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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
UNITED IN MARRIAGE.
DIR. Geo. n. smith Leads Miss Louise stone
to the Marriage Altar.

TO the Marriage Altar.
1t has been no secret that Dr. u. I.
Smith, the popular young dentist Of
this city and Miss Mary Louise stone
of Carson City were to be married and
that the date for the happy event was
set some time ago.
At the home OF the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Stone, three
miles from Carson City, the nuptial
ceremonies were performed Tuesday at
one O'Clock by Rev. b. V. Child OF this
place, Clifford G. Stone her brother
and Miss Nj. +. Baker of Carson an In
innate friend of the bride was best
man and bridesmaid, only the parents
of the bride, her brothers and Miss
Baker being present.
After the ceremony was performed
and the wedding ring placed on the
finger of the bride, fine dinner was
served and shortly after Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith left to take the train for st.
Thomas, Ont, where they will spend a
couple OF weeks visiting his people,
and on their return will reside for a
short time with Mr.. and Mrs. IL. j.
Bowen until their home on the North
Side is ready for occupancy. The
bride is we'll knows in this city having
been one of the popular teachers in the
schools for two years. May health,
wealth and happiness attend them
through life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
A MAN IN THE EIGHTEENTH
DISTRICT.

There is at least one man in this dis
trict who knows when he has a good
thing and when that good thing is
something that the people want, he
knows that it pays big to advertise it.
That man is Bedford, the optician and
jeweler of Ionia. He does not believe
in ''hiding his light under bushel."
1t is of interest to the public to know
that Bedford has in his employ a
watchrepairer of seventeen years ex-
perience. who is we'll known all over
the country as one Of the most skillful
watchmakers in the state.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
THE BELDING BANNER
WHAT is GOING ON.
Thursday, October l.

Thursday, October 1.
SIP. MI. o. Foresters.
Saturday, October 3.
Sp. MA. o. u. w.
3 p. NC. A. II.
2 p.m.-W. II. @.
7.3O p. ND. OF III.
Monday, October o.
1880 p. NIX. o. Il. M.
Tuesday, October q.
1880 p. MI. o. o. +.
Wednesday, October Z.
500 p. m.-Royal Neighbors.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

All who are afflicted with any form
of Nervous Disease can obtain advice
OF DR.. Wheeler free of charge. His
Nerve Vitalizer" is the peer of all
remedies for Nerve Disease. Address
with stamp, The J. w. Brant Co.,
Albion, Mich, or AZ Dey street., New
York. Sold by w. |. Benedict, Drug
gist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
FOR SALE CHEAP.

Eigh ty acres OF land at Hoton, Muskegon
county Soil first class producing nearly Is
bushels OF wheat TO acre this year and 20 last
wear Bearing fruit trees. Good buildings,
house and barn. Spring brook near house.
Will sell on easy terms or will take house and
lot in Bedding in exchange.
j w. FLEMING,
PO., Saranac. Keene, Mich.
Seven miles south OF Beldng.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

Speed and safety are the watch
words of the age. One Minute Cough
Cure acts speedily, safely and never
fails. Asthma, bronchitis, coughs and
colds are cured by it. w. l. Benedict
& Co., Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is an
antiseptic, soothing and healing appli-
cation for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises,
etc. and cures piles like magic. 1t in
stantly stops pain. w. l. Benedict &
CO., Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

A hacking cough is not only annoy
ing to others, but is dangerous to the
person who has it, One Minute Cough
Cure will quickly put an end to it.
w. |. Benedict & Co., Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

For SALE:-The house and lot on
Luther addition recently vacated by
Frank Marsh, for sale or rent. Inquire
OF Henry Humphrey, Secretary Beld-
ing Building Association.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
TO EXCHANGE.

A ware housein Belding, Mich, so by
So feet, two stories, steel roof, and in
good shape, for first class farm. In
quire of u. w. COOLING.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Millinery opening at Mrs. w. L..
Jackson's, Friday and Saturday, Octo-
Der End and 3rd.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
FOR SALE.

