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The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-23

A Womans laundering Mo-
How many suitors have you had
/ mean In all both good and bad?"
She bravely answered. Mine"
IL made me squint.
That summer maid / loved Just then.
So asked May I be Number TenY''
She suavely answered "Ncin."
took the hint.
+. Z. W. In somcrvllIe Journal
Lady Randolph Churchill-or. a. she
now prefers 10 call herself Mrs. George
CORVALLIS VESTS by no means the nrst
lady Of prominence 20 marry a man less
than half her own age. says Tit-Bits.
As is well known. says the Philadelphia
Press. this clever. handsome and enter
prising American woman is the mother
OF a son who g. several months older than
her present youthful spouse II II twenty
six years since she became the wife Of
the late Lord Randolph Churchill who
died In 1896 Nob1dy who witnessed her
wedding could have imagined that she
would take unto herself a. second hus-
hand a young man at that time unborn.
A. the present time Lady Randolph IL
well into the forties. while her husband
has not gone far into his twenties.
The lady 50 long famous as Mrs. Lang
try. but whose correct designation has
for some little time been Mrs. Hugo de
Battle. Is another who has married a. a
second husband q man young enough 20
be her son. Having been horn 80 far back
az the year 1852. the Jersey Lily has been
charming the world for fully a quarter OF
a century.
Il was IN her 2znd year that she was
married 70 her first husband. Mai Lang
Try. who ded two or three years ago.
Her present husband. Mr. Hugo de Battle.
son and heir OF Sir Henry de Battle. Is
now IN his 10Th year. For some time past
he has been absent in South Africa night
ing with his regiment
The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-23
LINENS AND WHITE GOODS.

ut IS not worth while, for the sake Of
any pleasure To be got out o. u. Tor
girl 10 acquire the reputation OF being
good fellow II Is likely 10 Interfere with
some Of her more important aspirations
for mo future. and you know matrimony
and good husband will compensate
girl for missing a great deal in the way
of a good time before the wedding
The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-23

At Paris millinery opening few days
age says a Paris letter in the Cincinnati
EnquiFCr. an elegant hat called L AIS
len" was In the distinctive three-cornered
shape. with the point IN front and was or
black velvet and the crown and hrim
we're edged with gilt lace on the left side
was a pompon OF cock feathers. while
Low made a finish at the back
An effective hat was Of silt, with core
az whits chenille OVERLAND In circles
The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-23

Before everything else the young wo-
man has q right 20 expect from her hus-
band tenderness. sympathy and faith But
sometimes IN his eagernesn 20 make al
life fair 20 her, he fanciss she Is a doll and
cot a woman. And doll - very selfish
10Y. II demands careful treatment all
the time. and Il gives nothing but pref
" appearance In return. II is che FOOLISH
wife who expects infallieility IN ner nus
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Goldsmith.

Not long before the close of Gold
smiths life he produced the brilliant
and humorous lines Of Retaliation"
Varied accounts are given of the origin
of this poem. 1t will be remembered
that in a joke Garrick wrote the fol-
lowing couplet as an epitaph for Gold
smith
Here lies Molly Goldsmith. for shortness called
Noll,
Who wrote like an angel but talked like poor
poll.
1t was on April 4, 1T74 that Gold
smith died. The precise spot where he
was buried In the Temple churchyard
is unknown.
This is JohnSon's summing up of the
character of Goldsmith: "IIe had rails
ed money and squandered it by every
artifice of acquisition and folly of eX-
pense But let not his frailties be re-
memhered; he was very great man."
William Blacks Life Of Goldsmith"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

at is embarrassing TO meet former
cotillon partners rs elevator boys and
walters" said n European lady now
visiting New York. ct has been my
fate TO undergo and inflct this unhap-
piness several times.
81 went to a fashionable hotel on my
arrival. Wearing his hotel livery with
the same grace as he had borne his
officers uniform when | last saw him
and danced with him az state ball in
: fpreig9 c2qltGi, was man l had
f2utfwn. He colored to the eyes as he
saw me, but made no sign, nor did l.
'"rhe same thing has happened since
at restaurants, at other hotels, in rid
ing academies and in carriages. Some
day Nj. le Baron de Trois Etoiles and
Graf Won Schloss will APP
pear in European society with new
eclat and full purses. VIII | ever say
that / know where they made their
money? Why. of course not. 1t is a
far cry from America to Europe, and
in their own country these gentlemen
have an irreproachable social position.
have really already forgotten the
names of those | have seen, | assure
you."-New York Mail and Express.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

