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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
DO 1T YOURSELF, MY eoYl /.
Wise Words for Younger Generation
to Ponder Over.

to Ponder Over.
Why do you ask the teacher or some
classmate to solve that hard problem
Do it yourself. You might as well let
some one else eat your dinner as do
your sums" for you.
II is in studying as in eating; he
that does it gets the benefit, not he
that sees ii done. In almost any
school | would give more for what
best pupil learns. simply because the
teacher is compelled to solve all the
hard problems and answer the diff
cult questions for the lazy boys.
Do not ask the teacher to parse all
the difficult words, or to assist you in
the performance of any of your duties.
Do it yourself. Do not ask for even
a hint from anybody. Try again.
Every trial increases your ability,
and you will finally succeed by dint
of the very wisdom and strength
gained in this effort, even if at first
the problem is far beyond your skill.
1t is the study and not the answer
that really rewards your pains.
Look at that boy who has succeeded
after six hours, perhaps of hard study.
How his eye is lit up with a proud
JOY as he marches to his class!
He recites like. conqueror, and
well he may. His poor, weak school.
mate, who gave up that same problem
after the first faint trial, now looks
upon him with something of wonder.
as a superior. The problem lies there
"a great gulf between those boys
who stood, yesterday, side by side.
They will never stand together as
equals again.
The boy that did it for himself has
taken a stride upward, and what is
better still, gained strength for great
er ones. The boy who waited to see
others do it has lost both strength
and courage, and is already looking
for some excuse to give up both school
and study forever.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
ESCAPE THE HEAT.
Where to Find Rest. Recreation
and Health and Enjoy
Vacation.

To understand just how to reach
the most charming summer resorts,
fishing and hunting grounds of Maine
and the Maritime Provinces with all
particulars rs to hotels. rail-. steamer
amid stage lines, one should write Col.
L. Il. Boothby, Portland. Maine, and
receive the literature which the Maine
Central Railway publishes covering
the subject. When one reflects that
there are thousands of beautiful and
restful lakes and seaside places, as
well as resorts for game and fish i'm
Maine and New Brunswick, where life
in camp or canoe as well as at the
cool, comfortable hotels. is a blissful
dream, there Is need of publications
which give every detail. with rates at
hotels and stopping places, and those
of the Main Central are complete, ac-
curate and reliable. There is no rail
road system in the United States ON
which travellers find better service
than on the Maine Central. which
reaches every point to which the rest
seeker may go TO recuperate. and
from the presi lent Of the great cor
poration to the humblest brakeman.
courtesy Is always received.
Then, too, If you wish to see the his
toric White Mountains or visit any OF
the resorts there, the Maine Contra
reaches them all.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
Our Farm Plants.

The value of the knowledge OF
our farm plants does not end with
their production. II enters very large
ly into the disposition that is to be
made OF them. Our study and knowl-
edge should follow the circle from pro-
duction to consumption and final re-
turn to the soil. In other words our
working knowledge must be a thor
ough one. In the crops we raise then,
we should remember that the soil and
it's cultivation should be such that the
plant may have food, moisture, and
air, and that 1t may also be able to
make the best possible use OF the heat
OF the sun. The more nearly these
conditions are supplied the moro near
ly will the plant be able to develop
perfectly and the better satisfied will
the producer be with his efforts.-F. s.
Johnston.
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Protect Orchard Soil.

In a discussion on orcharding II.
Aug stine said: noticed particularly
in the Missouri state meeting that
there is a general feeling that the
soil is being injured by exposure to
the hot sun during the summer. I
am talking now of an orchard that is
not covered all over and shaded all
over. They think that the soil is be-
ing injured by the constant exposure
from year to year to the hot season,
especially in central Illinois, where
we have this black soil, where the
suns rays are terrible, and over in
Missouri they feel that they must do
something occasionally once in two or
three years at least they must seed it
down to clover or something else, to
prevent the bare ground being exposed
to the action OF the hot sun. and that
has been my impression. do not
believe in leaving the weeds to grow
and ripen, but the weeds are naturally
there, and sometimes you can't get
a stand of clover or anything else, so
as to have the ground protected for
a year, but II you have the weeds
and NOW them just as soon as they
get to be of some size and keep on at
that, you are obtaining a mulch to
retain the moisture, great deal more
than 1t evaporates, in my way OF
thinking.
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The Blue Carpet.
BY FANNY BURLING.

