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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

A maidservant belonging to one of
the women's colleges had been out
with her lover without leave from her
mistress and was returning late along
my road, at the top of which lived the
lamented Professor Nettleshlp. Now,
the latter had large yellow dog that
took the usual canine delight In seeing
cats scatter and dee. and, the better TO
pounce Oh them when they were
stcalthily crossing the street. he would
perch himself OH the top OF the pro-
fcssor's garden wall surrounded and
half hidden in the foliage As the tru.
ant maidscryant passed beneath him
he caught sight Of cat In the middle
Of the road and making spring at 1t,
collided with her and knocked her
down. She picked herself up and ran
screaming home, almost mad with ter
ror. because. as she said. the devil had
jumped on her back and thrown her
down international Monthly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
EASTON-BOLsTER.

Miss Minnie Hoskin is visiting with
friends in Keene.
John Menich has a disabled horse,
owing TO its being kicked.
Frank Gordon has been quite sick
the past week with malaria.
Miss Alma Connor visited her aunt
Mrs. Frank Covert last week
Some of the farmers have finished
haying. Help is very scarce.
Mel. Bumper and wife spent Sun
day at his fathers w Bumper.
Mrs. Allie Smell got run away with
while raking hay and hurt quite bad
Mrs. A. Finch of Greenville visited
Mrs. Addie Connor few days last
week.
Hiram Taylor has sold his fine driver
and is now looking for another. Hir-
am knows a good horse when he sees
il.
Mrs. Doremus was called to Port
land Friday to attend the funeral of
her brother. We did not learn his
name
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Cur,ou. styles of Letter BINDINGS.

" ~.
ANY one In the habit OF perusing old
letters is struck with the tone OF great
humility and Difference which per.
vades the correspondence OF our ances-
tors.
A few specimens OF the style of be-
ginning and ending letters may prove
interesting as in striking contrast to
the laconic 'yours obediently," faith
fully" or truly" OF the present day.
It would certainly be difficult to match
the following subscription OF a letter
from the Duke of Shrewsbury to Sir
Thomas Hammer, dated September
17l3: II desire that you will believe
that, wherever am, shall always en-.
deayor to deserve and very much value
your friendship. being, with sincere
esteem, sir, your most faithful and ODE
dent servant, Shrewsbury"
Frequently one meets with bellicose
subscriptions, as in the case of the
Earls of Huntly and Enrol, who, in
1894, threatened awful consequences"
to the magistrates Of Aberdeen unless
they released certain gentlemen i'm
prisoned in their city and inscribed,
yours as We will, either present peace
or weir"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
vEnGENNEs STATION.

Ada Potrul1 is assisting Mrs. r. B.
Davis.
Miss Ida Wingier is assisting Mrs.
w. Ford
Clara Monsor is very sick with con-
sumption.
Art Condor and best girl spent the
4th at Muskegon.
Aary Covert, of Lowell, visited rel
atives here recently.
Mrs. + Ring visited Mrs. Bonar in
Lowell last Saturday.
Ida Dickens is visiting her grand
mother, Mrs j. Mosher.
Rosa Kropf, of Lowell, spent Sun
day with relatives here.
Mrs Electa Mosher and Mrs. John
Hapeman are both sick i'm bed.
Mrs Dell Condon's niece, Miss Con-
verse, OF Keen, visited her last week.
Orlo Weeks, wife and children of
Keene, spent the 4th with his parents
Mrs. Eugene Kennels, of Tonia, Wis
tied her daughter, Mrs. G. Kropf last
week.
Editor Johnson. wife and children,
of Lowell, called on Mrs. G Porter
one day last week.
Miss Leo Weeks, Mrs. Mike Mean
drews and Miss f.. Sheridan were in
Grand Rapids last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Purdy, of Smyr-
ma, we're guests at Perry Purdy's last
week Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Lavender and daughter, Fran
ces were called to Orleans last week
TO the bedside Of Mrs. ID Clawson,
who is very sick.
Roy Ford returned last week from a
weeks visit At Coral with his aunt,
Mrs. Fred Soules, who is in the gro
Gerry business there.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
SMYRNA.

