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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

In speaking Of the possibility Of an
alliance between Peru, Bolivia and the
Argentine Republic, with a view to war
with Chile, an American, who has
lived in Chile for number Of years.
says Peru and Bolivia know very
well that they cannot whip Chile, and
the outcome of war, in the event OF
the alliance l have named, would be
the same. The Chileans can and will
fight. We can put $4,000 men in the
field, for 10 per cent Of the population
can be counted upon in the event OF
war. We have ample modern arms
and / have no fear as to the outcome
Should the Queen of England decide
against Peru in the boundary arbiJra-
ton, war may result, though ! am OF
the opinion that it can be avoided"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16
Fifteen Dead-Grade Crossing Ac,

Fifteen persons were instantly
killed and II others, several of whom
will die, were seriously injured in a
grade crossing accident three miles
east of Slatington. Pa. on the night of
the 18th, by IA passenger train on the
Lehigh & New England railway crash
ing into an omnibus containing 20 per-
sons. All the dead and injured were
in the omnibus, and but three escaped
uninjured. The occupants of the om-
nibus were returning home from a
funeral, when the train, a special con-
sisting of an engine and one car,
crashed into it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16
More Cheap Excursions to Colorado.

Special Trains, one night out to Dem
yer, Colorado Springs and Pueblo via
the Great Rock Island Route, will leave
Chicago August q, Sept. 4 and IS, at
4:45 p. m. On these dates excursion
tickets from Chicago to Denver. Col
orado Springs, Pueblo, Glenwood
Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden,
Utah, will be sold at rate Of one reg
ular fare plus $500 for round trip. re-
turn limit Oct. 81, 1900. Tickets also
good on regular trains. For full in
formation, berth reservations and
beautiful book Colorado the Magnif-
cent" sent free. address
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. p. A. Chicago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

Lord Curzon has just sanctioned a
considerable outlay on an expert
mental indiarubber plantation near tho
Tenasserim coast No fewer than TO-
600 acres are to be thus cultivated, and
carefully framed estimates show that
when the trees reach maturity the
plantation should yield handsome
profits.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

A Mauser bullet entered the brain Of
jeremiah O'Leary, British soldier, at
the battle of Colenso An expert sur
geon removed the bullet, and with it a
small portion of the mans brain. Since
then his memory Is slightly impaired,
and he detests the taste Of beer, al
though he had been very fond of it
previous to receiving the wound.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

Order and method are the conjur-
ers by whose aid a man of very aver
age abilities may, If he chooses, Sc
cure to himself the blessing Of never
being hurried Only arrange properly
the quantum OF work which is to be
got through in day or week, or in
any fixed period, and small margin
over and above the bare space abso-
lutely needed for each part Of it, and
that margin will be available for the
chance distractions for which people
complain that they have no time.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

Competent authorities assert that
South America has greater undevel-
oped resources than any other portion
OF the world Any crop grown else
where can be duplicated there and the
country abounds in mines of coal, sill
yer and gold. most of which have been
only slightly developed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

Not long ago a young man in Port
land, Me-. bought an old army mus
ket to celebrate. A little later he was
giving the weapon an oyerhauling,
when he noticed some scratches on the
stock that looked like writing. After
giving the stock a good cleaning, II
was found that the scratches formed
the name Samuel II. Cannon" As
Sam" Cannon is one Of the Port
land G.. A. r. veterans whom every,
body knows. the young man was nat
urally very much surprised at finding
his name Oh the old gun. When the
musket was shown Mr.. Cannon he al
once recognized it as the one he had
returned to the government when hc
was mustered out Of service thirty
FIVE years or more ago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16
MICHIGAN.