Twenty acres of land 3 miles south
of Bedding and one half mile south Of
Brink school-house, known as the Mil
Ter estate.
ERNEST BENTON,
dmi istratOr
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

Remember that Helen A. Neuman
has fine line of new and stylish mil
linery, also repairing hats speciality.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

Rooms to rent good for one family,
8 rooms, on Pleasant street. Inquire
OF w. III. Barlow.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

To EXCHANGE: Two houses and lots
in the city of Grand Rapids for farm
property near Beldlng.
LEWIS b. HALL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01

Bedding business property, furnished
hotel or store buildings to exchange
for first class farm property. See
w. +. BRICKER.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
IT WILL PAY YOU.

To go to Detroit on the d. L. & N.
Excursion October 18th. Rates are
very low GEO. DEHAvEN, G. p. A.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
THE EXpEN SE Is SLIGHT

For ticket to Detroit and return on
the ID. l.. &. n. Excursion, October
18th. You ought to 90.
GEO. DEHAvEN, G. =. A.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-01
DETROIT WEEK DAY EXCURSION

Via d. l.. & N. October 10. Train
will leave Bedding at $50 a. M, and
leave Detroit at $3.50 p. m. Round
trip rate 1915 Don't miss this chance
to visit Detroit at little cost.
2 GEO. DEHAVEN, G.. =. A.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21

v Asr Z L. --tz1l q. ~ l. ~ .-.Is
when 20 = ~ 81 s-e-.k - 1ars .-s=5 a
.CC-E -a- D.. a I'D. &: - Aos 1a-z-aze
a. q recent s., --z
~ n ILL., s-s4Hz-o1z : + -e-.rly e
G: nine t---s ! "a. ssE 11a' AZ
vert g-s5 l. lave sch n 14oe Dew co1s-1- b
> q r-e Az>s=r.
I1e- W.. - Y directly after yoa
a-6 =. he- tzaJ I W-s4 I ooC-1 say tie
sx-s
Wo=- The n -ae1f arrived, tie you- :
Ea1 did Is bear lie lsdy's greeting: 5ut-
s-Pp1s-zE TIA; s1e Lad carried out hay
PAL o. tls - srzuGle as arranged he
Pressed t. t-.lz hand and sid;
E.-1 ,-AI c41.d SAP the sane.
= TX u s1-- rlse came over he- tsaz
A. fAs 1t5e- 10y TUNED win a Aag4
Al exclaimed
-'ua t---a, al about our agreement
a-6 It'd - Hal I was having >1e1 a
E-1- --.ne = L. wedding New 4l-k
J11--zL
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21
AEuty Mixes Business scheme.

C1.rar3 : a.'gays ambitions. Eyeu h.e
co-1r : l.--a.--- belongs TO the advanced
e14-5 q. thinkers. A4aty Nike Is Nv
H. z---7t = What enterprise and pluck
~ da- :. E remote corner @: The city in
8 ,.:;.- one story shaDty she carries On sue
c-s-:-l 1--lz-ss AID rents lodgings under
st-.-. ---=s- Aer eSpecia. luok IN securing
q c.l=EJz--e cal4es rom lie fax lAA, ;.,s
sae=-s an -v----.a-.s.y b II clean, add ,,,..i
Lsr absolute ret1ss.. t9 ha-hor t-auiI,> -
buns Her business ! done for cash
aa,y- a4tA5- - >Ge says that almost every
Right 18s-y G-,e~ed white gentlemen
.1--.e az o-te- a >--k neckte - pair u
J. ives Tie Il.e j strict, however, and
to s1ca a-s admitted, From - oeI;s 10
IS : Ae- Trlos- the former meaning i wood
n bl-k. the Layer The luxury q an iron
I'D. t1t uof even lie biggest sum secures
. separate room ~ allows any infringe
rz5rui q tae regulations. over the entrance
10 the 6-ney GazgI.ta-y : q card making
a. ~ uira-Deuls plain and laying special
stress uE4a lie facT that no nuisance or
laying a he1 a. Cay allowed. New IoE&
I5-rnaL
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21
DANISH TOWNS.
1ley Are 1T Best Nothing More Than Toll
er~sly Developed Villages

