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When used for house purposes, il is
furnished with discharge spout, ele-
waited TO the proper height.
WHITEwASHING: The Myers Spray
Pumps have proven themselves de-
cided success for whtewashing and are
worth more than their cost for this
purpose in whtewashing factories,
cellars, fences, chicken houses, etc &,
and can be utilized to great advantage
in places which could not be covered
by the brush or by the old method at
all The high pressure put on the
fluid causes it to penetrate all the un-
evenness and crevices in the surface.
covering same uniformly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

This wonderful
OF
hands
critical satisfy
whose would be the possible They
thoroughly tried therefore lands and marsh
land and In every instance reports extremely eng and gratifying
combined the
enabled
uadicon that the tool has
a
regularity than drill that
that will also drop
drills
opera
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

We have no time nor inclination to
run down our competitors goods II
takes all our time To enumerate and
show the good points Of our own.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

EXcellences common to all these
pumps: The glass valve seat, which
obviates corrosion, the gathering of
foreign substances and hardening OF
check feathers. Expansive plunger
buckets, composed OF rubber disc,
over which the leather is crimed, per-
hitting ready adjustment.
The above cut is very plain illus
tration Of an improved method OF
placing the Myers Patent Glass Valve
Seat in pump cylinders.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

pipe pump, giving plain outline Of
the patent glass valve seat, expansive
plunger bucket, malleable iron stem,
brass lock nuts. all strongly patented,
and used only in the Myers pump.
PATENT EXPANSIVE PLUNGER.
No other doube-acting force pump
has this valuable Improvement
In the upper plunger we crimp the
leather packing over a rubber disk, as
shown in figures. BY turning the
brass lock nut on the washer to the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19
Sporting Goods.

We propose to lead in the above
goods. Look over our bicycle sun
dries. y Wishing tackle" etc.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

Nancy Hanks pumps will suit you IL
you haven't much money to pay for a
pump.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

Is the name OF the bicycle we shall sell
this year Don't buy until you see IT,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

Majestic ranges are as popular as
ever. Have you seen them?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

We might say much more, but this
paper is too small, for which we pre-
sumo you are truly thankful
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

Keep out of the crowd when vul-
garity passes for wit and qumor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

Watch for our next page.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19
Barrel Spray Pump.

This represents the large Barrel
Spray Pump fitted with extra large air
chamber.
The usefulness of this pump is not
limited TO the spraying purposes only
as described, but it is constructed with
base adapted to be fastened on sinks
and platforms, so it can be used for a
house force pump, in cisterns, shallow
wells, or at any place where a neat,
powerful force pump is required
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19
GREETING.

Again / make my bow TO you, the
people of Bedding and vicinity. Spring
is here and with its coming you will
find that there are many things you must
buy. On this page | propose TO show
what have in stock and ask that you
call at my store and inspect the goods
Never in al my business experience OF
twelve years have / been as well pleas
ed with style, quality and price OF
goods bought as this spring.
call your especial attention to the
following lines: RED Cross cooks
and ranges, Jewel" Generator gaso-
lene stoves, Quick Neal New Pro-
cess gasoline stoves, PLANET Jr. "
garden tools and wheeled cultivators
Temple and Myers" pumps, "Crys-
tall creamerys, "Sherwin-W Williams "
and "Boydell Bros" paints, "Colum-
bian" enameled steel ware. Quality
never so good, prices never so low.
In fact prices are too low | believe
and hope that before the year ends,
we will see values increase and wages
advance. My politics and religion are
in harmony with the motto quoted
above. Buy goods at home, make
goods at home, and pay good wages.
No man can live and be christian on
$l.0O per day. Let US stand up for our
country, for our town, and for our
homes Let us be friends and brothers,
practicing ever the (l6 to II golden
rule-(I am not gold bug''), and il
am not greatly mistaken, our workmen,
our mechanics, our farmers and the
merchants will soon be happy in the
enjoyment of better times. Come in
and we will talk it over.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-19

The Myers Improved Patent Glass Valve
Seat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
The African Parrot.

