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THE LOWELL LEDGER. fNDEI

TOL. XII, NO. 27 LARGEST CIRCULATION. LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAV. DECEMBER 32, 1904 BEST LOCAL PAPER. OFFICIAL PAPER BLUED THE ROAD WILL GIVE AWAY

VEK DICT OF TilK COKON EH S A FINE $35 00 CHAMPION Its Financial Strength Jl'llY OS THE ELMDALE SEWING MACHINE WRECK- Only Two Days More To the Lady Who (lets the Most Your attention li dlrocted to tht* UHmpR of tho Votes In This Cosiest. follovtlng well known lniRiiu'ttfi men who conduot Person RcapouslMe for Wreck Wot Mamed. V''8, THE LKDOKK IK going to om- "Imi another voting content, and To make your Christmas shopping the last few The coroner's Jury which Investi- tliin time the prize will be a CIIMIII- The City Bank, Hill, Watts A Co. gated the lOlmdale wreck rendered t'L"ii No. I'o sewing machine, IIIHII^ days are so filled with hurry aud excitement that shop- the following verdict: •'That the said by IIH* New Home Sewing Machin.' ping- is not so pleasant as early buying-. John L. Siulth'adeath, who died at ••ompany. OKTON HII.L, Proslilent, Lowell. Midi. * the Butterworth hospital Nov. 17, I • has a full sW of attachmentx. We shall have our stock well arranged, plenty of W. A. WATTS, Owhler. Lowell. Mich. 1!HM, at Grand KapIdH, county of fom-Hldedrawein, large center draw, help, and shall endeavor to make yoiir buying at our T. H. GlI.KBY. CnpitHlisl, Klehlnnil. Mich. Kent, Michigan, wan the result ofan ••r. ilrop leaf and cover; and the re^. store pleasant and renumerative. ARA frntATTON, CapltallBt, Hlchlnnil, Mich. accident of the Pere Marquette Rail- niar price IK FLLO. U.S. WILSON, t'uflirr Inlon Bank. Klchland. Mich. road Company at Klmdaie, County i Iiv Ha me general plan will Iw fol- There will be bargains all through the store as we E. W. BOWMAN, PreB. Bowmnn'H Bank, K^ilainazuo. Mich. of Kent. Michigan. Nov. Pi, 1904. luw.-.j as in our previous contests. "From the testimony of the late Tills time it IH confined to private arc bound to close out some lines. employes of the nnid Pere Marquette Inill\ i'liiiils. SiK'ieties and organlza- A large selection of cloth bound books The standing and reBpuuBlblllt.r of Ihwc men are a guarantee of Railroad company clearly shows the ti"iis will not IK' Invited to compete. careful and judlcloiiB management. defects of the management ofthesald if nur n>ader8 know of worthy company resulting In the death of w"imen who nml sewing machines, At only John L. Smith. iheycati help (ht^neof their choice "The said company sbould exercise TO KIVIII*)'on<> hy their voteH and In- more care entrusted too their em- tluence. ployes. We also find that the said beginning in this Issue a coupon c Each company are to lenient and little Hoi if 1 fur one vote will appear In attention paid to their duties. each copy of TIIK LKPOKH; and for "That the said company should be ev'Tv iloliar paid on subscription a 9 held responsible for the said accident '•(Hipun good for 52 votes will IK* giv- and death of the said John L. Smith. en. witii every 50c. 26 votes; and A few of those Ladies purses still left at 48 cents. The traveling public demands nion with every 2.x-, l". votes. careful attention to every detail of l ite ballot box will be in its for- Yours for a Merrv Christmas. the railroad and lis management. mer position at the foot of our stair- Tank Heaters "The said death was the result of way lM'ginidn«: Friday morning and the carelessness of the employes of voting may begin. Feed Cookers the said Pere Marquette railroad Those who have already paid Felt Roofing company." their subscriptions in advance can Gravel Rooriug secure coupons of value to corre- D. G. Look. spnnfi with the time paid ahead. Woven Wire Fence U hope that some worthy wom- Soft Coal Heaters REASON JOR DELAY will receive a gift from this contest that will help her on the way rejolc- Hard Coal Heaters I0MA ELECTRIC HELD ,n Wood Heaters « It CP BY TERMINAL Steel Range, best on Earth CHI RCHES AND SOCIETIES Cook Stoves, good second ARRANGEMENTS hand MBTHOD18T. Heating Stoves, good second May Have to Make an Esterlsg Line Morning Christmas sermon. "God's SPECIAL SALE of Its Own into Grand Gift to us." Evening, "Our Gift to hand Rapids. Jesus." Nickel Coffee Pots Epworth League will be lend by of Watches and Clocks Nickel Tea Pots (Jraud Rapids Press. Dec. 20. Miss (.Vila Noble, subject ""An offer- 'Wehave been held up fully two ing to Christ." Nickle Crumb Trays months In beginning active building There will be exerclRes by the Sun- Nickle Pitchers operations through the inability to day school, and a "tree" Saturday During December. Nickle Chafing Dishes complete terminal facilities In this evening. The public is Invited. Also a full line of Diamonds city." said President E. M. Hopkins At the annual meeting of the Sun- Rings and Jewelry of all kinds. Wood and Coal of the Grand Rapids & Ionia road day school board of the M.E, church this morning. "It Is hoped thatthls the following officers were elected Select your Silverware now and leave matter will be adjusted within a You rs for the ensuing year: for marking before the rush. * 872S short time, and if this cannot be Superintendent, J. B. Yelter; brought about we shall secure an en 1st Asst. Supt., Jacob Meyers; trv of our own. Everything necces- • 2nd " " Mrs. E. R.CoUar; ^Victor Talking Machlnpn and Records. sary, aside from the terminal facilities Secretary, A. I). Oliver; • /?. B, BOY LAN. in Grand Rapids, has been secured Treasurer, D. G. Mange; for this road and contracts have Organist, Arthur Avery; • been let for the machinery and equip- Chorister, MlssPearl Keene; ment. The same Is true of our Ionia Pres. S. S. Missionary Soc., R. D. STOCKING. & Owosso road, and we shall begin Miss Myrtle Taylor. work on both by April and shall have them In operation by Septem- ber at the very latest. CONGRBGVnOIIAL. I "This holding us back seemed un- Christmas exercises will be held at fortunate at first, but It has resulted the church Saturday evening. A In our doing other work, and we fine program has l>een prepared. shall now have four Hues completed There will be Christmas services frlthln the coming year, which, with Sunday both morning and evening. trafPc arrangements, will give us a The morning subject will be "The Let Me Roast Your Christmas Watches trunk line service clear across the Law of Love." Eveidng subject state. J ohn T. Rich, Governor Bliss "Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. " Clocks F YOU want good goods, J. L. Hudson and myself hold the Christian Endeavor meeting nt PIX Turkey. the best that money can controlling inte'rest to these roads o'clock. Jewelry and while they are Individual they Vou furnish t he Turkey and pan and I • buy, goods that are of are part of one general system. IGCIBTiES. will stuff and roast it "just right" Silver- T These roads are the Grand Rapids & superior workmanship Ionia, 32 miles, Ionia & Owosso, 50 On Wednesday evening. Dec. 2S, a ware miles, on each of which all prelimin- free lecture will be delivered by Rev For 35 Conts and quality, goods that are ary work has been completed; Grand James E. Butler, pastor of the (.'on' Fancy up-to-the-times, goods that Rapids, Belding& Greenville, 20 miles gregatlonal church, at the club room and the Owosso & Pontlac, 64 miles, of the L. L. C.. subject: "What Sun- are sold under a guarantee on which we have made surveys and day Recreation Do We Approve?" WELDON SMITH, The Baker. China All Invited. to be perfect, goods that will are now eecuring rights of way and Kodaks franchises and preparing maps. The Lowell Lodge F. & A. M. has elect- Oven hot on ChriBtmus day. please you in every partic- Beldlng road will be the easiest to ed the following officers: W, M., J. and build of any, ax we shall supply the B. Nicholson; S. W., P G. Look; J. ular, come to us—we can power from the plant at Saranac. W., V. S. Ward: S. D.. R. E. Sprlng- supplies please you in every way. We shall connect with the Holland ett; J. 1)., Ceo. Willard; treas, H. J. and Grand Haven llneB at this end of Coons; sec, E. A. Hodges; tyler, Henry the system and with the Detroit & Lampman. Installation Tuesday Pontlac at the eastern end, through evening, Dec. 27. Come in any time and sec traffic arrangements, and when tlie Joseph Wilson Post, G. A. R.. has service Is Inaugurated will run our ex- elected the following olUcers: Com- the different lines we carry. press cars right through to the dtv mander. Benj. Morse; S. V. C., John You are always welcome, hall In Detroit." Hilllker; J. V. M. J. Painter; S., Merritt Savles; ( "., Win. H. Aldrlch; whether you buy or not. Q. M., D." Pratt; O. D., Wm. An- CONGER MUST STAND TRIAL drews; O. G., John Hatch; Delegate. John Hilllker; Alternate. H. Daw- merry Christmas Editor Charged with Contempt in BOU. :ANDE Criticizing Judge Newhsn. The G, A. R. and W. R. C. will have a joint Installation Wednesday even- GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Dec, 17 - I ig, Jan. 11. Edltor Eugene D. Conger and the JEWELER AMD A. D. OLIVER Grand Rapids Herald must stand The Women's Relief Corps will have the following ofllcerH during happy Dew year OPTICIAN. trial for contempt of court. That Is the coming year; Pres., Elmlra the decision given Judge Newham bv TO ALL. Attorney Arthur C. Dennlson, and Morse: J. V.. Louisa Shear; S. the hearing has been set for Frldav Maryetta Sayles; Treas., S. A. Flan- Dec. 23. The report of the attornev agan; Chap.. Olive Taylor; Con., says that the editorials in question Esther Newcomb; Guard, Loretta were inaccurate and had a tendencv Wright; Delegate, Josephine Jhons; Remember, Our Store is Full of Useful to prejudice the public and embarrass alternate, Maryetta Sayles. proceedings against Pern- and th" These are the newly elected officers so-called water cases not yet trietl. .if Eddy Tent. K. •» T. M. <'om., , Things for Presents. John Roth; Lt. Com., L. I'. Morse; Christ Does Advertising Payj K. K . A. D. Morse; F- K.. A. D. mas One of our most active and per Sturgis; S.. Winer Barr; Phys.. M. slstent advertisers IB the Cltv Hank c. Greene; Asst. Phys.. <». (,'. McDan- Hill, Watts & Co. Through a tvp.." nell; chaplain. J a men Monroe. graphic&l error. Inadvertently over- Lowell Lady Maccabees have chos- Note a. few of Thems {Perfumes looked by our proof reader, en the following officers for thp ensu- the name Hill was omitted ing year: Com.. Mrs. Wiley. Past from the bank title in our Com!, Mrs. Crawford; Lt. Com., Mrs. Skates last Issue. The number of people Bread Mixers All the favorite Rcents—the latest fadB In Townsend; Chaplain, Mrs. Lasby; Raxors that have noticed this omission and Serg., Mrs. Lawrence; M. A.. Mrs. Razoi Straps Food Choppers perfymefl—especially for Holiday Gifts. commented on the same IB proof posi- Stone; S.. Mrs. Harkness; P., Mrs. Shears Carving Sets tive, so Mr. Watts states, that th" Monroe. Sieautifui Cut Slats 35o til as City Bunk ads. are generallv n-ad. Scissors Table Oullery 'A This knowledge that the people are 1 Enameled Roasters Perfumery Is a safe gift for anybody to any- SCHOOL. MOTES. Jack Knives so Interested In what the Bank hap I Fine Coffee Pots body. Pure extracts—one drop Biifflclent. The central school will give a Pen Knives By the ounce or bottle. Sweets to the Sweet to say Is gratifying to its officers. I «e deem It hardly necessarv to call Christmas cantata. "Around the Table Knives and Forks Fins Tta Pots attention to the fact that Mr. World with Santa Clans" at the Nickel Ware Liquid Veneer We also have a fine line of Hill who has been so active In build- school building tomorrow, (Friday Enamel Ware Toilet Sets, Cigar Cases, Purses evening.) To defray expenses, an ing up the business of the bank, was Silver Ware and Box Paper. only a month airo re-elected as presi- admission of ten cents to adults and dent and will continue to serve in live cents to others will be asked. that capacity. The expected increase In attend- ance at the high school at the close ^ "AnRuafucwicK. Clyde Purdy. 21, Nergennes town- of the first semester will make nec- A. D. STURG1S. ship; I ei Blosser. 21, Grattan town- essary the addition of a row of ship. seats. Scott & Winegar "YorfSvlll surely IOIBB the train II All the new books for Christmas your watch runs dri*." Get yours at Look's Drug store. at Oliver's and be on time. if J WATER IN THE DESERT. *. O. MeDANNELL, M. b. LATEST CAPH MARKET REPORTS PHYSICIAN Barrel Cactus the Only Hop* of Thirs- ODD •AND BURGEON %onjdl tytlger. Chicago Produce. ty Travelers. Butter—Crrnnn'ry. extrn, -Be; prints, Law«n, MIA Choice Items from over the state, 21c: nmto. 21€r.'2%e; nccondn. 16©l«c: BPEvmey A traveler gives nn nccount of how dnlrloH. COOIRVB- • . 22C— : flrntn,ninla , 13c19c: uladles . fhe Indians of the desert obtain drink- w. M. Jobj^n, PnbUshcr. specially selected for our readers Ujtcific: pneklng stock. ir.fflflHc, If. C. GREENS, M. D News Ohoen*—Full crfnni. flnlBlcH. ll^^ll^c: ing water from the barrel tfactus. I! RNE twins. lltfllHc; young Amcrlcas. ll%i Mrs. Henry Brock nt Hillsdale, Ind., When the girl bad gathered all her /as among the desert bills west of Physician LOWELL, MICHIGAN. LI^'E; IOIIK horns. ll\iRil2c: chtddnni, and Surgeon V- ens lorn, lli^llfcr; Swiss, block. lOtillc; in preventing a drunken husband set- gifts la her boudoir on Chrlstman WIQOQ CAW W: PQAODE Torres, Mexico. Tho Indian cut the drum 115jil2c: flmliurgcr, cliolcc, 10W ting Are to furniture on whfch he had night and closed the door, she picked (op from a plant about five feet high, Ottln Onr Boytan's Wort, Bridge The Carnpglo libraries bnvc become ROW OVER BURIAL OF PET DOG lOHc; brick, choice, HVtfi^c: oft grndes. up a silky object, surveyed it for a and with a blunt stake pounded to a Buttered Side Down. STATE HAS RIGHT TO THE LAND CAT SOUNDS ALARM OF FIRE 6®Kggs—I'rcs 5c, h n, 20fi)24e. poured oil broke her leg and was In- Adam bejfan It, the first of his ra-.-e, moment, then put It back on the table WM ymE (LAMS pulp the upper six or eight Inches of •o numerous tlint one bns at Inst been PMokr.i v0*'?, fhlgh-grnde Jured Internally. GIvltiR the practice renown; 8. P. HICKS Feline Calls Attention of Mistress to Benton Harbor People Object to Its with a pat. white flesh in the standing trunk. Picked himself up when he lutnblefl Sestrtyed by fire—tbe one at Knox- Supreme Court Settles Question 6f In- H JU , rc T M Pnyno of Ch,( k from grac*. Loans, CoOsctions, Real Batata, and Burial in Local Cemetery. Llvf poultr) —Turkeys. K(,0(l ' weightp*r lb, .' 8UcHe-; ' Ok., ' Unite' 'd State- s commissioner' '»«hn, ha. s "And I really like you beat of all," From this, handful by handful, be terest Recording Titles. Flames, Thus Saving Home. make tho best foundation the parnsoi Found he fell buttered side down. Insurance. Tllle. A Chicago woman visiting in Bon- KTeiS 1 • *

