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LOWELL JOURNAL.rVOUBHMO BVBRT WIDHtflDAT, AtLQWELL,KENT CO., MICH—bt—CHARLESQUICK.Entered at tho Post Ofllco at Lowell, MIchlRan,Mwcond class matter.NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.Subscription $1.00 a Year.BATES FOR ADVERTISING.Local bUBlnesa Items 6 cents per line eacb InMrtlon.Legal adrertlsementa at stAtute prices.Oardaof Thanks 50 cents each, rtganlless «fIbe number of lines.All Items Intended to benefit any one's buslsee*Mil be eh.srged for«dT»rtuinir r*i»«iResolutions of condolence, fl.BO.Marriage, death and birth notices free.ards In Dlrectorj Column, |1 per line peryea/.^ards of 1 In. In Directory, $S per year.Batos for laiger adrertlsemenU made knownthe officeWodnesilay, Jan. 17, 18l>4.ROBBED BY A BOY.the Post Office at Traverse OltySuffers from Theft.•ode of Operation of • IS-Year-OId Boyby Which He Has Heonred Orer Sir500—How the Young HaacaJWM Caught.BOUTO OVBATbaveme Cinr, Jan. 15,—LlndellStewart, ajjed 18, has been bound overto tbe federal ouurt uu % obarge ofTobbln# the poet office of this place.Be bad operated Bystematlciillyfororer a year.He would go to the boxwindow and ask for a certainBan's mallThe next day he woulduk for still another person'imail.Finally the pitlzons complainedthat they were not (retting theirletters.Last week Stewart got a lettercontaining a penalon check.Heread the name and boldly asked 9banker to cash the check.The chcckhad act been Indorsed, so the teller•sked the boy who had sent him.Thename was coolly given, but the tellerinsisted that the man himself wouldhare to Indorse It The boy walked outand did not return-This little episodeled to his arrestThe boy's peculationsamount to over 11,500.OLD PEOPLES DAY.Three Anniversaries Betokening LongLife Held In One Neighborhood.KALAMAZOO, Jan.18.—Mr. and Mrs.Anson Dewater on Friday celebratedtbe fifty-eighth anniversary of theirmarriage at their home In Oshtemo,this county, where they bare livedorer fifty years.There were presenttheir seven children, twenty-fivegrandchildren and tea grcat-grandehlldron.At another farmhouse nearhy, at the same time, DavidBhodee was celebrating his 76th birthday.Seven children, eighteen (rrandehildren,and five great-grandchildrenwere presentAt still another farmer'sbouse, only 8 miles away, In the adjoiningtownship of Alamo, William Alfordfathered his children and grandchildrento celebrate tbe birthday of hismother, Mrs. J. W. Stuart, aged 63, aresident there since 1881£. MAY ^COEPT.AHlteh liyNegotlatiuni for a Mich;OC Igan Aayhnn lite. j'LASBINQ, ^an. \L—Attorney GeneralKills has advised the state board ofcharities not to accept the deed offeredcovering the site at Newberryfor the projected asylum for the insanein the upper peninsula.The statuterequires that the state be given an abeolutetitle, while the deed containsreservations of timber and land forhighways and provides for the propertyreverting to the grantors In caseIt ever ceases to be used for asylumpurposes.1 To Abollsb Immigrant Inspection.LANSING, Jan. 14.—The state boardof health has resolved. In view of thedecision recently by Circuit JudgeBteere, of Bault 8te. Marie, .declaringthe penalty provisions of the Michiganquarantine law unconstitutional, thatthe Immigrant Inspection at the Michigan.border be suspended.This actiondoes not Involve the abandonment onthe part of the board of the bault Ste.Marie case.On the contrary. AttorneyGen. Ellis has already taken steps toappeal the case, so the questions Involvedmay be finally passed on by theeourt of last resortTn Prison for Life.ANN ABBOB, Jan. 12.—The jury Inthe Hand murder case found a verdictof guilty at 10 o'clock Thursday even-1 th® dead body of her father at her side,'ing, after being out six hours.Thetrial was for the murder of J. Pulver, New Secret Society.LAKBING, Jan. 12. — A new orderknown aa the Ancient Order of LoyalAmericans was formed here. The membersare required to labor against anyforeign influence in the affairs of thenation, either political or religious tobreak down trusts and to promote llbsrty.None but native-born Americanscan join. January is set as the dayon which the order Is to be InstitutedIn all tbe various states of the union.Jodge Long Defends Ills Right*.LANSING, Jan. 16.—Justice Long baaaent an open letter to Pension CommlfisionerLochren which, after reviewingthe case, criticises the commissionerseverely for his unwarrantedaospenslon of the judge's pension.which action was set aside last Satur-The Railroad Mnst Pay.STANTON, Jan. 18.—A suit for 116,000damages by D. A, Briant against theDetroit Lansing & Northern railwayfor the destruction of Briant's planingmill by fire, whleb originated from aspark from a passing freight engine,was terminated by the jury awardingthe plaintiff 14,600.Sanitariam for South Africans.BATTLK CBKKK, Jan. 14.—Dr. J. H.Kellogg, tbe medical superintendent ofthe sanitarium here. Is to build a sanitariumin this city which, after its com-Interestlng; liifurniatlou Gathered from.Many Localities.Holland furniture factories have resumedoperationaHon. Don M, Dickinson b«»» announcedhis opposition to an Incometax.About February 1 the new shinglemill at West Brnnch will begin operations.The 1-year-old child of Abner Robinson.of Buchanan, choked to death onan apple paring.Beet sugar culture will be extensivelyengaged in by the farmers of Ioscocounty next season.The Fifth regiment M. N. G., remainsunder command of Col. Lyoft,who has been reelected.The house and barn of John Dewey,In Johnstown, burned Saturday nightLoss, 81,600; insured.W. 8, Wagstaff, of Detroit has beenelected president of the Traveling PassengerAgents' association.William McClary, of Charleston, formerlya prominent republican politician,aged 83 years. Is dead.Gambling will not be permitted Inthe future upon the grounds of the BerrienCounty Agricultural society.Holland hunters and fishermen haveformed an association for the propagationand protection of game andfish.Paul F. Cox, of Battle Creek, has Inventeda typesetting machine that Isexpected to eclipse anything on themarketTen Holland newspapers are printed InMichigan—four at Grand Rapids, fourat Holland and one each at Kalamaiooand Battle Creek.Congressman Thomas, of Michigan,has filed petitions In congress from Alleganand other points In opposition tothe free-wool schedule.At the second annual meeting of theSaginaw Valley Spiritual association,held in Saginaw recently, D. P. Dewey,ofiGrand Blanc, was elected presidentGeorge B. Thayer & Co., of BentonHarbor, Intend starting a fruit packagemanufactory in that place.Workhas already begun 00 the new InstltutloaThe Peninsular Poultry and Pet Stockassociation at Charlotte elected E. G.Mason, president; E. B. Hammond, vicepresident and Frank McKenzie, secretary.Richard & Huyck, of Little PrairieRonde, is dead. He assisted in buildingthe second frame sirncture at Kalamazoo,and was the first postmaster atLittle Pralne.The receiver of the Fraternal Guardians'society will have to pay up allMichigan claims.Cabe & Co., Bostonbrokers, are buying them up for fiftyand seventy-five cents on the dollar.Fruit growers near Fennvllle aremuch distressed over tho warmweather.They fear that It will swellthe buds and leave them an easy preyfor the sharp frosts that will follov.Prof. Carl Moench, of Bay City, wassandbagged and robbed In Chicago recently.Prot Moench was dragged intoan alley and over $60 In money, hisgold watch, sleeve buttons and satcheltaken from him.Herman and Hiram Harwood, of Constantlne,have been granted pensionsas veterans of the Bliu&hawk war ofeight dollars per month.They weredrafted at White Pigeon nearly sixtytwoyears ago and served to the end ofJhewar.NOT ACANDIDATE.Gen. Alger Declines to Ooateet forthe Senator ship.While Appreciative of the Honor Uun*Him In Mentioning His Name, HeUeclfnee to Hun in the Interestof Party Harmony.OUT OF THE BACK.DKTBOIT, Jan. 18.—The Tribuneprints the following letter;•'Binron or THE TUIULN*:I appreciatevery highly tho oompllmcnt paid me by theTribune In Ita issue of the 8th Inst, suggestingmy name lor the office of United States senator."Since that date 1 have given the mattercareful consideration and have deoldad to declineto bo a candidate.I do this In the intereatof party harmony In our state, which Is ofgreater importance to the republicans ofMichigan (nan is the candidacy of any man."Willtho Tribune accept my grateful aokuowledgmentafor Its courtesy and permit methrough Its columns to thank the many friendswho by telegraph, letter and In person, have of.fered to aid me In the canvass."R A AUJIB."SENSATIONAL SCENEIN COURT.NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.Sontn Boston.Miss Edna Vickoy' better.There was a good attendance at theL. D. Council Saturday. Next meetingat Keene Grange Hall In four weekH.MeBsrs J. F. and K. W. English soldsome full blood red Polled cattle recently.This weather is warm enough for sugarweather (Monday,)Revival meetings commenced In theM. E, church Sunday night by Rev.Kinyon.inA WitneM In • Mnrder Trial atUatroltIWeeps and Prays.DBTBOIT, Jan. Ifl.—The examinationof Mrs. Ruth Saunders, accused of causingthe death of Viola Stevens by anoperation, began Friday morning.Allthe testimony at the coroner's Inquestwas read.Ira Wright the man whotook the girl to Mrs. Saunders 1house, cared for her. and waspresent at her death In the Interest ofa friend, was brought Into the courtroom-All at once he fell upon hisknees and began topraj- fervently, liftingbig hands In supplication while hiseyes streamed with tears.Afterward,while bis testimony was being read,Wright broke Into tears.Death of Col. Sanford.LANSING, Jan. I6.--C0L George P.Banford, formerly owner and editor ofthe Lansing Journal and more recentlyol the State Democrat died at hishome here Monday morning of paralysis.Jn 1869 he was the democratic representativeof this county In the legislature,and In 1876 was the democraticnominee for regent of the Universityof Michigan. He was Interested largelyIn Lansing real estate.He shiftedfor himself when 10 years old andworked himself through college.. QtuUlOed Himself.F, LANSING, Jan. 12.—Gov. Rich has appointedWilliam K. Havlland, ofPequaming circuit court commissionerfor Baraga county.Mr. Havlland waselected to this office last fall, but owingto the fact that he had not then beonadmitted to the bar he was not eligibleto discharge the duties.He has sincebeen licensed to practice by JudgeHubbell of the Houghton circuitCharged with Arson.BATTLE CBEEK, Jan.18.—The caseagainst Andres Grobe end Gus Hulsey,of Eckford, for burning the home ofthe former to get the Insurance wasdismissed by Jodge Smith, as it wasproved they misrepresented the valueof the buildings when the insursncewas secured.They were rearrestedupon a charge of arson. They wereunable to secure ball, and are in jaiLA Ooo^hler's Sod BXTIWIOA.MANTOH, Jan 18.—R. N. Ruble, ofibis place, left Friday to get bis daughter,who Is teaching at Pioneer, Missaukeecounty. & their way homehe died of heart diseaseHe hadrequested Miss Ruble to sing and aashe sang he suddenly died.The routqis a lonely one and the brave youngwoman drove all the way* home withby Clifford Hand one year agoatYpsllantLThis was the second trial,the first having come off last Octoberand in which the jury, after being outforty-two hours, failed taagree.Thesecond trial occupied nine*days.JudgeKinne pronounced the sentence of imprisonmentat ninety-nine yean.Confl-tned.WABHiNGfoN, Jan. 16.