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VOL. XLVI. MASON, MICH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1904. NO. 52

WEWS IX UKIKK Found—A pocket-book at Alaiodoii Interesting Exercises. 5«2S5®5iSSSSSSSSSS&;^'5SSSS3SSSS&SSSSSSS$^ .TQ Center. Now al this olTice. The exercises at llie high aehnol ®^ I 1005 (ilarles lU Kliiiiviel's, * Christmaa trees and festivities al tlie room last Friday afteriiooii were very EiUureclallliu I'oalollluo.Murton, [ The Miclil(,'aii Re|iiiLlluiui News­ several churches were heartily enjoyed inlereslliig but not aa largely utteiidi'd iiHdocouil-oliiBHiniiltcir paper A.'isoolulioii JHin aeasioii at Luna- oy all. ua lliey aliould have betu by the bllHhod Evory'L'liursdiiy liy iiiR toflay and tomorrow, Judge oi Probate H, M. Gardner patrons of the school. ! Cliarli?s E Derlliric nf roiiia, grand moved to tills city yesterday. He will The portrait 'of Charles Noble, the A. JL._ROSE. seuretiiry (if UiB Ri.val Arouiiiun, died occupy the Kimmel house on C street. founder of our city, which was present­ JEWELER AND ©PTieifllV IHHI friday at hlH lioine, after a sliorl ed to the city by ihe grand dauglilera, yiir, (1.00 ; six monthi, 00 oantt lhr*« illllHSM. Rev. Will. A. Taylor of Belleviie lius (who reside In Detroit) was placed up­ been made chairman of tlie State Cen­ MASON. UrtlCH. monthi, 35 oonti—inadvinoo The Doiuieily Hniise will chniige on the wall with due ceremoiii. tral committee of tlie prohibition The exerciaea following were of a ADVERTISINa RATES. prnprielnr.H.Tan 1, JSdward ^[(!Mlllatl liarty. juriavorllHlnurttloH iiiado Unownalomoe of [jaiiHJiig having bought out Grunt pioneer character, and letters describ­ r.mlnOHHOiirdHSl aline por year. Carter'H iiilereat. The committee of supervisors to set­ ing Incidents in the early days in our Defective Eyes Examined Free of Charge BuslaoHHlooalBllvnnontBPerllno eaobanU tle withthe county treasure and clerk City were read by students of the liigli ;ery Insortlou, Arthur J, Tiittle lias hiieti elected —Messrs, Mclntyre, Hammond Hud­ school. vlarrlaKe,birth,and death notloeafroe, preaideiit of tlie village of Leslie, to • iltiiary notloBH, roHOlutlonH of respool son and Stroud are ut work In th'e The letters were contributed by R, CORRECTION GUARANTEED fill the vaeancy cau.netl by the reaigiia- new court house. l'\ Grilliii, "Early Bfason," and Mrs. • (« nri.hanltB etc'lvfinontHallne, (ion of 15. M, Gould. Lust Friday Afiaa Mary Brockway Mary Hammond," "A Pioneer School 5««$S$iSS--SSS«S&«SS5-:S55«.«S®?S®S^^ With our 2-5c tea (hist wo are giving received her diploma from the Com­ Girl," and Hon, L T. Hemans con­ Biisiiioss Curds. a nice pilelier, three flidttrunt alylcs. mercial Cnrresiiondeiiee Schools of tributed a biographical sketch of Hon. VANDHHCOOK. Rochester, N. Y , she huviiig graduat­ Charles Noble. Holt. Obituary. ATTOUNKTH. Tlio young ladies of the gymnasiuin ed from the course in bookkeeping. We expect next week to furniali our class at the high school building last readers un article containing llie Lottie Aldrlch of Vermontville wus Mary Phillips was born in Somerset, Following the custom of previous a guest nf ftfrs. H. J, Bond Chrlalniaa. England, in ISIM, came Ki Michigan in , rrOKNKV AND COUNSELOR AT Friday afternoon pre.sented their in­ letters in full, also a cut of the portrait structor,' Miss IMullenliauen, with u years and commenciug new years' day of Hon. Coarles Noble. Asa and Mill! Pryor are home from 187S and departed tliis life Dec. 20th, v. law. omoo over FlrHt State and 8av- Albion college for the liolidays. is(HbftQk, Allison, Mlob book, and all enjoyed a tally sjiread. the dry good stores will close ut six 190-1. ,Slie had been a widow 31 years, o'clock standard, also Culver's Kim- Leu Parker has been visiting rela­ was the inntlier of three children who I!. MOAKTHUII, Attorney at Law, Ma- Dr. 0. R. Austin was presented with mel's, Ketchum's, the Racketstore und Where The Chickens Went. tives in Itliaca the past two weeka. survive her—Henry, who lives in Eng­ L . •ion, Mloli, a beautiful gold watch chain,and fob D. D. Dayton's. Suturdays excepted. Last week Tuesday night Mrs. Ger­ • Mrs, Louisa Parker entertained rela­ land, and Albert and William, wlio KNaMOIlE, E. A. attorney at law. Omae as a Ciirlstnnia gift froiri tlie high trude Bush, living just west of the old tives from Ithaca and Breckenridge lived witli and cared for her here. O Willi L. li. MoArlluir, over Farrnern' acliool fool ball team, The doctor was The infant child of .Mr, and Mrs. fair grounds in'Vevuy, lost GO clilck- tlie past week. Slie was a christian, was always in Einnk^ ____ completely Hurprlsed, and couldn't Nelaon Johnson of Owoaso was eiia and two bugs of oats. She ut once Stella DeCump of Hasneria, Oceana sympatliy with the church and her A. BERGMAN, ATTOimiCY AN'DCOUN- even "auy tlianka," brought here for burial In Maple made complaint before Justice Sher­ county, was the guest of Mr, and Mrs. trust was llrm in the Savior till the A, SELOK AT LAW, .MaHOii, Mleli. Bherlfl-eiejt Steele has selected Grove last; Thursday. He died from wood and a search warrant was issued Dennis DeCamp Christmas, congestion of brain. The nioilier will last. Though she is dead, her mem­ LFIIKU ALLEN, Lawyer, Ollloe wltli George H. Caiilleld as his Lansing for the premisesof Wilbur Buali, living Tlie annual meeting of the Preaby- ory will live. Funeral services were .. County Ulerk, MaHon. deputy, and the appointnienl meets be remembered aa Miss Mamie Pariah, south of Etchell's corners, who was • erian church will be held at the a high school student. licid at her home In Aurellus Tuesday S. .WEUY, attorney at law, Olllcuop- with general favor in that city, as does suspected of the theft. Constable church Friday afternoon of this week. forenoon, conducted by Rev, 0. A. HI, pOHlte Ifiiddon HouBO, Lansing, Mloh. also the selection nf Albert L. Steele of Hunter Hammond was surprised by Ganaley was given cliurge of the cuse, Jennie Rice and fumily of loniu ure Norcross. that eity for under alierid. Ilia claasmatea in the eightli grade la.st und ussisted by Deputy Sherifl Rouse, visiting relulives in Holt. PlIYNUilANN. A stay of proceedings for 20 days has Friday night at his borne on Ash tlie two ollleera seurehed the premises Will Slid und fumily spent Ciirist- street. Vurious games were played al­ of Bush und found the property und a Real Estate Transfers. lieen granted in the case of Mrs. Frank maa with their duughter at Leslie, The following transfers haye been O. H.FREELAND. M. D. Witter against thecity of MuSon. Tlie ter which light refreshments were large amonnt of other sloleu goods Sophia Guenther of Lansing spent PHY.SICIAN ANIJ HUUGEON, Hours 8lo served. He wus presented with a such us robes, blankets, harness, whips recorded in the office of the register of K. m., 1 to :i, and 7 to S p. m. plaintiff recently secured a judgment Christmas with her brother, Will, uud deeds for Iiiirham coutitv. for the week of .$1,000 for injuries claimed" lo have miiiiulure printing press by his young etc , some of which huve already been fumily. DRS, MANN & AUSTIN. friends. Hunter la a general favorite Identified Bush, who is u cousin of ending Dec. 28, 1901, w'here conaiaer- been received by failing on a defective Will Pryor und family and Mrs. ation is $,S00 or over: OMEOl'ATllIO ril J'.SlUIANrtANl) SUK- sidewalk. with his class und ail regret hia de- Mrs, Bush's late husband, was arrest­ Churlotle Hoyt ate Cliriatmus dinner H GEONS. .Special attention Klvon to llie purture from Muson. ed Tuesday evening and brought to with Mr. und Mra. Albert Hoyt of Chiu'les Ohlstopher and wf to John W. B ye. ear, uose, and throat; alHo dlseaaeH of The Rev. Auguatu J. Chapin D. D., jail, where lie will rest until a further and Agues A. Allen, pel In w 14 of Be)i IV omen and ohlldren, and rect»l dlHoarteB. Of- of New York, who ex|)ecls lo leave Frunk McCourl o( Lansing pitched Muson. of SCO 17, Lansing { soo U 00 Near block, lluurB 8 lo lU a. in,,2 to 5 and complaint can be,made, charging u cir­ Louis McCready und family of Di- Kon/.la E. liourinaHn and wf lo Sarah A. r to 1) p. m, early in February for another lour of heudlong from the scenery loft ut cuit court ofl'ense. Huntington, pel in Clavpool's sub of a the Orient, is spending tlie holiday aea- Bttird's opera house in lliat city last mondaie and Thomas Black and wife ',j of new ofHcol?. Lnnsing 1200 3ERTRU0E D. CAO/IPBELL. M. D son ut the old homestead, where the Saturday evening, and wus instuntly of Jackson ale Cliristmaa diuner at Wm. T, OlMippeii to Hugh Campboll, 21 UYtilCtAN AND SUUaEUN. OFFICK boys and girls are all ul home from killed. He fell u distance of about 2'1 Two More Escapes. Abe Blaok'a. aolnso }.Vof seon, Muson 2172 at rortldeuoe, north .Main street, MaHon. Mr and Mrs, Floyd Springer of Hugh Oampboll to Mary A. Campbell, 21 JllloP e houra 8 u. lu. to 9 a. tii, '2 to i and 7 to S school and colle;,e. feet to the stage lloor, crushing his Lust week Wednesday night two aclnan !-,(ofsec5. Mason 2172 head and shoulder. No one knew he more priaonera escaped from the coun­ Lansing spent Christmas wilh Mr. James M. VanCainp aud wfto Amanda .in. Oouulry and town oallB promptly at- The Keystone people find it pays und Mrs. Jacob Cook, Green, 10112and e ^4 of lot U blk 40, enUed, to advertise in the NEWS ua they re­ was in the building until he struck ty jail. They were confined in the Mason uuo the libor beside the stage carpenter, hobo depurtment uud guined their Mrs. John Lang, James and Lizzie James Blair aud wf to Geo. S. Mitolieil, s li. 1C£4ANK E. TI10.MAH, PHYSICIAN ceive orders for their poultry supplies Lang spent Christmas at Mrs Jay md nuru'aon. Ollloo over Wobb & Whit as fur as Eaton Rapids who wus shifting tlie scenery for that liberty by sawing the bara at the win­ o«ornw H of sue 10, townsliipof Losiie 30O naa'B olothlUK Htore. Eaton's in Dimondule. Lizzie will Carl llopoo and wf to Wra. Wleiand, lot W, 0. MACIUIKI:& SON. evening's play. An inquest wus dow. The two were Matthew Sulli­ G,blU218, Lansing OOO deemed unneceaaary by coroner Wil­ van, who waa being held under u remain witli her sister for an indefl- Farmers' Banic lo Cornelius N. Flans- CHAS. G. JENKINS, M. D, In the Georgelowu (Oal.) Gazette of bur, and the young fell ow's body wus nite time, bnrglielal,oi/JofflOM'HOfiI3, Onondaga lOOO RAOTICE llmltad to dlsouBus of Eye, Ear charge of burglury committed at Lans­ Dec 8, is a iioilee of the death of Reu­ taken to his mother's home. ing, and Charles Blakealee, who waa ' lEugene Hilliard of Sandstone spent Fred M. Aokurinanand wfto Frank E, P Nose and Throat. 2U WaHli. Avo. S. ben T. Demutti, which occurred Deo, 2, Church and wf, e 7 rds of n/j of lot S, LanHlnu, MIcU. serving a short sentence for obtaining Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Nel­ blk 197, Lansing goo of Bear Creek district, Eldorado Coun­ Last Priilay Judge Wieat sentenced son Hilliard. Sharilo A, Wiirnci and wfto Karl F, and tliree prisoners , Wm. Stfwell, George money under false pretenses. MKNTINTN. ty, Cal. Deceased was a brother-in-law The escupe wus not generally known Mr. and Mrs Ike Miller are spend- Ella M. King, s 12 acof wVj of nw!-.r of of R. P\ Qrillln of this city and wus a Irons and George Bell all colored Inc the holidays at Howell. sw Wof NocSt, Whoatflold 624 DR. R. L. SPAULOINS. Bewell was the man who escaped until Thursduy afternuoii, the sheriU It, J. Christy and wf to LawronceO, Cor­ resident here some 50 years ago. hoping to secure the prisoners before Mrs, Byrcn Wilcox is in a critical ner and w(. SW ac in swjf soo 3, Lans'g lOOO UKNTIST, from the county jail about two condition, having suffered a second Geo, II, Lalfih and wf to Luster J, Hunt, Onico lu Lawrence Uloclt, - Mason Something over a year after the city the public was aware of the delivery. has a $5,000 damage suit on its liaiids months ago and was'captured in Chi- stroke of paralysis Saturday. Hew 'If ne u «eo 12. White Oalt UOO State I'liono-Ollloe, No. 01; renldonoo, No. 5. cuu;o He goes to Jucksou for not lesN So far neilUer prisoner has been cap- LOUIS Ehlnger and wf lo Pratt Power for injuries received upon thedefeetivo lured, The Holt Reuding Circle will have a and Heat Co., lots 3 and 4, blk 1, Cald­ walk ut the intersection of State roud than one year. George Irons und hard time social at the town hall Sut- well's add, Lansing aoO FARMERS' MUTUAL Bell drew bertha at Ionia. Both hud It is evident'lhut meusures of some Pratt, Power and Ileal Co. ii'/jof lots 1 and Columbia streets, the city mar- kind should be taken ut once to render urday night of this week. Admission, ,U .1. 1 NaUIiANCK COMPANY OF ING- pleaded guilty to burglury und mu> including aupper, lOo Proceeds to be and 2, blk I, and s'/j ol lots 1 and 2' blk 'C iiain county, .4.ife8t,ohoapeBt,bent. Foi shall has erected a barricade which the jail more secure, us this delivery Land lots3and 4,blk I,Caldwell's add will probably prevent further trouble remain in prison 15 years. The aweet- used for M, E. chuich repairs, Lansing 1350 J.jfinatlon write to J. H.Shafer,secretary hart of Bell was in attendance and mukes u totui of nine escapes in the iHon, A. I, Harbor, Pronldonl, Mason. Op- ut that particular point. past six montlis. osltocourt house, WUUams'block, 2d door wished to marry him before he wan Half the ills that mania lieirto come A number of Leslie young ladies be­ taken to prison, but the judge would Sugar Beets Pay Growers. came possessed of tlie Idea to do soirie- With our 25e tea dust wo are giving from indigestion. Burdock B'ood not consent. RItteaa strengtlienfi and tones the Those in Ibis locality who grew sug­ \..<, iEO.O. .HOUUY, VETERINAKV tliing out of the ordiimry the otlier a nice pitcher, three dillerent styles. ar beets last season made a fine thing iJ -tursoon. OfTloe and residence oorneJ evening and, donning some manly •VANOEUCOOIV. stomach; makes indigestion impossi­ V an I A-iii-stfl.,Mason . Mich. ble t on the crop From ten acres Frank C. garmenta of the tramp variety, started McEuen realized a clean prolit of HSS- out to see what they could do at heg- I Church and Society. | Dist, No. 4, Holt. Uommon Council Proceedings. (iO. E. P Rowe raised ten acres which UCnuNEER HENRY KURTZ, GEN- ing. They secured a few cookies, fried realized hi-n over $.101). Ed. Worden eral auctioneer. Satisfaction guaran John lixiier was thrown from hia MASON, MICH,, Dec, 27, lOOl. SeedA , Tonus right. cakes and a half a loaf of bread ua wagon and quiie severely hurl in Luu- from two and one-half acres got J1G2,- P. 0., Mason. 5mo3 spill la. The Presbyterian ladies cleared ning one day the paat week. Council met and was called to order 40 above expenses, and R.J. Bullen by May or Root. OLTL. II. IVES, 'GENERAL AUCTION- Before buying a windmill look at about 3i40 with their rummage aale Harry Coryell enteriaiued liis par grew 74 tons from five acres, and has ours and getour p••ices. TYLKII BKOS. rnts and Mr. Cady aud Will Writes at Present, Aid. Chirk, Dart, Hall and doubled, his acreage for the coming eor, SO years oxporloiiuo and a wklo HO TlieDuBols Ladiea' Aid society will Scvenince. , •lualntance, Will nave you money every Two car loads of groceries and pro­ meet with Mrs, Thomas Corner, Xmas dinner, season. tlmo. Terms reasonable. Intinlro at this Joel Bennett purchased a horse ol Minutes of the last raeeling were afllce or address Mason, Michigan. visions were delivered to farmers on Thursday, Jan, 5, All invited read and approved. the railuoad side-track lust Friday at At the Grange watch meeting uexi Solomon Parker of Mason the past If you haven't time to Hollister'a ( 1 ciO, X, EARLE, DEALER IN iIEAV\ thia station, it must make our mer­ weeii, RISrOIlT OK COMMITTEKS. Rocky Mountain tea, it is now made 'T »nd RhaU Hftrdwnr« MaploHt,,Mftflon Saturday eveuing there will be re­ chants u little warm under the collar freshments served, and the ladiea are Mr and Mrs Jumes Helmker enter­ The finance comniitt,ee report tiie in tablet form also. Get a package al­ to see their customers paying cash for requested to bring fried cakes iaiued their brothers und sisters at u following claims and recohimend their ready to use. Makes you well; keeps inferior goods of strangers when they Christmas gathering. allowance:. The Ladies' Baptist Missionary so you well. 35 cents. F, H. GLASS, MICHIGAN(TENTRAL huve unsettled accounts ot long stand­ Little Gertrude Arend has recovered ,Ias. S. Thorburn, 14 iilglits on streets $21 00 ing with tliem, - clely will meet al the home of Mrs from a severe sick spell, Geo. Comnn, street eoiumisslonor 28 00 " The magara Falls Route." Fred Parker Wednesday, Jan, 4, at Emerson Wugnerentertaihed friends .lalcoHulsn, labor wlili team 4 BO «;nrii ofriiitnUN. BOUaUWAKD, Ed. Darling, who lives with his 2:,S0 p, m. Come one, come all. A.O. Whipple, ditto 4 3,''. We wisli to extend our most sincere thanks mother on llieold Wiiletc'afarm north ut u duuciug purty last 'Wedneflduy George .Smith, ditto 2 lO to thu noiuhborsand friends who so kindly Sam. Parker, labor on streets 10,'; a. m. p. m, p, m. of the city met with usevere accideui The L, A. S. of Eden will serve sup­ evening. aBsisled us during the Illness and death of per at ihe church Friday evening, Fiank Arend uud James Helmker A. Kitchen, ditto l 05 our wife and tnolhor. Also the choir anU Mason OHS 2;i5 , . lOioa lust week Wednesday while ut work S. N. llolfe, services as special assessor., l 50 those who furnished tiowora, Paolcson lOHO .Si20 11:00 Dee. 30 Dr.' Augusta J, Chupin oi huve uew piunos Ernest B. Ivelly, 9 mo. salary as city clurlt 112 60 Detroit 'lUSp, m, '(MS 7:15 a. lu, with others in the woods cutting tiin llAllVKY ISIIAM, her In the fulling of a tree a large New Y'ork City, will be present und Boru, Thursday, December 22, to ,1. CFlngerle, supplies for city 7 80 Ml!. AND MKS. GATillY WlNnOAK, 3Uloago 0:40 D:20 7:30 give a short talk. ,rohn De Wolfe, eleolric wiremaii •, 4,'j 00 limb struck him ou top of the heud George Helmer und wife, an 8 lb. girl. ,1. lloHKland, labor at elec. light works.,. l CO Ma, ANO MKU. FKICI) KANSON, ~~ NORTHWARD, ' Aluiedon Grange No. 289 will eleci Miss Adah Pulmer of Aurellus la liobt. Darrow, ditto I 50 Mit. ANO Mas, JOHN IIICHAIIDSON, making an ugly wound. The shock Jilt. AND Mas CIIAS, ISllAVt. a. m. a. m. p. m visiting her sister a couple ot weeks ICugenB .Innes, ditto 3 7S paralyzed the muscles of his ueck and officers Sutui'day evening, Dec. 31 Mont. Nlcliols, ditto 40 oo Hason «;i'i 11:17 5:00 two teeth were knocked out, He was There will also be u mun present to Mrs.'J. 0. Arend enterluiued u com­ Bert Harden, ditto l CO l.aii8lng 6:'12 11:37 6:23 pany of young people lust evening. Wo desire to thank the many neighbors and Dwosso 7:.13 Ar, 12:13 p.m. B;,^ taken to the house uncouscioua uiid lulk about lights for our grunge ball, II, W Lawrence, rent of secretary's ofllee friends for tlioir asslstanooin our l.ite beie.ivo- BY OKDEK OF MASTER. Mlas Lizzie Grettenberger returned from May 1st, lOOl, to Nov. 1st, moi n 00 inont. 111 the loss ot our tnolhor, sUso the oliolr Saginaw 8:15 1:19 7:59 Dr. Freelaud culled. The doctor siiys ViinOstrand & Elaior,coal for city 4 75 and forllorai trlbiitos. BayOlty n:?a 2:30 8:10 the wounds are not serious, but the re­ home Monday. ^ Kaohlnaw B;30 p. m 7:a0am 7:30am Special effort for a revivul will be 1.11. Field, drawing coal for the water and Mu. AND Mrs. W,^r. I'liir.r.ifS, sults of the shock are u hurd mutter to luude ut North Aurellus, commenciug Earl Wugner's baliy has been very oleciric light works 33 43 0. W. RUGQLES, contend with just now. ou the evening of Jun. 2 The meet sick but is better at this time. 0. VV, Uandall, labor and material on Ai.ituRT Piirr.i.ii's. Qoii'l Pnas. andTlcl[etA»;eMt.,Chicago. George Arend expects to begin a water taps 9 84. If. D, STAKTON, TloltoiAKent, Mason. • All owing ul Brown's shoe store are lugs will be held' ut the Union church Capitol Elec. & Eng, Works, supplies 15 40 Found. uud under the leuderahip of Fred course of study at the busineas college Dr. Geo. 15. Ilanney, witness in the Mrs. In the higliway between Maaon and kindly requested ticallund settle I at Lansing after the holidays. Frank Witter case 20 00 need every dollar due me, * . Elliott, who has been greutly blessed Holt, a robe. The owner can have the Society Elections., lu his work with the Mission In this Herbert Lott is home from Berea, Moved and supported that report of- same by proving property (and paying The American steel industry us de Ohio, for the holldaya Che llnunpe committee be accepted , wi 0, T, tl, veloped und maintained in uud around city, , • ' ) • for this notice. Robe left with Geo. rrcsldont—Mrs. Ira J. KelloRg. Alba Ferle visited her brother. Earl and adopted and orders drawn for the W. Bristol. JAMES R. THOBUUBN. 2 rouofiiiondlnsSoo'y—Mrs, R, Q. liutton. Pittsburg is the subject of a vuluable Wagner, Thursduy, same. Carried, JiecoidlngSeo'y—Mrs, I) E. Wntts. article by AViUlum L, Scaife in the Obituary. Will Helmker is back with his Yeas,. Clark, Dart, Hall and Sev­ For Nulo, Treasurer—Mrs. G. 0. Moody, January Review of Reviews. The in­ Alice Gregory wus born April 17, brother Ed at Holt, After trapping erance. MASON LODOK .NO, 70:P. .t A, Mi' ' ' One corn sholier, (annlug inlli, Caidroa dustry that has made Pittsburg one of 1851, at Parmu, Mich. She was of a six weeks in this district be secured llESOt-UTION. kettle, parlor stove und a quantity nf housu. W. M-I) P. Whltmoio, the woi Id's greatest workshops is de- family of eight childieii, two of whom W woith of Una Kosnlved, liiat tliccit) tieisuiei boipquested hold goods, at my roslddnce iwo nilloa north S W -G A Ka> inond sciibed Willi technicul uccmucy und survive her. Fied Giegoiy of Spiinir- to tin novel to tlie Maple sti eel pi\ing (und tlio and one quarter mile oast of Aurellus Center, J W-C A PailthuiBt. sum of live luindied doll \n from nionejs In ins lo be sold at once, EMMA I'Aiiisit. Ipd ^•oc'y—(.1 L Peek yet 111 jiopului lunguuge. Mr. Scaife's poi t, and Al thui Giegoiy ol Tompkins Marriage Licenses. hands fiom tlie li,\le\yot inoiaiid .til sums now Tieas—I A SliPiwood uttlcle is followed by u luimlng ac­ At 12 ieais of ugeshejoiiied ihe Pies- ill his hiUids tioni specl.ii assessment lot such A Few OuiMl ItrumlliiK TIVON S «-\V H. Fioahour. ICailP riodKOS LanshiK . . . 20 count of Pitlabuig's othei manufactur­ byteiiun chuich at Puimu, and .'0 funds and tliat the lUianec committee iccilpt For sale. E, H, HAZBLTON, lldon. .1 II —Loe Laaenby &ollleM Holdeu Lansing., thcitfoi 'Tyler—T McLalclilo ing enterorises, fioin the pen of Mi. J continued to be a membei until the Wlnfleld ItUBsoll, Mason Co 2,' SlOttatds-W A Diamond, A 13 WntKlns, E McKiidy, while the uesthetic uud fall ot 1900 when she )oiued the Bap- Grace D WolLOlt, Lansing . 20 Moved and suppoi ted th.it the .ibov e Wo lire I'liyiiifi: 0 OOIIIH QolCKato loGraod Lodge—I P Smith lulellectuul uspecta of this new gieut list chuich of Auielius In 1870 she Low Is A Stevens, Lanslns 38 resolution be adnpted, Caiiicd for chicks, 0 lbs or over, 80 for small, 7o for lUl'llST SUADAT SCHOOL, hens, lOo for ducks every day, city's life are outlined by Mr. Buid 8 wus united In maiilage to iiuivey CoiaThompson, I'oitiaad •a Yeas, Clark, Dart, Hall and Se\er- J. G, DRAW & Soy, Supt -A J Hail Geo A Gordon, Lansing ASNlslant—Allied Allen, Putteraou. The thiee aiticlesaie fully Ishum of Aurellua, wheie the gieutei !il ance. 9Iy Anunitl UlNcuiiut Nolo Hociolaiy—Edmund MoBilde iliusliuted, and togetlid funn u most pait of liei niuriled life was spent. To Maggie Sohaefai, Lansing Moved and supported that the mat­ Troasuror-ll B Lonsyeai. nimoi r DoFoiest, Lansing .. . 21 throuRh January sn Piige feaoe, I'arlng uttructive pieseututlou of Pittsburg's this union wua norn thiee duughteia ter In refeience to A, Butler's lence knife from top wire fieo to ousiomors. LIbiiuian—Mrs A J Hall, Idallolliday, Lansinc; . 3t und oneson, ull of whom are living, 0) on South street being moved so that 4w S. li. Pntii, Agent. Oiganist—loiioSandeis vailed activltiea, / Tied C Pishor, Locke •Uboiislor—11 IB LouK>eai Mrs Quiiy Winegur of Spilngpoit, 20 the snow plow can get thiough be re­ furiii for Sale, Pilmary Supt —Mrs D A Tyiei. If you aie in need of u wagon, buggy Kthoi Goyi, LoLko 28 01 harness, call on Tyler Bios.' * Mis. Fied Funson of Amellus, Mrs. Rprl Waltois, Lansine ferred In the street commlttecf. Car- 120acres throe-quartors of a mile east'ol 21 Dansviilo, in splendid oonditloD aud well John Rlchuidaou of Aurellus and Ceila UaumgruHS, Lansing 25 ilcd. Yeas, Clark, Dart, Hall and Young men and women wanted Chas. Isham of Parma Aftei foui Severance NLLdod, Good buildings and foucos. Pntm. f Mason Grange. to ieuin telegruphy. Euiirouda need Henjamm naton, Jl.istlnga 2i will be sold cheap and.on easy terms. Apply ' The Muson Grunge Will see the years of patient sulfeiing with a stead- l!dlih lllx, Loioy 80 On motion council adjourned foi to Frank Walker on placo or Mrs, C. E, At* operators budly. Total cost six fust hope in Chilsl, she was culled to 8yhester 1 Dyer, Lansing 29 one week. wood, 1835 Melrose street,' Ohicniro, iiulah of 1901 at ihe lodge looms in months' couiseut oui school. Including 1^1 uceabee hull. All members uie coi- hei lest Deo 19, 1901, Puneiul was AnnaM Rohioi, DoWllt 21 EuNBST D KnLt.Y, City Clerk. tuition, (teiegittphy und typewiliing) 21 Attend the AMNiiiubly diully iuvlted to be pieaeut. held at the Baptist ohuioh of Aurellua Henry bentley, Loclio bouid and furnished loom, ^80 This Hullo Ciippa, Loolto Broken Leg For Christmas. at 0:30 after dancing school every Thursday During the lectuie hour the follow- Dec. 21, at 180. Inleiment ut the f- oreniiigat the armory, Ohlidron's class In can be leduced. Cutulogue fiee. Auiehua cemeteiy. Besldea a kind Notice to Mason Tax-Payers. Last Sutuiday evening Adeibert Ab­ thourioi noon al 4100 o'clock, Phillips'Dano» dng piogium will be leudered. •\ViIte today Dodge's lustiiiite, Mou- lag Academy; ' j foiig Grango CUoli husband and loving children, she I will bo at the Fiiat State and Sav­ bott, a pioHpeioiis farmer of White loestieet, Valparaiso, lud. 51 w7 f'uriii lor Dialu. , U'ho St. Louis Exposition aa I Saw It leaves a host of lelatlves and filends ings Bank every Tuesday and Friday Oak, was in tlie eity to take his ./„. i? Worthy Mastoi Juwotl A Burpiise party was given Miss to mouin their loss. until .Tunuaiy 10,1905, to receive tuxes. daughter home fiom Chuslmua At Oneofdo acres,21^ miles 8sulhweat,an(] on* h^ Itooltutiou Olias Nortbrup the Webb & Whitman corner he ofOOuoi'os northwest of Mason. \ Song ...... QiungoOhulr Eainestiue Eurio by her young fiieuds No money taken after bunking hours tt. 0. F«ll!lit.AMP. •^Tliuty YeaiH Ago In tho WiIdHol Mluno- at her home ou Main street south, on stepped on something which threw After Jan. 10, 5 per cent will bo IVauleil, sotAaud Norllioin Miohlgan, S, 1). Anway Monday evening, the occasion being DestinQtlon and Difference. chaiged. W. H. PIKRSON, him to the cement walk, breaking ; Caaay-'Tho World la Boltom Side Up, •< both bones just above the right ankle. One hundred additional eli'liL foi work oa '^'' Alifcd Alien In honor of hor ilfteeuth birthday, Mil. EDITOR:—In its leport of the 48-0 Treasuier, shirt wuistsand muslla uudorwear, Song Kntiro Qiiingo The evening was pleasantly spent in annual meeting of the Farmer's Mu­ He was tuuen to Dr. Freeland's office V-i STAMOAUD .Mvo.Oo,, Jackson, Mloh. A Sorinon G, L' Sanders playing many games, after which a tual, I think the News did uie an in- Last Sunday a re-union of the Hoyt where Dis. Frooland and Culver re­ dainty luncheon was served. Miss iustlce. It leported me as wandering families was hold at the residence of duced the fracture, and bis daughter , . Vav ISHle. ' B. B, Piko took orders for a car load Et^rnestiue was theieclplentof a beau­ tiom my subject and out of'oidor. To A. D Iloyt, corner of B. und Nortli drove home with him In bis carriage 100 aoro farm nour Dauavlllo. of Piigo Fenoo last week. Those wish- tiful gold locket from her parents and be strictly accurate it should have said: streets Twenty-Ave peroous sat down eleven miles northeast of the city, > tl Miia,.j. KKENE, lOK to take advautnge of the dlaoouut a LandBomo jewdl case from the young The ohair ruled him cue of order—in to a BumptouB Christmas dinner, and For Siilo ou Eitsy I'erraSi t, sale hand your orders tu niid got value people, wlio wished lior many liappy this^case u distinction with a decided enjoyed the day socially. A large nuiu* Bargains in sleighs, cutters and car­ 80 aore farm wltli now buildliiKii, plent^ of received. - « , good Umber. F, A, OARKIKU, returusof tlteday, , difference. ANQUS TntiptcTON. ber of preaouta were exohauged. riage beaters, at Tyler Bros.* * Mauon.B, Jf, O, Don.-

