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Montague Observer. 

T W E N T Y N I N T H Y E A R . MONTAGUE. MICH., APRIL 19. 1900. 

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New Things 

Pulley Belts, Buckles and Rings, 

Spring and Summer Neckwear. 

Babies' Silk and Muslin Bonnets, 

Ladies' Muslin Aprons, 

Pompadour Combs, 

Neck Combs, Stick Pins and Broaches 

Battenburg Patterns, 3 sizes. 

Wool Soap. 

£ We gh'e Discount Stamps. ^3 

S~Butterick's Patterns C. L. STRENGJ 

TIME 

Now, to take a Spring Medicine. We have a 

Laxative Sarsaparilla Compound, just what 

need for a cleanser and conditioner. 

TRY IT 

50c por Bottle and satisfaction guaranteed 

Old Reliable Drug Stre. 

C. J', jfcoffman, !Propr. 

Wall Paper! 

Latest Designs. 

We carry an immense lino of show patterns 

besides a very well assorted stock of'Wall 

Paper in rolls, which will bo closed out very 

cheap. Call and see our pretty designs. 

Orders will reccive prompt and careful attention. 

DICK HAAN, 

Dealer In BOOTS. SHOES and FURNITURE- 

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LOCAL NEWS. 

Drink Blanke's Coffees. 

Will .Sweet is giving his house a new 

coat of drab paint. 

Don't forget the auction sale of Frank 

Reeder next .Saturday. 

Frank Wanamaker is the assistant 

meat cutter at Bothe's shop. 

Archie Becker was at Chicago Monday 

and Tuesday on business. 

Supervisor E. L. Dodge is distributing 

tax statements this week. 

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Windeknecht, 

Tuesday, a bouncing boy. 

Dry goixis at wholesale prices at 

Mears&Sweningston's, Whitehall. 

Will Casselman has secured a 

position at painting in Milwaukee. 

Plowing lias just begun here, but 

Wheat and grass are not yet started. 

Mrs. Geo. Springer has gone to Shelby 

for several days' visit with relatives. 

Miss Nettie Wanamaker is home for 

a few davs visiting relatives and friends 

Repairs have been made on E. E. 

Buchanan's house, recently damaged 

by fire. 

Wait for the amateur play, "The 

Noble Outcast," at the Opera house 

May -Ith. 

Mesdames A. E. Boardwell and 

Christa Fowler were Muskegon visitors 

last Saturday. 

Dick Hall left for Duluth, Wis., 

Tuesday Svhere he takes a position as 

engineer on a steamboat. 

Christa Fowler left Tuesday for Chicago 

where he takes a position on a 

steam barge for the season. 

The Str. Carrie Ryerson leaves today 

for South Haven where she will take in 

tow a dredge for Manistee. 

F. W. Sadler left for Chicago last 

week to join ' his wife for a visit 

with relatives, returning Monday. 

Rev. W. W. Slee, of Spring Lake, 

spent a few days with his brother, R. 

J. Slee, this week, returning Friday. 

Coleman & Jackson have been successful 

in securing "Faust," a thrilling 

dramatic production, for June7th, 

Mrs. Anna Green left for Washington 

Tuesday morning, after a week's 

visit with her mother, Mrs. Anna 

Prill. 

Chas. Simpson's house, which was 

moved from Coon Creek, has reached 

its destination and is being put in 

place today. 

The town hall is to be given a much 

needed renovation on the interior as 

was ordered by the council at their 

last meeting. 

J. E. Farnham, formerly superintendent 

of our schools, is back to his farm 

near Shelby, after spend I ng.the winter 

at Jackson, Mich. 

Word from Geo. R. Smith says that 

there is still considerable snow and ice 

at Baraga, which is on Lake Superior, 

upper peninsula. 

Mrs. B. M. O'Brien, of Grand Rapids, 

a sister of Mrs. W. A. Whitman, is here 

to attend the funeral of the intant 

child of Mr. and Mrs. Whitman. 

Phones are being placed in the following 

places: Store and residence of Rose 

& Son, store and residence of Mrs. L. 

.J. Grubb, and Brooks Bros, meat 

market. 

G. A. Whitbeck went to Detroit 

Monday morning as a representative 

of the local lodge, to attend the Grand 

Council of the Royal Arcanlum held 

In that city Monday and Tuesday. 

The Sunday School Concert at the 

M. E. church Sunday evening was 

well attended, and the program was 

very complete, showing the great need 

of Missionary work in foreign fields. 

There Is to be a general house moving 

this week. Mrs. B. Rose will move 

to the Mclvinstry house, which she lias 

bought, and ye scribe has found a 

humble home in the house owned by 

Mrs. Phoebe Waiteman. 

Rob. Nesblt, Jr., has bought the 

bakery business of Mrs. Pino and is 

conducting the same at the old stand. 

Rob is doing first-class work and will 

no doubt make a success of his new 

undertaking. 

Rev. Julius Bejger, of White River, 

has had more than his just allotment 

of sickness In his household during the 

past two weeks. Three children are 

just rdtoyering from the grip while his 

wife is still suffering from the malady. 

Supervisor of the census J. K. Flood 

has made the following appointments 

for census enumerators: 

Montague—H. C. Floten. 

White River—Geo. A. Sumner. 

Whitehall—11. B. llinman. 

Blue Lake and 

Dalton—Geo. Buzzell. 

Frultland and 

Laketon—Thus. Dorman. 

Claybanksand Grant—L. M.Shafer. 

Nufer Cedar Co. sell stove wood cheap 

and HU orders promptly. 

Have you seen Gee & Carr's baggies? 

Companies t hat set tie l>est are the 

best. Look what mine have done in 

Montague, also look them upfinanclal- 

ily. If your policy is about to expire, 

telephone F. W. Sadler. 

Why not examine those buggies at 

I Gee Carr's. 

One pound of YALE COFFEE is 

equal l«> a pound and a quart f r of ordinal 

v coffoe, try one, A. E. Boardwell 

ha&U, prices 20, 2o, 30, 35 and 40 cents. 

W. E. Osmun is having his valley 

park greatly improved tills spring. 

The lagoons are being deepened and 

new dams constructed. The muskrats 

are a great nuisance to Mr. Osmun 

as they undermine the dams. 

If the proposed dog warden kills onehalf 

the dogs which make this township 

their home, and collects the SI per 

head which the law says he shall have, 

he will be able to start a national bank 

before the close of his first term. 

Dr. L. W. Keyes, of Whitehall, recently 

received word that Frank E. 

Jones, of Aberdeen, Wash., Is dead. 

Mr. Jones will be remembered as a 

member of the- firm of Burrows & 

Jones, wnich conducted a grocery business 

in Montague several years ago. 

H. Boyd, a '•esident of Rothbury, 

and well known in this vicinity, bade 

farewell to bis friends here last Thursday 

and started with his rig for 

parts unknown He claimed that 

family trouble had become so unbearable 

that he was going to leave home. 

Miss Pearl McKinstry is very ill at 

her home in Muskegon. Several weeks 

ago she pricked her thumb under the 

nail with a black pin and soon afterwards 

blood poisoning set In and 11 Is 

feared she may lose her thumb. Pearl's 

many friends here will be pained to 

hear of her sad a fillet Ion. 

The much talked of railroad direct 

from Ludington to Hesperia via Crystal 

Valley and Ferry is assured. The 

signature of Marshal Butters, of Ludington, 

together with that of R. H. 

Opdyke, has been placed to an agreement 

which will connect Hesperia by 

steel rails with the outside world. 

The Moran school at Blue Lake closed 

last Saturday after a very successful 

term. The teacher, Miss Gertrude 

Menut, had arranged an Interesting 

program which was carried out admirably 

by the scholars. The school board 

have only words of praise for the efficient 

manner in which their school has 

been conducted by Miss Menut. 

Aunt Kate Dalton, who has been 

making her home with her neice, Mrs. 

Geo. H. Mason, during the past winter, 

was taken suddenly ill last Friday 

with partial paralysis. Miss Dalton 

Is about 80 years of age and this Is the 

first symptom she has experienced of 

the malady. Her many friends here 

will be pleased to know that she has 

nearly recovered. 

Supervisor Dodge was in attendance 

at the Board of Supervisors last week 

Wednesday and Thursday and gained 

some pointers in regard to assessment^, 

especially of personal property. He 

has a list of mortgages owned by parties 

in this township. There is likely 

to be a good deal of "kicking" over 

this year's assessments and the taxdodgers 

are getting uneasy. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whitman, of 

South Arms, arrived here Wednesday 

evening with the corpse of their infant 

child, who died Tuesday night of 

spinal meningitis. The little one was 

nearly three months old and its death 

Is a sad loss to the bereaved parents. 

The funeral takes place from the residence 

of Geo. H. Mason at two o'clock 

this afternoon. 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fink were very 

pleasantly surprised by a large number 

of their friends Wednesday evening 

the occasion being the 34th birthday 

anniversary of Mr. Fink. It is reported 

as one of the most enjoyable social 

events of the season. Cards were the 

diversion of the evening and refreshments 

were in plenty. Before leaving 

the happy home, the party presented 

Mr. Fink with a fancy rocker which 

will console him In his declining years. 

An exchange truly says that it is 

always best to wait for the evidence before 

passing judgment. When you 

hear reports detrimental to others 

don't be hasty in f ormlng conclusions. 

Today It Is somebody else but tomorrow 

it may bo on you. Troubles come 

to us all and we should freely extend 

the same charity we expect from others. 

Gossip distorts and magnifies occurences 

that have no foundation in fact 

and great injustice is often done innocent 

parties. 

Miss Barbara Bergmonn, aged 83 

years, died last Thursday afternoon 

after a long Illness of cerebral hemorrhage. 

Miss Bergmann had made her 

home with Mrs.Verlna Klett, being assisted 

In her support by the county. 

Her sufferings were great and the longed 

for relief came to her last Thursday. 

She was an aunt of Mrs. J. D. Meinhardi, 

of Whitehall, and has lived in 

Montague several years. The funeral 

occurred last Monday morning from the 

Catholic church, of which deceased 

was a devout member. Rev. Fr. Tides 

officiated. 

IX A. Teller has been tendered a 

position as book-keeper in the department 

of head clerk of the Modern 

Woodmen at Rock Island, 111. Mr. 

Teller expects to leave to-morrow with 

his family for Coldwater where Mrs. 

Teller will visit for a few weeks until 

a home is established at their future 

abode. It is with reluctance that the 

people of Montague part with such 

valuable and enterprising cltlrens as 

Mr. and Mrs. Teller and they will be 

greatly missed from both business and 

social circles in which they iiave taken 

prominont parts since their residence 

in this village. 

Phone the Nufer Cedar company at 

Whitehall and have your stove wood 

delivered on short notice. 

NIOLATED GAME LAW. 

Chas. Soloman and Frank Phillips, 

Get into Trouble. 