Copyright 1902. by Daily Story Pub Coz
The last amen floated out from the
vestry over the kneeling people
bowed forward like a field of wheat
before the wind. Upon the high altar
the acolyte was smothering out the
tall candles and to the rumble of the
organ the congregation-tha is. all
bnt the Ladies Aid-pulsed decorous-
ly down the crowded aises to the
day-lighted doorway.
But the Ladies' Aid poured itself
into the vestry, as a green and gold
snake pours itself into its hole, and,
no longer awed by the sacredness of
the sanctuary, demanded in chorus
of arpeggios and every tone of the
scale, Where is the carpet?"
THE carpet?" echoed the abstract
ed rector, his spirit still uplifted from
his strenuous exhortation to his peo-
pie to be good, to live the higher life,
the carpet?"
Yes, yes, the carpet! Our car
pet! 1t was here last night" sang
the chorus inharmoniously.
Their rector's thoughts slowly set.
llCQ " cal lli ne HGN Ulut PCT.
The workmen finished putting it
down at six o'clock yesterday! Who
moved all those heavy pews, and took
it up again before morning! Who
took up the carpet?" rolled forth the
yhorus antiphonal and feminine.
The beautiful blue carpet which
had been sewed for and sung for, and
cooked for in Ladies Aid meetings
and musicales and rummage sales and
fairs all winter long, their beautiful
blue carpet, which had been finally
selected and paid for, amid much ar.
gument, and at last had been laid
upon the church floor with the care
full supervision of the entire Ladies
Aid in conclave assembled only the
day before; their beautiful blue car.
pet had been spirited away in the
night.
That sunshiny Sabbath morning
they had entered the house of wor-
ship, not one missing, to tread, not
upon a soft, blue brilliance, but upon
a noisy bare floor. The Ladies' Aid of
the Church of the Redeemer rubbed
its eyes and surreptitiously pinched
itself, while the solemn service flowed
on.
Thou shalt not steal' declared DR..
Harrington, and softly the choir re-
sponded, Have mercy upon us and
incline our hearts to keep this law"
who could have stolen their beauti.
full blue carpet, chanted the Ladies'
Aid mentally, land grant that this
day we fall into no sin" murmured
Che people, "but that all our doings
being ordered by thy governance-"
where was their carpet? Verify the
prayers of the Ladies' Aid flew up
ward and their thoughts remained
below.
The president, Mrs. Frances Almer.
on Warren, resourceful and unafrad,
asked the same question aloud in the
vestry, where the clear mountain sun
shine flooded the room with joyous.
ness. Seeing no adequate solution in
the group of fluttering ribbons and
smart raiment-certainly not fashion.
ed like unto Solomon's even in his
glory, she demanded the clergy, the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
Kniohts Pvthiss Biennial Meeting.

For this gathering in San Francisco
in August next excursion tickets will
be sold via the Chicago Milwaukee &
st. Paul Ry. from Chicago to San
Francisco or Los Angeles for $50 for
the round trip with final return limit
September 80,
TIE Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul"
railway is the Short Line between
Chicago and Omaha. Two through
trains daily In each direction with tt }
best SleopinC Car and Dining Car
Service, and al regular travellers know
and appreciate the merits OF the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railways
short Line between the East and the
West.
Time tables, maps and information
fur ished on apple to F. A. Mil
Ter, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

The only safe course to take is to keep
the blood pure, digestion good, and sleep
regular No remedy equals, in all re-
spects, Peruna for these purposes. II
the system is run down and weakened
by catarrh, Peruna renovates and re-
juvenates the nerves and brain.
A book on the catarrhal diseases OF
summer will be mailed to any address,
upon request, by the Peruna Medicine
Co, Columbus, Ohio.
The above testimonials are only two
of so, 900 letters received touching the
merits of Peruna as catarrhal tonic.
No more useful remedy to tone up the
system has ever been devised by the
medical profession
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
AN EploRAm INSTEAD OF $50.
oalIan. washInstonIan Regrets

