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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22
VIZ WANT TO TELL YOU
Why Your Back is Lame-Why 1t Aches
and Pains, and How to Cure 1t.

Do you know what il is to have back
that is never free from aches and constant
pain, lame back, a sore back, an aching
back, in fact, back that makes your life
a burden2 What have you done for it2
And does it still keep you from the happi-
ness that perfect health brings to all2 We
know full well If such is your condition
a cure for it will be a blessing you no
doubt desire. Plasters won't do it. but
may assist in bringing strength. Eminent
won't do It,; for, w. it may give tenn
porary relief, it does not reach the cause
The cause there's the point; there's where
TO make the attack. Most backaches come
from disordered kidneys, therefore you
must correct their action if you would be
cured. Read the following from ID. ID.
Cook. whose address is No. 10 Michigan
Street, Grand Rapids. He says:-
Il have used Doan's Kidney Pills and
wish to say 1t Is a truly great medicine
Thirty years ago | had nervous prostra-
ton while IN the army, where served for
over four years. / think it was during
this service that the seeds were sown which
have caused all my trouble Severe bill
Gus attacks bothered me, and Mt such times
my kidneys were worse. 1t Is almost i'm
possible to describe the pain which so
often famed me. | have been so lame that
TO stand up after had been sitting down
required a great exertion. Walking was
at times an impossibiity, even at night
did not rest, being forced 20 get up during
the night | heard of Doans Kidney Pills
and wondered if they could make an al
most lame man well. / got some. and
soon after taking them began to feel their
good effects | used them for some time,
my lameness all left me and / have not
felt it since. Doan's Kidney Pills have
done me an inestimabe amount of good :"
For sale by all dealers. price 80 cents.
Mailed by Foster Mlburn Co.: Buffalo.
N Y. sole agents for the u S. Remem-
Der the name, Doaa's. and take no other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22
THE RIPENINo OF THE WINE.

The swiss Method of Treating tho
Liquid Through It's Preparation for Sale.
The wine In Switzerland is left In the
casks TIL the following spring. and it Is
here that fermentation takes place and
the mout is converted into wine. The
change begins almost Immediately: the
liquid becomes turbid, carbonic acid
gas Is evolved. scum is thrown up ON
the surface and the temperature rises.
A climax is reached; the intensity Of
the fermentation diminishes, subsidies.
the scum settles as a Shiny deposit at
the bottom OF the cask and clear yell
low liquid is left above. The grape
sugar has almost entirely disappeared.
corresponding amount of alcohol has
taken its place and the sweet taste OF
the mout has given place to the charac-
teristic vinous flavor of the wine. In
the early stages Of fermentation enor-
nous quantities OF carbonic acid gas
are given off. and huge fires are made
In the cellars to drive 1t away, But at
the time write of October, 1899 when
the vintage was the finest OF the CEN
soA - WASA " uOlu luo
could not be purchased for love or
money, when every cellar on the lake,
from Geneva to Villeneuve, was packed
with casks OF mout, so great was the
amonnt OF carbonic acid gas in the air
that in spite Of every precaution, sew
eral deaths from suffocation took place
among the workers. In the spring the
wine is drawn off clear into other bar
rels. then bottled. Vim ordinaire is not
bottled at all, but simply drawn from
the wood. This is the wine sold at all
the little winshops. with which Swift
xerland abounds. 1t is drawn off into
quaint little glass decanters, contain
ing half liter each, and so served to
the unhurrying Swiss, who drink 1t
round little tables under the trees on
the sunny pathways or over wooden
benches inside the red-curtained wine-
shops.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22

Five Story Hotel Coliapses After Terri
hc Expiosion-Hot Fire Follows.

