~~~~ Gage, of Linkville, installed tht were largely attended by friends ‘from Oxford, Ortonville, Oakwood and other places, Rev. Snyder, of Oxford, gave

he singing by Mrs. Suth- Karr, Messrs, Sutherland and Whitcomb was very impressive, The casket was beautifully draped and covered with exquisite flowers, fitting emblems of its sunny occupant, Asa Moulton, of Pt. Rowan ITE . gage^ in Mission work in hlexico, i6 Her friends have t ~ssi~tin~Rev. IB. J. Bitxter, of the Press community. May Liv@ of rich inan oft remind us , in a series of specia: ‘‘Ther~is no doath ! what s001ns so is trans- far the interest and Thisition, lifo cam0 ~ecers~ary been good and are on Is a suburb of the life elysi ~~tiouat that D the increase. Meetings are held a1 Whose portals men call dotitli three o’clock in the afternoon EOI church workers and any who arein- 11, B. l~~irweatherhas a new adv. lar opportu~ity during December, suffered iujury from any cause?” 163 correspondents in the State answer rcyes,’yand 508 %o,” and in answer to the question, ‘(Has the ground been well coverod with ~a~hioned,china, etc,, and loaded with snow during Decembe edibles common in that eastern clime, pondents in the sout known as the Tuscola Cloun while sober damos and smiling maid- answer ccyes,”and 378 ‘‘ ens flitted hither and th northern counties 8 answer “yes,” and caps, kerchiefs and apro 64 %o.’f The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed in December is 993,- heria a fow claps b69, and in the five months, August-De-

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to attond tho Institute at Vassar, 17eb 1and 2.

33.03 per cwt., of fat hogs, $3.02 per cmt., and of dressed pork, $4.03 per cvt.

~tr~ctivoto our cloy in during the month of Januar

lorso, fast w :an 19s evpoc of the coun~ry. ITo will speak of the under one year old were worth, per their new hall o people, lan~u~ge,salutation, stc.

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year and over, $7.33. The prices here given are for the State, For each class of horses, sheep and hogs they are higher, and for milch cows and each class of cattle other than milch cows, lower, than the prices ruling in ths southern four tims of counties c: has all port excepting co and dressed pork. one mile east of town, tucl ~~pr~ciatesthe necessity of thor- The avera~eincrease in the price of ~ithdrawnbefore t died Sun~ayand was buried ~urin~seasons of revival. wheat is 25 cents per bu in the ~c~uillencemot ory. ~~~il~the evange~istis not sensational fat cattle, 20 cents per cwt. Some merchants have B holi got ho is a popular speaker and sets The average prices of t d bocauso in dull ti~e~ spol in a plain and soul classes of horses are reported from 66 their a~vertisin~and nner. Bible readings are cents to $1.25 higher, milch cows, $1.27 ordinary eaorts. noon at 2:30 p. m. at higher, and the several classes of cattle I~hoto~ra~~erMaim t. ond days andsat- understoorl that everyone accept in^ his Jrdays. Next Sunday Nr. Moody will $5 oEer as mentio~edin his adv,, is en. titlad to n frame with the picture the first car load over 68 cents. t to Cass City was shippod Lt 3 p. m. for men only. We trust that day by ~~~~ou~all6r, Per ;he m~eti~~will prove of great benefit oats three cents, per bushel, and hay kius from their fishery at Cla~0ville. not only to the Baptist Church but tc $5.39 per ton, Fat hogs have declined d1sirstor churches in general awak A. number a€ Foresters from Gage 17 cents, and dressed pork 22 cents, ening of the community. town attendod tho installation of 0133 per cwt. Hogs under one year old, and over, average practically the same cers here Tuesday evening. Tho breth Tho follow in^ from the Pontiac ron horn here wili Gazette refers to a s plimont this ovoning. Floury P. Doming, who known here and whose demise will bc ro~re~te~by all who knew her:--A verg sad event occurred l9th, in the death r a brief illness ther, J. W. Craw.

Dobate-Fesolvod that the irivontion of machli~erj

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Trunk train clispatchcr at Battlc Creek. has been innclc cliicf train dispatcher

Senate Lleut.-Oov. Bustan called for diplitlieria at Lesington last week and ordcr and Rev. Mr. Osborne offered ass Rfust A prayer. Secretary Alward then- iscad the list of members as ccrtified to him by Secretary of State Gardner, and tlie senators were sworn in in bloclis of Mr. Proctor made a speech in favor o- , a constitutional amendment to limii

six. President Dustan ~ the President to one six-year term. son, and died of his injuries. Ee WQE an address. John L one of tlie be The arbitration treaty between thc sworn in as president pro tern and the United States and Great Britain wa! same form was followed with tho other received, with the Presiclcnt’s messagcr officers. Senator Thompson offered a urging the ratificatioii of tlie treaty e the manufacturc of stonc of casts, lca,ving only five crimes for lie died almost instantly. I~ni~c~liately resolution, which was adopt ~fter~vards,in execntivc session, il cement at Bronson, tlicre being a big de:Lth penalty c2~r.1 be im- ing to the Lansing pastors was referred to the committee on for. tion to open the daily ses trcason, rqurder, rape, and two offenses applicable to tlie army eign relations ancl ’~vasorclercd to be prayer.- Secretary D. E. Alwar printed. I-lovsE.--The Pacific railwaj and navy only. Call, of Elouida, ant Slosson, of the Senate of MY. funding was lcilleci after a hard fighl le walking on tlic track at introduccd resolutions calling for in- voted $35 and $20 respectively and the majority of GG against it was E Elmdale. Ilis a~. formation ‘ as to the condeinnation of services and expenses in opening surprise to its friends. The vote was era1 ribs and his the Senate. A few preliminary resolu- Julio Sangnilly at TIavana to life im- prisonment and also directing the sec- 168 to 102. Mr. Powers, the chairman tions, providing for messenger bogs, of tlic Pacific railway comiiiittee en. retary of state to dcmancl Sanguilly’E An electric rai etc,, were passed and then Scnators tered a motion to recommit tlie bill, in earncst conversation for several nest spring from Battlc Creek to ICal- ixnniecliate release, Mr. I’cffer, of ICalnsas, deliverccl a speech in support A point of order was made against lfr, r form of self-denial moments. kh.ddcnly she whipped out amazoo, touching Z3cclforc1, A-ugusta, Powers’ motion, but at the suggestion a,revolvcr aiid shot fo~mtiines in rapid Galesburg and Cornstock, with a branch the upper house wa of tlic speaker *tile point was not dis with business. Senators Darnum, posed of, but went over one day. Tlic Mrs. Charles ITagadorn, who was Thompson and Prescott were delegated army appropriation bill and seveml of representatives the later on his resolution, extending the ’dential term to six years and 5s- other bills were then passed. he term of members of the army bill carried 533,126,344, 111;155,55E of representatives at three *lessthan that for the current year. YOUare a mixture of the signs Aries Henry Spaulding as assistant Houa~,.--The Loud bill to regula cut off some of tlie privileges now ARBITRATION TREATY S which Mars rules, and Taurus, which ter and then adjourned, *- rs arrested Charles given to second-class mail matter, oc- The prograinof the Rouse was some- and Great Britain IIuvc what similar and aside from a gtrong but was not disposed of. Each Signed tho Agroornont. opening address by speaker Gordon, of Washington: Tlie proposition to light complexion; the eyes have Midland, who was elected on general arbitration treaty between the ballot, was unusually dull and r Call, of Florida, on Cuba, United States and Great Britain is now esting. Every inember of the the medium for making pub- House an accomplished -fact. Lord Salisbury are very active and energetic and quite erwifj0 and leaves a widow and two children, was present except A. 3. Neidermeier, lie a letter giving a graphic description 1 mines at Ironwood will add to their assented to tlie last suggestion from ambitious to push business; yet, if this __t___ .Tf Monroe, who is ill. One contes of the Cabanas fortress at Xlavana, and this side and Sir Julian Pauncefote, time is correct, you have no constitu present small forces. The outlook is a seat was noted that of James ICer the surrounding$ of the American citi- much improved for employment of at who had been clothed with the neces- tion that will allow you to carry ou silverite of Saginaw, by John I3a zens imprisoned there. The circum- sary authority by Lord 8alisbury, met Republican. 