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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
A DEsERrER ARRESTED.

June l3, last, James Il. Bignell, OF
Smyrna, enlisted in the service of
Uncle Sam, at Grand Rapids, rs a
private in Battery A, Seventh artillery
u. s. A. Sept. IA, last, the young
man took it into his head that he
wanted TO return, and he deserted.
James admits that he did wrong and
says he expects to pay the penalty.
He was arrested at Saginaw yester-
day by Deputy Sheriff Fred Smith,
while cutting in the woods with his
father. The latter supposed the boy
was legally discharged from the SER
vice. Young Bignell was brought to
Ionia and today taken TO Grand Rap
ids by the officer to be turned over to
the United States recruiting officer
there.
Bignell is about 20 years of age and
deserted from Fort Greble, Long Is
land He says he hopes to get off
with light sentence owing to the fact
that be bad been in the service less
than SIX months. Oyer that, he says
might have made anything upt to life
sentence possible. -Ionia Sentinel,
Dec. 18th.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
prTRoIrLIvE STOCK MARKET.

Michigan Central Live Stock Yards,
Detroit, Dec. 1.-THE demand for live
cattle is quiet this week receipts have
been moderate of late. The following
prices are being paid at the Detroit
Live Stock Market: Prime steers
heifers, 81. 50(d5 90; handy butchers
cattle, "a .0O(d4 40; common 81. 75(G3.75;
Gamers cows. Sl.50(d2 80; stockers
and feeders dull 81 SOFA $50. Mich
cows active at S25(a5O; calves So GOA
So %.
Sheep and lambs quiet: prime lambs,
s5.00(dS5 70; mixed, $3.25(d4.25; culls,
2OO(Gs2. so.
Hogs are the leading feature in this
market, light receipts trade is active at
the following prices: Prime medium,
81 S5(d4.90; Workers, 81 S5(d4 80; pigs,
"a. Sj(d4.90; roughs, SO 1904 %; stays,
Off; cripples, 81 per cwt. off.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

Christmas programs will be given 10
the various departments, Friday after
noon al 80.
In addition to the regular Christmas
program in the high school, closing
century program will be given, Fri
day being the last school day OF The
century. This program will consist OF
the following subjects which will be
presented by citizens OF Belding:
"The Evolution OF The Yankee"
1.-The Spirit OF the Age, " THE Desti-
ny of Armies, "A Century OF Progress
in Dental Work, n''Evolution OF Print
ing" Progress in Medical Science, I"
"For What will the Century be Re-
membered?" 1.-THE Hope of the
Country 1.-THE Power of the Press, .
Progress in Christianity. 1.-THE Po-
sition of Women at the Beginning and
Close Of this Century"
The public is cordially invited to at
tend any of these special exercises.
During holidays Miss Warner will
visit at her home in Ypsilanti, Miss
Stewart and Miss Beebe in Carson City,
The Misses Marshall in Pittsford, Miss
Nellie Mcconnell and Miss Tallman
expect TO attend the state Teachers
Association at Grand Rapids, Miss
Bailey at Hillsdale, Miss Fish will be
with her parents near Coldwater, Mrs
Howe with friends in the country, Miss
Stevens In Lyons.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

Attorney General Oreu holds that
the League OF Eligibes," a Chicago
matrimonial concern, is founded on an
impractical basis, that 1t is contrary to
public policy, and that its business is
not authorized by the laws of Michi-
gan. The attorney general will en-
force the penalties OF the law against
the League If it continues to do bust
ness in this state. 1t is only last week
a representative of this concern was
in Belding, and it is understood that
he induced several to invest their good
dollars In it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

Trustee w. Pullman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
The Account.

81 have called" said the reporter, ito
see II you wish to add anything to our
account OF your wife's reception this
evening We have most OF the details
and a long list OF names. including
those who will assist her in receiving"
mo" replied the business man.
There's only one account that I'm ex-
pected to take any interest in, and
there'll he no one to assist me with
Exchange.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

At its last regular meeting Silk City
District Court OF Honor No. 592 elect
ed officers for the ensuing year as fol-
lows:
w. CHAM. L. Hubbel.
w. V. C.-Augustine Wright.
w. Chap.-Cora 3. Smith.
w. Rec.-F. Il. Pixley.
w, Treas.-F. A. Thompson.
w. Conc. +. Bigler.
w Guard-Allce L. Bigler.
w. Sem A. Dorman.
w Phys.-I. Ohlinger, j. Z. Fergu-
son.
Trustee w. Pullman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
No PuxzIr To the NJ. ID.

