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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
ON THE ALERT FOR FIRES.
Scene In New York Engine House When
An Alarm Strikes.

IL was n the house of Engine company
No. l, in West Twenty ninth street, near
Seventh avenue, the other evening. A
group OF three hremen were engaged in
conversation with their foreman around
the little desk above which spreads the net
work OF bells which are thrilled with ami
nation when fire breaks out in the big
metropolis The spirited horses In their
stalls just back of the shining engine were
restless, and when a reporter entered the
steeds were biting at the chains which
held them In check as If impatient to haul
the ponderous machine through the streets
at galloping pace One little bell was tin
king merry tune, but the big gong, at
whose solemn command a whole brigade
OF fire fighters makes ready To turn out
was silent.
The house watch" approached the re.
porter.
BUSY nightP" asked the latter
We'll you bot it's been busy night
During the last +, hours we ve had moth.
ing but alarms and the men have been
fooled every time too.
II should like TO see an alarm come In
now, and the reporter glanced at the
finely polished brass poles which ran on
both sides of the house TO the roof
We'll, 1 guess we won't catch any more.
We've had enough of sliding for
Bang, b-r-r-r- bang b-r-r-r-bang
At the first stroke of the gong the en-
gine house seemed TO thrill with life The
steeds, which moment before were rest.
lessly biting their chains, broke from the
fastenings and ran under the uplifted har.
ness in front of the engine. Down the
shining brass poles slid swiftly fireman
after fireman. Conversation. games and
even slumber in the upper floors had been
rudely checked by that sound that was re-
verberating through the building.
When the last fireman had reached his
post, the gong still continued its 'b-r-r-r
bang, b-r-r-r-b -bangp' while the foreman
and house watch noted carefully the strokes
and consulted the big alarm book 1t was
no small signal that was being flashed over
the wires into every firehouse in the city.
Finally there was in interval of ten sec.
onds. 1t told the company, resting on its
arms" that the alarm was in.
1858, " said the foreman, but still the
men stood at their posts, the driver on the
box and the engineer in the rear. The "re.
peater" was due, and there might be
mistake. Again the complex mechanism
moved, and slowly the alarm came In for
the second time. 1t was 1903"
That's the second third alarm we've
had tonight, F" said the house watch as he
closed the book on the number which in
dicated that "a big fire was raging near the
signal box at Columbus avenue and Nine |
ty-sixth street.
The horses were unhitched and sent back |
TO their stalls, the men returned to the up |
per floors the group around the foreman |,
their conversation, and the little |
bell tinkled on.-New York Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

The cider used for vinegar comes almost
entirely from Michigan, Ohio and New
York. enough being secured every fall TO
last whole year The barrels are corded
up In endless rows-a whole, great room
filled full, with only little alleyvAnys pierc
ing it-and allowed TO stand until the cider
Is quite hard enough 20 make an old cider
drinkcr dizzy headed When at last 1t has
sufficiently fermented, il is run over the
shayings in the generator and becomes a
light brown cider vinegar IL is now run
into old whisky barrels and allowed TO
stand as long rs possible The whisky bar.
rels assist greatly In the ripening process,
which so much improves vinegar Only
few firms i'm the country have this method
Of making their product more palatable. -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

Miss Jennie Raby closed her second
term of school in district No. I, Ionia
township. July /, with literary exer-
clses in the evening which were held
on the lawn of director James Hor-
rocks. The lawn was lighted with
Chinese lanters and the porch was dec
GRATED with evergreens, flowers and
hags A fine program was rendered
by the pupils, each one performing his
part in mastery manner. After the
exercises closed two large tables were
spread and eleven gallons of ice cream,
and cake in proportion, were served to
nearly one hundred patrons and friends
Time passed pleasantly in social con-
verse until after midnight when all
departed for their homes feeling that
the entertainment as well as the school
had been a success.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
BODY GRAPPLERS.
Some of the Difficulties In Recovering
Drowned Persons.

