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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-22
a MALE MALAPROP.

An English Sexton Who Loved to Use
Long Words.
Twenty years ago, one of the "sights"
which amused visitors to st. Georges
chapel, Windsor, England, was Wise,
the sexton. He was Mr.. Malaprop,
with an affection for long words whose
forms were changed, and high-sound-
ing phrases, which he invariably mis-
placed, says London Tit Bits. Sir
George j. Elvey, the organist of the
chapel, relates several of these mala-
propisms in his ''Life and Reminis-
cences." One day clergyman, hurry
ing into the nave Of st. Georges just
before afternoon service, remarked that
he had walked all. the way from Bish-
Opgatc in less than an hour. "Well,"
replied Wise, you must be a good
Presbyterian, then!" The poor fellow
meant pedestrian. Seeing Dean We'll
lesley taking constitutional outside of
the chapel, the sexton said TO bystand-
or: "Look at the dean a-propogating
up and down them steps!" "My favor
tic paper" said he, sis the Ulcer
atcd Qllustrated) News. Wise got it
into his head that the chapel belonged
to him, and that no one had a right to
see it without paying him fee. "It
doesn't matter" said he on one occa-
sion, "who it is. Nobody-not even
Mr.. Dean himself--can't go in the
chapel without first insulting ICON
sulting) me-" So far did he carry out
his idea of ownership that at last it was
ordered by the authorities that no fees
should be given for seeing the chapel.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-22
SELLS SLAVE GIRLS.
How tho Queen OF Corea suataIns Her
Royal Purse. .

How tho Queen OF Corea 6uRtaIDS Her
Royal Purse. :.
There are slave girls innumerable
around the royal palaces of the hermit
kingdom of Corea, says the Philadel-
phia Press. It is difficult to find out
how many there are. One official will
say hundreds, another thousands. A
consul who has had opportunity to learn
the facts in the case says there are
about fifteen hundred.
1t is equally difficult to learn where
they come from. Their appearance
shows that they are not from any one
stock. Some are Coreans and some are
Tonghaks, from Guing-Shang-Do, in
the south of the kingdom; some show
Japanese blood, others Chinese and
Still others Manchurian. They arc of
all sorts and types. All speak Corcan
and nearly all have a smattering of
Chinese. They are all well brought up
and quiet, polite and industrious. They
begin their career as domestic servants
when mere children and are seldom
found in the royal establishment after
they are twenty-five years old. A few
who are unusually good-looking be-
come royal concubines and n large
hoLhDSA Ill = ItihSh LUZ IIlC
by the princes and lords of the realm,
and, it is said, for very large R1ice
The rest are sold as commodities to the
highest bidder and the proceeds paid
into the royal treasury.
The latest available blue book of
Corea-1SS4-in summarizing the royal
income, includes these articles:
'Ninety-one thousand nine hundred
and seventeen stone of best rice.
''Forty-one thousand four hundred
and eighty-four stone of beans.
cone hundred and seventy-two thou
sand seven hundred and thirteen nyanp
in money.
''Twenty-four thousand nyang from
sale of slave girls"
A nyang is string of one hundred
copper coins, whose value in American
money ranges from five hundred to one
thousand 10 the dollar. The market
value of girl in Corca varies from ten
to forty dollars. Upon these figures
the monarch must raise and sell in the
public market every year from thirty
to four hundred and eighty young
women. The general average would
be about two hundred per year. The
SIAoSSAAA 10 hOO oO DttNl IL ScCIHS dU uTSU
sight. The majority are purchased by
men for their wives, and a small mi
nority for immoral purposes.
This trade in human beings is con-
sidered perfectly legitimate and has
come down from time immemorial. It
is not confined to the royal palace but
is practiced to certain extent all over
Cocrea. The custom is followed like
wise in China and seems to character
ize nearly every Monaghan race.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-22

PRINCE WILLIAM OF LUxEMBURa, who
was recently married to Princess Maria
Anna, will inherit grand duchy and
an income of $1,5OO,O0O year. He is
forty-one years old.
AS Princess May will be responsible
for many Of the fashions in the inn
mediate future, and pale blue is her
most becoming color, blue is to be the
coming fashionable shade.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-22
FOR SALE.

