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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
NORTH SIDE NOTES.

Alvah Pringle made visit In Grand
Rapids over Sunday.
VIII Roell is the happy father OF a
fine girl born Sunday.
w. III. Wood and wife OF Sheridan
were called here to attend the fuaeral
OF Mrs. Wood over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Melvin Sprague and
family OF Ionia were entertained at
Frank Hudson's over Sunday.
Chas. Sweet has returned from the
north where he has been for some time
and expects to go to work In the refrig-
orator factory.
II. p. Olson was obliged to lose one
OF his fingers on account of the frog
felon he has been having. IL became
so painful and bad that amputation
was necessary.
Mrs. Emeretta A. Wood, who suffer
ed stroke Of paralysis, died without
recovering consciousness Friday morn
ing. The deceased was born in Read
ing, Ct, and came TO Michigan in 1870.
She was married to Mr.. Wood at West
port, CT, in 1869 and before moving
here several years ago, lived at Stanton
and Mcbride. She was Az years old
and had been faithful member OF the
Nj. T.. church since she was IA years of
age. A kind and loving wife and
mother has gone, leaving a husband
and two children, a son and a daughter.
Funeral services were held at the M.
E. church Sunday afternoon, Rev. O..
j. Golden officiating.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
TRIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Try TO be satisfied to commence on q
small scale.
Try not to look at richer homes and
covet their costly furniture.
Try being perfectly independent from
the first, and shun debt in all its forms.
Try TO cultivate the moral courage
that will resist the arrogance of fashion.
Try to avoid the too common mis-
take Of making an unwise effort To
"begin where the parents ended"
Try going step further and visi,
the homes of the suffering poor when
secret dissatisfaction is liable to spring
up. :
Try TO cooperate cheerfully in ar
ranging the family expenses and share
equally in any necessary self-denials
and economies.
Try buying all that is necessary to
work with skillfully. while adjoining
the house at first with simply what
will render it comfortable.
Try to remember that it matters but
little what "people think" provided
you are true to yourself, to right and
duty and keep your expenses within
your means Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
OTIsCO.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Condor OF
Smyrna were guests at j. L. Morse's
Sunday.
A number of our young people at
tended the concert at Smyrna and as
the old saying is, it was short and
sweet"
George Johnston and family OF Can
nonsburg visited at +. w. Litle's
Tuesday.
Geo. Hubbard, mother and Miss Os.
DO rne of Shiloh visited at G. M. Hub
bard's Saturday.
Messrs. Carpenter and Warren re-
turned from Coral Friday, after a few
days visit with relatives.
Remember and be sure to come To
the valentine and box social to DE held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Luscombe, for the benefit of the school
library, Tuesday evening, February
18th. All are cordially invited.
Ladies are to furnish the boxes and
valentines which will be sold at auction
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
BY THE TESTIMONY
Of Two or Three Witnesses
Shall the
Truth be Established.

'The glasses l purchased OF Mr..
Bedford are very satisfactory. 1 could
not get along without them, writes
Mrs. +. NJ. Cotton OF Saranac.
Miss Florence Magg of Belding
writes: sin answer TO your inquiry in
regard to my glasses, / am pleased to
say that they suit me in every partic-
ular. | can see nicely with them. AS
you have had no opportunity of seeing
how we'll the frames fit. l will call,
when in Ionia, and let you Judge for
yourself To Bedford, the optician
and ieweler. Ionia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

1t might be of interest to our read
ers to know what the prison farm
raised the past year. The product in
cluded 1900 bushels of potatoes, 100
head OF cabbage, 500 bushels Of onions,
and large quantity OF vegetables gen.
orally Also 80 tons of hay. About all
of this was consumed except part OF
the potatoes and hay. Twenty men
run the farm. There were 800 hogs,
no cholera, and 81, 200 worth OF pork
was sold. There are nine horses and
ten cows on the place, as we'll as two
young blood hounds used. 10 tracking
escaped convicts.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

The best rule is to say all the good
we can of everyone, and to refrain from
saying evil, unless it becomes clear
matter of duty to warn. SANDER is a
thing much worse than theft. We
should no more bite one with our words
than with our teeth. An angry word
is as bad as blow, often, and satiri-
cal word is like sting Literary Com
nanion
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Corgier s. Lake, %, Belding;
Ethel May Herrick, Il, Belding.
Allie Haysmer, Il, Ionia;
Eta Young, is, Sebewa.
John II. Vond, 81, Kent Co.;
Anna NJ. Menning, 2S, Hubbardston.
Frank Slowinski, 80, lonia;
Lena Kreuger, 2S, Easton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

