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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29
4 an-nnnnd Baby.

can take DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
with as much safety and beneficial re-
suits as an adult. 1t is a mild liquid
laxative and children thrive upon It,
Syrup Pepsin assists nature In cleans
ing the system, and its use Is not at
tended with any OF the unpleasant,
gripings and nauseating effects caused
by the use OF pills or so-called cathar,
tics. Try l0c size bottle no doses j,
cents). Also sold In SOC and 81 sizes by
l.. o. Cushing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29
EXCURSIONS
VIA ThR
PERE MARQUETTE
GRAND RAPIDS, OTTAWA BEACH
SUNDAY. AUGUST 25.

oONDA hOoteP' -
Annual Schwabenfest or German
picnic at Grand Rapids, the greatest
event of the year among the Germans.
1t will be held at Teutonia Park
Reeds Lake-which is reached by
street cars from all parts of the city.
Base ball game also at Reeds Lake
between Grand Rapids and Matthews,
Ind. clubs.
Theatre and other attractions at
the lake and in town.
If you prefer quieter place and to
spend the day on Lake Michigan, 60
to ottawa Beach and enjoy the boat
ing bathing, fishing, etc. Pere Mar
quette steamer will leave the Beach
at 2:30 p. IN. for two hours trip on
Lake Michigan. Fare % cents.
Train will leave Bedding at 9:05 a.
m. Returning, leave ottawa Beach
at 500 and $40 p. IN. Leave sGrand
Rapids at $50 p. IN. for Lansing, ZOO
d. IN. for Ionia and 7:l5 p. m. for How
ard City. Round trip rate to Grand
Rapids 60 cents and to Ottawa Beach
| 81 90.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29
neserfed

jamestown. Va. where the English
gained their first foothold In the new
world In 1907, was burned In 1916. To-
day nobody lives there. Little remains
to mark the site except n crumbling
church tower, dilapidated gravestones
and remnants of the foundations Of a
few houses.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29
Canadian Enr..

In cold countries like Canada the
ears are often forced to grow In an I'M
natural way by the custom of forcing
the caps down over the skull and max
ing the ears stick out. 1t Is only Amer
lean ears which get frostbitten In Can
ada. The ears of the natives are in
ured to excessive cold.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29

"Sir," began young Timklns as he
entered the presence of the dear girls
father, II want to marry your daugh-
ter
ooh, don't bother me with your trou-
blesp' interrupted the old gentleman.
"She told me some time ago that she
Intended to marry you. SO you'll have
10 settle 1t between yonrselves."-Ex-
change.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29
Phe Fisherman's Gamble With Death

In bad weather, the fisherman's wife
said. when the boats were out, she
could never stay in the house because
of the clock. AS 1t licked she heard
nothing but "Wife, widow; wife, wild
ow," over and over again. And. she
,aid, it's but the swing Of the bob
which name should be the true one
"Cynthia In the West"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29

The red and blue jockey caps are
very popular for boys and girls. You
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29
RreaIx;ast Table Decision.

Breakihst ihDie
81 understand that jenkins took the
t,lrty-third degree"
Yes. His wife says 1t must not oc-
err again."-Puck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-29
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Bird.
ANNUAL LOW RATES TO
NORTHERN MICHIGAN
RESORTS


Your opportunity to visit Luding-
ton, Traverse City, Elk Rapids, Charl-
evoix, Petoskey, Bay View or Macki-
mac Island at slight expense for rail-
road fare.
Tickets will be sold on above date
ONLY for certain trains, and will be
good to return until September 18th,
inclusive. Ask agents for rates,
train time etc, or see bills.
Rates are very low as usual, and as
the crowded condition of the resorts
will be relieved after September LIST,
plenty of room will be found at ho-
tells, etc. i'm the Northern region. l2-3
DETROIT,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER lsT.
Train will leave Bedding at 600 a. M.
Returning, leave Detroit at 6:l5 p. M.
Rate 81. so. l3-t-r-2.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION,
Very low rates with various limits.
Every Tuesday one cent per mile,
good TO return leaving Buffalo follow
fno Sunday. 14-2
NORFOLK, VA.
HOO-HOO CONVENTION.
One way fare for round trip. Sell
September 18th and Sth return 18th.
LABOR DAY.
ANN ARBOR, DETROIT, GRAND
RAPIDS, KALAMAZOO, SAGl-
NAV. TRAVERSE CITY.
SELL SEPTEMBER 2ND,
RETURN SEPT. BIRD.
Tickets will be sold only at stations
within fifty miles of each place nam
ed Ask agents for full information.
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
! GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT.
ONE CENT PER MILE.
Pere Marquette agents in Michigan
at stations from which rates will APP
ply will sell September Sth to 18th,
inclusive, at above rate. Retire linn.
it Sept. 18th. Limit will be extended
to oct Sth under certain conditions.
Tickets will be sold via Detroit and
d. g. G. n. Co. Steamers. Htr2l
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