It has been a well known fact for 

some time that trout were being taken 

from the various streams approximate 

to Montague out of season and 

that it only required a "tip" to bring 

Game Warden Harry Hester, of Muskegon, 

to a sense of duty. Someone 

undoubtedly did this and the result 

was that Mr. Hester hied himself to 

Flower Creek last Sunday morning 

with rod and reel. He thus disguised 

himself In order that he might easier 

accomplish the purpose of his mission 

and not scare away anyone who might 

be fording the stream similarly regaled. 

He was soon rewarded, however, 

for his ciever work by the apprehension 

of Messrs. Soloman and Phillips, 

who made no attempt to escape, but 

gave up their spoils, which consisted 

of about 20 of the speckled beauties, 

to the game warden and appeared 

Monday morning before Justice Casselman 

and paid their tines of about ?12 

each. The young men swore in court 

that It was their first offense and consequently 

the venerable justice was 

very lenient with them. It was very 

unfortunate for these young men to 

become victims on their first offense 

while others,who make it a practice 

to catch brook trout during the 

closed season, go unpunished. This 

affair ought to be an everlasting lesson 

to out-of-seasoa fishermen. 

Delightfully Entertained. 

The Once a Week Pedro club met 

at the magnificent home of Mr. and 

Mrs. F. D. Pryor last Thursday evening 

and enjoyed a most pleasurable 

evening. The house was profusely 

decorated with carnations, roses and 

the American flag. The score cards 

were very pretty souvenirs of Ravenswood, 

having a half-tone cut of the 

house and another pretty rustic scene. 

Ace prizes were won by Mrs. Geo. Mason 

and W. E. Osmun, the former being 

a handsome ice wool fascinator, and 

the latter an aluminum cigar-case. 

Dainty refreshments were served In 

the capacious dining room in a very 

social manner, all sitting around the 

large table. The guests were treated 

to several beautiful solos by F. 1). 

Pryor, who has Indeed a wonderful 

voice in its range and volume. All 

seemed rather reluctant to leave, as 

this was the last of a series of very enjoyable 

evenings spent during the past 

few months. 

One purporting to be an officer of the 

law called at the OUSEUVEE office 

Tuesday and asked to purchase two 

copies of our paper but, sorry to say, 

we had to disappoint him because they 

were sold out. He then asked of the 

writer If we were the editor, to which 

we answered In the affirmative. Says 

he in a very Ironical, basso profundo 

voice, "You want to be careful what 

you say about Dr. Dowie and his wife. 

1 am an officer of the law and I give 

you fair warning." He didn't show his 

credentials, however, so we may assume 

that It was another "bluff." 

AUCTION SALE 

The subscriber having abandoned 

farming, will offer for sale to the highest 

bidder, at his farm adjoining the 

Howling park, Montague, Tuesday, 

April 24th, 1000, commencing at 1 

o'clock, sharp, p. m., the following 

personal property to wit: 

3 good work horses, 1 cow, l yearling 

bull, 2 buggies, buggy pole, I 1-horse 

wagon, 1 light single harness, 1 binder, 

1 top buggy, 1 2-horsc wagon, 1 Ross 

cutting box, l spray pump, nearly new, 

I barrel spray pump, 2 spring-tooth 

drags, 2 cultivators, 1 spring-tooth cultivator 

1 wheel cultivator, 1 steel beam 

plow, 1 Planet Junior hand cultivator, 

and a variety of other useful farming 

Implements. Also a large variety of 

household art icles consisting of 3 bedsteads, 

2 mattresses, 2 sets of bed 

springs. 4 dining chairs, l foldingchair, 

1 large rocking chair, 1 couch 1 writing 

desk. 2 kitchen tables, 1 set platform 

scales, 1 set book shelves, 1 zluc-lined 

tank, 1 large refrigerator, 1 stone churn. 

1 barrel churn, I milk safe, creamery 

cans, 1 clock, 7 window sash, glazed. 

12x24, 1 doz. soup plates, 1 set of fancy 

tea plates, 1 glass berry set, 1 fancy 

table set, forks and knives, butter 

plates, hat rack, and numerous other 

house keeping articles. 

L. M. PHELPS. 

W. E. O831 UN, Auctioneer. 

Millinery Announcement. 

We take pleasure in announcing, and 

the ladles will all be glad to learn, 

that Miss Mabel Mason has just returned 

from Chicago with a complete 

new line of spring millinery. Her 

many friends and patrons will find 

that she Is prepared to serve them with 

correct styles at the least possible cost 

consistent with the fine quality of material 

selected for her stock. She Is 

located at her old familiar quarters in 

Walter Nelson & Co's store where she 

will be glad to see all her old friends 

and also to make the acquaintance of 

many new ones. 

Ladies' Fine Bicycle shoes at Wurtzler's. 

They are beauties, the Buggies at 

Gee A: Carr's. 

Bring your watch repairing to Calkin's 

and be convinced that it is the 

place for a first-class job. 

Buggies at Gee & Carr's. 

Headquarters for garden and field 

seeds at Gee and Carr's 

Sewing machines at cat to cIo->e 

them out at A. Wurtzler's. 

If made rleht a trial will convince 

you that YALE COFFEE is the richest, 

smoothest and mcst delicious Havered 

coffee you ever tasud. 

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NEW SERIES. VOL. 2. No.2 

BAKING 

POWDER 

Makes the food more delicious and wholesome 

ROTU »ucma PCVTOCO co.. root. 

A COUNTY ALMSHOUSE. 

Proposition to Be Submitted at Next 

Election. 

The board of supervisors met last 

Thursday and all the members were 

present. County Clerk Fleming read 

the statement of the board of county 

canvassers giving the vote on the almshouse 

proposition at the recent election, 

and the statement was filed and 

ordered spread on the records on mo-, 

tion of Assessor Lange. 

Assessor Lange said it was a public 

misfortune that the propasltlon did 

not carry, and he believed the reason 

was that the people did not properly 

understand it. There was something 

radically wrong about the present system 

of taking care of the poor, and it 

could only be righted by building an 

almshouse which was ample to take 

care of all confirmed paupers. He 

thought it was strange that the people 

of the city, wlio pay the larger proportion 

of the taxes should give a majority 

for the proposition and the people outside 

a majority against it. He thought 

the supervisors had not done their duty 

In explaining the matter to their constituents. 

Ho moved that the matter 

be submitted again at the election in 

November, the proposition to be that 

a tax be raised next year not to exceed 

2 mills on the dollar on the valuation 

as equalized in 1900 and not to exceed 

2 mills the year following on the valu- 

ation as equalized in 1901, the money 

to be used in providing a suitable almshouse 

of sufficient capacity to take care 

of all the poor of the county. 

Supervisor Laubach opposed the mo" 

tion because he is opposed to keeping 

tlie poor of the county in any better 

house than the one now provided, and 

he believes an addition could be made 

to the present property which would 

make it adequate for present needs. 

He did not believe in keeping paupers 

in a palace. 

Supervisor Schuyler thought the resolution 

was too indefinite, and that an 

amount ought to be stated. He believed 

a proposition asking for one-half 

or two-thirds of the amount asked for 

befc ; might carry. He wanted the 

matter laid over until the October session 

so that the supervisors would 

know what the valuation of the county 

was as equalized this year. 

City Attorney Sessions said the present 

almshouse was a fire trap, a pestilence 

breeder, and a disgrace to the 

county, and the building of additions 

to jt would be throwing away money. 

He understood that the proposition 

was played at the rccent election by 

candidates for supervisor for politics 

in several of the townships, and the 

consequence was that many of the 

supervisors did not dare to advocate 

the measure very hard for fear of l(»sing 

votes. That was one reason why 

the majority was adverse, but that 

would not occur in November. 

Supervisor Bolt said the proposition 

was lost because the people did not 

understand it. The county charges 

were fast crowding the township charges 

out of the present house and it wonld 

be only a short time before the townships 

would be compelled to take care 

of their own paupers. The supervisors 

knew what that meant in the matter 

of expense. 

Acting Mayor Moore, Supervisor 

Moran and others advocated the submission 

of the proposition at the November 

election. 

A motion by Supervisor Schuyler ! 

that the matter lay over until the October 

session was lost, and the motion 

made by Assessor Lange for submission 

to the voters at the November election 

was carried, the vote being as follows: 

Yes—Moran, Jenson, Tibbite, Moore, ' 

Calilf, Marvin, Horton, Giles, Dodge. : 

Martin. Spoon, Norman, Sumner, j 

Place, Moore, Lange, Sessions, Danim, ; 

Karel, Medema. Rodgers, Vanderwerp, i 

Davis, Dresen, Taylor—25. 

No—Wescott, Schnyler, Laubach—3. ' 

The appointment of the following! 

standing committees was announced 

by Chairman Giles: 

Equalization-Lange, Morton, Bolt, | 

Vanderwerp, Alberts, Martin, Sum- 1 

ner. 

Claims—Laubach, Dresen, Tlbbits, j 

Damm. I>odgc. 

Finance—Moore. Taylor. Norman. 

Apportionment and Rejected Taxes 

—Spoon, Marvin, Wescott. 

Justice Dockets—Morun, Jensen, I 

Calilf. 

County Property and Supplies—Rodgeis, 

Uarel, Davis. 

Roads and Bridges—Place, Schuykr 

Medema. ^ | 

Poor—Bolt, Tlbbits, Davis.—Morn- v 

ing News. 

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For Sale. * 

At the Staples farm on Sec. 6, Montague 

township. 2 yearling colth, one 2 u 

year old colt, one j year old colt, one £ 

work horse. C. L. A: M. B. COVELL. 

Wanted.—A first-class new milch 

cow. Enquire at Hie Franklin house. 

THAT Tnuouuiso HEADACHK. 

Would quickly irate vou if vou u 

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Dr. King's Hvxv Life I'lIN. TlioiWandt 

of sufKrera have proved llielr tnaldi. 

lets menl for bick HUJ Nervous IlcaJacbes. 

Tbey wake pure blood and ' 

build up your lieailh. Only ii-j c«ot9.' 

Money bask If itct cured. Sold by C. F. j 

Hufliuan, Druggist. 

MAPLE GROVE NOTES. 

F. D. Pryor is busy setting out 300 

fruit trees. 

Ed. McKee Is having a large veranda 

built on his summer home. 

Spring shows up great in Mr. Hammond's 

yard, in the shape of spring 

Mowers In profusion. 

Capt. Andrew Flagstead is improving 

his place by planting largely of 

fruit and nut trees. 

A vicious d(»g owned by Wm. Peck 

has been sent to his long rest, after 

biting some of our people. 

Mr. Swenson, of Maple Grove, is 

moving to Frultland. He is one of our 

good neighbors and we regret to lose 

him and his family. 

Maple Grove is getting to the front. 

Everybody busy raking, and at jreneral 

cleaning up. Although paint Israther 

high we hear of a number of the g(»od 

people who propose to use it liberally. 

