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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

Mrs. Bradley Stone has returned
from Marion, her daughter, Cora, with
her. Mr.. Stone, who is working there
had the misfortune to get one of his
legs and foot injured while hauling
load OF wood which laid him up several
weeks this winter.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Literary Exchange Club will be held
with Mrs. II. A. Lamb, Thursday,
April 20. All old members are urged
to be present and new members invited
to attend the closing meetings of the
year, to prepare for next years work.
To assist the lecture course commit
fee to balance the business end they
have engaged the Schubert SYM
phony Club and Ladies' Quartette, "a
first class company, for May IL. Sim
gle admission 30 cents; to season ticket
holders Is cents, reserved seats 10 cents.
Our own interests are bound up in
those of our friends, our town, our city.
our nation, our race, and he who most
fully realizes this, and most conscien-
tiously work for it, is the truest bene-
factor OF the community, and will gen.
orally be one Of the happiest members
Elk.
81 hold that no man deserves to be
crowned with honor whose life is a
failure. He, who only lives to eat and
drink and accumulate money is fail
ure. The world Is no better for him
having lived in it. He never wiped a
tear from sad face; never kindled a
fire on a frozen hearth. | repeat with
emphasis that he is failure. There is
no flesh in his heart. He worships no
God, but silver and gold. Cicero.
1t is no discredit to a man to have
enemies and opposition. Many men
hesitate to take any course that will
call forth the opposition of any person
because they don't want to have enc
mics. The world is full of envious
people. Some people hate man be-
cause he is successful in business or oc-
cupies prominent place in a commu-
nifty. The world has no luminosity to-
ward the quiet citizen who offends no
one or gets in anybody's way. 1t is
the live men with push and energy,
who incur enmity. Every man who
is fearless in the discharge of obliga-
tions in any station of life has enemies.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

"See'st thou good days? Prepare for
evil times; no summer but hath its
winter. He never reaped. comfort in
adversely that sowed it not in pros
perity. -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

Helen A. Newman has the largest
Assortment of sailors and walking hats
IA Belding, besides large variety OF
trimmed goods.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

j. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo-, conductor on
electric street car line, writes that his
little daughter was very low with Group
and her life saved after all physicians
had failed, only by using One Minute
Cough Cure. w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

Wealth, after all, is relative thing
since he that has little and wants less
is richer that he who has much and
wants more.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13
VOICE CULTURE.

Miss Beatrice Hamper, teacher OF
voice culture. Studio at Mrs. II. 5.
Campbell's Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

Busy Bee Cough Honey will ease
your cough at once. 10 and % cents at
Benedict's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

Taking the average depth of the
ocean to be three miles, there would
be a layer of salt go feet deep if the
water should evaporate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13
FOR SALE.

Cheap and on easy terms. House
and lot on South Broas ST.
MATTE YOUNG.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

'Give me liver regulator and | can
regulate the world" said genius.
The druggist handed him bottle OF
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the fam
Gus little pills. W. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

The oldest university in the world is
FL Ayhar at Cairo. 1t is the greatest
Mohammedan university, having clear
records dating back nearly 900 years.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Callas for sale at the green house.
Ethel Hagadorn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

you had better not go boating with
Ada" said Tommy TO his sisters
fiance. why not, Tommy?"' "Cause
heard her say she Intended to throw
you overheard soon. Tit Bits.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

A good team, harness and wagon for
sale cheap for cash. Inquire of f. "A.
Palmer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13
THE CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

Rev. Gorrell Quick has accepted the
passionate OF the Baptist church and
will occupy his pulpit next Sunday
morning and evening.
Rev. VIM. Ewing OF Lansing, oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional church Sunday evening and
gave an interesting address.
Mrs. Bushert's division of the Nj. f..
Ladies' Aid Society, assisted by the
Epworth League, will give warm
sugar social at the home of Mrs.
Bushert on BrOas street next Wednes-
day evening, April 10. Bill 10 cents.
Everyone cordially invited.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

A good lot, we'll located, for sale.
FRANK WILLARD.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