—The senate inexecutive session confirmed the followingnominations: John M. B. Sill, ofMichigan, minister resident and consulgeneral of the United States toCorea; John B. Maloney, collector ofcustoms at Detroit; Simon C Karer,appraiser of merchandise at DetroitKilled by Mrtrphlne.CABO, Jan. 13.—John Burg&s, aged38, took morphine Tuesday and hadseveral teeth drawn. He walked home,half a mile distant and went to sleep.All efforts to trouse him proved unsuccessfuland he died at an early hourThursday morning.He was to havebeen married to-day.A Connterfelter Caught.BAT CITV, Jan. 13.—Wllber Loree, ofOtter Lake, charged with making andpassing counterfeit nickels, bad a preliminaryexamlaatlon before UnitedStates Commissioner McMath and washeld to the grand jury.His ball wasfixed at 8300, which was furnished.Small Booty Seeared.KALAMAZOO, Jan. 18.—The post officesafe was Mown open by burglars Fri-,day night and ruined, but only stampsand Btuall ohauge rewarded the breakersThe explosion shattered severalwindowsThe Bristol post office wasalso burglarized.Horrible rate of m l.nnetlc.KALAMAZOO, Jan. 18.—John White, alunatic, tore his clothes from his personat his house In Otsego, tore everythingtearable that he could get hishands on, then set the place on fire andwas burned to doath.His charred remainswere taken from the debris.Trained Noises'for retrolUBATTLE CBEKK. Jan. 16. — Sixteengraduates from the training class atthe hospital here will open a medicalmission in Detroit next week on thei plan^nf the one in Chicago, under the: supervision of the Adventists.A Suspected Murderer Caught.-, Fire In Detroit.DETROIT, Jan. 1L—Fire broke outWednesday evening on the third floorof the commission house of McNaughton.Walker & Co., on Wood bridgestreet and did $36,000 worth of damagebefore controlled.It started witha flash and a hissing noise, similar tothat of an electric wire burning outand is believed to have originated fromthat cause.Joy at Dowagiac'.DOWAGIAC, Jan. 13.—The long-oontinuedlegal contest in which the DowagiacManufacturing company has beeninvolved was satisfactorily adjusted,Henry Klmmerle having sold all hisstock to the Lyle brothers, who alreadyhad a controlling Interest In thecompany.The shops, will be startedup in a few days with a large force ofmen.Sot for an Obscene Photogmpb.LANSING, Jan. 14. — Catherine J.Ketchum was convicted In the circuitcourt Saturday of sitting for an obscenephotograph.The defendant attainedsome prominence as a worker Inthe W. C. T. U.Great interest waacentered upon the case and the trial,which las tod three days, was attendedby large crowds.Bora mod Horse* Boraed.DEOATCB, Jan. 1L—Alexander Dobson'sfarm barn in Hamilton townshipwas destroyed by incendiary fire. Threehones wen cremated, and twenty tonsof hay/together with a quantify ofwheat and agricultural Implements,were burned.Tnmps an supposed tohare caused the fire.*»l«l «oildfe*' 6 wiil '**i ltW,0« #hen RO. BIZO, now SSc.; oldHsUo.nowWc. QUARANTkES issued only byD. G. Look, Druggist, Lowellf :Business Cards.PHYSICIANS,O C. MoDANNKLL, M D., Physician andtSurgeon, Offlce 40 Bridge St.M O.OREBNBML D.. Physician and Sur-• geon. Offlce at Residence, E. Bridge St.W F. BROOKS, Physician and 8nr-, geon. Offlce ever M. Ruben's store.Offlce Hours—10 a. m. to 3 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m.DEALERS.J OHN GILES «CO., OroceriM aud ProvnIons. Orockerv. Ac.Mains & Mains,Law, Collections and Insurance,omcBLowell,S. BOVLAH'S HAROWARE Midi igan.s. P. HICKS.INFLUENCEIN POLITICS FORGOOD OR ILL.A Workingxnan Shows How Its Use IsAbused to tbe Injury of Labor—geuisiiAdvertising From Its Sufferers.That the prees Is a power which thopeople at last have cause to dread hasbeen amply proved, not only in the lastcampaign, but since the termination ofthat important contest.That an intelligentclass, such as American workmenclaim to he, with their eyes wideopen, could be hoodooed into a conditionof party servility which made themtho agency of their own degradation isnot only equaled but surpassed bythe still further manifestation of itspower over the minds of workmen inclosing their eyes to tho real cause ofthe existing industrial depression.That the decline of industrial enterprise,which transformed the independent,self supporting workman of yesterdayinto the helpless pauper of today,waa caused directly by thepledgedpurpose fortified by alisolute power oJthe Democratic party to abolish thetariff no intelligent workman willdeny.Yet in plain view of this conditionof facta nnd in plain hearing of thevoice of conspiracy to hand our indnstriesover to England, what is the attitudeof working people—the class whoare most deeply interested?Daily quenching their thirst forknowledge from the fountain of a uocalled Democratic press, their opinionsare made for them in England andmake some effort to check the decrease,and, as The Union says, "here may befound the reason why the bankers ofNew York are so anxious for the repealof the McKiuley tariff."Knowing aswe do how the country prospered elsewhereas long as protection was assured,it is not surprising that there should beu OlumgB in tbe relativo bank earningsin and out of Now York.Tho reasonassigned, too, seems plausible enough,judging by tesults.—American EconotniotWILLIAM WAMAMAKER'S WAT.BeHe Thlnka the People CannotHumbugged.Mr. William H. Wanamaker, a memberof the Philadelphia firm of Wanamaker& Brown, on a brief business tripto Louisville, where the firm has a flourishingbranch establishment, haa beengiving his views on the general subjectof advertising in the Louisville Commercial.His opinion and experience will beread with interestHe says: "There areno people ^nywhero that can be humbuggedor deceived more than once.Your customer, while he may not knowTHE BEAUTEOUS BEGINNER.She stands all sweet and tremulousBefore our ravished sight.In dainty garb, a vision fairOf youth and beauty bricht.A ribboned essay in her handShe trembllUd holds and readsItasago re^ectloii.i as to whatHumanty most ti-ods.Che fn .0 fp.fr, oo awoeti so pure,.As we behold her there.That who of us heare what she says.Or who of us can coreIf all her thoughts arc all her ownOr taken from some book.Or If her practical mammaHas taught her how to cook?—Somcrville JournalTHE RED RIBBON,Uncle Fred waa simply a very nkefellow whose name was Frederick Barrois.He was of a good disposition. Thatcould be read on his youthful face, sucha youthful face that on seeing the narrowred ribbon in his buttonhole peoplesometimes asked him for his story. Andhe. to avoid the embarrassment felt intho intrinsic merit of what you offer, can , . . . „„„„. . . .. •11. a speaking of ones self, answered someforma pretty fair idea of quality, and ; . ,? .. ' wtiofr m o 1 cl T? •once you mislead him his confidence Inyou is gone forever, and besides that hewill infiuence-a portion of his circle offrieuda against you."If there is any one thing 1 would offeras a maxim to advertisers it is this, 'Thewhat maliciously:"I waa born 20 years ago, and sincethen—nothing ever happened to me."But it was not so.It happened to himthat he hud bravely won this red ribbonwhich showed so advantageously uponAttorney, LoanH,Coll©ctlouf»and . t ran8mitted from The World buildingtruth pays. Some years we have spent ; ^ breast. Having been sent to Tonquinover a quarter of a million dollars in ad- , M a caTaIry officerf he had freed a bat.vertismg, and you can readily see that , ^ of artill which the enemie8 al.we have given the subject very much ^ believed tn their possession.Insurance.MONEY tn LOAN on REAL ESTATE SECURITYIn stuns of 1806 and upwards at currentrates.OFFICB OVER CLARE ft WINEQAR'S.LOWELL. - MICH.Dr. J.D.Peters,EYE SURGEON,GRAND RAPIDS,100 Monroe St. MICHIGAN(OKA;A. A. *HUNT 4DAVIS ABSTRACT CO,Abstracts ofjitle* Real EstateUnder City National Bank,GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.A A. HAH SR.U K. SALSBTJRT.MAHER & SALSBURY,Attorneys at Law, ,£751Honroe St.GRAND BAPIDS,'PHONE NO. 20MICH.LAW OFFICES OFFRANK W. HINE,76 LTOK ST., COOBT BLOCK,GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.Taggift, Kaippan & Danlsn,LAWYERS,Rooms 911-817 Mich. Trust Bldg.GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN.snwian TAOtuaT.LOYAL B. EJfAPPSM.AKTHDB C. DEXISON.oooaas-I 1 CUPIIUAMI PRACTICAL AND1, J. onCLLMAnlSCIENTIFIC OPTICIANPermanently located at66 Monroe St., GrandRapids. Eyes tested for Spectacles free of cost,with the Latest Improved Methods. Glasses Inevery style at moderate prices. Artlflclal Eyes,10 suit every case. Adjusted Without Pain. EarInstruments of Every Description to Benefit theDeaf. See Sign of Big Spectacles, M.Meat MarketJ. J. McNaughton,Always on band a fine selection of Fresh MeatsSalt Meats, Fish, Poultry and Gamein Season.v,| Pand other agencies of an acknowledgedforeign character.Like a field in pr"7>aration for a certaincrop, the public mind is preparednow by Democratic journals for theeeedfl of depression and the harvest'ofindustrial ruin that is rare to follow,so the minds of the working people, whoare to be the first and greatest sufferers,are so imbued with the doctrine of politicalfalsehood that while the factoryis closed againstthem, while theirwages are getting less and less everyday, and while many are needing,ifnot already eating, the bread ofcharity, they quietly accept a changeof conditions which in some other countrywould cause revolution or a changeof the ministry.Owing: in a larger measure to thesubtle influence of the Democratic pfees,they were prepared for the harness.But at this critical point in the programme,the genius of evil manifestsitself in the personality of one Pulitzer,Joseph Pulitzer, now of The World—next of ? With a " if of breadin one hand, to allay popular vengeance,he gains time to write the decree of industrialruin with the other.This Mr.Pulitzer is one of the chief propagatorsof the free trade scheme which createdhunger and now glorifies himself forrelieving'some of the hunger he hashelped to create.This he calls charity, while it is oneof the most useful levers in the pauperfinishing machine that he is daily .constructing.Until it shall please nn allwise Providence to put an injunction onpractical trial, and have studied it theoreticallyas a science.In all these yearswe have watched the returns carefullyfrom every standpoint we have taken,and are now prepared to give our unqualifiedopinion that more and betterreturns are given to us through the newspapersthan all the other means evertried."Wo advertise every day in the year,"said Mr. W.. "except Sunday.There isalways some trade doing, even in theflullest season, and we strive to divertthe floating or transient trade to onrplace.Again, when business ordinarilyis dull, people who see our invitations inthe newspapers are more apt to readthem, for the reason that they have moretime to read, .and there are fewer advertisementsthen.Many