WIlton-Do you know, I'm in a guam
dairy.
Tllton- Well. what r. IL?
wTlton-Dr Bloss gave me some stun
for my appetite. and II was 50 efrectusl
that II costs me nearly twice as much
20 live ne before What puzzles me Is
whether ought 70 pay the doctor or he
ought to pay me something Boston
Transcript
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Henry A. Frost, "a, Grand Rapids.
Florence Il. Holmes, II, Ionia.
Harry E. Jeffrey, 20, Alma.
Jessie A. Crane, %, Lyons.
John w. Lyon, -, Ionia
Gertrude Morr son, IL, Ionia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-20

The tramp industry in Ionla county
received attention in Pingree's mes
sage for the special session. Pingree
does a good thing once in while.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
Questions Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the iar@
est sale OF any medicine IN the civilized
world. Your mothers aud grandm0th>
erS' never thought OF using anything else
for INDIGESTION or biliOu,ness Doctors
were scarce, and they seldom heard Il
appendlcitis. nervous prOSuatlon OF
heart failure, etc They used August
Flower to clean cut the system and stop
fermentation OF und geSted iood' regu>
late the action of the liver, stln uiate 'ue
nervous and organic ac'IOn OF the 81
TEN, aDd that is all they took when feeI5
ing dull and bad with he 'dache~ anu
other aches. You only need few doses
of Green's August Flower in Ilquld form
to make you satisfied there IS nothin5
serious with you lie oottIe' II
Farrar q Harris
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
A RECORD BREAKING FEE,
Executors of the Pullman Estate
Allowed $3.50 900.

1t is said that the fee allowed by a
Chicago Judge to the executors of the
estate of the late George NJ. Pullman is
the largest ever awarded in this county.
Each executor receives $250,0Os for his
services in managing aad closing up the
estate. II is argued in defense Of this
immense compensation that the estate
was so vast and involved such diverse
interests that great skill and executive
ability were required to manage it. The
court omplimented the executors very
highly on the manner in which they had
discharged their obligations, and said
that their fee, though very large, was not
more than they had fairly earned.
The fortunate men who thus won a
fortune by the management of one estate
are Robert T. Lincoln and Norman IS.
Ream, who were named in Mr.. Pullman's
will as his executors They certainly
made fine showing of their man age
ment. " hen the Pullman estate went
to probate it was valued by tie court at
IS, 900, O0G, and at the final accounting
the executors turned over property to
the value of $13,000,O00.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
WILL SWELL PENSION PAYMENTS,
The Recent Scrap for Glory Having Its e.
feet Upon Governmental Finances


The recent scrap for glory and place
on the pension roll are having their
natural effect upon governmental f.
nances. Pension Commissioner Evans
poin's out that the annual payment Of
$3.50, OOO,O QUO for pensions will continue
for years to come. The pensioners were
gradually fading away before the Span
ish incident, and some time 10 the TWEEN.
tieth century would very likely have dis.
appeared altogether. President McKin-
ley IN his December message pointed
out that the pension roll ON the 3Oth of
June, 1899, numbered 991 SIC, to whom
was paid $13S, 355 ,052 90. He also advo-
Gated additional legislation which, if
enacted by congress, will swell pension
payments. The pension sharks in Wash
ington have organized an appetite
among the participants in the Spanish
war, and these are crowding to the front.
Twenty tive per cent. of the govern :
ments gross income, it is calculated, is
paid for pensions. Mole thaA one hum
| dred pension bills are on the calendars
of the senate and house, some of them
unique in their ingenious endeavor to
Dry open the treasury vaults.-New
York Verdict.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
Brother Abner Again.

