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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Paris: The U. s. ambassador. Hon.
James f. Eustis, has received very
pointed end definite instructions re-
garding the case of John l.. Waller.
now imprisoned in France under 20
years sentence imposed by court
martial on the ground that he was In
communication with the Hovas dur
ing the revolt in Madagascar. The
foregoing would indicate that the
United States government has received
from Madagascar the report OF the u.
5. consul there in regard to Mr. wal
ler's case, and that the conclusions
drawn from it justify such interven-
ton, and that it will probably result
in fresh joint inquiry.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
A Brave Girl Saves = Trai,,.

Miss Lou Wilson, pretty 20-year-
old girl of Pasadena, Cal, was walk
ing along the Southern California
tracks TO her home in the suburbs
when she suddenly stumbled over a
large bowlder on the track. She felt
along and found that the track was
heavily INSTRUCTED with rocks and
timbers showing plainly the work of
train wreckers. Rushing into the
nearest house the brave girl grabbed
up lighted lamp and ran back to the
railroad just in time TO stop fast ex-
press within 80 feet of the obstruc-
tions. Miss Wilson formerly lived in
Jackson, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Spring is the season for cleansing and
renewing the blood. During the winter
it has crept sluggishly through the
veins, gathering impurities from indoor
air, from fatty substances in the food,
and from many other sources.
The great blood purifying medicine
especially prepared to do this work is
Hoods Sarsaparilla. twill give to the
blood purity, richness and vitality and
these will bring health and vigor, strong
nerves, n good appetite, refreshing sleep,
and powers Of endurance.
Cleanse your blood by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla, renovating preparation
especially prepared to make pure blood,
then you may enjoy the season of flow
ers and birds and outdoor pleasures,
for you will be healthy, strong and well.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
state House of Correction Investigation

The investigating committee on the
books of the State House of Correction
under Warden Parsell has at last been
reported. A full meeting Of the board
of control of the institution was held
at Iona and State Accountant o. G.
Tompkins, of Lansing, made verbal
report of the work of the expert ac-
countants who have been at work the
on the books of ex-Warden Parsell,
to the effect that they balanced
within So From the furniture fac
tory during the three years and half
of Parsell's administration, Mr.. Temp
kins said, the state got practically
nothing for convict labor, CT from
Jan. /, 1891 to July 1, 1894. During
Warden Fuller's administration from
July /, 1894, to March 1, 1895, the pro-
fit from the furniture factory was ST.
600, a clear gain to the state, or profit,
after allowing so cents per day for
inmate labor, of 81, 400.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
100 Quarts of Nitro-GlycerIne Exploded.

72O Quarts of Nitro-Giycerine Exploded.
William Ulmer started from Bluff
ton, Ind, to the Montpelier oil fields
with 720 quarts a nitro-glycerine in a
wagon. When two miles out the
wagon wheels struck a tree and upset
his wagon. An explosion occurred,
which made a whole 60 feet across the
top and Is feet deep. Four or five
large oak trees were blown down and
carried distance of 500 feet Ulmer
and his horses were blown to atoms.
Window glass was broken in houses
for miles around and the shock was
plainly felt in Fort Wayne, a distance
of 25 miles.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Short Journeys on a Long Road

Is the characteristic title of a profusely illus
trated book containing over one hundred pages
OF charmingly written descriptions OF summer
resorts in the country north and west OF Chi
cago. The reading matter is new the illustra-
lions are new. and the information therein win
be new TO almost everyone.
copy OF short Journeys on a Long Road"
will be sent free to anyone who will enclose 10
cents Ito pay postage) TO Geo. IL. Heanord,
General Passenger Agent Chicago. Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway. Chicago. III.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Two Attempts to Poison a whole Family.

Two mysterious attempts nave Deem
made recently to poison the family of
Frank III. Odell, an oil operator at
Findlay, 0. On Easter Sunday Mrs
Odell and lady boarder were taken
suddenly i'll, and the following sun
day Mrs. Odell and two of her children
were attacked with the same symp-
toms. Two physicians who were
called saved their lives, and both de-
clare that arsenical poison had been
administered to the patients, probably
in the milk which they used in their
coffee. There is no clue TO the perpe-
traitors of the crime.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Our Tastes Are CnI,,v.,.a.

