VOL XXXIV MASON, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1909 NO. 51
itKKKlOOCKKHKHJDOOOOOOOOOOOIKIOOOOOOlKXKKKMJn Albert Boelio has been on the sick Mrs, A, K, Fuller has moved from I SECRETARY FIELD RE-ELECTED. HOLIDAY LOCAL NEWS|#| list during the past week, New VViiidsor, Col,, to Denver, At Vandercook's! C. J, Rayner is papering, painting Annual Meeting of the Farmers DOOOOOOOCKWapOOOOCKHIDimOOOOOlJOOOOOOtI Monday evening's alarm was for a Tabic Accessories uuooaDoauoWH: Mutual Fire Insurance Company. small lire at Mrs. Lottie Ilackett's on and graining the interior of his resi 10 lbs Granthited Sugar 50c, with The annual meeting of the li'iiriiiers $1,00 worth other groceries. A street south, dence. Just a few suggestions for your Mutual of Ingham county was held at Larniers, Take Notice. W, M, Smiley and Dan'l .Sear are New Brazil Nuts 10c lb, 3 lbs 25c Xmas and New Year's tables. Christmas next Saturday, The tlie court room in this city Jtonday, We will pay ;i5c this week for htit- shipping cabbage lo Miller it Son of Bi'oken Taffy, just for Xmas, ' Sc Dkjiochat wishes all its friends a There was a large attendance, nearly CRANBERRIES. The right kind,'tor fut, tblivort'd nt creaniery In cmicl Grand Rapids, They are No, 1 Hol Package Raisins, 7e, 8c and 10c Merry Christmas, 300 members beliig present. Meeting for jelly and sauce. Our berries I conrtltlon, M.\sox Ckuameuy Co, land and they will receive SIO per ton, Potatoes, per bushel, ' 35c are ripe, tart and juicy, 10c qt The Eden Gletiners will give a danc was culled to order by President Bar With 'every sack of Flour of any See notice in buslne!:.s local column ing party on Friday evening, Dec 24, Frank Woodward, a Lansing bar ber before dinner and an adjournment SWEET POTATOES.>lumb and kind, a can of Calumet Baking of man wanted. Wlieitton's orcliestra. tender, has bceu arrested charged taken until one o'clock. After dinner sound, direct from Jersey, just Powder FREE. Crime 111 and get tlio.se shoes sliioed. with selling liquor to a minor, He tiiere was an Increased attendaiice the kind to bake, . 3c lb Mason merchants are enjoying a Order by both Phones. Webb & Lawrence, *tf gave $300 ball to iippear for exaiuina- when called to order a little after the SEALSIIIPT OYSTERS. Solid good Holiday trade, and there ai'C yet ,Spc notice in bu.siness local coluinn tlon today, time. meats, no water, no ice, and a two more diiys for Christmas shopping, Struck hy a Grand Trunk Train. of ISO-acre farm for sale. A circuit court jury last Friday af Secretary Field read tiie annual re salt sea flavor, . .50c qt Claude Mliinls has purchased three Frank Hunt, a farmer roslding tliree ternoon gave Mrs. Mamie McCrauken port of the company from which we PICKLES. Sweet, sour and dill, Mrs, W. II. Townsend of North lots in the southeastern part of the miles soiitlieast of Okemos, was prob- a judgment of $225 against John Mc take the following: bulk or bottle. All new stock, Aurelius died this.morning, City iiiid is preparing to build a house aljly fatally liurtlast Wodiiosday after Crackcn, ;i Liinsing saloonist. Tiie MICJIIiUliSItll', crisp and appetising. A whole Mrs, W, A, Mell,on received tlie $;t on thcni, noon when he and his team were struck defendant is a brotlier-iii-law to the No, policies III force ,lan, 1, Itinil ,. 0,(122 lot for 25 cents. at J, G, Quirk's last Wednesday, Tuesday of last week Lon Dean No. policies Issued during year Jaa by a west bound Gi'and Trunk train at plaintiir and she claimed he sold licr CHEESE. Full cream from York •Special, a cut glass water set only shipped 14 barrels of dressed chickens No. pedicles eiiiiceled during year -liiS the Haslett station. Hunt's body was y husband liquor until the latter became No. poilcie.s now in forco r),6S7 $l,'l!), at Quirk's, while tlicy last, * to Buiralo, Tliey weighed a little carried on the pilot uf the engine for State, . . 20c lb JtlSKS, a habitual drunkard, 200^fcet and thrown into the ditcli Chicks,'large 12 cents, FowlSi'llc, over il ton, Aim, of ])roperty at risk ,laii. l, 10on....$n,r)2ri,,'i3;i NEW NUTS. New crop, extra Cyrus Baldwin, one of Onondaga's beside the track, but no bones were Ducks, lie L, DuAN, C, A, Whipple lias sold his dally pa Aint, of property tiddud dining year.... 8.'a,SS0 good this year, assorted, 1.5c lb oldest pioneer citizens, is dead, aged per busl'^ess to Gourtriglit & Camp Aiiit, of property deducted during year, 818,017 broken aud there was only a slight DATES, FIGS, MINCE MEATS, R. C, Dart, real estate, loans and col- 91 years. He came to Michigan more bell. The former will go to Battle Total anil, now al risk Sli,6Ul,atiii cut over the left eye and a few bruises FRUITS, that are fresh and de lectitins, Olllce In fvawrence Block, * than 70 years ago, and for half a cen Creek to work. JtlCOEIPTS. on his body. His wagon was dcmt^l- cently priced. Fur coats, closing oilt'entire line bo- tury was one of the most prominent Cash on hand ,Ian, I, liiuil S2,(i:i;i oo islicd and the leg of one horse cut olT, low all cotupetitiuii, at C, h\ Brown's, Mason Lodge No. 70, F. & A, M,, stock huyers lu this section of tlio Collected on assessineiil, HIOS (170 (U The iifilmal was shot and put out of holds its reguliir comiuunlcatiun to. AssossnieiU roll ot liioo... 23,;ii2 ot G; S. THORBURN .The Alaiediiii Library association state. He was a brother of Grove its misery. night. Election and installation of I'lee'd from policy fees, ele 70l stt will meet with Mrs, ilose Gallup Dec l-ialdwln, another one of Onondaga's Itecelved from loans , 10,riiK) oo Hunt was returning t() his home State Phone 103 Bell Phone 36 olllcers and refreshments. oldest pioneer residents. 2Stli, ToUU cash receliits S3;!,871 08 from Haslett aud drove in fi'ontof a Regular annual convocation of Ing Overstocked on robes, and horse We have received a letter from A, DISIIUIISKME.VTS, freight that was standing on a siding. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ham Chapter No, 51, R. A, M,, next blankets, Get in nii the rtiduction M, Oliver dated at Imperial, C.il., raid losses during year $20,572 .10 He did not notice tiie west bound ,SHlai-l(;s and foos paid olllcers iiffi ;« sale at C, F, Ilrown's, Ji'riday evening, Dec 24tli, All cuiu- Declltli, They are well, with the train that whs pulling iiito Haslett ZSESST'I'ieT Unpaid order of lOdS |)ahl,,. l,(JSI 02 panions are tirgcd'to be present. and drove directly in front of It, The We meet all mail order lunise prices exception of Mrs, Oliver taking a bad Loans paid iO,liOU (lO n, C, IC, IIli;,M.iICltSON, Dentist, Over K, The Circuit court jurors will bc ex cold after they arrived, A county mteresl au7 00 injured man was rernovod to the home ,1, lirnwn's Shnu Store, on clubbing iill'ci-,s iif magazines atciit D cused for the llolldiiy vacation the All other dlshurseineiits, Scliediiiu I!,,. :W2 81 of his sister, Mrs, 10, L, Cochrane, at . prices, at Quirk's Dept. Sturc. fair was being hold that week. It was |{, ,ins. ,s, IIAWI.in', Di'iitl.sl, l'"nrinerlv latter part of this week, Tliey will harvest time, they vvere cutting hay Total s;):i,S7i 68 Haslett, iind Dr, J, F, Codrlngton D l\lacl(ln!te Island tinil ,S|, iKnaw!, Hiiccc.'isiir On the last page of this issue will 10 Dr, SpanUlliiKand Dr, Mii.sley, l.a\vium:e tiik. return Monday iifternoon, Jan. 3d. and digging potatoes. It seemed lialance on liaiid Including iiiicollecled called. be found an ad. foi' the American assessnieliL iOOi) 83,075 00 Perseverance moves mountains of .strange to them to See hay cutting Hunt is well known at Okemos and Farm Products Co. of Owosso. JtESOUUCI'.S. rock. Low prices Is moving a irioun- December, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver send Oasli on hand anxi)crlence ing sets in. as I'rohale KCKlster anil ,lialgu ot I'robate. the northwestern part of 'the city, don. Some years ago Mrs, Biirnos members and promised faithful ser living in Onondaga township. Lucy known as tile Mulllken property, for L, W. Mills, Jr., & Co. have made died, and later Mr, Barnes married vice in the futui'e.' Fredcrickson, 10 years old last August, .A-TTCTIOITEEEl SI,500, arrangements with Santa Claus to be Mrs, Hardenbiifg of this city, who Meeting took a recess to allow the Is inadelicato condition. Her fatlier, various precincts to, elect directors, George H, Brazcc, a telephone line in tlieir store Frjday morning to de- died about a year ago from paralysis, Cliarles Fi'ederlckson, aged Gl, and W. OLAliX. Gi'iioriil Aiicl loiiccr. Leave or- Tiic following wore chosen : • ders ar, this olllce or address l\Iiison, ]!, V. liver tlic stockings to, the childi'cn two brotliors, George and Michael, IJ.NoO . 11, Sallslaotloii i^naraiilced, Bell iihonu man at Lansing, was ad,judged Insane Alaledon-Geo, W, Potter, Tuesday morning a long, strong aged 33 and 23, are under arrest cliarg- IJansvllleD, 4 it, by Judge of Probate Gardner Monday who left them there last week, Other Aunjlln.s-,I, W, Kider, black thread was found extending ENRY IvUim, General Ailctlonoer, Satls and taken to the Kalarria/.on asylum children are invited to come and tell liuiikerhlll-lC, K, Wood, ed with the-crime of statutory rape, ' facllon Buaraiileed, tonus right. Leave him what they want and see if he has west from tiie. front door of E, Cul Deihl-S, II, Fhllllps, The girl'.-i mother Is dead and she orderH s at tills onico. I'OBtolllce, Mason,. Tuesday, anything for them, ver's jewelry store to the corner of the iCasl Lansing—.\t, IC. Ulake, made a confession ton married sister A burning chimnej at Stafford Arm- First State and Savings bank and then Iiighaiii—,1. C. Hunt. when her condition became known. IKTSXTR^asrCE stong's. 111 the nortlieastern part of George W. Jewett, ex-county clerk, Lansing townslili)—11, A, McKIni, running south. There Is considerable The men ,wore arrested by Slierill : the city, was the cause of the lire and Miss Mollie L, Sanborn, both .of Lansing dry—W, W, Tliorbiifii. UAEMEliS' IVIUTQAL VIKK INSUIUNCK mystei'y as bo, why It was there, Gllne lust week Tuesday, and , tliey , E (Joinpanyof rnghainoounly. Safest,olioap- alarm atj'J;-lo Monday afternoon, Tlie Lansing, vvere married at tliehomcof Leroy-H. A. Greonltig, B9t and best. For Infonnatloii write toF. II. whether an attemptwas to iiave Ijeen Leslle-r, n. Wrlglit. were brought to - Leslie, Tlioy all , department responded, Mrs, Sarah L, Kneeland last Wednes Field, secretary,Ma.son. A. L Harlier, presl- made to burgliirize the storc®and the Locke-1!, J. DoolltUo, signed confessions, but demanded ex ilent,Mason. Olllce In the conrt lionse. day evening at seven o'clock. Cere Mr, and Mrs. Frank Henderson have thread used to give warning or what. Mason—Ji, A, Densmore. aminations, Tiioy wore remanded to mony was performed by Rev, W, A, Moridliiii-n, F. Wellman. moved from their home near Reading, Monday evening when Mr, and Mrs. jail in default of $1,000 bail eacifand, Mlnty, They left for au extended Oiionilitga-W. II. lialdwin. Ind,, to tlie i'arm in southeast Vevay Culver started for home Mrs, Culver tlieir ex.'iniiiratioiis were set for Tues BUY HICKORY LUMP western trip and will he at liome in Stooklirldge-O. II, Lowe. recently purchased of C, D, Fay, saw two strange men and did not like day of this week beforeJtisticcs Van- Lansing after January 20th, Vevay—J. H. Vanlluren. Soft Coal They are welcomed back tothiscounty. their.looks, Tiiey went back and put Wlieatdeid-,!, G, Fisher. Camp and Liimbard of Leslie. , Car now in. Best all coal and all While returning from work Tuesday on a stronger light in the store and Wliito Oak—0. A. Ilnyner. ' 'The local W. G. T, U, Las elected WlUlamston-W. T. Webb, lumps, j!3.75 per ton on niglit of last week, the conductor on took the money and jewels out of the the following olllcers: President, Mrs, Upon reassembling the elections by, Methodist Church. the M. U, R, work train was seriously safe, Dr, Freeland carae liome from your wagon, for cash. Harvey Wilson ; recording secretary, the 'precincts were ratified by 'tlie Love feast fit 9:00 a, m. injured. He was riding on the front a call between one and two o'clock and Morning service 10:00 a. m. Mrs, John Wheeler; corresponding meeting, Best Hard Coal of the engine, when he was thrown. saw a strange man walking in front of Sunday scliooiatlhSO a. m. secretary, Mrs, S, E. King ; treasurer, Epwortli League service at 0:00 p. m. He was not missed until the" train the store. The man turned south by W, T, Webb of Williatuston brought $7.2$ delivered and ,^7,00 on your Mrs, Geo. C, Moody, Evening service at 7:00 p, m. reached the gravel pit siding. On re up the matter of the killing of a horse, the Lawrence block aiid when he Prayer meeting Thursday, 7:00 p, ni. ., wagon, for Cash, Sheriir and Mrs, H, O, Cline were turning they fonnd that he had crawl reached the, alley crnssi^d the street lie said at the requesfof the owner, Everybody welcome,/ Prompt Delivery, Both Phones' called to LaGrange, Ind,, Sunday by ed to a telephone booth atEden sidine, and stood in the shadow of the build Clayton Sadler of Wlioatfleld lust a the deatli of the former's mother, who but was too exhausted to use it. He horse during, a thunder storm and The peculiar propt^rties of Cham Driver Brothers ings on the west side of Bstreet, It dropped dead last Saturday afternoon. was at once taken to Jackson to the is only conjecture as nothing happen claimed it was struck by lightning. berlain's Cough [lemedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of Near Freight House, Mason. The sberilT's father and mother were hospital. Last heard of he was in a ed during the night out of the ordi The company's adjusters thought tlie here just a short time ago to visit influenza, and when ib was taken in very serious condition, ' nary,, • ' . horse was not killed by lightning, but time we have not heard of a single liim. in some other manner, Dr, James The Mason Elevator Co. has instal- J. N, Thorburn experienced a busy caseof pnctimnnia,: Sold by Longyear •Last Thursd.ay night Lansing police Joslin, a' veterinary at Wllliarnston, Bros,, druggists. lecl two motors, one of 20 h.'p. the Earl Grover Gunn, son of Mr, arid day Tuesday of last week, purchasing arrested two men giving the naraesof examined the hoi'se and gave it as his other four h, p. Mrs, M, H, Giihn of Lansing, will be 20 head Of cattle for Detroit dealer.s. ^ra Lennon and Vernon McMann, one opinion that the tinlmal was killed by married to Miss Mary Elizabeth War From Alfred Aseltine of Ingham BUSINESS-LOCALS. Jutilge Collingwood has issued a de claiming to have no home, the other lightning, as It was badly bloated. ner at her home in the Soo on Wed township he biDught 19 head for five cree of divorce to Florence J, Clark that his was in Chicago, They were The veterinary was asked several nesday evening, Dec, 29th, Miss War cents per pound which averaged 1,100 WantE, War pounds each, Mr, Thorburn also se desertion and non-support, ' one being six feeli five inches tall and the matter was discussed for some onisldo ot the county. If you liavo a rig, are an ner of Lansing, cured from Harvey Stid a 20-months- honest man and not afraid ot work. No Invest tbe other live feet-six inches. They time, R. J. Bullen moved to lay tfie ment rennired If you are, the man wo want and Mr, and Mrs. Simon Diehl of Holt As a Christmas token to our able old Christmas steer weighing 1,180 for can 111! the other rerjulrements, Glvn business, had all the earmarks of smooth graft question on the table, which pre- full i)artlcnlafs and references lii-'llrsc letter. have issued cards for the oiarrlage of corps of correspondents .we will con which he paid 6* cepts per'pound. ers, : 'Their scheme was to go to stores yaijed, Address, W. L. Mliizey,,Ho.xl3t, Albion, Mioli. - their daugiiter, Etta L, to J, Wesley tinue to send the Demockat to a rela The stock buyer declares the steer to and on pretense of purchasing goods I'or Sale. ^ Ried, on January 1st, iOlO, at 12 be the best he ever bought. Col, L„ri, Ives moved that Secre tive or friend, ir the one to whom for'thelr wives,'take them to show, to The farm known as the Wlillam H. Quarry o'clock, at their home, • tary Field be ios'tructed to give proptjr you are now sending Is satisfactory a sister or other relative for aiiproval farm, twoand one-half miles east of Eden, Mloli., Mason churches will' hold their notice of a change In the charter next consisting of I8i' acre.S'.TMusl be .sold at once,- • At the annual meeting of the Mason you need not notify.-us, if you desire Christmas exercises this week. The and then not bring the goods back. Address .W.E, VanOami,', Administrator, I.eS-. year. On a yea and nay vote the pres lie, Mlcli, :•' 61W2 ,: Poultry Association, lield lastTiiurs- to make a change please drop, us a Presbyterian Sunday school will have They worked two stores, but the goods ident was , unable to decide, a rising Eotort Stovo for Sale. day evening, the following olllcers card or notify us in some other way, were found under thC: bed at their a supper at the church Thursday even vote was 50 yes to 36 no. Meeting Will burn coke, hard or soft coal, , were elected for the ensuing: year: , Mason Lodge No,'70, K, of P,, Mon room where one of the men was ar 50w2p / 0,;P.OS]iOBNK, Mason,- ing witli a programi by the little follcs th(!u adjourned.;: , ' ,. ::; Pres„.L, A, Gregg; vice Pres,, Felix day evening was presented with a and a'general exchange of presents rested. The men claimed; to be ma.- A li"iiio Present. McDanlels; Sec, K. H, Marsh; ass't large and'magnillcent moose head by after,"- On Friday evening the M, E, chlnists and had worked at the Seager B'rank Fuller, a north end grocer of A pair ot spectaelea'or eye glasses make a fine ' Olirlstmaspiesontforonelnneert of bettor vision, Sec, Claude Post; Treas,, 0, B, Davis; A, E, Dart, of Erwcod, Sas, The head church will have- an old fashioned. Engine Works iibout two weeks, Fri Lansing, was-arrested last Wednesday Tliey can be'excliaiigea and titled after Ohrlsr^: executive' committee, L, T. Hemans, is 50.X35 inches and weighslSO lbs. and day evening the men were taken be mas. Exftinlnatlon froeand a fit guaranteed.: Christmas tree with a program. The on a charge of giving intoxicating AU diseased conditions ot theoye given special A, B. Gretton, C, G. Hardenburg. G. Is from a bull'moose that weighed Baptists will have a Christmas tree on fore Justice Frazer, where they plead liquor to Charles Peckham, a posted attention,. •20w2 0, S: Ballaud, M, D. M. Webb, J. W, Lane, F, C. Parker, over 1,200 lbs, when lie was killed ed guilty and were fined $15 and $2,65 Friday evening also, with an exchange man. Fuller pleaded guilty and was Mason Taxpayors. A, W. Jewett, F, E, Densmore, J, A. about a year ago. The express on the of presents among all who attend that each or 30 day s i n j ail. The men are fined $20 and $4,05 costs, or 30 da,ys in Commencing Friday, Jlec. 3d, I will be .it tlio .Brower, Mesdames C, M, Casler, Asa bead was $24,20 and the doty $10,40, church and Sunday school: The teach serving time. : The Lansing Journal Farmers; Bank each Friday, until further notice, jail. He paid. Peckham was ar to receive taxes. After Jiui, lOth live per cent. - • (Benham, G. H, Gillespie, W. B.Teall. Tlic lodge feels very grateful to the ers in the Sunday school will prepare reads the justice a severe lecture on raigned as a ti ppler and was sentenced will be adtled. 0. L.BioKBitT, city Treas, ' The date for the next show and the brother for the present,-which will a program for.,the occasion. The the, absurdity of such a sentence and to 65 days iii the Detroit house of cor For Sulo. compares 11 wi th some ,of the other - plans upon which it will be put on will make a very artistic -embellishment needy ones in the city wlllbe remem rection without the'alternative of a 0. I.e. swino, both sex; also some Shropslilre •be announced later. • * \' sentences meted out .by: this court. ewe lambJ. All eligible to reglsttj. Gno. 1*. Ak- for their club room. bered by all the churches. fine. siiiiw*, ilz mllti east ot Maaon. .IturM ptaone AT IT AGAIN. Ingliani County Democrat. f(||(] [[OPOLD IS
