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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
NEW SMOKELESS POWDER.
Invented by AN American and Is Said
TO Be the Best.

Ansil Moffat, young man or this
city, who is known among his friends
as genius in the direction of chemis-
try has perfected a new smokeless
powder. the secret of which he and his
friend j. Richard Francis have kept
quiet for a long time, says the Indian
apolis Journal. For nearly four years
Mr.. AIoffat has worked in bis labora
tory and in the field with the new eX-
plosive, and as result OF the outcome
as well as the tests made according TO
the government regulations, com
pany was Incorporated here with
capital stock of $4,000, most of the
capital coming from outside the city.
Ansll Moffat, inventor OF the new
explosive, said of it: Il have conf
dence in its immediate success. It's
chief characteristics are safety OF
manufacture aud use. All the extreme
dangers of powder are eliminated by
this process and explosions Of powder
will be a thing of the past. 1t Is wet
process and the finished powder may
be stored in water indefinitely with
out deterioration. 1t has stood all or
the usual government tests. 1t makes
the least smoke of all the smokeless
powders. BY comparative tests, II
shows wonderful projectile power, yet
owing To its peculiar nature, ii may be
used in shotgun with the same safe
ty as black powder. Less than one
! half the quantity in weight is neces-
sary for load. One feature is that 1t
can be used in all the old-style gun
! shells. Our explosive will start new
era in mining. When exploded in
mine ii leaves SO little smoke aud alb
! solutely no poisonous fumes that the
miner is enabled To Immediately re-
sumo work. Thus from 10 to 20 per
cent of mining time will be saved.
"'Azo' contains no nitroglycerin. as
| dynamite does. In using dynamite the
! greater number of accidents occur
warming or 'thawing IL out. 'AZo' eX-
plodes frozen as well as warm. Al
though 'AZo contains no nitroglycerin,
IL. for any purpose. an explosive of eX-
treme violence is necessary, we can
run il up TO a power - per cent great
or than that of pure nitroglycerine.
The mining interests of the west will
be supplied from local factories loca-
ted at convenient places. For mining
purposes we can compete with the
cheapest grades of explosives. For pro-
jectile purposes We will enter the mar
ket with a better smokeless powder
than any now sold. and at a price OF
ordinary black powder. The first
western plant will be located at or
| near BoZeman. Mont"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
Mnrp,n's Rinemen.

The rifle corps which Morgan form
ed from marksmen from the. whole
army is usually referred to as "Mor-
gan's Virginians." but, as a matter of
fact, two-thirds of them were Penn
sylyanians. including a considerable
number of Pennsylvania Germans.
One of the latter, Mr.. Lauk, who
was with Morgan from the beginning
to the end 81 the war, was the last
survivor of the corps. Once, when
Morgan was asked which race of
those composing the American armies
made the best soldiers. he replied: AS
for the fighting part OF the matter. the
men of all races are pretty much alike.
They fight as much rs they find neces-
sary, and no more. But, sir. for the
grand essential in the composition of
n good soldier. give me the 'Dutchman'
he starves well."-Harper's Maya
zine
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
Coy Reauties of the Nirer

Lieut.. Hourst of the French navy
has published "A lively personal mar
rative OF his recent explorations in
West Africa. says the New York Her
aid With four white companions. he
pluckily sailed down the Niger river
in an aluminium sailing boat of about
seven feet beam, managing to carry
her and her smaller consorts, manned
by friendly natives, the wholes dis
lance from Timbuctoo past Say and
Bussa, 10 the sea, without serious acct
dent or loss of life.
Being a Frenchman. the most anus
ing parts of his book are depoted to
descriptions of the Negritian ladies.
whom he studied along the river
banks. He was not captivated by their
beauty. Indeed, he compares them to
Durham oxen, or negresses who, like
Englishwomen. when they are ugly at
all, are really reyoltingly ugly" The
corpulent matrons of the Niger eagerly
clad themselves in yards upon yards
Of cheap Paris velveteen. but there
We're girls of more slender make.
whose sole attempt at dressing was
staining their legs to the knee with
rocou or red dye. (which gives them
the appearance at distance of wear
ing nothing but light red stockings"
The gay lieutenant confesses that he
was as confused as a shy Engllshman
at the unwonted sight, but one OF the
red-legged beauties. noticing his EN-
barrassment. remarked very sensibly,
Are we SO badly made that we need
hide ourselves? All In good time
When we are old like our mothers we
will wear clothes" This frank ex-
PLANTATION seems. somewhat unaccount-
ably. to have put the visitor at his
ease.
The men folk likewise have their
amusing traits. A declaration Of war
was one day brought To the lieuten-
ants boat. While ii was being trans
lated NJ. Hourst covertly watched the
ambassador After delivering his mes
sage he had prudently sought refuge
behind piece of rock, but finding that
no notice was taken of him. he peeped
out first with one eye, then with both
eyes, and finally ventured into the
open with the plaintive interrogatory:
us there any hope of my getting a
pair of breeches?'
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
TO INSURE
PURE BLOOD
Keep the Kidneys and Liver
Healthy, Active and Vigor-
Gus by Using
Or. A. w. CHASE'S
K,ONEY-llVER PILLS.