The Dane is good fellow One
comes, thiok. inevitably to this conclu-
sion after somewhat intimate scqusint-
snoe with him. His country also is not
the tame, embarrassing tooth Of land one
!. prone TO fancy from the summary OF it
given BY the geography books
To get IN touch with the Danes and
Denmark proper ii Is desirable not to So
!ou-n too long in the towns They are
called towns these little red rooied. stork
Inhabited. stone paved settlements OF
from two - thirty thousand souls. But
really they Are nothing bette, than toler
SHY developed villages. The tone OF ex
istence in them : distinctly parochial and
hocoi,c FloSks and herds make noises in
the streets, the people have mirrors affixed
- tasir windows 70 give them sly vet ex
hsla-attrS glimpse 81 the pssse->by, and
TIE st-ar ger within their bounds Is mark ed
down = moment and becomes most
we,eag7e topic q CT. ec;ure and an object
~ al eyes 10 tasien upon They ara 50
Ye-y rural, in fist. that the white mist,
Which n the say summer SEASON rises
sp1af bedtime fram the rich grass lands In
tie nti 81 oorho0d- has 10 difficulty toward
midnight N covering them with il film
ard keeping them i>;u-ks and all as cool
n Il keep, tie S-.~s blade, in the mead
ovs The one - two high chimneys in
ta-.r IT .G>i must rat re taken fer iadica
lions O.. iron works O. factories. Thither
r1cat and Gay clalts- the milk carts with
II. : from TIE ta-Gns - miles round. aud
IN them batter : made GA behalf %. an
sr:.-a 6.>t-scE ~ shipment TO England
Z there i another building e some size
- - Eatv r.,.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21

A. L. 2-.t---ss-s : q -4--e family :
I-e-a25 - - & -. CHRISTIAN I-1Ga.v-
q ssc.,tx = =. v..-.5,> branches
\ y2.g w.1-4a Endeayore- q: San
t.@E-- Chic. ,he president 4 Le- ~-1.-
~. Is yva- raised mere Than $50
By hsr owI e1u-ts for missionary -.
tenevo.1-v purposes
TAe power = the Penny D7ea5.:.,-l
ever the telegraph rlesSzr-a- : nov
disputed ty Christian Erde4yo-, =
cie-y having l<<n formed al Sheffield.
England, among these bayS
4 royal campaign # Righteousness
was that waEed by the Christian En-
deavo- Young men 7 Beverly, Mas
who conducted loo simultaneous cotta-@
prayer meetings n single evening
Tie international character Il CHRIS
tian Endeavor Is manifested anew ~
the fact that the British national ooun-
CT has invited the international c5n-
venrion Ct 1900 10 meet IL It's cry Il
London
Christian Endeavor has At last ea-
tered Italy, the frsg society having ben
formed recently II the Soo4ch P-esoy-
pzia1 church AZ Florence j Baptist
ehEroh in the same ci-y has followed
the example 4 is ne1gbbar
Calc-.tca shows striking sample q
ChrLst.41 E1aeavor ZeaL The ycE1E
ladies Sol r e Christian Er6s1yer Il
the Me,Ao1-st Episcopal church Is,
y%sar Dis -s.sssl L4a1e than :, e-'9 tg-lc-.sS
az flowers 80 l-s hospitals u tie c..y-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21

Fer every quarter n s mans pocket
there are dozen uses sE5 10 use each one
IN sach wsy = IL derive the greatest
bs1sst : s question every ems mas; solve
for himself. W. believe. however. tast
ID ts+.er uss could he INSIDE e enc 81
tae=s quarters thsn Ia exchange il fer 8
tatta q Chaw tt-la.as Co5.t Cho.cra
sa7 L.is-r4-az Remedy 81 "uea site tHa:
essry family should tt provided WITH
Fa~ sale 1v George 4 FsrChez.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21
Light of the Underground Trolley Wire,