Humphrey Ward, famous in England
for other reasons, and here as the hus-
band Of the author OF Robert Els
mere" finds two things to criticise In
the United States-one, the absence
from the news stands of the paper with
which he is connected, the London
Times, and the other the preponder-
ance of French art in our picture gal
leries.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Three Men Burned to Death.

A dwelling occupied by Samuel
Weaver burned at Pittsburg. Weaver
was very i'll with typhoid fever and it
was known that he persisted, but the
next morning the remains of two other
those of VIM. Mitchell, Weavers nurse
and Fred Forsyth, son of the owner of
the building.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the CALI
fornia liquid laxative, Syrup Of Figs.
under all conditions, makes 1t their
favorite remedy. To get the true and
genuine article, look for the name OF the
California Fig Syrup Co, printed near
the bottom OF the package.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

A fire destroyed the large tobacco
factory of w. c. Mcdonald at Montreal,
in which 1000 people, mostly girls,
were employed. About 200 girls
leaped from the fourth story and 30
were injured, at least 10 of them
fatally. The loss was $500, 900.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
GRAIN, ETC.

+Detroit.- Hay, No Timothy, 50 IS 10 90.
Potatoes, 5000. Live Poultry, Chickens o;
Turkeys. 3 10. Ducks. l0b1l Eggs, strictly
fresh, I1al d12 Butter, fresh dairy, 15915;
creamery, 10 L2l.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

The rather unusual ceremony of the
ordination of a woman as minister of
the gospel was witnessed at the Uni
versalist church. Lansing. The candi-
date was Miss Olivia j. Carpenter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

HALLS CATARRH CURE is q liquid and In
taken internally, and acts directly upon tho
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. SEND
for testimonials, free Sold by Druggists, $50.
h. j. CHENEY g. CO.. Props Toledo, O.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Wealth is more frequently overestimateea
than worth.
Youth hastens to pleasure, manhood to care.
old age TO sleep.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
A RlSssIug.

did sleeping with the windows
open have any bad effect?"
Patient-Great Scott, no! I have
such a cough now can't hear the girl
in the next fat sing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

guaranteed cure fore constipation without medicine
or Injections orgna ly so Tor si; permanent cure
for Diabetes costing So California Salve for Pilee
gives instant relef-and positive cure for Rheu-
matism. To secure these four home cures, and thur
save doctors bills, send IL cents (stamps) TO HOMIE
CUkE Co., 1912 Walnut ST., PhIIa Pa.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Fashion counts more victims than pestilence.

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. M. @.
BLUNT, Sprague, Wash, March 8, VI
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Mrs. Lolita Spratt, of Jackson, won
the first prize for rapid writing in a
stenogiaphic contest at Clevela-ld.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Hegeman's Camphor Ice with Glycerine~
Cures Chapped Hands and Face Tender or Sore Feet.
Chiblains, Piles, &C. c. G. Clark Co., New Haven, ca
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

A gross outrage-fnding it a few packages
short
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Lumbermen are not necessarily lOggerheada
What a sense OF relief 1t is to KIN,

that you have no more corns. Hindercorns re-
moves them, and very comforting 1t is. l5e al
druggists.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Why Pay noet0rss

The sick do not have to exercise all the pa
thence.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
REVIEW OF TRADE.

Dun's: Neither the rising speculative markets
nor the steady gain in industries has ceased,
and IL is wholesome that there are fewer signs
OF hesitation in the productive industries than
in speculative prices. Wage strikes grow more
numerous and cause some trouble. and retail
demand lags behind wholesale and jobbing pur-
chases and production in some branches. but
through many conflicting reports the fact
shines out that the industries are gaining, not
with a rush and whirl. but with more safety;
and the revival OF activity helps confidence TO
take the throne so long held by distrust Pro-
duction. stimulated because ore, coke and oil
products were to be dearer Is retarded by
shrinking demand for products, for, on the
whole, new business is said TO be smaller than
in February or March. The structural demand
for buildings throughout the country was never
larger and the frenzy in oil has started a large
demand for pipe and sheets at a slight advance.
Wool sold the past week at the lowest price on
records cents for Ohio and cents for last
years Texas. The failures for the week were
80 in the United States against l79 last year.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Bradstreets says: The feature OF the week IL
the continued strength OF prices OF staples after
the striking advances OF preceding weeks
There is firmer undertone In nearly all lines
OF trade but at a number OF points gains In In
dustrial are more marked than in commercial
lines. The furry in petroleum Is succeeded by
a very dull market Wooden dress goods mills
have secured a number OF orders for fall delfv-
cry. which accounts for the moderate activity
In the market for wool Cotton goods are firm
on the advance in cotton and higher wages paid
eastern mill operatives. At the west. with
favorable weather although collections are
slow the volume OF business remains OIL
changed except at Cincinnati, where there hts
been a better demand.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