Thin bamboo tubes are fastened 10
carrier pigeons In China to protect
them from birds of prey. When the
bird is in motion the action of the air
through the tubes causes a whlstling
sound, which alarms predaceous birds,
and keeps them at respectable dis
lance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

The state sanitary live stock com
mission IS making n determined effort
TO stamp out the swine plague or hog
cholera i'm this snate President Brown,
of the live stock commission, who was
in Lansing on the sth, asserted that
the disease has cost the farmers OF
Michigan hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars. the losses in a single township
often aggregating $1,000 or $4,000
While there is no recognized cure for
the disease it is the opinion OF the COM
mission that 10y intelligent restriction
and the employment of sanitary meth
DDS the ravages of the disease may be
prevented to a great extent. The COM
mission has therefore secured an allow
ance from the state board of auditors
for the purpose OF printing circulars
describing the disease, giving methods
of preventing infection, care of animals
and disiufection of premises. These
circulars will be placed in the hands OF
supervisors whose duties under the law
are to take every possible step to limit
the spread of the disease whenever
notified Of an outbreak.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

One size smaller after usingAllen's Foot
Ease, a powder. Ii makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All dru ggists and shoe stores,
CSC. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen ) Olmsted, lie Roy, Ny.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA,
Classics, Letters, Economics and History,
journalism, Art, Science, Pharmacy, Law,
Architecture.
Thorough Preparatory and Commercial
Courses. Ecclesiastical students Mt special rates.
Rooms Free. Junior or Senior Year. Collegiate
Courses. Rooms 10 Rent. moderate charges.
81. Edwards Hall, for BOYS under -
The 57th Year will open September 4th, 900
Catalogues Free. Address
REV. A. McRRISSEY. c. S G. President.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

The human race is but contest foi
dollars
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-16

A woman's part in life is self-sacri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-23
MASHONA CARGO RELEASED
British Are Ready to Pay the Owners
For It.

Washington. Feb. 2S-United States
Consul General Stowe, at Cape Town,
under date of today. cables the state
department as follows:
''Mashona food stuffs released. Gov
eminent buy. Consignors send invoices.
STOWE"
The Mashona was one of the three
vessels seized by British cruisers off
the east coast of Africa, laden with
food stuffs which it is supposed were
intended for the Beers.
Since Lord Salisbu-y's declaration
some weeks ago, to the effect that the
governemnt would not sustain the le-
gality of the seizures, the British au-
thorities have been endeavoring to as
certain the names of the owners and
value of the seized goods, with a view
to settlement, either by release or pur-
chase. A good deal of progress has
been made in this direction, and ac-
cording to the reports to the state de-
partment the American owners of the
goods have expressed perfect satisfac
ton with the settlements made by the
British government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-23
A DISMAL FAILURE.
Decentralization of "In His Steps" With
drawn From the Stage.

London, Feb. 23.-Julia Nelson, of
Beerbohm Trees company, is the latest
actress to essay a male Shakespearean
role. Some time. next month she will
appear as Romeo to Mrs. Trees
Juliet" in a benefit performance at
Her Majesty's theater.
There is considerable interest among
playgoers to know whether the popular
actress viii don tights, something she
has heretofore religiously avoided.
Ailsa Craig, Ellen Terry's daughter, is
designing the costumes for Lawrence
Irving's new play, soon to be produced
at the Adelphi.
1.-THE Better Life" a play written
around the characters in Rev. Charles
NJ. Sheldon's book In His Steps," has
ure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-23
WAS A GOOD INDIAN.
Chief Washable, Ever a Friend Of
the White Man, Passes Away.

Chicago, Feb. ga special to the
Tribune from Cheyenne, Wyo., says:
Wash-a-Kie, chief of the Eastern
Shoshone Indians, died in his tepee on
the Wind river reservation in central
Wyoming, last evening after lingering
illness of several months. He was SO
head of his tribe. He was ever the
friend of the white man and rendered
valuable aid to the early settlers of the
west. He was a devout Christian and
by his example and teachings, he
brought the Shoshones up to a high
standard Of intelligence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-23
To Preserve the Bonner Farm.

