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LOWREY'S TAX BILL.
Plan which will Overcome the objection
able DO uble Taxation Now i'm Vogue.

Plan which Will Overcome the objection
able Double Taxation Now In vogue.
Stan Correspondent to the Detroit Journal,
Representative Lowrey, the house
member who is the champion OF the re-
peal OF the present mortgage tax law,
is making campaign among the
members of the Legislature for his bill,
which presages good support when il
comes up before the house on general
order or gets in the committee of the
whole. He was asked to define his bill
and its effect and gave the following
interview:
"The beneficial features of the bill
and vicious features OF the present law,
which the enactment OF this bill into a
law will overcome can be briefly stated.
The bill provides that all real estate
mortgages, deeds of trusts or other Sc
curity by which debt is secured when
land within this state is pledged for
the payment and discharge thereof,
shall, for the purposes of assessment
and taxation, be deemed and treated as
an interest In the land so pledged. At
present the mortgage is treated as per-
sonal property and is taxed TO the own
er at the place where he resides, and
in majority of cases this means that
a $1,000 mortgage on farm valued at
50, 600 pays tax of to Al per cent,
while the farm which secures it pay
ment is situated in a township where
the average rate OF taxation is not
more than per cent
"More than this, the farm is taxed at
its full value of $4,000 and the mort
gage is also taxed at its full value, so
that it constitutes system of double
taxation. This bill would tax the
mortgage in the same assessing dis
trict where the real property which Sc
cures its payment is located and at the
same rate OF interest If farm worth
81, 900 is incumbered with a $1,000
it would tax the mortgage to
the holder thereof as his interest in the
reality, and the holder Of the real pro-
perty would be taxed the full cash
value less the amount of the mortgage.
In other words each having a ST 900 in
terest in the place would be taxed on
81, 600 worth OF property.
This bill, should it become a law,
would also reach mortgages on Nick
gan property held by foreign money
loaners, and in case the tax was not
paid by them it would permit the mort
gagor to pay it and get credit upon the
either principle or interest
for the amount so paid. Atpresent we
are collecting from Michigan money
Ioaners an eXOrbitant tax on their
In some instances making
their business so Improbable that they
are Obliged to take up their residence
but we have so much regard
for the owners Of foreign capital that
we allow them to loan their money in
on mortgages which entirely
escape taxation. There could not be a
graver mistake than this in tax legisla
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WE'RE SURPRISED.

Last Thursday evening occurred one
OF the most enjoyable birthday surpris-
es that has happened in Belding 10
many mooon, it being the birthday
OF Mrs. b. +. Harrington, also Lurinda
aud Lucinda. They are not triplets as
Mrs. b. +. is thirty-six years the SEN
ior of the two daughters, Mrs. b. F..
being df,y-four and the daughters
eighteen One OF the presents TO Mrs
Harrington was a silver ring made
from fifty cent piece that b. +. car
ried all through the war OF the rebel.
lion. The daughters were presented
with beautiful gold ring, watch and
bible from their parents, besides many
lovely presents from friends. The
evening was spent in songs, music and
games. After the presentation which
was by II Robinson, the were served
with delicious ice cream and cake,
when ell weuded their way homeward
wishing the Harrington family many
more birthdays.
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CITY OFFICERS.
CHURCHES.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Ser-
vices at 10 80 a. m. ana 30 D. m. Sabbath School
al close OF morning service. Prayer meeting on
Thursday evening. REV. Q. A. CARMAN Pastor.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Services at
1890 a. m. and 1880 p. N. Sabbath School al
ming. REV. j. j. STALEY Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH-Services at 10 80 a. M
and 1880 p m. Sabbath school at close OF NOR
ming services. Prayer meeting on Thursday
evening REV. GORRELL QUICK Pastor
FREE METHODIST CIIURCH-Prayer and
praise service, eleven o'clock a. N. Preaching
1880 p m. Prayer meeting Friday evening.
REV. MCKtBBEN Pastor
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After exposure or when you feel a
cold coming on, take dose OF Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t never fails to stop
a cold II taken In time. Take nothing
else. w. |. Benedict.
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I. s. MORRIS,

DHYSlCIAN AND SURGEON. once rear
Il OF w. l. Benedict's drug store Hours:
TO II a. M, 10 and TO ) p. IN. Residence
opposite OF NJ. t.. church. Telephone ly-2
rings.
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u. &. FERGUSON,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON-Onlce over
Pages hardware Onice hours TO 9 "A.
m; 10 p M; except Wed esday, 6: 30 10
2 m Pension examining surgeon. New
STATE PhSpe.
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U. r. eLMkHAM.

