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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

The Quarterly Journal of Inebriety
presents an alarming view OF the evil
effects OF alcohol on the children Of in
ebriates With regard to epileptics it
says: "a careful study of 400 alcohol
les has been made during the last fif-
teen years at Zurich under Forel's
supervision; 43 per cent of the cases
had one or both parents alcoholic, and
40 per cent had nervous or mental ante
cedents. Fifteen per cent OF the pa
tients were wholesale or retail dealers
alcoholics by consuming merely beer,
wine or cider.
"Demme, during a period of twelve
years, acquired accurate knowledge of
the private circumstances Of ten fam
lilies, belonging on the one hand To the
drinking, on the other To the tempe
rate class.
THUS of 81 children of habitual
drinkers, there were only 10, or l75
per cent, in normal condition during
their childhood, while of the 81 child
rem of the temperate families, 80, or
Sl.9 per cent were in normal state in
their youth OF the 81 children OF
drinkers, rs died during the first weeks
or months OF life, some from lack OF
vitality, some through eclamptic seiL-
ures (oedema of the brain and its mem
branes). Six children were idiots, five
children remaining almost dwarfsh.
Five children, as they grew older, be
came subject to epileptic attacks One
boy was afflicted with severe chorea.
which terminated in idiocy. Five
children had congenital diseases. Two
OF the epileptlcs referred to were
themselves alcoholists, as result OF
hereditary transmission: the outbreak
OF their trouble was directly connected
with pronounced acute alcoholism and
was directly continuous with it,"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
THE CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Rev. Nj. Auer, of Portland, will hold
services at st. Joseph Catholic church
on Sunday, October 10Th, at $3.50 a. IN.
Prison Sunday will be observed next
Sunday evening at the Congregational
church with services appropriate to
the occasion.
Quarterly Meeting services were held
in the NJ +. church sunday, Presiding
Elder w. NJ. Puffer officiating, and the
attendance was very large.
Misses Minnie Foreman and Jenny
Lind attended the Sunday School con-
vention in Ionia as delegates from u c
Congregational Sunday School of this
city.
The j.. L. l.. will give a halloween
social at the home Of Mable Cole Mon
day evening, Oct. both. All friends Of
the Legion, over IA years OF age, cor
daily invited. Fee, five cents.
The ladies of the social circle post
poned their l0-cent tea to be held at
Mrs. E. b. Lapham's until Friday
afternoon OF this week, from to Z
O'Clock. Ladies and gentlemen in
vited
The ladies Of the Baptist society will
hold chrysanthemum sale Friday aud
Saturday, November IL and Is Chick
en- pie supper served Friday evening
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
our own.

General Otis, commander of the
American forces In the Philippines,
seems to be the right man for the place;
he will put up with no foolishness on
the part OF the Filipino insurgents.
Last week he returned "a refusal to the
request of the insurgents to send an
other peace commission, because the
suggested propositions of the Filipinos
are vague and unmilitary and because
no representative Of the so-called Fill.
Pine government can be received.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
A movement is on foot and has been

A movement is on foot and has been
for over year TO purchase the house
located at No. 239 Arch Street, Phila-
delphia, where the American flag was
born, and place IL in possession OF the
United States to be known rs the Flag
House. Betsy Ross designed and made
the flag and it is also proposed to
memorabilia her. Any person desiring
to see the Old Flag House saved and
Betsy Ross honored may become a
member of the american Flag House
and Betsy Ross Memorial Association
upon the payment of 10 cents, for which
they will receive beautiful certificate
OF membership, size INA, duly signed
by the officers of the association, and
bearing the seal and certificate num-
her. Upon these certificates in the
centre is artistically portrayed the
room in which Betsy Ross displayed
the first stars and stripes TO the com
mittee appointed by congress, consist
ing OF General Washington, Robert
Morris and Hon. George Ross. On the
left is an exterior picture Of the Old
Flag House as il stands today, while
on the right is the picture of the grave
OF Betsy Ross at Mt. Moriah cemetery.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

This administration has made it
clear that new contracts abroad and
new extensions of our sovereignty, do
not imply an abandonment of our old
policy Of keeping clear Of "entangling
alliances" 1t Is fair presumption
that president who holds to that in.
junction OF Washington will not in
dulge in the needless aud dangerous
pursuit of entangling interference with
IA quarrel in South Africa that is not
our own
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