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(>.'.' fl W^ -i\-*''0,^-)/ '1 •Xyi I irt If.*. "Ivf ^Af'--^=,%'HL^^ y rlj I was seized with what seemed to be a she would leave the store, carrying'in "Tho key of yostorday hemorrhage of the lungs—a clever I throw away. her muff enough jewels to pay a year's And now, too lato, counterfeit, however—but she succeed­ rent of a Fifth avenue mansion. Mrs. Botoro to-morrow's closo-lockocl Rate ed In. enlisting the sympathy of a Chadwick was oiw of its customers at :ik'!pl(.'ss 1 stand—111 vain to prayl number of people. She explained that a jiiano store. Ono of her small orders In vain to sorrow! Only tlic! key of yestorduy she was a wealthy woman returning one day look tho ,'orm of eight grand ijuiocli-s Lo-niorrow." to her home in Clevelanu, had become pianos, sent to as many as eight dilTcr- unexpectedly embarrassed, and v,'as ont friends of hers, as a slight tolcon of alone. Who sees tho end from successful in obtaining a number of her cstocni and regard. This bill was settled in cash. small loans, 'vvlion the Erie people down sittings and our ui)riaiiigs, Wliose Avrote for the return of the money Takes Twelve Girls to Europe. ( Cciliyi-lt'lit, rjlll, liy ,1. M. Kilsoli.) searching eye iioiietratus tho human they received a queorly written note The.re is a firm of jewelers in Cleve­ Chicatco, Sunday, Doe. 25, i.coi. heart deeper than man's oyo can ov'«v that the woman who had imposed land who do a business that would Text: "So toMoh us lo numlnir our diiya that we may apply our licurlH uiuo wl.s- go, is able in iufiuito wisdom and love upon them was dead, la 1SS5 Eliza­ make them rank with Tiffany, of New doni to aid man in the highest and best use beth Bigley appeared again in Cleve­ York. They are not giving to tolling UR text is a iirayor of lime. As wo begin the day, God land, tinder the name of Mme. La what they do for their cust purchases. She known as Mme. Rosa, and also as Mrs.' heart tliere had been the huinblo spirit Christ, be loss careful of time? Surely bou!iht''?250 worth p£ dry gotjtls with Scott.^ In lSS-1 this strange woman was of dependence ir.jon God, AVe Avould Us very minutiae," exclaims Coloy; -a nato Indorsed by a wealthy,farmer at Erie, Pa';,' stopping at a hotel. She r,ot have tormoai;itfuUy say; "tihould be more treasured than gralna It'* !'?• near "Brantlord,

111 "I ''( •! I > •msmimV > ,v" ,i^,'?•^^^/^!.^'lv^ f i Desire Drummond winced in spite of NOT SUCH A FUNNY TRICK. herself. But she had her duty to do to this littlo laughing child. Drummer's Joke on Walter Turned "I—I should call at Tolly's, too, Jetty," Out a Costly Ouo On she said, virtuously, "you try It, and see Himself. New Year's Eve how much happier you'll feel." "But I'm happy enough now," laughed "I Buppofle there comes to every nmn a By MILDllED M'NEAL Jeffy. desire to do HoniutliinK sninrt on lui .n.'- "Tlicn do it to make Tolly happier,— ca-sion," siiid tlie dnuinner, a« a uigli loiiu try that." tlio place of his Bni.'Ju, act'oi'dinu to tho New York Times. "M-m—," mumbled .Teffy, stooping to "Well, suoli II deaire cnnio to me us I Tryrsts of the Old Year and the New! lay kind rod mittens on Roxy's furry was leiivinK a eerlain Boulliern city iu'li>r neck. It took time to digest advice like a week's sliiy. 'I'lie waiter at my (iilili: Come from the utmost bounds of time, had called niu 'Ginei'al' and been at ni'''ai- that. Ho hadn't thought of Tolly's side pains to fare Cor nie and I made up my of the question. Tolly was just getting mind to reward him with a Ijifi bill. It w,i.. With briefly clasping hands these two over the mo;isles—Jeffy remembered a counterfeit with wliicit 1 had been Klmk. suddenly that it wasn't any fun to "get but i thought it would be tlie biggest if.'iul Pass here amid the frost and rime. of a joke to work oil' on Bob. over" the measles. Then Tolly lived "1 luul got 11 liiindred miles aw.iy v-lien alono with his grandmother,—not in a I was arrested on a telegram for pi^.is.ni! riotous little nest, full of brothers and counterfeit money, ami wlien taken haei; 1 was an'aiRned in a United States eourt There is no word of destinies — sisters. Probably you got very lone­ and luul to give bail and appear on three some living alone with your grand­ dilTeront occnsions. 1 bad a lawyer and | Of errors or coming fears, mother;—prob'ly you'd like to have oilier expenses, lost a good throe weeks past somebody como in an' say "Wisher Hap­ altogellier and just escaped prison by the skin of mv teetli. In adililion to this I ' Yet each reads in the other's eyes py Now Year!" had to make good to the waiter, who sor­ "Well, 1 will," laughed Jeffy, sunnily. rowfully shook his head when be reee'ved The record oi uncounted years. "I guess it's time me an' Tolly tell in!" tho money and said; Ho was off in a littlo whirl, and Desire "I'ze sorry for you, Gineral, but dis may —Olilo Fiirmor. bo do means of savin' your eonlemjitibie and iRoxy were alono again. boul from tlie RalULi!" "Roxy, did you hear that? I thought r was iiroaohing to him, and you heard JUST LIKE PRISON ROUTINE. how ho preached to me! 'A little child', —'a little child'," she added softly. Her Eoastftil Traveler Brought to a Pause plain, wholesome face grew very by a 'Very Embarrassing iF''- tlioughttnl. Roxy rubbed against her Question. _^*r^: ,° r skirts, unheeded. "A little child—laughing Joff.v—shall Tho ficciio was a third-elnss smoking ^^^^m^ lead them—mo," she mused, "across tho compartment, live on a side. Tlie Rpe.aker street—to Delight. Roxy, Roxy, listen was stout, llorid, willi short-cut gray hair, and was very self-satislied. Tlie elVem- T. • I.' • • • j" ' . '• . • •'11' /'IVfci''/'^• to me!"—she began to laugh sobhingly, inate dcgener'icy of modern young men A NEW-YEAR'S StoRV. —"I guess it's time me an' Delight fell wa.s his theme, relates London Tit-llits. in!" "ijook at me! Si.xty years of age—never It wn.s sunset whon she and Roxy 7,-cnt had a day's illness in my life, and can do my four miles an hour! Wliy'^ Because nompson across tho dividing line. From tho from when I was '20 to when 1 was over warm, red west a radiance was fallinR in 40 i lived u regular life, No delicacies dale, N. Y., Grand Worthy Wise Templar, a pathway of soft liglit. it seemed to for ine! 'N'o laic hours! Kvory day, sum­ mer and winter, 1 went to bed at nine, load out of Heaven to Delight's littlo got up at live, lived priiieipally on por­ and Member of W. C. T. U., tells how she brown door, and Desire stepped lightiy ridge, worked hard—haril, mind you, from eigiit to one, then dinner, then an liour's Desire Dnimmoiul was writing tlio six years previous, to this new year to­ along in it, no more bitterness or hurt recovered from a serious illness by the use of in her heart. The red signal flag was walking exercise, ,and tiieii—" first, ciilry in-lior now diary, for il wiis day. It didn't matter if it were live or "t'eg your pard'ii, gnv'uor," interrupted New Year's day. She liad oiJeuod Uio si.x,—or seven or eight,—so long as you still in the window, and she saw it was a young working man sitting opposite, Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. liUlo boolv with a queer sense of \niae- subtracted four of the years. 'J'ho "sig­ not the red table cover. It was the little "but wot was you hi for'?" " DKAR JIns. Pi.xiiiiA.\r:—I am ono of the many of your prateful friends v\'ho havo boon cured tl;rou,'rh the u.so of Lydia E. Pitikliatu'.S VCfjetablo nuaiiitodness and hesitation. She al­ nal code" wa.s in the back of all tho rest. old signal flag itself! Too Much to Expect. Conspound, and wlw can to-day thank you for tho flue health I. enjoy. When ways felt that way about opening a now Du-siro lurnod the pages to it with trem­ "AVo'lI go right in, Roxy, just as we I was thirty-live years old, I BuJl'erod sc'vore baokacho and froritionb "bcarinR-- used in—what! you want to go in by tho "See here, landlord, nni.st 1 sit liei'e foi- diary, she told Uoxy, the cat. ulous lingers. She road it aloud as if to cver before I get the half chicken that I dowu pains; in fact, I had womb trouble. I was vory anxious to get well', "I feel as if I'd ought to be introduced Roxy: shed door? Well, run along then,—run have orilered?' and reading of the euros your Compound had mado, I d'eoidod to try it. 1 took to it, Uoxy," she laughed softly. "Whon "Ucd—trouble. Corao over. along then! I siflipose catching mico Is "Oh, no, sir! I'm only waiting till only .six bottles, but it built mc up and cured inc entirely of all my troubles. " j\ly family and relatives were naturally as pratillcd as I was. Jfy nieco yon'vo written in the old one IIC^ times "White—all's well. your way of makin.c; up!" She opened snmebody comes and orders the other lialf. the front door briskly—after fouryears! Of course, 1 can't kill a half a cliicken!"— had heart trouble and nervous prostration, and was considered incurable. —summered and wintered wit I it and "Ulue—nothing but rheumatism. Will t'liegende Blaetter. She took your A'cgotiiblc Compound and it cured hor in a short time, and sho told It how bad your rheumatism wa.s.— conic over as soon as it clears olT. —and stopped into the dark little hall. bccanie well and stronff, and her home to her great joy and her husb.and's you feel at home and real intimate with "Green—come to tea. Have made pork Delight was in the sitting-room door, Real Acting. delight was blessed with a baby. I know of a number ot others who havo It. But whon you open acroaliy now one calio." waiting. Old Friend—Is your part very diilicult boon cured of dii'i'orcnt i;lnds of female trouble, and am satisfied that your that won't stay open, but keeps shutting The littlo "code" ran on through one "Deli,ght!" to I)lay':' Compound is tho best mcdicinofor sick women,"—MKS. ELiZAiUiTUlI.TjiOMrso.S, "Desire! Desire! I know you'd Barnstormer—Well, ratlier! I'm living Box 10,'-), Lillydalo, N. Y. up as it it didn't want anything to do or two more colors. ]3ut Desire's eyes on one meal n day ami playing the role villi you or your rheumatism—when you wpnt back to tho first and third signals. como!" of a man with the gout!—Detroit I'ree Thou.sand.s tipoii tiiousandsof women throiipfhont tliis country do that, Uoxy, it raakes yon fool like a "Rod—troulilo. Come over," and then "Red,—trouble. Come over," quoted Press. arc not only cxprcs.sin;? suck sentiments as tho above to tliei'r tho third with its quaiiitond'ing—DOEire Desire, trying to laugh, but crying. They l'ricnd.s, but arc contiiiually writing' letters of pratitudo to Mr.s. perfect stranger." Enough for Her. IMnlchani, until she lias hundreds of tliousaiuls ol' letters. I'l-oni In tiny,-old-fashioned, neat letters the smiled over that. She and Delight had w'ore both crying. "1 tried to believeyow Myra—But I am told your fiance has no woineii in all classes ol' society AVIIO have been restored to health sputtering pen traced "Pleasant" on the always spoken of their rheumatism as cdueation. by her advice and niediciiio al'tcf all other means had failed. clean page of the new year. Then Desire "clearing oft," instead of getting well. Isaliei—Oil, yes, he has, He is able to paused and looked meditatively out of She and Delight had always had rheuma­ sign checks I'oi' ni least half a million.— Hero is another letter -which prove.g conchisivcly that there is no Ciiicago Daily News. her window searching for Inspiration, tism; it had been a strong connecting other mcdiciuo to equal Lydia E. Fiukham's Vcgctablo Compound,. A faint dab of rod caught her evo from link between them always. Delight had "DEAR Miia. riNi;nA.\r i — I suffered with inherited hers from her mother,—Desire The hen patiently "sets" only through poor health for over seven years, not sick hers from her father. Thoy used to the overpowering pressure of a mysterious enough to stay in bed, and not wall enough to laugh and say they couldn't sec that creative impulse that masters her restless enjoy lifoandattcnd to ray daily duties proper­ impulses to lie outside serateliing and cack­ ly. I was growing thin, my complexion was there was much choice iietwccn the fem­ ling instead of working for posterity.— sallow, and I was easily upsot and irritable. inine kind and the masculine! Both'of Boston Herald. " Ono of my neighbors advised me to try 'cm hurt! »~- Lydia E. P'ir.kliani's Vc^'ctable Com™ It is a i'ariaiaii doctor who insists that How often they used to laugh! That pound, and I procured a bottle. A'great' love is the result of a microbe. Then let change for the better took place within a was another connecting link. When they science take warning and leave the ten­ week, and I decided to Iceep up the treatment. were little hits, they had cried together der germ undisturbed.—Cleveland t'iain Dealer. " Within two months I was like a changed over their names and made long lists of woman, my health good, my step light, my the boantiful "poctry-namos" . they A three-year-old boy of Maehias, Mo., eyes bright, my complexion vastly improved, longed for, on tho walls of Delight's shed walked eight miles over rough cotuitry and I felt once more like a young girl. I roads the other diiy. That boy will grov/ -lsobol,—Ethelind,—Jeannetto,—Maude up to be a great actor.—Ohio State Jour­ wonder now how I over endured the misery. Mathildo,—how they had pored over the nal. I would not spend another year like it for a loyely names and "chosen" again and fortune. » " I appreciate my good healtli, and give again! But when they grew older, they Found at Last. had laughed over the quaint old names all the praise to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." —MRS. Honiiloy, Ark,, Dec. iiilth.—(SpociaD- M. TiLi.A, -107 Haborsteen St., Savannali, Ga. their mothers had put their heads to­ Tliat, a sure euro for Baokaoho would bo a priceless boon 10 tho people, and espeoiallv gether and given them. For they had Iho women of America, is admittctl by all Mrs. Pinkhani has on file thousands of such letters. boon named on the'same day, when they lntorost:d in medical inattera, and Mrs, Sue \ lay, little red-faced, squirming morsels Williams of this place is certain sho liaa FORFEIT I' w« cannot forthwith jiroduoo tho original Inttera and signaturoa ot found in Dodd's Kidney Pilla tho loug- ahoyo tostimoulala, which •fflU prove their uhsolule Rumihionass. in tho same big cradle. The mothers _-.c^.^^ looked-forouro. Lydlu K. I'inUhuiii Blod. Cu., liyun, Maou. had waited until they were a month old " X am 38 years old," Mrs, Williams says, " and huvo sufVorod witli tlio Backache very About His Kalsin'. and then met together for mutual coun­ "I GUKSS IT'S TIME MR AN' TOLI.A' sel. niucn for tlireo or four years. I hnvo- boon "Who's that skeetin' along in that big O'HE SPLUTTERING TEN TRACED FELL IN 1" treated by good physicians and got no roUof, mtomobile?" "PLEASANT" ON THE CLEAN but thanks to G-od,Ihiivo found a euro at '"I'liat's Jones—the Rucoesesful author." PAGE Oli' THE NEW YEAH. "Red,—trouble, Come over." Desire were drying your red table cloth in tli« last and it is Dodd's Kidnoy Pills. 1 havo AGUMSFAGT "NVlij—he used to ride in an ox-cart!" shut up the diary sharply, but the words window,—oh, I tried not to come fast taken only one box and it has done momoro "Hiiali!—he wouldn't be seen in one It is worthy of remark that every city the iinpalnted house set diagonally kept saying themselves over and over to good tlian all tho doctors in threo or four now. He only makes his money by writ- ot any size or Importanco iu tho groat enough!" years. I want all sufforors from Baokacho across the road. Though tor four years her. She could not forget them. Of "But you're here,—you're here," in' about ox-carts, an' the poor'i'olta that state of Texas is located directly on the to know that tboy cau got Dodd's Kidnoy ride in 'em!"—.Mhinta Constitution. lino of tho M. K. & T. R'y. Naturally Desire Drummond had not willingly course it was a spot in the red table sobl«ed Delight. "Desire, wait!—stand Pills and got well." Baokacho is oiioof tho first symptoms ot Iho country adjacent to these cities, and looked at the small old house, yet tot- cloth, drying in the sun, but it kept on right still a minute, v/here j'ou are. I saying; "Trouble. Come over," "Trou­ Kidnoy Disonso. Guard againsti Bi-ight's Fvirther Explanation Needed. tho cities themselves, are a little richer four years she had always seen it, •when want to say some,—Happy New Year, Disoaso or Ulipumatism by curing it with in opportuullies than other portions of ble. Come over,"—all the morning. It Possible Purchaser-What is tlie title Ehe looked out of her window. It was Desire." Dodd's Kidnoy Pills. of this painting? • t. tho state, which is as a whole u state took the pleasure out of the sunshine and right there, an uncomely blot on her "Happy New Year. Delight." Artist—That is "A Ship in a Storm," surpassingly attractive to tho investor clear, sweet air,—the soft, new-fallen "It's wonderfully effective and' striking. and home-seeker. "view"—how could she help It? The It was all there in those three little "Chat on the Cure of Children," former­ splash of red color was in one o£ its tiny- snow and the cheery calls of the chicka­ ly a feature of the woman's page, has Would—h'ni—would you mind telling me Low rates on the first and third Tues­ words. What need for explanations, pro­ given way to 'Timely Tipa on the I'reat- which is the sliip and which is the storm?" , paned front windows, and for the mo­ dees,—out of^ the whole bright New days of eaolimonth, testations, promises? The last red ment of Toy Bogs."—N. Y. Herald. —Chicago Trihune. I would like to scud you some printed ment Desire's heart beat a little faster Year's day. Kven Roxy could not settle down to her alternate naps and placid gleam from the west foil across both • matter about Texas. than usual. When had she seen that red their glad old faces, like a kiss of peace. BEAUTIFUL SKIN, If a man shows genius in killing and ^—^!Jk»—, ; Write to mo. , signal flag before?—but it wasn't a sig­ meditations in the sunny window. She maiming thousands of his fellow creatures 'Afterward Roxy scratched her way In nal flag of course. Delight was drying followed her uneasy mistress about, Soft AVUUc Ilnuan iinA Lnxni'lant we give him rank, high'pay, fame and with a plump dead mouse, presenting it adulation, but leave tlio.'je who by patient, something red in the sun, probably she'd uneasy, too, and full of w istful sympathy. IlKlr rroduucd by Cutlcurnd first to one of them and then to the othei, unselfish toil with meager remuneration ST. LOUIS, MO. washed out a spot in that old red table But Roxy was wise and said nothing. Soup. bring henehts to all maiildnd to plod on, Some things 'tis better not even to purr in gentle uncertainty. And they all three cover. unieeogni/ed and unrewarded.-Cincinnati to one another. sat in the twilight together Enquiier. Suddenly as it of its own accord quite Millions of Women Use Cutioura Soap, "It was 'trouble,'" Delight said. nsbistod by Cuttoura Ointment, tlie gieat « uninfluenced by the slender old fingers, Four years ago a^trivial misunder­ "That's why I chose the red signal. I skin euie, for pieservmg, puiifying and Are You Going to Florida or New the pen began to write again. "There's standing had separated these two lonely Strawberry and said to myself this morning, when I beautifying the skin, tor cleansing the Orleans? a red flag In Delight's window," it wrote women. It had not amounted to much in scalp of eiusts, scales and dandiud, and woke up,'It's New Year's, Delight Weth- the stopping of falling hair, for softening, Tickets on sale via Quoon & CresoMt rather faster than usual, with not so the beginning,—a little grievance only, eriil,' I said, 'are you going to do what whitening and soothing led, rough and Routo and Southern Railway to Florida, much painstaking attention to i-dottings —but with true New England pertinacity New Orleans and other points south at Vegetable Dealers you've been trying to do so long? Or are sore hands, for baby rashes, .itohings and greatlv reduced rates, gooS returninft 'ilav ' ,,'^',hoI'liiisonxor Deniirimontot; iiioiuinoisOontml they had clung each to her own hurt, cliahngs, for annoying irritations and ul­ Suf iniiK '" " '^^""."."^.•'""J' KnllroudCompanr have reoontly Issnud tt piiblloa- and t-crossingfe. "But it's probably a you going to wait another four years? nursing it into vigorous life. It was cerative weaknesses, and many antiseptic oiii, uiuj. .. ., , , .. : tlon knoTTnaoOlroular J'• MilULl X. Asat. Uci' '1 i'aaii'r Aitoat. mond gazed out of her window again, not that St. Paul girl who disloented her law In tho early afternoon. Desire, .and Deaire nodded. "I guess so, Delight, D P. Brown N. E, P. A., 11 Fort StrcoLW., looking at the little old house across the Roxy had New Year's callers. The min­ laughing, that she didn't simper.-Indian- Detroit, Mich. ,' ' Go on," she said. apuiib Jsewb. D ATFMTQ 'IS-pagebook MUB, road, but seeing it and Its red signal lla^, ister came first an'd prayed with them in W W, IDunnavant. T, P, A.. Warren, Ohio. • ni I IbiHV H Wv h I u l> 0 H t. I'ofovunouh, "I couldn't go on! There I was. I W. 0, Rmeaison, G, P. A., Cincinnati, Ohio. I'lTZtiKUAJilJ Jt UC, Itiix K, Washlnuion, 1) U. and nothing else. Roxy leaped heavily his simple, heartfelt way. He thanked didn't crawl out o' bed till noon, and I A Guaranteed Cui-o tor Piles. "—\ —• to the window sill and looked out, too. the Lord for peace and goodwill on didn't limber up any till I saw you and Itchlnff, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles, There is n wide difference between the The big gray head ruhbed lovingly earth,—tor the pleasant old year and Your druggist will refund monov if PAZO voting maehme and machine .voting. The Roxy coming aorost in the sunshine one leiembles, mechanically, a cahu fegis- LIVE STOCK AND ct'EnTEiltiTVDCC against the little gray one the beautiful beginning of the new one. OiXTMCM tails to cure In 0 to 14 days. 50c. MISCEUANEOUS CLCll I i&UI MrCd I forgot I had the rheumatism then! tei, indicating money received; the other In (front vorlaty for palo at tho, lowoRt prices by "I'm not looking, Roxy, but it's there, It was a grateful, comforting prayer; I don't feel's if I should ever have it A mother ccnid tell her daughter lots often legistcis casli disbui'sed—a vital dia- k. N .KIILUIUU KlinSl'APEIL CO., 73 IT. iilmai St., Clllo|i(a —I see it," Desire murmured wistfully. there was nothing in it ahout misunder­ tinction.—Youth's. Companion. \ imj»i«1iHiu#ri«g> •XM again," about helping out her lover if hlie daieJ •—'—'\—. , .. "You see it, too, you know you do. You're standings and trouble and rheumatism. to give lieiself away to hei.—N, V. Piess, "So you put up the red signal 'Trouble To Cure a Cold in One Day j looking down the road at the meeting­ Then the doctor's wife came in with —Como over?" Desired mused thought­ Take Laxative Bromo Qiilnine Tablets. All house, but you see Delight's red flag! her baby, and stayed long enough to Do not behove Piso's Cure for Consump­ fully. druggists refund the raouoyif it fails to cure. You think it's a spot in her table-spread patch a pair of little stockings. Then tion has an equal for coughs and colds.—J, lit. WT Grove's signature is on each box. 2oo. "Yes,—oh, I had to! It.was New Year's R Boyer, Trinity Spnngs, ind,, l''eb. 15,1800. drying in the sun, but you don't know it Mrs. Deacon Blinn came,—then Hosy \ • day. Desire, and jmi and me had been , Is. You're tninldng maybe It isn't, just Todd's two little girls,—last of all, laugh­ A Wait Laktt doctor has found a new divided long enough I said to myself I Words rashly spoken are like aiiplea oi drug which he deelaies is bettei than as I am."^ ing Jeffy Rand, couldn't bear another year. I said tho green m stomachs of childien!—Cleveland castor oil And it wouldn't have to bo \ Roxy's soft purr pleaded guilty to the "Merry Chris—I mean Happy New i'lain Dealer. i very good at that.—Indianapolis News. time to make it up was the first day o' aOS4 ^charge. It was four years—but Roxy Year!" laughed Jeffy. "Thought I'd the new year Ard there I M'as! I ' only know it w as a long time, a very long come an' wish it. I've been to all the 4,4..j..;,.j..j..t.^{„j..j«5,.j„j.^,4..I.,2,^^j,^,,.^^^^.^,j.,j,,j„j.^j^j.,j.^j^,j,^^^^^ couldn't stir.;' time,f;-since she had been allowed to this-side-o'-the-street houses up to here, I "And the beginning and the ending catch, plump mice in theJittle old brown an'J'm comin' back on the other side— were the first day," Delight murmured, 8hed\ across the road. ' 'xceptin' I.shan't go to Tolly Wallace's T softly. Under the cover of the.darkness for "It It Bhould^be anything else, Roxy,— house." the two old hands stole together and not a spot,drying;—1£ it'should mean ' "Why'not'to Tolly's, Jeffy?" ' , clung, as long ago two little childish ones Pains aiid Aches what it used to—" 'Sho'llfted'the big cat >Jeffy laughed,—healwayslaughed. ' had clung togeth'er. Roxy purred from JACOBS down EUddenly and opened one of her " 'Cause we've fell'out," he said, cheer­ of the human family, relieves skirt to skirt Impartially. There aro jtable drawers, where, rows of blaok- ily. "You don't go to foik's'hous'es you've and cures promptly. times when 'tis better-not to say any­ "'boun'd'diarles.were neatly packed a^ay, fell.out with au' wish 'em Happy New thing, but a little gentle purring doisBo OIL Price 2Sc. unci SOc. \ •Qd'selected one tliM bore a dat« five or (Year'B, do you?" harm,—Country Gentleman '

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i\i .!>, "( n^^]^. »,< ',\"4'-i>> . tVf,- ,(' 'I'f'^ ' i .,N. 4v ,; . •rf« j'W Island Corners. South White Oak. |u3!ia»i (!j0uutij|few Bessii Ferguson of Richmond Is vis­ T. F, Patrick spent Xmas at home, > ' r iting at Fred Smith''<, EVEN Mrs. George Proctor is ylsiting at Ifj^&^j-sgijifjAiifr^^^^Jl Thursday, Dec. 29, 1904. Winnie Feltoii of M, A C. spent "Waterloo and Linden. several days hist week at F.V, Felton's IF Mrs. Cliarles Kfjlley was very badly Zoe and Clidord Collins of Lansing burned last Sunday by falling ou the Stockbndge. visited at E. (Jollin's last week, You had a st-ve. J, D. Kouns, a proiiiiiiflnt and es­ Clarabelie Kennedy of Lansing vis­ j\[rs. MIko Pulling of Lansing is pecially BucucHHful fiiiiiierof iliJB town­ ited Ht H. Box's Saturday. vislilngal C. M Pulliiig's. ship, died at IIIH farm, four miles nortlj Mrs. S W. Hempy and sou are visit­ Almond Lailiropuiid son ol Wheeler, For Infants and Children of town, early on tlie morning of Dec. ing at South Bend, Ind. NECK Ind , are the guests of George Lalliro|) 27, of pnetinioiiia, Mr. Koons IH a Marzette Hazelton started for New William Bradeii visited fritiuls at man wlio will lie sadly inlased botli by York Tuesday evening loatleud school. As long an this Plnckiiey last week. his family and the entire coinmiiiKty. Leella Hulett, who is attending tlie follow and had S. J. Proctor and family spent Xmas He was one of the Mlaiinch, reliable Academy at Adrian is homo for the at Leslie. tsr nooK niAiLKi) FREE. inen of the town and hlx farm was Chrialmas vacation. Bert Beam is home from Lansing for A.A.)FiSVBng, CnnEKHtlniiH. Iiillaiiiiim- tiOted for ilg attraotlveneiaa and perfeot M. Potts and family spent Chrismas cuitiui S (iojia, liiiiiR Vuvrr, AIMU Fuvur. order, He leavea a widow and lliree at Walter Potts'. SORE Win. Sly and wife, jNfr Townsend n. n.JHl>RAI\8, LnmuucDH, Iiiliirk-n, tiaughterfl, one of' wiioin is married to Jalte Biebeshlmer and family spent and family spent XmiisaiD J.Qriniea' CURBS S IMicMiiimdiiiii. JVIr. E GrcRory of the Arm of the Cliristmas at P. Blebesliimpr's. Earl McDowell of Uiiionvillu, Iowa, (;. 0, jfiOIlK TUilOAT. Quln»v, Enlzoollc. Ipnoholor-Gregory Co, E. Collins and family, MIP. Laura THROAT waa the guest of C. F. Patrick the Ural CW)H»in'»'i""l>er. slgimtura J{j'„',5,;| W0R.M6, llotn, anilm. ColliiiB, Frank Collins, and Lawrence of the week. E. E.)COlIGnii|. OnlclH, Infliinn'/,n, Inflamed Tlie much needed rain liaa at last Wrignt of Detroit spent Christmas Tlie Christmas tree at Millvilie was cuniia) liiiiiKH, I'liMiru-l'iiRunioiilik. appeared. Nearly everyoiio bus been at Judsoii Collins' near Pine Lake. well attended. F. l.'.icOI.IC, nollynohfi, Whid-Ulown, Tk cuitm) niiirrlivn, DyHoiili^ry. of complaining of dry clalerns and many Fred Smith and family, C. Ellessor have been lilring men to (111 llieiu U,», Prurcnix iMlSCAHniAOE. and family, A. Ferguson and wifij Stop! Don't take iiiiitiillon celery II,III l Cliristmas has been more generally teas when you ask for Celery King I, I. IKKIX ni6EA8ER, MniiKC, Uruptioiw. Eind Floyd Felton and family spent Celery King Is a niediciiie of great cuitua(Ulccrn, iJrimut!, Kiircy. observed liere than common this year. Xmas at W. H. Wells', CollegevUle. Tonsiline All the cluiiclu'B hud ChrlstniaB iVeea value. The "teas" are urged Upon .1, K.f HAD COXniTlO.V. Stnrliiu Co»l. The L. A. S. at Earl Brown's, Wed­ WOULD QUICKLY you because lliey are bought cheap. cuiu^t lii'"l*n(iii, gtoiiinoh glnKUUrn, and exceptionally well rendered pro­ nesday, Jan. 4, All invited. Election (JOc. oacli: stiiblo Cnso, Ten SpccidcH, Book, &o., $7. grams, and the holly and evergreen CURE IT. Never jeopardize your liealtli in a bad of oHlcers, cause: Celery King only costs you 25 At ilni|?Klat«, or Hunt prepaid on receipt of price, You Have were seen in many [irivate homes, K in the greatest ttirontremody on earth. Uiimpliroyfl' MccUoliio Co,, Cor. WlUlttin & Joliu The Island Sunday school elected Toniiliuo curciSoroThroat,of alUlndn very quicklj'. cents and it never disappoints. if Streets, New York. VV. C. Nichols and daughter, Mies (lie following ollicers Sunday: 8upt, And [a a noaitlvo, ni'ver-fallinRnnd apetdy euro (or Sore .Mouth, Iloarwineiis and Quin.y. A small hotllo of Irene, visited friends in town Uhrisl- Mrs. Beriha Polls; Treas , John Feahel; Tonalllno lastft longer than mont any caao of NOKIC mas, Secretary, BennleGuenlher; Organist, TllnOAT. 2I> and SO ccnta at all crl«iH!«^«- all trouble tliat interferes with iiiilri- OATH per bushel 02il'/j day, Dec. 24, tion Tlia"a what Hollisler's Rocky Mias Griggs of Aim Arlior was a OLOVERSBIOD •! 00,37 iiO Uan anything be worse than to feel guest at G M. Smith'a over Chrislinas. TlMOTH\ SEED per luiHhol 1 IiO 2 0(1 Tlie Misses Irene Stillson, Rcsaio lliAl every minute will be your last? Moiinlaiii Tea will do JiS OIMIIH. Tea 1!YK nor bufihol 05? 