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VOL. XLTI-NO. 18. MASON, MICH., THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1900. WHOLE NO. 3054.

Now AilvorllHoiiioiitii till* WeoK. NEWS iir nitfKf. KSSSSSSSSSSSCiSSS^SSSSSSI-^&^iSSSSSSSS&^SSSSSSSSSi^^ Fnrnlturn—John Dunsbaok, Ciirrhige.Palnt—Lonijyear Bros. All Wool 8iilt« for 55.00-Webb & Whitman. Spectacles at the Leader. * KiiloroU at tlie I'ostofllcu, Alniion, Slioon—R W. Webb, UBSocoud-claiiH miillur Dry GoodH—Mills Dry Goods On, Born, to Mr, and Mrs. L. H. Van Surreys, Wagons, oto.—Masou Carriage Co, VIerah of the second ward, April 20, a I'ubllsHod Every Tluirsilny hy Groceries—G, H. Leverelt. son, Large and Enthusiastic CAMPBELL & ROSE. Buy wall paper at Kimmei's. and HEWS IN ItltlKr. save money. « Gathering. Important News II* ytir, tl.OO ; lix niaiilhi,SO aanli;

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Y/EPENER RELIEVED. QUAY, IS BARRED. ffitun. llrnliaiit li'lRlit-i His Way to lUo Sciiii(f, Hel'-.iKi'M Mini !i .Sciil In That jfelfeifelfe^iiife^tl^i^lfeifel^^lfe^lfe^^^^j SlulonniH'i'i'd 'I'iMVii — llooi'H llixly by a Vole i>l' l''(ir

Lond/ii, April 2i>.—\l is olliciiilly an­ Washington, April 25.-r-TIon. Mat­ nounced Hint \Yfp(;ii<;r lias been ve- thew S. Quay was on 'Puesday refused a lievcd. Tlic relief ol' Col. llJalyety was beat in the United Stales senate on the aceomplishod by Oeii. J'.riibaiit, upjioiiit.nient of the governor of Penn­ London, April 2G. — The war olllco sylvania by a vote of .^n to ;!2. The en­ liius issued Uia foUoSviny from Lord tire time of the senate was devoted to Koberls, dai.ed Illocnifont.ein, April debate njion the question, many oC the 25, iirSf) p. ni.: '"I.'lie enemy relired greatest lawyers and orators in the from in front, of Wepener last nig-lit, bod.y delivering speeches. and iliis mornini,' fled iiovUieasU-ard As the big clock opposite the presi­ nlonc,' 1,1m Ijiidylinvud road. Their dent pro tempore indicated four o'clock (nnmbei' was between -1,000 and .I.OOO." there was a hush in tho chamber. Sen­ ator li'rye, iu tlie chair, aniioauced that Besides the easuullies amonfr the the lioiir for the final vote had arrived, men, Uu.' Itoer hondjardmenl. of Col. Bn.lgfcty's iiosilion wrouffht great hiivoc among- the cattle and horses. 'The giiiTison conhl hnvc held, out for Used in Millions of Homes! Best Coffee for the Money! another fortuig-ht, but it is in no con- Accept no substitute Try LION COFFEE and you will never use •dition to render mueli iissistanee iu any other. It is absolutely pure pursuing the Bows. Insist on LION COFFEE, in 1 lb. pkgs. Coftee and nothing but Coffee. A. special disjiateh from Pretoria, •dated 'I'licwday, .says that, the lloers hn.ve I'eoeenpied lioshof, the Britisli retiring. These articles mailed FREE in I'iu-is, .'Vpril SO,--.A dispalch froni exchange for lion heads cnt from Pretoria .says that (leu. Oe Wet has liraliiint's lloi'si! isoliiU'd nml has re­ front of I lb. hlON COFFBM pkga. pulsed lAvo iitteuipt.s t,o relieve it, cap- .luring :"in llritishers. London, April IJ,':.—An ofllcial list, of Gold Collar Button. the Itrilish losses al AVi^pcuer from Miilicit Ireo for 5 lion liciidii cut from Lion Ai)ril 0 to April ISsliows: Killed, three Coffee wrappers aod u 2-Cttnt stump. filiiilQ of vollod gold fttid wltli moHior-of-iieurl ctVu'c'rs and IS men; woiin(h.'d, l-tollieers Ijiick; .siiitalilo nlilie for Indies iind R-entle- iind S(i men. mcn. This sliiipo Is handy and iKipular. Dispatches fron) Aliwal Norlli, under HON. MATT. S. QUAY, date of Wednesday, April li.^ say the and that the question was the ponding Daisy Neck-Pin. 5ent by ozprcsa, prepaid, for 80 Hon heads and Kiei-s left Wepener so hurriedly that u 2-cent utiimp. Wliou orderint; either clock, motion of Senator Chandler to striice pleiifio immc ynnr nearest Express Olliee, It tliero many of the dead were left iu the out of the i-csolutioii decliiring jMr, Genuine Mard-Enamel is 110 oxpi-css oltlce located iu your towu. t reuclu'S unburicd. Quay not to be entitled to a scat the and Qoid. London, April 128.—The Itloeinfontein woi-d "not." Senators throughont tho For 18 Hon licadiiand a 2-cent stump. Tlio Stylish Belt-Buckle. Box of Colored Crayons. Ladies' Scissors. e,orres|i(mdent of t.he 'J'imes, telegraph­ chamber eagerly followed the roll call, Illustration is only two-third.s actiiul size. ing Thui'sday, says: Then.' ujipears to Color a delicate pink, with jewel settins Handsomelj ForlOIIonlicadn for all knew the vote would be close. Kold-nlatcd, and • 2c. stamp. be little clumee of indicting ellVctive and gold trimmings. iJeat enamel lluisli, 'I'lie first sensation was caused by the (tyllsluind durable. with Itoraan FlneTT»xerayoni, •[Hiuishment on the retreating lioers. flnisli, and aol failure of Senator 'Pettigrew (S. D.) to TTith ruby fifteen difTcreiu Comnnindant, Con. Ijonis llotha, who colors, aooom- answer to his name, although he was colored Jewel panied irllli out- arrived at Dewetsdorp Monday, real- in the center. in his scat. When Senator Vest's name "The Lion's Bride." U'his will be lino pieturca for ii^ed the situation at once aiul ordered WHS called he voted "No" in a clear, dis­ welcomed for "drcssed-up " occasions by color)n(?. Each tho ladies who UUa to wear dlflorent craydn la wrapped tlu' imnu'diate withdrawal of llio tinct voice, thus dashing tliclasthope colored sashes. Tlio Rold-flnlBh goes well with strong paper, Ibength, flye Inches, suitable for cutting, Tloers both from thei'e and from of the friends of Senator Quay, who •with uny of them. Qivcn tor 30 llan to prevent break- trimming and general household use. beads and a 3-cent itamp. Ing. 'Wep(mer. had expected confidently that tho dis­ Qlvcn for 12 lion hcuds and a 2c. stamp. tinguished Alisoui-iau would vote for London. .April 27.—A special dispalch Ladies' Apron. •from Dewelsdoi'p, dated Wednesday, his long--tiiiie iicrsnnal friend. Tn per­ Child's Drawing Book. Razor, fect silence it was annoiiuqedr t;hat the . Made ofsood says; quality lawn, with A collection senate had denied to Senator Quay the of nice outline Owlns tn the aiiprnnch nf Oen. Prenoh aitornato roTeriiie pictures Ixiund antl tn Gen. Rnndle'a porsl.stont shollln.5 seat which he has sought for some and tucks; broad Into boot form Uie I'.oers vcllntnilslied tlieir poHlllons la.st hem at bottom, »nd months past. •n'ith BlieeKi o( uih'lit, rrllrlnt! wtt.h Iheli- KUUK In a, nort.h- ia neatly t'athered tissue paper Ije- Mnilcd free for 12 lion heads cut from at waist; a Terr oMSlorly (Itn.'cLion. Oons. l-'reuch and trun­ Tho vote on Sona,tor Chandler's mo­ superior and stylish tween itho dle Joined hands on.st of Dewotudorp tills Lion Coffee wrappers ond a 2-ccnt stomp. leaTCB. Ontheso tion was as follows: An unusually lino picture, from the brnsli article. Si-^e, 3«i'l» tissue pages tho Qlven for 35 lion heads and • 2-C(int .mornluK.. Oen. Uundle l.s pursulnu tho nl tliu noted Oerinan artist, Gabriel Mux. iuclics. atnmp. A first-class razor, made of best JSiiurs In forced nuirehcs. Yeas—AUl.'inn, Bakor, Carter, Cliandlor, It Is founded on Chamisso'a ixieni, "Tho children can Kngiiah steel, and extra hollowground. Clarlt (AVyo.), Oiillom, Daniel, Davis. Do- Lion's }irlde." The story is interesUuK, Given for 20 lion trace tlie pictures beneath, thtis atlording iiloemfoiileiu, April 27,—ncu, Tole- lino, l^oraker, Pr.vo, Gear, Haushron;.vh, hcadii and u 2-c«Mt eujoynient, as well a.i instruction to the and we send witli each picture a hand- stump. liand and eye. These dra\rinK books and Carew's foi'ces are seven miles north .lone.'i (Nov.), McCnmas, Mcfinurln, Mason, lomo folder, contalninR copy of the poem und telling all about it. Size, 15xM inches. the t)oi of crayons (,'o very well loKcther. Rubber Dressing Comb. of 13ewelsdorp to-day. They are Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt There are six dilTorent liiiuls, and each disappointed at t,he f.niliiro t,o sur­ CN. Y.l, Reott, Sowcll, Shonp, Spoonor, Fruit Picture. drawlne book requlrei 6 lion heads and a Rto-wart, Sullivan, Taliaferro, Warren, 2-citnt sl«mp. round tiho Boers, liut believe the Wotnioro, Wolcott—.'!2. march will have a good elVcet on the Nays—Alton, Bacon, Bard, Bale, Ecrry, " Dorothy and Her Friends." For 10 lion heads and a 2-cent stomp. .l''ree Stat,crs. The Inttei', trusting to Burrows, Butler, Clay, Cockroll. Culljor- Naval Box Kite. Length, 7 inches, lull size and -weight, son. Halo, Harris, Helltold, l-Iawloy, ,Tono.'i I-iado of genuine India rnblicr, finely British leniency, had pinyed the gnme A bright, finished. Appropriate for a ladies'dress­ (Arlc), Lindsay, McBrldo, McCiunhor, Mc- See it Fly I o,f pretending to surrender and ot cheery picture. ing-case or for use in the household. Enery, MoMlllnn, Martin, Moiioy, Piatt The cele­ taking every opjiortiinity to (ighi,, (Conn.), Proctor, Quartos, Ross. Simon, For 8 lion licado brated box 'Wlierever lie found Free Staters -vho Toiler, Tillman, Turloy, Turner, Vest:, kite now so Game "India." AVelllngton—llu. and a 2c. otiinip, popular. bad broken the oath (leu. Pole-Carew Thirty inches Pairs were annonnccd as I'ollo'ivs, the' A bright, cheery Similar to "Tar- seized their cattle'ami hor.ses. long and cliesi," which hns pictni-o, roprescnt- comes safely first named in each instance being fa­ inKaUtUegii-liilny- Sir.o, 36x2t inches. Given for 8 lion been jilaycd inenat- According to a special dispatch licads and a 2-cent stantp. folded, but ern countries since vorable to ?\rr. Quay and the.second inKwith herchicl<- can quickly from Lourenzo Mar(|ues, the latest ensiiiidliori-nbbits. before the dawn of opposed to him: b« spread to liistory. The illns- authentic I'stimates of the Boer forces Tliepi-edomluiUing fij-. Every PrItcluird with GalUnircr; Dcpo-w -with ' 50-Foot Clothes Lina. Inition shows plan place them at ;it',0OO, of wliicli tli,- colors lire rich rods American boy Itaniia; Poster with Koan; l.odt?o with and Brooiis. Size, of the game, with Qlvcn for IS Trams one, usual counters, dice 000 are at Kroonstad, 11,000 at l'"our- Thurston; Kininoy with CalTory; IClldns 14x28 inches. •Ion heads and and older n 2-ccnt stamp. and dice-cups ac­ teen .Slrenm.s, 0,000 in iS'atal, 700 about Willi Chilton; Fairlianks with Mallory; For 10 11(111 liendo persons also companying it. A Hoar with Pollus; Ivylo wlUi nav.dlu.s. and i-ccnt sliinni wo Made of closely are interested game ^vliich peopla Mafeking, and 1,000 at Pretoria, wdiilo will luall it tinned, braided cotton '.I'hc following senators were un­ romly for luniBiiiR. n»ilcd free lor 40 lion heads cut from never tiro of playing. Given for 20 lion 2M. have been ordered north to inter- threads, strong, .and will give the best of Lion Coifcc wrappers and a 2-cent stamp. heads and a 2-cunt stamp. ce]5t Gen. Carrington's force. The paired: aiatis faction. work- of. entrenching Pretoria is pro- Aldrich, Bevoridg-e, Clark (M^ont.) WWS*vH-',»fWil*»IMS««*J'aJ*l!aW«« rwawwiwMswiiwfW/Wr'i'Ww asEEsosmsisssasssEiMraffi m^^assummi rw\ -ceeding. and '.Pettigrow. Every time you buy a pound package of LION COFFEE you have bought something else, too. THE PHILIPPINES WAR. (ill't I'di- Dewi-y. Washington, April 2(1.—Pioprescnta- Don't overlook it! '; You have bouglit a certain portion of some article to HoiioiMs of JloeeiU I'lns'aKi'niciidi in tlvo JMcCleary, of Arinnesotn, on be selected by you from our new Premium Lists! AVliieli ilie IiiNai'nenlH IjONt Wednesday morning presented Ad­ llenviiy. miral Dewey one of the most beauti­ IHB ABOVE ARE ONLY A PEW OF THE LION COFFEE PREMIUMS. Another list will shortly appear In thLVpaper I Don't miss It I The grandest list of premiums ever offered I ful and unique of the many gifts lie iWhen writing for premiums send your letter In the soine envelope or Manila, April 27.—About .'iOO of the has rooeivcd. It is a watch, paid for package with the lion heads. If more than IS lion heads arc sent, you can save postage by trimming down the margin. Ask your grocer lor large •eucniy have been killed recently in by penny contributions from SO,000 You always know LION COFFEE by the wrapper. It la a scaled pack­ Illustrated premium list. Address all letters to the north llocos, includiugBodd'sliglit and Mcliool children in 'ACinne.sota and the age, with tho lion's head In front. It Is uhsoltitely pure if the pacltuge Is unbroken. LION COFFEE is roasted the day It leaves the factory. the attack on Biitoc April Hi, when Dakotas, collected by the -Minneapolis Vi&OlSOM SPB€E ©0«, Toledss, mtm« from liOO to 700 rebels, a ipinrtcr of .Tonrnal and ISa country dailies and whom were armed with rillcs, deter­ weekly newspapers. The idea was minedly attacked t,he.Americans, charg­ suggested and tho fund was stiirtod by ing their positions and fighting at close .Archie Cadzow, a lad of 10 living at quarters. The engagement lasted all llosomonnt, Minn., who brought the the afternoon,,the enemy burning the watch to Washington and a.ssisted at •town; but they were repulsed, after the the presentation. ..arrival of' American rconforeenients. U'he insiu'gents generally arc aggres­ Deadi in n Ciouilbiir.sl. sive in that province. They captured Waco, Tex., April 2S.—A, cloudburst, rz7:z'zzr~-rz'~~irz mp^mjf^mmkmm an American provision -wagon near accompanied hy a high wind, descend­ Ijnpo. ed: upon this cit;y at noon Pi-iday, arid the, result is that eight people are Will VlMt Tlircc OaU«. Iniown to have perished in the city Three Oa.ks, Mich,, April 27. — The limits and property valued at several A Farm Library of unequalled value—Practical, world-renowned Dewey cannon boomed thousand dollars has been destroyed Dp-to-date, Concise andComprehcnsive—Hand­ HERE BEi.OW, foi the first .time on American soil or injured. The known dead are: Afrs. somely Printed and Beautifully Illustrated. Thur.siday evening- at sunset in Three ?fancy Caudle, Jtiss Clara Caudle, Rosa When It comes to subsorlblng 'Oaks, The cansc of the demonstration By JACOB BIQGLE for a -nowapaper ho wants tha Chapman, , Kinma Decker, Thomas very best for his money. w,is a telegram received froin Jtayor Capps, Prank Walker, two negro men No. l-BlQQLia HORSE BOOK E K, .Warren, who had an interview All about Horses—a Coraroori-Scnst Treatise, with over names unknown. 