My iellow-citizens, says President
Mckinley, the Philippines came to us
not of our seeking. None of US ever
dreamed when this war began that we
were to have either Porto Rico or the
Philippine Islands. We went To war
for civilization and for humanity. To
relieve our oppressed neighbors in
Cuba. | was one of those who held
back until the last moment, hoping
that war might be averted. | did not
want 10 involve my country in blood
shed But the war came and few of
those who wanted it most are now try
ing to shirll its responsibilities. Man
plans, but God Almighty executes.
We cannot avoid our responsibility.
There was no fault in the victory.
There must he no halt in upholding it,.
We have got the Philippines and our
flag is there.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

Fighting Joe Wheeler, who is now
in the Philippines, sums up the situa-
tion as follows: III am confident that
if we would withdraw our army now
Aguinaldo could not hold himself in
power without carrying on warfare
against other tribes, and This would
cause a constant warfare and turmoil
for years. OF course, there would be
looting of cities and selling and de-
struction of property, and the business
people and property holders would APP
ply to some strong government To re-
store order For US to withdraw our
army now would be criminal, and for
such an action we would be arraigned
and denounced by the civilized nations
of the earth"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

oysters Saturday evening. Every lady
member of church requested to donate
an apron for the apron sale Watch
for further notice.
Rev. A. O. Carman attended the
Ministerial and Lay Association of
Lansing District convention held at
Nermontville this week. He gave an
excellent talk Wednesday afternoon on
the best methods of raising money for
benevolences. The Association motto
for the year-"IIow to do our best for
Christ this wear -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
w. c. T. U. COLUMN.

do not believe the people In Egyp-
tian bondage were one half SO helpless
as those beneath the tyrant Alcohol.
In Egypt man was compelled to labor,
To make brick or do whatever his mas
ter wished; his body was at the mercy
OF his master, but his mind and his
heart were his own. Not SO with the
slave OF intemperance. His soul is SO
wrapt in darkness and sin that he can
not see or hope TO see the light OF an
other world.
And who was she that dared go
against the terrible king? Her prais-
es are and ever will be sung through
out the lands, and today we thank
heaven that Frances +. Willard not
only led hundreds out OF bondage but
that she enlisted multitude To fight
gloriously against the tyrant OF tyrants,
King Alcohol. But he is not the only
king that holds Gods people in bond
age. There is that old monster,
gambling, whose slaves are legion,
and he Is not only throwing out lines
TO the race tracks and pool rooms 10
secure men, but he is throwing out
lines to catch the idle boy. The prin
cipal one he uses for this purpose--the
one having the sharpest hooks call
ed "card party" How many OF Mich
igan's noble sons are being captured,
and what are the women, the sisters
aud the mothers doing TO save them ?
Look in the newspapers and see. They
are not only inviting them to their
homes TO play, but are playing with
them and encouraging them. Is this
elevating our young men or is it pre-
pairing them for the pool rooms ana
the gambling den
All the civilized world has recogniz
ed the power OF woman, and whether
this world becomes elevated or degrad-
ed in the coming century depends
almost entirely on woman.
In history we read of heroes, and we
find that our greatest were men. IL is
II greater honor to lift mems souls
nearer To God than TO he the greatest
conqueror that ever lived or the most
eloquent orator that ever moved the
hearts OF men TO tears or battle.
The question for each woman TO
answer is this; When the end shall
come will it be found that you have de-
graded aud enslaved man in sin or that
you have broken the chains OF bondage
and done what you could to usher in
the mllennial day ?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
A Million Voices

Proclaim the praises Of DR.. A. W..
Chase, the famous author and physi-
clan, whose family remedies are known
and used in nearly every home Of this
great American Union. Backaches
and kidney arrangements are fast dis
appearing before the triumphant vic
tories Of DR. A. w. Chase's Kidney
Liver Pills. One pill dose, rs cents
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
Startling Confessions

Show that 25 per cent. OF men and
women suffer the tortures Of itching
piles. Investigation proves that DR..
A. w. Chase's Ointment has never yet
failed TO cure itching piles, and all Of
these men and women could end their
sufferings at once by using it. Scores
OF thousands have been cured by this
treatment. Everybody can be cured in
the same way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
~ Saved Her Life

