for cast steel to forty per cent, for field copper and forty-seven per cent, for brass. A physician h a s decided that the habit women have of holding their ekirts up to escape t h e dust of the street results in the- enlargement of the wrist used in this process. The shipment of t w o wives by express, from Issa'quah, Wash., to tlieir husbands at Dawson City by the Nugget Express company is something of a novelty in t h e express business. Although there are In Iceland 70,- ,927 people they are so free from crime that only one policeman is kept and euch a thing as a jail is unknown. Equal suffrage prevails in the island- The gravestone over t h e burial place of J o h n Foster, almanac maker, in the old burying ground at Dorchester, Mass., hears the inscription which was dictated by himself: "Skill Wae His Cash." On a marble slab in t h e parish church of Tetbury. Gloucestershire, is inscribed: "In a vault underneath lie several of the Saunderees, late of this .parish. Particulars t h e last day will disclose. Amen." Many physicians nowadays refuse tc^ believe there is eucti a thing as by"-" drophohia. and t l r se who ,do believe in it assert that not in one case in a thousand is a person bitten by a dog in any danger of it. After some improvements had been made in North Capitol street-, Washington, I). C , it was discovered that the workmen had thoughtlessly made away with a historic stone set ' in place by George Washington. A FREE PATTERN MS CALLS MAGAZINE YEAR sDhMorMt mataokrlBlefV s cmoBujtmwlia st,o *falcnac,y • »w<>o. 'k.*buobu«Mi-ribi>o#ld * «h•l«»•t»j OiOjfi0o.y«*rij. Udya*aatSW*&Ud. ••adCorUrm* tfaoirn laatdrlllessh, "m citntiots ". KolLfe'lc*t wnod* Hattttla*in cehdi ltdjyr ecnh<.. uTi.h- aat »oa«r othar patterns. Hat* no equal f»ni.yle »n!• n i-^ A«k tet them, Ab*ohit«)jr-very latest >H -^-^^ iiii< s THE McCALL COMl»A\Y, U I - U I W « t 14th 8tr»*t. - - • • *•* t . ri. Cif/i *• *• J. G. SAYLES Plainfield, Mich. Funeral Director and Emb«j)mer« R e s i d e n c e i m l l e n o r t h of vl! ( i<v S t a t e T e l e p h o n e Conne<-.lion. A l l c a l l s p r o m p t l y a n s w i : - f , i . ( ( W A N T E D - T h e Subscription due .on, the DISPATCH. Sealed Bids. We the undersigned Superintendents of the poor in and for Livingston County Mich., will receive Sealed bida and applications for Keeper of the Livingston County poor farm up to February_15th- 1900, said bids ;ind applications shall state wages wanted including board for one year. Age of man and wife and number in family properly signed by applicant and residence. The said superintendents reserve the right to reject any or all bids. All applications to be Addressed to mos Wineg*r Secretary, Howell, Midi. Dated January 22, ]!JOO. Henry Darnmann j Supts. E. A. Kuhn > <>l' ilif Amos Winegar ) Poor. "!%?<'./ An Editor'* Life Naved by C h a m b e r ' l a i n ' * C o u v h Bemedjr During the early p a r t ot October, 1896,1 contracted a bad, cold which settled on my lungs and i^as neglected until I feared t h a t consumption bad appeared in an incipienVfetate. I was constantly coughing a n d t r y i n g to expel something which I ••.ooid not. I became alarmed a n d ' after giving the-iocal doctors a trial bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and t h e result w a s immediate im» provement, and after 1 l a d used t h r e e my lungs were restored t o ^001 W E S T » « ^ ? ' ' 7 " A- • • » ' . their healthy state.—B. S.-EdgArda, Publisher of Tbe Review, Wyat, 111. For sale by F. A. Sigler, Druggist. The best farm lands in the world lie west of the Mississippi River. In that country are. great opportunities to establish homes and become prosperous. Reliable information, beautiful pictures of farms]~t>ut1d»ngs and stock, together with descriptions and letters from owners giving thefr experience, can be had by sending 25 cents in postage for a year's subscription to America's great illustrated monthly farm paper, 0RN BELT," 209 Adam Strait, CHICAGO/ILL. 25c YOUR ICRES'INXOHHS May be nicely cured bv i; ;:>." EUREKA CORN CORE. It cures thij Tfte CV:-ii s:ir<.'. I t cures hard or soft <.\>ruh. It cnre$ any-BiuiiuTj:. I t cures all Callous i.S<••.•*. And without pain or i-u-c^jj v«.»hience. P i ' i c e O n l y 1 0 C e n t s . By Return Mail. Agents wanted—write - • • <>nm%. Address, ECHKKA Sri'ri.^ Vf.i7'Tp7" Pinckney. ^fi(i c i i . , ;t.«;i ;i«a.t 'I, -f. i r » ; Railroad Guide. Urand Trunk RalhyVo v-m,.;:;. Time Table in effect, No. . M. A. L. DIVISIOy-\V7> I !;f)[-\!t. No. 27 PMSen^er. Pontiao to .) :>» iv ' ' connection from l> i.. .i i\ ;i » No. 29 Paaaenzer, Ponttac to S.w; - ; ' u No. 29 has ihrougn coacti troni !» ::,-u • ^.l.x.ni. No. 48 Mixed, Lenox to Jackn . i \ connection from ]i- :'v i.}'/ ^ m EAST£0I::SU No. 80 Passenger to Pontiac ami i) >•••,:- No. 28 PasonnRer, Jaxon to I>ot r<. i • No. 28 has through coacd from ) '.':'• i. m . i ' i''';'oit No. 4¥Mxe*Tto Wntiac andT^ iT7 ; : / , - ^ ^ All trains dally^xcept Snntla;-. No44 connection at Pontlac for l'"ir.lr ., i • for tho w. •' '\ i' .•. >i fj j ; W. J. Black. Aunf r i ' '".'i-v AND STZAMSHIP L.'M.SI'opular routn tnr Ann Ar^ur. T o - if»do'aud points Ea>t. So-iili, ,-.i\-l for Howftll, Owosso, Alma, V<> !';...i .int Cadillac, Manistee, Trayo: *'.:.- m d points in N o r t h w e s t e r n Is,:.T—77" n, w. H. n G. 1 ' . .•-. i. i iy T R A D E Mftfi .s C O P Y R I G H T * &C Anyone sendlncr'a nketch and li.^oru-'tl.m ,oaf Qnlckly ascertain onr opinion ti ti- w fit-'M.' i* mvontlon is prhhably pntentKhl". 0,ii.:nn-.;^ UoniBtrictly ronfldentlal. HanULx.ok .»« I';, ut« sent f TOO. Oldest nsency for Htriru.K ivno . <. Patont* takon thromih Mum, t (j"-i'<:>o)ra vtialnotUe, without charge. \v, i !if> ... > Scientific flmerican. Ai lhaattnodna ootfn ealnr yi lsluciietvnatitfeicd kwm«renknlrl.. lTaerrsmemn., $ c8* %w ir: f onr months, |L Borabyail nowsci.^aV 'VI - » N m*m /. mi fP' ••*£•"•••' A'I'M. ^15118¾¾ , • • ' . . ' • ' • • • / - • ' " - h - . - ' i ••' •' * ! ' ' \ V : *»*r -' ' ''-<•. '', '. ' .,'' ' V ' ' ' . ,-'", | ( - ; • to Jtamember. 1 an$ genuine Bed Pills 4W»&MU>£»d Fills for W a n people atwBwfr^wtv the woraons remedy^ 4urt Diarr ^xsents. w o r k when thuey work, (Jr make yon sick, KnilTs ills. Bowel Hei?ul*tor. 868, 25 cents. e and sure are Kni'lv a Pilfs. Cures summer ntery and all pains of nd bowels. Only 25 Kidney Pill cure back- 25 cents box. stomachs and breaths ^mm>>jrJStiby will cure $di*estibn, ;orrji#B|^toaiacb troubles, destroys i l l J B p j U y A t o r 25c box. Best and jh^ffiiktjMfflarrantaed by your dru#- r n r ^ f t S L r r» Will Ourlett, Dexter. B. Darrowj Pinckney. HERE AND T H E R E '>is «.' ; >H»i witti-ujiu 6&BAT WSTOR' ATIWS. Pur-Hen is the greatest known Xjew-v totiiu jiiui blood purifier; It I'vaNMfc'RhTitf^'ttfih, muscle and STRENGTH, cle:i:'« thu Ix^u, flakes the blood pure and rich, and causes a Keneral feeling of health, power and rcnywDioiifcaJity, while the generative organs are helped to regain their normal powers, nnj XUm niiljViLL Ja q-mrflrly made conscious of direc* ben 'it. '.. '.i. box will work wonders, six j=hoi:ki P«J<^tJ4<«f«\ 'fiP^ts.A BOX; 6boxes, $2,W. Y„\ 80¾ arsdr»gtitiifjBVerywhere, or mailed. s<>^ ]<"•',, TRADE MAI'.K. Many of the students at Russian universities are mendicants who solicit alms and wear cast-off garment*. Herman beer is being driven out of Formosa by the product of Japanese brpweries*'. which la cheaper and better suited to the climate. The number of paying ,sub!Jcrlption& to the Zionist cause new exceeds 100.- 000. and $1,000,000 has been subscribed toward the Colonial bank. Thanks chiefly to the uae of thje serum treatment, the mortality In Prussia from diphtheria has been reduced from a rate of 15.5 per 10,000 in the years 1Rfi5'-1R04. to 7.6 and 6.2 ia the years 1896 and 1897. When potatoes were first introduced in Oerm^ny they were for a long time, like tomatoes, cultivated merely as a curiosity. No one ate them, even piss refusing them. To-day eastern Germany could hardly get on without potatoes. The French surgeon, Dr. Doyen, has exhibited to numerous doctors and students at the Kiel University cinematograph pictures shtiwing various surgical operations. The doctor advocates the tree ofsuch" pictures fartrm education of students, saying they are mor& effective than the most elaborately written description. A lad of Rhayader, Wales, while looking for foxes on the hills -fie ofhpr day, discovered a gold ring, a gold arm let, and a gold neekl t. Mr. Reed of the British museum, pronounces the article to be distinctly Celtic, of exquisite workmanship, and of great antiquity— at least 1,000 years old. According to the law of treasure trove, the boy will receive the full antiquarian value of the articles less :'0 per cent. MONTHLY REPORT Of the Pinckney Public Schools for the month ending Jan. 26, 1900. HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. Whole number of pupils 45. Total days attendance 772. Average attendance 41. Aggregate tardiness 64. Number of days taught 19. PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOB TABDY, Casper Culhane Ross Read, Sidney Sprout * Desde Daley Leah Thompson Eva Smith STEPHEN DURFEE, Supt. D r . C a d y a Condition Powders are fust what a horso needs when in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not, food but medicine and the best in use tojjput a horse in prime condition. Price 25c per package. For sale by P. A. Sigler. GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT. N u m b e r of pupils T o t a l attendance T o t a l tardiness D a i l y * t t e n d a n c e N u m b e r days taught 24 4 4 1 55 22£ 20 WAyNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMERICAN AMD EUROPEAN PLAN, 02 TO 09.BO 01.OO TO 0S.OO QlttQUm MMAL9. COC. UP TO DAT* GAP mm PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY. ElJery D u r f e e E t h e l D u r f e e E v a Grimes F r e d R e a d C. L . G M M E S , T e a c h e r . INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. W h o l e number of d a y s taught 20 Total number days attendance 383J A v e r a g e daily a t t e n d a n c e 19.17 W h o l e number b e l o n g i n g 20 A g g r e g a t e tardiness 36 PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY L u c y Jeffreys M a r y L y n c h R u e l Cad well Orpha H e u d e e F l o r e n c e R e a s o n N o r m a V a u g h n E D I T H C A R R , T e a c h e r . "Thy kingdom/ come" will not be answered until you let It come in your own heart. .<*** ~~Tlhe iman who wants to work for God doesn't have to go to an employ- ( ment agency. > Religious worship is dying out. People too often go to Church to be entertained. f The sermon that is born in the preacher's heart makes- itself at home in the hearer's. If no one finds fault with you. remember that nobody notices the dirt on a poker. Many preachers think they are brave because they whip God's saints and let the devil alone. ^ • * ^ — , Business Locals. or/rfRelfctfjfcflj ririce. Address DUS. HAiri'O.1- l»HtfS<*V liar-Den UlovL, Cleveland., O Fo* sale by <'YF..A. SIGLEB, Druggist ^ - ^ Mich. LAST PERFECT FORCVEH«> SCALES Coppei Plated •V-v- All Steel Levers, < Combination Beam.* Catalogue Free. Address, J o N C S OP BlNGHAMTON, 8INGHAMTON. N. I W M I i m M I ' l l l l l l l I I I I I I I I I M l l M H m r l l l l H U M H K I l l l l l l l l l l l » I M I > l | BIGGLE -BOOKS A Farm Library of unequalled value—Practical* Up-to-date, Concise and Comprehensive—Handsomely Printed and Beautifully Illustrated. By JACOB BIGGLE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. W h e l e number of days taught , 20 Total number of d a y s attendance ^457.5 A v e r a g e daily attendance 22.9 W h o l e number b e l o n g i n g - 25 A g g r e g a t e tardiness > 29 PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY. L l o y d Grimes R o y Moran Millard Darrow T h o m a s M o r a n K a t e Brogan H e l e n R e a s o n L o l a Moran L u c y Cook C l a u d e B l a c k J E S S I E G R E E N , T e a c h e r . I think I will go crazy with pain were it not tor Chamberlain's Pain Balm," writes Air. VV. H, Stapleton, He'rminie, Pa. >rl have been afflicted No. 1—BIQQLE HORSE BOOK All about Horses—a Common-Sense Treatise, with over 74 illustrations , a standard work. Price, 50 Cents. No. 2—BIQQLE BERRY BOOK All about growing Small Fruits—jead and learn how , contains 43 colored lite-like reproductions of all lending varieties'and 100 other illustrations. Price, 50 Cents. No. 3—BIQQLaJ'OULTRV BOOK with rheumatism for seyeral years -antlhave tried remedies without number, but fain Balm is the best medicine I have got hold of." One application relieves the pain. For sale by F. A. Sigler. Druggist. All about Poultry ; the best l'oultry Book in existence* tells everythinpr ;* with23 colored life-like reproductions of all the principal breeds; with 103 other illustration*. Price, 50 Cents. No. 4—BIQGLE COW BOOK All about Cows and the Dairy Business ; having a great sale; contains 8 colored life-like reproductions of each • breed, with 132 other illustrations. Price, 50 Cents. No. 5—BIQGLB SWINE BOOK Just out. All about Hof^—Breeding, Feeding, Butch* ery, Diseases, etc. Contains over 80 beautiful half* tones and other engravings. Price, 50 Cents. TheBKKJLE BOOKS are uniqtie.origmal.useful—you never saw anything like them—so practical, so sensible. They are having an enormous sale—East, West, North and South. Every one "who keeps a Horse, Cow, Hog or Chicken, or grows Small Fruits, ought to send right away for the BIGGLE BOOKS. The FARMJ0URNAL Is your paper, made for you and not a misfit. It ts 2a years) old; it is the great boiled-down, hit-the-nail-on-the-head,— quit-after-yott .have-said-it, Farm and Household paper in tne^or^^the^igi^st'pap^rrofits size in the United States of America—having over a million a" •': a-half regular readers. < n AapCHE Of the BIGGLE BOOKS, and the rARM JOURNAL : A*-VBAUB ftanainder o f 1899,1900, JQOI, 190a and 2903) will be sent by mail *a any address for A DOLLAR BILL. 4-»~" g*lfi»stotf>ARM JOURNAL and circalar describing . . O L E BOOKS free. Address, P A R K ^ U - R P J j r L . P H I L A L B L P B X A I T — TT- I ' - ' f T l H I I I p.jsmuvB. » » » * • . . . > . x > 111111111 n » « i 4 ^-*^i c .7.,> >V"'- :\,V; ^ ^ - ^ , - -—' . . , < - \ • * . ' l ? r * * ~ - * - ,e*\'.o •.i ••.!> ! 0 . ( H : O t.> ftiitu-v^:-..- t ill-st m-pfcantile Vn.ildins; in thf> world. Vc have t ^ 6 OVtr a,soo,ooo ciK;.u •';'.<*rs. &S\J.ren hundred clrrks ..re conS: ,ly- l^T". i IA ;'!'\;v vd filliiif; out-of-town ortiers. 1 ••• n • • - - • \ - \ $ -•01>^ E R A L C A T A L O C \J E is thr buck of the •peopl-r —it-rirottvs J J\.^ , « W h « l ^ M l l | ; P r i c - • \ •"• . .. ov.-r I.. ,*i pa cb, u'.ooo illustrattc.i . a :-...1 W ; f I !'5>ij|^,qc;^ i^'s'^v'P1'011^ ' • • :t ' " --"fs. . It costs •;: ceiits to print ar>ci -sail ' * f j £ J I A ^ t t l n i v . ^ t - ' - ' . v ' V i , . - •.''. ••;,•.,: .>i\c. S E N D Kli-'TEEN C E N T S ta^ioyv \ i* ' f '>" m'la^i'''''*'?*"'' : ' " " ' • ;- y ' • :t ••••^Y'V^VI:, with nil charges prepaid. t':^/E_. *f n'>ri v t { f V \ « / i ^ > ^ & r i"5 /..it-litgan A»e,snd MsdisonCtno. »k.».l <7-M{VJ CJ iUt C H I C A G O AN IDLE HOUR. Tnefe aTe few things that will decide the true success and value of any man more than the „wav in which he regards his own personal hu]ies. 'fir common feeling towuia* thorn is 11 • at they-are somethin?; to be aitainocs either by our own exovis or by otlur means over which wo havf no conti'ol, but that their realization is th> end. Then: wilhetrme, without doubt, the t-v.- j"oyment which h,as loomc:i up in the mind as the final triumph of the aspiration. To only a t,jw cnr.i^- rh-.1 thought that the realization of a hop.* is the beginning of a new-responsibility, and that the deMre and effort to attain the form'er'should be accompanied by an equal deMi'e and effort to fulfill the l a t t e i w Some (persons put so slight a value upon their own self-respect and honesty that they will always agree with the last speaker, even at the expense jgf, their own convictions. But euch. duplicity, w.hether cunningly assumed for a purpose or dropping into from a feeblemrss and poverty of character^, is utterly opposed to the frank and fearless searcirtor^real unison of sentiment. That ie always honorahle,o always dignified, always loyal to its own individuality. Men may be divided into two classes —who have "one thing" to do and those who have not—these with aim, "aira"TtfTose"'"^wtthtnrt aim, in their lives. And practically it turns out tnat ate most all the succe?*;, and therefore thr> greater part of the happiness, go to the first class. The aim in life it what the backbone is in the body. Without it we are invertebrate—belong to some lower order of being, not man. No man, or woman, was ever cured of love by-discovering the falseness of his or her lover. The living together for throe long, rainy days in the country It as done more to dispel love than all the perfidies in love that have eyer .been co-.mitted. tie who w a l k t h r o u g h life with an ev.'n temper and a gentle patkn.e. with himself, patient with others, patient with difficulties and crosses—he has an every day greatness beyond that, which is won in battle or chanted in cathedrals. Whatever yo.ir sex or position life is a ha»tie :n 'A Inch you are to snow your pluck; and woe to the coward.- t>e»pai and postponement are cpwardlce^ana defeat. Men are t o r n to succeed, not to fail. He who holds the balance 1« upright and weights the path of the upri*h* in juwticQ. Men may use false 1*1- ances, and weigh Ufe> by a w r e n t l U s d r r d , but Qod rights all a t l i f t For Sale. Bran, Pine Middlings, Coarse Middlings, Flaked Middlings and Corn, t 7 T. READ. To Rent My house, barn and garden spot at Chulibs Corners; I also have a brood R E W A R D . We the undersitfneid druggists, offer a reward of 50 cents co any person who purchases of us, two 25c boxei of Baxter's Mandrake Bitters Tablets, if it fails to cure constipation, biliousness, sick-headache, jaundice, loss o( appetite, sour storaiuhe, dyspepsia liver complaint, or any of the disease* for which it is recommended. Price 25 cenU for either tablets or liquid. We will also refund the money on one package of either if it fails to give satisfaction, P. \ . Sigler, W. B. Darrow, lite fiurinmj Ilbpatch. PUBLISHED KyKRT THUR3DAY MOKNIXQ BT FRANK L. ANDREWS jEdilotjbtnd T*roprietor. SabecriptlonnJrice $1 In Advance. Watered at the Poetottice at tJiacka»y, Michigan, as aecoad-class matter. Advertising rates made known on application. Btislness CardB, $4.00 per year. Peaiu and marriage uoticee published free. /AnaouuceuuQte ot eatertainmeata may oe paid •-tor, if desired, by preheating the oflice witii tick- ^ets of admiBdion. Lu case ticiec* ara HOC brought to the office, regular rates will he. churned. All matter in local notice column wiilbe caara ed at .5 cents per Une or fractioa taereot, for each iuB«?rtion. Where no dine id speciiiad, all notices, will be inserted until ordered .li^coaciuued, aad will b9 ouatij-id for acjordiiiiily. ^j|r" All changes of advertisements MUST re a: a this otllce ad «arly ,aj ad Ti'K3DA.r morning to insure an iasertioa the ] suuie week. superior styles, upon the shorteot notice. o"V as irooi .vork. can be uoiw. Prices as JOS -PHI.VZI.YG> In all i t s branched, a specialty. We haveall kinds . . , 0 „ i and the iatest styles of t'ype, dtc, waich eaables m a r e tor Sale. MRS. 0 . iliLLIOTT. ^u»io execute all tiuds of work, sucii si BOOKS, • ! templets, Posters, Protjrauimei, Bill Head*, Nots \rttioft ! Heads, § Statements, Cards, Auctioa Bills, e t c . i a To farmers and fruit growers. I am again in this vicinity ln'tfte- interest of I. llgenfritzs' Son^ nursery of Monroe. We hope- vve pleased you well eno,ugh last vear to liave you save your orders for us. BUKT RODGERS. ^ L L HILLS P i l ' . l J I . i ^1 itS r 1) if K /.CrtV i t o S T t l . THK VILLAGE DIRECTORY, r VILLAGE OFFICERS. PUESIDS; vr I'rtusrti^s Daub Money to Loan. Having .a-icai>ted v au ' agency for loaning money, I .am prepared to make loans on Real ~Estate, at a low rate of interest. Inquire at tbe Pinckney Exchange Bank. tf ." Alex. .Mclntyre u. i.'n.imps ia. • Alfred Alo:i*i, t>. Johnsott,- i ULEBK. -A.' .....~ K. H. Teeple I rrtEA^uuuu/....-.... .n vV. E. Aiurphy AMSBSSOK... .'... W, A,- Carr STKBliT C o M U I a S l O N B B . . . . . . . . J . -MonkS. M A B S ^ U L A. E. Br >»a. HhiALiu Ot->'ici5i4 Or. tl. r*. S i l l e r ArroiuiKV.. .— \V. A. Oarr CHURCHES. F o r M u l e . Cheap, a two liorse'polv^Falaa^-^^rnder combined, in good repair. C. W. Brown. vfErHuuisr EPTHCUPAL enenrcu. 8i.'vaAii durytt—ivm. Corumasa. ^.—Simm—ps1o0u:, JpJa, staeurd, —a0.i rvwo'rioyJ S.S a3n/ 9afayy e v e m u ^ at T :00 o'clock. 'Prayer ineetiu^ i'uursday eveuiujfs. auuday -* 1.-.: 11»•»1 at c l o s e of m^ruin^ service. L E A I . OIUL*;:;, aupt. c Petteysrille .Hills. I have put in a new corn and cote crusher and thoroughly repaired the Mill. Farmers can now get their grinding done in a superior- manner and on the shortest notice. VVm. Hooker. O T A T E o f Mt'JHL r Vtf, Coanty of Livingston —At a session of the Probata Court f.>r said c o u n - ty, held at the Probate Otfic*» ia tht» village of Howvll, on Moiulny, the Sth day of Jan., in the j ~ U N U r t E ^ A r i O N A L CHL'KGH. Rev. C >V. itice pastor. .Service every Sunday morning at io:*J .tud every Sauday eveaini? at 7:tx o'clock. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings., baaday JCUOOI at c l o s e ot moraiuii s»erviv,e. Ji. II. Teepl*j , Saut. lioss iteajJ^Sec ^ T . .MAUV'S CATHOLIC O i l U i t O l I . O Kev. il. J. Oomm'-»rtoi\i, Pastor. .Services every Sunday. Low m a s s ' at 7:30 o'clock high mass w i t u s e r m o a at L>:^iu a. in. Catechism at 6:00 p. in., vespers a a d benediction at 7:*u p . m. SOCIETIES; r i l b e A. O. H. Society of this place, a lets every X third S;iul.iy 1,1 tnd f r . \lit:at)>v 11*11. Joan-l'domsy au 1 A.i.a lieiiy, »J)a i t / i>'^eg*tss year one thousand nine hundred. Present: Albird M. Davis, Jud0-e of Probate. I a the matter of the estate of " CTKORUE \V. BROWN deceased. On reading and dlin*» th-> pottti ia, d ily veriiUJ o f Sarah. Brown, praying that administration of said estate may bo granted to herself or some otht'r suitable person. Thereupon it is ordered that Tuesday, the"6th jv-PWOP.rH LEAGUE., Meets every Sdndaf -Cievemng at 6:'W oclock in tha M. E. Caurcd. A cordial invitation is evujadel to everyone, especially young people. Mrs. Stella Graham Pres. n m n r i v x ENTI>;; \.v )it Oi^.;-* evr»ry Suil.iy evj.iing ;it ;i: J>. Pre*! 