74 Ulustratious; a standard work. Price, 50 Cents. •ivi111 Admiral George .Bewey Thursday morning, in which the admiral gave DniniiRc I>r n Tornnilo. No. 9-BiaaLE BERRY BOOK All about growing Small Fruits—read and learn how; Hre Yoo iciaioted With liis full a.nd definite promise that he Bhim, Tex., A])ril ,28.—A tornado^' contains 43 colored lifeilike reproductionsof olUending tho paper that Is road by mora people v.irieties and 100 other illustrations. Price, 50 Cents, 'Nvoukl devote at least two hours . to passed through the eastern part 'Of In Michigan than any similar no-tvspa- ••J'hrcc Oaks early in Jun'e at the 1ime tbis place at noon Priday,,dcstroyiiig No. 8-BiaaLE POULTRY BOOK per published. , AU about Poultry; the bcs^Poultry Book In existence; of hjs promised western trip, which several residences and ii', two-story tells everythinjr i with33 colored life-likereproductions co^er.s Detroit, Kalamazoo, Grand school,building. Portunately'buVtwo of all the principal breeds; with 103 other illustrations. Price, 50 Cents. , Rapids and a few other proriiinont people were seriously hurt, •prie"'''o'l!^ No. 4-BIGQLB COIW BOOK The OetroitJournal cities.' whom'," Eunice 'Hanks, will, diei 'iSho All about Cows and the Dairy Duslnesn 1 having a great was caught botwecii'two tjmbera'iand, sale; contains 8 colored life-like reproductions of each SEEVaa-WEEKLY'?- CciiNUN «>£ KlontllUo. received intorh.'jl injuries. '..\boTit:"_15' m breed, with 131,other illustrations. Price, jo Cents,- Seattle,'Wash., April'28.—Teleg-rn.ph- others were slightly linrt^ •,>,-.,',--'^ No. 5-BiaQLB SWINE BOOK Tho Journal I3 Indispensable to tlia ic advices of April,21 from Dawson to Jiist out. All about Hogs—Breeding, Feeding, Butch­ FARMER, with its MARKET KE- ery, ^Diseases, etc. Contains over 80 beautiful half­ Skaguay, and; brought to Seattle on Colli tor I'ovto Uleo, tones aud other engravings; Price, 50 Cents., ; PORTS. Two features ot Its Satur- the steanier Humboldt, stato'that the Ne.w' York, April 26.—William P. ;ThcBIOQLE BOOKS are uni

llemon of New .fork had gone out to a finer house is bad enough, but a • JIM'S JEWELED TOOTH. nrUMh ArlNlocrncy nimiicti, ESSOINS OF MOVING, their country residences. I rode into man .so upset is sickening. The laven- Many people iitl'rihute the recent reverses DAN 6R0SVEN0R SAYS: the' grounds to tuliuiro the,gardens, dcred fool goes around so dainty and Gold Cru^vii .Si!( wltli Dliiuionda of the British to tlio degeneracy of the aris­ tocracy. The life of luxury ecrtninly docs not Talmage Preaches a Timely and Ihe overseer of the place lold nic so ])rccise and so alfeeteti in the roll ill Hie .linvM ol' 11. lliintiin nroduce vigor. Indigestible suppers, late —and they all told nic;—that all tlie of his eyes or the whirl' of his cane or Hull ToiTlor. hours, constant iioi-ve strain niid lack of ex­ "Peruna is an Excellent Spring. Sermon. houses had beeu' sold or that thoy the clicking of the ivor3' handle ercise upset the stomach and •weaken both Jim/is a bull terrier whose pedigree physical and mental vitality. The blood that Catarrh EemeiJy—I am as wanted to sell them, and there was lit­ against his front teeth or >bis effemi­ runs back through many generations makes men licrocs nnist eome from .-ictive, erally no exception,' although J called nate languor, and hi.s conversation so Well as Ever." ikuoiii'BC In AVhliOi (111! KoiMl of of distinguished ancestry. He is an healthy .s-tomaclis. 1 Instcttor's Stomach Bit­ at many places, just admiring the gar­ interlarded with "oh's" and "all's" ters pui-ifios the blood and strenKllicns the |l'allonv>< ami Hiiulpo"'' IK Set aristocrat, born into luxury, and his dens and the grounds and the palatial that he is to me a dose of ipecacu­ stomach. It eurcs constipation, iiidigesldon, KorUi—MOVIHK: IUIO llii: five j'cars of life have been a contin­ dyspepsia and hiliousness. residences.' Some wanted to sell or anha. Now, my friend.'j, it you move uous round of contentment and ease, had .sold because their wives did not into 11 larger house, thank God for Stuniiiua tile School VloUor. u'iinl to reside in the suraiper lime in more room—for more room to hang says the Dostou JCveiiing Transcript, [Copyright, 1000, by Loula Klopsch.] A visitor at n Cohimhia, Mo., school the those places -while their husbands tar­ your ])ieture.s','for more room in which .liverything that a pampered canine 'other day asked one of tlio 'lower Ri-ado WiiKhlnglon, Aj)!-!! a ried in town in the night, always hav­ to gatlier.ynur friends, for more .room could possibly desire is lavished on class this miostiba: , "What is the axis of Jriiis (iisc'Oiiree of Ur. 'l.'uliniig-e is pcr- the earth'i"' "An imaRinary line passing ing some business on band keeping in wbich to let your children romp Jim. The choicest tidbits fall to his lioiil, at, lliis tiini: of ym\\\ wiicii uitiny from one pole to the other, on -which the 1 hem away. and play, for more room for groat portion. The smartest of . up-to-date earth revolves," proudly nnswercd a pupil. loijle are inovJiij:;' from hoii&(t to JIOII.SL', bookcases filled with good reading or collars adorn.s his neck, and every '"Y'es," .iflid the cxaniiiier, well pleased, "and Id it teacliL's liiswjn.s of iKitienuc and From sonic houses the people had wealth of bric-a-brac. Have ns large nig-ht he is tucked up in his own bed could you hang a boiuiDt on it'?'' "Yes, sir." luipoise ill vtu'y tryinycirciinistanvo.s. been shaken out by chills and fever, "fiideed! And what kind of a bonnet.?" and as fine a house as yon can alTord with, the clothes well up'under his Ixt, Pliilippiiiiis, 'lil^; "I know botli from .some houses Ihey had gone be­ "An iniai;iiiai-y bonnet, sir." The visitor to have, but do not sacrifice your hu­ chin, "just so," before be will shut asked no inoro questions.—Oliierigo Cliron- Iw to be abaseii, aud J. Iciiow liow to cause death or misfortune ha

.' :^ White 1900 1900 Special Shirt Shirt .^^ Waists THE GREAT Waists.

Are more fashionable Last winter when than' ever. Our stock times were dull, we contains the newest nov­ contracted for some elties brought out by several different waists to be made at manufacturers. much under price. Here are some of.' WHITE SALE the results: The prices are AT—^ 35c for waists made of 64 square' 7SC for a well made White Nainsool< percale in all sizes a:nd a good variety Waist. of colors. Every waist a 50c value. 98c for fine quality India Linon, with 50c for waists made of wide stand­ Holmes, Dancer & Co., ard percales, in good variety of styles, two- rows of Insertion diagonally across the front. French back. all sizes, a grade that compares with MASON, :nost 75c kinds. $1.25 for best quality India Linon pSc for waists made of the'very either French or yoke backs, either eommencing Saturday, May 5th. Every lady in Ingham County is invited to visit best percales. Every waist trimmed lace or embroidery yokes or rows of our store during the month of May. Unusual values are offered in the best quality either with embroidery inserting and tucks^and insertion. and most lip^to'date merchandise to be found in any and all markets. tucks, or embroidery and braid bands, $i-.5o to $2.50 for the very best grades stitcl'ied on in an attractive manner. with handsome lace and embroidery $1.25 and $1,50 for fine lawns trimmings. Annual Spring Sale of fluslin Underwear. and silk ginghams in a number of Preparations for this sale have been going on for some time. Over two thousand garments are at your handsome patterns. Under­ disposal. Careful selections have been made from the lines of the best manufacturers. Well made, full size garments at" extremely low prices. Wrap= wear pers. We are agents in Mason for the Gowns. Gowns. We always sell celebrated "B. a great maiiy wrap­ E.J." and "For­ About 20 different \n this sale we pers, but for rapid est/Wills" un'der- styles in Night purpose to sell at moving here is a lot that beats them •wear. Gowns made of least 200 Gowns at One of our muslin, cambric and all.. .» variety of styles., Towels, colored bor­ from , best garment, we can places at 25c, our price 1 7L 25c to 50c. Plain,.without lace ders and knotted find to offer as a lead­ Umbrella style, lace or em- '^ |Jx» Men's Underwear in French bal- or embroidery • trim­ fringe. Size 19x40 er at 352- broidery trimmings, AtD\/ inches, good weight. brigan, ecru, grey, etc, at . ming, at pc. Finer garments, Same with embroid­ Our best line with wide ruffle The best 20c towel you will find. Yet 25c. 35c and soc. more elaborate trim­ ery in neck, usual 19c like cut; also "Arnold" our price in this sale is only mings, including the Knit Drawers, 15c Each. value, 14c, Marguerite style, soc 50c Hosiery. White Spreads. We are agents in Children's Mason for "Gordon," Embroideries. Muslin Night Gowns, made of nice cotton, assorted sizes, The largest variety ever shown in '•Albion"and"Onyx" A purchase of ten thousands yards just received, Note Mason. More than 25 different styles. Hosiery—the three these prices; At sgc and 50c. i. A special value is our eleven quarter best brands of fast Good cambric edge 2 to 3 inches wide, would easily P\r> Muslin Drawers for sizes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, price loc and crochet quilt at bring 8c to IOC, per yard now - - Ov-» black and fast colored upwards. $1.00. hose. Wider edge, good wearing and washing kinds, usual It will save you 25c to 35c from We have the new Ideas in hosiery, I2i/^c and 15c good, per'yard now 10c what you will pay elsewhere. such as dots, plain reds, chocolate, Still wider, finer finished goods, 31^ to 5 inches wide In Marsailles, Satin and Fringed ribbed lisle goods, etc. Wliite Goods. some are regular 25c goods, now 15c Quilts we also offer extra values. 35c buys the choice of a large line . We' offer a large variety of India Linens in the very best A good assortment of all over Embroideries and In- Cr^/-> values to be had at the prices asked. We can save you 5c to of extra fine guage black hose with sertings, at gi.oo, 75cand - • - \J\J\^ IOC per yard on these goods, having contracted for our stock Ready plain or split foot, double heel, sole early in the year. and toe. White dimities; checks and stripes, per yd., i8c, 15c andl^aC Made igc buys ladies' fast black, double Tlie New Nainsooks, plain, checks and fancy stripes, per yard, Cp Sheets sole, heel and toe, heavy weight hose. 25c, 15c and ...... ^^ Also Maco foot hosiery. Frencli Corset. Dotted Swiss Mulls, small and medium sized dots, 25c 10/» and Pillow Cases at I oc buys' heavy weight, strong,, kind, per yard, • - - • . - ' the old low prices. • Straight front,'i3-inch, fine satine or firm, fast black hose, or lighter weight Organdies in 36 and 70 inch widths. Very sheer, nice lOr* J Best quality, large or summer netting lace trimmed as cut, our with white foot. goods for fine dresses, per yard, yt^c, 50c, 25c and * ' size sheets at price Swiss Mull, a light, soft lining fabric, a 50c quality, 4.9c Children's and Men's. Hosiery at $1.00. Only soc Bach, equally low prices. at only ------' ^^^ Organzine, a new silk and cotton fabric for fine dresses, Cfj/» Large size pillow cases, torn and V a 65c quality, to introduce at • 4 - - '^^*' hemmed. Best bleached cotton at Carpets. Only ISC Bach, Corsets. We placed our order'for carpets before^the big advance in Of most interest just now are Sum-' January and February and can now sell them at toe to 15c per Curtains. ChildreiVs mer Corsets. We .have a large and yard under price. '. We ask you to compare these prices with any you may Lace Curtains are selling very rapidly at this store. The varied line. Below we mention a few know of: reason is easily.explained. New'and correct styles at low Dresses. specials; Cotton Ingrains, full yard wide, at - prices. Here is a short description: 25c yd Nottinghams in good, ^new'patterns at 50c to $2.50 per This popular line takes a ajc'buys corsets made of gauze Union Ingrains, heavy quality, good style, at 35c yd pair, according to size. fresh start this spring Peo­ netting, regular length, side steels and Yard wide, all wool, four good patterns at 45c yd. Brussels Net, in fine white nets, good sizes, at $4.50 and ple are learning about the well made. $5.00 per pair. Extra super all'wool, seven splendid styles - worth of our ready-to-wear 50c yd Point de Calle patterns on fine white net, good sizes, at ^SC buys a regular 44c corset, Tapestry Brussels at | - - . . 60c yd dresses for children and misses. strong netting, well stayed and g2.95 to ^7.50. ; Body Brussels at . , . Bobbinette Ruffled Curtains at lower prices than hereto­ Made of prints and percales in a strengthened. 95c yd Wilton Velvets at .... . 95c yd fore. Choice large sizes at $3.00 a pair. large variety of handsome patterns at prices about like this: 50c buys a good, durable short Axminsters at - . Satin Derby Tapestry and Chenile Curtains, Rope Portiers, Vv 90c yd etc., at right prices. . •'• ' corset, or a regular length, with good For sizes 2, 3, 4,5 years Si > side steels. . Come and see our carpet stock, We are always pleased Curtain Poles in oak, white and brass. Nearly all kinds H r- to show them. are found here. ' ^ the cost is 25c, 35c and $/.oo buys the best waists in sum­ 50c.. mer materials; or the new Paris Cor­ set, straight fronti made in a splendid For sizes 5 to 15 years quality gauze netting or in drab cou- the cost is 50c to gi.50 per >tille. . HOLMES, DANCER & CO. garment. i«^

