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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
NEWS OF
THE WORLD
CRUEL WORK BY JAPAN
ESE IN THE ISLAND OF
SAKHALIN.
COVERT THREATS ARE MADE
AGAINST kOMURA AND
TAkAHIRA.
THE FAMINE DISTRICTS IN RUS
STA ARE TO BE RE-
LEVIED.
.Ruinstion Forced.

The authorities in st. Petersburg
have received oticisl reports from the
Siberian coast to the effect that the
Japanese are pursuing measures
which promise TO result in the ruina-
tion OF the inhabitants throughout the
island of Sakhalin, north and south.
They are forcing the people to sell
their property of all kinds at absurdly
low and arbitrary prices and sign re-
ceipts for 1t at good prices under the
threat of death. AS an example OF
the extremity of the Japanese meth
DDS, Gen. Senemovsky, commanding
the district, reports that $50 Russian
colonists were led into marshes by
the Japanese and were there decapi-
tated. The inhabitants of the south
ern portion of the island are being
forced to emigrate, and those of the
northern half are being plundered of
their houses, cattle and crops, and
must emigrate as they have nothing
on which TO live.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
III Feeling in Japan.

Considerable ill feeling has been
stirred up against the Japanese gov
eminent by reason of the large num-
Der of arrests made in connection with
the recent rioting. The expressions
against the government are not so
openly made as before, but there can
be no doubt that the sentiment is
rapidly spreading. The antagonism
to Baron Komura and NJ. Takahira
shows no signs of abatement and
many covert threats have recently
been made against both ENJOYS, par
ticularly since the discovery Of the
clause in the treaty forbidding ia
pan to fortify the Soya straits and
the reported ominous declaration of
NJ. Witte in Paris that the new treaty
would result in no modification of
Russia's present policy, which is open
to the Interpretation that another war
against Japan is contemplated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
ON THE spun OF THE MOMENT

We can't seem TO think of any sub
feet for a regular editorial this week
so instead of writing one we will in
dulge in a few editorial breefs, filos-
fical and otherwise. We have did this
on former occasions and they have
always been well received by the pub
lick. Here are few:
Many a man stints hisself In this
world in order to get little ahead and
when he gets 1t he goes and spends II
for gold brick.
You can never tell which dog is a.
going to come on top in fight by his
size. It's the same way with human
beings.
II a rooster wakes up about midnight
and crows because he thinks it's morn
ing why don't he so to roost in the day
time? Who can answer this?
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same spot, so If you don't want to git
struck just stand on the spot where 1t
has struck the first time.
You can never tell when you start in
to break a colt whether you will break
the colt or the colt will break you.
The reason some men gets married
is because they are tired supporting
themselves.
Early to bed and early to rise makes
farmer so durn tired that he bankers
for Sunday.
If crops would grow like weeds do
farmers would all be rich and happy
"Bingville Bugle" items, in the Boston
Post.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
The Famine Work.

Special commissions from the de-
partment of agriculture and the min
istry of the interior will take charge
of the relief work in the famine dis
tricts of Russia. The cost of this
work is estimated by the government
at S20,000,000 No acute distress has
as yet been reported and the govern
ment hopes by a prompt distribution
of food, seed, grain and fodder and
the employment of the famine-stricken
populace on public works to tide over
the people until the new harvest. An
observer Of the situation who returned
from a tour of southern Russia states
that bags of grain were piled up in
perfect mountains at many stations,
some OF which were left over from
the 1904 harvest, waiting for cars to
move them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
Do Plants Throw Off HEATH

1t appears that many do. A remark
able instance is offered by the alpine
soldanella. Its flowers actually bore,
or, rather. melt. their way through the
hard snow. Sometimes, indeed, the
flower opens before it reaches the sur
face, so that it actually blooms in a
little hole in the snow. Usually, how
ever, it reaches the surface and hangs
out its pretty violet bells above the
snow. looking as If stuck into it. Grow
ing through the snow is due TO the
heat developed by the vegetative
process
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
NATION OF TEA DRuNkARDs
English Suffer From Complaints of
Which They Know Not the Cause.