Graphing for dead bodies is a difficult
and laborious task. In seaport cities where
a harbor police force is maintained the
work of looking for people supposed &c
have been drowned is allotted to them In
other places the regular police force gener.
ally carries on the work, though il is not
infrequent for private parties to grapple on
their own account, with the hope of obtain
ing the standing reward offered by the
state for the recovery of drowned bodies.
In Massachusetts the amount of the re-
ward Is 50, and it is paid to the persons
who take the body from the water
1t requires three men TO operate one
grappler. Two are the oarsmen of the boat
and the third is the man who controls the
graphing iron. A grapplcr Is straight
bar of iron, upon which is fixed about "a
dozen iron hooks. The hooks are placed on
two sides of the bar, and there is long
iron handle In the center of the bar to
which the rope held by the man in the
boat Is attached. In addition to the big
hooks, there are about dozen Goldfish
hooks, attached all along the iron bar by
little pieces of cod line. The grappler is
dropped to the bottom and dragged along
behind the boat.
The moment the hooks come in contact
with anything on the bottom the man
with the rope in his hand can tell 1t in
much the same way that fisherman
knows when he gets "bite. 1t requires
no great strength to haul body from the
bottom to the surface 1t is then towed TO
the shore and landed, and then the med
ical examiner is sent for to inspect it, 1t
must not be moved before.
OF course 1t is often more luck than any
thing In finding person supposed to be
drowned. In still water, such as lakes and
ponds and when the spot where the per
son sank can be pointed out with a reason
able degree of accuracy, the success Of the
searchers is an easy matter. But i'm rivers.
and harbors especially, where there is IA
good deal of tide, not one bodyin ten can
be recovered even when the drowned person
was seen to sink and the spot is pointed
ut.-BOston Journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
THE POLICEMAN'S MISTAKE.
1t Did Not Add To a Small Boys Comfort
In the Least.


One afternoon but a short time ago two
prominent police officers stepped from the
door of the police station, and after re.
marking on the quietude of the street
started for the courthouse One of the off
GERS was remarking on the stagnation in
police business and had just called atten-
tion TO the fact that there had been no
murder committed for several months,
when crack sounded the report of what
seemed to be pistol.
Both men turned quickly, but not see
ing any one but "a lone bicycler leaning
over his wheel both gasped at the same
time:
"What was thatF"
at was pistol shot, said one as he
started on run for the alley back of the
barrel house row.
1T wasn't in that direction, " called the
other 1T was this way, and he started
on a run east on Pearl street.
1t was but a short time until both Off
GERS appeared again at the station house,
out of breath and without prisoners For
a moment they considered what was best
to do, when they again spied the wheel
man still examining his bicycle. He was
the only person in sight, and to him they
went for information.
did you hear that pistol shot a few
minutes ago2" asked one of the officers
'No, didn't hear no pistol shot,, an
swcred the boy, who seemed worried over
something.
Come, now, you heard that loud re-
port. Now, what do you know about itp"
said the officer, with some severity, for he
thought the boy knew more than he cared
to tell
"Ohl Is that loud noise what you
thought was pistol shot? Why that was
this here blamed bicycle tire busted, but
the officers Were gone, and the boy was left
to enjoy his discomfort alone.-Indianap-
oils journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

Thursday afternoon dispatch from
the village president of Sheridan was
received, asking the loan of our fire
engine and men to put out fire which
was raging there and likely to destroy
the whole village, AS the engine was
not in order, the request could not be
granted. We have since learned that
a spark from locomotive caught the
sawdust on fire and that lumber be-
longing to Stone and Pestel was burn
cd and spread to the basement Of the
Pearl Lake House, near the ID. l.. a. N.
depot, where it was stopped AS the
wind was in the direction of the busi-
ness part of the town, it was feared the
town would burn.-Greenville Call
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
CIIlrKCIIItS.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Ser-
vices at 1880 m. and 7:30p. m. sabbath School
at close of morning service Prayer meeting on
Thursday evening. REV. o. j. GOLDEN, Pastor.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Services nj
10: 30 a. IN. and 80 p. m. Sabbath School ai
II :45 a. m. Prayer meeting on Thursday eve
ming. REV -B.'V. CHILDs, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Services ut 10:30 a. IN.
and 7;SO p m. sabbath school at close OF NOR
ming services Prayer meeting on Thursday
oNening. REV. w L. MuNGER. Pastor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

