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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
ONE CONFIDENCE MAN
OUTwlTS ANOTHER

that he guessed he would wait awhile
for Bill, and, winking at the crowd.
he pulled out a well filled wallet with
the remark that he had plenty left II
Bill should go back on his word. The
eyes OF the Memphis shark glistened
at sight OF the wallet and, approach
ing RUDE, he began to manifest the
tenderest sympathy In his case and
assured him that Bill Smith was
rascally thief and that the town was
full Of such sharks. Rube grew ner-
vous under the repeated filings at his
friend Bill Smith and In his excite
ment he pulled his money and swore
he would bet every dollar Of 1t on
Smiths honesty. Well" said the
Memphis shark, "I'll just bet you $50
that Smith don't show up with your
money" Reuben took the bet and,
with trembling fingers, pulled out the
fifty, and the stakes were put in the
hands OF the clerk. After this Rube
grew silent and nervously paced up
and down the lobby. Presently, as
RUDE was standing some distance
iiOIi the htSh, pSh5iNCiy lNAiAhS A'P
quid and gazing through the skylight,
a smartly dressed man walked briskly
through the door and up to the clerks
desk, cycling the bystanders critically
as he passed. Selling pen he rapidly
wrote on the register, William j.
Smith, Hushpuckana Miss" AS he
was writing RUDE had once more adj
vanced toward the desk and, seeing
the form at the counter he strobe
eagerly forward peered into the face
of the newcomer, and, slapping him
on the back, exclaimed by gosh, II
it amt Bill Smith lat last"
The rest OF the story was simple.
Smith recognized RUDE, thanked him
for the loan and Immediately pull ed
out his purse and paid over the prom
Used fifty he had borrowed. The Mem
phis shark turned pale as RUDE claim
ed the wager, but it had to go Later
the Memphis shark got little note
advising him that RUDE thanked him
for the little donation and advised him
to try the trick on some of his follow
sharks and play for even.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
Imp. n Mar hat.

Marshal Gourko, the famous Rus.
sian general was terrible autocrat
On one occasion an impersonator OF
celebrated men was performing at q
theater in Odessa One evening he
received a mysterious message, which
read, Study Gen. Gourko." In Russia
II is better not to inquire into matters
that one does not understand, and sc
the artistic spent an hour in privately
impersonating the autocratic Russian
Just as the evening performance was
about to commence an order OF arrest
signed by Gourko was presen ed to tn
impersonator, and without explanation
he was led through the streets to the
marshars palace and into an apart
ment where the terrible man was seat
ed. They tell me that you imperson
ate celebrated men," he roared. I'm.
personate me-" Giving a hastv look a
Gourko. the performer turned to the
mirror to make up" 1t was an any.
ious time, for If the marshal should
take exception TO the representation
he had unlimited power to infict pun
ishment. The impersonator dragged
himself together and turned to the
marshal a copy of his own face and
overbearlng manner. Gourko burst
into roar of laughter and the danger.
Gus moment was over.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
In His Own
~ ~ Trap

The slickest confidence man that
ever perambulated down the pike was
In Memphis last week and did
some smooth business OF the bunko
variety. according TO Patrolman Pat
Koran, that makes the clumsy Men,
phis method pale into insignificance,
says the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Officer Koran refuses TO give names,
but he says that the victim In the case
was king bee Memphis con man who
thinks he is more than two or three"
and who happened to be out looking
for hayseeds. The con man dropped
into certain hotel in Memphis to lay
for a fish," and he had gotten him
self up to pass for a commercial trav-
eler. He was soon spotted by the
slick one" who seemed TO have lofty
scorn for the innocent "Rubes" and
loved to make monkeys out OF the
swell-head frauds who think they
know it all. Not long after the slick"
one spotted the Memphis shark hay
seed RUDE of the most harmless look
ing type came into the hotel lobby and
glared through his spectacles at the
men sitting around. Failing to see the
face he was looking for the old Rube
stood a moment in the center of the
floor and then walked over to the
clerks desk. He took a long range
chance at the cuspldor and missed,
and then, addressing the clerk, asked:
Has Bill Smith been here looking for
me?' The clerk looked up, and, see
ing a chance for some fun, began TO
humor the old man. The Memphis
shark grew interested and drew near.
Soon the whole hotel knew the old
mans story. Bill Smith was a strang-
er he had met in the morning who had
borrowed $50 from him to pay a
freight bill, promising to meet RUDE
at the hotel and pay 1t back. Rube
was certain he would be in soon b.
cause ii was now past the appointed
time. The old mans apparent inno-
cence amused the crowd and he waI
advised to go on and forget Bill Smith
as he would never see Bill any more.
The OLD man replied good humorediy
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
MORAL
SVASION

