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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20
Voorhees, and Nelson.

Although the late Senator Voorhees, OF
Indiana could give and receive hard blows
In political warfare, he seldom cherished
personal resentment. On one occasion the
late Thomas II. Nelson, speaking in Terre
Haute, CHANGED To see VOORHEES, in the au-
dience He Immediately launched into n
violent TRADE against him and, after de
nouncing him as utterly vile and un-
worthy, remarked that he only wished
the miserable hireling' were there to see
his picture painted. Nelson closed, and
Immediately hunted up Voorhees,, whom
he found in the hotel With an innocent
air Nelson pushed up to Voorhees, and in
CURED Ii he had heard the speech. Yes, -
responded Voorhees, gravcly, but l was
greatly disappointed. came To hear argu-
ments. \" "Well, A" rctorted Nelson, II will
admit that spent some time upon poor
subject. This was their nearest approach
to "A quarrel, and IL ended in smoke, for
they forthwith repaired to n cigar stand
together. New York Tribune.
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Trunies.

Lord Beaconsfied described truffies as
looking like rotten potatoes and tasting
like lucifer matches. " If this were the
popular estimate, there would not be at
this time tons of truliles, worth about
$3.50, 900, in one dark cellar in London,
every pound of which may be- sold i'm the
market for from 81. 90 to So This cellar
is the central depot for the storage of the
fungus for the supply of London. The
best sorts come from the vicinity of Bor-
deaux and Marseilles These sometimes
sell for $40 pound. The price depends
entirely upon whether severe frost comes
early or late In 1896 the first condition
prevailed and truflles were costly and
scarce In 1896 frost was late, consequent
ly at the present time the price Is moder-
ate and the supply ample. English truffles
found in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dor
setshire are largely substituted for the
French sort. They are much inferior both
as To size and pungency of flavor. Re
Gently, il is asserted, truflles of IA superior
quality have been found in California
Dogs trained to hunt them out are to be
imported, i'm order that the value of the
discovery may be learned These animals,
of the French poodle variety, are now used
exclusively for this purpose In the place of
hogs, which were formerly employed. -
New York sun.
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WIDOWS FOR SALE.
Commercial Negotiations In the Middle
Ages Wherein Women Figured.

"Of all the matrimonial trafficking,
in the age of chivalry, the ways of wild
ows, )" says writer in The Gentleman s
Magazine, ARE at once the boldest and
most comprehensive. AS "A rule their meth
DDS seldom resort To Establishments. 1t Is
remarkable when tenderness Is an item in
their bargain Speed was their maxim.
1t was one that King John honored, for he
profited by IT, Yet one of the rarest ex-
captions in the way of delicacy to these
commercial negotiations has evidently been
prompted by IA widow who had quite an
exceptional lover. In 1905 William de
Landa either one of the most famous Of
the Crusaders or his son, offers 90 marks
and IA palfrey for having TO wife Joan, who
was the wife of Thomas de Arescy, If he
may be pleasing To the said Joan. The
sheriff is instructed To ascertain the wild
ow' s wishes, and If the said Joan shall be
pleased to have him for a husband, then
the sheriff shall cause William To have seiz-
In Of Joan and her land, both of which
he obtained in the name of gentle love and
the faith of IA true soldier. 1t is fitting
that the name of one Of the men who led
the assault of Acre should be preserved In
such "a record as the above. He was In
truth IA very perfect knight
'One of the most rampageous of the
northern English borderers manifested the
like delicacy. Young Walter de Umfra-
vile, son of Gilbert, had left widow,
Emma, presumably in the very blush of
her charms. Peter DE Vaux had fallen
at her feet, but he declined to obtain her
In boruer fashion, and this fact Is the ear
nest pledge of the chivalry of his love. If
he would not steal her, he was bound to
buy her, and coin with the DE Vaux was
always IA scarcity So he offered the king
8 palfreys for her if she wished It,, and
with what would read AS IA graceful nc
acknowledgements Of the borderer's pure chiv
airy John absolutely drops the commercial
from his reply and simply orders Robert
Fitz Roger, the sheriff, to permit it To be
done -
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eUCHANAN'S ROMANCE.
The Tragedy of 1t Started Him the
Road to the White House.