Gallant WashIngtonI1n Regrets
Chance Woman Acquaintance.
A certain prosperous looking resi-
dent of Washington who is stopping
at the Fifth Avenue hotel will think
twice before he forms another chance
acquaintance. Saturday afternoon he
was standing In front OF the hotel
when a good-looking and elegantly
gowned woman passed, and, being
jostled by some rude pedestrian, drop
ped her purse. Quick as fash the
rather elderly gentleman stepped for
ward, picked the purse from the side
walk, and handed 1t to her. lifting his
hat politely. She thanked him pro-
fusely, and conversation was opened.
That evening they dined together, and
then went to see The Show Girl"
Yesterday afternoon the prosperous
looking man went to the West Thir-
tieth street police station and told the
story Of the meeting and the evening.
He said that while In the theater the
woman he was with deftly distracted
from his vest pocket two twenty-dollar
bills and one ten-dollar bill. In their
place she left slip OF paper upon
which this was written:
Here's to the girl that is strictly ia 1t,
Who doesn't lose her head even for a
minute,
Plays well the game and knows the
limit,
And still gets all the fun there Is In
It,"
The prosperous looking Washingto-
MAN refused to give his name.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
Her Sad ate.

She once was the queen of her fash.
ion-crazed set, the fairest young
quail in the covey,
A picture of beauty and eye-dazzling
style, with eyes most expressively
dovey.
Her walk was a sweet revelation of
grace, soft. dreamy poem of
motion,
Her form undulating in willowy
curves as smooth as the swells of
the ocean.
Her hand at the terpsichorean blow.
outs was sought by the masters of
dancing.
Her cling in the dreamy embrace of
the walls they said was Just sim
ply enhancing.
But now in seclusion she wrestle.
with pain, truly disconsoIate
daughter,
Her beautiful suburbs in bandages
swathed The ping L pong ankle
has got 'erl
Denver Post
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
WATERS CLEVER RUSE.
Tip Was Violation of Club Rules, but
He Got II

He Got IL.
Robert Luce of Somerville. the au.
thor and champion in the Massachu-
sets legislature OF the Luce bill for
primary elections which has been one
of the features of this seasons ses-
sion, was recently in New York to
look after his business interests here,
says the New York Times While in
the metropolis he delighted a party
of friends with a story about certain
nameless club in Boston which has
strict regulations against gambling.
A quartet of cluD members decided
to break that rule by game of poker
for small stakes. So they adjourned
to one of the small rooms of the club
and called the old colored servant to
bring a pack of cards. When he
brought them, one OF the members
queried:
John, | suppose 1t would be some
thing utterly new in this club if we
should do such a thing as play for
money with these cards?"
The negro scratched his head and
deliberated, finally answering:
Boss, Use been wiz dis club long
time and Use seen many things"
Yes, but what have you SEEM"
Use seen ebry rule oh dis club
vilated 'ceptin' one"
What rule is that one?"
DE rule 'gainst gibbin' tips to de
serbants."
And straightway that rule was re.
lieved of its lonesomeness among its
fellows.
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the floor, as you are aware, at six
o'clock last night. This morning it is
gore. You are responsible for the
care of the building. Did you see any
light here last night?"
Eyes, sir"
do you know who was here?"
"No one, sir, but me.
What time did you leave here last
night?"
ut was pretty late-after mid
night"
"Was the carpet here them" The
Ladies Aid held its breath.
The janitor did not answer. Mr..
Warren repeated the inquiry.
mo, sir hesitated the janitor, his
eyes sticking to the floor.
The Ladies' Aid remembered to
breathe, while the president had to
grip her hands hard to keep from
taking the case from her husband
See here, Mr. Brown" continued
the prosecution, you'd better tell the
whole truth. What have you done
viii. the carpet?"
Brown raised his long lashes and
looked helplessly into the blue, brown,
black and gray orbs of the Ladies'
Aid. His glances clung to the tear.
splashed face Of the secretary.
MY wife wanted one so. maam. 3"
he murmured to the secretary.
Wanted what?" cut in the crisp
toner of the president
"A carpet, ma am, his regard still
anchored In the fearful sympathetic
secretary. "She hasn't any carpet
She used TO have them at home be
fore she was married. She wanted il,
ma am, and so ! took it home to her.
ma'am. She don't have much now"
The silence throbbed. The secre.
tary wiped her eyes and DIR. Her.
rington went over and laid his
benevolent hand upon the young fel.
lows shoulder.
did you take all that carpet up
last niglt, MIR. Brown" resumed Mr.
Warren.
Eyes, sir" gulped the prisoner
"And took it all home on a wheel
barrow"
oh, no, sir! Just a part of 1t. An.
ME was so happy over il, sir. S. ),
tackled it all down to-day" added the
janitor, almost enthusiastically.
where is the rest Of it?" pursue
Mrs. Frances Almeron Warren.
I'm the basement" the CLEAN OF
sunshine vanishing from his face as
If lamp had been suddenly blown
out.
There was a flutter among the La
dies Aid.
DO you know, Mr.. Brown. that you
have committed a crime and can be
sent to the penitentiary?" demanded
Mr.. Warren severely
The young fellows sallow skin
paled greenish-white
The pen; OH sir, don't send me o
the pen! What could Annie do with.
out me?" His gaze besought the sec.
rotary.
Thou shalt not steal" said the
president of the Ladies' Aid impress
siyely.
A sweet spring wind from the blue
Ouirrh mountains against the bluer
Utah sky waved the gay nIumage
of the Ladies' Aid and a
murmur stirred among them.
Ladies' interposed the rector. "if
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wheelbarrow in the soft ground be-
hind the church-though it might be
a bicycle.
Here the husband of Mrs Frances
Almeron Warren brought in Brown,
the janitor, who was delivered to the
president of the Ladies' Aid ue
was young, with suggested air of
good breeding about his small. vein.
Gus hands, hopeless eyes and sensi-
tive lips under the dropping, soft
mustache. Life had defeated him in
the rather uncertain fight he had put
up. Mrs. Frances A. Warrens hus-
band took charge of the case.
The carpet, Mr.. Brown, was on
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
Catarrh Of Stomach.