Our parrot was the present Of kind
friend in the summer Of 1877, having
been brought from Africa only few
months previously. Her plumage is the
same in color as were her predecessors.
She was, when she first came, evidently
a young bird and has grown since we
have had her. In spite Of her IS years
there is 10 sign Of age about her. She
sings, dances, climbs and whistles with
all the yigor of youth, and though per-
haps smaller in size than the other two
birds is quite as noisy. In many ways
she is, however, very different from
them, being, for instance, much more
shy in the presence Of strangers, before
whom she will very rarely talk at all,
and is more curious in her habits, TAX
ing great fancies to some people and de-
cided dislikes to others.
She has an unpleasant habit Of some
times wishing visitors goodby when she
does not approve Of them. She also, If
she cannot get what she wants, gives
angry whacks and double knocks upon
the tin floor Of her cage. Nothing APP
pears to delight her more than mischief.
She positively revels in it, and to get
hold of anything she ought not to have
is unmixed joy. Evidently the bird has
been at some time very cruelty treated.
For many months she was terrified at
the sight of a man or boy, and for years
a broomstick was an object Of horror to
her. Since getting over this fear she has
shown decided liking for the sweep and
the coal man, and the latter has left the
house with the bird wishing him pleas
antly goodby and affectionately request
ing him to kiss her, which gives rise to
the question whether she may have had
in her African past kind negro friend.
Any one who has ever had opportunities
Of studying the parrot tribe must have
been struck with their extraordinary
gift Of memory, so long ago observed by
Plutarch. Chambers Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
AFRICAN MISSIONARIES.
Henry II. Stanley Pays Tribute to the
Great Work They Havo Done.

Henry II. Stanley Pays Tribute to the
Great Work They Havo Done.
Twas the only white man during 1870
in equatorial Africa, but in 1877, when
only q short distance from the Atlantic,
the first missionaries landed on the east
coast in response to an appeal that l had
written In 1875 from Uganda. During
the years from 1879 to 1884 missionaries
followed closely my tracks up the Kon-
60, and as a hundred influences were in
tho course Of few years enlisted in the
cause Of Africa, Nyassa Land and the
eastern and southern part Of central
Africa began to be studded with Chris
tian missions, and missionaries have con-
tinued to enter Africa ever since, until
now there must be about 300 Of them,
and the number is still increasing. They
are not all reputed to be first class men,
but it is wonderful what earnestness and
perseverance will do. We have only to
think of Uganda, with its 200 churches
and cathedral and its $4,000 native
Christians, read the latest official reports
from Nyassa Land, and glance at the
latest map of Africa, to be convinced Of
the zeal, devotion and industry Of the
missionaries.
Mission houses do not grow Of them
selves Gospels are not translated into
African tongues nor are converts spon-
taneous products Of human nature. am
somewhat familiar with African facts,
and to me these things represent i'm
mense labor, patience and self sacrifice,
but others expect Africans to fall in love
with the missionary's eyes.
1t is true, though strange, that for the
first six years or so very little visible |
effect is produced by missionary teach
ing and influence. The mind Of pagan |
descendant Of innumerable centuries Of |
pagans appears to be for some time i'm
penetrable to the Christian doctrine, and |
no matter how zealously missionary
may strive with him, he continues to
present a wooden dullness, pntil by and
W 'HStS ID bAooln VI ihbeAtot' hO
catches the idea. as it were, and the in
terest becomes infectious and spreads
from family to family, and converts
rapidly. Cast thy bread upon
the waters, for thou shalt find it after
many days. "
/ have in my mind, as I write, the
examples furnished by the Waganda.
Wanyassa and Bakongo. At the town of
Banza Manteka, for instance, one day
200 natives came to Mr.. Richards, the
and requested to be bap-
lied by him. He had labored among
hem many years, but hitherto converts
lad been few. The missionary imposed
ON them. He said that they
must first assemble their fetiches. idols
md stores Of gin, and destroy all in the
market place. And they went forthwith
md did it.-Henry NJ. Stanley in Cen
ury.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
A Word to CantlnT Critics Of Hard Work

A Word to Canting Critics Of Hard Work
There is u great deal Of advice given
by writers and preachers to contempt
rary professional and business men
which is Of the nature Of cant; some
thing, that is, which its authors talk
from a tradition that it ought to be
said, but which they, as we'll as the adj
vised, show by their disregard Of it in
actual life that they do not really be-
lieve, or think ought to be believed. We
are told that we ought not to work SO
hard; ought not to put such strain
upon ourselves; ought to make our
ideals simpler and easier Of attainment ;
ought not to want so much; ought, as
The British Medical Journal once said,
to take a little more care not to kill
ourselves for the sake Of living"
There are silly extremes of oyerwork,
and tragic ones, like mania, which no
one would seek to justify. They are
generally to be condemned ON other
grounds than that they risk life. But,
as a rule, the multitude OF men in pro-
fessional and business pursuits. whose
intensity of work excites these homilies,
are working, according to their lights.
for ends for which the unsparing use Of
their lives is justifiable and even praise
worthy; or, in the rarer cases in which
they are doing it because they cannot
help themselves, are aiding ciyiliza-
tion which, in spite Of our moments Of
dependency and rebellion, we all know
is higher and better with all the ameni-
ties and refnements it accumulates -
Scrihner's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
rrofs..o, ralsotrs Care For HI. Books.

