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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-06

Consumption, lagrippe, pneumonia, and all
throat and lung diseases are cured by Shiloh's
cure. For sale by w. /. Benedict & Co. 8
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-06

Old papers for sale at this Office for
% cents a hundred.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-06

Use Wells Laundry Blue, the best blueing
for laundry use. Each package makes two
quarts. y cts.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-06
June Cold and Hay Fever Cured.
OAhLAND. MD
To the MaVers DRUG Co

OATNLNIND. MD.
To the Mayors Drug Co.
feel it my duty to say something in|
regard to the merits of your Magnetic,
Catarrh Cure. / have been suffererl
from rose or June cold for the last Isl
years. 1t comes on about the middle
of June and lasts about six weeks or
two months. commenced uAng
Mayors Catarrh cure about the mid
die Of April as a preventive, and it
certainly did the work. | passed
through the summer without the
slightest return Of the disease. / am
station baggage master at Oakland,
Md. Respectfully,
ID. M. MASON.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-06

The BANNER and New York Weekly
Tribune IL weeks for 40 cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-06

BANNER and Tribune one year sl.25
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DR.. Miles RGm les Restore Health.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17
A arntefnl Millionaire.

The recent troubles Of Africa have
called public attention TO a large num-
Dor OF interesting persons living IN
the southern portion II that continent
Among others who have been conspic'
uousiy noticed Is MIR. Barney" Bar
nato. who has made a great fortune In
Africa. and OF whom Cape Town
journal tells the following interesting
anccdote: when n boy Mr. Barnat0
went 10 the London Jews Free school.
which has produced 80 many leading
Jews OF the day. When be left btu
teacher, who was much attached 20
him. gave him a penny aud bis bless
ing The years rollod by. the friendlcss
youth had made bis wonderful career
Ia South Africa. and the little Barney
lad become a parsonage. About the
time when half London and Paris
wcc golng crazy over the i0aiation Of
the Rarnaio bank. Barney was seized
with q fancy 20 visit his old school
master. With great difficulty he man
agctl to hunt Up the old man.
do YOU recollcct." he said. when
they mct-"dO you rccolloct giving
your little barney a penny when he
left school thirty years agof Here 4
Is back again. and with compound In
tcnst." and herewith he handed the
schoOlmaster a check FOR los pounds
sterling -Ilaucr's Round Table.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

Il will never be known whe,herN North
or South Dakota became a state frat.
When tho two proelamations were pre-
scnted Tor the presidents signature
somebody raised the question Of prior
ity and the president. finding Il hard
10 decide which TO sign FIRST, ordered
the documents. which were exactly
alike. TO be covered down to the blanks
lett for his name They were turned
down and rapidly changed about until
nobody could tell which was which.
After this they were turned over and
the president wrote his name on each,
The ink was allowed to dry without
the use Of blotiing paper and the docu-
ments were agaln turned down and
again Fhuficd about They were then
taken up and the coverings removed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

A very small girl was learning 10
write. Her teacher rulri the slate
and set her "coplcs." and Lucy took
great pains with the pot hooks and
rouud o's with which she began. ono
day the teacher set down something
new Cor Lucy 10 copy-M-o-o-Moo.
"what Is ity" asked Lucy. with q
puzzled look.
THAT Is moo. The noise n COW
makes. Lucy. See. Il Is made up Of
pot hooks aud round o's just what you
have been learning Cn."
So Lucy sat down and prepared 10
copy MOO" Hut she did u IN a queer
way. She made an NJ at the beginning
Of each line. and followed each N with
whole string OF o's all across the
slate. you must copy the word as
have written Il. So-M-o-O."
Lucy looked at the teachers copy
aud then al her own attempts, and
then she shook her haed decidedly.
well, | think mlno Il right, Mis-
Jones'" she said. "Eor never saw Z
COW that gave such short Moe a.
you wrote down - llsrpors Round
Tahle
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17
The Tumble Weed.