A republican morning paper prints
this pleasant news item: "Mr. Abner
Mckinley, brother of the president,
sailed for Cuba saturday To look after
some valuable franchises on the is
land. Is there really anybody in con
gress or out of it who supposes that if
Mr.. Mckinley shall be permitted to re-
tain his free hand military govern
ment in Cuba as long as he deems it to
be necessary the Cubans will get the
self government promised to them after
all the valuable franchises there
have been gobbled up by the members
of the Second. Term SyndIcate?"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
MAKING HIM WHOLE.
The Girl Did the Square Thing and Every
body Was Satisfied.

SIT takes the glorious old west to do
business said the man with the alli-
gator grip, as he board ed the train at
st. Paul. We of the east are not in it
a little bit."
Anything to relate?" queried one
ofthe passengers as he woke up.
''Just few words. / Travelled from
New York to Chicago with a staving
looking girl. At Buffalo / was gone
on her. At Detroit We were engaged.
As we reached Chicago We had set the
date. | returned home, wrote her $50
love letters, aud came out here to get
married"
"And what?"
''She decided that she would marry
another. She estimated the value Of
my tire at $500, the value of my letters
at $500 and my broken heart at 5000,
and drew die check for $1,000, and
here it is. Gave her receipt in full
to date, kissed her goodbye, and there
you are, here am. There's but one
way to do business and the west knows
all about it. Yes, check for thous~
and, and how many of you gentlemen
will smoke Henry Clay at my ex-
pe6se? '-Memphis Scimitar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
A PATHETIC STORY.
The Devotion of the Old-Time
Slave illustrated.

A pathetic story comes from Athens
which serves as an illustration of the
devotion of the old time slaves for the
children of their masters. An old ne
gro ninety years of age was found by
police officer exhausted on the
streets. When questioned as to his
business, he stated that he was going
by foot from Jefferson, Ca, to Green's
boro, a distance of over fifty miles, for
the purpose of seeing the children Of
his former master. The old negro was
IN a pitiable condition and tramped un-
ill utterly exhausted, but begged to be
allowed To proceed on his journey un-
til death overlook him. He stated that
his only desire in life was 10 see once
more before death claimed him the
children that he had helped raise and
loved SO well. Mayor smith Of Athens
gave the old fellow a pass to Green's
uorO. and sent HIM away rejoicing.
The devotion Of the Old time slaves for
rheir masters and their children is
something beautiful in this day of the
l,uning cUlOred generation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
What We Eat

is intended TO nourisb and sustain US,
but 1t must be digested and assimilaLed
before it can do this. in other words, the
nourishment contained in food must be
separated by the digestive organs from
the waste materials and must be carried
by the blood to all parts OF the body. We
believe the reason for the great benefit
which so many people derive from
Hoods Sarsaparllla lies in the fact that
this medicine gives good digestion and
makes pure, rich blood. 1t restores the
functions of those organs which convert
food into nouIish4nent that gives
strength to nerves and muscles. It also
cures dyspepsia, scrofula, salt rheum,
boils, sores, pimples and eruptions, ca
tarrh, rheumatism and al diseases that
have their origin in impure blood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
THE GEORGIA PINE.

1t Is Expected to Be Completed to Cuthbert
in Three Months.
President Williams of the Georgia
Pine Railway stated yesterday that
arrangements had been made to extend
the road from it's present terminus at
Arlington, on the Albany branch of
Central of Georgia Railway, to Cuth-
bert, a distance of about twenty five
miles. Rights of way are now being
obtained, and it is expected to com
plete the work by May. At Cuthbert
the Georgia Pine Will tap the main
line of the Central. ResM
The present length of the Georgia
Pine is about forty miles. 1t also has
under contemplation an extension to
Tallahassee, but this will be deferred
until after the completion of the Cuth-
bert exteDsion.-Savannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
WIN. ]. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
TALKS AT JACKSONIAN CLUB
IN OMAHA.
We Must Choose Between the Doctrines of
Republics and the Doctrines of
Empires.