Women In a neighboring Illinois
city are making ready to exert an in
Auence on local politics through NOR
al suasion, says a st. Louis paper.
Among the objects they wish to tain,
besides the customary ones OF stopping
the men from drinking, smoking and
chewing gum, are few others which
they seem more likely to accomplish
than the first categorical, such as
cleaning the streets, planting trees,
and the abolition of fences and dogs,
except those tied with a string. Moral
suasion is a great deal more effective
in sweeping a street than in stopping
the consumption of beer. There is no
difference of opinion over the advan
tage OF keeping a street clean, though
there may be a stubborn opposition TO
paying for Il. Moral suasion and neigh.
borly example are strong influences
against dirt One good lawn properly
rolled and watered has been known u
regenerate a whole block, and has II
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

she was kneeling at his side and tug
ging at his frozen collar, and calling
Nose, the black porter, and me.
"'Who says this man is drunk she
asked, scornfully, looking straight at
Kirk, as Nose lifted the slight figure
in his arms Hes starvin' and half
frozen to death, that's what he is
There was something in her tone and
the way she led the way to the best
room in the house that somehow made
me whistle a little tune OF sympathy
for old Bacchus. Ii took the three of
us n good fifteen minutes to bring the
fellow to himself. / had looked
through his pockets and found two
dog-eared cards with the inscription,
joan Sheldon, printer same as now,
only now it's John Sheldon, Palace
Hotel There wasn't sou OF money
about his clothes. and guess he hadn't
had the price OF a hair cut for some
time, for the yellow curls lay about
his white face like a girls. He GER
tainly was good-looking. When TIE
doctor came he said IL was a case of ty-
phoid fever. She was tending him like
a mother when | jumped out OF town
1T was about two months before /
was here again. Nelso vas behind
the desk taking to some fellows about
the glorious farm country in the East
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
Sticky.


An inventive turn of mind some
times leads its possessor into pecuIiat
difficulties. A Boston daily paper tells
OF a man who devised a one-piece rub
ber-lined cotton undergarment, which
was intended to be soft and warm and
at the same time waterproof. lie eX-
pected to make a fortune by the sale
of the same to miners, seafaring men
and others whose occupations are pur-
sued in damp or wet places. unfortu-
nately. however, when he donned the
new garment and it became warm, the
rubber melted and stuck TO his body,
and the fabric was only removed with
he aid OF a pair Of scissors and
scraping knife Something similar. a.
though from a different cause. hap
pened to an Indiana tramp who was
prowling around in search or shelter
for the night and found convenient
barn. 1t was dark. and he felt his
way up the ladder into the loft. While
walking around there he stepped into
an open shaft and down he went to
the floor below. That was not the
worst OF It, There was vat OF sor-
ghum molasses directly beneath the
shaft, and the tramp went In up to his
neck. He crawled out and tried to
scrape off the mess with hay and
straw. but when he emerged next
morning he was such a sight that the
dogs were afraid OF him. In the end
he was forced to surrender himself to
the police, so that he might get
change OF clothing Compan-
ion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

Former Governor William A. New
ell, who had the rare distinction of be-
ing governor of two states-New Jer-
sey and writes in the
March Success of his romantic expe-
rience as a congressman in 1S49, when
he originated the life saving service
by Offering resolution in the house
Of representatives to appropriate
money to save lives imperiled by the
sea. Fellow members of congress at
that session were John Quincy Adams
and Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Newell
says: Various objections were made
to my motion, the strongest of which
was that the scheme was impractical
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
Forests WI BE Res.rx ID

