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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The unusually cold May weather
has been great hindrance to trade
and business interests of all kinds.
Merchants have suffered doubly. Be
side the many discomforts suffered
by others, they suffered financially.
People don't buy May goods in March
weather and the merchants have got
the goods and will be obliged to carry
over heavy stocks or sell at a sacri-
flee. Now the old weather man pre-
diets sudden change and says he is
going to give US hot June TO even
up his accounts. Should he keep his
word it will be necessary to take eX-
ira precautions regarding the health.
Such change would have tendency
to cause much sickness. Children,
would suffer most, probably, asst would
bring on bowel trouble and pneumonia.
1t would also have tendency to
bring on pneumonia and inhammatory
rheumatism in adults. Don't be hasty
in discarding heavy underwear and
good heavy shoes and you may save
yourself long spell of sickness.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Employment keeps away the rust.
1t keeps the heart and mind alive to
the interests of the day. 1t has been
said the reason why so many old men
break down and become childish is
because they abandon business and
thus lose much of their everyday in
terest in the world around them. 1t
is no uncommon thing to-day for peo-
pie who are quite advanced in life to
take courses of study and successful-
ly go through them. All such occu-
pations serve to keep the interest
alive in something beside mere sell
fishness, and do more to ward away
"the frowns of dusky melancholy"
than all the herbs in the old wifes'
pot on which our ancestors relied.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
Advertised Letters.

dune J, TYOI.
There are remaining at this Office
at this date the following unclaimed
letters and wholly written postal
cards.
If they are not claimed in two
weeks they will be sent to the dead
letter Office.
LADIES' LIST: Mrs. Hattie Baker,
Mrs. AChsat Donnan, Miss Florence
Gosh, Bessie Silverthern, Mrs. IL. IL.
Williams.
GENTLEMEN LIST: Orby Law
renee. ID. f.. WILSON, L. NJ.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
THE PLEASURE BOAT WENONAH
Is Now Ready for Business.

Ii will leave dock for East Park on
Sundays at $50 p. m. and make trips
every 10 minutes the balance of the
day. We will give special attention
to picnic parties of ID or more anv
day: also private evening parties.
Make a trip to East Park and drink
from the Crystal Spring, be rejuve-
mated and made happy.
Fare for round trip, loo.
Lester Grant, Prop.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The United States grants $4,000
patents per annum, or nearly as many
as all the rest of the world. England
grants 5000 per annum, and France
and Germany each about 1000, and
such countries as Canada, Australia
Austria, Italy and Russia grant about
1000 each. So long as we can keep
this up we have little to fear in the
way of industrial supremacy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

"The only comfort" remarks con
temporary democrats have been
able to get politically for the past
four years is in the decline of the
price of wool this year. They want
to know why the tariff does not keep
the price up. 1t would be just as per-
tinent to ask why free woolunder the
Cleveland administration did not
keep the price up. Prices are higher
now than they were then, and after
the enactment of the Dingley law
were double free trade prices until
this year. Prices are very low in
free trade countries. The high pric-
es the past four years have greatly
increased production The increased
use of cotton and mixed goods has in
a measure supplanted certain kinds
of woolens. Buyers say combina-
ton of manufacturers aids in keeping
the price down. BE that as ii may,
how would opening the market to the
importations of Australia and South
America, where prices are much low
er than they are here, help the mat
ter? Importations were many times
more under free wool than they have
been since. The flocks and wool clips
at home have greatly increased since
the tariff was restored, and if the
price is not all that we could hope, it
might be considerably lower, as it
was under free trade wool, and would
zoe now if there were no tariff"
WANTED-An apprentice, must be
a good seamstress.
MRS CIrNNINCU
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
Didn't Marry for Money,