nNR OR TWO HUNDRED HEAD
W Stock Cows and Mich Cows Of ie",
able prices. win also Sc IL oil Cattle nv
Ranches aud Ranges owned by me- il w.
ed, or stock In bunches Of Nifty one "
hundred head or more, If buyer ,.hIl
This is good investment for anyone WE
to go into the stock and cattle bmssi,rISER,
Eureka, Nev'''
May I, 1895.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-22

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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
HE LOOKED LIKE DICKENS.
Tbs Great Object In Life of a Familiar
Figure In Philadelphia

familiar figure has vanished from the
streets of Philadelphia. What has become
OF him nobody knows, but he is seen in his
old haunts no longer. His name and his
family history are unknown to the great
number of his fellow citizens who knew
his quaint face and figure so well. He was
one of the army of imitators that flour
lshed long ago, who made it their life study
20 ape the mannerisms and the style of
dress of the eminent novelist Dickens
Many years ago, when Dickens came to
this country, there were any number of
men who Were told by their friends that
they greatly resembled the illustrious Eng
lishman. The old gentleman who is the
subject of this sketch was evidently one Of
these. He wore his hair brushed forward
about his ears and neck; the beard, shaven
on the cheek, remained always a handful
on the chin, joining the mustache at the
corners of the mouth. He wore the stock
and tic that Dickens affected, and he even
made 1T point To assume the keen look
which characterized the great novelist.
Now he has passed away, and he was the
last OF Dickens imitators. -Philadelphia
Record
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CLEAN THROUGH HER.
A Much Travelled Needle with q Thread
Attached.

One of the most phenomenal cases on
record took place i'm Ottumwa recently. Ii
will be remembered that a few DAYS since
Mrs. j. &. Patton, proprictress of the
Woman's Exchange, was Frustrated while
iding on n street car. The physician who
was called, after brief examination into
the case, stated that she was suffering from
an attack OF heart trouble She was taken
to her home and placed under the care of
her regular physicians. She was unable to
speak, even in whisper, and at times has
been quite weak and unable to leave her
bed
In degree, her case puzzled the ply
sicians. She had an acute pain In the back
Of her neck and along her spinal column.
The other night she retired as usual and
rested fairly well. Quite early i'm the morn
Ing she was seized with choking spell, and
finding she could not recover her breath.
jumped up and ran into another room,
coughing vigorously AS she could mean
while.
Her husband, j. G.. Patton, conductor
on the electric street railway, was by her
side In moment and just in time to SEQ
her thrust her fingers inside her mouth
and draw thercfrom common sewing
needle, through the eye Of which there was
thread 81 inches in length Immediate
ly afterward she recovered her breath, but
Is not yet able to speak Since taking the
needle and thread from her throat she has
suffered no pain, and from all appearances
Will soon recover.
Mrs. Patton remembers that seven weeks
ago she sat down on some sewing work
that was lying on her chair and felt
singing sensation just above her left hip
-Ottumwa Ua.) Republican.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
Libeled His Apple Sauce.

In small town | visited occasionally
there was only one decent hotel in the
place, and that mono too good 1t was kept
| by jolly old Dutchman, Jake Boiler.
mann, and was the general stopping place
for the boys. Jake set good table, but il
had one popularity. At every meal
breakfast dinner and supper-there was
invariably big dish Of apple sauce. One
day L arrived there with young man
named Rafferty,, who travelled for an east
ern house. As we passed the dining room
on the way To register, Rafferty, saw the
old standby sitting on the table in solitary
grandeur. Slipping In he dropped a half
dollar in it, We entered the front door
and were heartily greeted. In short time
dinner was called, and the guests to the
number of ten, sat down. Hello, Jake
see that you stick by that apple sauce
yeti" said Rafferty, GLOW long since
was here, Jakef"
Well, 1T was about six months ago. {"
Yes, you are right, and then dropped
90 cent piece in that dish, and I'll bet
the drinks for the crowd IL is i'm there vet +"
The bet was taken only too quickly.
when Rafferty,, with spoon, flshed up the
half dollar Everybody, of course, roared.
Jake rushed for the kitchen, and i'm a min
ute cyclone broke loose, i'm which the
shrill voices of the women could be heard
mingled with the furious believing of
Jake. The old fellow never discovered the
trick.-Chicago Times Herald
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THE OLD LIFE AND THE NEW.
Science Trying to Probe the Element. NJ
the Phenomenon of Conversion

