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y eAJ responded MISS MAGGIE SMITH.
the woman vino had been kissed, and
her friend advanced with lips aglow,
received an impression and a nickel
and backed out.
This sort of news travels faster
than electric currents. In less than
an hour it was all over town.
The man who owns the two paper
mills in Otsego is Il Mr.. Bardcen. He
is one Of the millionaires Of the place.
AS soon as he heard what Mills was
doing he raised him, with the amend
ment that Mills was doing it for adj
vertising his store, and that he, Bar
deen, would pay so cents to every
woman who would come to the pa
per factory and be kissed by him.
The tide was turned from Mills
store Bardecn's factory. Mills put
up the cry of foul" on the ground
that Bardeen was a citizen of Kala-
mazoo, but Bardeen's money over
came the cry. In all probability
Bardcen would have soon contributed,
as per agreement, the necessary
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lar splitting kindling wood. Mrs.
George Elston BACKED boots. Miss
Creyant sold a spring poem TO the
editor for dollar. She probably had
harder work than any Of her sisters.
Mrs. Edsell and Mrs. Baker sold shoe
strings and doughnuts from house to
house, and Miss Beard, dressed as an
Irish peasant girl, sold green emblems
on the streets on st. Patrick's Day.
Miss Smith also went out as beg
gar, and Mrs. Drew and Mrs. Lindsey
played the organ" also, on the back
streets. Mrs. Miller put the trim
mings on coffin. A bevy Of young
ladies went around doing odd jobs,
one washing milk wagon in the old
fashioned way, while two others went
to the hotel to sew buttons on the
clothes of any travellers whose raj
ment needed anything Of the kind.
One pulled "a splinter out Of a COM
mercial drummer's finger, for which
he paid 81.
These experiences were all wildly
related by the ladies at an entertain
ment in the town hall, when all OF
scgo and many from Kalamazoo and
other surrounding towns were pres
ent.
The Otsego women have given
many valuable pointers TO their sis
tiers throughout the country, and, it
is possible that the church festival
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The Blake Is Coming.

The English admiralty has concluded
that it's about time to send first
ship to American waters, so the flagship
OF the North Atlantic Station is to be
the formidable Blake, which may be
called the counterpart of the New York,
launched a few days ago. These ships
are the finest types of the armored
cruiser class afloat. The other is the
Blenheim, British bulldog. The two
Britishers carry for their heaviest guns
two 9.2-inch rifles, while the New York
does business with six S-inch rifles.
Take it all in all, we are getting into
the comfortable position Of a Quaker
who takes no back talk.
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Northumberland.

In all countries where earthquakes
are Of common occurrence the ait OF
constructing buildings in such way
as to resist the effect Of the shocks
has been studied, and, Us always hap
pens, experience has proved the best
teacher. An eytraordinary opportu-
nifty TO compare the strength Of build
in9s thus made with others built after
the ordinary European fashion was
furnished by the terrible earthquake
in Japan last October.
Professor John Milne, one of the
foremost authorities on the subject OF
earthquakes, studied the effects of
this great shock, which destroyed
over 40, 600 houses, and reports that
ain many places so-called foreign
buildings Of brick and stone, undoubt-
edly put up in the fiimsiest manner,
lie as heaps of ruin between Japanese
buildings yet standing"
Some Of the japanese castles and
temples escaped, though situated
within the district where the shock
was most destructive. Professor
Milne attributes this in the case of
the castles to their pyramidal form
and TO the moats that surround them,
and in the case Of the temples to the
multiplicity CT joints between the
roof and the supporting columns, the
effect Of which was to produce "bas-
ket-like yielding" when the temples
were shaken 10y the earthquake, thus
preventing the breaking OF the walls.
In some OF the Western States
where tOrnadoes occur a similar prob
lem is presented, but SO far no method
Of constructing a house that will en-
able it to resist the tornados fury has
been invented, and the only alterna-
tive has been to dig underground
chambers near the houses, into which
families can flee for safety.
Probably a japanese would con-
slider one Of our tornadoes as thing
far more to be dreaded than the earth
quake Of his native country.
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A Congressman's Day.