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REPOBUCAN CO. CONVENTION. WARM We Carry the Largest Stock of ;(Coutlnued from flrsl page.) The Cure that Cures CONOIlKflSIONAL. Coughs, WEATHER UMBRELLA Levi Slftght, Onondaga; M. L. Bailey, Aure- llus; L. W. Baker, Delhi; J. D. Towar. Lan. Colds, sing township; Lansing—Alouzo lluiitoon, White Pine, John KobsoD, O. U.Tompkins, E, A. Qllkey, Grippe, Uudolph Loomie. HAS COME S150OND DisT,—STATIC. Whooping Cough, Asthma, C. A, I'endlelon, Leslie; Uurpor Koed and Bronchitis and Incipient and SALE. ,T. K. Elmer, Mason; H. A, Tlionipnon, ^•'ll- Consumption, Is llaniHton; Elmer Wood Bunkerhill; J. Carver, And with it a demand for new shoes. Ingham; .JoNoph Jewell, Vevay; A. A. Hall, We are prepared to supply this de­ Hemlock We ofTer, this week, just one huncjrecl brand new Stoukbrldgc; 0. .M. Towar, Meridian, mand. COSGlmSStONAL, For tlie ladies, we have the cele­ Umbrellas, sizes 26 and 28 inches, steel rod, paragon Goo. Molnlyre, White Oak; .Tames TofTt, brated QUEEN QUALITY, the frame, mercerized silk cover; choice line of handles in Leroy; Geo. W, lloardaley, Willlainslon; Coo, Thos. G. Plant Co., Tuppan .Shoe Co., Barn Siding Dunokel, Locke; 0. W. llrowne and II. M. metal, porcelain, difTerent shapes natural wood; regular Williams, Musoii; Stephen Flansburgh, Les­ A. H. Berry Shoe Co., G. Edwin lie; Geo. R. Price, Wheatlluld; II, H. Phillips, OjiO's Smith Shoe Co. makes—five lines that value $1.20 to $i.5o; everyone guaranteed; at only Alalodon, cannot be excelled for style or service. and Flooring Tile following committeemen were For tlie men we have tlie M. A. 98c EACH. cliosen, unci tlie selectioiiH of tlie two Packard Co., H. A, Cofiln & Co. and twodlstricta were llieu raiiUed by the \A GERMAN REMEDY*. Blade Diampnd lines. The latter for and General THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. coiiAeiition: every day wear, R. H. Nichols, Onondnpa; A. D, Barnes, The boys were not forgotten, for we Aurellus; II, J. Bond, Jr„ Delhi; O, V. bought iheExcelsior Shoe Co. line for Building Goods received this week:—New all over Yokings and ^ Reeves, Lansing Iwp.; Lansing—K. M.TIiorp, Tuckings, new Morcerized Petticoats and new Shirt Waists. Henry Mooie. W. L. Uoodspued.C. S. Loomla, Ihem. This is a line of boys' shoes L. E, Frost, Alonzo lltinloon, I that have all tlie style of a man's shoe Win. Rowley, Locke; E. 8. Andrews, Wll- und still give excellent weur. Our Material. llamston; M.O. PIckoll, Meridian; 11.0. Call COMMON COUNCIL. and IJ. B. MoArthur, Mason, A. II. Phillips, Alaledon; Warron Karn. Whoaltleld; Jamus [OKKICIAL] LIllle.XLoroy; W. L. RIon, White Oait; I'.W. Let UB know your wants. Clnrk, JnghKUi; Hnrvuy Young, Vcvay; El­ MASON, MICK,, April 20,1900. mer E. Wood, liunkerlilll; Cluis. Woodland, Council meet and was cuUeu to or­ Your patronage once won, al­ LoHllo; A. A. ilull.SlockbrUlge. der by Mayor Reed. Tlie flelectioii of a clialrnmn of the Present Aid. L. T, Smitii, J. i^. ways held. county conimllteo wns next in order. Smith, Call, Bement, Randall uud It hud been predicted that there was Ward. some opposiliou to the re-election of Minutes of lust meeting read and ap­ Clins. 11. Collingwood but sucii fulled proved. to develop to any extent, as out of the Moved by Aid. Ward and supported total of over 170 only 30 were register­ by L, T. Smith, that the liquor bond ed ill ojipOBitiou and IheHU were chang­ of Pliilllp Nice, with Stephen Gretton ed to tlie Collingwood column before and F. C. McEuen as sureties, lie ac- the vote was announced, Hia election I cepted. Motion prevailed. was then made uuanlmouii, Moved by J, N. Sniitli and support­ EPORT of Uie coniHUnn of llio Farmerfl' In a few well-tlmad remarks Mr. A man is known liniilc lit MuKrin, Mliililymi, III Mio close of ed by Ward that tlie liquor bond of C. RbiislnenH, April 26,11)00, iiN miulo lO'tlio com- Collingwood Ihuiilsed the convention E. Hasse and W. J, Hause, with E, F. By the company he keeps inisslonor of llie UanltliiK IJoimrlineut. for tlie lionor conferred, , GrifTin und 0. F, Gridln as sureties, be And a merchant lUCSOUKOltS. Hon. H, R. Pallengill wastiien call­ I iuyed upon table until April 30. Yeas IJOHIIR niul (llscoinits $ 75,878 IX) ed for and made a rattling good speech —Smiili, Binitli and Ward. Nuya— By the goods he sells. lioiulH, morLga(;e«, securUles, do. !i2,078 10 at the close of which lie stated hia po­ ARMORED CRUISER OvorilrftftJi Sfl 84 Bement. Cull and Randall. llnnKliii! houHe i,mi) oO PEUSONAl. MENTION. sition in the Gongreasional race. He Tie vote. Mayor votes yea. is of this make and they nre the best rurnUiireand llxtnreH LLW 00 would be proud of the nomination if it On motion liquor bond of Frank shoe made for every day wear. Qu.ility is .1 better advertisement OUier Ileal csluto 10 442 01 came to liim, but first of all was for Our babies' line is the best and Biio Irom banks In roncrvo CUIOH,... Sl,li).i 81 F. 15, Dennmore mnde a business trip to Do- Flannlgan was reconsidered. Moved than price. Clieapness .attracts some U. 8. and National liank currency 7,774 00 troll TuoHUiiy. harmony and the good of the republi­ by Ward and supported by Randall prettiest we could find. Please ^ call Nlckolu and couts 42 21 U. 1'. Gueof OwosHO Is vlBltlug Mason rela- can party. that liquor bond of F. Flannlgan, wltii and see them. people, but reliable goods make reg­ Gold 3,215 00 tlven this woolt. A resolution was introduced and John Dunsback and R, F. Grillln as ular customers. Silver 1,022 85 Yours respectfully, (JhooltH, cntili Items, Internal rovouue MIKH Georpjift llolnm ro|,nruoa from CiiUfor- adopted, giving as the sense of the sureties, be accepted. Yeas—Reineut, Those who art satisfied with any­ ^...ttccounl 21)2 20 nlu laaleveiilnK, ' convention that the delegates to the Smith, Smith, Rundull, Ward. Nays congreasioiial convention endorse B. thing are satisfied to buy it any­ Total 8107,898 05 irudli E. Koot expects to leave for Denver, -Call, where, but careful housekeepers Col,, hi a few woeUs. C. OatrauJer for delegate to the na­ Moved and supported by Bement and F.W.WEBB. LIAlUiaTIIIS. tional convention. trade where they are sure of getting Capital Ktoclt paid In 8 50,000 00 EiirloYonng ofM. A, 0, visited Ills parents Cull that the liquor bond of C.E. Hasse Slirplns fund ; / 7,000 00 In Vevay over Sunday. John Rnbaon of Lansing, presented and W, J. Hasse, with R, F. Griniu the best goods. Quality is the only- UndlvUlod prolltR, not ^iWffi 4(1 Lewis Cliupln of Jackson visited his motli- a resolution relating to coiigrea8l,oual and William F. Near as sureties, be What basis upon which a permanent repu­ Coinmorolal deposits 60,074 85 or in tbla elty last MonUay, Commercial Corllllcatos of deposit 44,01)0 74 ufFairs butas this gathering was not accepted. Yeus—Bement, Cull, L. T, tation can be made. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cheney ajo preparing culled to consider such matters, the Smith and Randall. Nays—Smitli Spot Cash Total 8157,898 05 to move to Uoldwutor soon. resolution was upon motion laid upon and Ward, State o/MicMgan, County 0/ Ingham, ss! Ur. Clayton Brown of Port Huron 1ms been the table. On motiou council adjourned until I, A. J. Hall, cashier of Iho above nam­ the Kueiilof relutlTos In Mikson the past weelt. After giving three rousing cheers for April 30. Will Do Terms arc cash. ed Bank, do floiomnly swear thai the above the republican party, the couveution Prices nre right. BtJitenienl Is true to the best of my knowledge Mrs. Cary A. Brace of South OhloaKO Is vis­ L. N. GANSLEY, City Clerk. OUR QooUs arc new unil of the best quality and belief, iting her Bister, Mrs. XI. T. Seymour and fami­ adjourned. Sirloin Stealc 'oc A. J. HALL, Cashier, ly. Round Stcilc loc Snhsorlbod and sworn to before me, this 2d day ol May, 1000. Frnnlt Perrlnnnd Walter G. Wilson of .Taclt- Porter House Steak 10c We pay the highest market price Hon pasHCd Sunday with relatives and friends CAN REST CONTENT. MASON, MICH., April 30, 1900. OHAS, J. RAYNER, Notary rubllc. In Mason. for country produce (in cash or- Correct—A tlost, Council met und was called to order Shoulder So L. C. WEHB, Ed Wlxson, who has been In the ilato of by Mayor Reed. BeefRo.ist.- Sc trade.) GKO. W. niUSTOL, Washington the pnulyoar. Is vlsltiui; Manon Slicrir Porter Wood Ilavo No Pea* Ite- Present Aid. Bement, Cull. Smith, B. 0. DART, friends this week. trnrdlUK n Ueiiuiuluatioii. Beef Stews.Z 6c Call and see us, Directors. Smith and Ward. Hal Erwln and C. W. Browne attended the Minutes of last meeting read and ap­ Pork Steak 10c rapubhcun couKresslonal couventlun ai proved. Pork Shoulder Steak Sc Howell yesterday. Because of the sensational happen­ Operator Storey Power of the Western Un­ KKPORT OF COMMITTEES, Pork in Chunck 7^ HOYT & son ion, Charlotte spent Sunday wlUi Mrs. 11. ings in Lansing during the last year, The fluunce committee reported the Pure Lard So M°CROSSEN Seymour and lamtly. politiciana all over the state will be following cluims and recommended Lyman Bond, who has been In tno sheep interested in the result of the Ingham Saus.nge... •-- ^c HAPLE ST. WEST. business lu Ttxas the past year, was Iho uuest county conventions and election, and their allowance: , Opened his heart the other day of Mason rolallvcH over Sunday. especially in regard to Prosecutor F. MoDanlols, salary of men on Are Highest Cash Price for Hides, PHONE 36, Bert Lyou visited Maspn relatives and department 8 210 00 and set out the' finest cigars friends lust Tuesday. He expoctt to leave Tuttle and Sheriff Porter, who have n. H. Bradley and Co., Beuling wax 10 Pelta and Tallow. lor UaUota the last of this mouth. been so active in the grand jury cases. li.Nlohola. luhor month of April 35 00 Longyear Bros., nal noda for city 7S R h, StroiKl, who for the past few monthn Sherifl! Porter was in tlie city this we have smoked in many a day. Hanaon ijb Mlckeliion, lumber forolly... W 15 ""IT^ L. B, Freshour & Son QherlfTssalo llv vlrtuoofa wrllof llorl faclna hiw boon al Milwaukee uueaKed on a large morning looking up witnesses lu the U. llaymond & Son, hardware for oily 13 18 O Issued out of and undor the Real of the The name? llourInK mill, 1H visiting ula parents, rela* Sutton case, and he atated emphati­ CaHlner, Currau & BuUetl, coal for Circuit Court for Iho (Joiiuty of Ingham lives and frlonds In Mason. BUtlon 62 08 and Stale of Allclilgun, to me dlreolod D, P. Whitmore, 0.1'. Mlokolsou, C, J. Uay- cally that he ia a candidate for renomi- I. U. Field, freight and cartage 18 80 and delivered, In favor of liowls B. Wc- ner, U. 0. llalateitd, George A. Mlnar and W, nation, and that Mr. Tuttle also ex­ M. C. U. 11., freight 38 111UITIIIO'C Up'to-Date ArMinr, ngnliial tlio goods and chattels, lands M. McCrossen witnessed iho R. A. degree by pects another term. FlominK Manf, Oo,, new knives lor If ni I inU O Qrocery Store and lenoaienlHof Jiillu A. l''ot.'f!. 1 did, on WHITE KNIGHT the Leslie Chapter last X''rlday evening. "I have held the office only one road aoraper 8 00 thu lilHt day of February A. D., 1000, levy upou Mr. and Mrs, 0. K. Norns returned from A. M. Oliver' repairs on electric toolH... St Is where you will find and take all the right, titlh and Inlereslof Baltl Ohlcugo last Monday evening. Mr. Norrls term," suid the sheriff, "but I may have 0, h, Caaterlln, salary and supplies, Julia A. Fogg In and to the lollowlng don- leaves Saturday for Mlunil, , where he some opposition in the convention, as electric , 13 00 a full line of , cribed real cslolo, sltiialed In tho county «i will purchase pineapples furu Ghlcai;o firm. A, P. Ferguson, 7 nights on streets 8 75 Ingham and Slate 01 Michigan, to wit: All The best 5c cigar in the city. tliere are others who have their eye B. Nelson, 1 month salary as lineman.. 45 00 Ihoae certain pleceH and parcels of land Bib- upon the place. Tuttle will be re­ Arthur Coburn, labor al slaUon 0 90 uated in llio township of Meridian, county of Dcniocrntic County Couvcntioiu nominated by acclamation and I tbiiik Marshall Aselllne, labor In Maple GARDEN SEEDS luRum and Blato of Michigan, known and dea. Grove 5 00 orllied as lols fourteen (11),eighteen (18), twoii- The democratic county convention the democrats will have pretty hard 0. L. Oastorlln, salary and aiippUos, ly (20), twenty-two (22), twenty-lour 21),IWOH. YOU BET. held in this city last Saturday was work to get any one to stand against water board 12 26 In package and bulk. tyalx (20); twonly-elght (28). thirty (30), thlrt. culled to order by Frank L. Dodge of him. He ia a young man, but has been Frank Furdy, labor, walerand electric ly-two (82), Ihlrly-luur (34), IhlrlyBlx (80), dept 12 n thIrty-eiRht (88),lorty (4n),forty-lwo (42), for­ Lansing, who nominated Q. A. Smith malting a great record for himself, and H. E. Coburn, salary as engineer 65 (10 ty-lour (41), lorl.y-slx (16), forly.olght (48^, fifty for temporary chairman, and he was in these grand jury cases eapecially he M. A, Cotton and men on street (1 22 Try our coflee at 13c per lb. or (60),liay-two(52),llfly-lbHi(54),llfty«slx(5C;,fifly elected. W. L. Clurk'was ohoiieu sec­ has shown marked ability,"—Grand II, K. Cobuin, salary as I3upt. Gleclrlo two lbs. for 25c, eight (68), Blxiy (CO), nlxty-lwo ((12), slxly-foui This Week I Give You works 10 00 (61), Blxty-six (Ofij, Klxty-elght (OS) and seventy retary. Ezra Dodge moved that a Rapids Press, April 25. Bring in your butter and eggs. (70)lnDulooDomum Park, according to Ihore- committee on permanent organization TheStute Republican is quite certain Moved and supported that the report oordod plat thereof recorded In the olHoo of 10 bars Soap .... .--.35c of finance committee be accepted and We arc paying the highest market the register of deeds of Ingham County, and order of business be appointed and Sheriff Porter is greatly miatakeu about Mich., In Llbnr two (2) ol Plats on page thirty I bushel Potatoes.. ..-..45c Judge Black moved for a committee on his having opposition In the cunveution adopted and orders drawn for the prices. (tJO),alI of which Ishall expose forBaleatpub- 25 pounds Flour 43c oredeutialB. over his renominatiou. No such con­ same. lie auction, to the highest bidder, as the law Yours for trade, dlrools, at Iho west front door of the Court 3 cans Tomatoes . 