Mr. and Mrs. F. 1). Pryor have received 

the sad intelligence of the death 

of Percy Morgan, well known to many 

of our people. Although only 19 yours 

of age, he was vice president of the 

Chicago Varnish Co. Also the death 

of Mr. and Mrs. Curie who went down 

with the ill-fated steamer La Bourgouise 

on their way to France. 

(T Miss Pearl Wlard of this village, and 

F. W. Wagoner, of Rothbury. were 

united in marriage at the bride's homo 

last Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock, 

by Rev. H. B.DunnlngMlss Lucy Dean 

and Chas. Wlard were attendants on 

the bride and groom About 2O invited 

friends were present.' The happy 

couple will make their homo In this 

village. Much joy. 

Those engaged in lumbering in the 

upper peninsula the past winter, say 

that It has been the most successful 

season for some years back. They have 

had good weather throughout, and have 

been able to get out the full amount 

of logs they h2d figured on. The cut 

In upper Michigan will probably be not' 

less than 500,000,000 feet of pine, hem 

lock and hardwood. 

Chicago and Indianapolis capitalists 

are negotiating for the plant of the 

beet sugar company at Holland. They 

intend if successful to move the plant 

to the southern part of the state where 

more interest in tile sugar industry IH 

shown by farmers and not so much 

difficulty is experienced in getting 

beets. 

CARD OF THANKS. 

We wish to express our heartfelt 

thanks to those who so kindly lent 

their aid and sympathy during the 

illness and death of our deceased friend, 

Fred Pannier. 

MIL. AND Mits. FULD MUINKKT. 

Wanted at Onco 

Nurse girl also girl for housework. 

Highest wages paid for good help. Call' 

or address E. 11. S., 199 Terrace St., 

Muskegon, Mich. 

See the large assortment of Carriages 

and Buggies at Wurtzier's. We deiy 

compel it Ion. 

J Bring your washing to 

us If you wish first class 

work done at low prices. 

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Steam Laundry. 

Your washing leaves hero 

Wednesday aftornoon, returning 

Saturday morn. 

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ROSE 6c SON. | 

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MONTAGUE. 

MICHIGAN. 

WORLD-WIDE TRUST, 

GREAT COMBINATION BY FARM- 

ERS IS PROJECTED. 

Interantioaal Plan to Rcdnce Wheat 

Outpnt and Force Price Up to One 

Dollar a Buahel—Spring Trade 1m Af- 

fected by Weather. 

Ail the farmers of llit- world in a sort 

of internationnl trust or agreement lo re- 

utrict the production of wheat and rnise 

prices is the plan which it is hoped to 

carry into effect at the international ag- 

ricultural conference, to be held ill Paris 

July 0-16. -It is proposed to ask the 

farmers of the world to reduce their 

wheat output by 20 per cent and not to 

sell a bushel for less than $1. J. C. Han- 

ley of St. Paul, executive agent of the 

Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, 

the National Cotton Growers' Associa- 

tion. the Farmers' Federation of the Mis- 

sissippi Valley, and the National Grain 

Growers' Association, is the chief pro- 

moter of the internationnl agricultural 

trust in America. Prof. G. Ituhland of 

the University of Fribourg. Switzerland, 

is the chief promoter of the plan in Eu- 

rope. 

TRADE AFFECTED BY WEATHER. 

Backward Sprlns Canaea Irresnlaritjr 

in the Week'a Bnaineas. 

Bradstreet's says: "Backward spring 

weather conditions have figured consid- 

erably In distributive trade reports this 

week, and in»connection with some weak- 

ness in prices.of leading staples have im- 

parted an appearance of irregularity to 

the general situation. Another one of 

those downward swings in yie prices of 

agricultural staples is exhibited this week 

In slightly lowered prices for the cereals. 

Evidences accumulate that active mis- 

sionary work in favor of lower prices for 

Iron and steel is at last-bearing fruit. A 

slight npward swing in cotton is to be 

noted and Southern mills have officially 

advanced prices. Wheat (including flour) 

shipments for the week aggregate 2,^90,- 

C53 bushels, against 3,830,903 bushels 

last week. Corn exports for the week 

aggregated 2,799,443 bushels, against 4,- 

301,591 bushels last week." 

LIVES LOST IN KANSAS STORM. 

Many Caanaltlea and Much Property 

Damage Weat of Clearwater. 

A storm approaching a tornado in pro- 

portion is reported from near Winfield, 

Kan., and in the vicinity west of Clear- 

water. Two deaths are reported and 

four people are said to have been in- 

jured by overturned houses. At Putnam 

it is said several h(Aises were blown down 

and four people seriously injured. West 

of Clearwater, in the country northeast 

of Adams, on the Englewood branch of 

the Santa Fe Railroad, it is reported 

that a strip of country five miles long 

was swept by a storm, and several farm 

houses, barns and other buildings blown 

down. No casualties are reported from 

there. 

Death of Oeorfee H. Scrippa. ' 

George H. Scripps died near San Diego, 

Cal. The remains w.ej^-w^nnt^d- .il Jx)s 

Angeles^fln4-*^t to Kushville, 111., for 

"vatiuiT^ George H. Scripps, with his 

brother, E. W. Scripps, and Milton A. 

McRae, formed the Scripps-Mcltae 

league partnership. He was also treas- 

urer of the Scripps-McRae Press Associa- 

tion Company, and had a number of other 

newspaper interests. Mr. Scripps was 00 

years old. 

Shootins in a Chicago Hotel. 

Rufus Wright of the firm of Morgan & 

WrigKt, bicycle tire manufacturers, was 

shot and mortally wounded by Mrs. 

Louisa Lottridge of Paw Paw Lake, 

Mich., in the Intter's apartments at the 

Leland Hotel, Chicago. Death resulted 

in a few hours. Mr. Wright declared to 

Captain Colleran, chief of detectives, that 

the shooting was accidental. 

Spain'a Right la Denied. 

Spain's claim to the islands of Cagayan 

Sulu and Sibutu on the outskirts of the 

• Philippine group has been repudiated by 

the United States in n note addressed by 

Secretary Hay to the Spanish minister. 

This course was determined after a care- 

ful study of geographical, topographical 

and historical authorities. 

Indiana Wage Scale Signed. 

The representatives of the Indiana min- 

ers and operators have signed the wage 

scale for the year ending April 1 next 

year. The miners waived the weekly pay 

day as provided by the new Indiana law, 

pending a decision of the court of last 

resort on its constitutionality, and will 

be paid semi-monthly, as in the past. 

Two Boilera Explode. 

Two boilers in the furnace department 

of Riverside Plant National Tube Com- 

pany at Wheeling, W. Va., exploded, car- 

rying the boilers 150 feet and destroying 

three buildings and boilers in the steel 

works and water works. Several work- 

men were injured, two seriously. Loss 

is about 1$50,000. 

Hiatoric Church la Bnrned. 

. The First Parish Church, Concord, 

Mass., one of Concord's best known his- 

toric buildings, was destroyed by fire. 

The loss is $25,000. It was there that 

Emerson, Thoreau and other literary 

men worshiped. 

Miaa Lewia Awarded $50i000. 

At Colorado Springs, in the breach of 

promise suit brought by Miss Nellie Lew- 

is against President Sam Strong of Hie 

Free Coinage and other Cripple Creek 

gold mining companies the jury awarded 

the plaintiff $50,000 damages. 

Fortune Left to Univeraitjr. 

The will of Mrs. Mary J. Furman 

leaves her estate, valued at from !f200,- 

000 to $250,000. lo the Vandervllt Uni- 

versity at Nashville, Tenn. The will pro- 

vides that a building to be known as Fur- 

man Hall shall be erected on the grounds 

of the university ot a cost of $100,000. 

Paria Exposition la Oi>eii. 

Amid pomp and pngeantry that would 

have been magnificent for the empire, 

the French republic formally inaugur- 

ated its third exposition at Paris on Sat- 

urday. 

Evades Hio Would-Be Captor*. 

Richard J. Koeh of Chicago, who is 

said to be one of the most dangerous and 

clever swindlers in the country, was run 

down in Cleveland, but succeeded in es- 

caping. It is alleged he swindled the 

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad out of 

thousands of dollars. 

Toaa of a Penny Decide*. 

Snulre D. J. Smith and C. W. Paris 

each polled 151 votes in their race for the 

mayoralty of Mount Healthy, Ohio. They 

agreed lo toss a copper and abide by thl- 

result. Squire Stauvomaun of Wyom- 

ing flung a cent into the air. Head was 

up and Paris it mayor of the village. 

NEW GOLD FIND IN ALASKA. 

Pans Yield $8 on an Unnamed Creek 

Flowing Into the Yukon. 

J. M. Rice arrived at Vancouver, U. (J., 

from Skaguay, bringing news of a very 

rich gold find in Alaska. The new creek 

Is as yet unnamed. It joins the i ukon 

at White Horse Rapids, rising iu Ameri- 

can territory. A few days ago two men 

came down to the new town of Close- 

lelgh at White Horse with two sacks of 

nuggets, being the pickcd specimens from 

the results of about three months of 

work. They said that though the weath- 

er had been cold and the snow deep, their 

party of seven had done exceedingly well 

during the last three months. Pans tak- 

en out yielded as much" as They went 

back next day to the diggings, about 

twenty miles up the stream from Vukon. 

A couple of days later nearly all of the 

500 men working at railway construction 

for the White Pass people went on the 

stampede; locations were being taken up 

rapidly when Rice left to come out. 

MAY ALLOW DANCING. 

Methodiat Conference Will Be Asked 

to Amend Church Laws. 

Dancing, card playing, theater going 

and many other amusements heretofore 

under the ban of the Methodist Episcopal 

Church may be indulged in by the mem- 

bers of that church without breaking 

rules. Three State conferences in the 

East have asked the general conference 

to permit these amusements, and there is 

said to be a widespread and general de- 

sire In other State couferences that the 

general conference take this action. The 

State conferences that have taken this 

action are the New York, the New York 

East, which embraces Connecticut, and 

one from New Jersey. Should the gen- 

eral conference act on the recommenda- 

tion of the State conferences—and the 

general belief is that it will—the move 

will be the most radical made in the 

Methodist Episcopal Church in many 

years, 

FINDS CHILD AFTER 23 YEARS* 

Remarkable Search of Charles E. 

Grifting for Hia Daughter. 

Twenty-three years ago Charles E. 

Grilling and his wife separated at Chllli- 

cothe, Ohio, and she, bearing he was 

dead, married Daniel Logan. GriflSng's 

child was placed in the county infirmary 

at Hillsboro, Ohio, and thence was taken 

to the home for the feeble-minded at Co- 

lumbus in 1885. Grifllng hired a detec- 

tive, who claimed that he traced Logan 

to Kansas City, Mo., Melbourne, Aus- 

tralia, England, Africa and back to the 

United States. This cost Grifllng $9,000, 

and he then took up the search himself, 

only to find three weeks ago that" Logan 

had moved to Highland County, Ohio. 