BY trading nearly a million acres OF
government land in Arizona with the
Santa Fe Railroad Company and other
owners, Secretary Hitchcock has been
able to add to the forest reserve $780,
720 acres of magnificent timber In the
San Francisco mountains. This Is es-
pecially important because the sources
OF the Verde and Salt rivers and sew
eral other streams which furnish water
for the irrigation of a large area are
found in these mountains. and IL the
timber were cut away the supply
would soon be so much reduced as TO
make agriculture impossible This
forest contains one OF the finest bodies
OF timber in the world. and has been
the grazing ground of millions Of
sheep and cattle. which, the experts
say, have injured the irrigation supply
by tramping down the ground and
preventing the water from soaking
into the soil, so that when there was
any rainfall it went off into a food
instead OF gradually. The Santa Fe
Railway Company. under its land
grant, owned every alternate section.
and the government every alternate
section, so that II was impossible to
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
As Exerfed by
Women. II Has
Many PoSsfbH-
,ftee 100000

time resulted in the exodus OF all the
rickety barricades in the neighbor-
hood. Moral suasion may not be as
powerful in changing the physical as
poets of a city as the ballot. but If
exerted by the women in an organized
movement il can exhibit the possibil-
tiles in such manner as to rouse en-
thusiasm in favor of Improvement It
is no more disagreeab'e to call in COM
mittee upon a householder and ask
him to plant trees in front OF his
house than 10 solicit him to buy tickets
to church festival, and it may occur
to him that the trees in the end will
be, Of more value to him than the tick
cts. While ordinances which provide
for the planting of trees, removal OF
fences and suppression of dogs can &C
complish more and do IL in a better
way than voluntary organizations
moral sussion is a good starter for
building up public sentiment so that
the ordinance will be demanded.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

consolidate the interest and reserv,
the forest without the cooperation Of
the railway Ofiicials. which has been
liberal and patriotic. They have ac-
cepted a similar area In other parts OF
the territory. When this reservation
Is completed Arizona will have perma-
nent parks Of 6.0oO.6o0 acres In the
Prescott. Black Mesa, Grand Canyon
and San Francisco reserves. only sur
passed In extent by those In California
and Washington.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
The Old FarmoA

southern paper tells a story OF a
Chattanooga (Tenn.) merchant who in-
stalled telephone near the front door
of his shop and one morning stepped
up to the transmitter TO answer a call.
Just at that moment a North Georgia
farmer who had never seen a telephone
before came into the place and inquir-
ed, "Wanter buy any aigs?" The mer-
chant, who was intent upon getting
his message, gazed abstractedly at the
farmer and told the telephone, II can't
hear you!" ''Wanter buy any aigs?"
shouted the farmer in a voice that
made the windows rattle. Still unable
to hear the man who was calling him.
the merchant again remarked this
time without looking at the farmer.
II can't hear you! Speak louder!"
For the third time the farmer spoke.
roaring out his previous question Sd
loud that people several blocks away
stopped and asked what the trouble
was. This had the desired effect. The
merchant left the telephone, forget
ting his CALL and turning savagely
on the intruder, remarked, mol damn
it, | don't want any eggsp The farm
er smiled. and as he went out was
heard To remark softly. Il never did
see one o. them def fellers but whut
could make 'em hear IL only let my
self out"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
Little Baschus.
by JESSIE LLEWELLYN.