0. B. Fuller, of Delta, stances surrounding tlic letter at- Secretary Olney in the latter’s ofice, was elected spcalrer pro tem. Lewis tracted marlied interest to it, as Mr. where the two gentlemcn, iyepresent- Zall said it came from public man of with your head. You have a great love M. Miller was unanimously made clerk a ing the Eritish government and the high standing in the United States for the beautiful in art and nature; of the House, and It. N. Gibson was United States, attacked their signa- elected sergeant-at-arms, while F. W, who woulcl shortly occupy a place in you are possessed with a great ability tures to the document. Sir Julian re- to talk, write and work fine embroid- Redfern, of Clinton, was chosen the legislative branch of the govern- tained one copy of the treaty for the Failure in business. and domestic enrolling and engrossing clerk. ment. The letter described a visit British government and the other copy naade the writer-and Gen. to The reading of the messages of by Lee was sent to the senate, accompanied Csov. Rich and Gov, Pingree occupied 2abanas fortress and told of the pitiful only those that know you well wilE by a letter from the President, recom- fully appreciate you, and the first half the larger portion of the second day’s :ondition of the prisoners, some of mending its ratification, >hemAmericans, including Julio San- ;ession. The red-tape ceremonies of Ample provision has been wsernbliog the two houses, the justices pilly ancl a young inan who was the tlie treaty to guard against 2f the supreme court and the state :ompanion of Chas. Govin, the Ameri- of‘the arbitrators to agree through :an newspaper correspondent killed in a 3fficers in the hall of the €louse of tie vote. King Oscar, of Sweden, has hba. Mr. Call spolre of the cruel “Flax,” Smltlibor Representatives being complc ted ex- been selected as the final arbiter in 3ov. Rich began tlie reading of his xaetices in Spanish prisons and de- .ong message which was greeted with :lared that these prisons were stained signs Libra, which Venus rules, an I ripple of applause at its close.’ Gov. aith the blood of American citizens, Scopio, which Mars rules, and, ther in3 that needed but an investigation Pingree then took his a. it .itile speech to the c n ,O unmask the extent of the butchery. ;urned his message it the close of the speech the Senate ; medium complexion: hazel lC tion tribunal. No specific reference is tgreed to RIr. Call’s resolution request- eyes; hair was flaxen when young, but Miller to read. TIe I d made to the subject in tlie treaty but ng the secretary of tlie state for all has been getting darker as you it is confidently stated that the matter some !orrespondence relating to the ease of have grown older, If you had been will be settled scparately as the r S. secret servide ofieers hav born a few minutes earlier there woulc be indications of a dimple in your chin You are endowed with the indications 3f both the gentle, confiding, modest passed House bills amending the laws ichard Cornelius, cashier, and for Venus; also- the bold, aggressive, re- relating to timber culture and author- 43 years connected with the National Iractory, warlike Mars, and you will! izing brcvcts to active or retired oRi- Farmers & ~lant~r~’bnnlc, of Balti- act in accordance with w~icheverone cers of the army or navy, The joint mom, was discovercd to be short in his of these happens to be called forth, resolution requesting the fZritish gov- aecoiinta to the amount of about $60,- You are fond of anything that relates ernment to pardon Xrs. Florence 3lay- 000. Rfr. Cornelius had been notified brick was indefiiiitely postponed. Thc of this discovery and lie at once left the bill exempting settlers on pu:Jric lands bank and a fcw liours later his dead from paying the original go recrnment body was found in the duck pond at tlie resolution for a fIouse price fixcrl on thc lands was debated, Druid Ilill park. He had comrni but a final vote was not reiLcllec1. suicide by drowning. €Iousn:.--Ttie Loud bill to amend tlie law relating to second-class mail matt- is Futl~orof niurder. ter was passed by a vote of 144 to 105. , tlie alleged wife-mur- d trocha is of such frequent TKe opposition to the bill made a in the county jail at ccording to data, the sign S strong but ina avail in^ fight against it. Wilmington, O., has filed an asdavit rius, which Jupiter rules, was risi charging his father, Wm. P. Xlarvey, SENATE-F~~teen th day-A number your birth, and, therefore, Jupi a Quaker preacher, aged 69, wit11 being of minor bills on the calendar were dis- your ruling planet or signiflcator. her murderer. The father was lodged Yo posed of, and some progress was made are medium height or abova, with in jail, but denies being implicated in a; on the bill for free lioinesteads on In- well-set figure. The complexion very the crime, and the son’s story is not dian lalzcls, but a final vote was not clear and healthy; the hair medium believed by many people. riees or the output of reached. Nr. Mills, of Texas, offercd to light; eyes light; you are noted fo a joint resolution declaring that the The pl itter and being of 8 cheerful, happy dispositio power of recognizing a new republic Cheese Co., at Monroe, was destroyed IOU do not allow anything like the blu resides in congress, recognizing the in- by fire. The coi-npany’s loss of $4,000 Lo come near you; you.are also no dependence of Cuba, and ~ppropriati~~ was insured, but farmers for miles tor being fully appr~ciat~dby all $10,000 for a United States minister to around who fur~isliedmilk, will lose the republic of Cuba. Mr. Sherman, of hundreds of dollars, :is there will be no Ohio, sought to secure the passage of a market for their inillr for many weeks. bill directing the secrotary of agricul- ture to establish a unifo7.m standard of THE MARKETS. en the most fortu grain and all classes of cereals, to be command a good known as the United States crtandarcl, LWE STOCK. but there was sharp objection, and the N~~ yorlc- Cattle Sheep Lambs Hogs bill went over. An effort by Senacor s rushed in, but the NEWSY CONDEN Pcrlcins, of California, to fix a day for in was empty and it considering the bill for an industrial was supposed that she had escaped. White caps d~rnamite~ of commission to consider problems of Later, however, the blackened remains David McArthur at Yale. labor, etc,was defeated by dilatory tae- tics. Mi.. ~€or~an,of Alabama, se- of her body were found in the ruins. A dispatch from Manil a1 cured the adoption of a resolution for You haveHolen, the Du zodiacal tmcnc, signlawn. The I(alamazoo board of supeivvisors * of the Pllilippine iShUdS, says that the an investigation of the dis:t4ppcaranceof has presented a claim for $372 against Spanish hav certain papers relating to the Pacific the estate oE Mrs. Mr~ryStanley, of routed force a railroad from the files of the treasury Cincinnati- )lanet, You are medium height or Schoolcraf t, w Best grades.. ..4 OOn4 25 Lower grades. .2 W375 ,bove; slender figure; medium to light 30,000 wheels this season. :ornplexion, hair and eyes. If born asylum she was Clovoland- - The 14-year-old son of He finding the dead body of a colored our niinutes earlier you have Uranus without property which will coilze before congress at for support, man named I-Xenry Davis, standing .Is0 for ruling planet, and that woul tier this session, came up under ;t special considerable property has made its ap- erect and against the wall in the rear lenote a little darker s order, The first clay of thca deb:ibe was (yes. You are cheerful c)earance, ~11erc said to be many 1 room. Ife WLS surrounded by a num- occupied by RPessrs. Powers, of Ver- most of the time, yet will be subject to I mont, and Gi*ow, oE Pcnnsglvania, in GEAZN, ETC. * short spells of the blues, and if any- 1 i favor OE the bill, and lJubbard, of Rlis- Wheat, Corn, one does you an Wiry YOU are not souri, and 1Sell. of Texas, in opposition. New Pork 95 @951/, 29 apt to forget it very soon; yet you i Sixteenth day. -No session of the Chicago 87 @7% 22t/,@22;y 20 a20 will forgive them and be very just tO Senate. TIousxc.--The number of spealr- 'Detroit 91 Q9l% 22 @22% 19?L,@19% them if you had any dealings with 1 em on the Pacific railroad funding bill Tolodo 93 093 23 a022 19 @lox them, for you are a lover of justice, and was more than twice as large as the Buffalo 93 093 23 a25 2X46@?1% have also a great admiration for the day before, but tlie only interesting Cfncinnnt1 03 @93 22 @22% I9 (in19 fino arts. You will have very strong i development was the speech of Mi-. Clovolnnd 91 @a91 22 a23 19 a19 Johnson, who most bitterly and in a 3e spasmodic in its actions most vituperative manner attaclred 1 his niece, Orpha Taylor, aged 17, too Editor I-Iearst, of the San whom a child was born Dee, 3% Examiner, for his oppo After being deluged with spring-like tlie bill and for ‘tiis attempt date the Pacific coast mcinbcrs of the rains until a great deal of ditmage had becn clone in various sections by floods EIouse into voting against the bill by threatening drive those who favored Michigaa was given a taste of the to norttiwestcrn blizzard which blocl~aclecl before tlld people.