Miss Mamie Smith, Middlesboro, KY,
writes:
My little sister had the Group very
bad. gave her several doses of
Foley's Honey and Tar and she was in
stantly relieved. 1t saved her life.
w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

uoII ought to know that when suffer.
HIII ing from any kidney trouble
wv that a safe, sure remedy is
Foley's Kidney Cure. Guaranteed or
money refunded. w. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

WANTED SEVERAL BRIGHT AND
w honest persons TO represent us as Man
ayers IN this and close by counties. Salary 300
year and expenses. Straight bona ide no
more no less salary. Position permanent
our references, any bank IN any town 10 is
mainly office work conducted az home Refer
ence Enclose selfaddressed stamped enve-
lope. The DOMINION COMPANY, Dept. = Chi
cagO
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26
A short Sad story

A Cold.
Neglect
Pneumonia.
Grief
Had Foley's Honey and Tar been
used this story would have had hap
pier ending. % and 30 cents.
w. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-26

Is Banner Salve. 1t gives immediate
relief and will soon effect cure. 25c.
w, |, Benedict
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
SERIOUS SITUATION
A General Uprising Expected in
Southern Russia.
DEVASTATED BY FAMINE
Fanatic Mohammdans Among the Tar
tars Have Stoned the Government
Officials They Are Unable
to Distribute Aid.

London, April 10.-The st. Petersburg
says:
"A very serious situation which has
recently developed in the province of
kasan. in Southeastern Russia, a terri
tory inhabited principally by Tartars,
is likely to result in a general uprising.
Famine ard typhus have long been de-
vastating the Volga. territory and cre-
ated such terrible havoc in that prov
ince that the government was compelled
to send aid, food and Red Cross sani-
tary agents.
Unfortunately. rumors We're circu-
that the representatives of the govern
nent really wanted to convert the Mo-
hammedans. A genuine religious panic
ensued and the government agents ev-
erywhere met with hostile reception,
being stoned and otherwise maltreated,
so that it became impossible to distrib-
ute the aid sent. The government is
now endeavoring to reassure the mis-
guided Tartars."
The government of Kason, which is
traversed by the Volga and Kama, has
"A population of 100000 souls. During
the sway of the Tartars of the Golden
Horde the province was, included with
the present Russian governments of
Viatka, Perm, Simbeersk and Penza, in
the kingdom Of Kasan. 1t was original
ly peopled by Firms, who were van
quished by the Tartars. In 1862 Ivan
Vassilievitch H., by the taking of the
city of Kasan, long celebrated for its
educational establishments and en-
trance of commerce between Siberia,
Bokhera and Southern Russia, destroy
ed the Tartar power and annexed the
territory to Russia.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
OUR CLUB WOMEN IN LONDON
American Organization Lately Started
in English Capital.

IN EhRllsn Oaplthl.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
A woman's club has lately been or
ganized in London by Americans.
The American club woman is not to
be subdued merely because she hap
pens to be somewhat far from the land
of her birth. The latest development
of the woman's club is the organization
founded by the women from this coun-
try who now live in London. The club
has been as carefully organized as If it
were in an American city, and rooms
have been engaged in one of the lead
ing London hotels. In order that the
women may see one another frequently
and not have time to lose interest, an
arrangement has been adopted by
which during nine months of every
year the club members will be certain
to meet once every four weeks. Then
a luncheon will be given. During the
late summer and at other times when
the members are not likely to be in
London the regular plan of meeting
will be abandoned The object of the
club Is to provide for American women
in London place of meeting similar
to those which exist there now for Eng
lish women. The American residents
Of London have enjoyed the privileges
of the women's clubs, but they have
come to feel that they would probably
enjoy themselves much more in club
that would be American as well as
limited exclusively to the use of women.
So the clubs quarters were engaged in
one of the largest London hotels, and
the extensive club life of London has
received another addition. The wom-
ems clubs Of New York have never
been so popular with the sex or so gen.
orally successful as those Of London.
The only effort made to establish one
of these organizations on an elaborate
basis failed. The club as an institution,
however, is far less necessary here than
It is abroad, whatever the particular
character of the organization may be.
That is shown by the greater number
of London's clubs. They may not be SO
elaborate or luxurious as New Yorks
organizations of the same kind, but
they are more numerous and are less
frequently in financial embarrass-
unnnt
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cepted invitations are Secretary of
State John Hay, who will speak upon
Newspaper Men and Newspaper Clubs
in England" Postmaster General
Smith, Colonel A. K. Mcclure and
Congressman Lemuel e. Quigg. Sena-
tors Chauncey M. Depew. Joseph r.
Hawley, Congressman Amos ]. Cum
mings and John Addison Porter, the
presidents private secretary, have sig
nified their intention to attend if pos
sible.
The social functions Of the convention
besides the banquet and steamboat
trip. which includes a dance and side
trips of interest to Newport News,
Hampton Roads and Fort Monroe, con-
template an old fashioned comm arS'
and electric park trolley rides. recep-
tions. lunches, theatrical parties and
dinner for the lady delegates and Visi-
tors at Hotel Rennert.
On Saturday the delegates and guests
will be taken to Washington by spe
cial train over the B. & O., and. after
calling upon the president, will be
shown over the capital city by Balti-
more journalists and their Washington
friends.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT.
He Has Found Happiness but Not Peace,
in Politics,