for its good work. Suffering, tired. sleepless,
revivlng.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Be sure and use that old and welltried remedy, Nj
wMsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teethi1g-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
II the Baby Is Cutting TIE,

daughters wrinkles mock most of time.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

"Hanson's Magic Corn Sa1ve."
Warranted to o money refunded. Ask your
|ruggist for IL. Price Is cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Death does his hugging with stay-laces.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

A preventable fire is burning shame.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02

Hoods Pills 1 ness. headache S,d Se asc O'0
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
The Ladies.

The genuine thoroughbred makes his own
pedigree.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Parker's Ginger Tonic is popular

Cold sunshine makes the most shivers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-02
Eyer! ! ;! :!!: !,!, :HOME-SEE
fha IL ~ ~ " ~ ~ - ~ - - ny ~ u ~ "
should real

inc
recently pub
lished by the Passenger Department OF the Illinois
Central Railroad, entitled southern Home
seekers Guide for 1893" IL contains over so
excellent letters from Northern farmers located in
the South and other authentic and valuable informa-
ton. For FRI copy, address the undersigned at
Manchester, Iowa J. +. MERRY, Asst Gen Pass Agt
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23
Red Her Fnvorite Color

Things at the Office had gone wrong
with o certain downtown benedict one
day last week, and he reached home
that evening in rather unpleasant
frame Of mind. The adorable partner
of his joys and sorrows met him at the
door and embraced him In such a ten
der manner that he resigned himself
to the inevitable demand for some Of
the "root of all evil" which he knew
was coming.
81 suppose you want an entire ward
robe this time" quoth her "hub" gruf-
fly. And this is the song she did sing:
"Now, dearest, you know that have
nothing that is fit to be seen in, and 1
saw a nice red morning gown to-day,
with slippers to match, and such cute
little red bonnet that l am just dying
to get them"
The "lord Of the manor" regarded her
in silence for moment, and then said:
ut strikes me, Cynthia, that you re-
quire the services of physician"
"Why, what do you mean?"
swell, to my mind, you show unmis-
taxable symptoms of scarlet fever."-
Philadelphia Call.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23
A woop-puoK.e FAMrLY.
How the Mother Gets tho Little Ones
TO tho Water.


to tho Water
A few miles from my home there Ia
a lake that has, for years, been the
abiding-place of colony OF wood
ducks, says a writer in Philadelphia
Times. / have spent hours along the
shores watching these prettiest Of wa
ter fowls. The wood-duck has one We
culiarity not possessed by other mem
bers Of the duck family--it builds its
home high up In the cavity Of some
decayed limb, usually one that juta
out over the water
The eggs, from seven to thirteen In
number, are creamy white in color.
Housekeeping Is begun in May, and
the young are ready to leave the nest
early In June.
was curions to know how the little
ducks reach the water from their lofty
homes. / had often seen them, when
hardly clear Of their shells swimming
about with their mother and felt con.
WINGED that they never could have left
home unalded. One bright June morn
Ing fortune favored me. had rowed
along the lake shore to pay visit I'd
houseful of noisy red-wlng black
BIRDS. My boat was lying motionlesa
among the tall cat-tails that fringed
the shore of the lake, Suddenly heard
a loud splash behind me, and, turning
to look, saw on the water short dis
lance away Just shaking the spray
from her wings, female wood-duck
and near her two tiny yellow balls, 10
small that they resembled water lilies
floating on the surface. The old bird
took wing, lowered and circled above
her babies for a few minutes and then
flew to cavity in tall tree, short
distance away. In a short time the
male bird, arrayed in the handsomest
Of plumage, Joined his mate. Then for
a few minutes | could hear a soft COO
ing noise, which reminded me Of hus-
band and wife discussing some i'm
portant point relative to the welfare
OF their children. The cooling soon
stopped and the mother appeared In
the doorway Of her home. Then she
dropped towards the water at n slight
angle, AS her breast struck the water
she Immediately Owed, and where her
body had been was surprised to sec
two little duckllngs swimming about as
unconcerned as II they had been trav-
cling in the water for years The rou-
tine Of flying to the nest was repeated
four times, in rapid succession, and each
time 1t resulted in an addition of two
to the family in the water, which kept
growing until 1t numbered twelve.
Then tho mother duck swan out in the
lake, followed by her brood, while tha
male bird brought up the rear Of the
procession, acting, no doubt, as guard
and protector.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23
TORPEDO BOATS.
what European Powers Have Paid fOA
Their Speedy Graft