econome. uld master, It was not possi gone on watch, which did not improve either to behold their beautifu his situation so far as regaining hi: queen led forward to the block. De job ncerned. spite the scrutiny bent T chmen confess that withir both instinctively closed EVERY MINUTE. the ss of an eight-hour nigh1 and held their breath thr watch they have plenty of time to arraJ before them in orderly mental fashior terrible moments. a Dollar PTae Baon Stolon-Although The wild shout that b the mistakes of their past lives, an( tho Mast Auiluclone Graclrsmon deathly stillness told when the spirit o they are a unit in expressing the be imo to Time SIzod Ull CHAPTER XIS. Marie Antoinette jodned that 09 he lief that the strain of sitting still ant murdered husband, At the same yo doing nothing for exactly one-third o “What ails that simpleton? d ment Felicie fell fainting against Jules each day, year-in and year-out, woulc drive them mad were not the timt: dare to sympathize with the proud tY shoulder. The struggling mass of peo prim 75c per bottle. rants? She’s an aristocrat, I’ll swear!’ Ple shut out the air, and broken by the complete round of theii Pills are the best. Lady Pelicie trembled from head tc ed her unconscious form beats, which they are r kt foot; her fortitude seeme He looked around hi rough the Treas- every thirty minutes. have forsaken her. for a single trace of u r y department At the end of each di Jules haGtiiy pressed her arm ir found none, Supporting ber as well a from subcellar to ths watchman touches his electrica warning, and began to rail angrily, he could with one arm, he chafed wit1 attic, His access button, which informs the lieutenan of tho watch at his desk at the mair 8; she’s a silly thing. She’: the free hand her icy fingers and mar was not surrepti- and lost all her sense. Sht bly stiff arms. door that everything is well with him s afi’laicl of blood; I’m ir The same virago whose attention ha( The watch patrol, consisting of foul ee were startled bJ hopes to teach her yet the differenct interrupted their progress in the building was men detailed for this duty every nigh betwixt aristocratic blood, which de. mencement, elbowed her way to known to twenty- in each watch, and whose duties art Serves to be spilt, and the “You think more of Dhe dainty min: Avo men of ex- similar to those of police roundsmen of the people’s pulse.” are on tour through the corridors a1 barinless, nbsol “She 100lrs 1Ilte one of ’e majority of whom did too much picket the time, partly for the purpose of see out, here. wench, and let us make sure and patrol duty during the war to per- ing that the watchmen are alive an( trouble. that’s too doll-like a face to belong tc will take her turn at the axe yonder mit themselves to be caught napping alert, and partly to attend to the SYS voice. The :best thing to I in piping times of peace. Each of them tern of electrical button registering The Yellow River is st led the “Sorrow of do 5 ciitizen’s daughter, And she show$ I doubt not. Why must she swooi China.” It is estimated That its floods In the to begin, at once, the use of her guilt; I’ll swear she’s one of them.’ away, when France is made free had at his hahd a persuasive seven- which they in turn are obliged to car nt century have cost China If,O00,000 is the sovereign cure for all affec- eared a little space around Nothing, no queen now. Liberty an( chambered army pistol. None looked ry on to indicate to the li ons of the throat and lungs- she spoke,^ and dragged Fe. equality forever! Death to the aristo as if he would hesitate th’e fractional own wide-awakeness. For earache, put a couple of drops of crats!” part of a second to use his Thomas’ IGclectric Oil on a bit of cot- chitis, Asthma, Croup, white as any statue “She is a young creature, and !has nc weapon if the occasion were. GATHERING SKULLS, ton and place it in the ear. The pain oping Cough, etc. It has strength; such as she cannot 1001 In order to make his midnight tour -- will stop in a few moments. Simple a reputation of fifty years of turned her eyes appealingly to Jules IfPomarc1 Clauso, a I~OCIUSO,nobs an In as the iron fingers left their cruel the reporter Wa8 enough, isn’t it? dim Graveyard NIghtIy, upon her tender arms. foe. Let her wy I beseech you a very much signed over About forty-five miles below Port A wise man is never confounded by what as ‘‘Nay, nay; she’s a good girl, ei and countersigned pass. No one is ad- he can’t understand, but a fool generally is mitted to the building after 4 o’clock land, on the Oregon side of the Colum ess, only for being so frightaned,’ she is no aristocrat, I will vouch foi bia, the broad expanse of water flow cried Jules; “let her go, I beg of you.’ it,” exclaimed Jules imploringly, in the afternoon without one of these NO-TO-BAG FOR FIFTY CENT without a ripple, 400,000 cured. Why not let N BY this time other attention was “No aristocrat, with thoselady feat passes. If the secretary of the treasury te or remove your desire for tobacco. ures? and look at her hands! pshaw should present himself at the main still as death, says the San Franciscl drawn to the scene, and the hurrying Calf. Just above this point is “Coffli money makes health and manhood. crowd paused to gather around thc citizen.” door for admittance at 4:05, having left Cure guarantGed, Wc. and 11.00, all druggists. his pass in one of the pockets of his RGC~C,”which was the starting placc “And do you deny that we may fin( to “the happy hunting ground” thi Experience alone is unconquerable convic- such lovely faces, and delicate frame! other clothes at home and not be recog- of tion. among the people?” cried Jules, stil nized, he would have to go home after various Oregon tribes of Indians, bu the high water of 1862 swept Coffli l3&. Winslow’s Sesllillng Syrup more eagerly; “nay, beauty has no par, it before he could get in. This hap- ldrcn teething, softens thegums, roduccsin tiality for nobility. This paiden is o pened to Secretary Folger on two oc- allay8 gain, zuros wind colic. 25 con t8 a b arm of the terrified girl. humble birth, and yet no princess wa: casions, and both times he commended ever more lovely in person or charac with her!” shouted a dozen fiercc ter, 1 assure you she is of the people.’ in following orders, voices, as the angry eyes glared upon Felicie had slowly revived. As ht I believe Piso said these words a stron the treasury, under the direction of a that will cure ve her to me!” exclaimed Jules shook her frame. captain and two lieutenants of the Wlliiamsport, Pa., pressing forward to her side. “I shall “Perhaps you are right,” said tht: watch. Capt. P. S. Talbert is the pres- punish her w~llfor this silly terror.” ent head of the force. Nearly all of “Get your hait and cloak, Chlotilde; “Make her look on and see thc the watchmen are men who were in we will go with the boy to find Emile. haughty queen’s proud head rolling in the war as mere boys, and are there- hat can we find to fill our baskets, to we some one else who knows her,” fore now in the prime of *life. They give us excuse for reaching him?” “Here comes the very one you wislr are thoroughly trained and reliable Chlotilde pointed to her plants. to see, citizeness,” said a smooth voice men. Very few treasury watchlmen Without another word, Jules hasten- w’hose first accent made the Lady Fe- have been discharged for negligence ed’to dig them up, and set them in the licie spring wildly to her feet. “I an‘ sincg the foundation of the govern- basket; While she entered the cottage shout with me!’’ cried well acquainted with the girl; she wil ment. The possibility of a raid upon for the few articles she dared take his cap and sending up a cheery hum3 tell you so; I will take care of her.” the treasury is regarded as remote, but for “Freedom and equality forever!” Jules knew, without asking, who il the watch force is disciplined to stand A man in the crowd stepped forward was that spoke. M. Pierre had arriv. by for such a raid at any time. and looked eagerly and scrutinizingly ?d to complete their despair, TO observe the fashion with which the night watchmen“cover” their posts, into the pallid, but handso He advanced eagerly and laid his ALWAYS WADY. and stir of the city, They were too features of the youth. hand upon the girl’s shoul it might easily be thought that the -- excited and eager to be aware of the “1’11 swear to, that fac he said significantly: secret service is in constant receipt of Clothes Make tho Man, dark browed, villainous looking man, he, “it’s him, and no mistake.” “You have nothing to fear information as to contemplated treas- Rock of all of its deposits to the who followed stealthily in their steps Jules himself caught- that searching :he people-if you come with me peace. ury robberies. Yet never a dollar has below. Here the overflowing waters o glance, and though his face gave no xbly. I have been looking for you 3 everforce. been taken from the treasur nearly half a century ago lodged tht sign, his heart sank in despair. long time; but as you remember of old remains of many tribes, high and dry “Let’s take them along,” said the The secret service literally moving the last resting plact throng of people, and it was evident man; “we’ll see for ourselves how the celebrated cracksmen, including “Lit- of their dead, for no Pacific coast tribt: some great event ,was at hand, by the pair enjoy jubilee day.” tle Jimmy” Hope, who successfully ever buried their dead below gleaming eyes, violent gesticulations, He who had so persistently tracked pulled off the great Manhattan Bank face of the earth. Some hedge and set faces of the multitude, who all :hemall the way from the cottage, ad- robbery, have from time to time con- about with rocks, above the Jed his voice now, teaplated the conversion of a few mil- leaving the face upward and exposed “Yes, yes; show them howi Marie lions of treasury money to their pri- Others put a bark covering over them toinette finds a necklace sharper than vate use, but they all thought better diamonds, the free gift of the people. of it. They decided the undertaking to limbs or left in the forks of trees. Tim6 ;afe an hour, if I do not save be of too colossal a charactor. rhere’ll be some one here, anon, who will tear you limb from limb; bewarc has robbed every form of its substancc :an’ tell their true names.” The watch force is divided into three and left only the whitened bones ani Lhen how you r6fuse my aid, how yor reliefs, like an army guard, only thc I “What! is the man suspected, also?’ reject my friendship. Will you come?’ bleached skulls. Students, dentist treasury watchman is on post longer and physicans are eager to secure thes asked the woman who had cuased tht All the strength which till now bar s down the whole detention. than the soldier. His tour of duty last2 trophies for articulation. So great i seemead entirely lost, came back to thc eight hours. The first watch of the the demand that at least one man ha The