The Gumry Hotel, Denver, Colo.
was wrecked by terrific explosion at
1880 a. m. The rear half of the build
ing' five-story brick and stone stuc-
ture, went down with a crash. The
hotel was crowded with guests, and
many of them must have been killed
as well as the entire force of hotel en-
ployes who were sleeping in the por-
ton OF the building which fell. The
hotel structure for 100 feet along the
alley. and extending rs feet toward
the 'front.', was a mass of debris. Brick
and plaster was piled in heaps 20 feet
high, and from this mass of wreckage
could be heard the means of the in
1ured are dying. Within 20 minutes
hve badly injured people were removed
from debris which had composed the
upper floors. The ruins then began
burning fiercely and the firemen had
TO cease the work of rescue to sub
due the flames. Only Is people who
are known To have been in the build
ing at the time of the explosion were
accounted for three hours after the
disaster. This leaves 90 people sup
posed TO be dead.
The cause of the explosion is uncer-
tain, but 1t supposed that the battery
of boilers in the hotel basement must
have exploded. The sound of the ex-
ploslon was heard throughout the city
awakening people in bed mile from
the scene. The force of the explosion
carried away large portion of the
rear OF the building adjoining the
hotel. One wall crushed stable and
small frame hou Sc, but no one was
injured. A piece of the cornice of the
Cheesman block, fully a block from
the Gumry hotel, was torn out and
fell to the street, narrowly missing
several passersby. 1t weighed at
least ton.
The Gumry was five story brick
with stone front and was built about
six years ago. IL was Of lie better
kind of second-class hotels, cater ng
largely to the transient family patron
age. Thus, many ladies and children
were among the guests. The building
was built as the Eden Musee by the
widow of General Tom Thumb. and
was SO occupied later, being remodeled
for use as a hotel.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22
WAS CLANCY MuRpEREo7
A Tragedy which 10 Attracting = Great
Deal OF Attention.

Another of those cold-blooded muir
ders for which Michigan is becoming
famous is interesting the citizens of
Ann Arbor. Kalamazoo and Toledo,
and incidentally the newspaper read
ing public all over the state. Frank
Clancy was an Ann Arbor boy and
seven years ago married Edith stevens,
OF White Pigeon. They lived at kala-
mazoo and Chicago, but were not
happy as Clancy was rather hard
drinker and poor provider. Three
children were born TO them. The fore
part of July Mrs. Clancy disappeared
from their home at kalamazoo with
two children. Pat Boyle, with whom
it was known she was very friendly,
dropped from sight at the same time.
Clancy surmised that they had eloped
and with John Stevens. the womans
brother, followed a clue to Toledo. A
few DAYS days later he was arrested
there, the police thinking he was
drunk, but on examination found him
to be very sick and so they shipped
him to Ann Arbor, where Clancy said
was his home. At Ann Arb ,r he was
again arrested, but being i'll was sent
to the poorhouse where he died.
Clancy's mother lives at Ann Arbor
and it was only by accident that she
learned of her sons death and by the
time she arrived at the poorhouse the
body had been sent to the college and
placed in the picking vat When a
demand was made for the body the
person in charge of the vat brought
out body and claimed that it was the
one that came from the poorhouse.
This was not Clancy and it would have
been considered all mistake had not a
friend of the old lady insisted tina
an error had been made. The sheriff
took hold of the matter and Clancy
body was produced. postmortem
examination resulted in finding that
Clancy had died from the effects of
heavy blows on the head. The Toledo
police, with the aid of a Kalamazoo
reporter, finally found Boyle and he
was locked up on suspicion, but he
claims that he had not seen Clancy,
but had been caring for Mrs. Clancy
To free ner from a brutal husband,
and, Notwithstanding the fact that he
had deserted his own family for over a
month. he said that there was nothing
improper in his relations with Mrs.
Clancy. The latter woman could not
be found for a time, but was finally
located at Windsor, Ont, with her
brother John stevens. She saws she
knows nothing of Clancy being injured
or killed, and Stevens protests his in
nocence.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22

Madrid: At meeting of the cabi-
net ministers it was decided to pay tue
Mora claim in a lump sum, in oeptem.
Der, without interest The Mora
claim was for about 81, 500, 900 and the
interest amounted to about $500, 600.
1t has been a subject of dispute be-
tween Spain and the United States COR
many years, and grew out of the con-
tiscation of the Cuban estates of Mora.
naturalized citizen of the United
states. Secretary Olney vigorously
pressed the claim and insisted on an
early settlement of il.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22