Chicago, April Ex-Governor Theodore
Roosevelt of New York, who is to be
the guest of honor at the Marquette
club at it's annual Appomatox day ban
quet tomorrow. arrived in Chicago this
afternoon. The train bearing the gov
ernor was met at the suburban station
of EngleWood by a reception commit
tee who were, however, lost in an i'm
mense and enthusiastic crowd that had
gathered. The governor was forced to
come to the platform of his car and say
a few words.
From the moment Governor Roosevelt
left his car at the Lake Shore depot
where he was met by an escort of eight
rough riders to the doors of his hotel
he was surrounded and followed by
crowds who cheered him every time he
moved and shook his hand till the gov
ernor was forced to desist from sheer
exhaustion. This evening Governor
Roosevelt was given a dinner at the
Union League club. Here again he was
given a warm welcome and in return
made a short speech.
A short time before Governor Roosa-
welt had dropped the remark that he
was a cog in a political machine him
self, but the sort of a cog that breaks
away when the machine does not go
right. In his speech he began by ad-
wishing the 70 men sitting around the
tables to stay out altogether rather
than cast Conscience votes.
Political life is just like the roof
tree of a house." he said. There is
happiness and peace in politics. I sup
pose l get as much happiness out of it
as anyone. but as for peace--'and the
governor paused. He also spoke sar-
castically of so-called 'reformers, -
whose agitation in many cases, he said,
helped to elect rogues. Governor Roose-
welt called them the "goo-goos' and de-
clared he had reached the point where
it hurt him to have such men identi-
fled with him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
MORE DREYFUS EVIDENCE.
Zurolinden Convinced the jew Is the Gull
prit.


prit.
Paris. April 9.-Continuing its pub
LEGATION of the evidence given befor.
the court OF cessation in the Dreyfus
case. the Figaro gives to-day the depo-
sitions of General Zuerinden. military
governor of Paris, and General Cha
nolne, formerly war minister. General
Zuerlinden deposed that when he en-
tered the cabinet last autumn he knew
nothing of the Dreyfus affair but the
suicide of Lieutenant Colonel Henry
provoked him to study the dossier,
which convinced him that Dreyfus was
justly condemned. The secret docu-
ments in the dosser proved, he de-
clared, that the traitor belonged to the
general staff. There was no malice in
the designation of the culprit, and,
therefore, the legend of the "Entrapped
Jew must be set aside.
General Zuerlinden proceeded to show
by technical details that the particu-
lars indicated in the bordereau We're
highly important to a foreign nation.
With reference to the phrase: Il am
going to the maneuvels.' in the border
eau, he said that the military students
were wont to attend the maneuvers,
but on August 81. 1894, the day to which
the phrase in the bordereau referred,
they did not attend. This fact. he said,
he regarded as having great bearing on
the discovery of the author of the bor-
dereau. He knew nothing, he asserted,
of the relations between ~onrte Ester
hazy, Lieutenant Colonel Henry and
Colonel Sanherr, or of the communica-
ton of secret documents to the court
martial in 1894, nor had he any knowl-
edge respecting the correctness of such
rumors. In concluding his evidence he
remarked that the whole army wished
the fullest light to be thrown upon the
affair
General Chanoine testified that he
had examined all the dossiers placed at
his disposal, and that these. in his
judgment, established the culpability of
Dreyfus. He also deposed that he had
spoken on the subject with many per
sons who were acquainted with the cir
cumstances of the trial in 1894.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10