last speaker nodded acquies- girl with the tide of indignation cence. ~here~iponthe whole crowd ant day goes on at 8 in the morning, It is for years followed the hazardous busi abhorrence which throbbed in ever: relieved at 4 in the afternoon by thc ness of gathering these skulls for th around took up a fiendish yell, morc pulse. like the cry of a blood-thirsty, wild watch which remains on duty until market. It is risky, =for the few re beast than the voice of human beings (TO BE COXTIXUED.) midnight. The midnight watch, which maining Indians still keep vigil over th and began hustlin~the pair along to. is regarded as the most important of remains of their dead, and to be caugh Jules had turned deadly pale, his ward the spot where rhe hapless queer: A LOST MINE the three, completes the triple-linked in the act would mean a prisoner ii lips were set, his eyes gleamed fierce- guard chain, and goes off at 8 in the was expected +n appear, nlucil Timo Spont In Seeking for Secw the recesses of the neighboring moun ly as ha answered: morning. There are only fourteen men by Jules flung ti! - arm around his com- ~~eusures. tains, followed a death of slow tor panion to steady ber steps, and shielt in the day watch, from 8 a. m. to 4 ture, for no quarter or mercy would b’ Falcon’s usual resort, and then you her iron the rude jostling of thc An usual feature is that a particula p. m. Each of the other two watches shown the victim. Still, knowing this may go your way. We have no time to etimes with a compan~ono f twenty-eight ‘men. AI- Howard Clause, a recluse, nightly risk crowd. has been said, the “mid” waste now.” “It is only a jest, Clilotilde,” said he two) used to return from the west ever! his life to gather these grinning, whit The boy laughed in as cheerful a voice as he could form in moon, ostensibly fo: watch, so called, is considered to carry ened skulls, and every’now and the] crowd growing mor ‘honoring the graves o the greatest weight of responsibility a box of large and small skulls i, himself to assu~e~“they will discove~ of the three, on account of the well- took them along with it. our i~nocence,and let us go, Perhaps se again his ances shipped from Portland, Ore., to the va ‘:You have no other choiw,” said he; some friend will a~pearto give assur- tral right of hunting the deer and beai . rious noted seats of medical and denta “‘and there be those in Paris who ance of our good behavioi. among the wild hut verdurous hills learning in the east. would take you up right smartly for says Lippincott’s~ yet gossiping tar. heels hold that really the visits calling it a waste of time to see the wert OOK TITLES. nay broken on the shrine deed her last desp~ratehope. If Emik tor the purpose of opening again tht ~oncealedmine of lead or silver, whost An A~us~n~Chapter of Eitora v~~~ldappear to save them! And yet, tory Might Written. the rebuke mildly. -The how was it possible for any one tc rich spoil the sons of the forest havt 3130 nessing the terrible scene save? She asked this question dream- been seen bearing off in their packs An amusing chapter of liter ion presented, had quite ily, as her eye ran along the sea of Another form of the story relates thai tory might be written on the diflicultie: faces around her, and found no pity- 1, certain hunter (always “won’t tell,’ of novelists over the titles of theil ing eye, no gentle expression of mer- )r now “dead,” or “moved west”) go1 books, says the New York Tribune cy-only flaming, infuriated, revenge- ill the lead fo ullets from the fool Not one is sum if he prints a story ir: )f a mountain a cove on a certaic America under a title that seems tc Third Prize.. .. , , ...... , , tul cou~~tenances. 9 Fourth Prize.. , , , nterfe~ter(now “in him absolutely original that some onc .. .,...... The peasant boy who had acted Fifth Prize.. .. . , , .. . . . *. .. . L. .. guide, after heari first words of ;he penitentiary” or “fied” into part$ won’t turn out to have used i% illread3 In England., We recall that Mr. How- he above prizes are offered to those who construc tlhe crowd darted Young as he mknown) used to coin quarters and was, he knew the of falling un- ialves of good silver (still seen in cir- ells not long ago had to publish a book xlation), yet was never known to buy in England under a different title from Ller the displeasure of these lawless that which he kept for America, and mobs; or of seeming to hold acquaint- iilver in any form. Weeks and months expect to do with the ance with any one suspected of the ob- awe spent each year in searching for now Miss $MargaretSherwood, who Waf face? You had better said to be bringing out a novel called noxious aristocracy. hese secret treasures. Occasionally A WATCHMAN ON DUTY. he enthusiasm would mount to the “An Expericment in Egoism,” is an- And almost lifted from their feet, known nocturnal preferences of burg- nounced to have rechristened it, before amidst Seem and threats, and bitter ieight of sending far off somewhere to lars. CaptaiaTalbert, the head of the publication, “A Puritan Bohemia,’’ his ‘etch back the “old hunter.” More taunts, Jules and fair companion watch force, is of the opinion that the Lucas Malet had to go through the were borne toward the fatal guillotine han once such a one has been per- uaded that there was more richness in day guard needs to be more on the same operation the other day and her iis bullets than he had supposed; and, Llert for surprises than any of them. new novel, “Carissima,” comes out un- egretting vainly the many pounds of Each watchman has a regular per- ier the designation only after having rood silver lead that he had shot away manent post, and there is rarely any Juffered the most puzzling transforma- vady thronged jhifting of Losts. On relieving the man tions. There ought to be a place of 3tanding room it deer, coons, geese and other game, he has been brought back to his old if the old watch the “mid’y watchman -egistry somewhere to assist authors in taunts. Then., with many keen eye ;akes the pistol belonging to the post finding out before they publish whether a :rom the drawer of the table in which :heir titles have been anticipated or racking his goings with his persuading t is placed, sees that it is in proper riend, weeks would be spent in bush- not. At the same time, we repeat, )eating, cliff climbing and laborious ;hape, asks the 4 to 12 o’cloclc watch- ;here ought to be a chapter written nan if everything is all right, and sits earch along rocky shores, about caver- iown under the incandescent light to tous ’bills in fens, bogs, and dismal ~utin his eight hours, most of which ierious complications ens in the deep woods, but only to the in one paper covere itter dis of all their fond being Msrion Warla n t icip a t old hunter” finds iilent corridors. hat tim erated his way- Panther and Bicycle Iftaco. larks; b and rock and rill iclc the familiar aspect, and he whose he exciting experience of an English onfused recollections formed the basis ady in Singapore one evening lately, When risding slowly homeward along mtrol, ha la certain to be discharged 1 road outside of the town the ipon being reported the next day, ound that she was being )nly a very few such cases have oc- talked by a huge black panth urred, and in each cme the sleeper tad the presence of mind to start off has confessed that his drowsiness was tt full speed and soon distanced hsr y flask drinking after having ME. 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:ivo fresh information, original obser- , and reasonable entertainment. ustice of tho poaeo in and for tho nuing with tho fifty-fifthvolume, paper will assume the regular mag- azino SiZQ,which will add greatly to its ITIi c~nvs~isnceand attractiveness. The 0~~100~~published every Saturday- ar The flrst issue

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.* & 0th or time that the makers of the Iaws should -GOVERNOR SAID be tho pegple’s repr@sentatives whose names are upon the rolls of you; houses, The state has suffered great losses in md not members of a third house ,who the past by reason of the failure to col- lect taxes due upon timber lands. The principle object of the owners has been to strip tho lands of valuable timber and re- fuse to pay taxes during the time the en& in elections. tlon of tho Spl Fish ion. haiistive review of stare affairs, and man5 Except Accompaniod by We should be extremely jealous of the stripping process has gone on. When it recommendatio~is w reputation of our business interests. All is of tax Serious N~WQD1sordors-An- known that this evasion the The importance of the work of the fisl other things he cal1-c-d attention to thc law has been and is now practiced to an otlior Casa Whom Norvo investments should be given such guar- commissioners cannot be overestimated financial affairs and says that while thc a antce of safety by law as to inspire con- alarming extent by many wealthy people, both residents and non-residents, some- The introduction of brook trout into th state is in better condition than at thc who deal with us. to be made available. (4.) The la7 of the (From tho Journal, Dotroit, Mi thing should be done at once to prevent streams lower peninsula, whcr close of the year for the last three year2 this end X would recommend the against consolidation of telephone con1 Capital should be enc’ouraged to invest none were found before, demonstrate the funds in the stare treasury being development of our varied re- of a law prohibiting tho cutting panies should be made so positive an( the possibilities of fish -culture. The la and removal of timber from lands upon emphatic and contain such penalties an( bors of the commission have been-d‘irect practically exhausted will necessitate the prostration, was what the sources. Investments made within the which taxes are due and unpaid. forfeitures that it would be impossibll ed to the question of the productivenes borrowing of considerabla money to pa3 at first,” Mrs. Rosio Taple state should be governed and protected to evade it. of our great commercial lisheries. Thi rison Street, Ionia, Mich., by wise laws and not be dis- great lakes ’have ever been great store the expenses of the legislature and othel turbed by frequent changes in The educational, charitable, reforma- houses from which have been drawn an expenses of the state government unti o reporter, “but it was not the laws that govern them, The nually an important revenue to the state organ and member of my b burden of taxation should be equally tory and penal iiistitutions of the state The treatment of criminals is one o th-e levy of 1895 can bz collected. state, for the repeal of others and POI should a11 command your earnest atten- the vexed questions of the nrre, Crimi and have produced a substantial portioi December 31 1893 the state had bor There was a continuous be enactment of a few which I deem oj distributed, all property bearing its just of our food supply, Our people havd my stomach, my head