7o SteplieiiH, and Alice Morgan are homo Such was tlie experience of Mrs. S. H. or Tablet form. F. H. Gr,AS.s. Mra. G. M, Smith has relumed from Satjinaw. MISOKI.I.ANEona. GASTORIA from Ypsihuiti for tlie iiolidays. NewHon, Decatur, Ala., "For three North Leslie. aALT Saulniiw, per biirrel 7r) 8'i THE CCNTAUn COMPANr. NCW VORK CITV. Old Mrs. SlevciiH, who died last i-ears" alio writes, "I endured iiiander- Mr. and Mrs. McRobert and How­ RKANS unploko'l.nnr Imnhol 00»1 S.'i Mr. and iSlrn. L. B, McArlhnr spent ard Daly of Jackson spent Christmas POTATUE.S, perbnsliel ® 25 Friday, was buried from the Baptist able ;pain...from ludlgeation, Mtorimcli KGG.S fresh, pnr dozen u 'il church on Tuesday. and bowel trouble. Death seemed in­ Cliriatmas willi his pareiiis, Mr. and at John VaiiDeusen's. fjAim perponnd <& RU, Mrs. Geo. McArtbur. Meetings will liegiii at tlie M. E. evitable wlien doctors and all remedies Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smalley and Mrs. ISUTTKR por poniul g |7 failed. At leuglli I was induced to try Charles Myd's little girl has been Nelson Gallup and little daugliler, M'l'hRS dried,norponnd 6 3 churcii Jan. 1 and cS m one day last week. liver, kidney, stomach and bowel ford and dauglilnr took dinner alE. r^tVR .STOCK ANl) MKATB. P. Blackmun's Christmas. children of Kahunnzoo are visiting her JTHEDFORD'S E. A. Thorpe and wife are vifiiting troubles Electric Biilera is the only parenta, Mr. and Afrs. Ed Hazelttiii, CATTLE live, perhnndrnd ponndH.,1 50 .1 70 friends In Ann Arlior this week. medicine. Only 50c. It's guaranteed Mrs. Helen Lacey and huaband, OAT'Vr.E i1rea.so(l. per luindred .I .TOW.Ii nil The L, A. S. will tiaveaNew Year'a (JAI.VE.S. live, per Imndred •! 50@5 IW Loiigyear Broa., Maaon, and Field.& Mrs. Mandy Lacy and fimily and Al­ HOijS per hundred p.unds -i on 8tnrllliiK: KVIIII-IK!*^. Nortli, Dausville, druggista. ice Abrams, all from Lansiir', also supper at the church Friday evening. POUtC per lOOpniinds »i 5 2', BlACKDRAOfiMT Mrs. Harry Backus, ate Christmaa Rev. Augusta Clmpiii will give a talk. HAMS per pnnnd (8 II Fresh testimony in great ((uantily is aPHINCintir()KSpflrp.)niuI,dreaHed 57 lo consiantly coming in, declaring Dr. Kingsland. dinner at P, P. Bacium'. Wlien you feel like siiigii g—sing, IIKNR per pniiiiil, live 0 10 King's New Discovery for conaunip- George Oatrauder is better at Ihia TUUIvIDYS Der pound,alive « 12^'j THE GREAT tion, coughs and colds tobeuncqualed. Accidents come witii distressing Singing will never pleasure.bring. nun.DiNn MATKUIAI,. writing. frequency on the farm. Culs, bruines, Learn to laugh, you can laugh and A recent expression from 'J'. J. Mc- Little Glen Turner and little Miss rORTLAND CEMENT per barrel.. 1 60 slings, sprains. Dr. Tliomas' Euiec- laugh right LIMB; per biirrel @ u • Farland, Bentoryille, Va,, serves as Gleason are on the nick list. exumplo He writes: "I had tiroiichi- trio Oil relieves pain inalaully. Never By taking Rocky Mountain Tea at PUASTEitrNO HAIR per buflhol a 10 IfAHILYMtWCINE Mrs. Wellman Is keeping house for safe without it. t nigiu. H. L. Curtis. SUINGFJES nor thousand 1 7v 3 fo tis for years and doctored all the lime Mrs. P. A. WIIIHIIIW for a couple weeks LATH per M fenl 2 lO •! OU witliout being benelited. Then I be­ Mrs. L.W. KiKipp has gone toNorth- gan taking Dr. King's New Discovery villelo visit her sister, Mrs. IMay Clark, and a few liottles wliolly cured me." for the winter. CoilNTV TilKASUUKii's OKFJCK, InKlwim (Jouiil.y, MiiKoii, Mloh,, IJeeoniljeri'i'li, lOUl, i Thcdford'a Black-Draught has Equally eflective in curing all lung and P. A, Winslnw, wife and son Russell To TUB AUDITOR GKNKHAI.: The foUowhiK IN H lull niid complele rejion of nixes colliieled or received hv nie, ut iiiy odleeupnn the ' saved doctors' bills for mora than throat troublea, consumption, pneu- buslueas of Helllnt' or UDoplus; for sale or niamifuclurlnt'dlsllllcU or brewou or iniill liquors during ilio year endlnn IJeoeinbiTB, ill" have goiio 10 tSalem for the holidays. W. 0. NlCHOLii, County TreiiIreiinprorm . sixty years. For the common fam­ pioni)MM)d grip. Guaranteed by Long- I\Ira. M- J furrier is apending the ily ailments, such as constipation, year lU'ns,, Miisou, and Field & holidays witli her niece, Msa. i^lary Nuoipflf Person, Corpora imiigestion, hard colds, bowel com­ North, DaiiHville, druggists, Trial Ainnunl Grlllin Mon, AsaQe(«IIOM,Conipiuiy, Residence. Kind of Buslnosg, Place ol Doing Busluesfl. (if Ta.t Dal oof plaints, ohills and fever, bilious- bottles free, Iioj?, 8i7,ea lilh, ?H)d ?1,00. or CoijartuorndM' t'liyins a Ed Halifavaiid wife of Albion spent Paid. Payment. iless, coadaobes and other like ChrlHiiiias with his parents, Mr, and complaints no other medicino is 1001 AurelluS. Mrs. Ell. Halifax. Louis Bolgel..,, Lansing.. Selling orolt'orliig lor sale 11(13 Wnsli. nve. s, Lansing... $500 00 Apr. 30 necessary. It Invigqratea and reg­ School closed in district No 1 foi'twfl ftff. Davidson has moved in with his splrllnons or liiioxlcfttlng ulates tbo liver, assists digestion, weeks vuciUioii and iu district No, y dRUghjej?, M.rs. Biley Norton, for the liquors by reliill, stimulates action of the kidneys, Olms. F. Wolf it 00 „ same as above. 310Prnuklln fit. o •' 500 no May 2 purifies the blood, and purges the for one weelt. Winter- Guy C. Wesleni 20!IMIoli.uve. o " 5011 OU Ai)i-. au Jilrs. Htanley Parker of Ijealie at­ H, Tiffany has returned to his home Geo. G. Whllcomb llOMleli. live, e •• 500 Oil •• 30 bowels of foul accumnjatioiis. _ It tended tlio funeral of her aunt, Mrs. in Bhepard,af(er spending a week with OlloM. Eloliole , 2IB Wimli. ave. n " 5(10 0(1 May 2 cures liver complaint, indigestion, John Oall.ihun Wil Wiish. live, n " 500 00 Apr. 20 sour stomach, dizziness, chills, Isham, last Wednesday, old frieiida and neighbors. Wm.W. MOURII ,„ liOflMlcli.avo. e . " 500 no " 20 rheumatic pains, sidoachOj tSSclc- I Mr. and JilrSi George Warner and Born, to Mr.and Mrs. Hakes, one Phillip tfoyfrietl .„ 707 Turner sL " ..„ 6ttl 00 " 25 family spent Saturday and Sunday day last week, a fine boy. Henry RussoU , 212 Wash. HVU.N. 600 01) May 2 ache, kidnev troubles, constipation, Henry Itussell , lUD Allegan st e " 5U0 00 diarrhoea, biliousness, piles, hard Willi her sister, near Tompkins. Fred Turner and wife called on their CUurles J. Prost 7i;t Turner st " _ 6I'0 00 J, A. Barues and family ate Xmas aon Will last Sunday. Louis Eliltiiior 3U5 vvaxli. ave. N. "• 5110 00 colda and headaclMi. Lvory druc- Ambs A Giuld .ISi Wash ave. s " 600 00 gist has Thedford's Black-Draught dinner at J. H. Siiafer's iu Mason. Mrs. R. V, Springer has gone to .Tiieob Giiiisley o24 Wash, ave. s " 600 00 Meiiiie Pliillips is home from Mid­ in 25 cent packages and in mam­ Chelsea to viait her daughter, Mrs. MoMlllun & Uarkor S.S.'j Wash, ave n ' 5(l« 00 " 2 moth size for $1.00. Never accept land for the holiday vacation. She Bert Freeyer, Grovo Hros. 11-1 Wash, ave n " Bca iHi " 2 Oscar 0. Downey 11 ol(jl Downey i' 5(10 00 • Apr. 30 a substitute. Insist on having tho will attend the stute teachers' associa­ " 20 tion at Lansing this week. tin Jloru Hiiliertiiit'. Ohas, ScliniUI&son. .„ no Allegan st. o " , 500 00 orig^inal made by the Chattanooga Bock Urotliers H3l Wash. live.« " 5(K) 00 " 28 Medicine Company, Mrs, Pliillips died at the home of If you are troubled with indigestion Onvlstlaii Glogofsky,.. 20.S Wash, ave, s " 5»' 00 It n^ get a bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure l^rnnk M. PliUt 625 .Mich. ave. 0 " 500 00 " S hersoiiWilliam iiiVevay, last Sunday. Oitrl llaitg 505 Mien. nve. e " 500 00 " 28 1 believe Thedford's Black.Draught Funeral at the house Tuesday at eleven and see how quickly It will cure you, Ellen Wuaiwortli hotel WcnVffQriU " 500 00 " 27 Is the best medicine on earth. It is o'clock. Geo. A. Thompson, of Spencer, la., l.oula Miller 707 Center st " : 600 00 " 2(1 good fop any and everything. I have Floyd Rorabaclt and family spent says: "Have had dyapepsia for twenty nanjamlu Vollnier 7U9 Turner St., " axioo " 25 Thomas F'lenilng 105 Washtenaw st, e " „ ... 6 0 no " 22 a family of twelve children, and for Xmaa at U. M. Marshall's. years. My case was almost helpless. A. n. Ciisterlln Hudson House " 5-V 00 May 2 Mr. and Mrs. P, W. Sanders and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure was recom­ Daniel J, liower & Co lUl Wahh. ave. n " 600 00 ** 2 daughter, Gladys, ate Xmas dinner at mended and I used a few bottles of it Privalt Hayes , 1011 Mlohlgan ave, 0, " 6011 no Apr. 28 and It is the only thing that has re­ Peter J. Wlrlh 717 Turner St. " 6ii0 no ., 2S F. N Golieen's. WullluBlon G. (Jonklln 1105 Wash, ave, a " _..._ son uo " 2K Meadames Jesao and James Cole will lieved me. Would not be without it, Richard A Walt TM Turner si,., Lansing m w " 29 entertain the next aid society Wednes­ Have doctored with local physicians O.J. McQuillan A Co 108 ,\1 loll, avo.w '• 500 00 May 10 and also at Chicago, and even went to Obnrles G. McQuillan ACo, iU7 Mich, ave, e " 6(KI 00 ii ft day forenoon, Jan. 4, A good attend­ Ohns. McQ,ulll«ii & Co 211 Slilftwassoe st. e " 60.1 00 Apr. 20 ance IS desired, as it is election of otli- Norway with hopes of getting some Fred Morolsky OinVasU. avo. 8 " 250 00 Niiv. ii relief, but Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the SVm. U McOluve 323 Wash ave s •' ,S7') 00 July 20 cera, 230 00 L. F. Blaght and wife, L. H, Slaght only remedy that has done me auy Richard A. Walt„ 317 Wash, ttvo. s '• Nov 17 good, and I heartily recommend It. liuvld G. IfllK 820 Wash. ave. H " a^ooo Dee. 1 SHICHESTER'S ENGLISH and family, Louie Slaght and family Franlt N. Klunagan Mnaon N. side 01 Maple st. Mason win 00 May 2 were royally entertained atthehomeof Every person suffering with Indiges­ Prank N. Flanagiiu OllneblU, nslde Maple si, l\Iason 500 00 " 7 Moutelle Byrum for Xmas. tion or dyspepsia should use it." Sold Jesse Gray W side B Hi, 8 Mason ^00 U) " 2 by Lougyear Bros. Janios M. Glnssfoi'd N, side Maple st w, .Mason '500 00 A pr, 30 PENNYROYAL PILLS Mrs. Melvin Powers of Eaton Eapids Ohas. E. Hifiso Jesse Beeoli brlclc bllt, Maaon GOO 00 '• 30 formerly of this place, died last Satur­ Grant G (Jnrter Donnelly House, Mason 500(10 May 2 Lansing Road. Webber* Kitchen Wllllainsion. Addis b'l.i'g, Wllllamalon 500 00 " 7 day night. Fuoerul at the house ou Hubbard 11. Dalilii ; Waldo Building, Wllllamalon 600 00 Monday afteruoou. A happy New Year to you all. EdRar J. Goyl Goyi Building, ' 500 no Apr. 21) Mrs. Frank Muir of Clinton ia ylsit­ Edward M. Hohweltzer Andrews Building, " 500 00 •• 28 5%;.» A I'lVMIIIIt I'lll. ing her brother, A. Cauedy. Geo. W. Wood & Co Leslie ampbell BIdg., Ijeslle 500 I'O '• 30 *"t,"tes W. A Brown & o Hotel I'arrol, Leslie , ,'no 0(1 " 110 No pills are as pleasant and positive Rev. and Mrs. Swank are spending A. 0. Hermann & Co McDanlels Unlldlng,.Leslle 600 00 " 30 as DeWUt's Little Early Rlsera. De- the holidays at their home in Indiana. Heury M. Buchanan &Oo. Allen House, Leslie..,.'....,. 4.^8 M Juno 2 Haf». Alway.i ri!llKbl(! I.»cent bottle to Fo8ttr•'' ' ' t F. H. GtASS, Bemember the name, Doau's, and take mo MD REeOMHENDED BY l\V/i '/'j'.f H ' LoNQYBAB BROS. no others. 4LL. DRUGGISTS IN MASON.

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'• 1,1 i x /•\H^^ 'k •"-^is ^!.J'V.^,<, . 1 ' !, VAV •\K^'\ W,v .[-,' :.\. c.\ ';io '• It Is stated .that'llussla"has bought ' The convocation ,of the University of HEIGHT RECAPTURED. MICinGA.N STATE NEWS. EOEEIQN NOTES OP INTEBEST. Anthony J. Drexel's fine steam yacht, Chicago was held and gifts of Eomethlng ^u Jnghniu ($ainiti| Ileitis paying ?G50,000. over ?300,000 were announced. Eeport That Russians Have Retaken ,- Brazil's foreign funded debt exceeds Big Marl Bed, L, ROSE, Publisher, Tho Wade Park bank, cit Cleveland, 0., Industries in Western Pennsylvania 203 Metre Hill—An Escape $230,000,000, of wliloh Irl Reynolds is secretary and and-eastern Ohio are paralyzed by rea- Benton Harbor,—Sclentinc investiga­ Of tho I.'IOO earthquakes that occur , from Port Arthur. tion and analyses of the substance found MASON. . . - MICH'GAN treasurer, together with two branches, so-a of the prolonged drought. Thero every year In Japan, only 50 aro no­ lias been taken over by the Cleveland Is much suffering and scores of towns in several stratas in the marl bed dls- ticeable. r 'I ~ London, Dec. 23.—Tho Daily Tele­ :ovorod at the bottom of Paw Paw lake, Trust company, which will conduct the and vlllagL'S in the district are at the graph's Chefoo correspondent reporta For various misdemeanors, G-l school­ business of the throe Institutions. mercy of llames, there being an utter lack has revealed the fact that the deposit that eight torpedo boat dostroyeni covers au area of 50 acres and that it boys in Berlin were condemned last AV. C. M:attliews, the negro football of water. have escaped from Port Artluir, whore, goes to a depth to exceed 100 foot. ICx- year to imprisonment for from two to and baseball player, has been elected Mrs, William Astor, of New York, has for the last 2,1 hours, he says, a aevoro ton months. broken all iirecodents by issuing 1,200 perts who have made analyses of the one of Harvard's senior class day of­ snowstorm has been raging. Stalisllcs show that Iho birth rate invitations to lior great ball in January. formation say that it is marl of a fine ficers, St. Petersburg, Dec. 23.— Gen. Kuro- in the largest German towns is steadi­ An order to mobilize reserves in seven quality and suitable for the manufacture James R. Garfield, commissioner of patkin has telegraphed lo tho gen­ of a fine grade of cement, ' ly decreasing, notably In Berlin, Char- corporal ions, in his first annual rejiort, districts will add 200.000 men to Knro- eral staff that ho .has received loltonburg, Hamburg and Crotold. patkin's array In the far east, made to President Roosevelt, recom­ a report from Chinese sources to Quail to Be Set Free. Janics BrItt was given the decision Pickpockets and iwindlers aro multi­ mends comiiulsory regulation of corpor­ the effect that tho Russians have Battle Crook.-Eight dozen live quail BUMMAEY OP MOST INTEUEST- over BattllngNolson in 20 rounds of hard plying in Madrid at a startling rale,, ations under a federal lioonso or fran­ recaptured 203 Meter Hill at Port have arrived hero, the first shipment lUa EVENTS OE PAST fighting a^t San Francisco. and they carry on operations in the chise. Arthur, with the guns mounted by the of birds to be sot loose around this SEVEN DAYS. Admiral Sir Frasmus Ommanney, tho Nan Patterson withstood a severe principal streets and squares, under tho Japanese. Kuropatkin's dispiUch, which city in the spring. 'Pwo liniidrod local eyes of tho poorly paid policoraen, "father of the British navy," died at cross examination, her story of the Is dated Decombor 21, also reports fur­ sportsmon iiay for the birds, which Portsmouth, England, after a lengthy shooting cf "Caesar" Young- remaining many of whom are suspected of baing: ther reconnoissances of both the Rus­ will be kept all winter iu oxtoiisivo their accomplices. WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING illness. He was the last survivor of tho practically unshaken. sians and .lapanese, but says they were poultry houses and will then ho sol at hattlo of Navarino, fought in :1S27', which Kingdon Gould, son of George ,T. not productive of important ri.'sults. liberty, to provide sjiort later, ',1'ho Seventy men had a fishing conipell- Hon at liover, England, recently, undor resiillod iu the destruction of the Turk­ Gould, fired four shots at sophomores of Tho war office has not any additional scarcity of quail has made a gun Progress of tho Russo-Japaneso Wnr Columbia university who chased him and tlio aus])icos of the ica Angler.?' associ­ ish ficot. information regarding Gen. Kuropat­ a bird dog useless possessions for iu the Ear East—News from All Gcor,go L. Shoup, formc.rUnited States nil Broadway in Now York city, sceljing ation. They fished five hours and tlio kin's report that tho Russians have re­ some time. prize ;or the heaviest fish was taken Parts of the Uniou and the Latest SGuator from Idaho, died at liis homo in to haze him. No one was hit. captured 203-iVleter hill, jiut the ofiiclals Eoroiijn Intelligence, liolso, Idaho, in his sixly-oightb year. Tlie governor of Viatka reports a seri­ with a whiilng, turning the scale at consider it certain that tho cominauder- Indians Poorly Clad, six ounces. The Metropolitan clubhoiiao, the ous outbreak of Siberian plague in fac­ in-chiof would not liave sent the report Standish.—T'ho remnant of the once CONGRESSIONAL, homo of the most fashionable club in tories In the districts of A'iatka and Slo- unless it camo through exceptionally re­ famous Chippewa tribe of Indians, liv­ f bodskol, which arc iirejiaring fur coats ] riRprcfXMVtat.ivo CninipnriK-or, of In­ Waslilugton, was suited by fire, iuvolv- liable channels. ing at Saganiiiag, are dying off quite for the troops in Mnncluiria. diana, has abamloiiod liis (Iglit to reduce in/:; an estimated loss of from $00,000 to rapidly, this cold weather being espe­ ts Zo 5100,000. In aquarrcl growingoutof a snowball­ cially hard iiiion them, as they are jioor- tlie reiiroseiitallon ol' souiliern .slates In ing bom in Now York between tho chil­ CANVASS COMPLETED. a Cako. congress. Mrs. William Gladden shot and killed ly cl.'id and exposure brings on puou- Good all her husband at their homo at Reaua dren of I''eli|]o Scilaboroand Joseph Sav- nionia and coiisumiition. They still tlio Year TliG lioiiso nf reprosonlalivGs omiiliat- erino, Saverino was shot to death and Interesting Analysis of the Vote Cast Aroun:!. Ically (ii.sapproved the i)roi)nsilion to gulch, south of Cripjile Crock, Col. Slio at Recent Presidential stick to the primitive moccasin on the says that lie abused and lieather. Scilaboro was stabbed so badly that he feel, which got wet In damii weather. hold tho iiKuigiiral ball in the caplto! died laior. Election. bnllding. The bodies of John C. Konyon, Wil­ Most of them aro trapping and hunting. At Carbon, a mining town in Adams After a session of four minntcs" dura­ liam Lillyblndoand William lOmmermon county, la., two men blow Iho safe in the Chicago, Dec. 23.—The clliclal can­ tion, tho senate ad.iournod until Jnnu- have been talioii from tlio Crocker ho­ Change in Mine Laws. tel ruins in Miiinoapolis, Minn. store of R. S. Marlotto and got away vass of the votes cast Novenibor S for nry •!, next. Tlic lionse adjourned al presidential electors was completed Bay City.—iMicliigan'.s coal operarovs Roeoijits of the Britt-Nolson glove with .fri.OOO which had been deposited ]2:;i0 until ,Tanutiry •!, after Mr, Mann Thursday, when tho result was an­ and minors have xiractically agreed on contest iiniounted to $2ri,!)00, of which there for safety by stock buyers. objected to unanimous consent to talie nounced iu Minnesota, North Dakota tho cliMiigcs to bo favored in tho mine up tlie inaugural resolution. Britt received .118.877 and Nelson .fS.OlS. By au explosion and tho burning of iusjioctiou law before the legislature. 1,000,000 gallons of petroleum on a Stand­ and 'Washington. The total vote cast Tho jiostmaster general removed two was 13,ri0S,'ll)t'i, against 13,1)08,571 ia Tho matter of pure air will get first con- more mail carriers for intorforonco in ard Oil company's barge at sea. off Long sidoration. Al iiresent tho mine iiisiiec- BtrSSO-JAPANESE WAR. Branch, N. J., four men w-oro burned to 1900, a decrease of <1G0,07S. The ballots politics and logi.slatiou. -were divided as follows; tor has no aulliority beyond gathering Tlio llufisian admiralty admits Miai Republican loaders conferred on the death. statistics, but it is proposed to give him Roosevelt, republican, 7,027,032. advices from Port Artluir sent by Gen. proposed railway rate bill and assured Plans are forming for the establish­ authority for compelling a uniform and Parker, democrat, 5,l)80,05i Btoesselsub.slanllally confirmed tlie.lnp- President Roosevelt congress will act ment of an exliiliition of American ample syEtcm of air supply. anese advices of the partial \vrocl;ing of diirinu' the present session. manufactures in Paris, France, Debs, socialist, 391,587 . tho llussian ships in tho harbor. Swallow, prohibitionist, 2G0,303. All trafilc in London was tied up and Four more have boon added to the list School Saving System. Watson, ijooplos, 1M,G37. Tlie .laps arc preparing a greater as­ Chri.stmas shoppers inconvenienced by of six dead, and two are reported dying Ypsilanti.—'J''lio board of oducaiiou Corregan, socialist labor, 33,'I53. sault tlian ever at Port Arlliur, having a dense fog. from the effects of wood alcohol poison­ has decided to adojit a plan of a school Holcomb, coiiiincntal labor, S30., nsl;ed for GO,000 more troops and being 'I'lie 1 lllnois state board of equalization ing at tho mouth of Big Sandy river in savings system formulated by Superin­ ; determined to win before tlio Cliinose made a cut of |2,000,000 tho in assessed Ivontiicky. RGOSOvolt received over all ],7'10,7GS, tendent Arhaugli. Tho plan, which will New Year, and' over Parker, 2,5-17,578. In 1900, valuation of all iiroperly in tho state. Tho United States supremo court has go into effect .January 9, will provide for McKlnley bad •107,040 more :lian all Tlie nortli fort on Ea.stTCeliwan moun­ City Clerk Edward M. Scliuongel, of adjourned until January 3 for tho Christ- the dc-iiosii, of sums up to one dollar by the other candidates, and 859,98'1 more tain, at Port Artluir, was captured by the Milwaukee, Wis., aged -17 years, died sud­ mast holidays. than .Bryan. the children with tho teacher each Mon­ Japanese, who tunneled under the walls denly, Jlr. Schuengel had boon suffering King Alfonso has signed a decree au­ day morning, those in turn to bo doiiis- and u'.'Cplodcd two tons of dynamite. Two The vote for Roo.scvelt was '109,822 from Briglit's disease and heart trouble thorizing Senor Ojeda, tho Spanish min­ itod in a lumpsum in tho savings bank. charges through thisbrencli resulted in for some time. ister at AVashington, to sign the arbitra­ more than for McKiuloy, while that the repulse of the garrison. After a lingering illness of three years, tion treaty with America, ,.•• for Parker was 1,277,772 less than for Not Held for ^oy's Death. . Admiral Togo reports thatall Iholtus- Bryan. due to infirmities of old ago, Rt. Rev. The factory of the Passumpic Fiber Coldwater.— Superinlondcnt' Staley elan warships at Port Arthur are nnht ilicliard Phelan, bishopof Pittsbiirgdio- comiiany and tho fiour mill of E, T. &I-I. lias^boeii exonerated by the board of for service. ceso, of Iho Roman Catholicchurch, died K. Ide tt Co., in the village of Passumpic, SEVEN MEN SUFFOCATED. education, which has completed its in­ A refugee from Port Arthur desorllies at Pittsburg, Pa., agcil 70 years. Vt., wore comiilotely destroyed by fire, quiry into the death o-f Iho Millor bny, the city IIS all desolation and lilicns it to Smoke from Burning Building Fills The ofiicial report shows that during involving a financial loss estimated at who is alleged lo have snccumbod to a sepnlcher. He says the defenders stiil tho world's fair at St. Louis the total ad­ $7,''),000. Mine and Chokes injuries inflicted during a severe beat­ hope to hold out. missions wore Ifl.CO-l.Sn,';, of these 12,- It is estimated that -when Christmas Workmen. ing given him by Superintendent Sta­ A iKussian naval commander describes SO-l,(nG wero paid. The froo admissions day has passed it will be found thatChi- the slaughter in tho battle of 20,'^Metre ley, A resolulion asking Staley to re­ amounted to G,S90,239. cag-oan.s have spent a total of ,|10,000,000 Bolivar, Pa., Dec. 23.—Seven men -^vore hill, saying the Japanese seized the fort sign was voted down. Two trainmen were killed and one was for Ynletide presents. sulfocated Thursday in the No. 2 soft after losing 22,000 men and after a Rus­ clay mine of the Roeso Hammond Fire sian loss of 2,000. badly scalded in a collision between The Rothschilds, of Paris, are said •Will, Harness River. ''reight trains on the Rochester & Pltts- to bo forming a?100,000,0U0 pool to con­ Brick company, near hero. Tho victims Muskegon.—The Grand Rapids & Capt. P. C, March, of the United 'jurn' road, near West Falls, N. Y. trol Mexico's mining output and the were Austrians. There wero about 25 States array, who has returned from Muskegon Electric Power company, The John Thompson & Son agricul- world's sliver. men in tho mine, and all but seven w^erc capitalized at $1,000,000, I'ully paid in, tho Japanese-Russian war, declares rescued, though ihey wero all in bad Gen. Kurokl is not dead. iural machine works and gasoline en- An orthodox Jewish society in New has boon formed for tho purjioso of .;ine factory at Beloit, Wis., was de­ shape, and two are likely to die. The Eiglit Japanese lighting ships and 15 York", warned parents against permit­ building dams across the Muskegon stroyed by fire, causing a loss of ?100,000. ting children to celebrate Christmas. cause of the disaster was most peculiar. river at Big Rapids to furnish cheap transports and colliers are reported as A small building, about IG by 20, burned Balling south to meet the Russian Baltic Seven wero killed in the disaster at President Harper, of tlio University eleclrical jiowor to Muskegon, Grand Minneapolis, Minn., when the wall of the of Chicago, angered by newspaper down at the mouth of the mine, Tho Rapids and small towns in western fleet, and a sea fight in the Indian ocean air shaft from the workings to tho sur­ Eeems near at hand. Peck building crushed the Crocker ho­ guesses at Rockefeller's Christmas gift, Jlichigan. tel. issues a statement in which he says only face, some distance in the mine, acted Senator Fairbanks has decided to I'ui- ?2'15,000 h.as been received, as a sort of fine and drew.into the drift News Brieflv Stated. the heat and smoke from the fire, thus MISCELLANEOUS. ward his resignation to the governor of A 12-ECory hotel, to be built on tho Ann Ar'Dor.—Fielding H. Yost, Mich­ suffocating the men, whoso escape was Mrs, Cassiu L, Chadwicl; was brought Indiana January 9, the date of I he meet­ site of tho Morrison block, in Chicago, igan's famous football coach, has signed shut off by the fire at the opening. Into court at Cleveland in thebanhruptoy ing of the legislature, to take effect under the terms of the 103-year lease, a five years' contract to coach the Uni­ proceedings againsther, butwas excused March 4, next, when he will be inaugu­ must perpetuate the name of the Chicago versity of Michigan football 11, begin­ . from testifying because of illness, rated vice president. pioneer. Tho land, which cost $61 in COURT OF INQUIRY MEETS. ning with 1905. Tho steamer Lady Mitchell, which Four men were killed and their bodies 1833, now rents for ?45,000 a year. Lansing.-Gov, Bliss issued a parole Bailed from Tsingtao with siipplies, am­ terribly mangled ns the result of a boiler Tho United States supreme court de­ Commission to Investigate Nortli Sea to George M. Swaney, sent from Hills­ munition and dynamite, reached Port explosion at the sawmill of B. F. Red- cided that the title toMcKlssiok's Island Incident Organizes at dale, September 1, 1901, to Jack.son for Arthur during a snowstorm. line near Rohrsburg, Pa. belongs to Nebraska and not to Missouri. Paris. six years for forgery, The Hay memorial chapel given to James P. Eagle died at Little Rock, The czar's fete day was marked,by dis­ Ionia.—Leon Smith, aged nine years, Westminster school atSlmsbury, Conn., Ark., after an illnessof three weeks. He turbances in Moscow and other places, ' Paris, Dec. 23.—The International and Frank AVedgo, aged five, were by Secret,ary Hay, in memory of his son, was governor of Arkansas from 1889 to and ho has abandoned his proposed trip commission appointed to inquire into drowned while coasting along the bank Adelbert S. Hay, was burned. The loss, 1893. to southern Russia to bid farewell to the North sea incident met at the for­ of the Grand river. Their sleds got estimated at *12,500.- A disastrous storm which suddenly, troops. eign office at ten o'clock Thursday beyond their control and ran off the i Threi; great piir.siiUa have Mrs. John Johnson, the wife of a la­ burst..on the northern coast of Portugal Attorneys for H. H. Rogers warn the morning. Rear Admiral Davis,, U, S. river bank under the ice in the river. ngiiiii shown wdiulcrfid re- borer, and their two sons, aged seven has caused great loss of life. From re­ distributors of Everybody's Magazine N., was present. The commission Lansing. — Gov.-elect AVarner an­ .siiU.sou the FREE Honic-> and throe years, lost their lives in a fire stead Lands of Western ports already received 37 persons have against the circulation of the publica­ unanimously elected Admiral Baron nounces the selection o£ Marl T. Mur­ Canada this year.. which destroyed their home at Bangor perished. tion, saying the "Frenzied Finance" von Spaun, of the Austro-Hungarian ray, of Farmington, for executive clerk, Mo, President, Roosevelt has accepted an story of T. W. Lawson Is libelous, navy, to be the fifth member, complet­ whose most Important duties are with Mngiiilicen I climate—fnrmers plowing in tlieir 0. C, Lillie, cashier of the closed First shin .sleeves iu the middle of November. invitation to deliver au address at the Clergymen In Chicago and other cities ed the preliminary organization and ad- the pardon board. Murray is assistant "All are bonnet lo be more tlmii pleased willi national bank of Conneaut, 0., and Lincoln day dinner to be given by the take exception to Dr. Lyman Abbott'^, •journed until January 9. Admiral supervisor of the census. tlie finnl results of the pastsea.sou's )iurve.sts."