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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
HOW 1T HAPPENED

feet, and when she took her needed
rest l was fretful and uneasy until her
return.
After the removal of the bandages,
when / was eonvalescent, awoke from
slumber one day and saw a woman
with silvery white hair and CARRIED In
the habillments OF a nurse-save the
eap-standing by the window with
her back toward me. / was angry and
made an imperative request for my
own nurse. She turned and came
quickly TO me- | saw the same beauti-
full face. the lovely eyes, the sweet
smile of the nurse | had learned to
love so we'll | touched the glistening
coronct now uncovered by a cap and
asked the meaning of it.
Ten years ago. she replied, my
father, my mother, my brother, and
myself were taking a pleasure trip on
the lake. A terrible storm arose, the
vessel was wrecked, and nearly all on
board persisted | saw my loved ones
swept away from me. alone was
spared. They brought me here to the
hospital in dying condition and
nursed me to life, and through the long
Illness caused by fright. exposure, and
grief. When | arose from my bed my
hair had turned white. have remain
ed here since that time, and probably
snail remain during life"
| told her what was true, that
couldn't live away from her; that
would need care during the term Of
my natural life, and begged her to
come with me and be my nurse. That
is how it happened that am now a
Benedict
Drop in and see us, old fellow; my
wife viii be pleased to welcome you.-
Chicago Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

How it happened You have heard
that Jim Drury met his wife when he
was attending college down in the
southern part of the state. She was the
only child of wealthy lumberman liv-
ing near Ludington. He was not a
city-bred man, had lived for years on
the outskirts, owned large tract Of
timber land, and had plenty OF the
ready"
The young people became attracted
and concluded TO cast their lots to-
gether for veal or woe. Accordingly
Jim wrote the old man asking for his
daughter. who slipped a little pleasing
note inside the letter from herself
She was the apple of the old mans
eye.
He replied that he could refuse moth
ing which would add to his daughters
happiness; that jim might have her on
condition that he made his abode with
him. He wrote: There amt darne
bit o. use of your liftin your hand.
I've plenty of timber. and there's lots
of hungry Burgers thatll be glad to get
it ready for market"
/ couldn't attend the wedding but |
received an invitation from Jim and
his bride that was to be to come up in
the hunting season every year; | would
be ever welcome.
Jim had been married five. years
when | received letter from him re-
newing the invitation and begging me
to come SO | picked UP my traps and
started for Ludngton. When nearing
that place the train was wrecked, and
fortunately-alth l considered ii
unfortunate at the time-I was among
the injured who were taken to the hos
pital.
! bitterly bemoaned my fate. ! was
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

40 years old, had travelled all over the
world, and this was the first time that
| had ever met with an accident; and
to have ii happen in that Godforsaken
hole was too much. had some broken
bones and was badly cut about the
head. l was in full possession of my
senses when we reached the hospital,
so l requested room and nurse, and
paid what was required. After that the
fever seized me.
| just remember seeing a white-cap-
ped, white-aproned, sweet little body
enter the room, and felt that she was
making herself generally useful by ar
ranging my pillows, bathing my head
as best she could, and attending to my
numerous wants. | was suffering ter
ribly and was cross in consequence.
Once | lifted my eyes and looked
into the sweetest face and met the SYM
pathetic gaze of a pair of the most ex-
pressiye, lovely gray eyes that l had
ever seen. They haunted me in my de-
lirium.
Although they found it necessary to
bandage my eyes, | soon learned the
touch of my nurses hand, the lightest
whisper she lisped, the soft tread of her
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
Treasures in vatican Crypts.

The congress for Christian archaeo-
logy winch recently hell is session at
Rome ass petitioner tie pope 20 open
the crypts Of the Vatican TO scientific
reseaI ches. Below he Basilica OF ST.
Peter here are long rows Of galleries
and q subterranean church, all con-
tanning valuable treasures. There are
hidden the large granite tomb of En-
peror Otto IL. and numerous statues OF
bishops, as we'll as many works of art,
many of which are from the master
hands of Ghiberti and Mino da Fie-
sole. All these Italian treasures have
hitherto been inaccessible not only to
the public in general but even to schol-
airs and Wolfgang Voltz. in
Chicago Record.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
Thor Inst Meeting.