at speech delivered before the dem>
ocratic club in Omaha, Neb.. on Jack.
sons anniversary Mr.. Bryan said among
other things:
Those who studied the money ques.
tion in 1896 foresaw that the retirement
OF the greenbacKs was part of the gold
standard plan. Many republicans scout
ed at the ida, and the president avoided
any mention of the matter in his letter
of acceptance.
"But now the scheme is being unfold>
ed, and the financiers are 20 be empow>
cred to expand or contract the currency
at their own will, and for their own pc
cuniary advantage.
"Those who studied the trust question
OF 1896 foresaw that an administration
! placed in power by the aid of great mo.
nopoIes could not be relied upon to de-
stroy the trusts, but many who could
not be convinced by argument are now
being convinced by the rapid gro with
ard increased audacity of private mo-
nOpoles.
"Any me who has read history or un>
derslands human nature knows that one
race cannot cross an oce and dominate
another race without keeping an army
ever present to hold the conquered race
i'll subjectiOn, and vet the republic
/ leaders thought, or pretended to think
that an imperial policy would be accept
ed by the Filipinos with delight.
1.-The decision of the nation on the
Philippine question will be an epoch
making decision. We stand at the part
log of the ways, and must choose be-
! tween the doctrienes of republics and the
doctrines OF empires.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
GEORGIA'S REPUBLICANS.
viii Hold Convention and Nominate a
State Ticket on March I'll.

Chairman Walter Ii. johnson # the
repu blican state central committee has
issued the formal call tor state c"CVen-
ion TO be held IN Atlanta March It'll.
Besides electiug delegates to The ma
ton Il convention cauu,dales for COVER
nor aud other state house officers will De
nominated, This will be the first time
state republican ticket has been placed
u the field in Georgia in number OF
wears. Four delegates will 20 TO the ia
Lional convention from The state at large.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
ECONOMIC EXPERT ON FARMING.
Great Compliment Paid the German Agri.
cuturists.

John F. Crowell, of Brooklyn, a
writer on economic subjects, has been
before the industrial commission at
Washington. His views upon the gen.
praI conditions Of agriculture in the
United States were given at some
length He SAID that better results
had been obtained in agricultural
colonies that had been founded in the
United States than where indiyIduaI
farming had prevailed, and mentioned
the German agricultural communities
of Pennsylvania and the Norwegian
communities of Minnesota as an EVIL
dence of this fact.
Speaking Of agricultural conditions
in Pennsylvania, he said lie considered
that the German farmers OF that state
were the best agriculturalists in the
United States, and that they always
prosper, while farmers IN other sec
lions fail, because they attend to Dusl-
ness and devote their surplus capital
10 the education of their children anu
to the bettering OF their farms, and do
not waste money on luXurles, al
though they live well.
Mr.. CroWell SAID he thought a new
generation in the south would develop
a prosperous agricultural industry, but
it would be very different from the
old agriculture of this section. Cotton
to meet foreign demand had been the
purpose of the old agriculture, while
IN the future the local demand about
communities would be
the basis of such industry.
rhe trouble with the agricultural in
dusty of the south is that it lacks TO-
day directive genius. That he thought
would be supplied by the new genera
ZION, provided the people are properly
educated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
INDIAN FAMINE Is SEVERE.
Families Are Breaking Up and Sale of Chill
dren Is Common.

Lates; mail advices from India aver
that the situation there grows darker
every week. Three million are working
Oh government relief works.
The sale OF children by starving par
ents is becoming common. Families are
breaking up, each member fer himself,
in sea- CHI of food. Abandoned children
are found with frequency. 1t is famine
of water as we'll as TODD Cattle are dy-
ing by thousands, aud no rain is now
expected until June.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
Hu,niIiating.

British arms in South Africa were
paralyzed by the defeats of Methnen,
Gatacre and Butler in swift success
sion. Since then, their armies have
been hiding behind their entrench-
ments waiting for re-enforcments and
new generals 1t is a humiliating con-
dtion of affairs for the vqinglorIous
RrIton. Sparta Isnmaelite.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
Quite Literal.

Teacher to class-Wbat is an octopus!
Small boy who has just commenced ~
study Latin, eagerly Please, SIR Kno"'
sir: it's an eight sided cat.-Llte'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17

of oo co, DOESN'T indicate quality. Beware
ferad %suIerIelt and worthless saIve of
DaW;ttor DeWltts Witch Hazel Salve
bic cn nv. > Is the only original. An infaili-
0Ui' Tor piles and all skin diseases
DAWSON DRUG Co.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