— president,and owner of the Marine sav­ Four'nler was elected president. •Jixlriicl. . Republican club, of New York, on the address in Harvard, In which he ex­ Detroit.—It took the jury less than 20 ings bank, at Conneaut Harbor, which 13th of next February. pressed uonbelief In God as a person- Coal, wood, water, luiy iii abundance—schools, Is also closed, has made an assignment. minutes to decide that George A. Cole, churches, markets convenient. The Minnesota board of pardons has dlity. PUGILIST ROBBED. tho wife killer, was guilty of murder In ' Apply for InformiiMon lo Sui'RUi.NTExnE.s-T oir A train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & granted a pardon to Col. Ames, brother Nan Patterson, on the witness stand, I.M.M1(111ATI0.N, Otuiivii, Caniidii, or to Stv Paul road was wrecked by a broken •he first degree. Shortly afterwards C. .I.lluoUGUTO.N, i'M Quinoy liklK.,ChlonBO, III. of .former Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, denied that she killed "Caesar" Young Battling Nelson Seeks Arrest of His Judge Phelan sentenced the prisoner to W, H, UofiKlis, liril Fluor Traollon-Torniliiall)ld|{„ rail at Lena, a point near Menominee, andwho was Mayor Ames' chief of police. and contradicted on all important points IndliinapoUij, Inti. Trainer, Charging Theft the state prison at Jackson for life. T. 0. DLTiiaiK, Uoom 12 a., Callahan llloolc, Mil­ Mich Englnfler Martin Gavan and Fire­ He was convicted of graft in connection the testimony given for the state. of $10,000. Marquette.—Upper peninsula papers waukee, \VlK, man Louis Miller were killed, and 15 with the Ames administration. J,S,CuAWi'0UD, ll'i WcHt 9lh St„ Knn.sa.'!Cltj-, Mo. The United States supreme'court In a are agitating a heavier bounty on M. V. MclXNKH, 0 Ave. Theater irk, Detroit, Mich. persons wero Injured The First national bank, of Conneaut, decision liolds that railroads should Aulhorljod Canadian Uovernnicnt AKUUII. San Francisco, Dec. 23,—-Battling wolves, owing to thier Increasing num­ Plane say where i/ou mwthls admrtltcmmt. Fire in Columbus, 0 , destroyed prop­ 0, and the Marine bank, of Conneaut comply with safety appliance law by Nelson, the pugilist, has applied for bers. erty and stocks valued at between $150,- Harbor,, have suspended. The suspen­ equipping all oars with automatic cou­ a warrant for the arrest.of "Ted" Mur­ Sault Ste. Marie.—Andrew Payment 000 and $160,000, in the center of the sion resulted from runs on both con­ plers. phy, who has,, been his manager, al-, was found dead In bed, with a bullet In business district. Five firemen were In­ cerns owing to the panic, caused by th« President Roosevelt will keep Secre­ leging that Murphy had left the city, his brain. It is believed to be a case jured, Chad wick affair. taries Shaw, Hitchcock and Wilson in taking with him $10,000 belonging tb. of suicide. Mrs Mary Ann Anderson, one of the The Protestants in the Smoot Inquiry the'cabinet-with- others. Cortelyou's Nelson. Murpliy Is believed to have Lansing.—The register of guestJs at bsst-known temperance workers and leste'd tlieircase. The hearing was post- displacement of AVynne is ' the only left Thursday night on the Santa Fe the Mi.chlgan building of the St. Louis woman^suffragists in Indiana, Is dead ponedtmtll January 10, when the de- change to, be made after March 4, train. ' . At her home In Laporte, Ind, Cense will.present evidence, ' Mormon witnesses In the Smoot In­ fair will be preserved In the rooms of the Michigan Pioneer & Historical so­ Prof. J. L Budd, for 22 jears at tho Many-Europeans'flocking to America quiry admitted they would obey the pres­ ,:' Woman Killed. ' ., head of the horticultural depaitmentat now are,paupers and unfit for citizen­ ident of the church before they would the ciety. There are several volumes of Detrblti, Mich,, Dec. 23.—Mrs, Thomas names. ' :' - '•'<•• Iowa state agricultural college, and one ship, according to Mr, Sargent, commis­ law! " ' • . , E. Barnes was killed Thursday In her of the most widely-known pomologlsts sioner of immigration, , 'Ernest Terah Hooley, leader of Eng­ home at No, 253 Pine, street by the ex­ , Powlervllle.—Farmers In this vidln--' In the world, dledn-tSan Antonio, Tex. Frederick Hall White, a Harvard foot­ lish higih finance, wHb'aihassed $50,000,- plosion of a,"one-pounder" rapid fire ity put thousands of bushels of apples Officials of many Industrial concerns ball player, has taken possession of a 000 In stock deals and lost It, was ac­ gun cartridge,,which it Is supposed she In their cellars, which they- are now^ In and about Pittsburg are searching fortune of ?3,000,000 inherited,from his quitted of fraud in'a London court. An was using for a hammer in the Christmas feeding to thier ho^s and stock. for men whom they wish to put to work mother.' • ' ' ••'';' accomplice was given/one year.' preparations for her two baby girls. .Bay City,—Overcome,by cold, .hun­ 'In their plants. The bright prospects for The government has adopted a stand- • Rev.Luther H. Trowbridge, of Detroit, ger and fatigue,while on a hunting It Cures Colds, CoiiRhs, Soro Throat,- Croup, Influ- on-m. Whooping Cough. BronohUls.and Asthma, An Increased amount of business after aid showing the chemical requirements for 32 years editor and proprietor of the, Indicted for Forgery, trip, Amos R. Little, '15 years of age, A certain euro for ConsumpUon In IIrat stnffos, an* the first of next year are responsible for Christlan'Herald of that city, is dead In Cleveland,' 0., Dec. 24.--The, county of, Romeo, this; state,; Avas frozen to a sure relief In adranood stages. Use at once, -JToa in foods and liquors, and this is, to be will BOO tho oioollont ofToot after tiiklnn tho IIrsl' this move. used\in prosecutions. C ;., ' Los;Angeles,-Cal.r . ,• ' , grand jury Thursday afternoon returned •death, at Long, lake, in Oscoda;county, do«o. Sold by dealers OYorywhore, LarKO bottles •'im There were ten slight earthquakes, fol- Judge, Wilklnson,^ at :Broo]ihayen, indictinents against .both ,Dri,' and Mrs, Howard City,—Great excitement i^ cents and 60 oonlB, Sample tree. Address ', Because'-he kissed,;a'fair: customer, KE.MP'S BALSAJl, LIS UOY.'N, T. ;' 'lowed'by, one strong shock, at David, Miss,-,, sentenced '.one, w'hiteca:p',for life T-Iamniond,' Ind,, 'women boycotted, Chadwlck on ihe charge of forging thej reigns a,s the result of finding indica-, Panama Numerous houses wore dam­ and five to 50 years each.'Pie proposes :,Louis 'Broskin, '•resulting in liis .banlc- name of Andrew Carnegie to a note for'' tions of .crude petroleum in abundance aged. CO end a reign of terror- 'ruptcy •• • " ' ' • • -•',-' "• ••;, ^5;000,000'ln May, 1902 :•:,::':' v ' \'\'- ^onfarms south of here, ' ^ .' ', 1 > ' John Alexander Dowie asserts he hfis Bernard B McGieevy, of O'Neil, Neb Neailj all religious sects report larger i -Midland,—George,, Peck, of'-Sanfordi' , |21,OOO,q0O(In pioperty at 21on City and "orraer president of the BIkhorn Vallo) Death of an Author.;c;-'. ;aged 18, was killed whliefellihg-trees-at percontage of inciease in membership TheNew Boon for WonianJs Ills. ^ denies that he is In financial stialts, hank, which closed Its doors on ThanKs- New York, Dec, 23,7-Seth Stoddard Olson,, One tree lodged,in another and. than In previous years, and In several of Wood, well knCiwn as a.writer on social "a ''J.'J'. Warren and his son, H. H. War- glvlng eve, was arrested at Phoenix, them the ratio of growth exeeedes the in-,its.fall' crushed', him;to deaths-'V.-;;,; Il.ENT, sutfarlne from -any form/ftt-female 1 ron, and Edward BloUerson, a meichan'f Ari-i. ^ economies, has diopped .dead on •the, • Thirty-six.' representati-ves-aTid, '12 ratio of Increase In population, street at Passaic, N. J, •••Tn lSC9-he es-' $ disorder la no: loneer necossary. Many y ' Turero killed !n a sti eet flght at Rosa, Ark,, Pio ^Centia, the faithful attendant ot Ofllcers of the National Association of senators'whb .wlll.be in tho,;n;e)it legis--, . modeatwonieh.wb'ald rather, die; by Inches I ^ysrowlng out of a dispute over an account tablished a household' magazlne,.whlcli •;iatiire.'-\vere''menVber's of .the last orie..' [jl than consult'anyone, even byleiler, about thoir I the late Popo,Leo XIJI,, died in Rome of Retail Druggists issued a statement ad­ gained consldeiable eirdulatipn,;:,:;For; private troubles,, PISO '3 ,TABLETS attacic the .if '^o f 25 cents claimed bv Blokerson, apoplexj, thus fulfilling his pwn piedio- mitting that the evidence In the hands ot •: Tlie;: prppbrtlon3;of/new-Zmembers. will': soiircoof the disease-andBlve'relief from the many years be contributed''frequent b'e,iJar£er-,^than^iisualf-;--M^'---: ••::•-;;';-';'• \\-;^ start. ,Whatever form-of, I llnesa afflicts you,-, •^ 'p The police and cossacks In Moscow dis- tion that he would soon follow his mas- the federal authorities of widespread articles (to various peilodiciala. ;iy:':SJ';\:>^ our Intorestl'hK treatise. Cause,of Diseases ia C.v''., parsed a demonstration of 3,000 students saje of counterfeit drugs Is absolutely .";": Quahlcasso; IndIans;^;haA'e;';t 'Womon-/,will explain 'your-trouble and-^our Iwlio'rjitfd assembled -In the principal ^ W. S,^McCartnQy, a patient at tho ?tate convincing, , / , , Literary Mimi:Tiie:B^;p::^^-oy:Q•|iiccessful^;iiappin&7tJiis^ methoa-of;Cur(ii!-'A';'Cppx-,wlllibo:,malleil.free [is ;'sa:id'; :tiiai;-aVparty'of;; them/.reoently^^ with a Geiieroufl Samplo of ;'tha:Tablatsj-to any.: t ,f Btreets and In front of the governor's hospital for "the insane at Lincoln, Neb', Owen I^elly, a wealthy Phlladelphlan, Boston, Dec 23—Tiie';;death>'Ja;;an-^; .wottion;addrosfllns^ir}irvi,«iii»j;ev^;w;'.-(.4;i ' I'lSlll ^^'•^'palace.i Threo hundred of the students was strangled to death by a fellow pa­ prominent In Irish societies and once nounced of Henry 0'Meara,';itor:many ;retiirned^,'\from;KMasipiv: :Islandf lie^ ;;;-::ii'Ml

iij* '»?n^>^hl;;iv^^ h^^^^^Mi^^^M immmm Alaiedon Center. 14 Years in the Grocery\^ The GliriMiiutta iree entertainment at Wilkin'aMemorial waa very fine. Business. DANSVILLE | j\[r and Mra, D. 0. Siiilmau and I FOR XA^AS GIFTS aon, Robert. Mr. and Mra Otto Fosv- Consumption ler, Mr. and Mra. Irvin Wilkina and Look througfh our list. Per­ W. 0, Wlieeler ia viailiiig ui Dexter. little Leaier, and Mr. and Mra. Clare Buliool closed lual Fritlny for a week'a Wilkina apent Chrlalmaa with their ^ There is no specific for haps we have just what j'ou parenta, Mr. and Mra. E. N. Wilkina. vauullon. ttlr. and Mrs. John Schneider apeul consumption. Fresh air, ex­ are looking- for. All useful J, H Densniore ia clerking forClias. Chrlalmaa with her parenta, Mr, and TO ALL. Iludford. orcise, nourishing food and and no fancy prices. Mra, Auguat DIokmau. Scott's Emulsion will come (J. L. Hale and wife were iu Maaon Mra. Olive Keeler and aon, Roaa, Nickel-plated Coffee and We are still selling cvcrj'tliing l«Ht, Friday. apent a few daya last week witli her pretty near curing it, if there that people need to make a Perry TlioliiBon of Masou was in daughter, Mra. Beaalo Hale, of Battle Tea Pots, Carving Sets, town Monday. is anything to build on. Mil­ Christmas dinner good. Cr-^ek. Carpet Sweepers, 24-lbFam- OYSTERS l)y the pint, 0, W. Maine is conlined to Iheliouso Mra A. Dobie ia apending the holi- lions of people throughout the Willi nieiiHieH. daya with her daughter in Lansing. world are living and in good \\y Scales, Sleds, Skates, (Itiart or gallon, just to suit the sine of the familv. Carroll Young la leauliinn iu the Mr and Mra. Harmon and Jonnie health on one lung. Bwan dlalrlci. Potter returned laat Saturday from a Foot Warmers, Enameled Full line of CANDIES at Eev. A. F, Nilea visited hid aon tliis bualneaa trip in Victor. ^ From lime immemorial the Ware, Silverware, Clothes all prices from 7c to 20c. wecU at D(Mroit. Mr and Mra. Schneider have been W, W. Wells waa a gui-'aL ut P, Fer- waiting for the paat week for their car doctors prescribed cod liver Wrinc-ers. Our TEAS and COFFEES gUBon'a luat week. toahip their gonda to Canada wlieru oil for consumption. Of arc the same old brands. Everi'- Clias. Flneoiii liaa taken Geo, .lea- they intend to in iko it their future course the patient could not bodj' knows thatthc}- are good. Bop'a farm to work. home. Jifay aucceaa go with them. H. D. Miller entertained a liouaeful By the numl)er oT diahea one young take it in its old form, hence Produce taken for cash of company Ulu'ialinaH. iniin carried outof tlio liall Chriatmaa it did very little good. They SEE OUR or trade. Charlie Riee of White Oak ia viait- eve it iooka auapicioua. Howia it Jim? can take Call and look our stock'-'pvcr ing in New York state, WINDOW fUM ICitivitrtI, (IIIOO. before 3'ou buj'. E .T. Doane, FJVA F-riinna and Bert Tlie readera'of thia piiper will be Mama, Santa brought me a Bissell tool Eltiu'd were In Maaon Tueaday. pleaaed to learn that there la at leaat Yours truly, C. M. Young and family apuutXinaa (me dreaded diacaae tliat acieiice haa SCOTT'S with J. E. (lavender and family. been able to cure in all ita atagea, and MiHH Jeaaie rVlibolt ia apending a few tliat ia catarrli. Hall'a Catarrh Cure daya at her home in White Oak. ia the only poaitive cure now known EMULSION H©YT & S©N E L. Francinco and Mra. Nancy to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be­ Dcnsfflore & Marshall MAPLE STREET. MiiOregor were in Mason Sni\day. ing a coiialiiutiomil diaeaae, requires a and tolerate it for a long BOTH PnONES. conatitutional treatment, ' Hall'a Ca I^lr.'Pilua of the Lanainn rnaurance tarrli CUire ia taken internally, acting lime. There is no oil, not Agency waa in town laal Tliuraday. directly upon tlie blood and mucoua excepting butter, so easily 0. M. Riehiaon and wife have been aurfaoea of the ayatewi, thereby de- You will aave a doctor hill, aave time .•spending a (ttw daya at Slockhrldgo atroying the foundation of the diaeaae, digested and absorbed by the and avoid discoiufort if you will learn i The Morgan-friah auil in the circuit and giving the patient strength by system as cod liver oil in the to "rend the tongue" and take Celery When You court waa decided in favor of INfra. building up thecoiiatltution andaaaiat- King when It tella you, liy its coated Morgan. ing nature in doing ita work, Tlie form of Scott's Emulsion, appearance, to do ao. 25c, at drug' giata. 5 Mrs. Lihble Petera of ShephRrd ia' proprietora liiivo 80 much faith in ita and that is the reason it is so Take Medicine t.he gueat of lier parenta, Mr. and Mra, curttive powers that tliey offer one helpful in consumption where Forest Nelghboriiood. Elias Avery. hundred dollara for any caae that it faila to cure. Bend for liat of teatiinon- its use must be continuous. Mra. J. I. Shaw of Grand Rapida ia Mr. Fairchllda and wife of Grand lala. the guest of lier parents, Mr, and Mra, You don't know what you are .Rapida were gueata at.Jamea Hayhoe'a €1 We will send E VV, Sutherland oyerBuuday. AddreaaF. J. CIIKNKY & Co., Tole­ you Mr. and Mra, Edwin M^aniey and taking-. You place implicit con­ do, 0 Sold by all druugiala. 75o, Remeiuher theNew Yeara' bail next sample free. clilldren were Chrlalmaa gneats of the fidence in the physician who pre­ Take Hall'a Family Pilia for consti- latter'a parents, IStr and Mrs. L. Ell- Monday night at tne dance hall. A (lation. ^ Be sure that tliis big time ia expected. wood of Lanaing scribed it and the druggist who picture in the form of •Mr. and Min. Wm. Glinea entertain­ compounded it. Dell Abbott of Whit^ O.vk fell last Southeast Alaiedon. a label is on the wrap­ ed Mr. and Mra. Earl Brown and Mr. . Bttturdiiy while in Maaon, fracturing Andrew Keeler and family apent per of every bottle of and Mra. P. McKiuney at Chriatmaa We realisje this fully and act l)oth bonea of hia leg. Chriatmaa with Mr. and Mra. Jainea Emulsion you buy. dinner. Hyde. accordinglj;. We want you to H R©UIVD»UP Th«r« will bo n apecial meeting of Mra. Win. Cole entertained lier aon, of nil tlitit's bfHl in tlie way of meats the 0. E. S. on Friday evening, Dec. Mr. and Mra. Jainea SteinhofT ap'/ Scott & Bowne' Herbert Rieliardaon and wife of Movi, have every confidence in us. We 30 All are requeated to bu present. We have found tlie tiest. We Isnow Mr. and Mra. David Kent viaited i\t Chemists Mich., over Chriatmaa. want your prescription trade. liow to pick it out, liow to buy it aud ThetHalof Uaddy and Curtia did Horatio Every'a Wednesday. Mrs, Agnes Granger and aon Frank how to cut it so it will please. 409 Pearl Street of Lansing were guests of her brother, We have made a specialty of this not iiniterlallza and waa (juaahed on M Speer and family apout Chriat­ Yours truly, the advice of the proacuuting attorney. maa at W. Upton's. . New York M Joy, Xmaa day, line. We will appreciate your The JackaoM partiea came and got Will Frey apent Chriatmaa with hia 5ac. init/;i;alliltueglsli Albert Sturtz of DeWitl waa the trust. THORBURN & SEVERENGE Uiu horae they IJoughl of Mr, Dixon brother in Charloltc. Xmaa gueat of Mra. Elizabeth Wleland Jtidge-eleot H, M.Gardner and wife, BollPhonc21, Slate Phono 0-18, • • beaidea paying foraevcral week'a keep­ Mr. and Mra. Fred Collar, Miaaea We also handle a fine line of ing of tlie horae. Miaa Nettie Gardner and Mrs, H Lena and Ethel Every, Bertha and Gardner of Lansing were gueata of the Perfumes and Toilet Articles. We are informed that Mra. Marilla Edna Collar viaited at Albert Whit­ former's aister, Mra. E.W. Sutherland, Seyttiour, who hves with her brother, ney's Sunday. Bunkerhill. Come in and sec us. John Freirmuth of Brooklyn ia vis­ Xmaa. Ayera Thoniaa, aoutli of town, fell Mr, and Mra. David K int of Liv- Mias Grace Fulton, teaclierof Foreat Monday and broke her leg. iting at thia place. (HASE 6^ i(.> ingaton county are viaitiug frlenda in Weeley Bailey. Mra E. A. DeCamp Dial, No. 1, and her pupils travo a line • Y^'ours respectfully, Wm Joalin of Whealfield wua buried thia vicinity. Xmaa euiertainment with a tree on hatib Monthly. Ho died of nialigmint and George Simpaou of Battle Creek Horatio Every and wife spent apent Christmaa here. ti'riday evening. The teacher and tiieaalea and laaurvived by a wife He pupila were all remembi-red. A phon­ VSANBORN-S. Chriatmaa at Jake Kelley'a. Mra. Qeorue Rice ia very aicU. waa iuaured in thoMaccabeeafor $1000. ograph, belonging to Miaa Grinnell, i.'^ HIGH GRADE ^^ Miaa Jeaaie Steinhoft viaited at Judd There were 19 deaths in Bunkerhill added much to the entertainment of CITY DRUG STORE Oneof our ciiizeua, on hia birthday, Hlli'a iu Wheatfleld Saturday, y- •waa preaei\lod with a two pound pack iu 1904, aa followa; the eveniug. !ige of anioking and a dozt-n clay pipea. Cliaa, Collar and family epeat Jau 17—Infant aon of John and Mr. and Mra. J. W Baker were tlie B. L. CURTIS. PROP. Evidently tliey thought he waa a Chriatmaa at Albert Whitney's. Alice Kauf. aged 4( OuiiuturriulH, Marcli 15—Delia H. Beers, 98 yeara Hotli'Tir Ilo Oarvliil dial rlbu led. "DeWitt'a ia tlie only genuine 5 months 12 (lava; old age of the health of your children. Lmk Witch Hazel Salve" writea J. L, Tuck­ April 14—Owen L Otto, 2 moutha out for couulia, colda, croup and BANGHART & CRITCHETT MiaaGoldie Hobart, Mr, and Mra- er, of Centre, Ala. "I liave uaed it in 12 daya; croup. whoopingjCougli, Slop them in time PROPRIETORS. Tieot Sawyer and son, Mr. and Mra. my family for pilea, cuta and burua for Maj 5~John A Vickary, 23 yeara 5 OueMinuteOouyhCnre la tlie beat re­ ~nl(l only by Amos Croaaniai), M'r. and Mra, Clyde years and can recommend it to be the niontha 20 daya; killed by beiny cnt to Abhiiitaod 8011, Curl Abbott and heat medy. Harmleaa and pleaaaut. Sold best aalve on the market. Every fam­ piecea by a circular saw by Longyear Broa. It will be my aim to give iny custO' J. F. CREVE, the Grocer gill, E A. Sawyer and wife, Len Oiia ily should keep it' aa it la an invalua­ July 5—Jane A, Ruliaon, 57 years 7 PhiiiM- 711 MASON WICH. and fumily and LouiaTliompaonapent ble houaehoki remedy, and should al­ inonllia 20 days; Briglit'a diaeaae. mer."; the best of everything in Chi'lHtnnia at Chaa. Sawyer'a. Klink. ways be kept on hand for immediate July 6—Leon Ryan. 1 year2 montha; Rhft Walton iasiiHiidiiig the lioli the line oT Deputy dherifl Oaborne waa .away use" Mra Samuel Gage, of North pneumonia. days in Jackaon.—iVIiaa Edith Spauld- liiai week afieru man by the name of Buah, N Y., aaya; "I had a fever sore July 19—Jamea McKinder, 82 yeara in{< la home fnnn Olivet college for the FRESH Sltinghterwlio waa wanted for larueny on my ankle for twelve yeara that the 3 montha 25 days; old age and heart holiday vacation —Mra, D. Mackey of from Tom Sweeney. Ha waa captured doctora could not cure, All aalves and trouble. Olivet ia with her aon, J, B ileynoldi near Hanover, .lackaon county, and blo6d jeruediea proved worlhieaa. I Sept. 1,3—Riley Cole, G7 yeara 2 —John Stone ia a gueat of his aiater AND SALT MEATS pleaded gnilly Defore a Maaon juatice could not walk for over two years. montha 29 daya; organic heart diaeaae and brother, Mra A. Thompaon and Give me a trial and be convenced and ia now hmgnlahing in jail. Finally 1 waa perauiided to- try Da- Sopt 14—Joaeph Birch, 50 years. 2 C. Stone.—Tiu'nmall pox i)atienta are Witt'a Witch Ha/-el Salve, which haa montha 2') daya; Hi Itfht's diaeaae. of my ability tc meet your wants. Stomacb doing well. No new caaes, -Miaa Ina Northeast Leslie and Vevay completely cured me. It la a wonder­ Sept 15—Lewis Murae, 73 yeaia 19 Templeton of Milbank, South Dakota, Miaa Winnie iiarker la home (umi ful leliel "DeWltt's Witch Hazel daya; Briglu'a diaeaae. viaited lier cousin. Mia E.J Toblid, Holt. Salve cuiCH without leaving a scar. Oct. 12—Jamea Knauf, GO yeaia 5 laat Wedneatiay—The following faui- Sold by Longyoar Bros Mr. and Mra. Tlioa Blakely and montha 8 daya iliea entertained gueata Ghualmaa Nov. 8—Roae A Vickaiy; aenile MiB A Stringhaui, Beit Topiid, L, aon, Ira, and Mi and Mra, Jolin Wil- I Leek Neighborhood. lett and children and Mlaa Loulao Sco- debility. Polliemua, A Tliomnson —Special 11811 wm [Sim TrouUes fU'ld spent Chriatmaa at Moore Blake­ Rev. Jenkins of Maaon began re­ Nov. 10—laabell F Spice, 79 years meetings will begin at the church Sun­ ly'a. vival meetinga at Wilkina Memorial 4 montiia 9 daya, day eveniug. All are luvited to be FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT Sunday evening. Nov 27—Leon Raymond, 9 montha; present. Quite ft lively time waa had at the paialysia. AND TORNADO INSURANCE home of Geo Brownlee Friday even­ Ml, and Mra. U J. Hammond are apending the bolidaya with ftieuda iu Dec 1—Deiidab Bates, 78 years 5 ing wlien (lie bioUe out iu tlie wood montha 14 daya; senile debility •Real Estate Sold and Ex­ fihed The houae and barn weie saved, Detroit. Miaa Rhoda Bennett of the M. A, C. There were 0 deaths in 1903,14 in changed. but 500 bushelaof oats, alt of hia corn 1902 aud 19 in 1901. and wood were buinetl. spent Chriatmia at 0. Rathbone'a. Rents collected. Money safely A fine rain Dec. 20, which pleaaed CASTORIA Mia Hugli McGiveioa and two Jack Baiber ia home from Texai. those wliose ciaterns and wells had invested at 5 per cent, with no taxes little daugiiteiaare visiting tier pareuts, For Infants aud Clilldren, or other expense. Pension claims Claude Fay haa relurned from Texas Mr and Mia, D M. Stnskland, gone diy and will stay until spiing attended to promptly. Mis. Peck and daughter, who have Chariea Clinton baa moved to Mssou, The Kind You Have Always Bought Mr. and Mrs, E Judaon apeut been viaitlug frlenda here, lett Tues­ Joe McCaun and wife of Lansing ia Bears the H. C. FREELAND, Chiistiuaa at Geo. Judaon'a. WSPEPJIAmE day for Big Ritpids' to visit rolativta vlaiting atC. H. Willlama'. Signature of MASON, IVIICH. and from there will return to her I'liiit 'riirobtiiK llviitlucliu. home lu Waat Branch. Mrs Delhert Palmatier has returned Would quickly leave |you, if you used from Battle Creek Under allcurableconditions Dr King's New Life Pilla. Thou- F. L. Btadman and family spent Newton Bimpson has returned to Mr. D. Kauble of Mrs.W.W. Uy- Bunda of BulleraiH have pioved their Clirlstmaa at H. Raih'joue's in Maaon, Canada Nevada,©., v/aa ler of Hllllard, Pa., was cured lualchless uiciiit tor aick and ueivous Mr. and Mra. H, D. Strickland spent We wiali to aay to tlie L. A, S that cured by Kodol lieadachea. They make pure blood Christmaa witli relstivea at Meridian, FARMERS'BANK! of atomacli TO will gladly send aud theeditor will trouble vhioh and build up your health. Only 25 Guy Stimklaud and family speut clieerfully publish notices of your Good Things OldeatStato Bank lulngliam.County,. cents, at Lougyear Bros , Maaon, and Itad'effected Chriatmaa in Maaou with her paroutsi meetings, but we must know before lils heart. Field & Noith, Dausvllle, diuggiats. Mr. and Mia. Olin Monday noon of each week. •«ji. I iin— I I ' '.r. for New Year's CAPITAL, $60,000. It'a the little coughs that grow into l>rlvi!ii Ki noN|iuratloii. big colda; tliQ big colds tliat end In couaunipiion and death. Watch the Living at an out of the way place, L.O.WEBB, Vloe-PreBideni little colda. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine remote from civiiiKutiou, a family la A.J.HALL, Caahiei Syrup. I often driven to deaperation in caae of accident, reautting in burns, cuta, LETTUCE R.O.DART, ABsiBtantCaBbio] Meridian. wounds, ulcers, etc. Lay in a aupply RADISHES " I had a most stubborn cough Mr and Mra. Aualiii Johusou speut ofBucklen'a Arnica Salve. It'a the Honey to Loan. Call auaBoeUB. for many years. It deprived me Ohriatuiaa at Lanslug. beat on earth. 25c, at Longyear Bioa , PARSLEY DIREOTORS—i. J. Hall, E, A. Barnoa, J. K of sleep and I grew very thin. I Mra. Long of Harbor Springa la tbo Maaon, and Field & North, Dana- ville, druggists. CELERY Elmer, U 0. vvabb, tt. 0. Dart, Gao. M then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, gueat of her daughter, Mrs. Wm, UoTt. A. L, Best}, : : ' and was quickly cured.'' Wade ORANGES R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn. Mis. W. 0. Pootehaa been spending Fancy Navels, 30c, 40c, 60c do?,, the past two weeks with her dauirhter, HOLLISTER'S; ' . Sixty years of cures Mrc. J. H, MI I la. The Keystone GRAPES Rocky MQiihtain Tea Nuggets Mra. Wm. Slogh and daughter, Malagas and Catawbas, ' TABnay Modlolno for Busy Poo'pU., and such testimony as the Margaret, apeut Chriatmaa with her Bilngo Goldon Hoftlth and Etmowod Vigor. above have taught us what paieuta, Mr, aud Mis, Dau Button. P Meat Market CANDY A apeolflo for Oonstipatlon, ImUgostlon.'IJve, And Kidney Troiililoa. J?IinploB, Eezemn, Iiiipiir- Ayer's Cherry Pectoral MLaa Laura Mills received a band- large assortnient, small prices, Blood, Barl Drealli, filucRlsli ISowels, Honflaolr some aecretury and buoU-caae aa a Do You Waut Youf Hens to Lay? ind Diiolmcho. It'a Boolcy mountain Ton In tnli will do. "We know it's the Christmaa present fioiu her parents. OYSTERS let tonn, 35 onnt.s n box. Genuine nindo li; Then feed our Green Cut Bone aottiSTitn Diioa,COMPANY, MadlsoniWls. ,' greatest cough remedy Miss Alice Aaeltino, who haa been CRANBERRIES aOLDEN; MIJGQETS FOR SALLOW PEOI'Lr quite aerioualy 111 for the past three and Laying Food; also keep Oys­ :•• ;;Vorsalo,by.H,,'L. bUftTia.v::;:; :•;;. SJ'fflMf ever made. You will say weekais better at Ibis wilting. Slie ter Shells and Grit constantly bQ- HOLLY will begin school ngala Monday. Wha• U uctft l PEFFER'SNERVIGIInowartully and qulokly. Cures'wtioR Did!n all . sbj'tpoi^.after you try it. fore your fowls and you will re­ otboru (an. lYoimg. mon cegulii. lost; niiinliQad; old • Mr. aud Mra, Chaa. Mclntyre and ceive eggs. EDUCATE ptlRSELP IT HOME men recover youmtul vigor. vAbsolutolv Gniir- Ht^rf^'TlireJuwi: ISt., tOc., ll.OD. daughter, Butb, Cllflurd aud Zoa Col­ antood toOurn Morvousnoaa, t.oBt,Wnslliiic t>ls<-<',' tliea do as lie snys. It ho toilB you not to and wife of thia place apeut Chriatmaa Laying Food .; 10 lbs. 35c by mall? Ambitions >o«n(; men nnd women oiiitoH, BTid alltfftctiof «(I/-alm«c or t-xctiaet and .1 take tt, thou dou't tAlco It. Itojlinowa. prepari-epuroe tboinsolves ut borne for good payhipaylnij indlicrcllon Wards oil lOBunllyand coiisumiitlou, 't nt J. H, MlU'a. , Oyster Shells Ic per lb buBlneauBlneas positions wlibouwllbout lutoiforlug wilLl Don't lot druffglat " ' ^-'.- • Jou wlU like Ayer's Pills also, ., ' . —. Grit.'....; Ic and 2c lb Will G. Walter tbolr dally occupations. Fruotloai business, inyogu I'ticottusM r nut'o It ylols ( Those ndvauccd in years will find nhortband and common Encllsb branftbes 1)0 curried In vo8t ,..., .. purely vegetable, gently laxAtive. laugbi by coirespoudcuctt, Send tor froo cat- SI por liDX, or 41 (or lHa, wltb ipai .._....„. Keep the bowels regular. Celer.y lillug H laxative mediolue that THE GROCER. Hnt«« to Cure or nvfiiuil A. A WrlttDii Ouur. la a toulo «a w«U oa a laxative.' It W. C. Haguire & Son ttlogue, M9lfVl!:-'HlfVlSiU llIKllIUAL A£ .' ~^ J. 0, Aim CO., Lowell, MAU. BOTH PHONES. UBTROIT CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS, ABS>M,'ClitcaKo. Ilk < Ife: buildaup. iiSo. fk^ruKglsta. ' 6 . , MASON. MIOH. Sniull «lBe 60c. MD , UlKliou C, Detroit, Mich Boia by H. U OURTIS;