A box of old documents which had re-
manned long unclaimed in a Washington
storage warehouse was sold for few cents
some time ago, and the purchaser, on
looking them over, was delighted To find
that they consisted of letters written to
and by James buchanan. Many of the
letters had some value as autographs, hut
one was of especial interest, rs it threw
new light on an unhappy romance in the
early life of Lincoln's predecessor Ii has
long been known that Buchanan died u
bachelor because his engagement with the
daughter of u prominent resident of Ian
easter, Pa, was broken by the girls par
ents. Her name was Annie Coleman, and
she died in 1919, IA few months after the
trouble occurred, it is said from grief over
the loss Of her lover. What excited her
fathers hostility To young Buchanan is
not definitely known, but those most init
mate with the two heard vaguely of anony-
nous charges which Mr. Coleman would
not allow his daughters sutton to answer
or even to hear. After Miss Coleman's
death Buchanan wrote tn her father ask
ing permission to attend the funeral The
letter was returned unopened, and ii was
among those in the box bought from the
warehouse people In il the future presi
dent said:
you have lost n dear child | have lost
the only earthly object of my affections.
My prospects are all cut Off, and | feel
that my happiness will lie buried with her
in the grave. 1t is now no time for ex-
PLANTATION, but the time will come when
you will discover that she, as well as |,
has been much abused God forgive the
authors of it. My feelings of resentment
against them, whoever they may be, are
buried in the dust. | have one request To
make, and for the love of God and of your
dear departed daughter, whom loved in
flntely more than any other human being
could love, deny me not. Afford me the
melancholy pleasure of seeing the body be-
fore its interment. "
AS stated, the plea was not even read,
and Buchanan, finding the animosity of
the wealthy Coleman family too much for
young lawyer in small town to contend
with, left the place and soon afterward en-
tered upon the political career that ended
in the White House. New York Times.
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THE csDARs or LEBANON.
Several 'Groups OF the Famous Trees Are
still Standing.

In ST Nicholas there is an article en-
titled "'Silk and Cedars, by Harry Fem,
the arti it, describing "a visit To the noun
tains of Lebanon. Mr.. Fem says:
Every girl and boy of the Christian
world has heard and read, over and over
again, of the 'Cedars Of Lebanon" but
very few have any idea of the locality and
surroundings of the famous grove. It Is a
popular error, by the way, To suppose that
there are no other cedars remaining be-
sides this group at the head Of the "Wady"
(valley or canyon) Kadisha. There are, to
my knowledge, ten other groves, some
numbering thousands of trees. This par
ticular group that we are about to visit Is
called by the Arabs by name which
means, 'Cedars Of the Lord " They mum
Der about 400 trees, among them circle
Of gigantic fellows that are called by the
natives 1.-The Twelve Apostles, upon the
strength of an old tradition that Jesus and
his disciples having come to this spot and
left their slaves standing in the ground,
these slaves sprouted into cedar trees.
There is every reason To suppose that In
the time of King Solomon these scattered
groves were part of an enormous, unbroken
forest, extending the entire length of the
Lebanon range of mountains, about 100
miles, running nearly parallel with the
Mediterranean shore from IA little below
Beirut. The SUBMITS of the range are
from 10 10 go miles from the coast.
The Lebanon-that is, the White
does not derive its name from glittering
snowpeaks, but from the white limestone
cliffs of its SUBMITS. The first historical
mention of the trees is in the Bible (II Sam
uel V, I'D, "And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent
messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
carpenters and masons, and they built
David an house. "
From that day to this the people have
been almost as reckless and wasteful of
these noble giants of the mountains as our
own people are of these cedars' first cous-
ms, the redwood trees of the California
coast range AS we approach the grove,
which stands upon the top of IA small hill,
the foliage is almost black against the
snow covered crags of Dahrel Kadib, which
rears its highest peak over 10000 feet
above the sea.
There is a Maronite chapel in the grove,
its patriarch claiming the sole right to the
sacred trees; and luckily, the superstition
with which the trees have been surrounded
has been their salvation All the cedars of
Lebanon would have been demolished for
redwood years ago were not the people
threatened with dire calamity should they
take "A single stick
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THEY HAD THEIR SMOKE.
julia Hawthorne Tells Some Pleasant
MEMORIES of Richard Grant White.