There are three little things which
do more work than any other three lit
tie things created-they are the ant,
the bee and DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the last being the famous little
pills for stomach and liver troubles.
w. /. Benedict
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

No man lives without jostling and
being jostled. In all ways he has to
elbow himself through the world, Civ
ing and taking offense. His life is a
battle in so far as 1t is an entity at all.
Carlyle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
THE BELDING BANNER
WHAT is GOING ON.


Thursday, February 10.
SIP. MI. q. Foresters.
Friday, February II.
SIP ND. OF X.
Saturday, February ne.
sp. nj. q. II. M.
Opera House-Silk City Minstrels.
Monday, February IA.
500 p. MN. w. OF A.
Tuesday, February 10.
1880 p. MI. o. o. +.
Opera House Lecture, Bernard Bigsby.
Wednesday. February II.
1880 p. NIX. OF u
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

A few months ago, Mr.. Byron Every,
OF Woodstock, Mich, was badly afflict-
ed with rheumatism. His right leg
was swollen the full length, causing
him great suffering He was advised
to try Chamberlain Pain Balm. The
first bottle of it helped him considera-
bly, and the second bottle effected a
cure. The % and 80 cent sizes are for
sale by Fisk Bangs, druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

We had never thought OF it in exact
ly that way before, but wouldn't this
be a good rule for every one OF US to
follow: Never to do anything we
would not care to be confronted with
In printers ink.-The United Friends
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

In the moral world there is nothing
impossible IL we bring thorough will
TO it. Man can do everything with
himself, but he must not attempt too
much with others WIN. Humboldt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

A thrill of terrors is experienced
when a brassy cough of Group sounds
through the house at night. But the
terror soon changes to relief after One
Minute Cough Cure has been admin
istered. Safe and harmless for chill
dren. w. l. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

We sell hard coal, Lehigh or Scran-
ton, all sizes at $500 per ton, and you
can draw it yourself.
JOHN j. FOSTER GAS WORKS,
36-lm Greeuville, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
FOR SALE.

Twenty acres of land at Ashley,
Mich, within one mile of the junction
of two railroads. Two coal kllns, splen-
did land. Fifteen acres nearly ready
for the plough; five acres woodland.
Easy terms. Enquire of w. l. Munger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

Best line of Felt and Beaver shoes
ever shown in Bedding. The City
Shoe Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

Helen A. Newman will return from
Chicago the last week in March with a
full line OF millinery.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

For SALE:--Good driver, buggy
nearly new, fair harness, very cheap.
Enquire of ID. K. Wilson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

One wood heater and one gasoline
stove will be sold at 80 If taken quick.
Inquire of j. II. Sherman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

A large assortment OF leather boots
cheap, at the City Shoe Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

Rubbers OF all kinds and sizes at the
City Shoe Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
EXCURSION RATES TO DETROIT.

V I.
On account Of the Michigan Club
Banquet at Detroit, February 22nd,
the ID. G. r. & w. II. r. will sell tick
cts at one fare rate for round trip,
good going on afternoon trains, Febru-
airy 2lst, and morning. trains of the
22nd. Return limit February 23rd.
1872 GEO. DEHAvEN, G. p. A.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

Look at our Thomas @. Plant shoes.
Just arrived, at The City Shoe Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

Equality" and" Swallowed by three
In public library at Benedict's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
BUSINESS LOCALS,

Mantel clocks cheaper than dirt a
Ricaby's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10

Never WOrry-Take them and go
about your business-they do their
work whilst you are doing yours. DR..
Agnew's Liver Pills are system reno
waters, blood purifiers and builders;
every gland and tissue in the whole
anatomy is benefited and stimulated in
the use of them. 40 doses i'm vial, 10
cents. Sold by Holmes & Cornell and
w L Renedict-76.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-10
MARDIGRAS
EXCURSION RATES

NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE.
The G. 81 w. NJ. and D., G.. II. & w.
Rys. will sell tickets February l4th to
2lst inclusive to New Orleans and
Mobile and return at one way first
class fare Good to return until March
5th. GEO. DEHAVEN, G. =. A.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
Suicide of a Brattleboro Man.