25c It was a democratic gathering, but dition has even been tallted about. He On motion the druggist bond of House In the Ulty of Mason that being the 3 cans Corn ...... 25c very few populists being present. is serving his first term and is entitled Longyear Bros., with C. J. Rayuer building In whiou theClrc-ult Court for said Upon taking the cliair Judge Smith to a second one, as is also Mr. Tuttle, and A. J. Hail us sureties, was ascept- CSAS, J. WBITING County of Inghnm. State of Michigan Is hold, 4 cans Wax Beans 35c nn Monday the2lstday of May, A,D,,lB0O,al thanked the convention for the honor —State Republican. On motion the druggist bond of H. First door norlb of Fnimora'Bunk l'honel7> 3 packages Sapolio.._...... 5c 10o'clock lu the forenoon. bestowed, pleaded for harmony, and H. Bradley, with L. C. Webb and F, Uaied, April 1, li-OO, W. H, PonMB, 5 pounds coflee ..-...-..-.25c saw trouble in all things republican, Scliool Items. E. Deusmore as sureties, was accepted. 7wM Sheriff. 1 pound Green Tea . . 35c and viewed with alarm the prosperity On motiou council adjourned until By Waller P. Portor, Deputy Sheriff. brought by republican administrailoi^. The students of literature are find­ May 7tb. rnTi'tnTrTiTnnTiriHJiiLn.niiTrB 1 pound Tea Dust...- --.30c ing much benefit in the use of the new You cannot make a mlatake At the ufternoon session the tempor­ L. N. GANSLEV, lOriler uf I'libllcntlou. ary ofllcers were made permanent, and Warner library. Pc _ My 25c Coffee beats them all. Junior U. S. History class has just City Clerk. Buying QHQICEST --^"P"'" tate of Michigan. The Circuit Court lor the committee on credentials reported Varieties g S the County of Inghnni In Chaneery. Try it. I want your Butter and all towns represented except Stock- completed the history of American — •— ' • of thoroughly Elcy A. Nornuui, Cuinplalnnnt finance and now take up political parts, vs. Eggs. Will pay cash or trade, bridge and Onondaga, Alumni Meeting. John W.Norman, Defendant, The resolutions were a general ar­ Arrangements have been made that At a meeting of the Alumni, Mason llnppearlng ironi iho aflldavlt on fllo Yours for business, raignment ef the party in power. The M. H. S. can dnter upon the Oberiin high school, held at Mrs. Fred Stroud's Tested Seeds thuMho dofendani Is cot a resident of thia approved list so graduates may enter enougU to supply you with vogetablea suue, and that his residence Is unknown, resolution expressing symputliy for the Tuesday evening, the following officers and Uowcis on motion of Q. E. Sunders, complalnant'b Boers brought out much opposition. Oberlln without, examination. were elected: Pres., Dr. O. S. Free- Bollcllor, It -.n ordered that ihe delondant en­ G. H. LEVERETT. Some wished it stricken out, others Tlie program of commencement land; vice-pres.. Miss Pearl Langley; FOR ter his aprparnnce In this canse within live week and the teachers* examination at months from uute, and that a copy of this ol­ wauled sympathy extended to Aguln- sec'y, Mrs. F. Stroud; treas., L. W. the entire summer. der Ue published In the INGHAM COUNTA Leslie occur the same day. Arrange­ NEWS as required by the statute. aldo. The resolution was finally pass­ Mills, Jr.; historian, Fred Allen. You don't have to write a letter. Put a ed, however. ments are beiug'iuade to avoid confiict. It was decided to hold a reunion and oroHS (X) In one of the followlni; squares Dated April 10, A. D., 1900. •Tames F. Haramell and Frank B. The county association scheduled for banquet in June. The committees for each containing a colleotlon costing you 16w7 , LEWIS B. MoAnTHtlR, May has been postponed until full. only Circuit Court Commissioner lu and forlng" Chase & Sanborn's Johnson of Lansing, Luwtou T. He- arrangements will be announced soon. hnm County. Mlohlgun, mails of Mason and Thorn Bupert of The M. H. S. b'ase bull club are find­ The $36 realized from the loan exhi­ G.E. SANDMIS, Solicitor for Complainant Leroy were chosen delegates at large, ing it dllHcult to find grounds to play bit is expected to be; increased from 23 Cents the remainder of the delegation being bull on. Mason ought to be interested otiier sources and the amount used in Lettuce, GiJ. Rapids Four Grand Sweet DMIiNLSTUATOH'SSALE. Byvlrlueofa enough to secure the boys u ground for Radish, Long Seed Peas license tome grnnled on the Olh day of TEAS AMD COFFEES as follows: George W. Stone, F. L. furnishing worlds of art for the school Beet, Blood Turnip 1 pkg. Nasturtiums ApriA l A. D. 1000, by F. S. Porter, Judge ol Pro­ Dodge, Lansing; James Frazer, Leroy; athletics. rooms, * Peas, McLeans Ut* I pkg. Asters bate of the County of Ingham, State of Mlchl< 0. p. Black, Lansing; E. W. Bapks, The eighth grade history class has tie Gem 1 pkg. Zinnias gnn, 1 shall selliit public auction, on the SStli ARE THE FINEST QROWN. Lansing township; C. C, Casterliu, been appointed us a committee to re­ "After suffering from piles for Wax Beans Our own mixture. (iiij'tur may moo, at 10 o'clock in the fore­ Jl' port each Monday upon what days the A whole earden All the Qowera noon, at the premises hereinafter described In Mason; Patrick Crahuu, Locke: Q, A. fifteen years I was cured by using two lor you can pick. said county, all the right, lltlennd Interest of Smith, Lansing; Daniel L. Cook, \Vil- fiug should be raised for that week. (loxes of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve," which Ueheoca needy, deceai-ed, formerly of Tlie days this week wer^ Monday, 2Sc 25c the Oily of Mason, Mlcb., died, seized. In and aOLD ONLY BY llamston; A. F. Mehau, Mason; Frank writes W. J. Baxter, North Brook, N, to tl

IBi gS^Si^l^mi^Mi Half tlio bti.sinoss portion, ot Grove- Advices received in London say thii-c CRITICISE DELAY. ilie Jnijlraiu ^oiiiiii) ^tm. ton, Tex., WHS burned, all of Iiord Roberts' fofecs except oiie BISASTEPt IN. PAIIIS. That Aflmirnl JDcwcy was presented witli division, and a brigade arc in motion, liOntloii Ne^v.*fi>niicr,t SIKIW ImpaUcnoo CAMPBELL & ROSK, Piibllsliors. a wtitch piirchnsed by one-cent contri­ the iirst object being AYepeuer's relief. lit luucllvity 111 l*i-flu«e«lliiK butions from 50,000 eliildren iu the The bombardment of Jtafeking still Temporary Bridge on the Exposl M'ltli Uie Advance. Tired Feeling : : MICHIGAN. continues and the garrison is near MASON, nortliwcst. Just as surely indicates that to starvation. tion Grounds Collapses. , London, April 30.—The only dis­ One man was killed and many others the blood is lacking in vitality In a fight at Nueva Carcoras, prov­ patch from Lord Roberts published injured in labor riots in Cliieng-o. and the elements of. health as ince of South Camarincs, SO Filipinos Sunday was the usual list of deaths Fire in a Kew York tenement caused CroTI'il ' Blociutontcin is clear proof that there' I'residcnt Angell, of Michigan uni­ Three of those dead succumbed to is no further hope ot catching the re­ Unusually hot wpiither caused an versity, and forniw minister to Tur­ their injuries after being taken to the treating Boers, and the .London pa-- Hood's 14 15 16 17 18 19 outbreak of yellow fever tit Vera Crun, key, in an addresH before the ccumeu- hospital. pers are beginning to display impa­ iciil conference at NCVT York bUmics Mex. A temporary bridge, unable to with­ tience at the practical failure of the 23 24 25 261 Lord Roberts is apparently moving Sarsaparilla 21 22 the fiovei'iinient for its nonaction in cluiiorate preparations of last -vcoolc. his forces slowly toward- the Trans­ stand the Sundii-y crowd, broke. Tho Tiirkisli afl'airs. The .Daily Chronicle remarks: "We vaal, driving the Boers in.tlie Free accident threw a pall orer the happi­ "I liad th.tt tired feeling all the time. 28 29 30 31 In Cliictift-o .150,000 men and ,V25,000,- are rcluclant to criticise Lord Eob- Was as tired in the morning when 1 Stale before him. The Boer smoke­ ness of an immense tlirong who had |l«^/I?^i?W^/i?^F%'^?^>?^?^«^R^^ 000' capital are idle because of st.rikes. crts, but it is impo.ssible to shut our rose as I was -ivhcn I went to hod.: I less powder plant and arsenal near profited by the magnificent weather .T. W. Cardnni and Lillitiii Weixel- to visit the exposition, Sunday's was eyes to the ftiet that, during the last took four bottles of Hood's Siirsa- bainii.twDvarietyaetors, were drowned •Tohannesburg was wrecked by an ex­ pnrilla and it made mo fool like a now probably the record attendance. Not ten days we have g.-iined very little lu'tir Now ItiLven, Conn. plosion and 2;i ])er.sons were kiJledand man. I eould work hard and not feel merely the interior of the grounds, from our enornions display of force," Fire of an incendiary orif^in \>nv- 82 injured. tired. I recommend Hood's to all hut the precincts also, were crowded, Without doubt those operations hate tially destroyed St. .Tolin's Iteforined who need a Kood inedicino." A. P, and tho concourse was particularly been of a very oxhjiusting nature, .md Rjiiscoptil cliureh in Chicas-o. LATlilll. CllAIlTER, Creston, Iowa. great along the Avenue de Siitren, will entail further delay. The-Bloom- Ht«d'8 Sarsaparilla Is sola by all arug .l")r. Irvine defies BisliO]) Talbot and The United Stales senate on the which forms the northern boundary fontein correspondent of the Times, gists. Gcillooil's and only liooil's. refuses lo retire from the ITnnlington Ail tlic News of tlic Past Seven 27th ratified tlie treaty with Sjiain of the grounds. writing on IMarch ,'), after tho Paarde- (Pa.) Epis-cnjial charg'c. Daya Conclcnscd. extending for six montiis the time in Here is situated a big sidesliow, the berg a Hair, describes Lord Koberts' , Loriii V. Woleol t celebrated liis one Iliirrol Him Out. whicli S))anisli residents of the Pliil- Celestial Globe. A foot bridge, on army as a "wreck," because it was hnndredth liii'tluhiy at his home in "I suppose tlint Kov. Mr. Slieldon must ippines may become citizens. Nathan wliicli the finishing touches were be­ wflliout horses and without transport. h.tvo endeavored to set up a moral standard Sparta. 111. B. Scott, of ^Vest Vifginiii, was de­ ing put crosses the Avenue dc Sutren, '.I'lie liloemfontein correspondent ot the for his subscribers during 'SheUloa week,' " HOM AND FOREIGN ITEMS I'iiilway lelcRTaphers thi'eat.en to clared entitled to his seat. The hou.-^e eoiiiieoting the sideshow with the ex­ Post speaks now of the urgent need at romarkod a fat ex-Kansan, as he rode with enii.'^e a 1ie-up on all rtiilro^ds mist of a friend on a Sontli side car, according to pas.sed ill private pension bills, iiinong hibition. ' It was constructed of wood present and always of more horses. the . tliD Chicago Inter Ocean. News of tlio .industrial Field, rcrsoTial tliem one granting $00 per moiith to with a stucco facade and with a plas­ The sudden decision of the Boer "How so'? It looks reasonable to supjiose Confedei'Ute Memorial day Avas ob­ the widow of Col. Stotsenborg, of Nc- ter-made tower at each end. Strange­ peace delegates to go to America is at­ tliat the worse a man is the more he needed and Poliliciil Items, Jlappcuiiiga served in the southern states. Sheldon's newspaper," said tho otlicr man. braskii, killed in the Pliiliiipines, and ly enough, the bridge had been con­ tributed to the fact that the govern­ at Home and Abroad. '.riie Fifth .'\veniui hotel and j^fadi- "Humph! Looks that way. But I usetl adojited tlic eonfereuee rejiort on tlie demned only Sunday morning as un­ ment ot the Netherlands, after sound­ soii Square, theater in city to hve out in Topoka, and I've sniiscrihed llawtiiian government bill and sent it safe by the exposition authorities. ing all the European ciipitals, told them for that paper the last ten years. Well, the sold at aiK'tion for $-l,22.'i,000. to the president. The public was tliereforc not allowed tliey liiid nothing to hope from Eu­ week that Sheldon ran it ,f never rooeived a TEE MWS PROM ALL THE WOULD single copy. Reckon tlioy thought I wa.sn't nur.ylars rnlibed llie banlc at, Conl- Senator :i,'cttigrevv (S. B.) siiecoedcd to go upon the structure, and iu this rope, lervilic. Ill,, of $5,000. fit to receive it." in introdii(;ing a resolution in the Unit­ -way a disaster even more terrible than Col. Dalgety's force at Wepener num­ (Tlov. "Roosevelt, of Now York, in a "Sized yon up 'as ,Tosu.s would,' " chuckled COAT.ItKSSIONAI,. ed StatiJH senate on tlie 28tli ext-i>nding thiit which occurred was averted. bered .1,700. Bis losses during the the friend as lie slid oft tlie oar. • speech in Cliieiin-o said that under no A two dn.VH' (loliate 1]egaii In llio sonato sympatliy to the Boers. A motion to The gay crowd was ])assing along the siege wore 1)0 killed and l-iO wounded. on tlio L'.ld fill llu^ rlijlil of U. S. Quay to a cniidilions would ho accept a nomina- A New llcHik on Oolorndo. refer it failed because of tlie absence avenue, and soim'; luindred or more It is reported til at there was an ar­ .soat as a, soiiator I'roiii l.'onii.sylvanla. Tlio lioii for tlic vice presidency. We liave rroceived from Mr. I,'. S. Kiiatia, (iommitleu's report I'avoi'iiis' iinscalln!.? iit ol; a (|iioriiiu. The house devoted tho persons were walking beneath , the tillery engagement Sunday at Karee ',riic transport Sherman arrived ir. Gcnei-al ,1'asscnger Agent of tlio Chicago, Seiialor f;iarlc, oC Montana, was rucclvcd, greater part ot l:lie session to the sen­ bridge, -when suddenly an ominou.s Siding, but no details have been re­ Burlington and yiiincy Railroad, a book just !1H was also the appolTitnicnt ol" FranU L, San Francisco from Alanila with, 73.:1 ate bill to adjudicate t-lie elaimsoCoiti- crash was heard. Before those nndcr- ceived. > ofl' tho press, whicli is unusually intorcsLing ]illclu:oc;k a.s aKslstant secretary of tlio soldiers of. the Fourteenth infantry. zcns of the United States against noath could turn aside the structnro and .artistic. It is on tho suiiject of Col­ interior In llio house the post olllci! ap- Loudon, April 30.