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1 twenty-rotir nrmrn* gruwCB UpUB bli atrthgtuflnint, it would Bare receJfed othei ^TerBl^s, loo. It cheeks and chin. Still, with all this E. K. EATON, M. D. It when those Importunate and ttroa^ Is letter I should do so; for, when I carelesanesa. Senor Miguel Ouffsnts LOWELL, MIOHIQAN. enlog letters hid been read from tho should see hia coffin being lowered waa s hsndsome man. He had s dark. Sick Into its jrrave. the memory of his no' Office at RMidence. tmknown peraon algnlng himself Moorish looking face, the llnea of THE: bllity and unselfishness, and his cruel Oorot. There was the man. who. If In which were very regular, he had large end. would come back to me with Headache Accoachement ud Diseoes of Ckfira England, must be found nt all costs. such force that 1 fear I should no long- lumlnoui eyes that, when he chose, When your head aches, there •A- A Specialtj. But how to find him was the question. er he master of myself." he could open to an enormous extent, is a storm in the nervous sys- "There ls^>ne to whom 1 must, at ^lentjfiore So I.ord Penlyn did not see tho last snd coai-ldark hair that curled thickly tem, centering in the brain. » Try Dr. Eaton'f Worm Cordial fpr Child least, disclose my - relationship wi'h orer his head. Ill* frame was a pow- Grand Holiday Offerings ran. It la efflcUnt and palauble. of his brother's remnlns; nnd Mr. Ktu- This irritation produces pain Walter," Penlyn said, and they both art. .Mr. Kordyro. and two of his erful one: his height being consider- noticed that, for the first tlmo, ho able snd hia chest broad and deep, in the head, and the turbulent the Mystery of agents made up the list of his mourn- 1 spoke of his brother by his Chr!rtlnn ers But behind iho carriage that eon* sod hia long; sinewy, brown hands nerve current sent to the stom- Sterling Sliver Trimmed Toilet Sets name. "I must tell Miss Rauphton A Dazzling Display of Silverware. Eye, Ear, Nose and veyed.them. came rounHess oth»»r car* k>eked as though their graap would ach causes nausea, vomiting. All the newest designs and a fine assortment. Throat Speolalty. Stlames'Park the position we stood in to one an- rlages belonging to men and women be s grasp of Iron. If put to their ut- This is sick headache, and Our stock Is complete In every detail. Presents for the old and yoiin«. Uifts! other." who had known and Ilkod the di»ad most strength. In age be waa about is dangerous, as frequent and Thnt are lasting.—Tea Rets. Cake Baskets. Fruit Bowls. Bread Trays. Servers. Purses lu endless variety. Tobacco and Cigar Jars, Match Boxes. TOur line Novelties In Sliver, Coat and Hat Markers. IVittmi Hooks, I'enells. Hun Bon Stuart, with feelings of a very dlflVr- man. and In some raves their owners thirty-eight or forty, but he looked |Of roiintaln Pens Is most complete nnd sure to please you. jjSO BLOUND^IE-BURTON prolonged attacks weaken the Dishes and Atomizers. Q. a. TOWSLIV, M. D. ent nature now lo his heart from were In them: amongst others Rlr younger, because no single gray hair had appeared either In his luxurious brain, resulting in loss of Office orer McOarty'a store. Low«(l,Mloh shore, those with which he had first regarded Paul Raughton being In his. The memory, inflammation, epi- "TeilsIskndlag en a sflsat him, asked him if he thought it n-a. Kelly & Sons tlonlng that she had said she could member" followed by the letter "0." In Spanish ballets or choruses, or of. J^ry severe attack of headache, I took "If this man is in England," Mr. recognize the form. If not the fair, or And late that night, as the time was Dr, Miles' Anti-Pain Pills and they Band Kings. New Designs in Ladies' and Cients' In any way. ministering to other peo- : -v-as Watch Charms, Lace Pins and Lockets, Secret Society CARTAGE AND Fordyce said, "and we could only find relieved me almost Immediately. Since San. t ~ • Ibe man who sprang upon hlrol. ami fast approaching for the cemetery to ple's amusement. then I take them when I feel the spell h/rf-rvnet Solid Ciold, Gold Filled, Silver and Nickle. The larg- Charms and IMnu. Cuff Buttons and Charms. TEAMINB him oDt, and also discover what his of the vow she had made him take to lie closed. Lord Penlyn walked swiftly coming on and It stops It at once. As he still sat there thinking aod MKncO est and finest line in Lowell. Our prices are always Morlng In town and to and from outside movements have been, we should, per- endeavor to discover the murderer up the path leading to the new-made „ JOHN J. McERLAIN. I towns a specialty. Rate* Reaaonabl*. Pres. 8. B. Eng. Co., South Bend. Ind, the lowest. The quality the very best. Our personal haps, he very near the murderer." grave, nnd. seeing that there was no smoklog. the landlord came down the Satisfaction Guaranteed. "If dreams were of Ibe allghlcHt im paasage, and bowing and wishing him Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills are sold by "Every detective In London shall be one near, knelt down and prayed si- your druggist, who will guarantee that guarantee with ever watch. Phone Wor IK portance. which ihey are nut." Mr Good morning" In Spanish, entered the first package will benefit If It Optical Department set to work tonight, especially dhose lently by It. Then he whispered. "I Fordyce said, "this one would go to the box. and proceeded to make some falls he wfll return your money. who understand foreigners and their prove that rorot 1* not the murderer, will never re«t until you are avenged. 26 doaea, 25 centa. Never aold In bulk. No finer Christmas gift could be gfiven than one of A full line of Spectacles and Eyeglasses—old and habits, to find him If he is here. And If you can hear my vow In heaven, entries In his books. The Senor nod- Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind our Watches. tiold Filled. We guarantee a i»erfect fit. since It la hardly likely that she baa ded In return, and then made another PERE MARQUETTE If be is, he will have to give a very ever knoA'n him SHU. It l« a strange hear me now swear this." And. :ak- cigarette and went on with his medi- full account of himself before he finds Inir a handful of the mould from the Dec. 4, 1904. coincidence that she should hive tations; but. when that one was hmself free," Stuart said. grave, ho wrapped It In his handker- FOK SALE.—Two large stove Trains leave Lowell as follows: dreamt of bis death on tho very night smoked through, he rose and leaned The that It took place " chief. and passed out again Into the drums. Fine for heating up stairs OMeryoi pirctuu* or lot. For Detroit and East CHAPTER XII. against the door post of the bureau, rooms. Inquire nt LEDGER office.* your iHsptctloit lavlttd Jeweler. 10 60 am "The Idea of knowing the form, or world. aod addreased Znrates. WILLI The conversation between the three figure, of the man Is nnthlnR.' Stu- The Lowell Orchestra will give a For Toledo ami Booth 'And have any more guests arrived 10 60 am was necessarily, of so lengthy a na- art said. "If ihere was any j.kellhood CHAPTER XIII. Chiistnins hall at Train's ball, De- 4 since last night." he asked, "and Is f For Qrtnd Bapids, North and West of there being anything In that. It The Motel et Cafe Restaurant de cember 23. Floor managers, Chas. ture, that Lord Penlyn desired them the hotel ye; full?" Burr, Clarksvllle, and F. J. Mc- 10 60 am 8 62 pm to partake of some luncheon, which is- would also he the rase that we nho-ilil l.epanto Is one of those many places "No more, Senor. no more as yet" Mnhon and Will Tredeulck, Lowell. For Safinaw sod Bay City ritation they accepted. While It waa hare to look upon Lady Chesterton's near, and in the neighborhood of, '7 50 am 6 49 pm the landlord answered blm. "Dlos! Bill to dance 7q'cent8. tlcally all his life. During tbe past For Freeport 4 85 pm proeeedinff, they continued to dlscusa conservatory aa the spot where It hap Leicester Square, where foreigners de- twenty years he lived on farms In tin- fully all the extraordinary circum- pened, aa It was there she dream she light to sojourn when in I/mdon. No? but there Is little business doing B.L.BRATTOM, H. F. MOELLEB, oow." vicinity of his home and was perhaps Agt. Oen. Pass. Ageo stances of which they had any knowl- aiw him. But we know that he was first class foreigners, perhaps, or, at BUY THE one of the most familiar figures in , edge In connection with the murder of killed la St. James' Park." least, not foreigners of large means, "That Is not well! And be who Grattan township. He was em-1 Walter Gundall, sod slso of the post "If the detectives can only discov- but generally such as come to London loves so much our Spanish luncheons ployed on the farm of Mrs. Doyle this WINEGAR S GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM. tloo lo which Penlyn now found him er this man Corot." Penlyn said, "we to transact huslness that occupies sod dinners, our good friend Dobsoo fall. This morning at five o'clock lie Heard About Town (be pronounced the name. Dobesoon) started down stairs from his room Drug Store ArrlTal and departure of trains from Lowel eelf. mlgh^ Aod out what be was doing on them for a short time. As a rule, this and either stumbled or was strlckcn WISTBOCVD. "Of course, It is no use trying to dls that night." establishment Is patronized by Spanish with the heavy, fat face and the big beard—what of him?" with a fit. He tumbled the entire No 17*Oraad Hsren Express 9 28 a.m guise the fact, my lord." the lawyer "If they cannot find him," Stuart and Portuguese gentlemen of a com- length of the stairway and landed /it No liffUall ai d Ex M Od Rapids 12 24 p.iB said, "that thia strange will in your ssld, "It shall not be fnr the want of mercial status, persons who, more "He Is a pig, a fool!" Diaz said, as the bottom with such force that his No ISfMail U Qd H iven ACh'goi 63 p.m faver will be the subject of much dls often than not. are connected with the he ran an unclean finger up a column neck was fractuml. The fall awak-: Fountain pens nt Williams.' Buy your footwear of.Godfrey. No llfSiall a: d Ex to QdHayen 9 17 p.iD being paid to look for him. " cttsaloo. The only thing we have to wine trade of those countries; and It of accounts "He believes me not ened the household and the farm Headquarters BISTBOUKD "I would give every farthing of tbe Selling fur coats cheap at Leather coats cheap at Godfrey's. do new la to think bow much need l»o is also frequented by singers and danc- wheo 1 tell blm that of his accursed hand was lifted to a bed. He was Godfrey's. No 12tMail s.id Express 7 28 c.m fortune my brother has left me to dis- probably Instantly killed, however. | Holiday slippers—Butts sells them. , made public. Your Inheritance of his Corot I know nothing, and that I be- No 2 2+Detroit Express 10 CO a.m cover him. or to find the real asBas- ers snd other srtis'es who may find and gave no signs of life when Dn' Christmas party Monday, Dec. 26. moaey—even to a nobleman In your lieve no such man is In Londoif." Gold pens, pearl holders at For Christmas No l»tB*enii'g Express 8 13 p.m aln!" Penlyn aald. themselves—by what they regard as members of the family lushed to his Fresh pineapples. 10c each at Van- Williams.' No U'Easterr. Exp ees 7 64 p.m pealtlon—la a matter of Importance, They discussed, sfter this, the way a stroke of fortune—fulfilling an en- Tbe Senor laughed gently to himself assistance. The deceased WHS un- Dyke's. Brooches, solid gold and gold-filled • Nos. 14 ind 17 Dally. sod will cause a great deal of re- In which the information that had gagement la our Metropolis. To them, at this snswer, and then be said: married and leaves only distant re- Presents f Daily except Honday. mark." "Aod he has not yet found him?" latives. The sheriff's office aud cor- For sale a show-case. Inquire at —for "Her" at Williams.' come Into their possession, from the the Hotel I^panto la a congenial His Christmas City Bakery. A.O. HXTVLATOT,Agent, "Of course, I undeiitand that." Pen- abode, a spot where they can eat of "Dlos! found him. no! Of that nnme oners Hilllker and LeBoy were Mrs. Mlna Potruff has returned three letters written In Spanish, from a visit at Lansing. lyo answered. ' But you say we have the oily and sarllc-flavored dishes par- What are to get him lor notified. j MIRS Jessie O'Harrow Is attending should be conveyed to the detectives. I never heard before, no, never! There If you want the lateat Book, taken of with so much relish when at Christmas. school at Big Kaplds. Don't forget Stocking's special TATE OF MIOHIQAN, The Probate to think of 'how much' need be msde Is no such name!" Before You Purchase Any Other Write sale of watches for December. Tbe finest Perfumes and Stuart arranged to take the mat- home in Madrid. Lisbon, Seville, or Buy your sash and doors of the S Oourt for the County of Kent. At a public. What part of this unhappy "For what does he say he wishes to THE REW HIME SEWIH MACHINE COMPART Nearly everybody has a "him" or two Resoiutlofls of Condolence by Alton The newest Oame secalon of said oourt, held at the probate ter Into his bands. CranHda", and here they can converse ORANQE, MASS. Lowell Lumber Co. Cast Iron (tank beaters that will story la thsrs that you imagine need eee this Corot? la It that he has a to buy for. Teat No. 843, K. O. T. M. M. last a lifetime nt B. B. Boyan's. and tbe largest assortment of office io the city of Grand Bapids, io "Leave It to mo," he said, "1 hap- In their own tongiteg with each other Many Sewing Machlnea are made to sell regard- Mr. and Mrs. .1. 