Mrs DR.. Coville received last week,
Diploma of Honorable Mention from
the board OF lady managers, World S
Fair The following letter accompany
ing it:
Mrs MARY f.. III. CovILLE
Dear Madam have pleasure in handing you
herewith the Diploma OF Honorable Mention TO
which you are entitled under a resolution OF
the Congress of the United States directing
thit such diploma may be conferred upon those
who assisted in an important way in the pro-
du 'tlon and perfection OF an exhibit which
received the formal commentator OF the
Director General of the Columbian Exposition
A certificate is now on file in this office declar.
ing that you were connected with the exhibit
noicated in the diploma and which received
the formal commendation OF Director General
Davis. With congratulations, | am,
Yours Very Truly,
VIRGINIA G. MEREDITH,
Chairman, Committee on Awards, Board Of
Lady Managers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

Seven Islands resort in :h
river at Grand Ledge is
the prettiest place in Cen.
tral Michigan, and popu-
lar resort aud picnic point.
In addition to the natural
attractions of the place, Il
good hotel and lunch coun
ter furnish flood for tn
inner man" and plenty OF
row boats, steamers, etc.
f: are provided to make the
time pass pleasantly for
those so inclined. You
ought TO go and see il, and
TO enable you to do so at
small expense, the ID. l.. a.
N. II. X. will run "a low
rate excursion on July 2lst
Sunday. Train will leave
Belding at 9:05 a. m. and
arrive at Grand Ledge at
1880 a. m. Returning
leave at ZOO p. m. Round
trip, 75 cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
Chairman, Committee
Lady Managers.

A pension shark has been operating
10. Barry, Kalamazoo and Allegan
tt2k y j BY representing himself as
pension detective he succeeded in
soaring old soldiers and the widows of
old soldiers into paying him fee of
few dollars or he would have their
pension taken away. Set your dog on
him if he comes your way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
Islands.

When occasion demands its use, try
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is
cooling TO burns, stops pain INSTANTLY,
cleanses, a perfect healer for scalds or
skin eruptions. Always cure piles.
w. |. Benedict e. Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

Travellers find safe companion in
DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure. A
change in drinking water and in diet,
often causes severe and dangerous
complaints. This medicine always
cures them. w. |. Benedict & Co
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

If you wear moderate priced Mems
Shoe, why not get great value for little
money?
Lewis $3.50 Ina Calf Shoes are what
you want. Made of solid leather, with
Lewis Cork-Filled Soles, they are the
most comfortable shoes known for all
sorts of weather. Stylish, too, and
wonderful wearers.
See that you get Lewis lima Calf Shoes.
See what bargain
Your dealer knows all about the value,
for he sells them.
G. EDDY q son.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

The most pleasant little pills for
regulating the bowels, are DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. Cure sick head
ache and constipation. Small pill,
small dose. w. L Benedict q Co.
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NJ. l.. VAN BENsCHoTEN,

A TTORNEY AT LAW. -Once in Spencer
"A Block, Beding Mich.
REFERENCES BY PERMLssION:-H Allen B
Morse, Hon. a. A. Ellis. Thos +. McGarry Hon
r. ID. M. Davis.
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GRAHAM & MORTON
TRANSPORTATION co.
STEAMER LINES FROM
Benton Harbor and ST. Joseph
TO
Chicago and Milwaukee.

Double daily service TO Chicago during June,
July and August, daily trips remainder OF sea.
son Tti-weekly steamers TO Milwaukee.
Connections made with all trains on 9. q w
NJ, ralwoy at ST. Joseph. Through tickets on
sale by all agents G. & w. NJ. and ID. l.. 4 N
railways
10 railway agents or address
J. II GRAHAM, PRIEST, Benton Harbor, Mich
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SURNcRInE 80 rnN
Grand Rapids Daily Der1crat