merchants whohave been in business for a certain numberof years will say, 'Oh, we are so wellknown it is no use for us to advertise.'Thgre never was a greater mistake.Wewould as soon think of canceling our ineurancepolicies as our advertising contracts.We spend more money withnewspapers each year that goes by; thereare more people who want. goods, andnew trade is always coming to the tmrface."Advertising that is well done is cumulativein its character.It is like thocompounding of interest. An advertisementinserted in a daily paper oneday will, in all probability, make a goodreturn to the merchant who has thegoods the people want at the right priceaEach successive advertisement that heputs in gains an impetus and influencefrom the original one. and so it countsup until the name of the firm gets whatis equivalent to the 'good will' of a successfulbusiness, besides deriving theUnfortunately it also happened to himduring the fight that he had received abullet in the side.As he had been too recently appointedlieutenant to be promoted to the rank ofcaptain, he received instead the cross ofthe Legion of Honor, and this greatlyhelped to heal his wound. Still, howeverwell healed it might have been, heremained very weak.He was sent hometo become stronger.And this is how, for the last fortnight,he had been living in clover at the homeof his sister, Mme. Julia Duchemin,whose husband owned a glass works atBoves, near Amiens.Frederick was happy there, for heloved his sister, and his sister loved him.There was but one drawback to his happiness.His brother-in-law, JacquesDuchemin, had been obliged to leave onthe day following the young officer's arrival.AB a compensation there was betweenthe brother and the sister the latter'sdaughter, a girl just over 5 years of age,who appeared delighted with UncleFred and with the gold loce of his uniform,and for whose benefit Frederickbecame a boy again.All the acquaintances they had—butwith whom they sustained almost constantintercourse—were Mme. Bourgeois,a widow, and her daughter Antoinette,a young girl of 18.How pretty she was! Not so much inregularity of feature, but in her simplicity,her natural grace, her persona!charm.As for Mme. Bourgeois, she was kindriagewhich might have saved his relatives.But while lowering his eyes he saw hisrod ribbon, and it seemed to him heheard an interior voice repeating the sentenceho had just uttered, "It would notbe acting like a gentleman."He also saw (hat Martha no longercurled her doll's wig.Sitting on theground moriouleen and cilent, the obildwas looking at her mother, who wept silently.She wept—in silence also."Julia," said the young man soberly,"go, in my name, to ask for Mllo. Bourgeois'hand.""At last!" triumphantly exclaimed Antoinette'smother after Julia had formulatedher request.Then calling herdaughter she added in the same joyfultone: "Come—he has,come to itlAnswer,darling.Tell—tell how backwardwe found himfA lovely smile, so chaste in its frankness,lit up the young girl's face andwithout speaking she advanced towardMme. Duchemin with extended hands.Then, kissing her:"I am so happy," she exclaimedbravely.The very next day Frederick beganhis "wooing," as it is called.Yet what a strange thingl He, so outspokentill then—so open and so gaywasformal now, circumspect, stilted,almost unpleasant. Goodby U. intimate"chatter," to all freedom! Ho chose hiswords carefully. No more jokes now!At first Antoinette was disconcertedby it, but surmounting her painful impressionshe appeared happy enough fortwo.She was the first to speak of theirplans, saying, as if inadvertently, "thesedear plans."He still called her "mademoiselle,while she called him "Frederick." Sheconsulted him about tho details of theirfuture home.What shade did he preferfor the curtains? And when theywere passing the glass works, stoopingto kiss Martha, she prompted:"Say 'Good morning. Aunt Fred.'"* » » « «

J A P A N E S E }j p r L j E D_CUREA Now nnd Cnmploto TroRlmonl, conFlftlng ofBUPP08IT0B1E8, Caponle" of Olnlwent and twoBox*"* of Ointment. A nevor-faliln-- Core for rilooof every nature and 'oc-oe. It make* an operationwtUi the knife or Injection* of carbolic acid, whichan pamfnl and seldom a pormanont cure, and oftenreraltinK In death, onneooceary.Why endu'ethis terrible dlseai*?Wf, Buarante® Cboxes to cure any ease.Voil only pay forbenefits received. 11 a box. fi for »5. Sent by mall.Goarantoen Issued by onr agents.CONSTIPATION M i S M Sthe irreat LIVER nnd STOMACH REOOLATOR andBIX>00 pnBIFIER.Small, mild and pleasant totake, especially adapted for children's use. OODoseeZ routs. . ,OUABANTEEfl Issued on.y by0. G. Look, DrugKist, LowollMethodist tpiscoval Casrcb.The Journal Free!Four per cent is all the banks pay ondeposits and the JOURNAL has made arrangementsso that allPaid In Advance Subscriberswill receive•ne dollar and four cents in cash,besides the JOURNAL, making a paid inadvance subscription better than a bankaccount.See our "Cash Coupon" on first page.90 ACRESHost be sold or exchanged for Grand Rapidsproperty.WHO WANTS IT?TheS. SOacresof theS. W. ^ 22-7-9. lies in aflne farmliiK country, about two miles north ofLowell.All improved except wood lor of about15 acres. Both heavy and light land Both highand low land. RunninR water, house and barn,small orchard.This farm can bfi made a choicefarm at slight expense.Write me or come down and see me.JOHN 8. MARTIN,95 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDSL. MANA8SE, OPTICIAN,88 Hndlson Street,Tribune Bldg.,CHICAGO.FIME'SPECTACLES and EYE-GLASSESSpociU facilities for fltttnfc difficult cases. Opera,Field ard Tourist's OIBSMB, Microscopes. Telescopes.Mnirio Lanterns. Surveying and DrawingInstruments. Photo. Outilts.JSCS. CON'STTI.T TPTE OLT) "RKTTABLE. 18C3.M I C H I O A NFEMALESEMINARY.Fine Ad van tares In Mnslc nnd Art.A supeiior school.Number of students liiilted.Passenger elevator • Htoira heat. Certificateadmits to University of Mich, without exam I nation.Opens Sept. i4. Send for catalogueNo. 80 for full particulars.LOl'ISK It. SAMPSON. Principal. KalamazooI HAVE FOR THESPRING TRADEOF 1894:20,000 Peach Trees10,000 Apple Trees5,000 Plum Trees5,000 St. Pear TreesWith Dwarf Pear and Cherry Treesand Small Fruits, Shade Trees, etc.,At Very Low Prices.Get prices and examine stock beforeplacing your order. Abovestock is well grown.A. E. LEWIS,McCORDS,Kent County.MICH.Clearanee SaleOFSHOESBargains inLadies', Boy's'Misses' andChildren's Shoes.$5.00 French Kid Shoes $2.50,00 Kid Shoes at.... $2.00$2 to $3 Kid Shoes at $1.50If we have yoursize youare lucky!Geo. Winegar.AFTER YOUR TRADE!LOWELL JOURNAL,LOWELL, MICH.Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1804.The Grand Opera House,M BSORIN STAIR, Mgr.,:Grand Rapids, - Mich.This Week—"A Dark Secret."Netl Week—"Chip o' the Old Block."Why Tommy Didn't Speak His Piece."There was such a lot of people there—And all the gaslights seemed to > tare—And—some one whispered: 'Hold up yourhead;'And-'Don't be scared, dear,' somebody saidAnd—all of 'em clapped when I went in—And somebody said; 'Goon! Beein!'And—I forgot every word I knew—And-all of 'em laughed—boo oo-oo-oo."—y. Y. Independent.HERE AND THERE.W. J. Ecker & Son. make nnd have afull stock of wooden eavetroughe.BaptistEntertainment,Wednesday, Jan. 24th.Buy Linens of A. W. Weekes.The District has received the newbooks.F. W. Tarleion spent Sunday in Gd.Kipids.Carl Peckham was in Grand Rapids,Saturday.Newton Coons and wife spent Sundayat Smyrna.Francis King has been visiting in Detroita few days.Born, to Mr and Mrs Zeno Poet, Jan.leth, a daughter.Mr Stewart, of Battle Creek, is visitingClare Althen.Mrs Chas. Althen is visiting Mrs M. E.Simpson, at Ionia.F. W. Clark, of Lake Odessa, spentFriday in Lowell.Miss Stella Beach is spending a coupleof weeks at Alton.Chas. Selover, of Detroit, is visitingfriends and relativesA. D. Thomas, of Edmore. visitedfriends here last week.Clare Althen is home from GrandRapids for a few days.Mrs R. W. Graham spent Sunday withW. S. Fuller, of Grattan.John Husted, of Grand Rapids, visitedhere one day last week.Linen Sale for one week, commencingJan. 15th, at A. W. Weekes'.J. C. Chase, of Ellijay, Ga., visitedLowell friends last Tuesday.H. E. Clark, of Ada, called on Lowellfriends one day last week.Mrs Rowland, of Ithaca, is visitingher sister, Mrs H. H. Hunter.Mrs Lant Abies and children left Mondayfor their home in BradL-y,E. L. Wood, of Mecosta, visited hisfriend, C. W. Parks, Saturday.Will Brown, of Middleville, was intown a couple of days last week.Rev. Jay Prudenspof St. Johns, spentMonday with R^v. E. H. Shanks.Mr and Mre C. A. Church entertainedMr and Mrs C. J. Church, Sunday.Mrs A. D. Hartwell, of Grand Haven,visited Mrs E. A. Speaker last week.There were four members taken intothe Baptist church Monday evening.Miss Mal>elle McDonald entertainedMiss Minnie Dennis, of Muir, Sunday.Mr and Mrs W. H. Clark gave a verypleasant card party last Monday night.Miss Mattie LaGrange, nf Gd. Rapids,has been visiting her frinnd, Mra C. W.Parks.Mr and Mrs Geo. Wilson spent Sundaywith Mr andMrs Chas. Wilson, atGreenville.Mrs Lute Seeley. of Gd. Rapids, wasthe guest of her sister, Mrs Marks Rubenover Sunday.Wednesday evening, Jan. 34, at theBaptist church. AdmistionSSc, Childrenunder 15.15c,Vergennes W. C. T. U. will meet withMre William Parker, on Thursday afternoon,January 25lh.J. B. Franklin, of Rockford, was intown last week, looking over propertyon West Water street.Wanted, all the Ladies in Lowell townshipto call at Severy's Hardware Storeto see the new clothes rack.1 have a few small sums of money toloan on good security.FRANK C. ALOFR,Hon. A. G. Wolfenbarger and Prof.A B. Huckins at Music Hall, Jan. 19,al 7:30 p. m.AdmiHsion free.Leave orders al Brown & Sehler's forwood, baled hay and straw.• D. P. MERRIMAN.Miss My/tie Linnebiiigh, of Portland,returned home Tuefday, after a shortvisit with Miss Stella Beach.Sirs Grace Herring ion, of Pontiac, returnedhome Monday, after a threeweeks visit with her suter. Miss MayDavis.John E. More and A. C. Sekell, of Gd.Bapids, were in town Monday attendingthe meeting of the Lowell Water &Light Co.Band No. 5 of the Congregatiohalsociety will give a chicken pie supper inthe vacant building east of Winegar'sshoe store, Wednesday evening, Jan. 17,from 5 io 8 p. m.Supper 25 cents;children under 12 pears, 15 cents.They Are Wise Who Advertise.OH! they are wiseWho advertiseIn winter, springAnd fall.But wiser yetAre they, you bet,Who n»v«rr let upAt all.