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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Pussy Rang the Bell.

A big black tomcat in a Sioux City
Qa.) place of business gives the girls in
the telephone central Office n deal of
bother, much as children do, you know,
Cor he likes to turn the telephone crank
70 hear the bell jingle. OF course that
calls" the patient girl at the other end
of the wire. The cat is always ready
TO sit on his hind legs, like dog, or do
bit of gymnastic work on the back Of
n chair, for he is a very unusual cat
One day he was licking the sawdust
from his sleek sides when his paw
struck the crank of the telephone which
was beside him. He stopped and look
ed inquiringly at the crank and then
carefully, softly touched it again with
his paw and seemed immensely pleased
with the jingle. Now he has to be
scolded two or three times a day for
experimenting with it. AS soon as he
pushes the crank central calls up and
wants to know NUMBER The cats
friends have to answer, "Kittie rang
the phone" The phrase has thus be-
come a byword with the operators.
When there is n false alarm, they say,
at was Kittie who rang"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
The Three Wishes.

On the way to fairyland is the
wishing gate" 1t is queer old gate,
half way up a steep, lonely hill, at
whose feet lies a beautiful stream.
They say that when you are upon
this gate you may wish three times
and-get your wish. SO one day, boy
who had just earned cents by bring
ing in wood for a neighbor, climbed to
the topmost rail and said, Il wish l
could have whole lot Of money!"
And straightway a big potato bag
full of money tumbled into his lap! 1t
was so big and came so suddenly that
it made him fall forward, but as his
feet were caught between the rails, he
was still on the gate, though head
downward and with hands upon the
ground.
81 WISH" said he pettishly that the
old money was at the bottom of the
seaw
Down rolled the money bag, and
with a great splash. was gone forever!
ooh. dear" said the boy, trying to
free himself. 81 wish could get away
from this old gater'
And Immediately the lower rail snap
ped and set his feet at liberty, and off
he ran to the wood pile as fast as his
legs could carry him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Princeton May Take Up Rowing.

The Princeton Athletic association is
seriously considering organizing a crew
This year for the first time since the
ssrly seventies. The reason that the
Tigers abandoned rowing is that there
Is no river within nine miles of Prince
ton, and the canal offers poor facilities.
In the old days the Tiger crew prac-
ticed on the Raritan canal, but rs that
water is only 80 feet wide and contains
many locks the practice amounted to
little. Last year there was a revival
of interest in rowing at Princeton, and
this year n number of the students
have begun the formation of a crew.
A trolley company has offered to fur
nish rapid transit from the university
to the Delaware river in event of q
decision to go on the water. The re-
suit of this agitation Of the subject is
awaited with interest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
International Tenni. Gun.

The dream of the most enthusiastic
tennis players TO have an international
match every year bids fair to be realiz-
ed by the gift recently to the United
States National Lawn Tennis assocla-
ton of an international challenge cup,
which is to have the same place in the
tennis play that the Americas cup has
in yachting. The name of the donor Of
this cup, which was presented at the
meeting of the association last week,
has been withhold. An effort will be
made to have the first match for the
cup played this season. An English
team will come over here after it I'M
less the Boer war prevents match.
The officers of the association who
were elected last week are rs follows:
President. DR.. James Dwight; vice pres
ident, Joseph $. Clark; secretary, Rich
and Stevens; treasurer, L. L. Pres
brey.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

The authorities of the state Of Geor-
gia evidently do not intend to permit
the companies which now form the BIZ
cycle trust to take advantage of that
organization for the purpose of evad-
ing the state taxes. Every bicycle
manufactures who does business in
Georgia is required TO pay 800 license
fee. Recently the bicycle trust tender
ed a check for 500. intending it to
cover all the machines made by the
thirty odd factories II controls. The
offer was promptly refused, and Comp,
troller General Wright promptly noti-
fed the big company that it would be
required to pay n tax on each of its
brands
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Tom Sharkey, the heavyweight pu-
gilist who is now trying to get on q
match with Champion Jim Jeffries, is
a boxer who disdains to follow in any
ones footsteps rs regards his style of
fighting. His methods, actions and
poses while i'm the ring are entirely his
own. Some of these. while perfectly
safe and probably proper for a boxer
of his build and weight, would be fatal
for lighter man. He is one of the
most active and lssom heavyweights
the ring has ever known. and the way
in which he gets around his antagonist
is wonderful. His next engagement is
Chicago on March 8.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
n Word
to Doctors