ached on until I share. The issuing of stoclrs and bonds tion, and be subjected to such inspection nals are of two classes, corrigible and in ed money an$ obLjined advances to thc never appreciated tho importance of thes amount of $392,795.54. in $251,8.10.18; ir thought I should grow insane. I felt as if1 ‘i~~t~l~inportance. As representatives ant should be so regulated that when thc in- as will cnnP1e you to provide intclligcntly corrigible. These should be kept separati fisheries. Under proper regulations, an‘ 1894 i~e~an~of the people let us endeavor tc vestor seeks for proper security he will with little care and attention, a giVei 1895 the borrov-cd &oney hnd advances were s~otherin~,and my legs would become And that the state has guarded him in his for their needs, Economy in their man- in all reformatory institutions. The orig area of water may produce ai so weak that I had to drop when I felt tho investment against the purchase of arti- agement shoulcl always be practiced, but inal purpose of the establishment of thi great a quantity of food as an equal are; spells corning on. As for sleep, thab was out ficial values by way of watered stoclrs the nccessity for reducing t::.s cost of prison at Ionia was to pro7ide a place fo of land. With proper methods institute( of the question (except littlo cat naps), i)r in and bonds. It is in your power to niateri- maintenance, if possible was ?:am-mor.3 those who werc not deemed to be hard as to the planting of fish and the contro addition to tho feelings I have attempted ta ally aid owners of corporate property in lrcen~y felt tban at the pztS6**%’ Ant time, ened criminals. I fear that this purposi of the fisheries tho waters of the grea describe, I had neuralgia, and for six mon tha Michigan in disposing of their securities Tho numb5r of omcers and employes on has not always bcen kept in view. I rec lakes lying within our borders can bc arrearages and the current expeiises 01 I kept getting worse and ’vvorso. At last F if you will pass such laws as will pro- the pay rolls should not exccccl actual ommend that sonic discretion be lodgec made a source of great revenue and an1 the state government until the tax le tect the investor therein by making the need for safe and efiicient service, and investment made in stocking these w,Z‘ 1896In shouldanticipation become ofavailable. iii~re~sed rev was confinod to my bed in October, 1 in the prison boards for transfcrring fron L( I have nca”:l~dwrtys t11ought sale of the securities dasier and at a high or extravag:int. salaries ought in no Ionia prison those who have been fount tors with young fistf will return a thou t4 lower rate of interest. case to be paid. Falsc economy and re- to be incorrigible; and also for transfer sand-fold increase. rhe indifference hith from railroarls, which were never grippe,” Mrs. laploy continued, Under the laws that now .exist manu- treixhment generally result in loss and ring from prisons to Xonia such inmate: erto manifested regarding these\ fisherie realized by the failure of thc the dcctor never would say so. W1 facturing and other corporat~onsare pcr- poor scrvice, and therefore should be as may be deemed to be corrigible. Therc has been because of lack of lrnowledgc houso to pass the bill- the senatc it was, however, it kept getting worsc and mitted to do business after having paid avoiiletl, In my ~u~,~m~ntsome reforms can be no greatei‘ nursery for crime thar oif what might be derived from them wit1 finance committee struclr Gut $160,000 from worse (especially my head and nerves) and in 10 per cent of tho authorized capital In the matter of buying supplies for the a prison which permits the association o an exercise of propcr care. The stati the estimates. The iiicrcased cost of thc I thought 1: should die. But I draggodon a without the residue being subscribed for, instikxtions might save to the state many the vicious with those who are mere13 should. each year place in these water, insane, and othcr expenses over tho es- wretched existence until about one year ago, and upon this payment of 10 per cent, and thousaii~~of dollars annually. 1 am unfortunate. the greatest numter of young fish the. timates, made the deficiency December 31, when while I was reading the Detroit ,Tour a few laws upon the strength of the authorized cap- very strongly of the opinion that supplies The care of criminals is another ques can possibly hatch, and to this end addi 1;S95, considera~lymore than was expected. ital and the fair standing of the men for the various institutions s>hould be Lions1 hatcheries should be established ti rho Cost of the state ~overnmeiitfor thc nal and Sarannc TVeelclzj, .I saw a long ac- a1 of all patri- tion which becomes every year a subjec count of similar to my own being and the com- conhected with the corporation, and bought of Michigan producers. Consid- for more serious and thoughtful consid carry on this work whenever required Yeat 1890 cxcecded the estimates in thc a case possibly to sgme extent the fair pros- erable slims of money aro annually cx- oration. The cmployment of machinor) and at as early a date as possible, Thc COP? of the insane in the al~owaneesb4 cured by the use of Dr. Williams’ Fink Pills member of our pects of the business, large credit has penclcd for Fcet anrJ other supalies that and the manufacture of articles whict commercial fisheries have been subject tc tcas2 of state auditors cost of collectior for Pale People. I made up my mind to try bcen obtained by the corporation, in some ~umoto our ii~stit~itioiisfro3 other states compete with the products of our greai abuses for years by the Methods of Asll of ;axes, advanees of honey to countiee thoso pills, and so procured a supply and cases many times larger than the actual while the farmers of our own state who industries is in my opinion fundamentall) ing. The product of the commercial Ash to gay expenses of troops on duty, and ir: began taking them according to directions. capital paid in, The practical worlrines are taxed for the support of the insti- :tnd radically wrong, Hundreds of greal cries. even in their depleted condition othe expenses not antitipatcd. I took them faithfully, gave them, in fact, a of this law are unsatisfactory to crcrfi- tution$, are compelled to go away Prom prisons in the United States have becomt amounts nnnuaily to more than a mill Th~itthe state institution< are becom- most thorough trial, and, I am happy to say, tors because in many instances the home to find a market for their cattle immense manufacturing establishments ion dollars at the lowest wholesale pricc ing a greater expense year by year to thc creditor after the corporation has failed rodu Will it not be nroper to malcc an effort tt of not mor’c, thdd three cents pet pound. people and if the state constitution werc with splendid results,so that now my heart’s to be successful has been found to be the sccurc a chang‘c from the present system With tlie pawage of just laws protecting amended so as to permit specific taxes tc action is normal, my back and spine give largest investor in the venture, 111 order Would it not be well to investigate thc the fishcries prev~liting the capture o be p’laced in the general fund an amount me very little trouble, all neuralgic and tors of corporations Permit me to direct your of young and iikmatura fish and protecting rheumatic pains have left mo. I have no question utilizing and enlnrging the the sp~w~ingAsh upon ’their beds ant sumcient to provide for the wants of the already upon of this cha recommend that ydU tontiori to the university. t present system of prison farms to the state government could be raised much headache whatever, and after the hell that increase th ibility of the share- gratesit possible extent for the . produc. their sttingent enforeeme~~,tfia resht ir more equitable‘ and less burdensome tc I suffered my life is now like heaven. amended as to inst~tfft~onshould under no cir S tion of such articles of food as rnay bt the next AVO years would be an increast in the valce of the nroduct at leas1 the people than by tho present method, *’P cannot say too much in praise of these . If political co bs ctipplcd. Its reputation as one of nccessary to feed prisoners? If hanC of The question of taxation of railroads has Pills. You may use all the ndulatqfy lan- sin can hcre be tHa gPeiit kmerican univeisities should labor onlv were emploved both upon tht one-third, and if continued fqP tei2 yearr would treble 612 ayadrupls this amount agitated the public mind ever since rail. Fyago of which you are capa;Flo Mrs. ry of party organi~~t~on be su~~~ned.It has been endowed by farms anh within the ”walls, it seems tc roads have been in operation. Under the of me the a1 As a busines9 proposition solely, this mat. lapley said to tho reporter, add I will capital the corporation. In other the people and has been m~intaineclby that prisoners could be kept toter theshould leg~s~~t~r~, appeal with the greatest forct present system the taxes are collected words when n corporation obtains work and could produce enough for theii with a minimum of expense. They can be endorse it. I have never tircd of rec authority to do business with a certain with a spirit of pri-dc and often at cJwn support without creating a surpluc increased or di~inishe~~as may qeem mending these pills to my neighbors (and amount of capital that cauital should at sacrifice. Its teachers should and thus crowding the market with prisor It must appeal to the, com’m’on under. sistor, who is a school teacher, and ha a1 to any in the world and they standing that if we are to preserve OUI equitable or desirable by simply changing exist in good faith’for the security of the made goods. The sale of prison made th,e rate of taxation on th2 earnings. horrible time with her nerves and 10s be men of ’ independent thought, soods with fisheries immediate steps must be taker eredi tor. ready and willing to meet all great ques- in competition the products of to secure proper regulation and enforce. Phe prisons of ~iclijgancontinus to In the casb of banking corporations, f‘ree labor has a tendency to reduce prices show improved results in discipline, refor- ti. ns of modern civilization and advance- for such croods and hence reduce wages. ment. I therefore recommend that the much greater liability of the stosk- rnent with I* enli~htened legislature at its coming session, pas: mation and cost of maintenance. iolders exists under the law with very public spirit. The mingling of prison made goods wlth ;ush l~ws’asmay be needed to increase -The parole law has been In effect but a you have written,” such free choice should be removed. iat~sfactoryresults to tne creditors of the others cnablcs those liartdllllg the same to Little over year during which time 71 ndicates of ofnce seekers are formed :tit the pricm below fair profit and in ,he productiveness of thc? fisheries and a Mrs. Tapley requested. After listening. at- )anlis and to the people generally. In a have Irflcr to obviate this 1 am of th; 0 inion :onvicts rc&ived its beneflts. Tho ten tivcly to what she had dictated she said: his connection it would be well to con- results indicate that so far the law has \ iider such supervision of dorporations by 1 cannot refrain from e~pres~f~~my khnt all prison made gooctv shoufd be FulAlled the expeelati ‘‘ 31 can sign that statement with the great- L corporation comniission~r, whose duty stews upon the subject of the prof~ss~~n~lIabrled ard no lnbel should be removed lent~~ie advocates.act of 185 requiring judgGs to re- t shall be to ascertain what the exact inti1 thc Anal purchase from the retailer. tvailable assets of a corporation are be- lobbyist. At every session of the lcgis- lature just measures are killed by the Coal itnil Other State ~~~OU~CC~. 