MASON, MICH. LE
1S309 DECEMBER 1909 Death from Embolism Comes Sud- Sun Men Tue We Thu Fri Sat denly to Aged Patient in His Senator Rnynier made a hither in * * * Royal Abode, 1 2 3 4 dictment Of Zelitya in the Senate Mon day, calling for bis trial for murder. 5 6 10 11 7 8 9 Senator Dcpew introduced a hill for nn exposition in IDli) to mark the 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 LONG LIFE OP BELGIUM'S KING emancipation day seinl-centennlai. Atl- 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 journed until Thursday. There was no * session pf the House. 26 27 28 29 30 31 Monarch Often Denounced for Atroc ities in Congo and Shocking Gal There was no session of the Sen- F. Q. F M ;ato Tuesday. Tho President's annual lantries with Women, ;nies3ago was referred by the House and distributed among the various PAST AND PJIESENT •cominittees after .Mr. Payne and Mr. King Leopold of Belglnm died at iPlt/.gerald,' of New York, had clashed over a statement by (he former coni- AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL 2:'f7 o'clock Fi'lday morning, bis nged and wasted body being unable to stand |inending tho President's recommenda- CORNERS OF THE EARTH. the strain put upon It. The collapse itlons for economy in government de- occurred suddenly and at a nianient !partnients. Mr. llohson, of Alabama, Telciirnpllic Jtiformntion Oathurcd when the doctors soomlngly had tbe jgavo wnriiiiig of Ihe. nation's unpre- l).v lliu Kew for the JJiilitfliteiimciit groale.st hopes for his recovery. Tho 'iiarednoss for war in a speech in favor king's dentil, It was announced hy Dr. Of more libera! navy jjollcy. Mr. Pvlch-: De Page, was due to omhollsm, a ardson. Of Alahama, spoke for,a lib Five Killed in Lake Shore Wreck. small blood elot i)rohahly heing carried eral water way policy. Mr. McDor- The fiillnro of lihigliieor Athiins to to tho heart. ,mott. Of Illinois, advocated free w'ooti F.t'O tho lights of the switeh oiikUio In There being no direct hereditary •pulp. The District of Col.imbia appro- tiiiKi lo ehdcic the speed of his Iniln heir, the crown passes to Prince Al ju'lation bill wa.s reported. The was tho dlreet eaiise ol' a collision he- bert, the only son of Ivcopold's broth ;Hoiiae agreed to adjourn from Tuos- iwiion triiili No. 1, on t.ho Lake Shore, er, the late Philippe, count oC Flan \lay. Dec. 21, over the holltlays, recon- 1)01111(1 from New Vork lo Gliicaso, ders. The new inoiiarch was liorn on Toning ./an. ^1. whieli was sldoswlpod hy a switch on- April S, lS7u, and en Oct. 2, 1000, mar iiinv. In llii^ yards near the Union Sta ried Princess Elizabeth of Davnrlti. • There was no session Wednesday of tion ill Clovolaiui, Ohio, rosiilUiiK in Thoy have three children. Prince Leo ;tho Sonate. The Escli bill, reifuiring llio (lealh of llvo |)0j'.sf)ii.s aiiil tho fatal pold, S years old; Prince Charles, 0 !rallronds to make fiiUinonlihly reports Injury of aiiolhor. Sovcral iia.ssoilsors years old; nnd Princess Mario .lose, to the Interstate Cnninierce Commls- w(.'fO slightly hriilsetl and cut. who was born on Aug. -1, lOOU. Prince iSlon anil n measure giving the commis- Albert Is one of the most popnlnr mem ,'sioii jiower to compel rallronds to nro- Mother of Nineteen Children Dead. bers Of tho reigning house of Belgium. Ivlde uniform ernllpnfent for their, cars, Dorii ill llio oiKlileonlli ei^nliiry In His wife Is orinally popular, their home ;Wcro [lassod hy the House, Opiiosilion the iii'ovince of Klov, Uiissia, .Mrs. life heing such as to attract the ad i 'dovelo|)Pd to the section oi' the Escli Ili'iiyiie Malu!(loilsky died at Iho .low- miration nnd love oC the iieoplc. Prince liill sheltering liinno in I'hiladolpliia, j blUprolilbitlng the use in any action Albert has traveled extensively und I'a., at: Iho ago of J Ifi years. .Mrs. Ma- j brought for damages of the reports is a man of aJ'tairs. kedonsK-y had tiltieleoii clilldri'ii, scv- !,furnished by the railroads. Chairman' era.l of wholii aro still living, niul Is King LcQiiold was the ruler of Bel- j ]\lann urged that the sod Ion be al- .^iirvivod liy nlinni: ITjO doseondants, ginm since Ihe death of his father, 1 lowed to remain in the bill as an en- .scallerod over tho world, hut, most of who was King Leopold I., on Dec. 10, • coiiragement to (he railroads to give llKMii living In the United States. The ISG.'J. In spite of the oiien and glar the commission tho fnllost Information oldest grandchild Is 70. Ilo is Abra- ing irregiilarUlos of his private life, ZELAYA RESIGNS PRESIDENCY. PABOLED; KILLED COMING HOME RAILWAY WRECK IN IOWA. Of aocid(?nts. All aiiienilmeiits to the liain i\lal(odoiiHliy, of New York. the king of the Belgians was a suc .section were dofcaled. Tbo measure cessful administrator of his little Nicarng-unn Dictator Says That He CliiciiiJri) Hoy ^IcelN UiMitli IJiiiler tin: Train on St. Paul Bond Meets Acci 'becomes effective nt once. The JIann realm. Ho set up tho policy of Eng Wlurel.s ill lCiiiiMa.s. Piinania Canal hill was reported liy the' Judge Allen Zollars is Dead. Is- Eeady to Give Up Office. dent Wear Bayard, Iowa. A few minutes after he had been .Imlge Alien Zollars iliod at his home, land ns tho model for Belgium; and . Train No. 7, west bound, on the Chi' Committee on Interstate and Foreign from tho moniont he became ruler he Joso Santos Zelaya has resigned paroled on condition that he leave Conimorco and was the subject of gen- Tlil'i West lierry slrocl,, i.i'oil Wayne, cage, .Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail never ceased to urge the doctrine of from the presidency of Nicaragua, irie town immediately, Cliarles Schult/,. .eval debate. The provision for abol- liid.. after an iliiloss from galhstniioa road, was derailed two miles oast ol dating sliico last, fohriiary, and which colonization nnd e.xtension of trade, placed his resignation In the hands ot 20 years old. fell from the top of a lislimeiit of tbo Isthmian Cannl Com Bayard, Iowa, early on a recent morn, suvol'al oporalloiis failod to roliove. through a merchant marine and Congress at Managna the other day. box car on which be was riding out of mission and the cciil.rall/.atioii of re ing, the engine, tender and entire Ever .since his rotiirii from the linsiii- through sending samples of Belgium -Apiiarcntly there was no other course fjoavenwortll, Kan., and was ground sponsibility for the coiistrlictioii of the train, composed of baggage and mall tal, a iiioiitii ago, aftor a l.hird opol'a- mnnnfactnre to all parts of the world. for him to take. The people were at to death under the wheels. Sevon canal and the govoriuneut of the canal cars, two coaches and two sleepers, tloii, which failiid to iiiH.lgato his siif- This country is known as the "labora last aroused. The guns of the revolu cars passed over his body. In the zone under the President, In a director leaving the traclc. Thirteen passen ferin.gs, .lild.so Zollars had been grad tory Of Kiirope." tionists threatened. Tho 'warships of boy's pocket was a letter from his general, aroused opiiosltion. Mr. l-far- gers, were injnrtjd. What caused the ually ih'cliiiliig, and his iihysicians and The king was hern in Brussels on the United States lay in Nicarag'8'an mother, who lives at 251S Lowe .ave rison, of New Yorlc, cllarged tliat for- accident Is net known, hut tho tendei f;imily liad liUle, if any, hope of his April !), ]S;i,'i, and on Aug. 22, IS.ili, ports. nue, Chlc.'igo. He had just received mor Presfdent Roosevelt had usurpedi, trucks wore tho llrst to leave the recovery. he married tho Archducliesa Marie of Managua had been seething for days. the letter, whicii read: "To-day Is authority in the canal zone be did The spirit of revolt had spread even track, .and for that reason it is bo Austria, who riled In 1002. Pour ehll- your twentieth birthday, son, and my , not possess. Mr. Oliiistead, of Penn- Libby Prison Liberator Dead. to tho gates of the palace. Zelaya self and your brother John wish you leved a broken wheel mgbt have been, gy,,,,,,,,, M,H,„\|efended Mr. Coioiiol 'I'erroiico Clark, (10 years old, surrounded himself with an armed good luck. We want you to conie the cause. Tbe train is the Slonx City, ftQosQvel't Mr. Sierliug, of Illinois, vice pro.siiUnit of Iho lOdgar CoiinLy Na guard. Unchecked, the populace home for Christmas. If you want me and pes Moines local out of Chicago and Mr. Parker, of .N'ew Jersey, at tional flank, the largest land owner inarched through the streets, crying to I will send you the money to bring and carried passengers for tliose cit tacked tho section of tlio bill relating imd 0110 of tho woalUiicst inon of tbo for the end oE the old and proclaiming yon back to us." Schultz has been In les. The regular Overland Limited, to the judicial power in Ibo zone. Tlie enmity, died at liis lionie near Mctcalf, the new regime. Leavenworth three or four days. following, w.as delayed less than an 111., of lieart Lrniible. Colonel Chirk reading Of the, bill was licgun. Who will take up the reins no one hour by the wreck. The track was was one of the five iiion wlio plaiiuod knows or cares! It is sufTioient that soon cleared and the Sloux City train and made sticoossfiil (ho escape of a PIVE PROBABLY PEBISHED. Zelaya as dictator will be known no proceeded. During a brief session tbo Senate niiniher of I'odornl prisoners from Lib more. There is no doubt that Con adopted a resolution hy Senator Cui- rirciiiaii AI.10 ICUlert in ncslriiedoii by pri.soii by the tiiiiiiel route. loin.calling on the Secret:ary of the In gress will act quickly on his resigna ot ltiiil(liii»;- England present Congress. structure was allanie. A score of per with the so-oalled Cunningham coaL and the United States, has returned to Eugene V. Debs, the national leadoi KINO LEOPOLD OE BELOtUM. sons' sustained burns and other injur land cases. Girl Declared Dead Turns Up Alive. Boston to lay claim to a share of the of tbo Socialists, In a lecture at Tope ies. About twenty women were at ka, made the prediction that "next Miss Nellie Burns, 10 years old, who iran were born to them—a son, the estate William J. Corbett, who died work on the fifth floor when the fire year will witness the election of tha WHS declared legally dead last xyOek by duke Of Brabant, who died in January, . The Senate was not in session Fri on Sept. 23. Rival claimants eager was discovered on the fioor below. first Socialist Congrossman," but did the St. Louis Circuit Court, appeared 1869, at the age of 10, and three daugh 'for the llrst sight of an "own" brotli- day. Consideration of the; District ol In the oiricos of an iiisiir.aneo company With the assistance of policemen and not say who tho man would bo. ters. The eldest of these, Princess er, lawyers and newspaper men sought Columbia appropriation bill again/o& there a few days ago. She was later firemen the majority escaped, but some Kliner Dovei-, who entered politics Louise, was born in 1S5S and married out Corbett on his arrival at the' South cupled the day in the House. An Idonllfled by Mrs. Annie Bosse, her were carried out linconscious from the with tho lato;Senator Mark A. Hanna, to Prince Philip ot Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. station and eventually the police had amendment providing $17,000 for chil foster nintiicr, wlio had not seen her smoke. and acted as bis secretary, has decided The second daughter, Stephanie, who to abandon politics and has become ox dren's playgrounds was inserted. Mr. since October IS, 1S9S, when the girl to,take a hand to Insure the man es was born in 1864, was married to ecutlvo officer tor a firm of Chicago Mann, of Illinois, attaclved Auditor i.s decllired to have hceii kidnaiied. cort to a place of retreat. Tries to SiiioUoj Six Injured Prince I^udolph, the only son of the engineers. .For many years Mr. Dovci Tweedale, of the District, for criticiz. Six men were seriously injured in Austrian emperor, since the death of held the position of.seorcjtary of the ing Congress, and Mr. Fitzgerald, otr Rebuked Wife Ends Life. an explosion of natural gas in a fire whom in 1889 she caused almost as llepublican National. Committee.- New York, intimated that ex-President Mrs. David Welseiibttrg, wife of the Cistern in Topeka,, Kan. Prank Sny much scandal In Europe as her father. Just before the'opening of. Congress Roosevelt's bad example was to blame. niaua.ger of the cigar department of der, street commissioner, was probably the Daniel Stewart Wholesale Drug The third daughter is the Princess Representative Fowler of New Jersey Adjourned at3:53 p. m. until Monday,, fatally burned. The men, who are mem issued a statement in favor of a pro Company, coniniittert suicide in Indi Clementine. After the death of his bers of the street force, were cleaning posed bill tor a permanent tariff com wife, King Leopold morganatieally Infantile r«raly.>il« TnfeotlouN. anapolis, Ind., in her apartment, by out the'cistern. One struck a match mission and bitterly assailing both ilrinkhig carbolic acid after her hus married Baroness Vaughn, by whom Doctors Flexnor and Lewis of this to light a cigar and the explosion fol Cannon and Aldrlch. His bill propos band had rebuked her for receiving a he has two young sons. Rookefeller Institute,, who since tha lowed. The gas came from a broken es that Congress fix the maximum and man friend ia his absence. • Leopold's career of gallantry dates 1907 epidemic in New York of infan main. minimum rates and that a commission hack to the days of Cora Pearl, whose of fifteen shall determine the actual tile paralysis have been carrying om Senator Piatt's Accuser Out of Prison, adventures amused Europe in the mid rates within those bounds. extensive investigations to ascertain GJrl Victim of GyPNlcuT Mae 0. Wood, of New York, charged dle Of the last century. Tha wo.men the nature of this little understood and The body of an unknown 8-year-old Vice President James S. Sherman much dreaded disease, now announce with perjury and forgery in connection involved since then range from ladles The four protecting powers In the girl was found in an abandoned .well in a recent address.said: "During this that it Is an infectious disease an* • with a suit for divorce which she Of his court to music ball perform Island of Crete joined in a note to Tur udmlnistration we Intend to still fur on the farm of J. P. Harrington, seven hold out the hope that a serum tor Its brought ag.ainst Thomas C. Piatt, for ers. • key, politely refusing to consider for ther perfect our monetary laws. miles south, of Sandusky, Ohio. , No cure will soon be ^ forthcoming; The mer United States Senator, has heen Leopold was the creator of the Con the present, tha proposal to establis'h Intend to start the rehabilitation of the experiments have been made on mon released from the Tombs under .fl.OOO a definite Turkish regime on the Isl body has 'been reported missing from go State In Africa (originally misnam merchant marine. We propose to fur keys, which were inoculated with ma-; bail.' #• and. the neighborhood, and it is beliovcjd ther Improve our methods of federal ed "Free"), a vast empire of 900,000 terial obtained from tho spinal cord ot ;' tha little girl inay. have been a mem regulation. We shall take up serious square miles, from which hundreds of The French government financially a child who died of the disease. The Pennsy Flyer in Collision. assists young French merchants to vis- ber of a hand ot gypsies who were en ly and effectively tho conservation o( millions of wealth already have flowed first monkey promptly took the disease-;;; West-bound iiassenger train No, 29, It foreign countries to tho extent of 3,- camped near the Harrington farm last our natural resources and the mattei and died In a few days, when it was known as the Pennsylvania Flyer, into chrlstendojn. To what extent he 000 francs tha first year, and for a pos of inland waterways. found that its spine contained losloni summer. ., ;'ip;-: struck one of a string of detached box was responsible for the cruel atrocities sible second year 2,400 francs. Com In the course of his series of ad exactly like those in; the cord of the-v-; cars near Masslllon, il'iio. Fireman J. and abominable oppressions practiced petitive examinations are necessary. dresses in Texas before starting on hla child. , , >'.;; Man Divorced; CoiirtM Death. \ W. Alexander was badly injured. No upon the natives by the governing peo The home for aged sufferers from travels to tropical climes, W. J. Bryan ple Is not: exactly known. William Lanahan deliberately com-, passengers were hurt. . tho eartliciuake at Reggio, Italy, has said' at Galveston that he had been All>."