cession to power will be an opportun-
ity to prove whether a man educated
for the law will make as good a gov
ernor under these circumstances as
one whose life has been spent among
business pursuits. This question has
become mooted one and the APP
pointment of Judge Taft. which has al
ready been informally announced, is
likely to provoke storm of discus
sion. Just at present the conditions
governing the islands are not such as
civil government for the entire archi-
pelago under a governor resident at
Manila advisable, but Judge Taft has
notified the authorities at Washington
that within a month the desired state
will have been reached and that prepa-
rations with this date in view had
best be made. Judge Taft will by no
means be left to achieve his instruc-
lions by purely moral force. Gen.
Chaffee is to succeed Macarthur in
command of the military forces, and
these will always be at the governors
law and order. 1t is not likely that
there will be any material reduction in
the military forces in the islands for
at least a. yealr. ~ 4 ~ -'-''
Judge Taft is a son of Alonzo Taft,
who was minister to Russia under
President Grant, and for time attor-
ney general. He was born in Cincin-
natl in 1857 and graduated from Yale.
He has filled the positions of assistant
prosecuting attorney for Cincinnati;
internal revenue collector; judge of the
Supreme Court of Cincinnati; solicitor
general in the Department of Justice
at Washington; judge of the United
States Circuit Court of Ohio-a life
position which he resigned to accept
the presidency of the Philippine COM
mission about fifteen months ago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

Another Massachusetts Canal.
The Massachusetts legislature has
made an appropriation for the survey
OF canal from Weymouth, in the vi
entity of Boston Harbor, to Taunton,
near where Taunton river empties in
10 Narragansett bay. This canal, if
constructed, will shorten the distance
between New York and Boston 100
miles, and also relieve small coasting
vessels from the dangers they are now
exposed to in rounding Cape Cod, and
interior towns from high railroad
freight rates. The canal will be only
nifty miles in length The project is
not new one. as the state as long ago
as 1903 decided it was feasible, and
IN 1925 congress ordered survey of
the route, and no insurmountable OBJ
stacles were found The object of the
present survey is to show that the cost
OF the work will be small as an in
ducement for congress to provide for
its construction
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
oxygen from

The ar. ana IL a stream of hydrogen be
directed upon the Platinum the chemi
cal combination of the two gases takes
place with sufficient energy to raise the
temperature of the platinum black I'M
til it becomes red hot, or sufficiently
hot to render incandescent a platinum
wire placed over the slot of the gas
burner. Formerly these lighters have
become inefficient in short time, on
account of the atoms of one of the in
gredient coalescing with those of the
other, when the atoms are too closely
connected to occlude oxygen at the or
binary temperature with sufficient ra-
pidity to heat the platinum wire. How
ever, this inventor claims to have dis
covered process which will overcome
this difficulty To accomplish this
result the bone-ash is heated to high
temperature to purify it and is til n
mixed with water and platinum hack
to form paste, which is subj cted to
high degree of heat in a mold of the
required shape. 1t is then ready for
connection with the wire which formf
the igniter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK.