The Boston man, who lately mar
ried sickly rich young womrn. is
happy now, for he got DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which restored her TO per-
feet health. Infallible for Jaundice,
Biliousness, Malaria, Fever and Ague
and all Liver and Stomach troubles.
Gentle but effective. Only 25c at
Council Bros. drug store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The garnishee bill signed by Gov
ervor Bliss and which will take effect
ninety days after the final adjourn
ment of the Legislature, allow an ex-
emption of 50 per cent of a mans
wages with the proviso that the ex-
emption shall never be less than s.
or more than $50.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Miss Maude Dickens, Parsons, Kan,
writes: Il suffered eight years with
asthma In its worst form. had several
attacks during the last year and was
not expected TO live through them. |
began using Foley's Honey and Tar
and it has never failed TO give immedi-
ate relief " w. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Ira ID. Reckard Duncombe, Ia,
writes: "My little boy scalded his
leg from the knee to the ankle.
used Banner Salve Immediately and in
three weeks time it was almost entirely
healed. | want TO recommend it 10
every family and advise them to keep
Banner Salve on hand, as it is sure
remedy for scalds or any sores =" WI.
Benedict
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
A Preacher

of Waterloo, Ind, Rev. S. T. Klotz
writes: 81 have been afflicted over 20
years with dyspepsia or sour stomach.
Have tried different remedies without
much benefit. A Zoe bottle OF DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gave me
great benefit. Have taken nearly one
large bottle and feel like a different
person. For sale by l.. O. Gushing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
a Terrible Explosion.

'Of gasoline stove burned lady
here frightfully,n writes N. + Palmer
OF Kirkman, la. The best doctors
couldn't heal the running sore that
followed, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve
entirely cured her. lnfallible Tor
Cuts, Corns, Sores, Boilsf Bruis, 5,
Skin Diseases and Piles. 25c at Con-
nell Bros.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
lie Must Confess.

Dear Sir:-I used the White Wine of
Tar Syrup you sent me, and must con-
Tess derived more benefit 10 my lungs
from it than from any remedy | have
ever tried, and cheerfully recommend
it to everyone having any Kind Of lung
trouble Truly Yours,
"A. M. HUMPHREY,
Minister Of Baptist Church.
Trilla. Coles Co, Ill.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Allen Halverson OF West Prairia
Wis, says: ''people come ten miles to
buy Foley's Kidney Cure, " while j. A.
Spero OF Helmer, Ind, says: at is
the medical wonder OF the age" WI.
Renedict
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

A New York merchant has this to
say about advertising; "There must
be reasons why some people should
trade with you in preference to
others in your line. Dig up these
reasons. Put them in the newspaper.
Do it right, and you will get the
trade -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

A o. Blanchard, West Bangor. N.
Y, says: 81 have been troubled with
kidney diseases for the last five years.
Have doctored with several physicians
and ] got no relief until | used two
bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure" WI,
Benedict
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

"The Doctors told me my cough was
incurabe. One Minute Cough Cure
made me well man." Norris Silver.
North Stratford, N. H.-Because
you've not found relief from stubborn
cough, don't despair. One Minute
Cough Cure has cured thousands and
it will cure you. Safe and sure. w.
/ Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
Are You With Us?

Do you feel just finer than anybody
all the time? II you take DR.. Cald.
wells Syrup Pepsin you may feel good
the year round. 1t is guaranteed to
cure constipation, indigestion and all
stomach and bowel troubles. 81, SOC
or lOc size. l.. o. Cushing will tell
you all about it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Lal5elle glove cleaner, for sale only by
q. q. O'Bryon, headquarters for the
famous Service glove AT Sl.00 and the
Polayis at 81 %. Gloves fitted and
warranted. See the leading shades.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
From an Old Snldier.

DETROIT, MICH. Feb. 5, 1900.
! hereby certify that have used DR..
G. ID. Warmers Compound of Seven
Cures and will say that this remedy has
20 equal in building up the system and
giving renewed life and vigor to people
advanced in years JOHN COUGHLIN.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The bilious, tired, nervous man can
not successfully compete with his
healthy rival. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers the famous pills for constipa-
tion will remove the cause OF your
troubles. w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Judge Allen b. Morse has resigned
from the state board of Mediation
and Arbitration and Gov. Bliss has
named H. A. Conant of Monroe for
the term ending May %, 1902.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The rector OF ST. Georges, fash
ionable church in Brooklyn, has
deemed it necessary TO issue circu-
lar in which he announces that in fu-
ture audible courtship' will not be
permitted in his church while service
is in progress.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
EITHER PHONE.