Author 1.-The Little Red Wagon" Etc.
Copyright. 1901: by Daily Story Pub. Coz
We were Longing around a large
table in the east sample room or the
Palace Hotel, which now is one OF
the SWEETEST In the city. IL was
after business hours, and Dick Blume
had started in on one OF his long-wind-
ed stories. Dick had been running out
from Chicago with a lire OF shoes
before the oldest drummer among us
had learned his A. b. C.'s, and his rec
ord for yarns was a world beaten.
III tell you he's her second hus-
band and No. l is alive and flourish
ing back in the East" he was saying
I'm the only man this side OF the Mis-
sissippi besides his 'nibs' that's now
got her, who knows the true inwardne5S
OF the affair"
Blume was speaking Of the pretty
landlauy of the Palace" to whom We
all had been making our pol-test
speeches for a year past. We aAoweI
him to continue uninterrupted.
Her first husband was Nelson B1c-
chus, a good-hearted fellow, but with
out over-much brains. He brou2ht he
out here from back in the states
as we used to say then, and in little
shack on this very spot they kept
hotel. II must have been the girl
black eyes and snappy, bright ways
that started things going their way
1t was wonder they ever caught any
OF the boys, because she never won
allow any liquor sold on the place any
more than now. and if she'd find any
of us backing our chips with the real
stuff, out we'd go, bills paid or no.
Well, in some way she took sort OF
liking to me and used to tell me her
troubles when the cook would quit on
five minutes notice or if any of the
boys got sick; for. young as she was.
she was regular mother to us all.
Things seemed 10 be going pretty
smooth, for although she and Bacchus
didn't seem to exactly hitch, they
never had any words He was a soft
lot, always whining about something,
and clean daffy with homesickness for
the East. She was the whole thing
about the hotel. Maybe imagined it,
but it seemed TO me there was a visit
full look in her eyes as though her life
was incomplete.
"'There'll be tragedy here some
old day., thinks I. That little woman
is plumb ready to fall in love; she's
just waiting for the right man; for
l could see that Nelson just figured as
a sort of habit OF hers. Sure enough.
he came-the right man, mean, and
l was Thereon here-at the time. 1t
was the night before Christmas. The
sleet and rain was knifin' every one 1t
caught out, when a chap who looked
to be pretty much on his uppers
walked into the Office. He was kind
of wabbly in the knees, and old Kirk
you all know lazy Kirk, died down in
Mexico 10 70 for lack Of exercise
Kirk tocx the trouble to knock the
ashes off his cigar and voice the one
word We were all thinking. Drunk he
says. And as if the word hurt him,
the fellow keeled over and fell prone
to the floor. Little Bacchus-that's
the name she went by among the boys
had been waiting for him to register,
eyein him pretty steady. Like fash
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
LET US BE PATIENT.

Let us be patient. you and /:
Let us, like watchful guardsmen, make
our hearts a haven for the sake
OF those that drift. they know not why
Let us be patient Let us keep
Our watch-ires faithful as Gods stars.
Whatever storm or shadow mars
The breadth OF iife's uncertain deep.
Let us be patient. Let men trace
No frown. no insincerity.
In skies OF ours. that all may see
Gods presence in his childs calm race
IF. w. HUT. In S. s. Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
When Lincoln Was in Congress-
::0scseoc9:cs ccIo.o ...eac.cs.. c.l.o.sl.l.

BILE. ! laid the matter before a great
many senators and members, speaking
to them in person. EX-President John
Quincy Adams occupied a seat just be-
hind mine, and, after the reading OF
the resolution by the clerk, leaned for
ward and said to me. 4 would like to
see that resolution sent for it and
handed it to him. He read it over
carefully, and, handing it to me, said
with a smile: 1t is good; l hope it
will prevail Abraham Lincoln also
read it, and said: Newell, that Is a
good measure. will help you. l am
something OF lifesaver myself, for
invented scow that righted itself on
the Mississippi sandbars!'"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

Soiling and Pasture.--lf the pasture
is not rich enough to enable the cows
to fill themselves in an hour or two's
grazing, morning and evening, a & 2od
soiling crop should be provided. The
tendency OF modern dairying is to-
wards less reliance on grazing and
more on soiling. as more convenient,
economical and profitable.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

In the modern six-masted saillnl
vessels the first three masts are called
by the old names. fore. main and miz
zen. and the fourth. fifth and sixth. the
spanker mast. the jigger mast and tn,
driver mast.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

Clyde Fitch has in the past eleven
years written twenty-four dramatic
compositions and every one OF them
has been produced. many with sro-
nounced success.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

There are ten railway lines in Eng
gland and Wales. five in Scotland and
siy In Ireland.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28
Sugar In England and France.

A French economist, writing on the
use OF sugar in France and England,
says that England. the only country
that excludes the manufacture Of beet
sugar, consumes more sugar than any
other nation and buys II at the lowest
price. A pound of sugar in England
is cheaper than pound of bread, and
the Englishman pays no more to con-
sumo fifty-five pounds OF sugar per
year than the Frenchman pays for
thirty-two and one-half pounds. The
per capita consumption in France
since 1870 was thirty-thTee pounds,
while in England it was over eighty
pounds. 1t is proper to state that one
reason why the French people con-
sumo so little sugar is because their
way Of living requires less of that ar
ticle. For the great part of the French
people breakfast consists of a bowl of
soup. which is also frequently a part
of the two other meals. her drink
is wine, and as they use but little tea
or coffee, especially in the country,
there is scarcely any demand for
sugar. They make neither preserves
nor cake in the family. The usual
dessert is fruit and cheese. The high
tax OF five cents pound on sugar is
paid by the well-to-do people who live
in the cities, and who take coffee OF
chocolate for breakfast and small
cup of black coffee after dinner.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-28