Ios tl2= sparks AID fire. seen alaEE 81
cT5-5asd trolley VIE when ca : I.s>-
= - tzl-----4<, but On ao uDderg- I'D
VIZ taFT look strange TIE passenger q
tzs L5-r1 avenue extension e tie Broad
wy e15.a r1s3 who stands q re year
l-a-.-@ @. a aar ST night and lor as hack
~ - -ow I'D taa8 through t1e SGT
t--ze1 sts=.e1ss = pale t-as light al-zg
t1a w--e underneath, and sSe3 t1Cs il s
p-=--T sc-z T. 81 = i-tesaS: 70 him. New
G--z 81.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21
CHRISTIAN ENDEANOR.
Topic for the Week Beginning MAY
24-Comment by Rev. :. II. Doyle.

g ToP1o--chrs~,'s v.leains kinsdom.-Isa- VI,
i-lo a missionary tcp3o-A
The king. II q Christ is a constantly
widening kingdom At first hut the
gram of mustard set,i- il has gruvn uu-
III ii has ts>eC me mighty traa, whose
eranchHS ovorShadow TIRE Whole earth
Il Is still 10 extend and widen until He
shall raign t-7n sea 70 ssa and through
oct the utter-ost parts q the earth
In the Scrsptural reference tefore Us
we have beautiful portrayal Il the
origin ard character If the Ruler Of the
kingdom. ara also graphic description
Of the kingdom itself. Let Us notice;
/ The King lisa K. i-51. Then
shAl came forth a 7od cut = the stem
az jess i l-anch shall greW Ut q his
roots A. = y the root u a t-se cut
down Their may earae a fresh branch
that VII NV and flourish, - + II
the stem = sick q Jesse, cut down
and fa- AS2os hidden cut = sight. shall
suddenly eome yeua-. C-e-sa sap.ln-,
destined L -eacA the tull2eSs - he,
Here : tie human o-isR = the Me>-
sah TIE Spirit = the L n shall 7est
upon I'm. verse ?, Here : HIS d.
vine power. lie : ais described az
VS., h4v.re he;A intellectual! aa6
mora apprehension as righteous, !as.S-
lug the peer n =. ehteaIsneSs a. power
f., sasr-a- the earth with the I'd i
HIS :. 1tE which : the wa-d = C>a1
the ~ n. = The spirit, and = faithful.
ThaSe cl--act.-.St.cS = lie Messiah -
SPEAK IL sc.cessS &2G the prosperity I
HIS kl2-..a-l- Q
. Tie hlacylaln tvs7ses So Itisto
BE = klnc6z II = Yeaea, illustrated y
the fEl7e : The w,ld and Tenacious an
mails assrc.a,s-c Il fellowship with the
weak anG : ale one>-the WI and the
lamb, tta I pa-7i and the KID, the ca,t
and the va-.4E lion. and LITTLE oG.4i
shall lead them The animal creation
Is stl1l L be under the contrib I 1la,,
and his c0rtr1l ! 70 be increased - TIE
nos1 te-uc.cCs beasts a-e 70 IL Led u
Gttle child Glorious contamination
when the : >pel q Christ SLA.. A-.ac
euch pesace l. the earth / : = y :
widening kingdom The earth shall r
full q the knowledge q the Los . ths
waters cover the sea The waters CT Il
plete.y IL fhe >aa Tie truth = 1.sg.>
shall completely s.! the cart y .AaG
SO remote, L CLINE - cold - = hyt,
ne b4rt@-.>2- - raGe, no p-e.GG.ee :.
sCan-. Il tat he : 50, 4 C---z>- >-l--.
cover 4 zs4sa. - widening = W l.;
Is :, 4.ee = >l.-A tact- l.. - = L.
C,eava- >zc.at:5< ~! a. y .t.... Chr
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21
Power
Producer

Of the human system, tie Stomach.
/, makes the health right. because
i: makes the Stomach r:gh,.
Isbrings New Blood, New Nerve
Force, New Strength, New Lie.
u yoa are = sufferer. s.: az v1a. s--s-.'s:tAl.
G-Va $3.50 f. -l5.~ t.1 -trrF tla }..,r4 81
;ae s,t- tlt;s-t --i4. o.5 .l..s
:; ii-.l.-..-A, u..- 3D. p = AZ "a =. . e.s
toFt . G. 91.r.'a'a = -, =. .C4ase4 Az g
rs kAss = ~ ~ = lie Catrr>t- rIs=.. a. 80
W - NE 90 S,h-a y'4 hrari Il Fa5.-..--A
Is F---t---A "a .'t,,---- c.. t-a~~-1t ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21
Embellishments.
How Many
- Stay?