1». Harvey were In tit be known7" less of quality, but the " Hew Home " la madt We cater only to "hlme." Perhaps our Whereas, ever since the creation said county, on the 28ih day of November, pen to know two or ; In and with Diaz Zarates, the Spanish legacy to give him. or has he commit- •Jrand Kaplds on business Tuesday. See those new ftyle White sewing Bibles Mr. Fordyce thought a moment, with to wear. Our guaranty never runs out suggestions will aid you to get him just of man this has been the decree. "Of A. D., 1904. fact, I have already communicated landlord of the house, to whom half a ted a crime for which this fat man, machines Just received at Stocking's. Dolls his bushy eyebrows deeply knitted, We make Sewin gu Machines to suit all conditions what he needs and Just what will please dusttbou art and unto dust thou Our china and prices ou same will Preacnt: Hon. Harry D. Jewell, Judge ef with Dobsoo, who uoderStaods a great dozen Southern languages and many this heavy Aigunzil. wants to arrest of the trade. The Jfor Home** rands at the Toilet Sets Probate. him. If you can't find something suitable shalt return;" and no one Is exempt: please you. Oliver's. Celery, lettuce and radishes for than be said: deal about forelgoera. He baa dooe patois are known. blmV" bead of all IIIgli-gr»de femlly sewing machines for his Christmas here, where In the world your Christmas dinner at VanDyke's. Manicure In tbe ms'ter of tbe estate of "I do not see why any one need Sold hy MtborlMd dealers omly. and as death has entered our order, P.S.Griffith made a business trip all the big extradltloo cases for a long "Quien sabe! He says he has a lit- would you expect to find It? we bow In meek submission to the See Weyrick's offer of Christmas Collar and Caff Boxes MABY E. IMATHEWBON Deceased, be told of the relationship existing be- The hotel seems to exist entirely to Grand Bapids the first of the J. Edwin Lee having filed io said court while, and knows the exact spots lo for the people of :he Nlsht Robes Whereas, Brother Guy C. Norton, gage the interest of said estate in cer* ian. nor German ever comes: they Ovecoeete Smohlns Jsekets from a several weeks trip to Reemn. R. VanDyke will have an abun- Yours for trade, wish that, for your aake. It ahould all he wants to know. And then he Swto Neckwear one of our most esteemed nnd wor- tain real estate therein desoribed, don. Dobsoo, or ooe of bis men, will have their own host dries of an equal- Mufflers SoMsnders Midi. ^ dant supply of Holly for the Holi- It is ordered that tho 27th day of Deo- never be known." be sure to discover blm." says he must find him. But 1 do not Drese Vests thy members, also our Past ly, to them, agreeable na'ure in other Rein Costs Shirt Preteoters Commander, has l»een called to join days. oemb-r, A. D., 1904, at tea o'clock io tbe "Naturally," Peolyo replied. "I do "And you think I had better not ap- think now he will ever find him." Olevee OoUsrs Kochester Stamping Works nickle foreooon, at said probate office be and is streets in the neighborhood. So these Caps Cuff Buttons Cuffs the great majority on the other side; .nTls'—c'.T r~~o- A brother-in-law of Mrs. Myron W. 8e Winegar. not want mj affairs told to every one, pear in the matter at all?" Penlyn "Nor do 1." the Senor said. Theo Underwear k on eHrth oM hereby appointed ior bearing said petition, Southerners, with the dark eyes, and UmbreNss Cottar Buttons Therefore l>e It resolved, that we B. Boylau. - * 2w Quay was killed at Huron, Ohio, and made a subject of universal goa- asked, appealing to both of them. he looked up at the dock, and, seeing drape our charter for the period of while coupling cars. Wloesar'a Whit* Pins and Tar tor and that all pereoos iotereeted la said es- •ip; but then, what reason Is to be coal-black hair, and hrown skin, havg Kex Gloster, formerly with the Oooghi. tate appear before said oourt, at asld time "Not at present, certainly," Mr. the little dining room with the dirty it was past twelve, went to bis room, Every article fairly and rightly priced. No fancy figures. We'll thirty days. And we extend to the Say potato bread to your grocer. glren for hia having left me all hia Fordyce said; "as Mr. Stuart la at saying that It was time he prepared RESTORES YOUTH. CURE widow and children our heart-felt Saranac Local, is working at THE and place, to show caose why a liceoee to fly-blown paper, and Ibe almost as put aside anything you select and keep perfectly'"mum" about It LEPCER office. It IS the beet bread in town. Wel- mortgage tbe interest of said estate In said moneyr present acting in It It had better be himself for the day. until Snnta Clans time. sympathy; And IH* It further resolv- don Smith makes It. dirty 'table covers and curtains, all to DEBII ed, That we have these resolutions real estate shoold not begrantedi "It might be hinted that you were left to blm. Mr. Cuodall'a agents In But when he readied that apart- j whoere atroocla. i Miss Mlna Lowes of Grand Kaplds It io further ordered, That public notiee connectloaa, though distant onea," Mr. themselves: and into it—or to the pas- I oecve forpei SMS ot ambition. printed In the the Lowell Ledger spent Sunday with her friend. Miss Charles Doyle has applied for a di- Clubblttg List for 1906, tbe dty have placed everything: in his ment. which was a small room on the [•MSMClai tbe Wee type of p*rf MnWod. vorce from his wife Fannie, alleging thereof be given by publioatloa of a copy Fordyce said. ' sage with the three chairs and the CHAS. ALTHEN, . and Lowell Journal, and also that Vesta Sturgis. hands, and I suppose you. as his heir, marhle-table where, as often as not second floor, that looked out on to tbe we send a copj* of the same to the I cruelty as the ground for action. Tbe LEDGER will continue Its prac- of this order, for three aocceeeive weeks "Would It not appear strange that. jiiaa enatnete luewertS UrW previous to said day of hearing, in Tax will have no objection to do so also." the Senora and Senons alt and smoke back windows of tbe street that rao THE CLOTHIER. HATTER AHD HABERDASHER LOWELL, MICH. bereaved family, and that a copy of' /Miss Maud Andrews has received, tice of accommodating its subscrib- In auch circumstances, we knew so lit- Found.—Pair spectades. Owner ers by furnishing other publications LOWBLL LXDOEB, a newspaper printed and "I shall be extremely grateful to their cigarettes for hours together. In parallel with the one In which the the same be spread on our minutes, as a Cnrlstmas gift from her parents, can have same by proving property drculated in said county. tle of one another?" Mr. Stuart if he will hold the same Hotel Lepanto was situated. It did Tbe gloomiest day has fleams of a new Wagner piano. at clubbing or wholesale prices to "Yes," the lawyer said, "unless it preference to doing so In the dining and paying for this notice. Inquire all who pay for our paper at tbe HAaai D. JBWSLL, Judge ot Probate. position towards me that he filled not seem as If those prepiratlons stood Equally good tor women. BoouN fMe. 1 • 1 .1 li ri.. f a... Will Hartnett oMfieattle, Wash., Is room—no one of another nation In- at the Post Office. same time all arrears and one year (A true oopy) Amir E. Ewiao were aald that you were only recently with my brother," Penlyn said; "and In any great need of hurry. The In- The darkest wave hath llyht foam 8pend|ni, the holidays with the fam- trudes. If. nut having Spanish or A 0 UTI0W F. P. Hakes has returned from In advance. This Involves much Register of Probate. acquainted with the fact" If he wants any assistance, my friend evitable cigarette papers were agaio — ** ^ - cwwaoo- u. a. a. near It; ilv 0f his cousin, Owen W. McGee. Portuguese blood in hia veins, if there And twinkles through theclouiliest New York City, where he was called work and expense, Is purely a work "But the will is dated three yeara and secretary, Mr. Smerdon, will be size aOc. Sold by A. U. STCBOih Chris Bieri. who has Iteen getting ever is any one who does so Intrude, produced. night m busiuebs and will spend his four of accommodation, and Is done In ago!" Stuart remarked. happy to render It him." "Corot," he said to himself, "Corot THE LEDUEH at Hallock, Minnesota, weeks' vacation with Lowell rela- appreciation of faithful cash sub- RAILROAD! OF JARAN. "Theo I scarcely koow what to sug- It Is generally some Englishman of a Some solitary star to cheer it. sends us a change of address. War- "1 will do all I can," Stuart said rashly speculative nature, who wants How Is It that that man has ever (Geo. W. White. tives. scribers. feat" Mr. Fordyce said. road, same state. All the magazine clubs handled by OM Ceremenlee ef Rsssengera and quietly, "to assist you, both lo regard to try a Spanish dinner and see what heard the name—what does he know Our Country Cousins Committee, ] Doms A. Church. Patent leather shoes make a nice They talked It over aod over agala, to his affairs aod to finding the guilty about It, why should be want to find Roye V. Ford. THE LF.DGKH goes this week to jresent, one that will be useful. Our tbe newspaper agencies, including Train Crew. it Is like, and who. having done so, the Success combinations, may be but they could arrive at oo determloa- man. If posalble." him? I thought that, outside Los Miss Bertha M. Austin, whoistaklng Ine Is complete. Our styles are lat- When a native womaa enters a never wants to try another. BILIOUSNESS a course In professional nursing at ordered of us, as well as any news- tlon; and at last It waa reaolr«d that Then Lord Penlyn made a sugges- Borros sod Puerto Cortes, that name est. Our prices are right. D. F. Butts fapa&se railway oarriaae she allps And sometimes, as has been the Rector of St. Luke « St Louis, Mo. paper published at marked reduc- the beat thing would be to let mat- tion that his own lawyer, Mr. Bell, had never been beard. Walter knew Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moor wers in her feet from her tiny shoes, stands case of late, much to the disgust of tions from regular prices. ters take their course. Ho announce- should also be brought Into communi- It and Juanna knew It and I knew There are many articles in our town last Wednesday and Thursday We will furnish THE LEDGER one opon the seat, sod then sits demurely CONsfrPATION VERGEXXBS. Ashbaraka •, Oaterio, TcNtifics to the ment would be pnbllcly made, aod cation with Mr. Fordye and Stuart, Diaz Zarates, an English detective It but of others there was no one H'oonna. stock thftt will make suitable Christ- and moved their household goods to year with any of the following with her feet doubled beaeath her. A has made his appearance, and. under, CURED BY Qeelltles of CbembcrtBiiT* Conah mas gifts. Our prices are the low- though, of course. It would, eventuslly and tbe former said that he would call sllve who knew It Yet here, la this Mrs. Frank Clark and daughter The Vergennes Ladles Aid society Renicdy. Eagle, where they are living. named papers at the price named for smoeot later ahe Mffets a cigarette, lesk ont that Lord Peolyo was Walter tho guise of one of ihe above specu- will meet with Mrs. Lettle Chaffee est. At Godfrey's. both papers. THE LEDGER and— upon him the next day. big, stupid man. in this big. atupld Esther visited over Sunday with rel- s Deacon W. H. Eddy has bad er bar IMUe pipe, wtUeh holds just AsflBtmNHAM. Ont., April I . HHW— Ouodalla heir, the world would have "There will then be five of us inter' lative Individuals essaying an Iberian dty (where—por Dlos! one may be THEDFORDS atives In Grand Bapids.—Mr. and Thursday. Dec. 29. It will lie an all WANTED!—3256 ladles to call and another relapseduringtbe past week Grand Rapids Post dally $2 50 tobaooo enough to produoe two good day meeting.-Miss Anna Peters of I think it is only right that 1 should Detroit Times daily 1 85 to put its own coastructloo upon the ©s-ted In finding tbe assassin," Pen- meal, has endeavored to worm secrets stabbed to death and none find the Mrs. Hlgbeeof Six Lakes are visit- Inspect our new offerings in China but Is recovering again. His son whiffs of snoka. All Japaaeee people f BUCK DRAUGHT Lowell spent Sunday at M. L. tell you what a wonderful effect goods and to pass their opinions on Detroit Free Pree* 3 00 fac . Or agaio, other men had before lyn said, "for I am quite sure that out of him alhnit his patrons and yer), with tbe name upon bla Hps. ing In this vicinity.—Bertie Ellis Is Frank D., of Grand Bapids spent Sit wltfe their feet upoa the seat of guests. To the disgust of Diaz Zar- quite poorly.—Guests at Walter galley's.-Miss Haradlne of Sparta Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has the same. Oliver's white front store. Sunday\wltb blm. Chicago Inter Ocean 1 60 oow toade eccentric willa, taking sud- both Mr. Bell and Philip Smerdon will ow has he ever heard It, bow has j teaching the Bailey school. ^ produced. The day before Easter 1 Poultry Success 1 35 the car, sad not m Buropeaos do den faoclee to people who were atraog- ates oMate, because he knowa per- Because tbe liver is Clark's last week were H. White of 8 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Swan of Hills- When the ticket collector attired in s go hand In hand with us In this search. iS ever known of It?" Alto, Mrs. Hlgbeeof Six Lakes, Miss was so distressed with a cold and dale and Miss Sarah Lyon of Mil- Mrs. Margaret Leonard, the aged New York World trl weekly...... 