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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
Nnliv AVA e.

Detroit. Micn.--michael Wendler,
aged "a years, ana ms wiIe, CaLnerlne,
aged 70 years, attempted TO comnl,
suicide by IaAins poison. 1nere Wa.
not a morsei Oh Iuod Ia Ine house, au,.
Jne ola coupe were sIOwIy sIarvlns
ID death.
Cincinnati Umpire Tim" Hurs.,
VINO threw beer CLASS at the specta.-
ors during a game mere last week anu
severely injured Fireman Cartuyveles,
was nned SIvv and COSTS.
Elwood, Ind.-The annual barn
burning epidemic has broken out heie
again and during the past week sew
eral barns have been destroyed and d,
oozen others hred by incendiaries. AL
extra fire patrol is being arranged Tor.
Springfield, ON their home three
miles south of Bellefontaine George ID.
Dietr.ca. wealthy farmer, and his
wife were found murdered with an AK
They had been dead since Sunday
night The Supposed object was rob-
berry. The authorities have secured
bloodhounds to get a clew.
London.-A dispatch to the Daily
Chronicle fTrm Berlin says that Pro-
lessor Victor Mayer, the celebrated
chemist, whose death is just announced
at Heidelberg. poisoned himself be-
cause of family troubles.
Virginia, Ill.-Frank A. Mills, a sign
painter of Beardstown, was found ON
the bank of the Illinois river at that
place. In fit of dependency he took
arsenic.
Ausun. Minn.-Edward Bandler, the
POSTMASTER OF Austin, committed sui
cide ny taxing poison. he is thought
&c have been snorI In has accounts.
Geneva. O.-Lyaia Ely of gainesville
killed her 1l-year-old daughter by
smothering her with pillow, and at
tempted to kilf her 9-year-old son with
hammer, after which she cut her own
throat She probably will die. The
boy is rot seriously injured.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
FORTUNES FROM FRACTIONS.
Large Sales and Small Profits the Order
of the Times.

Large Sales and Small Profits the Order
OF the Times.
There have been in the recent years
South Africa and Cripple Creek have
produced millionaires over night, and
a bicycle and patent medicine promoter
in England made ten millions In as
many weeks; but these instances are so
rare as to be the sensations of the two
hemispheres, says Leslie's Weekly.
There are several thousand people who
are each worth $1,000,000 or more, and
there are several more thousand
who are on the road to become million
aires. It is interesting to know that
the most of these are persons who are
getting their riches on small fractions
of cent. The street railway magnates
who are rising to millions and tens OF
millions are fully satisfied with a part
or one cent OF the nickel they collect,
because there are so many of them. The
sugar kings have reduced the price and
Improved the quality of sugar, but as
long as they get their fraction on each
PONhN Tic <AhhCllNduS Uuy tuCy CdA
make profit Of all the way from 20 to
90 per cent. The coal oil monopoly has
also reduced the price and improved the
product, but It's little fraction makes
the greatest money making enterprise
in America. The man who invented
the patent beer stopper is getting a
bigger income than the president of the
United States. A cheap headache rem
edy is allowing its proprietor to spend
100000 a year and still lay up another
100000 for rainy day. The railroads
are getting their support from the frac-
tions on the ton. And so 1t goes. The
first thing is to get control of some ar
ticle of universal use, and the small
fraction will do the rest. But the same
principle runs through all business, and
large sales and small profits are the
order Of the times.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
PERSONALS.

Rider Haggard has finished novel
dealing with Boer life, entitled THE
Swallow"
Probably the greatest bibliophile
among peers at the present time is
Lord Crawford, the we'll known Scotch
nobleman
Samony, the most powerful chief in
the French Soudan, is reported by
French authorities to be dead, and to
have been succeeded by his son.
Charles Stewart, who died in Balti-
more recently, had the dictinctfon OF
having driven the first car over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad before
they used steam.
Cecil Rhodes has bought Sauerdale,
near Buluwayo, South Africa. 1t con-
sists of ten farms, which he intends to
cultivate. He will build the largest
dam in South Africa.
On recent Sunday, while Rev. j.
w. Chadwick was preaching in the Sec
ond Unitarian church of Brooklyn, his
voice suddenly failed. His wife at
once proceeded to the pulDit and fin
ished the sermon for him, after which
she conducted the service to its close.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Aus
tria-Este, who, now that he is recover
ing from consumption, has again as
sumed the position of heir to Emperor
Francis Joseph, is said to be the rich
est royal person in Europe. The last
duke of Modena bequeathed $4,000, 900
10 him.
Congressman Russell of Connecticut
has something like bushel of horse
shoes. which he has picked up. Six or
eight fine specimens ornament his
aeartments at the Hamilton. in Wash
lngton, and the remainder of the bushel
except a few are stored In an old box
at his home In KillIngly.
Lord Rosebery is one of the two or
three Scotchmen OF prominence who do
not play golf. He fears that It would
sngross too much of his time. When
4 man in middle life." he says, makes
a deliberate choice of golf as his
amusement he Is making a choice Sec
ord only In gravity to the choice Of a
wife"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

