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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24
A TALK ON CHAIRS.

Chairs are a common article OF
household furniture, and how neces-
sary they are; a dwelling house with
out chairs would be barren and un-
pleasant place, 1t wouldn't be a bit
homelike and the inconvenience occa-
sionally would be simply awful. Kitch-
en- chairs, DINING room chairs, parlor
chairs and few odd easy rockers ar
ranged in good taste in different rooms
are indispensable to CHEEKY and COM
Portable home.
The famous Morris chair placed in
the parlor or sitting room would lend
an air OF comfort and a thing OF JOY
forever.
To the tired and exhausted mother,
when she has a few moments respite
from toll, or the fatigued father home
from his days labor at noon or night
fell comfortable, easy seat is one of
the greatest blessings OF life and gives
sweet and peaceful rest. At the new
furniture store OF Lapham q Dewitt,
furniture dealers and undertakers, OPP
posite Hotel Bedding may be found a
full assortment at prices within reach
of all
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24
SEALED BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that the City
Clerk will receive sealed bids for con-
structing abutments for the bridge to
be erected on Bridge street across the
outlet of Che pond known as Cannon
Pond, said bids to be In accordance
with the specifications now on file in
my office. Said bids to filed with me
before 7:30 p. m, June LIST, 1900, each
bid to be accompanied by bond to
the amount OF $500 TO insure the faith
full performance OF the terms and spec
ifications and subject TO the approval
of the Common Council; the Common
Council reserving the right TO reject
any and all bids.
GEO. w. MoULToN, City Clerk.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24
NOTICE.

The legislature OF this state has
deemed it advisable to pass a law TO
prohibit citizens from engaging in Sc
cular pursuits on Sunday. This law
reads in substance as follows:
mo person shall keep open his shop,
warehouse, or workhouse, or shall do
any manner of labor, business, or
work, y = on the first day of the
week. The foregoing provisions shall
not apply to works OF necessity and
charity.
Every person so offending shall be
punished by fine not exceeding ten
dollars for each offense."
1t is believed by those interested in
the movement to bring about obser-
vance of said law that forcible means
will be unnecessarily for each and every
one engaged in violating said law will
certainly conform to it after this notice
of its existence.
All those violating said law are here
by notified to discontinue. Com.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24

Something OF sensation was Great
ed In political circles last week by the
announcement that Judge Morse OF
Ionia and Hon. r. A. Montgomery OF
Lansing, two very prominent men In
this state, had deserted Democracy.
Judge Morse states his position In an
open letter as follows: II am opposed
to Is to /. Shall not vote Tor Bryan,
no matter what the platform Is, be-
cause he still insists upon the heresy
being made a part-and prominent
one-of the democratic creed. In my
opinion he is dangerous man to the
best interests of the country. Not only
financially but in other respects. |
shall oppose any man for congress who
is In favor OF 10 to |. And any candi-
date for the legislature, although my
dearest friend, who will support ID
to man for United States senator.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24


Moved by Aid Barker seconded by Aid.
Avery that the bill OF H. l.. VanBenschoten be
referred back for an itemized statement, which
motion prevailed. Yeas, Aid Morse, Barker,
Avery jersey Curtis, Fisher-6 Nays, none
Moved by Aid Fisher. seconded by Aid. Jer
sey that the following report OF the Purchasing
Committee be accepted, which motion prevailed
Yeas, Aid. Morse, Barker, Avery, Jersey Curtis
Flsher-6 Nays, none
Bedding, May 1s, 1900
Mr.. Chairman-Your committee on purchas
ing have to report that they have made ar
engagements with with Wilson & Co. for tile for
ensuing year at as per cent. discount from the
list and 20 per cent. on all special orders.
w. Il. FISHER,
JAS. AVERY,
A. MORSE,
Committee
Moved by Aid. Avery, seconded by Aid. Jer-
sey that the following report OF the Street Com
mittee be accepted and adopted, which motion
prevailed. Yeas Aid Morse, Barker, Avery
Jersey, Curtis Fisher 8. Nays none.
Bedding. Mich, May rs, 1900
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council:
Your Street Committees beg leave 10 report
that IL is their Judgment that the way to bridge
the place known as Cannon Pond will be TO
build suitable abutments and place thereon
iron beams for the road bed and TO place gas
pipe railing on the side. ALVIN MORSE,
JAS AVERY,
WIN. e. FISHER,
Committee
Moved by Aid. Morse, seconded by Aid.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24