Not one-half of our farmers keep as
much stock as they should or us they
might keep if they would make little
effort. Their pastures are perhaps
stocked up to or a little above the num-
Der that can be fed well at that part of
summer or fall when the pasture is at
its poorest but not half up to the mum.
Der which can find food when the grass
starts in spring. As result the early
grass grows hard and woody, and the
stock eat it only when starved to it.
and then find little nutrition in 1t. How
easy it is to provide for green crops to
be fed out as pastures grow scanty, and
stock up TO the capabilities of the best
Of the season. If butter was made more
COWS would enable them to keep more
hogs or raise more young calves, but
they are seldom in that up to the ca
pacity of the COWS they have. Very
few in New England have any sheep,
yet we believe that twice as many
sheep as COWS can be kept in any pas
ture along with the COWS, and after the
first season the COWS will find better
feed because the sheep have been there,
And in poultry the capacity of farm
for poultry keeping is only limited by
the ability of some one TO properly care
for them. All this means more work.
but 1t means more manure, better crops
and larger professionalism Cultiya-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
RUSHING FOR THE sQuIREs OFFICE.
of keys. with the tremolo stop clear out
and hidden under the carnet There

of keys, with the tremolo stop clear out
and hidden under the carpet. There
had to be maid of honor in pink tulle
and six bridemaids also In pink tulle,
and small sisters of the bride to scatter
flowers in the aisle, and white ribbons
to put around the seats and divide the
sheep and goats, and carriages, and a
reception and things to eat. County
Clerk Needham of ST. Joe has changed
all this. He says SO on the cards which
he distributes to those contemplating
matrimony. On the cards he says: 81
attend to all the details. All You need
furnish is the BRIDE" County Clerk
Needham says lie prefers to have bride
grooms bring their own brides. Still,
II worst came to the worst, and IL
young man who wanted to get married
real bad should so straying around st.
Joe without bride, County Clerk
Needham would do the best he could
for him and would probably find him
one, although the County Clerk says
frankly that he will not guarantee tile
temper or disposition of the brides he
is called upon to furnish. and that posi-
lively no brides will be taken back or
exchanged. County Clerk Needham
has made of st. Joe, Mich, n Gretna
Green that makes the old original one
look sort of faded yellow. AT tine
home of County Clerk Needham cou-
pie may go at almost any hour of the
day or night, receive license to be
married, speak the fateful words, re-
acelye their certificates, and 60 out into
the world man and wife, "for better
for worse" and the whole thing won't
take fifteen minutes.
On Sundays and holidays. when cot
pies are expected, the fateful steps can
all be taken in less than three minutes,
for on these days the County Clerk is
sitting at his desk with stack of mar
riage license blanks foot high piled
In front of him, and his pen already
dripping with ink is poised over
the paper ready for the fatal dab. A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

Is the face of beautiful woman
public property, to be used in yellow
pictures on cigar boxes and -four bar
rels, or can it's owner claim the fright
of privacy" and protect that right in
the courts? This was the question at
issue in a suit for $4,000 damages
brought by beautiful young girl of
Rochester against the Franklin Mills
Company and the Rochester Folding
Box Company for the use of her por-
trait, unknown to herself, as an adver-
tisement for flour. The chief conten-
ton of the fair plaintiff was that her
right of privacy" had been invaded,
causing her mental injury and distress.
1t is gratifying to note that Justice
Davy, of the Supreme Court, sided
with the plaintiff. His ruling, in which
he overruled the demurrer to the COM
plant, embodies so much sound reason
ing that it is safe to regard 1t as an
indication of what may be expected
from the courts when cases of this
kind are brought in the future. In the
course of his decision the Judge said:
1T does not appear from the complaint
in this action that the plaintiff is
within the category of what might be
denominated public character. She is
undoubtedly a young woman of rare
beauty, and this she enjoys as private
citizen. 1t is very natural, if the plain
tiff is of modest and retiring nature,
that any such publicity would be ex-
tremely disagreeable and offensive to
her. 1t is not impossible, therefore,
that she has suffered and continues to
suffer great mental injury and dis
tress." The Judge further declares that
If the photographic likeness, owing to
its beauty, is of great value as trade
mark or advertising medium, 1t is a
property right" which belongs to the
complainant and cannot be taken from
her without her consent. The conten-
ton of the young woman of Rochester
raised point which, 1t is claimed, has
never been passed upon in the courts of
this country.