Ofthe many brands of soap
placed upon the market dur
ing the past fifteen years,
how many are now in exist
enceo
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-21
Natures
Cure

Improper digestion causes over
o,G q al suffering and diseases
Of The Blood, Liver, Stomach, Kid
neyS, Lungs, Nerves, Btain or SNin.
pu-itan1 Ienews and strengthens
the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05

minister of education, having learned Of
this, has taken proceedings under the
Pacca law against Sig. di Frisco, the
owner of these antiquities. The latter is
a large land owner at Bosco Reale. He
secretly made excavations on his estate
and found % silver vases of remote an
tiquity.
Notwithstanding the Italian law pro-
hibiting owners of antiquities from
sending them out of the country with
out leave, or, rather, on account of this
law, which prevents old works of art
from commanding anything like their
natural price in the impoverished coun-
try, Sig. di Frisco struggled his find out
of Italy and offered it to a Paris dealer
for 5000. Continuing meanwhile his
search, he found other silver vases,
which duly joined their fellows in Paris,
and the whole lot was offered to the
Louvre. The Italian minister Of educa-
ton throws interesting light on the
facilities which underpaid officials are
supposed to afford illicit exporters Of
antiquities. He issues a notification
that, should any officials be found to
have connived at this latest evasion of
the Pacca law, they will be criminally
prosecuted
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
LONGS TO BE a SLAVE.
Southern Negro Who Wants to Go Into
Bondage Again.

Some of the letters that Mayor
Thacher gets are curiosities in their
way. People from out of town who
wish to find out anything in the city of
Albany invariably write letters to the
mayor. 1t doesn't make any difference
what the information desired relates to,
the mayor, they think, ought to know,
says the Albany Argus.
A letter was received from a negro
away down south, who, Mr.. Monahan
says, has been dead for 80 years-not
literally corpse, but deceased so far as
his grip on hustling, progressive nine
teenth century life was concerned. This
man believes that slavery is still an in
stitution in this great land, and is igno-
rant of the glorious fact that the mas
ter's whip hasn't cracked for 80 years.
He never heard Of the presidents proc
lamation, never knew that the north
had whipped the south, and that mil
lion lives had been sacrificed to free the
slave. In his letter to the mayor this
colored man asked to be brought north
and sold back into slavery. There is
no question that he found it impossible
to live in the south, and longed again for
the irresponsibility from self-support
of slavery days, which he thought still
fourished in the south.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
WAR DANCE OF AFRIC sAVAGEs
From Sunrise Until Sunset Leopard
Spotted Youths Undergo a Test.

The abakweta dance, the wild war
dance of the Umtata youths, is the
most famous savage ceremonial wit
messed in South Africa, and a rite
seldom witnessed by European eyes,
much less photographed.
The strange, leopard-like figures in
the Sunday Worlds picture are prob
ably the only abakweta dancers ever
photographed.
This barbaric dance has a curious
place in the tribunal customs In
Umtata, which is the native state in
the East of Cape Colony in South Afri-
ca, every able bodied youth is taken
from his parents just before arriving
at the age of manhood and maintained
at public expense for one year.
During this transition period the
young men are known as abakwetas
By the chiefs and most skillful war
riors they are trained in the use Of
arms and the practices of war. Ali
their families, nor may their mothers
even look upon them.
While in the abakweta stage they
are required to dance in public once
every two weeks, and upon the manner
in which they acquit themselves much
depends.
The dances last the entire day, from
sunrise to sunset, SO that it is a terrific
test of endurance and spirit But the
duration of the dance is in itself less
exacting than the costume which ira
dition prescribes must be worn.
In preparation for tie ceremony the
abakwetas first strip themselves naked
and smear their bodies over with
white clay, rubbing it on in spots so
as to give the effect of a leopard's
skin. This is thought to be very ter
rible and likely to inspire the enemy
with fear.
Next long bands of straw thatch are
wrapped around them like ballet
skirts. There will usually be thirty
or forty feet of this and it will weigh
fifty or sixty pounds. But the weight
is not the most trying discomfort, the
straws are sharp and put next to the
bare skin, so that at the end Of the
dance it is a matter of course that the
loins and waists Of the dancers are
raw and bleeding.
In order to conceal the features from
the mothers and families-for the
dance is a public one-long caps Of
straw much like the skirts, are worn
over the face. These, too, are hot and
heavy and chafe the skin.
The abakweta who flags under the
fatigue or torture Of the dance is
looked down upon. If he breaks down
completely he is sent back to the
women and forever loses his position
in the tribe. The rest are applaude6
and encouraged by their instructors.
After e. year of this kind of training
they cease to be abakwetas, that is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
CAT IN THE PULPIT.
Pastor Caught 1t by the Neck and the
Usher Took 1t Away.