lamp, bell and reputation. | broke one
pedal, the saddle and the ordinance
against loud, boisterous and abusive
language at night. | ran into every.
thing in sight except the middle OF the
road. sat down on everything in the
township except the saddle. l scorched
in a circuit not fifteen feet in circum-
ference until you could smell birthstone.
| made more revolutions than South
American republic, and didn't get ten
feet away from where l started. L
haven't been SO mauled and abraded, SO
thumped and beaten, so trampled upon
and pounded, so bruised and scratched
since | left the army But | can ride.
I don't say that do but can"
Do consider "biking" good for the
health?
For the health of some people, do.
| don't see how physician can bring
up his family unless his children have
something TO eat.
But in my own case | reserve my de-
cision. will wait until know wheth-
er | am going to die or get well. And
do you tell Brother Davis to keep his
obituary on the standing-galley until
he hears from ''Slug Nine" / don't
believe I've got $50" yet. Although
friends who have called to see me
break down when they say good by"
and walk out of the room on tiptoe.
But | wouldn't mind that if | knew
what became of my shoulder blades the
time | ran under the hay-wagon.
Cheerfully yours.-R. j. Burdette, in
Farm Machinery.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Bob and the Bike.


Robert Burdette, the famous humor.
list, in a letter to the Burlington Hawk
eye, denies the report that he is dead
in the following letter dated at Bryn
Mawr. The story is told in his own pc
culiar style, and proves that the hum
orist is very much alive, although
somewhat worsted by his experience
with the bike:
My Dear Wate:-Like the true friend
and royal comrade that you ever were,
you do right to protest against my bur-
ial prior to autopsy.
| am indeed very much alive. Not
only so, haven't been dead even lit
tie bit. Not once. Could have been
had wanted to be. Could be yet, but
| don't want. Maybe | ought TO be,
even now. But, as we make weekly
confession, "we have left undone those
things which we ought to have done. y
Possibly the rumor that have gone
dead grew out of the fact that | have
learned to ride bicycle. | say have
learned" not "am learning" Learned
in one lesson, all by myself Went out
in the moonlight last Friday night to
learn, having first locked my family in
the house and forbade them 10 look ont
of the windows. Led my Bicycle out
on the turnpike-the Bryn Mawr pixies
are broader than the way TO destruc-
ton, twice as smooth, and much clean
err, It's young bicycle--a colt--foaled
in '97. Would give the name but for
the fact that l had to pay for the
wheel. Will only say, therefore, in
accordance with the ethics of our pro-
fession, that it is not the wheel any
body says it is.
/ held him by the withers right in
the middle of the road and mounted
without assistance.
l dismounted in the same independ-
ent manner.
Got on again and proceeded to break
him to saddle.
Did | ride the first time?
Well, say!
People had told me-liars of all ages
and both sexes-that | couldn't fall if,
when | felt that was falling, | would
stick out my feet.
| stuck out both feet and both hands
and fell on my head.
| fell on one side of that diabolical
wheel and then on the other; | fell on
both sides at once; | fell on top of it,
beneath it, and made "dog-falls" with
it. | fell between the wheels: | fell be-
hind the hind wheel and before the
front wheel at the same time and don t
know yet how / did it. | fell and
thrust both legs through the spokes of
one wheel | met terrified man in a
buggy, and drove him clear off the
pike through wheeler's hedge, and |
don't think he has come back yet. Ev-
cry time | fell l slapped the palms of
my raw, swollen, throbbing hands on
the hard, ''inelastic" pike, except the
time fell on my head. fell harder
and with greater variety of landing
than any man could fall, unless he
dropped out of balloon and lit in a
load of furniture. lost my confidence,
my patience, my temper, my clamps,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
A Song About n Man.