Arnold Wyman, Y years old, of
Brattleboro. VT, was found dead Fri
day in the bathtub of house at 675
Second avenue, N. Y, having shot
himself in the mouth. He was fully
dressed. He had muffled the revolver
so that the shot should not be heard.
Wyman and S. O. Miner Of Brat.
tleboro went to the Astor house Thurs
day and registered. A few hours later
Miner and Frank D. Moffatt went to
to the police and asked that general
alarm be sent out for Wyman, who,
Miner said, bad been lost.
Wyman appeared to have gone to
675 Second avenue, lodging house
kept by George Smith. He had list
OF such houses. He took hall bed
room on the second floor at So week,
'payiug 80 cents on account and stating
that he would pay the rest when his
trunk came. He went out, but return
ed one hour later with bundle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26

The Burlington Free Press alwa US
speaks by the card-as the mouth
piece of the reigning dynasty-henee
the following quotation, although re-
hecting upon the good sense and pa.
triotism of the people Of Vermont,
must be taken as coming from authori.
ty. This view is rendered palmer by
the fact that the day before it appeared
in the Free Press Gov. Grout was in
Burlington. Here is what the Press
says.
Battle for home and country has
never appealed in vain to Vermonters;
but it was not for garrison duty that
Vermont voted to pay her troops extra
compensation. Garrison duty Tor which
hosts of men can be hired for com.
partively small sum might be pleasant
for some of our Vermont boys, provid-
ed their sentry paths lay in pleasant
places; but the taxpayers Of Vermont
do not care to pay $1,000 month or
$4,000 per aunum for police duty in
Cuba or in our newly acquired posses.
sions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
ARMY SEARCHLIGHTS
THE PRACTICAL USE OF ELECTRICITY
ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

Movable searchlights That Can he Used In
Collecting the Dead or in Protecting a
. Reconnaissance Party, Also In Directing
the Aim Of Heavy Guns.
It Is proposed to take into Cuba NOV
able searchlights Of great power. The
War Department has detailed plans OF
such equipment and appended descrip-
tionst furnished by specialists who
have made study of possibilities of
electrical projectors and other appli-
cations OF electricity upon the battle
field.
Electric searchlights for such pur-
poses can be made to throw light as far
as nine miles. These will be used for
gathering the dead and wounded left
on the battlefields at night and for
many other purposes. The ground in
front Of party sent out for reconnois-
sance can be kept well lighted by night
without betraying their positions to the
Spaniards. One of the men in advance
Of the exploring column may facilitate
this and guide the manipulators of the
light by carrying a lantern masked on
the side Of the enemy. BY throwing one
Of these pencils of daylight upon the
roads from which Spanish advance
guard is expected, the latters move
ments would be seriously hampered and
they would doubtless turn back II dis
covered before coming in range. Our
troops will be always fearful Of sur
prise attacks in the early morning, and
attempts Of this kind might thus be
easily frustrated.
These portable searchlights will
also be of great value for directing the
aim of the heavy guns by, night, the
points to be fired upon being first
pointed out by the projected flame. By
such devices it will also be an easy
matter to prevent the Spaniards from
making repairs on their Notifications
by night, when such repairs are usual
ly attempted. AS fast as the begin
ming of a new fertilization would ap-
pear 1t could be destroyed as readily as
In the daylight. OF course, it would be
useless to build fertilization under
shower of projectiles.
To assist in the extensive electrical
work to be accomplished in Cuba the
War Department has mustered in COM
panies of electricians of about sixty
men each, adopts in their profession
and to great extent drawn from well
known electric firms These will CO.
operate to great extent with the reg
ular engineers and with the new bril-
gade of $500 volunteer engineers.
Great numbers of incandescent lights
will be necessities of the modern camp
the field offices to be occupied by clerks
and stenographers accompanying each
commanders staff, or draughtsmen Of
engineers planning new works, and
spaces occupied by workmen. Portable
electric plants to furnish the current
will consist of compact vehicles, hauled
by horses, and containing each boiler,
motor, dynamo, engine and appliances
These may be attached to Illuminating
wagons filled with lamps.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
Business Expanding.