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K.. "' y >^;'/'' 'im: W'hii '•''MLM "And Dickory r" cried Dame Charter. without once thlnkmg of his clotncs. throughout tho Spanisti Mala Ay! and oOUTH AND DEMOCRACY. IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY.! Mb ^i^lvm ^aiini!) JriDB "Oh, Ben Greenway, tell me of my They looked upon him as if he were in other parts of the ocoan, I can as­ boy" soma unknown foreigner, a person en­ sure you, for he has sailed northward Voice Crying in the Wilderness Ko£': Marvelous of All Sver Achieved A. L. ROSE, Publisher. They went Inside and Greenway toM tirely removed from their cuatomary nearly aa far aa I have, hut ho haa not Puts Up a Howl Against ty Any Party in tTnited everything ho knew, which was very sphere. yet rivaled me. I know him, having Wall Street. GtctSo. MASON. MICHiGAr:. much, although It was not enough to "Waa this the once respectable Stodo done buainoss with him oa shore. Hu comfort the poor mother's heart, who Bonnet?" asked Damo Charter to hor- iS' a moat porteutoua person, aa yo? Tho Hon. Tliomaa E. \Vati3on, in a It U hard far oven the ir.cst IntolU-' could not rondily believe that becausa seir. "Did such a man mnrry my sla­ will soon see." speech at Crawfordsvillo, Ga.. la.toly, gent democrat to grasp the proportiona IN THE CAR. Dlcliory had sailed away with a great ter!" thought Mr. Delaplaine. Thoy "Oh. father!" cried Kate, "don't taku dooiarod that the douTOcratic ptirly now of the rccpiit rei)ublican landslide, and powerful pirate, that eminent man might have hoen surprised had they us there; it will kill ii.s just to look oxista only to iiromoto "tho same sys­ llero is William J. Bryan trying to A very wenry man sat In the car; mot him as a pirate, hut his appear­ •Ono oC the sons ot laliniael, who are would be sure to bring him back in upon such dreadful pirates. I 'pi'ay tem of class legLsIaiion for which the show that "it wasn't much of a Is'oi' your.tf nor old, nor all-ln-rngs nor safety; but as Greenway really be­ ance as a pirate's clerk amazed thorn. you turn the boat!" republican party stands" and to fight ahowor." Mr. Bryan points out that neat, lieved this. Ilia words made some Im­ Towards the end of the day Mr. Del­ "Oh! If Dickory wore here," gasped "sham batlles." Jefi'cr.son ill his second election received Nor sicic nor well, nor sad nor soy (liy far!) pression on the good dame's heart. aplaine and his party returned to th« Ju.st worn from dlnay liead to lll-sliod Dame Charter, "he ivould turn the boai On this tl'.cory Mr. Walson predicted lt;2 electoral votos,''conipttred with 14 foet. She could see some reason to believe Belinda, for there waa no fit place for himself; ho would never allow mo to that "tho Parker-Bolmont-Cleveland- east for Pinckne.v, and adds that "Preal- that Blackbeard, having now so much them to lodge in the town. Although be taken among those awful wretches." Gorman combine," while apparently dent Roosevelt In his books speaks Onco hope had made his brow talr, and his property in the town, might make a urged by all, Stede Bonnet would not eyes Mr. Delaplaine said nothing. It was flghtiug Bryauisui, will nominate Bry­ very disparagingly of .lefferson," Mon­ find been ambition's torches. Happywlse short cruise this time, and that any accompany them. AVhon persuasion too late to cxpcJstulato, but ho trem­ an in lOOS, I'lnowing that Bryiin "will roe, in 1,S20, got all tho electoral votes day the Revenge, with her dear sou Ill.s heart hnd drummed the march to had been exhausted, Ben Greenway bled as he sat. bo defeated woi'sc than Parker v/aa." cast except one. Jackson, in 1S;!2, had slory. Lack on board, might come sailing into promised Kate that ho would be re­ "I cannot turn back, my dear," said 2in votes, as compared with .1!) for Of talwu, energy, or enterprlge— port. sponsible for her father's appearance Therefore Mr. Watson exhorts the Who knows? He \va.s a literary hack. Bonnet, "even if I would, for the groa', Clay. In lS-10 Harrison defeated Van the next day, feeling safe in so doing; south to cut loose from the democracy With his face buried In hia folded Sorby Is now on deck, and looking at Buron by a vote of 2;M to GO. Pierce Each day he wrate a "poem," since ho for, oven should Bonnet's shame .re­ on the ground that, until It docs so, must. arms, which rested on the table, SteMo us as wo approach," the grip of Wall street on the party carried every atate but four in .1S52 and Bonnet received his daughter. At turn, there was no likely way in which For siory not at all. bm Tor a crust. As the boat drew up by the side of can never bo brolvon, nor an offoctlvo had 2n'l electoral votea, aa against '12 ]le eotikl not wait till In.splratlon came. first she did not recognize him, never he could avoid hia friends. the Dripping Blade the renowned Sor­ opposition organized to "privlloged cast for Scott, Lincoln In ISG'l had 212 Wherefore lie made lila "poems" out of having seen him in such mean ap­ du.st by looked down over the side. He was class legislation and corporate grood." electoral vote?, as against 21 for Mc- parel; but when he raised his head, CHAPTER XXII. a red-headed man; his long hair and Clollan, while Grant, in ISOS, I'eooived It somehow proved a melancholy game. Of course, says tho Chicago Inter she knew her father. Closing the dbor WISE MR. DELAPLAINE. beard dyed yellow in some places by 21'1 elocloral votes, as compared with On thi.i, and on the nselessnesa, the grind, Ocoan, Mr. Watson has lost all hope behind her, she folded him in her the aun. Ho was grievous to look up­ SO for Seymour, and gol 2GS in ;IS72 to ' Th! grriynoss, and the bitternes.s, hU mind that tho democracy will over bo able Was dwelling as he sat there, and asneor, arms. After a little, leaving the win­ on, and like to creato in the mind of (1!) for Greeley. As Roosovoit will have to do what lie thhilts ought to be done. A .'snoor at his own Impotency, lined dow, they sat together upon a bale of an inmginativo person tho image of a :.i3(), as compared with WO for Parker, Ho regards himsolf, iilueoroly puough, Ills lip. A sneer is sadder than a tear. goods, which happened to be a rug ^ARLY in the next fore- sun-burned devil on a holiday. Mr. Bryan claims that the "unprece­ as a vcico crying in tho wildornosa to And i.hen his eyes f^ll on a girl who had from the orient, of wondrous richness, "Good-day to you! Good-day, Sir dented ropuhllcan victory" \Yas fur which Bonnet had reserved for the •i.\'mfJMJ?iy» "°°" 1<-Uc and iter com- tho plain people to como o-ut of bond- Come to the sent beside him. She wns glad s\; .^^ffli£a.c fying of the flesh, replied'that he did not customary missives. There are other When the democratic standard bearer ten Bonnet, an' wait here until your Charter, "that I left my falthftil drink. governors who will tail to put in an ap­ of 1S9G and' 1000 digests tho chief facta ^ood daughter comes." Scotchman in our atorehouse In the "Well, well," said the old man, "may- pearance, for reaaons of convenience, connected 'with the election of liiO'l he The Belinda's captain had Intended town, It being necessary for some one bo ye can tak' a draw at the pipe with and their absence will neither be in­ will see that It was-tho most marvelous to send his boat back to his vessel, to attend to our posaessions there. me." tended nor will be construed as a snub of all the vlctoriea over achieved by any ' Otherwiae I should have brought him but now he determined to take her The reply was: to the president. In fact, nobody cares, party in the United States. himself. This was such a strange sit-; with me, my good Dame Charter, for "I am very sorry, but I do not smoke." probably, whore Gov. Vardaman ia or uation that it might need explanation. I am sure you would have found hi."! Such unheard-of abstinence completely what he is doing M'hen tho quadrennial company acceptable. He is a faithful An Accident No Longer. Kate screamed when he made known, astounded the squire, and his surprise "high jinks" are going on at Washing­ tls errand. "What!" she cried, "my man and an honest one, although I am President Roosevelt's worst enemy prevented him from speaking for a few ton. He will never be missed. father, in the town, and did he not bound to say'that If he were less of a —and the result of the recent election moments. come back with you?. Is he sick? la Presbyterian and more ot a man ot The 'Vardamans, the Tillmans and tho does not reveal many—cannot ch.argo he wounded? Is he In chains?" the world his convsrsation might some­ Then he suddenly asked: others of theirkind who make noisy nui­ him with any lack of the sense of burner. "And ray Dickory," cried Dame times be more agreeable." "Do ye eat grass?" sances of thomselvea roprcaont only a There is an incidental episode ccr.r;ected Charter, "was he not there? Has he "Eat grass? Certainly not. I do not limited clasa of the aouthern people, but with the recent presidential election that After a time Maj., Bonnet proposed a understand." they do some miachief becatiso that sort aptly illustrates him "in lighter \o:n." not yet returned to the town? It row upon the harbor—he had-brought must now be a long time since he "Well, well! Ye don't drink; ye don't is not so widely understood in the north Being known only to the guestsd. the a large boat, with four oarsmen, tor smoke—ye're a queer 'un—and ye don't as it might be. They have been sternly president and his wife on election r.isht,,. went away." thia purpose. Mr. Delaplaine objected WITH HIS FACE BURIED IN HIS eat grass. Why, man, ye're fit company^ rebuked by the better, class of newspa­ it has not .heretofore got into print. "I know not anything more than I a little to this, fearing the presence of FOLDED ARMS, WHICH RESTED tor neither man nor beast!" pers in the south for their rabid' non­ After it became certain that the election tave told you," said the captain. "And UPON THE TABLE, STEDE BON­ so many pirate vessels, but. Bonne: sense. They keep to the' front only he- • was his, and he had received the felicita­ If Mr. Delaplaine and the two ladiea NET RECEIVED HIS DAUGHTER. loftily set aside such puerile objec­ ,, will get Into my,boat, I will quickly London English. cause a certain element is in accord with tions of the men about him. President tions. The vigor and purity of a language their radical views, while a larger num­ take you,to the town and show you would have been proud ot me. Per­ Roosevelt crossed over to his wife, and "I am the business representative ot where you may find Capt. Bonnet and haps yet—" can only be preserved by the fashionabla ber regards their utterances as mere boNving low before her, as he extended • the great Blackbeard," he said, "the class,, the class whom in matters social vaporings, but support th'em for other his hand, said; "My dear, it gi'.'es me learn, all you wish to know." ' . In an Instant she had clapped her most powerful pirate in the world. You everybody imitates speaking it well. reasons. It should be remembered that pleasure to inform you that I am no When the, little party reached the hand over his mouth. "You shall not are safer here than in, any other port But how can English be well spoken tho success ot noisy demtigogueshasnot longer an acoident."—Saturday Evening . town it attracted a great, deal bf at­ say It!" she exclaimed, "I have seized on the American coast." when some ot the greatest ladies speak tention from the rough, roisterers who been confined to the south. Post. • upon you and I shall hold you. No When they were out upon the wa­ the idiom ot Massachusetts through •were'.strolling Jabout. or, gambling in more freebooter's life for you; no:more ter, moving against the gentle breeze. their noses and a large proportion of the Bhady'places. , When the captain of (ti^PresidentiRoosevelt has put his big ity Col. William Jennings Bryan is re-', blood, no more fire. I shall take you Bonnet disclosed the object of his ex­ , , the'Belindamentioned, here and.thero, meii couglv the Idiom of Frankfort from stick to good uae In going out after tho ported to have purchased recently a mas-,' away with me. Not to Bridgetown, for cursion. "I'am golnj; to take you," /that these.inewcomers,we're the family their throats? The constant babblingol rebate grabbera and the allies, the un­ sive white marble punch bowl that,once; there Is no happiness for either of ua said:he, "to visit some of the noted v'of; Blackheard's;faotor,' who now had broken English at dinner tables and in fair railway raanagera.-Chicago Dally there, but to Spanish Town. There, pirate ships wlilch are anchored in thia rested on the sideboard of Thorhas Jet-; ,' 'Charge of that: pirate's Interests In 'the drawing'rooms, is becoming qulto fatigu­ with my uncle, we shall all be happy harbor. There are vessols here which Newa. I'erson, the third president 'of the United • town, no one dared:to treat the elder- ing, and as a result'the English speak together. You will again wander over are qtilte;fa,mous,;and commanded by (c^'The St. Loiiia exposition is at an States.. Possibly wlieuCoi. Bryan,has "••.ly; gentleman, the pretty young lady their tongue worse than it was over your fields, and rshall be with,yon. renowned; Brethj'on of the Coast. I end, but republican Missouri Is a sulfl- brewed a brew In this; bowl,-and par-,; •or the, rotund dame'with the,slightest spoken'' before.;'.Everybody knows the, You shall watch, tho waving crops; think you will'all be greatly Interested clent ,ourio8ity to hold the, world's ad­ taken thereof plentitully, his writings: .;• ;'dlsrespeot. . ,The, name;,of,' the, great teiuptatlon to speak a, sort of baby, you shall ride, with me, as you used to In these, and uniior my convoy you miring gaze for some time to come.— will bo more Jeffersonlan than ever be-:' iirato. was a safe" protection even" pidgin-Eng'lish to a foreigner, in tha ride, to Ylew your vast herds of cattle need fear no "danger." . Kansaa City Journal. fore,—Savannah News .(Dem.).,: , ';•;;; •/Vhen^heiwhobore it ;Waa leagues and strange hope that it may be more In­ ,—those splendid' creatdres, their great •Damo'Charter andlCate screamed in inyTheaolid south la preparing to give .; i!:7That reorganization of" the demo-', ••':;,/'''leiaB'ies':kwAyfy\'':\-r'Y'\^ "- y •• r telligible to.him. :,Thls and,.the slang heads uplifted, their nostrils to the their fright, and HJr. Delaplaine tssmod tho president ;a' particularly -aolid wel-, er'atic party by Messrs!'Bryan and Tag--; taught us .by the, Yankees have reduced gart may turn out to be only,a little local.; i^ '.^Atvthe dcwrpf the;at6rehouse Bon ,breeze."'- •••';,•.,"''. [.•"••''-. "•'',•.!•:••'',. pale.' :,"'Visit-pirate ships!"..-he, <;ried. the English langua;ge as spoken by smart; come when he goes down; that way a : .v^ 'O;':Oreen\^ay stbodVwaltlhg. ' :H0" \would ; "Truly, . iny --Kate,"' said "Bonnot, "Rather I 'would have supposecll that towraonths hence.—Philadelphia Press. affair.—Indianapolis,,News;:,':,;,: i ;S?;i people toa.base jargon.—London Satur­ tc^The, repiiblloans'did more than de,^ ,' ;;; ;"^:have: hurried; idown'^ to'•thecpler. had "that waa a great sight; there were no you would,keep alway from them as fur day •,Keyiow.v,':, '•;,;',",•;: tc^Byxthe latest; table, the plurality vj.; "it not'beori'that hetwa,s afraid to^ leave.' ioattle finer oni the island than were ffs .you could. 'For roysielf, r'woiild: for the republican presidential,electors feat; Senator CockroU, for reelection;'•' o,/":,;Bohnet';V:afraid that;this:> imve them 'a hundred miles distant jf. they: removed;thecliiu';whiskers;frbia:; •mine,",,;! '"•;:•^V,^,^- 'C\~-.:i--'-'^' .'•;'•' •.•!':•, "'•'• ' ..The Immediate Danger. , is, 2,546,109. • Nothjng contributed more ?jf:> [rt,';,;; ex-pi rate,;-would'have,; hiiiTled.:; aw x'"And,sO'Shall they be again, my it;,were possible'."';, ; ;,••,. ; He—As;soon as we ar^ married, dbar-, to the result thanlhe democratic plank publlclifo in:Missourl.—Top6ka Capital.;'- :ii:v:;f hide; himself', from i-hia};daughter- aiiil' father," said Kate; her arms around ; Bonnet laughed loftily. "It wllf ua est.'I will take out an endowment insur-, declaring that."protectlbn;,is'a robbery.; :;li:?'If there is. to he tarifta'eadjustment;';iv||l :;•^';:^;|lilSvfrIOTd£'^^,Kate;;;^lmnIng::;;'^f^ ;hlS^neOk^;:i;:;v,;;.;; ,'••;-•! ::\ •^:]:r\:fr-}>::'"''}{]^ •Ylslts"'of'"'oetctriony, ;that: we ;shall: pay, anoe: policy,.'SO: that ybir; may ^ of the many-to enrich tho fev/.."—St. ;reveiiue revision':miistrbb'.consldered'ajii/'iflfelij :ol;|-^fBrai!ped:;i:hp;Scotchinah"by;:bo^^^ and with alldue ceremony shall we be ;.y it',wais;;-, then ;'that'; B:en :' ^ Greenway tected-r-y;;''..', ''y':'•'y'^'•'<''(l\•'^W"^•''^/'^"''^y{•• Louis Glolje-Demdcrat.; ;',;,';;;•; ; , •; i, tlie.same tlme,,but so far\as,we c'an''per7.;''' "^^^ ^•y/^ef/jlV^&nd iwhere as^jh e^ ;t'eoi3lyedr5^Pull-i but; to,'ttati vessel !'•'Ho: knocked upon the dcior.:-; ,: •' 'V 'Sh6^on,'t :you: tliinkr:ybu'dj^bettei'; ; its'Mr.'Taggart,'during the canipalgit;; ceive t;h'ere is nb'probabiilty' tliat the-prb-,,'' S?||S^;^?:",Ho;i3;-ih'J:tlierQi^ said to the'oarsrdeh. Then,:t\irnins to ts ;'.;Steide; Bonnet's;mind,:;had ;b take;;but:.an i.accident lnsur(ihce,;vPO^ "There ar.o; ,riot enough cbhtrlbutio'ns.','i iteotive: pi'lholple-'as 'a''vyhple''1sUu-''a;ny0§g||SI :>|i||i thi'cnighl tl^r, ;a toreroom^'td,: l the •;•'tbpbn,'- ;the; others;? lie; remarlced:j 'ITliAt ,i3]bop, ;'muoli:;Oxbltedi-by-wliat;. ho?.had^beM^ how,,;Georg«T You haven't npbkenlof^^^^^^ Mr,';' Taggart,; ';after, ;.thes'cainiialgii;;, 'danger;'•:.Soheclules;!m;aylbe:mo(iifiedi\^ iljiga dopjgati'tiie^sback^^ lr'tlie-,;Drlpplhg:Blade;y;cbmmaiaded ;by: talltlng;-about\;.:that;:;;heV flaliited'ylils ther, V; iyeti'.- you; • kibw.T-.PWlftd'**^'''^ "There aren't enough democrats.','—Cla-; ';'the ,i)rotect;ly'e principle;! tself ftpp]earsS|^^ Press; cinnatl .Commerolai,Tribune^'"?- chave'come;.tb;'sta3^J--^Bostpi^^ smoke and flame, l» wafejriinrfl to'the stations -under Clayton's eye. The only feebly smile hSs thanks and re- •[re Jnijiiaiii (|oiinti) gliuusi bcjleng-urccl oonitnnnd worth all the precaution was wise,- indeed, for, just hssuraiico, and then, he, too, seemed Rdldicr sacriJice it cost. In grand o.iul as the captain foresaw, a rally in floating away somewhere into space, A. L. DOSE, Publisher, furious sweep, the scourge of the force began far out over the south­ nnd he could not manage to connect ^SB/ prairie sent its destroying' lino across ward slopes, thfl Indians gathering in what Webb had boon sayingw'ith tho 'MASON, MICHIGAN, the wide level to the south of 1ho groat numbers .-ibout some chieftain next words that fastened on his tru- slieltering grove, but in the blood iind midway between the coining force sint senses. It must have been hour.i sweat of the heroic men the threaten­ nnd the still boleagurod defenders of later, too, for darkness had settled Fire Brea.ks Out During, Matinee in Iroquois HIS EXPERIENCE. ing flames of the windward side had I he grove. Then, brandisliiiig Iniiee en the valley. A little.fire was burn­ spiittei'cd ont. The little gnrrison nnd shield and rifle, as bo'.ore, they ing under the shelter of the bank-, A •I loiiB ag'o I so«n a sliow Theater-'Panic-Stricken the Audience An' heiinl a t'cllcr pop. wiis safe from one, at lenst, of its bcg"in spreading out acrosu the prai­ little group of soldiers wore chatting Ho tiilliocl a liean; seoniod Ilko ho'dUoop dread and merciless foes, thong-h five rie, heading now for tho cottonwoods, in low tone, close at hand. Among Attempts to Escape—Loss of nifflit on an' never stop. of Us best lay dead or dying, and while others still faced nnd fired on them, his arm in a sling, stood a Just lliei'o I Llioufflit "Tliat chap don't tlie far blue skirmish lino. The fierce stocky little chap whoso face, scei Life Placed at 5S2. court others still sore stricken, in the midst Tlio way I courted Belle," of the smoking grove. wind, sweeping neross the direction in the flickering light, was familial . ••Bald I to her: "Well, what d'ye say?" . "Field, old hoy," snid T^ny, with of tlie ntfaciv, doadcncd all sound of to him. So was the eager brogue it An' Bhe made answer right ,away: brimming eyes, as he knelt and hoof or war chant, but there was no which that little chap was speaking, Chicago, Dec. lU.—Fire broke out in men worliing under his orders. In their "I ifuoaa 1 mought as well," clasped the hand of the bleeding lad, mistaking the signs, no doubt of the A steward \viis remonstrating, and the Irotiuois theater, jn Randolph first efforts to take otit tho dead, tho Thnt actor chnp ho had on tap while the Siou.v fell back in wrath intent, when, in a little moment more, only vaguely at first. Field grasped street bet-\veen Dearborn and Slate rescuing parties had much trouble. The tallest Itlnd o' tall;;, . !:nd dismay from the low-aimed, the earth began to tremble beneath the meaning of his words:— streets, about, a;30 p.. in. The theater Number^ of the dead -were nearly nude, llc'd yell an' sihoiit, an' all about vengeful lire of the lighting line, the dancing jioiiy feet, telling, almoKt "Tho captain said you were not to was packed to the doors with an audi­ having been stripped of their clothing- • The .stasc he'd strut an' walk, i'ho way with us, wo made no fuss "this means I he Jtcdal of Honor for with the swiftness of sight, that the try to follow, Kennedy, at least not ence gathered to witness a matinee per­ in the rush for safety. The heat of the Our senterments to tell. 3'oii, if word of mine can fetch it!" grand advance had begun. But other until Dr, Waller saw you. Wait till formance of the extravaganza "Mr. lire and the -water thrown in extinguish-'' 'Well, what d'ye say?" to her said I, . eyes were,watching, too. Other sol­ he gets here, lie can't be three miles Bluebeard, ,Tr." The fianies spread rapid- ing it combined to mai;o the, bodies X '' right away sho made reply; diers, IcoL'n oampaigncrs as these at back now." • I guess I mought as well." CIIAl?T.l!:il XIII. ly through tlie auditorium, and panic • slimy and most dilllciilt to handle, tlic I'jlk, wore there afield, and almost "To hell wid ye!" was the vehement and stampede ensued. The loss of life | There was less, difficulty after a thou- Tu say the .Sioux were furious nt at the moment the wild biirbaric . Jliln't 'low to her as how (ho failure of their second attempt answer.' "D'ye think I'd bo maund- is appalling, latest estimates placingthe 'sand blanlicts had been brought from My buzzoni hotly huniod; hoard burst yelling into their eager herin' here M'id the whole command number' of dead at 5S2, while 350 tho store of M.arshal Field & Co., half T only sat an' walchoil her pat wfuild be jjutting it far too mildly, gallop, nnd before the dust cloud hid gbne on afthcr thini bloody Sioux? others wore injured. Many of the vio- a block away. Firemen and spectators The butler .slie'd Ju.st churned. 't'lic (ierce charge from tho northward (.he distant slop*s beyond, the exult­ •SlU! looked so sweet an' smart an' neat .side, made under eovcr of the blind­ I've made my mark on wan o' thim, lims wore burned to death, but the ma­ worked together in removing the last 1 hug;jcd linr for a spell. ant shout went up from the captain's an' he's the buck I'm afther," jority lost their lives through snffoca- 200 bodies, which were taken from the, ing smoke sent drifting bj' the gale lips, as ho threw down his gla.?s and An' then, "Well, what d'ye say?" I said, "He's made a mark on you, Kon- lion or being trampled upon. Every building in less than an hour. As fast An' .she snid, hlushln' ro.sy red: across the level flats, liad been pushed grabbed his carbine, "It's all right, ncdj'," broke in a soldier voice. ho.spital and morgue in the city is filled as the blanketed forms wer&^n.'li'cn~£cr-— -.. "X guos.s I mought as well." so close that two red braves and men! The major's at their heels. "You mad fool, trying to tackle a' with victims. Tlie work of identlfica- i the street doctors oxainlnedjdhem, Tho tialf a dozen ponies had met their New let 'em have it!" It seemed to me that feller ho, dentil within 00 paees of the rifle pits. chief like that—even if ho Avas lilt, tion' is proceeding very slowly, and it is deart wore ordered taken a.\\Wy, thaliv- Fer all his llow'ry stylo, for he had his whole gang behind 'jiilght have been showed some thlng.s I There lay the bodies now, and tlic Xow, Avith heavier losses than had Impossible at this time to give any­ ing hurried to tho temporao] hospitals knowod; Indians dare not attempt to reach befallen Wayne in '7G, .I^ay's command him." thing lilio a correct list of tlie dead, in­ in adjacent buildings, \ /- Ills gassln' made mo smllo. them. The dread, wind-driven finme behold with almost tranquil hearts "Sure lie dared me out, an' what's jured or missing. The hospitals and iioiiiu.s riieii on sruii(ry'« lll.stnry... the left bank, and now, reuniting with heels. JIagnificent as a spectacle, wish your head was. Y'our past mas­ flies'of the theater and a spark ignited The Iroquois theater was vastly more C«P7rli;lit, ItKC, by Tliu Hobart Companr. tho southern wing some distance therefore, this closing dash of Lame ter in bla.spheray out there M'on't cat one of the draperies hanging from the destructive to human life than any other down the valley, was roaring awaj' Wolf's warriors was but a meek re­ it, at all events." top of the stage near the proscenium, it playhouse . fire in t,he history ,of this CIIAPTEK XII.—CoN'riNUKo. to the blufl'sof the Mini Pusa, leaving minder of their earlier attack. Long "Did ye get him, sorr—afther all?" burned ne'arlyu minute before it was dis­ death and desolation in its track. before they came within 400 yards of country, The flre next to it i'^pointof Then followed a thrilling battle for "I didn't. His English spoiled my covered by one of the men in the files, Miles to the east the war parties from the leafy stronghold—the moment, in­ lives lost occurred December 5,''lS7S, in life—two red enemies now enrolled aim., 'Twas Winsor shot him. Now, who gave the alarm. Stage- Manager the reservation, riding to join La-me deed, the brown Springfields began Conway's Brooklyn theater, Brci'bklyn, .against the blue. "Fight fire with you're to stay here, you and Kil- Carlson ordered thedrapery lowered, but Wolf, sighted the black eurtain of their spiteful bark—to right and left N, y. Here 2% of tlio audience perished-, tiro" Is the old rule of the prairie. maine. The doetor may bring dis­ ,the men in eharge of the fly gallery wore smoke, swift sailing over the prairie, tho warriors veered, far out on either, in fierce flames. The day after Christ­ ,ttay had promptly met the oncoming patches, and you follow ns with the exeited and Instead of lowering it pulled and changed their course accordingly. flank. Screeching and yelling as was mas in 18II, while the play, "The Blr.otV certain friends with samples of his floor escaped with their lives. Of the 900 prosecute vigorously," said State's At-- sibly—and no other oflScer save Lieut. produee. ' - persons seated in the fli'st and second torney Deneen when told of the war­ But' their losses had been cruel. Field happened to be within earshot Perhaps it only "happened so," but balconies few if any escaped witliout rants, - • ' . - ^ when Winsor's voiee on the other Three,killed outright; three dying anyway these friends'were always serious Injury. The majority of those es­ i Otiier Arre«t«. ' and' eight more or less severely front was hearcl in hoarse command: caping did • SO' by • jurnplng. from, the Svellto do, and Jlr. Lufkin never un­ •Bight; stagemen and electricians of tlie'• |"BOTH HANDS! BOTH HANDS!" HE woimded had reduced their fighting "Come hack there, you fellows! balconies onto the heads of the crowds hitched the old horse to drive homo ill-fated theater have'been held in. bonds, CRIED, AS, WIELPINa HIS FOLDED strength to, nearly 30. The guards Baek, or you're goners!" surging: from the main -floor of the without finding, tucked away in the of $5,000 each on charges of manslaugli- , BLANKliT, HE SM0TJ3 THE FRINGIi of the sorrels, herded in the stream • The sight had proved too much for wagon, something" in return fully as theater- The flghtbf the men and wb-' OF Xi'LAME. ' , , ,. ter due to criminal negligence,,and; 19 , bed, had all they eould do to con­ some of the Sioux. Down again at, valu.iblevas,his tribute of vegetables, men to,get through the balcony exits trol the pooT, frightened ei'catures, furious speed came a scattered cloud others, actors and chorus girls of the iporato work to try to eheek one when if not more so. was their undoing. They jammed the many of them ^hit, several of them of young braves, following the lead "Mr, Bluebeard, Jr;"'company are lieUI-. to the fires of nature are added the The neighbors notieed that he al­ doors sb tight that.none of tlie'm could felled, by the plunging fire from the of the, tall, magaiifcsnt chief who had as witnesses for the coroner's inquest.^, furious' blaze' of hostile arms;- every ways left his little remembrances get out. ', far hillsides. Even though driven b'een the hero of .the earlier, ritt'ack- Drciiil Scui-uli CoiiUiiiiew.^..-'' rifle sighted by savage, vengeful foe. with people who were "well fixed." So Pllcil In SoUa MnxB. 