Mr.. Julian Hawthorne has been printing
some pleasant memories of Richard Grant
White. He says that some knew his
foibles, others his strength, but that few
were acquainted with the man "all
round. Mr. Hawthorne got To have an
affection for him similar TO that which
one feels for woman, aud he says:
His spirit was feminine. Ii had the fem
mime edge, refinement, wit, constituencies
His love of delicate details was feminine.
and so was his aesthetic voluptuousness,
which not only had Its effect on his per
sonal character but, In conjunction with
his clear and discriminating intellect,
made him the great musical and literary
critic that he was With these traits he
was masculine enough In his outward pre-
sentiment, and had instinctively built up
"a masculine fertilization round himself by
dint of that very feminine tact and insight
dwelling within. He was bony, well pro
portioned and athletic of build his phys
ical strength was as much above that of the
ordinary man as were his inches more.
never SPARED with him. but what reach
he would have had There seemed To be
no end To him.
One night, l recollect, after "a long bout
at smoking and talking with me and some
English cronies, White went to bed, bid
ding all good night with his habitual
courtesy. There had been Il running short
of smoking tobacco shortly before his de-
parture, and after he had gone we fell 10
scraplng our pockets for whatever rem
nants, since no fresh supply could be laid
in till the next day. Then, an awesome
thing happened; for the door of the study,
which was on the crack slowly and gently
moved inward, yet no one appeared. But
10, upon our strained attention broke "a
portent; for an arm, clothed in white
samite, mystic, wonderful, came over the
top of the door, bearing in its hand not
Excalibur, but package of tobacco, and
then the smiling yisage of Richard him
self, who had remembered this baglet in
his trunk, after he had got his night dress
on; no was too modest To show himself in
this unconventional attire and had there
fore manifested himself from on high only
AMI let il be understood that his face as
well as his arm, came from above, and not
round the side. The bag delivered, he
vanished silently, like the shark, and was
seen no more that night We smoked a
pipe to his health.
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Good Suggestion.

short time ago. at the Liverpool Coli.
scum, an institution where poor children
get free meals, "A well known humorist
gave one of his entertainments To the "col-
ly kids, rs the youngsters are called At
the close of the entertainment the chair
man proposed vote of thanks To the en-
tertainer, who, in responding, said, mir.
Chairman and colly kids
At this the chairman remarked, i'm an
amusing manner, that 1.-The girls didn {
like being called colly kids. -
The other gentleman then asked what
he should call the girls, and a Lad of 6
years yelled out from the back row, Call
'em colly flowers, sir. London Answers
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A weighty Consideration.

Il wish, " said the bookkeeper discon-
tentedly, that had taken up u scientific
career. I've IA great mind To be an astron-
omer yet. "
Are you tired of figuresg'
"A little.
But If you were an astronomer you
would be Obliged Ia make calculations on
IA scale that you never have To attempt
now. You'd have To deal with millions
and billions and quadrillions of miles, in
stead of hundreds and thousands of dollars,
as you do now. d"
That's very true. But | wouldn't be
nearly 50 likely To lose my position If
made mistake. Washington Star
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GuiIt Proye,i.