1 Mit, S>JiaCi":-.M^et. n i : J > . P r i . M i l : ! Misi i-Jtta Jarp^utar; Seci'-Jt.iry, Mrs. C. vv*. HUM. T Siller. H E W. C. T. V. meets the first Pri lay of each h at J: L p. 111. at t i e ti 1 a-3 of i)r. II. b\ Everyone inteMst^d ia temperance is day of Feb. nest, at 10 o'cl ck in the forenoon.at cur+ially invited. v-Mrs. 'jeal Siller, Pres; Mrs. gaid Probate Office, be assigned for the hearing of E i u Durfee, Secretary. •aid petition. • ' | ~_ — It is turtber ordered that a copy of this order be : T ' e t e ^ t h i r d ^ r n ^ e v ^ T a t ! pnl blished in the PIVI-KNEY DISPATCH, a newspap- , thew Hall. Johii"Donohue, President. er printed and cirruhiting in sail county. thre>e successive week, previous to said day of hearing. : jQ^Meetevery Friday evening on or before full ALBIRD M. DATIS, ' t-5 Judge of Probate, t^ M U U T S O F MACCABEES. k.ot of the moon at their hall in "the Swarthont bldg. Visiting brothers .ire cordially invited. CUAS. CAMPBELL, air Knight Commandei Livingston Lodge, No. 7*, V \ A. M. K^'j'a'' ! '•C ommunication T" uesd' ay evening, on or before the full of the moojju Alexander Mclntyre, W. M. SnUpzibe £or Dispatoifc WA.NTKD—SJSVKliAA. B H I l t l l X ANI> H O N E S T p « * > ^ . t, rwpresens W RS -Managers in this and oloee bv counties. Salerr | 9 0 0 * r+*r and « xpencva, jBtrait, hohc/-nd«, a o B o t e , DO less. IV.,,. 1 t i o o p e r m a a « l U Omr rttmr*u^^ ••« » T A D I E S OF THE MACCABEES. -Meat every 1st . , . . . " " " " V t ' " ' l j a n d 3 r d aaturdavof eachuiontn at J:S0 p m. at Ittak » - a n y town. Il b s a s i n l r .-,ffi,.«' |UDEii OF EASrEKX.Sl'Aii meets each moath ' tae Friday evening followiag the regular F. ,1A.M. meeting, Miw. MABY RSAO, W. M. work ooodoeted at bMM. R«forenc«. KIN •eil-^ddrswiii steapW M^eJope, T H » ,s«irpAjnf. r>»FT. *, OmrA.io. K. t>. r. M. hall.—V-Uiriug ^;steri o o r d u i i y m - v n e d , LiL-v CONIWAV Lady Com, DonntroT* A :$4.00 BOOK FOR T5ctS. . The Farmers' Encycftpflla;— 1 KNIGHTS OK T i i i LOYAL GUARD meet every second VVedaeattsT evening of every moath i n the K.. O. T. M. Hal! at 7:30 o'clock. All visiting Guards welcome. \ F. G. JACKSON1, Capt. Gsn. . BUSINESS CARDS. Everythinjrpertataineto tne affairs of the farm, household and ' stock raisiae. En- ! braces articles o n the horse, the colt. horso huhits, diseases o f the horst?, j the farm, g r s » e s , I fruit culture, dairy- j ing.cookt'rj-.hi'aUh, cattle, shevp.switie, poultry, bees, t h e H. F. SIGLER -M. D- C. L, SIGUR M, D DK DRS. SIGLER & SIGLER, Physicians and S u r / e »ns. AH calls uromptl attended today or night. Dittos o n Main str Pinckney, Mich. DR. A. B; GREEN. DENriM-- Eyery Fridsj; ancf on Thurs- \ d».v "h t'n having appolntmenta, Qfflcq, OTar N f^' J ° l l e V ^ i a l ^Klw'8 Urug Store. life, etc., e t c One - . of the most comp l e t e E n c y c l o - pedias In existence. A large-book, $x;'>V; x \% inches. 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Patents taken out through us receive rp€tU4 notice, without charge, in T H E PATKWT RBCOXJS, a n illustrated and widely circulated ioartML consulted by Manufacturers and Investors* •cad for sample copy » 1 1 . Address, , VICTOR J . tVANt * CO. J (AiteatAttsra«7S») • I v e M ittlldtef, WAtHINOTOM, » • % •N •A .V ^.^-,4^ .._-,. :.y_ I* 2,'', • • * iH": $ • ' ^....-,,-, , ' ' -T" • ^ m . ^ •!v't> •%\t *}••*•• ,'«:;. ^ 4 • •s' • * • ' • • I ,J . •» F y :$ittduteg %'u *t w F B A K K L, A N D I ^ S T S , P u W U b e r ; P I N C K N E Y , T T M^CHIGAW, ',i J N e v e r let a confidence be forced u p o n y o u . W h e n a h e n r o o s t s o n a r o o s t ehe. m u s t b e a r o o s t e r . T h e c h a r i t y t h a t b e g i n s a t h o m e f e r r often ends t h e r e . T h e s u n s e t s only in tho west, b u t a n o l d h e n i s n ' t so p a r t i c u l a r . •One p l u m p u d d i n g o n t h e t a b l e t s w o r t h t w o in t h e s t o m a c h . vv M e n d e l i g h t in e v e r y t h i n g peculiar, w h e t h e r a n a d v a n t a g e or not. I t ' s t h e s p i r i t r a t h e r t h a n t h e price t a g t h a t m a k e s t h e g|ft v a l u a b l e . T h e m a n who b e t s o n t h e t o p do,? a n d t h e b o t t o m facts s e l d o m gets leit. A n e x c h a n g e s a y s t h e t y p h o i d g e r m Is p a r t i c u l a r l y active. And n o t p a r - t i c u l a r w h e r e . A m a n ' s g a l l a n t r y c r o p s o u t w h e n h e is e n t e r t a i n i n g a w'oman w h o is n o t r e l a t e d t o h i m . " ~ S o m e people you like u n t i l t h e y find y o u out, a n d some y o u d o n ' t like u n t i l y o u find t h e m out. Mr. Goebel of . K e n t u c k y s a y s h e is t o o busy t o m a r r y . H a s t h e s t a r - e y e d g o d d e s s of r e f o r m j i l t e d h i m ? A c r u d e t h e o r y , in t h e l a n g u a g e of s o m e m e n , m e a n s one, w h i c h (being n e w ) h a s n o t first o c c u r r e d to t h e m - s e l v e s . If you h a v e a w e a l t h y m a i d e n a u n t . d o n ' t fail t o send h e r ~ a h a n d - p a i n t e d c a r d d e c o r a t e d w i t h a b u n c h of forg e t - m e - n o t s . T h e r e a r e no t w o t h i n g s m o r e often c o n f o u n d e d , yet m o r e perfectly dist i n c t , t h a n liberal t o l e r a n c e a n d l a t i - t u d i n a r i a n indifference. T h e p o w e r of duly a p p r e c i a t i n g litt l e t h i n g s belongs to a g r e a t m i n d ; a n a r r o w - m i n d e d m a n h a s it not, for to h i m t h e y a r e g r e a t t h i n g s . 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Prof. S h e p h a r d s o n of t h e University of C h i c a g o t h i n k s t h e r e is a n i n h e r e n t sociological r e a s o n for t h e p r e v a l e n c e of fights In K e n t u c k y . T h e professor m a y be correct, b u t in c o n d u c t i n g his r e s e a r c h e s u p o n t h i s difficult subject it w o u l d be w i s e for h i m to do so a t a d i s t a n c e . K e n t u c k i a n s do n o t like to h a v e o u t s i d e r s mix u p in t h e i r "affairs of h o n o r . " Gen. Otis' l a t e s t r e p o r t of casualties in t h e P h i l i p p i n e c a m p a i g n s h o w s t h a t t w i c e a s m a n y A m e r i c a n soldiers have r e c e n t l y been d r o w n e d In t h e Luzon r i v e r s a s fen before t h o bullets of t h e e n e m y . 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N i n e t e e n c e n t u r i e s h a v e passed since t h e P r i n c e of P e a c e was h e r a l d e d t o t h e world w i t h t h e s o n g of " P e a c a o n e a r t h , good will t o w a r d m e n , " a n d y e t . t o - d a y t h e d e m o n of w a r is n u m - b e r i n g hiSTtcTIms by t h o u s a n d s . W h e n a .report is s e n t by a c o m - m a n d i n g officer, g i v i n g I h e n u t n b e r s of dead, w o u n d e d a n d m i s s i n g , it \s a solace to t h i n k t h a t but few of t h e m i s s i n g are suffering p a i n — t h a t t h e y a r e p r o b a b l y p r i s o n e r s . W h i l e n o t t r e a t e d as h o n o r e d guests, t h e s e p r i s - o n e r s a r e fed a n d protected u n t i l t h e r e c o m e s a n e x c h a n g e « r t h e w a r is over. One of t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n s s h o w s t h e B r i t i s h loading the— Boer p r i s o n e r s upon a vessel. . T h e y do n o t sail a s cabin p a s s e n g e r s , a n d t h e cirrarters a r e e v i d e n t l y crowded, b u t t h e y live t h r o u g h these h a r d s h i p s and fare m u c h b e t t e r t h a n m a n y of t h e i r b r o t h e r Boers, who a r e in t h e i r own lines, but a r e destined soon to be killed or w o u n d e d in battle. A n o t h e r p i c t u r e of s t r i k i n g reality in t h a t s h o w i n g t h e m e t h o d of r e m o v - ing t h e wounded from the field of battle. L a d y s m i t h h a s been t h o r o u g h l y invested by t h e Boevs for \veeks_41ast. Gen. W h i t e a n d h i s g a l l a n t Tittle a r m y a r e defending, p o t only t h e t o w n , b u t B r i t i s h honor as wel!._ T h e n e i g h b o r - ing hills are alive w i t h Boer a r t i l l e r y - men, whose g u n s speak t h r o u g h n i g h t a n d day in bitter t o n e s of h a t e . 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Neither has the war office any explanation, at least for publication, of the abandonment of Spion kop, and there are no advices In this connection from independent sources. The disposition today Is to regard the evacuation as not so serious as at first thought, and commentators are abusing the military authorities, both at the front and at home, for publishing hasty accounts of an incomplete, half-understood operation, thus alternately thrilling and depressing the nation. It is reported on good Transvaal authority that Mafeklng was relieved Tuesday. Some of the Berlin papers claim to have a cablegram from Pretoria saying that Gen. Warren was enticed Into Splon kop, where the Boers fell upon him; that seventeen of his cannon were captured and that Buller's hasty retreat over the Tugela river alone can save him. E n g l a n d P e e l s R e v e r s e s K e e n l y . Seven days of fighting have left the main Boer positions Intact and Gen. Buller's army 7Q6 weaker, according to official casualty lists, which seemingly do not include the Spion kop losses, as those last - forwarded do not mention Gen. Woodgate's wounding. England is possessed by a depressing sense of failure. Not much effort is made, to place a happy construction upon Gen. Buller's statement telling of the retirement from Spion kop, and there Is an uneasy impression abroad that worse news is yet to come. S u p p r e s s i n g W o r s t N e w s . At one of the military clubs last night the, statement passed from one member to another that the war office had received an unpleasant, supplementary dispatch from Gen. Buller, which was being, held up for twelve hours. Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post, writes as follows of the Spion kop loss: "This is a serious matter and an attempt will riot here be made to minimize it, for no greater wrong can be done to our people at home than to mislead them about the significance of the events of the war. The right way is to tell the truth as far as we know it." Censorship Is Close. But facts from the neighborhood of the Tugela are scantier than ever. The censorship now is simply prohibitive, and something is wrong with the cables. The "break on the east coast lines has been repaired, but the cable between San Thome and Loanda, on the west coast, is now interrupted. M o r e Soldier* L e a v e E n g l a n d . The last detachment of the infantry section of the London volunteers, numbering 134 men, was entertained this morning in Southampton, where they embarked today for Africa. The route from Wellington barracks to Nine Elms station was thronged with cheering spectators, but not in the same degree as on previous occasions, so the order of march was undisturbed. The lord mayor and sheriffs accompanied the troops to Southampton. The battery section and ammunition column completing the regiment will leave Feb. 3. B o e r s T e l l T h e i r Story' Boer Camp, Modderspruit, Upper Tugela River, Tuesday, Jan. 23— The British are new endeavoring to force, with 40,000 tro* », the Spion kop route to Ladysmith. . The firing on Gen. Botha's position yesterday was terrific. The grass was fired, rocks dislodged and trenches pierced, but the battle was practically one-sided, the federals only firing thirty shots. A ball from a shell landed in Gen. Botha's pockei. Theonly Boer casualties were some horses wounded. The firing ceased at dark, but was resumed this morning in the vicinity of Ladysmith and here, but up to noon it lacked vigor. Parts Is Exultant. Paris, Jan. 29.—Most of the French papers hail with keen satisfaction the announcement that the British have abandoned Spion kop. The ambiguous wording of the first dispatch has led them to declare that the British war office was keeping back something, and they now insist that this dispatch must have contained the fact that Sir Charles Warren had abandoned the po-| sition, and/Chat this was suppressed by the war office. All comment upon this "extraordinary step" and express the .cpinlon "ffcat it is sufficient to "drive any nation to despair." The Matin even goes so far as to make this Insinuation: "The British government willingly gave the nation false joy_ when it knew it had the truth." T R A N S V A A L WAR ITEMS. As Great Britain is in need of more funds to carry on the war in South Africa parliament will soon meet. The cabinet, however, had been hoping for one rallying British success to cheer the country, and to command generous support for fresh revenue measures. Among these will probably be an increase of the income tax to a shilling in the pound, but this would only provide the cost of five weeks' hostilities. The duties on tobacco, alcohol, tea and coffee are likely to be raised. The Boer forces have started a heavy bombardment of Kimberley. The gar* risoo/s new gun carried five miles, but collapsed after a few shots. A body of 200 lancers made a sortie from Ladysmithy under cover of a heavy cannon and s(fle fire from the forts opposite th£ laager of Pretoria command. The British retired with evident loss. One Boer was wounded. A heavy cannonade still continues. The British claim another victory over the Boers because Gen. Warren's troops occupied Spion kop on the 25th, causing" a very small garrison to flee. The dispatch also adds that in' the attack made by the Boers, after the British had taken Spion 3so£, that the British suffered a heavy loss, and that Gen. Woodgate was dangerously wounded. A Boer dispatch says the British left 1,500 dead on the battlefield after the engagement at Spion kop on the 24th. After holding the hill for a day the British found themselves unable to hold out against the Boers and deserted the position in the night. Gen." Methuen in commenting on the military tactics and courage of the Boers says: "The mobility of the Boers is such that they can change front in 15 minutes, so that a flanking operation when striking home simply meets a new front." The last^ direct German mails to the Transvaal are how being returned from Cape Town without any explanation on the part of the British authorities. The German press comments upon the fact with considerable heat. The quarters of G ens. White and Hunter at Ladysmith were smashed by a shot from Long Tom on the 22d. It is not known at this writing whether any ofrthe occupants of the building were killed or not. According to an English account Ladysmith is now considered to be impregnable, the fortifications having been strengthened and supplies are plentiful. /-__ A train load of beef, 750,000 pounds, for the use of the Boers, was recently purchased in Chicago by an agent of the Transvaal government. The British losses up to date. Man . 24. in killed, wounded and captured, according to Gen. Buller's revised list, totals 8,215 men. The first lot of yeomanry left London for the Transvaal on the 27th. It is now evident that move than one battle will have to be fought before Buller can stretch out his hand to White. AL1 the bridges on tha Natal railway and-the Laings Nek tunnel and the , bridges on the Free State line have hpp.n u n d e r m i n e d , s o a s t o e n a b l e t h e m to be destroyed at a moment's notice in the event of Boer retreat. 1 8 9 Lives Lost by F l o o d s in J a p a n . 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Each one that has used it says it is the best remedy, and all join in praise of "5 DROPS.'* For ^he enclosed money please send me three larg-e bottles of "5 DROPS," one package of Pills and one Plaster, and hurry them forward without delay. Jan. 11, 1900. SAMUEL, SPEEGI^E, Falkville, Ala Gentlemen: My mother, Mrs. Eliza Austin, of f | l | E | | U ftVIQU Fremont, Wis., has'been almost an invalid for Years n i l t i l H i A I I d M with RHEUMATISM and for the past five years has • • • • f c > ^ 8 » " • • * " « not been able to walk 40 rods until she began to use **5 DROPS," about t w o months ago. She now walks a mile at a time and is doing- all her own work in the house, a thing- she has not done for years. You are at liberty to publish this testimonial, with my name and also my mother's. Dec. 27,,l»». MRS. C. H. PURDY, Wanpaea, Wis. Is the mewt powerful upeciftc known. Free from. opU&> snU njrfsctly harm less. It rive* almoin instantaneous relief, and J* a posltire cnriTtor Rhrwmatlsm, MetattcK, Xe«**»M»* I>y*pep«l*< Bneknebw, AstliBUk, lfajr J W e r , Cat a r r h , !>*» G r i p p e . Croup* Sleeplessles*. tterrousgiea*. X e r v « a « a n * £««r»taHe_ H e a a a e h c e , Rmrwetae. T a o t h a e a c . H e a r t W M S M W . S r o p s y , M a l a r i a , C r e e p i n g Nuatbae**, e t c . , etc. a a a > V C > rer« to rive "» DROPS" at lean a trial, we O V U A T 9 will nend a S a c sample bottle, prepaid by mall for 1 0 « . A •ample bottle will conrlncevna. Al»o. 1 arjre bottle* (MO aojjwi «06. * bottle* for |«. fT»*nr v m ^ i SAM>"-\>S and agent* «flttmw.tSTSD|a s»»T«rrite*ju_ w r i t e ua tonlny. 8 W A N 3 Q X R H E U M A T I C C U R E CO., 1 6 0 t o 1 8 4 L%ke St.. CHICAGO. I L l f r ^ DROPS POTATOES . 2 0 1 aBbl. t laffeat 8eei rOTATO Orewert la Aaertea. Prtcee & t l . t v a e a , BaeraMaeteektefGrua, ClewaaOtra m See*. Beai tab MIIN aae 19e fer cetalei »»d 11 p ium> fAi — ~ — " gjSaaFLU. • JOnt AjgAttXR SltD CO., LA CKOMI, WW. w*. fe D R O P S Y N E W D'SCOVCRY. frive* CHEAP FARMS JIO TOD WUT t WME1 A A A A f t b C C Improved and nnlniproTcd | U U V A U n C a farmta* taads to be divided aad told oa long time And eaajr pay inernta, a littla each year. Come and »ee us or write. THE TBUMAK MUSS STXTFTBANR, hanllac Center. Mich., or TtM TniMan MOM B«Ut«.Crp»«tU. SanllM C«*,Ml«a» ttaaea. Babe of tet_tt monlqatuaic akn dra 1ll0e f*a*nTd8 »cu trree*a twmoenntt •ft, ft. H. OJUtBTt MSB, Be* B. AUaata, «a, Vbei "Answering AdTeftlsemsts Heitkw Tais fare. r 'V'.iTL * V''v :*• 77? .P^IT'" * '»";, '*",•;'.; '."^."••IVX " Tn"^^l ^ ^ ' ; ^ ' ' ^ . . -' •V»" V * & itf":. PHOTOGRAPHS We have taken possession of the Photo Gallery*formerly run by "Mr. Stark, and after h a v i n g r e f u r n i s h e d it* w i l l b e R e a d y f o r Business Saturday* Feb 3. We would be pleased to have you call and examine our work. You will find that we are S t r i c t l y Up-To-Date» having all the latest styles of, work that can be secured in the larger places, and W"e G u a r a n t e e All O u r W o r k . After February 3 the gallery will be open E v e r y D a y E x c e p t S u n d a y , while we remain here. t 't, TO INTRODUCE OUR WORK J J f | \ j | F " (> J ) P | J I P Y 1 5 « WB Wlbb MAKB OUR Very Best, $3.00 Cabinets ^ ^ FOP $2.00p~D°"ri V.,yK..pec„„„v. p # H # N | X & S Q N # • 4 Mrsj Win. Potterton entertained a niece from Piuckney last week. The milk which is beiugbrought to the cheese factory is shipped to ANDERSON. Howell. ' Samuel Wilsou was home from Died, Jan. 22, Jessie Bennett, Howell over Sunday. | an old resident of this township, The social at L. Roy's was well • at the home of his daughter, Mrs. attended and a gded time was had. , Win. Featherly. The funeral ser- Mesdames Eugene Smith and C. ' vices were Held Wednesday and Stephenson, spent Sunday with'the remains buried in the Hauithek parents iu Stockbridge. The daughters of Mrs. J. R. Dunning celebrated Mrs. D's 80th birthday at the home of Mrs. .Jas Marble, Monday. burg cemetery. Richard May The friends of Hugh WylLe will j ] a s t w e e L be son'y to learn that he is suffer WEST PUTNAM. Will H. Gardner is on the sick list. was in Howell ing from a stroke of paralysis, in Ann Arbor where he is visiting. Mrs, Fred Merrill visited in Flemming and Fowlerville the last of last week and attended the 94th birthday of Mr. Merill's grandmother, Mrs. Fenless, Last week Tuesdny, Jan. 23, occur. ed thej50th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bullis, of Unadilla, About 80 of their relatives and friends gathered at their pleasant and commodious residence to celebrate the occasion. Mr. Bullis is 71 aud Miss Anna Spears is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Win. Doyle. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Barton visited iu Stockbridge last week. -Miss Ella Murphy spent last Friday and Saturday with friends in Piuckney. Miss Edna Conner, of Wood's Corners, called on friends in this vicinity last week. Miss NeH_a Gardner is taking vocal lessons of Prof., Mrs. M. J . Kempf, of Ann Arbor. Glenn Gardner is an inventor of an ice-boat, which with a nee- Mrs. BulKs is 65 years of age and iessary breeze, will scurry across are tlie_parents of six living child- {the-frozen waters' at an amazing ren, Mrs. A^ G. Wilson, Mrs. M. jelip. H. B. Gardner called on M. Carroll of South Putnam, last Thursday. Clifford Tripp is home from Stockbridge for the remainder of the winter. ~ Several from here attended a meeting of the Unadilla, Ollapodrida club at W. H. Sayles. Mrs. Richard May and Miss Georgia Gardner visited at D. Monks the first of the week. Mm- O. P. Noah and Mrs. M. Green of North #Lake, visited at Wm. Gardners last Satui-day. Ella Murphy taught last week in the place of Kirk Van Winkle js;ho was in Detroit on business. Miss Laura ' Doyle, who has been visiting her gpandparents iu North Putnam, has returned home. useful. After a few happy remarks by L. E. Howlet, Esq., the company dispersed and thus ended a very pleasant day. \ HAMBURG. Fred Rice is laid up with a very bad ankle. • - The Maccabees will give one of their popular balls Feb. 14, v Mrs. Wm. Featherly is in Dixbo^ augh^visiting. her daughter.