had chosen the hill road. the least trav-
eied or all the ways that lead down
from the Montecito valley into Santa
Barbara. and for the FIRST half hour
AFTER the event they met no one.
IL was what the inhabitants of the
channel City call genuine Santa
Barbara day" The sun shone warm
and bright and soft perfumed breeze
came oLs 0f the west. There was June
In the air, although the calendar was
set Tor mid-winter. The birds sang in
the trees above them. the squirrels
chirped from the hillside, and their
horses, wandering at times from the
road, sank TO the knee in a waving sea
Of flowers.
First OF all" she said. breaking the
snence OF whole minute, you must
tell my father"
Certainly" said tho young man.
Who's afraid?"
You have never seen papa do the
role OF the cruel parent" said the girl
lie can be quite dragon. AS you are
a kinsman. however,
"A fifth cousin" cried the young
man. with a laugh.
wen, fifth cousins are better than
nothing, aren't they?"
Truly; how else should we be here
todayY Then the young man added
with peculiar and significant emphasis,
am inclined TO pDde myself on that
little scheme"
The girl brought her horse to a sud-
oen stop and turned her clear brown
eyes, half opened under their long
lashes, upon her companion.
That little scheme" she repeated
slowly. II don't understand"
The young man laughed uneasily.
why, Catherine" said he. you don't
mean that you have believed in the
entertaining fiction about our great
great-et-cetera-gr a ndfather?
"Old Ebenezer Strong?" exclaimed
the girl. How oare you call him fic-
titious. when / saw his portrait at my
own grandfather's."
LAS your ancestor, my dear one, he
is an undoubted reality, but as mine,
/ regret to say, re Is merely a Pigment
Of your worthy fathers imagination.
In short-I woul fain break 1t to you
as gently as possible-we are not fifth
cousins at all, but just plain or
binary
mot fifth cousins!''
faint please fall on this side. with your
head right here on my shoulder"
Il won't! Wietched boy. how could
you deceive poor papa SOP"
Il didn't deceive him. He deceived
himself. From the very beginning of
our acquaintance he seemed determined
to locate me somewhere on the Wes-
ton family tree. and you aided and
abetted him in the attempt"
Richard Strong, how can your"
II have a sweet and gentle DISPOSE
ton, and when he asked me If / was
not descended from Ebenezer Strong
OF West Brighton Center. and you
looked at me so appealingly'-
81 didn't any such thing!'
why shouldn't / assent? / have
doubtless had several hundred ances-
tors named Strong. and / took chances
that some one OF them rejoice5 in the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22

The members of the Spanish reserves,
have been called out Tor service ih
CUBA, but they protest and several
companies are on the verge of mutiny.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22
A MARROW WORLD

OMETIIJNG HAD
happened!
There was such a
rosy flush on her
cheek. so bright a
CLEAN In her eye.
and on her face
such an utter
abandon of JOY,
that any one. even
a man. could have
guessed the truth.
Fortunately they
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22

John Black & Sons were threshing
near Morgantown, w. Va, when the
boiler of the engine exploded. killing
three men and injuring four otherA
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22
GRAIN, ETC.

+Detroit-Hay. No Timothy, old, ZIG Ii 20:
new, az ~ > per ton. potatoes. 30 BIC per
gu. Live Poultry. chickens, 8 sac per 10;
ducks sc: turaeys, o.. Lggs. strictly fresh,
l2is 6l3c per dol. Butter, fresh dairy ID al,c
per ID; creamery, 20 2lc.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22
REVIEW OF TRADE.

Bradstreets says: Midsummer quiet is more
conspicuous than a week ago, though less so In
industrial than in commercial lines AS "a rue
Leaning manufacturing industries are cep-
adding that the mere tse in outplt Of demand
and prices for iron and steel continues. uross
and net railroad earnings returns for the nrst
hair OF the present year shows very satisfactory
aggregate gains over last year. q period OF
q cat coal and railroad strikes and OF financial
and industrial depression and arrangement
Jobbers in the more important staple lines al
Chicago, II. Louis Kansas CITY, Omaha,
Detroit, Milwaukee. Minneapolis and 81 aul
report an improved demand. The outlook at
all those polnts Is for an motive fall buslncss.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22

Information comes that the Bannock
Indians, together with Duck Valley
Indians, are going into Juniper valley
in Idaho to slaughter deer. They
killed 1900 there last fall for their
hides and trouble was only averted by
the Indians being called back to their
reservation. The settlers announce
that they will not permit the Indians
to kill game in the valley.
The admiralty court decided that
the mate of the British steamer Crathie
was to blame for the collision which
resulted in the sinking of the North
German Lloyd steamer Elbe and the
loss of 800 ovsr lives in the North sea
last January.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24
witty and Graceful.