'It is with pleasure 1 recommend Pc
runa as a tonic of unusual merit. A
large number of prominent members of
the different Orders with which have
been connected have been cured by the
use of Peruna of cases of catarrh Of the
stomach and head; also in kidney com
plant and weakness of the pelvic or
gans.
1T tones up the system, aids diges-
ton, induces sleep, and is we'll worthy
the confidence of sufferers of the above
complaints III S. Emory.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
Renovated Butter.

Renovated butter Is now q subject
of national inspection, though 1t has
not been placed under as rigid rules
as has oleomargarine. The license
that must be paid by the manufacture.
ers of renovated butter is but $50 per
year, and nothing at ell Is required Of
the retailers. The factories. however,
are subject to regulations that make
II impossible for the manufacture Of
butter and the renovation OF butter to
be carried on in the same place. Thus
a renovated butter establishment must
be entirely separated from anything
else. II butter is made under the
same roof, the part Of the establish
ment in which butter is renovated
must be separated from the other by
a dead wall, wall having no open.
ings of any kind. No doors are allow.
able. The manufactures of renovated
butter is compelled to give bond OF
$4,000 guaranteeing that he will COM
ply with the laws in the management
of his factory. Moreover every pack.
age Of butter that goes out Of the fac.
tory must bear a notice to the effect
that the manufacturer has complied
with the law. Unless he files the
bond as specified no license Is
granted. Every package of renovated
butter must bear a revenue stamp.
In the top of every package of butter
must be impressed the words Reno
waited Butter" and II the butter Is
made into prints each print must bear
these words. The factory can ship
out no package containing less than
ten pounds, but the package may con.
tain any number of prints. When on
sale these prints must be kept in The
original package till disposed Of. The
manufacturers Of renovated butter are
compelled to lay their books open to
the inspection Of government officials
and they must account for every
pound of material coming In and go
ing out OF the factory.
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deacons, and the janitor. Thus Il is
that Woman, however independent,
calls upon man in times OF real stress
and danger
The clergy placed himself at her
disposal, likewise the deacons.
Under rigid cross-examination the
Senior Deacon did remember that
coming home late the night before
he had seen a light in the sacred edi
fee. The Junior Deacon, who had
gone out to spy out the land, returned
with the discovery of tracks OF a
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
TYphoon Sweeps Luzon.