Nature makes an extra effort in the
spring TO ria the blood of its impurities,
and the filters Of the blood-the kidneys
and liver-sre called upon to perform an
enormous amount of labor.
As a result, they become tired and ex-
hausted, aud there are backaches, side
aches, hea,laches, and pains in the
shoulders and limbs. Digestion Is de-
ranged, ard the languid, exhausted feel
ings of spring cause misery to the body.
There is only one means of making
the blood pure, and that is through th3
kidneys and iver-the filters of th2
blood. BY acting directly on these
delicate organs, DIR. Chase's Kidney
Liver Pills purify the blood as no other
preparation was ever known TO do
Mr.. Vim. l.. Maurey, Scottsville, N.
Y, writes Liver complaint and i'm
pure blood we're the bane of my life for
years. Ny face was covered with
pimples an blotches, and | could get
nothing 10 help me until tried DR.. "A.
". C.ases Kidney Liver Pills. My
skin is now clear, and / consider these
pills invaluable as a remedy for cousti-
potion, liver complaint and impure
blood As a kidney medicine they are
par excellence. and shall recommend
them to my friends. 4"
ID. Chss 5 Kidney-Liver Pills, one
pill dose. Is cents box, at all dealers,
or by mail on receipt OF price, by DR..
A. w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, NY.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
Mindnws Mad. of Shells

Among the various and curious OBJ
jects brought from Manila by some of
our returning soldiers. none excite
more interest than the delicate, plate
like shells called conchas; not only be
cause they belong to the usually unat-
tractive and rough-shelled oyster fam
lily. but from the fact that shells serve
as windows in many of the buildings
in the Philippines, says Our Animal
Friends.
The shell is nearly round. about four
inches in diameter. compressed. and SO
than that il is nearly transparent In
appearance the interior of the shell
resembles isinglass, with opaleScent
tints, the exterior being slightly rough.
The animal is so exceedingly Hat that
when the valves are closed they ap-
parently touch. This is probably the
same species of mollusk which is
known in China as the Chinese win
dow oyster. and which is used for
windows. lanterns and similar pur-
poses. These ingenious people also
powder the shell. which they use for
silver in their water colors.
The better class of houses in Manila
have window frames which slide in
grooves, SO as TO be opened or closed as
desired. and in these are set the con
chas, which often the bright tropical
sun rays. As a further protection
against light and heat. blinds are used
which run in the grooves with the win
dows The governors palace, which
was rebuilt about POO years ago, has
for windows the same sliding frames
set with many panes of the window
oyster.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

Confirmed drunkards are shamed In
to reformation in many of the towns
of the Argentine Republic by being
compelled 10 sweep the streets for
eight days each time they are arrest
ed for intoxication. Aud there is
more corrective force ia the plan than
In all the temperance homilies that
have been spoken or written.-Ogle
County Reporter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
All That Allied Him.

80. Absalom!" walled Mrs. Rambo.
"You've been drinking again, after all
your promises"
"Nanshy. m'dear," replied Mr.. Ram
DO. "only had one llll drinksh. Felrr
tol' me 4 I'd eat raw onion take
whisky off'm breath. 'Smatter 18th
me is | EFT too many raw onionsh-
can't Won SHEEP
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
water Consumption in London.