One day taken apart from all the rest
In the existence of Congressman is not
apt TO be marked by great adventures or
enlivened by an exciting incident. Most
days OF the average member of the
House are repetitions each Of the othec.
A review of the twenty-four hours made
by a member before closing his eyes for
n nights rest puts him 10 sleep with the
thought that the lot of a legislator Is not
always happy one, and that statesman
ship Is the least Of things that enter In
his days toll.
Your correspondent asked one OF the
oldest members of the House TO keep q
record for him OF one day OF Congress
sional life. This is 1t in brief: Eight
O'Clock, breakfast $3.50, opened mail and
laid aside oil newspapers with marked
articles for future examination. Read
upward of ninety letters on all sorts of
subjects, OF which the following are
twenty examples: One is from veteran
asking for information about his pen
sion. He gives no postofIlce address,
and am oliged TO write letter TO the
Pension Office to secure his address.
Another correspondents wants number
OF old volumes OF geological survey.
which, upon investigation, find are not
TO be had. veteran writes that he
communicated with tho Pension Office
December 4, 1891, and got a COM
munication from them nearly a
month later which made no reference 10
bis letter. Wants me 10 go TO the office
10 sec II his communication was received.
Another letter requires NE to y, TO the
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Cannot be urged In extenuation Of the conduct
of hosts OF people who constantly iniict injury
upon themselves. and lay the foundation for
serious and disastrous bodily trouble by the
use In season and out OF season, upon slight
necessity, and without discrimination, OF dras-
tic vegetable cathartics and poisonous mineral
cholagogues- notably the various forms OF mer-
cury-to relieve simply constipation, a COM
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This ia
nous remedy never gripes. evacuates too copt-
ously, or weakens the bowels. III there 10 any
other tonic aperient In or out OF the pharms-
copnfa OF which this can truthfully be said, We
are unaware of 1t. Abandon the fatuous habit
OF dosing and use this benign regulator. which
ordered ivers. rheumatism neuralgia, sleep
lessness, loss OF appetite. malaria debility. and
kidney complaints are troubles all conquerable
by the Bitters.
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Set a Horses Broken Rib.

Four or five months ago one Of the
hostlers employed at the stable OF
Charles y. Nichols Of Pawtucket
noticed That one Of the handsome
pair Of cream geldings acted little
lame. A superficial examination Of
the shoulder resulted in not finding
any cause for lameness. The next
morning when the animal was taken
out to be curried there was q swelling
back Of the shoulder and a veterin-
airy surgeon was consulted. 1t ap-
peared TO him like rheumatism, and
with instructions to see If it could
not be sweated out, he left, saying he
would call the next day. The sweat
ing process did not meet the desired
result, and thorough examination
revealed the fact that the fifth rib
was broken off very close to the back
bone. The rib was set, and since
that time the animal has done no
work. The result OF this piece OF
bone-setting has been watched with no
small amount of interest by all vet
Urinary surgeons hereabouts who have
become acquainted with the peculiar
circumstances OF the case. How the
rib was broken is yet mystery, and
1t will probably remain so. The re-
suit Of the operation was successful,
and in short time the animal will
again be all observation-disclosures Jour.
nal.
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Wonan's Way.

go the other night took step in put
ting on metropolitan airs. For some
time past there have been intimatiOns
that Otsego is not the slow-going,
everyday town through which trav-
elers pass and forget.
Up to date. whatever heights the
town has reached is due to the unique
energies Of the women. The climax
of these energies was reached when
the forty women who went into
schemes short time ago to raise
money TO pay for the library building
that is just completed met their hus-
bands, sisters, cousins, and neighbors
in the town hall and told them how
each did her work.
To go back to the beginning. A
year ago the women Of OtSego con-
cluded to build a library building,
where they could go and read or get
books to take home. Their husbands
and brothers took the newspapers,
and were contented with that chan
mel of information. The women Of
Otsego are credited with being lit
tie more literary in their tastes than
the women Of any other town of its
size. 1t is said that most of them
write for the papers and magazines
and paint and sing, while few Of
them are linguists.
The town contains 1000 people. 1t
has two big paper mills, chair fac
tory, and is $50 miles from Ann Ar
Dor; within an hours run Of Kalama-
ZOO, and about the same distance from
Grand Rapids. 1t has more rich men
who do nothing for their town than
any two-thousand town in the West.
The women moved to the front and
raised the money to build pretty
$1,000 structure which is known as
the Ladies' Library Association Of
Otsego.
The money, or the big end Of it,
was raised by various methods.
There were socials, and dances, and
festivals, and concerts, and lawn par
ties, and church committees, and cit
liens committees, and so on until
nearly enough was in bank to pay for
the little building which Is now com
plete and furnished, but which as yet
has not volume in it. All this was
done by the efforts of Otsego women.
OF course (?) some Of the money was
paid by the men folks.
When the last Of the furnishings
of the l.. l.. A. were put in the asso-
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as per