Grifllng at once established his identity 

at Columbus, secured the girl and took 

her to Hamilton. 

Diea to Avoid an Inquiry. 

Banker H. H. Pitcher, who has charge 

of the Livermore, Cal., bank, in the ca- 

pacity of manager and cashier, commit- 

ted suicide. Pitcher was a trustee ot the 

estate of the late Thomas Varuey, de- 

ceased. valued at $000,000. His trust 

was being investigated in court. Pitcher 

was to produce his books in court and 

testify as to how he handled the bank 

and the trust Rather than appear in 

court he blew hia brains out. 

Defeat for Oil Men. 

The United States Supreme Court has 

decided that oil drillers must not permit 

the waste of natural gas in their boring 

operations. This case is of long standing, 

and is of immense interest to Ohio and 

Indiana.' The decision of the court was 

handed down by Justice White and was 

the finding in the cause of the Ohio Oil 

Company vs. the State of Indiana, a test 

case. 

Pnrchasc of 530,000 Acres. 

A syndicate headed by O. A. Robert- 

son and Frank O'Meara of St. Paul and 

F. E. Kenaston of Minneapolis has pur- 

chased all the Northern Pacifi elands in 

Minnesota, approximately 530,000 acres. 

The price paid is not officially made pub- 

lic, but it is said it was $1 an acre and 

other considerations, making the total 

cost to the syndicate about $1,900,000. 

Canada Gets B:g Shipyard. 

Canada's efforts to secure industries 

have scored again in a big deal just en- 

tered into between Capt. MacDongall of 

Duluth, Minn.; the Cramps of Philadel- 

phia, Pa., and the town of Colllngwood, 

Out., by which immense smelting, steel, 

iron and shipbuilding works are to be 

established on the Georgian bay. 

Automobile Trust Is Forming. 

To gain control of all the automobile 

manufacturing and transportation com- 

panies, Philadelphia and other capitalists 

have organized the Anglo-American Rap- 

Id Vehicle Company and steps are being 

taken to amalgamate the various con- 

cerns In one gigantic company, which w'll 

virtually constitute a trust. 

Girl Slain by an Admirer. 

Miss Kate Tobin, 20 years of age, was 

shot and instantly killed in the street 

near her home in Waverly, N. Y., by 

Fred Krist, a young married man. Krist 

is about 30 years of age and seemed 

madly infatuated with the girl. 

Ohio Banking Firm Fails. 

The bank of Reinhard & Co., founded 

in 1808, suspended business at Columbus, 

Ohio. John G. and Henry A. Reinhard 

filed deeds of assignment to Thomas J. 

Abernathy, who qualified by giving bonds 

aggregating $325.000. 

Fire at Omaha Exposition Grounds. 

At Omaha the Transportation building 

on the Transmississippi exposition 

grounds was entirely destroyed by fire. 

All the other large Btruc?ures have been 

torn down by the wrecking company. No 

one appears to know how the fire started. 

Contract to Build New Hall. 

A $50,000 bond has been given by the 

Gillette Herzog Manufacturing Company 

of Minneapolis to Insure the erection of 

the new convention hall at Kansas City 

in time for occupancy by the Democratic 

national convention In July. 

Big British Loss. 

Gen. Dewet Inflicted the third defeat 

on the British within a week at Meerkes- 

fonteln, killing or wounding 000, captur- 

ing 900 men and twelve wagons, and los- 

ing five Boers killed and nine wounded. 

All Exhibits Open Sunday. 

The French authorities have decided 

that all exhibits at the exposition are to 

be open to the public Sundays, and the 

United Stales exhibits are, naturally, 

within this regulation. 

First Governor for Porto Rico. 

Charles H. Allen of Massachusetts, at 

present assistant Secretary of the Navy, 

will be the first civil governor of Porto 

Rico. He has been tendered the position 

by President McKinley. 

Tidal Wave Causes Bin Losa. 

A tidal wave carried away the new 

wharves of the Dunsmuter colleries at 

Ladysmith (Oyster Harbor). B. C., with 

a loss of $50,000. 

Three Arc Killed in Wreck. 

A south-bound Illinois Central freight 

train was wrecked near Canton. Miss., 

by a washout. Fireman Boyston and 

two negro brakemen were killed. 

Creek Indians to Go Nortli. 

Creek Indians from Indian Territory 

•re going north and will locate in Iowa, 

Minnesota and the Dakotas. An agree- 

j ment has just been signed and made pub- 

I lie by members of the Indian commission 

[ whereby the Creeks will be allowed to 

j take up 240 acres of land to a family un- 

der the Curtis act, and for such oppor- 

tunity relinquish to the United States 

Government the control of their schools 

and abolish their tribal government. 

FIND STOLKN BEER STAMPS. 

Government Said to Have Lost $10,000 

by Two Recent TJiefts. 

Within the last two months two mys- 

terious robberies of beer stamps, by which 

the Government lost $10,000, have oc- 

curred. One of these thefts took place 

while the stamps were in transit between 

the Treasury Department and the general 

postofllce in Washington, and the other 

between the postofllce and the internal 

revenue office lu Chicago. The stamps 

stolen in Washington were worth 510,00u 

and those in Chicago $0,000.' Internal 

Revenue Agent Frank G. Thompson 

learned that the stamp thieves had made 

arrangements for the sale of a large 

quantity of stamps to a brewer's agent 

at the Aslor House, New York. ThomaS 

Blaney, a bartender, was seen to enter 

the hotel with a big brown paper bundle 

under his arm. He was arrested by Mr. 

Thompson. The bundle which Blaney 

carried, when opened in the Federal 

building, was found lo contain about $10,- 

000 worth of beer stamps. 

CLOUD ON MRS. DEWEY'S LOTS. 

Allegation that Gen. Hazen Won Them 

in a Poker Game. 

Mrs. Mildred Hazen Dewey may have 

to go to Wichita, Kan., shortly to 

straighten out the title of some lots own- 

ed by her former husband. Gen. W. B. 

Hazen. Because such lots were won in 

a poker game there in early days by Gen. 

Hazen little attention was paid to secur- 

ing good titles, and now when Mrs. 

Dewey wants to sell them she has found 

she cannot because the title is impaired. 

In 1871 Gen. Hazen played poker with 

Dave Bancroft, real estate dealer. Sit- 

ting behind four kings, Hazen bluffed the 

real estate man Into putting up all he 

had, including fifty town lots. After that 

Gen. Hazen dealt extensively in Wichita 

property. For $2,000 he bought a half in- 

terest in the town with William Griffen- 

steln, the founder. This interest he later 

transferred by power of attorney. 

BUYS ZINC AND LEAD LANDS. 

English Syndicate Makes a Heavy In- 

vestment at Galena, Kan. 

An English syndicate has closed a deal 

for eighty acres of zinc and lead mineral 

lands at Galena, Kan., the consideration 

being $ii00,000. This syndicate will or- 

ganize a $17,000,000 trust to operate the 

property, and in time take in all the zinc 

and lend plants in Missouri and Kansas. 

The Kansas-Missouri district produces 

seven-eighths of the zinc ore of America 

and one-fourth of the world's supply. Ex- 

tensive improvements are in contempla- 

tion on the property purchased. 

Five Thousand Miners Ont. 

Five thousand miners of the Georges 

creek region of Maryland struck the other 

night for an increase of wages and the 

recognition by the operators of the Unit- 

ed Mine Workers of America. The oper- 

ators assert that they will not endeavor 

to work the mines, but will let them re- 

main idle until the men get tired of inac- 

tivity and return to work of their own 

volition. 

Fast Train Is Wrecked. 

The Central Railroad of New Jersey 

Scranton express, was wrecked opposite 

Thirty-sixth street, Bayonne, N. Y. A 

two-cur local, while slowing down, shot a 

pair of wheels from its own trucks across 

the next rails, and upon the track of the 

flying express train. From out of the 

mass of wreckage a train load of people 

contrived in some marvelous manner to 

escape. 

Maine Disaster Recalled. 

The boilers of the steamer Guthell, 

from Philadelphia, exploded as the vessel 

was lying at anchor off Rcgla, iu Havana 

harbor. Two men were scalded. The ex- 

plosion caused much excitement in Regla, 

visions of the Maine disaster rising be- 

fore the people. 

Three Hurt in a Collision. 

Three persons were injured and fifteen 

others given a fright by a collision be- 

tween a Belt line engine and a Calumet 

electric car at 94th street and Stony Isl- 

and avenue, Chicago. The damage done 

was not large. 

Big Strike in the South. 

President W. V. Powell of the Order 

of Railway Telegraphers has ordered a 

strike of the telegraphers and other sta- 

tion employes of the Southern Railway. 

The Southern has about 1,200 employes 

of this class. 

Injured in Sham Battle. 

Two men were badly injured iu West 

Orange, N. J., in a sham battle in repro- 

duction of the famous engagement at 

Spion kop. South Africa. 

Stamping Concern In Bnrned. 

The six-story brick building of the H. 

B. Hunt Stamping Company in Cleve- 

land and contents were totally destroyed 

by fire. The loss Is $185,000. 

Fire at Fitchhurg, Mass. 

At Fitchhurg, Mass., fire destroyed the 

hardware store of the Damon A: Gould 

Company. Loss $90,000. 

MARKET QUOTATIONS. 

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, 

$3.00 to $0.00; hogs, shipping gradese, 

$3.00 to $5.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 

to $0.75; wheat. No, 2 red, 00c to OSe; 

corn. No. 2, 39c to 41c: oats. No. 2-, 24c 

to 25c; rye, No. 2, 55c lo 57^; butter, 

choice creamery, 17c lo 19c; eggs, fresh, 

11c to 12c; potatoes, choice, 2Uc lo 3dc 

per bushel. 

Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 lo 

$0.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 lo $5.75; 

sheep, common to prime, $3.00 lo $5.00; 

wheat. No, 2, 72c lo 73c; corn. No. 2 

white, 41c to 42c; oats. No .2 white, 

29c to 30c. 

St. Louis—('attic, $3.25 to $0.00; hogs, 

$3.00 lo $5.75; sheep, $3.00 to $0.50; 

wheat. No. 2, 72c to 74c; corn. No. 2 

yellow, 89c to 41c; oats. No. 2, 25c lo 

27c; rye. No. 2, 55c to 57c. 

Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.00; hogs, 

$3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $2.50 to $0.25; 

wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2 

mixed, 43c to 44c: oals. No, 2 mixed, 27c 

lo 29c; rye. No. 2, 01c lo 02c, 

Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.00; hogs, 

$3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $3.00 to $0.25; 

wheat, No. 2, 72c to 74c: -corn. No. 2 

yellow, 41c to 42c: oats. No. 2 white, 28c 

to 29c: rye, 59c lo 01c. 

Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 72c lo 

74c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 40c to 42c; oats. 

No. 2 mixed, 25c lo 20c; rye. No. 2, "iTc 

to 59c; clover seed, old, $4.80 to $4.90. 

Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 

GOc to C8c; corn. No. 3, 39c lo 4ic: oats. 

No. 2 white, 27e to 29c; ry

n 

8oncd 

Ever tivc "the blocs"? Then yoa 

know low dirk everything looks. 

Yoo tre completely discoortged 

tnd ctnnot throw off thit terri- 

ble depression. A little work 

looks like t big moont&in: a 

little noise sounds like the roar 

of • cannon: tnd a little sleep 13 til 

yon can secure, night after night 

That's 

Nerve Exhaustion 

The troth oi the matter is, yoof nerves have been poi- 

jed and weakened with the imporities in your blood. The 

mponti 

thing for yoo to do is to get rid of these imporities jost as 

soon as you can. 

You want a blood-purifying medicine,—t perfect Sarsapa- 

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is the strongest and best nerve tonic you can buy, too. 

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" During U»t year I wai tuffcn'ng from nerroui prostration. For wedu I grew 

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slightest trace of my old trouble. Indeed, I would hardly believe it possible for 

medicine to bring about such a change in any »cnon."—CLAKA MKALXT, Winter 

Hill, Somerrille, Mass., Dec. ai, 1899. 

ProTender lor Horses. 

In the field allowance Is made, as far 

as possible, for a horse to be supplied 

with from six to nine gallons of water 

dally, soft being: the best, each mule or 

ox requiring a similar quantity. Horses 

drink about a gallon and a half at a 

time, and take about three minutes 

over the draught 

Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons 

every breath that is drawn intc the longs. 

There is procurable from nny drnggist the 

remedy for its cure. A small quantity of 

Ely's Creom Balm placed into the nostrils 

spreads over sa Inflamed and angry surface, 

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develop dry catarrh; they dry up the secre- 

tions which adhere to the membrane nnd 

dcoomposo, causing a far more serious troo> 

ble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid 

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It is reliable and will euro catarrh, cold in 

the headand hay fever easily and pleasantly. 

All Jruggists soil it at 60 cents or it vrill be 

mailed by Ely Brothers, 50 Warren St.,IN. Y. 

An Enormous Moth. 

The largest Insect known to ento- 

mologists Is a Central American moth, 

called the Erobus strlx, which expands 

Its wings " 

Inches. 

eleven to eighteen 

Conghintr Ijca.lH to Consumption. 

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THE TEEMING WEST. 

The Prairie 'Lands of Western Canada 

Beins Filled Tvith Excellent Settlers. 

The salient fact that presents itself 

In taking a blrdseye view of the Cana- 

dian West Is that of Intense activity 

in every department. Whether the 

glance be turned upon the district east 

of Winnipeg, the Red River valley 

south or north, the Dauphin and M. & 

N. W. district, the southwestern, or 

whether it take In the great central 

division along the main line of the C. 

P. R. stretching away out to the Rock- 

ies and from there bending north and 

south to Prince. Alberta and Edmon- 

ton, McLeod and Lethbridge—whether 

the examination be made In any of 

these directions the same activity, 

growth and hopefulness Is observable. 

The Canadian West is not only a 

good place to locate permanently, but 

It Is also a good place to invite their 

relatives and friends to come to. This 

Is the spirit that seems to animate the 

West at the present time, and Its ef- 

fects are to be seen on every hand. 

To enumerate the towns where hand- 

some and substantial blocks and resi- 

dences have gone up this year would 

be simply to give a list of the towns 

and villages along the railway lines. 

And this movement has not been con- 

fined to these centers of population, but 

In many cases It has been overshad- 

owed by the improvement In farm 

buildings. 

So far as one can see. this lj_no,pass- 

ing phrase, no repetition of any teDlj)©-- 

rary boom following a period of good 

crops and fair prices. It is a movement 

more spontaneous, more general, more 

marked than anything that has gone- 

before, and seems to Indicate that the 

great West, like Samson bursting tlie 

encompassing bands, has awakened to 

a period of activity and development 

that will surpass anything we have 

known in the past and which will only 

be paralleled by the opening out of 

nome of the most fertile of the Western 

States of the Union. 

Look at some of the figures. Over 

i! thousand schools In Manitoba, and 

the number going up by leaps nnd 

bounds. Something like five hundred 

schools In the territories, Winnipeg as 

representing the gateway of the West, 

the third city In the Dominion In regard 

to bank clearings, postal business and 

probably In regard to customs, the cus- 

toms returns at Winnipeg running 

about thirty to forty per cent greater 

month by month than In the fiscal year 

of 1807-8, the largest previous year for 

actual business entries, when over 

5000,000 was paid through the Winni- 

peg office for duty. The C. P. R. and 

Canada Northwest land sales together 

run over $1,500,000 for the year. These, 

and a thousand more signs, show how 

the West has leaped Into new life. 

This Is an Inspiring and cheering 

spectacle, but it brings with It great 

responsibilities. The business men real- 

ize this, the banks realize It, and have 

spread their agencies through every 

bustling little town clear out to the 

coast, the churches realize It, and one 

denomination alone has opened an av- 

erage of about thirty new stations In 

each of the past two years, and will 

Increase this In the year now entered 

upon, the Government departments re- 

alize It, and there Is talk of redistribu- 

tion and additional members. The ed- 

ucational branches realize it and new 

schools are springing up everywhere. 

Over 12,000 settlers came in from the 

United States alone last year, and 

these, with the people who came in 

from the East, prove the most vigorous 

Westerners. They lose no time In de- 

veloping their farms. In filling their 

grazing lands with stock, and In every 

district are to be found evidences of 

thrift and prosperity. 

Don't Go to Church. 

If a man goes up the aisle first people 

say he bullies his wife. If she goes 

up first they say he is henpecked. If 

the two walk up side by side, they are 

accused of trying to act like brldo and 

bridegroom. 

Try Grain-O! Try Grnln-OI 

Ask jour Grocer to-day to show you a 

package of GRAIN-O, the new food 

drink that takes the place of coffee. The 

children may drink it without injury as 

well as the adult. All who try it like it. 

GRAIN-O has that rich seal browu of 

Mocha or Java, but It Is made from pure 

grains, and the most delicate stomach re- 

ceires it without di*tress. V4 the price of 

coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold 

by all grocers. 

Night Marches Slow. 

On night marches troops do not usu- 

ally advance at more than a mile an 

hour. In attack neither officer nor man 

Is to stop to help the wounded, and no 

halt permitted until tl.e enemy is driven 

off. 

mrrrrrrff 

State Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

tion Jason E. Hammond has arranged tie 

following teachers' institutes for the com- 

ing summer: Alcona County, HarritTilic, 

Aug. 1, five days; conductor, F. A. Bac- 

bour; Allegan County. Allegan, July HI, 

twenty days; Barry County, Habtinjf&, 

Aug. 0, eight days, F. D. Smith; Bi'.jr 

County. West Bay City, Aug. 1, thirteen 

days, C. H. Gurney; Branch County, 

Sherwood, July 10, fifteen days, F. J. 

Tooze; Cass County, Cassopolis, Aug. 0, 

eight days, W. E. Conkiing; Charlevoix 

County, Charlevoix. Aug. 0, eight days, 

J. H. Thompson; Cheboygan County, 

Cheboygan. July 30, five days, A. Hamlin 

Smith; Clare County, Harrison. Aug. 0, 

five days, L. M. Kellogg; Gladwin Coun- 

ty, Gladwin, July 23, twenty-one days, 

O. G. Thompson; Gratiot County, Ithaca, 

July 30, thirteen days, W. H. French; 

Hillsdale County, Hillsdale, April 1, Ave 

days, E. O. Hoyt; Ingham County, Ma- 

son. July 0, fifteen days, A. Hamlin 

Smith; Kalkaska County, Kalkaska, July 

30, ten days, A. L. Marvin; Lake Coun- 

ty, Luther, July 0, ten days, G. W. 

Loomis; Lenawee County, Adrian, July 

23, ten days, D. B. Pray; Livingston 

CotpKy, Aug. 0, eight days, W. J. Mc- 

Kone; Mackinac County, St. Ignace, Aug. 

0, eight days, A. Hamlin Smith; Macomb 

County, Romeo, Aug.-20, five days, C. T. 

Grawn; Menominee County, Stephenson, 

July 30, thirteen days, R. D. Bailey; 

Montmorency County, Hillman, July 30, 

thirteen days, N. H. Hayden; Oakland 

County, Pontiac, July 30, ten days, C. B. 

Holmes; Oceana County, Shelby, Aug. (J, 

eight days, S. B. Laird; Otsego County, 

Gaylord, July 0, fifteen days, Jesse Hub- 

bard; Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, 

July 10, fifteen days, W. J. McKone; 

Wayne County, Wayne, July 23, eighteen 

days, J. H. Kaye. 

An important case was argued the 

other day before the Supreme Court af- 

fecting the validity of the drain law and 

the cost of construction of thousands of 

culverts running under railroad property 

throughout the State. In 1880 what is 

known as the Harris drain was built in 

Windsor township, Eatou County, run- 

ning alongside the Chicago and Grand 

Trunk. It was decided to deepen, widen 

and straighten the drain in 1808, and the 

railroad company was ordered by Uie 

drain commissioner to construct a culvert 

under its tracks. The company sent in 

a bill for 15111.05, claiming that the law 

was Invalid and that its property should 

be condemned by proper proceedings so 

as to fix the damage claimed. In the 

Circuit Court the company was beaten. 

Old soldiers are interested in a decisiou 

handed down by the Supreme Court the 

other day in the case of Hiram R. Ellis 

vs. the Common Council of Grand Rap- 

ids and City Attorney Salsbury. Ellis 

had been a clerk under Salsbury's prede- 

cessor. He was dismissed by Salsbury, 

but claimed protection under the soldiers' 

preferment act of 1807, and secured a 

writ of mandamus directing the Council 

to audit and allow his claim for services, 

having reported for duty each morning 

after Salsbury assumed office. The Su- 

preme Court reverses the judgment of the 

lower court. 

Attorney General Oren, In response to 

an inquiry from Food Commissioner 

Grosvenor, has written an opinion to the 

effect that, under the law of 1880, suits 

at law can be instituted against persons 

who sell process butter without properly 

stamping it. Tha court may impose a 

fine of from $25 to $100, including costs 

of analysis and inspection. 

Deputy Attorney General Chas^h 

investigated "the ca'ies Cll two citizens of 

Ingham County who are now being main 

tained in insane asylums at State ex- 

pense. He found that one owns forty 

acres of valuable timber land and that 

the other has $350 in cash and a monthly 

pension of $12. Steps will be taken to 

make these patients pay their own way. 