The board of Supervisors meet on
June "A for the spring session held
once in five years for the purpose
of equalizing tax rolls.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The coal barons have boasted on the
price OF hard coal, though this is the
slack time OF year. They are said to
be making $4,500,000 a month out of
the raise. Great is the combine. y
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Mr.. James Brown of Putsmouth, Va.
over 80 years OF age suffered for years
with bad sore on his face. Physi-
clans could not help him. DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured him perma-
nently w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The Grand Rapids water steel seems
to have become a hot water arrange
ment, and the promoters seem To be
distinctly in IL
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

a surgical operation is not necessary
to cure piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve saves all that expense and never
fails. Beware OF counterfeits. w. |.
Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Cycling has its ups and downs. Az
ter the downs, use Banner Salve, il
you're cut or bruised. 1t heals the
hurt quickly. Take no substitutes.
w. l. Benedict,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The human body is longer in the
morning than at night because lis
weight congresses the invertebral
cartilages during waking hours.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

William Woodward, OF Decatur. Ia. i,
writes; Il was troubled with kidney
disease, for several years and four one
dollar size bottles of Foley's Kidney
Cure cured me. | would recommend it
to anyone who has kidney trouble !"
w. |. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
WHAT is GOING ON.
Til ursday. lime n

Thursday, June q.
7;3Op. m.-Sunbeam Lodge, ID. OF Ii.
Friday, June Z.
SIP. ma. q. u. w.
Saturday June y.
sp. nj. o. Il. NJ
sp. nj. q. Foresters.
Monday, June 10.
1880 p. NIX. o. Il. NJ.
500 p. nm. w. OLA.
Tuesday, June IL.
1880 p. nj. o. D. +.
500 p. m.-Royal Neighbors.
Wednesday, June I2.
500 p. m.-Court OF Honor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Gilt edge butter and fresh eggs al
ways in stock at Hanks, Cooks Cor
ners. Goods delivered.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

The Woodman Shoe, the most fam
Gus $3.50 mems welt shoe in the land.
THE CITY SHOE STORE.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Hay for sale at my farm in Orleans.
HENRY HILL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

FOR SALE:-House and lot on south
Bridge ST., on easy terms. Address
ii. +. SLAYToN, Slayton +. O. Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Peptorene Tablets regulate ana cure
o disordered stomach. 20 cts. per boz.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

II you will use the sample OF Yeast
Foam left at your house today accord
ing TO directions printed on circular
you will have the best bread that can
no rua1a
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
Attention, Ladies'!

Upon application will give suf-
fering ladies SOC package of
Balm of Figs, gratis, which is a
sure cure for all uterine derange-
ments. Address
Mrs. j. w. BARKER,
Lock Box Sl5. City.
or call at my residence on Front Street,
between Washington and Liberty Streets
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Orders for hair switches taken and
satisfaction guaranteed.
M. NJ STONE
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

TOLEDO, SUNDAY, JUNE Is
Trains will leave Bedding at 5;45 a.
m. Returning, leave Toledo at 600 p
m. Rate 81 80
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
Saturday June 4.

s:OOp. m.-Court of Honor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

NORTHWESTERN YEAST Co,
$50 North Ashland Ave,
Chicago, Ill.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

WIN. F. SANDELL, Loan Broker. short
w time loans on any form of good security
Long time loans on high class real estate Sc
curity. Once AT The CONNIE rcial Bank
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06
ANOTHER SPECIAL SALE ON!
Rugs, DraperieS, Lace Curtains, Table Covers,
This time it will be on

$500. oI.ZS 10 S3.VS per PAIR
...........S2.lS to $7.9S per pair
......... CSC to 1915 per pair
,rning and last until these
re to sell. Call early and
liture Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-06

Lester Grant, Prop.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29
Favored English women.