An Afrikander by the name of Fry
boorg and an English miner named
Gorton struck up a great friendship in
johannesburg. When the South Afri-
can war broke out each enlisted on his
own side. Gorton joined the Imperial
Light Horse He did not see his friend
again until the last action at Glands
laagte There in the midst of a charge
they met face to face. Hello, Cor
ton" shouted the Johannesburger.
Then, as his friend stood up from be-
hind cover to see who called him, he
shot him through the heart. Later.
when Fryboorg was taken prisoner, he
threw himself over his friends body
and burst into tears.-Collier's Week
"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
The British
Lion.

There has never been a time since
the close of the Napoleonic wars
when the military resources of Great
Britain were more sorely taxed than
today. Her hands are full in Africa,
where two wars occupy her attention;
a spirit of unrest is sweeping over In
dia. the vast population OF which she
rules by disunion, while the Chinese
horror looms up CHASTITY and horrible,
menacing Christian civilization itself.
She entered upon the war with. the
Beers as though the campaign was TO
be a picnic True she had made ex-
tensive preparations; but not one man
in a million in England doubted that
20 900 men would be able to settle the
issue. But the first few weeks OF the
campaign taught a different lesson.
Disaster after disaster followed Brit
ish arms from the Modder to the
Tugela. and the country was forced
TO equip and send to the front a larger
army than England ever before as
sembled. The picnic had become a
tragedy. and the tragedy goes on.
Butler was to have eaten his Christ
mas dinner in Pretoria as a victor. He
came nearer to eating it in the Boer
capital as a prisoner. Up to the present
over $4,000 British soldiers have been
killed, wounded, captured or invalided
home-a costly price TO pay.
Nor is the end yet Every soldier
now in South Africa is needed there,
and last week ii was reported that
Lord Roberts was calling for re-
endorsements. Not only are the re-
publics not pacined; they are not con-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

quered. The Beers are still in the
field in the Free State and in the
Transvaal and the British command
ers find most difficult the task of pur-
suing the enemy that melts away one
day like a mist and re-appears the
next day as a thunder cloud
While England's immense army Or
iginally 100000 strong, is thus occu-
pied in South Africa, another war has
been forced upon her on the west coast
OF the Dark Continent, where the
Ashantis are in revolt. This, while
only small affair, necessitates more
military outlay.
And while Great Britain is thus en-
gagged in one quarter of the world a
crisis, in which she is deeply con-
cerned, has sprung up in another. At
a time when her best interests demand
that she should be free to deal with
the Chinese situation, she finds her
hands fully occupied elsewhere. As
Lord Salisbury said in a recent
speech, the lions teeth are now in
South Africa.
This concept of the situation of
Great Britain is admirably portrayed
by the Saturday Globe cartoonist He
depicts the British lion in an attitude
of mingled rage and uncertainty, with
the Beers jabbing him behind; the
Asnantis advancing from another
quarter. while in front a Chinese Box
er waves a barred sword, daring the
king of beasts TO conflict Well may
England regret, in view of the Chi
nese horror, the fatLous policy that
led her TO war with the Beers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
TRANSvAAL WAR ITEMS.