Every year the people of London
drink 1I5,0O0.000 gallons OF water and
1913, 100000 gallons Of ale. 1t has been
estimated that If this latter beverage
were placed I'm four and one-half gal
Ion casks and the casks placed end to
end the line would be long enough to
extend more than a third of the way
around the earth at the equator.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
Secrets of Maple Sugar Making.

There is a demand for good. clean
corncobs. and it won't be long until
genuine maple sirup will be on the
market. Il is said that the only diff
ference between "corncob maple" and
the genuine is the cob variety is gen
orally the sweetest.-Carlock Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
John sherman's Ghost.

Spirituallsts are much exercised over
the report of seance at New York at
which the spirit of John Sherman,
whose death was falsely reported In
the newspapers. was made to appear
while he was still alive.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

The largest tree in the eastern hem
isphere, If not in the world, is a mon
ster chestnut standing at the foot OF
Mount Etna. The circumference of
the main trunk at sixty feet from the
prnnnd is 212 feet.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

A great pipe has just been made for
President Kruger by Dublin firm.
The bowl is of the finest brier root.
the stem of cut vulcanite. and the case
N leather lined with chamois. ON
the front of the bowl the Transyaal
arms are carved.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
An Irritating Phrase.

"Are you seriously ill?" asked the
well meaning friend.
"Oh. no" answered the dyspeptic
with n Earring, sarcastic laugh. Il
hurt all over and don't care whether
I'm not seriously i'll. I'm jocosely,
tiippantly aud farcically ill. I'm going
through all the symptoms, but don't
mean one of them" Washington
Star.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
THIEF NOT GRATEFUL.

Evangelist Moody, during a recent
revival meeting in San Francisco,
made an impassioned appeal to his
hearers in behalf Of thieves and Grim
inals, exorting his audience to lend a
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

The French government is attempt
ing to raise revenue by letting out the
backs Of match boxes. which arc a
state monopoly. 10 outside advertisers
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

II people didn't have to work they
would have more time to get tired of
doing noting.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

helping hand to such unfortunates.
While he was speaking thief stole
the evangelist's overcoat from its rest
ing place in the church study and also
annexed several other coats and UNI
brellas. a kindly woman in the con
gregation lent Mr.. Moody u shawl to
wear home in lieu of the coat which IA
representative of the class for which
he had so eloquently pleaded was
probably then wearing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

II volunteers were called for 20 pay
the bill war would never be declared.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03
sure indicator.

Eyes. can always tell" said Rivers.
how our baseball club is playing.
without looking at the sporting col
umns of the papers. When II has won
n game. Brooks talks the whole fore
noon the next day about its being the
best club in the country, and when IL
loses a game he Is as still as mouse. :
II man Is his own worst enemy he
has a natural.born fool to take care Of.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

If marriage is a mistake, ii is at least
one man doesn't make every day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-03

eS! she look Ihe DottIe and WaIk-
ed TO the door. You are sure now
that it won't injure her BRAIN she said
again, her hand ON the knob.
Quite sure l said. And | hope
your friend will be pleased with it, L
called after her as she went cut into
the street. a broad smile on her coun-
tenance and her friends bottle of hair
dye tucked securely under her arm.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

DMr. Bryan asserts that leaders
die. but principles do not" True.
Many of the leaders Of the republican
party have passed over, bHt the grand
old organization still lives.-St. Louis
Star.
Gy.A free trade paper argues that the
vast growth in our foreign commerce
is not healthful 1t is ma'ady, at all
events, that all the other countries are
trying to oatch.-St. Louis GIobe-Dem-
ocrat
GyMr. Bryan is making suspicious
number OF speeches protesting that the
silver issue Is not dead. lie never
thought il necessary TO make one such
speech in 1S06.-Louisville Courier
Journal (Dem.).
|The American people were never
so united and so cordial oN any great
proposition as they are to-day on ex-
pansion. II is what they want above
all else. If submitted to a popular vote
there would not be enough anti-expan-
sionists to cast shadow.-Saginaw
(Mich.) Courier-IIerald.
w. ne more the ueInOCTa rats dtteinpt
TO get together and agres on a policy
of opposition to expansion, the more
they disagree. There is wisdom enough
left in the party TO perceive the sui
cidal folly of committing II TO an un-
patriotic and reactio7ary course.
Whether wisdom is in to majority re-
mains to be seen.-Troy Times.
rIThe Kansas City Times deserts
Bryan and hoists for its presidential
candidate in 1900 Senator Cockrell, ian
old-fashioned democrat, who stood for
what the Chicago platform contains
long before that platform was promul-
gated" In other words, the Times
hoists Cockrell as a man who is affiict-
ed with permanent political insanity,
as against the men who ''lost their
beads" at the Chicago convention Of
1s96.--Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-04
REPUBLICAN GAINS.
Strength Nearly Doubled I'm the Min.
Ing states within the Last
Two Years.