81 will sing you "A song about a man."
said the minstrel. by the way, did
you ever notice that there never was n
song written about n man? All songs
are about roses and maidcns and love
and trysting places and sunsets and
mothers; never one about the old man.
Come to think about it. though. there
was one. Father Dear Father, Come
Home With Me Now In this song
the old man is drunk in the first
verse. ''-Atchison Globe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Joseph NJ Terry Of Peconic. y. Y.
has presented n valuable relic of Dan
iel Webster to the Suffolk County His
torical society. II is an ivory paper
cutter which Mr.. Webster used for n
number of years in his library at
Marshfeld, Mass. Webster gave it to
Charles Taylor. then a boy, whose ia
Their was at the time manager Of Mr..
Websters farm. Young Taylor pre-
served the relic and several years ago
while residing near Mr. Terry's house
gave il to him.-New York Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Tommy, you greedy boy" said a
mother TO her 4-year-old son, you've
eaten every cookie on the plate and /
told.you to take but one"
yes, | know you did, mammal re-
piled the little fellow, but there were
three on the plate, and | didn't know
which one you meant, so just had to
eat en- all TO be snre I'd get the right
one -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, o., after suffering IS
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless costly operation was per-
formed; but he cured himself with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in
the world. Surest Pile cure on earth.
25c box, at Connell Bros and Fisk
Bangs drug stores.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

r. T.. Falcs, horse and man for snow
plough ....,......................... 40
Lamb Bros, Poor COMMISSIONER 10
G. A. stanton, confinement at Enbody's 10 VI
G. A. stanton, scarlet fever at Jackson's o.
FIRE FUND.
NJ. Cross, labor on mains ...... ........... 70
VIM. Reed 4" .................. 05
Moved by Aid. Avery, seconded by Aid. Morse,
that the bill OF Morse & Locke, attorney fees,
for s2Gl.sO, be allowed, which motion did prevail
by the following vote
Yeas, Aid. Hudson, Morse, Glass, Avery and
Curtis, 5. Nays, none.
On motion council adjourned
gro w MoULroN, City Clerk
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
What's Your Face Worth?

Sometimes fortune, but never, if
you have sallow complexion, a jaun-
diced look, moth patches and blotch-
es on the skin,-a signs of Liver
Trouble. But Dr. Kings New Life
Pills give Clear Skin, Rosy Cheeks,
Rich Complexion. Only % cents at
Cornell Bros. and Fisk Bangs drug
stores
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Never Out of Sensnn.

There is no time in the year when
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is not
benefit TO mankind. 1t cures constipa-
tion and indigestion and cures diar-
rhoea caused by bad condition OF the
digestive organs. Trial size bottles
Zoe, also in SOC and 81 90 size, OF Fisk
Bangs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

A man named T.. Presson, OF Pressou-
vile, Kans wrote letter the other
day, saying the opinion OF everybody
10 his town who has used Foleyis
Honey and Tar is, that it is the very
best medicine for la grippe, colds.
coughs, etc. w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

II we would have powerful minds.
we must think: If we would have faith.
tul hearts, we must love; if we would
have strong muscles, we must labor.
These include all that is valuable in
life "
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Officers can only keep the machinery
OF the order working smoothly. The
members must do the rest.-Ex,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given TO the Electors of the
city OF Belding county OF lOna and state OF
Michigan, that the next ensuing City Election
will be held on the first Monday in April next,
being the second day Of said month, at the
building known as the Coryell building, situate
on west side of North Bridge street. in the First
Ward; at the building known as Ellis agricul
tural store, situate on the west side OF North
Pleasant Street. in the Second Ward; and at
the building known as the Hose House, situate
on the south side OF Depot Street, in the Third
Ward, all in said city of Belding; at which elec
ton the following officers are TO be chosen, to
VIII; For the city, one Mayor, one Clerk, one
Treasurer, one School Inspector; and for each
ward, one Supervisor, one Alderman, one Con
stable, and two Inspectors of Election, also the
following propositions:
PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE
The Common Council is hereby authorized to
enter into contract, for not to exceed five
years, with such parties as TO them seem best
for the pumping of water for fire protection and
prdctce, as well as pressure on the mains, at
an annual expense Of not 10 exceed two hun
dred and forty dollars, the same to be paid out
OF the one per cent tax which by charter the
also 70 embrace in said contract the rates, rules
ana regulations governing water takers for
lawn and garden purposes, as may be pre-
scribed in any ordinance here or hereafter en-
acted by the City of Beldtng. Tonia county,
Michigan.
Authorizing the Common Council TO enter
into said contract for not TO exceed five years
for the pumping of water for fire protection and
practice and for pressure on mains and for lawn
foregoing proposition. Yes.
Authorizing the Common Council TO enter
into said contract for not TO exceed five years
for the pumping OF water for fire protection and
practice and for pressure on mains and for lawn
aud garden purposes i'm accordance with the
foregoing proposition. No.
PROPOSITION NUMBER TWO
Also proposition known as proposition mum.
Der two. That the Common Council be hereby
authorized TO raise by loan the sum OF two
thousand dollars, TO be paid by taxes TO be
levied upon the taxable property Of the City OF
Bedding, Ionia county. Michigan, as follows, TO
wit; one thousand dollars TO he raised by
special TAX 10 pay on said loan TO be levied
upon the taxable property OF said city for the
year A. ID. 1902. and one thousand dollars to be
raised by special tax to be levied, TO pay bal
ance OF said loan, upon the taxable property
Of said city for the year A. d. 1903
Authorizing the Common Council 10 make
such loan OF two thousand dollars and TO levy
said taxes therefor during the years A. d. 1902
and "A. ID. 1903 Yes.
Authorizing the Common Council 10 make
such loan OF two thousand dollars and TO levy
said taxes therefor during the years A. ID. 1902
and "A. d. 1908. No
The polls Of said election will be opened al
eight O'Clock I'm the forenoon and will be con.
tnued open until five O'Clock in the afternoon
OF said day
Dated at Bedding, Ionia county. Michigan.
this eighth day of March, A. ID. 1900
GRO. w. MoULTON, City Clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-03