Tumble-wccds spread themselves IN
wholesale fashion. Instead II send.
ing the separate seeds out into the
world with wings or hairs 70 carry
them. the whole plant breaks OK near
the root. when these are rips. and goes
rolling along the ground before the
wind. The harc sun-scorched deserts
OF the West produce several tumble
weeds. and thcre are some In the
prairie region. Il Is natural that they
should be- most abundant whcrc there
are no hills nor trees 10 stop them In
their course. hut we have one tumble
weed In the East--ihc old-witch grass,
sO.callcd. maybe. because Il rides the
wind like an old hcldnme. In Scptcm.
her this grass spWads lts head. OF pan.
iclc. with halr-likc. purple branches, Ia
every sandy field. When the seeds
are rips the plants are blown across
I the field. often plling mp In masscs
along fenccs and hcigcrows. As might
I 10 expected, the halr-grass which has
so effective n way % spreading Itself
Il found throughout the United States
from ocean 90 occan.-"llow Plants
Spread. hy Thomas II. kearncy, IT,
IN 81. Nicholas.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

Tho London Daily Telegraph of
recent date has the following letter
from Mr. Thomas Lucas Smith. ION
Thursday ! was stopping NJ the house
OF friend a. Brighton. and, having
remained mp reading for some time
after The family had gone 20 bed, ! At
last. Il being nearly twelve. prepared to
retire 60 rest In going upstairs ]
ocomed 10 catch q glimpse Of a patch
Of moonlight on a wall by the window
on the second landing. As ! drew
nearer. 10 my litter aatonlshment. this
gradually took the shape Of a womani
The ghostly nature OF this form was APP
parent. for the wall vas clearly visible
through the figure. The shape was
that Of a woman about thirty. tall,
well formed and clothed In some plain
garment which might have been a
fhroud. She was gazing earnestly into
the ground through the window. a
very sad expression upon her face.
Suddenly she gave a deep sigh Of such
utter lament that Il startled me more
than even the Arst sight OF the appa-
rition. Then her form grew lndisiinct,
and In a few seconds vanished.
examined the wall. and found no trace
OF anything abnormal In the morn
ing related the strange adventure a
my host who was remarkably upset al
my narrative. AZ his request refrain
from naming the precise house. "a The
property Ia for sale, and publicity
might DO Il harm. lie stated there
was a family secret he could not re-
veal. and contcnied himself by askinl
me TO inspect a certain picture In bill
possession. was aatonished to NM
the ghost and this portrait TO exactl!
tally. The latter mus, have been a
least seventy years old. ! await al
explanation from those scientists an
conjurers who laugh az splrltnalism
know that my experience Ia real"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17
THIpETAN ANIMALS.


Marco rnio's Description Of The Fa.-
r-- s.s -... si.- ss--l bees.
There are Wild cattle IN that country
almost aa big az elephants. splendid
creatures. covered everywhere but on
the back with shaggy hair good
four palms long, says 'holaa
They are partly blacl. =ehite
and really wonder res,
and the hair or wooN smelly
fine and white finer and than
aiik. Mosser Marco brought some TO
Venice az a great curiosity, and 50 It
was reckoned by those who saw A.
There are also plenty Of them tame.
which have been caught young. These
the people use commonly for burden
and general work. and IN the pillow as
we'll, and at the latter they will do full
twice as msich work as any other cattle.
being such very strong beasts. In this
country. too. ir found the best musk
In the world. and will tell you how lt
Is produced. There exists IN that region
kind Of wild animal like a gaEelle.
Il has feet and tail like the gazelles
and stays hair Of a very coarse kind
but no horns. II has four tusks. two
below and two above, about three inch
Is long and slender In form, one pair
growing upward and the other down
ward. Il r. very pretty creature. The
musk Is found In this way. when the
creature has been taken they find be-
tween the flesh and the skin something
like an impostume full Of blood, which
they cut out and remove with an the
skin attached 10 II. And the blood in
side this lmpostume Is the musk that
produces that powerful perfume. There
Is an immense number OF these beasts
In the country We are speaking Of. Ths
flesh Is very good 70 eat Messer Marco
brought the dried head and feet Of one
Of these with him 10 Venice. The peo'
pie are traders and artisans and als'
grow abundance OF corn. The provinces
has an extent OF twenty-six days jour
noy. pheasants arc found there twlc'
as big as ours-lndCed, nearly az bll
rs peacock-and having tails seven &
ten palms IN length. and beside then
other pheasants In aspect like our owl
and birds Of many other kinds and o
beautiful varlegatod plumage. Tn
people. who are idolaiors. are IA
folks with little noses and black hal
and no beard. except a few hairs on n
upper lip. The women. too. have yer
smooth white skins. and In every n
spocl are pretty creatures.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