Judge-Prisoner, you are chqrged with
impersonating an officer What have you
to say for YOURSELF
Prisoner-Your honor | was merely
standing on The cornor asleep. DO you call
that impersonating an oficcrg
Judge Yes. Thirty days on the island
New York journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

"Ahap' beloved the purple faced ty
rant as the wielder of the bamboo paused
for breath. "How's that for musicp Ehf''
The bastinadOcd wretch was still game.
"MusicY' he repeated. "Oh, it Is sim
ply sole stirringl'
The heavy fall of the tyrant told him
that apoplexy had got in its work. New
York Press
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Success In sight.

"Dr. Henslow is one of the luckiest men
| ever saw.
Lucky l don't know how you make
him out lucky. He's to be tried for heresy
and may lose his pulpit"
That's just It. He wrote IA book few
years ago that has never been heard of
since it came from the publishers. Now
that he is To be tried it will, of course, be
one of the literary sensations of the day. 4"
Cleveland Leader.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

would do what | pleased and, doing
what pleased should have my will, and,
having my will, should DO contented,
and when one is contented there is no
more to be desired, and when there is no
more to be desired there is an end of it,
Ceryantes
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

IL is perfectly justiflable to fine man
for kissing a woman against her will, as
there is never any need Of his doing So
Florida Times Union.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

Sometimes man gets credit for thought.
fulncss and generosity by bringing his
wife home box of French candy and then
eats four -flfths of 10 himself. -Somerville
JOurnal
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Feminine Precautions.

II may be overcareful, " she said as she
hid the plated spoons and her curling irons
In the bottom Of her trunk before she went
out shopping, "but just can bear to run
any risks.
Then she pinned her gold watch To the
outside of her dress by "A blue ribbon and
went down town. Detroit Free Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

The marriage I ate in Great Britain,
which has been steadily declining in
recent years, is again on the increase.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

The Westfield, Ind, News prints the
following in regard to an old resident
OF that place: Frank McAvoy, for
many years in the employ OF the l.. N.
A. x &. Try. here, says: 4 have used
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and d.
arrhoea Remedy for ten years or longer
am never without it il my family.
consider IL the best remedy of the
kind manufacturers take pleasure
in recommending it, 1t is IA specific
for all bowel disorders. For sale by
Fisk Bangs, Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

There are only nine different tones
IN the human voice: but there are IL
b92, lS6, O44, as different sounds.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

Samuel Bovens of Bethel, VI, has a
trained cat which brings in partridges
for family dinners.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

AS rule, man who can tell YOU
all about the problem Of life, can't
work il himself
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

Many train of thought ought to be
side tracked - Middletown ConQlomerate
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

1t is not safe to bet on what YOU
feel in your bones" unless you bet on
rheumatism.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consumption

This is the best medicine in the
world for all forms OF Coughs and Colds
and for Consumption. Every bottle is
guaranteed. IL will cure aud not dis
appoint. II has no equal for Whoop-
ing Cough, Asthma, Hay Fever, Pneu-
monia, Bronchitis, La Grippe, Cold in
the Head and for Consumption. IL is
safe for all ages, pleasant to take, and,
above all, IA sure cure. 1t is always
well To take Dir. Kings New Life Pills
in connection with DR. Kings New
Discovery, as they regulate and tone
the stomach and bowels. We guaran-
tee perfect satisfaction or return money.
Regular size 80 cents and 81. Trial
bottles at Fisk Bangs Drug Store. 6
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

There is no
word full
of meaning

and about winch SuCn lCHuCI dnu
holy recollections cluster as that
of MOTHER she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guild
ed our first tottering step. Yet
the life of every Expectant Moth
er is beset with danger and all eff
fort should be made to avoid it.
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MOTHERS FRIEND

"My wife suffered more in ten min
utes with either of her other two chill
dren than she did altogether with her
last, having previously used four bot
ties of Mothers Friend 1t is a
blessing To any one expecting to be-
come a MOTHER, ;" says customer.
HENDERSON DALE, Carmi, Illinois.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