One OF the most powerful obstacles
In the matter OF land settlement in
some parts OF Australia is the prickly
pear. 1t has grown to be fearful
pest. II has taken possession of whole
tracts o. country and the settler has
TO fight a pitched battle for every acre
he calls his own. A single fruit brings
forth thirty. sixty and even svera
hundredfold Of good productive seed
All heritage may droop, die and disap-
pear in the oven of an Austrian
drouth, but the pear survives, flour
ishes and carries on its progress of ex.
pansion and reproduction with uncon-
Germ.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-19

His attacks are seldom in the open, and
sometimes consist of nothing more than
a shrug of the shoulders. He would
rather live in an age one hundred years
behind the times than to aid modern
methods. He considers the old flint
lock blunderbus better than the modern
shot gun, the ox-team better than the
railroad, the sail boat better than the
steam ship. He is n freckle OH fair
humanity's complexion and disgrace
to the name of tnan. His brain cavity
has less in it than that of a burro. A
composition of saw-dust and water
would contain more common sense.
His proper place is with the hogs or the
barbaric savages of Africa's darkest
jungle.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-19
CONTEST NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
UNIrED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Durango. Colo,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Durango. Colo,
April !, 1901.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Dirk j. Jansen, cou-
testant, against Homestead entry No. lSG6,
made May 10. 1850, for W 2 of sw4 of section j,
and CT sc of section ., township 30 n, ,
range IA W NJ, by Edward W. Holland.
Contestee in which it is alleged that said Ed
ward ". Holland has wholly abandoned said
tract and has absented himself tn erefrom
more than six months since making said
entry and has never in any wise cultivated or
resided upon said tract and that said abse nee
was not caused by reason of any service in the
Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United
States; said parties are hereby notified TO ap-
pear, respond and offer evidence touching Y
said allegation at 10 O'Clock a, m. on Mar Is.
l9Ol before Hon. G. ]. Scharnhorst, Judge and
ex-officio Clerk of the County Court Mt Cor
tez, Colorado, and that final hearing will be
held at ~ O'Clock a. IN. on May 81, 1901 before
the Register and Receiver at the United
States Land Office in Durango, Colo.
The said contestant having, in a proper af-
fidavit, filed April 6. 1901, set fsrth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
OF this notice can net bo made, 1t is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
F. c. PERKINS, Register.
First pub. April 10; last pub. May 2i, 1901.
The Dolores star., 1901-04-19
BAD COLDS.

Quinine is years behind. Colds do not now
have to be endured. MENDEL's DYNAMIC
TABuLEs (called dynamic from their energy
crowd a weeks ordinary treatment into IL
hours and abort the worst colds over night.
at was the worst case of grip ever had. a
half dozen friends had sure cures. StiIl II
hung on. Heard of the DYSAMIe TABULEs
To my amazement tho stopped both cold and
cough the first night / endorse and recon-
mend them to the people, BARCLAY HENLEY
EN-Mcmber Congress and Attorney. l0l San
some street. san francisco. July !, lo0o
"wintcr colds have always been serious
things to me. They are Hard and stay for
months. But the last WAS stopped suddenly by
MESDrLs DNSAMic TABuLEs. Both cough
and cold disappeared in n couple of days No
thing else does this for me-" Mrs. EMMA L.
HoLLIS. IA Moss St..Sau Francisco Aug 600
81 live across the street from where MEN
pEL's DrSAMiC TABuLEs are made. That Is
how first took them. They stop colds with
out notice. took dozen boxes with mo for
self and friends when went 10 Nome Ill.
VAN WtSkLE, Capitalist, 30l. Washington
Street, San Francisco. August 10, 1900.
Sent postpaid for 25 cents in stamps by
INLAND DRUG CO.. 2a34 Washington Street,
San Francisco. Also on sale by our local agent
j. j. HARRIS 4 co. ll-l6.Ol