The supervisors are busy closing up
their rolls and getting ready for the
Board OF Review sessions, which will
be next Monday and Tuesday. Just
how much the total assessment OF the
city will be raised seems to be an un-
certainty as yet Some think 1T will
be doubled, but that is very unlikely.
The average raise on real estate prob
ably will be about 25 per cent. and per-
sonal property in many cases doubled,
thrilled and even more. Also much
personal will be assessed this year
which has heretofore escaped. The
increase undoubtedly will be 90 per
cent. or more. The city council will OF
course take this increase into consid-
Grafton in making the tax rate so that
city taxes at least will cost the average
home owner no more than last year.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24
A woman,s Awful Peril.

"There is only one chance to save
your life and that is through an opera
ton" we're the startling words heard
by Mrs. l. b. Hunt of Lime Ridge,
Wis, from her doctor after he had
vainly tried TO cure her OF a frightful
case OF stomach trouble and yellow
jaundice. Gall stones bad formed and
she constantly grew worse. Then she
began to use Electric Bitters which
wholly cured her. It's a wonderful
Stomach, Liver and Kidney remedy.
Cures dyspepsia, loss Of appetite. Try
1t. Only so cents. Guaranteed. For
sale by Cornell Bros. and Fisk Bangs,
druggists.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24

The assessment OF railway taxes pay
able July l, which is by law based on
last years. earnings, will show an in
crease of taxes of more than 500, 600,
the result OF the increased business
the roads did that year. This is an in
crease of about seventeen per cent. of
taxation over the preceding year, and
the total of taxes for the year will be
close to one and one-quarter million of
Anllara
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24
Piano contest closes May rs, 1900.

The ancients believed that rheuma-
tism was the work of demon within a
man. Any one who has had an attack
of sciatic or inflammatory rheumatism
will agree that the infliction Is demon
lac enough to warrant the belief. 1t
had never been claimed that Chamber
lain's Pain Balm would cast out de-
mons, but it will cure rheumatism, and
hundreds bear testimony TO the truth
of this statement. One application re-
lieves the pain, and this quick relief
which il affords is alone worth many
times its cost. For sale by all drug
gists.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24

a more profitable investment. Wish
ing the Association the prosperity Ia
the future that 1t has enjoyed In the
past, am very respectfully yours,
ANNA PURNELL COLLINS.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24

The friends of Brinton f. Hall OF
Belding, who was elected one OF the
Fifth district delegates to Philadelphia
convention, are moving in the interest
of his selection as member OF the
committee on notification to the NOM
ination.-Grand Rapids Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-05-24
Pere Marquette R. R.

MAY l3, 1900.
Trains Leave Beldlng AS follows:
For Grand Rapids and Chicago. 10 36 a. m.
......................330 p. m, 8:l7 p m.
For Detroit and East.
....-. 100 a. M, 1896 a. m, BOO p. m
For saginaw and Bay City. ........,.,.:...
........ ......8:t4 a. m, 6:35 p. m
For stanton 200 a. m, 90 p. IN.
For Howard City.
.............S:14 a. M, 40 p. M, $50 p m
For Greenyille .......... 80. ,8:14 a. IN.
40 D. m, 6:35 p. M, 1905 p. m.
For Lowell - 10 :36 a. M, 1880 p, m, S:l7 p m
H. +. MOELLER, Acting Cen Pass, Agt
M l.. OSTERHOUT Agt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
TO BE CONTINUED.
A Punster Punished.