The escape of DeWet after the elab-
crate dispositions made TO surround
him is humilating TO the English
generals and has done some damage to
another great reputation, that Of Lord
Kitchener. Lord Roberts sent Kitch-
ener TO take complete control of the
operations which were TO end in corn
ering DeWet Generals Methuen, Ian
Hamilton and Smith Dorrien were CO.
operating with him, as well as Broad
woods cavalry brigade, SO that there
must have been some 30, 900 troops en-.
deavoring TO intercept the 1000
mounted men who form DeWet's fol-
lowing After being bouyed up for
weeks with the hopes that this SUI
perbly led flying column would be en-
vironed, the British public are not at
all pleased TO hear that DeWet has
got clear away again and has out
marched both Methuen and Kitchener
and is heading north to join Command
ant Delarey, who has taken possession
of Hustenberg and seems to be practi
cally master of the country almost up
to Mafelling. AS To the future, it
seems that the operations may now be
chiefly confined to two distinct quart
ers. DeWet and Delarey have wide
spaces of western Transvaal and the
Bechuanaland frontier To roam over,
and the British hold on these districts,
which were supposed TO be subjugated,
is extremely precarious, as the Beers
are probably gaining recruits as they
go along.
Lord Robertss proclamation, after
reciting the fact that many have
broken the oath TO maintain neutral
ity, and that the leniency extended to
the burghers is not appreciated, warns
all who break their oaths in the future
that they will be punished by death,
Imprisonment or fine. He declares
that all burghers in districts occupied
by the British, except those who take
the oath, will be regarded as prisoners
of war and transported, and that
buildings on farms where the enemy
or his scouts arc harborcd will be liable
TO be RACED.
Gen. Dewet has managed to elude
Gen. Kitchener, in spite of the fact
that all the British wagons had double
teams of picked animals The Beers
evadcd the British by marching at
night over grounds known to them,
while their pursuers were obliged to
march in the daytime
1t is reported that former President
Steyn, of the Transvaal, is dead. He
was suffering a severe wound and was
endeavoring to reach President Kru-
ger when he died.
A special cable dispatch from Della
goa bay says that according to Boer
reports there, Gen. DeWet has turned
on the British, defeated them and cap
tured 4 200 men.
1t is reported upon British authority
that President Kruger wants peace,
but that his fighting commandants in
sist upon continuing the way
Lord Roberts is TO be given the
position of general-in-chief to replace
Gen. Lord Wolseley, who retires in
October.
According to the 1900 census New
York has population of 2,o50,6O0, a
gain of 535, 200 in 10 years.
Lord Kitchener, after a forced march,
has relieved Col. Hoare and the British
garrison at Glands river.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
NEBRASKA
The LAND
OF PLENTY

wonder why it is that so many
men spend their days working hard
on rented farms, barely making
enough to get along, with no great
prospect ahead of owning their
own homes, when within a few
hours journey is a land of plenty
-Nebraska-where all kinds of
grain and fruit can be raised with
the least amount Of labor; where
cattle and hogs fed on corn bring
handsome profit; where the climate
is healthful and churches and
schools abound; where land is
cheap and can be bought on very
easy terms.
Think of this, and if you want
information about the country send
to me for "The Corn Belt" a
beautifully illustrated monthly
paper that tells all about Nebraska,
and also for "The West Nebraska
Grazing Country" an interesting
illustrated booklet containing a
large sectional map of Nebraska.
On the first and third Tuesdays
of each month during the balance
of this year cheap excursion
tickets will be sold over our road
to Nebraska, so that people may go
and see for themselves. Ask your
ticket agent about this.
p. S. EuSTis.
Cecil Psss'r ACT. c. q. q q. n. n.
CHICAGO. III.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
nIoo Reward sIoo.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 70
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure In all It's
stages, and that is Catarrh. nan 5 Catarrh
Cure IS the only positive cure now knowntO the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease requires CONSTITUTIONAL treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood ana mucous sur
faces OF the system. thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, andgiyingt the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
prietors have so much faith IN us curative
powers that they offer one Hundred Dollars for
any case that IL fails 10 cure SEND Tor list OF
Address +. j. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
Rn.t for the novels.

No matter what ails you, headache
to cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has G. c. c. stamped on it. Be-
ware OF limitations.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
Ladies' Can Wear shoes.

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All dru ygists and shoe stores,
ESQ. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen $. Olmsted. lie Roy, NY.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
At Deaf Mutes' Wedding.