Science is gradually adding 10 It's do
mains many of the manifestations az reli-
gious life, but for obvious reasons A has
hitherto limited its conquests TO outlying
phenomena, 10 the outward expression Of
religious life, rites ceremonies, beliefs and
has confined itself To tracing the history Of
these symbolic manifestations. The nsy-
chic growth--as, for instance, "conyer-
sion" and Regeneration a. the
essential element In many religions he
liefs, has heretofore been regarded No too
sacred quantity To be subjected To sci.
entiflc analysis. 1t is now, however. con.
coded that this new birth"-the change
In IA mans spiritual nature that Is sun
posed TO be born OF the strong conyictions
OF IA new religious faith-is psychic nroc.
ess and there is as good reason why it
should be Investigated and defined as anv
other psychic phenomena.
psychological study of the phenomena
OF conversion" has accordingly been nm
dertaken, under the auspices of a religious
journal, and questions have been sent ont
TO which answers are desired. Among tho
questions asked are: when were Won con.
verified and at what agcg' "Were Won
brought up In Christian homer" what
were your experiences before you decided
TO live the Christian lifeY' "Wbat wero
the circumstances under which you were
convertedY' In what mental and moral
disposition We're you at the time, and what
was the state of your healthg" "By what
or by whom were you moved To take this
stepy Were you conscious that Won had
experienced conycrsionY' Have YOU had
more than one such experienceY'
While 1t is not by any means certain
that this inquiry will afford a basis for
scientific theory of conversion, . there ia
no question that its interest would be inn
mensely increased if il were extended to
many other specifically selected nations.
Travellers who have seen the religious
dances of the North American Indians. tho
orgies of the Sudanese and tho
'revivals" OF many African tribes have
been struck with the analogy which seems |
to exist between the prevailing frenzy of |
these demonstrations and some of tho |
cruder manifestations sometimes exhibited |
In the conversion" of civilized countries. |
Among the colored tribes of the West In |
dies n convert" will remain whole DAVIS
In sort of waking trance, while passing |
the divide between the "old and the new
life, and If such cases could be brought
within the scope of the inquiry the scien-
tile value of the investigation could not
TAIL To be greatly augmented. Chicago
Times Herald
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Paradise For the Little Ones.

A pretty idea, the first really novel one
we have seen, for the Paris exhibition of
1900 Is that suggested by Jean Aicard, the
poet, In lie Figaro 1t is to turn the beau
tiful garden of the Tuilerios into a chill
dren's paradise, to arrange i'm it for them
alone little exhibition of toys and ginger
bread and puppet shows and games of all
nations, with panoramas of fairy tales and
galleries Of the pictures they like, and a
theater for pantomimes, and circus and
places where authors shall tell them sto.
ries There would he days for free admis-
sion and for the distribution of toys and
candy and flowers to poor children There
seems to be nothing impracticable in the
plan. 1t is, in fact, an artistic improve
ment on the arrangement for checking ba-
bies that was successful at Chicago. New
York sun
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
NOT EXACTLY IDYLLIC.
Housekeeping In Samoa Has Its Draw
backs, According to Mrs. Stevenson.

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson says that
housekeeping in Samoa was not SO idyllic
as 1t might seem. Her supplies came from
New Zealand or Australia once a month,
SO that If she wanted bottle OF bluing or
a bag of flour, for instance, she had to send
half across the Pacific to get it. The ma
tive diet was all well enough for few
weeks, but as 1t consisted almost solely of
fruit and fish il began To pail on European
palates. Housekeeping In this south sea
paradise (of romanccrs) had other draw
backs, particularly in the matter Of ex-
pensc, which was fully six or seven times
as great, Mrs. Stevenson says, as living on
corresponding scale in San Francisco.
AS for society, 'there's more Of it to the
square inch in Samoa than in any other
place | know, says Mrs. Stevenson, but
1t appears to be largely of the living pic
ture kind.-New York World.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
Divorces From Two Men.