What EuropoAn Powers Have Paid fOt
Their Speedy Craft
A blue book just issued gives incl
dentally, hidden almost by q mass OF
other information, the contract price
Of large number Of the torpedo boat
Gestroyers now being constructed by
private firms for the navy These yes
sells are about 200 feet long, of about
2SO or 24O tons displacement and with
engines Of 1000 or $500 indicated horse
power, attained q speed Of n knots.
Messrs. Yarrow, London, have built
three Of this larger type, the price for
each being f37 400. Messrs. Thornycroft,
London, have also built three at f36,4S0
each; Palmors' Ship Building company.
,Jarrow, get f37,1O7. Messrs. Thomson.
Clydebank, who have some experience
Of high speed vessels, have done their
work most satisfactorily for 4,792;
the Naval Construction company at
Barrow are to get 3S,977, and although
their vessels have not yet been tried,
ehSA y 10 NNVAy ~ OoPONb VI puSSppoAuA Ao7i
sue. BY way OF comparison 1t may bel
Interesting to state that the French
paid f3O,52S for 27-knot torpedo boat
only IA feet long, of 1913 tons displsGe-
ment, and 2,7OO indicated horsepower.
The costs are not available for any
larger torpedo boats Of the French; but
1t is pretty evident that our craft are
built at very much less rate. The
torpedo Aventurler, ISL feet long, Of
148 tons displacement, and 1900 indicat-i
ed horse power, and 231S knots speed
cost the French f1S,354; our total feet
Of ten nrst-class torpedo boats, lao feet,
long, and % knots, cost us on an aver
age Of Ella, 491 each. The same parIia-,
mentary book states that the contract
price Of the hull and machinery Of the
14,00O-ton cruiser Terrible, with Belle
Vile boilers and engines, to give 20
knots speed is E543,347. 1t is being built
by Messrs. Thompson, Clydebank. The
contract price for the sister ship Power
full, building at Barrow, is f535,252.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23
Tho Audubon House.

Audubon was born in Louisiana, on
the 4th Of May, 1880. His father, a
Frenchman. settled In Louisiana, but
afterwards purchased n farm near the
present village Of Narcissa, on Perkio-
men creek, not far from Philadelphia.
This farm young Audubon inherited
about 1893, and here he was thereafter
whenever he was "at home" He re-
manned pretty steadily here for twelve
years, clerklng for a company which
was operating lead mine near there
Meehans Monthly tells us that the old
house Is still standing, as is the neigh
boring house from which Audubon had
his wife. 1t is said to have been a
strong love match. In 1910 he started
off on his great hunt for birds, remov.
ing his wife and children to Henderson,
Ohio. In 1926 he went to London, where
his great work on American birds was
published.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23