II contains the fCi. AssociateG Press dis
patches Arrives m .,ctutdg ut }g.22 Deliver
ed sy Non liuck at iOc IS weeG tor -, papers
l2Lc n week for seven days
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Observation-Disclosures
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
BY
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AT
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ONCE in the Peoples Savings Bank block,
Main street
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STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Advertising Rates upon application.
Advertising bills collected monthly. Tran
sient advertising n advance
Obituary poetry will not be inserted unless
paid for. Cards OF Thanks must be paid for.
Marriage and death notices free
Notices for religious and benevolent societies
OF reasonable length free.
Copy for change OF advertisement must be re-
ceived not later than Tuesday noon in order to
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transmission through the mails as second class
matter.
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u will know that your subscription expires
N with this issue, and as our terms are strict
ly cash in advance il will be discontinued
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Karl's Clover Root, the great blood puri-
fer gives freshness and clearncss 10 the
complexion and cures constipation, 20 cts,
so cts, $lO0. Sid by w. l. nedict Il
Co. (D
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ANSWER THIS.

The largest subscription house n the country
wants a first class representative for this com
munity for strictly special work. Short hours.
Good pay. Minister. teacher, or wtdeawake
man or woman given preference Address,
stating age and former employment. Globe
bible PubishingCo.. 723 Chestnut St. phila Pa.
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w. y. JUST,
I. -. NORRIS,

A TTORNEY AT LAW. Ionia Michigan.
IA General Law Business transacted
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

CITY PHYSICIAN AND HEALTH OFF
" GER -Onicc rear Of w. l. Benedict & cos
drug store. Hours; ~ 10 II a m, = TO and TO
: p m. Residence opposite NJ. f.. church.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18
,J.7E. FERGUSON.

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON-OFFICE: Ov-
l. er Earle a. Rummlcr's store ONCE hours
3 to 10 "a. m, . TO and $3.50 TO : p. IN.
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4. OHLINGER.

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON-Onice at res
Il idence on Bridge street ONCE hours "a
2 and 10 p. m.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-18

Sunday
on
Seven
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-14
THE YACHTING FIzzLE,

Tt is definitely decided that Dunraven
will not play in our yard any more.
The game hasn't gone to suit him and
he has run away crying. The outcome
of the whole affair is very unsatisfac-
tory, although the situation is not quite
as serious as it looks to a Toronto pa
per- which says: IF Iselin & Co. claim
to-day's race, and the American public
do not sharply repudiate the whole bus
mess, the friendship between the two
countries will be severely strained, and
the cause of Anglo-American alliance
for the preservation of peace will be set
back a hundred years. The American
people hardly know yet what or whom
to repudiate in this matter, but when
they do know they can be depended on
to sharply repudiate anything that
needs repudiating or anybody who
needs repudiating. They will also laugh
at anybody who has made or may make
himself ridiculous. They are disappoint-
ed because there was mot "a full and sat
isfying test of the qualities of the two
yachts, but they are not yet certain
where the blame lies. They do know,
however, that the manag gers of the De-
fender were not overwhelmed by the
conditions which overwhelmed tTa man
ayers Of the Valkyrie, and they are in
#clined to think that there might have
been a race if the Englishmen hadn't
been quite so "touchy." They are also
inclined to think that there were good
and substantial reasons for the "touch-
iness'' of the Englishmen.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-14
THE FLEETIEG SHOW.
Some of Its Facts and Fancies.