1 65 efa to them and leaving them all their fectly well who Dobson la (although neglected people suffer ^ cough that I did not think to be able mother of B. VanDyke, Is very III at Toledo Blade weekly 1 25 Mue uniform—enters tbe carriage, he Surely amongst us, and with the aid "So, after all." he continued, "his , with constipation, biliousneaa, « Cole of Alaska and Clara Duell of VERGEXNES STATION. waukee were quests of Mr. and Mrs. If mooey. It would be best that Walter of the detectives, who ought to work that aa ute Individual Is not awnre of me was not Cundall but Occleve, I rinsing.—Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap of to take any duties the next day. as , the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. N. Y., Tribune Farmer weekly... 1 25 Geo. Rouse last week. Mrs. Swan Is r—ores Ms oap and twice bows po- the landioanls knowledge of hl^ call- headaches ana fevers. Colda attack] E. Ring and John Hapeman were my voice was almost dioked by the , McGoran of Grand Bapids. and but Free Press Farm and Live Cuodall's will should also come to be well for the reward 1 will pay them, he It wns who was tbla lord, this the lunga and oontagioua diseaaes ' New York Stats are visiting friends at Smyrna Monday on business.— a sister of Mr. Rouse. Ntaljr. He repeats the bow ss he regarded la that category. ing), and because, honestly, he has here—Frank Patterson of Grand cough. The same day 1 received an | little hope of her recovery Is enter- Stock Journal 1 25 oomee to each passenger to collect we shall succeed in tracking him. lyn. though that other bears tbe take hold of the avstem. It is safe John Blosser of Lowell visited with order from you for a bottle "f your The following teachers will spend tained. Mr. VanDyke Is a frequent Grand Rapids Press dally* 2 50 "After all," Stuart aald, "yon were "I hope to God we shall!" Stuart never heard of any one bearing the e. And he. who Inherited all that to aay that if the liver were alwsya Kaplds Is the guest of his brother friends and relatives several days *e tiekeu name of Corot in his life. John aod family.—Mrs. Walter Cough Remedy. I at once procured their vacations at their homes: Miss attendant at her bedside. " Herald dally* 2 60 i acquaintances, aod mixed io the aame said, and Penlyn solemnly exclaimed, Kb from , had np kept in proper working order, last aud this week aod left Monday a bottle, and took about three doses Bryan's Commoner 1 60 Clark and O. Vanderilp are visit- Alma Brown, at Rockford, 111., circle. Even the fact that you both "Ameor And it is of such a person with that t tp It. no! not ao much right as illnesa would be almost unknown. for Grand Bapids.—The annual meet- of the medfclne. To my yreat relief Missea Lou Boello and Edith Cowles Tbe following are home for the Michigan Farmer 1 50 Wife—"Mr. Dauber, the artist, baa ing their mother In Freeport.—Mr. Christmas vacation from their re- loved the aame woman goes for some- oame, that Dobton baa been making oa—poor Juanna!—and 1 bad. Thedford'a Black-Draught ia so i lug of the Christian church will be the cough and cold had completely at (ireenvllle. Miss Ada Hoebeck at Woman's Home Companion 1 60 asked me to let him paint my face." They were about to aeparate oow, auccesaful in curing auch sickneaa and Mrs. A. T. Dean announce the held at the church Saturday. Dec. 24. spective schools: Florence King. De- thlog, aad that must be sufflcient for after ao loterview that had lasted for little Inquiries whenever be has drop now he la gone, snd It la with the Qslve marriage of their dnnehter Grace to dlsapi)eared aud 1 was able to Kalamazoo. Everybody's Magazine 1 85 Husband—"Didn't think one coat because it ia without a rival aa a at 2 p. m.—Clyde P irdy went to preach three times on Ensier Day. troit; Katherine Lewis and Lila '•Prices on the Free Press. Press thoee who take any loterest lo the some hours, when Penlyn said: ped in to try a Spanish luncheon or a that I have to do. Well. It I ad- O. Vanderilp next Wednesday eve- .1. D. McDIarmld writes from Big Lawrence, Ypsilanti; Marion Hill, was eaough, I fupose." livwregulator. Thia prcat family till a Grand Rapids Tuesday on business. I know that this rapid and effective and Herald are good on rural routes matter." "To-morrow is the day of bis fu- Spanish dinner. be done, and by my father's medicine ia not a strong ning.—Mrs. Hlgbee and Mrs. Frank —The Swiss people at Lowell will Rock. III., In remitting for THE Kalamazoo; Emma and Ethel Wes- ansci oark were guests of Mrs Renter of cure was due to yourCouuli Remedy. only. Repe'e Anewer. He had come Into the house with oeral. If It were po|3lble—If you Sea eil. a few days after the murder tbe reckoning ahall be a heavy drastic —TJdrug., but "a IUIImilUd anda have a Christmas tree attheirchurch I make this testlmonini without LKUCER says: "1 like to hear from brook, AlbIon;Cella Noble. Ypsilanti; of Walter Cimdall. on one of the three If thia lord doea not clear hlm- healthful laxative that cures con- Freeport recently.—Ixmise Hulzlnga Sunday night.—The Sabbath school old Michigan. 1 was tbe first boy Lotta Ruben, Grand Rapids; Mlna Little Elmer—"Papa, what la a Shy- looumerable suspicions against Lord think thst I could do so, I should has accepted a posstlon at Owosso. solicitation, being thankful to have lock?" chairs in the parage, and meditatively atipatiou and may be taken bv a closed Sunday for three months. that bouud a bundle of wheat in Eggleaton, Tom Davidson. Carl Ber- Dissolution of Co^Partatsrsltlp. Penlya, auspicious arouaed by hia be- wish to be present at It." —Irvlmr Patterson and son Ralph found such a God-sent remedy. gln, Emery Lally and Bert (Julck, Professor Broadhead—"A SVylook, smoking cigarettes out of whldi. aa mere child without poaaible —Win. Bovee of Fallasbtirg waa a Respectfully yoiirs. Bowne.' T. Daniels ran the first ing the loheritor of Cundali's property, The othera thought a moment Stu- harm. were Sunday visitors at Wm. Pat- guest of Calvin Porter last Friday threshing machine In Bowne or The co-partner ship heretofore ex- my eon, Is a man who la called ao by is the case with Spioish made ones, (Te be ojntlnued.) E. A. LANOKI n . M. A.. Ann Arbor. and alao by tbe fact that he and the art looking at Mr. Fordyce as though tenon's. night ami Saturday.—Frank Keech - Caledonia In 1842. He was all busi- We will lie buying lire poultry isting between Chas. McCarty, Chas. the people to whom he lends money, the tobacco would frequently full in a The healthful adion on the liver ] Rector of St. Luke * diurch. dead man had both loved the same waiting for blm to answer this sug- Overheard on the Road. cures biliousness. It has an in- ./ went to Grand Rapids Monday. To the Chamberlain Medicine Co. ness. Good bye, with love to old from Dec. 12, to 1«. dressed poultry H. Alexander and Frank G. Taylor because he expects them to pay it lighted mass on the marble table, was 1 PlKht will be Bitter. woman, and with a strange feeling In gestion. but. Instead of doing ao, he .lend—"So you have named your vigorating effect on the kidneys. —James Phelps Is assisting Dorus This remedy Is for sale by Michigan. Dec. Ill, and 20, and will pay highest under tbe firm name of Chas. McCar- back."—Town Topics. Senor Miguel Guffanta. as he waa In- Those who will iierslst in closing Church.—Clyde Purdy and Miss Leo ty & Company, doing business at Is heart that, when he stood before ' only said: "What do vou •hint u racing automobile 'Kuropatkln?'" Because tne liver and kidneys do | A, !• SIT HIS. Writing from Glendo, Wyo., under market prices. Jno. (dies & Co. yi him, he would staod before a murder- Stuart?" ' scribd in Diaz's books. Had the Senor not work regularly, the poisonous their ears against the continual Blosser will be married Wednesday. When you feel like sighing—sing. Lowell, Kent County, Michigan Is jfothlng for Him to be Sorry For. hauffeur—"Yes and 1 foel lyte Port 0.. ! date of Dec. 13, Eugene H. Cambell v? boon as carefully washed as the upper sdda along with tbe waste from recommendation of Dr. King's New The reception will IM? held at the Sighing will never pleasure bring. this day dissolved by mutual con- "Isn't that orator always saying er. He had also remembered that ! Stuart still hesitated, aod seemed iur." says that our recent report that his sent. dasBOH of Spaniards usually are, bad i the bowels gd back into the blood Discovery for Consumption, will home of the bride's parents in the New milk cow for sale Learn to laugh.you can laugh and something he will be sorry for?" cooveraation In the club about the to be pondering deeply, and then be lend—"How so?" have a long and bitter fight*with evening.—Elder Ecke'rt filled his ap- Daniel Plelcher. Lowell home is for salts Is a mistake, All the accounts receivable are to his linen been as white and clean as and virulent contagion results. laugh right "It's worse than that." answered peculiarity of the dagger, or knife, said: laffeur—"I've had so many falls." their troubles. If not ended earlier by pointment here last Sunday.—Frank "as the home Is not for sale." He By taking Rocky .Mountain Tea at be paid to Chas. McCarty and all the linen usually worn by the upper Timely treatment with" Thed- Cuff buttons for "Hinr ai adds: "The weather here is very fine. the politician. "He Is always satla- with which Gundall must have been "I think. If It will not be too great fatal termination. Read what T. R. White has gone Into partnership Williams.' night. bills and accounts against said firm fel clasaex of Spaniards, and. had he lieen ford'a Black-Draught removes the! The teams are plowing about every fled with what he saya. Hia political slain, aod his recollection of the hesi- a denial to you. If you will not feel Conqealed. dangera which lurk in constipation. Beall of Beall, Miss., has to say: with David Garfield of Fallasbtirg In Selling off overcoats cheap at are hereby assumed and will be paid trlenda are sorry."—Washington Star. tating way In which Penlyn had ans- freshly shaved, he would. In all proba- "Last Fall my wife had every symp- the grist mill at that place. day. There is no snow to sjieak of A gentleman called at THE LEDGER by blm. that you are failing In the last duty upld was about to attack the heart }- liver and kidney troubles, and will tiodftey's. on the ground and very little on the office Monday io pay for a Job of wered, had added to his suspicions bility ha^ presented the appearance 1 tom of consumptlou. She took Dr. Dated Lowell, Mich., Nov. 22,1004. you can pay bm, you should remain a Boston girl. positively forestall the inroads of vs Up-to-date feed cookers sold by R. mountains." printing which we had done for him Cut Him Short. But wheo he had seen the genuine away. You could ooly go as chief ef a fine, handsome roim. Rat he had And will you use an arrow?" she iiright's disease, for which dis- King's New Discovery after every- GRATTAH CEXTER. Charles McCarty i thing else had failed. Improvement B. Boylau. Removes the microbes which Im- and expressed satisfaction at our Chas. H. Alexander. "Has that new reporter a nose for tears of sorrow that had been shed come downstairs this morning to ventured. ease in advanced stages there kis { Tuesday's GrandBapids Press has mouroer, if you go at all, aod that 1 wme at once and four bottles en- saving money f<)r him. He paid us news?" asked the publisbur. over the will, those susplclnns van smoke his cigarette, without trou- "Of course not" responded the little no cure. Ask your dealer for'a 1TTE ^ u Every thing in the grocery line for poverish the blood and circulation. Frank G. Taylor. will reoder you too conspicuous, and tirely cured her. Guaranteed by this: Christmas at Foster's. Stops all trouble that Interferes with $1.50 for tbe same he had previously "He did have," responded the man- iahed, aod ha told himself that it nas bling to make his toilette, putting on god. "IH use ao Icepick." 26c. package of Thedford'a Black-1 Frank Foley, for many years a paid another "printer" 12.76. Mod- would set every tongue In London Draught. D. G. LOOK, Druggist. nutrition. That's what Hoyister's When you want a pleasant pur- aging editor, "until he tried to count oot lo this man that tbe murderer hia yesterday's shirt, and going And then he slipped oo a fur-tipped resident of Grattan Center, was in- The Lowell Lumber Co. has just ern machinery and appliances, ex- the revolutions ot an electric fsn and wagging. Can you resign youraelf to Price 50c, and #1.00. Trial bottles received a shipment of sash and Rocky Mountain Tea will do. X. gative try Chamberlain's Stomach would be found. And, if this new •Uylng away?* / through no ablutionary process at ail. coat and sallied forth. tale first ftm stantly killed in a fall down a stair- pert workmen aud up-to- date meth- then he lost It-' way in the home of Mrs. Sarah Doyle doors. cents. Tea or tablet form. ods are what count. and Liver Tablets. They are easy formed Mea had .. required any . "I mqst reslyn.myatlf.a aucaoae." aad with a thick.,heavy atubble of month D. G. LOOK. to take and produce no nausea, •nts for Don't forget to give the Lowell where he was employed. Have you cold feet? Try a pair of English plum pudding for your Lumber Co. a chance to figure on I Koley was about 45 years of age warm-lined shoes with the cold- John Holland fountain pens all riplng or other disagreeable effect. slKeiji and prices at Oliver's. Christmas dinner at VanDyke'i f or sale by A. D, STDRGIS. "A your sash and doors. MffTl1 [and bad lived near Grattan prac- proof Insoles. D. F. Butts. •Ud PLAYING THE DASS DRUM.