During the present rush of business 

the law providing that it shall be unlaw- 

ful for railroad companies to either re- 

quire or permit employes to work more 

than twenty-four hours consecutively has 

been violated. Commissioner Osborn is 

sending notices to every company doing 

business in Michigan that this practice 

must ccase at once. 

Attorney General Oren has filed-' an 

opinion to the effect that the law of 1840 

providing that corporations shall make 

reports to township and city clerkg. was 

repealed by the law which provides that 

such reports shall be filed with the Sec- 

retary of State. 

Quartermaster General Atkinson has 

completed arrangements with the Rem- 

ington Arms Co. whereby the State will 

receive the new modern rifles which have 

been manufactured for the National 

Guard. 

The military board has asked the Au- 

ditor General for the refunding of an 

aggregate of $12,000 which was paid out 

of the National Guard fund by the White 

administration, but which should have 

been paid from the war fund. 

The Slate land commissioner recently 

sold 5.000 acres of primary school lawdtj 

located in Tuscola. Wexford, Clare, M- 

ger and Missaukee counties. The re- 

ceipts wore $10,500. 

Gov. Pingree is taking steps to recover 

the money due the State by the Federal 

Government on account of the State s 

ejependitnres in connection with the Span- 

ish war. 

The State Board of Auditors has allow- 

ed the claims of about sixty Michigan 

soldiers who lost their overcoats during 

the Spanish-American war through no 

fault of their own. 

Brict State iluppcalaBO. 

Miss Maude H. Whitney, a popular 

young lady of Homer, and Frank Harris 

of Tecunisi-h were niBrrled at Jackson. 

The oxei-utive commiltee of the Cal- 

houn County Christian Endeavor Union 

have decided to hold the next convention. 

May 24 and 25. nt the Presbyterian 

Church at Homer. 

Charles I'. Shoyer of Leavenworth, 

Kan., and one «>f the brightrst students 

in the junior literary class, was struck 

by a mail train on the Michigan Central 

.it Ann Arbor and almost instantly killed. 

Doonwell Brother^' large paper mills 

at Forster's Station burned, and twenty- 

five families which depended upon the 

mill? for a living are thrown out of em- 

ployifleut. The loss will reach ?40,U00, 

with but $8.»KMt insurance. 

Many Lake County farmers, di>satis- 

fied with the iir«'si>,-. , t>, have gone to the 

Canadian Northwest to try their fortunes. 

A party «'f - \eniy->< vcu farmers, twen- 

ty-one of them from the vicinity of Chase, 

started for Cinada the other day. 

SWISS MARKET 

la Gradually Stockcd with American 

Poods, Which Lead in I'opnlarit}-. 

Consul General Jame^ T. Dubres, 

writing from St. Gall. Switzerland, 

dwells upon the marked advance Amer- 

ican goods are making In Swiss mar- 

kets. Four years ago the reader sel- 

dom found the subject of American ex- 

ports fixated in the columns of the 

Swiss press, but he now finds a quan- 

tity of very interesting reading upon 

the subject. One can now buy Ameri- 

can watches in Berne, although Chaux- 

de-Fonds. the great Swiss watch cen- 

ter, Is not far from that city. One can 

buy American ham and bacon In Basle 

and elsewhere, and the Swiss cavalry 

horse will be found sleeping on Ameri- 

can straw. But few well-regulated 

hardware stores exist In Switzerland 

which are unable to fill their show win- 

dows with the attractive-looking and 

solidly made American hoes, spades, 

axes, saws, hammers, locks and the 

like. In the larger cities there are al- 

ways shoe stores containing American 

shoes, which have a popular demand. 

American office desks have a good sale, 

and are the envy of all who are com- 

pelled to use the old fiat-top article. 

Everywhere are striking evidences of 

the increased export of American 

wares, and the prominence thus being 

gradually won has led to much uews- 

paper discussion—a free advertisement 

of the Increasing popularity of United 

States goods. 

The American watch case is having 

a field day In the "Laud of Watches." 

So large is the importation of these 

cases Into Switzerland that a general 

movement among the Swiss watchmak- 

ers Is now taking place to prevent, or 

at least modify, the importation if pos- 

sible. A committee of watchmakers 

has been formed to improve the present 

system of watchmaking so as to keep 

the good name of the Swiss watch in- 

tact In the foreign as well as the home 

markets, where American competition 

Is being seriously felt. Prizes of con- 

siderable value are to be offered to 

those who succeed In making any Im- 

provements which may be of advant- 

age to the export trade. As watch- 

making is the industry in which the 

Swiss have made a great reputation in 

all countries, it Is natural that they 

should be startled by successful com- 

petition from America. 

Relic of the Past. 

A well-known member of Congress 

of Hibernian extraction wore a broad 

smile the other afternoon as he exhib- 

ited a scrap of paper that his wife had 

dug from a mass of old papers In the 

course of a rainy afternoon's rummag- 

ing. It was a note which his wife had 

written to him about thirty-five years 

before, at the tender age of 6 or 7, and 

It seemed to be a reply to the Congress- 

man's formal proposal of marriage, In- 

dited In his eighth year. It read: 

"I Do luv You A Grate deel and 1 wud 

malry You ony ma she says You ar a 

low Irish." 

"Think of my winning out about fif- 

teen years later In the face of such pa- 

rental discouragement as that!" said 

the Congressman.—Washington Post. 

FAIR WOMEN SPEAK. 

A HINT FOR SPRING. 

When ITonsckeepers Are Briichtenine 

the Interiors of Their Homes. 

Now that the backbone of this re- 

markable winter Is broken, housekeep- 

ers are remarking the dingy look of the 

home Interior. The question of new 

wall coverings Is up. Paper Is dear 

and short lived; kalsomlnes are dirty 

and scaly; paint is costly. The use of 

such a cement as Alabastlne, for In- 

stance, will solve the problem. This 

admirable wall coating Is clean, pure 

and wholesome. It can be piit on with 

no trouble by anyone; there Is choice 

of many beautiful tints; and It Is long 

lasting. 

World's Hottest Mines, 

The hottest mines In the world are 

the Comstock. On the lower levels the 

heat Is so great that the men cannot 

work over ten or fifteen minutes at a 

time. Every known means of mitigat- 

ing the heat has been tried In vain. Ice 

melts before It reaches the bottom of 

the shafts. 

1 am sure Fiso's Cure for Consumption 

saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. 

Thos. Robbins, Maple street', Norwich, 

N. Y., Feb. 17, 1000. 

The Ijnrgeat Insect. 

The "elephant beetle" of Venezuela 

Is the largest Insect in the world. A 

full grown one weighs half a pound. 

Stomach 

Troubles 

in Spring 

Are THAT BILIOUS FEELING, bad 

taste in the mouth, dull headache, sleep- 

lessness. poor appetite. 

No matter how careful you are about 

eating, everything you take Into your 

stomach turns sour, causes distress, 

pains and unpleasant gases. 

Don't you understand what these 

symptoms—signals of distress—mean? 

They are the cries of the stomach for 

help! It Is being overworked. It needs 

the peculiar tonic qualities and diges- 

tive strength to be found only In 

HOOD'S 

Sarsaparilla 

The best stomach and blood remedies 

known to the medical profession are 

combined in the medicine, and thousand* 

of grateful letters telling its cures prove 

it to be th^ greatest medicine for all 

itonuch troubles ever yet diacovered. 

The Secrets of Planets Revealed. 

The telescope which is now in process 

of construction is expected to bring the 

moon within a mile's eyesight of this 

world, and to reveal the secrets of the 

planets. It may cause as great a change 

in the world's thought as Hostetter's 

Stomach Bitters does to sufferers from 

dyspepsia, constipation, liver or kidney 

troubles. 

A Limit. 

"But," we assured him solemnly, "to 

receive^pr3p&>mp$%* tioD ' you do 

not owe enough." — 

"I owe," he retorted, "all that any of 

my friends can afford." 

We saw that there wero Inevitable 

limits even to popularity, and, with- 

drawing, wept copiously.—New York 

Press. 

Pe-ru-na Works Wonders for the Gentler Sex in 

Catarrhal Ailments. 

MRS.COLONEL HAMILTON. MISS ANNIE WYANDOTTE. MISS CLARA ST0ECKER. 

That Pe-ru-na has become a household 

remedy in the home of Mrs. Colonel Ham- 

ilton is well attested by a lettw from 

her, which says: "I can give my testi- 

mony as to the merits of your remedy, 

Pe-ru-na. I have been taking the same 

for some time, and am enjoying better 

health now than I have for some years. 

I attribute the change to Pe-ru-na, and 

recommend Pe-ru-na to every woman, 

believing it to be especially beneficial to 

them." Mrs. Hamilton's residence ia 250 

Goodale street, Columbus, Ohio. 

Mrs. Margar- 

et h a Dauben, 

No. 1214 North 

Superior street, 

Racine City. 

Wis,, says: "I 

feel so well and 

good and health- 

ful now that pen 

cannot describe 

' it. Pe-ru-na is 

everything t o 

me. I feel 

healthy and well, 

but if I should be sick I would know what 

to take. I have taken several bottles for 

female complaint. I am in the change of 

life and it does me good." 

Have you catarrh of the head, throat, 

lungs, stomach or any other organ of 

the body? If so, write to Dr. Hartman 

at once. He will send you directions for 

treatment without charge. Address Dr. 

Hartman, Columbus, O. 

Miss Annie Wyandotte, queen of the 

operatic stage and dramatic soprano, 

says: 

"FIFTEEXTH ST. AND JACKSON AVE. ) 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. 5 

"Dr. Hartman: 

"Dear Sir—Pe-ru-na has been my sal- 

vation. It has given me back a beauti- 

ful voice, a gift of God: it has brought 

me once more to my old profession. I 

can talk now, and sing, where before. I 

could scarcely whisper. Can you wonder 

at my delight? I wish every person who 

is suffering as I suffered might know 

Pe-ru-na. Only those who have been 

afflicted can ever know the intense satis- 

faction and gratitude that comes with a 

complete cure. My voice was completely 

gone. April 15 I felt so elated over the 

restoration of my voice that I inserted 

an advertisement in The Star for vocal 

pupils. The advertisement, which tost 

me 05 cents, brought me five pupils, and 

that was the beginning of my pnrsent 

large class. Yours gratefully, 

"Annie Wyandotte." 

A congestion, inflammation or ulcera- 

tion of the mucous membrane, whether 

of the head, stomach, kidneys or other 

organ, is known to the medical profession 

as catarrh. It is known by different 

names, such as dyspepsia. Brighfs dis- 

ease, female complaint, diarrhoea, bron- 

chitis, consumption and a host of other 

names. Wherever there is a congested 

mucous membrane there is catarrh, acute 

or chronic. 