^. ?he Ladies' Guild served chickrie supper at Royces hall on Tuesday. A. B. Greer moved his family to the village Monday. Mr. Greer has charge of the cheese factory. At the color social given by the Maccabees last Saturday evening, the prize was awaided to Mrs. Bert Haight. Tickets are being sold for a lecture to be given by Rev. Dr. Caster of Howell, some time in Feb. 100 tickets have to be sold before the date will be set. The trouble with the Hamburg correspondent last week was not the oold weather—it was a case of stationery being carried around in her father's pocket for a week. Wasson, M m " A Mrs. Frank Montague, Charles Bullis Jr. and Geo. Bullis, all of whom, with thirteen of their fourteen grand-children, and three of their four great-grand-children' :: M rmr+m • ^ ^ were present. The remainder of ., I flAAA I I B B B I W the company consisted of other; I V r V V I I B B 9 I m relatives and intimate friends. _A ' ;; ~* most excellent and plenteous din- ] [f s p > (here musLbc SOIT1C ner was served which all enjoyed. j I trouble with its food. Well "Relatives from Howell, Marion, babies are plump; only t h e Pinckney, CarO and near Detroit, | * s jc k are thin. Are you sure graced the occasion. The pres-j-J the food IS all right? ChH- t ents were numerous, valuable and dren can't help but g r o w 3 ! they must grow if their food i nourishes them. Perhaps a ' 1 mistake was made in the , past and as a result the digestion is weakened. If that : is so, don't give the baby a lot of medicine; just use i your every-day common sense and help nature a : little, and the way. to do it is to add half a teaspoonful of scon's EMULSION to the baby's foe44hree or four times a day. The gain : will begin the very first day you give it. 'It seems to correct the ^digestion and gets the baby started right: agairu U the baby Is nurs f ing but does not thrive, then l I ths mother shouSd take the emulsion. ef?a< It will have a ; good effect both upon the; j mother and child. Twenty | five years proves this fad i -,DC. and ?l.oo, «11 druggists. r,f.OTT & !)6WNE, Chemists, New Yort. ill Ml IMMII MARION. Mrs. H. T. Love is reported to be on the gain. * Mark Betram will vacate the C. Mitchell farm this spring. Lewis Christler of Plainfield spent Sunday with his sister Mrs. J. ^ . Witty. 7 H. T. Galloway has leased the Jas. Harger farm and will take possession April 1. Miss Clara Witty of Chelsea visited friends and relatives in Marion the past week. F. E. Backus is getting the material on the ground for a new ! I barn the coming summer. Old Mr. F o s t e / of Parkers Corners attended the quarterly meeting Saturdayand Sunday. Mabel Blood and a lady friend of Whitmore'Lake, spent Saturday with her father, A. G. Blood. Geo-. Fowler, who has been sick at the home of F, E. Love . for the past two months, is able to be out again. Clarence Reed attended the one day institute at Brighton, last Thursday and spent Friday with relatives in Plaesant Valley. The young people held the last Athenum at the' home of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Bncknell last Friday evening and all report a good time. ' Ye Editor said in last week's paper that he guessed some of his corxesporidence ink had-frozenas he did not hear from some of us. Ours did, so have to write this week with a led pencil. H. M. Padley is the- new president of the Marion Farmers Club. Their next meeting will be held at the home of Coral Drew the last Thursday in February and will be a Washington Birthday meeting. The second quarterly meeting of the First M. E . church of Backusville was held Saturday and Sunday. As our presiding elder could n,ot be with us Rev. A. G. Blood exchanged pulpits with Rev. E. E. Castor D. D. of Bowell, who preached a very helpful sermon taking his text from John 1:29.- '•• _ The A. Burden farm'is for sale —a good location for some one. S. M. Smith's people expect to move into their new house the coming week. H. E. Reed attended the one day institute at Fowlerville and Piuckney last week. Miss Jennie Topping spent Saturday and Sunday at home and returned to her school in Pleasant Valley, Monday. The ladies met at the parsonage last Wednesday and reorganized the Ladies' Aid Society with the following' officers: Pres., Mrs. Bert Drewery; vice Pres., Mrs. Mary Basins; Sec, Mrs. F . E. Backus; Treas., Mrs. H. G. Bucknell. They will meet at the home of Mrs. Drewery, the first Wednesday in Feb. at 10. a. m. and will serve dinner to which the men are«|- especially invited. Do not "forget tfie DISPATCH Book Bindery when you want work in that linn. We bind everything from a receipt to a dictionary. Call and s«e our work. •'— z pi w ac v> pi T H 0z IP 0z r -< ^ 3" 01 3 5f S -a •s c S •5 0 T > V 1 • If you want all the news subscribe for the DISPATCH. STOCK-TAKING SALE. The Red Mark Sale Ended Wednesday at 6 p. m, . - • ' ! ' THE BUSY BEE M E CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1st For Inventory. During this inventory we shall make a hunt for all Odds and Ends'to clean up. Friday a"nd Saturday we shall put on sale Odd Lots and Remnants and give you a " GreatGIeapin£-Up Sale in Every Department. , ^ We cian't tell just what these lots will be now, for we haven't got them all hunted out, but the prices we shall put on them will be rediculously small. You will find many bargain^ at this Inventory Sale. ~\ Yours respectfully, L, H. F IE LU Jaekaoo,Miob ~4 / -A,T TZ< . . ' , . ; . . '...J.'. ,'.._i..',^. . . .MU O - L ' _ . . '.- ...—•.-*. —. ^ .L. . / Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch February 01, 1900 Description An account of the resource February 01, 1900 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. 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Title A name given to the resource Newspaper Description An account of the resource Below is a list of all the newspaper information we know about for Livingston County, Michigan: <ul> <li>Brighton Argus (1880-2000) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1880-1968 in the Local History Room. Brighton Library also has holdings of this newspaper in their <a href="https://brightonlibrary.info/about-bdl/genealogy-local-history/the-brighton-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brighton Room</a>. <a href="https://brighton.historyarchives.online/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Community Life (Hartland) (1933-present) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper from 1933-1991.</li> <li>Fowlerville News and Views (1984-present)- a newspaper that has been covering the Fowlerville, Webberville, and Howell areas. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?fc=websiteGroup%3AFowlerville+News+and+Views" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a> (contains 2018-present newspapers and 2015-present blog entries). <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Fowlerville Review (1875-1971) - we have microfilm of this newspaper in the Local History Room. <a href="https://www.fowlervillelibrary.net/cool-stuff/local-history-room/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fowlerville Library</a> has digital copies available in their library.</li> <li>Gregory Gazette (1912–1913) - digital copies of newspaper. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=gregory+gazette">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Community News (2003–2009) - digital copes of newspaper. The Livingston Community News was a local community newspaper, housed in downtown Brighton, with a weekly circulation of 54,000. Encompassing a News, Features and Sports sections, the paper operated from 2003 to 2009 under the umbrella of The Ann Arbor News. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=livingston+community+news">View Digital Copies</a> (view in library only)</li> <li>Livingston County Argus-Dispatch (1965-1969) - Brighton Argus and Pinckney Dispatch merged in 1965. Then became Brighton Argus again in 1969. See either Pinckney Dispatch or Brighton Argus for access to this newspaper.</li> <li>Livingston County Press (1937-2000) - Livingston Republican Press changes name in 1937. In 1980 Brighton Argus buys and continues to publish both Brighton Argus and Livingston County Press. In 1997 both papers are published twice weekly. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Courier (1843-1857) - we have 1843-1846 in digital format. We don't have the rest of the date range. Becomes Livingston Democrat in 1857. Have microfilm for 1843-1856 in Local History Room.(view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Daily Press & Argus (2000-present) - In September 2000, two successful twice-weekly newspapers the Livingston County Press and the Brighton Argus – that had each been publishing in various forms for more than 100 years - became one. The first edition of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus hit the streets Sept. 7, 2000. Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2005 as part of the acquisition of Hometown Communications Inc. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Democrat (1857–1928) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Herald (1886–1887) - digital copies of newspaper. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/paper/the-livingston-herald/9306/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>The Livingston Post (2009-present) - a all-digital information and opinion site in Livingston County, Michigan. <a href="https://archive-it.org/collections/13451?" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican (1855–1929) - index of one of two of Livingston County, Michigan oldest newspapers. The index can be used in the Local History room on the Reference level of the library. The microfilm is processed by edition date. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/249">View Index</a> or (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Republican Press (1929-1937) - Livingston Republican and Livingston Democrat merged in 1929. (view in library only) <a href="https://livingstondaily.newspapers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Livingston Tidings (1906-19??) - By 1910 it was published by A. Riley Crittenden.</li> <li>Pinckney Dispatch (1883–1965) - digital copies of newspaper. We have all the years except 1890 and 1894-1896 are missing. <a href="http://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?tags=pinckney+dispatch">View Digital Copies</a></li> <li>Stockbridge Brief Sun (1883-1965) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> <li>Stockbridge Town Crier (1966-1999) - we have microfilm holdings of this newspaper in the Local History Room.</li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Hidden Search Text Enter Search Text that is always hidden except to edit. PINOKNEY, LIVINGSTON OO., MICH., THURSDAY, FEB. 8/1900. No. 6. I Surprise Store, BARGAINS, We give you big value for your money Brush Edge binding per yard 04 Dress Stays 05 Velveteen binding per bunch, 10 Card of hooks and eyes 02 and 03 Saxony yarn per skein 05 Germantown zephyrs per skein 06 Ladies'Fleece-lined Hose 10 Children^ heavy fleece In'd hose 10,15 Men's heavy cotton soeks 05 STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. HELD AT HOWELL, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 2 AND 3, 1900. All Roads Led to the County-seat Those Days. b a r g e a n d I n t e r e s t e d C r o w d s a t E v e r y S e s s i o n . Music rolls Men's heavy over-shirts Outing flanel Bottle best black ink Bottle red ink Mucilage 25 good envelopes Petroleum ielly 1 box 12 good cigars Tooth powder Good tar soap 25,49 45 per yd 05 03 05 03 03 04 25 05 02 Last Friday and Saturday were fine days for the farmers' institute at Howell, and it seemed as if every farmer in the county tried to get there. The attendance was large from start to finish and much interest was manifested by everyone present. The one-day institutes had woke the farmers up and the two-day meeting was a fitting close to the work. Evidently the farmers of old Livingston county are endeavoring to get all the good they can out of these institutes and know that to do so they must attend and take part. 4 l l l U l U I U I l H M l l i n M U U U U t H l l l l U U U H 4 FRIDAY MORNING SESSION. The first session was called to order by president, Erank Crandal, who made a few appropriate remarks. He said there was a class of farmers who we never meet at the Institutes but can meet...up town almost any day. There is another CIBE Now as to the clover part of the subject. This subject is one of the most important to the farmer of to-day. We have taken too much from our soil is the reason we can not get a batch of clover today—the soil is depleted of the very element that clover needs. e ai^7 The man who sells clover-from his ways meet at_ the Institutes and farm is selling the title of that who are too busy to come to town more than once a week for their are Ivory Soap per par 04 Cocoanut cream soap 05 Good crash 4 per yd 08 10 75c Overalls 50 Gobblers outfit ; 50 Lanterns 45 64 $2 cajrvinp set $1.50 $3 dress suit case 2.00 Valises 47c to 1.50 |2.50 iron bottom trunks 1.75 No. 9 all copper tea kettles 1.10 f5.00 chamber set 3.99 Come and see our 5 and 10 cent tables, they contain-Bargains. E. A. Bowman haa consented to let Bert Wellman issue premium tickets with trade, these tickets have won a. good deal of trade for the store at Howell, the tickets will be redeemed at either store. Our two stores enable us to give you the greatest'value for your money—why pay more. Come and get our prices, then mictms juouxu. Yours for trade, E. A.Bow5fAN, Prop. Bowman Block, Pinokney. BERT WELLAVAN \ Manager of Pinokney Store. Howell Store, next to P. O. mail—these are the ones who bound to succeed. Prof. C. D. Smith, of the Agricultural College, made a few remarks and announcements, then the program was formally opened with music by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bucknell, which was followed by p. ayer by Rev. Dr. E. E. Caster. Sheep and clover was the first subject and was by L. W. Gviatt of Bay county. I think it is a mistake of the fathers not to have their boys and girls attend the institute as they are more easily to vget out of the ruts. The sheep or lamb is a symbol of gentleness and love and no on e can be with them long and not partake of their nature—gentleness. We "will not qtrarrei as to the ^breed of sheep as either wool or mutton sheep can be made to pay with good care. Do not give away your half breeds or mongrels but breed them u p and care for them and bring them up to high standard. I n our line we can make more out of the mutton lambs than we can out of the wool so we hold t6 mutton sheep. > You must keep track of your sheep—do so by a tag in the ear and keep the number of each in a T>oo¥ and keep track of all you receive from that sheep—either lambs or wool—this will tall you which sheep are paying you the best, and which to turn off. Make a good seclection of animals. Many of the full-blood animals with a pedigree, should go to the butchers block and we should have a better flock. For winter keep your sheep cool but dry. No sheep can do farm. The feeding pf clover is an important feature. I do not believe the Lord ever gave me a forkfull of any thing on my farm to waste and the old manner of feeding wasted too much. I have worked a great deal on a feed rack and find that one of the square racks with wingsH/O go inside so that the hay cannot be got undex_tb:eir fmrtr-| — Continued on P a g e Five. LOCAL N E W S . Roy Teepie has purchased the resident property of H. H. Swarthout in this place. J. D. McPherson and fter. Wm. Service will locate in business a t Freeport III. Jay Shehan has been promoted from the M. A. L. Ry. to Woodward ave. in Detroit. .lames Quinn of this place and Ida Dolan of Jackson were married at that place last 'Thursday. A large party of the' lady friends and neighbors of Mrs. L . M. Teepie gave her a complete surprise last Thursday evening. They presented her a fine medallion. A very enjoyable evening was spentr. She goes this week to her new home in Vassar. - * * - • » • - we,l,l in , a d amp" place. I be,lie, ve a ,i.e r, s trad,e, ,th at of sp.i nn.i ng, cellar basement worm and d a m p < •• ' ,, . . . . . . a poor-place-to keep sheep; such ar etc, and followed it tor seve place is a breeder of lice and ticks and it costs more to feed them than the sheep. I would use the sheep dip to get rid of them. Anytime of the year if not to cold. Buy any, good "dip" and open the wool on t h e back, pouring in a little from an old teapot and the application will drive oat the pests. OBITUARY. Joseph Sykes died at his home in this place Thursday mdrning 1as*» aged nearly 75 years. He has not been well for some time and the past week was taken worse which resulted in his death. Mr. Sykes was born in Yorkshire, England, April 1825, cftrae to America in 1827 being only two years old when the family settled in Conn. The family remained there for about! seven years, Coming to Pinckney, Mich., in 1835 when it was more of a ''sight to see a horseshoe than a bear's track. Mr. Sykes learned the clothcarding, veral years near Aim Arbor, when he returned to Pinckney and in 1863 commenced to learn the harnessmakers trade which be has followed ever since, and for 21 years be has occupied the same shop on West Main st. He was well known and liked by every one for miles around. Th'e funeral «ervices werjLvlMrti from the S t Mary'i church at Jam 4ftlocr on Saturday la***- Gome to the Dispatch Office Pinckneyf Mich., FOP Uettcp Heads, Envelopes, Cards, Etc. Prices Right. tutlTITHllFTHHHTIIIflTIITTHIHIffllfiriUll *«S> Always at it. A * W h a t ? Selling Goods of course. W h i l e t h e noliday t r a d e is a l w a y s a h a r v e s t f o r s o m e — a n d we g e t o u r s h & r e ^ - o u r t r a d e a l w a y s r e m a i n s g o o d t h e y e a r a r o u n d . T h e r e a s o n is t h a t we sell t h e b e s t s t a - ple g o o d s for t h e least m o n e y . P e o p l e t o d a y a r e n o t looki n g for CHEAP g o o d s b u t G O O D g o o d s c h e a p . ~ T h e following a r e s o m e of o u r lines: Dfugs and Medicines. A full a n d c o m p l e t e line. School Supplies* B o o k s , T a b l e t s , P e n c i l s P e n s , I n k a n d E x a m i n a t i o n B l a n k s . Fancy Articles* C e l l u l o i d G o o d s , Hdkf., C u f f a n d CoIIor B o x s . Ttfey make fine birthday gifts. Crockery. Groceries. A full l i n e of j W e c a r r y a l i n e P l a i n a n d F a n c y w a r e . of t h e b e s t in t o w n . A f i n e l i n e of L a m p s . P r i c e s a r e right. >M H a v e y o u seen o u r fine a s s o r t m e n t of VA4.&NTINES F. A. SIGLER. TEEPLE & CADWELL General Hardware, Have as complete an assortment of heavy and shelf hardware as can be found in the county, and 1900 finds us more thoroughly equipped than evar before. Builders Hardware a Specialty. Doors and Common Sash always in stock. 4 ' " / ' * • Complete line or Buggies, Wagons and Heating Stoves, «. Ranges, Wood Stoves. V •. - , ^Wood and Coal. : k / Sy\v-d ' * « • ' • - # . iMftWdttMiMh* xtmtmMMHum*... . .MWiM.ii^*i».*M^MUi*^«|i|fc,^tfaB«MMw«afc • ^ fcto . ' ! • ^W^S 4 , - ^ . 1 . * - ' i t>!V / 5 II H- . t a e j £? ^L EVENTS OF THE WEEK N O U R G R E A T S T A T E R E L A T E D IN A B R I E F F O R M . 6 0 , 0 0 0 T o n * vof Coal P « r M o n t h Is t h a Cpitpat of Bftehlffan's M iaes — 8 a f e C r a o k e n g o t L i t t l e B o o t y for Their Trouble a t Ionia. Coal Industry In Michls/aiu. T h e c o a l i n d u s t r y o f M i c h i g a n h a s a s s u m e d s u c h p r o p o r t i o n s d u r i n g t h e p a s t t w o y e a r s t h a t L a b o r C o m m i s - s i o n e r C o x h a s f o u n d i t n e c e s s a r y a n d d e s i r a b l e t o m a k e i t t h e s u b j e c t o f a s p e c i a l c a n v a s s . T h e t o t a l a r e a of t h e M i c h i g a n c o a l b a s i n c o v e r s n e a r l y 9,0<)0 s q u a r e m i l e s , r u n n i n g f r o m J a c k s o n c o u n t y o n t h e s o u t h t o R o s c o m m o n c o u n t y o n t h e n o r t h , a n d f r o m H u r o n ' c o u n t y ori t h e e a s t t o M e c o s t a c o u n t y o n t h e w e s t . T h i s a r e a i s p e a r - s h a p e d w i t h i t s s t e m e n d i n J a c k s o n c o u n t y . N o t a i l o f t h i s v a s t a r e a c o n t a i n s c o a l i n v e i n s p r o f i t a b l e f o r w o r k i n g , b u t t h e r i c h finds i n t h e S a g i n a w v a l l e y a r e bel i e v e d t o b e a n i n d e x o f w h a t w i l l follow.. T h e r e a r e n o w m o r e t h a n 200,0001 a c r e s u n d e r l e a s e , t h e y i e l d p e r a c r e I b e i n g e s t i m a t e d a t 4,500 t o n s . A t t h e I b e g i n n i n g of t h e p r e s e n t y e a r t h e r e t w e r e 25 m i n e s i n o p e r a t i o n ^ w h i l e _ne\y•{ s h a f t s w e r e b e i n g p r o j e c t e d i n s e v - } o r a l p l a c e s . N i n e of t h e o p e r a t e d m i n e s a r e l o c a t e d i n S a g i n a w c o u n t y , s e v e n In Hay, live s m a l l o n e s in E a t o n , t w o i n S h i a w a s s e e , a u d o n e e a c h i n H u r o n a n d J a c k s o n . T h e E a t o n cxninty m i n e s a r e k n o w n a s d r i f t m i n e s , a n d d u r i n g t h e p a s t s i x m o n t h s JUT-YO y i e l d e d a b o u t 2,500 t o n s of coal. I t - i s s a f e t o s a y t h a t M i c h i g a n i s n o w p r o d u c i n g 00,000 t o n s o f e o a l p e r m o n t h a t a n a v e r a g e c o s t of SI.30 p e r t o n . D y n a m i t e Explosion N«*r Wyandotte. A s a r e s u l t of a s u p p o s e d l y a c c i d e n t a l d i s c h a r g e o f 2,500 p o u n d s of d y n a m i t e a t t h e S i b l e y s t o n e q u a r r y , t h r e e m i l e s s o u t h of W y a n d o t t e o n t h e 3 0 t h , N e l s o n l i u r d o , a g e d 60, w h o h a d c h a r g e of t h e e x p l o s i v e , w a s b l o w n t o a t o m s . A f t e r t h e e x p l o s i o n a s e a r c h f o r l i u r d o ' s r e - m a p s w a s c o m m e n c e d , a n d t h e e n t i r e f i n d i n g s w o u l d n o t fill a q u a r t m e a s u r e , a n d n o t a p a r t i c l e o f t h e s h a n t y , w h e r e t h e d y n a m i t e w a s k e p t , c o u l d b e f o u n d . T h e v i b r a t i o n s c a u s e d b y t h e e x p l o - s i o n w e r e d i s t i n c t l y f e l t in D e t r o i t . H o w o r i n w h a t m a n n e r t h e d y n a m i t e w a s e x p l o d e d is, of c o u r s e , a m y s t e r y . T h e r e a r e t w o t h e o r i e s a d v a n c e d O n e i s t h a t . B u r d o i n l i g h t i n g h i s p i p e t h r e w t h e h a l f b u r n e d m a t c h a m o n g s o m e d y - n a m i t e c a p s l y i n g , o n t h e floor, t h e o t h e r i s t h a t i t w a s a c a s e o f s u i c i d e . B u r d o h a d b e e n e m p l o y e d a t t h e q u a r r y f o r 30 y e a r s . Safe Crackers MttUe a Poor H u n t A g a n g of s a f e c r a c k e r s h e l d u p N i g h t ! ' W a t c h m a n N i m s a t t h e w o r k s of t h e I o n i a W a g o n c o m p a n y , a t I o n i a , a t m i d n i g h t on t h e 2 y t h , b o u n d " a n d g a g g e d h i m , t h r e w h i m o n a p i l e of s h a v i n g s i n t h e e n g i n e r o o m , a n d t h e n p r o c e e d e d t o b l o w o p e n t h e s a f e i n t h e ollice. A n h o u r l a t e r , N i m s s a y s h e h e a r d a terrific e x p l o s i o n , b u t h e w a s s o w e l l t a k e n c a r e o f h e c o u l d n o t g i v e a n a 4 a r m . A s t h e w o r k s a r e l o c a t e d h a l f a m i l e f r o m t o w n , o n t h e o p e n l o w l a n d s , a p a r t f r o m a l l c i v i l i z a t i o n , t h e t h i e v e s h a d i t a l l t h e i r o w n w a y . T h e r o b b e r s , f o u r i n n u m b e r , s e c u r e d 20 c e n t s i n c a s h a n d , 8 2 0 w o r t h o f r e v e - n u e a n d p o s t a g e s t a m p s a u d l e f t n o c l u e . T h e r o b b e r y i s t h o u g h t t o h a v e b e e n t h e w o r k o f a g a n g of t r a m p s w h o h a v r e ^ i n f e s t e d t h e v i l l a g e --during t h e p a s t m o n t h . - ' — —» M I C H I G A N N E W S I T E M S . Old rtounty (Claltrm. I n F e b r u a r y / 1 8 0 5 , t h e M i c h i g a n l e g - i s l a t u r e f r a m e d a l a w o f f e r i n g S150 l x m n t y t o e v e r y m a n w h o s h o u l d e n l i s t t h e r e a f t e r , b e i n g . c r e d i t e d t o a n y m i l i - t a r y s u b d i s t r i c t . T h e l a s t c a l l w a s for 300,000 m e n a n d L u c i u s L. H i c k o x e n - l i s t e d i n Co. C, 1 0 t h M i c h i g a n c a v a l r y . H e w a s a K e n t c o u n t y m a n a n d w a s d u l y c r e d i t e d t o a m i l i t a r y s u b d i s t r i c t . H e s a y s h e d i d n o t k n o w of t h e e x i s t - e n c e o f a b o u n t y l a w u n t i l m a n y y e a r s a f t e r w a r d , w h e n h e p r e s e n t e d h i s c l a i m t o t h e b o a r d of s t a t e a u d i t o r s , w h o / f o u n d t h a t t h e b o u n t y h a d b e e n a s - '' s i g n e d t o C. G. W i l c o x . H i c k o x s a y s t h e s i g n a t u r e i s a f o r g e r y a n d t h a t h e n e v e r r e c e i v e d t h e b o u n t y . T h e b o a r d r e c o g n i z e d t h i s , b u t r e f u s e d t o p a y u n - t i l t h e s u p r e m e c o u r t h a d p a s s e d u p o n [ t h e b o u n t y l a w . N o w t h e s u p r e m e c o u r t h a s i s s u e d a n o r d e r d i r e c t i n g t h e a u d i t o r s t o s h o w c a u s e w h y h i s c l a i m s h o u l d n o t bo p a i d . T h e r e a r e h u n - d r e d s o f m e n i n t h e s a m e fix; uiid | f h e s u c c e e d s i n p r e s s i n g h i s c l a i m t h r o u g h , i t w i l l t a k e h u n d r e d s of t h o u s a n d s o£-j d o l l a r s t o p a y t h e m artt. ' A t t y . - l i e n . O r e n h a s n o t y e t p r e p a r e d h i s o p i n i o n for the-auditor_s. A Hoy a n d » 1 , 3 0 0 Missing. J e r e m i a h A. ( J i n n a n , a g e d IS, m e s - s e n g e r f o r t h e D e t r o i t S a v i n g s b a n k , h a s b e e n m i s s i n g s i n c e n o o n o n t h e 2 0 t h , a n d s o h a s SI,300 i n c a s h . G i n n a n h a d b e e n e m p l o y e d a t t h e b a n k for a b o u t a y e a r , a n d h a d a l w a y s b e e n a t r u s t e d e m p l o y e . S h o r t l y before" 1 o ' c l o c k o n t h e 2 0 t h . 