AL. Wilder was quite sick last week.
VIM. Gardner is having his house
wired for electric lights.
Mr.. Collins and wife, of Grand Rap
ids, was in town over Sunday.
Mrs. Moe has returned home from a
two weeks visit with friends in Or
leans.
A six pound girl arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Morris,
July ID.
The rail road company have been
putting in an electric bell at the Teb-
bel crossing.
Miss Cora Hoppough and friend,
Miss Ackle, were in Grand Rapids a
part of last week.
Miss Sadie Hull, of Keene, visited
the families of A. Hull and Albert
Northway over Sunday.
The social last Saturday evening
for Chester LOOMS was well attended
the proceeds amounting to $ll.95.
The voters at schoolmeeting last
Monday evening decided to add two
grades TO our school, making it a
twelve grade school.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
CANNONsBURG.

Miss Blanch Thomas of Grand Rap
ids is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. j.
l.. Thomas.
Mrs. Mary Clinton, of Ada, visited
her brother, Eugene futile, and 9TH
er relatives last week.
Miss Libbie Joyce and a young lady
friend, from Grand Rapids, spent Sun
day at home.
Mrs VIM. Mclaughlin and son,
Ted, of Grand Rapids, are the guests
OF her parents, +. b. Joyce and wife.
The l.. A. $. will serve ice cream
every Saturday evening from O'clock
until ten, at the parlors opposite
Joyce's store.
Miss Mabel Bookey returned to
Traverse City July 10, having spent a
months vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Bookey.
Robert Young and wife, of Chicago,
returned home last Monday, having
spent two weeks vacation with his
father, Gaylord Young, and grand
mothe Mrs. Mary Young.
The pioneer association met at the
home of Chas Provin, of Silver Lake,
July 4. About $50 guests were pres
ent. Among those from a distance
were Blynn Scott, wife and son, Leo,
of South Bend Indiana.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
The Hermit Crab.

Gently crack the shell OF the whelk,
for you will find 1t almost impossible to
extract the occupant alive otherwise.
and you will see what you may be par
doned for supposing a miniature lob
ster. but which in reality belongs to an
other distinct species namely. the her
NIT crab, Pagurus bernhardus. Wheth-
er he has obtained occupancy by force
of arms or merely through decease OF
the original tenant is Il moot point, but
the first supposition is highly probable,
as he is most belligerent little Gus
toner.
An amusing scene may be witnessed
by placing several hermit crabs depriv.
ed of their shells i'm an ordinary soup
plate. with little sea water and some
empty shels-fewer shells than crabs.
The fighting and struggling to secure
houses is ludicrous I'm the extreme. One
may be seen almost successful In moor
ing himself within n shell, which, by
the way, is effected by means OF the
shelly plates at the extremity OF his
soft and twisted tail, when another
seiZes him by the nape OF the neck, as
II were. and he is dragged reluctantly
forth. The evicter still holds him strug-
Cling at claws length, and not until he
himself is safely ensconced does he re-
linquish his grasp Chambers Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
swindIed Again.

"Ah," exclaimed Mrs. Oldcastle as
she took book from the table in the
magnificent library of the new neigh
bors, "hand laid paper, isn't itY'
us itf" her hostess asked. looking at
it doubtfully. II told Josiah when
bought them books that that's one Of
the set Of that he was payin' whole
lot too much. I'm glad 1t wasn't me.
If I'd of went and give such price for
something that was hand laid, I'd new
er hear the last Of ii from him. But
he wouldn't believe ii when told him
he was cheated, because | seen the
same set with nearly three times more
gilt on the bindins for lower price.
Josiah's awful headstrong in some
ways."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
ORLEANS.

The farmers are enjoying this fine
hay weather.
Rev. Root of Ionia was a guest in
town Sunday.
Al. Bolster is nicely settled in his
new meat shop.
Miss Mable Palmer spent Saturday
among Ionia friends.
Grandma Sutton is visiting rela-
tives of Battle Creek.
Miss Myrtle Hill has been on the
sick list the past few days.
Geo Purdy and family Sundayed at
her fathers in North Greenville.
Miss Marian Smith of Cadillac yis-
tied relatives of this place last week.
Mr. A. w. Palmer has been enter
tanning her mother of Palo the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. + T. Hannah were
guests at DIR. Ogden's of Lyons, over
Sunday.
Mrs. Chester Towne has been en-
pertaining her mother of Oakfeld, the
past week
Mrs. f. Moulton of Bedding has
been visiting with Mrs. Grin Purdy,
the past few days.
The Ladies Aid Society was enter.
tanned by Mrs b. f. Hall of Long
Lake Thursday afternoon.
Frank Hill has accepted position
as clerk i'm store at Edmore, and will
move his family there in the near
future.
Mrs. Joe Olmstead and Mable have
returned home to Coleman, after an
extended visit with relatives and
friends.
Several of our citizens took advan-
tage of the excursion rates from July
Bird TO 18th, and visited relatives and
friends. Mrs a. j. Hale at Lansing,
Mrs Knapp at Napoleon, Mrs. John
Hill at Grand Ledge, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Ostrom, Casanova, and Mr.. and Mrs.
j M York, at Adrian
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A Ratified bridegroom.