X. G. Dun's weekly review of trade
for Saturday says:
A war which brought no shrinkage
of business while it lasted has brought
with its ending quite remarkable ex-
pansion. Orders and purchases have
increased in nearly all branches, few as
yet being of such nature that they can
be attributed to the material enlarge.
ment of trade with the captured Span.
ish islands, which must come a little
later. 1t is said that the iron industry,
while reporting decline in products,
shows more surprising gain in business
than any other. But returns of out.
put in August shows decrease from
July l, but more than the entire de.
crease is caused by the stoppage of two
Shenango and four Mahoning furnaces
under agreement to force higher prices
for Bessemer pig. In all other states
showing change, output increased, ex.
cept for one furnace in Virginia. The
demand for finished products expands
remarkably, considering the enormous
orders prior to July, which crowd some
Of the biggest works until December.
Structural orders include many bridges
and the drainage canal contract for
1000 tons at Chicago. Tin plate works,
which require 100000 tons per month,
have been buying 100000 tons bars,
and steel works have bought $4,000
tons pig, raising the price to SO 40.
Such an adjustment is needed in the
wooden industry, for some mills are
closing and others are selling old stocks
of wool, present orders for goods de-
pending on prices OF material. Yet
other mills in equal number are start
ing different lines of material. Cotton
mills are also. Though few have
stopped, quite as many have started,
and in prints and ginghams is fairly
good.
The yielding in cotton to 81 cents at
the mills is not surprising, with present
prospects of great crop. Wheat has
further declined 2 cents in spite OF gen.
eral holdings Of better grades by far
mers which renders receipts low and
visible supply small beyond precedent.
At 76 cents now, Atlantic exports
for the week have been 1850 $50
bushels, -four included, against 3,705,.
3S7 last year, and Pacific exports 49,
500, against 3S4,S46 last year, max.
ing for three weeks 10,110,500 bushels
against 10,453,s32 last year. Corn
exports are gradually declining and
prices are 2 cents lower, rather larger
estimates Of yield being now credited.
Total bank clearings for the United
States for the week ending August IL:
81, 273, LOG, 331; increase, 11.6. Total
ousside New York, s420,175,110; in.
crease. 10.
Total for Canada, s22,711,394; de.
crease, 90.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
AustraIin,a Cnriositfes.

There are some curious things in
Central Australia. According to Prof.
Baldwin Spencer, Lake Amadeus, in
the dry season, is merely a sheet OF
salt. Ayers Rock, about five miles
round, rises abruptly from the desert
Formerly vast rivers flowed here, and
the diprotodoton, wombat-like crea-
ture, worthy OF its name, and four
times as large as kangaroo, flour
ished on the plains. Now there are
hardly any animals to be seen. The
fish live in water holes of the hills un-
til the floods wash them down to the
valleys. At the end of the wet season
the water frogs fill themselves with
water, roll themselves in the mud, and
lie low till the next rains, which may
not come for two years. Meanwhile.
the provident frog, like the "mousie"
of Robert Burns, may have the misfor-
tune to furnish drink to a thirsty
black The natives also get water
from the roots of trees. They are in
the totem" stage and revere certain
plants or animals which protect them.
Men of one group can only marry wo-
men from another single group.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
TAE-S
Sitter John. Editor.
Copies of this paper caa be obtained
the Brattleboro r21Rs, Eliot
Street, BrQttlebOrO.

Admiral SIMPSONS fleet, which ar
rived at New York early Saturday
morning, was given the greatest ovation
ever seen on the continent. The fleet
steamed up the Hudson to the Grant
tomb and was cheered on the way by
half a million people. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 people occupied the
the grounds at the tomb every inch of
land was occupied, and even the side
of the steep hill running down to the
railroad track was black with human
beings, who were obliged to hold on to
the sod to keep themselves from falling
to the bottom.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
Farm for Sale

Containing 119 acres of which 50
acres is meadow, nearly all machine
moving, slightly sloping to the south,
not stony, easily cultivated and good
soil. Good fruit, wood lot handy
and 800 sugar trees. Buildings in
good condition. Situated in the
south. east corner Ct Andover. 3
miles from Simonsville and within a
mile of school. Bounded on the east
by Chester line and 6 ID miles from
Chester village by good even road.
This farm is owned by Mrs. Alma L.
Marshall, widow of the late Milo
Marshall, and can be bought very low
for cash. A quantity of hay in the
barns will be sold with the place if
desired. For further information in
oure of or address,
NJ. A. DAVIS,
SO Londonderry, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
Six Killed.