Takes Mudclin to Handla the Inetru ment Properly. "The bass drummer is one of the "Well, oat came Jtohlado. looking spick and span, but with a worried HOPE most important members of a band," said David L. Clark, of Chicago, at the look on his remarkable face, as PlanUngton. "I am selling muilcal though he hardly relished the inter- ylpw he anticipated. Instruments, and I tell you that the "Judge of my amazement sir, when I music furnished by a band depends as he gave his orders to be driven lo the much upon the quality and playing ot | ATALE (f M GJMN WAR palace of the captain general. For the PAX PAX the big bass drum aa upon the quality first time a suspicion of his true char- and playing of any one Inatnuncnt acter flashed over me. The best bass drummer In the world "Details, you know, are not to my j today Is a Philadelphia man—1 can- CHAPTER X.—Continued. 1 so that he can understand the major liking. We arrived, and I left my j Pawpaw. — not tklak of his name Just now. al- Jack "feels a sudden glow as of ex- portion of what she sings. cab. to usher the senor Into the en- ' I have picked and eaten the first ultation as he remembers that the though I know It as well as I know my Upon this pretty picture Smithers trance. Lackeys are always about and fruit I ever saw fit»m a'grafted paw- own—aad he gets as high a salary as very party of whom she makes men- paw. In the spring of 1901 I procured Sbf a song of Christma* Sing a aong of Christmas suddenly bursts without warning. messengers come,and go; for even any musician In thc world who Is not tic-' is In Havana at this hour. He Trarers needs only one look to tell .-r- •"* soons from J. A. Lditleof Cartersbirg, Of angels bringing mirth, > .s cudgeled his brains to find some now, at the begHmlU- Y ,-?P" .o f lh—e -=7 Ind.ma.,, ananda graftegraftedd thet m on a small tree, Of holly, pine, and fir, a soloist The beat of the bass drum him the agent brings news of some season, the irpnprageneral itcs an >•«busy» man. He ^ blos- Is the very backbone of music. If It method of getting Spenccr out of his yeAT Of gold and fems for tribute. Aod Heaven sending blessings sort, and he springs up hastily to has sworn to sweep the rebels into Is in tbe least uncertain or wavering path—to sweep the road to his wife meet him. the soms. but a late frost killed them. To this old weary earth. sea. and restore Cuba to Spain, Of fragrant spicc and myrrh. tho rest of the band will be uncertain clear of such an encumbrance—and Travers feels a little guilty and a peaceful province-: but already he This year five large specimens ripen- ®asic composeo bp vmai wwBK>oD.iiiHflHKDw^J5n and wavering aad the result would be what could give promise of more suc- shows some confusion, but the girl realizes that the task is more difficult ed, and what seems rather remarkable 1 cess than in playing this girl against ^ r Jemt-Ckn* discord. There Is a great difference Many women are denied the artlessly cries out: than he anticipated, and is ready to to me. they softened on the tree bo- In drums, too. It depends upon the happiness of children through him? "Hell hath no fury like a wom- "I have been charmed to find in resort to desperate measures in order fore dropping. They averaged nine material and the workmanship In an scorned." and this applies especi- your friend one whom I knew In Santa to succeed. Inches In circumference and about 5 manufacture. A poor drum .may have derangement of the generative ally to those women of the south Fe as Senor Jack. We have chatted ^ . . . 'to 5?i Inches in length; big. sleek, fat. v "Well, sir. I need not explain how it 0^,^ yellow fruit that were good to will soon become dead and.fiat while % organs. Mrs. Beyer advises ' e»ns the blood leaps | over old times, and seeing he was im was done-men of my profession have look 0n tasUnK j fonnd the Baioofh the right tone for a short time, but It women to use Lydia E Pink and bounds like molten lava, and who patient for your return. I have endeav- know no halfway course between K faculty for accomplishing such Yeijovr custard of tbe inside very good a good Instrument will, like a violin, ored to entertain him In my poor things in a manner that appears little • In qual,tv and the BH?ds few ^ Sing a nag of Christmas, improve with age."—Milwaukee Wis- ham's Vegetable Compound. love and hate when once a man has way." ^ « • UabU. Klw art Thou of Kfc. A Maid n Dk. Sing- a K»f of Chrisbna* fhort of magical to outsiders; but dark ,n The fln.t of 0ctober Of Mother Mary sweet. consin. made an impression on their hearts. "I have no doubt you succeeded." re- Of lore this happy room. "DEAB Mas. PnrznA*:—I suffered when Senor Roblado held his confiden- maj. be named aB lhe approxjmate gea. Perhaps the situation warrants his marks the other drily: and then adds. And shepherds luwiag lowly jees of Romans in Africa. with stomach complaint for years. I tial talk with the general. I was in a — . . — For b! in old Judea action—at any rate. Jack Is human, son. This Is the "Uncle Tom." and I Interesting results have been ob* got so bad that I. could not carry my "With your consent, senorita. I would position to hear what was said. At tbe Christ-Child's little feet. children but five month;, then would and the temptation to pay Spencer e11 Our blctied Lord a bom. talned by the exploring expedition in like to see Mr. Travers alone for a "Senor Roblado Is In tbe secret em- *, propagating. have a miscarriage. Tne last time I back in his own coin quite Irresist- short time." V rl 1 b ,e the region of north Africa which was Ploy ot the Sparifb fOTernmcm. FW * « " » became prernant, my husband pet me ible. • "Ah, you bring him news; Is It not me 80 cttl ma,ie n0 formerly known as the "limes Tripoll- to take Lydia E. PlnLliam's Vejro- tne to overcome this last rebellion bv , ' thpr that rocHsthnto rest, Mlw da Yiour tanus." At ten miles from tho post table Compound. Aiter taking the So he speaks, and tells this beauti- so. I do not know what business has turce Of arm., .lev are no, about to <™'P> ,nlb tte ,lld tmlt I of the creek bottoms. It seems to be of Matmata. in the most remote part first bottle 1 was rcliered sf the sick- ful tigress that the man she once lov- tempted him to visit this poor dis- the general impression that because ' BBS. of the mountainous mass of the same ness of stomach, and began to feel bet- ed—the man who won her heart only tracted country Just now, but surely name. Lieut Perlcaud discovered « ter in every way. I continued its use to Insult her. the man she has remem- I wish It success." she says, quickly. uie pawpaw Is usually only found M EN BI FIT A growing on bottom land it will not HARSH. fortified Roman farm, which Is the and was enabled to cariy my baby to bered only with such bitterness as a "Thank you." returns Jack, mentally maturitv. I now have a nice baby succeed In the upland, but this is a most important of the remains found Spanish girl can experience toward wondering whether she would be as A VICTIM OF LA GRIPPE. girl, and can work better than I ever one who has wronged her—he Is In sincere should she know that the ob- mistake, for I have never seen better In this region. The Roman cIWHra- could before. Iamlil;eaneTrwoman-" ject of his venture Is simply the nor larger pawpaws anywhere than East and fhe WeM Htlle Je SOB, Who died on tkm. of which this Is a trace, was es- — Mas. FBASK EETES, 22 S. Second St, Havana at this hour. Mrs. Henrietta A. 8. Marsh. 769 W. those I have found on White oak hills. tablished In the south of Tunisia in Merlden, Conn. — *5000 forfeit If orlnlnal cf He can readily see she Is strongly strong hope that he may win the love 16th St, Los Angeles, Cat, President the secoad and third centuries A. D.. etoM litter proving genuine nest cannot bt produced. moved by the circumstance, though of his own wife—that and nothing It is possible that these five specimens : Woman's Benevolent Ass'n, writes: more. of the Uncle Tom are the first speci- "I with Im grippe tor seven following the military occupatloa of FREE MEDICAL ADVICE TO she does not reply for some time. i ssdfcrerf JINKS the country. She kisses her hand to them and mens of the grafted pawpaw, as it weets. mmi aatbMf l comld ^o or tskm WOMAN. "He does not dream I am under Cu- 2® ban skies. Perhaps my hour may with merry words dances away, man- does not seem to be generally known ; " .w/TTf!?* „• Dont hesitate to write to Mrs. Doing Great Work. come. You look at me in displeasure. dolin In hand. Jack's eyes involun- 10 e ft 6 ROMHNTICI Pinkliam. She will understand ine^aws ^ ™ " secured the right medicine and 1 kept Florlsant. Mo.. Dec. 19th.—(Special) Senor Jack. I know you cannot un- tarily follow the wlll-o'-the-wisp. Men- au 5 ,n the sp n e tb e AnSlhdh raised up yonr case perfectly, and will treat " «- f*" "f 1 steadily Improving. Within three HISTORIES —That Dodd's Kidney Pills are doing TOU with kindness. Her advice derstand our ways. But he may yet tally he Is thinking that "fine feathers apple or pear. The medical schools week8 j WM miy stored. and 1 am make fine birds;" tbe last time he saw It Is safe to affirm that no Christ- a great work In curing the more ter- is free, and the address is Lynn, learn that the girl of Santa Fe and do not teach nor admit that there Is a gia(j ^at I gave that truly great rem- Jack Tar Is notoriously a "merry Lola, she waa apparently In poverty, mas card played so Important a part rible forms of Kidney Disease, such as Mass. No woman ever regretted the woman of Havana are one. and polsonous principle In the pawpaw, edy a triaL 1 will never be without soul," whether afioat or on shore: but bavins written her, and she has though known even then In Santa Fe much like that found in Ivy and poison , It again." In a man's life as one which hangs in Brlght'a Disease. Dropsy and Diabetes, have the same grievance." once a year he lays himself out to helped thousands. as a beauty. oak. A few backwoods doctors know In a letter dated August 31. 1904, a frame over the writing desk of a everybody knows. But It must also "Pardon me. but perhaps If the past eclipse even himself, and that Is on be noted that they are doing a still "She Is a child of genius; she pos- it. but the books and tha professors' Mrs. Marsh says: "I have never yet certain well known journalist Thf were opened again It might be dis- h ar, ll cac3 0 eni ueBtio Christmas day. It matters nothing ONE KIND ACTION A DAY. sesses the form and face of a Hebe do not teach It. Most persons are Im- f L} ®4f,® L t P ^Q "" ttORTI remarkable story connected with thlt greater work in wiping out thousands agreeable to you—to others who are mr where he may find himself—dodging and the smile of an angel. Beware. mune, bnt ,lti n few the poison 1. J?' W. till em 1L 1 Wete* Ihrtyb ^ JttHitr orfa nabe or* "•* gm—f af Ihc Wot. 'fitltKine* * r*s ^eum. »cci • CTOM an Ing among palm-fringed Pacific Isl- Peter Barteau of this place. She Making Others Happy. "I see how It Is. Senor Jack. You earnest though his way of shaking poison oak or Jvy. and other washes POO(3 wolt Much ^ ,t j8 beiag used fhcKn^* frouoS About twelve years since, the Jour besides sugar of lead are necessary horo oinr. " <1 . « ands. or In port 3.000 leagues from says:— When you rise in the morning form believe I am married—that this is the his finger at the young mine owner "Ah. yes! I grasp the situation." tJWfc ew^ebe tahCft ffl. tntcrrh lharonc af >i i n^t hove, came fram aCw CV* trouro '* for ChrMtnXII* ficoven pi rations. Against the advice of hlf people on earth can beat the Span- respondence In Rural New Yorker. pressively calls a "high old time"— but since I have been taking Dodd's Smith. It Is easily done—a left-off case." Don't engage In any worry on my iards. Ohio. \>L«ug*>fnca»ur«1«»» Vucfta Ihclr gxMlc. cm Vhe cro*t.t% on carfh, onB an earth if •bll parents, he threw up a situation which and he has it Kidney Pills 1 have been entirely garment to the man who needs It. a account Smithers. my dear boy. 1 Askjoar Druggist tor m tne Penum • «*r •lay would have brought him In a steady "It was a natural supposition on my "Various schemes are to be put into News to Grape Growera. tSoe bt-iyfif lar- 4St •c«i»»hio* * put OUT l»» Hgftr TS« 6>rt%t came OJOK1 and all «•" vfvaf Km cxo«cd; And he sets about It thoroughly cured." kind word to the sorrowful, an en- frankly admit the girl Is a beauty, Almmnmc for I90S. If not large Income, BO long as ht patt. for when I met you before you immediate operation—rewards will be Grape growers in the United States and systematically, as becomes a Others here tell similar stories. In couraging expression to the striving. I and has a charm about her. a witch- ZJhtt* mode, nifht aa Joy anS made day a* night. inarm* nre o» wdc of t«« Wttrfionmc flsr were not living In such a paradise as offered for the betrayal of all filibuster may derive a useful bint from a proc- sailor. Long before he flings himself cared to do the work. But he con fact In this part of Missouri there are Trifles In themselves as light as air ; this. ery, that might affect even Jack Tra- «« ing expeditions, extraordinary Induce- ess as yet unknown on this side of the into his hammock on Christmas eve sldered literary work was his forte scores of people who have cured the will do It, at least for the twenty-four vers were he heart-whole and fancy She looks a trifle confused. ments given to those of Spain water, by which winegrowers In to dream, it may be, of the "old folk and he came to the great metropolis early symptoms of Kidney Disease hours and If you are young, depend free. But you understand