3ort to the executive various facts in re- ore it is permitted to enjoy lation to the character and surroundings irivileges and enter upon the bu ~nem~es~of good gc~v~?riimsntanla equal I find that but few of the state’ fnstitu- lf l9ersons sent to prison has als2 in every vhich it is created, rights and the means user1 to compass lions are supplied with Michigan coal, As tome derived from such licenses must not !yay fulfillcd the expectat~ons of its Grcat Care shoufcl be u tlxeir death arc the paid lobbyists who in- the stata i3 interested in the development Inly maintain the fish comm~ssionin their riends. &orporate bodies from vork of artificial propagation as at pres- densed form all tho elem fest our halls. If the memb 3P thcse mines I wobld suggest the pro- r~garil to private c~rporati~nstho stence on values legislature ase not intell!gent int established and its enlar~emen~in the chise law should also be amended so give new life and richnes ihort I deem it gtvc iii~~e~9endeiitthought and action to priety of the more extended use of this iiture to its fullest possibilities but at o more effectually reach foreign cor- restore shattered nerves. orp~rations deal great prlplic measure’s without the aid of fuel by these institution:r. he same time provide a substantial rev.. tions. There is reputed to be Prom failing specific for such di hould be under, t those Who wine and ddne and cajole and All of the elmients required for making ?nue for the state. :isty to sevcnty-five thotisand dollars tor ataxia partial para1 ompetclnt state of ~att~~’~bribe at feast wrnq step2 iine the state for franchise fees from .nd banks shou:d ah& Niichigan one of the foremost manufac- dance, schtica, neuralgia, ti modify the nuisaifce. foreign corporal ions. Some provision nervous headache, tbe after ision of the prop my lrnowlcdgc that some luring. states of tlie world are present in While I believe that most of our state qhould be made lor collecting this and ionals have rc7ceived lsrge tho state on every hand inexpensive tran- banks arc well managed and in good alting care of similar cor~orationsin the sed of forty-flve oreat states but tw individuals and corpora- sport inclusive, coal ’is plentiful; and ’uturo. The act of the legislature two water power without naming the force :ondition, still the lessons taugDt by the ~ivscstates votZ direct to but part intcrestcd in o~str~t~tin~ failures during the past two years should wars ago autl~orizin~the secretary of ndi~a~,c~in nomination while ever e n, and I trust a roll will reserved in the rapids or the Sault Ste- :tat0 to examine into the affairs of build.: is lot bo unheeded nor forgotten and I feel ierships and other enterprises into cor- such in order that their Marie river, unsurpassed. The vast ng and loan associations under certain se may be clearly knowu r‘rsources of Michigan may be best illus- ;hat I cannot too strongly urge atten- a step in tho right di- for $2.50 (they &renever ,orations.. The death or withdrawal of a trated bv citing the fact thnt less than .ion ttr thi,s subject. From the report of nnd understood. LW has proven inade- the IOO), by addressing Dr. mrtner sometimes compels the winding It u’m’rortunately #happens that in the fifty yeais ago there were but three mil- the commissioner on banking it appears 6f 170 state rpose intended. There is e Company. ~chenect~dy, 1p of the affairs of a ,partnership. This past at’least a faw of the msmberv of lionaires in the United States and by ~011- that t’hero now upwards d that mutual and frn- both houqes have occupipd the c1a:~l CR I lrasting this with the morc startling fact oanlcs and three trust companies in exis- ’t er stat(-nssoaiaticns supervision should be ind several other’ inconvenience^ are ob- pacity OF legislators and lobbyists, being that Michigan mincs have been maliing at .me# in this state with a liability to de- riated by converting the partnership into paid by‘the people a small salary to serve lcast one ~i:liouairea year for the cities positors $of $95,~,000. This is three times ?‘he condition of the $ichi&n Kationnl L stock corporation. While partnerships in the’f~~mercapacity and being hired if the east beside!: sustaining in large lhe number shown by the first annual re- Zilard has very ifaterially improved dur- Lre often converted into corporat by the p’cople’s encmies at high salar,es ,art as great a fleet for other states a9 port and*over twice the liabilit ation, direct and indirect. Taxos are bur- positors, ing tho past tw) years. It is better ust be borne. The theory of mitimate purposes and with ho to serve in the other capacity. It lilts lhat passing through theJ8uez canal. WuiDped and better clothed than ever entions. it is equally true that not been~ne(~~ssaryfor these to be en- L’his compared I with what Michigan has The severe strain of the pa ZLXA form of government is vears has increased the burden and re- before. The trops show a great improve- iortunity afforded by the law is s employers are gen- received as her shab*zis as tho bounty Of iient in discipliue and the cilnlp of IS%, e bornc equally by all owners .he dishonest for the purpose of avoiding ly in the iature to the crust of charity You are qponsibilities of those charged with the! !s:pt?ciallu showcd an observance of order in proportion to their wealth. ndividual liabilities for debts contracted iere to legislate for Michigan, .and I de- idministration of banks and has devel- tvhicliLrmY ttohduncler bethe cl’edilable most rigid to thediscipline. regular iple docs not prevail the gov- n the conduct of their business, and thus ;ire to freely express the opinion that iped some weak points in our banking aheat their creditors out of their honest Yvere these conditions mastered there aws. During the perlod mentioned a rites and theretorc is iiinibcr of banks have failed. The came While;ired in therc the wayare milnyof eq~iipments, things greatlythe state de- 1 exemptions and vari- lues. The qu.~stionof ~rant~n~public fran- would be much less need fo Many worth1ePs co~orationsare organ- lance of ~h~~rit~~icinstitu )f noarly all bank failures may be d’is- fundamental principle zed. electing fbr its a resident a person clifses k? the state‘ and by rqunicipal inctly traced to the excessive loans made military board is out of debt having paid uid be upon lines of public policy and authorit~es, and the conditions under o the officers of those banlrs and to va- 1.11 its bills, besides an i*~d~~tedncssof thrt greatest good of the greatest num- )f well-known Ananclal strength, thus :13,000 whish exiRted four years ago riving to this institution a fictitious cred- which thky shoulfl bo granted and oper- *ions business concerns in which these Ihe policy of coiitinulng the system t. When the affairs of the concern be- imcers were interested in violation of the The Michigan Naval Brigade has shown e taxation of corporations as the :om8 involved and creditors seek to get ated is.oile of the greatest problems with aiv or by evading It. itself worthv of the support it has re- uree of the state from such or- which We have to deal. A public fran- It seems to be a fact that too 2eivedreport at tn’eof thehands secretary of the ofstate. navy, From it id ns which oi.~giiiated when the ,heir money, it is found that the afore- ;aid president has only a few dollars chise, when it has passed beyond state mnlc directors u~r~~rstaiidbanking and wiIic1i favored the pro- itock in the concern and therefore is nost xi’ th-m find it easier at least when 2vident that our naval brigade standa xorlrs for small and mlv liable to the criditors for a small or municipal control, may beconie a pow- imes are Good, to leave tde management thenearly, naval if militianot quite in’the in Unitedthe front States. rank of ies, has long been r$- hmbunt. The creditors are thus swindled er greater than the sovere!gn or muni- ;f the bank with its cas1iic.r or some other r by the people of thw )y the use of the rich man’s name. There cipal power. It may become an engine )ne oflicer. ~ometl~ingc?rtainly should The Plan adopted by the legislature of that the time has ar- 38 done that will make bank directors !s% for the relief of the supreme court l-known! inequalities of s nn easy remedv for all this-the law of opprcssion and corruption. The mo- Ihould make a distinction between pub- ment a franchise is granted the whole the organiza- more familiar with t’he affairs of the Which inCrcasH1 the salary 3f the judge4 ic and auasl-public corporations and people surrender to a Pew of their num- bank and, thus prevent mismanagement ind required them to reside in Lansing hose lat- lions receiving co rivilegeg from Tor which they arc morally and should while it has accomplished all that was ex: which are strictly private: the ber the right to exercise a publ-c fune- tho state government;. So long as this er should in my ludgmcnt. for conmn- tion, and the question which should he oe legally responsible. Petted of it, gives evidence that further ence and’ distinction, be desfsnated as inc-qua1.t.y exists just so long will the The ccuartcrly reports which are now measures Of relief should be talren. support of the common ronsidc~e~is what proportion of that ‘armi-nz communities have manifestly just oint stock companies and all holders of right should be reserved to the people *cquired to be made to the commissioner Chang.es in the law and for additional ap- be disturbed, I recommend jtoelc in such companies should be liable zause to oppose appropriations from ;hould ‘be veriAea by the o&th of all those wopriations are ~recommen~edfor the taken in the form of local or the debts of the concern preclsely the control. which at the best they can draw no more who are required to sign thc report and state board of health and for the collee- ation to make corporations ;ame as though they were partners. benefit than the rest of the people of the the oath should contain a statement that tion of vital statistics A moderate appro- per share of taxation. state, and from which as a. matter of they have pzrsonally exam~nedthe books priationlishing a ~oo~tingfOreStityto department