1 ' e c e i v i n g T e l l e r - J o h n Oillc't^ l e f t t h e b a n k t o g o "to l u n c h , l e a v i n g y o u n g G i n n a n in hi.> c a g e , J list h o w l o n g t h e y o u n g mar. r e m a i n e d t h e r e n o o n e s e e m s t o k n o w , b u t s h o r t l y a f t e r 1 o'clock h e w a s rep o r t e d m i s s i n g . T h e m o n e y i n t h e c a g e w a s c o u n t e d , a n d i t w a s f o u n d thatr 81,300 i n b i l l s w e r e a l s o g o n e . . L a t e r — Y o u n g G i n n a n w a s a r r e s t e d i n C h i c a g o o n t n e a f t e r n o o n of t h e 2d. A l l t h e m o n e y h e h a d l e f t w h e n arr e s t e d w a s 877. T h e r e i s a w o m a n i n t h e c a s e , b u t i n j u s t w h a t m a n n e r s h e is c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e a f f a i r i s n o t k n o w n - a t t h i s w r i t i n g ^ i = — — E m m a Stevenson Acquitted. . M r s . E m m a S t e v e n s o n , of D e t r o i t , w h o w a s c h a r g e d w i t h m a n s l a u g h t e r for s h o o t i n g J o s e p h M e r i d a n , w a s acq u i t t e d o n t h e 3d. T h e w o m a n , t h r o u g h her a t t o r n e y , p u t u p a p l e a of s e l f - d e - f e n s e a n d s u c c e e d e d i n s a t i s f y i n g t h e j u r y t h a t h e r a c t i o n i n s h o o t i n g Meritlan w a s j u s t i f i e d . It' w i T n > c rcinera- I k n r e t T t h a t ^ t r s . S t e v e n s c m T ^ e p t a hoUse r>f q u e s t i o n a b l e r e p u t e ; t h a t M e r i d a n . a j m a n w i t h a f a m i l y , v i s i t e d t h e r e s o r t a n d w h i l e t h e r e w a s s h o t a n d k i l l e d . F a r m e r s to Establish a Mall Delivery. T h e f a r m e r s a r o u n d H o w e l l w i l l h a v e a r u r a l m a i l d e l i v e r y sorvicp of t h e i r o w n . T h o s e of O s c e o l a , If artl a n d , B r i g h t o n a n d G e n o a t o w n s h i p s h a v e e n g a g e d a c a r r i e r t o m a k e a d a i l y d e l i v e r y f v o m H o w e l l a n d w i l l p a y h i m t h e m s e l v e s d u r i n g t h e c o n t i n u a n c e of t h e i r e x p e r i m e n t , w h i c h i s t o l a s t o n e y e a r . T h e postofOce a u t h o r i t i e s w i l l b e a s k e d t o l o o k o v e r t h e g r o u n d b e - fore t h e y e a r i s u p , w i t h t h e i d e a of "making1 t h e r o u t e a g o v e r n m e n t o n e . . I r o n and Coal a t Ionia. W h i l e b o r i n g f o r a f l o w i n g w e l l o n t h e i a r m o f H e n r y I . i e s c e n e a r I o n i a , a 4 2 - i n c h v e i n of i r o n o r e w a s s t r u c k a t 6 0 f e e t A t !50 f e e t , t h e y w e n t t h r o u g h 14 i n c h e s o f s l a t e c o a l , ' t h e n t h r o u g h a Ifi-foot v e i n of h a r d c o a l , a n d a n o t h e r 44 inches, o f s o f t c o a l , a n d u n d e r i t a l l w a s a 7-fc*ot v e i n of A N o . I fire c l a y , w h i c h s t o o d t h e s e v e r e s t t e « L _ , C h a r l o t t e h a s a n a n t i - t r u s t c l u b . E e r r i e n S p r i n g s i s t o h a v e e l e c t r i c l i g h t s . -•• - A n electric-"Vine f r o m S a g i n a w t o St. C h a r l e s i s a s s u r e d . G a g e t o w n M a c c a b e e s w i l l e r e c t a fine h a l l t h e c o m i n g s u m m e r . G o u l d C i t y . M a c k i n a w c o u n t y , suff e r e d a S3,000 b l a z e o h , t h e 28th. T h e f a r m e r s of L a p e e r c o u n t y a r c "going t o f o r m a b e e t s u g ^ r c l u b . M a r s h a l l i s t o h a v e a n e \ y h i g h s c h o o l b u i l d i n g w h i c h w i l l c o s t $20,000. N o r t h v i l l e i s n o w a d r y v i l l a g e , h e r o n l y b a r b e i n g c l o s e d o n t h e 3 r s t . A l d e n ' s n e w s c h o o l h o u s e W a s d e - s t r o y e d b y f i r e o n t h e e v e n i n g of t h e 31st. T h e r e w a s 81,813.144.47 i n t h e s t a t e t r e a s u r y a t t h e c l o s e o f b u s i n e s s , J a n - u a r y 3T.~ . ~ B o e r s y m p a t h i z e r s a t K a l a m a z o o h a v e r a i s e d $630 f o r t h e B o e r R e d Cross m o v e m e n t . D u r i n g 1S99, 8;"> d i v o r c e c a s e s w e r e b e g u n i n C a l h o u n c o u n t y a n d J 1 d e c r e e s w e r e g r a n t e d . Cass City boast's of t h e o n l y f a c t o r y i n t h e s t a t e w h e r e p e a h a r v e s t e r s a n d b u n c h e r s a r e m a n u f a c t u r e d . i S p a r t a l a d i e s a r e r a i s i n g f u n d s t o e r e c t a fine m o n u m e n t t o t h e m e m o r y o f s o l d i e r s a n d s a i l o r s of t h e c i v i l w a r . F a r m e r s i n t h e v i c i n g of R o c k w o o d s a y t h e y h a v e li-ad e n o u g h of s u g a r b e e t r a i s i n g , a n d t h a t t h e y l o s t m o n e y . y e a r . I t i r e p o r t e d o n r e l i a b l e a u t h o r i t y " t h a t t h e E r i c T e l e p h o n e Co. h a s pur-' c h a s e d -all t h e s t o c k of t h e C e n t r a l M i c h i g a n T e l e p h o n e Co. , I n t e n s e l y c o l d w e a t h e r a n d , a h e a v y s n o w f a l l i n t h e u p p e r p e n i n s u l a b l o c k e d r a i l r o a d traffic a n d a l l s u r f a c e w o r k a b o u t t h e m i n e s o n t h e 31st. 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F a r m e r s i n t h e v i c i n i t y of T h r e e R i v e r s a r e t h o r o u g h l y d i s c o u r a g e d o v e r t h e p r o s p e c t f o r a c r o p of w h e a t n e x t K a l a m a z o o c o u n t y m u s t p a y t h e c i t y of K a l a m a z o o t h e f u l l a m o u n t of t h e b i l l s f o r t h e c a r e o f c o n t a g i o u s d i s e a s e p a t i e n t s . I t w i l l b e r e m e m b e r e d t h a t t h e s u p e r v i s o r s o u t t h e b i l l t o l e s s t h a n o n e - h a l f , a n d t h e c i t y s u e d f o r l5he f u l l a m o u n t w i t h t h e a b o v e r e s u l t . T h e s a m e e n g i n e w h i c h k i l l e d F l a g - m a n A l e x . S i m a t a r a i l r o a d c r o s s i n g i n D e t r o i t r e c e n t l y , k i l l e d D a v i d P a t - t e r s o n , a n o t h e r f l a g m a n , o n t h e e v e n - i n g of t h e 31st. T h e s a m e e n g i n e e r w a s i n charge, o n b o t h o c c a s i o n s . T h e G r a n d H a v e n c o u n c i l o n t h e 3 0 t h g r a n t e d a f r a n c h i s e t o t h e G r a n d R a p - j. i d s , G r a n d H a v e n & M u s k e g o n E l e c t r i c r a i l w a y t o o p e r a t e a l i n e b e t w e e n t h a t c i t y a n d G r a n d R a p i d s . T h e r o a d i s e s p e e t e d t o b e i n o p e r a t i o n b y J u l y . T h e b e e t s u g a r m a n u f a c t u r e r s d e - c l i n e t o a g r e e t o p a y t h e f a r m e r s $5 a t o n f o r b e e t s , b u t a r e w i l l i n g t o p a y i 84.75 f o r 12 p e r c e n t b e e t s , p r o v i d i n g t h e b o u n t y l a w i s d e c l a r e d v a l i d ; o t h e r - w i s e t h e y w i l l c o n t i n u e t o p a y 84 a t o n . On t h e 2 0 t h n e g o t i a t i o n s w e r e c l o s e d f o r t h e s a l e o f . t h e H o m e r "creamery p l a n t t o t h e s t o c k c o m p a n y w h i c h i s o p e r a t i n g t h e L i t c h f i e l d b u t t e r a n d c h e e s e f a c t o r y . T h e n e w o w n e r s w i l l t a k e p o s s e s s i o n a n d c o m m e n c e w o r k s o o n . W h i l e u n d e r t h e i n f l u e n c e o f l i q u o r T h o s . F a l v e y , of K a l a m a z o o , o n t h e c v e i l i n g of t h e 31sc l a y d o w n in t h e s n o w t o r e s t . W h e n f o u n d t h e f o l l o w - i n g m o r n i n g b o t h h i s h a n d s arid f e e t w e r e f r o z e n s o b a d l y t h a t a m p u t a t i o n m a y b e n e c e s s a r y . J T h e N e w a y g o I m p r o v e m e n t Co., i n a d d i t i o n t o r e b u i l d i n g t h e d a m w h i c h w o n t o u t l a s t f a l l , w i l l p u t i n a n o t h e r o n e f u r t h e r u p t h e r i v e r w i t h a c a p a c i t y of 30.000 h o r s e - p o w e r w w h i c h w i l l b e t r a n s m i t t e d t o G r a n d R a p i d s f o r t h e H o l l a n d e l e c t r i c r o a d . 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E l i G r i m o r e , of R o c k l a n d , p l a y e d w i t h m a t c h e s o n t h e 2d a n d s e t t h e h o u s e o n fire. T h e m o t h e r c a m e t o t h e r e s - cue, c a r r i e d t h e m t o a p l a c e of s a f e t y a n d t h e n r e t u r n e d a n d e x t i n g u i s h e d t h e flames-\\mh a b u c k e t . A f e w m i n - u t e s l a t e r s h e ' d i u u p e d - i l e a d f r o m h e a r t f a i l u r e . .. A R e p o r t s t o t h e s t a t e b o a r d of h e a l t h s h o w t h a t r h e u m a t i s m , b r o n c h i t i s , i n - fluenza, n e u r a l g i a a n d t o n s i l l i t i s , i n t h e ofTIer n a m e d / c a u s e d t h e m o s t s i c k - n e s s i n M i c h i g a n d u r i n g t h e p a s t w e e k . 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I t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t w i t h i n five m i n u t e s a f t e r t h e a r r i v a l of s t r a i n a t t h e d e p o t , t h e d i s t r i b u t i n g c l e r k s w o u l d b e s o r t - i n g t h e m a i l . I t n o w l o o k s a s t h o u g h F r e d F o o t e , of F e n t o n , t h e c o n v i c t w h o i s c h a r g e d w i t h b r e a k i n g h i s p a r o l e , w i l l b e o b l i g e d t o s e r v e o u t h i s l i f e s e n t e n c e , I - s i m p l y b e c a u s e h e i s u n a b l e t o l e a v e i n - t o x i c a n t s a l o n e . O n e of t h e c o n d i t i o n s u p o n w h i c h Gov. R i c h p a r o l e d Foote> w a s t h a t h e s h o u l d a b s t a i n f r o m t h o u s e of i n t o x i c a t i n g l i q u o r s . N o s u c h p a r d o m v a s e v e r b e f o r e k n o w n i n t h i s s t a t e . F o o t e w a s s e r v i n g a l i f e s e n - t e n c e f o r m u r d e r i n t h e first d e g r e e . H i s f a t e w i l l b e d e c i d e d F e b . J2. C O N G R E S S I O N A L N O T E S . I T h e d i p l o m a t i c a n d c o n s u l a r a p p r o - 1 p r i a t i o n b i l l w a s f i n a l l y a g r e e d o n b y t h e h o u s e c o m m i t t e e o n f o r e i g n a f f a i r s on t h a 1st. I t c a r r i e s a t o t a l of 81,740,- 170, a g a i n s t 81,711,533 l a s t y e a r , a n d j 11,895,848 e s t i m a t e d b y t h e s t a t e d e - ' p a r t m e n t . T h e 8^,000 h e r e t o f o r e r e - q u i r e d f o r U n i t e d S t a t e s p a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h e t r i p a r t i t e g o v e r n m e n t of S a m o a Is d r o p p e d o w i n g t o t h e p a r t i t i o n o f t h e i s l a n d s . T h e 83,000 f o r r e p o r t s o f t h e i n t e r c o n t i n e n t a l r a i l w a y p r o j e c t a l s o i s o m i t t e d a s t h e w o r k h a s b e e n w o u n d u p . T h e h o u s e c o m m i t t e e o n t e r r i t o r i e s p r a c t i c a l l y c o m p l e t e d t h e H a w a i i a n b i l l o n t h e 2 9 t h . S e v e r a l i m p o r t a n t c h a n g e s , w e r e m a d e i n t h e m e a s u r e . T h e c h i e f of t h e s e i s t h e . s t r i k i n g o u t o f a l l p r o p e r t y q u a l i f i c a t i o n s for e l e c - t o r s fpr t h e s e n a t e . A n o t h e r c h a n g e e l i m i n a t e s t h e s u p e r v i s i o n g i v e n t o t h e s u p r e m e c o u r t o f H a w a i i o v e r e l e c t i o n s i n t h e s e n a t e a n d h o u s e a n d m a k e s e a c h h o u s e t h e j u d g e of i t s o w n e l e c - t i o n s . T h e o m i s s i o n o f t h e p r o p e r t y q u a l i f i c a t i o n f o r e l e c t o r s i s i n t h e i n - t e r e s t of t h e n a t i v e s . M r . 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M a r i n e C i t y h a s b e e n t r y i n g for a "couple o f y e a r s t o s e c u r e a b e e t s u g a r p l a n t , a n d t h e r e s i d e n t s t h i n k t h e y a r e g o i n g t o g e t i t t h i s s e a s o n s u r e . T h e y h a v e r a i s e d 8170,000 s o f a r f o r t h e p u r - p o s e . B R I E F N E W S P A R A G R A P H S . A c o m p l e t e c e n s u s of a l l p e r s o n s i n A l a s k a w i l l - s h o r t l y b e - t f t k e n . — — - I n d i a n a p o l i s . I n d . , w a s s c o r c h e d t o t h e e x t e n t of 8350,000 o n t h e 1st. , M e x i c a n s a r e p r e p a r i n g t o d e v e l o p a rich a s p h a l t d e p o s i t n e a r T a m p i c o . T h e r o u g h r i d e r s ' - r e u n i o n o f 1900 w i l l b e h e l d a t O k l a h o m a C i t y , J u n e 21 t o 24 i n c l u s i v e . B y t h e b u r n i n g of a l i v e r y b a r n a t M u h c i e , I n d . . o n t h e 1st, o n e m a n a n d 47 h o r s e s p e r i s h e d . N e w Y o r k s u f f e r e d a fire l o s s o f 8200,000 o n t h e 1st, a n d s e v e r a l firemen w e r e o v e r c o m e b y s m o k e a n d c o l d . O n e o f o u r s o l d i e r b o y s i n t h e P h i l - i p p i n e s s t o l e a h o g o n e d a y , f o r w h i c h h e w a s i m m e d i a t e l y a r r e s t e d . A t h i s h e a r i n g h e w a s s e n t e n c e d t o c u t e n o u g h | w e e d t o e o o k i t . H e d i d a n d t h e p o r k e r w a s c o o k e d f o r s u p p e r . T h e d e t a i l s b y p r o v i n c e s of t h e p r e - l i m i n a r y c o u n t o f t h e g r o s s p o p u l a t i o n of C u b a h a v e b e e n a n n o u n c e d b y G e n . ,T. P. S a n g e r , i n c h a r g e of t h e c e n s u s t a k i n g , a s f o l l o w s : P i n a r d e l R i o , 173,082; H a v a n a , 424,811; M a n t a n z a s , 302.402; S a n t a C l a r a , 3o0,537;' P u e r t o T r i n c i p e , 88.237; S a n t i a g o , 327,716; t o t a l , 1,572,845. R m s l a ' g Latent Move. I t i s s e m i o f f i c i a l l y a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t of R u s s i a a t t h e r e q u e s t of t h e g o v e r n m e n t of P e r s i a , a n d i n v i e w of t h e g o o d r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e t w o g o v e r n m e n t s , h a s a u t h o r i z e d t h e l o a n b a n k of P e r s i a t o t a k e u p t h e l o a n of 22,5000,000 r o u b l e s a b o u t t o b e i s s u e d in P e r s i a u n d e r t h e d e s i g n a t i o n of t h e f> p e r c e n t P e r s i a n g o l d l o a n t of 1900. T h e l o a n b a n k , t h e r e f o r e , h a s c o n t r a c t e d t o t a k e t h e l o a n , w h i c h i s r e p a y a b l e i n 75 y e a r s , g u a r a n t e e d b y a l l t h e P e r s i a n c u s t o m s , r e c e i p t s e x c e p t t h e r e v e n u e s of t h e c u s t o m s - o f f i c e of P a r s a n d t h e c u s t o m h o u s e s o f t h e P e r s i a n gulf. I n t h e e v e n t of a d e l a y i n t h e p a y m e n t s t h e l o a n b a n k w i l l h a v e t h e r i g h t t o c o n t r o l t h e c u s t o m h o u s e s . *There i s . a w i d e s p r e a d i d e a i n L o n d o n t h a t t h e P e r s i a n l o a n h a s f i n a l l y a c c o m p l i s h e d R u s s i a ' s l o n g - l a i d p l a n s t o o b t a i n c o m - p l e t e p o l i t i c a l a n d h n a n c i a l c o n t r o l of P e r s i a , w i t h t h e d o u b l e o b j e c t of o u s t - i n g t h e B r i t i s h a n d a s s u r i n g R u s s i a a n o u t l e t o n t h e P e r s i a n g u l f . State to N a m e P r e s i d e n t i a l Kleotors. S e c r e t a r y D i c k , of t h e n a t i o n a l R e - p u b l i c a n c o m m i t t e e , i s s e n d i n g o u t l e t - t e r s t o a l l s t a t e m e m b e r s of t h e c o m - m i t t e e r e q u e s t i n g t h a t t h e p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t o r s b e i n a m e d b y t h e s t a t e a n d n o t t h e d i s t r i c t , c o n v e n t i o n . T h e s u p r e m e c o u r t of M a i n e h a s d e c i d e d t h a t , u n d e r t h e A u s t r a l i a n b a l l o t s y s t e m , a m a n m u s t b e n o m i n a t e d b y a s l a r g e a c o n - s t i t u e n c y a s t h a t w h i c h i s n e c e s s a r y t o e l e c t h i m . A l l d i s t r i c t p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t o r s a r e v o t e d f o r i n a b u n c h b y a l l t h e p e o p l e of t h e s t a t e , h e n c e i t w i l l b e n e c e s s a r y t o c o m p l y w i t h t h i s c o n s t r u c - t i o n to_ h a v e s t a t e c o n v e n t i o n s n o m i - n a t e d . M a j . D i c k s a y s t h e e l e c t o r s w i l l p r o b a b l y b e n a m e d b y d i s t r i c t c o n v e n - t i o n s a s n o w , b u t s t a t e a c t i o n i s n e c e s - s a r y t o confirm" o r r a t i f y t h e n o m i n a - t i o n s . . T h i s r e a l l y t a k e s i t o u t of t h e h a n d s of a n y d i s t r i c t t o n a m e i t s m a n if t h e o t h e r s i n t h e s t a t e c o n v e n t i o n d o n o t w a n t t h e o n e n a m e d . The children of a millionaire can only be sllgbtly acquainted with their father. Mr*. W l n s l o w ' s S o o t h i n g Syrup, For children teething, softens tho gums, reduces fa* n&mmatlon, allays pain,cures windcollo. 23oabotUa> Open the door of 5*our henrt for Christ, and he will open the door of heaven for you. , -* . My doctor said I would die, but Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me.—Amos Kitlaer, Cherry Valley,in,,"Nov. 23, 1805. • There is only here and there a man who praises God half as much us he aUauld. Brown's Teething Cordlml keeeps babies well that are cutting teeth. Try it. T H E M A R K E T S . L I V E STOCK. Naw York— Oattle~irheep Lamb* Bestj*rades IJ 95&*> 63 Jo 73 *7 75 Lowerfjradfla.. .3 QJ&i 10 4 &J 6 00 C h i c a g o — Best grades 5 1)@6 2"> Lower gradoj.. .4 o o ^ 0J D e t r o i t — BestKrade-i... Ix>wcr jjraies^ 40 73 .3 V/®b 00 5 0) AM&1 76 4 00 B u f f a l o ^ Best prades 3 B.V$4 !T> 5 40 Lower grades...3 25;$.* 0J 5 0J Cincinnati—• Best grades 5 2 5 , ^ 73 4 75 Lower grades.. .4 3j(&4 90 3 7j P l t t * b u r r — Bestgrudes..-...5 4CKF&6 00 ft IS Lowergrades...4 0J<&4 60 4 80 7 20 5 0J 6 00 40 10 o50 5\»j 680 tltJO Hoirs S5 40 . 5 30 5 00 4 7.> 5 05 4 Di 5 20 4 7o 4 75 4 30 4 90 460 Considering what has done will soon load us to rejoice In what lie Avill do. When praise is gointc up. showers of blessing are sure to be coming down. I K NERVES__OF WOMEN I i j d h l E . Plnkham'g V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d '•'• R e l i e v e s t h e .Suffering' f r o m Overi r r o u g h t N e r v e s . 4 1 D E A R M R S . P I N K I I A M : - — I a m s o g r a t e f u l f o r t h e b e n e f i t d e r i v e d f r o m t h e u s e o f L y d i a E . P i n k h a m ' s V e g e - t a b l e C o m p o u n d t b u t I w i s h y o u t o p u b l i s h t h i s t e s t i m o n i a l t h a t o t h e r s m a y k n o w t h e v a J u o of y o u r m e d i c i n e . I w a s sufferiug" s u c h t o r t u r e s f r o m n e r v o u s p r o s t r a t i o n t h a t l i f e w a s a b u r d e n . I c o u l d n e t s l e e p a t a l L a n d w a s t o o w e a k t o w a l k a c r o s s t h e floor w i t h o u t a i d . T h e d i s e a s e h a d r e a c h e d a c o n d i t i o n w h e r e m y h e a r t w a s a f f e c t e d b y i t , s o t h a t o f t e n I c o u l d n o t l i e d o w n a t a l l w i t h o u t a l m o s t suffocating". I t o o k L y d i a E . P i n k h a m ' s V e g e - t a b l e C o m p o u n d a n d i t w o r k e d l i k e m a g i c . I f e e l t h a t y o u r m e d i c i n e h a s b e e n o f i n e s t i m a b l e b e n e f i t t o m e . " — M i s s A D E L E W I L L I A U , - S O N , 196 N . B o u l e v a r d , A t l a n t a , Q a . Thin, Sallow and Nervous I I D E A R M R S . P I N K H A M I— I w a s t E i a , s a l l o w a n d n e r v o u s . I h a d n o t h a d m y m e n s e s f o r o v e r a y e a r a n d a h a l f . D o c t o r e d w i t h s e v e r a l p h y s i c i a n s i n t o w n a n d o n e s p e c i a l i s t , b u t d i d n o t . b e t t e r . — I finally d e c i d e d t o G R A I N , ETC. Wheat. Core, Oats, No, 2 r e i No. 2 mix No. 2 white -New York 74&74X 40®4)' 29@2d«4 Chicago 63&&3% 33@33^ 23&23H • D e t r o i t 73&7JT* 3t@34 ?S@28Vi Toledo 7l@71'-i £X&3| 23(^23¼ Cincinnati TJ^73>/, 83@Sl 25^31^ P i t t s b u r g 75^7.