Before Judge Elliott of Minneapolis re-
Gently Mrs. Bertha Shepherd applied for a
divorce from Charles Shepherd and from
William Hickey. Although it is perhaps a
novel idea, the asking Of two divorces at
one time, yet the case is pathetic rather
than otherwise. Mrs. Shepherd was mar
ried number of years ago to Charles
Shepherd, who disappeared after a time.
His wife heard nothing Of him for years,
and, believing him dead, married second
time-William Hickey. Mr.. Hickey, too
deserted his wife after three months of
married life, since which Mrs Shepherd
Hickey has been living alone.
In order to straightcn out the tangle the
two suits were brought for divorce Judge
Elliott granted the divorce from the first
husband on the ground of desertion. The
second marriage was held to have been IL
legal, and as such divorce was not neces-
sary.-Chicago Times Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
Touring Made Easy.

Mr.. Michael A. Donohue, the wealthy
publisher of Chicago, Is going to make a
four months tour of Europe in peculiar
way He will take no baggage but band
box and one telescope, because the bag
gage check system Is not in vogue in many
places, and passengers must look up their
luggage and superintend transfers. He
proposes, instead of bothering with laun-
dries to buy his linen new and drop il as
soon MS soiled. In the convenient chinks
OF his telescope, he says, he will carry all
the coin of small denomination he can stow
away to be used for tipping purposes.
Mr.. Donchue believes the Tip" is un-
doubtedly the best lubricator Of mental
machinery. New York Tribune
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
She Wants a Divorce.

There is woman out west who wants n
divorce, and this is her plea: She says that
he' kept her in a miserable shanty and
fed her on IA diet of rats and snakes fried i'm
skunk OIL and that she really would like
to get IA divorce. We are not fully posted
in the points of the law upon this subject.
but think she ought at least to get a di
yorce from bed and board, I" II not full
decree, a vinculo, rs the law calls It. The
bed and board provided by chin" are not.
we believe, quite so good as they should
City Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
smithers punched HI. Hit.

False onel" he Missed
Inc beautiful blue eyes gazed steadily
INTO MS. Meaning mer' asked the owner
OF the azure orbs.
You bet. Last Christmas the candy |
bought Tor you came To 81. 49, Valentine's
DAY l sent you sl3 worth Of dollhouse roses.
In March blew in 81 for thcater tickets.
Ana now comes along that odious Smith
ers ana takes you to the music festival,
sets up the Ice cream, pays for carriage
ana corsage bouquet at less than half
the money and time expended on you,
and you give me tho cold cold shake |"
The azure eyes twinkled. well, you
see, she said, Mr.. Smithers punched his
hits. "-Indianapolis journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13

AT the recent celebrations in England of
the queens seventy-sixth birthday it is
noteworthy that, amid the rejoicings over
the continued life of the venerable sover-
eign, there was a looking forward toward
the future. A London poet has improvised
an additional verse to the national anthem.
which was sung at school children's cele
brations throughout the country. 1t runs
this way:
When at some future day
Albert this isle shall sway.
God grant us that he may
Rule like our queen
May he defend our laws
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the king
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
BOY MAGELLANS.
Adventures of Four Lads Who Circum.
navigated the Globe.

Preston Anderson, a boy IA years of age
has returned to Portsmouth, O., after cir
COMMUNICATING the world. A year ago.
with three companions, he ran away from
home. Going to Baltimore, they shipped
ON cattle ship rs laborers for Liverpool
From there they wandered over Europe
and reached Singapore by shipping on q
steamer at Naples, From there they went
To llongkong and Yokohama.
From there they went to Australia and
New Zealand. Returning to America.
they visited Samoa and Hawaii. During
the past winter they have been travelling
along the Pacific coast. In February Will
Blair became seriously i'll with typhoid
fever ut Oakland, Cal, and his parents
brought him home. Young Anderson, the
second 70 return, became crippled with
rheumatism. Cullinan and Ross, the 9th
er two, are still travelling. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
window Cleaner on Wheels.