—The Bloemfon- Spain assumed l)y this eounti'y by the fell, with a tearful crash, burying orado, fa.scinatiiigly written by .lames W. liroprlalion liill was tllscusHctl, and j\lay 1 tein correspondent oC-ilic Daily Chron­ Steele, a descrijitivo writer ot great force. and - were set aside I'or tho consideration iMOU.'iONAr. AM) I'oi.rriOAi.. treaty ot Paris. nearly 50. icle, tolographing Saturday, says: "A The book is lavishly illustivited by engrav­ of the Nicaragua canal bill. Gen. .Joseph Wheeler haii resigned iJobliers secured ,$5,00fl from the iias- cavalry reconnaissance 25 miles north- ings of a high order, and the jirintcr's art By a vote oC IB to 32 Ma tthew S. Quay was A shout of horror rose from the his seat tis a member of congress for oanutten bank at Strasbnrg, Va. cast encountered 400 Boers. The Brit­ has not boon handicapped liy an ofiort. to oh the 2'lth refused .a seat In tlic senate the iihghth Alabama district, spectators, mingled with the cries of save expense. To anyone interested in the on the aiipolntniont of the (,'overiior While lighting fire in a wood lot near ish drove them out ot a kopje north of ernndenr ot Colorado scenery and iiartiou- , Texas jirohibitionists will hold a tho victims. For a moment nothing of Pennsylvania.. The entire time of the LaAvton, Mich., JNtrs. William P.race was could be distinguished but a cloud of ICarec. Our outposts arc still har­ iarly to one oontomplatiiig ;( visit to the KOnale was devoted to debate upon tho state eonventioii in .Ballas .Tnly IS. country described the bonl< will bo indis­ burned to death ami her husband was dust and plaster. A scene ot tho assed by moving commandoes. In an fliiestlon In the house tho senate rcso- Illinois middle ol: the road populists pensable. Copies can be iiad by sending a fatally burned. greatest excitement followed. But this outpost affair on Thursday several Uillon to provide for the continuation In of­ nomiivated A. C. Tyno, of Florti, for letter ot reijuest accompanied by six cents fice of the present military adinlnLslratlon At ilays City, Kan., IC-yoar-old Peter was only for a few seconds. .Mmost Boers wore killed. Tho enemy will in postage stamps to Mr. .I'histis, at his' governor. in Porto V-ho was jiasKcd and tho past of- Goetz was sentonecd to 25 years in pris­ immediately the crowd attacked tho certainly make a stand at Kroonstad, Cliioago address, 200 Adams stroot. llcc appropriation bill was further consid­ '.I'lie Iowa middle-oC-tl.c-road popu­ on for killing liis father. debris in elTort to release those Ij'ing where they have constructed miles of ered. Secretary Ga.?-e reported .?Is;!,<0Ci,0OO lists met in i)cs M'oiiics and selected collected In internal revenue under tho The Boers are preparing to spend the beneath. The workmen within the trenches." Too Mncli for the Elcplinnt. war tax act. delegates to the Cincinnati national winter in Natal and are bringing in grounds who had witnessed tho acci­ Thaba N'Chu, April 30.—The adja­ A Chicago showman recently advertised a "piano-playing elephant," and drew a The senate on the Sfith after n brief de­ convontion. their stock for winter grazing. iLord dent, the police and the republican cent country is now clear, the Boers bate n^reed to tlic conference report on crowd for the Iirst jierfornianoe. After a AVisconsin ropuolicans made the fol- Eoborls has not as yet begun the ad­ guards, togcilier -with quite a number having retired toward Ladybrand. preliminarj' "spiel," doscribiiig the talents tlie iiawallan civil savernmcnt bill, the Inwiiig nominations for congress; provlskais i'elatin(.v to tho riglit of fran­ vance tOAvard Pretoria. of soldiers joined in the rescue work. Tlicre are interesting developments of tho beast and liis education, the olepliant chise and liniirlscnnnent for debt bavins li'irst disU'ict, II. A. Cooper; Second, President and Mrs. MeKinley-arrived The victims first rccoTored were ahead. was led into tho ring. He steppod up to the been ollnilnated. Tho agricultural appro- Herman B. Dahle; Third, .1. W. Bao- piano, ran a scale, stopped, lifted his trunk in Washington from Canton. mostly only the injured, the dead be­ London, ;\\m\ 30.—The Standard's and ran bellowing, from tlie tent. The lirlatlon bill was jiasscd, carryinK a iittlo coek; Fourth, Theobald Otjcn; Fift.h, Tliero were SO-t business failures in ing found later beneath the center of special correspondent at Blocmfontoin, showman steiipod forward. "Ladies and over $;i,000,000..,.ln the house the time was Stimucl S. Barney; Sixth, .f. H, David­ • occupied In dlsciis.slnK the post ofllcc ap- tho United States in the seven days the structure. Messengers were dis- telegraphing Sunday evening, says; gentlemen," he said, "an nntorlunate oo- propriallon lilll, and tho Item of $7;,'i,000 for son. curronce prevents tlie intelligent aiiini.il ended on the 27th, against 1S4 the patclied to bring firemen and sappers, Uoports have just-been received that from continuing tlie perfnrnianeo. 1 am iho continuance and oxtenslon of the pneii- j ^Visconsin rejntblieans will meet in ma.tlc tube service was stricl;cn out. week previous and l,S-t in the corre­ with their equiments, and the first; the Boers are retiring to the north of sure tliat you will all rcsjioct liis reason. ^lilwaukoc August S to nominate a sponding period of ISDO. body was found after a quarter of an He has just recognized liis dead inother's A resolution v.'as Introduced in tho sen­ Ladybrand. Their horses are exhaust­ stale ticket. hour's frantic labor. It was that of teeth in the piano keys."—San Francisco ate on tiic aith by Senator Mason (til.) to Charles Herbert Allen, the ncwly- ed and they themselves disappointed Wave. withdraw troops from Cuba on .Fuiy -1 and .laincs Jl. Kobinson has been renom­ nppointcd governor of Porto Eieo, ar­ a little girl, about seven years old, over their failure to capture Col. Dal­ turn tliu government over to tho people. inated for congres.s by the dcmocrtits rived at Snn ,Tuan. whose head was horribly crnshed. gety's position. The British cavtilry, AVroiiK' Iiiiiirc'Nwlon. The bill to increase the powers of the in­ in the Twelfth district ot'Iiidiana. terstate commerco commission was re­ Cloudbursts in Texas rlrowncd six Victim after victim -rt'as brought to wdio were pursuing the fugitive com- He—Am I right in presuming to think ported liiifavorably. Tho rifht of Nathan Kepublican state eoavenlions in In­ residents of AVaco and four more citi- light until a row of six mutilated nitindoes, are returning to liloemfon­ you care for mo':' B. Scott, of , to retain ills diana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsyl­ 'zens of Blaekshetir and did great dam­ corpses had been placed upon tho tein. Slic—No, you are loft.—Clevclaml Plain .scat In tho senate was dlsciLSscd, but no vania elected delegates .at large and (in­ Dealer. age to projiorty. sidewalk and nearly 40 other persons, London, April 30.—The Bloemfontein action was taken....in tho bouse the post dorsed J^fcKinley's administrtition. olllcc ajipropriation bill was passed, as was The lire lit Ottawa and Hull de­ some badly and others less seriously correspondent of the Standard, tele­ GonKliInK IJCIKIN . Pope be responsible for the fall of the Albert J. Dcady, aged 28, and his the birf.h ot Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was are melting a\yiiy, the Boers quietly re­ • (rep.); Sixth, M. P. Klnkaid (rep.). structure. The disaster was the lead­ •wife, aged 10, locked in each, otlier's celebrated throughout the country. turning to their farms, and, many of, To Guru II Onlil III One Day, ^Michigan, Eighth dist,rict, P. B. Crosby ing topic of discussion in the cafes arms, leaped from a bridge into the At Galena, 111., his old home. Gov. them taking the oath of aliegi.ancc. Take Laxative Eromo (^uinino Tablets. All (pop.). and at tlic other Paris resorts, and druggists refund money if it fails lo euro. 35c. cauiil at Bayton, 0., and both were Eoosevelt, of New York, was the Experience lias shown,, however, ,in Thclndhana republican state conven­ sl,rong criticism was leveled against Some people have faith in,odd numbers— drowned. speaker. many cases that this is only a pretense and the favorite is number one.—Chicago tion nominated Winfield T. Diirbin, of the exposition authorities for allow­ The Pennsylvania railroad has se­ . Mrs. Sarah Boston, of New Bruns­ to enable the Boers \o create disturb­ Daily News. , Anderson, a colonel Of volunteers, for ing an unfinished structuris to jeop­ cured control oC the Western New wick, N. .!., cclebratett her one hun­ ances in tho rear of the British, and governor, and'a f tilLtickot. ', ardize the lives of citizens, fears be­ York & i^ennsylvania road. dred and fourth birthday. vigorous methods will probablj' be nec­ Massachusetts rc^publicans in state ing expressed that the incomplete Secretary Gage asked congress to David it; !Mercer has beijii nominated essary to force real disarmament. 1.ABASTIN-E Is tho original convention declared for .Secretary of state of works within the exhibition csfablisli a bureau to have charge of for a fifth term in congress by the re­ London, .\pril 30.—According to a and only durable wall ooatlns, the Navy Long for vice president.' , grounds themselves might lead to a entirely different from'all kal-- bt.md.ard weights and measures. publicans of the Second Neliraska dis­ similar aooidont. It should-ibe said, special, dispatch from Thaba N'Chu,'- somines. Ready Cor use In dated Sunday, the British! troops, no-sv •white or fourteen beautiful iTohn Horton, a negro, his wife and POluniGN. :\ trict, ' ' - however, that the exhibition authori­ that the, adjacent country is cleared of tints by adeliiiB cold water. five children were drowned in tho Lord Bioberts has' sent reenforcc- \ Jtrs. .Tiinies^ Simonds wliile insane ties are not responsible for the de­ the Boers, who trekked hurriedly in the ADIKS naturally prefer A'L:^- backwaters of Pearl river near Jtick- ments to aid in the relief of Wopencr. kiljod herself arid her babe by jumping fective' construction ot the;, foot' direction of Ladybrand,will recuperate BASTINB for walls and' cell- Bon, Aliss., while trying to escape from Boers by their activity wore surprts- in fiiont. pt an express train near Otter bridge; which was erected by the'man- Inga, becauso It Is pure, clean, for a short period. - ,-, , i; durable.'. Put up In dry pow­ the flood. ing the Brit,ish. Boer messengers tliat Lake, Mich. • . , , 'agemcnt of tho Celestial Globe. !A,s"a '' lAliwal North,'April 30.—It is report-' dered form. In five-pound paok- Tlie Baltimore & Ohio railroad has reached Fland.slaagte told the English AVillis F. iNfayuc and Miss Funice Arn- restilt of the aeciderit, M!. Pepiue', pre­ aBfio, with full dirootlons. ed here, tluit Cojnimindant Olivier''Sva's awarded contracts for $1,0^0,000 and commander that the burghers were son, boUi of Minuohaha county, S. D., fect of police, has ordered the elosjing •wounded.at'Wepener last Sfondiiy. 'Six I/L kalaomlnea are cheap, tem- • contemplates expending $25,000,000 in only now coniniencing to fight. worcmarried'While the body of Maync's of several sideshows, the structural porory proparatlons mado from improvements during the next four first wife was lying in the house await­ N.e>v Zoalanders, while scouting, fought •whitlngr, chailss, clays, ,otc., The, revolution in Colonibia may arriingements of which are considered and stuck on walls with de­ years. six. Boors,' lolling throe and wbundirig compel the United States to forcibly ing biiriiil. ' ' '• dangei'ou,?, , - • , , caying animal gluo. ALABAS- three. One New Zealander was wound-, - TINE IB not a Icalsoralne. ,,„ < • AVeather bureau's reports indicate intervene to preserve the neutrality , Nine persons were killed aiid -10 in­ a large yield of grain arid fruit every­ jured by the collapse of' ii bridge at' ed. , The inhabitants of Eou.xyille, do EWARE of tho iaealer' -who' guaranteed in 184C;.' , ' / FILIPINO CAPTURED. not know to '\yhich, government they ,.Bays he can sell you the "aama' where. Members ot the Chinese "Boxers" the Paris exposition. thing" aa ALuVBASTINB or : A cyclone at Blue Springs, Neb., de­ Gov. Taylor returned! to Kentucky belong, as there is.no civil administra­ "Bomothlng-Just as:good." HV> society massacred many native Cath,- rrcHldcnt of NiiUvc Cublnut, ,Scnoi tion there. • ' ; - • , ••-.•• la olther not posted,or la try­ stroyed two churches and many small from AVashington to face';an .indict-, olics near'Pas Ting,Fu. ' ' . ,',' Putcriio, Scl/.udc9,.was , Iu ]\Iouii(atii«. of the Boer peace commis.sion will sail NO IN OFFERING gomethlnjr damage was also done 'and the loss of '; AVilliain Edmunds in a drunken rage completely destroyed by fire. ' froiri l^btterdam for the United'States he haa bought cheap and tries ' many, lives was feared. . .\ fatally shot' his wife and- himself 'in - Manila, April. 30.—Maj. Gen. Lloyd; to sellioh AL.ABAS'flNE'S da- • Picports from, famine districts ' in next Thursday .evening by the'Holland' manda.he may not realize til* J The steamship Ivcrnia reached New ,Chicago, • • ,'i-- ' -' •' - ':i Whciiton reports that Senor Paterno, India say tlie misery is indescribable American'line ' steairiship Ma'alsdain! damage, you win suffer by a Y'ork with 80O Irish young womeu, Mrs. ilaria Hook,and Sadie,Hill, a ,thc' former 'president of the Filipino kalBomlne on your walla. and 'iinparalleled • and, that the -relief Dr. Leyds and Dr.'Mueller willnotab- nmong them being lOO'brides. granddaughter, were burned' to death so-called cabinet, was captured in'tlie is',-'inadcqu(i'tdl V!;-','.'i j ' ''•,•', ' . ,-. company the delegates. • KNSIBI.'ia dealers will not buy The southern flood.s are receding,- niburitairis, nea.r Trinidad,'prbvinee of a lawsuit. - Dealers risk one by - , ;The Turkish torpedo boat Sciimayl ;at Junction City,'Wis. - --• •,•,-•:-, •' I Thaba" N'Chu, Aprii'so.