sbme plan of for the estab- state Some ~o~n~er~on Tares, 6’ ~~iIl.0:~~Tolls. all over the United States. These combin- fact they draw less. Good wagon roads md assets of the bank and that from Xlr. Pingree points to tho report of the* are ‘a direct benefit to villages and cities such examinatio~they personally lrnow is also worthy of consideration to ations and consolfdat on<%are for the trUd TFe geological survey, the commiss~oner ture fix the ~~ichiganrailway commiss!oner for IS95 purpose of keeping u tolls. Thc amount and to traIispor~ation comp:tnies. Each that the s~~lementsigned by them is ger fares has should pay a pro~3ortionateshare of such in substance and in fact. of insurance cornmissioner of railroads .o show the inequality of the present dis- of wealth that is be?ng cumulate^ in benefit, There is absolutely no question ~omm~ssione~of labor dairy and Po02 he Rrst general of a few by It should be made obligatory upon each fribution of taxes, and, he says, a like tho hands these favored as to the necessity of mnlc to require from its cashier or treas- omm missioner, titate inipector OP oils, or in 1855. In 1870 holders of special ijrivilegcs is appalling. irer such a bond as shall be approved by salt and the sttLto game and fish warden nequality applies to the telephone, tele- l’hese tolls are indirect taxes, and to all show much jmprovement and give evi- ple of the state amended the con- graph and express eompanics, and to the extent that the right to rcxulate the lence of their i’ight to exist. arge amounts of other property in- the tolls is a~~~n~one(~by the sovereign or The ~~chigan~nivcrsity shoald require “Tlie accident of .my. ‘ ;tate. The governor gives the following the local power to the franchi~eowner, Gtudents from other states to pay an me in bad slinpe; pain in terns from the report: to that extent the right to levv thses ~mou~l~in tuition equal at least, to the spine rendered xnc almost -The total cost of railway property in the Is given away. The state or tlie m~nicii~al-j;4hich will ciidure for some time to come, lost of their in~~ruetio~.A change is was compcllcd to give up $,ate1 of M~ch~~anin the year 1895, according ity appoints an agent for a per.od of Iho state ~o~~riimentmust first satisfy needed in the form of appropriation for Q‘ the report of the r:iilwa~ ~~mrn~s~ioner(not thirty years more than the life of a the ~ichigan mining school. Radical I could not turn over in bed y ’t in print) was $31t1,333,b27 90. The railway the people with a measure of equal taxa- ene era ti on, &id before thp term has half tion before. the qiicstioiz of good roads call changes have been made in the Agricul- ance. I have spent liuu~rc~sof dollars in hnpsnles paid during the year in speclflc expired the agent becon;es the master tural college which promise to increase its axes $742,408 77, or a fraction niare thari two and the master ~c~om~sthe slave. usefulness. The people of Mt. Pleasant, various ways trying to find relief. Physi- tnd one-third mills on the dollar. I would sugge~~tlte olio win^ amend- who have borne the expense of the Cent- cians have told me my spine was honey- The total value of real and personal pro1)erf.y ral iCZichi&n Normal school incident to n the state in the year IS:%, as equalized ments to the laws permitting thk grant- combed €or 13 ,inches. I had given up in ing of francl~isesto public corporations Arb 11iw t P u xi. its man~gemcntup to January 1, 1897, ex- )y the boards af supervisors, was $sls,(JsO,- pect the state to bear all further ex- U0, and the taxw levied for the :same year eet cars, e?cctric 1 ght, tele- In the experi~nceof the state of Michi- ’or state, local, and nll 0th-r ptarpmes (as gas companies. pCpse3. hewn below), ~rn~unt~~to ~~~,~~~,~7~ 04, av a e the fight to flx rates of tolls gan, if not in that of the United States, Fhe economy of admin~s~rationof the ‘ractian less than two and one-half cmts on . (2.1 Let the ~oiistructionof it is found that the military arm 1:; called Solrlisrs’ home Cannot be too highly com- he dollnr. tha plant of every such forporntion be i~~i~~ed.No jmpro~ement:~ in the way of Mr. Pingree then suggests that the leg- into r equisitioii to s~~>~iressriQts, chiefly building annexes should be ons side red for under the supc~vis~onof the municipal- sagrcc~entsb~twecn cor- isldture create a department of taxes and ity so that the actual cost shall be at lcast two years. Appropriations hereto- assessments, composed -of a board to be hLir employes, ~ecourse receiver.The banking comm~ssionershould be giv- fore havs keen made for tne home and the kn&wn. (3.) ~r~~~(~etlmt no mortgage shoeld be the final cx- ~ppointed by the governor, and whlch shall be exccut~dand no bonds issued woman’s annex separate~y, there is no board should be composed in pxt of such tremo resort. It is the duty of* corpora- :n power to close a bank at once when- reason why the appr~priationshould npt to a greater amount than one-half of the tions to live at peace with their neigh- oAicials as have the supcrvisior~ of the actual cost of the plant. (4.) I?equire sver it is insolvent. And in general, P be- be made in gross, so as to cover both in- corporations arainst whom taxes are to bors. And eniployes have a lilre duty to ieve, he should be given the same power sti~uild~ngs tutions. the cor~oratioiieach year to file a sworn perform. Neither has any rights SUI ecio. is the and improvements are much ssessed. This board to deter~n~nethe statem~ntof its receipts and expendi- the other in the eyes of the people. Xt wer the state banks that given t value of all corporate property in tures certified by a public accountant -ontroller of the currency over the na- needed for the school for feeble minded state npt no-w taxed locally under tho the duty oE the state to preserve the ional banks, \ znd epileptics, for the building of three )resent law and to levy taxes thereon in who &hall have access to Its books. (6:) ace and defend the rights of all. But Business prosperity depends upon sound upper peninsular hospital ,he same proportion that private prop- Provide that there shall be no consol.- is also the duty of the state to prevent )anking. Without it we must always ex- dation of one company with another and )ect to pay a higher rate of interest than that no individual stockholder of one )ur business will warrant. I company shall own either directly or What I have said relative to banks ap- indirectly, any sto4k in mother com- ,lies with equal force to building and pany operating in the same city. (6.) oan associations, for the honor and not for the compen- yro+de that no franchise or licelisc? now Savings banks, pure and simple with sation, haa proved a very satisfactory existing or ta be granted in the future 10 capital stock-the depositors stknding method. There have been no defalcations, shall be renewed ox‘ exleudcd beyond the n the relation of shareholders to the ex- no moneys lost, and very rarely indeed terms of the original grant during the ent of their deposits and profit-sharers tny ~isappropri~”tionsmade, while the axation. The owner of the real estate average from 50 to 811 secon life of the or,giiial grant. (7,) Provide Iro rata-are not obliged to earn money duties devolving upon some of those ported where they have re1 nust in all cases pay the tax, not only that no franchise of the character above or shareholders and depositors too. They ooards have bwome so large and intricate six minutes under water. apon the real estate, but upon the mort- enuinerated shall be granted by any mun- Ire enabled to make very conservative that it may be well in the near future :age which he holds, he will recuper~Its icip;lJ. authority withoiit being submitted Stat t is ti CH lt c 111 ti 11~to Coryorct t $ on N, nvrstments As there is no incentive to to provide more definitely what their rom the owner of tho pronprtv rither to a vote of the peoP1e. nake great‘ profits sucii institutions are iiutiesIn closing shall be.his message ex-Gov. Rich )y requiring him to pay additional in- 1 appreciate the fact that the ~)a~sage The value of statistics to the state re- )bviously in the interest of depositors ta of such a law by which the people (~~11lating to corporations is incalculab~e.But xhom a reasonable dividend can be.pkid. says that the history of the state shows erest suRicient to cover the amount of be protected hoin extortion anl iraki& he mortgage or by comnellinn him to they are valueless if they do not extend C recommend that our general banking that in all its departments its affairs have principle under- will be opposed by every friend of s,,e- aws be amended to adhit of such so- been wcll managed as a rule. !xecute a mortgage which contains a cia1 privilege0 not only in this s.ate, bu; far cnough to afford the legislature ab- It‘requentcrs of a saloon .on Front :lause requiring him to pay the tax upon :ieties for savings in Michigan. --- that they wiii be reinforced by agcncs solutely safe material from which to I am in favor of an inheritance tax and he mortgage direct. The effect of the from other states Who r@>reSentlike ill- is of gather the correct deductions upon which in income tax, I earnestly hope you rnay iresent law to prevent residents the tercsts, I cannot emphashe in too great 1 his regulation of corporations is based. see your way clear to provide for them. itrect, Cincinnati, werc horrified at ,tate from loaning money r?trertlv, nnrl tr, a degree the necessity 1‘0s some uct.o:i Thc day of absolute reliance upon eom- Without rellef-tlng upon any previoue incling the cleacf body of a colored Oitment from your dealer. tvofd the payment of tax, frauds are per- in the line here indicated. Wnl(t*s some pedlion especially betwcen transporta- idministratiqn I feel it my duty, here, tc nitted and the mortgitge is taken In the such course*is pursucd it w!ll be ne$es- cion Iiiwcler, went nesslilre manner. :ompaniecl by three sis not bs possible for one individual to con- vitiates all conli Short Legiakative Sessio StUE esplocll~cl nnc Bsc’ate the property. of another. What- heldfranchise that theis s~i1 X‘ would respectfully call your attcntior 3ver rights are requlrcd by reason of the to the provision of tlie constitution re. non-payment of taxes should be acquired raud cannot a ~f tho other9 cliilclren cnught fire and oy the state. Whatever penalties are t that a law be guiring sessions of the legislature to bt xdded for the non-payment of tax should held biennially. Thin and the granting