—CincinnatiTribune.Additional correspondence on secondpage.The ladies of Keene will meet at thehome of Mre Charles Sayles on Wed.afternoon Jan.24th, to organize a LadiesAid Society.Mre P. A. Clark left. Friday, for Albion, where she will make her home.Mre Clark's many friends greatly regrether departure.Mre E. H. Shanks conducted the servicesat the Baptist church Snndaymorning, aa Psstor Shanks was in attendanceat a funeral.Cards are out announcing the weddingof Miss Mign Wright to Will Porter, ofChicago, which will occur WedneaJayevening, the 24th inst.The ladies of the Baptist church willgive a missionary tea, qt the home ofMrs L. F. Sever^, Wednesday, Jan. 24.Tea will be served from 5 to 7. Price10o. SECY.There has been a Literary Society organized.which will take the place of theold Shakespeare club.The memberewill meet twice a month on Mondayevening.The esteem in which Mr and Mis L.W, Pierce are held was fully manifestedby about thirty of their-friends givingthem a surprise, before their departurefor Ada.If any foreigner conies to lake yourorder for groceries tell him you can dobetter at home.We will sell you sugaror other siaples just as cheap and ourTeas.Coffees and spices are much superiorin quality.JNO. GILES & Co.Mre E B. Craw entertained the membersof the "old" Shakespeare Club last(Tupfday) evening.Those present fromout of town were, Mre ft. J. Enos andMre S. C. Brad field, of Gd. Rapids, andMr and Mrs E A. Sunderlm, of Lansing.Kisor & Ayres went over to Caledonia,last week, and placed a fine stone at thegrave of Mrs Fulmer.They are doingbettor work, if possible, than ever thisyear and the increased orders are a directresult of tho satisfaction given formercustomers.The annual meeting of the LowellWater and Light Company was heldMonday and O. C. MsDannell was electedPresident, C. Jesse Church, VicePres., Chas. A. Church. Sec. and Treas.,who with A. C. Sekell and John E.More constitute the Board of Directors.At the installation of the officers ofthe K. O. T. M. a banquet will begiven by the L. O. T. M. at MaccabeeHall, Jan. 23.A cordial invitation isextended to all L. O. T. K. 0 ; M., T.M. aud their friends.CORA MCFARLI> , R. K.Cards hare been received here announcingthe marriage of Miss AddieCollar to Frank B. Sperber at the residenceof Mr and Mra H. E. McCabe.Lompoo, Cal., Wednesday, Jan.10th.Mrs Sperber was a former resident ofLowell and her many friends here sendgreetings.At a farewell to Mre P. A. Clark, Pres.of the W. C. T. U. twenty-four membersmet at the home of Mra S. Brower, onTuesday, Jan, 9ih, for a social tea and tosay farewell to their President, as she wasto leave for Albion soon, where shu willremain for a time. In a few well chosenwords by one of the members, MraClark was preaentedwith a beautKulpresent as a slight token of their friendshipand esteem.Mrs Ina Loucks Rowland assisted bythe best musical,talent in Lowell, underthe auspices of the Baptist church, willgive an entertainment. Wednesday eve,Jan. 24th. ,PROGRAM.•Solo—Miss Hattie Wilson.Selection—Mre Ina Loucks Rowland.Duet—Edith and Ethel Stone.Selection—Mre Ina Loucks Rowland.Solo—Ham- H. Hunter.Duet—Mrs E. R. A. Hunt, Miss HattieWilson.Selection—Mrs Ina Loucks Rowland.Solo—Miss Annie Hunter.The following were elected officers ofthe Lowell Diotrict Council at SouthBoston Grange Hall last Saturday:W. M.—E. Hancorne.W. O.-G. H Godfrey.W. L.—W. Johnson.S.-WH. Moon.A. S.—F. Aldrich.Chap.—D. W. Woodman.Treiis—A. Clark.Sec.—O. Jennings.G. K.—C. Johnson.Pomona—Mrs E Reynolds. •Flora—Mrs G. Godfrey.ICeres-Mrs D. J. Hill,L. A. S —Mrs K. Aldrich.D. H. Engiish was invited by the ,i Council to Install its officers in four ;weeks from lust week.List of Cncliilmed Letters! Remaining in the Post Office at Lowell iI Mich., week ending, Jan. 13, 1894:LADIES:—Mrs Benj. Morris.jMiss Maud ;Shannon, Mrs Hattie Shear, Miss Matie \Stewart, Mre Mary E Tower, Mre Jno. [! Zahn.{ GENTS—James Finn, Walter Gillit, J. |i W. Honk, Hanson, Webber & Dunham, jI LY G. Steadmau. John W. Zhan.Persons claiming the above will please !1 say "Advertised" and give date of this !list. • LEOTCART* H. HUNT. P. M.Obltoary.Mrs Mary Warner Fairchlld, wife ofthe late Rev. John Fairchild, was bornat i'arma. Monroe Co., N. Y., July, 5th.1817; and died at her home, near McCord's, Kent Co., Mich., Jan. 12th,1894of apoplexy: aged 76 yre., 6 mos., and7 days.In early childhood she manifested aspirit of devotion, and at the age of sixteenresolved to be among the first to bebenefited by a series of meetings held inMedina. N. Y.. and was baptized by theRev. E. Weaver, uniting with the Baptistchurch at that place.She was married, June 5th, 1839, toRev. John Fairchild. then pastor atCaryvjlle, N. Y.In 1852 they moved toMichigan and settled on the farm thathas been their home ever since.In those early pioneer days there waemuch work to be done for the master,and during the summer of '53, and thetwo years following, the deceased wassuperintendent of a Sunday' School atWhitneyville (two miles distant fromher home) which oonvoned at 9 a. m., inorder that she could return home, servethe mid-day meal, and go with her husbandto his appointment (about threeand one halfmiles distant), walkingeach time.This simple example is but one of themany with which her life was made up.Her entire life was devoted to the workof ihe church and the Master that sheloved.Five sisters and onebrother, twodaughters and one son, beside a host offriends mourn their loss which is hergain.Her huwband and one son havegone before her.The following extract is taken fromher diary, dated Jan. Ist,l893: "O time;so swift in flight. Yesterday you werenot here.But watching I met you attwelve last night.Your predecessor tore away the draperiesof death with the roll of sorrowfulexperiences aa I bade him farewellto welcome thee, O New Year,Andwhat hast thou in store for me? Ohthat it may be contentment with balmypeace, giving me a foretaste of ihe joyand bliss of the pure in heart.This myfirst wish, may it be recorded complete.And secondly, that I may have sustaininggrace in denying self, for* thegood of others; everdefending the truththat I may triumph at the Cro-8 oversin and temptation, having a sanctifiedwill and bearing the vioissitudes of life,—looking unto the dear Savior for thefulfillment of his promises.All who put their trust in Him 'shallbe k^pt in perfect peace' and -Lo, I amwith you alway, even unto the end.'Comforting promise."Funeral Services were conducted atthe AlasbaBaptist Church, Sundaymorning, Jan. 14th, at twelve o'clock,by Pastor E. H. Shanks, of Lowell,Mich.Seventy fives year in loving toil.Years of help to those who were weak:Years full of usefulness, patiencA andhope.Giving her life for other lives' sake.'Tis a boon of blessing and a sunbeamof cheerShe has been to all whom she knew.Seventy five years in patience to wait.Her welcome,ihe Pearly pates through.Not by wonderful deeds and powerfulhaqdHas she wrought her good works amongmen;But by k nd, loving words, and simpledeedsHas she filled up her three score and ten.Baptist Notes.Pastor Shanks will deliver the seventhof the Old Tnntament Character seriesnext Sunday 'norning, "The Emancipationof Israel."Services in the evening at tbe usualhour.JOURNAL readers a.*e cordially invited.B't'Hn' Tu'-nlnu1 a-' '•rojr'iRev. 8. 8. Thompson'sExperienceIf cod's SareaparlUa and PiUtProve Tlielr Merit. '" I think I would have beon la ay grave sereralyears ago had It not been for Hood's Sarsaparllla.I was a United States soldier; servedthree years In the Union Army and was withBhormau lu hisMarch to tho Sea.While In tho servico 1 contracted utkma,bronckitl* and catarrh, which have heoomocbronlc diseases.I find that Hood's Barsaparillaand Hood's Pills are are the boat medicines'i can use for these complaints. They have certainlyprolonged my Hie.I earnestly recoio-HOOD'SBnded at Last.HAMILTON, O., Jan. 16. — WilliamCampbell, ex-state senator in 1859, suedCoL Lewis D. Campbell, formerly congressman and minister to Mexico, for$2,762 on a promissory note bearing 10per cent After nine hearings theplantiff has secured a favorable decision.The costs aggregate $17,000.The defendant died years ago.Bothparties were uncles of ex-Gov. CampbellCritical FlDKiidal Condition.WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—In a letter tothe chairman of the finance committeeof the senate, pointing out tho reducedstate of the treasury. Secretary Carlisleurges immediate action in order thatgovernment obligations may be metHe says that the receipts from July 1to January 12 were $162,080,384, and theexpenditures were 1205,643,428, showinga deficiency of 148,558,044.Murderer Sentenced to Death.PITTSBURGH, Pa,Jan. 15.—Inthecriminal court George Schrnoiis, murderer oihis wife and two children, was sentencedto death.Schmous was not, apparently,affected by the sentence of thecourtHis attorneys will take his casebefore the board of pardons.The pieain his defense was transitory insanity.An Old Man Slain.PITTSFIELD, I1L, Jan. 16. — Newsreached here from Barry, a small townin the northwest psrt of this (Pike)county, thatJohn Parker shot andkilled Jim Brown, a n^an aged about70. Parker is Brown's wife's son-inlaw.No further details can yet be ascertained.For Four New Stat**.WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The executivecommittee of the republican nationalcommittee adopted resolationa favoringthe admission into the union of Utah,Arizona, New Mexico and OklahomaSailor* Drowned.BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 13.—Five Britishsailors and a ferryman weredrowned in the harbor here yesterdayhv the swamping of their boatThonaandf Facing Smrvatlon.VIENNA, Jan.15.—Dispatches fromtowns in Saros county, Hungary, saythousands of peasants there are on theverge of starvation.Fire at Pentwat«r.PENTWATRR. Jan.12.—A grist mijland two barns were burned Thursdaynight at an estimated loss of 115,000.For a time it was thought the entirecity would go, but with help from surroundingtowns the fire was got undercontrol.P.caching Sunday morning at 10:30,Sunday School at 13 tn. DrW. F.Brooks, superintendent.Epworth League devotional meetingSunday evening, at 6:30 p. m.Preachiug 7:30.Prayermeeting Thursday evening7:30.Everyone is invited.A. P. MOORS.Congregational Church.REV. JAS. PB0V15, PASTOR,Divine Worship at 10:30 a. m.Sabbath School at noon.Divine Worahin nt 7:30 p. m.Prayer meeting Thursdayevening7.30.Ail are cordially invited to attend theservices.Verjcennes and Keene M. E Circuit.Come and listen to the preaching ati the Bailey chirch on Sunday at 10:80! and at Keene church Sunday afternoonat 2:80.T. xt, Exodus 20:8 Subject "SabbathDesecration Ends in Physical Weak-: nee', moral corruption and spiritualdeath.Come all. >A. H. RAVN. Pastor.WE HAVE AA BIG STOCK: :OF::::The Best Si.oo Underwear for Ladies andGents in the Market.A Big Stock of Buffalo Flannels and YarnsAlways on Hand.CALL AND SEE OUR NEW CARPETS.SURE TO PLEASE.ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW.E. R. COLLAR.*>Card of Thanks.We wish to extend our many thanksto the kind friends and neighbore whoso kindly assisted us through the sicknessand death of our dear brother, Jas.MR AND MRS A. BRUNER.MR AND MRS WM. COLLINS.MR AND MRS J. F. TODD.MR AND MRS GEO. GODFREY.Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke your Life AwajrIs the t ruthful, startling title of a little book thattells all about No-to-toc.,hewonderful, harmlessffuoranfeed tobacco habit cure.The coitis trifling and the man who wants to quit andcan't runs no physical or financial risk In using"No-to-bac." Sold by all druggists.Br ok at Drug Stores or by mail free.AddressThe Sterling Remedy Co., IndianaMineralSpring. Ind.lU-l yr,) Dr. Price's Cream Baking PowderMost Perfect Made.morphine habitcured lu IO to Mdays. 80,000 cosescared. Book of testlmonlalsfree. HoIWH Par tin Core*,n. !