formed him that he had better con-
fine his kisses to Kalamazoo society.
Then several of the women Of the
city came down to business, Mrs.
Mills, Mrs. II. L. Miller, Mrs. p. w.
Travis, Miss Maggie White, Miss
Hattie Mitchell, Mrs. George Easton,
Miss Alice Creyant, Mrs. G. w. Edsell,
Mrs. A. d. Baker, Mrs. G. f. Drew,
Mrs, Frank Lindsey, and Miss Matte
Beard said they would be so many Of
a party of forty to raise 81 each to
pay off the last Indebtedness on the
building.
Forty Otsego women reported for
duty and went to work. and each
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these schemes wcreMnS H. l. MILLER
unique. Miss Maggie Smith, Secrc-
tary Of the association and editor of
the Otsego Union, bandaged the arm
of 4 young law student who had been
stabbed with pair of shears. She
described her treatment and the
effect.
Mrs. Mills, wife of the merchant
who kissed at cents per kiss, took a
mop and step-ladder and washed win
dows at 20 cents window.
Mrs. =. w. Travis, Treasurer, and
Mrs. III. L. Miller hired a hand-organ
and stood on the corners, one playing
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There is usually little crowd Of people
who know this habit of the Presidents,
about the n street entrance when he
drives up. They are few, however, and
very respectful. Usually the President
is accompanied by his wife, sometimes
by Mrs. Mckee, sometimes by DR.. Scott,
the venerable father of Mrs. Harrison
sometimes by both. The entrance to
the church is usually so quietly made
that few people are aware Of it until the
family are safely ensconced in their pew.
DR.. Hamline, who is the pastor Of the
Presidents church, is comparatively
young man, a graduate of one of the
great educational institutions of the
country, a close student and a hard
worker. His sermons are all carefully
prepared, and delivered from manu-
script, but so we'll delivered that the
listener seldom thinks of the fact that
they are being read. DR.. Hamine does
not allow the fact that he has q Presi-
dent and many other people of social
and official distinction in his congrega-
ton to tone down his presentation OF
gospel truths.
The income OF the Church OF the
Covenant is very handsome sum. The
pews bring rental Of from $50 TO $40
per annum for each person occupying
them, and the morning collection runs
pretty we'll up TO 500 Sabbath. DR..
Hamline receives a salary of $4,000 a
year, and has often been offered more
than that TO go elsewhere. 1t Is stated
that he recently received an offer Of
$4,000 from a Western city, but pre-
ferred to remain in Washington. He
has also had flattering offers from New
York, and has persistently, but grace
fully declined anything looking to take
him away from his charge here, to which
he is greatly devoted.
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One of the ladies asked him how

much he would give
to every w o IN Il n
who would kiss him
for the library fund.
Mills said he would
give five cents for
e a C h oscillation.
The offer was not
cold before two lips
were puckered be-
fore him, and he
came to time and
paid in his nickel.
"a ~ z.O 4 - 4
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. 90

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of tho firm OF i. j. CHENEY &
Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL. Notary Public.
1871
Halls Catarrh Cure Ia taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system Send for testimonials, free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
n3-Sold by drucgists 75c
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duct, is =, $50 feet long and 32S feet
above the surface of the stream. 1t
consists Of forty-eight spans in all.
They are nearly all template girders,
alternately thirty-flve feet and sixty
five feet long. In the center of the
bridge, Immediately above the bed of
the river, is cantilever span 1875 feet
long. The high structure is supported
by towers, which rest uron stone
lodges or rock piers. The dimension
Of the towers at their base is 30 by
100 feet, but they narrow down to 10
by 80 feet at the top.
The lightness Of the structure gives
it spider-web appearance, but it is
pronounced by practical engineers and
railroad men as being one OF the most
substantial bridges in the country.
The flooring is twenty-one feet wide,
giving room for single track and
two narrow footways. The bridge
was thoroughly tested as the work
progressed, and it is claimed the short
spans will carry two and half tons
to the lDeal foot, and the longer
ones two tons TO the lineal foot.
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while the other passed the tin cup,
the collections ranging from penny
up to ten cents. Their success would
have been quicker il the organ had
not been one Of the annie Rooney"
vintage.
Miss Hattie Mitchell made her dol
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amount had not a
protest come up
from Kalamazoo,
to which were adj
ded several pro-
tests from OF
sego. Some Of the
young men Of this
place saw their
Sweethearts going
to the paper fac
tory, and it is
said t n ey in
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and they were talking about the ar
rcars Of $40. Mr. Mills has probably
heard as much about the Library AS
ISOLATION as any man in town, and
being of a sunny temperament he
said to the two ladies referred to that
he guessed the society would have TO
raise the residue Of money by organ
izing kissing societies.
One of the ladies' asked him how
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TRIUMPH OF ENGINEERING.
Magnificent New Railroad Bridge Over
the Pecos River, In Texas.

the Pecos River, In Texas.
The great high bridge Of the South
ern Pacific Railroad over the Pccos
River, near Shumla. Texas, is now
practically completed, the work yet
to be done being the driving Of about
two thousand rivets. 1t is the third
highest bridge in the void, and is Ivy
several feet the highest in the United
States, being twenty-six feet higher
than the great Kinzua viaduct on the
New York, Lake Erie and Western
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The Only One Ever Printed Can You Find
the Word?