The English government gives away
$4,000 a year, more or less, to en-
courage matrimony among the women
employees of the telegraph service.
Women enter the service at an average
age of 16 After six years. when the
operator has reached the official mar
~riageable age Of %, she Is entitled to
an allowance from the state For each
year Of service she can draw one
months pay. AS her salary Is S25 a
month she can then claim $3.50 II
she waits until She Is 2s she can draw
$500. in practice the average amount
paid has been found 10 be about 500.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

Thomas. which has a magnificent har-
Dor. Is the reason why the Danish
group has been desired by the United
States ever since Seward was secre-
tary OF state. A base commanding the
approach to the Isthmus Of Panama
and the proposed N%icaraguan canal is
Of the highest naval Importance to
the United states. Porto Rico has ale
ready furnished such a base. but. rs
Denmark has her group for sale, this
government deemed it inadvisablethnt
a foreign power should secure It.
In a mercantile way the acquisition
will amount to little. Sugar is the
principle product Of the islands, but
the planters have suffered heavily dur
ing late years owing to the discrimin-
ating tariff against them. Denmark
s~tipulates II the United States takes
the islands they must enjoy free trade
with this country, and that ali the In
habitants must be admitted to full
American citizenship.
The climate Of the islands is often
dubious. Hurricanes of great severity
sometimes prevail. The heat Of the
day is extreme, but the nights are cool
and refreshing. Frost forms In the
cold season, but snow is unknown.
The annual precipitation is about six
ty-three inches. Invalids suffering
from pulmonary troubles find that at
certain seasons Of the year the atmos-
phere Of the islands is quite beneficial.
although life there is monotonous to
anyone but a drone. The introduction
Of naval stations will undoubtedly
bring new business and social life.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29
AN ESKIMO LEGEND.
Believe Earth Is in Grasp Of Giant Ice
Spirit.


Believe Earth Is in Grasp OF Giant Ice
Spirit.
Etah Eskimos. who wander among
the northern stations Of Smith sound,
know nothing Of centripetaI or cen
triftigal energy and have never heard
Of the oriental stories Of the earth be-
ing supported on the back OF a tor
toise or an elephant. but they do have
a legend-never before in print-that
accounts for their satisfaction for the
holding Of our globe in its place and
a legend that is quite strangely car
ried out by geography. They say. that
the earth is held In the giant grasp Of
the great ice spirit, who reaches out
from the dark northern sky and holds
the wa%ter-covered sphere with his left
hand that forms the land OF which we
live. They laugh at explorers who are
seeking the pole, and say that It is
impossible to reach 1t, because the ice
spirit has surrounded his wrist with
impenetrable and unsurmountable bar
riers. So much for the legend, now
for the geography. These EskimOs
point southwark over the great Amori-
can continent and say that is th- hand
thumb Of the ice spirit. and they point
further and further to the east to To-
cate the rest Of the hand and stop
where they say there is a great ocean
that reaches from the little finger
around 20 the thumb again. That is
the Pacific. Take your atlas Of the
world and you can well imagine the
western continent being the thumb Of
this spirit, and its broad ball forming
North America and the joint breaking
at the isthmus; with the nail at TERRA
del Fuego, rounding of into Cape
Horn, Between the thumb and first
finger lies the Atlantic, and that fin
ger extends far southwark, forming
Europe and Africa with it's terminus
at Cape of Good Hope. Then the mid
die finger, with its main joint bent at
the Himalaya mountains. reaches
through the Indian peninsula, termin-
ating at Ceylon. The third finger is
extended, forming the Chinese PENN
sula, and reaching through Australia.
Above these fingers stretches out the
mighty broad palm, forming the great
plain Of Asia; and to the east mark
ing the western bounds of the Pacific
is the little finger, which covers KAN
chatka, the Kurile Islands and Japan.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

It is not often that a cartoon excites
so much attention as that published
by the Amsterdammer a short time
since, showing negro soldiers under
the British flag shooting down white
women in South Africa. This was
based upon Mr.. Chamberlain's speech
in the House Of Commons, in which he
intimated that the employment Of the
blacks as soldiers was contemplated in
the future.
Friends of the Beers protested to be
Mortified at this suggestion and said 1t
would ALLEVIATE sympathy for the Brit
ish among the Cape Colonists. even
those Of English birth, the race feeling
there being even stronger than it is in
our Southern States. One London pa
per has pointed put that in spite Of
American race prejudice there are
black troops in our regular army.
The Amsterdammer's cartoon has
been widely copied, and more than
>once referred to in public speeches.
The London Daily Mail called it "a
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