>.. Lebanon. Ohio.CLOAKS AND JACKETTHAT MUST GO.COME AND GET A BARGAIN.SOME $10. $12 and $14NEWMARKETSFOR COLD WEATHER,Your Choice Now For $5.Bargains m lygrg Igpartrngnt.LOWELL PLANING MILL,W. J. ECKER & SON, Proprs.,y1yPSarsapariiiaDealers in Lumber, Lath ® ShinglesCURESAND MANUFACTURERS OFRipaus Tabules cure dyspepsia.mend tbe modlclncs as just right for what theyare advorUidd. I am sathflcd they suvo manylives every year." IIEV. B. 8. THOMPSON of theM. F. church, Atilla, IlliuoLs.'HOOD'S PILLS euro CoustUiuUyii by res torlogthe portstaltio action of the alimentary cauLSash, Doors, Blinds, Door and Window Frames and Screens, Moulding,Exhibition and Shipping Coops, Dried Apple Boxes, Etc.,Matching, Resa ing and Job Work.Wooden Eavetroughs,L/owell, - Michigan.LOWELL JOURNALLOWELii, MICH.A LOVING TRIBUTE.A Husband's Offering to His Wife'sMemory.All thnt is mortal of Mary Howard,wife of Patrick K"lly, lifs in the Catholicoemelery.For years she was a sufferer.but durinn that time every carewa« given her, all thst loving hearts andwilling hands could devie • was broughtfor her comfort, but the end enme, as italway* does and one day this lovedwife was laid m her last bed, leavingbrohen hearts behind.Last week the tender, loying husbandplaced a final tribute of his love to herby erecting at her grave a magnificentBarre granite monument, a monumentwhose beauty will be more apparentwhen other atones are erected near itfor compans nThe sione was erectedby Kisor & Ayres, our fellow townsmenand is one of their best jobs.The cemeteryis a new one and has few occupantsand the monument stands out boldlythere and is deserving o{ a more thanpassing inspection"POM" HICKS' BIRTHDAY.A SnrprNe as Was a Surprise.Last Monday SP. Hicks was fiftyyears ol 1 and in the evening upwards offifty friend* dropped upon him and lethim know thit il v.a- no sc-ret.Thtevemngp-rs-ed very swiftly and all toosoon it was timwDr. Price's Cream Baking PowderWorld's Fair Highest Award.Eipans Tabules uuo iltUtUlence.A BRIGAND LOVER.Why do you look at mo BO. Germalne?Why Is that glare in your soonifnl eyes?Tronblos we must h.wc, yon know, (iermalne;Then yon'ro a fool to let temper rise.TVhnt though yonr hair be n crown of flame.Need you enkindle my bate to firo?I lore herl Yes. and that's why she came.80 you may stifle your futile ire.Deep are her eyes as tiie dusk, Germalne,Deep as the dusk and of mournful brown,Smiles like the faintness of musk, Germalne.Brows like a queen's, but too soft to frown.After your paasionate love and hate.Sweet, full sweet, will her mildness be.Like cooling winds when the day dies late.Like harbor after a stormy setv.There, will you never be still. Germalne?Strange that you're woman enough to cry.Whatl you would strike me to kill, Germalne?Taste my good blade for yonr pains—and die!Here ye are, men. with the other one.Yes, dead is Germalne, as ye see.There wasn't room enough 'neath tho sonFor the old love, the new love—and mel—R. G. Welsh in Springfield Homestead.TWO OP THEM.Early in the winter of 1863 I wasordered to report at Benton barracks,St. Louis, to assist in organizinc newregiments.It looked like snow when I left Philadelphia,and it did snow worse andworse as we speeded farther westBythe time we reached Terre Hante, Ind..things looked very blue for getting on.Anxious not to lose a chance to reachmy station, I "held the fort" in the cars,the conductor assuring me that the engineand mail car would go .ahead anyhow,and that I could be thus "putthrough."I was awakened by the brakeman, whoinformed me that the conductor hadgone to the hotel, leaving him to wakeme and say that there was no hope foranything on wheels going out that night.My disappointment rendered me angryand unreasonable.I rose up in mywrath and anathematized the road andall connected with it, high and low. Ashe advised me to stay in the cars, I determinednot to do so.I had been for some eight months atmy home, recovering from an uglywound in the face received in onr firstadvance against Richmond.This wasnot entirely healed, and my head was"in a bag"—a large covering inclosingmy face and head, leaving only the lefteye and month visible—and this, whileit appealed to the patriotic, made me aqueer looking figure.In the baggage car, chained to mytrunk, was Mac, my dog, a large Englishgreyhound, a pet I had brought fromhome through a feeling of sentiment.Once determined to sally forth, I wentto the baggage car, untied Mac. openedmy trunk, exchanged my dress overcoatfor one of rough blue, drew on longboots outside my trousers, and strappedon a belt with two six shooters in holsters.Receiving information as to thedirection of the hotel from the brakemanand calling Mao, we plunged intothe storm.On and on and on we blunderedand stumbled, the poor dog keepingclose to me an4 whining piteously.Suddenly I heard a noise, and forcingmy way against the wind and snow towardit came "bang up" against the sideof a house.Under this partial' protectionI looked along and was cheered bythe sight of a gleam of light which camefrom an open window.I quickly foundthe door of the house, and with Mac enteredthe dingy barroom of a third ratelager beer saloon. It was about 11o'clock at night.The proprietor was arough, surly German.He stared withastonishment as we burst in upon him."Can I stay here tonight?""Nawf"Why not? Look here, old man, 1look pretty rough, but I've got moneyto pay for everything I want or order,"and I showed him a large roll of greenbacks."If you can't give me a bed,make up your fire here so it will keepall night, and I'll pay you well to let mesleep on chairs in this barroom.""Veil," he replied, with hesitation, "1haf von room got, unt in't two bed is.bud dor is von man dare already.""I don't care if there's an elephant inthe one bed, so I get the other," said I."Let's have it right off.""Der dog he will here shtay, eh?'"No, sir-eo.That dog goes where Ido. I'll pay for him like any other Christian.Put it in thelull."With a grunt and a shrug the heavyold fellow lighted about half an inch oftallow candle, and tellingmo, "Come on,then," led the way out of a side door andup dirty, rickety stairs to what mightbe called tho "front attic."As wepassed a door on the second floor a woman'svoice culled to the man.I supposeshfl asked htm what he was doing, as hoanswered that ho was only going toshow "dis feller to bet."The room in which he placed me wasmean in every way—one strip of ragcarpet in the middle, a poor bed undereach slope of the roof. He placed thecandlestick on a rude shelf, and with agrunt took his departure.I looked around—and did not like theappearance of things.I saw a lot ofrough clothing piled on a broken chairby one bedside.1 took the candle andwent quietly over to survey my roommate.1 was not prepossessed in his favor.He was a sallow looking chap,with a big black beard and tangled hair.The outlines of his figure, curled up un--der tho blankets, seemed to indicate' thotho was about 7 feet high, aud I couldsee thathe was feigning sleep audwatching mo.I determined to "bluff it through," ifpossible. Placing the candle again 0 1the shelf, 1 unbuttoned the overcoat audrew forth my big "navies;" puttingthem on half cock, 1 twirled the cylinderaround aud looked carefully into eachchamber; then with a sigh of relief, andas if to say, "That's good for six shotsanyhow." I laid them on the bed I wasto occupy.Then 1 pulled the old slouchhat as far over my ears as possible,turned down the blankets, andwithboots, overcoat and hat on. turned intotho bed.The pistols I placed one on each sideof me: tho knife I laid under my back.I wakened Mac, who, totally oxhaustel,was asleep on the floor, made himjump in and lie down close to me, andthen pulled the blankets over us both, Iquickly dropped into a half sleep.Amovement from the other creaky bedawakened me.I opened my eyes, andby the dull snow light which straggledthrough the single window could see theoutlines of the man in the other bed, andhe was sitting up.In an instant I was on the alert, butmrde no movement. He leaned forwardand seemed to listen.Then he droppeddown again.In about five minutes heonce' more raised himself and for a timewas motionless.Then one leg was putoutside the cover; then the other, and hestood erect. With the utmost caution heinvested his long legs in their propergarments, and then gathering up his otherclothing and boots in his arms hestole quietly as a robber out of the room.I heard him descend the stairs andknock lightly on the door of the landlord'schamber. Several times he knocked.Then the doors opened, and I could hearthe dull muttering of the big German,the shrill whispers of a woman, and earnestthough low tones, which must bethose of the stranger.Then the twomen went down into the barroom, and 1decided that I was "in for it."I creptout of bed and went to the door—nolock or catch was there.I looked forsomething to brace against it.Nothingcould bo fonnd. One of the two chairshad only three logs, and neither had anyback.I was caught in a trap.,I had fought my way through evengradefrom private to captain, in thefield, and done every line of duty frompicket to pitched battle, but I never hadsuch trying hours as I passed in thatbed.I could recognize the shuffling ofstocking shod feet on the first floor andcould hear a steady conversation forabout 15 minutes.Then all was quietfor a time.Next 1 heard a heavy, butcautions tread, ascending to the landlord'sroom, and the woman's whisperswere renewed.The garret room door was opened justa crack.There I fastened my gaze. Tothat point I directed the barrels of mypistols.I heard tho stairs creak and thewind howl.I watched and waited and finally 1fell asleep. When 1 awoke, Mac waslicking my face and broad daylight wasstreaming through the window.Mypistols lay where they had fallen frommy hands. I felt in my pockets. Therewas my money all rightQuickly Imade my way down stairs.In the barroom.which seemed rather cozy bymorning view, was the host, who nowlooked an honest, sturdy fellow."CanI have breakfast for myself and dogf'"Well, 1 guess so: after a bit."And all the time ho was ejing memost curiously.I took a sout by the hotstove.He came and rattled it a littlewith the poker, and at last said;"Say, vat rait dat other feller yon dolasht night dot you so moch him skeer?""Do!" said L"1 didn't do anything,and as to 'skeer' I'll bet a horse hewasn't half as much 'skeered' as 1 was—the thundering big border ruffian!""By shimminyl dot a good 1 one was.He comes down all mit der drilnbils nndvakes my wife, nnd she myself vakes.nnd he say to me, 'Wot fer you sent tomine potroom op dot feller mit a vitemask his face on, unt two pishtols untdot pig ploothoun dog? I shtay not derroom in mit no such ploothoun untranrterincudtrote.'I haf de shairs in dekitchen for him fix, nnt he at de daylightleaf mitout his breakfast what forhe der last night paid."In spite of its very tame, though decidedlysatisfactory ending, that was astrying a night as ever 1 passed in mylife.