< Attract llurt/.lnii Waven. ',^iJ mltted suicide by appendicitis In the criticised in past y^ars for his advo been delivered to tho Italian govern The.fact has been established fre Newport hospital, Newport, R. I. Two cacy of the income tax on tho ground Another Wreck on Southern Railway. nejoct Kiui.sa.H City PraiichLsc. ment. The home was built by funds oently by military aerographists.shovr. that it would not hit him much, if any. The Southeru rallw.ay fast,mall train The extension of the Metropolitan provided by the Amoi'lcan Red Cross famous surgeons told Lanahan he had ing that Switzerland is able to inter-, He would not now say what he waa No. 37, New York to New Orleans, Street Railway Company franchise Society. Forty.huts In the neighbor appendicitis and would die unless they cept any i wireless ; message .within'„a worth, .but he didnot raind saying that was wrecked at Chimble, Ga., eighteen was overwhelmingly, defeated by ^the hood were also turned over to the an-, operated on him. He refused. Lana radius of G,000 miles, owing to, the-at tUorlties. This completes the work of hiS' Income, tax would .. exceed the miles north of Atlanta. Four cars left voters ot Kansas City at the special han had confided to his friends that traction- of the Alps .Mountains .rfoi- construction of buildings, undertaken amount that 99 per cent of the wealthy llie track and two , trainmen are re he did not care to live, without, his Hertzian waves. , election. The result of the..'election by.tho American government and the -Republicans would have to pay.. - ' ported injured. , . » , means that Kansas City will continue wife, Vi^lio secured a separation a few Red Cross Society. : ;, • . . In his speech, at ..the Civic Federa- -ALL •ABOUND THE GLOBE. to pay 5-cent tares. for'the next six weeks ago. Mine Explosion Kills Two. . A message reported an engagement , tion: ban quet in New York, Senatoi Fire of unknown .origin destroyed"tho-«^';the,ienormous v In While sleep walking, 17-year-oia ' Two Men Killed i 1 Colorado Wreck. dress, : In which he ; announced that been an exile in that country. ; Another for the Pullman Company., Generally creases; that ,wo ;can see .before,.,us', in HInman: Knowlton Of.' South .Framing'--, rumor was to the effect that Zelaya .A snow plow wiecked a'Denver & the Manitoba government has assum speaking berth rates were reduced 50 the : future,;' to bo .governed'as .:to the ham, Mass., is believed to have fatally T-'j"2|r' was prepfirinff to flee in case of his de Rio Grande mixed train near Crested ed ownership of all the grain eleratons centis. About two-thirds .of: tho;seat great- range of. our, daily affairs; trom shot both his parents. Tho.boy, was \ v^d Butte, Colo. Two railroad men were feat ijuLii;, ouiu. J.HU icunuau mcu \Yci« liaQ '[hineg provincepFOvmce.. lOBt. ' ratelace : HcueuuiBscheduledu .werweiee iiiaalso .reducedreuuueu.. one ''centracentral ::po'wer.power . iini..Washingtonn wasnington.." arrext^arrec""'A- . . r killed. would lead where ho did not want to go. , "To-morrow," sho said. ^ "Does thee tlilnk that the doetor would renew his offer to tako'ine with him?" "Do I think so? Oh! I am sure." "Then I will go." "You will go? Oh, I am so happyl Tho doctor was very anguy; he has not been himself since. You don't know FIND BODY or SLAIN GIBL. CHELSEA IS SCORCHED. how glad he will bc." "But win not theo be happy, too?" By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS Helen Ilroivii AllaL'U(.-(I ami Ileiiten ISarly Sloniliiiiv I''l>'« I)(u;n niiiiiaH:.! he asked, tu HciKh III Uetpoll. ta lixti-nl ttt .ll.'t.'f.OdO. ' "Happier than you could dream," si»o The murder ol llelen - Brown, 13 CopjTlrtt, 1500, by Tlie Bowen-Merriil Company. All Rirhta Ruerred answered with all tho frankness of a A flro which for a time threatened child. years old, ot 271 Third avenue, De to destroy the whole ot the business troit, was revealed hy the flnding o£ Having reached the edge of the section of Chelsea broke out'oiirly oii HESTOnES LOST rCWEUS. A weak woods, wliere their paths separated, tho child's body lying halMrozeu in a recent morning. As il wns, four mau is like a clock run down. MUNYCN'S they paused. ^ Vl'i'AI.IUEU win wind hlw up ami make AVliltihnn's truck, stable yard at 10 business blocks were burned, catislng hlin go. If you aro nervous. If yon aro "Wo must part," said David. CriAPTKR IV.—(Continued.) began to n'ane. He trembled at an Jones street. Tho child's face and losses which total about $3,">,O00. Tho irritable. It you lack conlldouco In your- "Yes; but we shall meet to-mor Beif, if you do not feel your full manly ir Havlns stalked Indlsnuntly onward upJuiown future and hesitated beforo head wero frightfully cut and batter flro broke out about 5 a. m. in tliq row." vigor, begin on this remedy at once. There for a few paces, tho (Jocior discovered untried paths. aro 75 VlTAl.I/.l-;!! tablets lu one hottlc; ed and there wns evidence that she double store of Holmes & Walker.- il ' that his wife had not followed lilm, "Good-bye," every i:ablet Is full of vital power. Don't Already tho strange experience hnd heen mistreated. Her hat lay fif "Good-bye," hardware nnd bnzanr, and spread vor.vi spend another dollar on quack doctors or -and turnlnR he called savagely: ."Pe through which he had passed began to teen feet away from the body, ajui ap Bptii-lous remedies, or till your syatcin with At the touch of their hands their rapidly. The local department was un) peeta, come! It Is folly to try and p- seem to him Ilko a halt-forgotten harmful drugs. Hogin on MtlNVONS young hearts were swayed by tender parently sho had made a desiierate VITAi.ISCBH at onco, and you will begin p-persuailo him. Let us leave the saint dream, Tho refluent thoughts and feel able to copo with the flnmes, itiid iielp and tumultuous feelings, A too strong fight for her life. Footprints in the *.o feel the vitalizing cfl'net of thin renieily / to his prayers! But leti him remember ings of his religions life began to set wns stinimoned from .lackson. A lirn Kfter the llrst done. I'rice. ?I, nost-palil. the olii p-p-provcrb, 'young saint, oUl pressure startled them, and they loos snow .along the east side ot the yard back Into every bay and estuary of company made ti fast run from that ITuuTou. KJrd and Jell'er.son, I'hllu, i'a. ened their grasp. The sun sank behind sinner!' " Come!" ills soul. showed w'liero the .murderer had led tho hill. Tho shadows that fell upon city, nnd with its help the llninc;i He proceeded towards the carrlag-e; With a sense of shame, he regretted his little victim to her fate. Tho po SORE EYES CURED. their faces awakened them from their were gotten under control nboiit 7:30 but Pepeeta seemed rooted to tho his hasty decision, and was saying.to lice hold one jirisoner on suspicion In dreams, Again they said good-bye and o'clock. George Wilhin', n .lackson lire- Broutfd, and David was eiiually Inca himself, "I win arise and go to my )Sy«-hnllM and I.lil« llecaino Terri reluclar>tly parted. Once they stopped connection with the case. The pris pable of motion. While they stood Fathor," for all tho e.\perlonces of llfo man, fell from a ladder and wns jiaiii- bly iHllaiiieil—-Wa^ Uaal>I« (o G» and, turning, waved thoir hands; and oner is a young man who has been ,\ tliu.s, gaKlng Into each ol hop's eyos, clothed themselves at once In the fa- fully Injured, ono ol' his legs iiolii.i; AliOMi—All Trimlnii-nln FallcMl— the next rhoment Pepeeta entered tlie neighbor of the Browns bnt who de thoy saw nothing and thoy saw all. mllhir languiige of the Scriptures, broken.' The losses aro ns I'ollnws; CiiiliMira I'roveil SiioeeHntnl. road which led her out of sight. That bflof glance was freighted with Clares he never knew the child who It Is more than likely that he would Holmes & AValker, |2,';,000; Hatch ".•\binit two years ago my eyes got dc.itlny. A subtle communication had have carried out tills resolution, and In this interview, the entire past of w.as killed. Ho has a witness who building, $.1,000; ClielKoa Slaiiilard in sucli a condition tliat I was ittiablt taken place between thorn, although thnt this whole experlotico would havo these two lives seemed to count for gives him an nllhi, accounting for all > to go It bout. Thcy wero lerrilily In nothing. If Pepeeta had never soon new.sfiaiier ofllce, .1!5,000; Drs. Pnliiieli thoy had not spoken; for tho eye has become a mere Incident in his life his of his time. But tlie police assert that anything of the world; If she had Is .and Avery, ,f:2,000. The losses ani flamed, both the balls and lids. 1 tried a language of Its own. tory. If his destiny had depended up their prisoner was arrested two years homo riniicdics wiiliout reliel'. 'J'lten I on his personal volition. But how few sued from a nunnery at that very mo about half covered hy insurance. What was tho meaning of that ago in connection with an attack on ment, she could not havo acted with a decided to go to our fauiUy pliy.slcian, gliitice'? Whitt wns tho emotion that of tbo great events of life aro brought an S-year-old girl, iilthoiigh no case iibout by our choico alone! mora utter disregard of every princi bnt ho didn't help tlicin. '.rhoii i tried gave It birth in tlia .loul? Ifo know! FORMER SOLON'S ARREST SOUGHT ple of safety. was made out .T„'aiiist him at that It told Us own story. To their dying Just al sunset ho crossed the brldgo two nioru of oiir most prominotit phy- time. ilay, the actors In . that silent (Irama over tbo brook which formed the boun It was tho same with David. Tho B!t;iniis, luit my eyo.4 grew contiminny. Harry (.•iiK(l„ „f .\l|n-iia In ( liiii'k-imI rcmoinbered that glance with rapturo dary Hue of tho farm, and as he did so fact that he had boon roared a Qua-' ^vKli 'I'lmlM-r 'Plu-n, worse. At tills time a frii?iid of mine nnd with pain. heard a light footstep. Lifting liis kor; that he had been dedicated to SHOCK KILLS GRANDMOTHER. ftdvis(!(5 mo to try Ciitlcurn Oiiitniont, God from his youth; that ho had strug Aiinoiiiicomciit was iiiiicle tiic.othct! I'epcota spoke llrst, hurriedly and oyoB, ho saw Pei)eeta, who at that and aricr using it iiiiout one week my gled all his days to be prepared for diiy nt tho ofllco of the Slate Land anxiously; "'What did you say last very Instant stoiipcd out ot tho low '\Voiiiaii 1)in:I)uiiiivl! trnns- able to e.N'iiel front his mind before, parklike inclosnro containing some others were.badly injured, aetlon.i, nnd llnanclnlly able lo carry out any "I thought thee had gone," said Da same manner, but tailed to make a f ohlljjatlon.s made by lila linn. like evil birds llutiered again iind si.\ty square iniles ot broken, hilly vid. tal wound in his neck. He took'tho Pvcceiver McLaughlin of the dotuuct WAr.ni.N'a, Ki.nxak. & .NfAiivi.v, again Into the windows of his soul. country in which the Chinese are liot "•\Vo stayed longer than we eiipect- stand in his own behalf and said tha Vornon Exchange Bank gives on: tlie Wliole.s-nle rjruK(,'Ists, Toledo, 0. For tills he upbraided hlinseli:; but riair.'i Ciilari-li Cure I.s taken Internally, ed," Pepeeta replied. allowed to settle .and which may not. only to discover that at the very mo his wife had tried to kill him and then bank's liabilities at ,1120,000 .and the acting directly upon tho blood and iniicons "Has thee been hunting wild flow be plowed up. In consequence ot this ment when bo regretted that ho had took her o.wn life. Ci-andall is par assets as about ?12,000. surfaces of the system. Tostlinonlal.s sent ers?" he asked, observing tho bouquet it's a retuge tor all kinds of game free. I'rico, 7IJc. per bottlo. Sold by all / boon tempted at all, he also regretted alyzed in hoth legs. He and his wit' William Rclniiart, a prospel-ous Drttffgists. which she bold in hor hand, and about the only sure find for pheas ',-1.1ay mul To-JIi>rroiT. ho had been deceived and defrauded. ger. Color, form, motion—all were,per village streets. If possible a tame ly quarters he occupied in the rear of unable to locate him. They now live Happy men are tuir of the present, fect. They fitted Into the scene with hawk Is .also taken out to mark down A contempt for his old life and Its a grocery, store and. bad wandered in Lansing. for its bounty :suflices them: ancLwise out a Jar or discord, and enhanced surroundings crept upon him. He be birds -that are missed or not flred at. aimlessly about tor .more than thirty men also, for its duties engage the.m. rather than disturbed the harmony ot Emil Ladrum, a Mt. Clemen's saloon gan to despise the simple country peo The man with the hawk takes his stand six hours without food. Splicer was Our grand business undoubtedly . is the drowsy landscape. ce(3per, was found guilty ot stealing ple among whom ho had grown up, on a commanding hill and the hunter liberally fed and will be, provided for not to see what lies dimly at a dis and those provincial Ideas which they As they walked onward, they vague $10 from a patron and sentenced to with Ills dog proceeds to draw round by the, city. Spiker, it is said, was ly felt the Influence oC the repose that tance, but to do what lies clearly al cherished In the little, unknown nook jail for thirty daj's. He gave notice him. It the dog puts up a pheasant once a wealthy resident o£ Buffalo oC the world whore they stagnated. was stealing uiibn tho tired world; tho hand.—Edward FilzGernld. "Poloiiius." ot an appeal. which is missed by the Chinaman, or N. Y. ' During a long time ho permitted- Intellectual and volitional elements ot a brace, only one of -which can be flred himself to be borne upon the current their natures becoming gradually qui Donald Campbell, a farm hand near no NOT ACOI']i-P A SlJlS.STt'l'tlTK at, the hawk Is at once loosed and 'HELLO" GIRL SHOWS HERpISM when you wantl'orry Dii.vls'Palnklllnr, an nothing of these thoughts without trying to escent, the emotions wore given, full Middleville, committed suicide, by is as Koud for rheunialimn, nenmlKia nnd similar sway. They felt themselves drawn to pheasant and hawk disappear together. 'i ' ' ^- troubles. 70 yeai-.'j ln constant use. t!,5o, ;15« und title. stem It, till It seemed as If he would drinking poison. Last February bis be swept completely from his moor ward each other by some Irresistible The hunter relo.ads and follows" and Knlniiinzoo Oiieralor Who Saved hnide of three weeks deserted him and A 'I'ras-uily ot Th-Iiih. ings. But his trust had been firmly power, and, although thcy had never flnda the hawk by means of a small Ciiic«tH liny Get Caraesrle Hfcdal. Campbell has been despondent. before been conscious of any • incom Since the remarkable heroism shown H. C. Chatfleld-Taylor, Chicago's anchored, and did not easily let go Its bell attached to its back probably sit hold. The convictions of a lifetime be pleteness of thoir lives, they suddenly by: Miss Nina Harrigan during the Two men blew the safe in the post well known clubni . CELERY BEDS ROBBED. .moments tried to pray;, but.the effort . He AVa« Sattsfled. George: Serr, brothers and old residents was.(utile, for neither would the ac ."I must have lived In 'a different . "People praise my work,"'said tho of .iQwbsso:'Who, lived; neighbors,: are. customed "sylliijjles J ot petition spring wffrld from yours." r Loss In Kulaiaavioo Will: Aiuonnt (o artist, .ihoastlngly. dead, ;• death; .^claiming .-both within 'a to his lips, nor the feelings of .faith and "And tliee was happy?" . IIiiuilrcMlN- of DolIarN.: - ' "And they laugh at mine," rejoined week. Thoy were 63 and u5 years oM' devotion arise within his heart.' •'1 thought so until i:heard, what ywi Offlcers'are ;investigatlng.::the :theft3 the:; sad-faced . party;;::;i;"but .'li::' don't: Tho Supreme Court, in .a decision said. Since then I. have ; been ifiill of of celery that are being .made from the care arid trouble. I; wish I knew what mind." ' ' .[ xndr.d down at Lansing, denie.? a writ .•„;;CHAPTBR^''V.. m-arshes'iin Kalamazoo. .For:, the-;flrst ',:,;vViolent emotions, like theiliinar tides, you - meant! But I have seen that "What is your line?" queried the of .mandamus'asked ,::by|: the'Amoric.an time !in the;hisl'.ory,i.o£;the,;industry in- BKONcmAL Troches jvmust have their ebb because'they have wonderfulJlght!":-'^'^:; '.:'•:• v/v';'.'-;; :r artisv*. ^ [Calamazoo,:.-'l£irge,a amounts ...of;::, celery Telegraph & Telephone'Company to ^0: absolutely.': haHnlcS: rcmdytifor'SorotThr^ . .."Thee has seen it?" ' • their.' flow, V: The feelings': do; not so; ; ;.,"rm:,-.a -.professlonal'-'humorlst,"::: re;!; lo«Kenc»3 and Coughs.-Give Immediate ttlUt tt ' are being removed atsnigM^fromithe: compel the Secretary of Stato to -admit muchadvancb iike-.aiMvei', as osclllaco uon'chlnl .iind ..Lunj;: Affections. ;•'''Yes,-'to^da,y!:>>;iAiid:;i followed-:It;',a; iplled.,:the. other.-rChioago:«Daily .'News bedk-f-'It:Cis;l':declSred5^ the corporation to Michigan.' The coni- ffftTi-years': tcputation. . I ; / ". like .a pendulum, 0 Striaing: homewariJ, shall:always follow it." 