It is we'll to be fortified with the
facts in the case before you attempt to
indulge in hippant witticisns on liter
ary subjects.
A local punster found this out the
other evening. He was at a little
gathering of literary people, and when
refreshments were served the talk
happened to turn to Holsters and shell
fish.
Here was a chance for our inveter.
ate punster.
Turning to one of the guests, who
is quite literary parsonage, he grave
ly inquired:
"Pardon me, Mr.. Blank, but have
you read Crabbe's tales?"
This, you see, was an exquisite
double pun, but nobody smiled.
"What's that?" inquired Mr.. Blank.
Nothing kills pun like repeating
it.
"I inquired if you we're fond OF
Crabbe's tales?" stammered the per-
spring Joker.
Mr.. Blank looked at him with de-
cidedly blank expression.
excuse me-" he said, "but who
was Crabbe and what tales did he
write?"
And for the life of him the Joker
couldn't tell.
He found out afterward that they
had all united to crush his first at
tempt at punning.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Welcome Spring Watching for Gods
Messages-1he Life Is the Evidence
The straitened Way the Best Way-The
Spirit Giveth Life-Necd To Be Better.
When the night is longer lighted,
And is brighter than the day,
When the flowers all are blighted,
And the deep drifts bar the way;
When the seaward currents slacken, q.
And the sedGy banks are still;
And the silence spreads the bracken,
Sealing wood and field and rill;
Shall I, back to autumn barking,
Mind me OF its golden meads2
Hear the ripping river making
Wary step among the reeds2
Der the waste, wait spring, delayiny2
Strain to hear if redbreast sings2
D;oam OF apple blossoms swaying,
Meadows murmurous of Wings2
Sleep behind the frost-locked sashes
As beast sleeps in It's lair?
Fret like ptisonef bird that dashes
At the bars Of its despair2
To the hills where stark stubs shiver!
70 the speedway OF the storm!
Under foot the stieless river,
Overhead, nights iormless form.
will hear the loud gale screaming,
Feel the forests quake Of dread;
Wake me from the death OF dreaming,
Every life-dEeP running min red. .r
Not in autumn past, though golden;
Not in flower-pron,tsed spring
Here is life-here, wtnter-holden--
Tho the wild winds difges sing.
Professor Dallas Lore Sharp, In Zion,
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sFhe Gshsads I'm Brief

Every moderate drjnker coukt abandor
the intoxicating .cupie be would; every IN.
ebrlate wouid'ff H. he could. r.. ~
The time is: coming when no oficial.ean
with impunity ignore the growing senti.
lnent IN flvor Of temperance. s39ss.S ~.
Arrangements have, been made by tenn
perauce people IN New York to send acoftee
wagon to all night fires and TO serve hol
coffee, free, 10 the flremeu. sj.5
Recently In New York a ,cec,ain trade:
union issued notice TO Its members warn
ing them that they would Forfeit all claim
to sick benefits il they were found frequent
ing liquor saloons while on the. sick list.
The average consumption. 81 alcoholic
drinks in England last year was: at the rat'
OF 800 worth per familyof i've" :. -.
Drinking one glass OF wine may be. the
entrance into a path whietE sends; in Z
drunkard's grave. Beware Of the begin
nings OF bad habits. 's.-'
It behooves every total abstainerto to know
his ground well, to be thoroughly well ac
quainted with the. many excellent reason:
That exfstfor total abstinence, so rs to b.
able to renove the prejudice that spring!
from ignorance.
The presenee OF women at the Jackson
Day banquet of the Denocratic Society
Denver prevented the serving OF wine. l
the State could be rs mach iEfIenced by
Moinen voters, Colorado woIi G:!tk!y SET
Ae last nf The s;i53o.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Recipes.

Brown Cookies-One cupful of mo
lasses, one cupful of brown sugar, on
cupful of butter or lard, one and one
half teaspoonfuls of soda in half cup
full of boiling water. Sufficient fou
to make soft dough.
Chocolate Caramels-To make choc
olate carsmels crate two squares O.
chocolate and dissolve IN little water
Add this to two cups Of sugar and ,
cup of water. Boil and finish then
in the same manner as the coffee cara
mels.
Piquant Sandwiches-Break with S
fork to creamy mass quarter of 6
pound of soft, creamy cheese. Ado
half cup of shredded cress, blenc
together and spread on small rye
bread slices, sprinkle thick with finely
chopped nuts, dust with salt and place
together in pairs.
Cold Roast Beef Boiled-Cut thir
slices from the underdone parts Of the
roast, season with salt and pepper,
place upon the gridiron over nice
Goals, turn them quickly two or three
times, as it cooks quicker than wheI
entirely raw, and ser7e as soon al
done, while very hot with bit Of
butter on each SLICE.
Cream of Rice, With Prunes-Cook
one-fourth of .cupful OF rice in cup
full and half of milk. Make boiled
custard with three yolks of eggs, hall
o cupful of sugar and half cupful oi
milk. Add half a package of gelatin
softened in cold water aud strain ovel
the rice. Let cool. Fold in pint OF
whipped cream, twelve sifted prunes
and lemon Juice. Serve surrounded
with cooked prunes.
Omelet Bonne Femme-Cut one
ounce of salt pork into dice; also two
tablespoonfuls of crust off fresh LOAF
of bread cut the same way. Fry to-
gether in one ounce of butter for two
minutes, adding q chopped boiled po
|tato, pinch of parsley, two saltspoon.
fuls of salt and dust of pepper. Beat
six eggs for four minutes, turn into
the other ingredients in the pan and
proceed as for plain omelet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
TabIe Decorations.