We have the highest regard for the
medical profession. Our preparations
are not sold for the purpose of antagen-
izing them, but rather as an aid. We
lay it down as an established truth that
internal remedies are positively injuri-
Gus to expectant mothers. The distress
and discomforts experienced during the
months preceding childbirth can be al
leviated only by external treatment-by
applying liniment that softens and re-
lakes the over-strained muscles. We
make and sell such liniment, COM
bining the ingredients in manner
hitherto unknown, and call it
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Little Miss Mischief.

They say I'm very naughty.
| almost 'spects ] am.
But somehow when ! shut the door
It's nearly sure to slam.
Those little muddy footprints
All up and down the hall
They say they're mine. don't believe
! could have made them all.
II seems as II too many blots
Lived in one pot OF ink,
But when they're wet and shiny
They're pretty. don't you thinkH
Why does my hair get tangledH
What makes me talk all day?
And why don't toys and books just try
To put themselves away9
But now I'm asking questions
q ask them all day long),
And grown up people seem to think
That even that is wrong.
I think that p'r'aps | might be good
A little by and by;
It's very hard. but sometimes
almost 'spect I'll try.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
EXHAUSTED NERVES
Are Restored and Re. italized, and
the Body filed with New Lie
and Nigor, by Using
Or. a. w. CHASE'S
NERVE AnD BLOOD PILLS.

III nervous exhaustion were better I'M
derstood, the numbers OF insane ana
epileptic persons would be greatly, re-
duced and there would be less paralysis
and nervous prostration. :,
Business and professional men would
not be overcome by brain Tag, nervous
dyspepsia and headache; teachers ana
students would not be exhausted by
their work, and women would not DC
pale weak and nervous, and suffer the
iniseries caused by arrangements OF their
peculiarly feminine organism.
To get al the cause of these troubles
you must nourish and restore the wasted
nerve cells. DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve
and Blood Pills are the greatest restora-
tives known 20 modern science. lhey
are not purrative, nor have they the
weakening effect of purgative, but re-
store by building up the system.
DIR. A. w. Chase's Nerve and Blood
Pills are prepared from the favorite pre-
scription oil DR. 4. w. Chase, the fam
Gus author OF DIR. Chase's Recipe BOOK,
and have proven the greatest cure OF the
age for q seases arising from thin,
watery blooi and exhausted nerves.
A few week. regular treatment with
this popular remedy will completely re-
store pale, V ak, nervous men, women
and children TO robust health. By IN
creasipg the corpuscles in the blood,
and creating new nerve force, they nj
the body with new life and vlgor, anC
Danish disease from the system. There
is no guess work about the results OF DR.
Chase's Nerve and Blood Pills. Yol
can RELY absolutely on their restorative
and curative properties. Fifty cents a
all dealers. or by mail on receipt o
price, bv Or. A. w. Chase Medicin,
Co, Buff 40, y. Y. On every box o
the genuine will be found portrait anC
fac-simile signature of DR.. A. w. Chase
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Ether Drinking In Eastern Prussia.