The mining group of states is usually
Montana and Idaho. Colorado, Nevada
and Utah are silver states. Montana ex-
ceeds all others in the product Of cop
per, and Idaho ranks second among the
states in the product of lead. The re-
lation of minerals TO one another under
modern methods of mining is such that
the production of one metal goes hand
in hand necessarily with that of anoth-
or, and as u consequence both Idaho
and Montana have large silver prod
ucts. All five of these states in the st.
Louis republican convention OF 1896
were favorable to the consideration OF
silver plank in Difference to their local
interests, and in them there was
formidable revolt of the silver repub-
Leans, ms they call themselves. In that
convention the votes of these five states
were east solidly against the platform
adopted, and on the balloting for pres
ident the Colorado delegates, the Idaho
delegates and some of the Nevada,
Utah and Montana delegates refused to
participate, withdrawing to take part
In the silver republican convention,
which Endorsed the nomination Of Bry-
an and Sewall. In che election succeed
ing Bryan carried Colorado by $4,000
majority; Idaho by 10000 in total
vote of less than 10000; Nevada by $500
in total vote of 10000; Montana by
80 900 In total vote of $4,000, and Utah
by plurality of $1,000 in total of
10000.
These five states, under such condi-
tons, did not furnish very encourage
ing outlook for the republican party at
succeeding elections, the first detection
of populists from the republicans hav-
ing been followed by subsequent and
larger detection Of republicans to the
silver republican party, the votes of
which made possible the large majori-
ties in the presidential election of 1896.
Though without influence upon the re-
suit of the presidential election of 1896,
these five states have ten of the United
States senator's, besides six representa-
tives in congress in the lower house.
The obstacles to republican success in
them seemed two years ago to be al
most insurmountable, but the republic
ans, adhering to determination to re-
gain the ground which they had lost,
set themselves about the task of re-
storing their broken column by recoy-
ering former supporters or gaining
new recruits. In Colorado there was,
in 1897, an election for judicial Office
only. k Idaho there was no contest.
In Montana there was no election in
1891; neither was there one in Nevada
or Utah. The republicans had therefore
two years to recover lost ground, and
how well they did ii is to be seen in the
following table of votes in these five
states, comparing the republican vote
in each in the presidential election
with that cast for the republican can
didate for the head OF the state ticket
I'm 1S0S.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-04
No Trouble In Raising FUNDS.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 26.-Much en-
thusiasm was manifested Wednesday
night at the second meeting of the com
mittee having in charge raising Of sub
scriptions for Detroit's bicentenary
celebration to be held in 1901. The fact
that Buffalo has had an earlier start
and has secured heavier subscriptions
for her exposition planned for the
same year, stimulated the civic pride
OF those present, and the subscriptions
at the first meeting, were increased,
Wednesday evening to $207,s00. The
largest subscription was $4,000. the
next largest $4,000.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-04
THE MODEL BOY.