Miss Clara Stoecker soys: "I had 

chronic catarrh for over a year. I tried 

many remedies, but found no relief until 

I saw an advertisement in the paper of 

your treatment for chronic catarrh. I 

tried it nnd I think I am now well. I 

recommend Pe-ru-na to nil my friends 

who arc afflicted with catarrh." Miss 

Stoecker lives at Pittsburg, Fa. 

Mrs. Margareth 

Fritz, Wilcox, 

Okla., writes: "I 

extend my sincers 

thanks for ths 

good advice you 

have given me. I 

do not believe I 

would be liv- 

ing now if It 

were not for 

you. I had 

suffered with 

How of blood 

for four 

months, and 

the doctors 

could help 

me but little. They operated on me threo 

times. It was very painful and 1 only 

obtained little relief. 1 was so weak 1 

could not turn in bed. Then 1. applied to 

Dr. Hartman. I did not know whether 

he could help me or not, but I followed 

his advice, and used only three bottles of 

Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin. Now I am well 

and as strong as 1 ever was, thanks to 

your remedies." Pelvic catarrh has be- 

come so frequent that most women ars 

more or less afflicted with it. It Is usu- 

ally called female disease. 

No Losses. 

To Americans, the Continental bank- 

ing methods are a continual surprise, 

said the tourist. In Paris last month 

I met a friend who had an English 

draft for one hundred pounds on one 

of the largest banks In the city and 

wanted to get the money. He had no- 

body to Identify him, but said, half 

Jokingly, that he was going to try for 

It anyhow, and we went tp the place 

together. We were shown upstairs to 

a large reception room set aside espe- 

cially for customers, and presently a 

messenger came In and took the draft. 

About^' ^ H o.H ie £ P eo P le were also 

3*-J ril'l 

waiting In the room, ana tuier a delay 

of about ten minutes a well-dressed 

young gentleman came to the door and 

bawled out In a loud voice, "Mr. John 

Smith!" My friend (call him John 

Smith for short) got up and was hand- 

ed a bundle of bank notes. No ques- 

tions were asked. I was astonished, 

and In going out 1 took occasion to ask 

the well-dressed young gentleman 

whether the bank wasn't taking des- 

perate chances doing buslpess In that 

eatch-as-catch-can fashion. 

"And why?" he Inquired, opening his 

eyes. I tried to explain, and he shrug- 

ged his shoulders. "We have never 

had any losses," he said. 

Of No Use to Her. 

Mrs. Neverso—I've just been reading 

an article on electricity, John, and It 

appears that before long we shall be 

able to get pretty well everything we 

want by j t touching a button. 

Mr. Neverso—You'd never be able to 

get anything that way. 

Mrs. N.—Why not, John? 

Mr. N.—Because nothing on earth 

would ever make you touch a button! 

Look at my shirt!—Fun. 

What Do tho Children Drink? 

Don't give them tea qr coffee. Have 

you tried the new food drink called 

GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish- 

ing, and takes the place of coffee. The 

••"C* GtainrO-Jou give the children the 

mo. O f" •Wiah, their 

more health you dlstnouur kJ-.VYjl -7^ 

systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, 

and when properly prepared tastes like 

the choice grades of coffee, but costs 

about % as much. All grocers sell it. 15c 

and 25c. 

that li 

STATE OF Onto, CITV OF TOLBDO, 

LUCAS COUNTV. 

FRANK J. CHKNEV makes oath that ho Is the 

senior partner of the nrm of F. J. GIIENBT & 

Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County 

and Slate aforesaid, and that said Ann will pay 

the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each 

and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured 

by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CORK. 

FRANK J. CHENEY. 

Sworn to before me and subscribed In my pres- 

ence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 18S0. 

A. W.ROLKABON, 

I Nolan/ Public. 

HairTcatarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and acts 

directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the 

system. Send for tostlmonlals. free. 

F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. 

Bff-Sold by Druggists, 75c. 

|SEAL ^ 

The Necktie Clnb. 

There Is an organization In Philadel- 

phia known as tho Necktie Club, the 

members of which have asserted their 

intention not to marry. Recently one 

of the members announced his engage- 

ment and was fined a supper by his 

fellows. He spread a fine repast for 

thom, nt which tho menus were printed 

on white silk neckties. In small gilt let- 

ters. A pin, composed of a miniature 

sliver spoon, knife and fork, adorned 

the center, while a portrait of the 

groom-to-be peeped out at the top un- 

der the words, "It's on me." 

Lano's Family Medicine 

Moves the bowels each day. lo order 

to be healthy this Is necessary. Acts 

gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures 

•Ick headache. Price 25 and 50c. 

Sufficiently MUcruble. 

Fisher—How are you keeping Lent? 

Cutbalght—I've got a boll.—Chicago 

Tribune. 

The Cheerful Idiot. 

"That old pagan precept, 'know thy- 

self,' " said the shoe clerk boarder, "Is 

not half bad as a bit of advice." 

"Especially for a fat man," said the 

Cheerful Idiot. 

"And why for a fat man any more 

than a thin?" 

"It gives him a wide acquaintance." 

Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Knse, 

A powder to shake Into your shoes. It rests 

the feet. Cures Corns, liunlons. Swollen, Sore, 

Hot. Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In- 

growing Nails. Allan's Foot-Ka«e makea 

new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists 

and shoe stores, 2oc. Sample mailed k'UKL:. 

Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N, If. 

Strategy. 

Hardacre—Heow did ycow git Mary 

Ann to polish them thar brass knobs so 

bright? 

Crawfoot--Told her thar was mi- 

crobes on 'em. 

| HAVE IT READY 

Minor acddenls are *0 frrquent 

and such hurts BO troublesome 

no household tbould be with- 

out a bottle of 

St. Jacobs Oil 

iDStaol 

world 

knows 

PERFECT 

CURE 

for 

PAINS 

and 

ACHES 

Liver Ills. 

DR. RADWAT A CO., New Toaai 

Dear Sir*—I h»T» b*«n sick for D*MI7 *WO r«*r», >04 

bBT« bocu doctoring »itb torn* ot tb* moat azpert doo- 

ton of tbo Dnittd SUtM. I liar* baan batblna and 

drlnklna hot Malar at lha Hot Sprinsa, Ark., but II 

aaamad a*arxthlna falleJ 10 do ma aood. Afiar I aaw 

four adTartliemaot 1 Uiougbt I vouid try roar pUU, 

lad bar* naarlr a«®d two boiea; b«an taklof two al 

b*dtlmaaiid ona aftar breakfiut, and tbaj bara dona 

ma mora good than anrtbina al.a 1 hara avar oa*d. Mr 

trouble baa baan with tha liritr. My tkln and araa 

war* ail railowi I had ala«|ij, drowsy realiogii (ait Ilka 

• drunkxo man: pain risbt abora tha naTal, Ilk* aa 1( 

It wai bllo on top of tb* ilomach. Uy bowala war* 

coatira. Mjmouthand tongu* aor* moat of th* lim*. 

Appalit* fair, bat food wonid not dl|*«t, bat Mltl* 

haavj an mr atomach. and aom* few monthfnla ot food 

com* np again. 1 aould only aat light food tbatdl. 

g**ts Mally. Plaaaaatod "Dook of Adrle*." R*«p*cfr 

fallr, BEN ZADQO, Hot Spring*, Ark. 

•adway's 

Pric* 26c * Box. Hold by Drnggtata or aant br Mall. 

Band to OR. RADWAV A CO., U Kim Btr**t, Na« 

York, for Book of Adrio*. 

SLICKER 

WILL KEEP YOU DRY. 

m 

Don't b# fooled with a macklnloih 

or rubber coat. If you waniacoat 

that will kwp yi nf Canada. 

Double 

Daily 

Service 

NewllDerla Burlc- 

ferd, I>ubuaue. 

V.aUutuo. hoti 

Itudreandruiin- 

rillO'ifla. Buffo. 

3'lroz 

an. fn 

IfTurT-arsoki 

ux chair 

ear*. alfwplnR 

dlnlm;(Vtid uruv -iruer 

copy f Ploluraa and Notaa Cn-H^ol* IU 

Inn thl 

a fn* 

at- 

•keta of ai 

arrnt* • f I < . K. 11. nrw c 

A. H. HANSON. O. I". A 

nMeuaft 

blcaco 

i MOIIEY MtKES MOHEr 

•vSP | ibnnwh «• a«- ' >-ir« ar* 

W. L. DOUGLAS 

Ilefrr 

JO* 

Carter'* Ink. 

Good ink is a neceasitj for good writ- 

ing. Carter's Is the best. Costs no mor« 

than poor iak. ^ 

The average cost of city bongos fn j S 3 & 3 . 5 0 S H O E S jLVW I P f l T r N T Q 

this country Is estimated at 54.700; of ^Worth M to 16compared^—"v 1 H I L H I U 

with other makei. 

J nil 111 at! by- orer 

1,000.060 wrmrm. 

Thr prnuin* hare W. L. 

Ii'-n-C-u' aarac a&4 price 

atasped en bottom, take 

00 actnmaic rliiTwgJ to be 

at rood. Your dealer 

ttasld karp th*** — il 

wt>*fi pf i«rlf fa* 

»... 1 in * * 

araiii*^ l-y g 

'^rla- 

- . lain *»- 

country housea at $1.0&0. 

VTTAXJTT low. daMUtalad or rabaoalad porwd b7 

Dr. Kllna'a InrlaoTaUng Tonto. Pt-KK |1 Trial n«trt* 

containing 2 w«i*' tr**lB»at. l)r. Kllow*; loatlfta. 

•1 Arch Slr**s. PhUadalphla. Foa»dad lifJl. 

The scholar who cherishes the lore . 

of comfort la not to be deemed a 

scholar. 

Mr*. Wln«ioW« Hoorsnra for Chfldiw 

UrtrJcg ac.'tfaa t^-* » us*, r-a ;-®a -a. 

allaya pals, ccraa wisd eollCL K oaata a botua. 

Uioeld kt-p theai —>1 

M, w« will aeod a pair 

C. N. U. No. ie 

11/HEM TO ABfBnai 

*• ,*• aaw tbt adrtrllacwcai la U B* rtXASC Mr 

on recopt of price a&d »«. L — _ _ 

rttra foe carriage State kund erf 1-J" • 

ua, and width, r 'ai* ar cap toe. Co Irw 

«. t omuii iMK co, ircktai, 1

REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVEN- 

TION,. 

The Republican county convention 

will bate> Ordor. 

STATE OF MICHIGAN. I ss 

County of Muskegon. f ' . .. „ 

At a session of the Probat- Court for the County 

of Muskegon, held at the Probuto pitlce, In the 

City of Muskegon, on Tuesday the tenth dav of 

March, In the year one thousand nine hundn il. 

Present, .John Vamlerwerp. Judge of Probate. 

In the matter of the Estate of NAPOLEON O'- 

CON'NELL,deeoiiseil. 