Jasper, Ind.-A thrashing engine ex-
ploded Oh the farm of Charles Burger,
severely wounding Joseph Bauer and
Stephen Loehr. Bauer is not expected
to live.
Harvard, ILL.,. Lockwood, promi-
nent resident of this city, where he
has resided for forty years, had both
his legs cut off by a railway engine
while crossing the railway tracks.
Milan, Mo.-Milton Virden of Stahl,
while jumping on a moving train,
missed his footing and was instantly
killed.
Evansville, Ind.-Mrs. Marlborough
stepped on parlor match, setting fire
to her clothing. She was SO badly
burned that she died.
Alton, Ill.-John p. Johnson IF
Springfield was fatally hurt at 0ldeu-
burg station, on the Bluff line. He
was walking on the track when the
Springfield accommodation train struck
him. He cannot live.
Wapakoneta, Ohio.-Harry Stewart,
a jockey of Lexington, KY, while rid
ing one of the horses of Cliff Rum
baugh's stable, was thrown from the
hcIse against tree and broke his COL
lar bone, three ribs and received other
internal injuries from which he cannot
recover.
Crete, Neb-Willie and Mary Vogel,
aged 4 and 10 years respectively, were
drowned in Blue River. They fell
from narrow walk and were carried
over mill dam to the rocks below.
A 12-year-old brother swan manfully
to the rescue and kept them to the sur
face, but the current was too strong
and he was obliged to let go.
Ashtabula, O.-Clayton Evans OF
Lenox, aged II, was accidentally shot
and killed.
RocAport, Ind.-The large stables of
the ST. Meinrad Monastery at st. Mem
rad were burned Tuesday. The col
lege building and abbey were barely
saved from burning.
Eldora, Iowa.-Farmer Foosburg was
instantly killed at Gowrie by a team
throwing him into a ditch. He leaves
a large family in destitute circum-
staLces.
Ramsey, Ill.-Miss moi Hayes, daugh-
/ ter of John Hayes, a retired farmer,
was thrown from buggy in a runaway
and killed. She was a school teacher
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

The Reverend Mr.. Menteith had es-
poused late in life the only sister Of
Mr.. Lorraine, a little, timid, clinging
woman, with fair hair and light blue
eyes, who was as wax in the bony
hands of her pious husband.
At the house of the pair one morning
in early summer arrived Marjorie An
nan, escorted thither in hired fly from
Edinburgh by the minister. It was by
no means her first visit, and the well
come she received, II little melancho-
ly, was not altogether devoid OF SYM
pathy. Her aunt was an affectionate
creature, though weak and supersti-
tious; and Mr.. Mentieth, like many Of
his class. was by no means as hard as
the doctrines he upheld. They had no
children of their own. and the coming
of one so pretty and SC close Of kin was
like CLEAN of sunshine.
A week passed away, with one super
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

SISTER Mile wants to know IL you
won't let us take your big awning?
She's going to give a porch party to-
morrow night and wants to have 1t on
the PLAYER"
Wants my awning?"
yep. She would have borrowed the
Joneses'. but theirs is blue, you know,
and Miles hair is red."-Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20

There's not another bit of firewood
on board" roared the steamboat en-
gineer. What's the matter with the
Logo inquired the iandlubber
adelphia North American.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
CHAPTER XVI.

N the outskirts of
the town of Lelth,
and on the direct
road of commune
cation between
Leith and Edin-
burgh, stood the
plain abode of the
Rev. Mungo Men
teith, minister of
the Free Kirk OF
Scotland.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-20
CHAPTER XIV.

HEN Miss tietner-
ington left the
Frenchman's rooms
that afternoon, she
tottered like one
enfeebled by the
sudden oncoming of
age. M o n S | e u +
Caussidiere was be-
side her; it was his
hand which placed
her in her carriage,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
TO THE CIRCUS.
BARNUM & BAILEY EXCURSIONS TO BE
RUN ON ALL RAILROADS.