'I back,", the Sioux" never meant- to' give down, into the lo\\f ground, never In the meantime the search of the., "Check it, lads, tcn'yards'out!" shout­ bne day, when eggs were away up - Piledin the aisles of the balconies in a up the battle. On every_.side, leav- swerving, or. checking i>aee, straight rows of charred dead at the morgues , ed Ray to Iiis gal lantf fellows, now., in price, and he was starting to ;town solld;ma:ss, four-feet high-, 'they were .ing their ponies at safe distaiiee, by for the gi'ove, the three or four in-.. lost' iuctlio): srnQltc,|while -he^; again* by sorrowing friends-and relatives con-'' dozens the warriors erawled: forward, quisitive blueeoats.in the lueantime with a lot of fresh-ones for-a certain .found. They had either been burned to i-ushe'd across tlte, ffbrit' to meet tlieV tinues. -;Over,;400 of the 583'known dead snakelike to the-edge-'bf'tjie:burned scurrying, for shelter; .and-the : yell; friend, some one said to him curious death or suffocated. The few taken cliargiiig' /Sioii^.i,t;; \Yi^li hisijjraycj now,, have been identlfled; Failiirg, tO'. arid blackened surface;., and ,'' from that went up at .the;sight of the In­ ly: - --V^,:^-^'-'^I-.. ;;•;;= F-'?^v;- . :frpm the theater and, resuscitated were yoimg face all grime, Field was al­ find scores of tlie-missing in, the,^e there poured- in a rapid and-rniost dian dash and . the ;quick reopening "Why;'don't3'cii,give those eggs to, 'on the bottpm of the pile's where'flre ready at ;^vork, guidi ng, urging',- ? aid­ heaps of bodies; the search has been harassing fire, compelling ' 'the;;,de­ df the sputtering, fire brought Kay, some poor family?"; ^ and smoke could not reach; them.; .' ing -his' little band.: "Both hands! turned- to the pri'vate-hospitals'and fense to-,lie'flat-:or-burrow, further, running, once again to the northward . "0-hb;" said Mr. Lufkin, "poor peo­ Both hands!" he cried,; as, wielding I ; t Awtul gueaett. homes for more-d'ead' and'dying. • CPro- and; wounding inahy horses. ;,The'-half;; 'edge of; the: timber,;Avondering,-what; ple; ean't~ afford to • eat eggs at this his foldedvblankei,:'ho smote 'the' ' So,fiercely the fire-burned, during the ner--Traeger has- asked'- all ^citizens to hour that followed .the' re'ptilse.:",;of'; couldi.be -aiuis's; Field- waa lying on time of year! Eggs is high 1"—Low- fringe'o'f flanie.' "Siainp'ifout! Great- short time-which 'hundreds of- lives •aid lilm in • thi's- quest; Grief-orazed their grand ;'assault:: had boon;sorely his'blanket;' just under, the bank, as iston Journah ; •:; ,,.!-) 'God! AVing,\Jare?ydu Jiif^!',. % ^J, ; ,^. were sacriflced that tho velvet cushions- friends and relatives- of lihe missiriff ti'ying' to the troop, for the wounded' the !captain diirted • by, lir.d, grinned • For''answer," the' sergeant'''by'-his'' of,the balcony seats were-biirned bare,' join in this appeal. ,' needed aid^ more-men were hit, and his grallficiition as he heard the brief,' They BIlNned the Colt. Bide;'wpnf'plunging down;', face fdre- The .crowds; fought so In 'their efforts 'New Year's- day the- black Irearsea there was no chance whatever to lilt rissui'ing words; "Webb's here—all ; • When ,]th'e,. Grant, family was .' in !nbst',;ahd little,Trooper Denny,',rush­ tb escape, that they tore away thO'iron and the white began tlVei'r slow; way back. ;:Moving from, point to point, hands witii him.": All inwtant later a camp In -the; Adirpndaeks, ; during. ing to aid his. young offlcer in the, ef­ 'railings of' the balconies'; leaping.upon IJny carried cheer and courage on bullet whizzed through, the-roots; of Gen;: Grant's first tei'm as president,; through the city's streets; There are fort ,to.' riilse tlio - strielieii ma.n,. as .-the people'below!;"; /''"','; ?f^>'.'' every side, yet was so constantly ex­ the 'old'cottonwood -above liisi head, Mrs.; Grant' • had • some trouble - with riot hearses'enough, tO' bury, the d'ead;. BncJde-n.ly loosed; his- hold and, , to- ..' Prohi; 3; 30, o'clock, .^ylien'; tlie alarm posed as to _cause his men .fresh anx­ and frbm.far.;Oiit afleldjdeade'M the' washing. :.Tit- 'guide reebmm'eded;' to. carry tlve;c]rarre;d',; distorted bodies , Igether again,'these 'two'sworHcdm- w,as sent, in, ,tb-,7:30 o'clock, Avhen- the iety, Even; as lie'.was' bending over •the rush; bitlVe; Wind, lidiiir crackle' ia.wpmiin-whb ii'i;ed'alittle,way from the sorrbw-d'arkened homes to-;th&, ji'.ades, pl^'ufuiiy, ;ri}vcn-inpaigii lay'" side doors of the gutted, theater were closed,; Field a bullet had nipped the right of :8hots told that, sbniethirig had re­ Hlie lake.', -Mrs.. Grantrcngaged,;her.'' waiting graves i'n the eemeteri'es. , ,-• iiy-side, as they had lain in eamp'and the charred, torn :and,',blistered,;bodles slibiildcrst'rtip,; rind later another had called'the' Sibiix to the attaek,;'and, Two days..afterward,;.she./saw,tho- A McMiiorfitl' niiy., bivoiaao ' till •;6ve''r"^tli6 .•'\vide""l'rontier;' werei carried from the building at the =,tqrn-throjigh'the'crown,;pfIjiis cam- ;for. three niintites "thiBite, '\vas :a lively' )vasHerwoman-'paddling - toward the Mayor- Harrison in; a procl'amatioa-,- jOiiil poor. .Denny;; couldjouljf<,'e:asp, a; ra^ebf four a minute.'., Many; blankets 'p|ign,hat;'; In ail; the'years-'of';^^^^^ f iisinade all'along,the,hprthward;side. Eilibre. In; a'''dugopt,';\'('itli a.-'heap of nanies ' to-day;as a^day -. of-, mburnirig -. !loynrjwojxi.:of,.\yarning|lofhii'^q^ illied with fraghiefnts of;': human bodies h'ontier.,fightin'gtlipy.;-had'-; never Then it;; slowly; died';a^yay, and; other . snowy';li.nen;.piled.in.frpnt:of'her-''1;' •'Getibncki:sir;^for Gott'afsaice,"get throughout Chicago.for the dead-in tba': known a hotter Are; biit'Ray's voice ,y(jiees, ;eIose atihand-r-:B6mepne;speak- ^;','.,'"LesB'n'•;j,a'.; Arearf-; ;,agb," ;-u'said,'.\,lie, were takeh.-froni ;the;building..; ..;;:;,',.,',, Ibnck!" ere the;life;;bio6d came gush-. Iroquois-' theater•>;flfei .The; i>rbcla;ma-.i'; .rang.-Jp'ntfiih'vp'ugl^jth^ ing-his,'nanxe---oalIed ;the lad's/attehv ,;woman,l^ai3,olpgetleally,;,i;^'I ,wbuldn't:- , '..Ilciiioval. of tlic; Bodies'. • - ; In jf ';;f rpnv^i h isy:niqu thiy^;iBend ing,' low,' ,tion 'follows;-' -"'The';mayor.anhounces-.i AW,tlv''tlIe--same'tbld*''oheCT^^ tloni ^Howa^'weakJfrom loss ofiblood, ,ho,d ;to'?a'suse4;'the.boat.• I'd brun'g; ','Coroner:;Traeger;-and;'hls'two:physi-., teield:'graijbea-the^;iaithful;'^ellovy:vin^ that the,;clty, hair'wWt be ,eltosed;all-day:-! dence,, •''They-'ctin't;-charge;again till :n.hdfjust.'a little'-dazed; and, flighty.- at by the-bblt; iBiit biieday.'he'jes'go "clans,-'Joseph. Springe¥'a'nd''Ottb'L'e\\Mce, liisc^trdng arms;:;hndi;;; calling ;,tp^;^ Saturday bn-accouitt of;the eaiamltjf,.atV' thb;' ffroiihd--obp]8.-.-oll',~he-.icri He h ad meant; three -hours • agbne that' coIlo''oV''-somet;hin8v;'^and- rolled-; ;bver; arrived ' at the; flre-early.-;'.Tlie';coroner. Jiieariiipst :men.; to-ilook.^^^^ iihe- Irbquois,,theater. H9;-respectfulIy>', "By thati jiimb,; they'll/ have^^ their; •j'ffienMie' Vn^^^^ ?on the" grass niicl-'dled.''-Jiy^^'h^ tVokipersonal;'charge-of; the'.:'removaI:pt |hi8Kfielplcss:?3jurdei)^;f?'nbaci£-ithrougB- rejiitests all:'bi^si;riess;-hbuses;"td;\close-.; hands;-fMirt^the;fbot/"J.fl; obttbri^"oc;i3itlien Just keep covered and you're'all •'''|i«; Iran "'Bjfaiii to ^lie.,perilous jwoikVof riOmmtinderhi.s manner should-plainly right."""An"dr bai'riiig'a giowl or two 'C^-;?--;,:'i-''**c'i^i,'f<>i''.'Sec ;; 1 Clinrseil^vltii.,Murder. ;;;,iu;. 'ilMvif'cHt SUfpl • 111 Wortd \bpreand-.heard ;tlie;pBep;^ eai^^ imiljitiry^S governor,*'afterv^^ penalt> oC his derotloirand felt,the dore to yVmsor,*aa he^hurried over to Uie-:TOicei^'liofKew(!,s& 'Sff^i'f!'^'''i'?'^'eui;ow--pf *ii^ ' :?.JS-;-^;J:''i.^,:;-'i'^Iliyaca to nouio^^^'-'-i;'p'-f;\:s'; 'BHU Player K«led; ^tinjf ot hlhsing lead—Field labt of join CJnyton again. "They may try a gwIffi^hiVsnSm^'i-an;d Jiii ;; i;New-;Yorkt1Dec;;31.r-Arc^ .:^--Dennls''5,x'K: i-S^i-fW'iSS-jSmiSI ill. Westward now, well-nigh "100 one final charge" fronfthat aide, and pi alseguiidllaiixiOT ^ieyr"ot:this;'oity;|tas-,recelvbd^an/in^ yardg in width, a broud, black, smok- give UB u clia^cQ to empty a few the;vriiii'cbr^seenied;;iD;.flo '•flbn-ltb'yisit'Rbme'taiiUendytliM^ Jiig psilcli slifctchcd across thcpath- more aaddles." Creeping and crouch­ thCsmbko.^i;pfj;tlie;3as^^ 'ifi)'J«cc<3pt,inffi?it|ph.:;^^ tibn'-pf,^Stl:ie|jubnee;p£'tho;''lm'ma(iial»te;; v»jr of Uift nvvift-cominif wall »t ing through the timber, tho chosen Ils5eonld.|pnli,^faintly^ret^ ;wnsftlintifeluid'''5:no;:^E^ kllled'ljcre'Wedriesday^bj'-Fra^rRagi^&i?!:"^^^^ ^ oil tK'«i> nnriiVin li inn:;'i K>''>';«-;; • •^i-:;;^^;^ aa6an^wafi'ftrrestO(i.';:^'S-S'l'S"£#^,.r<^^

t±.^^:i'^md:Mi'^>i£&?p iSi XV you HAD A Island Corners. Ingham and Bunkerhiil West Ingham. Ingham (!Iauutn§nvj3 Mrs Laura CnllinH has returned after Frank Blakely has a fine now cutter. Mrs. Alice Taylor entertained friends NECK a week's visit with Mrs. Eva Fulton of The Blakely family was entertained from the Hawley neighborhood New M. A. C. by Thomas Blakely and family New Year's eve. Thursday, Jan. 7, 1904. Aa Iums M THIS VoUaWa Year's day, Tlie old home was made and lind The Gleaners meet with Mr. and Consumption Miss Patrick and pupils are enjoying pretty for the occasion with potted North Alaiedon. Mrs. Fred Smith Tuesday evening. plants, evergreen and sprigs of holly. a two weeks' vacation. I The Alaiedon QleuuLMH will liave iiu SORE THROAT Wilbur Box has returned after a Six families partook of u two course Mrs. Howes is reported tt9 tiuite ill. oyBter supper at O, True's, Fricluy week's visit in Ohio. Salt pork is a famous old" dinner served bv Mesdanies James, There are several cases of scarlet BvetiiiiK, Jiui. 15. Everyone invited. Mrs. R. D. Wilcox of North Delhi is fashioned remedy for con­ Moore and Thos. Blakely, fever in and about Dansville. The third number of the IVleniorial spending several days with her daugh­ Miss Manle Curtis returned to the Lecture CourHe was Tucsdiiy ni^ht. ter, Mrs. Felton. sumption. "Eat plenty of Lansing Road. U. of M, last Monday, The ftudlence wua well enlertttiued by Mrs, Ida Dolbie and son of Northeast pork," was the advice to the Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bergstresser • ' '• ' * Mountain Tea at night. Palmer & Miss Ida Simons spent New Year's " Holt. way, is half the battle, but at her home iu Dansville, Rev. Qnlnn commenced revival 'Bunkefhill. Glass. meetings in the Grovenburg churcli Judd. 'd. SunpsouTreceived a (Ine visit Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Chan­ Scott's Emulsion does more Wm. Magulre and family spent New Sunday evening. The choir will be from |a\a pareui»/of Cauadu during the dler, Jan. 2d, a girl. North Leslie. Year's with James McAllister at Eaton assisted by Miss Bloods. holidfuyi?. ...) Rapid?. Mrs. Emma Kellar entertained a Born. loM"". »"<' Mrs. Joe Sliullz, a than that. There is some­ Caddie Biukley and Fred Gunn were tjicftrlelTe'v'er is reported in the fatully family gathering New Year's day. pair of twin girls, last Thursday. Frank Jewett, L, E. Jewett and oy Robert Bird. thing about the combination married Saturday evieuing by Rev. Rev, and Mrs. Cecil Pollock of How­ Oscar Olinger visited his parents Morris Brown and their wives spent Quinn at tlie parsonage, /' .1. & Bailey and wife and Mrs. Amy New Year's iu Mason with Geo, Jew­ ard City were tlie guests of the latter's near Dellil. Mrs. Olinger remained of cod liver oil and hypophos- Asleigbload of Grangers from this '•^•^Pulmateer spent Ne'v Year's at W. J. part-Uts last week. ett and family. William's of Henrietta. for a two weeks visit. phites in Scott's Emulsion place attended the Grange social at Sandy Lang and family of Mason MrR. Jesse Vanliorn is very sick. Dimondale Satnrdtky evening. We think Wov. Bliss made u great Have you ludlgestlon, constipation, mistake in pardoning Frank Audrews, were the guests of his parents a part of Dr. Freelaiid of Mason and Dr. Segar that puts new life into the Rev. C. L. Ellis, president of Ihe lust week, of Leslie held a consultation Tuesday, headache, backache, kidney trouble? to say tlie least. weak parts and has a special Holiister's Rocky Mountain Tea will West Michigan conference, will preaobi Mr. Bishop, the carrier of route No. Mrs. Hattle Grant of Detroit was Fred Allen, wife and son, Lou, spent make you well. If It fails get your Saturday evening aud Sunday morn­ 40, makes his trips this cold weather the guest of her father during the holi­ New Year's in Jacksotr. ing at the Grovenburg church, days, action on the diseased lungs. money back. That's fair. Tea or promptly and is a gfutlemanly and Mildred Baldwin of Jackpon is visit­ tablet form. 35 cents. Palmer & Glass Quarterly meeting will be held. Abe Black and family and his father • * . . obliging carrier. Ho delivered 50 ing her grandparents, J. W, Wilcox A sample will be papers and 15 letters to ua and carried and sister spent New Year's at Mr«, and wife, South Wheatfield. Okemos. for us 30 letters, eiglit papers and 10 Kate McCready's of Ditnondaie, sent free upon request. J. E. Laphain of Washington, D. C, postals cards and only slipped cogs E, P. Blackman and wife have been Ralph Burse of Locke is working for Wirt and Bennington Dunni'^g and visiting iu Mason. Be Bute lliat this picture in Judd Hill this winter. has been spending several days with once during December. Who can do Charles Chapman return to Alma this (he form of a label is on the bis parents, Lena Van Auker visited Kate Hen- wra|iper o( every bottle of Earl King and wife spent last Sun­ better? weelt, also Milo and Asa Pryor to Emulsion you buy. H. J. Bradley of Wllllainston, N. Y. Frank Holland and family of Albion. dersliott last week, day at L. King's, visited her father, R. D. Sowle, this Waterloo spent New Years with G. The Xmas eiiterlalnments at the M. Mrs. Roy Horton is on tho sick list. SCOTT & Judd Hill and wife visited at Wirt week. W. Holland. E. and Presl'ylfrtan churches lai't Luther Ingalls and Miss King of Every's last Sunday. H. A. Sowle, brother of R. D, Sowle Forty ycarijflgo, on Jan. 1st, 1804, Thursday eveninu were very enjoyable Onondaga visited his mother and BOWNE, The Christmas tree and entertain­ was burled from his home at Portland last Sunday. the memorable "cold New Years," aduirs for the little ones and were brother New Year's. CHEMISTS, ment held at the home of Mr. and M rs, with all tbj^-BulIering it caused will largely attenciwi. E, 8. Frost Christmas eve. by the sev­ I, E. Mills, our new postmaster, find iiB pqiial in the frightful calam­ 409 Pearl St., N. Y. eral Frost families was a very pleasing commenced handling tbe mull ou ities of 19U3 and 1904. Terrible plagues, those itching, pes­ 50c. and %\\ all druggists. tering diseases of the skin. Put an aflttlr. The tree was very prettily dec­ New Year's day. G. W. Holland has been having a end to misery. Doau's Ointment orated and heavily laden with many Will Neebling and Stella Felton .tussle with thogrip. cures, At any drug store. f Dist. No. 7. Meriaian. pretty and useful tokens of friendship. were married on tho evening of the Mrs. A'tn|k DeOamp, a nurse at the "• B, W. Cttde has returned from Flush­ John Doyle and wife of Gratiot .31, at the liome of her grandfather, ing and vicinity, where he speut tho Battle Creuk sanitariutu, is visiting CASTOR IA Aurelius. county were recent guests of tbe Frost's. Ben. Guile, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. lor Infa&ts and Childien. holidays. C. H. Miller and wife, Floyd Miller Cedar Grange will install their ofli- Bailey. Mrs. G. B. Disenroth and daughter, Geo. Johnson of Chesaning spent and wife, John Hteadman and family, cers Friday night, Jan. 8, Bernlce, visited relatives iu Brook- We would advise our old fiiend and tho holidays with his father, L. M. John Durrow and wife, Charlie Price, A, F, Barnes wilt soon move to his brother correspondent of FitchburK to The Kind Yeu Have Always Bough\ Held two days last week. Johnson. '^ wife and daughter, Percy Foler and Bears tho farm in Oakland county. not come to this place to get news uu- Memio Phillips returned to her Mrs. E. H. Lewis of Pleasant Grove wife, Carl Squiers, Guy Phelps and lesf he should bring his body guard SisuAtoro of school at Midland Saturday, after a L King were entertained at the home Caroline Bray who is teaching at and daughter, Mrs. R, H, Viekery of Ludiugton, spent the holidays at home. r with him.' We would miss his itema short holiday vacation. Addison, visited at Ray Lewis' re­ of Godfrey Foler New Year's eve, A very much. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stahl of Gratiot cently. bountiful supper was served by the hostess, and good cheer prevailed dur­ Krntnlljr Xurtiiretl East White Oak. county visited at P, W. Sanders' a few Mr. Cade and Miss Lilah Telrson of days last week. Lansing ate New 1 ear's dinner with ing tho evening, A case came to light tliat for persist­ Mr. ati'd'Mrs. Thus. Dickerson have A very pleasant reuuion of the Frost ent uud unmerciful torture lias perhaps returned from their visit at Grand Miss Robinson of St, Thomas, Ont, his mother, Mrs. Johnson, MAPLB ST. MARKET is the guest of her niece, Mrs. Lto.vd Ray LaDu and wife, Geo Zahn and family occurred at the home of Mr. aud never beeu equaled, Joe Golobick of Bapids. Mrs. Arthur Frost: Christmas day. Colusa, Caiit, writeu, "For 15 years I Mr. and Mrs: Henry Goodrich from Slaght, wife, James Kaiser and wife and Ray BMGHUT & CRITCHEn Lewis and wife attended the wateh The brothers and sisters and their fam­ eudured iusutlerable pain from rheu- near Lansing visited at the home of Lester Jowett has sold bis place to ilies who were present numbered 24, ^ PROPRIETORS. uiatium and nothing relieved me their parents, Frank Lantis, last week. Carl Warner for |700. party and oyster supper at Kirk Town­ er's Now Year's eve. One of the most enjoyable features of though I tried everything known. I Frank Amsdil arrived New Year's Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt, Mr. and Mrs. J. the day was the presence of their came across Electric Bitters and it's day from Bullalo, N. Y., to ylait his 0. Freeman visited at Mr. Morrison's, A. W. Roby, wife and daughter Grandma Austin, who was iu her 98th It will be my aim to give my custo­ the greatest medicine on earth for that parents at this place fur a couple of east of Mason, on Tuesday. Eilythe ato New Year's dinner with year, but none seemed to enjoy the mers the best of everything in trouble. A few buttles of it completely weeks. Stanley Mirshali ia sick wilb in­ Newman Anuis of Uaslott. pleasures of the day more than she. tke line of relieved and cured me " Just as good Will Brogau and family of LansiuK flammatory rheumatism. Dr. Boot of Cliflurd Foster of Hasiett was th rough Mrs, Austin is spending tho winter for liver and kidney troubles and gen­ visited at C. Brogan's New Year's day, Mason is attending him. bore one day last week buying stock. with her grandson, Arthur Frost, eral debility. Only 50c. Satisfaction returning Sunday evening. He has taken Hiram Hammond's FRESH guaranteed by Lougyear Bros., and Will Patrick's folks are entertaining J. W. Freeman and wife visited in Jackson part of last week. place. Tbe latter will move ti> Wil- UenliiessCnnnot Be Cured Field & North, Dansville, druggists. another girl. She weighs 8 lbs. ilaiustou, AND SALT MEATS Mr, and Mrs. Floyd Anderson and Rev. McKay preached at Hillsdale by U7cal applications as they cannot West Holt. Delia Stevens spent Xmas at home. last Sunday. Rev. fiurridge of Kin- Fred Roby Is taking a special course reach tbe diseased portion of tho oar. Give me a trial and be convenced Mrs, Emma Thompson returaed Elder Ostrander's folks are Improv­ uieville preached at tho Baptist cbiircb iu stock judging at M. A. C, com­ There is only one way to cure deaf­ ol my ability te meet your wants. Tuesday after spending Xmas week ing, and no more cases of scarlet fever here. menced Tuesday. ness, and that is by constitutional rem­ with her sister at Ionia. reported at this writing. Guy Peterson bos been working for edies. Deafness is caused by an in- Elmer Pockington and wife of ilamed condition of the mucous lining Notwithstanding the storm Saturday School cotum.ruced last Monday after Weston, Mich., and E. E. Thornton of J. D Roby. a two weeks'vacation, of tho Eustachian Tube. When this a load went from hero to the Grange Uavardou, Iowa, were guests at J. E. Chas. Peterson and family spent tube is intlaaied you have a rumbling FARMERS'BANK! Mort Burden sold a valuablia horse Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. oocial at Dlmoudalo. All enjoyed a Freer's last week. sound or imperfect bearing, and when OldeitState Bitnk In iDglianuCounty,: , good lime. to Unadilla parties last week. Ethel Bowley of Lansing, Blanche Schneeberger of Dewitt. it is entirely closed, deafness is the re­ Mr. and Mrs. Guy McCue enjoyed The oyster supper.at the hall last Jewett of Mason and Iriua Goheen of Mrs. Eliza Hunt Is caring for Mrs. sult, atid unless tbe inllanimation cab roast pig and turkey at tlie Skinner Thursday evening was a brilliant sua. Lalugsburg were guests at P. W. Burcham near M. AC. be taken out and the tube restored to reunion at Grand Ledge New Year's. cess, over 15 galbns being sold. Sanders' over Sunday. CAPITAL, $60,000. Another republican weighing 8| lbs, B, W. Cade sold a good two-year-old Its normal condition, hearing will be Bovival meetings commenced at the colt to Clinton county parties for $135 destroyed forever; nine cases out often Mr. and Mrs. John McCue'B turn sl.np|]ed at Wllsey Rice's last .'week. L. C.WEBB, Vice-Preaideni came last Friday for entertaining the Wllsey is loslnic confidence In the old Baptist church this week Monday recently. are caused by Catarrh, which is noth­ Geiseuhaver annual reunion on New party bu( the children decided to keep night. Mrs Nellie LaDu has been ill with ing but an inflamed condition of the A.J.HALL, Ckflbict Year's day. They were presented with him. tousilitis, mucous surfaces If. C. DART, Assistant Cubier a nice dinner set. . Mo I'ily Shown. Mrs. Florence Mae Crano of Island We will give One Hundred Dollars Bertha Frederick of the M. A. C. is "Little colds" neglected—thousands "For years fate was after me Corners and Win. Hoyt of Webbervllle for any case of Deafness (caused by Ca- home for the holiday but returns coustandy," writes F. A, Gul- carrh) that cannot be cured by'iail's KoneytoLoan. OallandBeeCi. of lives saerifloed every year. . Dr. visited the former's niece, Mrs. Gladys DiKitoTOHS—A, J. Uall, K. A. Barnes, J. K shortly. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures lit­ l«'dge, Verbena, Ala,, "I bad a terrible Lewis, one day last week. Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. tle colds—cures big colds too, down to case of piles causing 24 tumors. When F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Elmer, L, 0. Webb, JEl. C. Dart, Qeo. M. Dee, Cogswell and Emma Skinner Mr.and Mrs. Johnson are entertain­ Toledo, 0. Hovt, A. L.Rore. . retun.i^d to their sobool work at Mt. the very verge of consumption. f all failed Buckien's Arnica Salve cured ing tbe former's sister, Mrs, Sboesmltb, Pleasant T'jrjday. me. Equally good for burns and all Sold by all druggists, price 75c. North Aurelius. aches and pains. Only 25o at Long- aud nltces, Misses Oibbs, of Perry, Hall's Family Pills are the best. Willie Morey of Grand Ledge spent The Bullen family held their annual year Bros'., and Field & North's, Mrs, Ella Roby and daughter visited a few days last week In this neighbor­ reunion at tbe pleasant home of John DauBvilie, drugstores. at Mm. Ray LaDu's Monday. NE\A/ hood. E, Bullen and wife on New Year's Henry Hoard from Sault Ste, Marie School commenced here Monday day. visited his sister, Mrs. Fannie Hunt with Henry Palen as teacher. Tho'Ladies' Aid did not serve oys. over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey have re­ ters (jinthe evening of Dec. 29. as they < » * '— turned to their home in Lansing after Meat Market were unable to gel them, but had a ten Dr. Humphreys. Forest Neighborhood. spending the holidays with the latter's cent Slipper' instead. They will have We wish to Inform tbe people of parents here. ' - an oyster supper totuorrow evening, After fifty years Dr. Humphreys* MlssEdlib Grinuoli and Ha/.el Joy Mason and vicinity that we have ,.- Claude W^irey has gone to hia home Jan. 8, at the hall for the benefit of the Specifics ODJoy tho greatest popularity called on Mrs. Floyd Felton of Island opi^ned a meat market in the Law­ at Grand Le%e after staying tlie paat Sunday school. They would be pleased and largest salo in their history, duo to Corners recently. rence block on Main street and aro year with Mrs. Efllo Hliilard. to have all attend. ~: School in district No. 7 has been prepared to furnished the public with iatrinsio motit. They cure tlie sick. closed for the past week ou account of Howard North and Jerry Nichols There were about ninety in attend­ HO, COBM. ~ 3 ^ mCM. the illness of tho teacher. Miss Lulu took two loads of young people to the ance at the Gleaner watch party New 1—Foveri, Cougcatlons, Inflammatlona.' .33 Phillips. Choice Meats of All Kinds homo of Mr. and Mrs. Clair BInklo Year's eve. There were songs, recita­ !l—Worms, Worm FCTOP, Worm Colic.. .33 Miss Hazel Joy visited her cousin, Our method of doing business Is New Year's night, It was an entire tions and games. Ervin Buscb gave .3-Teelhlnf,Collo,Crylng,Wakio(ulBOM .95 Mrs. Arthur Burcham, north of tho M. «pot cash to everyone and reasonable Burpriao and a decided HUCCCSB. All several fine selections from his grapha- 4—Diarrhea, of Clillitren or AdulM...... ,flS A. C. last Sunday.. prices. enjoyed a good time. phone. The folluwiuK poem entitled 7-€onihi, Colda,Ilroocbltli .39 Mrs. L. Acker and daughter, Nellie, Hoping to receive a share of your A number of neighbors gathered at "A New Year's Qreeting to the North 8-Nearkl(U, TootbichcFacciUibe,.... .33 trade, we are 9-iIe>(l>eho, Sick noadacho, TorUgo.. ,33 visited at M. H. Jjiy's last Thursday. the home of Mr. and Mrs Guy Mc- Aurelius Gleaners," was composed and MiBsTeua GorllK and FrauK Liftke Yours respectfully, read by Mrs William Elliott: 10—DyBpepsU, IndIgestioii,Woak Stomaob,33 Cufl'Ibursday night. Pedro and flinch 11—Suppreiicd orPalnrul Periods 33 of Lansing visited her parents last were the order of the evening. North AuroU'ui) Gleaners jaat listen to mo, a ReuND'UP K Now Yeur'H Kreeiing I bring to thee, 13-Whll«i, Too Prof uieFerlodi 33 Sunday. EDMONDS BROS. , Pai^nie Toolter of Edmore was called And to every tilokuor KUihorcd here, 13-<}roup, LaryntUU. Hoorsoneti 33 Christian Creylsand wife of West of all that's best iu tbe way of meats home Friday by the illness of his I wish a happy and Klad Mew Year. 14—Salt Rheum, £ryiilpelaa,EruptloDi.. .33 Holt spent New Years with her daugh­ We have found tbe best. We know I um not a ufeaner, what mutter ihun,' Up-to-Date . father. Juut put mo down AS the Glcauur's friend. IS—nheumatlira, Bhoumatlo I'alna 33 ter. Mis. Anna Grinnell, how to pick it out, how to buy it and Bev. Quiuu commenced meetings May tbe year be blest In banket and store, 16—Malaria, ChlUa, Fovor and Ague .33 bow to cut 11 so it will please. WHITING'S Qrocerr Store Sunday night aaslsted by Miss Boles. And }Our burnu no full tboy can hold no more, 10—Catarrh, laAtienta, Cold In tbe Sead .33 Wurklnir NiKlil and Day. I Yours truly, Your pouketfl with dollars and dimes o'crllow, 30-\Vhaoplnf-Uou(h .33 The buiiost aud mightiest little Misa Mabel Allen of Lansing ia And your llvce be bright us you onward go; 3T-KUiioy Diieaaos 33 Is the place where you spending tho holidays with friends in May ynur aumbor« lucroniie UU this groat big thing that was ever made is Dr, King's uall aS-Nervou* Ueblllly 1.00 New Life Pills. These pills change THORBURH & SEVERENCE can get your this uelghborhood. Will be too llltle to hold you alt; 30-Drinarv Weaknen, Wetting Ged.. .33 weakness into strength, liatlessucss In­ Bolt Fbone 21. Btate Phone 0-18. Msy nineteen (our be a rod letter year 7T-0rlp, OkyForer 33 NlRht Wa« Uer Verror, Xo all tho gloanora that giUhur here: to energy, brain-fag Into mental power. May your cropu'bo blent with «uii and rain. Bold by diUKglata, or acnt on locolpt of price. They're wonderful In building up tbe "I would cough nearly all night Till a bouutllul liai'veiit conies 'round ataln 49* Dr. Humphreys' New Potkot Ka&ual long," writes Mrs, Chas. Applcgate, of And I know that tbe Qlcanors will tuinlc with of! all Biioani mailed free. health. Only 25c per box. Sold by OneRllnuteCoughCuro FRESH AlexBudrlH, lud., "and could hardly love Lougyear Bros, aud Field & North, Of the Father of good who rules al)ove, aumphroya' Uediclno Co., Cor. WllUaia and Dausvllle. get any sleep, I had consumption so Who has blent their Uvea In the years that'll loba£M., MewYntk. For Coughti Coldt and Croii|it bad that if I walked a block I would pasBod, For nineteen three la dying fait. GROCERIES! cough frightfully and spit blood, but, May he nil your homos wltti love and cheer, when all other medicines failed„three Till again you greet the glad Now Year, ¥1.00 bottles of Dr. King's Now Dis- And may every blosslDg your pathway attend Cures Crip Agents for WAGNER'S FAMOUS coveiy wholly cured me and £ gained Is tho earnest wish of the Olouner'a frleud. T^^v. In Two Days. DETROIT BREAD. Highest mar­ 58 pounds." It's absolutely guaran* At ten o'olooK tbe ladles served a To Cure a Cold in One Day ket price paid for Butter and Eggs, teed to cure cougba, colds, lagrlppe, bountiful Bupper, after wbloh tbe lloor ^brnnobltls and all throat and lung was cleared for action and tbe young on every troubles. Price 50 and t>l 00. , Trial people tripped tbe light fantastic till Take Laxative Broino (Quinine Tablets. >e /^ Z bottles ;free.nt Longyear Bros.' and tbe wee small hours.' All enjoyed an Seven Million botes sold In iMSt 12 months. TMs sigOatUTe, ^^'•^•^' ^^-'^^rvtrt^^ box. 25c. CHAS. I WHITINQ Field & North's, Dausvllle, drug stores. excellent time, BOTH PHONES.