An inquisitive black cat strayed into
the Bristol Methodist Episcopal church
on recent Sunday evening just befc re
the services began. says the Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph
There were very few people in the
church at the time, but the loud and
plaintive meWing of the stranger at
tracted their attention, and they
watched its movements with interest.
The animal climbed up into the choir
loft, perched upon the railing and
looked down upon the congregation.
After time several members of the
choir arrived and the cat scampered
away, finally climbing down one of the
wooden pillars which supported the
choir loft and walked down into the
aisle
Several of the congregation endeav-
ored to coax the cat into their pews,
but the proud pussy ignored them and
with stately dignity climbed up into
the pulpit and sat on the Bible. When
the pastor came in a moment later he
found the cat in possession of the pull
pit, but the animal took kindly to the
preacher and began to purr and arch
his back Mt the latter's approach.
The pastor took the cat by the back
OF the neck and handed it down to an
usher, who carried puss out of the
church. This is a good omen, broth
rem said the pastor and then he went
on and preached his sermon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
WHAT TO SAY.
List OF Remarks to Make About the
New Baby.

One is always expected to say some
thing when looking for the first time
on new baby, says the Cincinnati En-
quirer. and as it is neither kind nor
safe to tell the truth and say that the
little red. podgy creature doesn't look
like anything. we give a list of I'M
patented and uEcopyrighted remarks
to be used on such occasions:
Isn't he sweet? He looks like you."
II think he's going to look like his ia
ther!"
Hasn't he dear little fingers? Do
let me see his dear little toes!''
Isn't he Target"
Isn't he a tiny darling!"
How bright he seems!"
Did you ever see such sweet-little
mouth?'
Isn't he just too sweet for any
thing"
THE dear little darling! never saw
so young baby look so intelligent"
DO, please, let me hold him just q
minute!"
Any and all of these remarks are war
ranted to give satisfaction, just as they
have been giving satisfaction from time
immemorial until the present day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-05
GIRLS WORK N a MINE.
A Reprehensible Introduction of Foreign
Customs on American Soil.

Reprehensible Introduction of Foreign
Customs on American Soil.
Four athletic young girls find daily
employment at a small coal mine in the
Mahoning valley, several miles from
Shamokin, says the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. The coIliery is owned and OPP
Grated by Joseph Mans, a hard-work-
ing German, who says he has simply in
PRODUCED the custom of his fatherland in
having his four daughters assist him in
preparing the fuel for market.
The girls are six-footers, good look
ing and well formed, each tipping the
scales at about 200 pounds. Kate, aged
20 years, has charge of the breakers;
Annie, aged 16, runs it's mine pumps
and breaker engines like a veteran en-
gineer; Lizzie, aged IS, drives a mule
attached to a gin for the purpose of
hosting the coal from the slope, and
Mary, aged 10, sees that the slate is
picked from the coal by her little broth
ers, whom she helps in the work.
The girls wear short skirts, not
boomers, as might be supposed.
Mans formerly worked in the mines
at Shamollin, but during the last 10
years, with the assistance of his wife,
who runs the farm, and their daughters
at the mine, he has managed to buy this
coal mine and a large amount Of timber
land besides