A young couple were married in Fen
elon Falls, and number OF their
friends and relatives assembled at the
railway station TO see them off on their
honeymoon Old slippers and rice were
showered on the happy pair as they
boarded the train. When they got com
fortably seated in the car, the groom
noticed boot in the aisle, and, think
ing 1t was one that had been thrown
into the car by some of his jovial
friends, threw the boot out of the win
dow as the train was moving. 1t hap
pened that the boot belonged TO well
known Toronto commercial traveller
who had removed his boots to ease his
weary feet. On the arrival of the train
at Lindsay the bridegroom was com
PEELED to purchase new pair of boots
for the MISUNDERSTANDING Globe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Mnnkns of Authors.

In recent article on the '.Mania of
Authors" in the Revue Universelle of
Paris we are told that Darwin always
practiced on his old fiddle before writ
ing; Chateaubriand while debating to
his secretary was in the habit OF walk
ing in his bare feet; Schiller and Goethe
could not write unless their feet were
on ice; Lord Derby always filed his
mouth with brandy cherries; Fenimore
Cooper used to chew gumdrops; Byron
filed his pockets with trufIles; The
ophile Gautier burned incense.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A Pointed Suggestion.

"A young married lady is often critl.
cised by her friends because Of the
freedom with which she accepts little
attentions from friends of the other
Sex
At recent gathering which she at
tended she drew from her pocket her
lace handkerchief, in which knot had
been tied in order to call to her mind
some trivial duty.
"Dear me-" said the popular young
married lady TO several gallants about
her, "why is that knot in my handker-
chief? ! tied it there to remind me of
somethin What could ii be?"
MY child" said an old lady who
overheard her and who is noted for the
acrid Witness Of her repartee, lit was
probably tied In order to remind you
that you are married"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Madden's bath rooms now open.
Vacation bays.

Vacation time is here and the child
rem are fairly living out OF doors.
There could be no healthier place for
them. You need only To uard against
the accidents incidental to most open
air sports. No remedy equals DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopp-
Ing pain or removing danger OF serious
consequences. For cuts, scalds and
WOUNDS. II used DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve Tor sores, cuts and bruises, !"
says l.. Il johnson, Swift, Tex. ut is
the best remedy on the market" Sure
cure Tor piles and skin diseases. Be
ware OF counterfeits. w. 1. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
NORTH ORLEANS.

Mr. Fisher is working for III. Smith
in Ronald
Joe Pretzel traded teams with Mr..
Warner last week.
Electy Antcliir OF Ionia visited her
daughter Mrs. Warner a few days
last week.
When a certain couple goes to Long
Lake another Sunday they had better
put string on their hats.
Martha Schultz and her sister Mrs,
OFT, from Lansing who have been Wis
iting their parents returned home.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Origin of Cunning.

During the reign of Henry VIII. there
lived in Lincoln. England, famous
bailiff named Joe Dun. Joseph was
very clever In the management OF his
business and so dextrous In annoying
those who refused the payment of an
trusted that ito set Dun on him" or
ito Dun him" became common advice
to the owner OF bad debt. To this
parsonage we owe what to not few
people is the most disagreeable word
In the language.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
PoIsonIng The sx.fam.

1t Is through the bowels that the
body Is cleansed OF impurities. Con
stipation keeps these poisons In the
system, causing headache, dizziness and
melancholia AT first, then nnsightly
eruptions and finally serious illness un
less remedy Is applied. DeWitt's
Little Earl Risers prevent this trouble
by stimulating the liver and promote
easy, healthy action by the bowels.
These little pills do not act violently
but by strengthening the bowels en-
able them to perform their own work.
Never grippe or distress w. l. Bene-
dict
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
An Insinnnting Missive.