At wedding at Hagerstown, Md,
last week, the bride, bridegroom, best
man and officiating clergyman were
all deaf and dumb. The bride, Miss
Alto May Louman, was graduated
from Gallaudet college, Washington,
in 1892 with the degree of B. Phi, she
being the first deaf woman in Ameri-
ca to receive a college degree
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

The buildings, printing presses and
all other apparatus, together with the
rights to publish the Harper period.
calls, formerly conducted by Harper
Bros, at New York, were sold on the
9th for 81 100 900.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

by an explosion of gas at the Atlanta
Refining Co. S works, at Philadelphia,
on the 10th, one man was killed and
five seriously injured, two of whom il
is thought will die.
a. G.. Bingamon killed his wife
and his son-in-law, James Bradley, and
then committed suicide at jamestown,
o., on the 18th. The tragedy was the
result of family troubles.
a deliberate attempt was made at
midnight on the 10th to burn and pill
lage the village of Smithfeld, Ill. Only
the combined efforts Of the l 500 inhab-
itants saved the place from destruction.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

first days Of DR.. Kine's Great Nerve kestorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
DR. X. ii. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

Neglect your hair and you lose IT, PARKRR's Hal
BALsAM renews the growth and color
HINDERcoENs, the best cure for corns' l5cts
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

Pisos Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II. 1900.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23
BA Sc BALL.

Below we submit the official standing OF the
OF the National and American leagues up
70 and including Monday. August goth:
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

The man who lives only TO amuse himself has
the hardest kind OF a task TO perform.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

When luck furnishes the music the dancers
are always numerous.
Some mems nautical experience is confined
10 hard-ships
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

Wise men may acquire much knowledge from
those who have none themselves.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

II there we're no fools in the world wisdom
would be at q discount.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

Baseball players; Golf Players; all players
chew Whites Yucatan whilst playing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

The landlord has an easier Job raising the
rent than the Tenant has.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

The beauty of a woman who paints
isn't even skin deep.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

The smaller a mans mind is the less he seems
TO know it.
The regulation price of liberty is $40 for 10
days.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

'Detroit--IIay. M. Timothy, sl2 % per ton.
Potatoes lNc per bu Live Poultry, spring
chickens sac psr 10: fowls &c. turkeys l0o;
ducks gt[c Eggs strictly rcSh. l3c per doZen
Butter. best dairy, lsc per 10; creamery 2lc.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

Misery is like marriageable young
lady; it loves company.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-08-23

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces I'm
fammation allays pain. wind collie 25c bottle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-26
TALKED OF JouNsoN's RECORD.
County Auditors Office Ral>ed by
Second Ward Democrats.

County Auditors Office RaI1ed by
Second Ward Democrats.
Voters of the Second ward got together
last night at the corner Of Third and
Commercial streets and listened to sew
eral of the Democratic nominees on the
county ticket. The speakers were
heartily applauded and made excellent
addresses, touching entirely on subjects
of vital interest to those assembled.
Among the principal speakers of the
evening were Peter Van Hoven, John b.
Irvine, Robert Hare and William Pres
ton.
The record of County Auditor Johnson
was taken up in detail and the hope ex-
pressed that Louis Betz might beat him
by a majority equal to that of Thomas
Kane in the county attorneyshtp, where
it is certain that man is shortly to be
installed who will bring that office up
to the standard at which it was left by
Pierce Butler.
1t was declared that the different ways
in which the Democratic ticket of county
officers was elected in the convention
from that in which the Republican slate
was made up by a few men at the
Windsor hotel and afterwards acquiesced
in by the convention was proof of which
party belonged to the people and was
run by the people and which party was
run by men Of money and for their
ends. Those men and their watered
stock propositions are afraid of Honest
John Lind and William J. Bryan"
The record of John Lind and his fights
on labor issues for the good Of the work
ing classes was commented upon and
warmly received by the audience
The Second warders turned out well
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-26
FIFTH 0F F|RENEN DEAD
ANDREW JOHNSON PASSED AWAY
YESTERDAY AT BETHESDA
HOSPITAL
FUNERAL OF PIPEMAN IRISH
1t Was Held Yesterday Afternoon
From the Family Residence
in st. Anthony
Park.