Victor BcdlngneId. the twclvc-ycar
old son OF the editor of the flatbush
Press and Kings County Gazette.
seems destined To rap the rewards
promised In the hcatl'udc which says
,omcihlng about the long suffering.
SAYS the New York Tribune. He has
probably suffered more pain AMI cx-
pcrlcnccd morn hard iurk than any
other Flatbush youngstcr alive AZ the
prcscnt day. The father as well ~ the
subject Of this story was seen the
other morning by a u'i.oricr.
"Vlcior h a bright hoy, aud reads a
rood deal" said the father. "lle was
no, born ON Friday aud am not surc
that any Of the accidents with which
he has met happened On the 18th day
&c tho mouth. When the lad was about
slN yyars old we licvcd IN York street,
Bro. Ism. Oac day Victor while play
iuu with another boy. was asked On
walk down n plank which md been
placed on the stalls. Well, he was not
IL lc darcd. aud started 10 perform ihc
feat. Tie fcll. and was picked up Nm
CONSCIOUS Our physician said 10
would have 20 undergo an operation
a. several 20 the blood vessels IN bis
| head had hurst. We took him u tht
brooklyn hospital where the physl
clans said an operation would XII him
They however, andagcd the head
tightly aud forced the blood into tn
system. The marks of the hand1gc,
arr stll on the child's foNhcad. III,
head az that time was swollen until Y
was twice ls natural size.
several years ago my vile gave ~
the children crcosotc. Victor swal
lowed two spoonsful Of the poison
aud was once more rescued from th'
brink 81 the grave. My wife adminis
tered the ilnld. thinking Il was cougl
mixture. The daclor said the dose wa
sufficient 20 Kill two men. When h
recovered from this Illness | bough
him bicycle This was smashed on
day, and Victor was carried 10 a
Kings County hospital. A soda waite
wagon had nin him down and ha
almost scycrxl his flght lee from III
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

To avoid the embarrassment and di'-
comfort Of finding oneself seated next a
stranger, with no common interests.
at a dinner party. the ingcnloas French
have hit upon a plan Of leaving BY
each diners plate. instead OF a menu
card, a list Of the company, with hints
set down after each name, Thus you
are able TO learn directly. and without
dangerous questioning. that Madame
X has been twice divorced. that there
Is a fierce family quarrel between the
AS ard the "a. and that you had bet
ter avoid the question Of their relations
IN converslng with either; nat no sat
isfactory explanation has ever been
given Of how Monsieur L. came BY hts
fortune. etc Some French commonta-
tors think this innovation win take an
the spice out Of these social adventures
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

HA"'N"""||
a sreai nlahy -es.ssl. ll1sizcess -.
flesh IL inimlcal - bcauiy-ls nc
"deathbioW Of grace. a. al arbitrary
critic puts it-injnfo health In the en-
deavor to reduce weight They put
themselves to great trouble and IN
conyenlenoe. swallow al sorts Of pre-
yentiVes and remedies In order 70 set
thin, and then stand aghasl ct the
spectacle Of their wFinkled. nabby faces
and throass, the result Of the falling
away Of 1esh under the elastic skin.
AZ o matter Of fact, number q the
notable women Of the world. famous
not only for their beauty. but for the
rare charms Of Intellect and subtle fas-
elnafion. women who have helped
to make history and been a power IN
their day. were Of distinctly generous
proportions
Cleopatra, she whose Infinite varl-
city" Of charm and temper could win
stern-heartod warriors 70 forget their
ambitions. was small and stout. Marie
Antolnette was Of the plump order.
though tall and Of ane bearing. and.
70 come down 70 the present day. view
the widowed Queen Victoria. sovereign
Of the United oueendom~ the IN
creasing proportions OF Queen Margher-
TIA Of Italy and the generous outlines
OF Queen Isabella Of Spain. Il Is
worthy Of note that most Of the great
interpreters Of song are stout. or Dor
derlng on that condition. and there
have been lights In tho literary world
decidedly lat. whether tall Of stature
or the reverse. George Sand" was tat
and small. and likewise Nine. De stael
FASHIONS votaries viii doubtless con-
tinue 10 strive after tho slenderness
which seems 30 desirable. For tho1o
willing to sacrifice the prompting Of
appetite for the desired aim, an au-
thority recommends that they nhonld
regulate their days as follows: A
tumblerfui Of hot water must be taken
on waking In the morning. Rise early
and have a tepld bath. with vigorous
rubbing afterward with a fesh brush.
Avoid drinking At meals and only have
three meals a day. Take one small
cup OF tea Al breakfast. some dry toast,
boiled hsh or a small outlet and baked
apple or a little fresh fruit Al dinner.
which should Be al midday. take white
fish or meat. dry toast or stale bread,
vegetables and fruit. either fresh or
stewed. For supper. toast, salad.
fruit and six ounces Of wine or water.
Hot water with lemon luice In Il IL
good for supper-Phlladelphia TlmeA
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