New York, Feb. 23.-The Bonner stock
farm at Tarrytown, N. Y, is not to
pass out Of existence, despite the sale Of
all the trotters and PAGERS which be-
longed to the late Robert Bonner except
Maud S. David Bonner will manage the
farm, where blooded horses will be bred.
The stations Highland Baron and Ba-
ron Review have been bought for the
stud
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-23
NAV Close Out a Railroad.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 23.-The Pitts
burg & Western railroad was today or
dered sold within thirty days unless
the corporation satisfies a big mort
gage held by the Mercantile Trust com
pany of New York. The company is
burdened with an indebtedness arising
from a bond issue to the amount Of
$4,322, 2S3.S9. part of which is overdue
and unpaid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-23
LEGAL.

first Published in the Topeka State
Journal February %, 1902
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-23

Charles Frohman is having play based
Adams
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
30 SoureIapd 9Ue., HtlaDea, Ga.

ing. 81 am Jesus's little lamb" and I
Know the Shepherd has gathered her into
His arms and tenderly folds her TO His
bosom-safe from all storms and all suf-
fering. He can care for our lambs far
better than We can. Take heart, poor,
sorrOwing mother. let Him ''doeth what
seems well I'm His sight"
A young girl once said. "It would weigh
me 20 the earth TO see all the unhappy
people and the wicked ones that l meet
II l could not pray for them. When I
see something unutterably depressing that
can't reach. the only way l can throw
of the burden OF it Is by thinking a quick
little prayer. After that 1 realize how IL
Is all I'm Gods hands,
How often 1 have felt i'm this way
there seems to come to me so much sor-
row and suffering day by day-we meet
grief everywhere. we long to help, but
feel how utterly powerless we are-we
cannot touch with words the sorrow OF
many broken hearts. Then what can we
do but take their burdens with our own.
and nut them ''all i'm Gods hands" then
leave them there? Many think they take
their grief TO God, but they do not leave
it-right from their knees they go ana
soon find they are not comforted-for
they have not left II in His bands. Re
member the promise. cast thy burden
upon the Lord. and lie will sustain thee"
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
EXCHANGE LIST.

Ruth Brown. Boyds Tank. Ala. has
Il emp-s: ari .nshine" TO exchange Tor
Lyton's Alice" OF any other go1i book
Mrs. ]. u. Robinson. No. $50 North Main
street, nanVille. Va, has peafowls To ex-
charge for leghorn. wyands tie or other
kinds n fowl Charles Reads works anu
rrany other nice bound books. Tor drawn
work, centcrpieces or anything useful
Write with stamp.
Mrs l.. X Robinson. Evansville, KEN
per county. Mississippi. has Goodies STU
DIV Of Medicine" "Dungheons Cyclope-
dia Of Practical Medicine" ID. Anbiger 3
History of the Reformation" for Lest Of
fer. Write with ST lmped envelope.
Mrs Kate Bowie, McCool. Miss. has
TcafOwls To exchange for pure bronze or
Holland turkeys.
Miss Matte Stevenson. Marion, Ala
have n light Drown. three stem hair braid,
- inches long. - exchange for something
OF equal value. Send sample of your
hair ana stamped envelope.
Mrs NJ l.. Darlington, Darlington,
Miss has collard seed To give To All VINO
" ll send a sclf-adircSsed stamped en-
Vsllp pc
Mrs. Minnie Cutler. Raymond $. g. has
saturday Evening Post To exchange Tor
little story books for children one month .
numbers for each book: also from Janu-
I will exchange for cali - scraps. white
hood suitahl. for a child two years old
To- exchange for longcloth or blue calico
Mrs. w X Cray. Band. Miss, has
lar-c roll II silk. satin and velvet scraps
with silk floss. all coiors. To exchange Tor
four yards Of nice quality OF black sateen
with white figure.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF DEN1IARK
from The Chrstian LIeraldl