'rice, 25ictnta;;50 cents and ${.00 per box. Pavid's.det6rm^£i^lo-^to::join;;hls ;f»^ ' ' "'i^'hen' dqes'ltlieeilea^vo-ihe^ 'All'that are lovers. of . virtue, b': thls^';^year.': will :/amqiint^.to :::h^ pauy',W'as srefused; a'; license', under - the ilample'sention request. , i ncB; to tl-.ose. of tlic two a-fvcnfarers David .asked, foaring. the;conversation auiei:i::'and;:;go^:-angling dollars. State anti-trust lalw. ' ' ' ' '0HN;I:^.BR0WN &• SONs^B^stofc^MMa. ' , . . , . County Treasuror's Oillco. Intiham County. Dtw.tl, 1009, sliaking water over It from a whisk To tho Auditor Oenoral: Tho foIlowlnR Is a .statement ot taxes collected or nicoived by mo u|)on tho business ot selling or keeping Jnglntnr County giiitocmt broom or with a rubber si)rlnkler, ex- for sale, ur uiunufaoturlnt,'distlllud or brewed or malt: liquors, or mi.vod liiiuors, durlnt? the your UKW, Si SEEDS ijept in the case of the tender greeup I'libllshBil Every Wednesilay by house plants, which should have the Niiraoot Person, Corporation, Kosldonco, LInd o; Business. ••' Place of Doing Business, Amount Date of Stai'iing the Garden Indoors—Flat flats stood in a shallow pan of water Ass'n, Cnmpany, or Copnrt- of Tax I'aym'nt nurshlp paying a tu.v. I'ald. WILLIAM L. CLARK, Boxes Should be Carefully Prepared for a few moments, care being taken and Well Labeled. that the water does not rise to the Almandlugor, Frank.. Lansing... Soiling or Onorlng for Sale :vss Washington avo, south . $500 00 April US MASON. MIOII. 'surface of the soil, and the boxes Spirituous or Intoxicating Liquors. There la probably no one garden should then, be covered with glass and liAlrdA Ulshop Lansiiig...... same as above ,.,.„„., hJSl Turner St.„...,.. ; Kntered at the rostolllee, Mason, MIeli,, as question so Imporlunt as that of sow set In a warm place \vhere the tem Conklln, Wolllnaton G Lansing samo ns above liOe Washington avo, .south seuond-ulass matter. Callnhan.t Wilder Lansing: ., snnio us alwve iiai Washington avo,,soutIi ing seed, Inasniucli as fallu:^ Is com perature v\i 11 be as unifonn as iws- Downey, 0. P. Ijansliig samo as aliovo ...... „, m Washington avo. smith PRIC33S: mon, and as hy far tlie greater part sible. They should be inspected sev Ellngor, Louis Lansing ...... ,., sumo us above liO,^) Washington avo, north , OHK ViCAH »1.00 Kllswnrth, Monty J,,., Lansing samo us above 113 Michigan iivo. east , , eral times a'day to see that they are Elcholu, Otto M , Lansing Six Mo.ntils 60o of our gardening coixslsts la raising same as above ,.. •M Wushlngloii live, north not unduly dry or too wet, and 11 Fleming, Thomas Lansing ..„. sumo as above „.., 101) Washtenaw St. oust TiiitKH Months...... »5u plants I'roi)! seed rather than in grow Gossoiiinelur, Louis II Lansing „, snniB as above W Washington avo south ing perennials, bulbs and shrubbery, they err in either direction corrective Ologof.-iky, Ohrlsllan .„... ., Lansing same as above m Washingtonayo. south Giles, Human A.. Lansing .', samo as uhovo IIOI Washington avo south says a writer iu the Country Gentle measures should bo adopted—watbrlog Hayes, t'lank H Lansing sutno as abovo .„...... , IWI Michigan live, cost Wednesday, December 22, 1909 man, Time was wlieii tho garden was if too dry or removing the glass for a Ilaug, Carl 1' Lansing samo as abovo .'iO.') .Michigan avo.oast Hewitt. ,lohn.; Lansing same us ahovo ,., lOTTunierst. u Iiossessloii handed down from the few moiueiits if too wet. But when Grove Uroihors Lansing same us ahove 114 Washington avo. north. mother to daughter or daiighter-ln- t.ho last Is done, care must be taken KInno, Alfred H, I.iuising same as ulwvo •••Xi Washington avo. north Last Wednesday the board nf state Kern, Wm. 0 , , , Luitslug .....„„„. same as uhuvo „ ^'i Michigan avo. east litw, when it consisted of all the sv/oel, that thoy do not become too dry. Lundon & Urowiioll Lansing ramo as uhovo iV2 Washington avo, south auditors authorized the state treasurer Morotsky, Charles Lansing same us ahovo ;il 1 Washington uvo. south old familiar plants and Ilowers, In Treated in this way, succtjss may. bo to borrow $100,000, thls_malces a total McCraeken. .lohii Liinsing same as ahovo „.,.. •Jll! Micliigan avo. oast these days of many changes, when to SDCui-ed with tho most tender seed. JleOluro, Wm, S Lansing same us ahovi) u'-.;;! Wasiilnglon avo, south of $200,000 bori-nwed aiid the balance Miller, Louts Lansing ., same as nhnve lao.l Center st ....„) abide in the same house for a score When tho seeds are up', the flats I'rost, Charles .1 , Lansing same ns iihove DJIII 'rumor St r. oj the $2,00,000 will be needed liefore of years is a sort of distinction, there may bo transferred -to a warm window I'latt .t liuriis „,... Lansing ,„ same us ahove tttf) Michigan avo, oast I'ost, Olirlstlan Lansing sumo as uhovo ...... s;0 Kranklln uvo the taxes come in. Let 'er go, boys, is little time for more than tho tem and given more light and suai as they Kussoll, Ilonry Lansing same as ahovo 107 and 100 Allegan si , the people will stand it so long as re- Kogors. Georgo J Lansing same as ahove IKI Michigan uvo, oust porary garden of annuals and pcrhiips grow in size aad strength, but tlioso Spaulding ..t Co Lansing , sumo us ahovo :.'lll Washington avo.south publlcitns do It. a few summer bulbs and bedding tiny seedlings are very tender and Vollnior. Honlamln Lansing ,'i)isamu as ahovo hiOO Tumor St .\„ Whitcotnl) & Sanders , Lansing sumo as uhovo lUI Michigan iive. oast plants which may be bought ready- cannot stand full exposure to sun. and Foita period of nine years between ^V(l.slon. Guy 0 , Lansing sumo us ahovu ,,, li'ld Washington avo, south grown from the llorlst. It then be air; so interpose -j protecting shield Wlrth, l'ol.«r,T Lansing ...„ sumo .IS nhove ll'17 Turner at 1898 and 1907 the Arbuclcle Brothers, Illuks, .lohn A , Lansing Srvino us uhovo 110 Washington avo, north May 4 comes important where seeds are de of thin white pai)er or cheesecloth be Hoaninonlr, George II Mason sumo as ahovo „. Hrleic store, north side Maple st April 31) sugar rcllnersof New York, buncoed tween them and' the glass of the win Carter. Grant..,. JI ason sumo as ahove llriek store, north side Maplu st pended on to furnish the garden they Gray, .lossn Mason same as ahove Sioie, woKt sido It St.,... . Uncle Sam otit of $095,.'573 by a short shall be properly sown and cared for. dow until they are able lo- stand tho Madden, Silas .Mason sumo us aliovo Dunshiiok block, wo.st side B st May I age In duty payments by reason of full rays of the sun. In. carefully pro OogsdIII .fc Freer Mii.soii „,., samo as ahovo Nice hlook, north sIdo Maplost , May 31 This makes for justice to tho seeds Hrown. Warren A Loslio same as ahovo Carroll llouso, wostshlo .Mala si April ao short welglits. These trust fellows man—an unfortunate scapegoat on jiared seed-heds in the open ground, Dowllng& ICult Losllo sumo us above Miteholl Iilouk, ousLsklo Main st were not punished, they merely paid seed of hardy aiumals, such! as the Wood. Georgo W. & Co Leslie,,,,,,., samo as ahovo Ouinphell block. oustsldoMuIn st wliom much unmerited abuse is heaped llnshrook, Frank.,,., Woliborvlllo same as uhovo On Grand Itlvor st May H what they owed the government with because of seed failing to germinate. nasturtium, candytufts, asters, pansies, llyno, Claud G ; Wuhhorvlllu ...... same as uhovo Itohnot building, south sIdo Ulverst April 27 phlox drliininondii and comi.ion. morn McCarthy Moraa Wobljurvlllo sumo us above Lot", south side Klvor st April out Jiny penalty iittiiohcd. Suppose it Curiously enough, it rai-ely occurs to Ulakoloy.% Boll Onondaga , same us uliovo VI Hugo o( Unoildugu iMiiy 17 had been some ordinary fellow who the CO in plat nan Us that the fault may ing-glory, may bo sown in May, tho Sweonoy, Uoliort Otiondaga sumo us ubiive Vllhigo of Onondaga .- AprM ai 10th ot tlie month being early enough Lansing nrewliig Co Lansing Mfg llrowed or Malt Liquors tliui luid t;u;i Turner st (W 00 April as had clieated the government out of a be theii's, and yet, in 99 cases In 100 I'alist Ilrowhig Co Jlllwankeo.Wls Wholesale .Mall Lhiuors ,. :;i7 Shiawassee st east Nov. L'4 In the northern stsites. The ground few dollars, could he have got oil' by it Is. should not be allowed to dry out, and mei'cly payinu what he owed ? What STATE OK MICHIGAN, Few seeds arij adapted for sowing iu the case of large .seed like the nas County of Ingham, I " • Harvey Wilson, Treasurer of sitUl cnniitv. being duly sworn, says that the ahovo and foregoing do you tliink ? in the open ground, and of these few turtiums, which will be planted three- statement Is true and correct, , . Subscribed and sworn to before me, a County Clork In uiul for said countyllAItVE, thiV sWILSON lltli day, Troiisiireot Decomliorr ot , th1000o Comit. y of Ingham, tho greater part do better If sown In eighlhs or a halt-inch deep, the earth ; AL].'iii-:n Allkn, County Clerk, Looking One's Best. the fall—as for Instance the foxgloves, may bo worked over wlionever It be It's ft woman's delight to look her IJoppies, canterbury bells and the like, comes dry or after a rain, ostablishlng best, but pimples, skin eruptlons,.sores TOURIST CLUB. IVlarrlage Licenses. MASON MARKETS. and btjlls rob life of Jiiy. Listen! which come up self-sowii in utmost a dust nvulch which makes aa ideal freedom"every spring. For sowing all condition for sowing in tho open Bucklcn's Arnica Salve eui'os them; The club met and was entertained Georgo Shaw, Lansing 22 Oorrectod ovory 'IVednosdiiy afternoon, makes the skin soft and velvety. It tho tender aanu.als, the hotbed or flat ground. Ploreace Large, Lansing 38 OllAIN. glorllies the f;ice.' Cures pimpies.sore In tho house is necessary. There they Jt the home of Miss Elmer, who was Fine seed, like tho poppies, fox Andrew J. Wilson, White Oak-.M WHKAT, Red, No. 2, per bushel .i lOOl IC eyes, cold sores, cracked lips, cllap )ed can have the temperature and mois also leader of the meeting, on the WHICAT, White,No. 1, per hushel.... 1 loai IB hands. Try it. Infallible for pi es, gloves and the like, do not need cov M'ary A. Schnabelranch Harvey, liVE, per bushel 07® 70 ture regulated iiccording to their evenlnj; of Dec li-jtli. The sti'enuous 2i5c at Longyear Bros, ering even in the open ground, but Wlmte Oak ..- 3o OATS, par bushel sm 40 needs, and aro slrelterod from the Christmas campaign was supposed to COKN, shelled, per hundred ©1 30 should be pressed qulto firmly into James P. Hart, Holt-- 23 OLOVKlt SKUn, per hushel 0 00(37 00 inclemencies of tho weather. No ex account for the absence of several An Unusual Opportunity for the lho soli and covered, where possible, Lillian Heinig, Holt 20 TIMOTHY SKED, per bushel. 2 00(22 'JB members. The critic's report was of GUOCKUrltS ANn I'llOVISIONS. farmers' Son. pensive eqalpment Is required for sow with paper until the seed germinates, George W. Jewett, Lansing 13 sulllciont lenu'th and quality to siiow HALT,Saginaw, per barrel 86 There ai'e some young men on Mich ing «eeds ia the house. Flat, a florist's Poiipy seed should ho sown as soon Mollie L. Sanborn, Lansing 2.1 Bl!AN8,unpli;ketl, per hushel 1 DOOl SO igan farms who fur one reason or tin- term, may ho stretched to liiteludo any as the ground care he worked in the that Mr, Mills had given his subject Mallard P. Patrick, White Oak-27 IWATOKS, per bushel 0 :» shallow receptacle fi-om a cigar box, Margaret A. Noble, Leroy 24 FLOUH, per hundred .t'..,. 3 40 other were unable to complete public sirring it it -has not been sown Uvt considerable tliought; thus making BUCKWIIKAT KLOUU, per hundred 3 00 which makes an oxcollent flat for the his criticism exceedingly Interesting Fred 7 75 the unlinished 'siihool work itnd he Miss Ball's paper upon the various Zemo and Zcmofoiie are the most hon rORK, dressed, per hundred .... m CO moan the shallow ones—the large deep nials should be sown in the hot-bed est and successful remedies he has Soutli American Holidays, derived ;is HAMS, per ponhilponnil. 15 ]'eali/.cs his lack of preparation to en boxes should have the lids nailed on or cold-tranio or where they will have ever sold for the cure of ec/.ema, pim SriOULDEllH.no. ^VLDEllH.porpor pounu d . . 11 ter a eoilegeor university. The Mich it was from many dilTerent .sources, SPRING CIIICKIDNS,dressed,per lb © 13 securely and then bo sawn in two, as the protoctidn of other plants during ples, dandruff, blackheads, piles, tet OIirOKKNS, live, per pound. O 11 igan Agricultural College Is endeavor otherwise they would prove too doeji. their first summer, hut the cold-frame was greatly appreciated by her audi ter, ringworm, cuts, sores, and all dis TURKEYa,livo,i)or pound 16 TURKEYS,drossod, per pound , IS ing toiucet tills need byolTcring six is to ho preferred, as it affords pro ence. The foundation for sucli holi eases of the skin and scalp. See dis 'I'he soil for sowing seeds iiulool-s nUTtPTNO MATICIITAL, days seems to be eitlier events con play and photos of cures at tlie drug sliort courses for farmers' sons and shotl'ld consist of a coiisldei'able ])ro- tection during the coming W''iter, and store. PORTLAND CEMENT, per barrel... 170 others during tile winter acasqti when portiou oi: leaf-mold, as gai-don loam, in tho spring the plants may bo plant nected witli the establishment-of in 0AL0INI5D PLASTER, per 100 46 PLASTERING HAIR, per bushel.... 38 farm operations are not pressing. The though oxeellelU in Itself, is liable to ed out where Ihey are to remain; this dependent governments, or the in Heal Estate Transfers. SHINGLES.per thousaud 2 00(35 oo cake badly when used indoors. It s a most excellent way of securing numerable "saint's diiys?" The su LIME, per barrel 80 work given is also useful tu those LATH, per M 2 00(24 00 reared in citlcs^ir trained for scien- .should be sifted and made free from perstructure, apparently, is composed B. J. Davis et al to J, iW. Knaup a supply of hardly perenniials at > lumps, stones and the like, and should of lower class, natives and alcohol, and wife, W 132 feet of lot 18, of lillc or, professional pursuits, wlio de nominal cost. Longyear's add, Lansing, $500. be neither wet nor dry. hut just moist, personally conducted by the priests, The construction of a cold-frame h H. J. Bond and wife to E. C. sire to engage in agricultural pursuits. Tho boxes or pans should have sevei-al simple, as it Is merely a rough frann who, upon behalf of the church, ab Dart, lots 5 amd 6, blk 11, Griffin's Last yeltr over two hundred men small holes in the bottom, m.asked M'lth add, 'Mason, $310. of boards, higher at tho hack than in sorb all the bcneHts; if benefits tliere and women were registered in these blls of gla.ss or pott-ory to keep the Lena iM. Bandall to J. J. Randall,; OLDEST STATE BANK IN , fron,t and made to rest on the surface are. It is said that the iibility of the courses. In tlic Siime classes were to oarth from filling them and stopping lot 2, blk 1, Downer's sub of blk I INGHAM COUNTY. ' of the gi-ound wherever required. !•• "Cholos" or natives, to thread intri be found the farm hand and the capi the drainage. They should not be 245, La-nsing, $1,000. I may be filed with sash—old wlndo^^ cate dances, is increased by additional C. Chad wick by widoWand heirs I talist; side by side were sixteen-year- tiulte full, hint should leave room sash-—or simply provided with a frame drinks; a beneficent gift that places to'Miimnie Cushman ot al, co'ni at a Gapital, $50,000. old youths and men whose hair was enough to water and for the seed.Iimgs point 3 rods S froim NW cor of to fit the top and covered with piled them far above the proud Anglo-Saxon tinged with urey; the university grad to put forth two or m'ore pairs of lot 13, blk K, Crossm'an & Wil L.B. MoARTHUK, ...... /...... Presldonr muslin, the muslia being flrst tackeii race. Dtiring the interval given for uate was tliere also. As the object is leaves, before t;ho glass Is entirely re liam's' sub of Church farm, piece J.K. Elmkii... ..VlqePresident smoothly on the frame and then given refreshment, stories were told ilia of described land in Williamston, A.J. Hali,...... Oashlet to teach priictlcitl agriculture, wide moved. Seed sown in the house does one or two coats of oil.' In the wintei the writer being a truthful person $1200. ' A.G. Lyon....- ....AsslstantOaahler variations in preparatory training of not need nearly as deep plantin'g as this will need lo be iirotected from the and also out of hearing, will not try Julia Chadwick to R. Cushman, the individuals of a class does not when sowii in tho open ground ex E 4-5 of lot 9, blk H, Croissman & MONEY TO LOAN weather with boards to prevent the to repeat. OOME AND SEE US. present tlic unsurmuuntable barrier posed to clmnges ot temperature and Williams' sub of Church farm in snow breaking down the muslin. In Williamston, $300. that would arise In connection with weather. In many cases merely sift The Tourist to whom was assigned Dlreotorn—.[. K. Ulmer, K. A. Barnes, Goo, M such a bed, all sorts ot hardy peren 0. Downer to I. H. Clark and ing over the surface is .all that Is nec a paper upon literature and art, hav noyt. A, .r. Hall, A. L. Hose, L, B. McArthur purely scientlllc or classical training. nials may be sown, and it will b« Avlife, lots 4 and 5, blk 2, ©owner's essary. This is especially true of the A. I. Barber. 0. W, Clark, 0, J'. Daklu. No entrance examinations are re found especially effective for carrying ing left the city and club, articles up sub of -lot 7, blk 245," .Lansing, tender greenliouso plants, tho seeds quired. Anyone who can read and through their first season the hardy on those topics were read, by Mrs $4500. of some being too fine to distingiiisli write ouglit to derive some benefit. ornamental grasses so effective foi Dart, Mrs. Bristol and Mrs. Kerns Lizzie lA. Dennis to W. B. Brown by the naked eye except as a fine duat. and wife, N 8 rods o'f B 8 a-oids of beds on tha lawn and for ornamentaJ From thesC; articles we gather that Michigan United R'y Co. The following are the subjects In Somewhat -larger seeds may also be lot 11, blk 19, Lansing, $800. hedges. the educated classes of SoutliAraer cluded in the First-year General Agri sown on the'"surface, scattering thean R.: Sherman and wife to Nellie ca, in so far as those classes represen Hoklen 'Ho'dges et al, lot 19, blk TIME TABLE culture, vi/.: Stock Judging, Carpen as thinly as possible and then be bare literature and art; are so greatly 3, oif J. M. French Jr's, sub of S SOUTHBOUND • try and Blacksmith ing, Veterinary ly covered with fine white sand sltt<.