Once on time there lived lad, who loved
his books and rule,
And wept all through vacation cause there
wasn't any school,
Who liked to dress up" Sundays and 10
wash his hands and face,
And said he'd rather be in church than any
other place:
Who loved his Sunday-school book tales
of Patient Crippled Jane"
And hated trashy stories like THE Scalper
of the Plain
Who, when his comrades came,
To bid him join their game.
Would tease his folks TO let him stay al
home and bring in wood
Or let him weed the garden. for he'd rath-
err If he could
When Christmas came. the presents that
he wished for most, were those
Called "useful"-such as ties and gloves
and handkerchiefs and clothes;
He screamed with disappointment II they
gave him toys, tits said,
And on the morning OF the "Fourth' he
asked to lie abed
He loathed ice cream and lemonade ana
candy, tarts and cake,
But castor oil and rhubarb he deliberately
would take,
While jelly, jam and pie.
He'd pass in horror by:
And when to town there CHANGED 10 come
circus or a show,
He always ran away and hid for rear ne G
have to go.
So. In my youth. when had been particu'
larry bad,
My parents or my grandma used to tell me
of this lad,
And since I've older grown, / find tina
nearly every boy
Has had this model child" held up to pes
ter and annoy.
If you should ask me where he lives,
really do not know:
Perhaps in Iceland. India. or beside the
Hoang-Ho,
) But this Is safe to say.
'Tis' not in the u. s. A:
And though I've never met him, and am
not expecting to,
I've had him preached to me so much, IL
kill him when l do.
Joe Lincoln, In l.. A. W. Bulletin
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-04
SENATOR GRAY ON M'KINLEY.
A Handsome Tribute to the President
from Democratic
Statesman.

Some democrats have snecred at
and reviled the president. They have
not been as bitter and malignant, how
ever, as the mugwumps. They declare
of Mckinley that there is no good in
him" Some of them call him feeble
"pliant instrument" in the hands of
holder men. Others charge him with
pursuing knowingly and voluntarily n
course fatal to the liberties of the re.
public" When any republican defendt
the president they call him a time.
server, natterer who hopes to be re-
warded In pleasing contrast to all
this abuse is the statement concerning
the president made by Senator Gray in
his remarks at Wilmington few days
ago. He was one Of the commissioners
who negotiated the treaty of Paris.
That brought him into close relations
with the president. AS result of his
intimate knowledge of the man he says:
"I belong to a different political party. but
/ should be false to my sense of justice and
to that pride which feel as an American II
did not declare my confidence In the patri-
otism and purity OF purpose of William Nc
Kinley. lie Is no usurper of power. no
stranger to American institutions, but one
OF the American people, called to his high
Office by their suffrages. and 1t would be
strange indeed II he did not share to- the
fullest extent in the love of our constitution
and the principles that underlie It,"
This is handsomely said. 1t is true.
When the dust and smoke of the pres
ent conflict over the Philippines have
cleared away and that question fus
ceased to be ''in politics" nearly Ill
men will admit cheerfully the cautien.
wisdom and prudence displayed by the
president in dealing with the issues
arising out Of the var with Spain. lie
has moved too slowly TO please some
at the time. He has moved too rapidly
to please those who did not want him
to move at all. The final verdict will
be that he advanced thoughtfully and
judiciously, keeping even pace with the
wishes Of the people, waiting only to
learn their will and then executing it
when he found out what it was.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-04
THE STOCKMEN.
Their Convention Mt Denver COM
pIetes IT'S Work-To Meet Next
In Fort worth, Tex.

Denver, Col, Jan. 2S.-The national
live stock convention finished its bust
ness and adjourned Friday. John W.
Springer, Of Denver, was elected presi-
Gebt. Fort Worth, Tex, was chosen as
the location for the convention next
year. Resolutions were adopted as fol-
lows:
Indorsing the work OF the agricultural
department in the grass and forage inves-
tisation and urging that $4,000 be appro-
priated by the government to carry on the
work; instructing President Springer to
ask President Mckinley to issue an execu-
tive order giving the cattle of the United
States preference in the Cuban trade. as a
benefit no less to the Cubans than to the
Americans, and to urge congress to take
similar action when laws are made for the
government of Cuba.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-04
Carnegie's Conditioned GIFT.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 80. = Andrew
Carnegie has offered TO donate 100000
for a library building for the State col
lege at Bellefonte, providing the
state will appropriate $4,000 annually
for the maintenance of the library and
museum to be connected with it. The
trustees Of the State college have APP
pointed committee to present me-
mortal to the Legislature setting forth
MIR. Carnegie's offer and urging the ne
cessity for such building.