IN gold dollars would not be a winning
issue eVlnces tender solicitude for
the laboring man. l might suggest tina
pimetaiilsm alarms you more than II
does the wage earners. 1t was not the
employees who were frightened at the
spectre OF free silver in 1896: neither did
the laporing men share your desire to
aod TO the privileges of the banks.
on Dec. 20, 1897, a year after the
election, the Federation of Labor adopt
ed the following resolutions:
resolved, That we declare our
selves most positively opposed to the
Gage financial bill recently introduced
in congress by the secretary of the
treasury. 1t is a measure that. if adopt
ed as law. will only the more firmly
rlVet the gold standard on the people of
the country and perpetuate its disas-
trous effects in every form.
Resolved, That we pronounce the
Gage Dill as an undisguised effort to
retire our greenbacks and all govern
ment paper money, with a view to the
substitution of national bank notes in
their stead and thus fasten the national
bank system for years upon the Ameri-
can people
I am not willing to believe that you
are more interested in the laboring men
than they are in themselves or that you
Know better than they what is good for
them. Yours truly.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-10
PARTICLES SMOKERS ,nHALE.
Millions of Atoms of Tobacco Taken Into
the Lungs

Millions of Atoms of Tobacco Taken Into
the Lungs.
Let every smoker digest these figures
If he can:
Every mouthful of smoke from a
cigar contains 1900, 0OO, 900 particles /:
from a pipe. 1,S00,O 900, and from a.
cigarette 2,9O0,000,000. A few hundred
millions of these particles remain in
the mouth and another odd thousand
millions or so are swallowed
OF course they are very small parti-
cles. You couldn't get so many mil
lions down il they were any consdera-
Die size. Suppose a man smokes 10
pipes of tobacco day-a very moder-
ate allowance-and that he takes, say,
30 whiffs at each pipe. That makes 300
whiffs.
In each Whit there Turk 1900 OOo, 900
particles, so that the average smoker
takes into his system something like
$4,000, 100000 particles every day of his
life, Sunday included. Is it surprising
that many smokers suffer from indiges-
tion? The wonder is that there are any
smokers alive.
Now, multiply those $40, ETC., particles
by 1865 and you will get the total for a
year--barring leap year. Then get the
particles together and measure them in
the concrete with a. yard measure and
you will find that moderate user of
tobacco will smoke street of houses
in 10 months!
These statements are based on figures
supplied by scientist, who, it is hard
" necessary to add, is not smoker.
He gives some other facts
The cake" in a bowl of pipe is, it
appears, composed of a real COAL as
good as any that is mined. 1t is formed
by the juices oozing under the high
temperature from the burning tobacco,
and would burn if subjected to suffi-
Gent heat.
Hygienically, strong tobacco is bet
ter than mild, for in smoke from the
mild varieties the tiny particles are far
more numerous and tend to dry up the
blood by absorbing large quantities of
moisture from the mouth and lungs.
1t has often been quoted that a grain
of nicotine administered all at once
would kill the strongest dog, and from
this have been argued it's terrible eff
fects on the body of human being.
While this statement is undoubtedly
true, 1t is somewhat misleading. In or
der to commit suicide by smoking the
dog would have to consume over 400
strong cigars, one right after the other
He could put himself out of the world
much easier by eating the boxes
A great deal of Misrepresentation ex-
lists as to what nicotine really is. 1t is
popularity supposed chat nicotine is the
brown fluid which may be sometimes
seen in the stem of the pipe, or the de-
post which can be left on handker-
chief by blowing a mouthful of smoke
through it.
Nicotine is nothing Of the sort 1t is
perfectly white in color, and Fortunate
ly for smokers it takes many pipefuls
to produce sufficient to cover a dime
Chicago Chronicle.