Cl1AlklEG EdDIIIlA ClNfADDOShs
ow Bedott who said: "Why want I
there? Cause don't ISOLATE with such
company as the coons. want invited,
to be sure-she'd as soon although Of
invitin' the gov-nur as me-"
Then there was the sparkling wit OF
Phoebe Cary. Her fun dubbed up In
verse, covering the wide range from
keen-edged satire to such rolliclSing
nonsense as her rhyming TRADE upon
detested article Of food, which ends
with the couplet:
ut Is what hate the man who eats
It's poor, cold, cussed picked beets."
Gall Hamlltons epoch Of popularity
may serve her as connecting link be-
tween the times which evolved the first
mentioned group of witty women and
those of more modern writer's, Miss
Dodge's name Is seldom seen in current
literature. But in the old days she was
caustic. She was breezy. She was orig
inal. She was as biting to the mental
senses as red pepper Is to the physical.
1t was she who said In her sermons to
the clergy: Grace and GHeenbacks are
the two horns Of the altar" And, III
L
Joseph / mean to ask him why 1t was
that during the twenty odd years Of his
prison and palace life, he never com
municated with his father"
For score of years Josiah Allen has
been entertaining large audiences. In
his name, and Betsey Bobbit's, Mari
eta Holley has done some excellent
work of the broader sort. The spon-
taneity of the earlier books Is missing
in the later ones, but still Josiah re-
mains the laughing gas Of the masses.
1t was he who insisted that n certain
poem was as long as paradise Lost"
not that he had read Milton's master
piece, but he had "hefted it,"
In the first days Of the mo Name
Series burst into prominence the au-
thor Of THE Colonel's Opera Cloak"
It was she who created Pomp, that alb
surdly amusing pivot, around which the
shiftless st. John family revolved. Up
on this negro servant fell every house
hold duty, domestic or moral, from
cooking and delivering the family ward
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23

through the memory are: That brill
liant critic Of the Pacific slope, Betsey
b., who was and Is no more, her sue
cessor Geraldine Bonner, Helen Fol-
lett of Chicago, Lille Hamilton French,
Helen Watterson, Louise Belts Edo
wards, Elizabeth Jordan, and Haryot
Holt Cohoon.
/ have attempted to deal with the
witty American woman only on her lite
erary side. When we consider what
she has done In the same direction on
the stage and with her pencil we feel
inclined to ridicule the men who aver
that women have no sense Of humor"
To be sure, they may not laugh ut
every male Joke. But that Is only be,
cause they haven't time. They are too
busy making better ones Of their own.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23
Permanent Lamp wlCks.

An ingenious inventor has devised q
lamp wick which, being made entirely
of clay, will give more light than the
cotton article. It is described, made
capillary by Incorporating with clay,
while in plastic state, flaments OF
unspun vegetable fibre, which are
burned out in the process Of baking.
the object being to provide an hides
tructible wick which shall possess all
the advantageous qualities Of an ordi-
nary cotton or fibre wick, and shall also
last an indefinite length Of time, with
out renewal or necessity Of trimming
or other care. When the clay is baked
the vegetable fibre is burned out, leav-
ing capillary tubes running Longitude
nally through the wick, through which
the oil from the lamp will be raised to
the fame by capillary attraction. ow-
ing to the perfect combustion Of the
wick, the flame is perfectly white, de-;
void Of odor and smokeless.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23

Topsy who said: 81 wasn't born. l
growed," Topsy will never die. Topsy
is invincible, Fanny Fern was another
pioneer in this field. Her familiar, con-
ldential style is now obsolete. But her
crisp, tart utterances remain as vital
today as in their first youth. It was
she who said: THE siIliest man who
ever lived has known enough when he
said his prayers to thank God he was
not born a woman"
Close upon the heels Of Mrs. stowe'B
and Fanny Ferns debut came that OF
Mrs Witcher, the author Of the inim-
liable widow Bedott Papers" In def
erence to the times, which decreed that
women should be silent citizens, this
extravaganza satire upon the provincial
busybody was published anonymously
Only accidentally did 1t leak out that
the author was the wife of a well
known minister in Elmira. 1t was Wild
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-23
English Estates.

Seventeen wills, ench representing
personally above $2,5OO,OOO, have been
offered for probate so far this year in
England, being the largest lumber in
seven years. The Third Duke Of
Sutherland left the largest estate, &c.
100000, and four others were more
than $5,00O0O0 each. OF the seventeen
fortunes five were left by brewers, one
by wine merchant, three by bankers,
one each by a colliery owner, thread
manufacturer CLARK Of Paisley, silk
mercer (Marshall, of Marshall and Smell
grove, an iron merchant (the Earl of
Bective), a cotton spinner, dyer, and
merchant. The late Lord Tweed
mouth appears as a brewer. Together
their sworn value was over $66,000,O0