The newest element in Berlin street life
Is window cleaner ON atricyclc. His lad
der Is fixed perpendicularly To the front of
the machine, while his bucket, with the
soap and cleaning rags, is suspended be-
hind. Thus the ingenious operative pedals
along from one customer to the other in
illustration of the rroverb that time Is
money. -Berliner Tagcblatt
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
PROBITE NOTICE.
STATE or MICHIGAN, tss

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COUNTY OF IONIA IS.
Notice Is hereby given that by an order OF the
Probate Court for the county OF Ionia made ON
the 3rd day OF May, A. ID f. 1885 six months from
that date were allowed for creditors to present
tnelr claims against the estate of Sarah A
warren late OF said county. deceased and that
All creditors OF said deceased are required 10
present their claims TO said Probate Court. AT
.he PROBATE ONCE, In the city OF Ionia for exam
lnaIoh ana allowance on or before the Ord dav
ol november next and that such claims will be
hsaru before said court on Friday the 2nd day
ot August, A. ID, 1895, and on Monday the 4tb
gay oil November, A. d, 1895. ut ten O'Clock in
lhe forenoon OF each of tho, c days.
Dated May g. A. d.. 1895
ooH a. MILAN WITLETT, Judge OF Probate
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Has Gone Edison one R.,,.,

g. A. Bjorksell n Swedc has invented
an attachment to Edisons phonoprapf
that he calls the mimeophone Instead OF
as now using the rubber tubes and insert
ing them In ones ears, the mimeophone
In the form of wide trumpet, sends out
the sound plainly in large room. The
Invention has created "A sensation i'm scien.
title circles in Europe, and the inventor has
had his invention patented both in Amer
lea and Europe Chicago Tribune
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
Statue of Lincoln.

John Rogers, the sculptor, has presented
to the city of Manchester, n. H., a statue
of Abraham Lincoln 1t is a seated figure
of plaster, larger than life, and was upon
exhibition at the Worlds fair, where it
took prize
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
A watchdoR Exchanpe

An Englishman and German in Chi
cago are partners In new business which
they advertise as Watchdog Exchange.
They will be prepared soon TO sell dogs
trained for watching, or the dogs may be
engaged by the month, week or night.
The German partner has the experience
having been employed rs keeper in n
similar business I'm Berlin. where there are
several of these exchanges doing rood
business. New York Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
Good WAY 20 Build II.

A canal connecting Lake Washington
with the ocean near the city of Seattle,
Wash, is to be built with money furnished
by private subscription. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
Not while Man suhmi,.

The new woman hasn't progressed 80
last that she can spade up her own flower
garden yct.-Boston Globe
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13

Near Modena, in Italy, the petroleum
gatherers dig hole In the ground and
1T is speedily filled with the oil.
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$50 Shalt Thou

sin the sweat 81 my brow'
l earn my bread
As follow the pillow
With dreary tread.
But the kiCs are bright,
And the days are long,
And the birds delight
With their merry song.
'In the sweat OF my brow"
And the pulses thrill.
For there waitcth now
On the distant hill
welcoming sweet
And n form Of grace
To cheer my feet
In their laggard pace
Gin the sweat OF my brow"
But the echoes sing
OF the sacred vow
And the wedding ring.
And my heart may see
In tho settling gloom
A rest for me
And love and home
~. IT, Macklcv in Cleveland Plain Dealer
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13

More money is spent for brass bands
than for the schools OF the Argentine
Republic.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13

The population of the German en-
pire Is increasing at the rate of SOC, ZOO
a Year.
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Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee R. R,
In effect May 8, 1895.
TRAINS EASTWARD.
TOLEDO, SAGINAW & MUsKEGON R. R

Chicago Str Arr. 600 a. m
Milwaukee Str. Arr 200 a m
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-13
GOING EAST

All trains week days only
close connection at Howell June for Toledo
on morning train and at Detroit for Toledo and
SCUM ana Tor Canadian and Eastern Cities