Death yesterday kindly alleviated the
sutferings of brave Andrew J. Johnson,
the fifth to succumb as the result of the
terrible disaster at the Minnesota Trans
fer fire Sunday morning.
The end to all appearances was pain
less, the state of coma which he sank
into Monday noon remaining until al
most the end. Relatives, with Miss
Emily Anderson of Igfehart street to
whom hewas shortly to have been mar
ried, gathered around his bed as the enl
drew near, but he failed to recognize any
of them.
Pathetic in the extreme was the condi-
ton of Miss Anderson, his fiancee. AL
most from the time he was taken from
the ruins she has been his constant at
tendant, literally refusing sleep and
nourishment, imbued with the hope that
he would live. When the end came her
paroXysm of grief was great and she
Swooned.
His married sister, Mrs. Charles Dahl
quist, of 426 Minnehaha street. was also
one of his constant attendants, and his
death smites her sorely
Yesterday afternoon the remains were
taken to Thoorsell & Thaungs under
taking rooms, where they will remain
utnil the funeral, which has been set for
Sunday afternoon. The funeral will be
under the auspices of the A. 0. U. w.
Commentary, knights of Malta. The
deceased was a member Of both of these
organizations.
Andrew j. Johnson, VINO was thirty
nine years of age, was appointed to the
fire department March 49, 1899 as driver
of Hook and Ladder Truck No. 6. May
IL, the same year, he was transferred
to fifth truckman of Hook and Ladder
No. 5. Sept. II he was promoted to En-
COC0n9TU n ip1 MY
and Sept. Is last he was promoted to
second pipeman of Engine Company
No. g.
The funeral will be from Thoorsen &
Thaung's, 327 East Seventh street, at
1:30 Sunday, followed by services at 2
o'clock at st. Sgfrids church, Eighth
and Locust streets.
He was born in Sweden, and his parents
are still alive in the old country He
has three married sisters, one living in
this city, one in Duluth, and the third in
Rush City. He was a member OF the
Ffremen's Relief association, and his
heirs will secure 800 insurance from
the association. His insurance in the
Workmen was for $1,000, and his father
is named as the beneficiary. There is
no insurance with the Knights of Malta
the order simply providing for the burial
The remains will be laid to rest in
Oakdale cemetery and the attendance
will, in all probability, be large The
pallbearers selected from the two lodges
are all firemen and are as follows:
William Shultz. Henry Kelly, John Hy-
mers, Ludwig Wagner, Andrew Larson,
Edward Low, Axel Harstad and Carl
Barck
The city and county officials and the
members Of the local fire department
as far as possible will attend in a body.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-26
OF THE CAMPAIGN IN RAMSEY COUNTY

Beissel, c. j. Weyl Dr. Arthur w. Mil
Ter, F. w. Baer. Philip Martin, John L..
Townley, ]. Z. Covington, P. D. O'Pha-
len, w. j. Preston and John B. Irvine. :.
Charles Mcdonald, who presided, in
calling the meeting to order, said:
''We meet this evening to discuss can
didates and issues in connection with
the ensuing election. The different sub
jects, l anticipate, will be ably handled
by the speakers who will follow me, so
I will not intrude upon your time ex-
cept to state one thing that l have in my
mind.
aside from the work of the next leg
islature passing upon new United
States senator, the other matter 1 would
refer to is the amendment of the general
election law. You all no doubt under
stand that the last legislature enacted
an amendment to the law granting to
counties of upward Of 100000 population
the right to nominate their candidates
on the respective party tickets by direct
vote Of the citizens, instead of through
the medium of delegates in conventions.
Now, to my mind, this is the most rad
zeal step forward to the ultimate per-
fecting of our election law, and 1 most
earnestly request that you insist upon
your legislative candidates publicly de-
claring himself to be in favor of having
this law extended so as to cover at least
Ramsey county, but the further it may
go in this direction the better"