Dean Ramsay tells of "a witty and grace
full compliment paid by a Scotch minister
to young lady, daughter of % neighbour
ing laird. 1t was the custom in this and
other Scotch parishes for the minister to
bow to the laird's pew before beginning
his discourse. On one occasion the pew
contained beyy of ladies, and the minis
ter, feeling adclicacy in the circumstances,
omitted the usual salaam. When they next
met, the laird's daughter, a Miss Miller,
widely famed fer her beauty and after
wi1d Countess of Mar, rallied the minister
IN the presence of her companions for not
bowling to her from the pulpit Your
iadyship forgets, replied the minister,
that the worship of angels is not allowed
by the Scotch church"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24
Thomas Q. seabrooke's New Comedy.

Here is the plot of "a World of Trou.
Bile, - in which Thomas O. Scabrooko stars
this season; Middleton Simpkin (Mr. sea
brooke), retired gentleman, is the victim
of mistaken identity. A woman he has
never met claims him as her husband. As
he is already married, he is sued for big
amy, and secures acquittal through the dis
agreement of the jury. He retires to the
country for rest, and is unfortunate
enough to appear on the scene when "a girl
swoons. He saves her from falling, and
while attempting to revive her is seen by
his wife. The girl drops locket, Mrs
Simpkin finds it, sees the girls picture
within and concludes it is love token.
The locket is peculiar in that while it con-
tains two portraits only one can be shown
at a time. Simpkin notices the locket III
his wife'S possession. His suspicious arc
aroused, and when he secures the trinket
aud opens 1t he finds n mans picture.
Complications ensue They are heightened
by the appearance of the woman who
thinks Simpkin is her husband, by the
presence of "a detective hired by Mrs. Simp-
kin to procure evidence, and by the arriv-
al of young Lawyer, the owner Of the
locket.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24
Why People Like Dogs.

And why do people keep such lots of
dogs themselves and go in such numbers
to see other peoples dogs? Because the
dog is at once the sinccrest nattercr and
the most successful chccrcr that the hui
man race ever bad. A good dog always
gives us the feeling that we men and
women are Il sort of gods. No other ami
NAL does anything of the kind. The cat
treats US as an inferior, and the horse will
treat us as n dear friend, not a divinity.
The dog, moreover, imparts something of
his peculiar gayety to lis in Il way that is
irresistible. lie mingles his suggestions
of gayety with his flattery, for he not only
leaves his dinner untaSted to walk with
US, but the mere fact that we are apparent
ly giving ourselves the pleasure of walk
raises him into such delrium of delight
that the sight of it puts all our dumps and
blues to such roproach that we shake them
off in very shame. And when we aCn t
walk, but sit moodily at home, the dog
curls up lovingly at our feet and looks up
now and then into our eyes and 'glides
into our darker musings with mild and
healing sympathy" Yes, there is a solid
reason for the fondness of men for dogs
and it will never come to an end until
either men or dogs become very different
beings from what they are now.-Doston
TRANSCRIPT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24
WOULDN'T TELL HER AGE.
And After Her Argument the Court Didn't
Press the Complaint.

And After Her Argument the Court Didn't
press the Complaint.
Tho unmarried woman of uncertain age
was on the witness stand, and the prose
cutting attorney, for some reason, was dis
posed to nag her.
II believe, he said, that you gave
your name as Mary Howitly unmarried
Il did, " she replied stubbornly.
and what is your age?'
Il decline to answer"
"But the court wishes to know"
Its none of the courts business
snapped the witness
The judge became intent on the instant,
What that, madam" he asked sharp
ly.
Il said, your honor, that it was none
of the courts business what my age is.
The witness will answer the question, .
frowned the judge.
1.-The witness will do nothing of the
kind, " replied the lady.
"Thc court insists, said tho judge.
And why?' asked the witness. will
tell the truth with any the less impair
tiality whether l am 20 or 70?'
The judge was thinking of a fitting an
swcr when tho prosecutor put in:
May it please the court, he said Sc
veroly, this is contempt and should bt
punished accordingly"
The witness smiled most exasperatingly,
May it please the court, " She said in
close imitation of the prosecutor, you
may fine me for contempt if you wish, hut
it will not make me answer. Your honor
and the gentleman who asks me the quos
ton are elected to the offices you fill by
the people, and you are both willing to be
elected again. Imprison mo if you wish
l shall not answer, but l will say to both
of you now that when the people know
you have punished a woman for refusing
to tell her age you will never be elected tc
Office again in thousand years. Women
have some rights that are bound to be re
spoctod and public sentiment has accord
cd us this one. So there"
The judge looked down at the prose
cutor, and the prosecutor locked up at The
judge, and the question was passed.-De-
troit FREQ Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24
An Attractive Suggestion.