The great Barnum Il Bailey Circus
is To exhibit In Grand Rapids, August
9, and Lansing. August 10, and for the
notable occasion all railroads will
make a special low round trip ticket,
so all those who desire TO witness the
Greatest Show on Earth" can do so
at a small expense. The Barnum &
Bailey Circus this year, while always
the best and biggest in the past, is now
conceded to be the most Incompatible
exhibition in the entire world. Moth
ing has ever, or will ever approach 1T,
for the genuine merit of its circus per-
Torrance, the size and completeness,
OF its menagerie, and the wonderful
display Of its gorgeous equipment
The shows require sixty big railroad
cars for its transportation, employs
700 people and possesses over 400 horses
and half hundred cages Of rare ami
mails. Its daily expenses are over
SIS, 900, and it annually instructs and
entertains several million OF patrons.
1t is the big show of the universe and
one OF the largest enterprises in the
world. 1t will be great day for this
vicinity, and doubtless large crowd
will avail themselves of the low rate
and attend the performance from this
place.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

The Lowell Ledger democratic pub
LEGATION is encouraged for it says:
Prospects for better times seem to be
brighter. There are indications that
the end OF the long, hard siege is in
sight, and that from this time on there
will be slow but sure improvement.
Crops, as whole, are good and prices
are ruling higher. If the farmer pros
pers, all industrious people will share
in his good fortune. The new tariff
law is at last in force; and while we
regard it as pernicious, it is better than
doubt and uncertainty. For year or
two at least, the business men of the
country will know what to expect, and
can proceed with all the enterprises
that are not gobbled up by the multi
plying trusts. All good citizens will
hail the dawn OF better day. II it
comes during the present administra-
tion, it will be in accordance with the
proverbial good luck of the Republic.
can party and probably insure it a long.
er lease of power. With the people
that is secondary matter. All hail
to prosperity.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

The following is being published in
contemporaries but we cannot vouch
for its accuracy. 1t sounds very much
like fake but every farmer will sim
cerely hope it's true: "a vineless pc
tato has been developed by farmer in
Missouri, near Golden City. The
tubers develop without growth of
tops thereby giving no sustenance
to the greatest pest of potato growers,
the Colorado potato beetle, which has
added thousands of dollars to the cost
of producing the crop since it first
made its appearance. The expense of
keeping down the weeds in field
planted with this new variety will also
be much less than with the ordinary
kind, as the ground can be worked with
common harrow. The farmers should
certainly have some way of fooling the
bugs as paris green does not seem to
do the business.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
Old People.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
ters. This medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whiskey nor other in
toxicant, but acts as a tonic and
Alternative. IL acts mildly on the
stomach and bowels, adding strength
and giving tone to the organs, thereby
aiding nature in the performance of
the functions. Electric Bitters is an
excellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Fifty cents and Sl.00 per
bottle at Fisk Bangs Drug Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
THE CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

The Long Lake M. +. campmeeting
opens today and holds until the 18th OF
August.
In the Baptist church next Sunday
morning: "How Christ Saved From
Drunkenness.
Baptist ladies OF the North Side will
give ten cent tea at the home OF Mrs.
T.. l.. Kendall, August IL. Members
and all others cordially invited.
A union temperance meeting under
the auspices of the w. G. T. U. will be
held in the Baptist church Sunday
evening. Mrs. Nudge of Ionia will
speak.
The Ladies' Social Circle of the Con-
gregational church will hold their
semi-annual meeting at the parsonage
next Wednesday, August IL, at 2:3O
o'clock.
The Ladies' Social Circle of the Con-
gregatioral church will have an ice
Bedding next Friday evening, August
6, at 1880 o'clock. If the weather is un-
favorable it will be held in the Bedding
block. Everyone is cordially invited
TO attend.
The W.C.T.U Of this city have taken
up a very excellent course OF bible
study. The outline is prepared by
Mrs. f. l.. Calkens of Kalamazoo,
state superintendent of evangelistic
work. At a meeting held last Friday
at the home of Mrs. w. l.. Munger,
the topic was 1.-The Messiah Promised
and the Messiah Present." and was
| full of interest. The meetings are
open to all and many christians should
take advantage of them to gain more
insight 10 that wonderful book-the
bible.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