DHYSICIAN AND sURGEON-Onice over
Il Connells drug store, Main 81. Hours: to
and TO .. III.
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n. L. VAN sENsCHoTEN,

A TTORNEY AT LAW.-Of1ce over F. r.
n Spencer's City Snoe store Belding Mich
REFERENCES BY PERMISSION: lion. Allen B
Morse, Hon. A. A. Ellis, Thos +. McGarry Hon.
+. ID. NJ. Davis.
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A TTORNEY AT LAW. Money to Loan on
"A Real Estate Of all kinds. Onlcc in Spencer
Block
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I. oHLINGER.

Il clan and Health oflicer-Ofice at residence
corner OF Bridge and Centre sts. Office hours
TO 2and 10 = p. IA.
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CHAS. M. WILSON.

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON once over
Il Canteld's Grocery store Main st.-Ofice
hours TO p. m 70 p. IN
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GEO. E. NICHOLS
ICHoLs, DWIGHT SHELDON.
UCHOLS DE- SHELDON,
CHAS. R. EoorE.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW.-Office: Over Page
"A store, Main IT,, Beding, Michigan.
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IL Work. Once corner rooms In the Vincent
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MADE I'M BELDING.
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Salt Fish
ffs4i S-,l;!rEia Saln,sH per ~. ~,
Large No. White Fish fam
cy, per tb 49,. .I2c
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
Reading Character by the Nose.

"You can almost tell a persons char
acter from the nose alone" remarked a
scientist. "All great men have great
noses. The Greek nose, which has no
protuberance, but is straight, argues
great sense of aesthetics, of beauty, but
no character and no power Of conten-
ton.
Large nostrils show courage. People
of fearless disposition breathe fully
and freely. All the fercer animals
have dilated nostrils. The dropping
nostril shows histrionic talent. If the
nose also droops, it denotes a tragic
power, and if only the nostril capacity
is marked for the Interpretation Of
comedy.
"Where the nose is thin at the bridge
it shows generosity, while a nose that
is thick at the bridge argues acquisi-
tiveness. When it is tiptilted. like the
petal of a flower, the person is inquisi-
tive. A projecting nose argues dispo-
sition to investigate. 1t is ahead Of the
person, as it were, and wants to scent
out things"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22

the men, He scattered them about and
gave them instructions, and promptly
to the minute the carpenter appeared.
This time he showed up forward and
walked aft, and at a word from the
captain all rushed upon him. They
found no substance. AS they knocked
together and some of them fell to the
deck the thing disappeared aft, as il
going down into the cabin.
Now, here was a situation. That
there was a ghost aboard even the cap
tain could not doubt. He owned right
up to the men that it was a ghost, but
at the same time kept the creeps away
by stating that the spook showed no
desire to harm any one.
There was no scare among the men.
There was never night of the rest Of
the voyage that the ghost did not show
up, and by the time we reached port it
had come to be looked upon as almost
one of the crew. Here was a chance
for the superstitious to talk about Fri
day and No. Is and all that, but there
was no such talk among US. l believe
that a crowd of lawyers, doctors or
merchants would have exhibited more
nervousness than did our crew of sail
ors. 1t got so that they finally threw
their caps at the specter and asked for
light for their pipes.
The solution of the mystery was not
less curious. We had not yet discharg-
ed all our cargo when a fearful odor
became plain, and when the last barrel
and box went out we traced the source
Ysi1N of Of .ir7Cr
Between two of the ribs we found the
decaying corpse of a ship carpenter,
whose skull had been smashed in by a
blow from a hammer. The CHASTITY
thing was taken ashore and an inquest
held. There were initials on the cloth
ing, and a true description was taken,
and no one doubted that a murder had
been committed. On the run back to
Liverpool there was no ghost. The
finding of the body had laid it. The
case was placed in the hands of the
police, and you may remember what
happened. The name of the murdered
man was John Walpole, and fellow
workman named Charles Saunders was
arrested for the crime. He confessed
at once. AS the two had knocked off
about a woman, and, driven to deS-
peratiOn by taunts of the other, Saun-
ders seized his hammer and gave him a
fatal blow. AS the two were alone in
the bows of the ship, then about ready
for launching, he showed the body over
against a rib and nailed on flooring
enough to cover it. Walpole was miss
ed by the foreman, but was supposed
to have gone off on a spree. That was
the confession, and it brought about
Saunders death on the galloWs, and no
ghost was ever seen aboard of the Fri
day afterward. You won't believe that
we saw a ghost, but as the discovery
of the remains of the murdered man
and the hanging of Saunders were mat
tiers of public record you can't very
well get around them.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
PERSONAL MAGNETISM AND SUCCESS