The Star feels that II has been largely in
strumental in paving the way for the iden-
LITIGATION of the notorious cutter of
Womens dresses, who has been operating
in this city for several months. When the
young man krebs was arrested last week
on suspicion of being the guilty man. this
paper contained a full account of the ca Sc
and a description of the suspected mis-
creant. Yesterday letter was received
from a subscriber in New Jersey, stating
that he had read this matter in The Star
and was convinced that the Krebs held
here was the same as a certain Krebs who
had been arrested previously in New York
for the same offense. Acting upon this in
formation, The Star investigated the case
as far as possible at this end, and laid the
matter before the authorities, who promptly
acted TO secure yerifcation. Today's de-
ve-opments completely vindicate the opin-
ion of the New Jersey man. who has thus
won the thanks of this community for con-
tributing to the solution of an annoying
mystery. The case against the suspected
man is not Yet proved, of course, and his
innocence may eventually be established
But the new disclosures have resulted in
disproving his first statements and In deep
eEing the suspicion which attaches TO him
l. is now certain that he has been accused
elsewhere of precisely the same mischief
and also of picking pockets that he de-
ceived the police to his stay in America
and that he was present in Philadelphia
during the Grand Army encampment. when
a number OF dresses We're similarly cut
These circumstances serve to simplify the
process of prosecution. which might other
wise have been very difficult, there is no
tangible evidence that the suspected man
actually cut the dress of the complainant
in this case. 1t is sincerely to be hoped
that this affair will result In a cessation of
the nuisance. which has doubtless by this
time cost the citizens of Washington many
hundreds of dollars in ruined garments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-03
HOnOrS in South Africa.

Is it not a little early to be marking
Generals Butler. and Gatacre and Methuru
off the useful list in South Africa? Have
their military regulations gone to the
graveyard there? Have they been COM
pletely done for by the IeverScs they have
met with? 1t seems little early. Soldiers
of far greater regulations have met with
far greater disasters and afterward covered
themselves with glory. The war is young
yet The Beers have undoubtedly been a
surprise to the English commanders in re-
spect to both numbers and training. But
the future may tell different tale: and il
the tables are turned. and the English be
gin to win. d few sturdy strokes by these
men now in eclipse will make their coun-
trymen forget the beginnings. Frowns and
adverse criticism will Spe eddy give way to
smiles and cheering.
And what of the men. now practically
unknown. who are to profit by valor and
skill and come into widt rcnown at home
ard abroad? Every war develops such, and
ii is safe to assume that there are young
Erglishmen and IriShmeH and Scotchmen,
with regulations confined at this time TO
their regiments and brigades, who by mid
Summer, if the war should last so long.
will be famous for striking achievements
of some kind Who are the Deweys. the
= mpSons. the Schleys. the Hobsous. the
Leonard Woods. the Funstons. who by
brilliant achievements are to lengthen the
roll of English heroes and write their own
names with the best that have gone before?
On the other side. il the Beers continue
their present successes there Is no denying
the fact that they will! rank with the most
brilliant fighters of the world. 1t Is no
longer appropriate to refer to them as
farmers and hunters and ''trappers.
They are soldiers. using the latest pattern
of weapon. digging the most approved
trenches. choosing their ground with ex
ceptionally fine eye for military operations.
and generally acquitting themselves with
the high courage and credit in the field.
Think. in the event Of complete Boer sue
cess. of how General Joubert will be ac-
claimed throughout Europe, Think of the
receptions that would be accorded him
were he to tour Europe. as he might de-
eide to DO. in the interests of the then new
dominant power in South Africa, What
tour since General Grants day could be
compared with it? Think Of him in Paris
and al The Hague,
But We must wait. The wheel of fortune
is still turning. and the future alone can
determine where the prizes are to go
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-03