An Optimist Habitually Expects Good
Things in Future.
1t is an interesting fact SAYS the
London Spectator, that while almost
all the literature of today is pessimist
in tone, the mass of political and social
speculation is decidedly optimist-at
least if we take the word in it's modern
meaning. for it has suffered within the
last half-century curious and highly
suggestive change. Fifty years ago
an optimist was man who, looking
upon the things Immediately around
him, held them to be good, while to-
day the optimist is the man who habit
TALLY expects good things in the flu
ture. In its new sense the ma
Jority, in this country at all events,
are now optimists. The laudator tenn
ports acti, once the bugbear of the
thoughtful, has almost disappeared
The man who used to play that part
let us say the Old Tory squire with a
good income and long pedigree, is
now contented being who, except
when discussing family pretensions,
looks backward very little and is only
doubtful about the future because he
is not quite sure whether he will con-
tinue to feel so entirely comfortable.
The world as it is exactly suits him,
and he believes in the past as little as
in the future. The majority go step
farther, and not leading quite such
podded lives, ignore the past altogeth-
er. and people the future with bright
though rather nebulous imaginings.
Education will make us all
bright, will "mollify manners and not
suffer them to be fierce" will abolish
drinking, and will make mankind so
unselfish that poverty in its more
painful forms will become like re-
ligious persecution, and evil, or rather
shadowy, memory Of the past which
quite amaZes London when it reap
pears in China. There are countless
people who really and sincerely believe
thees things, just as Mr.. Hall Game
does, who in recent lecture in the
island which he has made his intellec-
tual fief repeated them all and many
more. one being that all race preju-
dices will die because they will be
confessions of our ignorance of life"
We are unable unfortunately. to place
on Mr.. Hall Caine as a novelist the
value which he places on himself, and
which his multitudinous readers place
on him, holding, doubtless from pre-
JUDGE, that his popularity. like that of
Marie Corelli, is one more proof of the
detective literary judgement of the
crowd but we do not question his Sin
cerlty, and in this lecture he certainly
gave voice to the nebulous belief Of
innhmerable men. one which inspires
ml1Sst journals. and in one shape or an
ther serves as mental food for whole
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
AN ANCIENT LIBRARY.
No Document in 1t Less Than 40,
Years Old.

No Document in 1t Less Than 400
Years Old.
A library, no document of which is
less than four thousand one hundred
years old, has been discovered by
Prof. H. v. Hilprecht of the University
of Pennsylvania. He has been explor-
ing the mounds Of ancient Nippur, in
Mesopotamia, and has lately returned
home. His journey across Europe was
interrupted at many points for the
bestowal Of honors. Professor Hill
precht has been at this work for eleven
years, but the labors of the last year
have been more successful than those
of all the previous ten. The library
tablets throw light on the history of
people living at this center of popu-
lation in very remote times. The study
of the tablets is likely to be of much
interest for their bearing upon ques-
tions of Biblical chronology. 1.-THE
chief point to be remarked" says Pro-
fessor Hilprecht, is that we have
found the first Babylonian temple Ii
brary that has ever been discovered.
Hitherto we have possessed nothing
more than the knowledge of the prob
able contents of such library from
copies found in the royal library of
Asurbanipal, in Nineveh. This royal
library, however, was a compilation
OF documents from all over Babylonia.
In the library which we have unearth-
ed this year at Nippur we get for the
first time an insight into the arrange
ment of the libraries of that early day,
and a knowledge of the literature Of
the period. Of special Importance is
the fact that we have not only discov-
cred Babylonian temple library, but
that it proves to be the most influential
and important as well as the Oldest in
the whole country. No document is
younger than 1900 B. c. So far only
one wing of the library has been ex-
cavated. Nearly eighteen thousand
documents have been rescued from the
ruins this year. The size of these in
scribed clay tablets varies from one
by two inches to one by one and a half
feet. Unfortunately for the decipher-
ing Of the writing they were made of
unbaked clay, and therefore suffered
considerably from the collapse Of the
building and the humidity of the
ground. But we have all the frag
ments. The records from Nippur are
now on their way to Constantinople,
where they will arrive in the course
Of six months. The conditions at
Constantinople make it impossible for
me to say when they will arrive here"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

Tom LOTUS, and was sold by him to
the Boston club. LOTUS at the time
4.e let the youngster go considered him
one of the most promising men in the
Western League. He went to Boston
for 5000. and LOTUS having had deal
ings with some of the National League
magnates before, demanded a certified
check for the amount before he would
even give Manager Selee the promise
of the catcher's services. Sullivan did
fair work with the Bostons last year,
but nothing sensational. Under the
tutelage of Comiskey it is expected
that he will round out as one of the
best. 1t is reported from the East that
the catcher hurt one of his fingers
very badly last fall, and that the in
jury interferes considerably with his
throwing. Whatever the fact in the
case is, Sullivan made good on the
farm" where he was placed by Bos-
ton. Comiskey denied that he has
signed, Catcher Johnston of the Uni
~TersitY Of Illinois. He says he sim
ply l612 ~ he would give him
a tri nn1iace for him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Great L. the American Hon.