that 1 am CQ&H 2 "I rannot explain to you. senor. A who will lay down their arms, and France are enabled to market fresh I at home," everything is practically to earn fame and fortune with his per with Dodd's Kidney Pills. The use of upon it. It will tell when you are deep In love with my Highland lassie promise stands In the way—a vow to last of all it Is designed that the lead' outdoor grapes all through the winter, ready for the morrow's feasting and as a free lance. To be brief, the re the Great American Kidney Remedy old, and If you are old it will send and there Is no room in my heart for i the Virgin. But In time perhaps you ers of the rebellion. Gomez. Maceo says the American Inventor. The suit appeared to be dismal failure, thus saved not only the lives of Kid- you gently and happily down the two—certainly not at the same time. ; revelry. All day long busy hands have may know all." and Garcia shall either be captured method, which is a recent invention, for after nearly two years' incessant ney Disease victims, but thousands ot stream of time to eternity. By the I'm no Turk. Smithers." been engaged In converting the mess "I shall meet my host at dinner. or assassinated." is both curious and • Interesting. struggling the Journalist found him other Americans from years of suffer- most simple arithmetical sum look at "Pardon me. sir; I only joked. As deck into a veritable fairy scene of perhapB." he puts out as a feeler, but Bunches of the finest grapes, when self one Christmas eve without suffi the result—you send one person, only you say. there Is a mysterious charm Jack ut'ters a cry of Incredulity; Dont believe rbeaa* color and gaiety. Roses there are in ings. Is greeted by another silvery laugh. ripe in autumn, are cut In such a way cient money la his pocket to pay hit one. happily through the day; that Is about the presence of Lola. I feel It and yet why should he doubt the truth tiam can be cured by rab> thousands, of all colors of the rain- "You are my guest, senor. There Is Best that to each bunch a piece of the vine bins liniment or oil on railway fare to visit "the old folk -si The Small Boy's Question. 8C5 during the course of the year. And myself—feel that I should be only too of the statement? Such things are bow, and all fashioned by clever fin- no other who has a word to say or an five or six inches long remain attach- the won spot The dls. And lo,. Uie star which thev saw war in the New World. In the first home." The other day a Klrksvllle smalt suppose you live only forty years af- glad to give up aU the world and de- in these enlightened days not Infre- oy. gazing upward at its devices and mottoes of all kinds glit- fore fee] at ease. Go and come as you bunch hangs—an arrangement which, tbat way. It muet he 5=s2WTJ»*^ gathering around sociable fireplaces, going against the advice of his parents and. entering the kitchen, said to the cine; you have made 14,600 beings Isn't business"—with a sudden snap Turkey a leader meets death at the ter from the walls, and all so skil- will. By the memory of your brave as will presently be seen, is essential taken out of the ayatem. pare white light in the hush of the are abroad, driving before them the happy, at all events for a time. Now. of his Jaws that Indicates a putting hands of an assassin; again It is In Celery King curt* rheo- fully arranged and blended that one he began to think seriously of de woman of the house: "Mrs. Pickens, Holy Night. | __ . _ remnants of the Warnpanoag Indians, act in the past you are welcome— away of gentler thoughts. France, while even the freedom of a to the success of the operation. A matlm 36c. Cure stroylng all traces of his Identity ant lemme look In your face a minute." Is not this simple? It Is too shaft for "But mankind." said-the old man. ' is tempted to think that, after all, yea. thrice welcome." large number of wide-necked bottles, ^a AR IN* THE EAST whom they haVe defeated in a great Tbe woman picked him up and asked. a sermon, too homely for ethics, too "Ah, yes, you have discovered some- great republic did not save Lincoln 1 Jack has missed his vocation and committing suicide. While sitting ir Sh* beams upon him—there is filled with water, are ranged in hori-, Badly, "has not followed. In all the j battle near Narragansett bay; and in "What do you want. Willie?" The easily accomplished for yon to say. thing—something of Importance, I or Garfield. Wondrous Story of fho Centurli should have been an artist his lodgings with this idea runninj fttscfnatlon in her very glance. So zontal rows on racks in a cellar, and Christmas eres since it looked on the 1676 the French are taking Cayenne boy looked at her a moment and then would If I could." should judge." ^'From what I.could learn, the cap Now all is ready for Father Christ- through his mind, however, the post Cleopatra of old must have bound in the open end of each of these rc-' shepherds in thai field of Bethlehem, That If Told fo tho Boy in Giana. after a Stubborn siege. replied. "Gee. ef yer ez ugly ez the "WeU, yes, I rather think I have, tain general does not favqr this latter mas. First comes an Impressive cere- man brought a letter which contalnet Marc Antony under a spell, and caus- ceptables IB placed a bunch of grapes it luia lodkidioti men doing evil some- Who Gated at It. In 1C8G the Star shines on grim and devil, he ain't so bad." The woman Sum Value of Happinesa sir. It has staggered me quite a lit- method, but is determined to make an wberf toHteir ^feBowR lt« light -has mony, when the men. In Immaculate a small Christmas card sent by a five ed him to forget his duty to the Tri- —that is to say. the piece of vine-stem moody faces In the town of New York, has decided that she won't speak to Every human soul has the germ of tle. I admit; and there Is a promise attempt at capturing these bold lead- duck, are paraded for service; the year-old niece to whom he was great umvirate and Rome. is inserted into the mouth of the bot-i be; n dimmed by the lights from camp Slr the boy's mother any more.—Kansas aome flowers within; and they would of some lively work ahead." ers who continue to defy him. and set, she is a hopeless wreck on the I Edmond Andross. the first royal fiag Is hauled down, and In Its place ly attached. The words on the fronl ' Jack shakes himself mentally. He tie, and the grapes hang outside. The j IDdplfldkc fir'.'i; of armies nnd from flames of City Journal open If they could only flnd sunshine Having thus aroused Jack's curios- should they fall Into the hands of the rocks of the beautiful island. governor and vice-regent of Nejr Eng- the red cross pennon of the church of the card were simple: "Wishing but..ing cities. I am old. and it is and free air to expand in. I always decides that it may not be safe to ity. Smithers casts a nervous glance military authorities, you can easily grapes do not touch the bottle, but' The Star is to see many cruel things has Just arrived and is making unfolds In the breeze, and four or five you a merry Christmas and prosper Woman la Home Body. remain under this hospitable roof are supplied with moisture through' we.-.i 7 waiting for the fulfillment of a roaring Christmas eve of It. told you that not having enough sun- around him—not that he has fears of guess what their fate will be. in the New World after that. Its hundred lusty voices join with the Ity"; but on the back was written longer than he can possibly help, the vine-stem, which Is Immersed In! tiic promise." Two yeRrs afterward the Star "Mrs. Jason-Gause, a demure little shine was what ailed the w^rld. Make eavesdroppers In this place, but such is a welcomed change serene beam shines on Montezuma In band in sending one good old Christ- In the child's scrawling handwriting the people happy, and there will not since It Is not to his liking that he "So a clever plan has been arranged ' the water.'hTthis manner black Ham- "The star is beautiful and splendid," gleams on his royal master. James XL, Quaker lady of Lyon county." says the an act is second nature to him. 1519, a prisoner In the bloody hands mas hymn after another rolling up in "From your little Bweetheart. NelL" awaken a passion in this tempestuous and to Roblado and Spencer has been . burgs and other choice table grapes SSid the boy wflh shining eyes. spending his Christmas eve In the Kansas City Journal, "certainly Is un- be half the quarreling or a tenth part "I have had my suspicions of Senor FRLVOTgivenN 1thV ea tasi or*\rk or\9f bringing— thAT.e — grea—t A of Cortez. It shines on Cortez again majestic volume of sound to the blue The thought that the little girl was heart wl.lch must turn to Dead Sea are kept fresh and perfect through an for a tired stomacba "Undlmmed I shine." said the Star. French court, a fugitive driven from rivaled In her record for staying at of the wlckertess there Is.—Lydia Roblado for some time, although in Gomez into Havana." with his men in the next Christmas of heaven. There Is no sermon, just looking forward to seeing him quick Maria Child. fruit entire winter. "And He In whose sight a thousand his throne In England. home. She has Just returned from a doubt as to the exact nature of his "Well. I am interested, but so fai years are but a day sees mankind look eve. lying before Tezcuco. which he a few hymns and prayers; hut you ly dispelled all thoughtp of suicide visit to a daughter In Texas. It was Is to enter and plunder before the end Sitting with a few companions by Free Inatrnctlona How to Cae character. He has been working under I see no cause for alarm on my part toward me every year with new in- won't find a more Impressive Christ- from the journalist's mind, and. put her first ride on a railroad trala. It CHAPTER XI. Eastern Treea on Western Farms. of the week. a camp fire in the primeval wilderness a cloak. In disguise. Yen remember Of course, those in sympathy with the , teMlgence and lore. Age« have passed mas service the big world through. ting his pride In his pocket, he bor was the first time In nearly fifty yeara CEMENT on the FARM Farmers In the west that want to On the Christmas eve of 1529 and of Pennsylvania, a* young surveyor in New York I spoke of his meeting rebels might be anxious about the out- and other ages still must be before . Then come the finishing touches rowed sufficient money to take him she had been outside of Lyon county. Send for year's subscription to THE Under the Spell of the Enchantress. plant trees either for fruit or orna- for ten Christmas eves thereafter the looks up at It In 1753. He Is George a number of mysterious men." come. but It surely does not matter, the, Word shall be fulfilled. But«very to the mess deck fairyland, each mess home. It was the turning point In hlf For twenty-three years she had passed CEMEKT EBA. Tells how to make troughs, Jack makes no attempt to discover ment should secure them of western UNITED STATES Star looks on an American Odyssey. Washington, nine days' journey on his "Whom you believed at the time to much to you and I. Smithers." re Christmas eve 1 shine upon a world trying Its hardest to eclipse all the career; for he determined to try again but one night away from home. She walks, floors, walls, foundations, houses. the nature of the mystery enveloping growers and make sure also that the It Is the Odyssey of Alvar Nunez and way home from Lake Erie, where he Bilos, cisterns, etc. Every fanner should belong to the Cuban Junta, which has marks Travers; and then, as his keen Importing that has moved forward step by step." others In wealth and skill of decora- after the holiday, with the result that 1b the mother of Prot Gause, of the Lola. That It may have some con- western growers have not purchased his three companions, sole survivors has been to carry a message to the bave this paper. Send 25 cen "s at once headquarters in that metropolis, where eye notes a flitting look of embarrass- tion. As the hour of noon draws near he was able to go home the following State Normal school" nection with the story of Smithers Canadian Orfeater grew the radiance of the of the expedition of Pamfilo de Nar- commander of the French that will to THE CEMENT ERA, Box A. Marl- filibustering expeditions are planned ment upon the features of his compan- them in the East. A tree grown In the petty officers of the watch give be can readily believe. The present 8tar. until the world sank away, and end finally In the French and Indian Christmas and tell those who were borough, Michigan. aud moaey collected for buying arms, ion. the iliought dawns In his mind ' the eastern or middle states IB not wheat is vaez. wandering along the northern and the future must engage his at- (till and pure It shone orer Jerusalem. war. Indians are prowling on his path place to the smallest lads aboard, who dear to him that his work had won How's Thit f ammunition and dynamite." o . adapted to the West, as a common coast of Mexico, through Texas, to We offer One Uondred Dalian Beware for oaf that perhnps, after all. Smithers Is , thing, and this has caused much dls- now a fact. Whose calm and faithful eyes are strut about in their mimic dignity for him a lucrative post. Have Smaller Faces. tention anj they give promise of live- the Rocky Mountains, and thence to that night, but he looks as serenely eaae of Ctlarrh that caaaot be cared br HaU'f Smithers shrugs his shoulders. more deeply interested In the fortunes planting of trees. Get a FraeBomeateadlnWeatern Canada, or buy and send officers and crew Into con- Mavbe there are some readers whe CalarW Care. couragement in the •hese that look toward It from a eel!?, Mexico, trying to find a way to take at the Star of Bethlehem as If he F J. CHEKET * CO.. Toledo. O. The chief difference In the heads of "Yes, and dynamite. Well, when 1 of the straggling patriots of Cuba aome of the beat wbaat landa sat the continent, and Stephen lies there, soon to be taken were gazing at it from his home in vulsions of laughter. And then, at the still remember the pathetic story at We, tfce nadenlenrd. bare known F. J. Cbeoef The tree peddler will need to be became a producer. them back to Spain. They spend one for tbe laat IS rear*, and beUere tain perfectly bua- men and of the lower animals is In j risked the hazard of that guess 1 was than he bar. ever admitted." The arerage yield of wheat thia year will be about to' the city wall and stoned to death. Christmas eve In being worshiped as Virginia. first stroke of eight bells the captain tached to a Christmas card recelvec orable io all baalnew iraaaacUotM and flnaaclallj the size of the face. Man has a very ' mistaken." {To be continued.) watched. He has the reputation of twenty buabela to tbe acre. The oat and barley crop and his officers pay their state visit by the German emperor two years able to carry oat any obllgatlutM made by hi* Bnn. hiring himself to a western nursery will alao yield abundantly. .Splendid climate, i.