li.:£ii:M.;MMi> v^¥?^'7:^t,^^r^;^-y-^U^)^\d ''• M iMMiMM^:.^:. I :.< "l-Postmaster Gen, Payne removes Jas. Aug. 2—Near Cum'bcrland Falls, Tonn,, 8 In Nov. 2—Jos, Craddock (negro),,at Shreve­ 22—Gen. Caosius M, Clay, minister lo Rus-, taBsmsaaaaa wiriw'iWii'aimmi railway collision, port; murder. sla under Lincoln, at Whitehall, Ky,;' N. Tyne.r, asst, atty. gen., from P. 0. de­ aged iM,,,,Franeis At. Wella, sculptor, in' partment. , . „„,, 5—Devon, la., 7 in railway -n-reck, •J—Frank Anderson (white) and Henry 7—Durand, Mich., 23 by collision of trains Johnson (negro) killed during race riot San Francisco; aged 55, ,. 2T-Lleut. Gov. Leo (Mo.) reslgiis as result at Lake Village, Ark, 2,6—Congressman Ro'beri H, Foerderer, in of bribery disclosures In leglijlature.... carrying Wallace Bros,' circus, 9-Phiiadc-iphia, 11 by falling ot a walk In 5—Sam Adam,s (negro), at Pass Christian, Torresdale, Pa.; aged 43. Gen. Mlle.s' report on Philippines made Mls.s,; assaulting wife ot prominent citi­ 29-A. B. Youngson, successor ot late Chief- public, citing cases on part of American Nat. league baseball park,,,,\'ulcan, Mich., 5 by capsizing of boat. zen, ' . P. M. Arthur, ot Locomotive Eiiglneera, troops, 29—,lGhn Foglo (negro), near St, George, S. at Meadvilie, Pa, ot Sep. 3-Noar Yorkvlile, S. C, 6 In railway BACKWARD Mav 1-Gen. Luke E, AVright, vice gov, wreck, C; for a.-'saultlng white woman, .•\ug. 5-1'hil May, artlsl, In London, Philippines, arrives in Manila 2S-i-Near Danville, Va., 9 by train jumping SO-Phil Davis, Walter Carter and Clint 23—Lord Sali-sbury, former British premier, ,luly 1—.New (, from trestle 75 ft, high. 'I'homas (no.moes), near Belcher, La,; for at llatlleid' house, England, aged-70 111' iMiiiiniorce mid Oct. ;i.—.Peoria, 111,, 7 in explosion in dis- shooting Robert Adger, Chas. C, Bonney, lawyer and pres. par­ Chronological Record of the More labor )iiiiiii.'li«''i lillory, Dec's—Lewis Jnokson (colored), near Tam­ liament of reilKlons al Chicago wMBW Nov. 1—Special train carrying Purdue col- Feb. 2iO—Pope Loo XUIcelebrate. s don, ICy,; aged 61. in Brooklyn for al- 23—hlx-U. S. S'enator Ch.as. B, Farwell, at tural Iron Workers seated Sam Parks and I'eged acceptance ot lego football team tor game with Indian­ anniversary of election. other delegates of Local union No. 2, of apolis university wrecked; 17 killed,,,. Mar, 3 — Impressive Lake Porosi, 111.; aged SO, bribe. celebration of Pope 30—Sir Michael lle7\ert, British ambas­ New' York. ;~Cha3, Hedges re­ New York city, 24 In burning tenement. Oct, 3—Prank Buchanan reelected pres, ot 4—lona Island, N. Y,, 0 by explosion ot U. Leo's coronation, sador to U, S., at Davos-Platz, Switzer­ moved from oniee in Rome, land; aged 46. ' '. Iron workers' convention, of supt, ot free de­ S. naval magazine; property loss, $500,000. Mnr. 17—Pnnama c-inal trnaty rntined by Nov. G-Sam J. I'arks, N, Y. walking dele- 0—Near Virginia City, Mont., 9 in mine lire, Jiui. 2;').—Pope Leo Oct. 6—I'lx-Postmaster General Wilson S.' gato, sentenced to 2 yrs. 3 mos. at Sing livery of P. 0. dept. 12-New Hope, Ky.. 0 in railway collision. holds his last con­ lilssell, at Buffalo, N, V.; aged 56....Wm. U. S, .seniite by voio ot 73 to 5. on charge ot falsi­ linker, pres, of Chicago world's fair, al AUB. ;n-Colomblaii seiiatii rejects canal Sing for extortion,,..Over 3,000 employes 21—Near Connellsvllie, Pa., 10 by mine ex-, sistory, conferring of Chicago City Railway Co, strike for fying diary. red hat on 7 new Hl.ghland Park, 111, treaty, Ans. 5-Naval war game begins oft Maine plosion, " Nov, 3—Panama declares Its Indepenaonce higher wages and employment of only 24—Bonanza, Ark, 13 by gas explosion in cardinal,s. 13—Archbishop Kaln. of St. Louis, at Balti­ union men; entire system tied up, coal mine, Jnly ail-I'opo I.eo more, Md.; aged 02. of Colombia, S-^'ueiU, Gen. Nel.son A. Miles retires from 4—U, S, marines landed at Colon,...Colom­ 23—Samuel Gompers chosen pres. iSm. Fcd- Dec, 8—Clarksburg, N, J,, 5 in burning AIM. ilioH in Uoiue U-E-x-Gov. Jlenry L. Mitchell, at Tampa, 2i—Chicago slre.et railway Htrlke settled, nctlvo service, and Is succeeded by Gcn. at .|:(|.| |i. III. rroiii Fla.; aged 70. bian Kiinboat bombards Panama. home, ji 1 u II r o - ji II e II- 11—Ex-Gov. Peter Turncy, In Winchester, D—U, S. rcooKnlze.s reinibllo ot Panama. eratlon ot Labor In Boston In New 13—Near Albla, la., 5 cremated In railway Kngland cotton mills lin,oOO employes sub­ 2i>-I'res.' Roosevelt defines attitude low'*';'' iiioiiiii, iiK<,'d ti;t. Tenn. S—Colombia protests aKalnat attltiiilo ot labor question, saying; "There Is no ob­ wreck....Is'ear Piedmont, W, Va., 5 by 25—Body of Leo In­ 2.'',~\Vm. E, Lecky, historian, In London; , U, S. and protests against American In­ mit to 10 per cent, cut In wages, overturning ot 2 engines. 30-U, S, supreme court afllrms eonslltu- jection to t>(0 employes of the govein- terred In basilica aged 1I5. terpretation of treaty of IS^IG, mcnt printing ofllce constituting tl.cm- 15—Lake Concordia, Miss., 6 by sinking ot of St. Peter's with 28—Mrs. Emma Boolh-Tiioker, notedl Sal- tionality' ot Kansas law proscribing S-hr, tugboat. 10—Fianco recognizes Panama govern­ day on all state or municipal work, aelves into a union if they so dcs re, but Irapressive c e r e- vni,ion Army 'worker, killed in a railway ment. no rules or resolutions ol that union can IS—.Near Nashville, Tenn., 13 girls in lire monies, wreek at Donw Lake. Mo. Dec. 2-AVork on buliding.'i costing ?20,000,000 that destroys 'Walden university, 13-iMr. Bunao-Varllla formally rcceh'oaby In 10 cities stopped by strike ot iron be permitted to override the laws of the r,0—n^asl tribute paid Nov. 1—Prof. 'I'heo. Monimsen, lii.^torlan, Pros, Roosevelt as mlnlator of I'anania United States, which It Is my sworn dilj 21—Godfrey, Kan., 9 in railway wreck, late Pope with celebration of 3d great structural workers. 22—St, Louis, 5 by boiler explosion. at Charlottenbnrg, Germany; aged SC. reptiblla. 12-Judge lloidom lines Frnnklin Union ot to enforce."..,.State Senator ^\m.i .bU- requiem mass in Sistino chapel of Vat­ 17-Jas. It. GDinore, writer, at Glens Falls^ lS~New Istlimlan c;:nal trcnty fU;m;a by llvnn (Mo.) convicted at Jetfcreon City 23—Laurel Hun, Pa,, OS in railway wreck ican. Press Feeders in Chicago 51,000 tor viola­ on B, & 0. road. - N. Y.; aged SO. Si'iirtt.irv Hay and Mr, Bunaii-Varitla. tion ot injunction. of .'•oliclting bribe for votes....Baltlesblp AUK-. .1—CiuMllniirOuI.siMHH' Surto, iia- 20—Gen. h'rancis Marion Drake, ex-Gov. ot 2(>—I'aaaroa reject,^ all overnues to rettirn MIssoiu-l launched at Baltimore, Md. 2G-Ncar Grand Rapid.'), Mich., 22 In col­ trhiriMi of ViMiice, cli^iMcil iioiitilV on H—Stoel trust olllclais announce cut In lision on Perc Marquette 11. R, In., al Centervllle; aged 73. V lo Colombian sovfcrelKmy; ' wnges of 90 per cent, of employes after Sep, 4-U. S, cruisers rlrooklyn and San Till liallol, Jiiul oUor.xL'.s title of I'liiH Doc. 2—Dr. Cyrus Edson, germ specialist, in • 4iil—ijuSa-Germant,"i ilUlII ^ • "" ^ ".rfTilaM riii;*ma.rfpt:bllc, Jan, 1, I'Tancisco arrive at Beirut. X. Xoiv iMipi; IN ii^;-»5tl U.S. New York; aged 46. .'^•Wltflfffna .um'"TaftiUl'i-^tMMnlil r Treaty, 18-Drlvers of hearses and carriages in Chi­ Oct. 17—Aiii«rlciiii AlMNUnii pliilinw 0—Coronation of Pope Plus X. in basilica 4-l':x-C-ong. Wm, M. Springer (Hi.), in '<2S-?Gen, He yes, •^poc'lVi.l Culuntblan envoy cago quit work and Uincrals, suffer. (irandMl in all iinrllcMilarw Kiivt! IIio Miscellaneous of St. Peter's In Rome. Washington, D. C; aged C4, 16 U S drrcrs tc uranl'Nall canal conces­ rorlliiiiil eiiiiiil, whluli In iiMiuMloil Oct. 17—Po|)e Plus appoints Mgr. Merry del 6-Cong. Henry Burk, in Philadelphia; sions absninlely f'cc,f'.f '^V''"- , , ,, „ liy iiii.vcil coniinlhNloii lo Ciiiniilii c Vnl papal secretary of .state. aged 5;!, Dec, 2-Panama canal bi^l ••.juned at Pan- ...".Jury in postal fraud scandal al Un- Jan. 1—Gov, Dole sends to Pre.s, Roose­ Nov. 9—First secret consistory ot new pon- S—Herbert Spencer, philosopher, author velt 1st message over direct cable be­ B-t!en, rtevVa r;>c,.-lvi;a biVPres, Roosevelt cinnati disagrees as to charges against tlHcale held in Rome. and sciontl.st, In Brighton, Eng.; aged S3, tween Honolulu and San Francisco, 12—Mgr. Merry del Vai and 4 others raised ....Rev. Henry Clay Trumbull, editor and at wiiltf/ViOuw. ( D. v.- Miller and J. M. Jones. 31-Sanford B. Dole,, gov. of Hawaii, ap­ 2—Post olllce at Indianoia, Miss., from to cardinalato. author. In Philadelphia; ngcd 73. O-Swodoii, Mnd Norway i^cccBnlzo new re- Jan, 9—Emil Johnson kills Miss Benna pointed judge otU. S. district court ot ter­ which colored postmistress was driven 12—John It. Proctor, pros. 1,1. S. civil servlca Benson and self at Virginia, Minn.; she by force, ordered closed. 12—\v', 4 'lUinhanaii (N, V.) chosen special ritory, and Geo. R. Carter succeeds to commission, in Washington; aged 59. refused to marry hlm....Wm. B. Chlo, ot governorship. Hi—Lieut. Gov. Tillman (S. C.) shoots and usines: Failures 14-Ex-U, S. Senalor .•Mexaiuler McDonald minl'ifi'r "> Panama, Toledo, kills wife and self; domestic trou­ fatally wounds Editor -Narclsso G. Gon­ 2 (Ark.), at Norwood Park, N, J. 17-. n -p / marines ordered lo San Miguel to ble, Nov. 3.-Geo. B. McClellan clocled mayor zales in Columbia. 20—I''rederick R. Coudert, well-known New pVi'vr-i't Invasion of Colombian troops, 10-Wrs,' Amelia Roller, of Palmyra, "Wis,, ot New York-by 03,017 plurality....Guber- Feb. 9—Arnold & Co.'s St. Louis coopera­ York lawyer, in ^Vashlngton; aged 71. '?-f['Prj,li recognizes Panama, , , . hangs her two children and self, nalional elections: Myron T Herrick tive Investment concern suspends pay­ Jan. 3—Rockwell, Tex., E, W. Hardin Sz. '.•'jls'api. Heyes (from Washington) Informs :S—John J, Fiddler kins wife and' £ielt at (rep., 0.), 113,812 plurality; Edwin War- ment....Over 400 persons alliicted with ty­ Co.'s private bank. ' Mwombla that "war on Panama means Mnrionvllle, I'a. Held (dem., Md.), about 12,375; Gov, Garvin phoid at Ithaca, N. X.\ many satudenta 17—Toronto, Kan., State bank, fAf^-t with the United States." 31—Chas. Rowe, while insane, kills wife, fdem., H. I.), 1,587; John L. Bates (rep,, leave Cornell university. 22—Verdlgree, Neb., State bank. JA—Great Britain recognizes Panama, 3 children and self, at Woods, Tex. Mass.), 35,984; Albert B. Cummins (rep.. Mar. 3-Andrew Carnegie gives Princeton 2(>-Burton, O., Boughton, Ford & Co., Feb. n—John Stark kills wife and self, at In.) 79,090; Gov. Beckham (dem., Ky), bankers; $(>:0,COO. Rosedaie, Ind, , about 30,000; J, K, Vardmaii (dem., Miss.), university $1,(>:0,C«:0. Feb. 13—Nashville, Ark., Howard County Jan. 15—Tommy Ryan, middleweight cham­ W-Kdward L, Burdick, of Buffalo, N, Y., without opposition,...Republicans suc­ 10-Arthur R. Pennell, a chief figure in bank. pion, defeats Bill Stift, 4 rounds, at Kan­ found dead in his home with bead cessful In minor elections In I'a., N. J., mysterious murder case ot E, L. Burdick, Mar. 7—New York, Daniel I^roy Dresser sas City, crushed. Neb,, and Col., and the democrats In Va. killed in automobile accident in Buffalo, & Co,, silk merchants; $l,2«0,ir>9. Feb, 11 — Olympian Ir-Kdward VII, proclaimed emperor 9—Congress (5Slh) assembles in extraor­ Mrs. Pennell dies on 11th of Injuries re­ 12-Dctroit, Mich., Frank C. Pingree, pres. games awarded 10 Mar. 12—.'Vdolph Krauss kills wife and 0 ceived at same time, India, at Delhi, children with sledge hammer, then at­ dinary session; Joseph G, Cannon (111,) wrecked City savings bank; $S2f;,0:0. St, Louis for 1904, elected speaker of house, 21—Carrie C. Catt elected pres. Am, Wom- IG-Jacltsonville, Fla,, First Nat. bank. i7—l-farry Forbes S—Pres, Castro, of tempts suicide,,,,Bandits attack stage • an'.s Suffrage assn, in New Orleans. Venezuela, accepts along YaquI river la Sonora murdering 10—U, S. Senator Deidrioh (Neb.) indicted 2ft-Gowanda, N, Y., C. Moench & Sons Co. (Chicago) wins by federal grand jury In Omaha on charge Apr. 2—Pres. Roosevelt receives LI^ D. de­ - and Moench,, Fischer &, Gaensslen, tan­ world's b an t a ro powers' conditions driver and 0 passei>Kers,...Near Orange gree fTom'University of Chicago. tor arbitration, Springs, A'a., S killed In light between rival of accepting bribe for appointment of. ners; $1,SS4,(00. weight champion­ 21—German war.shlps turpentine camps. postmaster. ;5'1—Ijonlfilnnn I'nr- Apr. 4—Cleveland, O., Aultman—Miller Co,, ship, defeaung An­ bombard Ft. San 17—Mrs, Ja.s. Strowbrldge kills mother, 19—House of representatives votes (335 to ehiiNO O-VDOHIIIOU manufnoturiirs of agricultural imple­ dy Token, at De­ Carlos, Venezuela. in .SI. I.OUIN fi.r- ments; $l,SCO,C>.Xi,,..Kenosha (Wis.) State troit Dan Jonei daughter and self, at Cuyayoga, N, Y, 21) to give effect to Cuban reciprocity nwiUy ilpillcnteil, 2.V-C 0 1, Arthur 30—Jas. Howard sentenced to life Imprison­ treaty. bank. wins bowilngcham- Lynch, member ot 1're.s, UooKUvelt, S—Chicago, Lord, Owen & Co,, -n-holesale ment at Frankfort, Ky., for murder ot 23—D. v. Miller and Joseph M. Johns ac- Kx - I'roN. CIovo- pionshlp of U, S. at parliament for Gal- Gov,I Goehei. quitteij at Cinclonati ot bribing In con­ druggists; $762,730. Indianapolis. way, found guilty I11111I, Cnfdiiinl 17—Fort Payne, Ala., People's Bank & May •!-Jas. B. Marcum assassinated at nection w)th post olllce scandals, GlIilioiLM niid oth­ Mar. 6—World 5-men ot high'troason and Jackiion, Ky,, as result of Ilargia-Cockrill 27—Grover Cleveland announces ui>condi- Trust Co. bowling record bro­ t-nlonced to death. er iioliiblUN tiik- feud, tlonally and Irrevocably that ho will not in« part. May l»-Provldence, R. I., Mossberg & ken, tho Empires, Government later 20-H. S. Biggs, Ed Boll and Deputy Sheriff be presidential candidate, Granville Manufacturing Co.; $!,y>9,C«l of Chicago, scoring lommutes sentence May U—Geo, F. Ko- n. G, McMahon killed in street light in 20—Lant K. Salsbury makes sensational regay, editor Dal- Jun. 2—Toronto, Can., A. E. Ames & Co., 0 penal servitude SanJor'.'Qn, Tex. bribery charges against various public bankers and brokers; $10,(K;O,KO. 31—Lake Shore 20th for life). hart (Ttx.) Sun. Jun. 'I—Cowboys kill K. M, Berry and 3 sons and private individuals. killed In duel with 3-St, Thomas, Ont,, Atlas Loan Co,; $4,- century limited 'Peb, C—Pre. mMthly instalments, Gt, S—Gov. J. C AS'. Beckham (Ky.) inaugu­ sity ot California, T 0 r r y McGovern Jul, IC—Alfred A, Knapp sentenced to bo rated. 10—Centennial anni­ 22—Worcester, Mass., Norcross Eros,, con­ f 0 r lightweight iJrltaln and lta;i>n27,!K0 each. tractors and builders;; $SC(i,C(M, Mar, 12—Czar Issues decree granting free­ electrocuted, at Hamilton, 0. 12—Utp. nat. committee decides next con­ versary ot admission of Ohio Into union championship 01, Aug. 1—Three deputies killed by escaped vention will bo held in Chicago on June celebrated. 30—Doylestown (Pa.) Nat. bank. world In 11th round, dom of worship to unorthodox Pvussian Aug. 5—New York, Sharp & Bryan, stock subjects, and ,solf-government lo vil­ convicts from Folsom (Cal.) prison, in 21, 1901, 21—Gen, Gordon reelected commander In at San Francisco, J. FIdorado county, 10-IJ, S, senate passes Cuban reciprocity chief at confederate reunion In New Or­ brokers; $5,OC,CW. bor, Me. (S.i'OO m.), in 9 das. 4'4 hrs tw—Parls-Madrld automobile race results In shal Thos, Cockrell; death penalty Im­ and much property destroyed by cyclone. 15—Jos. Pulitzer donates $2,000,000 to found 17—New York, Talbot J. '.I'aylor & Co,, First transcontinental trip In automobile ; S deaths and contest declared oft, posed, 21—Tornado nearly destroys White Springs, school of Journalism In connection with brokers; $S,713,47G. completed by Dr. l-I. N. Jackson and Jim, lO—Klutt Alexniuler nnil (incpn Oct, 12—Seven Indians killed In quarrel Mo. Columbia universltv. 2.S—Consolidated Lake Superior Co. at Sewali L. Crocker, who reach New York UrnKH niKit to ilcnlli at nelK'rixle! after drinking bout on Blaokfoot reserva­ May 7—Earthtiuake at Grand Junction, Col. 20—Gen, John C, Black (111.) elected com­ American and Canadian "Soos;" $1C0,- after 04 days' run from San Francls-co, ,;, tn'O (Mibluot iiiIiilNtei'N, (itietMi'M two mander-in-chief by G. A, R, encamp­ O":*,^*, , • tion in Montana, IS—Blizzard In Montana kills cattle and ment at-San Francisco, Aug, 7—Special train runs from New York :i l)rollicr!i null fiiur iilllecru lire nlmi Nov, 13—Insane negro kills Andrew, G, sheep worth $5,000,000. 51—Springllold, Mass., Packard Nat, bank: lo Los Angeles, Cal,, in 70 hrs, 21 min, UillV'iK I'riiioe I'oter KiiraiireoPKC- Oct. 2—Honorable Artillery, ot London, en­ $5CO,CO0, ,..,•• vltcli proylnimeil riilor. Green, "father ot Greater New York," 21—Cyclone in Kan. at Ashland, Blaine and tertained by Ancient and Honorable Ar­ M—Jas. J, Jeffries knocks out Jas. J, Cor­ ^•• 27—Henry Van Dine, Peter NIedermelerand Assaria.,,.Tornado at Lebanon, EiwoodI Oct; 3.—Bollver, Pa., Reese-Hammond bett in lOih round in light at San, Fran­ J','/ 26--Russla declines to receive petition tor- tillery, of Boston, Brick Co.; $CW,0CO, Emil Roeskl, charged with bel,ng accom­ and Crawfordsvllle, Ind....Tornado near 15—Former Lieut. Gov. J, H. Tillman ac­ cisco tor world's heavyweight champion- l^,.',. warded by I'res, Roosevelt/rom Amcr- plices of Gus Marx In Chicago car barn •Ord Neb. 6—Brooklyn, N, Y„ Moroe Iron Works & slilp. lEjf.'r lean Jews regarding Russia's treatment quitted at Lexington, S. C, of murdering Dry Docks Co, „ , , I'VM r; of Jewish subjects, robbery and murder, captured by police 20—Elmo,- Mo., nearly wiped out by cyclone, Editor N, G, Gonzales.,,,Gen, Greenville 28-Dick Creagho wins 5-m. cowboy relay andl farmers near Tolleston, Ind., after 9 lives lost..,,Salina Kan., flooded, ia~Foxhomo, Minn,, Standing Bros.' pri­ race in 9:42 2-5, ••>1:Jl!i—Abyssinians surprise Mad Mullah's M, Dodge (N, Y.) reelected pres. Society vate bank. „ , . •,g f/: forces In Somallland, killing 10,000 spr-ar- stealing locomotive, killing brakeman 30-Flood and (Ire at 'iopeka, Kan., cause ."Vrmy of Tennessee, Sep. 1—Lou Dillon breaks mile record to and fatally shooting Detective J, R, Drls- 71 deaths; 8,000'persons homeless and 11—City of Mexico, International Bank ot wagon for trotters, in Cleveland; 2;(M>A '•';C ,;OTen.,..Japan protests against Invasion 17—Dr. August Greth sails airship two hrs. America; $1,S50,C<». ^^ ^ ^,„ ' ^ at Corca by laO Russian troops. coil. property loss estimated at $4,OiJ0,O00.,..In at Sail Francisco, directing machine at ;i—Itellnncc ^vlnn itil iinil ilecLsivc nice 'Jul 2—Baion Speck von Sternburgappolnt- Dee, C—Dell Thompson kills Addle Hacker, Kansas City, Kan,, and Kansas City, Mo., will. 19—Baltimore (Md.) Trust Co.; $5,773,817,,,, III iiil, Sibumrouk 111. talUuK' to A.«e b—Village ot Djwarek, near Monastlr, wedding feast In Camden, N, J; Jun. 1-Gaines\'llle, Ga., 110 killed and $500,- urges union of Episcopal, Presbyterian • (X»,C<;o,...Seattle (Wash.) branch ot In­ ci'osN line, \ burned bj Macedonian and Bulgarian in- 20—Roscoo W, Derby, at Cleveland, , 0,, 000 ot property destroyed by cyclone, and Methodist churches. ternational Bank & Trust Co. ot America, 21—Trooper Davis (Sth V. S, cavalry) reach­ suigents .. ,. kills wife, his 3 children and self, 7—Flood In Pacolet valley, S, C, causes 5S Nov. 13-W. C. T. U. in 30th annual conven­ 20-Chatsworth. 111., J. E. Brown's bank. es Wes-t Point, N, Y,, making 2,(M) m.' -•'SO-cin Paris fire and panic on underground 24-Jos, Phillips, at Hollowville,' N, Y,, deaths ftnd property loss of $3,600,000,,,. tion at Cincinnati. 21-Lockport, 111., Stale bank. , from Oklahoma on horseback in 39 das. electric lallway caused death of lU pet- killed his 3 children and self; poverty. Cloudbursts Hood vicinity ot Alexandria Dec. 1—Receivers tor property of John Al­ 'i2—Peoria, ill.,-4cme Harvester Co,; $2,-'Oct.'1—Chleago-N(Jw York auto tour ends; ions Bulgarians burn 15 Turkish vil­ and Crestes, Ind. • • exander Dowle at Zlon City, 111,, appoint­ C<;0,C>:0,,,,Les.sener, Minn., Farmers' and 1,1."!" m, covered In 76 hrs McGee (3-yr,- lages in Okhela vilayet. S—Flood's at St. Louis cause loss of 20 lives. ed on petition of creditors, Merchants', bank,,..Allegheny, Pa., First oid) makes 5'^ furlongs In Chicago in 22—M and Mme. Humbert convicted ot 10—Two-thirds of East St. Louis under wa­ Dec. S—Receivership at Klon City, I.U,, dls- Nat bank (resumes Oct,',!'t). lrO.il/.., , .fraud In Paris and sentenced to 5 yrs. ter; 11 drowned, soived and control restored to Dr, Dowle, 24-Chicago, Lake St, Elevated R, R. 7—Miss Lucille Mulhall, IS yrs. old, wins iiolltary conllnement, 15—Hepp'ner,. Ore., nearly, destroyed by 18—Flying machine built by Orvlile and 30—Mount Airy, Md.. Albert Jones & Co., $1,C«) steer roping prize, competing at 27—Attempted assassination ot U. S. Vice cloudburst; over 200 drowned. Water wall Wilbur M'right, of Dayton, 0., travels 1)1.11 kcrs South MoAlester, I. T., With well known • Jan. 1-Gov, Benjamin B. Odell (N, Y,) In­ Nov, .l-siietdon (la.) Rtate bank....Victor cowboys. Consul W. G. Magelssen, at Beirut, Syria, augurated 2nd time..'..Annual report ot 20 ft. high swept the gulph. 3'm, against 21-m. wind. causes American squadron lo sail lor 30-Cyc)one kills 8 at Wilder, Minn. 21—Alderman J. J. Brennan sentenced to (Col.) -First Nat. bank. 13—Boston baseball team, champions ot Philippine • c 0 m- 6-Crlpple Creek (Col.) Mlmetallic bank.,.. American • league, defeats Pittsburg, Tuiklsh waters, ml9.^1on declares Jul,' 1—Snow at Butte, Mont....Tornado in 1 yr. in house of correction for election iSep 7—San Miguel, where Cortez landed, la . Faulk county, S. D. . frauds. Pueblo (Col.) Title & Trust Co. champion team of Nat, league. organized insurrec­ 9—Chicago, Sutter Bros.', tobacco house; 19—Cresceus trots mile at Wichita, Kan., destrojed by hurricane with great loss ot tion at end. 2—Cloudburst in S. W. Texas; 20 drow.ned. lite 5—Govs. -John "\V. 5—Cloudburst at Jeannette, Pa., 30 lives lost, • $1,800,000.- in 1:59%, a^-Joseph Chamberlain, secretary ot state ' Morrison , (Idaho), Aug, 7—Hailstorm in northern Col, causes 10-CoUimbla, S. C, Olympla cotton mills. 22—Dan Patch paces mile In liSC'A at Mem­ 5 tor the colonies, Chas, T,, Ritchie, chan­ La Follette (Wis.) $500,000. damagnj to crops, . M—St Louis, D, Crawford & Co,, mer­ phis, Tenn, cellor ot exchotiuer, and Cord Geo, I-lam- 12—Island of Jamaica hurricane; 200 lives chants; $900,000, , , , ,- „ ,„ 23—Electric car at Berlin attains speed o» Jlton secretary tor India, resign from and White (S, D,) inaugurated. lost; damage, $10,000,000 ' 17—Ireton (la.) private bank....Egan (S. 130 2-5 m, an hr, ty Biltlsh cabinet,,,,Emperor Francis Jo­ 24—Lou Dillon trots mile in l;6SM;atM€m. fr~Gov, T, V. Garvin Sep, 9—Cyclone at Quinoy, III,,..Earth­ Jan.- 1ft—Two unknown negroes, one of 'D.) state bank. .,;'„,,„ seph issues order against use of Hunga- quake at Bowlder, LovelaSd, Longmont phis, ' iliJn language In armx. (R, I.) Inaugurated. whom killed'Sheriff Reese, near Brler- 19—Elkhart, Indiana Nat, bank; $550,000.,.. 7—Gov. Van . Sant and Fort Collins, Col. fleld, Ala,...John Holllns (negro) near 27—At Memphis, Tenn,, Dan Patch pace,i 'Oct 5—New British cabinet announced with Henrietta, Tex., Farmers' Nat, bank. 'A m. in ;66 Hat, and paces mile to wagon Alfred I.) ttleton as colonial secretary and (Minn.)' Inaugu- IG—Atlantic coast swept by terrlllc storms, Drew, Miss,; charged with attempted as­ 21—Dundee, III, First Nat, bank, ' rated. • . r • nearly 100 persons being reported sault, In 1:571/1, , J. Av5.lpn Cha;Tiberlaln as chancellor ot ex-» drowned;, damage on Manhattan Island, Dec. 7-Ravia (I. T.) bank. , , 27—Tom Jenkins wins world's wrestling I chciiuer ,, 12-Qov. Wm. J. Bai­ 14—Ransom O'Neal and Chas. Tunstall (ne­ 14—Linn Grove (la.) Merchants' bank. ley (Kan.) Inaugu- $2,000,000.,,,Pres. and Mrs. Roosevelt and groes) at Angleton, Tex.; murder. championship In match with Dan Mc- k , : rated., .... party In Imminent danger on yacht Sylph, Leod, at Pittsburg, I 19—In consequence ot urolerstandins be- Wn.UAMRD/Ci' ao^Joe Thomas (negro) burned at stake 29—Barney Oldfleld, at Denver, makes S h tween Turkey and Bulgaria latter dls- . 13-Weldbn . B, Hey- Oct 1—Cyclones In Minn,, Wis, and 111, kill near New Orleans; murder, ot Sheriff - , burn . (Idaho) and '. 18,, . • , new automobile records: 5«m. in,,4:43, li) { hands 10,000 troops occupying frontier and crv Oury. m In 9:38 and :5 m. In H.;24Vi....Slr Thos. > , Turke> agrees to disband 20,000 troops! Geo. C. Perkins (Cal,) elected to U. S, 9—Paterson, N, J,, flooded, $2,000,000 loss, SI—C. A. SobrilofE-kl, Ru.5slan miner who Nov. 1—Cvclone at Hydro, Okla., Jan, 5-Senor Sagasta, ex-premler ot Spain, Llpton's offer of cup for trajis-Atlanllc X)H' 8—Gen,'.Reyes.elected pres, of Colom- senate. , had worked during strike, kicked to death yacht race in 1904 withdrawn to permit M—Gov. Jetterson Davis (Ark.) Inaugurated 11—Tornado at White River, Ind, at Wllkesbarre, Pa, In Madrid; aged 75, „ „ ^ , , ,, 2nd time. ,. \ Dec, 13—Northwest has coldest weather ot 9-Ex-Gov. Daniel H. offer from Emperor William. i , Feb, 7—Lee Hall (colored), at WrightsvIUo, Hastings (Pa.), at Nov. 10—Dan Patch, at Birmingham, Ala,, 15—I'res, Roosevelt signs anthracite coal season, thermometer going as low as,21 Ga.; tor shooting Sheriff Crawford, repeal bill. , . , . : ';,::. • below in some,places. . Belletonte;.aged 54, paces m, on '/j-m. track in 2:03'/i. Mar, 9—Henry Thomas (negro), near 11 — Congressman 19—Gov, Wm, Dors«y (Ala.) Inaugurated. Parish, Pla,; tor attacking 10-yr,-old girl, 25—Fiizsimmons and Geo. Gardner fight 20 ao—Chas, F, Kelly, former speaker of.St. Thos. H. Tongue rounds in San Francisco for light heavy­ Apr, C—John Turner (colored), at Warren, (Ore.), in,,Washlng- Louis house ot delegates, convicted ot Ark,; attempted assault on white woman, weight championship; decision given perjury....U. S., Senators Hopkins (111.) " ton, D, C. - former, ., : ', , ,, Jarii 8—Board ot trade corners establishing 15—Tom Gllyard (colored), at Joplln, Mo,; IS — Ex-Congressman ,- nijl't'oiia l"'loes tor grain declared Illegal Fairbanks (Ind.),,.Alger, (Mich.), Piatt , fpr'kiiilng offlcer, - 2G—ThHnksglvlng. football games: Mich. by appellate court, in Chicago, (Conn.), Clarke,. (Ark,),; Stone , (Mo,), and , ex-Mayor-Ah- 2S, Chicago 0; Carlisle 28, Northwe.sitern 0; Jan, 0—Port,Townsiend, Wash,, news re­ May'2-Bob Bryant and Will Morris, at ram S. Hewitt, of 2<>-John Mitchell reelected • pres United ' Hansbrough (N D ), Penrose (Pa ) Piatt H.aynes Bluff, Miss,; assassination of W. Minn, 17, Wis, 0; Pa. 42, Cornell 0; Neb, 10, (N Y), Smoot (Utah), Galllnger (N II), ceived of drowning ot IS in wreck of bark New Y'ork; aged SO, Mne AVoikers at Indianapolis PI Ince Arthur, H, Legg, 20-Julian Ralph, au­ 111. fl. ' , „ , ' Mai 3—Judge Adams, of St Louis, enjoins and Klttredga (S D ) elected. 20—Moses , Hart (negro desperado), at Deo. 12—Walthour and Monroe win G-da. 21—Gov Dui'can C Hejwood (S 0) Inau- 17—On battleship Massachusetts, off Cule- thor and war cor- Bioiheihood of Railroad Trainmen and bra Island, B killed by explosion during Corinth, Miss,; for shooting at chief of • respondent, in New , cycle race In,New York'. I boomotive Firemen Ciom oideilngM'a- guiated police.;,.Amos Randall (white), and Dan 26—U S Senator Henrj M Teller (Col) re­ taiget practice, • York; aged 50. 'biish K R strike, and on Apr 1 dissolved 2^-Nenr"Westneldn-Nenr Westfield,, NN,, J, 28 In railway Kennedey and, Henry Golden (negroes), Injunction elected at Mulberry, Pla.; murder of white man, 25-Ex-Gov. Chas. R. 27—U S, Senators John C Spooner (Wis), collision. , Ingcrsoll, at New- Si-^Itutmrt ot colli ntrlUc nrMltriitlon 28—Near* Tucson, :: Ariz,, fiO.Jn railway col-' Jun. 4—J-ohn Dennis (negro), at Greenville, Haven, Conn.; aged muilc piilfUu 111 WiidhliiKton. Work- Chester I Long (Kan), Asbuiy C Lati­ Miss.; attempted criminal,assault. ,1II en Rl^en 1 tfciicrnl tnepcime ot mer (S C), ana Francis G Newlands llslon.: : ".\ ,^'''••:'•••' , ,, ,•••.