10 the evils Of alcohol are now added
the evils of ether drinking. which has
spread alarmingly IN eastern Prussia.
where ether is sold in the saloons like
any liquor. four or five drains TO the
glass In the town Of Memel alone. IL
is stated, the amount thus sold last
year was about $3.50 quarts, and in
reality twice this amount was consum-
ed. the rest brought in by smugglers.
The effect is said to be four times
more powerful than an equal amount
of alcohol. but its continued use pro-
duces intolerable suffering and incura.
BILE LESSONS OF liver. kidneys aud heart.
Family Doctor
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
LIEUTENANT +. G. TAFT.

was the eX-amateur champion of Great
Britain and was recognized over there
as one of the most expert enthusiasts
Of the great Scottish game now living.
TAFT was not the only well known
golfer at the front in South Africa.
lands best athletes have laid down
driver and brassie, bat and ball, rack
ct and oar and have exchanged their
blazers for sober khaki in the service
OF their queen.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
Census Director Merrian's Problem.
The Three Wishes = Pussy
Rang the Bell.

One of the papers thus talks about a
test that man must undergo IL he
wants place as census taker:
When Directar of the Census Mer-
Ram gets back TO Minnesota. the folks
won't know him. He has degenerated
into humorist. Listen TO what he
says about the applicants who tried to
pass his examination for appointment
as enumerators:
"They cannot spell and they cannot
do ordinary arithmetic. Fifty per cent
fail. and they fail because they cannot
divide 100000 by 4,02S and get cor
rect result. 1t is simply marvellous, the
lack of education in these rudimentary
branches. Our public schools teach
botany and psychology and sewing and
molding, but apparently they do not
teach simple arithmetic and spelling"
In itself this is not very funny. The
humor of II does not strike one until
one begins to divide 100000 by 4,02S
and get the correct answer. Just why
man whose duty is to lie in the direc-
ton of securing peoples names, ages,
complexions, size of feet, habits of life
and angle of eyesight should have to
know a correct answer to "how many
times is 4,O2S into 100000" is not plain.
For the benefit of those who may not
know what this is all about, it may be
said that there are as many correct
answers to Director Merriam's long d.
vision problem as there are figures in
the quotient. and. If man had time,
he might evolve a quotient n mile long.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Printing by Magic.

Take a mustard tin and half fill 1t
with boiling water Add to this six
thin slices from a cake of soap and a
teaspoonful of turpentine. When cold,
IL will be jelly. Now. get some pa
pers with pictures; paint n very little
of this jelly over the picture. spread a
clean sheet of paper over it and then
press it hard. Separate the piece of
paper from the picture and you will
find you have two pictures instead of
one
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
The WONDERFUL FOUR
DOCTOR SALISBURY'S
" KURE u REMEDIES T"
WILL CURE YOU. We MEAN YOU
Kure U No. Constitutional Syrup.
Kure No. q Medicated Enemas.
Kure U No 3. Laxative Capsules.
Kure U No T. Porus Plasters.

These -Four Great Remedies combined,
cure All ailments peculiar to Women, as
well as. Dyspepsia. Constipation, Head
aches, Enlarged or Torpid Liver, all Kidney
Diseases, rheumatism. DrOpsy Consump
tiOn ia its first stages all Nervous Disor-
dcrs all Blood Discusses In a word, all
Chronic anu Acute Diseases yield like magic
TO "a proper course OF these Four Great Veg
ctabis Remedies. by their magical power
10 remove Disease they make you feel bet
ter within TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
Ia ONE MONTHS TIME you feel and
know that you have found the Remedies
that CURE. These Four Wonderful Rem
edicS combined build up the Constitution
from which Disease ret eats, IS soon az,
"kI a." enters the system. These com
bined Remedies cost YOU but TWO DOL
LARS and last One MONTH. making the
Cheapest and Grcutest Remedies OF tins age
Sold Only by,
w. l. BENEDICT, Druggist.
Beding Michigan
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
New Chain Cleaner.