-uod Again It shines upon the Holy City, demigods by a tribe of Indians. They Fourteen years later, two other WALDIKO. EIVXAM A Uikarin. .large head and a very small face, and "Then the senor is not a conspira- acboola and chnrebea, excellent marketing faclliuea. Mirroiinded now by a Roman army young surveyors pass a similar Christ-1 Inspection to the mess deck. ago from a little girl whose father Wbuleule UruggUu. Toledo. O. tor?" FOX HUNTING BY SYSTEM. and then, on the sly, sending orders Apply for information to Superintendent of lumt- spend many others in working 'as Hall'* Catarrh Care U taken Internally, acting animals are more fierce and brutal ex- gratlon. Ottawa, Canada, or U> authuriied Canadian ander Titos. Before another Christ- slaves. mas eve In the wilderness. They are The plum puddings are sampled had been Imprisoned for lese majeste directly upon the Mood aad mneoai •urfacei uf tba actly as the face Is found large and "I didn't say that—only he was not for eastern trees, from which be can Government Agent—M. V. Melnnea, • ATtnoa •yaiem. Teatlmonlal* aent free. Price TS ccnu per sometimes make a better profit than Theatre Block, Detroit. Mlcbltau; C. A. Lanrler, mas eve, Jerusalem shall be no mere. Twelve years later the Star shines not to become so famsus personally amid deafening cheers, the decora- The girl, who was about ten years o! bottle. Sold by all Dnigglata. the rest of the head smalL meeting members of the revolutionist Maine Trapper Has Novel Method of Eaclt Bte. Marie. Michigan. The temple of the Most High shall on Hernando de Soto, lying in camp as that other surveyor, but their tions are duly admired and praised, age. had no mother, and. probably Take Haifa Family PIIU lar cocitlpallon parly." Shooting the Animals. from trees grown In the West The Plaaaa aay where you aaw thia adverttaement. bo razed and Titus leave nothing on In the Chickasaw country. It Is the names are destined to be linked for- and after a few seasonable remarks feeling very miserable at the thoughts A GCAKAJiTEKD CUBE FOB FILES. "Still, they were secret agents he buyer of trees. If he have not com- Few men can handle a hot lamp ItcblaK, Ullud. Uleeding or I'rotrudiiiK l'lie». Vi'L. Mount Moriah save a little heap of second Christmas eve away from his ever with a great cause. They are and good wishes the skipper with- of spending -Christmas without her chlmner and repeat the ten command- drogglal will refund mooey If VAZO OlSTKKNT met snd hfs business had to dn with (alia to cure you In < lo 14 daya. sue. find it to his advantage to inci- ruins. wife, the beautiful Dona Isabella, and Mason and Dixon, slttlns under the draws himself and his suite, and the 'father, conceived the Idea of sending ment* at the same time. Cuba. Ah. yes! I grasp the situation. Woods that he can shoot foxes with- dentally write to the western nurs- THE ONLY WAY ) And again there is a Christmas eve. he Is never to see her again. The Star at the end of their trail. They "feeding and fun" begin. Such feed- a petition to the emperor for her par A man doesn't have to have a frozen They were Spaniards." out taking aim. He sights the gun nerwKa Important to Mothers. heart in order to have a firm will. ery from which his trees are reputed Sik hundred yeara have passed. The Star looks down upon him In 1541, have reached a warpath and the In- ing and such fun It is, too; but. In ent's release in the form of a Christ "Exactly, Roblado is and has been by daylight and simply pulls the trig- CHICAGO Emmlne carefully erery bottle of CASTORIA A mobile countenance In woman may to come and tell them that he has a Christian 'world has fallen fay away near the Mississippi, with his great dians have forced them to stop thirty- delicacy, let us leave Jack to It and mas card. hide a wealth of feature play. a trusted agent of the Spanish goverr ger when the foxes come at night. a safe and enre remedy for infastl aad children, lot of trees from them. He can give ST. LOUIS frpm the Sermon on th* Mount- expedition scattered and all but de- six miles from their objective'point. join him again when the last mouth- The card was but. a cheap one. and that It • ment I could not exactly say whaC He secures the carcass of a horse them this Information by asking some KANSAS CIT* Hatred and. intolerance hare dis- stroyed. but thc dauntless heart of But they have practically run their ful of plum pudding has vanished and, bearing the very appropriate words. his mlsEiou to London may have sig- or creature of any kind, or, if that Is AMB Been tbe unimportant question, as "how deep torted the cause of Christ Into a cause him brave and unfearlng. Chrismas line and they finish It on Dec. 2C. seated and happy, he produces his "Good will toward men"; while on the nified. but there was something deep impossible, tie buys a calf and kills It PEORIA. ElgnaUn of uO You should the trees from your nursery f.ir shedding of blood from Bethlehem eve. 1542. finds no such person as Her- Christmas eve. 1773, and there are pipe—the crown of the feast back the child, had written in Ger- behind It- for he Is a desperate, dar- The body is buried in a favorable lo- 11 and wornert. memf to the far Isles of Great Britain. bands and flying banners in Boston. For hours now the Innocent revelry In Dao Por Orer SO Teara. ing man, hi whom the captain-general be planted?" Fs can do this without lusurjoua trnma «a the nando do Soto. Cnptaln-General of Cu- man. "Please. Your Majesty. let my cation; thwi he builds a little house world; compietciy ba, Adelantado of Florida, on earth. Young and old. mechanics and royster- lasts. Songs with rousing choruses, Tbe Kind YOB Bare Alwaya Bought places the utmost reliance. offending the tree agent or letting him Christmas eve, 800 A. Dv and Rome father come out of prison for Christ COUCH just big enough for two. The house rock ballnateil raao- Ih celebrating the Holy Night with In 15C7 the Star sees a gathering in ers and citizens of substance, are recitations, hornpipes, music on half mas day." The appeal Interested thc "But nou that you understand so can be carried by two men and it is Know that he Is getting a "check" on bod. no ii tint, no dirt, Thirteen is never considered unluclcr DON T DELAY his movements. no smoke, no c ind era. v-onderiWPrlsoes and^war- Antwerp. It is a terrible gathering marching together. Singing "God ' a score of Instruments, follow one an- kaiser to such an extent that he by the man who Kfltfi that number for much, let me tell my story. 1 went to located at a point that is about right riors .aiyi.. priests, throng Its si J' that conceives a thought of inhuman Save the King." they head straight for I other in endless succession; jollity caused Inquiries to be made, and. find- the price of a dozen. the hotel, ^nd loitered about, asking for a gun shot. There is a port hole Creatost* prince Of them all, * wlckedhees and ferocity. Yet out of the wharves, where two leaships are ' rubs shoulders with sentiment, and ing that the man had not committed questions vhere I could without excit- for a gun and a small peek hole, also Root Rot of Apple Trees. TO CTBE A COLD OXK DAT whom eveh tlje mighty Chsrl .this Ctu-istmas meeting shall a great lying. Some of the chests go over-' maybe a roar of laughter gives place a very serious offense, ordered his Im Take LaxaUve Dromu gulnlne Tableia. All dnif- ing suspicion. The senor was at din- a bracket that holds the sun glass. In some of the Western states root freedom be born. For It is that of the board, still to the accompaniment of [ io a moist eye, a tribute to the "loved l Thai the disease is highly contagious ,toward .It from their small craft as again. freezing, but unfaltering. be sure he needs no rocking. A little later the old lady died, anc does com^—news that will throw some suspected. Senor Jack, no other than famous Kentucky feud which had died PIso's Cure is the best medicine we ever \ 11,:ht on The buB,ne88 1 is shown by the fact that it will attack thci roll in tbe great blue serges of Anno Domln! 1020. and the Pilgrim Christmas eve, 1783, George Wash- the doctor found that she had left t-n, ""iiTn 1" hum myself. I-found no difficulty in strik- a natural death, there being now only the tropical ocean off the coast of Fathers rest from their labor of build- for all afrcctions of tbe throat and lunas.—1 farmer* and reerire io pack- Lola has endeavored to entertain an apple tree and spread from It in W. N. U.—DETROIT-NO. 52-1004. ington has surrendered his commis- More than half a million Christmas him her entire fortune. Her lawyei O. ErfMLMT. Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10.1900. aaaorted carder. —ita. ! ^ ^ ing a bargain with the first cabby 1 one survivor. Hayti. It may be that there is too Send to-day to she Blngs SpM all directions, killing every tree it ing the settlement which thoy have sion the day before. For the first trees are required to supply the de- declared that the date of the altera met, and Inside his vehicle we ex- "Do they have any clergymen in When anw—ring sds. please mention tf-'s paper much Christmao eve cheer aboard the begun that morning. F. Foater, Allegan, Mich. touches. The best remedy is to re- time In seven years, he looks up to mend for Christmas treeu In New tlon of her wlH was the day after that Too often the price of liberty is pro- songs to the tinkling of the mandolin, changed some of our garments. Here. Kentucky?" asked one of tlje party. Sarla Maria. For before the Star has Christmas eve, 1675 and 1G76, sees hibitive a1 and her voice is a round contralto. move and burn Infected trees, not put- the Star without heavy care. , j York aloud. on which she received the card. W.mOHHla. In this strange land of Intrigues, noth- "Of co'se." replied the colonel. ION ' Wa«bin^i<..Waahfncion. , D.C. I very fall and sympathetic. Jack has ting other trees where the old ones ing surprises people, and the fellow •'They mus' have clergymen In Ken- picked up a smattering of Spanish have been. It takes at least three 'XiatncMl look It as If quite accustomed to such tucky to read the bu'lal suvvice ovah unn. while In Texas and along the border. met hods. years for the disease germs to die he dsld."—New York Times. out Notice. The Yonth's Cotnpaslos as a Gift. Birthday Oettaerlsg. COKWATS Pedro and danc6 party given by What other Christmas present can [Crowded out last "week.] Christmas - 1904 the Mnccalwe Boys Club Saturday you chooee that will give so much RESOLUTION evening, Dec. 24. at Train's opera The ladles of the Birth-day club pleasuiefor so Utile money as a met at the home of Mrs. L. I*. Are you prepared to purchase house. AdmlsHlon 15 cents, checking years's sulwrlptlon to the Youth's the gifts you desire for thiBChrlBt- Conway WBR In trouble. The tele- free. One nice folding fan given to Thomas on Thursday afternoon lawt. Companion? The Holiday Nuiiibers The occasion lielng that worthy nias? Will you l»e prepared next gram on his desk was the dlsqulPting every lady. and Calender, Joyously, we wel-1 year? Make a New Year resolu- cause. It is nothing unueual for lady's birthday. The afternoon was coined on ChrlHtmaH morning, pleasantly passed with games for tion tbat you will hereafter have telegram to bring bad news, but Con- Mrs. E. D. McQueen has been quite making a good gift In themselveH, a bank account to supply your amusement. A six oclock tea was way's countenance told of perplexity III the last few days. are but the foretaste of a whole served by the ladles assisted by Miss wants. A Savings book at this rather than distress. Though he knew year's feast tf) come. The mind Is bank will help j on keep the reso- Buy Christ mas caudlei' at (\ H. Ethel Thomas. The table was the communication by heart, he took Alexander's. entertained with the numbers In lution. hand, and the Imagination revels In bountlfnlly spread with good thlngx it up and read It agtln. as if In hopes Trojan the liest J#c coffee on the the pleasure that each new week ; to eat, favors iMilng Ainurlcan tea of finding some clew amid the laconic market. H. Alexander. will bring until Christmas comes . roses. .The hostess was presented The Lowell State Bank with ii handsomely engraved sOver obscurity characteristic of telegrams: Gold pens in ebony and pearl hold- again. Tblslmnk will W ••Iwwl. MoncUy. "Will come by North-western five- If you desire to make a rhrlstnms spoon. Mrs.