Manila cablegram: A severe typhoon
is sweeping over the island of Luzon,
between the thirteenth and eighteenth
parallels. 1t is central on the east
ern coast and fears are expressed that
It will infiict heavy damage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
Nervous Debility,

Everyone who is in the least degree
subject TO nervousness, sleeplessness,
prostration, mental fatigue or nervous
debility in any form, finds the hot
weather of June, July and August very
hard to bear. if not dangerous.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
CONGRESSMAN hLDRICH
ENDORSES The tonic, PERUNA.
Says: at VIII Build Up a
Depleted System
Rapidly"

Hon. w. r. Aldrich, Congressman
from Alabama, writes from Washing.
ton, ID. G.
"This Is TO certify that Peruna, man.
ufacf1red by The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Of Columbus, o., has been used In my
family with success, II Is q fine tomb
and Will build up . depleted system
rapidly. can recommend IL TO those
VINO need q safe vegetable remedy TO,
debility. "--.W. r. AIdriCh.
II. s. Emory, Vice Chancellor and
Master of Arms, X. rs, of Omaha, Neb.
writes from 2l3 North Sixteenth street,
the following words of praise for Peruns
as q tonic, He says:
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
PREVENTS DANGEROUS DISEASES

Baxter's Mandrake Bitters purifips
the blood, tones up the system. eradi.
Gates all poison and keeps the body
healthy and free from foul impurities
and prevents the development of dan.
gerous diseases. Sold everywhere in
LIQUID or tablets at - cents.
HeRrv, johnson a Lord. Props. Burlington, VI.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
a cough cure.-J. w O'BREIN. 352 Third Ave.
N, Minneapolis. Mimi, Jan. Il, 1909.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

The life of grass widow is not al.
ways green, por does It run to hay.
seed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

A man who is good fellow among
men generally is questionable in HE
dealings with women.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Dust on a Christians Bible is a top
dressing that the devil can always
use 10 make a crop.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Uncle George-Are you good at
guessing? Little Dick-Yes. indeed.
I'm head in the spelling class.-Good
News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

II you have mans past record you
can predict his future with reasonable
accuracy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Hold fruit stained article over n
bowl and pour boiling water through
the cloths.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

A railroad engine may be roughly
said to be equal in strength to 500
horses.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Man may be made of dust but he
doesn't always settle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

The Chinese compass points to the
south instead OF the north
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Hippocrates prescribed the oil OF roses
as a medicine for several kinds Of dis
ease.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

In tale bearing enjoin secrecy. 1t is
very probably lie you are telling.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
Cause of Failure With Sugar seets

cause OF = allure with sugar 6cetS.
The raising of sugar beets is not an
easy task, especially to the western
farmer. The eastern farmer Is &C
customed to hoed crops and to giving
intensive culture, but the western
farmer has been in the habit for a
generation past of raising crops that
about take care Of themselves, at
least till harvest time. For him to
attempt to raise a crop of anything
that requires constant attention and
the keeping down of weeds is little
out of his line. Sugar beets demand
a great deal of labor and prompt at.
tention. 1t does not do TO neglect
them for some weeks. while cheap
help is being waited for. Not only
must the weeds be kept down. but
the beets themselves must be thinned
as soon as they reach the size de-
handing 1t. This is task Of good pro-
portions when the beets cover a ten
acre field or larger. Labor pays well
when used in growing this crop, but
ii cannot be stinted. That such labor
need it most all farmers know. The
heat of summer and the rains make
the weeds grow with surprising rap
idity, and 1t is at this time that labor
is employed in other things about the
farm. If there come several days OF
rains that make it difficult to get onto
the land so much the worse for the
labor problem.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Stops the Cough ana
Works or the Cold
Ixattve Bromo QuinIne Tablets. Price 25c
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Etc permanently cured. no or nervousness after
III hrst days use OF DR. kne's Great Nerve hestor-
Or Send for FREE o2. 90 trial bottle and treatise.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
For children teehing sOftens the gums, reduces IN.
nammation, aays palm cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07
IF YOU USE BALL BIZ

Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue.
Large OF. package only cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07

Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue
AL grocers sell large or package, cents
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price. 75o