He sleeps in tho yard of the museum
named after him. in a bank of flowers
the place selected by himself. But
whichever way YOU go in the city You
find something Thorwaldsenian. WhiIe
you worship in one Of the churches the
twelve apostles look down upon you
while they are wrapped In robes of mar
BILE that seem soft as velvet and gar
ments the curves and wrinkles of which
seem the work Of a clothier rather than
OF a sculptor. while the Countenances Of
the sacred twelve give expression 70
the courage or the caution or the wisdom
or the faith or the love which was sup
posed to be the apostolic characteristics
Indeed. the most of Tho-waldsen's later
works were consecrated 70 religion.
To me the most impressive Of all his
statuarv is his figure of Christ. II IS
gigantic in size but the alliance IF ton
derness and mower in the countenance of
our Lord and the outspread arms 81 in
vitation ANA the planting Of the foot with
infinite frmness proclaim him ready 20
wine tear or able u save 4 world. What
power in sCulptor's ohisel - preserve from
age TO age the heroes. the enancipators.
the rulers, tho orators. tine statesmen,
the mighty men and women Of the world.
In the streets or public squares Of al
the great capitals Of Europ- there are
riding ont of the past into the present.
Tho equestrian statue Of Peter the Great
IN Admiralty square St Peters burg IS
most remarkable: two sailors We're 50
impressed with Il that they resolved -
ascend II. and having been accustomed
10 climb the mast they quite easily
climbed this great statue. and ore Of
them seated himself on the bronze horse
before Peter the Great and the other be-
hind him. But this gallop of the heavens
was interfered with by the police who
considered Il q Dissertation for thes, sail
ors to attempt to ride with the famous
emperor. The offenders We're arrested
and tried and fined $40 roubles each. They
complained to tho court that the fines
We're excessive but the judge replied: IT
people ride with royalty they ought TO
expect to pay for the honor" In q more
sensible way than that employed b ythosa
sailors We an feel like expressing our adj
miraton for the sublime art OF sculpture
To US the sculptor's chisel means more
than the painters pencil Though 20
long this art of expression IN stone has
impressed the world IL VIII be about ths
last art to leave Il. Havin. looked into
the faces OF other centuries. II VIII look
into the face of the last century's exis-
tence. After most of the other arts have
persisted at the end Of the world. and the
painters canvas has crumbled in the last
conhagration. and the musicians harp
strings have broken under the lingering
Of the last fire. sculpture will still con-
front the ruin Of the earth, its Canoya and
Thorwaldsen statuary baptized in flames
ami the equestrians in stirrups OF bronze
and marble will ride their horses into the
red surges of a burning world.
II. DEWITT TALMAGE.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
SOWING for Seedsmhn.

North Georgia Citizen: Five hundred acres
planted for the seed is an unusua! sight. The
editor visited a farm in Gordon county the
past week thus employed. Think of twenty
five acres OF okra. acre OF egg plants, hun
dreds of acres devoted to watermelons, wheat
corn, tomatoes, mustard. potatoes. etc.
Situated eighteen miles northeast OF CAL
houn and thirty-four miles southeast Of Dali
ton, in Gordon county. Is the ,2oo-acre farm
Of Major Hurt, which is devoted 10 raising
seed for Americas greatest and best-Inown
soedsmenL Here you can ind the scientific
farming read so much Of in the farm Jour
nails. 1t is ideal spot, not only for a home
but for the purpose TO which II Is devoted.
To any farmer who wishes TO post himself rs
to the best method of scientific and intensive
farming. this place should be his mecca at
harvest time
Think of $4,000. 900 annually being spent
for garden and field seed. but such Is the
truth as we gathered from W. II. Vary. a sor-
in-law Of Major Hurt who. with Julian Hurt,
manage the big industry.
It's a pleasing sight to see and sounds very
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03