The American hen is a great insti-
tuition. At rough estimate there are
about 35O,0O0,0OO of her in the United
States and each year they produce
something like 14,Ooo,ooo,Ooo eggs
which represent SITS, 100000.
About $13o,ooO,ooo worth of poultry
is eaten in the country during the
year and the value of the, living hens.
at 80 cents apiece, is figured at $780,.
100000.
So the hen stands for about s455 ,0OO,-
900 in the yearly economics of the
United States. The hen outdoes the
iron industry, the coal industry, the
wheat crop and the corn crop, inciden-
tally soaring more than $1,000, 600
ahead of the total yearly value of the
COWS of the country and their produce
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
COL. ROGERS INDIGNANT.

Colonel Rogers of the Philadelp1
Ball Club, who has heretofore be-
very guarded in his remarks concer
ing the American League magnat
and their organizations, has fired
first oratorical shot into the ranks
the enemy. This was caused by Md
ager Manning's announcement Il
Jimmy Slagel had signed with Wa
ington. In speaking of this piece
news, Colonel Rogers said: :"
have had no official information to 8
effect that Jimmy Slagle has jump
to the American League, but adm
that it looks very much like it. "
it is possible. though not probab|
that more will go. Money held d
in the hand is a powerful factor, al
il is easy for some to forget their ma
hood, violate contract and bre]
their word. The players are our 4
sets and we will certainly defend d
rights to the last ditch. The AmeI
can League has come here like a TIL
in the night, and the very people TIL
we made possible in base ball are nc
so base as to steal the players that CO
us thousands of dollars to procure"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

its crew, the only American Indian in
the navy. He is Chapman Shenandoah,
an Oneida, and was born 20 years ago.
He is the grandson of Shenandoah,
The Deer, who in his day was one of
the most notable men of his tribe. At
the age of Is Shenandoah could Meth
er read nor write. Later he became a
student at Hampton Institute, and af-
ter seven years of work was graduated
but remained at Hampton as an as
sistant in the machine shop.
When the war with Spain broke out
he enlisted in the navy and served at
first as fireman on the San Francisco
and later on the New York under Capt.
Chadwick. He was mustered out of
the volunteer service when the war was
over but re-enlisted at once and was
assigned to the Atlanta, on which YES
sci he is at present. The Indian sailor
is described as fine stalwart fellow of
whom his tribesmen have good cause
to feel proud.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Recipe for Apple Pancakes.

Here is recipe for apple pancakes:
Peel, core and stew six apples with
half pint Of water, half pound of
sugar, and about third of the thin
ly cut rind of a lemon. Meantime beat
UP two eggs, with two tablespoonful
of powdered sugar; add twelve ounces
of flour, pinch of salt, teaspoonful
of baking powder, and moisten gradu-
ally with pint and a half of milk
and four teasponfnls Of butter previ-
ously melted. Beat the whole we'll to-
gether and pour into shallow pans.
Bake for twenty minutes in hot oven.
Turn out, spread one layer with the
stewed apples, while these are still
hot. and cove with second layer,
Sift powdered sugar over the pudding
and serve VIII whipped cream,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
ODE K o,ser in a .ybiyer,

Dread of assassination has unnerved
many chief of state but the fear
sonic irritation now shown by the Ger
man emperor was hardly to be ex-
pected from man of his heroic. pre-
tensions. Even if the assault which
has thrown him into chills and fever
gerous character it would have been
his part to maintain an appearance
of self-poise and dignity, and consider
ing the nature of the incident it should
have been ignored entirely. A boy
whining over the smart of a snow
ball is about as impressive figure as
the grieved monarch in his present
fit,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

pills of books. The device is mounted
cn flat strip of wood, and consists of
Il metallic handle, with rotary wind
ing spool and long cord. One end Of
The cord is affixed to the winding spool
and the other end, after it has been
passed around the bundle, is inserted
IN the aperature in the opposite end Of
the base. The winding spool is loosely
mounted on the handle, and is pro-
rided with a ratchet device, which will
.ock it when the cord is wound tightly
Before finishing the task the handle is
released from the end opposite the
dram, and by turning it partially
around reminding the cord a little
further and then returning the handle
tn it's socket an extra reef is taken in
!the cord, which affords strong grip
Oh the bundle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Tramp Corporations.