¾¾ 33®36 &X&30* Buffalo 7«&?l» VK&33 SSQS9% •Detroit—Hay. No. 1 Timothy, 812 03 per ton. Potatoes, M)o per bu. Live Poultry, spring xshickensr 8c pcp-lb: fowls, 7c: turkey*. 10;>; ducks. 9c Egg*, strlotly fresh, 15c par doija, Butter, beat dairy, 103 per lb; creamery, 21». " g e t a n y . be uicr. A U U O U ^ t r y y o u r m e d i c i n e , a n d w r o t e t o y o n . A f t e r I h a d t a k e n t h r e e b o t t l e s o f L y d i a E . P i n k h a n V s ^ V e g e t a b l e C o m - p o u n d a n d t h r e e o f l * l 6 o d P u r i f i e r , m y m e n s e s r e t u r n e d , a n d I f e e l a s . w e l l a n d s t r o n g a s I e v e r did> a n d a m g a i n - i n g flesh."—Miss L S N A G A I X E S , V i s a j i a , T u l a r e C o . , C a L •MILUONDOLURPOTAT Most talked of potato on earth! O Catalog tell»*-«o atao about Sal* M r l Earliest Sis Weeks' Potato. iAiffttt farm and vegetable seed trowantn J3& Potato**, tt.20aod opabbL Send thia notice and 5c. •taaf tor Big OMatog. mm w^mm 6etyodrTmtRw PENSIONS:0 UBLE QUICK WrtteCAPT. O'PARRELL. Pension Agent, U 2 J N«w York Avenue. WASHINGTON, D . & Vbei Answering sdvertlsemeots KSftfiy Mention This faocr. P I S C T S C U R E FOR WVa WHEN* AVLUSt NULS,, k Ooogh Syrup. Taste* QooaV tn.thn» BotdardroCTteta. C ON :7 UN'. P T I O N / j.i if u» it T __!>'" ..J | U ^ i*H*ii_^ / •rr ••vfMtf'nr " * ' ••V"' -. • . " ' . ' : , . - . . • ' ' " • : " / ' / ' • • . • " • " . - . ' • . " • • - ' • ' . • • • ' " - " • ' - . • • • • • ' • • • -j - ' . * ' . * ' • • - . . - • • : • - - • • •<.->'.•"'. - • " . ^ . ^ - ^ . , . / , ; .y,.,y,».. > • : . ' •*• V 4 VfHIS WORD OF HONOR* m A Tale of the Blue and the Gray, /f\ | | i BYE WQRNER. f\\ ^1 Copyright. 1804, bj* Robert Bonner's Pons. CHAPTER X.—(Continued.) "I hofte> sir, that ypu are, not venturing upon a jest with me, the justice of tfce peace! How does it happen that you have anything to do with such matters? Who is this Roland, and what does Mr. Harrison say to the affair?'; "Nothing at all, because for the, moment ho is in a very uncomfortable situation, which prevents any protest But, as to my authority, allow me to show jt to you." The barrel of a revolver was suddenly presented to the old gentleman, who,'with a cry of terror, fled to the recess of the window, leaving both dignity iind .dinner in the lurch. The clerk, o;i .thi( contrary, who had listened wii;h Mouth wide o^en, sat as if paralysed with terror. "He »! Murder! shouted Mr. Thompson; but terror so stifled him t.!i.>t U\2 cry sounded a piteous whimper. "Don't scream, sir," said Maxwell, quietly. "We can como to a friendly agreement. As I said, the point in question is merely a wedding. The bridegroom is my friend, Lieutenant William Roland. I have the pleasure of presenting myself to you as Doctor Jchn Maxwell, both of the Union' army, which will arrive here in a few hours." "The whole Union army?*' exclaimed Thompson, with a fresh outburst of horror. \ "No; not the whole, army—therewould Rcarcely be room for 'it on the plantation—but our regiment. . I told you during our drive that the troops were mnrching in this direction. But we desire, for certain reasons, to have the ceremony performed first. The bride and r?room are ready, and I hope you will b?, too. I place myself at your disposal as a, witness, your clerk -will be the second Witness, and I suppose you brought the marriage contract, with you. 'We can use it at once." "Unprecedented ! Impossible !" groaned the justice, who now came "forward again. His clerk had recovered from his stupor so far as to fly soon as the ceremony is over. So, if you please—" The gentlemen* did net look as if t;hey were inclined to follow. They left the window with evident reluctance, but they did leave.it and, under Maxwell's escort, went to the drawing-room. Here they found William with Florence, the latter half-bewildered T3y the rapidity with which events had followed each other. While waiting in terrible anxiety for news, her imagination conjuring up the most terrible possibilities, Roland suddenly stood before her, free and unharmed, and in hurried words told her that she must be ready to be married- at once. . He had at last entered -with the utmost zeal into Maxwell's bold plan, which ha"d "at""firs> seemed "out of the question. It was/ really the only way to secure his bride and prevent any later intrigues of Edward. He had an inviolate right to claim his wife. Happen what might in Springfield, she belonged to him alone. The brief de: lay which would be caused by the ceremony was really not so dangerous as it seemed. Captain Wilson could hardly have reached the city, and the escort would not arrive before evening. The doctors were not expected for several hours; and as for the servants, Maxwell's judgment of them proved correct. CHAPTER XT. From the moment they discovered the identity cf the two strangers all hostility was at an end. They .belonged to the ranks of the "liberators." Besides?, they loved their young mistress as much as they feared in Edward the stern master. The .last few months, during which he had had the reins ol government, had shown the whole household what was' to be expected from the new master. Now he had mysteriously vanished. Perhaps he might even be dead. But not a hand stirred to seek or aid him. Besides, practical John, who never lost sight of any possibility, had t.iken care to prevent danger from* the LEAVING BOTH DIGNITY AND DINNER. fmm the range of the revolver—He, too, took refuge in the window recess, where he vied with his employer in tvembling. "May I request you to let me s.ee the document?" asked Maxwell. "But it contains the name of Edward Harrison," "said the magistrate, desperately. "We'll, erase I t and put William Roland in its place." "But that won't do." "It must do! I most courteously beg you for it." A movement of the revolver ga,ve this courtesy the necessary emphasis. Mr. Thompson tried to hide behind his clerk, and the latter, with a trembling hand, drew out a paper which he held like a shield toward the oppressor. "Space for the names has been left," he stammered. "They were to be filled in at Springfield." "Excellent! Then there is nothing n n A i . » J ^ I ^ - - . m —"V*-'<-infcJii-Tmilir: T"-1iWMhlMl* " — — • • ~- — -•.-.=•»-••-•-=-—J**M I T * * - to be erased. Calm yourself; Mr. Thompson. I assure •you^that I have the highest regard for you, and have told_my friend so much about you that he, Too, holds you in great esteem. Permit me again to apologize for disturbing you, but there is nothing t o prevent your continuing your meal as few white men "who were overseers in the fields. He had summoned the whole establishment, and briefly stated that the Union army was marching in that direction; that one regiment would arrive that evening and hold every human being- in Springfield to a strict account-, if a hair of his head or Lieutenant Roland's was harmed. The composure with which ho related this fa fry tale made a strong impression, and f the rapidity of nil these incidents bewildered them. No one ventured to raise an objection when Maxwell ordered the fastest horses to be harnessed and the carriage brought round j - but all hastened to obey, while the doctor proceeded to exchange the courtesies already mentioned with his esteemed friend, Mr. Thompson. Florence was sitting on a sofa, with William standing beside her—both in the greatest agitation and excitement —when the.gentlemen entered. Doctor Maxwell, however,"was calmness itself, when he made the necessary introductions. "Lieutenant Roland—the bridegroom —you already know the, bride, JVIiss Harrison. William, I have the/pleasure of presenting to you the justics of the peace, Mr. Thompson, who, with the utmost readiness to oblige, instantly consented to gratify your wish.;' Willi&iri looked at the magistrate, whose pale face and shaking knees distinctly showed how he had been induced to show this vaunted obligingness. The affair, which affords his friend a malicious satisfaction, was extremely painful to him. "Calm .yourself, sir," he said, approaching him. "You are perfectly safe. Neither you nor your companion needs fear.' I deeply regret that we were forced to put the request in such a form, but the circumstances compelled it. As soon as the wedding is over, you* can return to the city." . The old gentleman again breathed freely. He had imagined the lieutenant a far more terrible personage than the doctor, and now he proved to be the more humane of the two. But Mr. Thompson preferred tp place himself close to Miss Hairison as quickly as possible. If he stood close by her side, no one could fire at him. Meanwhile, Maxwell had given the marriage contract, which had been handed to him. a brief, yet thorough scrutiny, and .now .again laid it .on the table. "Everything is correct!" he said. "The names are stil^ missing. Please insert them. Mr. William Roland,— Miss Florence Harrison! There, now we can begin." The magistrate had so far recovered that he could commence the ceremony, which was performed very quickly, but in strict-legal form. The usual questions were asked and answered, the signatures were affixed, and in less than ten minutes the wedding was over. William, deeply moved, clasped his young wife to his> heart. *. Maxwell glanced 'toward the door, where Ralph had appeared during the last' moment, but remained standing motionless in order not to interrupt the ceremony. The doctor exchanged a few"'words with him in a low tone, then turned to the young couple. "Mrs. Roland, please go to your father. William, you can accompany your wife. There is no fear that your presence will disturb the sick man— don't leave her alone now!" A significant glance emphasized the words. William understood that the last* moments of Mr. Harrison's Plife were at hand, and putting his arm around his wife he led her to her dying father. (To be Continued.) TryQrain-O! Try Grain=0! Ask you Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-0, the new food drink that takes tbo placo of coffee. The children nwy drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. ' GEAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is mode from pure grains, and the most delicate si/omach receives it without distress. | the price of coffee. > 15 cents and 25 cents per package. \ Sold "by all grocers > Tastes like Coffee [ Looks like Coffee > Insist that yonr grocer cives 70a GBAIN-0 * Accept no imitation. 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The children are constantly chided, the patient "vro'uw"- lias a preoccupied look and the husband himself puffs even more vigorously than usual a t his pipe, j Eventually a corner, of the table is cleared and carefully wiped. The family Bible i.s placed in posiiiori and the .-beet of papor requiring the signature placed upon it 'An expectant silence falls upon the company. "Stilte!'* cries the wife. "Stilte/ kimletjes, papa gaat sein naam teken." ("Hush, children, father is about to -sigh his uame.") The family stands round openmputhed, and all eyes gaze expectantly upon the paper,. With arms bared for the fray, and with, pen carefully poised, the Boer bends to his task. The pen is gripped firmly between his horny fingers. In thick, ungainly scratches, and with slow and painful motion, the pen begins to ivork, and at the end of, it may be four minutes, the deed is accomplished. Earth a Pyramid In .Shape. 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Grymes—''Why do you always go to that particular barber?" iTi-pr^u-— "He is baldasah egg." Grymes—"What of that?", Ukerdek—"He cannot advise me to use a hair restorer." Progress is not blind, and now, more 4han ever, the evolution of the race should be guided by intellifenfr foresight,— Rev. 0. D. Smith. MILLIONS OF, V.'OMEN USE CUTICURA SOAP exclusively for preserving, purifying/and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and healing red, rough, and sore hands, in the form of baths for-ansoying i ^ ^ too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes, for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, and especially mothers, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used it to use any other, especially for preserving and purifying the skin, scalp, and hair of infants and children. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refresiling of flower odors. No other medicated or toilet'soap ever compounded is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus it combiues in 0:*E QOAP at Ore Pmce, rig., TwBifwFivE OEITTS, the BEST skin and complexion soap, the BEST toilet and BEJST baby soap in the world. COMPLETE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TREATMENT FOR EVERY HUMOR S I . 2 5 . consisting of CCTICUKA SOAF (88C.) , to cleanse the skin of crusts and sesJee and soften lks> thickened cuticle, CtmeuRA OixnutxT (80c.), to Instantly allay Itching, InfUwaatton. aad Irritation, and soothe, and heal, and Ctmctm* RESOLVENT {floe), to cool and cleanse (to »blood. A ftiXdLB SET is often sufficient to cure the most torturlhf, dtsigwing sklnVtealav and blood humors, with loss of halK when all else falls. Sold throughout the world. Fa*" "" PAoaAh^Ciuv.Cotr^Solerrope^Boetou. "AllaboutSkia,Scalp,AndUaU^tre*. -.^ ..a~ mmm Wff •J. '..i-.M' .-5. m * • ( ! " ' • ^ trr ©be f inckutg Jli$patch. F. L. ANDREWS EDITOR. THURSDAY, FEB. 8,1900. Coal mining is considered a most hazardous employment, but for the past season few serious accidents have occured. Four fatal accidents have been reported, two of which were the result of carelessness on the part of those killed. _ It has been demonstrated repeatedly in every state in the Union and in many foreign jcoautries tbat Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a certaln^preventive and cure for croup. It has become the universal remedy ior that disease. M. V. Fisher, of Liberty, W. Va., only repeats what has been said around the globe when -he writes: "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family for several years and always with perfect success. We believe thaj; ft is not only the lest cough remedy, but that it is a sure cure tor croup? It has saved the lives of our uhildren a number of times." This remedy is for sal£ by F. A. Sigler, Druggist. Beets and sugar the two sources of sugar today. The out put for 1899 was for cane sugar, 2,856,000 tons, for beet sugar 5,480,000 tons. F. A. Sigler guarantee? every bottle ot Charaberlins Cough Remedy and will refund the money to any one who is no;t satsified after using two thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for la grippe, coughs, colds, croop and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. t mar.-I The discovery of eminence beds of coal under a large section of the State has opened up a business, magnificent in proportion and far-reaching in "its importance' i t has placed Michigan in rank with other states in the production of the best article of a coal to be used for heat and steam purposes, tbe developement of which but few are acquainted. An Editor'* LifeSaVeM by ^gtaambe r» .lain'* Cou^h Itemedy\ During the early part of October, 1896, I contracted a bad cold, which settled on my lungs^ncT~waT neglect• ed until I feared that consumption had appeared in an incipient state. I was constantly coughing ,and trying to expel something which I <tould not. I became alarmed and after giving the local doctors a trial bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the result was immediate improvement, and after I lad used three bottles my lungs were restored- to their healthy state.—B. S, Edwards, Publisher of* The Review, Wyat, 111. For sale by F. A. Sigler, Druggist. The February issue of Conkey's Home Journal inaugurates a new era. This handsome magazine, which has been sueh a welcome visitor in^Targe~numHer ofhomes will, in the future, be a much more popular family magazine than ever before. A number of changes and improvements have been made. Short stories by well known authors win take the place of some of the special departments. Sample copies of this handsome magazine will be* mailed free on request. Address W. B. Conkey Co., Chic'ago. We have made a special arrangement whereby we can offer Conkey's Home Journal in combination with T H E DISPATCH both papers for one year for only $1.25. Send your subscription to this office. F think I will go craay with pain were it not for Chamberlain's Fain Balm," writes MrMV. H, Staple tori; Herminie, Pa. "i have been afflicted with rheumatism for several years and have tried remedies without number. but Pain Balm is the best medicine I have got hold of." One application relieves the pain. For sale by F. A. Sigler, Druggist. / STAT? FARMERS' INSTITUTE Couiiiiued Fiona Pttfre One. is^the best and most practical. (He then showed a model rack). The coarse hay left by the sheep in these racks is taken and fed to horses, colts, etc. aud not a spear is wasted. *. The next was "Citizenship," by S. M. Yerkes. The home is the foundation of our government and we should keep them dear. Every since the time this government was instituted -the subject or taxation and representation has been upermost. . The use of the ballot is not only aprivilage but a duty. The true life of a«y political party lies in its primaries. We would not let a man on the farm go to work without some instruction neither should we let men be put up for office until we know where they stand upon the affairs that effects us. Farmers, attend the primaries. Discussion, C. D. Smith. The chief danger lies in the cities. The greater trouble is a good mauy of our citizens are not well born. A man should vote as his own conscience dictates and not as his party dictates. Mrs. Smith, 1 believe it possible to do away with political parties. This is not a dark period. I believe we are just oil the verge of a golden age. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEJS8ION. The meeting was called to order promptly ou time by president Crandall and the ushers collected the questions for the quizzing boxL Then followed a song by the Stanley Quartette. Question? Should the products of the islands just added to the U. S. be admitted free of duty. Prof. C. D. Smith said^e did not believe they should. If we are to to keep on raising sugar we must not admit tho prodnrts of Cuba or Porto Rice as that is their main products. You say that much depends on clover. How are we to get clover to grow. Mr. Oviatt:—-We must bring our land up to a point where it will grow it by fertilizers manures, etc. "The General Purpose Cow" by Prof. C. D. Smith of the Agricultural College. First do we ask, "How many are there who keep three cows or more." A vote showed that there were 52 farmers present who did so. Never saw so many in any institute before said Mr. Smith, and I like to talk to people interested in the subject. I shall talk of only what has been put in practice by myself and as long as I am superintendentPof the State Institutes I shall never, send a man out to talk on any subject who does not practice what he preaches. I whose calves will make a good amount of beef and still the cow give a good amount of milk, i know of no class of cattle who will give so much milk and produce as much beef as the Short Horn. Should I use a general purpose olover we did not need the silo, but when we cannot raise that we must have silo*. Raise all the feed you possil> y can at home, but it is impossible to do this entirely. We used to buy bran but that is too high at present. Last year I experimented with sunflowers, A Card. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a Accent bottle of Green's Warren ted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. t-80 Will B.Darrow. cow? No, not if you are going to raising them among the corn and furnish milk to the coudensery— cutting them with the enailage. I should raise a milk producer. If i They are all used up but I cannot "7 I am gotng to raise beef, then the beef animal. > Hupert Wells—The general purpose cow is, I think, the cow for about three-fourths of the farmers of this county. Mr. Dunston—Have fed steers and found that the grade Holstein stood side by side with the grade Short Horn. Mr. Gilks—We have used the Holstein beef and found it the best we ever had. The trouble with butchers is, that the beef does not cut for their profit as well. Frank Hacker—Will Mr. Smith tell us how to select a general purpose cow.