For quick remedy and one that is
perfectly safe for children let US recon-
mend One Minute Cough Cure. 1t is
excellent for Group, hoarseness, tick
ling in the throat and coughs. w. |.
Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

For frost bites, burns, INDECENT sores,
eczema. skin disease, anu especially
piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
stands first and best. Look out for dis
honest people who try to initiate and
counterfeit it. It's their endorsement
OF a good article. Worthless goods
are not initiated. Get DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve.. w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-13

81" he started to say, have always
had an idea"
~ know it," she interrupted; "why
don't you take day off some time and
try to scare up another one'"-Chicago
News
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22
RETREAT OF BOERS
BECAME A ROUT

LONDON. Oct a.-The early dis
patches regarding yesterdays battle near
Dundee conveyed the impression that the
whole affair was over in a couple of
hours, the British artillery silencing the
Boer guns and infantry and then simply
charging right over the hill. According
to the later advices, however, the battle
lasted eight hours, and nearly seven
hours elapsed before the last Boer gun
was put out of action. The Irish Fusi-
liers and Kings Rifles meanwhile had
advanced to the assault and We're shoot
ing their way UP the hill, driving the
Beers back from shelter to shelter until
the final rush of the British carried them
to the summit. A curious fact was that
several times a IuIl occurred in the firing
on both sides, the British infantry ap-
parently taking a breathing space in the
stiff climb, and the Beers also holding
back their fire.
The magnificent practice of the British
guns was an immense help, and the sue
cess of the assault was greatly due
thereto. Once the British bayonets
showed on the top of the kopje the Beers
retreated, and when on reaching the
other side they found a British battery
and cavalry outflanking them the re-
treat became a rout, The British guns
followed, and, unlimbering from time to
time, threw shells into the flying foe. A
heavy rain began falling during the after
noon, which naturally impeded artillery
operations. 1t was a coincidence that
yesterday was the anniversary Of a sim
liar feat of British arms in India, when
the Gordon Highlanders stormed the
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22
ENGLISH VERSION OF
FIRST DUNDEE BATTLE

LONDON, Oct. H.-A correspondent in
Glencoe camp sends the following dis
patch under date of October 20, morning:
'Daybreak disclosed the Dutch all
around Dundee. As soon as they were in
position on the hill behind Vetersmfth S
house, where they posted a cannon, rifle
fire began generally and to wake up they
put several shots and shells slap into the
camp, causing a speedy evacuation of the
tents and forming up of all the ranks
outside the camp. Our guns were soon in
action and replied with telling effect
The whizzing of the shots as they passed
over our heads had music in it; yet, be-
yond a natural lodging of heads their
effect was not disastrous.
so effective was our artillery fire that
in ten minutes the guns of the Beers were
all silenced. L could see from nv position
how telling it was l could see members
Of the staff going about their duties as
coolly as If the whole thing was q sham
battle. As soon as the Boer fire slack
ened our artillery, which had been beauti-
fully served, trotted into town and posted
themselves. They soon compelled the enc
my to retire, but yet they appeared like
so many bees in groups at every place of
vantage which skirted the town, while
others were driven toward the coal fields
Our guns continued to play on Smiths
Hill, where beautiful practice was made
As the shells burst the Dutchmen could
be seen scampering for cover. While our
guns We're so engaged the Hussars de-
ployed on the left flank. Soon the can
nonading ceased, and after five minutes
sharp work all was over. This may be
put down as the first battle of Dundee
THE battle was soon renewed with
great vigor. AT 1880 a message arrived
telling the camp that 5000 Beers are
marching on us with the intention of at
tacking our rear. A heavy mist which
caps the surrounding hill obscures their
approach and they may be upon US any
hour. The only casualties known on our
side are the wounding of a trumpeter and
a drummer in the Sixty-ninth Battery"
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22
PATHETIC SCENES
OUTSIDE WAR OFFICE