-1 Dwarfing Fruit Trees. advance of the strata of society here 36 acres of SW 1-4 of NB 1-4 oif Limited-a. m„ 7:02, 9;02,-11:02. Science, Soils and Crops, Stock Feed over them. Kor larger seeds,.", heavier There aVe few who realize- the .mar Sec. 17, Lansing, $2200. supposed to be the exponentof tilings p. ra., 1:02, 3:02, 5:02, 7:02, 9:02, ing, Fruit Growing and Vegetable coverinf of sand or fine earth may be velous, results which can be secured Dyer, Jenison Barrjj Oo„and J. Local—a..m,, 6:10, 8:10, lOilO. . literary and artistic, that It is doubt W.. Bailey & 'Sons, by trustee, to Gardening,Business Arithmetic,Book given, and quite 'a".2e, seed may .br in dwarfing trees by aniMial cuttimg . p. m,, 12:10, 2:10, 4;10, 6:10, 8:10, ful it the northern artists ever get A. W. Sraliith,, lot 2, Potter's sub,' keeping and Correspondence. The sown in shivllow drills and) the dis back ot the new growth., Tho best il •10:10,11:47, within sight Of their southern breth Lansing, $325., Second-year General Agriculture in placed earth drawn back over thom. lustration I can use is that of the J.. S. Foley to N. Starr,, cam at NORTHBOUND ren. It. was stated that northern cludes advanced work in some of the Whatever the, maimer of sowinlg,, all Osage Orange hedge plan-t or tree, SE cor o'f blk D af sub ot 'blks 20 Limited—a. m., 7:20, 9:20,11:26. colonists settled near the sea and so subjects named, with Dairying, Fartu must be pressed gently into the soil says,a writer in Green's Fiailt Grower. and 27, described land in Lansing, p. m., 1:2G, 3:26, 5:26, 7:20, 9:20. If these trees planted in hod-ge rows kept touch with European civllizii $400. Engineering, Concrete Work and AgrI by means of a bit of smooth board or Local—a.m.', 6:35, 8:35, 10:35, • a paperweiight—-anythinig possessing are sheared off at intervals during the tion, while !South American settlers E. E. Howe and wife to J. W. cultural Chemistry and Soil Physics Wilbur, NE 1-4 of NE 1-4 of SE p. m.. 12:35, 2:35, 4:35, 0:35, 8:35, a perfectly smooth face which •^rl 11 simimer the trees, forming the hedge by locating in the interior, built upi 10;35, 12:18 ti. rn. ' in addition. The courses in Creamery 1-4 of Sec, 2, Leslie, $1000. not catch and hold seed planted on may not grow higher than four to. five civiliza.tlon ot their own. Mat.iiigenient, Clieese Making, Poultry B. Graham to M. Green, W 1-2 of P. W. BROWN. Jackson, the stirface of the soil. , feetfora period of 20 years. But if lot 7, blk 167, Lansing, $2050. Gen'l Pass. Agent. and Forestry are equally well suited Nearly all men who are, or have It must not he forgotten to label I leave one of, these trees in. the hedge C. B. Swift to 0.-A. Stimson, W M, K. OAJti'uiSLL, Local Agent. ' in tlieir arrangement. been, pi'omlnent in South Arherican each sowing of seed with the name row uncut if will grow to the size of a 1-2 Of SW l--! of Sec. 31, Jncndaga, affairs, have been distinguished as $3500.- Eight hours constitutes the pre and date oC sowinif.. This is of first largo apple tree, I have witnessed,tli'.s experiment and know whereof I speak. writers, and manyof this number may N.-'M. Vanator and wife to Mary scribed day's work,'at least half of Importance, as wltliout these data C. Brown, lot 114, Englewood Park MAPLE STEEET . I claim that It is possible to keep an be classed among the poets, and not which is spent In li'aining the hand there will be ,ii;0 meiins ,ot knowing add, Lansing, $350. apple tree not over eight feet in height mere writers of rhymes either. If and eye, in addition to the mind, in \v-hether the seed, has had time to ger • Eva Johnson Ross to A. J. Mc- by frequent cutting' back of- the shop and laboratory. A large, well minate or not, and often the seed- any of the men at the head of the Naughton and wife, lot 1, blk 3,loif MEAT MARKET .branches, a portion of the pruning Rumsey's Mich. Ave. add, Lansing, equipped library and reading room Is man is blamed tor the failure of seed affairs of this nation or ot the states to be done while in leaf if necessary, $500. ': - : ' ' • We keep on hand the to germinate when 'it really, has , not whlchj?.ompose it, should be suspected available when classes are not In but I slwuld prefer to prune when not 0, Wolf by heirs to S. .A'.,Riggs, choicest cuts of had time. In this connection, it will of writing poetry, an inquiry would at progress, , in leaf. This method of dwarfing trees part of lotis 1, 2, 3, and ri,'blk 203, be well, as far as possible, to Inform once be made for an empty stall •Lans'ing, $2300. These courses all begin January 4tli has no relation to the system of some lunatic a.sylum'of the alleged 1910, except the Cheese course which oneself as to. the time it takes different dwarfing practiced in Japan, .wher,-) FRESH MEATS poet's native state, The fact is that begins six weeks later. seeds to germinate. The treatment forest trees are grown in tubs and are the seeds receive lias much to do with never allowed lo grow higher than the Inbred difference between Teuton We aim to please, our customer LEROY ITEMS. their germiinating. It is necessary for three or Tour feet. • This Japan method and Latin prevents each race from and furnish them with thebest favorable results to sow many varie FREE book) . John and James Smith attended the of dwarfing as I understand it, . is appreciating the otheir, and our Mark of everything in our line. ties in- hot water for a longer or short • funeral of their uncle, C. A. Barnes, .caused by comtracting the root growth, Hannas and Tom Taggarts could no er time. Verb era seeds slfiould be For Every living Thing on the Farm near Okemos last Sunday. and by lack of fertilizing as well as more write a soulful poem, than South Casli For Hides and Pelta. Boakod for two or three hours in. quite Humphreys' Veterinary Spcciflcs. Mllo Smith is quite poorly. by pruning. : How far pruning such American leaders could conduct a hot water, Caiina seeds should have ag I havo mentloued, as a method for CRITCHETT & SPANIER Mr, and Mrs. Stowe, who went to great electoral campaign along the 500 Page Book froo, on the Treatment and the shell filled until the white shows, dwarfing trees, may be practiood with Florida Nov. 30th, write that they are line of practical politics. Care of Horses, Cattle, Sheop, Dogs, and then be s6aked over night in. very,- profit I cannot say, but' such pruning Many line pictures were shown'in Hog8 and Poultry, also . Stable Chart to enjoying themselves by sitting in the warm water, and mornittgiglory and would tend to early fndting. The connection with the topics presented hang up, moiled free. ; n IF YOU WANT sliade eating oranges and goingflshing. moon-flower seeds should be soaked in heads of the trees would become dense Mr. Hubbard, who went south at and after all had been discussed the warm water until they crack, or even and too much crowded unless the in LIST OP SPECIFICS. some'thing nice toUnish a meal,; : the .same time, had to return, as the until tha sprout appears, and theni be ner branches were thinned, out. .: meeting adjourned to meet January brew ye a cup of climate did not agaee with him. He planted in warm earth and placed in 5th withiMrs. Kerns.' v , - A. For FRVEBS, Milk Fever, Lang Forer. 0. D, For 6PRAIIVS, Lamcncsn, Rhoiimallam. is quite feeble at present. a warm' situation until th« leaves ap- C. C. For 60RB Throat, EpUooltc, Olatompor. .peor. Caana seed, treated as directed Chase & Sanborn's "Seal" Forest Follows and family visited For the last, five yearsi cattle over Baptist Ohurcli. 0. O: For WORMS, floti, Grubi. will freauenjtly come up la three d&ys, at;Roy DeWltt's last Sunday. one year havo been tested for; tuber-, 10:00. Subject: An enlarged gospel. E. B. For COUGHS, Colds, Influenza, while without this ^.preparotloa they oulosls in Japan, reducing ,the per 11:30. Bible school. F. F, For COIiICBoUyaclie, Diarrhea. Sold by Guaranteed Cure for Pimples. 6:00. Young-People's meeting. mi.giht lie ;ini the ground as many centage of: thdse.affectedito - lesssth-an. O. G. Provonis ailSCARRIAGB. Zemo, a clean liquid for external .weel:s, If Indeed they • cam©^ up at all. 7:00. Thursday eveniDg,:prayer and I per cent in 1907. conference" meeting. , II. II. For KIDNKY and Bladder dlaordori.V- J. F. GREVE, •use, draws every germ to the surface 'All hardMjhelled' seed . may;; be eafely of the skin and destroys them' and I. For SIIIN 0I8ICA8BS, Mango, Bruptloni, MASON, Boaked, and most of th«m, liiay, havo Key. j. H. Stewaet, Pastor. .their poisons. Two to six bottles will Its about the last call now to get J. E. For BAD CONDITIOIV, Indigoatlon. tLe shell filed before planting. Sole Agent for cure any case of pimples and .black out pea brush ;and!bran'poles. .'Tisc At-druggists or sent''prepaid onrooaipt heads and leave a clear, healthy ski'n. 'After the seed is planted, covered good time, too, flx • up plenty o» of prioe. 60 ots. each. Druggists will refund it it fails to cure'. ttffid labelled, it the' soil is-.at all dry. nR.KiNG's New Discovery , Chase & Sanborn's ', flats,- sales and exhibition boxes: " HUMPHREys";; HOMEO, MEDICISE CO.,' Comor .Sold by Longyear Bros. It-should be,carefully wa'tered ;by Will Surely Stop That Cough. .William and Ass Stroota. Now York. Higli Grade. Coffees and Teas Glliara of Latislnn, with Mr. Cade of Httsletb iis assistant secretary; A. J. !riHll of Mason as treasurer, and A, E. Hardy Of Liinslnt^ as Ills assistant, wdreunanlraou.sly elected. Special Prices , It WHS voted that the central execu tive committee should imme.diately FOR -FOR- ; select a ciimpaltfn n)ana(»pr; also, that I Intrham county should raise a budget Of $10,000 to use In the work, Thursday, Friday and A committee from eucli town and Christmas and New Years precinct was appointed to select some Saturday eillcient man to actus .'solicitor in ills territory. At tlie close of the business ON session Kev. O.J. Price of Lansing You were waiting: for a Cut on Coats and Suits before told of the work of the AnM-Saloon League convenlinn in Clilcugo wlilcli SWEATERS lie recent.ly attended. ^ buying:. The time has come. Wait no Iong:er. Pliny AV. Marsli was tlie next speak er. He presented some Interestlnir HOUSE COATS (Ignrcs on the variation in taxes in wet and dry counties. He said that All Coats and Suits Cut 20% to 30% Off taxea durlnj,' the (Irst year after a SMOKING JACKETS county had voted for prohibition were and our prices were never high. almost Invariably liigiier, but during succeeding' years tliey were noticeably owcr tluin when saloons were licensed, Broken lots of Christmas Goods at ONE LOT OF CHILDREN'S COATS because of the marked decrease in criminal j)rosecutlons. Often, also, Bargain Prices. $4.00 to $6.00 values, at only the increase during the (irst year was ar^eiy due to appropriations for good roads, public buildings, or oilier Ini „,HARRY E. NEELY... Sale Prices on Net Waists provenients, wliicli were nevei' men tloned in the arguments ot the pro Every Net Waist in stock, formerly selling at from $3.00 to $6.50, are put saloon advocates. in two lots. Michigan had one dry county 1007, ten in 1008, and thirty this year I \ $3.00 to $5.00 (t| 05i f 9 $5.50 to $6.50 d;CQ and thirty more are now working for l^UL 1 values at only *P * LrUL ^ values at only ^0,0y local option. Seventy per cent, of the territory of the United States, peopled You still have time to buy those Christmas gifts. Handkerchiefs from Ic to by forty million inhabitants, is now $2.00, and the best assortment we ever had. dry, Mr. Mai'sh stated. Christmas Gifts The meeting closed with prayer by Eev. David Howell of Lansing. Q A IVnP A C\ A r agreed to be in our store Friday morning [nTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTI ^-^^^ i ^ wLwrVLJA-? to deliver the stockings we are filling for the School Oificers Meeting. ^..FOR ALL..: children under seven years. He may have some little things to give to those The annual meeting nf tbe School Olllcers association of Ingliam county k:xXXJ.Xl.T..T..T I.I.II,I..T.J..T,,T T..T,,r ,T,n1 children who were not fortunate enough to hear about our offer last week. will be held In the circuit court roo ALL CHILDREN, WITH THEIR PARENTS, SHOULD BE ON HAND In tills city on Friday, Jan. 7th, 1910 wltb tlic following program : When buying gifts for Christmas do not forget that you can FRIDAY MORNING. !1;30 A. M. buy all kinds of President's Address Col. L, H. Ivos, M.ason School Sanitation....Supt. Public Inslritctloti . . L. L. Wright Ag:ents' sample lime of Combs at One=third Off Dlseus.simi led hy Dr. F, E.Thomas, Mason New School Legislation.... Deputy Supt. Pub Shoes, Leggings, Overshoes, Back Combs, Side Combs, Barrettes, Etc., formerly form 10c to $2.00, now lic Instruction Fred L. Keeler going at from 5c to $1,35. Just the thing for that present.^ 1 ;Oo V. JI. Biislncs.s Meeting Rubbers and Slippers. Township Call System Supt. L. L. Wright Discussed hy Scliool Olllcers 98 cents R^UQS ^P^^'''^' ^^'^^ Smyran Rugs at School Law Dep. Supt. Fred L. Keoler ecial $2.50 Axminster Rugs at $1.98 Dlscusslon.'..lcd hy Pros. Atl'y Walter S. Foster In speaking of Slippers, just look at our window and see the Special Sample Carpets for Rugs at 98c to $2.25 QUESTIONS. Indian Moccasins. We have them for the At this time all troublesome queS' tlons to schotil Olllcers wlll.be answer whole family. cd. Conie prepared to ask them. Supt. L. L. Wright wishes all town L. W. MILLS JR. & COJVIPANY ship clerks, truant olllcers and the prosecuting attorney to be present at WEBB & LAWRENCE Ibis tueetlng. The legislature of 1909 passed many tMlOOOOOa EKKKltHHX 11 KtnOOCHM nlKHJOmKJCHKKIOOOn Misses Nihil lirlstol and Maud Barber are County Local Option Meeting. J home from l.an.slng lur ilio JlollOny vacation. new school laws of which you will ..PERSONALS.. ^ The Inciil option county meeting Misses Bertha Ilartwick and Marguerite Kerns want to know. They will bediscussed held In this city last Wednesday, was are home Iroin V|iallantl lor tho ilolklay vaca at this meeting. Be sure to attend tion. presided over by Smith Young, cuunty It will malce your school duties easier Claud and Elector Murray of South Haven aro cliairman, and ,tiie meeting (ipened Lawton T. Hemans was In LanshiK Ttiesday. spending iliu llulldays with their tnollier, Mr.i. n the future. 0. E. Mayiies. with prayer by Rev. Eandolpb of Lan Mrs. F. K. Thomas was In Lansing ye.sterday. At this time the new school laws "What is it," asked the teacher, Misses Anna Culver, Grace Bollamy and Wlno- sing, Secretary Johnson, read a re Mrs. J. C. FliiKerlo was'in Lanalng last Thurs geiiu Klluit are hoinu front Vpsllantl for the will be distributed. Do nob leave this port Of tlte last meeting of the asso day. Holiday vacatiotl. meeting without getting three copie "That has such strength and power?" elation, and also of a later meeting of D. G. 15aiT of liuiikerlilll was In tho city Mon Mrs, H. M. Williams and Mrs. E. H. Williams foryour district. day. wore Iti Leslie last frlday to auond the funeral tlie executive committee, wliich-was He thought they'd say the morning sun. ot Miss Maria ICuot. We are sending this notice to each Mooro lilakely of Leslie was in tho city Mon held at Lansing Nov, 26, At .that day. Mr. and Mrs. John Lasonhy will spend the director. Will you kindly notify you Holidays with iln^ir daugliter, Mrs. Jay Jaeoljs, time D, J. Gillam was elected secre.' But they answered, MOSS ROSE FLOUR. Oliestor Wells Is home for the Holiday vaca at West Unity, uhlo. moderator and treasurer of the meet tion. V. tary for the city of Lansing and A. E, Mr. and Mrs. Win. H. Ilowlett ot Uunkorhlll ing and bring them with you ? Come Clyde Ilowlett Of InKliani was Iti tho elty yes Hardy of the same city, elected treas terday. iBlt yesterday lor St. Petersburg, Fla., to spend early SO not to miss any of the pro the bahinee ot tho winter. urer, with Mr. Cade county secretary It Is made by the James Sitts Is In Lansing having his eyes gram. Wc had a splendid meeting Mr. and Mrs. Jule E. Cohen and Iittlo daugh and A. J. Hallof Mason as treasurer treated. ter ot Detroit will spend Uhrlstiiias with', luo last i'ear. Let us make this one familyof J.N. I'euberthy. of the same section. At that time It THOMAN MILLING COMPANY C. W. Gilkey was In Jackson on htislne.ss last better. L. IL Ives, President, Friday. was recommended tliat$5,OOO be raised Geo. L. Tallniaa left tor the south Monday to F. E. Searl, Secretary. Supervisor IL E. G\\m\ ot Delhi was In the city spend the winter, beiora ruluriihig he will visit in the county to help in advancing the and your grocer sells it. WouUay. relatives lu Waslilngtoii, U. Ci, Note—Act, 112, 1909, provides, that work, and that tlie ministers in the .Tohn E. Ourtls o( Dansvllle was In the city Jas. It. Dart went to Bradford, Pa,, Tuesday the commissioner sliall call the school county be asked to preach on tbe sub Mouday. ot last week to aiteiid the tiiueral ot It. T. Lain, offlcers of the county together once Geo. W. noUand of Bunhorhlll was In tho city a brother-lii-hiw. jeet of local option on January 2. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Young of Chicago visited each year and one member from each Ills parents over Sunday. Monday they wont to school board shall be allowed $2.00 per Joint Uainmond ot Meridian was In the city Albion to atteud the wedding ot a slsier ol Mrs. The question of having a general DO YOU.NEED GLASSES? Monday. Young. V fund for the whole county, or one for day and actual traveling expenses to Sharlle Warner ot Whoatlleid was in the city be paid from the treasury of the \ Note the Advantages of Toric Lenses AST Monday. Dr. W. W. Rootauended the annual meetltig Lansing city and township and. an of the Statu Association ot Superintendents ot school district for attending such Miss Lottie Upclylco will sponrt Christmas at thel'odi-al Flint, last week. The next meeting other for the rest,bt the county, with I will examine your eyes free of charge. Jackson. will he held at Lansing. a linance committee in charge of the meeting. . Scores of satisfied customers. . Dr. 0. ll, Freeland was Laijslug Tuesday lliinsler Worden returned home from Portland whole, was discussed at: large.' Rev. My equipment forenoon. ami Mulllkun last Saturday night. A large mun. her of his neighbors ami friends .from Leslie, W. H, Simmons. thought that', with a' OKEMOS. cS'---™——.