oRenders Of high rank at the Rus
aan court were punished In a singular
way By Peter the Great Il was the
duty Of everybody else at court 70 con-
slider and treat tho delinquent a. a
fool. When Anne. the daughter Of
Peters elder brother. Ivan. came 10
the throne she originated an even
quecrcr form Of punishment She de-
creed that certain prince should BE-
come a hen. and for this purpose she
had made large basket. stuffed with
straw. and followed into a nest. with
a quantity Of egEs In H. This was
placed IN a conspicuous place In tho
queens palace. and there under pain
Of death, the unfortunate prince was
obliged 70 set day after day. Initiating
the cackilng Of the fowl he was sup
posed to represent
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17
pERsIA.s ruaouoIsE MINEs.
oniy the Mosl Primitive methods Are
IN Vogue.

Oniy che Most Primitive Methods Are
IN Vogue.
The only turquoise mines IN the
world that have been worked extern
slyely or that have produced gems per-
feet IN form and color, are those near
Nishapur, In northern Persia. says the
New York Times. Tho British vice
consul at Meshed recently Waited tho
mines He says that on approaching
them from Nlshapur. after entering the
low hills and gradually ascending. one
arrives. first at the villages inhabited
by the miners, which are on undulat-
ing ground about 5000 feet above sea
level After another gradual ascent
for about a mile By a very good road,
the foot OF a hin about 1000 feet In
height Il reached. All the mines are
on the south face Of this hill and from
the hrst 10 the last the distance as the
crow illes Is no, more than half a mile
The Relish mine. which is the only one
now worked on large scale or with
vigor, produces the greater part Of the
turquolsea NJ present sent 10 mar
ket. II Is near the top OF ono Of the
highest ridges AZ an altitude Of about
5000 feet above sea level The en-.
trance rs a hollowed-out cave. about
twelve yards across. with a YER
teal shaft some five yards In diameter
Only most primitive methods are IN
vogue.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

Very wonderful are the experiments
OF Prof RoberiB-Austcn on the "dif-
fusion Of solld metals" The professor
has proved. for instance. that gold.
without being melted. viii dinuse Us
atoms through a mass Of solid lead. OF
course the amount OF diffusion q slight.
but Il ig easily measurable. In some OF
the experiments cylinders Of lead about
two and thrcc-quartcm Inches In
length. with gold placed AZ the bottom
wcro kept az a high tompersture--sGi
not high enough 20 melt either Of the
metals-ior various periods OF time. In
three days enough gold had passed up
ward through the solid lead to be de-
tecicd at the top OF the cylinders Colo
and lead kept pressed together for foal
days. without being heated above ordi
nary Temperatures. were strongly unit
cd. Solid gold also diiuses In solid 81
yer and solid copper. These facts ar
regarded as furnishing confirmation o
the view long held by Prof. Graham
that the three conditions OF matter
solid. liquid and gaseous. probably al
ways exist In every liquid or solid sub
stance. but that one prodomlnaies ovo
/ the others"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

storles About Lord Randolph Churchli e
In the Nineteenth Ctntury these are
some coed stories told by Sir Algernon
West In an article on Lord Randolph
Churchill rs an Oalcial" A treasury
clerk put some figures before the then
chancellor OF the cx,hequer. Il wish
you would put them plainly 50 that ]
can see them" said Lord Randolph.
The clerk remarked that he had done
his best and pointed out that he had
reduced them to dCclmals. "Oh," said
the minister. Il could never under
stand what those dots meant" Once
when blmetalllsm cropped up al the
treasury he remarked 10 Sir A, God
Icy. Il forgCt: vas a blmetallist when
I was NJ the India ofico?" There Is a
tale which illustrates his abiding sense
OF humor. shortly after he had writ
ten n letter TO the Times violently at
tacking Earl Granville he was cross
lng the channel and WA drcadiully
sick. "How Granville would like to
sec me nov" he said. Sir a. West Ic-
calls the funeral service for Lord Ran
dolph at the Abbey. when he says =
could not butt think sadly Of what D.
many time said humorously, Mt
/ Gladstone will long outllyc me. and
often tell my wife what a beautiful let
ter he will write on my death proposln-
my burial In Westminster Abbey "
and Mr. Gladstone. DC We an know dls
write TO the Duchess Of Marlborough {
very noble letter OF coincidence.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