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stroug drink are not saved at ail. X and handed hi dead body and ~~~e~pt~dto take hi haw been at a concert which went awn life. In the time of Oliver Cram on for two hours and a half, and many me11 the evil was SO great that offend people gotit up and left because it was ers ~vere.compelledto wear what w;z too long; but 95 per cent of those who called “the drunkard’s cloak,:,” namely this morning with great vigor, rough1 a barrel with one end of it lmockec to the last breath of their lungs and all day against large forces, and took out and a hole in the opposite end the last beat of their hearts keep on successfully four redoubts. At last hi2 the arms thruat through holes at thl rendering it, and the galleries of earth BAT TO DO. soldiers gave way, crushed by the su- sides of the barrel. Samuel Johnsor perior numbers of the foe. Although made merry of his own inebriacy. Oh affects you as we1 grievously wounded, he insisted upon this old song! All the centuries haw the instrument to a certain range, an& you because I CaI being carried by two men to rally his ;lOined in. Among the first songs eve] lhaC one feels like making the prayei see you again. : company and led them to the assault, it shows you an object near by. Pull fi g was the Song of the Drunkards to another range, and it will show yo11 which a reformed inebriate once made Led away by i Capl. Sanvallier’s conduct was admir- gain, this Song of the Drunkards if “”Almighty God! If it be thy will thai the bourse ant able, and his condition is now desper- an expensive song. The Sonntags anc ate. I have placed the cross on hiE suffer, whatever seemet? in yesterday’: the Parepa Rosas and Nilssons and tht ight impose upon me. Lei pected breast. This brilliant exploit will per other renderers of elevated and divinc affliction be given me tc where so many fortunes ha1 eat. Take from me the friends of m3 wrecked. I dare not tell you ho confidence. Let the cold hut of pov- I have lost-it must be, however, for the erty be my dwelling-place and tlic honor of the Sanvalliers is involved s almost pauperized them. have sobbed out their penitence, his wasting hand of disease inflict its pain. te. The milcl and the extraordinary Alas! it means very nsarly your Corn. enemies preferred to fetch up his old ful torments. Let me sow i ffect of Swamp-Root is soon realizecl. plete ruin. I owe 468,000 francs! Ah mingled with joy caused M. Sanval- ings under the enchantment of thest wind and reap in the storm curse me! 1 em a wretch? But I did lier’s heart to beat rapidly. For a mo- career, and put into metric measures angels of sweet sounds, I paid seven fpm what direction the win sins long before forgiven. Christ, who have me in derision who a not suspect that ”such a thing could rxsnt he remained silent, Then, his dollars to hear Jenny Lind sing when than I. Let the passing away of my turbinewith the catches hub of it,the and front by w4 Sold by druggists, price fifty cents sncl happen, After having tried in vain tC gazs a little unsteady, his eyes wide committed no sin, was still more the it was not easy-to afford the seven dol- open with sad astonishment, he asked subject of unholy song, because the bet- welfare be like the fleeting of a cloud ohdollar. For a samnle bottle and this diaaster I returned to my lars. Very expensive isB such music and the shouts of my enemies like thc municates some of the force 0 pamphlet, both sent frei by mail, men- wild, my brain on Are, deter- is, the more iniquity hates him. but the costliest song on earth is the Lo the wheel. The turbine Prac to end my life. But I learned best Being of waters. When I anticipate tion this paper and send your full post- drunkard’s song. It costs ruin 0‘ t evil annoy me. When I 1001 ~eutralizesthe effect of a beam that they are recruiting volunteer offi the air or body. It costs ruin of+mind. It cosb The twisting of the turbine in its r touched the earth it t, let darkness come upon me cers for Tonkin, and I asked to be sen ruin of soul. Go right down among Let the terrors of death be ever befort motion works on the rods that Out there, at least, my The byword of the passing throng, the residential streets of any city an( it to a ratchet wheel, which re The ruler’s scoff, the drunkard’s song. me. Do all this, but sav useful; it will have nothing the event, and the next day *all the You can find once beautiful and luxu ful God! Save me from about the hub of the front whee to make you blush and it will papers were talking of Capt. Sanvallier, The earth fitted up for the human rious homesteads that were expender These rods work up and down‘lilee t , inspire you with a little corn. recalling the fact that he was the race, in congratulation the morning in this c’lwtructive music. The lightr piston rods of an engine, and in passion for that guilty but unhappj stars sang a song. The Israelitish have gone out in the drawing-room, tht for cure for prevention, Stop be. way accele~~atethe motion in great and despairing son, who suffers keenlj army safe on the bank of the Red Sea as pianos have ceased the pulsation 0: fore you start, if you will forgive tht gree,parture This from invention those designed is a marked to from the wrong which he has done YOU and the Egyptians clear under the re- their keys, the wardrobe has lost tht turned water, Moses sang a song. One solecism. The clock of St Paul’s ca. last article of appropriate attire. Thf thedral struck thirteen on side! ;n the kiosks of the boulevard, at of the most important parts of this Belshazzarean feast has left nothing great old Book is Solomon’s song. At and so ,saved the life of the corners of the streets; Camille but the broken pieces of the crushei The soldier was arrested and tried for looked at him as he passed, followed the birth of our Lord the Virgin Mary chalices. There it stands, the ghast. falling asleep at his post one midnight which. have take teemed foundry owners of Paris, waf him witb his eyes as if he was living and old Simeon and angelic prima don- liest thing on earth, the remnant of s Judge of the Tribunal of Commerct but he declared that he was awake al nas in hovctring clouds sang a song. drunkard’s home, The costliest thing midnight, and in proof that he was and officer of the Legion of Honor. What enrichment has been given to on earth is sin. The most expensivc He had two sons, Camille, the lieu. awake he said that he had heard thc the world’s literature and enjoyment of all music is the Song of the Drunk- unusual occurrence of the clock tenant, and Auguste, a painter of somf by the ballads, the canticles, the dis- ards. It is the highest tariff of na- originality, married to a charming ing thirteen instead of twelve. cants, the ditties, the roundelays, the tions-not a protective tariff, but a was laughed to scorn and senten epics, the lyrics, the dithyrambs. But tariff of doom, a tarfff of woe, a tarifl girl, Andre?. death; but three or four persons, hear- my text calls attention to a style of of death. This evil whets the kniveE ing of the case, came up in time to song that I think has never been dis- of the assassins, cuts swear that they, too, heard the cloclr commercial enterprise, fearing their in coursed upon, You sometimes hear this wounds of the hospit experience and dreading for them the ke thirteen that same midnigh style of music when passing a saloon, sary mwt of the almshouses, cause?E the man’s life was .spared, universal cruel risk of business. He or a residence in which dissipation is the mast of the ravings of the insane also exacted that after his death the rer, if you go on and thoro ascendant, or after you have retired at asylum and puts up most of the iron learn the Drunkards’ Song, perhaps in business of the foundry should be liqui- night you hear it coming out of the dated and not sold, in order that it bars of the penitentiaries. It has ita the deep midnight of your soul there street from thoad who, having tarried hand to-day on the throat of the Amer- sliould not pass into other hands, and cried in her sly little way: may sound something that will yet ef- long at their cups, are on their way ican republic. It is the taskmaster of fect your moral and eternal rescue. thus be sure of preserving forever in. home-the ballad of the inebriate, the nations, and the human race crouchea tact the name of the Sanvalliers. And his wife entered the oace in their turn. But it is a risky “perhaps.” It is ex- serenade of the alcoholized, or what my under its anathema. The Song of the ceptional. Go ahead on that wrong road now, in spite .2f all these precautions, a M. Sanvallier, who had not been gre- text calls the Song of the D misfortune greater than any which he Drunkards has for- its accompaniment and the clock will more probably strike pared for the arrival of his son, rose For practical and saving the clank of chains, the chattering auickly, then stoo the twelve that closes your day of op- ing and Christian purposes I will an- teeth of poverty, the rattle of execu- portunity, than that it will strike thir- nounce to you the tioner’s scaffold, the crash of ship- teen, the sound of your deliverance. he must procure it at any price. It that well-known cadence mentioned in A few Sabbaths ago, on the steps of was hard! The foundryman’s fortune my text. First I remark that the Song two billion tw this church, a man whom I had known of the Drunkards is an old song. Much was composed of material and mer- :hild, Camille hung his head; he saw in other years confronted me, At the chandise; would su OX the music of the world aad of the in the destruction .of grain and sugar first glance, I saw that he was in the his father changed; grown old on his church is old music. First came the and the supporting of the paupers and tfon yield Cha nece uxounc. fifth and last act of the tragedy of fn- did not know yet. music of percussion, the clapping cym- the criminals which strong drink causes temperance. Splendid even in- his ruin. bal, which was suggested by a hammer is only a small part of what is paid for af terw ready to get down on his knees, he The same brllliant eye, and the same could he fulflll his eon- nn nn nnvil 2nd then the siehine of this expensive Song of the Drunkards. anners, and the remains of :ame forward witn Slow steps to ills the wind across the reeds suggested Again, this Song of the Drunkards is that time it would :ather’s “Let, intellectual endowments but Iuye of Sanvallier! Sanvallier, withbut an at abrupt that start,moment seized M. theof flute,tortoise and then across the strainedits shell shews sug- a multitudinous song-not R solo, not I had seen that craft when a duet, not a quartette, not a sextette; lfm KUnd the neck, crying a Voice gested the harp, But far back of that, it ploughed the waters, all sails set and but millions on millions are this hour running by true compass; wife, and ;uddenly broken by team. “NO, Ca- and nearly back as far as the moral singing it. Do not think that alcohol- nib! In my arms! Zhildren, and friends on board, himself In my arms, my collapse of our first parentage is the ism has this field all to itself, It has commanding in a voyage that he ex- :hild!” And father and son held each song of the Drunkards.* That tune was powerful rivals in the intoxicants of pected would be glorious, putting into c n n d ida tc -1 ather close, their shoulders shaking

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