—Gen. French Belling and conaumera by ualnj hut tlays must .elapse before railway Be'nguet, 'April 23. Paterno' recently, blew up in Beyi'but and 23 lives'were i i '\yiliiam-13olyard killed his \vife near sent',the 'Third ' and Fourth cavalry •'Infringement, Alabaatlno Co. ccmratinic^tidh is restored;, . •„' '. through, I'elatlye's in Manila, irequest- own right" to' make wall ooat- lost. -':•' ! ?:}•; •! iSaridusky, C; beedusc she refused; to' brigades on' separ.atc, reconnoissarices Ingr to mix-with cold water. • , cdiand received permission to enter the Kaja'li,"• the man-lcilling , elephant, .blhcial .reports to.; tlio,war depart­ ;live'with'him-arid.then killed liimself. around tlib hills' east',of ' the town.' American lines, but failed to appear. HE INTERIOR WALLS of - died near Argentine; Kan., -aged t'S, ment' indicate; that the Philippine in­ Pedro ,-Paterno,,'who ;wos the 'head- The enemy, it 'ivas, found, held'the overy.church and school should His relatives explained that he had During his careerhe killed nine men. surrection is now confined to snuilli of: the',Filipino "National Assembly," liills strongly,! though evidently only be coated only -n'lthpure; dur-,,)'{ Gen. Ellis Riverajlias resigned, from been, sick a Ipng time!and;was an in­ . able' 'A-LABASTINB, ' It safe-,',(, :• robber-bands, -,- ,';.r'ii ;was;captured by; Arii'ericun trbops at a rear guard,'' as' no transport .'wris; guiirda health.' Hundreds of ' valid. Hewasbrought to Siin Fernando Gov. Wood's cabinet in Ciilia and yjll, •Canadian authorities say Irish se-- Automac.'ijoutheast, of Trinidad.''^ '' yi.sible. The Boers'are. rio>v holding,ai tons used yearly for this 'worlt. ona litter ambulance by soldiers of the run;for mayor! of .; , >. •-'•''.; [cvkl societies are 'responsible"for an> Pprest:;./lres in'Jaeltsori'bounty, Wis!v very stepp'rovv^of liills'east,;' • ;•; if! \ BU,flNG - ALATSASTINE',;' \yilsoii;<& iMcCullooh's ,fruit,,jar fae- destroyed.-;over-75;0'o6 acres of- blue^ Foyty-ei'glith regimenti , ' • • ;' '' • customera ahould avoid' get- "i -'attempt to ,wreck,,the,...Welland e.anal.' ting cheap.'kalsomlnes under ; tory at Fairmount, Ind., • was • de- ,',''.In"a-.battle, with "Boxers": n(;.ar'Pe- =-berries/-^ : • - •-, ,; •;'/ '-i',;,;-: ': i . 1 t different, i -names.- Inalst ,on ,, istroy^d by; fire, 'causing |.,a-' loss-', ,of \.'Iiondbn .advices., say, that thb. Boers' , The ;Gohgressionfil Becord of Friday, ODD'BITS OF FACT.! .having, our goods In pacltages ', ' ,,liing''the imperial troops •kille(l;;Gt) of,' and properly -labeled. ' ' , i i,' : , $100,000.;:;'-;'f,v.''•,'.;,'. • ; •• y/•'••'"':• J-V: the phinese,revoliitiqnists,'; ••'''; _•'_;• ' have completely. ,evaded ,• thei,-cordon April' Ci,'Cbntains;an-bntlinc m.ap of the The' sixtlr annual session of the'lib- ,;.,Queeni,^iot'ori!i;'leftJr,4l.iindl^^^^^ whicli Gen. Roberts intended! to'throw;, Hawaiian' 'islands.', ,'|Illustrations»' arc •The tip of the minute'hand ofthej •,UISANCE> of wall paner la bb-; ' I ; vlated by ALABASTINE. It , _ cral congrcsaof religion began in Bok- •s6h,'.:,;,l '"."., \,^ . '•", ,. ' ' ar,ound iheni. Theyarenotexpcct'ed^tb rai'e;,iri''theiEecof;d.'';'Ii'i the rult^s'''fpr^^^ average watch travels ."nearly; fbur-| ' can'be used on plastered walla, "tori;,':/,": •' ;'\;.-:': .•:'•:;''J\,':'''\ - V; ';••!' , 'A powder,,niaga^zine blew j up ., a.t'. lua'keaiiy.determined stand .against the,!publlca^'ion pfitlieEecprd itis,p'ro- •fifths'of a riiile M'ery year.- •' -v '•'' "wood ceilings, brick; or . can- - The exchanges at t]ie,;]eacling clear' T?ided;,',lha!t "tiie^ public..prjriter'is not. vos. A' child can,brush It on. , ' iKaBfiShaii\\'(Dliina';"ana SP'pqrsons were; the British untilKrbpnsteadisrdlielied.. -Smoking, it .is', said,, retards,', I'ithc'i It'dofiB not rub or aoala off.' ' ' l!f' lng"houses;ln thci.United States^dur- .-Burglars'i'blow. open-the sa'fefiri'-thb' authorized!tp insert,any, ma-ps;pr dia-; growth; y<;t,,yx;suvius,-,;!;&oberts rropor.tg that,tlie,'Boers-1bank-'at i Staplehurst, Nebi/'^fiecuringi gi-ams in theiBeeord,without:the i ap­ si.K months, has -gained-'-',!i50,„feet in,"' ' all,imitations., Ask" paint deal-• gatetl, .';'$i;72^,SC7i53G, 1 flgainag • $i;8'r5i-^ ]iave,.,been,.tlrlj'eu; ^roin Wepener to-^ $i;500'; .-'•: -:• •'•:-'^•,•• •;;•-', •'•••' ;"•;•;' ';-,-^ proval .of the joint committee on print- - 'h«ight, and- it'is 'alinost-'lcoDstantly' er or drugglatfer tint-card. • , (425,6p5::^]ie• prewous iwe^l{, ffO^^ Ing. , '• --^' '•-•'- *! - - • • ' • t , . . -.-I M-,-i :, / i;-r ,,,-,1 , • ' Write' ua -for 'Interesting, tookr -,' ,wartl'La'idybi:dni.' TKe'BHtisii^ The ,,percent.'ages_ of ' tlic'^baseball • let, free. .ALABAST,INB.,CO.,,, ctease,;c6mparedAvith|& cliib.s," in„the ;Na^iori''al. Ic-igue 'for~'the Sraolang. ,•',;,-. - •':•,!!,•, • i'--'' ;.', *»o\ "to preveiit the retreat'arid may I61-- Grand Rapids, Mloh.-",' ;,,;.,',; Ing'weekicrf'^sdo'was ii2/5r'M.iyA,'& week ended 'oh' the' 2!)t;li-\vere:!,';Piii]a-! '! Tlic street par, charges.at-Cape.-'Town, ' T..W. Willi.ams, of Decatnr, Ala,, is low to thenbrth.i The Boers have re- are high, isi.v-cents being the regular- 'saW'',tb 'own;.the';'largest -hog in ''''the 1 j;'.H;,:;I{aymphd;'resigned!-, (is^'prra ;_tn]cch!-Boshof;''--30< miles. :northea'st;'6f. delphia, ,007; St. LouiS',,,.66'i'';',!Bro.b1iiyni' rate for a .distan'ee-of 'frorii twb'.to ,world;''It'weighs'•l',524'pbunds,' is ton- dent,!;of,,University., of .West;Virginia 'Kimberley, forcing Methuen's nrmy to .825;! Cincirinati,' .OOO'i'JT'cw 'Ybrk, "!429;' |i%0/%nQ V ^^^ DISCOVEItT; gives l)pcause!-:of;'pqlitida.;:!', :';V',vi''!v^ retire.-,'-; :•':,•;•••,:;-,\ - „••:•,,",:!'•'"•——: • ' • Pittsburgh, .400; Chicago, .333; Boston, three 'miles. Eight .miles, the extent feet two inches in lerigtli and! ili/, feet' of the longest line, costs 36 cents. high.; .. •' " laaea. lloolJ of testlmoniuls ami lO dnjn' treatment .250.•;,^' , •"•:•• -.•-•--•.^•,''-;'.,- .•'•': JVco Dr. U. B. oniiBN'S SONS, UoiD, Atlanta, Q»,

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BETTER THAN EVER BEF0R£, and address of ihia interesting young So wc went on towards Sixth avenue WORK OF FLAMES. MICHIGAN STATE NEWS. person, i linii never laid eyes upon her ond then turned uptown. In less time THE FAMINE IN INDIA. Oh, the earth In iull of Binnliis before nine o'clock that morning, and than 1 can write it, and by what magio Sllllloii.s of DollnrH^ Worlli of I'rop- And of '.rouble ami oC woo, Mn.s-ji Aliu'ihi^ TJiMltrr the Anspiceu ot llenHli in ;tiU'liI}vnn. yet, Konieliow, I felt a strong disinclina­ I hardly know, I had wholly forgotten i-rt.v Di'istroyi'il in iiC'iin lliii;rn- But tho tlovll ma;^e.-i an Iniiliig llu? MiMiiiieiifcu! C«)iifi'r(,'nee Iteporls to the state board of health Kvcry llmo yuu say U'a so; tion to lose sight of her. Siie miglit dis­ that Miss Jlobertsou was probably a tluu Jn Canndii. AHi. '.Ir.i viay to Si'l lilm scowllnff, appear and leave no more truce behind criminal of a mild type and I th« lleld in C'ai-iic'K'i« Halt. from till observers in various ])ortions AiiiJ to put him ti:icU a pace, lier than Umt wretch of a Danders had sleutli-lioiind on her track, the avenger, of file .s-tnto for the wool; ended April le to Btop vhia stupid gi'ciwlhiff, New ^'ork, .'Vpril 30.—C;irncgio hall Ottawa, Out., April.'23. — Over live done. She had very pretty ways—for a crim­ square miles of lorritory burned over; 21 indicate Hint remittent fever and Ana to look thliii'a In the tace. was not tilled wlum llie Indian famine intermittent fever increased and ty­ "I read chiefly books concerning the inal. And she talked more to my lik­ mass meeting', uiiiler the auspices of more thaji 2,i0- rival of the librarian. That gentleman been taken out by anotherpcrson. Dan­ little of the matter, but some nerve Iiliss liilla Singh. He gave illustrations Bull's pi'inei.»ial buildings, with the ex­ ple will provide, 'the saloon licenses ex­ was injured, and hchas been .almost Bniilod at my suggestion to CM^ajnine ders, for iust.ance, as well as by !Miss of how the nionoy sent for tho relief ception of I he Cal,liolic clinreh. are pire on Jlay 1, and the council luis ijlind ever since. That is nearly three the copy of tlic Londoner for IStS, but Itobeitson. With this theory in view ol' the faniine-strickou people was things of the past. Tho buildings and passed, an ord,inanec |irohibiting the i.s- years ago. While laid up, ho invented good-nattiredly led the way to an alcove I went manfully to work at my cards spent. land in flie place are valued at $2,700,- suaiieo nt new licenses. In the second story. In the semi-dai'k- ii way to prevent such accidents. lie A list, of names ot prominent, men OHO, nnd of Ihis aninunt over $1.0f;0,orK) •igain, and so thoroughly convinced proposed to sow an eyeglass into the ness I almost ran over a young follow myself that such mast be the case tliat was road as eoinjiosiiig a coiiunittee may be put down as a loss. 'I'heu in illnrrnieUe Oiienert. carrying .an armful of books, one of the umbrella, so tli.at u person could look to collect money for the faniiiie suf­ stocks, llxtnres, household ofl'pcts and 'I'lie steainors Pontine and Frontcnac when my friend, the librarian, passed ahead nnd avoid any obstruction." attendants of the, library. The partic­ my desk at closin'j time, and asked me ferers. The conti'iliutions Sunday wearing niqiarel there is a loss of forced tlieir>vay into port atlMarquette nearly'$3,niM.0'0O. '.I'ho vast piles of ular copy of the Londoner was found, wiicthcr I had found my man, I was "Not a bad idea, I should think. I night aiiiouiil,ed to $l,(l(i7. !Miss llcien llirough ;L heavy i(;o-paek and opened liiinber which Avout up in smolce maybe nnd no second glrfnce was needed to wcxik enough to say. No. According (uipposQ he patented it and lost a pile W. Gould, who oceii])i('(l niu- of tho Ihe season fonManiuetto. '1,'lie 0|)eniug reckoned at $2.0'0'0.'00n more. show that it had been taken down more to the strict terras of the inquiry, I of money; inventors always do." boxes, ph'.dgoil $200. In live days earlier than the average. recently than any of its fellows upon had not fouiid my man; it was a v>-om- "Yes, he lost more money than we New York, .'V|)ril 30.—.\l a siipplo- The Poiil iac was 2tii/n houi's making the tlic same sliclf, Piainly it was worth an. I cTina across several more cards could afford, making experiments, and montary niooling of the lOeuiiicuiciil HAS TWO SIDES. run from the Soo. She encountered while to keep on with my search among bearing AUss Hobortson's signature I did my best to spoil a dozen fine ura- coiiferonoo Sunday llie sulijoel of the iiinivy ieo all ot the M'ay from Point the cards. and a I'cqupst for the Londoner of IS'IS; brolla.s—we had quite a lot of them— "Liquor and Opium Trallie" was dis- 'I'rndc ^iHiiiition SVtnws Vn rylnK €on- Iroquois. When noon came I stopped, tired and by cutting holes in them and sowing cnssod. Tlie baloful efl'c'Cts of liquor ilMlonN, lliil liM, iin the AVliole, evidently she had used the volunve al­ DiMiili of u Veteran. hungry, having gone back a full ruontli most every day for a week.' That even­ in bits of glass that'wouldn't stay in and n))iuin on tho natives ol' every VtT.v li^avoriible. without finding what I sought. As 1 place after all." country where missionaries are worl;- G('i)i-ge Kediker, of Porter town.ship, ing I kept aw.ay from the Gazette of­ A''an !r,iircn county, is (lead. -Mr. Bod- crossed the main liall of the library to fice in order to avoid the questions I "But the patent? A'Vhy couldn't he ing wore ex]ihiiiu'd in detail. It was New York, .'Xprll 2.S.--Brad.Mtroofs .says; luinouneod l,hat strong pressure has "i'lvldeiuiPH ot tho fact thitt Ihnronre now iker was ti member nt the I'''oiirtli leave for Innclicon, the young girl 1 should have met there, for I had re-, sell that for lots of money?" two (jides 10 the goneral trade sitnulioii, had noticed at the door was carrying "The patent? Oh, he never got a pat­ been brought tn hoar on Prcsidont Michigan cavalry iliiring the civil Avar ported that I was examiiuiug the cards wlii.'i'C' I'or a year past there was but one. and assisted in tho e:iptiiro of .Tcll'er- one of her big books back to the de.sk. ent. It. seems that some one took a 'MelCinloy to pi'oliibit its sale in lands I'oiiK! to sight each weelc. DilTeroiU, soc- in the Jifanhattan library. Thus does soii Davis. Five niombi'rs of his com- She staggered under the weight. ]iatcnt on the same idea more than 40 over which this country PNt'rcis(^s con­ llons of llui eountry and lines nt business conscience make cowards even of suc­ rr'Lurn dllToring reporls, but tliat the situa­ jiiiny, wliieli liiadc the capture, sur­ "Will you allow nie to help you?" I. cessful cstcotives. years ago. It cost papa about $'100, to trol—notalily the Alaskan toi ritory. tion as ri whole is a favorable one and suf­ Hawaii and the I^hilippiiies. vive; him, and they reside in "-Michigan. whispered, for loud talk is forbidden in­ Tlie next day I put in eight hours of; find that out. rutent lawyers are ex­ fer.", niprel>' by coniniiseriitioii .Willi Ibo side tlio library. And, taking her smile pensive. Pour papal Between the fiiinrinouH and almost fevin'isli ;ictivily of work at my bundles of cards, going OFF FOR 'CHICAGO. [.'urno time .'igo Is al*5n evident. JOxeiiidlng M.