There is something about ones
personality which eludes the photog
rapher, which the painter ca mot re-
produce, which the sculptor cannot
chisel. This subtle something which
everyone feels, but which no one can
describe, which no biographer ever
put down in a book, has a great deal
to do with ones success in life.
1tis this indescribable quality, which
some persons have in remarkable
degree, which sets an audience wild
at the mention OF the name of Blaine
Or a Lincoln, (which makes people
applaud beyond the bounds of enthu-
siasm. 1t was this peculiar atmosphere
which made Clay the idol of his con-
stituents. Although, perhaps, CAL
noun was greater man, he never
aroused any such enthusiasm as "the
mill boy of the sIashes." Webster
and Sumner were great men, but they
Gid not arouse a 1.-THE Of the sponta-
neous enthusiasts N evoked by men like
Blaine and Clay.
A historian says that, in measuring
Kossuth's influence over the masses,
I've Inust first reckon with the orators
physical bulk, and then carry the
measuring line above hi ) atmosphere"
If we had discernment fine enough
and tests delicate enough, we could
not only measure the personal atmos-
phsre of individuals, but could make
more accurate estimates concerning
the future possibilities of schoolmates
and young friends. We are Of en-
misied as to the position they are
going to occupy from the fact that we
are apt to take account merely of
their ability, and do not reckon this
personal atmosphere or magne tic
power as a part Of their success
capital. Yet this individual atmos-
phere has quite "a much to do with
ones advance menJ as brain power
or education. Indeed We constantly
see men of mediocre ability, but with
fine personal presence, superb man
ner, and magnetic qualities being rap
idly advanced over the heads Of those
who are infinitely their superiors in
mental endowments.
A good illustrate Of the influence
of personal atmosphereis found ia the
orator who carries his audience with
him like a whirlwind while he is de-
livering his speech, and yet so little
of this personal element adheres to
his cold words in print that those
who read them are scarcely moved at
all. The influence of such speakers
depends almost wholly upon their
presence, the atmoJ~ here that ema-
mates from them. They are much
larger than anything they say or do
Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
A Ghost
And a Hanging
BY ~. QUAD.
Copyright, 1901, by C. B. LelUts.


The firm Of Swan & Arkell, Liver
pol, were extensive traders and ship
|Tners, and each and every one of their
hips was launched on the 18th of the
Month. Each one started out on her
lrst voyage on Friday, and when it
anne to the fifth ship she was launched
IN a Friday, the 18th, named Friday
md began her voyage on a Friday.
though the other ships had all been
ncky, there were people and newspa
pers that thought the firm were carry
ng things q little too far with the last
hip. This did not prevent her from
letting a cargo and crew for Valparai-
10, however, and 1 had the good for
|une to secure the berth of mate. We
hRd n willing crew, a smart ship and
Eavoring winds, and not a Jack Tar
board had a word to say about i'll luck
n ghosts until we were half way across
be Atlantic. Then happened such
Enrious thing that 1 am going to give
Fou the full details.
of quiet moonlight night in the
fiddle watch, when l had charge Of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
Tt Is a, Mistake.