-,• 82. Feb 1—Near Vlokaburg, Mlss.,,e by eml.. 6—E. ,H. Wyatt, (negro), at Belleville, III,; i ,; . : 28-Ex-U. S, Senator Jan 2—Woodruff, 111,, destroyed. -ttiiKCN niiiouiitlii)r to about 10 per (Nevada) elected -tor shooting Supt, of Schools Hertel. Feb 11—RockIs.land (III.) ar9.ena1; $2,000,0CO. - 4>cnt., Moiiic ttecrcnuc lii hourn, » 2S—U S Senator E W Pettus reelected, giant car leaving track and plunging In t'd John B,-Allen, at Seattle, AVash. river;-' • '"/• i':':--}>::: 8—'iBanjo"Peavy (colored),:near Port Val- 31—Congressman, J;'H, W; Rumple (la.), 26—Cinclnnall, business block; $2,0t)0,000. » «ll(lliiK itoale uiid pro^lNloii fop tii- 28—Levi Ankenj (Wash ) elected to U, S -.'ley, Ga.; m'urder ot W. C;'Wlnslow,.,; Mar 10—X-'ortland, Ore;; Victoria dock; In- - iire aibitviitloii. A>IUI'I1H to Itc lii aonate, 1-On u; S/ Receiving ship PrankUni 02 In Chicago; aged 01, marines die of black diphtheria..;.• Mil­ >' Five negroes near: Forest,- Miss,; -for' Feb, 6—Ex-,U; S. Senator Henry L; Dawes, '•.ceridlary; $600,008, . ;, , , . tSrcc until Mar. 31, 1»00. Ituqoa- Feb 0—Committee's report declares bribery shooting'Mr.,:.Craft,v;-',::;-,r. ,,,,. Apr. 1—Sibley, 111., business block. nltlon of union not iinuBcit uitoii. charges against Congressman Lessler waukee, 5 llremen. Including Chief Foley,^ ;, atPltteifield', Mass,.,. Congressman J. H. from.Inhaling nitric aoidi fumes. 22—Geo,' WhU'ea(negro), • at ' Wilmington, Moody, at Waypesvllle, N, C, 15—Near Beaumont, Tex.', In ollHelds; $1,- ,, . Apr 6—General strike ot International sustained liy evidence, blames Phlllpi • Del,; murder ot I-Ielen Bishop, -: - If*. J Harvester Co emplo) ea at Irondale, near Doblln, but holds Lemuel E Qulgg to be 10—Postoi'la; 0., SUy explosion. fr^Edna' Lyall,: novelist, at Eastbourne, ' 000,000; ••- •• '' ' - , ' - • ••• - 17—Near • Edenton, N. • C, 18. drowned by 24—Case Jones' (colored), at Elk Valley, England....Ex-Gov. ''A'm. Fishback, in 21—La Crosse, Wis,, Park dept, store; $500,-, IV„,!':/!,iOhloago, called, not Involved • Tenn,; for assaulting 12-yr.-old girl, v IV VO—U S'Courtot appeals at St Paul decides 6—Naval Constructor Richard T. Hobson's cyclone striking steamer Olive. ; Port Smith; Ark.;, n/i,cd 72. - 20—Cedar Rapids,, la,. In burning hotel. -' 26—Lamb ,Whltely (colored), near Monte­ 26—Dr. Richard J, Galling, inv«ntor of 2S-^s'outh Chicago, ,111., Internatlonal^Salt " ji^LHarthern Securities Co an Illegal cor- resignation accepted rey Landing, La,; murd6r.-...Garlleld Mc- Catling gun,i,in New .York; aged S'l, , Co.'a plant; $1,600,000,,..Melbourne,' lal.; l5?XT«"fi?ratlon'ln violation ot tfntl-tiust law 15—Pres signs bill establishing department Mai 1—Hickman, Ky;, 6,drowned,. . business section, 'j^' ' ,- ' : ' 7-Spler Falls, N,Y,, 17.by terry boato'ap-. , Coy; Geo; McKlnney and Wiley (negroes), Mar, , S—Ex-Congressman Jas, H,- Blount I^^Lf V ^jjg e'ljjoln's It from voting stock o£ con­ ot commerce, also general army staff • at Newtown, Ga.; for murder ot F, S, "and paratnount commissioner to Hawaii, 30—Near Bradford, Pa., forest •fires;,to.wn trolled* roads 18—Associate Justice Shlras of U, S. su­ sizing,-"'•••;''•";;'••-;;••,'•••'••''••',•'•'•':';•' ';.••-..• ••.- '-'- -. -Bullard, ,;••!,',,.',: ',•-:;•,•-,-':^;',;, at Macon;' Ga, ,oI Watsonylllo: destroyed; property loss May'1—To secure mote pay and shorter preme court resigns 9-Olean, N, Y;, 22 by explosion,of oil ta'nlts,r 27—Nathaniel': K; Fairbanks, :philanthrQ-, hours, 75 000 workmen, mostly In building 19-Judge W R Das (Ohio) appointed to Apr 8—'\Vhlte.and Cleburn'counilea, Ark., Jul.,1—Reuben •Elrod'.(ne'gro);nt Piedmont, ,M„y 1—In Adlrondaoks, north of Utlca; N. -. trades strike. ' S) In'cyclone....Hopewell, Ala,,; IS in tor-:, • S,-C.;,;Chas, Evans (colored)', at Norway, ;'plsti,;in Chicago; aged,73, ,- - " ' 'V sucoeedl Justice Shlras ,-':S.,C.; suspected of murder of J: L.,Phil-' 23—Gustavlus I'', Swift, multi-millionaire •Y $1,000,000 of timber, ,. ,; UT-Fcderai Salt Co convicted In U S court 20-G W. Fulton (Ore) elected to U S. nsido, - '•,'.••..-,••.'-,"'-•••- •,""-,'.••;-,.-••-••:'-••';,,•-'-,',-•,-- :•'":••' jm,' 4—Forest fires spread ruin frpm Con- • --lips. ••• - ':."•••:'' • •;••,'.•,-• ';-•;•• -•,',• •;:•,. ••,. • •'••'- 'meat packer of Chicago; aged .G-l, " at San Franolaoo ot malntalnlnn a mo­ senate, .' '" 20—Red Hoiis6,-N.,Y., S In railway wreck, 31-Ex-U,S, Senator H,.,W, Corbett,' at, rle'ctiout to Maine; town-of Patten, Mo., nopoly . 1 Mar a—Dela'ware'B long senatorial flght 23—Minneapolis, 8 by explosion in oil.plant.' 6—E vansvllle, Ind.,:-, terrbrlasd by mob that '••destroyed.,.;., ,',,,, ••, ,„•, -Sl-Frelglit trafllo of railroads entering St 27—New Buftalo: Kan., 11 In railway wreck,' broke .Into-Jail rto lynch negro. - Gov;' ,,PortVand,^Orer, '', ,'''„„ ended by election ot J FrankAllee to long "orders out militia. Apr, 7—Rear Admiral Geo, E Belknap '26—Milwaukee,"American malting plant; Louis piactloally tied up by 1,600 ft eight term and Louis II Ball to short term.,.. 30—Ganlstock,! Pa„ 9 in explosion ot pow- $1,000,000, • " handlers Joining strike ot the waiehouse- ) ^er plant, '^ fl—Seven persons killed and 21 injured in (Mass,), at Key West, Fla ; aged 61, Pres calls extra seoBlon of senate to meet battle between mllltia and mob when 10-Rev. v{m. II, Mllburn, blind d.iaplain Jul 1—Whltehouae, O., nearly wiped out. 15- ' r men -•",,,, Mar. 6_ . ^, May 3-^Detrolt, 9 by train plunging Into / of U, S, scnite, in Santa Barbara, Cal,; 4—St Joseph, Mo., Hammond Packing Co.'» I'! J un, 1—Many hotels and restaurants In Chi­ 1—The 67th oongrens ' adjourns sine die; oro'SN'd on 1 track. „„.^ , , , latter made desperate assault on jail, 23—Mooney Allen (negro), at Beaumont, aged 80, building. $1,500,000. • , ^ cago tied up by stilko of vtalteis and Senator Allison states appioprlatlons ag­ e-ort Virginia coast, 20 by sinking of steam­ Aug 2—llalsey. Ore,, nearly destroyed, t'v BOOkB, ^ , gregated! »1,6&1,108,6H ship Saginaw, Tex,; for shooting policeman. 12-T-Brlgham Young, pres. Mormon church, 25—J. D, Mayfleld (colored), at Danville, in Salt La'xe City. Oct. 10—Aberdeen, Wash , 10 business • > ^.J\iU 22-~Now River (Pa) coal miners re- 5—U, S. senate In extra session,,,.Pres. l-Eggleston Springs, Va„ 0 by sliding rook, blocks; 4 lives lost, and $1,000,000 In piop- ,>',. ^Mtat work after 18 months'strike, nominates Wm, D, Cium as ooUeotor ot 25—Near •Hastings, Neb,, 16 by tornadoes, -111,1 murder of Henry Oalterman,,,.Jen­ 21—Ex-Gov, and ex-U S, Senator Alexan­ nie Steers (Kfigress), near Shreveport, der Ramsay, In St, Paul; agedS8, I ^''•'jVttg. 3—G, M. Sohmab Is succeeded by W. ouatotaa at Charleston, S C. 27_Near'Bryan, Ala , 8 In railway colllalon. Nov,i—Coney Island, N, Y",, bo-wery swept *•,"•• i I B. Cor«i ^as pres. JJnltcd States Steel oor- 1!>—U. S senate ratines Cuban reciprocity Jun 4r^Near Stillwater, Kan,, 0 in railway La,; charged with poisoning girl, 28—Gov Deforest Richards, af Cheyenne, i ug, 4—John MiUlkln (negro preacher) and WJO ; aged 66,,,.IrvingM, Scott, builder by'flames; $1,000,000,,,.Plre In vatli'an u( treaty 60 to 10 and adjourns collision, ',^',,": 1 Rome. '' 31—Pres, Hoosevelt leaves Washington on John Hunter, his son-in-law, killed by of (he Oregon, in San Francisco, '•"' a&^%''a®''''j''l?arkB,^ot*.New Tork.vwalking' J—Madison; III;, IB while protecting prop- whiteoappera at- Lewisburg, Tenn 29—Stuart Robson, comedian. In New York; 3--Troy, N, Y„ $1,000,000 blaae on CltUens" (t, * aelegatcT found guilty of extorting money •, •western > trip < covering H,OCO m and 22 eiiy.,from;;.flood, - steamboat pler,,,,Baaln, Mont,, Ue- states. ' " • ' Wm, Garrett (negro) drowned while be­ I , V [QPt.af'ttlmB atrlkii, Is sentenced to prison 11—Atiercieeni :,Ark„ 7 by houseboat cnpslz- ing pura-ued'by-armed men of Eartholo- ao-^aul Du Challlu, American author and I i.i5.''I'.,'r , i'pf^ot,lcsl'prrnot.ics9a than2'/4>eaia,.t , AUemjployea Apr, 7—Carter H, Harrison reelected mayor lnK'-'-^'',;'i'"',''•• V • * explorer, In St, Petersburg; aged 67. 21—Lilly,'Pa„ lodging house; 28 ItalU.n la­ o£ Chicago. ' ' I , mew'county, Ind, ' ', ' Jul "1—In various cities 52 deaths are trace­ Oct, 1—'Walter Davis (colored), at Marshall, Jul, iS—Harrlet Stanwood Blaine (widow Ark, enveloped In dense amoke aa re,>ult, 'i 3 I'arks released on certlfleate ot 28—Upon attempt of Speaker John 11 Miller able to accidents In celebrating the day; Jas, Q.), in Augusta, Me., , , ot serious f01 est fires, ,, la*"** -^'JiS'^Pg^ " of 111. legislature to foioo passage ot Tex.; murder of Constable Hayes, nable doubt,. ' ' . > „ 113 deaths from lockjaw later reported, li—Ed MoCoUum" (colored), at Sheridan, 16—P, M, 'Arthur, grand chief engineer of Dec. 2—Otta'W'a (Ont) university; $500,00ft |r"j^, jUsiMS—commeroe o£ jioi-t of New Orleans Undly bill by gavel rule, the vast majoil- 7—Near CharlotteavlUe, Va,, SI In railway Brotherhood ot Locomotive Knglneers, at 1—Sallna, Itan,, . wholesale mercantUd, ty o£ the ,house Inalsta upon roll call, Arlt,; tortwoundlng ofllcer, i . ','•* •-•,' '''ftofltup" by sti Ike oC lo'tigghoremen. collision. ', 10-Thos, Hall (negro), at WlokllfCe, Ky.: Winnipeg, Man, housQ of IITTD, Lee; $500,000, ' * . ,J5J®.iftKansa8'City, Mo„ ooiivenllon of In- drives speaker from house, and pi oceeds 29-Bouth Lowell, UMa,, 2S by dynamite IJ-Jaa UsNeli'WlJlfltler.'artlst, inLoncSoni S-Abbott, Tex,, almost w Iped out. -•nftilonjH'Assn. of Brldgo and Struo-. to pass Mueller bill. cxplosloB, ' . „ cbavgcd wltli shooting whU« boy,

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William Vorco ef Onondaga waa in llie oily ^SSS«SS3SSSSSSSSSSS3SSSSSSSS5JSSSS^ yeiiorday. 0. W, Wlillman has been In Detroit n few days Ihia wei-k, Mrs. Wm. AmsdcU went to Uaneroflyester­ SHAWLS day to visit friends. FUR SALE F, .1, Huston of OlilCHgo is tlie guest of his New lot from the old sister, MIS, A. L, hu&e, New Purg just in, Badger State Co;, Irii J, IvelloiiK made a bualnasa trip to Oliar- boufi:ht below price. lotto yesterday morning, the standard shawl- HeiiJ, Punning ol Alma Oollego spnht Sun­ Special Sale for a day with ISitrleCiiaterlln. OFF makers. <\ ILColllngwnod, postmaator at the M, A, few (lays. See window. C, was In tho city yesH-rday, IN THE .Goo, II, iTorgUHon of Detroit was in the city CHINA DEPARTflENT yesterday calling on old friends, John N, Baioman is upon the atrocts nguln aflur his lung lusale with quinsy, The positively GREATEST CLEARING SALE to which this store CLOAK SALE SHIRT WAIST SALE H, W, Lawrence was In Brooklyn, Jackson continued. continued. county, lust FilUay and Saturday, has ever opened its doors. Our splendid, bright, new, choice stock of Mrs, Peter Kurle of Leslie Is a guest of H, All go at one-quarter off All go at one-quarter off M, Williams and family this week, Fancy China of every description put on sale at one-quarter off the reffular prices. regular prices. 0.0. FIncn ol tho American laundry wont to Lansing this morning on business, already lowest prices in the city. Large assortment. Large assortment. Mrs, L. T, IlemanN, who has boon very sick All latest styles. All latest styles. with peritonitis, is'reeovorlng rapidly. Uobort Button went to Now HudKon, Oak­ land county, yesterday morning uu businuss, Novelties, Sugar and Howard Seely started yesterday mornliig on Cream Sets, a lour weeks' business trip lu Northern Mich- Vases, Igan, Chop Platters, J.D, I'lielpsof Lan-lng was In the city Tues­ Bric-a-Brac, day and Wedniisduy un uiialnona at tlio county Cake Plates, January Sales in All Departments OlllCcS. Salad Bowls, Frank Mllo«, who la employed In the ryoulle 1-4 OFF Chocolate Sets, creamery, is visiting Muuun luieuds alucu lust evening, Cups and Saucers, Cracker Jars, Orrln J. Lewis went to Uatli last evening to vlall Ills dHuBhlor, Mrs, W, J, Walker lur u Plates, Odd Pieces. few days. 0. A. Cndwell and wife went to Kanms Olty Lamps, Cut Glass, Water Sets, Jardinieres. Mo., yesiei'day afteruuou to I'oinaiii duiiug .>-—" tuti winter, Miss llelle VanOstrand returned to her It will pay you to anticipate your wants ahead for mqcrt'hs, as no atudles at Flint lust Tuesday alter her holiday visit at homo. such opportunity will ever be offered to you again. We muSj?t have the Misses Matle Iteiuton and Minnie .Mullen re­ turned lu Detroit last Monday iruiu their hoi- Idiiy vuCHtiun. room for our staple lines. Come early and get first choice. \ ) OSTEOPATHY MlhS Mario .Smith went to Lansing yesler- . You will find in this assortment the most beautiful line of Hand\ |ugIutmffl0uut!|§inii)Si day lu vl.slt I, U. Wilson and lumlly lor a few days this week, Painted Japanese Goods ever brought to Mason. The already low • IN LANSING Miss Fayo French of Onondaga spent tho DR. F. H. WILLIAMS Thursday, Jan. 7, 1904, holidays with Mlasi-s Bertha Hall and hiaucUe Jewett, prices are much lower than such ware is usually sold for, and at the DH. N. E. WILLIAMS She iison expensive cosmeUcH, Miss Stella Cross returned to Albion College Four Years' Eilablishod Practlco. last Muudui, and Mii>s itluudu Freelaud did one-quarter off prices you will surely want a few pieces. Her (leurest ulrl (rIeiidK ull say, the same Tuesday. no Allegan Stroel Wett Oa a fiicu thai IH slrnngcfiil UDgintoAil, Frank Boello of Grconvllle vl.slled his Sale positively ends January 16.—No longer. For 11 Klvelh hor age away. parents and old MuKon IrltnUa from Thurs­ day until Saturday. PKItNONAIi JIIKNTION. Will Patrick of White Oak went to Detroit THE RACKET STORE last iMunday inoniing lu serve as Juror In uiu Dutecllvo W. .S. Abalo of Lanalag waa hero United Slates court. KIMMEL*S DEPT. STORE Anyone who purchased of me SimuUay. Wm. V, Holt of Orleans county. N. Y., Is n this season a woolen garment for Euii OuKlerlhi returned to Alma lust Mon­ guest 01 hiH counlii, Mrs. Mary Siieucer, at the day evuultiK. Hoiiieol Jeuoo ijray. 95c and is not satisfied with the Mr»-. M. C. DwIuoU wont to New Orleans Avay it has worn, bring it back A. V, Peek made a business trip to Jnclison last Tuesday to ^polla the winter with J. Al, liiHtTueiiduy, Dresser and family. as a nation or as a iieoplo to oradicato, to ollinl- and get a new one to replace it nato sin, I am conscious that In spite of every K, 0. McKuen vlslled his brotlinr at Ovld Mrs, Clara Diamond of Lansing and Mra, olVorton tho i>arl of others, sin, In all Its power, before Jan. 16. You will iind New Voar's day. Marion Masuu uf Ua Wutkluu uf Can- tlie tints of liell, and tone It with the wail of in­ ios to Investigate, of'postolllco scandals, and of Seemingly, our every Sodom has boon met by a. Lamp Chimneys, 3c, 5c, 8c, 10c. ttUa, were guuata uf Mrs. Fred Uruyaou lust fants, tiie moans of tlie dying, the mnudlln niut- the methods of the political muchlne, I might Aaron J, Rayu'erand lamlly wore KUoitsof Saturday. praying Abraham, and a faithful IM with tiio Complete Lantern, 45c. C, J. llayner and family New Voar's day. terings of tho idiot, the ravings of the mudmun, speak of monopoly and trusts and labor unions, requisite ten rlglitnous. Mlas Bessie Ball returned to tho Ypallanli the scroechos of delirium, and tbo shrieks of tho and the asplrutlous und methods of each, but It It Is a saying, trite but true, that national llfo Ladies' Golf Gloves, 23c, 45c. Misses Bertha and Frances Howard return­ Nurmui on Monday alter apeudiug ihe hull damned, I would varnish it with tlio poison of could only emphasize tlie truth that sin Is u re­ Is but a relloctlon of the Individual life of tho Glass Cracker Jars, 23c. ed to tlieir homo la Albion New Year's day. duya with iter pureuia. Hot father uccoiu- asps and frame it in serpents with over tighten­ proach to any people. nation. It follows then, that we stand or fall pauiod her, ing colls and with the wreaths of eternnl tor­ Cod bus shown His wonderful patience and according to what wo are us Individuals, and, 2-qt Corn Popper, 13c: 1)1181 Noltlo Horlzberg spent New Years ment; aud then I could but lament thut I bad long-sulferlng and goodness, iu thut lie has con­ this Implies that we stand or fall according to with W.H.Townc'i family In (jlraud lluplds. Guy Uuytnond and family attended a re­ fallen so far short of making my picture reveul tinued to bless us even though wo have sinned what wo do as Individuals, It Is tlio aggioga- tho awful truth. Toilet Soap, 5c per cake. Asa and MUo Pryor returned to Albion Col­ union of luu tlulleu families >ew Year's ut the so grievously; u fact which .should load us into tloii ot Individuals that makes a nation; ftls tlio See our splendid assortment of lege last Tuesday ttllor their holiday vucntloii. reaideuce uf J. U. Uallen, North Aurellua,ul And vet this evil is entrenched in tho appe­ that earnest spirit of ThuuksglYliig wiieroln wo aggregation uf individuals tliat makes a domi­ wuicu Ully-uue relatlvea were present. tites of nien;.in social custom, In Unnnclal sliould do our utmost to put away our reproach. nant party. It Is tho aggregation of Individuals China at all prices. Mrs. Joseph Casey of Mt. Clemens visited greed; in political operations; and In govern­ Let us now turn from tho thuught of our re­ thut makes a public sentiment. Ho, too, it Is tho U. D. Northrup. F, E. RuulorU and B,S, proach to tho condition of aggregation of Individuals that makes, a prob- her parenu Now Year's, rolutniuK Saturday. Sluuchlluld, and tuelr wives, all of Lauaiug, mental recognition, permission and protection: Tarns, 23c, 45c, Toques, 23c, 45c uud wbnt Is far worse, in a moral, spiritual, uud 11. Our dolivorunco, which Is In the way of loin to sulve and that makes a power to solve It. II. 0. Wickers of Oaliloy visited Jacob Pariah and UuUortS.iSurtUrupuICuruell University, As It is givon to few men to Inllijonce many, \n Elbows, 15c. Stovepipe, 13c, 15c. and lamlly holiday weel:, returning Saturday. were guests ut WlU U, Buraer uud lumlly Men christian ludlireronco, that Is a practical permis­ righteousness, for while "sin is, a roproaoli to Y'cur'a, sion for its cuntlnuauco. Sin is, Indeed, a re­ any pooplo," "righteousness exaLeth a nutloii." the same way, It Is given to many td inlluonco iT 100-foot Wire Clothes Line, 21c. Miss Cora McCurdy, after spending tho hol­ proach to any people, A The cull toduy Is a call to civic righteousness. few, but for the cause of righteousness and oxul- idays at homo, returned to Ypailanti Uonduy. D.tvld RuaboU of Gilmoro and Mrs, Jennie Ahu second specllicutlonof our reproach, lot Wo have sulfered untold ovils tlirough sin. but tutlon It Is as Important that tho many bo faith- Uumpl'ley ul, Vaudecar, Isabella county, ii.s look lit Immorality, Tliroo mighty forces are en the other hand, righteousness has caiisud all fill, as that the few. , Mia. Chancy Breed visited her daughter, Wuiein tiie city yeaiuiduy,called to uituud operative to bring upon us tlio constant lullow- our exultation, A righteous cause sustained by Wo need not despair. That God spoakb font Haslett. Miss >ellle lioldon,at Lansing Mew Year's ttieli inuiuur whu u very slua ul her Uuiuu lu Ing tide uf immorality: rigliteous men gave us our indopoiidonco in tlio of national -righteousness, us well us natlon.tl day, Aurellua, ' . ibt, like a huge octopus witli its bead at Salt beginning of our imtlunal life. It was the right sin, has In it us,inucli ot promise us dlscoiiiago- Ellu Beebo uiid Miiiuie Leopke arc Cupl, and Mrs, C, E, Suvro and dnuchtor Lake City and Its inlglity tenaolea reaching out nialntominco of a righteous cause that was nnr mont. While there is much to regret, still v,o buurdiug with Mrs, Moore. Uniily ylulted Lansing friends New Year's Iru Palen and family und Cheater Pulen and to all tlie land, Is entrenchod Wormonlsm, Isvor national preservation In the days of rebellion. have muclrfor which to be thankful. Cod's day, luuiliyoi Juik-iun, Mulvln Puien uud family wutehfidand everdocoltful,ltcarrIos on Its tear­ It was righteousness toward Cuba that got \u mercy has never boon more signally manllosL Mra. Murati of Alma spent Moiida^' of nuuth Duauiu, lllrum Puieu uud tuinliy ui ful work, and constantly seeks for recognition honor, and righteousness In China that made us than in the abnndnnt blessings of tlio past year. Wilh Mr8..A. J. Smilh. Mra, Mamo Tyler and daughter. Uthel, of Hull, I'nllij Palen uud family ul Aluleduu,uuu ,it tho hand of tbo moral and lawriibldlng elo- powerful among the nations. So, wlierevor: wo He bus eiiubled us to make marvelous strides by­ Lansing visited ti londs in this city all ul lull Mrs, Luuillu Curuiir uf UlVna, weie New mcnt, It'lias met its defeat in seeking admit- liuYO been exalted as a nation, it has not boon way of attulnmont In every branch of ondpuvor, Dr Cumpbell spent a few duya with weelc. Yeui'a guests 01 iheli biulh(.r, WilUuinPaUn, taiico to our National House of Ueprosentatlvos. bocauso wo were groat In territory, or wealth or and the oiiportuiiltlos and possibilities of llfo hia alstur in Cnuuda. Mra. Charles Day of Bristol Contor, N. Y., AHU stieel. and now reiiowa the'light for recognition by power, neither bocauso of our boasted wisdom, wore never so groat us now. In this then is our vlsltid hor slater, Mis, Wm, Wuaper, Innt seeking to seat u polygamist in the U, S. Sonuto, but, rather, because we wore right. hope-In the Individual who, approclntlng (Jod's Mrs. Hullett is ou the sick list. wotlc, It despoils virtue, destroys the sanctity of the manifold blessings, hours nnd hoods His word of THA.NKSaiVINa SERMON inarii.igo relation, uud ruins tlio aiicrednoss of (lOd's law in morals und religion Is us exact as warning, applies Ills principle ot righteousness, The Sunday scliool will give u fisb- David D, Hurlborl and fnmily of fughum the homo. In the nanio of re Igluiili | ru.iiul- Ills law in science. In all these, suceuss enmos and through right character, right conduct, pond social at Mrs. Lydu Smith's Imli wore gnesiB oJ K. D. Woia mid family New g.vtos a doctrine so pornlclmis ,;l;ai mi; u'liole only through the right application of the right right education and right .standards, socks to Tuesday oveulnu, January 12. Wm Year's. Delivered by Rev. W. H. Simmoiis at family, .sm-iai.giivi.'nii eiit;-!,- inl :ui(.luus liib- law, or In other words, through righteousness. raise litimanlty to higher level and thus moro the Baptist Ohurch la This City llc I-illiliM'Ki" 0', ii,l. . hiiu illliu illUi tills Is The sumo law holds In governmoiit. speodlly to tisfior In tiie kingdom of our Lora Foster's elttss will serve supper, Mlsa Myrryno McOroason rctarncd Monday We find ourselves considering two existing uud of Ills Christ. aflei spending tho holidays with Bay City at the Above Time. lie .i„.,i;.„.j y. •.: I .on,cat .suciuievirwhich condltioas: the one, a condition of awful re­ People are now burvestintf Ihcir ice, frlondK. ' ' Prov, 11,3-1. Itlghtouusnoss e.uilteth a nation, ,1 I :,„ii ;i» ilo.idi^ irailic m the souls of our proach, and tho other, a condition of uusurpnssod which is fourteen indies tbic people. , .o, and an Diganlzcd education for tbo de- blessing, that fittingly callB for a day of Tnilse BcnJ. Whitenian of Oakley was In tha city •,.1 iicuun of our boys; which Is crowding Its do-' and Thanksgiving; and ,wo are led to ask, if God, Besolutions of Bospect. The nelKbbora will have a woodbee last Thursday and iirlduy culling ou old 'llio thouKlit 1 bring you toduy Is suggested u. bii uctl\e Iiilluenso Into every department of our In His mercy, bus blessed us so wonderfully WmtnuASpIthus ploiined the Supreme Uuler lor Mrs. Baker, Thursday, January 7. friends, the words ul Pi evident Itoo-iUN ell's piocl.iiii.i- boclal fabric, until we sometimes cpiostlon as to when sulforiiig tliu reproach of sin, what euuld of the Universe to cull from our midst, and from tlun wheio lie pntja th.it uiir hearts may lie wlietlior virtue can yet be found, or would not He do for us wore our reiiroach re­ bis labors hero below. Sir Knight Fred H, I'lirdy. The people of Haslett bad a wood-bee G, W, Ilcllcr, wife and little dnugblir of loused to vMir steudlastly tut good und ugiiiii^t jrd, Mormonlsm being so evident, and In soino. moved, and wo could freely rcooive tlio rewjird to the crcat review beyond. Therefore be it LanalDg apuut Suuday with lelailvca in this all the foices ut evil, public ii now abides. oflicIalB.uprlght; and the business of tlio com- CHAS. S. Gt.Anit. JTiist One niniito. nished music for the New Ycai's bull at Wil- take counsel with ciirlstiaii lawyers wlioadvlso morcialworid immediately raisodto a level far FitiCD E, Mii.r.s, lluiuslou. Hi iiiBMintlng tlilb truth, lot us coublder, I, divoiee,wbicb:ls:granted by u christian Judge, above nuostloii or .reproach. Jtlglitoousnobs C. K. SAYKK, One Minulo Cough Cure gives relief Our Kopiottcli. They fornii new attachments, and once mure wouidrgive Immediate olVect to iovory Just law. Committoih. ' -"--- in one minute, becauso-^it kills the M.U Qosaen and wlfo or Lansing spent Now hit IS iiu> 11.11 uuiilar ploiiburo to paint tiio pic- come liotorea christian minister to bo.again and repel every evil ono,, Klglitomisness would microbe which tickles tho mucous Years and over Huuduy wita mepheu uoliur luie, 01 give tuuches ut out iiutlon's aliis or le- married; und.all in violutlon of God's .will und make tlio moral law linmodlutely oiioratlvo, and •ad family, proucli only so lur ub it unsweis tiie coiisuiuuh- word,. The saiiotity of murriago is denied, the lurgoiy remove the nocoasity of stututo law witli membrane, causing the cough, tmd at ueaa of duty uud may serve to sec Ub right lur seventh commandment is broken; virtue. Is do­ its iniiltilndeof olllcers to oiiforco the same, the same lime clears the plilt-gm, " Bert Olurk and family of Lansing were futitie uctlun. Uui Siiviur said, "To wnuinso- th ronod,'the sucrodness of the homo Is profaned, , Itlglitoousuess would quickly settle evoryqiios- draws out tho iiiflummatiou and heals Niw Year's Kuesls oro. 0, Jlojt and wife, evormucli is given, ot liiin shall much be ic- tho dignlty.of: the law Is prostituted, the educa­ tlon of .contention: and strife.- Is there a race Maple stieot. iiuired," And so wo Icttiii that great opiioitu- tional value of examplo Is turned to evil, noble problem? ,Kigliteousnos81 alono • can.isettle It. SUBSCRIBE FOR and suothca the uflected parts. One nity places great rosi unhlblilty uud niuKes the hontlmont'Is demoralized., children;Oro turned Is there li problem of capital and labor, strikes, Miss KihpLRowloy of Lansing visited Mlsi vloiution.uf tlghtouiis piliieiplu inoie uppuicnt. Iilii ute Cough Cure alrcnglliens tiiu Blanche Jowett Now Yeai's and toumtuod adUtt,;tho moral tone of tlio community and of etc,'/, Itlghteousnois alone can settle it. Theio ' lui ga, wards ott pneumonia and is a over Sunday. High virtue und tliigiant ain niuy u.\is[ close cummonwoultli Is enfcoblcd;,tho religious sontl- Is the trainn question niidiitheciueatlon of tlio logutiier, und Bometiiiies the presence of vU'tiiu meut is outragod and God la dlsiioiiored,' Sure­ unemidoyed; only the application of tlie princi­ - harmless ftud never failing cure iu all W. Bay ChHse or LnnatDg passed tho lioll,< hiakes it tlie easier for bin tu ubuund. 'ihe tiuiy ly "sin iB a roproacll,'V',,: '.,/":;;,;; -,>:;;:AA'5,rv^j;>,"; ple, of righteousness can; settle it.: Itlffhtcoua- curable esses of coughs, colds and days with Wm. A. Dlaiaoud and other irleuda vlrtiioiia are not nuturuiiy ausplcioua; the truly Wore there time, 1 might spoak; of gambling, noss, aniT.rlghteousness alone, can settle tbo THE NEWS croup. One Minute Cough Cure is In the county. , < viitiiuub uio tho iiiubC cliutltable; tho truly ^It- that universal cruzo that; possesses the sotUs of (luestlonsnf Cuban: reciprocity, isthmian canal, tuouu uie most eiisiiy Imposed tiiion uud have our people: There is no need of a Monte Carlo;: primary eloctlon,olgurotto criino; tobacco niil- pleasant to take, harmless and good Mlsa Myra Wood returned to Detroit'Mon- tho least knowledge of, and huw tu liglit oiguu- nor need our people betuito tllembel^ca to tbo bunce, farm boundaiies, social relutlons, com- alike for young and old, Sold • by day after apendtug the lioliduya uuder tl o U - X a n not l.oro to sny tliat it Is posblblc for us they may indulge this passion. Ihc cud table ail otlioi questions ^^llero tho rights ol men and

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