—Romance.Fanny Kemble and the Shopman.Iwent out shopping with FannyKemble one spring morning when shethought her room would look the brighterfor muslin curtains to admit the lightShe carried a longpurse full of sovereignsin her hand.We drove to Regent streetto a shop where she told me her motherand her aunt used both to go.It mayhave been over that very counter thatthe classic "Will it wash?" was uttered.The shopman, who had assuredly notserved Mrs. Siddons, or he would liavelearned his lesson earlier in life, producedsilken hangings and worsted andfabrics of various hues and textures, toMrs. Kemblo's great annoyance.I hadgone to another counter and came backto find her surrounded by draperies, sittingoa her chair and looking very serious.Distant thunder seemed in the air."Young man," she said to the shopman,"perhaps your time is of no valueto you; to me my time is of great value.I shall thank you to show mo the thingsI asked for instead of all these thingsfor which I did not ask." And she flashedsuch a glance at him as must have surprisedthe youth.He looked perfectlyscared, seemed to leap over the counter,and the muslin curtains appeared on thespot—Mrs. Ritchie in Macmillan's Mag-Llveo Over a Century.JACKSONVILLE, HI.. Jan. 16.—MaryCluncey died at the home of her grandson,Jerry Clancey, in this city.Shewas 102 years of age, and was a nativeof Ireland, though she had lived thegreater part of the century in thiscountry.She was a devoted Catholic.She hud had a large family of children,most of whom are dead.The JOURNAL,editor wants eaHh.IIyon owe him now is a good time to pay.P ROH .\TE ORDER. State of Miohlcntn.-ooun- tJof K.nit, ss. At a M-SHien of the 1'robstcConn for said County of Kent, held a' the Probrtii- Oflln- in the City nf Orund I'.upidi-., on th"8th Ony of Deeemlvr. in the year, one thourundeight hundred wud ninety threi.riewnl, Cyrus F Perking, Judge of Probuti.lu ihe niatter of the emote ofJOHN YEl'iER.deceasedJor-epti Is. Yelter having tiled In tMs Courthia'peiiitou praylug that the udinlnlstraUon i.fsaid ettla'e may lie granted to himself,It is Ordered, thatFlIIUAV. THK lllru DAY OF .1 ANt'AUY, 1601.ai ton o'clock In the forenoon, nt mild I'robB'-Office, be appointed for the ejainiluatiji aud allowanceof said account and Uie hearing of saidpetition.Aud it 1« Further Ordered.thai a copy of this orderlie published three successive weekcpreviousto said duy ot hearing, in ibe LOWEI.I. Joran.sl.a newspaper printed and circulating in sal ICounty of KentCYRUS E. PERKINS,(A true copy.) Judge of ProbaUa.HjUUtV D. JEWEL!,,Register(Sl-SOjTHE WHITE CITYIS DAWNING.Billows of Snowy Linens rolled in atSPRING «COMPANY'SThe Flaxen Floodgates OpenedMay Morning, Jan, 15,'Ihe date fixed upon for Spring & Company's 19th Linen Sale.An event watched for and waited for by thousands everyyear. ^The glorious achievements of the Linen Workers willform a veritable mountain range of snow capped linens.LADiES'MUSLIN UNDERWEARGo hand in hand with linens, shorn of all profits. Wcrecognize no competition, either in prices, quantities or qualities.Our annual linen sales, like the great golden statue ofthe republic guarding the court of honor, standsalone guidingall to safe protection from the many infringements andimitations current at this time.It's what we do for our patronsthat has made this yearly event celebrated all over thestate. # The feeble efforts to copy may be compliments tousthey cannot be attractive to you. We cannot enumerateall the linen items.Every linen thought and more will be onexhibition.Table Linens and Napkins to Match,Doylies, Stamped Linens,Towels, Handkerchiefs.Lunch Cloths, Tray Cloths,Dresser Scarfs.Sideboard Scarfs, Etc.MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.Every lady should avail herself of the prices on thesegoods.Ladies' Night Gowns,Walking Skirts, Short Skirts,Drawers, Corset Covers,Night Gowns, Children's Aprons,Infants' Outfits,Ladies' White Aprons,Embroideries, Flouncings,Hemstitched Lawns.Those unable to come in person and ordering by mailshould state the price desired, describing style as near as possiAll such orders will receive special attention. Perfectplans for showing, wrapping and delivering goods have beenconsummated and the gates of the white city opened Mondaymorning,'JSPRING & COMPANY,GRAND RAPIDS.

CRATEFUL-COMFOR TING.EPPS'S COCOABREAKFAST-SUPPER."Br * thoreugh kpowled#® of the natural law*wjiioh gnv'ro 'hp operation of diRMtlOB and nutntion, anJ ty a careful applicalion ot tne nncpropenies of well selecHrtJOAnva, Mr Epp* ha*provided for our breakfaiu and Bup|>«r a delicatelyflavoured t*v*rago which may aave uk manyheavv dootorR' bill*. It I* by the Judicious u*eof such articles of diet that a con«tiu:ion maybo gradually built bp until MronK enough to n--slit every tendency to diseaseHundred! ofsubtle malad es arefloating atxiund nn iv iiy toattack wherever iht-re i* a weak poin'.. We mayescape many « fatal -haft by keeping out>elveswell fortifled with pure bl vjd and a properlyDourishe.1 fram-."'—Cirii Service Gazrtle. Madesimply wiUi boiling wan* or nilk. Seld only Inbalr-pnund tin*, by Urocer*. labelled thus:JAKES KITS & CO: Ltd.. HomoeopathicCnetni>ie. l Boi^ry foi _• -[ foods at your place before paying one cent."4 "' i"M»tificanon wa. MIa"cantkm.ly hi.confident, tharefore, when he ascendedthe steps cf the hotel, without havingcaught the i -st glimpse of them, that hehad nothing to fear in the way of discovery.The landlord naturally showed somesurprise at "eeing his late guest again,but the latter, shaking him heartily bythe hand, said:"Strango tnat 1 should have forgottensomething. With your permission Iwould like to go to my room for a fewminutes.""Of course, of course," was the response;"jes' make yerself at home. HIbe glad to have yon stay a week."They were neat and tidy at the hotel,for, though the hour was quite early.Manson fonnd that his bed and roomhad l»een put in good order.The landlordhad gjvn him a bey with which headmitted himself, setting his valise onthe floor. Listening for some minutesThere was no call for him to stay longerat tho hotel, so ho bade the landlordgoodby again, and hurrying to the stationwas just in time to catch a throughtrain for New York.He scanned hissurroundings closely before entering thecars, but observed nothing of the BlastIndians: but. all the same, the very onwthat had followed him to the station thatmorning saw him.This fellow was the one known aaWichman. aud peering around the corner of a building, carefully screening hisbody from observation meanwhile, hekept his black eyes fixed on tho detectiveas long as be was in sight.Max Manson did not forget his obligationsto Folsom Simpson, whom he hadleft working on the case at EllenvillaA moment before entering the cars betelegraphedhim in cipher:"The cas- is closed.1 have recoveredthe ruby aud am on my way to beadquarters.Wire me there,""Simpson is a good fellow and willsend me his congratulations.Whateverhe says, too. he will mean, for there is noenvy in hia nature.I can see now plainerthan ever how he maneuvered from thefirst to fhrow the glory of the wholething in my way,"The day was drawing .to a close whenhis train rumbled into the Grand Centralstation, and calling a cab he wassoon whirled to headquarters. ChiefVarick was absent, and ne found no onepresent to whom he deemed it advisableto make his report.The following message, however, fromSimpson was awaiting him, and, as maybe supposed, Manson read it with pesctualcost.Send address and UiIk advenisetoentto ALVAH Mh-TFACTCRISO CO.. Dept. E. E.,Chicago- His.EAGLE KB AND. THE BESTROOFING,to unequal ad for Kauae. Barn, Factory, or outbuUdlngsand ooiulialf the price of ahingkv. tinar iron. It is ready to use aud easily applied byanyone. Send stamp for samples and state sizeot root.EXCELSIOR PAINT AXOfiOOFDiO COMPANYIK Duane St.. New York.iN. Y.1 conmlete ings, he was convinced that no one was. " S m " 1° ".f"? '"f 0 " ^sight. He inserted the key in ^1Sf/ r / " f i ? * iotatas door, when, the piddler. h*ispent the preceding nightHecooldnot/^/ / / Everywhere, Competentcats for Fueh pofitione at the Grand Rapids BusioesiCvlh fXt Sborib*Dti f aoA Normal Scbocl.For Catalogue, addressA. S. Parifh, Prow.stairs behind his tallow caudle and alongthe unca-*peted hall."Your room is next to them chaps,"said tho landlord as he turned about toleave, "but I guess they ain't dangerouR.""1 have nd fear*." replied Manson.closing the door, locking and bolting it.Now that he was alone, however, henaturally asked himself whether it was jhelp smiling when he found that thelock responded as readily to the key asdid his own,•Tve no doul-t it will fit every dooralong the hall." was his conclusion ashe relocked his own door after settingdown his valise in the room he wasabout to inspectIn case any one should come uponhim while engaged in this apartment he"I would like to congratulate you, oldfellow, but I don't think you have gotthe rajah's ruby,""What the mischief can he mean?"Manson asked himself as he held thetion they were kind •nongh to give youthe precise information you were seeking.Can you conoeivo it possible thatthey suspected you were listening, at thedoor?"A disagreeable light began breaking inupon the mind of Max Manson."I understand yon to intimate that thewhole thing was gotten up for my benefit,or rather my injuryr"Don't you think it has that look?Thoee people are cunning—mighty cunning.They suspected you the momentyou entered the hotel where they werestopping. They were convinced that youwere after ths rajah's ruby.Fearingthat you might take extreme measuresagainst them and cause their detention,they sought only to gain time, so as to beable to slip away undetected.Theytherefore adopted a course intended tomake you believe you had actually recoveredtho gem, calculating that the intervalbetween that and the knowledgeof your error would give them the opportunitythey needed, and it looks as if theywere not much off in their calculafions, r"But that false ruby—that bit of coloredglass?""Are you not aware that that artificeIs a very common one? All exceptionallyvaluable gems have their duplicates orimitations, mainly designed to bafflecovetous thieves.The owner of a notedjewel keeps it securely locked up insome nnsusi/ected place perhaps, whilethe comparadvely worthless Imitation isleft where tLe burglar ia most likely tolook for itMany a time the lady whoappears at some grand entertainmentfinds her jewels the envy and admirationof all e^es. when in troth the realones are at Lome locked in the safe or atthe bank, w. ile the crowd are feastingtheir vision m the clever imitations.""But whiaco came this counterfeitrajah's ruby?"Chief Van :k shrugged his shoulders,"I can only guess. They may havebrought it with them from India for thepurpose of putting it to the very usewhich served them so well while thaymade haste out of the country with thegenuine gen., or it maty have been thatthe late Miss Livermore received thecounterfeit -ith the genuine from herancestors, and those cunning As&ticswere themse ves tricked by a clever artifice.Alway dreading a visit from burglars,and especially so after receivingthe warning 'etter which came into thebands of Simpeon. it surely would havebeen natural for her to put it forwardwhere the a amps would be likely to laytheir hands on it with little trouble,""But why didn't sho place the real onein some bank or safe deposit company?"A New Pile RemeciyHas created a sensation among physiciansby its wonderful cffects in speedily curingevery form of Piles.It is called thePvramid Pile Cure.It ia cheap and simpleto use. but nothing removes thedisease so quickly, safely and surely.Any druggist will get it for you.WORTH KNOWING.Many thousand people have found afriend in Bacpn'ii Celery KinjrIf vou have never used this greatppecidc for the prevailing mnla'ties ofthe age, Dyspepaia. Lmr Comp.amt.Rheumatwin.Costivenrtw. Nervous exhaustion.Nervous Prosiraticn. Sle»-plesauemand all disetsea arising from derangementof the stomach, liver anakidneys, we would be pleased to K>^eyou a package of this great nerve tonicfive of charge.Will M Clark. Druggist.MovethsLane'* FaAiily MedicinesBowelsasked Max Manson, impatient at thewriting in his hand and read and rereadcertsinty of the trick that hadit"I told him plainly enough that I been played on hhn.VETERINARYSPtOFICSFor Sams, C'.ttl?, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs,AND PODXTBT,CTREB (FererftfCoDgest Sons,InflnininattonA.A. i Spinal Menlogirfs, Milk Fever.B.8.