Not TO yield in immaterial matters.
To endeavor to mold all dispositions
ike.
To look for perfection in our own
actions.
To expect uniformity of opinion in
this world.
To believe only what our finite
minds can grasp.
To expect to be able to understand
everything.
To measure the enjoyment Of others
by our own.
Not to make allowances for the in
firmities of others.
To consider everything impossible
that we cannot perform.
To worry ourselves and others with
what cannot be remedied.
Not to alleviate all that needs allie
Walton as far as lies in our power.
To set up our own standard Of right
and wrong, and judge people accord
ingly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
Kiss Me Good Night.

''Pease, mamma, pease, tiss me dood
night"
My blue eyed ba be with sunny curls
stood pleading tween her sobs and tears
I said: 81 can't kiss naughty girls"
1 led her to her snowy cot.
"Pease, mamma, pease." she sobbed
again,
IT won't be naughty any more"
I left her, all her pie adings vain.
1 had been reared in Spartan school,
And deemed it duty to control
With rigid rule, nor ever knew
That love with love should sway the
soul.
1 heard her sob, my mother heart
With yearning filled to soothe and cheer
Yet l RETAINED, and in her sleep
Ny baby lay still sobbing there.
'T0 as midnight hen I felt a touch
A fevered hand lay on my brow.
My white-robed baby pleaded still
''Pease, mamma, pease, tan't sleep
now"
All through that agonizing night
Delirious she moaned in pain.
The little broken heart still plead
For Kisses that I gave in vain.
At dawn toe angels lowered near;
She nestled close and smiled and said:
II won't be naughty any more,"
And in my arms my ba be lay-dead.
And I am old-the passing years
Have brought no comfort in their flight;
My heart still hears that sobbing cry,
'Pease, mamma, pease, tiss me dood
night"
Kate Thuson Mari IN Forum.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
The TIL eater.

Sir Squire Bancroft, in a lecture on
the stage in London, said that when he
was a boy he scraped up many
shilling to go into the pit to see Phelps
act at Sadler's Wells theater and
Charles Kean at the Princess, with
both Of whom he subsequently played
as young country actor. These stolen
visits he regarded as not the least part
OF his education, and therefore his adj
vice to all was, go and see Shakes
peare acted whenever you get the
chance"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
LOVES GEOGRAPHY.

Tise men delight in globes and maps They trace
'ach kindly wrinkle in the old earth's face,
'hrenolOgize on mountain peaks and thrust
hates towns, aside as mere external dust,
but ], humber student, when con
isch maps, with little freckled towns thereon,
pve takes my hand and, pointing, whispers Clear
Here lives a friend-and here-and here-aad
here!'
D small the dots, so cheap and pink the chart,
close my eyes. The world is in my heart!
bit Love still points, 80 World, so strangely
dear,
ere lives a friend who loves me-here-and
here!'
H. Youths Companion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22