A medical man suggests Il pleasant cure
for dyspepsia in the slow regular motion Of
a rocking chair after each meal by this,
he asserts, gastro-intestinal poristalis (thc
wormlike motion of the intestincs when
aiding the digestion of their contents) Is
stimulated, and persons whose digestive
functions are habitually sluggish thereby
experience marked relief He especially
recommends this measure in cases where
there is any want of tone of the stomach
The rocking chair should be so constructed
as to be set in motion without much effort,
and the inclination of the axis should DO
sufficient to place the patient in an almost
horizontal position.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24
AN ERA OF REFORM.
Won His Money and Then Barre9 hfi'
out Because He Was Minor.

'I had an adventure in the City OF Mex
leo when | was quite yOungster, not out
OF nv teens in fact, that taught me a use
full lesson" said Mr.. Jules Cohn Of Phlla-
delpha
"There are two big gambling houses in
the Mexican capital, run under govern
mcnt sanction, the houses paying very
large sums into the public treasury for the
privilege. had seen enough of the game
Of monte to become infatuated with it, and
during IA sojourn of several weeks down
there cot to be regular habitue of both
sporting resorts. Occasionally made a
good winning, but on the whole lost more
than won. There is "a Mexican law that
forbids the entrance of minors into gam
bling places, but for long while my go
ing in and out was unchallenged, and !
had no idea of ever being barred.
Zone night following the day in which
| had received my month s wages, 5000 III
gold, l sought the gambling place and was
soon immersed in monte. Luck was very
adverse to me that night, and when l left
in the small hours the bank had cleaned
me out of every dollar of my salary. Nat
urally was pretty blue the next day
but going to a friend, secured the loan
of 500 and determined to try to get back
some of my lost cash.
THAT night, on attempting to enter the
place, the employee whose duty it was to
see that no improper characters got en-
trance stopped me and asked if l were q
years of age. On answering in the mega
tive, he positively refused to let me go in
side. | tried 10 reason with him, but to no
purpose. He was inileXible and quoted to
me the law. l told him it was beautiful
law that worked only one way, but that
didn't move him.
"Well, was so sore at my treatment
that l called on the American minister,
stated the case frankly and asked his ad
vice. He said: You can undoubtedly
make these people give back your money.
The law would force them to do so on ac-
count of your age. You have great provo
cation to take such a course, but | advise
you not to do it. The best way to get
square is to stop playing monte and all
other gambling games
THE advice knew to be good, and as
l listened | acknowledged its soundnesS.
thanked the minister, and going out of his
Office made myself promise that l have
kept to this day. Washington Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24
Flowers In the House.

This was Celia Thaxter's rule for arranp
ing flowers in the house: Large flowers
of vivid tints can be put farther away from
the locker on, ana yet lose none Of theil
effectiveness or be unseen. But a fine
flower, liked the forgetmenot or a cluster
of hcliotroPe, would be lost on a mantel OF
high shelf Put the delicate blossoms
where their dainty color, forms and per.
fulne can appeal to every one, while the
massed and gaudy splcndor of the larger
flowers may serve to deck dull corner OF
light up shady, somber room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-24

Mr. NJ. A. Haraden and Miss Margaret
Mcdonald We're united in marriage, Mon
day morning, at II A. NJ, at ST. JOSEPH 5
Catholic church i'll this city, in the presence
of relatives and friends. Miss Josie Nc
Donald, sister Of the bride, was maid OF
honor and Mr.. James Ward was best man
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Jeremiah Mccarthy. Mr.. and Mrs Hara-
den left on the 100 A III. train for a
wedding trip to Boston. The bride is a
young lady of amiable disposition and
pleasing manners and is much esteemed
Mr. Haraden is IN the real estate and auc-
ton business and is also agent for Hoyt S
Express Co, and general agent OF the
steamer Islander He is man OF much
ability aud has large circle of friends.