Hicks predicts hot weather for the
first week in August, with the 7th, Sth
and 9th as central days of probable
storms, after which there will be sud-
den change from sweltering heat to
very cool. The storms he designates
as terrific electrical ones. About the
middle of the month there will be an
other warm wave and more storms.
And so on throughout the month. He
does not give much hope of cooler
weather. Oppressive heat, hurricanes,
electrical storms and earthquakes are
predicted.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
REGATTA AT OTTAWA BEACH


On August 5, 6 and 7, the Grand
Rapids Yacht Club and the Mississippi
Valley Amateur Rowing Association
will hold a regatta at Ottawa Beach,
the popular summer resort.
The entries include rowing clubs from
Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and other
places, besides the Yacht Club, and a
fine program of races Of various kinds
has been prepared.
The hotel accommodations at the
Beach and other resorts on Macatawa
Bay, on which the regatta will be held,
are better this season than ever, and a
large number of people are expected 20
witness the sport.
Ottawa Beach is reached by the G.
& w. M. Ry with four daily trains
from Grand Rapids and connections
from other parts Of the line. All roads
lead to Grand Rapids, and visitors
from all parts of the state can secure
reduced rates upon application to local
agents. GEO. DEHAVEN,
G.. +. A., G. & w. M. Ry
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
The snn.

May shine brightly and the birds may
sing their sweetest songs but IL your
stomach is not right there is no happi-
ness for you. Keep bottle OF DR.. Cald-
well s Syrup Pepsin in the house and
use 1t according TO directions and the
sun and birds will not shine and sing
in vain. Constipation and indigestion
cured. Trial size l0c 90 doses) and in
Doc and 81 90 bottles. OF Fisk Bangs,
Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
NJ Is strange.

That some people who say they never
read patent medicine advertisements
will be found Juggling home every now
and then bottle of some favorite rem
edy OF theirs. We don't bother you
with much reading but just ask you to
try lOc trial bottle OF DR.. Caldwell s
Syrup Pepsin for constipation, indiges-
ton and stomach troubles. SOC and
$500 sizes at Fisk Bangs, Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
ID. G.. r. & w. X. Il. ANNUAL LOW
RATE EXCURSION
NORTH MICHIGAN RESORTS

NORTH MICHIGAN RESORTS.
Wednesday, August 25, is the date
for this popular trip this year. ID. q.
II. a. w. Il. Il. train will leave Bel
ding at 1903 p. IN. Round trip rates
will be as follows: Mackinac Island
$500; Petoskey and Bay View $500;
Charlevoix and Traverse City $500.
Return limit Sept. 3. Full particulars
given by agents and posters.
GEO. DEHAVEN, G.. +. A.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

George A. Buck, 3S, Portland;
Mary White, "a, Portland.
Bryant Hyde, AZ, Ionia;
Nancy A. Salmon. 81, lonia.
Frank Cave, "a, Ionia;
Lena Carr, 10, Ionia.
Hiram j. Payne, %, Gratiot Co.
Maude f. Wilson, "A, lonia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
BuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos
itivelv cures piles, or no pay required {.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price 25
cents per box. For sale by Fisk Bangs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
SAGINAW
SUNDAY EXCURSION
Irn,IrDnrn nnnII

ID. G. II. q w. Il. II. train will leave
Bedding at 8:l5 a. m. and arrive at Sag
NAV at noon. Leave at $50 p. IN.
Round trip rate $l.0O.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy always affords
prompt relief. For sale by Fisk
Bangs, Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