He was German student, and this
was the letter he addressed to his un-
Gle:
Dear Uncle-A very strange thing hap
pened yesterday / went to see friend
OF mine at the bank who knows your
handwriting very well, and he thought
you were Ill, as | had not lately presented
any checks signed by you. lie begs to be
remembered TO you, as also do l. and you
might let my friend see your signature
again. IL you are very busy, you might
send a blank check. and 1 Will fill II in.
Yours affectionately, KARL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

Scott believed that "Waverley" was
his best novel and "The Lady of the
Lake" his best poem. He and the Bal
lantynes had more than one lively dis
cussion on the subject, but he would
never admit change Of opinion. He
knew "The Lady of the Lake" by heart
and once repeated the whole to prove
the fact.-Literary Life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A Warming That Failed.

AS "a result OF his failure to accept
the good intentions of a graphophone,
says the Chicago Record Fl erald, Ad-
olph Atzel, Of Sangamon street, was
robbed the other night OF goods valued
at several hundred dollars. Now Atzel
wishes he had not uttered strong Ian
guage at the graphaphone, and the
next time it arouses him from his slum-
bers with such things as "Slide, Larry
Slide" Let Me Down Easy" etc, he
will lose no time In making investiga-
tions.
1t all came about in this way. In
Atzel's fiat eraphophone stood on the
dining tuble. II had been used to en-
terrain visitors. Before retiring at
ten o'clock Atzed wound up the ma
chine and about two a m. was awaken
ed by the strains OF a ''ragtime" air
The following words floated into the
ears Of the sleeping man:
Now isn't IL shame,
A measly shame,
To keep your honey
Out in de rain.
Atzel was about TO get up and seek
the cause of the disturbing strain
when it occurred TO him that the
graphophone was making the noise,
but il didn't dawn on him To find out
why the machine was woi king over
time at that time of night. Blast the
thing" he said to himself, "the first
thing in the morning I'll smash it to
pieces" II finally fell asleep with the
words "a measly shame still ringing
In his ears.
When he awakened in the morning
Atzel made a rush for the graphophone
determined TO smash it into hundred
pieces He stopped suddenly and gazed
about the room The handsome table
cover on which the graphophone had
stood was missing from the table and
the machine had been moved to the top
of bookcase. Atzels pocket book,
diamond ring and several other articles
were also gone and then the words "a
meaSly shame" again rang In his ears
well, | should say IL was measly
shame,h he murmured, as he continued
his investigation and found the door
leading to the street unlocked, 1t
didn't require great amount of per-
spicacity on his part TO convince Atzel
that he had been the victim OF burglars
and that the graphophone had done its
level best to inform him OF their pres
ence in the house. When the table
cover was taken it was necessary to
remove the graphophone. As the ma
chine was lifted from the table il start
ed ny accident The thieves didn't
know how to stop IL and let IL continue
its rendition of the rag time' air.
The graphophone as burglar alarm
displays an entirely new phase OF its
usefulness, but il It's warnings are heed
ed it becomes quite as efiicacious in
this respect as II is amusing, instruc-
tive and entertaining in its ordinary
functions
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
saves a woman'- Life.

To have given up would have meant
death for Mrs Lois Cragg, of Dor
chester, Mass. For years she had en-
dured untold misery from severe lung
trouble and obstinate cough. "Often",
she writes, 81 could scarcely breathe
and sometimes could not speak. All
doctors and remedies failed TIL I used
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption and was completely cured. -
Sufferers from Coughs, Colds, Throat
and Lung Trouble need this grand
remedy, for 10 never disappoints Cure
is guaranteed by Cornell Bros. Price
SOC and 81 90. Trial bottles free.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
What Is an ideal guest?