There is 3-inch display advertisement
in this. paper this week which has no two
words alike except one word. The same Is
true OF each new one appearing each week
from The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places "Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for 1t, send
them the name of the word. and they will
return you BOOK, BEAUTIFUL LIrHoGRAPHS,
or SAMPLES FREE.
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earned her dollar,
and the jubilee, the
other night was for
the purpose Of Civ
ing each one OF the
forty an opportunity
of telling to the
audience her expert
ence in making a
dollar Some q (
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one day two
Of the members, unmarried, and out
OF their teens, were in the store Of
Mr.. Mills, whose wife, by the way, is
President Of the Library Association,
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go at all, but as rule he is In
his pew before the organ sounds at the
Church of the Covenant on Sunday
mornings. Often the Sunday school
children get glimpse of him just as the
exercises are closing and they are ready
to pass out, for the Sunday school
services are now held in the body OF the
church since the injury to the chapel by
fire some weeks ago.
The President goes TO church very
much as other people do. About lO:45
the carriage from the White House
stables puts in an appearance at the en-
trance Of the Executive Mansion, the
door-keeper notifies the President and
family that the carriage is ready, and
they take their seats behind the pair 4
spanking bays, with driver and footmap
sitting high in front, and are whirled
away down Connecticut avenue past the
Russian, Italian and British les atoms
to the door Of the church.
The President and his family always
enter at the side door. The main en-
trance of the church fronts on Connec-
ticut avenue, but the entrance to the
chapel is on n street. This is a>little
more retired. There are less gaping
crowds and the presidential carriage al
ways turns quietly in on n street and
the family utilize this entrance, as in
deed, do many other pew holders, whose
seats are well at that end OF the church.
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TIE history of dancing from the
earliest times to the present, includ-
ing every characteristic national
dance, will be illustrated at the
Vienna Opera House. The perform
ances will include the dance of David
before the ark, the slow measures OF
the middle ages, the old Castilian
dances, the Highland fling, the Irish
jig, and every proper feature Of such
"a exhibition, all to appropriate
music.
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ISOLATION found
that they lacked
just $40 to can
Gil all o big a :
tions B u t
where were they
TO get it? They
had planned and
carried out ev-
cry sc h G m G
known to h G
ingenuity Of the
sex.
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ANY book in "Surprise Series" (best au-
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sent free. postpaid, by Cragin & Co.. Of Phila-
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THERE are said to be more divorces
granted annually in the United States
than in all the rest of the Christian
world put together.
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THE devil gets people every day by
making them believe that the Judgment
day is still long way off.
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LIFE AT THE CAPITAL.


The Church of the Covenant and It's Pastor
"A Brief Account of What Occupies ~
Congressman's Working Hours = Some
Things HIS Constituents Desire to Know.
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JAKEY. my son, dake longer stebs
und you Won't wear out your shoes 50
quick
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DIsAPPoINTMENTs are to the soulwhat
thunder storm is to the air.
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OTSEGO'S FAIR FORTY.
HOW MICHIGAN WOMEN BUILT
A LIBRARY.

Having Exhausted All Commercial Means,
and Being still In Arrears, They Resort
to Schemes Picturesque and Unique and
Square the Account.
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oyster may now go into innocuous
desuetude, while more unique if not
pleasing methods are employed to
entice the slippery dime.
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Washington Letter.

w uSillu : toh puhuuy
mornings, and the
President at church
is the center of at
tention within its
walls. The Presi-
dent is q regular
,churchgoer. BY this
it is not meant that
he is every Sunday
in his pew at the
Church of the Cow
enant. Sometimes
he goes to other
C h urc h Q 8, some
tiroes' he does not
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-23

some public and some private. are ex-
erting an influence upon politicians on
both sides of the border. 1t says:
ION the whole, the interests OF monopoly
sve served by keeping the quarrel Open
while the people on both SIDES Of the line
would be benefited by fair settlement OF
al international questions. The farmers
Of the Northwest Of Canada ana the United
States would ike to see such a settlement
OF Questions relating to coasting and canal
tons as would enable their grain to be car,
ried 70 the seaboard in the speedlest and
cheapest manner, but the interests Oh rival
ports and rival shipownerS stand IN tue
way of such q settlement"
While it is good national policy to be
friendly with Canada, it seems to be
good American politics to adopt jingo-
ish tone in our governmental relations
with her.