\teJislve Iniprovenieniis. ns an answer, I took the book and car­ Spanish Inquisition nnd his patent um­ back haU a year. Ai^parcntly no one else the great speculative centers the aggre­ It is announced ill .Licksou tliat a, ried it to the desk. brella—" And a sigh finished the sen* gate of business is mjdoulitedly larger than had touched that number of the Lon­ Adn'.irnl nnil .tir.s. Ilc'Wpy Iji-iive new boiler shop and an electric light "Thank you," she whispered, nnd tenco. a year .'igo and the business done oven in doner or any other number of that WiisliInK'lon I'lir Tlirii' Wr'stcrn several industries reporting reduced ac- ;ind si oil.in lientiug plant are to bo was gone. "Did ho show his idea to any um­ mag'aj:ine. I reviewed the evidence as i\\x\\ StMillicrn 'I'l'iii. livity would seem very lar.go even to those erected by the LMiehigan Central road I met her again on my way back from brella makers?" detectives are wont to do in books. benrisiily Inclined had It not been for the at the junction, Tlieiniprovemcnts are luncheon. I was so tired with my "Oh, yos. But when he found that \Yusliinglon;'April all.—Admiral Dew­ fnormous aggregate done some short time Here was a young woman engaged from lo be pushed witliout dehiy and will morning's work that I ventured upon he couldn't get a patent he lost heart ey aoeoiiipan''iod by Airs. .Dowoy and liis ngo. Crop prospects, e-sfv^iit in tho wheat morning till night in copying I'roin the area of the central west and in some tiond- cost ill a little stroll towards one of my favor­ 'Londoner of June, IS'IS. "Dai.sy's and put the dozen umbrellas away in private secretary, Jjiout. Caldwell, loft [•d seclioiis of the south, remain all that here Sunday at noon in a special train might be wished for. Retail demand is Im­ ite haunts in tlie liowery, a, book-stall Quest" had been stolen from this book, a corner, each umbrella with a big News Hems Jirlelly Told. where I had sometimes found treas­ liole but with no glass as yet. That's over the 'Baltimore &, Ohio railroad, en proving and nothing of a dellnltely depress­ and according to Tcrrill, an export, it ing character lias yet developed. Scarlet fever, whooping cough, ures. Hope deferred, says the poet or why I have no umbrella to-d,iy." rou.te to Cliicago, to ptirtieipate in the was unlikely that there was another "\.\\ the abrupt readjustment ot steel and measles ,'iiid mumps are nearly epidem­ somebody else, makoth the heartsick; "Blessed invention!" I ventured, and celebration of the second niinivcrsai'y copy outside of that library to be found v/lre priees (he iron and steel industries ic in -Dowagiac, ind my hopes had been aroused and in the country. No other person had I really meant it. ot tho battle of Alauila. Their train reOeivcd a iiotal)le shock, but has stood tho ordeal very well, confirming earlier advices The survey for the Saginaw South­ deferred several thousand times that taken the book out. !Miss Robertson flushed slightly. was one of tho finest which has ever morning. Upon every card I took up "You wouldn't say .so if you knew left the capital city. It consisted of of the substantial and nonspoculative basis ern railroad from Stigiiiaw to '.Duraud Nevertheless, before any accusation for the immense activity and greatly ad­ has begun. I had hoped to see "Londoner I\Iaga- what it has cost us." , tliree hanilsomo cars lilted with every vanced priees of tho past year. could bo made, it would certainly bo lu.Kury and. to insure the greatest pos­ Church members in Ann Arbor have >,ine, IS-IS," and I had seen nothing of necessary to connect Miss Ilobert.son "I know an uinbrclla maker," I went "In agricultural products the situation la the kind. The sleutli-hound within me on. "He's an intimate friend of mine. sible comfort for tlie travelers. Upon generally one of sustained strength. Some contributed funds enough to send a with Danders. That might not bo the central windows on either side of slight shading in wheat priees Is largely carload of flour to starving India. was tired out. Another day of it, and I easy.' Puzzled and sick at heart, I was Do you think .your fatlier would object the results of tho flattering winter wheat llie three cars was painted the ad- Business men of St. .losoph and Bon- should ask to have some one else de­ leaving the 'library at four o'clock, to my taking one of his sample um­ erop prosiiects In the sections west of tho Tnirul's Hag, and tlio hotel car was pro­ Mississippi. Spring wheat seedln.g Is re­ ton Hiirbor want the Paw Paw river tailed to find Mr. James G. Danders. It when at tlu; door I'found Miss Ko'lDcrt- brellas to my friend? Patent or no was in this despondent frame of mind pritont, it might bo worth something, fusely decorated with llowers and ported almost completed In the northwest, opened to navigation. , son gazing out into the rain with dis­ potted plants. ,Inst before the train much ahead of the .average. Corn has boon that I began to turn over the pile of old may. I had pui-posely avoided hoii dur­ Ycui might at least get J'OUT $-100 back quite strong, partly on continued good ex­ Three thieves in Chicago robbed Wil­ ^ooks exposed upon a sidewalk stall, ag'iin." puliod out of the station, Mrs. .'Dewey port demand and partly In sympathy with liam H. Leiand, of Ilessbury, on a State ing the day, contenting myself with was presented with a handsome bou­ and it was only when I happened to in­ "You are very kind. I will speak to provisions, whleh are stronger, more he- street cable train ot$29'l. making sure that she was at worlTas quet of .Amerieaii beauty roses. Prob­ rause of steady ennsumptivo requiroment-j terfere with the delvings of a neighbor hi'.n about it. Here is my street; gobd- Charles F. GhaU'ant, a traveling sales­ usual.; It was impossible to avoid her: ably a lliousand people woi'O on hand than because ot Ilghter-reeeipts ot ho,gs. in the same box that with; a star;t of niqlit, and thank you." , man in Detroit, committed suicide at now, .for I had an umbrella and'.she and a cheer went up as the train finally "Failures for the week have been 201 in the United States, agaii;st]!il last year, and Lafayette, Ind., by talrtnild that do anj'harm?" Washington, Ajiril .SO.—Admiral Dew­ Hrorrneil. mill lierii, met a terrible death. ]\[r. me; on the contrary,i she smiled in the ertson. So I oUcrcd to take her to the iliss Robertson's pretty brow con- ey' was seen Sunday at his home, just iVcw Haven, CoiTu., April 27.—,T. W. Bobbins got caiiglit in tho line shaft, pleasantesl manner, and in. iive minutes ear. Her manner.was a trifle stiff; trRcted for a few seconds. "I, think before leaving the city for CJiicago, Cnrdownie, a Scotch dancer, leader and- before the machinery conld bo-' we were talking books with all -the perhaps she had noted and resented my not," she saj'd, finally,' and Ave went' and' was asked iC he liad any stateniont of the "European, Premier Intern:!- stopped he was iiijured.so severely that friendlinCBS of old acquaintances. She studied avoidance.' : •. on. "!My faiher is a little peculiar. to make' regarding the pro.sid'ency. tional Dancers," and Vivian Clerisc, he died, soon after. "N'O," said, he, "I think it wtiuld be in waft as clever and interesting as she was "Let me sec—you will have to take a Il'ncss lias made him so; if he is u one ot the Clerise sisters, who did u Four of the city schools at Grand' bad,taste for mo to say anything of a pretty. And she'was ainiost aa fond of Sixth avenue car," said this particular trifle brusque, you-must put it down musical slictch act, were drowned in Bapids wore closed on account of a . political nature just at this time. As lid books as I \vas. ,. . ,; , -• - detective, in his stupid'-way. to the whim of ;an invalid." ; Ljike Whitney, near this city, 'rhurs- small po.x scare. thcadmiral ot the navy, I accepted tlie "I suppose you wonder why I work so : "Why, yos; but how! did you know We stopped at an old-fashioned, com­ diiy'. Cardowi\ie and the two Clerise A car load of flour weighing 4O,0O<) invitation.s,., to vi.sit Chicngo, .'lackson- hard there," she said, as we utrolled that?",, said Miss Ilobertson, her cu­ fortable hoTise of the plainer sort, and sisters, who had been playing nt a lo­ pounds was .shipped from Ann Arbor, villc, St. Louis, ileinphis, Nashville and back towards the library. riosity getting the best'of her displeas­ M,iss, Robert son opened the door with cal theater, went rowing,on the lalto bound for the famiTie-stricken districts Knoxville, 'Which, cities .had asked me ' "Not at all," said I, wondcriibg-all ure, if there Bad been 'any displeasure. a iUtcli-key. After climbing two flights and .their skilT was capsized while of India. • ' to'be their guest, and I .do not wish the more,, and waiting with aomf curi­ Perhaps, it .was only imy, conceit that of stairs I -was ushered into a i^lainly they were changing . jiositions. ' K anything'political to enter into the '?iliehaol !M'cCann, aged .'ii), a promi- osity for the explanation that, would ga,ve birth to this latter fancy, furnished but exquisitely neat and Yale student rescued EthelClerise. trip."' - '', ?ient fanner living f>evcn miles south of now be'forthcoming. ' T have always been considered a cltan room. TherC'Was a lamp on the Jackson, is dead as a result of injuries Jlnat Iteiluoe Paroti.' "My father is an invalid," she went fairly ready liar, but for a few seconds table, under the light of which an old .EstiniatiMl .Deiicic-iielVM. received'in a runaway,accident. Lansing, -Mich., April 2:"),—The state sn, >yjili a sigh and the first shadow I I stumbled. I could not,tell her that woman sat sewing. Before a grate llrei Washington, April ilO. -r Tlie esti­ Buprcme court in a suit brought .A corporation has been formed to had seen on her face; "He is almost I had her address carefully copied into sat a man who must have been ian ex- mates for, the general deflciencies in against the Wabash railway by State open a no\v summer resort near New blind, owing to an ftocident, and can­ my note book., I suppose atwasiicws- oerdingly handsome fellow 'in • his tho_iiublic service, wOiieh will be in- Railroad Commissioner' Osborn de­ Bulllalo, to be called the Vctterly Park not see well enough to go about the pa.pe'r instinct that prompted : mil to yc'-jth. :Even'at,65 his Avhite hair and eluded in the general deliciency appro­ cided that, carrying of baggage, ex­ ,assoei!ition. streets. Nevertheless he writes a great. say: . . • ,.,.,,: '• , ., bt'Cshy beard and eyebrows gavo.nd sign priation bill; were transmitted to the press and, inail isl*'gally a part of tlivhat I think will be ..of „„"That's .y.cry, strange," said the 'girl,? for the year lSOS.it must reduce its Fire at Atkinson destroyed two saw- ', Jri the wayhe stood up and,'holding to war department, ifSS; navy depart­ value to him. Often I flnd'that I have looking up at me with a twinkle thlit passenger fares- from' three' cents to mills of the Metropolitan-Lumber com­ tli'» arm of his chair, waited for: tx- ment, $i),300; interior department, wasted my day, as ,1'am not 'acholar eveii the shadow oi the umbrellacould two'and one-half cents per mile in- pany. -The loss is between $S0,OO0 and ; pHnatioiiS.-' ' ;•' •-\. '/ ' iiifl,'ir)0;'. department' of justieo.,' $151,- enough to' know exactly'whatmy.lv tiot ^ecliipsc, "f'or^I.walked,'all the way'' JHchigan. •'. i ' ' ' . $100,0-00, '. •..; /••:'.. '':,:' ; ;.' tlicr ^vants oind what he,^dbesn't••want'; home lastinighti" .'LC .;'';••' j • •' ,' ilCrt: post-nfflcp departmenl. !iil?,500,76?,, •.,.,..,. .fTo Be. Contlnu«4.] Andrew J. Collins, a young fai-mer of;:,: First i copy the table of contents'of the -•: I'iwas' chough of a,;liar,t6 see iny way : , .lilft, Contract for Steel. ICalamasibo. township, was sentenced to - booTs.and take it to him. He gbes.'over. clear;'now;', 3 ,:j ^?',;5 •''[ • ,;,' The Echo.. .Pittsburgh, Pa.', April'20!—The Al­ RELIGION AND REFORM; three years at Ionia for forgery,, Col.- ., it and marks the chapters he wants.; ,,A'\ilul6 traveling in Scotland with a liance .Realty company has awarded :y..'.'lIea-Uy!:.. -Then it must' have been; _( lins'had been married but a few days ,: Tho"library rule is not to aUowa-booU, certain eompany who gave concerts we Last year ,$3,300,{)00 was expended to the Carnegie company the' contract somO''one;Very|mtich like you, and some when arrested. • ... . to go outside of the building; itithc one who came fi,om,the librarj. Then one nigjitgiue a rendering of a certain in Greater New "5 oik for the cuiicnt foi stiiictuial stLcl itquiied for a ",i- Loi'is 11 Betk, pool commissioner, directors knew how many hundred5.and perh.ips jou do not take the Si^th car tata in which the tenor has tp sing expenses ot Protestant chuichc? The bton building ui Xe\\ S'oik clt.^ 0\er killed himself in Detroit by seveiing thoiusands of ubcless pages I have avenue car after all?" th^fse words; "And Winter's woe fliea inpiease in mcnibciship wns ,j,27S 10,000 tons of matcri.il \\\\\ be usod the aitei les in his wiists copied from their dusty old books in "Yes, I do. I live in Thirtieth street. aw aj.'' The manager, in order to ma'ke ftt .in a\eiage pi ice ol $()0 per ton, A Haitford (Conn) jiastor stojjped Tho Iramanuql Holland Reformed the Inst two years, and how many head-' But befoie I take my car I have to stop ths r*ndenng moie realistic, hired a making the total about $1)00,000 midway la-his sermon to say "1 de­ church was burned tit !Muskegou and achpi their rule is responsible foi, I on Si\th avenue at a book-store where man, whom he placed behind tha Holler r.\iii

/ ^>v '/ ;.' .--S L •A\ >\ ,-j, ^\s:'j,i . I, ,'j\>^> ,X„ I ^ \ , » ,_ ' ,' ^ c^' \ " ^".^ "- '^ I rf' it -1 -r' JUST THINK ©F IT! SUITS and Clothing of every description, just at the season of the year when you need it, at less than actual cost of manufacture. We are bound to close out the stock of the B. Culver store, bought at seventy-five cents on a dollar, and have only a few days left in which to do it. We shall offer for Saturday and all next week the finest line ot $8.00 Suits ever shown in the city. These suits formerly sold for $13.00 to $15.00. See our show windows for samples of these great bargains.

Children's two-piece Suits, all wool, $1.25. Look these Specials for Saturday Boys' long-pant Suits, all wool, $3.50. over care­ Men's Suits, heavy, all wool, $5.00. fully and then be on hand. and Next Week. Men's Fancy Plaid and Stripes, $8.00. Men's Black Clay Worsted, $8.00. This Sale Will Soon Close.