—Strains, Laneuess, Hhenmatisin.C.C.—Distemper, Nasal Discharges.B.D,—Bots sr Grabs, Worms.£.E.—Coughc, HesTes, Poesmonla.F.F.—Colic or Gripes, Bellyache.G.G.—Miscnrrlaee, Ilemorrhages.H.H—Crinary an4 Kidney Diseases.Single Bottte (over 80 doses). - - .60Stable Case, with Spedflcs. Manual.Veterinary Cure Oil and Uedioator, . 97.0#Jar Veterinary Care Oil, - » 1.00SoU b'ltrankUt or Ml rtt»>U nrirben aai U aa?qomlllj oa reetlpt of prlt*.HCaPHKETB' Id). €0., 1H k lit wnhun St., tewToA,I s T O r s B U B 'HOMEOPATHIC f j f lISPEGIFIC No.uOla one 3D yean. The only Knoutaeful remedy forfienoiisuebiify Vnal Weakness,and Prostration, from owr^orlc or ofhpr nrasm.p^-bletomakeanyuseof what under ^ waue m ^other circumstance, would dearly have ^ plea ofbeen an advantage,mistake qmte natural under the drenm-"If they would only talk in English. ;he muttered as he heard the hum of their j Thfdetective lost no time The aovoices,"I could catch something posa- pearanne of the room showed that th.bly worth knowing, but as it is 1 mightlate occupants expected to return, for aas well be a mile away from them."considerable of their trumpery lay aboutThe professional instinct led hinAoftr the floor, and some of their extra clothingly to unfasten his door and to thrust out was suspended from the hooks in thehis head, with his ear close to the next I closet.door.As he did so a thrill passed throughhim. . Wichman and Lugro were conversingin English,"He watch me—he watch you—he afterus," was the astonishing remark of oneof them"I see dat," replied his companion.'Tomorrer he bring anoder officer—hetake us to jail—he hunt our pockets—ourbundles—our everyt'ing—he fink hefind it—den what we do?""Mebbe won't find it" suggested theother."Why he no find it?"•'Mebbe we hide it""Where? In woods?"*'No, he watch us tomorrer.He seeus—wfl hide it here in dis room, for beno look here.""Dnnno, dunno," commented the oth01 per vial, or & rinu ai>ii '• --i Uu v—Sold Io 1 nnurtau.or Mnt J«lp»l(lun rwclK of jirice. , , . , i - , . ,;u. ou., iii 111« "im-. **1., wtws,er in a voice which showed nevertheless ; a match, and stooping down passed itRecalling where he had heard that peculiarnoise when listexyng the night before,Manson began a careful examinationof the surbase running along theside of the room next to his own."They were at work somewhere nearthat spot" he said, looking keenly at theportion near the corner of the apartment"I heard them using their knifefor a good while.They are cunningworkers at that sort of thing and haveconcealed their work well"When some minutes passed withoutany discovery, a feeling of doubt crepti into his mind, and be asked himsdfwhether it was not some trick, after all.! which they were playing upon him."If it was, 1 can't suspect its nature,but HI find-out"There was so little light in thw corner,despite the two windows, that he struck"You are asking me questions whichshould more properly be addressed to themen whom I sent to EUenviDe," was thepointed response of the chief,"Well, I confess that more than onefeature of this confounded businees perplexesme.Simpson etrocgly suspectsthat Dr. Maidhoff is mixed up in it*'.**1 suspect the same,"fTO BB OOSnNCKD.]had recovered the gemIt looks to meas if Pol feels a little jealous after alL"Yielding to a vague misgiving forwhich he could not account, he left theoffice, and boarding a street car rode tothe well known establishment of TiffanyA Co,"I will get them to write out a certificatefor me and forward that to Fol.since he won't accept mine,'"Max Manson expected to see the eyesof tbe clerk before whom he laid thestone protrude with amazementSo jthey did, but when the gentleman took j ytra '-p/— TT "E^Ctbe gem in hand a peculiar expression 1 VV Jr\ 1 11 JLLtD,came over his face, an expresaon which ;deepened the detective's uneasiness, |"You don't often see a gem like that," iremarked the visitor, |'1 don't know," replied the clerk, witha smile. "It is true; they are not generallymade so large,"•Not made so large! What do youmean?""I suppose, my friend, yon know thatthis gem, as yon call it, is nothing but apiece of colored glass, worth at the mostperhaps two or three dollars?"Bach day.Most peopl« n«H»d touse itBipan- TahnW enro indig'^tionADIRONDAATRADB MARKWheeler'sHeartANONerve—Positively Cotes—dEART DISEASE, NERVOUS PROSTRATION,Sleeplessness and all derangrments of the NervonsSystem.UNEXCELLED FOB INFANTS.A Blessed Boon for Tired Mothera and Rertleas-Tirely Vegetable piaranteed free from opiates,100 ftul sire do»es. 60c.Rev. R N. Middleton. pastor M, E. chtmaXJar Springs. Mich., says: aee^and restwqy

v- m'MfLINEN SALE!imencing Monday, January 18, Lasting One Week If Not Sooner Closed Out.WE HAVE AN UNUSUAtT^LARGE STOCK OFTABLE LINEN, NAPKINS AND TOWELS AND A CORD OF CRASH GOODSAnd we are going to sell them for one week cheaper than you ever expectedto buy them.No One Who Needs Can Afford to Miss This Linen Sale IA. W. WEEKES.^Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't ReportAMOU/TELY PURENEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.All of our correRporuients we rcqncst--ed to mail or send th^ir items so they•will reach us not later than Tuesdaynoon. This is a matter of importance©o DB, so please be prompt.Orattnn Hathennss.A real blizzard iried to reigo, lastTlnmday, b«t spring like weather soon-•gained supremacy.Miss Cera Holmes, of Belding, visitedMifls Minnie Lesslter, last week, retiminghome Saturday.Mr and Mrs Bert Lessiter have just rettnmedfrom a pleasant visit with our'•o!d time friend. Wm. Bigler, of North•Oak field.Grattan Chapter 0 E. S held a socialwith Mrs H. West. Thursday night,wfeicb was very successful consideringaiie weather.Sickness does not seem to decrease,there are many new patients under Dr."Spencer's care. "Grandma" Sears stilllingers at the point of death.The Grattan and Oskfield L. A. S.wiU hold their next social with Mrs Geo.Ashley, Jan. 19th evening. Oyster sup-•per; if you are fond of them or a good"caiue come.Tbe Teachers Association held an all«aay monthly session at the Union school.'honse, Jan. I8ch, with picnic dinner.'These meetings are not only interesting•but profitable to mental culture and are-attracting outside visitors, ever wel-.TQpme." Mrs C. Close is now in Belding withjher only remaining child, Mrs C. Eddy.fHer grand daughter, Mrs E. E. Lessiter,-visited her, Saturday, and, we regret totsay, found her in poor health. All werewin hopes the change Uii^h: piove l-cnufficlal.A card from W. S. Fuller gave us the^welcome news, Saturday, that he is abl«' once more to go outside in the open air,that bit daughter, Mrs Frank Thompson,• of Cascade, will stay with them sometime, for we regret to say Mrs F. is not.ras well as usual." Mrs M. A. Lessiter returned from hereQd, Rapids visit, Jan. 10th, to find her^sister, Mrs P. McCauley, dangerously-ssick from heavy chills, nervous prostrationand other trouble. Dr. Spencerwas summoned and today, Jan. ISth,.her case looks better, although she canjnoteyen sit up in bed.Thomas J. Hulburt became a resident*iX Grattan last August and we have onlyjust learned a little of th n h'^o—- of Us^service in the Army of the Poiomau loroyer four years. He enlisted in Co. C.Fourth Mich. Inf. and was in fifty-eix'battles that are known on history's page^as hard fought, and while destruction ofhuman life was apalling he escaped withonly fieah wounds, clothing was riddledwith bullets. Does he receive a goodpension? No, nor never has. While heiiae a good tkmy record he has no hospitalrecord aud bravery is seldom rewarded.E. Allen and several gentlemen have•been very sick, while our beloved piosneersare steadily dropping from theTanks, as. Sunday, those remaining paidthe last tribute of earthly honor to the'late John M. Brown,at theOtiscochurch.The deceased was contemporary with anumber of- our first settlers, going on a/'fine farm over the line of Grattan in• Otisco, on the state road. He ever heldzthe highest respect of the old. and gainf-eda large circle of younger friends.We can only add "God pity the aged- wife and children in their loss of him^bo was their earthly all in all even at-the advanced age of 77 years."A goodly number of our citizens werein Grand Rapids, last week, and the fewthat attended the Farmers Institu'eheld at Greenville felt more than repaidfor so doing.The tchool rally held under tbe auspicesof the Teachers Association, at theGrattan church, Friday night, was acomplete success, the only thing lackingbeing the presence of Superintendent J.Hamlin Smith. The choir, P. D. Cornelland daughter. Miss May. as organistand alto singer, Mrs E E. Lessiter andMiss Pennela Randall opened the exerciseswith •'Come to the Greenwood"'and their closing song "The Old RedCradle Rocked Us All," beautifully renderedbrought tears to many eyes. Thereading of several very fine papers fromteachers was interspersed with recitatationsfrom pupils also two duets fromMiss Cora Holmes, ot Belding, and MissMinnie Lessiter, "The Land of the Swallows"and "I Dreamed of Thee MyChildhood Home," a piece of beautifulsentiment. Prof. C. gave an interesiiiigaddress on "City and Country LifeCompared ' and at dismissal each onereading papers were requested to copythem for filing with our Superintendent.MAUD.For aale, house and two lots. Smallpayment down, balance long time.27 85 JOHN DEVOE.Alton.Mrs Delaney is improving.Orrin Ford is sawing a quantity ofpickets.Chas. Wilson caught a 11 lb pickerallast week.Geo. W. White and family are livingin Gd. Rapids.Those on the sick list last ween arereported better.Hosmer Andrews sent two men afterBlodgeit horses.Wm. Brown, jr., returned to Fa ; rPlains, last week.Bert Campbell is home from Gd. Rapidsfor a lew days.Ernest Bunker is visiting relatives inFreeport this week.Mr Jackson, of Orleans, was in Alton,Thursday buying furs.Mrs Sam'l Cusser, of Orleans, is visitingMrs Perry Purdy.Arthur Anderson was in Alton, Sunday,calling on friends.James Delaney and wife left Friday,for their home in Harrison.Fred Ford and wife are visiting hisbrother. Clark, at Muskegon.Mre Addle Toby is visiting her oldtime friends, Mre A. C. Davis.Sam'l Ford, of Millbronk, visited atOrrin Ford's one day last week.Walter E. White, is at work for TheOriel Furniture Co,, in Gd. Rapids.Alton is reveling in another ghost,which walks on the old A. M. Andrew'sfarm.Mr and Mre Ernest Godfrey and MreEliza Covert are visiting relatives in Gd.Rapids.Geo. Fletcher and wife, of Lowell,was In Alton Saturday attend thegrange.Mr and Mrs Hobart McVean, of Alto,visited with Wm. Aldrich and familylast week.Fred Scofield and wife returned toTraverse City, Tuesday after a threeweeks visit with Alton relatives andfriends.Died at bis home in Otisco, John. M.BroWn. on Friday. Jan. 12, aged 76 yre.He bad resided on his farm 3C years andwas one of the early sett'ers.E. J. Mason returned Saturday fromCharlotte. He swept a number of prizesat the poultry exhibition.Miss Emma Moeher returned to herhome in Wisconsin after a couple ofweeks visit with Alton relatives.Duncan Anderson's eon returnedhome from Flint, where he is attendingschool. He reports scarlet fever ragingquite badly in the school.Nice dry maple wood at Lumber, Ice& Coal Go's.Hardware and otovee cheap at L. F.Severy's.Cascade.Mr Hushaw, of Gd. Rapids has beenvisiting old friends here.Minor Smith and wife, of the ValleyCity, visited relatives here last week.