One of Names remarkably gifted
workers and interesting characters was
the late Professor Daniel s. Talcott Of
Bangor Theological seminary. 1t is said
that very few men in our state had such
wide range Of culture. In his library,
the pride Of his life, were books In 10
or 30 languages, with which be was ia
miliar. 1t is a touching fact that when
his mind first began to waver "a few
weeks since) it showed itself first in his
solicitude lest his dear books should suf-
fer from the severity Of tbe/weather,
and it was in persisting to build fire
in the library temporarily unused) on
one Of the most inclement days Of tho
season, for their benefit and comfort,
that he took the cold which was the o.
casion Of bis death. Lewiston Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21

parents and departed children. -"Oh,
my God" says some man, chow can l
come to thee? am so far off. Who will
help me- am SO weak? 1t seems such
q great undertaking Oh, my brother,
it is q great undertaking 1t is SO great
You cannot accomplish it, but Christ
,an do the work. He will correct your
heart and he will correct your life.
"Oh," you say, Twill stop profanity.
That will not save you. "Ob, you
say, "I will stop Sabbath breaking.
That will not save you. There is only
one door into the kingdom Of God, aid
that Is faith; only one ship that sails
fsr heaven, and that is faith. Faith the
first step, the second step, the hundredth
step, the thousandth step, the last step.
By faith we enter the kingdom. BY
faith we keep in. In faith we die. Heav-
en- reward of faith. The earthquake
shook down the Philippian dungeon.
The jailer said, "What shall l dor"
Some Of you would say, Better get
ont Of the place before the walls crush
you." What did the apostle say? Be-
lieve ON the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
shalt be saved" "Ah," you say,
"there's the rub" What is faith? Sup
pose you were thirsty, and 1 offered you
this glass of water, and you believed 1
meant to give it to you, and you came
ND and took it. You exercise faith. You
believe l mean to keep my promise.
Christ offers you the water Of everlast-
ing life. You take it. That is faith.
Enter into the kingdom Of God. En-
ter now. The door of life is set wide
open. 1 plead with you by the bloody
sweat of Gethsemane and the death
groap Of Golgotha, by cross and crown,
by Pilates courtroom and Joseph S
sepulcher, by harps and chains, by king
doms Of light and realms of darkness
by the trumpet of the archangel that
shall wake the dead, and by the throne
of the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb, that you attend now to the things
of eternity. Oh, what a sad thing III
will be if, having come SO near heaven
we miss it! Oh, to have come within
sight of the shining pinnacles OF the
city and not have entered Oh, to have
been SO near we have seen the mighty
thronQ enter, and we not joining them
Angels of God, fly this way Good
news for you; tell the story among the
redeemed OH high If there be one there
especially longing for our salvation, let
that one know it now. eput down our
sorrows. Glory be to God for such a.
hope, for such a pardon, for such JOY,
for such q heaven, for such Christ
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
A Band Of Aaaasslns.

The great work Of General Church in
Apulia was the destruction Of the De-
cisi and the execution Of their chief, the
Abate Giro Annichiarico. The rank and
file Of this society consisted wholly of
murderers. none being admitted to
membership unless he could prove that
he had killed at least two persons in
cold blood. Giro, its chief and founder,
was renegade priest. the list Of whose
personal homioides is horrible and tedi-
GUS. But his power was so great that
no peasant or noble dared betray his Sc
cret. The people, too, believed him to
be a stregone, and it was said that his
death was only effected by silver bull
let from his own carbine, which, "of
course" broke the spell Of his enchant-
ments.
So confident and fearless In them
selves were the Decisi that their chiefs
wore silver deaths head round the
neck, and openly carried dagger with
inscriptions identifying the owners as
members Of the band. They had special
rites and ceremonies, and banners and
trumpets, and the other societies. such
as the Filadelf and the Republica Salem
tina. were affiliated to them. The great
est blow struck at the Decisi was the
direct result Of this a1lliation At Q
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21

restaurant and invested in soup
Filling up on this delightful beyer
age, (city soup is made minus any
irgrcdients,) felt better and de
termined tc find work or wear out
my galIuses in the attempt. Did !
find it? Well my patientreader, time
will tell. THE wANDERER.
(Coniinued.)
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
Arbitration Enforced.