ny an imperial decree the rsar Of
Russia has directed that the colors Of
the national Gag shall hencciorih be
white. blue and red. placed horizontally
above one another, In the order named
Il "a rather singular coincidence that
this change. which gives the Russian
nag close resemblance TO the French
"irl-color" which, however. the
eo,ors are placed porptndicularly-wa,
ordered Just before the 1zars visit "a
Prancc. The Imperial House OF Russia
will retain Tor los special ensign the
yellow Gag with the black eagle. end
the fag with the pale blue cross OF 81
Andrew ia retained for the nayy.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

ilonary work in Africa, Is making prep
arations TO leave this country for
tour Of inspection IN his new Geld.
The new missionary bishop Is OF med
lum height and OF muscular build. and
his hair and beard are white. Among
the ministry OF his church he Il held
In high esteem, and In the south, where
most Of his life has been spent. he Is
very popular. The bishop "a the son Of
Michael and Nancy Hartzeil Of Moline
H.. who celebrated the siKiieih amir
yersary Of their wedding day last May.
He was born In Moline In 1881. Al the
age Of 10 years he entered the North
western university at Bloomington, H..
and from there went TO the Garrett
Biblical institute at Evansville. He
spent eleven years IN these institutions
fitting himself for the ministry. Before
he left the Garrett institute he proved
his courage by swimming ont during o
storm to a schooner wrecked on the
lake shore and saving the lives OF four
men. The young preacher stayed IN
Illinois for two years. In February Of
1870 no was transferred 10 New Or
leans. where for three years he was pas
tor OF the ST. Charles Avenue church
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

Prof FARMLAND told some very In
lerosung things about microbes In
water during a recent lecture at tho
ROYAL lnstltutlon. he said that these
little organisms sent into the Niagara
river from the sewers q Buffalo take
the tremendous leap over the great
falls. and pass through tho fearful tur-
moil OF the rapids and whirlpools be-
meath with little or no harm. But after
they have reached the placid waters
OF Lake Ontario they rapidly perish.
and almost entirely disappear. This
and many other similar facts were adj
duced TO show that quiet subsistence In
undls,urhed water Is far more fatal TO
bacterial life than the most violent AL
tation In contact with atmospheric aiT
Hence Prof Frankland argues that the
storage Of water In reservoirs iH an
excellent method Of freeing Il from mi.
crobcs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17
A PETTY TnEATER RAo.
Dainty TO Look At aud Very U.cfai to
CARR.

Garry.
A pretty bag intended to be carried
10 the thea,cr to hold opora-glasses.
vinaigrette. handkerchief. purse. and
bonbonniere. was a pale green. Tho
bottom was a circle Of pale green bro
cade. about Ave inches In diameter.
The sldea. Of velvet, measured about -
inches In depth and about a In width.
These were pleated on the circles. tho
two ends Joined up. and the top was
turned over three inches 10 form a
frilL Below this was a casing. through
which was run velvet flbboR 'oIre inch
In width, to draw up the bag Decorai-
ing the sides and concealing the open
iEgs. where the drawing strings came
out, were two bows OF wider ribbon.
and over n, velvet point d'esprlt lace
WA arranged. IN double box plcats.
the upper edge tackled 10 the velvet
min 10 keep Il an upright position.
The has was lined with pale green
China SILK, and the Frenchy deeora-
ton pnt on as a finishing touch was 4
spray Of pink silk chryaanthemuma
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-17

RalnfaIis that Never Reach the Earth.
In the Colorado desert they have
transforms during which not q single
drop Of water touches the earth. Tho
rain can be seen falling from the clouds
high above the desert, but when tho
water reaches the strata OF hot. dry
air beneath ;he clouds Il Is entirely alb
sorbcd before falling half the distance:
TO the ground. Il Is a singular sla'1
to witness a heavy dovnpouF Of IN
no, a drop Of which touches the gro rd
These strange rainsicrms occur M ~.
glons where the shade tcmperatufs
often ranges o. high az las degree.
Fahrenheit. -f