A revised corporation law went into
effect in West Virginia a few days
ago. That state still hopes to collpete
with New Jersey in the busineFs OF
creating large corporations for pnr-
poses OF state revenue. The newt law
places no limit upon the capitif liza-
ion of company, but it requires the
payment of license fee and AMI an
nual tax. each Of which varies from
$40 to s1,O10 on corporations ralpging
Up to $4,0OO,OOO capitalization, with
$50 extra for each added million. The
most undesirable feature of the Rw is
found in the fact that the state{ does
not hold the corporations it creates to
account. 1t creates them al p turns
thorn ioo, '.A9thnr. States
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. wife of he
great philanthropist, has been his
ablest helpmeet in ali his projects to
do good to his fellow men 1t was. in
fact, through his benevolent work that
Mr.. Carnegie met his wife. She was
Miss Louise Whitfield. daughter of
John Whitfield of the importing firm
of Whitfield. Powers & Co., and she
and her future spouse became ac-
quainted through a philanthropic
plan in which both were Interested.
Miss Whitfield was an heiress in a
small way. She possessed 100000,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
DIR. ARTHUR EDWARDS.

gave him bond of sympathy with the
laity, with whom he was always pop
ular Because of his ability and grasp
of affairs he was chosen to serve as a
member of the principal governing
bodies of the church. His knowl dge
of questions of church history was pro-
found DR.. Edwards was born at Nor
walk, Ohio, Nov. %. 1884. When he
was years old his uncle, a lake cap
tain. adopted him, and he went to live
with his foster father in Michigan
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
soMEns IS A spoRTsMAN.

The position of Charlie Somers has
raised the cry Of Syndicate ball." on
the part of some who are looking for
chances to pick flaws with the policies
Of The American League. Somers is
part owner of the Cleveland team, and
up to the present is the whole thing
in the ownership and management Of
the Boston team. This dual relation.
It is charged, will prevent his devot-
ing his energies to single team. and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

1t is estimated that if Mr.. Carnegie
continued to give away money at the
rate at which he has been distributing
1t for the past fifty days his entire for
tune would be gone in the course OF
the year 1873. But as he is in good
health and has a reasonable expecta-
tion of life of at least twenty years he
will probably so arrange his benefac-
lions as not to deprive himself of the
pleasure of passing them around al
such an early date.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
HON. WIN. Ii. Tart.
NAMED FIRST AMERICAN GOV
ERNoR OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Sketch OF His Life at Bar and on the
Bench-was Born at Cincinnati in
Is47-A Big Task Is Before Him-Left
Life Position to Go to Philippines.

Congress having given President
Mckinley full uthority-military civil
and judicial-in the Philippines, it is
generally understood that his next
move will be to appoint Judge William
H. Taft, now president of the Philip
pine Commission, as governor to rule
over the entire Philippine archipelago
in the name of the United States.
Judge Tafts task will be a difficult
one. He will have to see that the
civil laws of the government agreed
upon are enforced, and enforced in
such way that free people will
have no cause for complaint, His ac-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Was a .Sfauncb Mefl,od:e,

Rev. DR.. Arthur Edwards, promi.
nent figure in Methodism for twent,
years past and editor of the North
western Christian Advocate, died at
his home in Chicago the other evening.
DR.. Edwards had distinguished him
self as clergyman, soldier and edi-
tor. His best years were spent as
editor of the Northwestern Christian
Advocate, in which capacity he welded
a wide and powerful influence in the
affairs of the Methodist Episcopal
church and was potent factor in
molding Methodist policy. He was {
deep student, and through his early
training had "a much more intimate
knowledge of the practical affairs O.
life than the average clergyman. Thi:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
TALKING FOR EFEEcr,

President thinner of Pittsburg,
Interview, states positively that he
stand by the agreement made
the National league in regard to
pending such members Of the Pla
Protective association as join
American league. Said he: eur
more, will resign from the associI
If the contract made by me is moi
held. l have not the power to {
members for breaking the agree1
but I will suspend them, pending
action of the Players Protective
citation as a body, which is the
of my power"