—She should h a \ e a good udder, a good back, heavy— not fat hip. The general purpose cow has a limited sphere. This was followed by music by by the Staley Quartett. "The Fattening of Pigs and Lambs," L. W. Oviatt. These questions are rather oddly put together, so we will drop the first part of the question and take the latter part. The real queston is tell whether they were o* benefit or not,. Silage is a feed of itself without no supplement. I do not believe that any root crop can compare with silage. I n regard to building would say that I have seen very few dairy barns that met my notion. I believe that a basement barn, with good ventilation is the best in which to keep cows, as they must be kept warm. The b&riLshould be kept clean, and I use a track which carries a car through the barn and dumps into a wagon which is immediately taken to the field, thus leaving the yard clean; this I think is essential. Do not think that any amount or kind of feed will make a difference in the quality of niilft Toil may increase the amount b u t / n o t the richness. * FRIDAY EVENING SESSION. The evening program opened with a sole by Emil/fSode. Mrs. Emma Campbell, of Ypsilauti, "A Balance Ration for Men." You have been discussing to produce the lambs and raise how to feed all -kinds of animals them. I believe that there is enough lambs lost to pay for the investment to care for them, A chilled lamb should be placed in warm water. I make a'-mother own any lamb by rack and stantioris. Showed model. Sore eyes—who have not had trouble with that. We found that to make them the best possible. I ask, how shall we feed our children to make them develope into well formed and balanced men and women. It is a well established fact, that the food does make a great deal of difference in a man. No man can do his best on a onesided diet. If we believe all of the under lid turned under is the : what the scientists tell us, we shall main, and I think the only cause, (find that everything but hot water and remedy is eas"y—3urn back. contains microbes or disease. Let Now we suppose that we have . us keep our homes sanitary and lambs in a healthy condition. We J forget these. By getting the bulgive our lambs a choice of grain i letins from the agricultural coland you would be surprised how 1 lege, which can be had for t h e soon they will begin to take to' asking, will inform the housegrain. I get part of my lambs wise as to what each food contains ready for market by Easter aud ; that is nutritious. Much of the get a good price—last year as high indigestion of today is caused by aa 20 cents per pound. jtoo much faultfinding at the din- I never saw a lamb that would |ner table. Two-thirds of the wage get too fat to do well. You can ^ earners money goes for someThmg over-feed a pig but not a lamb, we keep our lambs right on growing until they are ready for market. Would make my early lambs weigh about 3Ufib by easter, and Sealed Bids. We the undersigned Superintendents of the poor in and for LWingstob County Mieh., will reeeiye Sanlett bids and application for Keeper of (he Livingston County poor farm up to February 15th 1900, said bids and applications shall state wages wanted including board for one year. Age of man and wife and number in family properly signed by applicant and residence. The said superintendents reserve %he right to reject any or all bids. All applications to be Addressed to Amos Winegar Secretary, Howell, Mich. Dated January 22, 1900. Henry Dammann ) Supti^ E. A. Kuhn \ of the 9 Amos Winegar J Poor. J. G.SAYLES Plainfield, Mich. Funeral Director and Esmbalmer. R e s i d e n c e I m i l e north of v i l l a g e . S t a t e T e l e p h o n e C o n n e c t i o n . All c a l l s p r o m p t l y a n s w e r e d . fif TOUR ACRES JNCORHS May be nicely cured by using EUREKA CORN CURL It cures the Toe Corn sure. I t cures hard or soft Corns. I t cures any Bunions. It cures all Callous Places. And without pain or inconvenience. [Pi ice Only 10 Cents. B y R e t u r n M a l l . Agents wanted—write for terms. Address, EUREKA SUPPLY HOUSE, Pinckney, Mich. to eat. This was followed by a solo by F. L. Andrews. Dx. Henry_Baker, of Lansing, was the next, on "The Diseases that Causes most Deaths in Michigan" and these are communicable only about a month old. Highly | diseases. The method of educarecommended ensilage and goo4 ! t i o n a g a i n g t t i h e s p r e a d o f d i g e a s e feed. ! is to issue leaflets, and when adis- Clark Keed thought that lambs | ease breaks out anywhere in the and lamb raising was the most • state, the local health officers sends profitable of anything we could j notice to the state health officers raise on a'form. i who immediately send to the lo- Bemarks by Frank Crandal— cal offiicers these leaflets, who cir- I was in .the vicinity of Vernon culate them in the neighborhood, shall visit his; farm andr ftnd: out- if r ^ s t season-and found that, as Mr* j when they will be read, as pes] he is practical before I send him out. \ We keep cows lor four important products; milkjxcalves, manure and carcas. Out 6f these four I i n t b a t business. Some also kept prodncts we must maki? the cost of | fows w i t n t l i e lambs and thought the cow the cost of ihe calves, Iifc m a d e n o difference with the Reed said, it was a great place for j are then interested in the matter, sheep and lambs. They were not i Since this plan has been in operaconfined to small farms, but those I tion the death rate has been less of 40 and 80 acres were doing well \ *ll«} 4 *? c a s e s Rf scarlet fever and 4-5 less in small-pox. The txal-kn - their feed and interest \ o n the money invested. \ What kind of a cow sha^ we raise. The answer depends u^pon which one of the products you are going to make prominent. First, let us suppose that the man wants to raise milk in this case we would advise the Holstein. If butter is wanted, raise the Jersy. Aiiulhm H»1 uf la i me is want beef —they do not like to milk—make a couple of calves do that and they should' raise- the Short Horn, Pole Angus and Herford. The introduction of all these breeds' have done a world of good. The general purpose cow is onej no number kept. R. R. Smith—I believe that with proper care the sheep is the best paying thing we can raise on the farm. Solo, by G. B. Hosley. ^ "Improved Dairying," by Frank Hacker was the next on the progaam. Some may think this subject has been talked out. The flrsi; thing is to get the cow, and the man mnst have an eye for the cow he wants or he may be left; thinks that if. a man buys two good cows ont of twenty he does well Now the feeding for m i l t Continnen on Next Pave. There is no better medicine tor the babies than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Its pleasant taste * and prompt and effectual cures make it a favorite with mothers and small children. It quickly cure3 their coughs and colds, preventing pneumonia or other serious consequences. It'also cures croup and.has been used in tens of thousands of cases without a single failure so far as we have been able to learn. It not only cures croup, but [when givaw aa a*™ ao »Ka »>/Mipy or beef-^-I believe strongly in cough appears, will prevfent the attack. , In cases of whooping cough it liquefies the toagh mncas, making it easier to expectorate, and lessens the severity and frequncy of the paroxyama of Mpghinp, thai depriving that disease of all dangerous consequences. silos. As long m W fould' raisr For sale by P. A, Sigler, DruggUt. Railroad Guide. tfrand Tr^BlTBallwaTsyilemr^ Time Table In effect, NOT. », 1899. M, A. L. DIVISION-WESTBOUND. No ,27 Passenger. Pontiac'to Jackson connection from Detroit 0 44 a a ^a«9oZ. ?29£ hma?s ®thr^o1upg0ht tctol»acch * tor ofmae kDaeotnr,o it6 t:o45 J pax. moa , No. 43 Mixed, Lenox to Jcckion connection from Detroit 445 p m EASThOUND No. 30 Passenger to Pontiac and Detroit 5 15pm N-M28 < p,ii?snn.Fer'Jaxon t o Detroit, 9:J8 a. m. Jto»g»n«#4firoftgh coach fronrJaxonw Detroit ~ No. 44 Mixed to Pontiac and Lenox 7 56 ft m All trains dally except Sunday. 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Salery 1 9 0 9 a f e a r and x p e n c e s , fctrait. bono-fi<!e, tte M O W , n o leas. l*orl« t i o n permanent. 0 « r references, .: if b a n k in any town, t t b m i n l r offii* iwork oood noted at hease. R e f e r e n c e . K11- • i o e e e e i i . ^ dressed steraped e m i o p e . T H J S D o a m r r o x <%rn*rAjrt. f h r r r . S, O H T C A O O . A $4.00 BOOK FOR 75ct5. The Farmers' Encyclopedia. E v e r y t h i n g ptrtainittf to t h e affairs of the f a n a . h o u s e h o l d and stock raising. Em- 1 articles on c l o i t ^ STATE FARMERS'INSTITUTE was an excellent one, and was given with an idea to get the people to co-operate with the state t o stamp out diseaee in their communities. ' T h e evening session closed with music by the Aerian Glee club. SATUBDAY MORNING SESSION. T h e morning session was opened with a solo b y Mrs, Anson Stowe, and.prayer by A. M.Wells. T h e first subject taken u p was "Fertilizers and Manures" by CaL Hussleman, of I n d . I have never been a student iii an agricultural college—I have worked out what little I know by experience. I live on the same farm on which I was born, which h a s been under tillage since 1845. Our system was in those days—like it is in most sections now—to raise a crop and sell it off the farm as soon as possible which had the effect of depleting the land as it does today. I n 1870 the farm was much run down and I decided that I must change the system of agriculture entirely and try to bring the farm, back to its first fertility. I am not going to talk of commercial fertilizer as I do<not believe that any farm in Michigan or Indiana can afford to buy such and use it. I never used any only as an experiment, and then found thaT i t did not pay. We must, today, know what kind of chemicals are required by different plants. We supply potash by using wood ashes about 80 bushels to the acre and find it pays on muck soil. I t also pays t o use wood asheo once in two years on our orchards, as apples and fruit need much potash. Besides the above, I apply all of the stable maeure I can get We make our timothy, meadows pay well by top dressing once in two years with stable manure. We now rotate crops as follows: clover, wheat, then corn, anH t r y and use u p all,the forage on t h e farm for feed, and use the manure derived therefrom to top-dress on clover or timothy. Do not believe manure should b e plowed under until after serving as top-dressing —thus we get its use twice. Some one says that they have land that will not grow, clover; now how can we make that land We plow and fit the l a n d you can raise clover. T h e land must be brought u p by vegetable matter. I never use land plaster only in our stables. Never use air-slacked lime in a stable a s i t releases the amonia and is/ injurous. If you cannot possibly grow clover for green manure, raise L. D. Brokaw and E. D. Sargent of Howell have purchased the furniture of W. W. Knapp of that place. F. L. Andrews was in Flint the first of the week attending the fifth annual meeting of the Loyal Guards. Lynford Whited, wife and daughter have been spending a few weeks with cow-peas in May and £low them5Clarence Carpenter and family of braces the horse, the colt, » i £ ^ 1 ½ ^ and sow it in May; I n J u n e we eases of the horse, J ' £?M£O£:.£!££!* r m i o v e r t n e l 8 n d with a mower fruit cultureraairy. ,-' ing.pookery.heaith, a n ( j \e^ w e e d s and clover lay u p o n cattle, sheep,swine, a ^ . ^ i i e ^ i o c ^ ^ l e ground as a mulch. The sec- « K f f most cSm* o u d y e a r d i d t h e s a m e t h i n g ' a n d ^10¾¾¾ t u e t h i r d y e a r a^arge crop of ciovx ^ ^ n c h e e f * ^ e r ^ ^ t n e r e s u ^ which we plowed ESS, 'bSund^S u n d e r ; t n i a brought u p the land under and then ycu can raise clover. For forage they are no good as nothing likes them; plow them under in September. O u r seed costs us about 80 cents a b u s h e l - we buy nothing b u t a common cow-pea. Crimson clover is tbe thing to raise. We sow crimson clover in J u l y in our corn, putting it in about one inch deep. We buy our seed from a firm in Dover, Del. The audience then listened to a recitation by Miss Florence Allison, " W h e n Papa's Sick." "The Hygiene of the Stable," by Dr. G. W. Waterman, of Lansing, was the next on t h e program. Sunlight is, one of . the essentials for a hygiene stable: You should let lots of sunlight into the bdrn, do not let the horse out to secure sunlight, give in to them in t h e stable. Sunlight will destroy all germs. Ventilation is also o n e of the necessities. I think a feed sboot is a good ventillation if well arranged. F r e s h a i r should b e gotten into the stable as well a s foul air takeu out. This can be done with windows on a tube leading through the stable with openings on t o p so a s to avoid a draught. Do not let the wind blow upon the animals, this is not ventilation. As Mr. Waterman was to talk in the afternoon' h e made this talk s h o r t Fred Eichter then read a pp.per on "Trusts," which was good, but as this question has been discussed in our paper many times we only bring out a few of t h e facts shown. There are 350 of these blood-sucking vampires today and among the worst are the American Tin Plate Co., the American Steel. & Wire Co., the American Sugar Refining Co. and the Standard Oil Co. One of the reasons why farmers cannot form a trust is that their occupation is too diversified. As it was dinner time, n o o n e cared to discuss the subject and an adjournment was taken. C o n c l u d e d N e x t W e e k . North Hamburg. Now an electric road is to be built from Ann Arbor via Whitmore Lake, Hamburg. Howell and Lansing. That is, it is built in the minds of some projector. Over in Washtenaw county a movement is on foot to come up to the next republican county convention with a farmers ticket for all county officers. Andy Bates and wife are now living in what was known as the Hodgeman bouse east of' town. He will work for A. Mclntyre the coming season. The remains of a Mrs. Barnes of Detroit- were brought to tuts-place for NOTICE. We tbe .nnaersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle of Down's Elixir if it does not care any cough, cold, whooping cough, or throat trouble. We also guarantee Down's Elixir to cure consumption, when used according to directions, or money back. A full dose on going to bed and small {doses during the day will cure the most severe cold, and stop the most • distressing cough. Subscribe for Dispatch. POBUSHSD KVKRT THUBSDAY KOKNINe BT FRANK. L ANDREWS Editor and 2*ropri*tor. Subscription Price $1 in Advance. Watered at tue Poetotllce at Pinckney, Michigan, as secomi-claas matter. Advertising ratea made known on application. Basinesa Cards, $4.00 per ye.sr. • r<eath and marriage notices published free. Announcements of entertainments may be paid ToTrnroesTfea, By pre sent tng the otftce. with ticlf' h n r i a l laaf T h u r s d a y T h « t'nnpra M e t f l oi admission. In case ticseta are not brought ounai last inursaay. ine iunerai| to t Q e o £ j i c e | X e g l l U r r a t < J 8 W i U l j e c l x a r j ? e d > was held from St. Mary's church. She was formerly Miss AJame Gibney of Qnadilla. Well, the ground hog saw his shadow Keb. 2.,and we will have to abide the consequences. Six more weeks lik3 the past one, you have promised us wood, bring it for we shall need it. Q U E S T I O N A N S W E R E D . Y e s , August Flower still has the largest sale of any m e d i c i n e in the civilized world. Y o u r mothers and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for IriHigestion or Biliousness. t)octor6 were scarce, and they seldom herd of Appedicitn?p~Xervous Prostration or H e a r t failure, e t c . T h e y used A u g u s t Flower to clean out t h e system and stop fermentation of undigested food, regulate the action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic action of the 'system, and that is all'-they took when feeli n g dull and bad with headaches and other a c h e s . Y o u only need a f e w doses of G r e e n ' s August Flower, in liquid form, to m a k e you satisfied there is nothing serious the m.itter with y o u . Sample bottle at F . A . Sjgler's. ' • ' e> m Business Locals. • All matter in local notice oolamn will be charted at 5 cents per line or fraction thereof, for eacn insertion. Where no t i m e is specified, all notices will be inserted until ordered discontinued, and • i l l be charged for accordingly. iJT"All changes of advertisements MUST reach this otflce as early as T U E S D A Y morning to insure an insertion t h e same week. JOS -pnixiixGr In all its branches, a specialty. We have ail kinds and the latest styles of Type, etc., which enables us to execute all kinds of work, such as Books, Pamplets, Posters, Programmes, Bill Heads, Note Heads, Statements, Cards, Auction Bills, etc., in superior styles, upon the shortest notice. Prices as o'v as yood work can be a o n e . «.r.L BILLS P4.r\aLB K t m r o ? avBay MOMTU. THE VILLAGE DIRECTORY. VILLAGE OFFICERS. PasstrjsvT . ..—. M Alex. Mclntyre TitusTEKs 1^. L. ruompsou, Alfred AIOUKS, Daniel iticharda, ieo. Bowuna, Samuel Sykes, F. D. Johnson. - ^ Cuuut.«r"fT5;:.-i-;.,.«-. R, H. Teeple THBASCTBEB „ . . W . E. Miirphy A^SESSOK •— W, A. Carr STREET CoMJitssioHsa J, -Monks. MAHSAUL A.. E, Brown. HKALTHOPCJCBR... ,.Dr.H. r*. Si«ler ATTOH-NKV ....MM W.vA. C a n CHURCHES. For Sale. IVan,- Fine Middlings, Coarse Middlings, Fiaked _iliddliti^s and Corn, t 7 T. READ. To Rent My house, barn and garden spot at Ohubbs Corners; I also have a brood mare for sale. MRS rf. ELLIOTT. VyTETtfODlST EPISCOPAL CdURCH. iVi. ' Rev. Chas. cSimpaonT pastor. aervi;ja>very Sunday morning at 10:3<', and every Sunday evening at 7:00 o'clock. Prayer uAjetlutf Thursday evenings. Sunday scho-u at close of mornin- service. LB-AJ*.Siut-fcii, Supt. CON'lirtEGAflONAL C1IUKCH. Rev. U. W. Rice pastor. Service every Sunday morning at 10:30 and every Sunday evening at 7:0C o'clock. Pra'-errmeetinir Thurs day evenings. Sunday school at close of morning service. R. II. Teeple , S,u>t. KJ-JS Head, Sec ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Uev. M. J. Commerford. Pastor. Services every Sunday. Low mass at 7L3UO clock high mass with sermon at 9;loa. m. Catechism at i :00 p. in., vespersandbenediction at 7:'i0 p . m , SOCIETIES; Dr. Cady's Condition Powders are just what a horse needs when in bad condition, Tonic, blood purifier and verinituge. They are not food but medicine and the best.in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25c per package. For sale by F. A. Sigler. Mouey to Loan. Having accepted an agency for loaning money, I atn prepared to 1 P.fI^ make loans on Real Estate, at a low rate ot interest. Inquire at the Pinckney Exchange Bank. tf The A. O. H. Societv of this place, meets e v e r y third Susi'Uv in trie Kr. Mitthew Hall. John Tuom^y and Mikj Kelly, C)4uty Oilegites EPWORTH LEAGUE. Meets every Sunday evening at &M oclock in the M. K. Cnurch. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone, eapo-^- oially young people. Mrs. Stella Oraham Prea. H R I S T 1 \ N ENDi: VVOli S ( J J I E T Y i - M ^ t . _ ,s everv Sund.iy ev->riin^ nt iV )). Prjsi knit, Mias lilta Carpsmt'srj Se^rdtary, .Mrs. C. SVT, Kice. ri^FIE W, C. 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'^v - V L i r ) ^ ' " 7 ^ > ^U^Vv -,;W*r~* i ^ v ^ ' *F. H. Nix & Son, the photographe-i'S, are making a special offer for Friday and Saturday of this week, on childrens pictures. See their adv. on last pa*?e. PERE MARQUETTE S , a l l x c a , d . , Taja.\a.ajry 2 1 , 1 D C O . a. F. Siller, Everyone interested in temperance i s coadially iuvited. Mrs. '^eal Siller, Prea; Mrs. Etta Durfee, Secretary. The C. T. A. and B. Society of this place, meet eve/y third Saturaay evening^ in the_Fr. Matthew H a n . John Donohue'.T resident™ iv m Lv lo 7 40 U 20 W iH| I 45 10 <)•, 2 35 li) 3iv 3 04 l>! 4>V U (k). :) 25 SO 4 01 t> in p m V.T0Y 5":i0 9 2H S 5S 9 <* 9 'Jt 10 05 a in " s i t ' . / MORE LOCAL. Born to James lilade and wife. Feb. a son* Rob! bob! has been the cry the past day or two. Those who want ice are putting in srood work this week. Born: to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richmond, Feb. 2, a daughter. Miss Maine Siller is visiting Miss Tressa Coulin, near Chelsea. The heavy snow storm Sunday, h,ustled the cuMers out Monday. , The time-table of* tbe Flint and Pore Marquette Ry. appears on p->?e 5. D. C. Carr, pf Fowlerville, was a truest of bis cousin, Stephen Durfee, the last of last week. Miss Mary Jefferya and Miss Nellie Mortenson spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at Chubba Corners. ' (JOlXli KAST Atraiui liapids Ionia Lansing JHowell rSmith Lyon tSalem 'Plymouth Ar Detroit :.,^ n liOIMJ WKJST Lv Detroit Ply month j>alein South Lyou I Howell! t I Lansing (Ionia Ar__ivirand .Rapids.. FRANK B i v , OEO. D E H A V E N , Agent, South Lyon. G. P. A., (Jran i Rapids. ,*•• m a r FOUtVCH. KJN IGHTS OF MACCABEES. Meetevery Friday evening, on or before fnll 6 00 J of the moon at their .hall in the Swarthout bldg. ~ JJ7 , Visitlni; brothers are cordiailv invited. CHA*. UiMFBELi,, Sir S n i g h t C o n i m a n d e i Livingston Lod^e, No.7^, ? A A, M. Regular Communication Tuesday evening^oa or before the full of the moon. Alexander Mclntyre, W. M. 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A'- ^1¾ T V , ' •,.'..