OF Druggists at 81 %, or sent by mail on receipt
of price Write for book containing testimonials
and valuable information for all Mothers, free
The Bradfeld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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rand Rapids n Indiana X. *

ne G. r. & l. Red book" containing maps
Is and descriptions OF Michigan summer Re
Us, sent on application TO
q. l.. LOCKWOOD, G.. Il. & Il. A,
70 Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Mother S
Friend

dread, suffering or gloomy lore
bodings, to the hour when she
experiences the JOY of Motherhood.
It's use insures safety TO the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
CONFERENCE.-THE short, it makes
Childbirth natural and easy" as
SO many have said. Don't be
persuaded to use anything but
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

so assists nature
in the change TAX
ing place that
the + p ectant
NJ OF II er is ena-
bled 10 look for
ward wit h out
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BANNER and the Detroit Weekly
/, one year Sl.35
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-20

LEONARD, Pres. AN BELDEG, V.-PTe.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
A Kentuckian's Luck.
New York Press.


Talk about luck! In the middle or lat
ter part of June. 1881, Addison Cammack.
then Ursa Major In Wall street, was
looking gloomiiy into the court Of the
Windsor hotel. when his arm was rough
~ taken by William II. Vanderbilt, who
said: ''C'h, brace up and look pleasant;
let's take a walk in the park Arm In
arm they stroiled up Fifth avenue, talk
ing stocks. Vanderbilt said at parting:
'Cammack, Tn going to make a great
hole in this market. You'd better go in
and make the most of It," II was tip
enough. Cammack's brokers received Of
ders at once to go short OF everything.
Greatly to Cammack's chagrin the mar
kes went up instead of down. Wander
bits tip turned out wrong. and in a lit
tie while the great bear had lost $780,
900. Much disguised he decided to get
out On the afternoon OF July he wrote
a letter to his brokers. In which they
were instructed to carry out his plans
at the opening of the market the next
day, and was In the act OF mailing II
when a boy ran up and asked If ne had
heard the news. News? What news ?''
BY this time the letter was half way In
President Garfield's assassinated.' The
letter came out with jerk and was
torn into atoms. Orders were sent TO the
brokers 10 sell and keep on selling-10, 600
shares of this. 10000 shares Of that VAN
derhilt began to pound West Shore to
make his Zip good. Down, down went the
market. and when things had cooled of
bit Cammack was s2oQ1.c00 richer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
Snake saved the Train.

Flagman A. j. Woods, stationed II
Forsythe Junction. had desperate en-
counter with huge rattlesuake Tuesday
night about o'clock. Attracted by the
fare of the wasehman's lantern, which
was stationed upon the platform, the
snake had crawled up and wound It's
large body arolnd 1t. The west-bound
train was nearly due, and In another in
slant Woods would have reached for his
lantern and in all probability have been
bitten. Two women, standing on the
platform waiting for the Clayton car,
happened TO pass by and noticed the rep
tile coiled about the lantern. They did
not walt for developments, but screamed
loudly and ran across the street car
tracks in the face of an on-rushing car.
The Waterman turned 70 the spot where
the women had received such a fright
and noticed that big snake had taken
possession Of his lantern. He contern-
plated Ii moment, It's little. beady eyes
cleaning dangerously in the glow of the
lantern. Its head was raised in the air
ana its rattle was going at better-keep-
away tune. Woods did not keep away.
He needed that lantern ard that mighty
quick. for the whistle of the on-comIng
train had blown not more than a minute
away. A long stick was near at hand
Win this he made at the reptila and
struck II good. swift blow on the head.
The blow was not hard enough. and the
snake exhibited venom and a hfssios
tongue. Woods raised the stick for an
other blow. when the snake gave lean
anu sprang through the air. carrying the
lantern In its coils. The train swent nm
The engineer saw the signal and passed
ny. The snake had waved the lantern in
the nick OF time. There was M reward
tor its work, however. as the fiagman Drt
an end to its existence few seconds
later.