-f"—"" is complete, Archie Bufkott of Lansing was lu tho city last Dansvllle, Masiiu and Kansas City gave lilm a Kecelved too late for last week's issue. •'?nuiiiu>iiicnm>itiuii>fwiihupriiii>itdutuMand I cao glvc' Thursday. surprise. A good titiio was enjoyed by all. good and elllcient man situated in erniUQb*f»oinllnv.,»ah.i..ifld«tiifort; .luwAlbftbUlonidll ..ka UW^*- Mrs. F. Kaiser, who has been to Ann •llb aict nd,)uUnul\OU lntt>dl>ti-r>.'c,lrili look blamdind tun lo|«Unr,Kl,.nnliidlM. Ill SKlll onrl aili U yesterday. tral offlce, the work could be better Arbor for an operation in her throat UoDlbU|liiui>niuil«l. TboJiDiunldlD Ibiibuppodiuiofu, ovnorianno PAIK EXCHANaE. Cqoald,Qiit7Udbmlmp«feoKi4m 10111,1 «1U molt u poAUIrurrannidiarhowt UlitfT ftom. UiOonUotM« wniiud ttl«.rift«al lUtla amc.^yC IfiB l ICIICU. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Neely were in Lansing done, and the forces more^generally and nose, has returned home again. la«lu.lM«»4Mg>M«CfljUidaIi«ltla|t«|lM,'> last Thursday. A New Back for an Old One. How distributed for tliegooti of tbe county, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy of Holland are Mrs. Martha Sitts vlsltoa hor htisbatul itt Lan- siu); last week. it Can be Done in Mason. Mr,. Hardy and others favored the visiting In Okemos. 0. S. BUSH, Optometrist and Optician, Lawrence Block, Mason. The backaches at times witii a dull, Miss Mildred Ellis is working in Mr.and Mrs. F.J. Kapp visited reliitiyes in indescribable feelini,', making you idea presented by Mr. Wilson, of hav Laiisini? Siiiiday. Lansing.. ' , . weary and restless; piercing pains ing two funds, with a treasurer In Supervisor 0. J. Dakln ot WheatlleUl w.as in Mrs. I'erry Young, is sick at this Obituary. the city Monday. . slioui, across the region ot the kidneys both Lansing and''Mason. and again tlie loins are so lame to writing. ' Charles W, Barnes was born in Le- Willis Collar is liome trom Ypsilauti for the A very spirited discussion of the Holiday vacation. atoop is agony. No use to rub orapply The Churches here are preparing for Roy, Genesee county, N. Y., Oct. 18, a plaster to llie back in ibis condiiiou. question filled the remainder of the ' Ulcliard Kaudabatiuh ot Lanslni; was in the their exercises. V 1840, and died at his home near Oke city last Saturday. You cannot reacli the cause. ;Ex forenoon, with the concensus ot opin change the bad back for a new and M. Wagner'isslowlyimproviiig. mos Dec 16, lOOO, aged 69 years, one Millard Patrick ot lireak o' Day was in the ion in favor Of a central offlce with Ghri^tmas city last Thursday. stronger one. Mason residents would Orln Keesler and wife visited John month and 29 days. He came to Mich do well: to proQt by the following ex tbe work undivided. igan with his parents at the ago of Miss Anna Howell was a guest of Lansing Hammond over Sunday. AND ^ friends last Saturday. ample. — . At the afternoon session the ques Chas. Grettenberger, Jr., entertain two years. In May, 1844, they moved Mrs. T. Eiley, 333 N. Washington Ion Corlrlght Is home trom the M. A. C. for tions debated in tlte forenoon contin ed company from Lansing over- Sun onto the farm where hc'has since re tho Holiday vacation. avenue, Lansing, Mich., says: "Some ued to be discussed. Pliny W. Marsh New Year years ago I began ito sutler from kid day. sided. Jan. 23, 1863, he was married Mrs.O.H. Freeland Is visiting her people at Of Detroit, attorney for the State Troy. Oakland county. ney trouble and tbe physician who Mrs. LlUie Stlllman spent Sunday to Mary A. Keeler ot Alaiedon. To Anti-Saloon League, was present and T, H; Hanna ot Ingham attended tho lusur- treated me failed to give relief. The with Henry Stillman. this union were born four children- most annoying symptom of my case Excursions .mco meeting Monday. gave,his opinion on different phases Mrs. John Hulett will start for Cal Angus, Nellie, Lizzie and .Archie. waa a piercing pain In my back and James Hulattot Meridian attended tha Insur Of the question. Mrs. Barnes died in 1896. In 1897 Mr. VIA ance meeting Monday. kidneys and there were other diliicul ifornia Wednesday. Barnes was married to Mrs, Phoebe W. 0. Keone and I. W. Moe of Dausvilie were ties wlileh showed, that ray kidneys Eev. David Howell Of Lansing be in tho city last Thursday. were outpf order. When Doan's Kid lieved tliat in concentration was pow Herbert Stricter from Unlonville is Hardenburg, who died June 11, 1909. MICHIGAN CENTRAL ney Pills were brought to my notice, ' Sup. 0. W. Clark of Inglmtn attended tho Iti- er, and was decidedly in favor of- a visiting friends here. He is survived by his four-children, TO ' fiurauoe nieothig Monday. ,. : I began their use and ..three boxes one brother, Thomas J,, of McOord, brought me entire relief. I have central committee. - Eev. Fred J. Cor The M. E. church is going to have Mrs. Flora Osborne will spend Christmas wltli Kentcouoty, a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth, All points in MICHIGAN her daughter ac Jackson.; often recommended this remedy to- bett ot Lansing, Eev. Cilley of Leslie its Christmasexercises Friday evening INDIANA and OHIO and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Uortio ot Lansing spent my friends and never hesitate to speak and Egvs. Beebe, Stewart' and Sim Nellie Bray visited Blanche Helwig Smith, Of WebberviUe and several Sunday wilh his parents here. in its favor, as I know tliat It lives up nieces and nephews. The funeral was mons; ot Mason each'had a word to Wednesday. TO Clyde Eckhart and wife visited tho tatter's to tbe Claims made for it." held.Sunday at 2:00 p. m. at WUklns brother In Lansing over Sunday. • . Mrs. Elley gave the above testi say before the motion ma.de by Eev. Charley Voss is very sick at' this Memorial, Eev. G. L. Beebe officiating Earl Webb nnd Carl Grove are home from tha monial In Oct., 1906, and on April 19, Simmons that there be oue.central writing. Certain; Points in ILLI and the remains laid to rest in the . M. A. 0. tor Che Holiday vacation. 1909,-8he added : "You are welcome committee with headquarters at Lan CO. Richmond visited friends here NOIS, KENTUCKY, to continue the publication of my pre Leek cemetery. ; Mrs.O.C.CastorllQ Is making an oxtenod visit sing, received an afllrraatlve vote. ;The over Sunday. , ^ • NEW YORK> MISSOURI with the family ot her son at Xmut. vious endorsement Of Doan's Kidney Pills. I have had no need of a kidney question of a secretary and treasurer Myron Blanchard and family return PENNSYLVANIA and in ;L. ,T. Philleo returned home last Friday to remedy since 1906 and I therefore loolc for the association came in-for much ed here last week Friday. spend Che Holidays with his ramily. * ; • CANADA. upon my cure as a permanent one.?' discussion;; and all agreed .that -the Miss Lizzie Grettenberger was In H CLUSTER'S , Mrs, Mary Stroud has gone to Elmlra, N. Y„ ITor sale by.all dealers; -PriceSOcts. secretary should or ought to be the Going Dec. 24, 25-and 31, 1909, to spend tlio balance ot the winter. Lansing two days last week. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New best man in Ingham county, and that , and Jan. i, 1910. ' ^ York, Sole Agents for the United Several from this place went tO A Busy Meillclne tor Busy - People, A. L. Vandercook and wlto will entortala their lie should be paid for his work, that "•-•BrlncsGoWoi) Health, and (lenewedVliror. \ ..V; childron and gtaudcUlldren Christmas. States, Ecmember the name—Doan's Mason Monday, to;attend the insur A'speolflo for Constipation, Indigestion, Liver Returning to reach original start —and take no other. he should bo a man able to present and Kidney. troubles,'I?implo.s; Eczema,; Impure Charles Terry and W. L. Watson of Leslie^ ance meeting. forceful arguments on each and every Blood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Hoadacho ing point not later than were in the city on business last Thursday, , • ond BaoUaohe.lIts RocltyMountalnTeii in tah- . Jan. 3, ,1910. .Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dart of Erwood, Sask., are riillfiiKnplnin'c *^°"'i> Cholera ane aspect Of the temperance,question. et .•-fbrna;¥35; cents^a "box.:-.iGemiIne; made..^^^^ CnamOenaiQ S Diarrhoea Remedy. Gtiairiberlain's Cough Remedy aOLLISTBR DIIUO COMPANr.;MadlS0Q,..WlS. spending the Holidays with Masou relatives.- •• : Never fails. Buy it now. • It may savclife,-/ Upon motion of Rev. Corbett, D.iJ. Cures Colds, Croup and 'Whooping Coush:' . GOLDE!\l NUGGETS FOR ^SALLOW PEOPLE , For Particulars Consult Agents. with his hind feel ufttil the door was Tan CHRISTMAS STAH, worthy «.! Inst cnme Into tho car nnfl opened. : And tlien- tho ll-ttlo flr tree climbed up to tho cupola. Behold the town of J'Jetlilohem bent its head and went in and stood '•\yould you mind telling mo what Ono midnight long ngo, In ths corner of the room, and tlie we are waiting for now?" aske'd Wat Wliou not a footstep in the street three wild things of the forest went son.- 'W'^as moving to und fro. softly from room to i-ooin, nnd carao "Waiting for tho pns.senffor to go A. lantern in a stable door past," replied the brakeman. back with things to hang on the ti'ee. Sent out a feeble bar. And last of all the llttlo gray owl flow And slowly o'er tho humble thatch • "Not the 2:10 from Ball.vboggln?" to the topmost branch and hung thero Arose tho Christmas star, "Sure. That's her. I guess we will the pink; wax angel with golden wings. start now,",
"They aro good oliildren,' said ths It silvered every scattered straw, It was past midnight when W.atsoa And touched tlio ollvo-boughs reached his homo. Mad? You ought little white owl, as he/flew down agailn. With brightness like the aureole to have seen him.—Chicago News. "When the winter is cold; -they hang That crowns an angel's brows; scr.aps of meat for me on the trees," It lit tho manger-bed where slept t NEW YEAR'S BREAKFAST. -. ''And they put carrots In the path," •The Prince of Peace, new born. said tlho rabbit, "and cabbage, so thtit And poured upon His infant head In Jniian It In n IteliK'Ioii.s llKo und I may hot go hungry." ; The glory of the morn. n .SerlouN Miiilv-f, "And behind tho barn they drop "'^ . To a dovout Japnneso breakfnst on Three thousand years or more havo arnifuls of sweet, juicy hny," snld the New Year's day Is a religious rite passed. deer, "thnit I may come in the night rather than a vulgar satisfaction of To darkness wlionco they came. and feed." the appetite. No ordlnar.v dishes are Unnumbered worlds havo dropped from And the little flr tree said; ' "They space consumed at this meal. .TJie tea must are good children, and I would rather In winding shoots of flame. be made with water drawn from the be hei-e -than In tflie big, big city. And And countless moons hava waxed and well when the flrst ray of sun strikes then It whispered, "Good-rilgbt," nnd wahod. it, a poutpourri ot materials speciUed the wild things went awaj;. And countless suns have set, by law forms the staple dish, while And In tho mprning Avhen the chil But over all tho ancient earth at the flnlsh a measure ot special sake dren came, they onled, "Oh, father, That star is shining yot. fronifa red Incciuor cup must be drain faither, look at the beautiful tree!" ed by whosoever desires happiness, It shimmers on the tropic sea, And the lumborman camo in and cried And gilds the arctic shore; during the coming year. In astonishment, "Who brought it It beams, a lamp to dying eyes; In tho room is pincod an "clysl.on here?" And the little flr treo,whisper Tho grave Is dark no more. stnnd," or rod lacquer tray, covered ed and sang: Undlmmed by either storm or cloud, wth evergreen leaves and bearing a "I ran away from tho forest. I ran Its splendor never dies. rice dumpling, a lobster, oranges, per away." But night and day it lights the way simmons, chestnuts, dried sardines But they could not understand, and That leads to Paradise. and herring roe. All these di.shes have so tliey stared .and wondered, and at —Metropolitan. ti special signlfleation. The names of last tbe lumberman snid, "It Is too some are homonymous with words of late to carry It now to the city, so It happy omen; the otiiers havo an alle can stay." And at th.at the children gorical meaning. Tho lobster's curved cried, "A Merry Christinas to all!" back and long claws typify lite pro And tho flr tree whispered happily, "A longed till the frame Is bout and the Merry Christinas!" And out in the board Is long; the sardines, which al forest bhe owl and tho r.abbit and the ways swim in iiairs, express conjugal white-tailed deer wished each other bliss; the herring is synihoiical of a "A Merry. Cliristmas!' as they iitir- fruitful progeny. I'ied away through the snow.—Evening Watson wns In a iiiirry to got home These dishes aro not intended for Wisconsin. In order to make ids fourth annual consumption, although, in most .cases refer SiiiyvcsimfH 2Ve»T Veiir'n. appearance In the popular and mlrth- tho apiietite Is fairly keen. The ortho provoklng character of Santa Clans. dox .Tnpanoso not only sees the old Tlio custom of celebrating Now Tho regular passenger train passing year out; he rises at 4 to welcomo the Year's Day in our own country is through Ballyboggin, whore ho had largely duo to *he Dutcli. Old Peter newcomer and performs many ceremo been detained on business, would land Stuyves.ant made much of the day, and nies before he breaks his fast.—Lion- him at the union stntion In Chicago cheery assemblages we're held at the don Clironlclo. at precisely 7:30, which yvould mean governor's home In New Amsterdam 8 o'clock by the time he could possi .IniHatlon SnoirlinllM. Tho Dutch metliod ot kissing tho wom bly get home. A Christmas treo decoration that Is en for "a happy new year" was ob^ easily and inexpensively made at homo served and toll taken of ail who wei He conflded his difllculty to tho sym is snowballs. A coil of lino picture young and handsome. In fact, during pathetic landlord of tlie hotel and the wire, a box of diamond powder and a' the reign ot Peter Stuyvesant New landlord snid; "There's a freight bundle of cotton batting (not sheet Amsterdam w.as tlie most thbroughly leaves Hardwlck'at 11:30 and ' you waddlngj are tho materials needed. bekissed coinitry in all Christendora ought to be able to m.ake connection The wire is cut in various sliort and formed a marked contrast to the with the Egmont express sl.ap into lengths, a wad ot tho cotton thrust staid Puritans, who thought the ob Chicago it it makes anywhere near upon it, patted into shape to look like servance ot this day savored strong! timo.. That will bo three hours earlier ot reverence for the god .Tanus an than tho regular passenger, but you'll a ball, and the powder dusted oyer it who made no note of their first New have to got a livery rig to get over trom a perforated toilet powder box. A CHRISTMAS LEGEND. made a red path ot iig-ht on tho snow, on . tho great sled, and pr&sently the Year's D.ay in the now world save to to Hnrdwick and that'll cost you $.1."' The other end ot the wire is bent over Iho fhWdi'oii ciime .again, and when aii.iiiials o.f the forest began to creep, record, "We went to work betimes."— Five minutes later he and Ills v.alise to form a fastening, and the ball is A soldier In a aciflot coat. they saw that tree liad been cut down creep among tlie new wii:i-te stumps, New Xoi'k Evening Post. were packed into a biiggy .and a start ready for the tree. It is efi.'cotlve to One winter. Ions ago. thoy ci'iod: "Where is our own little "So you .are going to the city," said made. The roads were particularly have the b.alls v.ary In size from that Wont out and,mot a pretty maid ti'oo?" And the little tree that lay tho -wliite-tiiiled deer, nibbling the bad, however, and about half way to of a small apiilo to a large orange. 'In woodlands white with snow; Helping- Santa. on the top of the sled, answered loud moss beneath the snow, Bho stood heneath an anelent oak; Hardwlck tho ' driver nnnounced his ly: "Here I Mulie I'Unu I'iicIiIIiik: Sauce. ITor.namo was Misllotoo. cheerful conviction that thcy would A sauce without brandy is made as chJldren did not undei-stand, they rub excitedly. But Ilhe little flr cried: "I miss tho freight. Watson thereupon follows: One tablespoontul of corn bed thoilr eyijs witli their rough red don't want to go." Her cheeks and lips wero glowing red, urged him to apply whalebone to the hands .and sobbed. "Why not?" asked the white-tailed starch, one tablespoontul ot butter, one Like i)D|)pics in the wheat; team with the promise of an extra Her looks wero twined with milky deer, and the little flr'told ot tho chil pint of boiling water, one egg, one-half "What's the matter?" asked their dollar If he mndo tho freight. When I)earls, dren. cup of sugar. Pnt cornstarch, egg father, as he came tramping through they arrived at Hardwick they found Her eyes wore blue and swept; And tho deer came closer, .and for .a and sugar in a bowl and mix them the wood. that the freight was still there. He looked and loxed, and, kneeling. "Oh, our little tree, our own little long time the two wliispered togetHier, well. Pour over them the hoiling wti- .