Fairylamps are used effectively witt
some decorations. A hsrp.shaped one
of red poinsettia, provided with a cir
cular ,fower piece below, is sometimes
used to frame 10 circular plate glass
mirror. Another decoration sug
5gested by . florist might consist OF 6
fairy lamp,set in the midst of banR
of pink roses and ferns, the three
arohed pieces being brought over the
lamp and united in one piece to sup
port scattering cluster OF roses and
asparagus. The arches themselvet
should be trimmed with the feathery
asparagus, with here and there pinB
rosebud interviewer with the green.
A novel centre piece may be made
of ribbon shaped to look like large
double bow. The ribbon really Gov
ers a small box or pan filled witt
damp moss or cotton, in which are
placed tulips or lilies OF the valley,
with their foliage, and maidenhaiI
fern or asparagus.
Lilies of the valley make very
pretty decoration massed simply in
circular silver box. A spray of fine
feathery fern rising at one side OF the
box and backed by tall bow Of green
ribbon, at the base of which are some
roses and rosebuds, gives an origina
touch to the whole.
Tor patriotic dinner or luncheon
table three small silken flags on gildet
stats may be draped at the back of OF
in the centre of deep bowl of roses,
asparagus and other flowers chosen tt
harmonize with the colors of the
flags. The flags should always rep
resent the nationality OF the guests
If all those invited are Americans the
several flags, such as the star span
gled banner, the union jack and sim
liar flags, may be combined. Should
there be guest Of honor who is con
nected with the navy the naval fag'
should be used in miniature. If any
one connected with the army is {:
gnest the army corps flags should be
represented. - Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
se,eetinr COOKING Utensils.


Always buy steel finished ironvsre!
and see that the surface is absolutel,
smooth and without blemishes. Moth
ing in other materials can take tn
place of iron lin certain vessels) fo'
long, slow cooking, where an ever
temperature is to be!maintained. IL
pots those Of granitewsre or porcelain
lined are the best, but much care
must be exercised in selecting them
as single blemish in such Innings
means quick chipping off from that
point, soon rendering the vessel use
less. Tinware Of cheap quality is the
avenue Of greatest extravsgance II
kitchen furnisnings. The best is the
only kind worth buying at all now
adays. There is q great difference II
the appearance of good and poor tin
the latter being very bright, while
the former is dull.-Ella Morris Kret
schmar, in the Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
To Keep Silver Bright.

When the clerk in the pure and
plated siiverware department opens
showcase you may detect the pungent
odor of canphor. Inquiry reveals the
fact that large blocks Of gum camphor
are deposited here and there in the
case, and that the effect of the efiuvia
is to keep the metal from furnishing.
"It would be practically impossible
to keep our silver clean and bright
without camphor," explained the floor.
walker.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
The Fastest Cruiser in the World.

1t seems ridiculous that the nation
that is least able to make use of them
should possess the fastest torpedo
boat and the fastest cruiser in the
world. The famous Schichau firm re-
Gently built torpedo boat for China
which made 35.2 knots per hour, and
now the Armstrong; have completed a
4400-ton cruiser, the "Hai Tien, "
which has made natural draft speed
of 22.6 krots and a forced draft
speed of 24.1 knots per hour. This
is the record for warship, or, IN.
deed, for any kind of ship of that eize.
If the "Hai Tien" could maintain
that speed across the Atlantio4 she
would make the passage in about four
days and half.-Scientifc American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Jenelson's Test For once Seekers

In view OF the widespread feeling of3tht.
people rs to the corruption OF politics, the.
drinking and dishonesty among oficer
holders, wersmind our rsaders'oi sthree'
famous tests which tue sage5of MoptjceH1
laid down forpthe oiIlce.seeIker. <Th
ought to be printed and placed }|
hands OF every voter prior toi #
tion and hung up in every ward 81
he honest2 Is he capabIe2 h Tx d u
to the Constitution" Moved H MI ~ q + 81
reasoning on temperancg lf
experience confirmed, -ha Sk6
test. Said he: "The habit
spirits by men in publi& n1ts has S61
ioned more injury to thsdES3 &efgfcss
more trouble to me, than Mere
stance which has occurred the sintSrhaIs
concerns OF the county, during my ad- )
ministratIon; and we're 10 commenct
edge which, from 6xpDtience have
acquired, the nrst question would ash
with regard to every eaHd dldats for offict
should be: "Is he :adateta to! rhe use OF.
ardent spiritso" .5sssstf sess j
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Cleaning Walls.