• Miss Freda Lewis is stajing with hersister, Mra Bert Morse m Gd. Rapids:Ben Wood, of Kalamazoo, visited hissister. Grandma Wisner, last week.Mr and Mrs Frank Streetor visitedfriends at Middleville over Sunday.W. J. Wattereon made a business trioto the town of Gaines, last week Saturdey.Frank Smith and family have movedto the village into the house vacated byNathan Strong.Chas. F. Holt, who has been on thesick list for the past two weeks, is ableto be onl again. ,The business meeting of the Y. P. S,C. E. f will be held at the home of H. G.Holt, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 16.H. G. Holt attended a meeting of theExecutive Board of the Kent Co. AgriculturalSociety, in Gd. Rapids on Sat.Mr and Mre Scott Thompson andCarol, of Gd. Rapids, took dinner withhis sister, Mre Addie Brown and familySnnday.There will be a church social at theresidence of E. B. Maben in the village,Thursday eve, Jan. 18th. which proceedswill also go to defray the expenses oftbe meetings.On Thure. evening. Jan. 18, a churchsocial will be held at the residence ofMre Mabin, in the village. Supper willbe served, and the proceeds will be usedto help defray the expences of the meetings.All are invited.M. L. Bocher. of Gd. Rapids, lecturedat the church in the village Thure. evening.for the benefit of tbe Y. P. S. C. £."Dead on Foot,'' was the subject of thelecture, which proved to be veiy interestingas well as entertaining.Evangelist M. L. Blaney, of Chicago,will assist our Pastor, J. Jay Finley, inalseries of meetings at the churchm thevillage, commencing Sunday morning.Jan. 21, continuing for an indefinitetime. A cordial invitation extended toail to attend.Cascade Grange met in their Hall onSat. Jan, 18, at 10 a. m. F. L. Colson.of Bowne Centre, gave an interestingreport of the State Grange which metrecently at Lansing, and which he attended as a delegate from this part ofthe County. After a bountiful feast.theofficers for the ensuing year were installedby Mr Colson.The officers are as follows:M.-M. H. Foster.0.—John Hulbert.L-H. G. Holt.S.—M. Foster, .C.—H. C, Dennison,A. S.—Guy Walden.L. A. S.—Belle Vanderhoof.I-omona—Mre J. R. Lara way.. Flora.—Mrs Baird.Ceres.—Mre Martin Schenck.G. K.—John Wattereon..On account of the large stock of Furniturewe have on hand we will, for 60days from Jan. Ist, allow a 10 per centdiscount on all Furniture. This' is forspot cash only. KOPF BROS,Town LIReTldlnea.Miss Gussie Tlubos Sundayed at home.Miss Laura Wesbrook ie home for acouple of weeks.Mre Loran Lewis visited friends inthis vicinity Friday.Mre W. F. Rector visited friends inRockford, last week.Charlie Rogers, of Vergennes, was inthis vicinity Sunday.Miss Edith Hulbert, of Grattan, hasbeen visiting Mrs Orln Keyes.Bert Morse, of Grand Rapids, calledon Mre Orville Reynolde, Friday.Nelson Kimbell, of Leamington, Out.,is visiting his sister Mrs Uriel Snow.Mr and Mre Grin Balcolm, of Cascadevisited Miss Hattie Sargent recently.Rev. Westover preached to a crowdedhouse Sunday evening. Seryicts all theweek.Mies Etta Hallett, of iSaranac, is(pending the week with Mre ClintonSnow.Rev. Westover commenccd a series ofmeetings at the Snow school nouse lastMonday evening.Misses Isadore Reynolds and LulaStapleton Sundayed with Mre ElmerRichmond, near Fallasburg.Mrs H. Wesbrook has returned fromOnt. She enjoyed a good visit andhopes soon to regain her health.Rev. Tidd commenced a aeries ofmeeting at the River school house,Sunday evening. Sunday school at 10o'clock every Sunday.'Visitors at J. Peet's echool Fridaywere Mesdames Stapleton, Orville Reynolds,A. Osborne. Martin Schneider,Jr., Misses Hattie Sargeant, Ethel Shilton,Mr and Mrs Chas. Reynols, Mrs W.S. Hesche.CLAY.Wanted, a)! the Ladies in Lowell townshipto call at Severy's Hardware Storeto see the new clothes rack.Thoee $15 Bedroom Suits can bebought now for $18.50 at Kopf Bros.See them. ' -Verrennes Visitor.Mr and Mrs Warren Hoag have a 10Jlb. baby girl.Miss Lizzie Terwillger, of Ionia, hasbeen visiting friends here.We hear that Mr and Mre Otis Baileyhave another little granddaughter.Nelson Beckwith visited hia uncleDan Collar, and family in Campbell lastweek.Miss Stella Gott, of Lowell spent Sundaywith her brother Charley Gott andfamily.A party from Lowell, surprised Mrand Mrs Irvin Batchelor and family lattSaturday evening.Miss Grace Bland ing entertained herfriend Miss Myrtie Hudson, of Lowell,last Saturday and Snnday.It was our good fortune to attend theReading Circle that met with MIBS GraceBlanding last Sat. evening, there was afull house and the exercises were fineespecially the recitation by Miss BessieWhite entitled "Barbara Fritchie," byJ. G. Whittier. The following are theofficers that were elected;President—Miss Cora Lee.Vice Pres.—Miss Bessie White.Sec.—Miss Sophia Gott.Treas.—George Lee.Parlimentarian—Clare Findlay.Executive Com.—Miss Bessia White,Melville McPhereon and James Anderson.The entertainment given last Fridayevening at the Bailey church waea oomplelesuccess. Those who attended werewell repaid in listening to the musicalpart of the program, as well as to thelecture. Rev. Provan, being a nativeof Scotland, his lecture on "ScottMhWit and Humor," could not be otherwisethan interesting. Mozart's "Gloria"given by Miss Mamie Walsh, of Lowell,was rendered with a finish and touchthat shows her to be a musician of superiorability: also the song "KissingPaper through the Telephone," eangby Irena MoGee, a little miss of sevenyears was delightfully rendered. Thenet proceeds were $17.10.The Reading Circle will meet withMiss Edie Aldnch, at the home of Mrand Mre Frank Fox, Jan. 27. The followingprogram has been prepared;Singing America, by the Circle.Roil call, quotations from Oliver WendellHolmes.Beading of Minutes.Select Reading-Miss Sophia Gott.Recitation—Miss Florence Gott.Violin Solo—Leander McLean.Recitations-Earl Nash,The Great Mistake-Miss Grace Blanding.Clare and Ina Findlay,Instrumental Solo—Miss Bertliu Lee.at Speeches—bv tbe Circle,Singing—"Shall We Gather at theRiver-by the Circle,OLD NICK.DownTlie Elver.Miss Lottie BoMfen is working at MrSharpie's in Ada.Mre Althans, has been quite seriouslyill the past week.N. 8. McCaul's family, who have beengrip sufferere, are recovering.Alonzo Ooonrod and wife entertainedMr and Mra W. F. Howk, over Sunday.M.ss JesMe Epley returned last Satfrom a weeks visit with friends in Stanton.Miss Lois Batey has been kept fromschool the past week, by an attack ofthe grippe.A most welcome guest arrived atWarren Hoag's Sat. th^ 18th. It IB agirl, weight 10^ pounds.Mra Asthling, who has been visitingher daughter, Mre Geo. Batey will returnto her home in Charlevoix, Thurs.John Engles and family, attend theentertainment given at the Baileychurch in Vergennes last Friday eyening,and report a large attendance and amost enjoyable evening.Nice dry maple wood at Lumber, Ice& Coal Co's.Hardware and stoves cheap at L. F.Severy's.Keene News.George Dutcher haa a broad smile; allon account of a 9 !b. girl.Arthur Sayles and Hiram Gott aresawing ties for Frank Lampkins.Mr and Mra Tredenick'fcpent Thursdaywith Mr and Mra Frank Sayles.Morgan Titm has been up north prospectingand is thinking of buying a farm.Susan Taylor has returned home aftTa three weeks visit with her mother andsister...John Brown, of Otisco, was buriedJan 14. He was the father of MrsFrank Converse.Miss Libbie Tredenick veryfpleasantlyentertained a number of her youngfriends on Friday evening.Mrs J. W. Rickert died at her homein Keene Jan. 18. She will be greatlymissed in her large circle of friends.Billie T. is a six foot chapAnd a miller bj trade is he.He builds his milldam by dayAnd grinds all night, while wateris free. #Says Henry to Bill "Is the dam allright?' r ^ ^"1 guess it will be. for the night."The inm! d-iin "-iis g.n^tn' flavlWh*.Antl Heury and Bill were iu « gcaupiightAt ii i hey *vnt and cleav-'d out the n eAnd all wont merry and the mill wtsall right.So Henry and Bill put on broad smiles.For the mill and toll are now all right.PANSY.Nice dry maple wood at Lumber. Ice& Coal Co's.Dr. Price's Cream Baking PowderWorld's Pair Highest Medal and Diploma.lK.«st Lowell.East Lowell is growing.Pink Coles is giving music lessons inLowell.Martin Hnhbel was on the sick listlast week.Mat Strong made a trip to Ovid, oneday hut week.M. Jackson was the gtfest of IsaacFilkins. Sunday.eHarvey Godfrey and family Sundayedwith their parents. ' r " " "5 Mrs C. Henderabott visited with MreMarshall at Lowell, Iftt Wednesday,a \Miss Lena Godfrey'spont Tuesday andWednesday witlTher brother, HaTveyT"Mre H, Henderabott and Misjll. Buckspent Wednesday withJMrs A. Buck, atLowell.There will be a free exhibition at^thoDupee School house,next Saturday,Jan.20, All are invited to attend, >. -^ Revival meetings have commenced atthe So, Boston M, E, church'conductedby Elder Kenyon, He is expecting BisterMoore, of Greenville to assist him,]£Linen Sale at A, W, Weekes'.S Farmers! now is the time t© 'buyHarness Oil will sell, at O. GTHale's,"The Fair," In gallon"lots at 50 cents pergallon (In jugs) worth $1,00. TiGEO. B. FULLBE,Lowell Markets.Wheat, white, $0.52Wheat, red, 52Corn, 40Oats, 80Bye 40Barley, 80-1.00Flour, per hundred 1.40Bran, per ton, 18,00Middlings, per ton ......... 14,00Com Meal, per ton 19.00Com & Oats, „ ....20.00Butter, 16-18Epp. 16Potatoes, 85Apples 60-70Onions 60Beans 1.80 1.85Pork 6.00Chickens 10Turkeys 10Cabbage, per doz 60THtMARKETS.NEW YORK, JUL IDLIVE STOCK—Cattle. f8 TS*® 4 78SbeopBon.FLOUB-Ctty MlU Patents...Miunesota Patents.WHEAT-NO 2 REDUnmded Reda*OOEN-Na 2Ungraded MtxedOATS—Track Mired Western. n gRYB—Western.80 -4 67PORK-Mess. New1160 ©35 00LARD—Western8 65 a 8 70BUTTER—Western Creamery.Western DairyisCHICAGOBEEVES—Shipping Steers.... fS 15Cows 1 40Blockers. 2 20Feeders. f 90Botchers' Steers ' 8 00Bulls. 1 60.rs.o6.10il'o O 4 SO865 O 4 102S®SBOOS.4 DOSHEEP 1 25BUTTER—Creamery 38Dairy 13