LONDON, Oct H-Outside the War
ONCE the scenes were pathetic enough
yesterday, when the news OF the battle
Of Glencoe-it is officially called the bat
tie of Dundee-got circulated, but to-day
they were infinitely more so. Anxiety
and feverish excitement were plainly de-
picted on the faces of the crowd All day
long, from an early hour in the morning
the throngs eagerly waited. When bit
by bit the list was posted on the green
baize board, how eagerly the names were
scanned. When perhaps the list of casu-
alties in one corps was complete, mingled
with the wailings and sobs of grief Of
stricken mothers and young girls was
the lightsome laughter Of others whose
boys were not among the slain or wound
ed. 1t was a heart-wringing scene.
When announcements were made of the
casualties among the gallant King s
Rifles, who suffered so terribly in their
grand charge up Dundee HILL the inten-
sity Of grief displayed was pathetic
Among the rich and poor, the proud
aristocrat and Londons humblest citi-
zens, there are many broken hearts to-
night. And this is only the beginning.
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seem to have taken pattern by that
doughty American, General Otis, in send
ing out bulletins of victory in which he
kills off seven times as many Fflipinos as
the whole insurgent army contains,
though he does not dare to go beyond the
close vicinity of Manila"
The press censorship instituted in Natal
is characterized as worse than Russian"
The Government, however, is determined
to preserve its neutrality. DR.. Leyds. the
representative of the Transvaal in Eu-
rope was on the point of coming to Ber-
lin this week TO make an attempt to infu-
ence Germany's policy. He notified Count
Won Bulow, the German Minister of For
eign Affairs, who, after comforting with
the Emperor on Tuesday, telegraphed to
Dr. Leyds hint that a visit just now
would be slightly embarrassing and that
his purpose would certainly not be fur
thered by it,
It is another question, however, whether
this attitude of strict neutrality is wise.
A member of the Russian Embassy said
to the Associated Press correspondent:
The steps for the preservation of peace
undertaken by Russia are likely to mis-
carry because Germany just now adheres
to her Anglophile policy. Germany's at
titude alone made Mr.. Chamberlain's bold
advance possible. Germany is in a meas
ure responsible for the prospective subjec-
ton of the Transvaal. She is on the point
Of earning substantial rewards from Eng
land, and not only in Africa, but these
gains will not counterbalance the losses
she will sustain elsewhere because of her
aid to England. 1t will be Germany's do
ing if England soon becomes all-powerful
in Africa and Germany will be the first to
feel the consequences.
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"GREED AND HUNGER
FOR LAND AND GOLD"
Unpleasant Comment Of the Germans
on the War Waged by England
in South Africa.
Copyrighted. 1899. by the Associated Pres.

BERLIN, Oct. 21-The German press is
Just as unanimously anti-British in the
Transvaal war as It was anti-American in
the war between the United States and
Spain. Even the liberal papers, although
politically and commercially they have all
along sought and found an ideal in Eng
land, now strongly disapprove of Eng
lands procedure in varied but never com
plmentary utterance. The speakers in
the British Parliament are characterized
as "hypocritical." and the British people
and Government are described as de
voured by land hunger" and 'for greed
for Transvaal gold.'
The Kreuz Zeitung says: THE peace
conference at The Hague accomplished at
least something; for, still more than the
verdict given by that international tri-
bunal, the unanimous opinion of the whole
world is against the English proceeding
which is due to mammon worship alone
Everywhere the verdict is that greed and
hunger for land and gold do not yet confer
the right to go to war
The Frankfurter Zeitung says: THE
specious phrase, England is compelled TO
begin war because the Beers will not
grant the same rights to the Outlanders
as to the burghers, is repeated over and
over again. 1t has been used by the En-
glish poet laureate. by Ministers in Parlia-
ment and by the press, but that does not
make the phrase true"
To the complaint of the English press
that the entire press of Germany sides
with the Beers, the Deutsche Tage Zei-
tung replies: quite so. We all wish and
hope that England may meet with de-
feat; and this quite aside from our sym
pathies with the Beers. The whole of
Germany thinks as we do"
The Lokal AnzeigeT says: The English
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22
BRITISH COST OF THE
CAPTURE OF DUNDEE HILL