• laid -and Presently a big gray rabbit joined Watson paid tho driver, climbed into ter and stir over tho Are until thick. His saber at her feet. them, and a white owl flew down and the caboose and disposed himself as Add any flavoring. added wise counsel, and .after a w:hile comfortably .as possible on the long, From ley regions of the Polo PoNlod oa Tlin*. the deer and the rabbiit and tho ow slippery, cushioned bench that ran tbe Tbe norther blew all night. ^ongth of the car. Then ho looked .at "Now, ohlldrcn..*- snid .the good m.an And hung the branches of the pine went aw.ay, and the little tree lay very, his watch and found th.at it w.as Ave •who was talking to tho Sunday school, With tinkling fringes bright, , very still until midnight, minutes past the time for the freight "you know, of course, where all tbo And made beneath the aged oak 'Then when all blie other trees slept to start. After a while he got up and pretty things you: And In your stoclc- A frozen mound of, white. it rolled from -the sled into the snow, iooked out of the car door. Ings on Christmas morning really and the wind, which blew through the But when tho panes aro thick with come from, do you not?" forest asked, "What are you trying to There was nobody in sight. Ho frost "Yes, sir," they replied -with one do, little tree?" And^the litUe tree stood there . wondering whether it And nights aro bitter chill, voice. ."Germany." said, "Help me to stand." So the wind would be safe to go In search of some And silence. In a crystal coat, Has eased the silver rill, •blew untler it until it w.as upright on one, for; the: freight was a little dis Not II na to the house backward and forw.ard movements he The Runaway ^ down and plied with the other trees son -why,-we should not. have them' ev where the c/Mldren lived.. settled Into a sort of desperate resig I.OOU to the Future, that are to be sent to the city." : ery day. W-hy: should love: not rule nation and it was In a tone express It is not wise to have so merry a - "We ai-e.too poor to have a .tree this Then out from the for^t came the through the circle of the year? A year Christmas Tree 3 ive of this frame of mind that ho ad Christmas that-you cannot havo a year," sa;ld'the tired man, "sadly, and white-tailed: deer-and the big r.abbit, full of Christ Is a year which carries dressed the brakeman when that happy New Year.—Chlcngo Tribune. the children went away mourning. and the little white owl, and the deer Into every day the best of Christmas, And the sun went down and the pushed softly against the door of the moon came up, and showed the dark cott-a-ge, and the owl pecked at the ni» Roar. JUST BEPOEE CHRISTMAS. forest and all the little fir trees lying lock, and the rabbit .hunclhed .and hit McGorry (carpingly)—Thim makers All-the little fir trees in the forest av almanacs hov got us be dbe t'roats, wero very much excited. "To-morrow we shaU be cut down," KEASING THIN ICE, bedad! they cried, "a.nd then we shall be car Mrs, MoGorry—How d'yez make thot ried to bhe big city." out? Now, none of the little fir trees McGorry—Make ut out? Here, now, knew what the city w.as like, but they Wehov cowld weather New Year's," / mo HE murmured and rustled and whispei'e^ phwin we don't nade ut; an' do clhey riiEViMorsiJ ot the wonderful things that they give us aven ti brith av frost on dho should see. •> Fourf av July,'phwln our tongues aro But there was one lilttlo tree that hangin' out wid dlie heat? Not so's ftskod: "Do wo .all go?" yez cud notice ut,-bedad!—Judge. . "Yes," said the other trees; "to A New Tear's Wish, morrow we stiirt on our travels." God keep thee, dear, through all the Then the little tree sighed and said: ; years. "But Inv.as promised to the children Through all the Joys, the sorrows, tears of tho lumberman." Otlife—Its commonplaces, too, "The lumberman is poor," s,aid a big God keep thee: sweet, and brave, and oak, "and these are hard times. - This true-: year they must go without a tree." Amid the doubts and fears that rise ; In every lite—the mysteries, - •The ne.\t morning, very early, the Thlngsthat are hard,to understand,- - children: came, trudging through - the' The movlngs ofa mystic hand,- • Bnow .and stood under the branches of God keep thy reason sound and sure, the little flr. .Thy'niind alert, thy heart still: pure.:. "This is our tree," said one of them God keep.'theo - always—this .1 pray proudly. . "On .Christmas„ it will be For-thee,"upon this New Year's Day. lighted with candles, with an'angel on. —B, McM. Bell. «he topmost bough;" v .. ' ' ' - •.' ' Iu the Dark. •'. "Suoh a,dear,-littleVbree,":.said an . .'.'.'Well; have,you:bought, your'itvife'a other; "liow. we shall love it," r. Christmas present yet?" - . And the little tree tre-inbleid as it "I dunno. She lias all;our Christ lieard them, but bhe children thought mas stuff loolced up In: one of the clo» that it was'the wind that shook it. ' •- ets, where I can't get at it." ^ Then; they: -went: away,. and: later, camo .'men with axes and cut down all If Money IlronKht Ilapplnoaa. ithe young trees and laid them on a If money only :,>broughti':=:happiness great sled to be carried away. there .would ::be.:'littlev Christmas. cheei And In^ths evening,! when th«. >ua in a majority of-'homes. ' ' SII/HOUETTES OP WESTERH PBOF. MUNYON'S PHTLANTHUOPY CANADA, . GIvliiK (u till! NiKioii II I'rUo Tliat itloiiuy Ctiiiuot Dny. Why Do You Suffer? •yiie man from Iowa began to tallt "/ %vould rather preserve the health laud before the train was well out of of a nation than to he its ruler,"— from woman's peculiar ills, when we are ready and willing: the C, N, R, depot in Winnipeg, Thu Machinery That Cost People of Uitnyon. to send you a week's treatment of PISO'S TABLETS en talk began in rather wide circles. The France Atillions Now in This motto, written by Prof. Munyon tirely free? Their use is the most modern and scientific rush to the land, the bumper crop, about sixteen years ago, was the real w;iy of treating the diseases of women, because they are the system of summer fallowing pur Scrap Heap. cornerstone of his medicine business. applied diredlly to the diseased surface, and at once begin C\eaxvscs the S^fstew sued In the seml-arld districts, were He feU that the people of the nation all discussed, and then, with a sort ol were neglecting their health owing to their work of healing, - They are small, effetftive, clean lack of money. With the ono thought aixjlogetlc smile, the Iowa man said: aiid easy to use, and cannot fail to benefit those^who use MUCK OF IT HAS BEEN IFTILIZBD In view of helping humanity, he start Dispels colds awA HeadQahe,'^ "I'm a bit Interested In this country ed In the medicine business, paying them.' They are an ideal home treatment. A woman writes, myseit. Some,of the men down hOme d\\e\o Co\\a\\\)a\\o\\; largo sums of money to eminent spe "It is a wonder working Tablet," Ac\s xva\.wo%, a(Aa\v\xV/ as got a few sections up here along thlii cialists for known and tried formulas line, and I'm going to have a look at Old Locomotives, Cars, Dredges and that were known to have been suc For sale by all druggists. For them. Never been up In Canada be Girders Are to Be Shipped to cessful In curing diseases. After care- samples and a treatise entitled fore" (It Is curious how theso mid- ifully compounding these formulas nnd "Causes of Diseases in Women" Name Western Americans pronounce the America and Sold, putting them up In a .marketable con address us *on . live accom- V6\v-youu(^ axvdi 0\d. name of tho Dominion as It It was dition, he offered them to the public panyini,' coupon,' Writo your Post Office for a few pennies, easily within the "Can'dy"), "but If It looks good we iiaiiio and aildress plainly and reach of the iiodrest family. He hired address THE PISO COMPANY, To CeX Ws bene^xuaX cjjcc\s. will be up to stay next .fall." Tho Isthmian Canal Commission has eminent specialists at large' salaries' DEPT.C, WARREN, PA. State "Yon see, It's llko this," said tho and offered their services absolutely marxufoctuned by iKe flogun the job of traiisiioitlng about man from Iowa, (]uito manifestly con freo to the public to diagnose their 100,000 tons or old French jurik from tinuing «,n argument that had been Ases and advise them what remedies the isthmus to New York city, The take. After giving llie public all ^ ~ going on in his mind for soma time, junk Includes old locomotives, dump those lienellts he was still unsatislled I IG Syrup C0« "^^^'^^ ^^^^'^ Innd ims becomocars , tanks, barges, boilers, girders, and offered further to those who were dear. Anybody wanting to sell can drctlges, sheet iron, jiarls of old ma not in reach of the olllces which ha SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUCCISTS get fVO or JSO an acre for It, and ev chinery aud other tilings for which established throughout the country; he advu/tlsed, asking them to write to Of>e Size or>ly, regular price 50^ per bottle. ery farm that's .offered Is snapped up, the Freiioli canal company paid mil ight To Yois his specialists for free medical ex In Saskatchewan wo havo just as good lions of dollars and which it left to amination, and to-day Prof, Munyon land that cost us ?1] and $12, so that go lo ruin on the isthmus. is still following out this policy, and ; When your bed-room, bath-room a man can take up live or six times as Somo of tills old French junk has whenever he hears of a now drug or or dining room is chilly, you may What ProJ. Sh.w, tho WcK-Known Affrr.;iii"ch thei'o ns In Iowa on the same In- been found in extraordinary places. a now formula that Is more effective have heat brought to you in just the Say.i vestment of money. culturlst, About It: < Dredges havo boen discovered almost than tilose that ho Is nt^tho tlmo com I would HooiKjr riilHo In Wculorn cJiltlo "It Isn't the money, though, that degree you desire. It is easy when (Jiiuiida titiin ft) tliu rnrii holt of buried • completely In sand, hundreds pounding, he purchasos'''them regard tUo VnlUfd Sliihifl, I'ovii lirliigs most of us up from Iowa. I'm less of cost. you haye a Ih clieniHT 1111(1 uliriiiito of feet away from any body of water Ix.'tlor for (lio iiiiri»usu. not sure tliat money would he enough. Prof, Munyon puts up a separate Vour iniirkot will Im* and overgrown with dense tropical nrovo fiiMt.iT tliim your The 'invasion' Is a family affair. Wo curo for almost every 111, and theso i'lirniPi-ri Hill prnilijpo t)io vegetation, Aiiiiarently thoy have been NU|i|)IIitH. Wlioiit run bo liavo no chance of keeping our sous remedies can he had at all druggists, Kronn up to hoGOtli iiiir- carried away from the river hed by iillol [m mi I'B iionii oC around us back homo. They have to mostly 25 cents a bottle. In taking tJioIutunidt, oniil hoiiiiil. high water or the river itself had these remedies, you aro taking what iiryl. Vonr viiciuit Jiimi leave the farm and go Into the big will lio tniton at ii nilo shifted its courso. Several ol,' Ihosa might-be called a sure thing, for he boyoml proHiMifc roncoii- cities of the neighboring States to get tlnii. Wo hum otinuch hurled dredges wore iu ti fairly good guarantees them to produce satlsfae- work. To keep thorn on the farm and looplo in tho UnltiMt toi'y results or ho will, rotund your (Equipped with Smokeless Device)] .•fmti'H rilono who want state of in-e:iurvatlon and arc now do in touch with us, wo come up hero to tiiko upthlH Janii." Nunrly money. This is a remarkable man ing work on tho Istlinuis. and make iitl|o colonies with the chll- and a remarkable Institution, mani available. Place the heater where tho 70,000 Americans Some ot the junk has boen lifted di'on around us, on homcste.ads or festly fair to all, and a nrm'that we do uillciitci'iiiiilinnkotliflrlioimia cold is most annoying, strike a match. from l.ho bottom of the Ch.agres river ill Wt'Htnrii-Vnniuin thin yi'iii: bought land. This makes it easier I'or not hesitate to recommend to our JDPi) prodircixl niKilhor liirKO crol) of M'lH'iil, oiitM niKt Inirli'v, tho farmers back there In Iowa to get and from the bottom of the old Freiicii readers. No fuss—no flurry—no smell—and, above nil, no smoke. The ill lulclitloii lo wlilcli thu cMlllu o.-(p(»rlH will* mi Intiitrnso ilciu. land tor tiie stay-at-lionios. The fami canal prism, wliere hundreds o[ thoii- Prof, Munyon's r«ddress Is B3d and (JiiLtIo ral,^liw;, [itH; ^V. II. Jtoders. arc now helping to liiilc the Atlantic Uieir illsijositlon to commit crime." (lucorjioruteU) lid riiior Tnu.lhm-'l'eniilnal lliitldlnc, IndlaiiupdUs, er In dofoiiding a step that meant a Ind., and II. .11. Wllllnnis. lleeui m, Law Bulldlni;, with the i-'acilic, "Aa, for e.Nainple" ® ''isf.' 5^.^ w ® i^- Toledo, Ohio, (Use adtliTss mnirestyou). new llag, a now allegiance, a new land, "Well, I once knew nman who was ]*hvise say wlicre you saw this (ulvertlsemeiit. Tho protit from tho sale of thu and now nssociatos. To abandon "Old cured, hy a siniplo operation, of a ton- French junk will he siiiall compared Glory" and the Declaration of Inde- IIf~X''ort Wiij-nu List doncy lo rob hanks and hold up rail with tiie value of tho service that tlie peiulenco for a good thing In cheap way Iraina." laml would hardly bo playing the commission already has derived from "Did you perform It, doctor?" game, but to go out Into Saskatche tho cast-off equipment, Ii''or tho lirst "No; I waa merely called on to ver ify the result after the operation was PoKJtivclycured by wan to "keep,tho family together" was two years of its work tbo commission over,'' these Littlo Pills. a„otj,(,r nnd a fiuKo higher motive, relied absolutely upon the old locomo "Well, who did perform It':"' tives left liy tiie Frenoli,'In 100(1 tliero ™rr«a"t Why seek too closely to anal.vze the ".\ frontier sheril'f."—Chicago Trib diffcsuoa and Too nearly reasons tor the greatest land trek In were 100 ot these weather^boateli loco, une. THE LARGEST MANUEACTUBER OF Eating. A perteot rera- the history ot America','It Is enough to motives in service, compared with only I IVIEI^'S Fine Shoes in the World edytorDlizlnc88,Nausoii, |n,ow what the sons ot the trontlors- hftcen American-made engines. Since Clin Thl.M Out. Vlfoar W. L. Douglas comfortable, At the first sign of rheumatic pnlns I easy-walking shoes. They aro Drowsmess, Bod Taal« ^^^^ ^ ^nd Kansas, and Minne- that time the percentage ol! the French or b.ickacho, or a feeling of being 1 macJouponhonor,of tha best lonth- In tho Mouth, CoiitcJ locomotives has steadily docrea.sod. sot.t—the best,blood of the mid-West generally run down nnd weakened, the I ors, by tho mostskllloci ;worlS tTTNG nAtSAM has hnen used succossf ullv for years tordeop-snateij rose the following conversation waa The national reclamation act was amazement. Then, as she approached couRhs, colds and bronchitis, JBvorvboay ahoula heard: "Say, Maude, I know this play know about It, it I5 simple, safe and sure. passed in 1902, At that time there the staircase, he disappeared. is going to be tunny,'.' "What makes tlSK were in the government's name. In tho you think so?" asked Maude, "Why, X.ltcrnll)' So. sixteen States affected 000,000 acres, of anybody could tell that from tha "I hoar your girl has a good trade, arid land,, of which It was estimated now." possible to reclaim .sutnctent to, sup name!" was the reply,—M. A. P. "Don't apeak of it a port 50,000,000 people. By 1911 tha Constipation- as trade; It Is Good ironnclcceiiers Hue tho Beat. a real calling." reclamation service will have reclaim That's why thoy use Red Cross Ball Blue. Nearly Every One Gets It ed 2,000,000 acres, at an estimated cost "What is it?" At leading erocoi-s, K centa. 'of ,$70,000,000. There are •10,000,000 "She is a telephone operiitor."—Hal- The bowels show first sign acres i of arid land susceptible to re i A Peep Ahead. I'llICE—10 CENTS. I timore American. of things going wrong. • ^ clamation by irrigation. .5They were about to open the Pana .ma canal In duo form. Cascaj'el tiiken every night Standard examinations for all posi-, "What are; we waiting for?" asked as needed keeps the bowel3 tions ot physicians in the classified ser tho man who was to deliver the ora working naturally, without A Poor Weak Woman vice h.ave been established by^ the civil tion., • ,• Smart little, frocks for semi-dtessy oc As she is termed, will endure bravely and patiently service commission in place oC the dif "We.aro waiting," answered the mas casiong ara numerous and the very popular grip, gripe and that upset ferent standards set up by the various ter ofcere'monios in a husky whisper, top coat makes it pcssible to wear tliem niSonies which a strong man would give way undor. sick feeling. jog The fact is womert are more patient than they ought departments. ,.: . "to 800 If we can't scare up a few right along through the winter. . to be under such troubles. . American built ships to go through Homespun is'a good material for the Ton cent box, week's treatment. more tailored dresses, but silky crepes and , , All druc: stores. Biitirest seller in Every woman ought to know that she moy obtain There, are .28,947. persons, in,-the fed first!"—Chicago Tribune. , thoworld-Tiniilion boxes a month., I, the mo^ experienced medical advice free of charge eral employ at .Washington, the annual satins are adorable for the much' kiite'd ;Mra. WInslow's Soothing syruir tor Chit- ones, and Irish or cluny lacs makes a and in absolute confidence and privacy hy writing to pay-roll' for'ithem! being $31,541,225, .an PAY IF CUBEq vtls! World's Dispensary Medical Association, R, V. iJren toothing;-softens the gums, reduces In charming neck finish. aver.age'iof nearly .!