I every north
L CHport without
ov. In business,
lie and Port
Dspects. The
mud to drop of
% tariff bill
stes. The wheat
steaet a reaction
sor Yard as rapidly
oo.ets have been
pby declarations
Secretary Gage.
tthe business and
airy to conditions
ed has progressed
h ,dity and ease.
~rength OF strik-
Bbably forwards the
|ilormity plan, which
3 most OF the causes
Some confusion is
eemingly contradic-
large cotton mills
works are starting,
some prices when
Ing, but the balance
on the right side.
liant event since the
ew tariff, which was
hted a week ago, has
a increase in foreign
nee In price for wheat
Z cents during week.
| ~
bave been full of dis
the advocates of free
bio of Ii to /. Condi-
u, to have entered in
(milar To that which
1.-THE great crime OF
|ment of the silverites
|mption of a scarcity
an service in the last
be discoveries in the
promising a consider
the worlds stock of
Onetary metal, seems
; that argument to the
Imunition. Much was
J silverites of the rela-
yer and wheat prices,
\ for them, while the
hs gone up over twenty
nee last year, the price
be down about ten cents
a week, in which we
Z evidences of a dis
business, as indicated
val of the long prom
movement for the fall,
ID the lowest point re-
American market -
uly "a, 1897.
~.
of gold in Alaska, and
lish for that far-away
Fought an important
question TO the front.
as been an element OF
.arding the boundary
aska and Can ada, and
7 assumes an intensifi.
important TO know ex-
erritory all of the gold
l. Disputes have al
D between American
miners regarding the
e of the claims. A
the boundary line il
d the present situation
i decision. There Is nc
2 in the situation re.
Id fields, although 9
ers who went out from
five months ago, have
10 not report a very
Whatever may be the
old fields, there is rea
lat great wealth exist:
as the result of hare
lnd hardship.
-
as it now stands, il
thing of human con
! it is a good bill ant
| by all who believe il
III and will add to tn,
lection. 1t will enable
Americans to get tn,
,yment they have beer
years and will at tn,
luce all the revenu,
the government. NJ
IS more credit for thii
rman Dingley, whos'
bears. Since last De
,orked early and lat
: and IL the DiDgle,
popular as its support
knows but its autho
course of time be a
! as the author of tn,
-
YER become so prosper
died men can sit on DIR,
nlufonrany m.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05
DIZZINESS

is only one of the danger signals that
nature uses to tell us that our kidneys
are not acting right, and that we are
in danger of Bright's Disease and
other kidney troubles. When the kid
neys are not doing their duty the pois-
on which should be filtered out of the
blood through the urine remains in the
system, and disease results. This con-
ditinn can be
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

i OF the farmers has GER
hard for several years past.
| a principle cause OF discon-
he fruitful mother Of wild
bemes, With that better
is now so surely approach
|upation OF the demaRogue
bian dreamer will be gone. F"
k World.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-05

D never become so prosper.
i bodied men can sit on dry
denounce plutocracy, and
|rhe return OF prosperity
BIS that men who are willing
have opportunity and will
} pay in good money. The
ttless will be as hard up in
BIS in hard times. There
& for laziness in any sort Of
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-22

Fort Worth. Tex. Oct &c c. Cal
vim. a young man about 20 years old.
travelling toward Mackey. in Young
county. reported a daring robbery 10
the police here Wednesday AZ Inn
Calvin's story is that be- rode into tow
near the Texas and Psclh> depo, and
stopped to water bis hog les al the pub.
llc fountain there. BE- was Joined by A
man. who asked, aim 70 be- wanted TO
swap horses HsST2le led that be- would
sell the horse he W. leading and
started TO ride on when Me stranger
rode alongside saying be " . roing O.
Alle and the two rode together until
they had crossed the wire bridge and
got on the White settlement ruad no.
FAR from the Cotton Belt road 'I,rs
the stranger again spoke % tradinl
horses and asked Calvin how much
money he had Calvin replied abou
$3.50 and the stranger aourishlng
knife demanded the money. Calsn
foFked over bis cash and the robbie
left, riding back over the wire hridg
toward town Calvin soon rode hacl
and reported To the sheriff what hal
happened and also told bis story a. pa
lice headquarters. giving a desCrlpiio
OF the man who had robbed hin
Mounted ofhccrs al once went Ia scare
Of the party. but have not been able 4
locate him.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-22
TWO FIRES.
A Residence and Barn
Burned.

A Residence and a Barn
Burned.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
the residence Of Mr.. d. L. McNeely was
burned in Woodyillea northern suburb
Of BryVn. The FIRE originated from a
defective fue. Some Of the furniture,
including an organ was saved. Loss es'
timated at about eight hundred dollars,
with S395 insurance on furniture and
$3.50 on residence. Mrs. McNeely and
daughter Miss Jennie, were alone at
home when the fire broke out No
alarm was given In town, but some
parties saw the smoke and telephoned
% learn the cause. The insurance wa.
in the Fireman's Fund Of California.
Wednesday night at 10 O'Clock Mr. o,
&c. Utsey's barn and contents at his
home six miles northeast Of Bryan was
burned, being q total loss estimated al
$50. The building, 800 bushels Of corn
two tons Of hay and other effects were
lost. Mr.. Utsey has insurance cover
Ing $3.50 Of his los IN the Merchants Of
New Orleana.