he ship, two of the seven men on deck
lame hurrying aft and informed me
hat strange man was skuIking about
orward. The men were not overex-
lifted, and on my part 1 took it that we
lad a stowaway on board. l told
hem to secure him and bring him aft,
nd my watch had almost expired
when it was reported that the stranger
ouId not be found. When l came on
luty again, l reported the matter to
Hhe captain, and he had the fore hatch
lover removed and sent a man down to
Investigate. We were almost full up
Nth cargo, and it did not take long to
scertain that no one was hiding in
he two or three open spaces. Had a
towaway been secreted below decks
II would have been impossible for him
10 come up, but the hatch was removed
10 convince the sailors that they had
been deceived by a shadow.
The next night at the same hour the
tranger reappeared. The second mate
bad the watch. and as soon as the af-
air was reported to him he had me
MaIIed. The incident had been talked
yer during the day, of course, but
hese new men had not seen the spook.
indeed they had poked and guyed the
ther watch for a lot Of old women.
bne man at the wheel and another on
ookout and the other five were stand
hg about waiting for q call when the
tranger suddenly appeared among
hem. He was in his shirt sleeves and
lad an apron and a paper cap. In
he apron were a lot of nails, which
ingIed as he walked. This man came
rom aft and walked forward on the
bort side, and, though two or three
hen shouted after him, he did not
bause. The sailors did not take it for
j ghost, but yet were unwilling to fol-
ow. However, when the carpenter re-
ppeared after about five minutes and
vas passing aft one of the men step
bed out to seize him and said:
Look here, matey, stop n minute
] nd let US know how you came aboard
# this hooker and whose watch you
re in
The sailors hand clutched the air in
ltead Of flesh and blood, and the thing
continued aft and disappeared. When
L
keck among the excited men and heard
heir yarn, and then we took lanterns
nd made a thorough search of the
ecks. 1 also sent men aloft to the
ops. We made no discovery. 1t was
Useless to say to a dozen men that their
yes had deceived them. They were
ailors above the average in intelli-
hence, and the captain was sensible
nough to take q sensible view Of the
batter. We talked it over at break
asst, and shortly afterward all hands
Fere called aft. They were told that
must be some trickery and were ask
to give their assistance in solving
he mystery. The ship was searched
rom stem 10 stern, but no stowaway
Fas found. Then the captain did that
Fhich no other captain would have
one. When night and the middle
Tatch came around again, he took the
econd mate and went forward among
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22

Pat(resting on his hammer): Oh say
Dinney: phwat's the use of our drillin'
them howles in tn rocks whin they're
afther BLOWN them all ID pieces wild
a bhlast whiniver we're afther gittin'
thro maxim NV UNI? Dinney: Oh don't
know, Pat; but it's shure Oh am OF
think that if sum fellah 'ud be afuher
invintin' a machane that I'd N AXE the
howIe so they could use it over agin
afther havin' bhla5t, he 'ud make
his FORUM, so Oh doc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22

The young lady with the green
threaded coat and Devonshire hat was
interested in looking over books in
McClurg's. Where is "The Gentle
man from Indiana?" she asked the
new clerk-he of the auburn hair.
Why I used to live in Indiana, m I'd am,
said he, WITH conscious blush even
redder than his hair
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
Tame Crows Franks.

He was a fat, helpless baby crow.
We named him Tom, and he grew like
the proverbial weed. His prankish pro-
pensities came more and more into evil
dence as the summer wore by. Some
bright objects, such as teaspoons,
thimbles and the scalloped tins called
patty pans, had to be jealousy guarded.
But despite the noisy protests Of the
cook the patty pans continued to dis
appear.
At last l found the new use to
which Master Tom had put these cOvet-
ed articles. l had been awakened sew
eral mornings at an untimely hour by
a slight tinkling. jingling noise, pro-
ceeding apparently from the tin cover
ed veranda roof just outside my Win
dow.
On one occasion l fancied | heard
Toms peculiar low chuckle of amuse-
ment. Stealing noiselessly to the win
dow, peeped out. Sure enough, there
were Tom and the patty pans. Selling
one in his beak, he would fly up about
five or six feet, then drop it. The gilt
ter of the tin as it fell through the
bright sunshine and its clatter as it
struck the roof seemed to afford him
the most exquisite amusement, for he
repeated the performance a dozen
times or more, ending, as he heard the
housemaid open the front door. by
neatly packing his shining toys into an
angle Of the roof, where they had here
tofore escaped notice.-Laides' Home
Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22

A Sunday scnool superintendent,
who happened to be a dry goods
merchant, and who was teaching a
class of very little tots, asked when
he had finished explaining the lesson:
Now has anyone a question to ask?
\ very small girl raised her hand &.
What is it Martina? asked the superin
tendent. Why Mr.. BROOKS, how
much are those little red parAsols in
your window, said Martha.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22

A little girl had sent back her plate
for turkey two or three times, and
had been helped bouutifullly to all the
good things. Finally she was observ-
ed looking rather disconsolately at
the unfinished part of her dinner.
What's the matter, Ethel? asked
Uncle John. You look so mournful.
That's just the m after said Ethel. [
am more'n full. Aud then she won
dered why every body laughed.