sonnet of the different state delegations
decide oil contests. and manipulate every
thing and everybody to his own liking. In
word. the story in complete form is 70
prove that Mr.. Hanna owns the republican
party. and that only such men and meas
ures as he approves are put forward for
the consideration of the people.
W hen Mr. Hanna expects 1.-THE office of
senator to protect him from the gossip of
the day he expects vain thing. Political
gossip, like death. is no reSpecter of per-
sons. Like death. also, it loves a shining
mark. And if there is a pun in the state
ment it does not interfere with the truth of
the statement. that he is the ''shiningest"
Mark in the United States. He Is just the
man the opposition is locking for. Torn
and distracted as it is over silver impe-
rialism and all the rest of the issues of the
day. it unites with enthusiasm over the
cry that one man has come to run every
thing and represent everything. and that
the affairs of the country must be wrested
from his grasp at any and all cost
But while that cry brings men together
who otherwise and about other matters
would remain divided, it is not likely to
bring enough of them together to decide Il
national contest. When the battle begins
the real questions at issue will not be over
Swallowed. MIR. Hanua'S present Impotence
with his critics is probably referab.c to his
rheumatism. and the easing up of the
twinges of the one will put an end to the
other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-03

Among the democratic leaders at Frank
fort protesting against the scheme for
multiplying the result of the November cleo
zion and making Mr.. Goebe! governor of
Kentucky by the partisan voice of the
legislature Is General Wat Hardin whom
SIR. GOebcl robbed of the gubernatori.II
nomination. He is warning his parry
friends against the outrage proposed. He
tells them IN plain terms that they must
choose between Goebelism and democracy;
;hat the success Of the former will mean
the destruction Of the latter. and that I'M
less the party pulls Itself together under
reputable and competent leadership the
state Will he lost to Mr.. Bryan and free
silver at the Presidential election
General Hardin speaks with considerable
force and feeling. but at a late day. What
he announces now should have come from
his indignant lips months ago In fact. he
should have put the seal of his condemns
ton on GOebelism at the Music Hall con-
VeutiUn in Louisville, when it was as clea,.
as il now is that strong measures must be
taken eoAsave the state from iguoniny and
disaster. Had he spoken then and with
the emphasis which his knowledge and ex-
Perierce Of tioebelism justified the stolen
domination would not have been worth =
penny 20 the purloiner. Not unlikely. Mr..
Goebei would have been forced TO quit the
field
That WAS General Hardin's golden oppor-
tunity- Why he did not seize il he himself
best understands. He was absolutely
cieanhanded. IL had made an open and
honorable canvas for the nomination. and
had come to the convention with almost
enough votes to Win on the first ballot.
Scores of his delegates had been deprived
OF their seats By a corrupt trade engineered
by Mr. Goebel, and now he stood defeated
by means which could not be defended.
His duty therefore was to denounce the
Whole rascally procedure then ana there.
and demand. even at the risk of the loss of
the election. new and honest deal
But the opportunity was neglected.
General Hardin retired with dignity. but
left the field TO the man who had robbed
MIN; and now that man. with the party
organization in his hands is demanding in
the party's name that he be seated as gov
ernor. General Hardin is engaged in A
good work. but he himself is largely re-
srrnsihie for the fact that She task is very
difficult