What is an ideal guest?
We have had guests who came into
the home life so easily and so naturally
that the family did not feel that little
constraint almost inevitable when
company comes" II asked why Annie
Is so much more welcome than is Jenet
1t would not be possible TO answer.
Both are dear friends; both are kind
and gentle, we'll bred and agreeable;
and yet there is an indefinable some
thing which makes one welcome the
visits from Annie. In speaking of
ideal guests writer in The Winner
magazine says:
Perhaps you may think that ideals
have not much TO do with etiquette. /
admit IL is possible, but as all Of you,
when staying away from home, would
like your hosts 10 consider you an ideal
guest, and it is in your power to be-
come so, let Us consider the subject to-
gether
The ordinary guest is by no means
ideal, and yet the greater part OF her
defects might be easily remedied. The
peri CT guest m W be self-invited, but
SHE never Il - a surprise visit on
her friepd, Instead, having written
Ia propoae visit, she allows ample
time for reply before starting out to
pay it. When she arrives, she makes
it evident by her manner as we'll as by
her words OF greeting, that she Is de-
lighted to he with her friends again.
The ideal guest does not gush and
fall into ecstacies over all sorts Of
things which please her, but, though
quiet, she is evidently sincere in her
appreciation of all that is done for her
comfort. She is not one Of those ultra
refined folks who deem it vulgar to
admire pretty new set of doyleys, or
the choice bit of brio brac that her
hostess so prizes, or TO express appre-
citation OF the comfort OF the bedroom
provided for her, and the vases OF
flowers on the dressing table so kindly
placed there for her pleasure. Instead
she makes her hostess feel that all her
little arrangements are thoroughly APP
preciated, aud that they are just what
her visitor would have chosen had she
been consulted.
AS the daily menu is a great source
OF anxiety to some POSSESSES, the ideal
takes care never to let it be supposed
that she does not find it perfection. II
she particularly dislikes roast mutton,
she has not that terrible sort of hon
esty which makes her announce the
fact. but she partakes of it, albeit spar
ingly, with a good grace il it be neces
sary To do so, in order toavoid disturb
ing her hostess' peace of mind.
When the wise visitor departs, her
entertainers are sincere in their ex-
pressions of sorrow, for she has too
much tact ever to ouistay her welcome.
Itchiness of skin, horrible plague.
Most everybody afflicted in one way or
another. Only one safe, never failing
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Treat your Kidney. for Rne.ms,i.m.

When you are suffering from rheum-
atism The kidneys must be attended TO
TO at once so that they will eliminate
the uric acid from the blood. Foley's
Kidney Cure Is the most effective for
this purpose. X. Il Hopkins, OF Polar,
Wis says: AFTER unsuccessfully doc
toring three years for rheumatism with
the best doctors. tried Foley Kidney
Cure and IL cured me. I cannot speak
too highly OF this great medicine. "
w I Benedict
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

Lily-You don't mean to say you
have broken with Fred? Why. | heard
him say only yesterday there wasn't
another girl in the world like you.
Minnie That's just il; much as to
say I'm freak. I'll never speak TO
him again. Boston Transcript.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A Rough Ride.

Physician (at hospitaD-I thought
you merely had the measles?
Patient Well, isn't that enough?
Physician-Yes, but you are covered
with bruises from head to foot. How
do you account for that2
Patient-Oh, they brought me here
In an ambulance. Chicago News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
No False Claims.

The proprietors Of Foley's Honey
and Tar do not advertise this as a
'sure cure for consumption" They
do not claim it will cure this dread
complaint IN advanced cases, but do
positively assert that it will cure in
the learier stages and never fails to
give comfort and relief in the worst
cases. Foley's Honey and Tar is with
out doubt the greatest throat and lung
remedy. Refuse substitutes. w. j.
Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
The old Man.. Rure.

"My father is real rude to the young
men who call on me-" confided Miss
Keedick to Miss Tenspot. 81 don't sup
pose your papa tries to drive young
men away.
my papa isn't rude, but he's real
mean to the young men," confessed
Miss Tenspot. lie borrows money Of
Them Detroit Free Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

"No wonder he loves herl Didn't she
save his lifeT
Mercy! HowT'
"why. he said If she didn't accept
him he'd go and kill himself. and she
took him. "-Phlladclphia Bulletin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
sure Test.

She--They held a mirror over her
face to see IL she was alive. don't
understand that.
He-why, you see. IL she was alive
she'd open her eyes and look In IL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Two nn,iIes rnreh him

II was troubled with kidney com
plant for about two years. writes A !.
ii Davis, of Mt Sterling, Ia, put
two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure eff
fected permanent cure w. l. BEN
ed ct
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

Builds up the system; puts pure, rich
blood In the veins; makes men and
women strong and healthy. Burdock
Blood Bitters. At any drug store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

III suffered for months from sore
throat Eclectric oil cured me In
twenty four hhours." M. S. Gist,
Hawseville, KY.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

Mortar and paint may be removed
from window glass with hot, sharp
vinegar.