| WRITTEN for the JOURNAL AND CouRrtR1
| TO ROCK, OR NOT TO ROCK.
| Con Don't rock, says the Journal
of Hygeio Therapy. 1.-THE swayfng mo-
ton Of a swing or a rocking chair is
inclined to produce congestion of the
head, and this is the reason of its sooth-
ing effect. We consider it Injurious To
| older people as well as to children;
| many woman rocks much vitality
| away. She begins talking to her friends
| and almost without consciousness be-
gins her ceaseless nervous rock, VIC
lating both the rules of good taste and
| the laws of her BODY
Pro. DR.. Laine, a French physician, in
| effect, prescribes a course of rocking
| chair, to be taken Immediately after
| each meal, for subjects affected with
| atony of the stomach. (Atony is only
another word for weakness.) Dyspep-
| tics are encouraged to sit in a light
chair, so that the motion may require
but little effort, and lying back as far
| as possible to rock with gentle and
| regular oscillation until the peeyish
stomach, like fretful baby shall be
soothed to quiet slumber. Or words to
that effect. The process known to the
medically learned as gastro-intestinal
peristaltism, is greatly stimulated, to
the physical and mental relief of the
atomic patient.
Americans have been characterized ass
nation of dyspeptics; also as a nation
of rockers-'sixty millions of peo-
pie in sixty millions Of rocking
chairs" The first accusation against
us is the explanation of the second
AS dyspeptics we have instinctiyeIy
adopted the rocking chair remedy
First we overtax and irritate very
important portion of our mortal frame
and then we rockaby baby it in the
hope of lulling it to sleep. Thus we
form the rocking habit,-rockerosis if
so it may be called-and wherever we
go we drop naturally into rocking
chairs, and swing and sway, keeping
the body in constant motion. Or, fail
ing to find rocker, We are uneasy and
uncomfortable, one good reason why we
should not allow the rocking habit
to fix itself upon us.
Comparing the opinions quoted above
we find that if We rock we induce CON
gestion of the head, which is injurious.
if we do not rock, 'gastro-intestinal
peristaItism' is not stimulated and
dyspepsia is encouraged. This also is
injurious. Under the circumstances.
what are we to do2 To rock, or not
to rock? that is the question.
Doubtless it would be best to pay
more attention to the matter of foods
in their relation to the needs of the
body, and to study the art of cookery
so that the value of foods shall be in
creased by making them most paIatable
while easiest of digestion. When no
longer a dyspeptic nation we shall no
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-14

The opposition in France to the TTni-
versaI exposition to be held in Paris in
1900 is growing. The general councils
Of the eurthe-et-Moselle and of the
Rhone have followed the example set
by the Vosges body. The arguments di-
rected against the exposition are to the
effect that for several years previous to
its opening, and after it's close, the gen.
eral commerce of the country will suffer
on account of the excessive expense
Moreover, exhibitions are said to give
advantage to foreign competition. For
eign manufacturers, it is urged. after
visiting a French show, copy the French
models, discover the secrets of French
manufacture, and soon drive French
goods out of the market, owing to the
comparative oheapness of labor in for
eign countries. Moreover, an exhibition
in Paris, it is alleged, attracts a very
large number of persons from the
French provinces to the capital. Dur
ing the exhibition year their earnings
are good, but later on most of them
find themselves without employment.
As for the Parisians, the very idea of
an exhibition is declared to be obnex-
ious to them. For several years dur
ing the construction of the exhibition
buildings their much-loved city is turn
ed upside down, and during the show
the city is invaded by hordes of pro-
vincials and foreigners. The General
Council Of the vosges points cut that
during the five years Of preparation
France would lose her freedom of ac-
ton in foreign policy. Everything
would have to be sacrificed to the sue
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-14

longer be q. nation 9f rockers; therein
be no need Of trying to appease in
suited stomaohs, and no danger Of
rocking away our vitality" The indi-
cations are that this gentle art of cook
cry Is to be studied more than ever
from the scientific standpoint. 1t may
even attain to the dignity of an exact
science, thorough knowledge of which
may only be gained by those who pos
sess peculiar qualifications, If, as is
claimed by writer in the American
Kitchen Magazine "the knowledge re-
CURED for cooking is limitless. 1t
opens more avenues for thought and
research than almost any other study.
1t requires a know edge of chemistry,
botany, physiology, ana bacterlology,
together with sound Judgment, careful
ness, inventveness, unlimited patience
and innate refinement" Who shall at
tain to such wisdom as this? Surely,
not they who at every opportunity con-
gest their heads by continuous rock
ing -
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-14
qHE SCHooL ELEnrlnY.

The school election takes place Mon
day. There has been less stir over the
preliminary proceedings than usual,
and there has not usually been much.
There does not seem to be any serious
opposition to the regular ticket, The
fantastic tickets and the solemn ticket
We're late in the field and their pro-
motors have not been able to create
any enthusiasm for their work. After
the nomination of Messrs. Asher,
Farnsworth and Stoddard there was no
need of other nominations. The ex-
cellent qualities Of all three are so
well known and appreciated that there
has been no need of harping upon them
They will be elected Monday unless all
signs fail Those voters who are in
terested in the welfare of the schools
and who are not willing to see the
established and approved order of
things in school management upset
should vote for them.