Yours for trade, largest Dealers in Mason, Mich. Clothing in the County. WEBB 5f WHITMAN,

rmw^-smiiTrwmtmtfnmmn-armmm Etchells. Northwest WheatReld. Stockbridge- mm Alice Wilson of Aurelius was tlie Mr. John Burgees rides a new wheel Fayette Reason is ill.-W. B. Gil- TRY -. - 'i^ h C^ guest of Miss Cora Wliitlni,' recently, —Mrs. W. O. Fooie visited at J. Mills' dart, Ed Farrier, and Hort Reeves Another Trust Busted — Mr. Foal)urgli and wife are visilinj^ Saturday.—Frank and Perce Roback weie in Mason Tuesday.—.'V. A. Hall, Thursday, May 3,11)00. relatives in Durand-Wilbur Buaii of Collegevllle visited at Meridian Sun­ Wm. Nichols, G. K. Miteer, J. C. Cascara is building an addition to liis house. day.-Mrs. Fair. Mrs., Wade and Mrs. Wilmore, S, M. Thompson, A. Noyes Howarth visited at Mrs. Coolt's Wed­ and C 8. Mills were delegates to the Whiskey and Beer at the Laxative Forest Neighborhood- Wheatfleld.' nesday.—Messrs. George and Earl republijan county convention.-Fred Chaiicey Miiiiley of Delroit wns at Angeliue Nelson of Gratiot county, Brown and families were guests of J. Reasoner, a respected citizen, was bur­ Same Old Price. home over Siiiulay.—I.''rank Mclviiii who lias been visiting friends in this Mills' Thursday.—A number of people ied Sunday. The G. A. R. turned out Tea,. has been dangerously ill.—The lufaiit vicinity lias returned home.—Mra. enjoyed tlie dance at Jerry VVood's and conducted the services at the (luiiKJUer of Mr. and Mra, Iii|,'her was Cynthia Rowell, who lias been sick for Friday night.—Jim VauSyckle has grave.—A. S. Hlekey of Biainsvilie, buried at OUeinos Tuesday.—J ohu sometime is gradually failing.—Lewis rented the Walt farm.—Mr. Philo i&a., is visiting ills father-in-law, Uri But for a good reliable investment THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE. Oox and wife vlsiled tlieir sou, Tracy Folar and Frank Underwood delivered Woodworth visited at Jake Miller's Isbell.—Stockbridge republicans favor Gox, near the M. A. C. Sunday.—Mr. a choice lot of hogs and cattle to Mas­ Sunday.—John Burgess visited at the nomination of James O'Donnell buy a CLARK & CO. CAR­ Cleanses the blood, regulates the Mason Saturday.-The farmers of this and Mrs. H, M. Gardner and son Earl on buyers Saturday.—Charles Rowell for governor and the renomination of RIAGE of Bowels, Kidney and Liver. •of LansiuK spent Sunday at E, NV. returned to his home in Gratiot coun­ vicinity have their oata sowed and are A. A. Hall for member of the legisla­ Sutherland's. ty Friday.—Wm. Curtis and Leonard now plowing for corn. ture. A guaranteed cure for Constipation. Fields appraised the Doyle estate last The easiest and most ed'ective method .. . . Price 25c a Package ... "DeWilt's Little Early Risers are the Wednesday. W. 8. Musser, Milhieim, Pa., saved M.A. BEMENT, flnestpiilsl every used". D. J. Moore, of purifying Uie blood and invigorat­ ing, tlie system is is take DeWitt's the life of Ills little girl by giving her tMAPLE, ST. Contains sufficient for one month's Mdlbrook, Ala. They iiuiolily cure "After sud-'rlug from severe dyspep­ One Minute Cough Cure when she lay ail liver and bowel troubles. Longyeur sia over twelve years and using many Little Early Risers, the famous little treatment.. Sold by pills for cleaning the liver and bowels. dying from croup. It is Iho only Bros., ' remedies without permanent good I liarmless remedy tliat gives immediate llnallytook Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Longyear Bros., North Delhi. relief. It quickly cures coughs, colds, H. H, BRADLEY & CO. It did me so mucli good t recommend Onondaga. bronchitis, grippe, aatlima and ail Frank Tlionms of Jackson visited it to everyone." writes J, E. Watkins, tliroatand liing troubles. Longyear ..Smitli & Welsh.. his parents here the latter part of last Clerk and Recorder, Chillicothe, Mo. The L. A. 8. held a business meet­ Bros. * week.—Mrs. Dora Tlioinas returned Digests what you eat. Longyear ing In the church last Wednesday.— from Jackson last Saturday.—Mr. Bros. * Frank Baldwin is busy making turtle Flemings went to Ohio last Sunday nests. A number from liere expect to Merchant Tailors FARMERS' BANK! to ttnd work.—S. M. Wait is near Ma- Northwest Ingham. fish for turtles this summer.—Work­ sou helping Willis Potter do some saw­ men are repairing the wlieat elevator Oldest iind StrouKOUt Slate and Savluga ing.—Mrs. George Silts visited her Mr, and Mrs. Elijah Brooks and M, here.—Geo. Baldwiij is able to be out liuuk. parents one day last week.—Geo, W. D. Frederick and wife were at David again.—Herbert Ranney now keeps No Cure Have just receiVed a nobby and Thomas has a new threshing machine. Almond's Sundav.—Ann Robinson bicycle repairs. Dr. R. H. Nichols spent Sunday at M. D. Robinson's.— and lamilv were in Mason Tuesday.— stylish line of Sound advice to those who have kid­ A number of (he friends of Alva Brav- Herbert Byrum Is clerking in the drug CAPITAL, $50,000. ney and bladder troubles, is to lake ii ender gave hlin a complete surprise store.—H. E. Ranney and wife have sale, sure medicine like Foley's Kid­ last Tuesday evening.-Warren Hough movedinto^the Stringhaiu house.—J. SPRING AND M.D.CHATTEKTON, - Presidexit ney Cure. It always benefits the kid­ of Lansing was a guest of Kate Al­ H. Strong offers his place for sale as he L.C.WEBB, • Vice-President neys, W. M, McUroBseu. mond over Sunday.—Walter Almond has a position In another town.—Super­ A.J.HALL, - Cashier and MissMaud Smith spent Sunday at visor Wllcox is sick with measles.— SUMMER R. C. DART, Assistant Cashier the former's home.—C. Campbell vyas Bceoher Harwood has been on the sick ' Dr, Roberts accompanied John Guun in Lansing Monday. list. WOOLENS. to Ann Arbor last week Wednesday.— Honey to Loan. Call and Bee TTa. Rollaud McMillan and Mr. and Mrs. Cured a Uuiiniiig Sore. J. C. ICennedy, Roanoke, Tenn., TllBBoTOuS—A. ,T. Hull, 13. A. Burnos, Harp E. J. McMillan of Grand Rapids "I had a bad running sore on my says, "Icannot say too much for De- ei'Read, ,1. K. Klmor. Goo. W. Bristol, M. D Everything new and up-to-date. Ohfttionon,Ii. C. Wobb, R. 0. Dart, Goo. M. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pryor breast for over a year," says Henry R. Wilt's W\lch Hazel Salve. One box Hoyt. Sunday,—Marv Marquedeut went to Richards of Willseyville, N. Y., "and of it cured what the doctors called an Remember, all our spring goods Lansing Tuesday.—Mrs. James Soni- triedagrbat many remedies, but got incurable ulcer ou my jaw." Cures were bought before the raise in ervillo entertained the ladies' aid no relief until [ used Banner Salve. piles and all skin diseases. Look out Thursday afternoon.—Fred Marque- After using one half box, I was per­ for worthless imitations. Longyear prices. Place your orders now and aentandsou of Rivea spent Sunday fectly cured. I cannot recommend it Bros. •_ * avoid the rush that comes a little ARE YOU ALIVE?... with relatives here. too highly, and will never be without U in the house." W. M. McCrossen. Bunkerhill. later. The dog wardens begin their work To your boat luteroats? Then buy yonr Uiiublc to Work. Your patronage respectfully so­ Meuta whore you can got what you call Chaa. Replogie of Atwater, 0., was Alaiedon via. Meridian Line- this week. The first applicant for a for, and put up in sbupo, vU: the Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones of Lansing license was J. E "Brooks.—F. M. Fogg licited. unable to work on account of kidney lias the wall for his new house nearly Devoted exclusively to tlie treat­ trouble. After using Foley's Kidney visited at the Rocky Comfort farm Sunday.—A. T. Smith's team ran finished.-Fanny Williams is working ment of all Chronic, Nervous, Long ^^PALACE MEAT MARKET. Cure four days he was cured. W. M. for Mrs. John Dunsmore of Dansville. McCrosaen. away Saturday and he received injur­ Standing and Complicated Diseases, Romombor thatno Market of our dimen­ ies which may prove fatal.—Lewis —The new church is enclosed.—The such ,iis Fits, Eczema, Dyspepsia, sional n .VllcUlgan la more replete with the men iu this dlstVlct turned out and •t dholcestof Northwest Aurelius. Degg lost a.valuable horse from paral­ Varicocele, Cancers, Tumors, Epi- Smith & Welch• • ysis.—J. C. Olds has a new supply of did their road work,last week.—Ezra CUUK-VEn HEEr niid POKK Mrs. J. B. Keeuey and Mra. Bate- testei seeds on hand and is prepared Waterhouse has moved into Harvey lipsy. Old Sores, Salt Rheum, Rheu­ OPP. POST OFFICE. and our line of man both of Eaton Rapids, were the to sell cheap. Canada field peas $1.25 Curry's tenant house.—The Sunday matism, Piles,, Fistula, Bright's Dis- VEAL, MCTTOBf mid I.Alin theguestsof W. T. Keeuey last Sun­ la always ooraploto. Our lino of POOLTUY per bushel.' He will continue business Bchoola of Bunkerhill held a very in­ e.ise, Diabetes, Neuralgia, Paralysis, la the best the country aflords and our Sau- day.—Mr. A. I. Leonard called on his for his brother, Will, who is at Manila teresting convention here Sunday. ect. No matter what your disease sagos ot nil kinds are simply all right, Cold sister, Mrs. Guy Batemau Sunday.— We dont want to be a crank, but why Monta for everybody and wo p»y money lor for Qncle Sam.—Alaiedon grange has is or vyho has failed to cure you', call Doc Morton and wife visited his 20 new members and more to follow. so much talk about Sabbath desecra­ Waller's Cash lUdea, Polls and TullOMj. Bespootfnlly, brother. Lon, Sunday.—Mra. J. B. —The A. L. A. meeting at Mr. and tion when they do all kinds of busi­ and see our specialist for consultsi- Norris, who is staying with her sou, Mrs. Underwood's was well attended ness ou the Sabbath, such as voting on tion and examination, which is free THORBURN & SEVERANCE. BertBrowu, was home Sunday.-M. and much enjoyed.—A number from raising money. and confidenti.nl. Prices.- C. Brown and wife were in Lansing •. » . —. here went to Detroit Sunday on the MEN suffering from Nervous Saturaay.-WlU Gribble visited at W- first excursion of the season.—Mrs. Island Corners. Bullc Olives per quart 25c T. Keeuey's Sunday. , Born, April 27, to Wm. Froedtert Debility, Loss of Manhood, Weak Clara King and little daugher,. Ber- Large Prunes, 3 lbs , 25c I MP, . and wife, a daughter.—Walter Potta Organs, Impediments to Marriage, Eureka Harnoas Oil la the best nice, have gone to spend the summer preaorvallvo of now louthor Ingham and Bunkerhill. with eastern friends, and family have returned from Kal­ etc., quickly and permanently cured. Sweet Navel Oranges per doz 16c and the best renovator of old kaska county.—A number have joined WOMEN who are Weak, Ner­ leather. It olla, softens, black­ Hugh Blakely has been appointed the grange.—Charlie Kurtz baa a new 3-lb can Apple Butter.. ...10c ens and protechi. Use The Host Stubborn Coughs vous, Despondent or )iave Female by Gov. Pingree, a delegate to the na­ wheel.—Guy King and family visited Large bottle Ketchup 10c tional uonveutiou of farmers which resuUlng from an attaok of la grippe iu Lansing oyer Sunday.—Bertha Weakness, Diseased Organs, etc., convenes at Colorado Springs, Col., or cold, must yield to the wonderful safely cured without operations. Henkel's Buckwheat per sack 10c healing properties of Foley's Honey Manley visited at Maud Fishell's over Eureka from Aug. 21 to,31.—Probably one of Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. 8. G. Wehster DR. H. C. NEFF, the eminent Sweet Violet Flour, 25 lbs 88c quaintest homes that the NEWS lluds and Tar, which strengthens the lungs and makes them sound, W, M. Mc­ of Lansing called at Mra. Laura Col. specialist, who has ten diplomas and ita way to, is that of Henry Rose, lius' on Sunday.—Mrs. 8. W. Hempy Kenton Crackers per lb. 6c Harness Oil known as laghara'a hermit. For Crossen. twenty-five years experience, ;can on your bcit ImnicBs, your old bar- entertained friends from Lansing on Dandy Soap, 12 bars 25o Qcus, nndyour jKirlugctop, kiid they many years he has lived aioao, iu n Sunday.—The following pupils have name and locate diseases and weak­ win not only look bettor but wear shanty built iu the woods. He is 2 tall cans flne Salmon 25c longer. Sold cvcrj'wlicrc In ciin»-»ll Dansville. not been absent nor tardy for the past nesses without asking questions and iUci from half iilntfl to live gulloni. a veteran of the civil war and draws a mouth at tbe Island school: Anna will guarantee a cure or no pay. Midi lif BTINUAKU on, CO. small pensinu, which entities hiiu to a Eruy Wolcott has gone to Grass 3 cans Corn, Pens or Tomatoes 25o Lake to work at painting.—Reunle Box, Muriel Collins, Mabel Hulett, Dr. Neffwill be at place In the Soldiers' Home, but he Leela Hulett, Rosa Bouts, Lawrence 3 cans Pumpkin or Succotash 25c prefers this secluded life. Miller cut hia foot and was obliged to give up his situation as cuorterman.— Ellaesser, Winnie Felton, Grace Box, 7 pkg. Hiawatha Smoking Tobacco 25c Vernice Hulett. May Bouts, Hattie Mason, American House, Science has found that rheumatism Mrs. D. B. JesBop and sou Guy of Good Mixed Candy per lb 7c KAISUK MARKETS. Willlamston visited at C. H. Heald's Smith, Lee Hulett, Harold Crane. is caused by uric ncid In the blood. L. A. Wright, teacher. Wednesday, May 9, This poison should be excreted by the Sunday.—Miss Bohm Is employed by Good Mixed Tafiy per lb 10c OBAIM. Mrs. Wilson in her millinery store.— WUKAT NO. 1, Wblto , 0 (J4 kidneys. No rheumatiam with healthy J. Q. Hood, Justice of the Peace, and every four weeks thereafter. Good Mixed Jelly Beans per lb—lOo WHEAT No. 2, White kidneys. Foley's Kidney Cure always C. W. Taylor and family are visiting WHEAT No. 2, rod O 04 here.—Theo. HolFman will build a Crosby, Miss., makea tbe following Fine line of Hand Made Creams and makes them well. W. 'M. McCrosaen. statement: "I can certify that One WUBAT rolooted « 3 V> small addition to bia bouse,—David Chocolates. OORM per hundred (westein) # 85 Dayton has so far recovered aa to be up Minute Cough Cure will do all that is OATB per bushel 240 25 Tbe Percheron Stallion CLOVER SEBD 4 MtflS 00 town.—Doyl Dayton and wife of Chi­ claimed for it. My wife could not get TIMOTHY SEED perhushol 1 00©! 60 cago arrived here luat week to spend ber breath and tbe first dose of it re­ Yours, truly, ; RYE per buahol 0 60 tbe summer. — Joseph Keeue baa lieved her. It has also benefited my KISOEI.I'AItliOtlS. r bought tbe J. M. Boyco farm.—F. E. whole family." It acta immediately SALT Saginaw, per barrel @1 00 Clickuer baa sold bia agricultural bus- and cures coughs, 'iolds, croup, grippe, WILL C. WALTER bronchitis, asthma and all throat and will malco tlie soanon of lOOO as follows: POTATOEBEIANS unpickedS per bushe, perl bushel 01 00 tnesstoamau from Pinckuey.—Last EQQS fresh, per• dozen• • . O. 40 week Wednesday a dozen or more lung troubles. Longyear Bros. nMNnAYNittEdon. Phone No. 22. LARD per pound M «• VO members of tbe 0. E, 8. visited their • • > TVEtiUAYNntKil. nnUlsonii*, AorellUB BUTTER per pound •a 103 I ! Adrertlsea Letter Lisi. WEIINKHDAYH nt Home, IIIHMWII. APPLES dried,perpound O 4 sister lodge at Willlumstou.—Mrs. E. TUVBHItAYB At Clins. IIIKKV. I CHERRIES dried, per pound O IS Ir''' J. Smith is keeping bouse for J. B. April 80, lOOO. Alal4>ilon. PEAOHES dried, per pound... O 11 McKulght.—A temperance society for Mn. Eailly Bloclcotl, Mr. Frank L, Moon, FttlDATS nt Iliiiiiiy IIliumelborKcr'H, ONIONS, per bushel O 'ii tbe better enforcement of tbe liquor MiB. Auguat Koppotmau. IloU. AGRICULTURAL SALT per ton. «4C' 0 Feraona calling for the above lottori pleftg* SATVHDAYS tkt Clark Uoii«e Itnrn, A DAY SURE LAND PLASTER per ton 4 250 law has been organized.-A largo Bay advortlsed. 0. W. BuowMSi r. M. Mnson. HAY per ton. Made from pure number of Odd Fellows wore Iu town KOMO Is A grey Porcliorou Stallion, was Send us your addreaa and LIVS STOCK AND MEATS. last week Thursday.—Wm. Barker is fouled Marcli 5,1867, bred by A. W. UitydGU of wo will show you how CATTLE per hundred pounds..... i 00t4 00 .. cream of tartar. better.—Mrd. D. A. Hewea is visiting Decatur, Mich.; got by Ohoro MS, ho by tbe HOas per hundred pounds ;... 0 5 00 overnmoni approved Stallion K'uvorl. Dam, $3 to make (3 a day absolutely PORK dresaed, per 100 ponnda 96 00 her daughter, Mrs, G. H. Heald, f oil 3108 by Trojan 1805, Uo by Vivian 765, lie HAMS perpound OA by Jean Bart, bo by Bayard. sure; we furnlsb the work and ORIOKENS per pound,dressed.. C 10 A Card. KOMO is registered In volume S of the For* 0HI0KEN8 perpound, live , «7 IK Safeguards the food CASTOR IA chcron Stud Book of America and hla r». teach you free; you work In the local- TURKEYS per pound, alive • Wo, the underatgnod, do agree to re­ Tor Maati and ChUdien. corded uuuiboT la 10307. Ills >Yolgbt Maroli ity whoro you Uvo. Send us your DUCKS per pound, alive A against alum» fund the money ou a SO-cout bottle of 1,1898, was 1810 pounds. ' address and we will explain the husi* DUCKS per pound dresaed.. # Grocno'B Warranted Syrup of Tar if TEUMS, 9S.00 TO lliSURE. BDILDIMO MATBBIAt,. It fails to cure your cough or cold. Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought ness fully; remember wo guarantee a WATER LIMB per barrel..... , 1 lOA Alum baldne {jowdcn axe ttie gtaUA We also guarantee a 25-ceut bottle to Property ot clear profit of 13 for every day's work, CALCINED PLASTER, per.borrel... 0100 mcaacen to bealtb of tbe promt day. LIME per barrel O BO prove satisfactory or money refunded. SignatUTO of ^&^^^r^^S&£ MYRON C. ROBINSON, absolutely sure. Write at once. - PLASTERING HAIR per bushel 0 25 Jan. 17 m4 H. H. BRADLEYdc Co. SHINGLES pur thousand...... ,1 !>S«4 00 iior«iMmnapc>iwiieo..iwwYOiiK. 18-0 MASONAMICH, THE FRANKLIN SOAP CO., LATH per Uf««t „ « OOOIO W m LONQYEAR BB03. DETROIT, MICH. fe W>^

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