A terrible accident occurred at
Sharon, Mass, Monday evening. A
local train from Providence, r. l., on
the New York, New Haven and Hart.
ford railroad, due in Boston at 7.45
P. m. ), while standing at the depot, was
telscoped by an express train from New
Bedford. Six persons were killed and
about twenty injured.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
The Vermont Regimen, a, Home.

The Vermont Regiment arrived at
Fort Ethan Allen Saturday. They
were handsomely treated on the way.
At Washington they were served with
sandwiches and coffee furnished by
Vermonters at the capital. AT Rut-
land they were served in the same
way at the expense of Gen. Ripley.
The sad feature was the hospital
train carrying lS0 sick and one body,
Corporal Lampson Of company f,
who died between Baltimore and
Washington.
When the hospital train reached
For Ethan Allen the following worst
cases, mostly typhoid fever, we're ia
ken to the hospital of the post and
were placed in charge of DR.. 0. W..
Peck. The other men were quartered
in the barracks. Here is the list of
the former -
Company B-Roy Brush, j. E.
Fitzgerald and Sheldon Campbell.
Company D-J. McCauley, L. C,
Fuller and John Chalmers.
Company E.-Frank Nc Rae, Will.
lam Rust, l. H. Fish and William
Frasier.
Company &c. Reid and Pearl
Clough.
Company H-Dapiel Booth and
Nelson Picknell.
Company George Martin, Fred
Martin and j. Valanger.
Company M-Charles Wyman.
The remaining sick were lodged in
the barracks, among them the follow
ing from company l, the Brattleboro
company:
Michael Sherry, M. Guiheen, Isaac
Robb, W. A. Belden, G. King, Pc
ter Cummings, F. Ducharme, w. l
Taylor, w. P. Toomer, L. +. Cutler,
A. Bingham, E. Wentworth, L. F
Lynch, Michael Lynch, b. o. Ware.
H. Swift and A. Piper.
The regiment left the stste May
81, so their return on the Goth made
an even three months service. 1t is
expected that the regiment will be
mustered out after the next pay
day, which comes the first week in
September.
1t is said that even on the hospita
train the casual visitor found thai
there was strength enough among
the sick for denouncing Gov. Grout
1t is said that many of the men il
the regiment are so disguised will
CIRCUITS course that they will not vote
the republican ticket this fall.
Lieutenant Daniel F. Curtin Of
Brattleboro, who was left in the hos
pital at Chattanooga, has died since
| the regiment left,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26
Good news for Newspapers.

A syndicate of capitalists from
New York city is about to put up
100000 sulphite pulp mill in VIM,
Me. When completed the average
output of the mill will be rs tons
day. Though the chief object of the
new company is to break the paper
trust, Pulitzer and other newspaper
proprietors Iof the proposed mill at
Millnocket are in no way connected
with the VIM syndicate.
AS soon as the sulphite mill is in
working order the company proposes
to erect paper mill for making news.
paper stock. This mill will manu-
facture from 80 to 100 tons of paper
a day, and it is claimed that the COM
pany can sell paper for l IL cents
and make q handsome profit.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-08-26

The Chicago Inter.Ocean recently
published cartoon representing Un-
Gle Sam as converted by the argu.
ments of those who would not have
him annex or hold territory conquer
ed in the present war. So thorough
ly is he convinced that it is wrong,
that he tries to make reparation for
past sins. He is cutting from the
map of the United States, California,
Arizona, Nevada and other states
and territories, and giving them back
to Mexico. He cuts out Texas to go
as Lone Star State again. He re.
stores to the Indians all the territory
taken from them, from the Mississip-
pr territory to the great Northwestern
States, and gives back the Louisiana
purchase to the Spanish. Then he
returns the original 10 states to
Great Britain as having been the
spoils of war, and takes his stand on
Plymouth Rock, feeling as if he were
very good, but "darn lonesome"
Press and Printer says: The pic
ture is by no means argument, In the
true sense, yet even to the "anti-im.
perialist" it suggests the admission
that should the Philippine Islands be
annexed tomorrow and be developed
under American rule, generation
hence there would not be found a
man in this country who would be
willing to see them turned over to
any other power Yes, it's an effect
i've cartoon.