The very best material to clean wall
paper and fresco, painted or kalso'
mined walls is stale rye bread. This
bread is used in preference to any
thing else by artists to clean drawings
in charcoal. There are manufactured
wall cleaners which do this work very
we'll, but they do the work; mo better
than the old-fashioned bread cleaner,
Wheat bread that is two or three days
old will do tie work almost ss well al
the rye bread, which is sold for the
purpose. e#
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
A Nurses Expectations.

Paying Patient Qeaving hospital)-
"Well, nurse, am very grateful for
all the skill and attention have re-
ceived here. If there is any way in
which I could show my graft.
tude-" 80 ~ 81. j.
Nurse-"P "PeEaaps I ought to mem
ton that payik & patients, if unmar-
ried, ore expected 70 propose to- one
of the nurses. They have full liberty
of choice. Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
STATISTICS OF THE INDIAN.
OF Population of ess,soB, Only One
sixth Can Speak English.

. The annudlreports OF Indian agents will
sbe prsnted In the form OF an appendix to
the report OF the Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs. They show that the entire Indian
population is 237, ,905, Of which number
95,67s wear citizens dress, while 81. .923
wear a mixture OF Indian and civilized
clothing. Those who Gun read number
1857 and IS, ,S14 can carry on an ordinary
conversation in English. There are Is ,236
dwelling houses built for the Indians,
1853 Of which were built within the last
year.
The. number 6t births was 42s7 and the
deaths $751; Tuenty.six Indians were
killsdby Whites and seven whites by In
dians. One Indian was killed by other In
dians. The numbsr OF Indian criminals
punished was 1859. There were 81 .G55 In;
dian church members and 34s church build :,
ings on the various reservations. The
amount OF money contributed during the;
last year by religious and other societies.
was: For education, s261 SIS; for general
church work, $119,407, and s16,0rG from
New York for the support OF the school
established by the State. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
It 70 Named OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of Copper. Nickel and Arsenic.

: A flfteen-ilch assure vein OF copper o-s
was recently discovered crossing tie lodC
at the Mohawk mine, near Hought on, Mich
and az first 1t was thought to be copper Sui.
phuret. 1t proves to be IN absolutely new
mineral never before determined by min.
eralogis.s. Professor Geo. A. Koenig, the
scientis: 0! HoGghton, whose authority IS
recognized IN Europe and America, has
conduated extensive experiments with the
mineral and pronounccs 1t Il combination
Of copper. nickel and arsenic, possessing
grea: val3e. He has named the mineral
"mohaws!:e,' from the mine where it was
foDni
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
The Life Is the Evidence.

He is saved who is pursuing the ends God
has ordained by the means God has ap-
pointed. No other man is or can be saved,
whatever he processes or believes. 1t might
have a more familiar sound to1ssy, He n
saved who is a true follower Of Jesus Christ
or, He Is saved who has renounced his sins
and laid hold on eternal life. But the
meaning is the same. The evidence that one
is saved must be locked for In his life
The. evidence is in the fe he has chosen and
in the courses he is pusSuing. There Is nc
man who drifts, thisT1yor that. with the
current he happens 70 be in. 1T 'alife Of
preferred good, notpf easy compliance; e
life Of principle, rot OF policy: life Of
strenuous endeasorto be right; life
hidden with Christ inG God, that shows the
qcnuineness and the Measure Off our saliva.
tion. For such eaiyation we pray and
struggle. Grant 20 most helpful and
blessed Lord ~ sgset1E g.
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q 1t was hot the sheep that was seeking the
shephetd was the shepherd going out
into the desert TO hunt until he found the
lost sheep X It Was not that piece OF silver
,seeking Tho woman, but it was the woman
,ysaSiHR for the lost piece OF silver. ThoA
.patsIles teach ms that Gods the greati
.aseaer. Dwight 1. Moody.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Mexicsn Mormon Colonies Grow

The several Mormon colonies iu Chihua-
hua State, Mexico, have been increased In
population by the arrival Of over 500 Nor
non Immigrants from Utah doring thsl last
.wo months. The colonies were established
under concessions granted by the Mexican
G0Yernment.