.-ometimes trade guilds, in early
days. quarreled with each other, and
when such "contumelious words" arose,
the aldermen, we read in est. Padls
Cathedral ahd Old City Life, stepped in
to arbitrateS day Of love beHS 81 y
pointed at SE>Paul's on which the dis
putants might reat Of peace and con-
cord John B odd, a baker, was at one
time the CAUSE of much trouble. This
same John I'd skillfully and artfully
cause a certai hole to be made upon
table of his .lled a molding horde,
pertaining ttlais bakehouse, after the
manner Of a hIopsetrap, there being a
certain wicket warily provided for clos
ing and opening suelS hole, And, when
his neighbors and Others who were wont
to bake their bread at hisHoyen came
with their dough or materiaR for baking
bread, the said John used to- put such
dough or other material upoh the said
table, and over the hole before men,
toned. "
Said Johns crime consisted Yin plac-
ing a confederate underneath Il be hole,
who used to levy a considerable contri-
button from each lot Of dough, ITO the
scandal and disgrace Of the whole Sity."
The case was fully proved, for Rridd,
though he asserted his innoces ,, was
held not to be able to give a satisfactory
account Of the mousetrap hole, and said
John was put in the pillory, along with
others who were found to be gull y Of
like fraud. They were kept in TIFF pill
Tory with pieces of dough hung hound
their necks, by way of trade sigh, until
vespers at st. Paul's were end:A. The
tables wherewith they compas~ I'd their
cheat were destroyed, "for it neither
consonant with right nor leasing to
God that such falsehood, rseceit and
malice shall go unpublished =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
Bravery Of the Russian Troops.

In spite Of the enemy's numerical in
feriority Napoleon had been thwarted
at Eylau by the weather, by the unsur-
passed bravery Of the Russian soldiers
and by the able tactics Of Bennigsen.
The latter had not been worsted in the
arbitrament Of arms, yet the omperor's
character for resolution and energy had
virtually defeated the Russians, and had
given him ne. only technical but
real victory. Professor Sloane in Gen.
tury.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
John 7. SnanldInr.

Among the notable benefactions OF
John 7. Spaulding. who died in Boston
q few weeks ago, was the education Of
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and blind
girl whose fame has become information
al. Some years ago he gave $50, 900 to
seven young men employed at the Unit
ed States hotel. The story Of this was
published all over the world and brought
him begging letters from even the Rus
sian steppes. On holidays he was in the
habit Of filing his trousers pockets
with IS gold pieces until they bagged
at the knees and then going around
distributing them among the porters who
had done him little kindnesses. He
wired rnined merchant before the
flames Of the big Chicago fire were ex-
Draw on us for 800, 000."
The then ruined man is today one Of the
wealthiest men in Chicago. New York
Tribune. IL
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
Your Story and Your Poetry.

There is always certain awkward
ness when a poet. even a poet covered
with transparent veil Of fiction. intro
duces hiss own compositions and recites
them aloud. Weare irresistibly remind
ed of a scene in nicholas Nickleby, y
where the hero is trying his prentice
hand on a sentimental drama, and is
told by his brother actors that he must
introduce q dance for the phenomenon.
Upon my word don't see how it's to
be DONE" says Nicholas but the TRACE
dian says it is obviously easy; the dis
tressed lady, having been urged to rouse
herself by the faithful servant, announces
that she will learn to suffer with forti-
tude. "Do you remember that dance
my honest friend, which. in happier
days, you practiced with this sweet an
gel? 1t never failed to calm my spirits
then. Oh. let Inc see it once again be
fore diel" There 1t is--cue for the
band, before l die'-and off they 60.
That's the regular thing; isn't it, Tom
N.Y." That's it" replied Mr.. Folair.
"The distressed lady, overpowered by
old recollections, faints at the end OF
the dance. and you close in with pic
ture.
Il would be irreverent " say that MIR.
Alfred Austin's method Of introducing
his poetry into its setting Of prose at all
resembles the method adopted by the
members of Mr.. Vincent Crummles
company, but there is a certain ingen-
iousness in his manner Of so doing that
almost allows Of comparison. For in
stance, the poet is warned Of bad news
by Lamia: "'What may that be- he
inquired. Your elm, your fayorite elm,
is uprooted, and lies PROSTATE on the
ground. i know it, he said, and
knew it three days ago; indeed, on the
very afternoon of its fall. Three days
ago! Then you have had time to write
a mournful poem on the catastrophe. ,
L have written a poem, he said, ON
my dear old elm. But you yourself shall
Judge if it be mournful. " There it is
"Cue for the band" "You yourself
shall judge, and off he goes, or, as the
chronicler puts it, "Whereupon he re-
cited TO us the following lines. Lon
don Spectator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21

campo Of the Filadelfii, presided over
by rich lawyer Of Lecce, decree Of
death to Generate Giorgio Gas they
translated Church's name) was formally
pronounced. II was sent on to the De
cisi for execution, which called a meet
ing to comply with the amiable request.
But "Giorgio" had got wind of the
meeting, and the terror was trapped in
the nick Of time. Academy
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21
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