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needless alarm, said Colonel Denby
"but 1 am forced to admit that there is
cause for some apprehension as to the
fate of the Senator. 1t would not be well
to say at this time that the transport is
lost, for that would perhaps cause need
less anguish to the friends and relatives
of those aboard it; but it is we'll the
meager truth we know should be made
public
The date of sailing from Yokohama was
set for October 6, but in the meantime
word was received from the Manila OBJ
servatory that a typhoon was moving
northward and would pass near the Japa-
nese coast. Many OF the American colony
urged the captain not to sail the Senator
out of port that date, but he told them to
put away their fears and he slipped his
moorings and set out for home The fol-
lowing day the Empress of Japan sailed
out of Yokohama for Vancouver with
Colonel DENLY and Professor Worcester
aboard. They left the Japanese port at
sunrise, and before sundown they were
being tossed by the rim of the typhoon.
The Empress Of Japan shifted its course
and ran from the typhoon-
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later-anyway, before Buffers corps takes
the field-return to the field with re-
doubled aggressiveness in a desperate at
tempt to break the backbone of General
Whites forces, having previously en-
deavored to weaken it by feint and flank
movements. Such supposition regarding
Boer plans is based upon the belief that
COmmandant General Joubert's main OBJ
jective is to break UP OF rout General
Whites command before the British rein
forcements arrive. But it is possible the
willy Boer general has carefully concealed
a strategy which he intends to carry out
in an unexpected direction and that the
attack upon General White on Friday was
merely intended to deceive the British as
to the main objective. Reliable news from
the Beers is so hard to secure in London
that it is impossible TO predict with any
degree OF certainty what the next few
weeks are likely to bring forth.
1t is said that the plans of Sir Redvers
Butler, subject to finding on his arrival
that the complexion of the campaign is
not entirely changed, are TO have four
divisions, each little army in itself and
each capable Of meeting the full strength
of the Beers. AS his forces will exceed
100 men, this IS regarded as feasible
With three armies he intends to invade
the Transvaal from different points, pos
sibly leading the principal force through
the Free State, sending the others to up
hold Natal. Military opinion is inclined to
favor a single line of operations unless
the invader has a tremendous preponder-
ance of strength. Although few are will
ing to criticize General Buffers admitted
military genius without knowledge of in
formation on which he has based his esti-
nation of the Beers strength, there is
growing feeling that the war will event
ually resolve itself into guerrilla cam
paign, and many references are made in
this connection to the state of the Ameri-
can forces in the Philippines.
Several Englishmen who have lived
among the Beers, but are now in Eng
land, assert that the Beers will never
stick 70 their artillery, and there is a
unanimous feeling among those who know
the Transvaal and its inhabitants that
the Boer artillery will cut only small
figure after the first month. The explana-
ton Of this IS two-fold In the first place,
most Of the Beers are unaccustomed to
fighting according to the methods re-
quired in conjunction with heavy artillery
and, secondly, most of them are armed
with the rife only. Comparatively few
have bayonets, revolvers or swords and
it IS a military impossibility for men to
stand up against a cavalry charge unless
they possess some arm in addition to the
rife. Hence the only alternative when
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22
WRECkAGE SEEN IN
A TYPHOON'S WAKE
Disquieting News Of an Ocean Dis
aSter in the Course Taken by
the Transport Senator.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 21.-The transport
Senator, having on board the Fifty-first
Iowa Volunteers and other soldiers to the
number of 100, should reach San Fran
cisco within two or three days unless it
suffered serious accident in the typhoon
which struck it soon after it left Yoko-
hama on October 6.
News of disquieting sort is brought by
Colonel Charles DENLY and Professor
Dean Worcester, the remaining members
of the Philippine commission, who are re-
turning post haste to Washington.
These men saw wreckage in the swell of
the typhoon that crossed the track of the
Senator. They saw the glowering storm
and were caught in the edge of it. Their
own boat, the Empress of Japan, a ship
accounted far stancher than the Senator.
suffered damage from the half-spent force
Of its gale. The sailors said they believed
the Senator was in the midst of the ty-
phoon.
The next day a lifeboat and a spar were
seen floating on the frothy sea over
which the typhoon had swept.
II should certainly not wish to cause
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22