- Thomas responded In Dec. 36.1804- legal holiday. ers from 25 cent* each and up at a neat little poem composed by her- thirty train red roses. MARIE." Oliver's. present of the Youth's Companion | Willi the rubllshers the name anfl'j self In which every member of thf Conway's girl friends are numerous. Ladles and Gents chains, fobs, but- club wns reiuembered. Then follow- Each summer he msken them by tons. pins, rings, etc., atOllver's. address of the person to whom .you ' wish give The Companion, with ! ed Jingles nnd rhymes from other scores. Give him an Introduction as 1 members of the club. At porting an opentng wedge and In two days' $1.75, the annual subscription price, stating that Is to be a gift" The I the ladles bid the hostess good night time he will be calling a girl by her piibllsher will send to tin1 address | wishing her many happy returns of given name. Naturally the abundance named. In a parcel to be opened on the day, which WHS SO much enjoyed of these radiant memories has result- Christmas morning, all the remain- by all present.—[Com. sd in a certain vagueness of outline, ing Issues for HHM. published after 1 Heard About Town hut never before had Conway lost his the subscription Is received. Inclnd-1 A well selected line of cut glass at bearings so completely. Ing the Double Holiday Nuniliers, ' prices to (It all purses at Oliver's. For the life of him he couldn't re- the Companion's Oiranntlon Calen- Pure home-made maple syrup and member Marie. Whether she was der for 1905, lithographed in twelve j maple sugar at VanDyke's. colors and gold, and Niibscrlptlon , short or tall, dark or fair, a sylph Dr. Hodges,dentist. tf certificate for the liftv-two issues of i Holiday sale at Godfrey's. with dreamy eyes nnrt n plaintive Douglas shoes at Godfrey's. 1905. Don't forget the Christmas party voice, or dimpled and rosy and mis Full Illustrated annoiincument, j CO LT I-*ON ro R. Try our teas. C. H. Alexander. Is Dec. 26. chievous. Conway could not say. fully describing the principal features The finest Hue of rings at For boat lumber rail on the Low- Nor could he ever remotely conjec- ot the Companion's new volume for' Williams.' ell Lumber Co. ture what red roses had to do with 1905,will IM? sent free to any address. | thc case. The Youth's Conipanlon, 144 Berk-' Full roll seat reed rockers at 53.00, Big line of sterling silver spoons at ely Street, Boston, Mass. Sewing at Hakes.' Wiliiaras.' Oysters In bulk or cans at C. H. Thp 5.30 train was late. Conway 1 Use Yale Coffee from C. H. Alcsau-1 Get your Christmas candles, nuts Alexander's. had time to review aeain his summer I Maehine der's; nnd fruits at VanDyke's vacations for several years back VOTE Stocking's 4th annual watch sale Men's all felt, high-top shoes with You can't afford to miss Look's, rubber heels, $2. 1). F. Butts. without discovering tbe identity of FOR Contest now on. Marie. sensational sale of ladles' purses. , $4.00 reed rockers for $8.00 at A complete line of sllpi)er soles at Butt's shoe store. When at length the train pulled in Warm footwear at Godfrey's. Hakes.' there seemed a discouraging prepon- Read Weyrick's Christmas adv.. In Watch right! and prices right too! See Butts' show window for holi- this pai>er. derance of elderly women and ma- at Oliver's. day slippers. trons. accompanied by their families. M Gel your oranges, figs and grapes First Deputy—WTial caused thc de- The few good-looking girls who lay in tbe execution? Warm SIIOCK for cold feet at God- W'rlU- iiHme plnlniy anil iMirn"-tly Fancy apples and oranges atC. H. (or Christmas at VanDyke's. frey's big clothing store. Alexander's. passed met Conway's expression of Second Deputy—The dheriff and Mrs. F. C. Alger Isclerklng for Clyde glad welcome with freezing stares. ibe condemned man got in an argu- John Miller of Grand Rapids was Collar during the holidays. 1c town Monday. He was on the point of giving up ment about automobiles. Miss Ella Ford spent last week when he saw a girl coming toward YoucangetPalmer'sperfumes only with her mother at Logan. him with a bunch of red roses in her at Look'sarug store. House and lot for sale. Inquire of hand. Conway advanced eagerly, ex- M. M. Held of Ypsilanti waslntown claiming. "Marie." But he experienced on business Saturday. J. E. Lee. 2w Turkey stuffed and roasted on a distinct shock when he found him- Don't forget the cut prices on self unable to recall a single feature furniture at Hakes.' Christmas day for 35c. Weldon Smith. of the pretty face raised to his. The Lowell State Bank will be Marie seemed glad to see him, but closed Monday, legal holiday. Call No 75 Citizens phone when you want your groceries delivered promp- at the same time her face wore a Fancy cluster raisins, stuffed figs puzzled expression. DON'T THINK tly. C. H. Alexander. and dates at VanDyke's. "I suppose I'm stupid," she said, Charles G. Miller of Rochester. N.Y. tt When you have freight at tho "but I really can't think who you are. was In the vlllagi' on business Thurs- depot call up J. D. Kelley & Sons. day. I'm sure you aren't Pearl." This with a little laugh. For boys, ages 8 to 16, D. B. coats. See that nice line of Fancy Box Bccause went last week with her sister. and Saturday. Mrs. S. P. Hicks. Miss Cora Howe will spend the W. H. Fuller of the Adolph Loeb in Lowell that we have have neglected our Holiday line. holidays in Eagle with her cousin, Co., of Chicago, called on C. Guy Mrs. Wm. Howe. Perry last week. We are in shape to give you bargrains in all lines. Edwin Miller of lonla has moved Martin Eickhoff will move to Ver- Come to our store and let us to the R. H. Bohn farm two miles help you. We can suggest hun- north of here. gennes and work for the Grand Rap- Ids Edisou company. dreds of articles that will be Mrs. David Yelter has moved to both pleasing and practical for Lowell and will will spend the winter The new Klumpp meat market has Toys, Books, with Mrs. W. R. Blalsdell. been closed, the business not war- Father. ranting Its continuance. Mr. and Mrs. Warren LUlle at- Mother. tended the State Grange at Lansing Raymond Waldrou, Inspector for Brother, - Games, Meehanieal Toys, last week, returning Saturday. the Delaware and Reliance Flfre Ins., Sister, Co., Inspected Lowell Monday. Baby or Miss Scott will hold her Christmas Sweetheart Albums, Toilet Cases party on Monday evening, Dec. 26, See the sleds we are giving away from 9 to 1 oclock. Violin and piano with Coaster coffee. A fine present Beet Mocha Glove wecanbuy inutile. f jr the little one. Foster's. Is none to good for you. We Dinner Ware and have it. $1.50 a pair. N. B Blaln and efster, Mrs H. B. Clyde Collar has recently fitted up Peck, attended the funeral of H. two very nice rooms in his residence. Fine Satin Girdles, the $1.00 West in Grand Rapids Saturday D. Gunn and J ohn Roth did the work. kind. 50 cents each Chamber Sets afternoon. Laundry collected Mondays and Knit SbawlH of all kinds for Mrs. Hattle Barret of Edmore has Wednesdays. American Steam young and old 19c, 25c, 37c, 50c come to spand the Winter, and will Laundry. Harry Lake, agt. Phone to $3.50. occupy the rooms just vacated by 225. girls? Tou know I carried, the roaes Handkerchiefs from 1c to 75c Mrs. S. Davey. t 1). G. Mange is giving hie insur- «o she -would be sure to recognize mo. each. Dont Fail to See Our China Dinner Set The L. O. T. M. held a bazaar nnd ance business a judicious advertising That's how you knew me, wasn't it?" Golf Gloves, all kinds, all served a dainty ten-cent lunch at by distributing some elegant calen- "Yes, that's how I knew you." ad- colors, all prices. their rooms Friday evening, It was dars. nitted Conway, truthfully enough. Baby ROIHW, nice and warm well attended and the proceeds were "I'm relieved to find you here." $22. Miss Elydla Perrln of Brooklyn N. Just right for cold stormy Y. has been visiting Mesdames Mc- Marie chatted on. "You know I didn't weather. The Adelphic and Olymphlc so- Queen and Hodges during the past telegraph till this morning, and then Given Away Christmas Eve cieties of the high school are each week. I didn't know anything about Pearl's Lots of Furs. They are going publishing a neat little bi-weekly pa- downtown address, except that ahe fast, but If you come quick we I»er, edited arranged by some of the Miss Sarah Lyon of Milwaukee Is can supply your wants. Is visiting relatlvee here while at- was employed somewhere In the Mon- members, aud named respectively for Hugs and Table covers for the two societies. tending to some matters connected •dnock building." She fumbled in with her father's estate. her pocket book anl drew out a check. Xmas. All grades and prices Come an look our stock over. Dick Bergln has rented his farm to 'Will you pleaae see about having from $1.00 to $6.50 Yours for business, Ed Walsh and is this week moving The Lowell City Bank is sending out very neat calendars tor 1905 to my trunk sent up?" Ask to see onr Speolaie at to St. Johns, where Mr. Bergln is in SI.00 even. the produce business with R. W. its patrons. The subject of. the It was a crucial moment. "Where Stone under the styled of Stone & picture is "The City Cousins." shall I have It sent, please?" asked Wishing you A Merry Xmas Bergln. Landlord Swayze of the Waverly Conway. 1 am yours truly. Mm. H. F. Clark gave a "Dutch Is distributing some very neat "Why, to Pearl's, of courae. Here's lunch" to the ladies of the west side diaries among his friends ns souve- the address, though I suppose you Birthday clubUast Wednesday after- nirs of his up-to-date hotel. know It well enough," with an arch noon. Everything was in good old Mr. and Sirs. LeRoy Hill of Toledo look. J. B. NICHOLSON German ityle, and the nine was are expected home this week to Conway did not know It well COLLAR'S BAZAAR. spent very enjoyably. (One who spend Christmas with their parents, onough. He eagerly clutched the LOWELL, MICH. was there.) Mr. and Mrs. Orton Hill and Mr. card she held out to him. Then be If you haven't time to prepare and Mrs. Jas. Mulr. started, for the name "Miss Pearl Con- HollUter's Rocky Mountain Tea, it The Keut County Teachers' asso- way" waa so like his own that in an is now made In tablet form also. ciation meets at the Parrish business instant the mystery of the telegram Get a package already to use. college In Grand Rapids December 31 lashed upon him. It had been directed Makes you well; keeps you well. STi at 10.30, A. M. Superintendent J. F. io Pearl Conway Instead of Paul Con- cents. D. G. LOOK. Thomas of Lowell will give an way. He had no ground, after all, to "Young men and women wanted address on the subject, "Curriculum iccuse his memory of playing him Above the Eighth Grade." to learn telegraphy. Railroads need false. operators badly. Total cost six Tree roses, ornamentalH, anything Conway escorted Marie lo her months' course at our school, in- In the line of the latest up-to-date cluding tuition (telegraphy and type- friend's home and took an abrupt de- |)each, apple, pears, cherry, vines, parture, refusing her Invitation to writing) board and furnished room, 4hrubs, etc. N. P. Husted & Co., OF OUR PRESENT STOCK O $89. This can be reduced. Cata- can supply you. First dsn stock come In. "I suppose I shall see yon logue free. Write today. Dodge's at prices that will save you money. very soon." Marie suggested, smiling Institute. Monroe St., Valparaiso, Their trees lh*e and bear true to knowingly. It was clear she had come ind." feb2 nnme. lo the conclusion that the relation be- James A.Johnson, who has been Alexander wants your butter and tween Conway and her friend Pearl at the Naval Trnlning station at was of a sentimental character. CLOTHING FURNISHINGS __ ^ Newport, R. 1., for the past three Conway departed mtich cast down. months, leaves there,Dec. 27 with a Not Given by Lowell Test. "1 shall never see her again, of class of apprenticed seamen for a course," he sold. "Yet she's klllingly three months training cruise In the The pedro and dance parties an- pretty. If 1 met her on the street I West Indies. He is well and happy nounced by tlie"Maccabee8Boy8club" SHOS and his weekly letters are astmrce of every Saturday evening at the opera should want to run. I might have ex- much satisfaction to bin friends. house, Is not under the direction of plained If it hadn't seemed to be ridiculous to tell her that I Imagined At the Inquest held Monday after the Lowell Tent. They wish It dis- Cheap noon at one o'clock, on the death of tinctly understood that they are in that I had known bar somewhere and Amll Blehler of lonla, the coroner's no way responsible or In any way forgotten her." Jury renderwl this verdict; Tlmt de- connected with these parties. Parties He sighed, feeling decidedly Ill-used. ceased cane to his death from Injur- given by the Lowell Macabeee, will But In the course of the ride home be under the head of Eddy Tent, K.O. ies received at the Grand Trunk his natural cbeerfnlness reasserted depot on the evening of Dec. 11. by T. M. M. getting off the train while it was in Itself. When be took out his lafchl ey motion. No blame attachen to any- Lad lee' fur-trimmed Juliets, all to let himself Into thp house, though CODFREY one. colors. D. F. Butts. subdued, he was no longer sad. "A Parker fountain pen's from $1.50 The best coffee In the city Is an- fellow learns something from every Train's Opera House Block, Lowell, Mioh. to $6.00 each aud nil are guaranteed croft House. Going at 35 cents per experience," thought Conway. "After at Oliver's. pound. Foster's. tu I'll keep a llsl/y t