A chain cleaner Is one of the latest
devices in the line OF bicycle attach
ments, which is decidedly novel and
apparently quite effective. II consists
of two stiff brush wheels, about an
inch and n half in diameter and one
half inch In thickness. These brushes
are fastened on two arms which hold
one above and one below the chain. the
brushes being held against the chain
by a spring The entire device Is fas-
tened to a support or bracket, which is
easily attached 10 the frame OF the ma
chine near the rear wheel
Literature is the Immortality oil
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
MOther'SFriiefld

We know that in thousands of cases
it has proved more than a blessing to
expectant mothers. 1t overcomes morn
ing sickness. 1t relieves the sense of
tightness. Headaches cease, and dan
ger from Swollen, Hard aud Rising
Breasts is avoided. Labor itself is
shortened and shorn of most of the pain.
We know that many doctors recon-
mend it, and we know that multitudes
of women go TO the drug stores and buy
it because they are sure their physicians
have no objections. We ask trial
just a fair test. There is no possible
chance of injury being the result, be-
cause Mothers Friend is scientific
ally compounded. 1t is sold at 81 bot
tie, and should be used during most of
the period of CESSATION, although great
relief is experienced if used only short
time before childbirth. Send for Our IL
Illustrated book about Mothers Friend.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.
ATLANTA, GA.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Mister" said the small hoy TO the
chemist. give me another bottle o
them pills you sold father day before
yesterday"
"Are they doing him goodT' asked
the chemist. looking pleased.
IL dino whether they're doin father
any goor or not. but they're doin me
good They just fiji my new air gun"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Man, no matter what may be the
briliancy or inventive force Of his
mind, whether intuitively or by &C
CURED knowledge. il isolated from his
fellows can never attain great heights
in the intellectual world or produce
magnificent results any more than a
perfect dynamo OF ten thousand candle
power can radiate Light from a perfect
arc II the circuit of the wire through
which the current passes is broken
Knights Review.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Pacal Balm Cured Them.

Here's what they write: "Catarrh cured:-
Smell and Hearing rcstored." "Scrofula Fvehds
healed" "Catarrh OF Stomach cured" piles Tor
twenty years cured;" Cures Asthma Coughs
Group, Quinsy, Bronchitis. Old and Svphilith
Sores Burns, Scalp and Skin Diseases. Rest foot,
ease known. Used internally and externally
free sample from druggists. Price 2s cts. pre-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

/ do not see why we should not be a:
just to an ant as to human being
Charles Kingsley.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
FOR SALE
GOOD HOMES!

HOUSES and Lots can be
e thought of the Bedding Build
ing and Loan association cheap
and on easy terms. Enquire at
their office in the new Bedding
block Cor. Main and Bridge st.
also houses to rent and money to
loan. ADAM WAGNER.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
THE SPORTING WORLD.

Lieutenant +. G.. TAFT, who lost his
life in South Africa fighting for his
country against the Beers, was well
known in England as a golf player. He
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Keep thou the door of my lips
Bible.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Literature is the Immortality Of
speech. -Willmott.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

A. N. BELDING, V. Pres.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
he Tsun -L -Yamen

The appointment for an interview with the non-committal, Irresponsible Board of the Tsung-li- Yamen, or Foreign Office, must be made beforehand; the Minister and his secretaries are always kept waiting, and the inner reception room swarms with gaping attendants during an interview. Once the American Minister made vigor- ous protest, and refused to conduct any negotiations while there were underlingS in the room, and as 1t was business that the Chinese Government wished conducted the mnions were summariy cast out-cast out to the other side of the many-hnged, lat ticed doors, where they scuffled audibly for first place at cracks and knot holes.
 The other envoys would not sustain the American protest, and soon the farce of the empty room was played to an end, and the servants came in with their pipes and fans, tea and cake and candies, as usual; stood about, commented on and fairly took part in the diplomatic conversation, as be- fore.
 Every servant in foreign establishment in Pekfn is a spy and informer of some degree. Espionage is a regular business and the table talk, visiting list, dinner list, card tray and scrap baskets, with full ac- counts of all comings and goings, sayings and doings, of any envoy or foreigner in Pekin are regularly offered for purchase by recognized purveyors of such news.
 Diplomatic secrets are fairly impossible in such an atmosphere. Every secret con- vention and concession is soon blazoned abroad. Every word the British minister uttered at the Tsung-li-Yamen was re- ported to the Russian legation with al most electric promptness until the envoy threatened to suspend negotiations and withdraw Willy concessionaries know each night where their rivals are dining and what they have said whether any piece of written paper has passed, and what has gone on at each legation in Pekin and each consulate al Tien-Tsin. Every legation key-hole, crack and clink has it's eye and ear at critical times, and by a multiplica- tion in imagination one arrives at an idea of what the palace may be like.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15