7 CNDON, Oct 1.-THE stirring devel-
opaents of the week form a vivid
contrast TO that wearisome period Of
procrastination and suspense which
preceded the outbreak Of the war, though
Parliament has quickly and dramatically
s.rcuoued the momentous action Of the
Cabinet. The first battle worthy of the
name has been fought, and an army
corps. Eugland's military effort in this
century. is now on the way, bent upon
administering an eternal quietus TO South
African unrest.
The thrilling scene in the House Of
Commons OF a member of the Cabinet
making an impassioned defense Of his own
honesty against the imputauon OF delib-
erately involving England in war; the
far-reacntng significance Of the indma-
rfur by the cautious Prime Minister that
Eugland's rule throughout the whole Of
south Africa must be absolute. and many
other striking points in an epoch-making
week have been almost entirely Obscured
by the overwhelming interest of the
sharp. meager bulletins bearing date at
IaGysmith that tell OF victory and Of how
many died 10 gain il. Historians may dis
miss as insignificant the military opera
rious which have so far marked the prog
ress Of the war: but for the people of
England these and those OF the immediate
future have transcontinentaI Importance.
Glencoe and Ladysmith irresisIbly
Tivet national attention: and when the
average BritIsher Iauds the pluck that
won Fridays battle and still keeps the
flag flying over Mafeking, he reverts TO
the universal query, What Will White do
rext?'
Sir Redvers Butler. last weeks idol, has
almost passed out OF the popular mind.
although that general, despite the fact
that he is in midocean and unaware Of
what befeu the Beers at Glencoe, appears
10 be the main factor in the situation.
The Associated Press is reliably informed
that his last act before leaving was 10
cable Sir Stewart White forbidding any
British advance pending the arrival Of
the army corps.
Ii is understood IN army circles that
General White believed himself quite
strong enough TO advance through Laings
Neck. sir Redvers Buller's prohibition if
carried out. resolves all prognostication
into the simple statement that upon the
extent Of Boer aggressiveness depends
the number and nature of the engage
merts that are TO mark the next months
fighting.
Probably the Boer movement was
curbed by the defeat at Glencoe, but it
seems reasonable to believe, judging from
the determination and fanaticism of the
Tecr forces, that they will, sooner or
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22

cold steel threatens is to desert the guns.
1t is not believed that the Beers will
suffer so much by the loss of artillery as
might at first be thought. Unencumbered
by guns they regain that mobility which,
in the previous war, proved such a thorn
in the side Of the English organized
troops.
A splendid instance Of the spontaneous
cooperation of the army and the navy is
given in the action of Captain Lambton,
commanding the British first-class pro-
tected cruiser Powerful, while on the way
to the Cape Calling at Mauritius, he
found a line regiment that has been or
dered to Durham unable TO leave for want
of a transport. Without waiting instruc-
tons he embarked the whole regiment on
board the Powerful and landed them at
Cape Town, making an extra quick
passage for their benefit.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22
ANXIETY FOR THE
EIGHTEENTH HUSSARS

LONDON, Oct. 2L-The War Office is
still besieged tonight by anxious in
quiries, but the officials have no further
news from Glencoe. Some anxiety is be-
ginning to be felt for the Eighteenth
Hussars. whose return from their pursuit
Of the Beers has not yet been officially
notified to the War Office.
Lady Symons has heard that her bus-
band was slightly better
Reliable news from South Africa is
meager, the wires being overloaded with
official dispatches.
The latest advices from Cape Town
show that all was well at Kimberley on
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22

Thursday. A small body of Beers ap-
preached Kimberley on Wednesday, and
Major Chamier made a sortie with a re-
connoitering party and some guns on
board an armored train. After a few
shots had been exchanged the burghers
fed precipitately There We're no casual
ties on the British side.
The police garrisons Of fourteen streams
and towns have arrived at Kimberley
Everything tends to confirm the statement
that Colonel Baden-PoweH temporarily
worsted the Beers at Mafeking, and it ap-
pears true that upward of 800 wounded
Beers have arrived at Johannesburg.