all parts OF the world. The home life of
this family IS an illustrious example to
all the domestic life of Denmark, as the
home life of his sister on the throne Of
Russia was an inspiring example 10 all
the homestcads of Russia.
The oldest daughter OF this princely
household is "a marvel OF beauty and
good sense, speaking English almost as
well as Danish. The younger daughter
excused herself for an afternoon horse
back ride, and on our way out through
the palace park we saw her riding under
the careful guardianship Of groom.
After conversation the whole group aC-
companied us In ramble through tho
royal gardens; amid trees themselves
monarChs and by fountains that had
crowns of rainbow and by flower beds
where queens of beauty reisned After
the ladies of our party had captured
all the prncely autographs they wished
to win, we left this brilliant home. But
the kindness of these royal folks dld
not cease when we descended the steps
for the lovely group of the palace stood
waving to us from the windows
as long as we We're In sight. so that the
warmth of the welcome was not more
marked than was the heartiness OF the
goodby.
We rode through a forest where royalty
ing and fearing nothing. as though they
knew we could not shoot. But what re-
gard for trees, Would that We had as
much of such reverence i'm America Alas
for the iconoclasm of the AK! How II
has defaced landscapes and deSpoled
climates i'm our own beloved land! But
here, In this royal park, they STAND u.l-
disturbed and honored by all who pass.
Vast umbragcousncss. with ailluence on
foliage in fun leaf, letting fau here ana
there a few yards OF sunshine 10 make
the scene more picturesque ami beWitch-
ing. Oh, the trees! No one but Almighty
God could make one-so graceful, so
strong. so uplifting, so suggestive. so
Grand. SO intermediate OF earth and
heaven. No wonder they have been cop
led In the pillars Of temples. for many
Of the cathedral pillars are only trees
I'm stone. Ave. this entire kings forest
I'm Denmark is a cathedral ages ago dedi-
Gated. and these bending branches are
the arches. and this fountain is the hap
tismal font, and the birds are the choriS-
tiers at mathis and Vespers. morning ana
evening, praising tho Lord, and when
shriu winds sweep through this forest
thov sound the soprano. and the roaring
thunders roll the bass In the grand march
of God In the storm. Style of a cathedral
buiIt by the Creator thousands of years
before the architects drew the plan for
ST. Paul's at London, or st. Peters ut
Rome, or St Marks at Venice, or st.
Sophia at ConstantinOple. or St. Isaac
Mt St Petersburg. We wonder not at
what George w. Morris. the great song
writer of America. told US in our boy
hood. He said he was seated in an
audience in New York city when great
vocalis twas rendering Morris's FAMOUS
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
PRACTICE VS.. PREACHING.

1T IS easy To sit in the sunshine
And talk TO the man in the shade"
Il is easy IL float in n well-trimmed boat.
And point out the places 20 wade.
But once we pass into the shadows
We murmur and fret and frown.
And our length from the bank. we shout
for plank.
or throw up our hands and go down
II is easy to st in your carriage
And counsel the man ON foot:
But get down and walk. and you'll change
your talk.
As you feel the peg in your boot.
IL IS easy 10 tell the tOiier
How best he can carry his pack
But M one can rate burdens weight
Until Il has bcen ON his back
The uD-curlel mouth Of pleasure
Can preach ~ sorrow's worth;
But give u a sin. and a wryer lip
W. never made un EARTH
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
PLANTERS DEATH AVENGED.
Negro Killed His Employer and Was
Shot to Pieces.

Rutherfordton, n. c.. August S.-(Spe-
ciaI. miles II. Flack, eX-state represent
ative. was shot and instantly killed at
hts plantation at o'clock this morning.
near Forest City, seven miles from here,
by his negro renter, Avery Mills. Mills
was quickly arrested and almost as quick
ly taken from the officers While on inc
way to jail, carried 100 yards from the
main road and riddled with bullets by a
mob of about twelve. though there were
fifty or more followers.
Flack and his son went to the farm
this morning to pull fodder. They were
halted by Mills, who said they had
threatened to shoot his wife about some
fruit being taken from the orchard.
Mills's Wife hearing the quarrel. brought
Mills a pistol and he deliberately shot
Flack. the ball entering just below the
heart Flack shot the negro with his
shotgun and broke il into pieces over
his head. Young F'lack took the pistol
and shot the negro in the hip but not
seriously iniuring him. Flack died in
one hour and with the negro and wife the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03
DIR. TALMAGE WRITES OF
VISIT TO COPENHAGEN

song, "Woodman. Spare that Tree ana
an aged man in the audience was so
wrought upon by the ballad that he rose,
and with tears rolling down his cheeks
cried out: "Will the singer who mas
Just sung that song please to tell us
whether the woodman did spare that
tree?"
It is remarkable that Copenhagen seems
yet presided over by Thorwaldens spirit
although that greatest sculptor or MS
time dropped dead in the theater OF TINS
city more than half century ago.
Though born here. compare
lively small part of his life
was passed in this Danish capital
His father a carver Of figureheads for
ships, the immortal son began with such
cuttings in wood and kept on until for
all ages to come he carved in stone the
figures of day and night and the seasons
and Adonis and Ganymedes and Mercury
and the Graces and five hundred speci-
mems of sculpture. When he returned
from Rome. where he chose to study
and work for the most of his artist
life, not only Copenhagen, but the ma
ton. joined in procession to welcome him