During one Of Adelina PATHS last
tours in the United States the follow
ing preliminary notice was publihhed
by a certain western editor; Mime.
Patti Nicolini. the eminent vocalist
and farewellist. viii come to us posi-
lively for the last time next year. All
those who expect to die before the
year after next viii do well Ia hear
the human nightingale on this trip for
Patti never says goodbye twice 10
the same year, and TO die without
hearing her strike her high two-thou-
sand-dollar note is to seek the here
after in woeful Ignorance Of the
nights to which a woman with good
lungs and a castle in Wales can soar
when she tries"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29
QUE ooMMERoIAL suPREMAoY.

United States Supplying Many other
Countries with Food.
Agriculture and manufacture make
commerce. The statistics of manufac-
tured products show that the United
States Is easily in the supremacy rel
alive to any country in the world.
The commercial statistics are equally
satisfactory, for now at the head of
the worlds great exploring nations
there stands the United States. For
the calendar year 1900 u exports of
domestic products were greater than
those of any Other country, their total
value for that 81. 45e,pI8. $50.
Great Britain ranked next, with ST.
05O,6 900. Thus the United States
has reached the commercial supremacy
of the great exploring nations of the
world. twenty-five years ago this
country stood fourth in rank, the
United Kingdom being first, Germany
second, and France third. The United
States has increased her exports dur
ing the last twenty-five years 1O2 per
cent. The supremacy Of the United
States is due very largely to the enor-
nous expansion of manufacturing in
dustry during the last decade. Our
manufactured products now consti-
tute about 80 per cent. Of the total ex-
rorts. In 1860 they were but 1916
per cent. Through our agricultural
products we have been feeding many
countries. We are now supplying
them with both food and fuel. Form
erly we imported great quantities Of
iron and steel, but now we are export
ing these things. Ten years ago we
had little or no production of tinplate,
the IMPORTS being over 1000, 000, 900
pounds in 1891, bat last year we i'm
ported only 1Os, IA 1926 pounds. a little
more than one-tenth Of the importa-
lions Of 1891. while in place of manu-
featuring little or no tinplate ten
years ago we are now manufacturing
nearly 100000 pounds-World's
Work.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-29

the DalliesNlU hen- WalAelhOu.
lucky with water instead Of whisky.
and which is generally referred to in
Kentucky as the "crime Of the nine
tenth century" was the first great
prop IL tradition knocked from under
DID Kaintuck. But now comes an
)ther, and II anything. a harder blow.
Colonel Henry Watterson, the guard
ian angel Of the only original star
eyed goddess Of reform and the man
who marched the Democratic party
through a slaughter-house into an
open grave" declared in an interview
at Saratoga Springs the other day
that he had not seen a horse race in
fifteen years"
Shades of the old Kaintucky home.
whittier are we drifting? In every
one of the three great geographical
divisions Of Kentucky-vlz. the blue
grass, the bar grass, and the pennr'yal
there has always been a feverish
Idolatry of the trinity Of Kentucky
good whisky, fast horses and pretty
women. But whisky was scorned, sub
yes, sub, scorned. when the battleship
Kaintucky, sub, was c~hristened with
water, sub, instead Of good old Ticker,
sub. And now, sub, Henry Watterson,
quar- Henry, sub, the greatest man,
sub, since Thomas Jefferson, sub, casts
an insult, sub, against horses. sub,
and fast horses at that, sub, by brag-
cling, sub, that he has lever attended
a horse race in fifteen years, sub.
The next thing and somebody will
stand up and declare that the beau
lies Of Kentucky squirt and that they
have big feet. Then what will there
be left Of the commonwealth Of Ken
lucky?
1t is rumored that Henry Watterson,
upon his return to his native land, will
be called before a court martial and
tried for heresy. If nothing else will
take him to a race track he should be
bound and gagged and carried out to
one and made to lose all his money on
The long shots.