filtered over with her papers and sketches, for until recently she wrote at intervals.
 When she left Washington some years ago. said a Washington friend last week. ''she intended to write steadily. She has been at Castle Hill all these years except for a visit to California. Her mind Is not affected and there is no truth in the state ment that she refuses to see her husband. He is devoted to her and she to him. AL though he is obliged to have his studio here in the city, he has paid frequent visits to Castle HILL
 The Princess Troubetzskoi has visited Washington several times. The first time she had suite of rooms at one of the fashionable hotels. and the papers gave curious accounts of the informal recep- tions" she held and the gowns with an- gel sleeves she wore. On the other occa- sions she visited her friends, and some brilliant receptions were held in her honor, the one given by Mrs. Cabell at Norwood Institute being especially note- worthy The Princess. then, Mrs. Chanler, was never particularly impressed with Washington. She has described the White House as looking under the electric quiv- CT like large Christmas card ornamented with mica and with windows of isinglass, behind which lighted candles were being held" Her last visit here was four years ago.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
THE GREAT BULK OF
 CHINESE PEACEFUL
Agriculture Their Principal Occupa- tion-Irrigation Methods Are
 Crude-Are Primitive.

consideration is being given to a conquest of China.
 It may not be generally known that the Chinese were the discoverers of coal as a fuel The Venetian traveller Marco Polo, says: Tt is a fact that all over the coun- try of Cathay (China) there is kind of black stone existing in the beds of the mountains which they dig out and burn like firewood This stone burns better and costs less.'
 Great Rivers
 The rivers of China are her glory, and there are few countries in the world so well watered and none with such splendid natural water transportation facilities. The three great rivers of the empire are the Yang-tse-K -Kiang (Child of the Ocean), the Hoang Ho (Yellow River), and the Gnu Kiang CPearl River or Canton River). Of these the Yang-tse is must the largest, flowing through extensive and fertile plains and finally emptying into the East ern Sea, after traversing a distance of over 20O0 miles, Its discharge is estimated at one million cubic feet per second The banks of the Yang-tse are crowded with towns and villages, the most famous of which are Nankin and the new treaty port of Hankow. The Hoang Ho or Yellow River is noted especially for it's frequent and violent floods. It's current Is very rapid and its course sinuous, nearly ap- preaching in length the Yang-tse The Pearl or Canton River, while not nearly so large as the others, Is a stream of great importance and innumerable vessels trade upon its waters. At some points it spreads into large lakes; in others 1t passes be- tween narrow gorges which, if damned, would afford large storage capacity for irrigation The Chinese, however, have not practically worked out irrigation in it's diff ferent phases as completely would be expected of such an agricultural people.
 Irrigation, nevertheless, is practiced to a considerable extent through the use of the waters of the Grand Canal and by wells. The Grand or Imperial Canal is work of great magnitude. It was constructed i'll the seventh century and enlarged in the thirteenth century. It traverses the Great Plain and flows with but slight current for a distance of 700 miles. While built for purposes of communication, its waters are used largely for irrigation, and thousands of drains and creeks have been made to connect with it along its route.
 Antiquated Methods
 The modes of irrigation are ancient and crude. One of the most picturesque is by means of the water wheel, which is used where the land to be watered is well above the channel of the river. The wheel is turned by the force of the current and is perhaps thirty feet high. It's buckets being sections of bamboo which, as they are rais- ed by the stately motion of the wheel, empty their contents into troughs or