On reading and flllng the petition, duly verified, 

of Ros; Ann O'Connel 

f " r ,,K, "Pixdnt- 

m-'iit of herself or some other snltalile person as 

administrator of the estate of said deceased. 

Thereupon it is ordered that Monday the sev- 

enth day of May. next, at ten o'clock In the 

tore noon, at the Probata Oflioc In the City of Mus- 

kegon, be assigned for the hearing of said 

petition and tliut notice of said hearing l.e 

given to the persons Interested In salJ estate, by 

causlngacopy of this order to l»e published in the 

MOXTAOUB OUSKKVEH, a neWfpincr printed and 

circulated In said county of Iftukogon, for three 

successive weeks previous to said day of hearing. 

Joux VANDEIIWKUP. 

(A true copy) Judge of Probate. 

OTTO \ OOEL. Register. 

Broken-down 

Women 

weary from pain and the torture of 

over-tr Acd nerves, it is but nattraJ that 

you should be low-spirited and de- 

jected. Worn-out by the care, the 

worry and the long suffering from 

weaknesses that have baffled the best 

efforts of your family doctor, it is no 

wonder you have become discouraged, 

and think there is nothing left for you 

but suffering and misery. Do not give 

up all hope, do not lose all courage. 

Remember Dr. Miles' Nervine has 

helped thousands of despondent wom- 

en to regain their lost health and fail- 

ing strength. It quiets the irritated 

nerves, rests the weary brain and 

drives worry and care away. It gives 

zest to the failing appetite, invigorates 

the digestion and adds new strength 

and vigor to the whole system. Don't 

forget the name. 

DR. MILES' 

N e ^ v m e . 

"Change of life '.eft me a total 

•wrcck and I suffered nervonsnecs, 

rheumatism, heart trouble and dropsy. 

When I commenced taking Dr. Miles' 

Nervine last December I was thought 

to be in the last stages of nervous pros- 

tration and was scarcely able to more 

about the house. I began to improve 

almost from the first dose, and in a few 

months I was enjoying better health 

than I had before in nfteen years. I 

am now able to walk ten or a dozen 

blocks without feeling in the least fa- 

tigued, and I bless the day I first heard 

of Dr. Miles' Nervine." 

MRS. DR. NORRIS, Rock Rapids, la. 

Sold at all druggists on a positive 

guarantee. Write for free advice and 

booklet to 

Dr. Milce Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. 

T 

Pere Marquette R. R. 

A. M. 

II 15 

10 10 

10 20 

95S 

9 50 

0 10 

0 15 

1 50 

P. M. 

P. M. 

0 25 Ar. 

Lv. 

Li 

8 55 

8 25 

7 55 

7 50 

7 15 

5 05 

It 45 

A.M. 

Via G. R. 

8 00 Lv. 

715 Lv. 

M, TUCKBB, 

Agent, 

Montngna. 

Pentwater 

Unrt 

Shelby 

Montnsnc 

Whitehall 

Mnskegon 

Grand Haven 

Chicago Ar. 

A. M. 

Lv. 5« 

Ar. 

400 

5 10 

6 15 

037 

705 

7 10 

800 

11 43 

515 

P. M. 

& I for Grand Rapids. 

Muskegon Ar. 7 00 0 00 

G'd Rapids 

GEO. DBIIATHX, 

Gen. Pat*. Azcjit, 

Grand Rapids 

P. M. 

1 40 

2 03 

2 3S 

300 

305 

350 

10 31 

720 

A, M. 

Muskegou, Grand Rapids & 

Indiana Railroad. 

Commenclnt Decemler 17, IH)9, trains will ran us 

follows; 

STATIONS. 

LKAVK. 

Week | Week 

days I days 

A- II.|r. M. 

Week 

days 

p. w. 

Sun'y 

Only. 

P. M. 

AluskCKliB . ... JV -son June 9:171 l:lfi 3:07 0:37 

G'd Rapids, nr 9:301 1:30 6:20 C:W 

L'EAVR 

, Grand Kapida..... 

I Jniictlou 

i Karenna 

I Miok'n, 1> sta., ar. 

liuskv^oiHar. .... 

Week Week Sun'y 

day" days Only. 

P. H. r. if A. M. 

1::« dM" Sl:l5 

I:« ii:53 9:28 

2:31 6:87 ]0:(M 

8: is 0:5S 10:37 

2;.Vi 7:00 10:40 

Gen. Puss, and Ticktt Agl., 

C. F. Ctocsrox, Gen'I Ar«nt. Muskegon. 

A DAY SURE 

Muskegon County 

BANK 

of MONTAGUE. 

H. H.TERWILLIGER.BANKER 

Four Per Cent. Interest 

Paid on Deposits. 

Savings money* loaned on real eslalo only, and 

the secnrllles held plcd-red for the payment ol de- 

pusils. Consult ns on all Rauklng and Meal Ls- 

tate mat Ion, 

A FREE PATTERN 

Cher own Ml*etloo)lo eriry lubirrlber. ntaudfu) «el- 

orvd UtbosrrupbrU plates and IlluitraUons. OrlKtnal. 

Utoet, arUsllo, exqulilt* aail strlcUy ap-to-dsto dciitcus. 

M9 CALL'S 

MAGAZINE 

We Hafe some Eicellent Lands for Sale 

tQ 

AIB D I 

119 y oar Address and 

y j we will show you how 

to make $3 a day absolutely 

sure; we furnish the work and 

teach you free; you work in the local- 

ity where you live. Send ua your 

address and we will explain the busi- 

ness fully; remember we guarantee a 

clear profit of $3 for every day's work, 

absolutely sure. Write at once. 

THE FRANKLIN SOAP CO., 

DETROIT, MICH. 

CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH 

m m o m pills 

6 V 

0°" 

iMsfo. Always reliable. Ladle*, ask T>runl5l Ibt 

C'llICIiesrKRIW KNULMII In Urd and 

Gold metulllo boaeji, sealed wjih blue nbbon. 

TtsUc MO oilier. KcfUao dnnvvroua aalMtl- 

ttiliuri'sivnai Imltntlona. liny or your Dmcslst, 

or setKl tr. In /•lumps for Pwrtlrulam. To«U- 

itionlNlx and "Rollvf for Ladle*." In Ittlar, 

by return Moll. 10.000Testimonials, tloldby 

all UlUgvlsU. 

OHICtrEBTKB OHEinOAL CO. 

aiOO MadUon Aktasirc. rUULA^ PX. 

Ucotlan ttU Bapar. 

Ladd, THE t 

Photographer 

DrMsttiBklna econoralos, fancr work, bouu-bold blaU, 

short utorteV current topics, eto. BubFcrll>» U. day. 

Only Wo. yearly. JLndjr agvau stoatcd. Bcud for term* 

For ladle*, misses, trtrls and little children. Tbat 

tain itj-lUh " cblc " eflxet not att«lnc of «nir 

oticr patterns, llavono final fontyloau'l i-t'^ct nt. 

Heine of Swaap-Rnct. 

MS CAUL 

fATORHS 

at Montague CVery week 

From Saturday to Monday. 

WE GUARANTEE 

oqunlly fine pictures fiom sittings on 

cloudy tlays ns lirijjli' ones. We tako 

special deiiglit in talcing baby pletuies. 

....Ripley Block. 

DOCTORS 

SMITH A. CHAPMAN, 

Office Hours: I 8 to 10 n. in 

'( I to 3 mill 7 to 8 p. in. 

Dr. Ghupnutn In nttendnnee nt Montague oflloe. 

Ur. SIITLTH In uttomluiio! at Wliltohnll offlcc. 

All cnl!» receive prompt nticntion at any hour 

of day or ul«ht. 

ptTSpeclnl nttentlon to SURGERY. 

NERVITA PILLS 

Reslore Vitality, Lost Vi£;or and Manhood 

Cure Impotency. Night Emissions, Loss of Mem. 

ory, nil wasting diseases. 

all cflects of self-abaso or 

loxeeEs and hidiscretioa. 

A nerve tonlo and 

I blood ball'.or. Brines 

'the pink KIOW to pale 

checks nna restores the 

.tiro of youth. By mail 

_ >60c per oo*. 0 bozos for 

$2.60, with our bankable eraarantoe to euro 

or refund tbe money paid.' Send for clxcalar 

nnd copy of out bunkabie guarautco bond. 

EXTRA STRENOTIt 

PILLS 

Nervita Tablets 

DR. L. E;. JONES 

L, C. Jones, IMiysIc an nnd Surgeon. Ofllco In 

Ripley block. Prolenionul calls will roccive 

pouipta itenllon. Monianuc. MUh. 

F-AnIlT put toi-lher. Only 10 and |4 , e,n, * 

blgber Koldln t^>rlyrrerycllyVd^!i^rl ,, ./5r«a 

a>k tor them. AtwoluUly very lautl up-to-dato ttyloa 

THE iUcCAM. COMPANY, 

m-MV 'M 1 6""'. - • • • 1 '» rk lll I» "f T* 

TXT R. Johnston, Dentlit rooms In 

>> . M. 11. CoreU'i lilo^k, Wbitehall. Mociy- 

nlne bim-Iinndredilis of Hip iceih olhera exlr*«', 

.My |.uiri.i> Uit paidal mU. »ilb or wlil.oi't 

plates, never fall; lecih filled wllhoni pnln: new 

prtiitrfs of nillnx and ronrln^ tceiu. Vlullxod air 

gieu for the paialcis extraction of tecib. 

immediate Remits 

(TKLLOW LABEL) 

Positively Ruarantood care for Lorn of Poweri 

Vnrlcocele, Undeveloped or Shrunken Omnns^ 

Pnrosis, Locomotor Ataxia, Korrous Prostra- 

tion, Hysteria. Fits, Insanity. Paralysis and thA 

Retults of Excosdvo Usfl of Tobacco, Opium or 

Liquor. By mail In plain packaire. 81.00 a 

box, e for aoloo with oar bankable raar- 

antee bond to care In 90 days or refand 

money paid. Address 

NERVITA MEDICAL CO, 

Clinton & Jackson Sta., CHICAGO, 1^, 

For sale by Paul G. Kling, druggist, 

Montague, Mich. 

$500 REWARD 

We will pny the above rr\rard for any cnsi of 

Liver pouitiLilat l)y*popsla. Sick llmduche, IUT 

disutlon, Uoiu.tlpallon ur Costlvcneu wo cannot 

cuir with Liven tii, il)e Up-U.-Dale Llllle LIvrr 

Pill, when the dinrUons ore strictLy compiled 

with. Theyarapiindy Vt'Kctable and never fo|| 

to -rive >.itisfiiclloii. £r- boxes cmljiiii Ilk) Pills, 

lite bote* ron La In II) Pills. .Sr Uxev Oontiiln 15 

PilM. Uawnru of •i|l»Utiitr.>uf and iniltatlons. 

Sent by mail; stamps taken. .NKKV1TA MEDI- 

CAL CO., Cor. Ciliii!lcb:

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