•• ^ 1 4 ¾ '? : *x-•••••. • » ifct? k' i ^ * : • *k' I* i ghuhit^S &$V*hk FBANX L. AxDnsvim PttWiahejv PLNCKNEY, MICHIGAN, T R A N S V A A L WAR ITEMS. Br. Henri Muller, representative extraordinary of tho brange Free State, consul-general to the Netherlands at The Hague* in regard to American volunteers joining the Boer forces in South Africa, in part, says: "Any person who wants to go to South Africa must do so on his own account and at his own risk via Delagoa bay. I cannot pay them any money or engage them. The same applies to surgeons and trained nurses. However, should such people be sent out for love of our cause, in case they cannot pay their own passage money this should be done by us or by our friends in a private capacity. It is, of course, very possible that the two republics, after a happy finish of the war, will repay some of such money if the volunteers have rendered real service, but there is no official certainty about this. As to money, I wilt say that this is most urgently required for many purposes. Therefore, 1 shall be particularly happy if money is sent me. It is preferred that the donors do not Stipulate anything, but that it should be spent for the Orange ¥r.e State government, which request will be very carefully- observed. I have myself spent a small fortune already for our just cause." Historj' pauses for a time in South Africa. It is one of those unsatisfactory pauses that are nearly as trying to British nerves as a seq\ienc<? / o f reverses, and apparently it will terminate only when Lord Roberts gives the word for the forward movement into the Free State whieh, aeeeyding-to v., the most cheerful view, he will be unable to do for a fortnight. Whether he will permit Gen. IJuller to make another attempt to relieve Ladysniith is quite outside the knowledge even of those closely connected with the war oflice. With the troops due to arrive next month, he majr think himself strong enough to try two large operations. Combining the forces under Gen. Methuen, French and Gatacre and .adding to them the arriving troops. Lord Roberts would have 70,000 for the invasion of the Free State, with 40,000 to- 50,000 guarding communications, and 40,000 trying to rescue Ladysmith. The public burns with1mp7StTehee~TlIaT something should be done. At the re-assembling of the British —parliament oh the 30th, the queen in her speech, in part, says: The peace which had recently been broken"in South Africa when last I addressed you has,< unhappily, not been restored, but otherwise my relations with other states are friendly. I am deeply grieved that so many valuable lives should have fallen a sacrifice, but I have witnessed with pride and with heartiest gratification the patriotic eagerness and spontaneoiis loyalty with whieh my subjects in all parts of my dominionshave come forward t6 share in the common defence of their imperial interests. v I am confindent I shall not look to them in vain when—Ithem to sustain and renew their exer-' tionS' until they have brought this struggle for the maintenance of the empire and the assertion of its supremacy in South Africa to a victorious conclusion. The Vossisehe Zeitung' says: "The best prepared and most carefully planned British operation during the war has now ended in complete fiasco. What is there now to prop up the sinking prestige of 'world power?' To talk about another 100,000 men is rubbish and the few battalions' that can be raised willnot change the issue of the campaign." For the present the British can do nothing to help Ladysmith. Some experts believe, that Gen. White will try to cut his way out. He must either do this or surrender, for his food supply is almost exhausted. It is said that, upon the fall of Ladysmith, Dr. Leyds, of Europe, and Montague "White, in Washington, will appeal for mediation. There is no sign, except the anxiety of the British cabinet, that any hostile demonstration against England is contemplated. Russia and France are sure to take advantage of England's helplessness by grabbing territory in Asia, but the czar is living \ip to his reputation as the foe of war at the present time. The latest news from South Africa is unfavorably commented upon by the German papers. The National Zeitung says: "The British position around Ladysmith is now untenable. Either Lord Roberts must wait reinforcements or remove his strategic center else- .vhere, abandoning Ladysmith.1' During the bombardment of Kimberley on the 88th the Boers sent 380 shells into all parts of the village. The favorite target was the hospital, but a shrapnel shell exploded close * to a hearse whicn^Jwas proceedrng to the oemetery and a shell burst in the cemetery during the funeral. The British public seems to have totally lost confidence in, Gen. Boiler. The next big news is expected to be fornisbejdjay the Boers. They have doubled their energy in the siege of Kimberley, and may be expected to close in on Ladysmith i t almost any ft DEATH 'OF LINCOLN. "Now he belongs to the ages." The curtain had just been rung down over the life of the martyred president in that humble little room opposite the theater where the president had, a few hours, befortfreceived the bullet of the assassin Booth. E. M. Stanton, secretary of war, gave utterance to the words quoted. How prophetic; how true. Centuries hence the name ot Abraham Lincoln will still retain its •rightful place in history. The president had been carried up the high steps, through a narrbwt£al], and laid, still unconscious, stiIF motionless, on the bed of a poor, little, commonplace^ room of a commonplace Lodging-house, where surgeons and physicians-gathered about in a desperate attempt to rescue him from death. While the surgeons worked the news was spreading to. the town. Every man and woman in the theater rushed forth to tell it. Some ran. wildly down tho streets, exclaiming to those they met, "The president is killed! The president is killed!" One rushed in a ballroom and' told it to the dancers; another, bursting into a room where a party pf eminent public men were playing c&rds, cried, "Lincoln is shot!" Another, running into the auditorium of Grover's theater* cried, "President Lincoln has been shot, in his private box, in Ford's theater." Those who heard the cry thought the man insane or drunk, but a moment later they saw the actors In a combat called 'from the stage, the manager coming forward. His face was pale his voice agonized, as he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I feel it my duty to say to you that the announcement made from the front of the theater just now is true—President Lin,- coln has been shot." One ran to summon Secretary Stanton. A boy. picked up at the door of the house where the president lay was sent to the White house for Robert Lincoln. The news spread by the very force of its ov/n horfbr, and as it spread it met other news no leso terrible. At the same hour that Booth had sent the ball Into the president's brain a man had forced his way into the house of Secretary Seward, then lying in bed w broken arm, and had stabbed both the secretary and his son Frederick so seriously that it was feared thsy would die. In his entrance and exit he had wounded three other members of the household. Like Booth, he had* escaped. Horror bred rumor, and Secretary Stanton, too, was reported wound* ed, wtile later H was said that Grant had been killed on his way north. Dread seized the town. "Rumors are so thick.7^wrote the editor—of--tl National Intelligencer, at 2 o'clock in the morning, "the excitement of this hour is so intense that we rely entirel y upon our reporters to advise the public of the details and result of this night of horrors. Evidently conspirators are among us. To what extent does the conspiracy exist? This is a terrible question. When -a spirit so horrible as this is abroad, what man is safe? We can only advise the utmost vigilance and the most prompt measures by the authorities. We can only pray God to shield us, his worthy people.. from further calamities like these." The civil and military authorities prepared for attack from withiu and without. Martial law was at once established! The long roll was beaten; alone seemed able to act methodically. No man 'felt-the tragedy more than the -grgat--w4rr~8c"cTCtaryT-Xur-no one loathe: - W4WHBRN PANADA. C$r«p Froapecta and Climate About Ed»> . von too, N. W. T,—fatorMtinftvXotur •; from Mr*. 8. A* «*l*b»at «**• of ASatoa fHtjp . -»,. The following extract* from an Interesting letter to the Mason City (la.) Republican,- written Hsy Mmn-tS. A. Brlgham, late of that place, but now ot Ro83 Creek. Alberta. Canada, so nearly describe most of the districts o f Western Canada that we lake pleasure; , presenting same to the attention of ur readers: * ' RosaOreek, Albert, N. W. T.( Canada* ; Aug. 7, 1899. . Editor ifason City Republican—Dear. Sirr We are located in the. Bejiver Hills, 80 miles from Ft. Saskatchewan and 50 miles from Edmonton. To the east of these is an immense area of bottom lands, which furnishes abundance of hay for the settlers. It is dotted with small lakes, the largest ot which is called Beaver Lake, 1¾ milea in length. The Beaver Hills are covered with small green willows which are easily gotten rid of before breaking up the land. Here and there poplar, birch .-' and tamarack tree3 abound. Small meadows are numerous. The soil in s theso hills is much richer than the boiyr torn lands, being a kind of black leaf tamrld. There is no tough sod to break, and it is very productive. Wheat, orifs and barley 'do finely a^nd vegetables are the finest th-it- ean be grown. Potatoes especially are large and solid, easily producing- from 200 to 300 bushels per acre, and best of all never a "taty bug" to wrssi.le with. Wild fruit, strawberries, gooseberries, saskatoons (or pine berries), raspberries and cranberries, are found in the. hills. Small tame fruit does llnely, the red and white currants in my garden. are as large again as common sized ones. * , We have long- days during• •• the months of June and July; one can sea to read many evenings until 10 o'clock in the twilight.. Some nights le3s than 3 hours of darkness, and the birds are_ singing at 2 o'clock. Then again, it rains so easily. You look toward the west and see a little cloud coming up, a gentle shower follows, the sun shines forth agajn^ and in a little while you forget it-has rained. " Cyclones are unknown here and the thunder and lightning is very light. , We had two storms this summer accompanied with wind and hail, but - nothing to lodge the "grain. The average heat is about 78 degrees. We had three or four days .in July at 30. Th© nights afe always cool. The winter season is one of great activity. All thefencing is gotten out then and log3 for the farm buildings. By paying 25 cents you are granted a permit at the land office to cut logs upon vacant lands. The roads are good and smooth, for the snyw never drifts, not even around the buildings, and this is a great saving of time to the farmer. Hay is hauled from the bottom lands all winter long, and a man r a n w n r k nntsWIf) pypry rifiy as^filiL . . . • • . & • DEATH OF LINCOLN—"HE NOW BELONGS TO THE AGES." (From the Painting.) exery exit from the city was guarded; out-going trains were stopped; mounted police and cavalry clattered up and down the street; the forts were ordered on the alert; guns were manned. In the meantime there had gathered in the house on Tenth street, vrhere the president lay, his family physician and intimate friends, as well as many lnent officials. Before they reached him it was known there was no hope, that the wound was fatal. They grouped themselves about tbe bedside or in the adjoining rooms, trying to comfort the weeping wife, or listening awe-stricken to the steady moaning and labored breathing of the unconscious man, which at times could he heard all over the house. Stanton cabinet was by greatness of heart and intellect go well able to comprehend the worth of the dying president, but no man in. that distracted night acted with greater energy or calm. Summoning the assistant secretary, C. A. Dana, and a stenographer, he began dictating orders to the authorities on all sides, notifying them of the tragedy, directing them what precautions to take, what pe_r3ons_to arrest. Grant, now returning to Washington, he di-, rccted, should be warned tq keep close watch on all persons who came close to him in the cars and to see .that an engine be sent in front of his train. He sent out, too; £n~officiaI account of the assassination. Today the best brief account of the night's awful work remains the one which Secretary Stanton dictated within sound of the moaning of the dying president. And so the hours changed without perceptible change in the president's condition, and with only slight shifting of the scene around him. The testimony of those who had witnessed the murder began to be taken in an ad- Joining room. Occasionally the figures at the bedside changed. Mrs. Lincoln -caTne in at intervals, sobbing out her grief, and then was led away. This man went, another took his place. It was not until daylight that there came a perceptible change. Then the breathing grew quieter, the face became more calm. The doctors at Lincoln's side knew that dissolution was hear. Their bulletin of 6 o'clock read: "Pulse falling;" that of 6:30, "Still failing;" that of 7, "Symptoms of immediate dissolution," and then at 7:20, in the presence of his son Robert, Secretaries Stanton^ Welles and Usher, Atty.-Gen. Speed, Senator Sumner, Private Secretary j Hay, Dr. Gurley, his pastor and several j physicians and friends, Abraham" Lincoln died. There was a prayer, and then the solemn voice, of. Stanton broke the stillness, "Now he belongs to the ages." t w o hours later the body of the president, wrapped in an American flag, was borne from the houso in Tenth street, and carried through the hushed streets,-where already thousands of flags were at half-mast and the gay buntings and garlands- had been replaced by b,lack draperies; and where tho men who for days had been! cheering in excess of joy and relief now stood with uncovered heads and wet eyes. They carried him to an upper rooailn the private apartments* of tne white house, andr there he lay until three days later a heart-broken people claimed their right to look for a last tim^esTi his face. • as the weather is concerned. There are cold snaps when it reaches 40 and 48 below zero, but the lack of wind prevents one realizing it and the mouni tains 150 miles west of us are a great protection. Our neighbors are mostly Canadian, Scotch, Swede, and we have a nice sprinkling of people from the: -states. The creeks abouad in small fish. Wo are now in the midst of haymaking (Aug. 7). Wheat will not be cut until early September, this being a little later season thi.n common, but the crop will be immense. 1 send you a sample of wheat and barley—its • height is almost even with my shoalcrcrs, average 50 inches. New comerslacking binders can hire their grain cut for 75 cents per acre. Prairia chickens are here by the thousands. The water is good. We have a fino well 15 feet deep. In the creeks th^ water is soft and of a yellowish color. Npw for the drawbacks (we havethem), but nothing very serious. The mosquitoes are simply abominable, especially after a shower. Then again we are surrounded with bachelors; w© have no tess than 18 single men in this neighborhood, on matrimony bent When a feminine gender of any age between 14 and 40 visits these hills we pity her, so great is the demand for her company. In conclusion, if the remainder of our loved ones were here with us, we , should better enjoy life on Ross Creek/ and unless the unexpected develops, consider this will be a pretty fair p)aco to end our days. MRS. S. A. BRIGHAM. Tf our'belief is wrong, our/eternity 'Will be wrong. / • - / • - Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATION^, as they cannot reach the seat of Che disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it vou must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken/ internally, and acts directly on tho blood -and mucous surfaces. HoU's Catarrh Cure U not a quack medicine. It was prescribed hy'one of the best physicians- In this country for/years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combines with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces; The perfect combination of the two ingredients is whot produces such wonderful results in curing; Catarrh./Send for testimonials, free. P. in CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, a Sold^y druggists, price 75c. Hail's Family Pills are the bosfc A God's mercy can no more wear out than his love". WANTED 800 Men, Women ond Children in tho city to try thebest and oheopost preparations over ofleiw thepublic. You don't take any chances in trying them, as rout druggist guarantees Knlll's Red Pills for waa People. "Pale and Weak," the women's remedy of the day (the oniy genuine). Knill'a Whito Liver Pills, the great Llvar Invigorator, System Renovator and Bowel Regulator, J»dowa, SJto, You oaa~work while thev. work. Never gripe ormake you oleic. Knlll's Blue Kidney Plus cure ail Kidney Jlls, Backache, etc. Knlll's Dyspepsia Tablets euro Indigestion, correct all Stomach Troubles, destroy all foul gases, make pore sweet stomachs and breaths. To d» as advertised or money refunded. Tbe only guaranteed preparations on the market. KntlPa, Tills or Tablets cost SBo. Bali prtee of others. .'Jv*' /** ' wmmm f'i.'rtt1 ;-*:v.." V —: v . ' . v . # ; • * " ,jSS\ -^.^/:^- >*', >•:.->' J*; *# :i '•?>; ' i ^ ; ^ ^ ' '.^' .!'K ^ , , •J»W nan pp^asr If I. Jlfl.VJIIJRflf • ,-ns; ; , $ •? -. ~ r 4 tfrrrAr*' M P s-Ss* s»s»es*sa**sa»-*--• Stuff! M What a lot of trash is sold as cough curps. The hollow drum makes the loudest noise—the biggest advertise* ment often covers worthlessness. • Sixty years of cures and such testimony as the followingliave taught us what Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will do. 5" I had a most stubborn cough for many years. It deprived me of sleep and made me lose flesh rapidly. I was treated by many eminent physicians, but could get no permanent relief. I then tried Aycr's gherry Pectoral, and I began to get better at once. I now sleep well, my old flesh is back, and I enjoy myself in every way at the age of seventy-four."—R. N. MANN, Fall Mills, Terns, F e k 7, 1899. AT HOME AND ABBOAD A SUMMARY OP T H E N E W S FOR T H E WEEK BY WIRE. Waft. OoebeJ, 0«v«rn«r KUet of Koat^ ekj, V M Sfeoft Oowa aad. Wmtmnj- Wonndad White Walking Tkroagn * th* Capitol Qt9mw4»* It's the do-as-you-would-bedonc- by cough medicine. Try t 25-ccntbottle. N o t 8afe> to Sleep. The black Jaguar o£ Central America will attack any man by night or day whom he finds lying down. Winter Excursion*. The Southern Pacific Company and its connections operate the best first and second-class service to California, Arizona, Texas and Mexico. Through Pullman Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers from all principal ©astern points. Personally conducted Tourist Excursions-from Cincinnati, Louisville, GoatoH WimmUj auoettmbev Wm, Goebel, the man w h o was re» oeatly-declared goternor of Kentucky by the contesting board, and who, while entering the capltol grounds, was shot down, died of his wounds at 6:44 o'clock on the' evening of the 3d. Without regard to jwirty, the cause of the death of Mr. Goebel is universally deplored. Shortly after the death of Wm. Goebel was announced, J. C W. Beckham, lieutenant-governor, w a s sworn in as governor. Mr. Beckham is a young ni|n not yet 31 years of age. In a proclamation issued shortly after the death of his mate, Mr. Beckham asked the support of ail law-abiding and lawrespecting Christian people to assist so far as possible in restoring peace and quiet. He also ordered the state militia to disband. -'"'"There is no clue at this writing as to who Gov. Goebel's assassin was. A few years ago Mr. Goebel shot a man by the name of John Sanford, and it is believed by some that the killing of Goebel was simply to avenge Sanford's death, and that the assassin choose the present time, thinking the political situation would furnish a sort of a shield for him. St. Louis, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City. etc. For particulars and descriptive literature write W. G. Neimyer, Gen'l Western Agent, 238 .Clark St., Chicago; W. H. Connor, Com'l Agent, Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio, or W. J. Berg, Trav. Pass Agt., 220 Elllcott Sq., Buffalo, N. Y. A Alan's Sinn. In a man's eyes his sin is never-as great as that of his wife in finding him out.—Atchison Globe. C. S. and England Beached an Agreement The United Statesand Great Britain, it is definitely learned, have reached an amicable agreement respecting the Operations of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty . as affecting the rights .of xMnstructiori and control by the United States of the proposed Nicaragua canal. The result marks the termination of conferences between the officials of the state department and Lord Pauncefote of fully a: year's duration, during which a number of meetings were held-and the subject fully discussed by thcTTrepresentatives of the governments interested. Great .Britain agrees to a modification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty -by which she practically relinquishes any claims respecting a dual control of the eanal after it shall have been constructed. The result, therefore, is to eliminate that feature of the treaty bearing on the subject of dual control, and leave- the United. States free to construct and thereafter control this great interoceanic waterway, ' From the same authoritative quarter it is ascertained that England has made no demands for a quid pro quo for h e r - abandonmrat of—-whatever rights she may have had under the treaty, and which she now promises to relinquish? Tells How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Peruna* Mr. Isaac Brock, born in BuncomteCo^ North Carolina, Marcl Says: "I attribute my extreme old age to the use of Peruna.' Florida, West Indies and Central America* - The facilities of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for handling tourists- and travelers destined for all points in Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico, Central America, or for Nassau, are unsurpassed. Double dally lines of sleeping cars are run from Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago and St. Louis through Jacksonville to interior Florida points, and to Miami, Tampa and New Orleans, the ports of embarkation for the countries mentioned. For folders, etc., write Jackson Smith. D. P. A., Cincinnati, O. A woman's mouth, when it is in repose, shows her character, when it isn't it is generally showing some other woman's. The Gon. Lawton's Funeral. remains of Mai.-Gen. ^1 NO MORE GRIPS _ r New Line -Now-Open to the Public. Take the C. C. C. Cine to Certain Relief With.- out a Grip or GriM—Fare lOc-Cet Passage *t Any Drui Store. - <; No more grips—Russian or any other kind. ^ That is the verdict of the traveling public who have grown tired after years of experience with the grips and gripes of pill form and liquid purgatives. To open the bowels naturally, easily, without disagreeable feelings or results, has been the problem before modern science, which has been solved in Cascareta Candy Cathartic Cascarets are the ideal laxative, harmless, purely vegetable mild yet positive. They make the liver lively, prevent sour stomach, purify* the blood, regulate the bowels perfectly. They cure constipation. \Ve want you to believe this, as it is the truth, backed by an absolute guarantee. If Cascarets do not cure any case of constipation, purchase money will be refunded. Go buy and try Cascarets to-day. It's what they do, not what we say they do, that proves their merit. All druggists. 10c, 26c, or 60c, or mailed for price. Send for booklet and free sample. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago; Montreal, Can.; or New York. This is the CASCARET tablet. Every tablet of the only genuine Cascarets bears the magic letters "C C C„" Look at the tablet before you buy, and> beware of frauds, Imitations and substitute* wton left San Francisco en route for Washington by special train on the afternoon of the 1st." The bodies of Major John A. Logan and Dr. John L. Armstrong were also taken east on the same train. At Chicago Major Logan's was transferred to another train for transportation to Youngstown, 0., for interment- The remains of Gen. Lawton lay in state one day each at Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Ind., after which they were taken to Washington and interred in the national cemetery at Arlington. Gen. Shafter and aide accompanied the remains, and four of Gen. Lawton's soldiers acted as a"guard of hQnor. Mrs. Lawton and" four children, Mrs, Logan and three children, her mother Mrs. C. H. Andrews, Miss Parmle'e and Major W. A. Tucker made up the funeral party. _ A Corpse Shipped as Books. A corpse in a box marked "Books" was found in the United States express office at Sioux City, la., on the 31st. The body was received on Jan. 19 from Baltimore, Md.. addressed to J. S. Bradford, but the express officials failed to find him. The dead man appears to Born before United States was formed. Saw 22 Presidents elected. P&rv-na has protected him from all sudden changes. Veteran of four wars. Shod a horse when 99 years old. Isaac Brock, a citizen of McLennmm county, lexas, has lived III yarn* Ha now Uvea with hi* son-in-law at Valley Mills, Texas. la speaking of bis good health and extreme old age, Mr. Brack says: "After a man has lived la toe world as long as I have, be ought to have found out a great many things by experience. "One of the things I have fount! out to my entire satisfaction Is the proper remedy for ailments that are due directly tq the effects ol the climate. "During my long life I have known a great many remedies for coughs, colds, catarrh and diarrhoea, I had always supposed these affections to be different dis* eases, but in reading Dr. Hart* man's books I have found out that these affections are the same and that they are properly coiled catarrh. **l had several long sieges with the grip. At first I did not know that Peruna was a remedy for this disease. When I heard that la grippe was epidemic catarrh, I tried Peruna for la grippe and found it to be Just the thing. **As for Dr. Hartman's remedy, Pe-ru-na, I have found It to be the best, if not the only, reliable rem' edy for these affections. It has been my standby for many years, and I attribute my good health and extreme old age to this remedy. Very truly yours, 1 For a tree book on jcatarrb; address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus\ Ohio. be^a-German, :">5 to 60 j'cars old. • The only garment on the body was a shirt. There was a frightful wound on the back of the head, apparently made by a blow from a blunt instrument. Two Safe Hlowera Killed. Quincy police officers killed two expert safe blowers, supposed to be from Chicago, and seriously wounded another. The men are believed to be the same who recently operated in Galesburg. Freeport and other Illinois cities, making a specialty of cracking safes in building and loan association offices. < Mew Booklet*. The Chicago, Milwaukee.& St. Paul railway, is issuing a series of booklets regarding points of interest along its lines, and if you are interested in the western--country, or contemplating a trip, write Geo. H* Heafford, General Passenger A| special publication desired, enclosing four cents in stamps for postage. No. 1. The Pioneer Limited. No, 2. The Land of Bread and Butter. No. 3. The Fox Lake Country. No. 4. Fishing in the Great North Woods. No. 5. The Lake Superior Country. No. 6. Cape Nome Gold Diggings. No. 8. Summer Days in the Lake Country. No. 9. Summer Homes, 1900. No. 10. The California of To-Day. No. 11. The Game of. Skat. As soon as thought finds a body it begins trying to move the world. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 28c. E. W. Grove's signature on each bos. Growth in grace is often helped^by having the grace to say n o . Every successful Christian life m u s t be a life of faith. DO YOU COUCH DONT D E L A Y L T I T M P S BALSAM 14 Drowned In a Wreck. The German steamer Remus, from Philadelphia, Jan. 4, Via. Dartmouth Jan, 22, has been wrecked at Hormsriff. near Aarhuus, Denmark, where she was bound. Fourteen of the crew were saved. The captain and 13 men were drowned. The cargo is a total loss. WAR N O T E S . One death and five severe cases of freezing were reported in Chicago, on the 31st. J '_ P R E S I D E N T KRUEGER A H E A D . Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, * Dec. 7, 1899. Messrs. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company^Ghieago, 111., U. S. A.—Gentlemen: Your last shipment and communication^ received. I am very much pleased with the Information which you have so kindly given me. Please find enclosed bank draft to the amount of £412 10s. for which send me twenty-five (25) gross of Swanson's "5-DROPS."' Ship same as "before ln~ordtrr~that there may Jbe n o delay, as this medicine will be greatly needed before it reaches us. The last shipment is almost disposed of, as the medical department of our army uses large quantities. This order is entirely for use in the army. I have been told that our success on the battlefield is due to a certain extent to the use of "5-DROPS" Rheumatic Cure, which has relieved and prevented a great deal of suffering among our men from Rheumatism, Neuralgia and other acute pains caused by exposure. Your "5-DROPS" is as good as a Transvaal soldier! In one of the battles, a small quantity of "5-DROPS." together with other medicines, was captured by the English, which was a great loss to our men. The Ruinecks w o n t do it again. I am. respectfully yours, PETER HAAS. "5-DROPS" is the most powerful specific known. Free from opiates and perfectly harmless. It is a perfect cure for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, "Dyspepsia, Backache, Asthma, Catarrh, La Grippe, Neuralgic Headache, etc. Large si?°d bottles (300 doses). $1.00, or three v3) bottles for $2.50. Sample bottles 25 cents. SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURB CO., M0 to 164 B. Lake S t , Chicago, I1L It Cures Colds, CouQhs. Sore Throat. Croup, Influenza. Whooping Cough, Bronchititand Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in tdvancedstages- Useat once. You will tee the excellent effect after taking the , first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large { bottles 25 cents anr< ^0 cuus. W & N T F D Ajrent* for a washday article * * • • • • • 1 ^ of (treatment. Free sample for tbejufrtag. BHAVKR, BLAKK k COMF1XY, C*4*r B a y l d } ^ £ARTERSINK Is made to give-satisf actionand it does. Have you used it? PARALYSIS Locomotor Ataxia conquered at last. Doctors p u z z l e d , Specialist* amazed at recoyeryof pattenta thought Incurable.by D R . C H A S E ' S B L O O D A N D N E R V K F O O D . Write me about your case. Advice and proof 01 cures VEXB. DB.IHASE.224 N.IOth S t . , PUiLaBaXPHU,rA M»it f ohod in a few hour* with KRAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. Blade from hickory wood. Cheaper, cleaner* awe«ter, and »ur*r than the old way. 8»nd for Circular. 1~ k-UAlblUi A UliO., Mill*** Fs» MILLIONS 'k— i«^"f\'^ EARED "' 0RN a*w, earliest, eon wm revels* i'»n1teeorn grewtnc, yleldtsf ia HBU,ID MlDaMota.eOObsa. per eerV | BIO FOVB OATS rials* 2&o bat. per sere, aas yes saaeestthatl SPELTS 80 bos. per tot*. Greatest greia and hmj food UUitdeoftb* Mart) B ABLET, BEARDLESS. yields 1» bat. in N.Y. WosderfsU RAPE SAe. A TOIf Olrtt rich. frviD (sod s>r eatUe, abetp, twiaa, poultry, etc., MSSe. s ton. We tell atsftteise e( the Sees teed ated la the 0.8. perfection la An*rl«a ererywhere. , Salter warrant* it 1 THE MILLION DOLLAB potato 1* the moat talked of pe-1 4eto oa earth, and Salter Bli < K eeks t **& will sake yon rioa.. Larffti grftwtr of Potatoes sad | Farm Seeds la the world. TEOETABLE ftEEM Largest, choicest iiu la u. 8. Omloa 8*ed. 80c. IK Sverytslst warranted to grow. S3 pkgs ear. Use* tegetables. piwtpetd, SIM. _ TOR 1««. STAMPS tfcla •sties, we nail greet Seed Oauloff nod ISpkge ram Seed NorokUse, _ Catalog alese. to. postage, .««* JOHNA.SALZERSEEDCO. LA CROSSE WIS. -ot acres of oho ceo?r+scuiutral LANDS nosy opened for settlement In Western Canuda. Here is grown the celebrated NO. 1 HARD WHKA i\ which brings the highest price iu the markets of t e world: thousands or cattle are fattened for murket without being fed grain and without a day's shelter. Send for information and secure a free home in Western Canada. Write the Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, or address the undersigned, who will r^ail vou atlases, pamnhleta, etc.. free of cost. J. Grieve, Saginaw, Michigan, or M. V. Mclnnes, ! N.\ "2 Merrill HlocK. Detroit. Mich. LOOK! FREE! thTe HFiInSe stH LIeGaHthLerY, ouArR NTo.I 1S2T30I CPa tBteErnL—Tm, amgandifeic eonft Gold-Finished Bnokle. Handsomely Jeweled. Can ebde atdoj uasnty- twmaoisttt ,s tyAl- aistht raacntd- siivgen . Tdhee- able and np-to-date Belt. Don't • •nd fuassh iaonny- Money t jim Y^iir fiMnn and a-Wreea. We wm send CHEAP FARMS DO Y00 W1NT1 ROUE? 100,000 ACRES %222tiS}£Sa& and told on long time and essay pay tnents. a little each year. Gome and see us or write. 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RRMBMBER THAT U n t i l P e b r u a r y 1 5 , W*WII.I.MARBOWII. Very Best, $3.00 Cabinets AnyStyie For 32.00^Do«n ^ We have all the Latest Styles of Work. . On these days we w i l l fiive f r e e with every dozen pictures of the little ones,a large 5 0 c P h o t o B u t t o n v Wood Want ed for Photos* Open e v e r y day e x c ept ing Sunday* .*-*——* p. H. NIX & SONi PETTEYSVILUfc P. W. Coniway was at the county seat last Thursday. Work was resumed at the Schuler ice houses last Thursday. Martin Melvin aqd Cal Weller were in Howell one day last week. Eb. Smith and family, of White Oak, visited at J. W. Phiceways over Sunday. Mrs. John Oliver, of Lansing, and Mrs. Lathrop. of of South Lyons, are the guests of Mrs. Alex. Mercer. About thirty of the young friends of .Miss Grace Nash gave her a very pleasant surprise last Wednesday evening. W A N T E D : Apprentice for Millinery trade. 2w Boyle A Halstead. PARSHALLVILLEMrs. Smith is improving slowly. Philip Dormire is sick with pneumonia. The revival meetings closed last Sunday with some success. Miss Cora Kirk of Hartland spent the past week with-Mrs. F. Kirk. Joseph Dexter has been quite sick the past week with pneumonia but is some better at this writing. Mr. Jud Cox and family returned to St. Johns, this week where he- is engaged for tfie coming year in * harness shop. Rev. 0. Sanborn and wife of Linden and Mrs. Peek of Mason and Mrs. Dibble and son of near Flint visited at Geo. Cornells one day last week. Do not torget the DISPATCH Book Bindery when you want work in that linn. We bind ever-ythinpf from a receipt to a dictionary. Call and see our work. HAMBURG. The Loyal Guards will give a masquerade ball Feb. 14. Aubry Royce visited friends in Brighton the later part of last week. Miss Francis Dunlavy is visiting with her grandmother at Dexter. Our singing master Mr. £ . N. Ball is giving his large class instructions preparatory for a concert. ~" There were no services at either church last Sunday, thexsnow being so deep that neither minister could come. Miss Irene Ridge entertained a number of her friends at her home last Saturday afternoon, the occasion being her fifth birthday. J. L. Kisby is ihe owner of a very valuable dog; at least J. L. thinks he is since the canine devoured a new ^et-^of harnesses. The Loyal Guards of Hamburg will give a Masquerade Ball, Wednesday evening, Feb. 14. Ladies furnish cake. Bill for dance 50c. ^ANDERSON. H. Whipple spent the first of the week in South Lyon. Wm. Keusch, of Chelsea, spent Sunday with his people in this place. * N. J. Durkee spent a couple of days last week with relatives in Unadilla. Bert Goodwin, of Gregory, called on friends in Anderson one day last week. K The Anderson Farmers' Club meets at the home of Mr. and Mrs V; A. G. Wilson, Saturday, Feb,, lty ] It is the annual electioTT^of officers. Oyster dinner will be served Willie Dunbar, of Unadilla, spent the first of the week at John Birnie's. Fred Millar, of Gregory, the last of last week with Arthur Snith of this place. A. J. May and family, and Mrs. Nancy May, snent Tuesday with Mrs. E. J. Durkee. George Black and wite spent Saturday and Sunday with relativet in Webberville. The Teachers reading circle held at the Eaman school house, Saturday, was lergely attended. Frank Plummer who has been employed with,the Michigan Central R. R. Co., near Detroit, came home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bennet, of Marion, Mr. and Mrs. Will Bland, of North Putnam, spent Saturday at Fred Merrills. Miss Edith Wood returned home Thursday last, from a visit with friends in Marion. She was accompanied by Miss Mabel Wright. "Cub" Berdan, of Detroit, a former well known violinist of this county, has been granted a pension of $72 per month. He is a victim of paresis and is a mental and physical wreck.—TecumBeh News. HERE AND THERE. If you want all the news subscribe or tbe DISPATCH. YOU cam Dodge Them Did you ever try to dodge the rain-drops? Did not succeed very well, did you? It's just as useless to try to escape from the germs of consumption. You can't do it. They are about us on every hand and we are constantly taking them into our lungs. Then why don't we all have this disease? Simply because these germs cannot gain a foothold in a strong throat and lungs. It's when these are weak that the germs master. The body must be well supplied with fat The danger comes when the blood is poor and the body i s t h i n . If y o u r cough doea not yield, and your throat, and lungs feel raw and sore} you should not delay another day* Take Scott's Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophosphites at once. It will heal the inflamed membranes and greatly strengthen them as well. The digestion becomes stronger, the appetite better and the weight increases. The whole body becomes well fortified and the germs ot consumption cannot gain a foothold. It's this nourishing, sustaining and strengthening power ot SCOTT'S EMULSION that has made it of such value in all wasting and exhausting diseases. Slag left after ftiue makmg of steel by tine Bessemer process is uow being into p&o»pnate. Plans are being made for the construction of a tunnel umfer the Hoog'hly river at Calcutta. The river at Ui*> poiirt LB about 36 feet deep, and acco d ing to one of •tine plans the tunnsU wUi ipass 12 feet beneath the bed of the river. The length of the tunnel proper will be 6,875 feet Fingers are valued at a high price in Australia. A Melbourne boy of-^ had 'his fingers crushed in a gate at a' level crossing, and one had to be amputated. An action on his behalf was brought against the State Railway Department. The jury awarded the full amount claimed.. $5,000. An English chemist recently examined 3,165 samples-of- beer, of whic'ii 421 were found to have been aduJterated, and the fact was also discovered that the adulteration of beer is almost exclusively confined to London. Of 157 samples of tobacco analyzed 26 were found to be adulterated. Promotions in Rueaian military service are exceedingly Blow. It -akes from six to seven years for a capiain to become a lieutenant colonel, and four for a lieutenant colonel to become a colonel. Twenty-three generals of one brigade are over 58 years of age, and fall under the age limit cUvuse, and they ca:n t empire to higlher raiu. A ingenious person residing in Little Rock, Ark., has patented an inflatable boat. One• get& jpnto it, sits down, fastens a sheet of Rubber about his waist and blows tihe thing up. This done nothing can sink i t The craft, moreover, may be adapted for the use of two or-more occupants if desired. A new Swiss railway from Tfluun to Burgdorf wus opened recently, says tbe Engineer. The line is electrically driven by three-phase curremts at 750 volts. Its kngith is twonty fiva miles, Addltloal Local. and the power is derived from the Riv er Kander. The current is generaterJ at Spiez ait a pressure of ;4,000 volts, and then itransformed up to 16,001) .volte, at wfhioh pressure it is transmitted by overhead wires to fourteen transformers along the line. As the storage of bicycles in Paris during the winter mcntihs ip expensive!, a great many Parisians pawn their machines in the Mont-de-Piete, or State pawnshop. The interest paid on the advance of money is very small, end Is a great saving on what woulfl be paid for storage. Besides as the pawnshops cannot say for certain that >he bicycles will be reclaimed, they have to keep them in good order, so that they will fctoh a satisfactory price 6-boitM lb-ay ho nlanftd on the market. GOOD STORIES. joe. «ad fx.eo, •& drafgfctt, fcCOTT & 80WN8, Cham** Hnr Y« It. is niotorious, says a Christian Commonwealth correspondent, that extempore pireadtoersj cf the more florid type fall into mannerisms from which they do not easily extricate themselves. A preacher of this type toad acquired a trick of apostrophizing hiis hearers a« "dear London souls" or "dear Manchester souls," according tn the place in wthi«h he was preaching. In Dublin this rhetorical device was much admired, and "dear Dublin souls" drew tears from many eyes. But wihn' the worthy preacher extended his tour into the'south or Ireland, aiia^aadress^ ed his a^pea) to the "dear Cork souls," t.he effect was less felicitous. - lXan Merivale, in 'hi& "letters," quotes a remark wihich Thackeray once made in his presence, . '*1, Kwas much struck by a renmrK of Thackeray's once when I was in nis company, and huzarding some small witiclsm, >-*h)e immediately cried out, 'I beg your pardon &ir; but have you any further use for that? I think It is worth half a crowin.' " • , The Wichita Eagle says .that General Fred Funston looked out of the car window at a small town in Western Kansas and saw a seething* mass of h,umanlty~a»t<the depot to do him bomor. Turning to his wife, he said: "Two > oars ago I lectured to an audience of r.cven in this town. A resident of Atlanta has presented to Admiral Dewey an autograph letter written by Admiral Farragut, says the Kansas Oity Star, in which ocoumi the phrase: "That young Dewey is a very pramieing ahap." Comrremnan, Sam-. W. Smith hai made up hit mind to do all in hit power to ter cure free rural mall delivery. He thinki the farmer ahoald hare the advantage of free delivery at well at the cities. Circuit court is in session at Howell. Dan Jackson is in very poor health at this writing. Rev. Simpson was in Mt. Clements the first of the week. Rev. E. H. Crane has been in quite poor health the past week. W. S. Swarthout Mid wife visited Chas. Rollisou's family over Sunday. Mrs. Cook of Howell is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Barnard. Met Chalker and Ross Hinchey started Monday for Cadillac in quest of work. Mrs A. J. WilheIn? is caring for.her sister Mrs. Dailey, who, is on> the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Swarthout and sister Mabel are visiting Brighton friends this W6€l£. Chas. Wright and family, of North Dak. visited at the home of his brother F. E., the past week. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Jackson was under the doctor's care again the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Read were in Ann Arbor, the first of the week, visiting their daughter Ethel. Mrs. Lucy Styles, a former well known resident of this village, Died at her home in Marshall, Monday. Mrs. Henry Sellmau died at her home in Ann Arbor, Feb. 5, and her remains were brought to this place .and funeral held at St. Mary's church, She was a sister of Miss Rose Dunn. A large circle of relatives are left to mourn their loss. Mrs. Samuel Elliot and family have • gone to Traverse City, where her husband has been for some time., Miss Maude Swarthout, of Williamston, - and" Claude Rollison, of Brighton, viahetf^ relatives in town Tuesday. Miss Grace Lake and Miss Mabel Sigler visited at the home of Mrs. Herb. Schoenhale, in Genoa, the past week. Mrs. A. T. Mann and son George, of Wisconsin, were guests of her sister, Mrs. C. V. VanWinkle, the past week. Miss Lillie Swarthout, of Williamston, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Swarthout the first of the week. Mrs. Jerry Dunn was called to. Ann Arbor, the first of the week by the death of Mr. Dunn'B sister, Mrs. G. H. Sellman. The Ladies oi the M. E. church will serve dinner at die parsonage, Wednesday February 14. Everyone cordially invited. Mr. Ebenezer Kilpatriok and wife of San Francisco visited Mr. Thoa, Carroll and relatives of Pinckney the last part of last week. * Rev. J. R. Andrews, of Howell, has re* signed and accepted a call to the first Baptist church in Lansing. He will go about March 1. On Monday Drs. Sigler of this place and Dr. Nichols, of Whitmore Lake, removed a kidney for Mrs. Frank Spiegelberg, of the latter place. The operation was made on account of a malignant growtn, and in spite of the unfavorable nature of the case, it promises to be successful. Mrs. Spiegelberg has an infant child 3 weeks old. W A N T E D Every lady in the county to know the completeness of our Kitchen Furnishing Department, and in order to make it still more so we offer F R E E one of our new patent S T E E L P A R I N G K N I V E S , a most useful article, to any lady who will name five articles we do not have that pught to be i n , a Kitchen^ Furnishing Department. We hope we shall have t o give away a* good many of them. .;'v '*• This New Knife Pleases. F U b b Y WARRANTED. :v * ^ E?ery housekeeper uses a paring knife/' And everyone ha* a preference. M*? Some prefer one kind, someanother.it* """ $ $ • • ' • • . ; : > • • • * • — . The RING PARING KNIFE is positively NEW, and $ & most complete knife for paring eyer made. WHY? Because it fits th«&S&/* The objections, such as large, awkward, clumsy handles, and thi^Abeavy blades are /entirely done away with. The RING attachment adj^tabie!. to*the middle finger holds the knife in place without any effort on tfceTparVof the' operator, which is one of the strong points in its favor, £*??'*.' • ; • * Tbe new paring knife is used daily at the Boston (£o\^ug School and endorsed by the magazine, "Table Talk," two of the h i ^ a f authorities in this country* * Tours res L, H. m&lft '»'* F I u^m^^^mkm^^^^^ j & i v V'K'.' - - ^ - ^ S J S JiI f ) • • I * ' * * • . i iA" ; • : • # i •ij mmii ^.«*n .•JL., ifc,- Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pinckney Dispatch February 08, 1900 Description An account of the resource February 08, 1900 edition of the Pinckney Dispatch, Pinckney, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-02-08 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Frank L. Andrews newspaper pinckney dispatch