$1>100 each., , ; • flammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. • 20 - M« pur nuiilat;»<.nnil Heii4 Pierce, M. p., President, BulTalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce cents a bottle. has been chief consulting physician of tiio Invalids' No Tronlilo Ofliorwlnc. . ; ' aninnil KlituJli'laliiln I'nrVara,n i-Iotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., for I A Ooolncaia Ilct^ccn Tliom Noiv. Professor ,(ofiEnglish.literature)—-At REA CO.. DEPT. BS, MltlNEAPOLIS, DIIIIB, many years and Ims Iiad n wider practical experienco : President Taft,-on the suggestion of ::,"Do' you moan': tos tell- me, colonel, times you find: it difficult, .1 dare say, to^ jn the treatment of women's diseases than any otlier physioioa in this country. Secretary. IFOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR READERS from Traverse City Sunday, wliere tf) Rives Junction last Tliursday by Miey have been spending a week as the death fif an uncle. • delegates to the Grange convonlion. Marve Hyjitt of Eaton Rapids was WEST COUNTY LINE. Roy Hulleberger and son Rex start in Aurelius Thursday on business. Jngham County ^cinJamecrras tHar t and Miss Lillian Heinig Friday for Ohio to spend the Holidays Manie Field spent Friday and Sat were united in marriage at the Gro with his parents, urday In Mason at P. Orr's, -BY- A select party was held at Dr. See's venbiirg cluircli Tbnrsday evening NORTHEAST AURELIUS. Rev. Rllley performed the ceremony Thursday evening. W. L. CLARK. E, Payne of Chelsea visited E, T, Only the Immediate relatives were Skin Diseases Quickly Cured. Mclnlyre and wife last Friday, present. ' Zemo and Zemotone give itisiant re Clyde Eckhart and wife visited her Wednesday, December 22, 1909 A dog belonging to Amos MIddaugli lief and iiernianently cure every form brother in Lansing over Sunday, went mad Sunday evening bui was of skin fliseiise. They draw all germ Louis Olney of Ohio is visiting his life to the surface of "tlie skin and de killed before any damage was done. A Merry Christmas and WEST AUEELIUS. hrotlier, Emil Olney, this week, stroy them, leaving a clear, healthy ' There will be a Cfiristmas tree at skin. . " Mesdames Nancy Scutt, Betsey Eck- W. 0. MfiKuire and family sptjnt the Grovenburg ciiureh Friday even Write E. W. Rose Med.,Co., St. liarl and Amy Jordan attended tlie Sunday In Dimondale, Ing for the .Sunday school. Louis, for sample. Happy New Year to All. blrtlidaj' party of Mrs, Lewis Smitii For sale by Longyear Bros. Master Roland Topllir lias been sick Auntie Dorr received the news of tbe past week. last week Tucsdiiy, It was also the the deaili of her sister at Charlotte EAST ALAIEDON. birthday of Mrs, Scutt and Mrs, Jor Lagrando Kewmaii nnd daughter last Friday. dan, Mrs. Smiih and Mrs. Scutt are Angus Barnes and family attended Leona will leave ihe last of Xhe week Prank Laranreau.\ Is on the sick list. the same age. the funeral of his father near Okenios for West Virginia, where they intend Miss Cella Williams visited friends Fred Thayer and wife were in On last Sunday. to spend Llic winter, in Holt part, nf la.'^t, week. Cliristnias tree at, the church Fri ondaga Sunday to see her father, who Homer Apsey and family of San day evening. LESLIE and BUNKERHILL LINE is very sick. , Jose, Cal., are visiting at David Mil ler's. Mr. Apscy will reside in Michi G, W, .lewett and wife of Lansing Many from here attended •thoinsur ETOHELL'S NEIGHBORHOOD. arc visiting relatives here this week. ance meeting at Mason Monday. gan. Bernice Whipple visited her sister, Miss Mary Carrier spent aconple of .7oe Opdyke, wife and daughter were Miss Annice Cross of Yp.silantI is Mrs. E. Bartlett, from Saturday until days last week in Lansing and Mason. in .iackson last .Saturday. visiting her aunt, Mrs. iiVed Brenner. ]\[ondiiy. Ira Eckiiart and wife of Oliio are Mrs. Flora Galloway and Mrs. JCate Miss Hilda Wolf Is In Mason this J. A. Davidson and wife have been visiting his parents this week. Woodland were in Lansing Monday. week." visiting friends In the northern part Mrs. Geo, Giersbrookof Williamston Walter Ilaylioe and wife spent Sun WEBBERVILLE. of the state the past week. visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Gurley, day with tlicir daugliter, Mrs. Vern Charles Hanna, who has been visit- last Saturdiiy. Mrs. Fislier was In Fowlerville last. Stanfleld, In Fitcliburg. ng friends in this vicinity, returned Tliursday. Mrs, Ella ITarkncss visited Mrs. ' NORTHEAST ONONDAGA. Mrs. Patrick visited at Break o' Day to Lansing Monday. LI'/,/.lc Mclntee Monday. A Merry Cliristnias and a Prosper-j part of lasb week." l^irs. Lodema Hanna visited at Ste Arlinirand Lena Poilok of Wheat- OUS and Happy New Year to the edi Mr. Patrick was in Lansing hisO phen Hanna's part of the week. Held vlsllcd tlieir sister, Mrs.'Alma tor and correspondents of this paper I Wednesday. Roland Coon of Leslie is visiting his Opdyke, last Saturday, are the well wislies of the writer of| Jiir. Dey spent Sunday with his par grandparents, J. 0. Hunt and wife. A Merry ClirKstmas and Happy New these items. ' ents near irowlcrvillc. Tlie Etcliell progressive pedro club Year to the DE.irocitAT and readers. News Is scarce this weelc. Every And Here is Where You Find It. Honest E. .Sllsby and wil'e of rowlerville met at Ernest i^artlelt's lastSaturdiiy body at home keeping ll res this cold | visited reliitlvcs here last week. Alone in Savcmill at Midnight evening. Prizes were awarded to Dell Unmindful nf dampness, drafis,siorins weather. Mr. and Mrs. Buscli of Muir are vls-^ Hunt ancrArthur Newman, and a line Value in Footwear. or cold, W. J. Atkins worked as nlglit Mrs. M. E. Sherd visited her daugh-| iting her parents here. ' time enjoyed by all. watcliman at iianncr Springs, Tenn. ter north of Onondaga last Friday. The BaiitTfet Sunday sciinol Is plan Such exptisure unve lilm a severe cold A sjirained ankle will usually dis- Mrs. Ervln Johnston visited rela-1 ning a lovely titiic for cliildren and tlialseitled on his luiigs. At last lie iiblc llie injured person for tliree or lives in Leslie over Sunday. adults on Cliristnias eve. by having a liiid to give up work. He tried niaiiy I'mir weeks. This is due to lack of This is wliat people want and Ethel Mills received a bcaulifull tree and exercises. All arc Invited to reniediesbutail failed till be used Dr. proper treatment. When Cliamber- icing's New Discovery. "After using ain's Liniment is applied a cure may gold bracelet from her father last Sal-1 conie. we have our store filled with one boitle," he writes, "I went back beelTected in tliree or four days. Tills urday as a Oiirislmas gift. M.rs. l^ardee lias returned after vi.s- to workas well as ever," Severe colds, 'iniiiient is one nf t,lic best and most A few from this locality attended I reliable Boots, Shoes and Rub iting her daiiglit.er In Mason, stubborn coughs, inllamed throats and remarkable preparations In use. Sold sore lungs, lieniorrliages, ernup and by Longyear Bros., druggists. llieFanncrs Mutual meetingiit Mason j Jlrs, J.t'raser is niiiubei'ed with llie bers of all descriptions, made wliooping congli get quick relief and Monday. ' sick, prompt cure from this glorious medi HOLT. from the best of leather and cine. ,')0cand ,$1,00, Trial bottle free, Tlie greatest danger Irnm iniluenza I The Southland NIglitingalc Jubilee is of its resultinif in pneniiionia. This ir yoii aresiiirorlng from biliousness, guaranteed by Longj'car J.iros, from Amazon rubber, made by cnn.«tipiilion, Indigestion, ciironit; Singers will be at the M. E. church can be obviated by using Chamber licadaclic, invest titie cent in a postal lain's Cougli Remedy, as it not only | EDEN, Thursday evening, Dec 23. card, send lo Cliainbciiain's Medicine cures iniluenza, but coiinicriicts any expert workmen and which we Co., Des Moines, Tnwa, with your Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Chapin and George Thorburn, son of Dr. W. W. tendency of tiio disease towards pneu-1 sell at prices that our many name and address iilainly on llic back, daugliter Martha were in .Jackson Tliorburn, of Lansing has moved his monia. "Sold by Longyear Bros., drug-1 and Uiey will forwnrd yon a free sam family into Emma Penberthy's house fe'ists. . ple 'of Cliitniberlaln'.s .Sloniacli and Monday, friends and customers realize Liver Tablais. ,Sokl by 'Longyear Herbert Sanders Is home for the in tills village. . WILLIAMSTON. Holt is now the most convenient to be right, and appreciate our Bros., druggists. Holidays, Marilla S. Brooks has sold a parcel .village in Central Michigan to live in. Maude Disenrotli left for Cliicago on west half tif southwest quarter, efforts to sell goods at the most STOCKBRIDGE. Tlierc is an electric car each wayevery last Saturday to spend the ITolidiiys. section 25, Williamston, to. Goyt & hour. We are only 12 minutes from reasonable prices at all times Miss iriora Smitii is spending a few Mr, Breed of Lansing was In Eden Ciiency for $100. days Willi Mrs. ,1. G. Litnglllt. the lieart of Lansing. the lirst of tlie week. William Casey, a local bhicksraith, and where all receive a most Mrs. Jas. Hancock, went to Detroit Mrs. Alma Backus is spending a Mrs. F. B. Johnson of Lansing visit was severely kicked on tiie ciiin by a last Ji'riday on account of the sickness few days at Cllris. Taylor's. ed her niotlier, Mrs, W. H. Overliolt, horse. cordial welcome. Of her sister. Mi.ss Villa Tluiniiis of Gliarlolte is Sunday. Rorbert Porter,of Wiieatlleld lost a spending a few weeks vviili her cousin, Viola Mayke is one of the sick ones Arrangements for a special Holiday valuable twu-ycar-old coitby McAlpine AT Alniit Hicks. this week. revival service during part of January last week. are being planned by members of the Fred Hudson of Lake A''icw Is work- j\[rs. A. C, Sanders visited in Leslie Mrs. A. C. DuBois of Portland, who Jiig for E. L. Milner. last Friday and Saturday. dilferent churches. was ill with pneumonia while visiting '5 SHOE STORE Mrs. Jnorencc Mapcs is on tlie sick Mrs. I. II. Tallman returned from Royal Thorburn is now at home and her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Ilcald, re list. Wasliingtnn last Friday. reported much improved. turned homc; last Wednesday. Mr. MASON, MICH. George Dardy of Dundee has been Claude Fay and wife started for The senior entertainment at the Heald accompanied her. in lown a few days visillngold Iriends. town hall last Saturday evening was Texas last Wednesday. W. F. Cairns and E. N. Link were Gilbert May and Siiinner Hall are well attended. Everyone was well J Little Ruth Hazleton spent a few in WebberviUe last Thursday. home from tlie M. A. C. during llic pleased. The receipts were $15.00. -, days Willi her grandparents, E. H. Frank Ranney returned last Wed Holidays. Revival meetings at the M.E.cliurcli Ha/.letnn and wife, last week. nesday from a business trip in the closed last Friday evening. Miss Alice Morgan,is home from Dennis Walton and wife visited in northern part of the state. Ypsiianti. Joseph Feier lias sold bis farm to Lansing over Sunday. Ed. Seiffiesleft last Friday to visit Benjamin Guenther. Tell Us- Your Wants mm Miss iiJiliel Laxton received a new friends at St, Johns, Owosso and DANSVILLE. The annual lilection of olllcers for piano as a Christmas gift from her Scottville. Merry Cliristnias lo all. , the M. E. Sunday school will take And we will make every effort in our power to supply you. We parents, Walter Laxton and wife. A banquet was held at the 1. 0. 0. Alice Ferguson is clerking .in Rad place-Wednesday evening, Dec 22. fifjure what you want, and furnish quality specified. F. lodge rooms last Thursday evening. ford's store during the Hnlidays. Stung for 15 Years Twelve were received into the M. E. IT. A. Thompson acted as chairman Frances Keene is leaciiing in tlie By indigestion's pangs—trying many churcii last Sunday morning. and a very interesting program was ^Large and Well Assorted Stock to Select Frotri-^ : Williams district in place of Alice doctors and $200 worth of medicine in vain, B. F, Ay.scue of Ingieside. N, given. Fergnson. LESLIE. . Remember our 0., at last used Dr. King's New Life Twenty-seven Williamston birds The jiersons earning the prizes at Pills, and writes they wholly cured The funeral of Miss Maria Root, were entered at the Grand Ledge the masquerade are as follows; Best him. Tliey cure'constipation, bilious who lias been sick for a long time, was High Grade Shingles and Cedar Posts. The Best Lumber. poultry show last week. , , costume—lady, Bliinclie Ingals, jiair ness, sick headache, stomach, liver, held at the residence of her sister, kidney and bowel troubles. 25c at The Williamston Pet Stock and of roller skates; gent, Fred Corwin, Longyear Bros. Mrs. Earl, on Friday afternoon. Rev. Poultry association will give .another ...SALT... pair Of roller skates; most graceful Leslie Bower otllcialing. A number ^^C.P Mickelson, Mason skater—lady, Bertha Miller, set of NORTH AURELIUS. of relatives and friends from Mason show tbe llrst week rn next December. The following olllcers were elected for culT buttons; gent, Dwight Miller, bo.\ A Merry Cliristnias and a Happy and Leslie were present. the ensuing year: Geo. Klunzinger, of cigars; worst costtinie—lady, Edna' New Year to the editor, the stall and One of D. D. Ranney's little boys a president; Wert Wygant, vice presi Carl, box of chocolates; gent, Fred all the readers of this paper. "» few days ago while entering Mrs. dent; ,L F. Xrumbeck, treasurer; C Johnson, necktie. Clyde Eckhart and wife visited in Crawley's store, tripped and fell The Democrat, $ 1.00 a year. D. See, secretary; C. M. Rice, super Rtifns Walker and son started for Lansing over Sunday at the home of through the glass in the door, cutting intendent; Harley Rockwell, Henry . • . • •- . : 3 ; ; ^ • Omaha Wednesday. the latter's brother,, Foster Elliott. his left hand very nearlyoll. He was McManamon, Alfred Rehle and Guy Mrs. Melvin Holmes is visiting at Frank Jewett and wife and Cap. sent to Jackson,and at present is in Fisher, executive committee. Baker Diikln's. Gowdy visited at ,Tohn Collins' Friday, the hospital. Mort Ivecne is visiting friends in Fred Vaughn from the northern The.house Of E. W. Potter on west CASH PAID FOR this vicinity. part of the state, is visiting his broth Bellevue street caught Ore on Monday Mae Haylioe is clerking in Young's ers, Mac and Frank Vaughn. and for a while It looked as though it store this week. Mrs, Maude Kenlleld of Carson City would burn .down, as the first hydrant A social was held at irred- Herrick's is spending the Holidays with her that was tried was frozen so that the A Cough Tuesday evening I'or tlic benellt of the parents, Dan Sear and wife: • firemen had to go to tiie top of the hill school. Oysters were served. Miss Willace Clark and pupils will to connect with another which was all Wm. HInton and faniily are moving have a Christmas ladder and exercises right, and the fire was soon under con on the Granger farm this week. at the Webb school Friday afternoon. trol. Almost everything was carried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is a We have established a 'Cream Station at Mrs. Woilz entertained her Sunday A number from liere were in Lan but of the house. The origin of the school class Saturday afternoon. sing Saturday,, - lire is quite a mystery as it did^not regular cough .medicine, a Dansviiie Hive 722, L. O.-T. M. M., Several relatives met at tbe home start near the pipe or chimney. . strong medicine, a doctor's Mason. CR. Beebe, our represen elected the'following olliccrs; Past oC Mrs, Mary HoUey last Saturday to Evangelist A. H. Ranton of Toronto, medicine. Good for easy Com., Sarah E. Williams; Com., Sylvia help Mrs. Melville Hilton and Del- Canada, returned to bis home Tuesday coughs, hard coughs, desper tative, will be there Jessop: Lieut. Cora., Mina Otis; E. K., berO Holley celebrate their .^th birtli- of last week on account ofa hard cold ate coughs. If your doctor Eatie Herrick; F. K., Myrtie Doane; days. A good time was enjoyed anti and bad weather and will come back endorses it for your case, take chaplain, Julia .Warfle; Serg., Oan several presents were left them as a to assist in the union meetings right it. If not, don't take it. Never EVERY TUESDAl Almond;|M. at A., Luoy Mne; sentinel, token Of remembrance. after the Holidays. go contrary to his advice. Almeda Simons; picket, Emma Dens Owing to the death Of Mrs. W.n. Six delegates from Leslie attended to pay cash for Cream and Eggs, a more. Townsend there will be no Christmas the local option meeting last Wednes Wo publlah our formulag i •^— „ , ,.„,„(i' , ' . ,Wa baniah aioohol exercises at Gleaner hall Friday even day at Mason. from ourmodioineB Rich. Men's Gifts Are Poor You can bring your cream and see it weighed, sanipled^anid^ ing. The presents will be distributed Wo urgo you to Beside this :"I want to go on record J. P. Bond, southwest of town, had •. oonault your, as saying that I regard Electric Bit Sunday, ;j a bad spell Sunday night; Monday he : doctor';'.,,.•. tested, and received your cash on the spot. ters as one of the greatest gifts that Mrs. Emma Hyatt Of looia ia visit was reported better. Mr. Bond's The dose of Ayer's Pills is small, only God-has made to woman, writes Mrs, ing Mrs. Geo. Clark. . . health'has been quite-poor for.sorae one at bedtime. As a rule, laxative doses O. Ehinevault of Vestal Center, N. What Can Be Any Fairer or More Satisfactory? are better than cathartic doses. For con^ Y., "I can never forget what it has There will be a dancing party at time. stipation, biliousness, dyspepsia,: sict done'forme." This glorious medicinq the Gleaner hall New Year's eve., ^ Many persons And themselves affect headaches, they cannot, be excelled. gives a woman buoyant spirits, vigor Dec 31st. Music furnished by the ed with a persistent cough after, an Ask your docmrabout this. oC body and jubilant health. It quick El wort Lansing city band. Everyone attack: of iniluenza. As this cough ly cures nervousness, sleeplessness, Uido by tha J. O. Ayer Co., LoiroU, Maea, -American Farm Products Comp'y invited. can be promptly cured by the • use of melancholy,; headache,; backache, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, It Mrs. W. H. Townsend,is quite sick fainting, and dizzy spells; soon builds should not be allowed' to run on until OWOSSO,' MICH. up the wealc, ailing and sickly. Try at tills writing. She died Wednesday it becomes troublesome. Sold by them. 50c at Longyear Bros. . - >• morning. Longyear Bros., druggists. ChamliMlaio's SS&'S.S- trevcrfaill Suy it now. It luo^Mvelif*