The public analyst OF one of the
London boroughs has recently been
investigating tea inebriety. He states
that. Judging from the annual tea bin,
each individual in England consumes
six pounds of tea every twelve
months. This means that the aver
age person swallows Sc grains OF caf-
feline and 81 grains Of 'tannin per
diem.
This is about half as much OF the
former and nearly as much OF tannin
as the pharmacopeia allows as an &C.
casional dose. When to these amounts
are added the caffeine and tannin
consumed in coffee and other bever-
ages. 1t is obvious that the present
generation of Englishmen is saturat-
ing itself with these two poisons.
The symptoms Of this form of self
poisoning are seen frequently enough
by physicians, but their cause is Of
ten overlooked. Many of the patients
who suffer from palpitation OF the
heart, chronic dyspepsia, sleepless-
ness, emaciation and anaemia are sim.
ply tea or coffee drunkards.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
Toxic Is Calminu Down.

The public is daily becoming more
impatient for the withdrawal OF the
order proclaiming Toxic under mar
tial law. The list of papers sus-
pended since the urgency ordinance
was passed includes nine published in
Toxic and thirteen published else
where, five of which were resuspen-
sions.
At the time of the outDurst OF popu-
lar indignation occasioned by the in
tervention of three European powers
at the close of the war between Japan
and China the cases of papers sus-
pended exceeded 200, ten of which
were in Toxic.
The ratification of the treaty of
peace will take place in Washington
1t is probable that this will be done
in the White House. as a compliment
to President Roosevelt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
United States InsuIted.

Mr.. Quesada, the Cuban minister at
Washington, expressed himself In the
strongest terms against the outrage
perpetrated on the American consulate
at Cienfuegos. by the throwing of filth
on the coat of arms over the entrance
TO the building, and said that the Gu
ban government will deal with the
matter In the most energetic way.
He called at the state department and
personally handed to the acting secre-
tary of state copy of cable mes
sage he had received from Senior
O'Farrill, secretary Of state of Cuba,
saying:
This must not be interpreted as a
demonstration of hostility on the part
of the Cuban people towards the
American people, but as an isolated
act, due to a criminal mind. TO the
end of creating difficulties to the gov
eminent"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
RESTORED HIS HAIR
Scalp Humor Cured by cuticura Soap
and Ointment-After All Else
Had Failed.

81 was troubled with severe scalp
humor and loss OF hair that gave me
great deal of annoyance and inconyen-
ience. After unsuccessful efforts with
many remedies and so-called hair
tonics, n friend induced me to try
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The
humor was cured in a short time, my
hair was restored as healthy as ever,
and can gladly say have since been
entirely free from any further annoy
ance. / shall always use Cuticura
Soap, and | keep the Ointment on
hand to use as a dressing for the hair
and scalp. (Signed) Fredk Busche,
213 East 57th St., New York City"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
DON'T MISS THIS.
A Cure for Stomach Trouble-A New
Method by Absorption-flo DRUGS.

DO YOU BEECH? 1t means a dis
vased stomach. Are you afflicted with
short breath, gas, sour quotations,
heart pains, indigestion, dyspepsia,
burning pains and lead weight in pit of
stomach, acid stomach. distended abdo-
men, dizziness, BAD BREATH, or any
other stomach torture? Let us send
you box of Mulrs Anti-Belch Waters
free TO convince you that it cures.
Nothing else like it known. It's sure
ana very pleasant. Cures by absorption.
Harmless. No drugs. Stomach trouble
can't be cured otherwise-so says med
ical science. Drugs won't do-they eat
up the stomach and make you worse.
We know Mull's Anti-Belch Waters
cure and we want you to know it, hence
this offer.
SPECIAL OFFER. - The regular
price of Mulls Anti-Belch Waters is soc.
a box. but to introduce it to thousands
of sufferers we will send two (2) boxes
upon receipt of 75c. and this advertise
ment, or we will send you a sample free
for this coupon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
Black Sea Once Inland Lake.

The Black Sea, according to chron-
icles mentioned by Strabo and others,
was once an inland lake, connected
with the Caspian, till some catastro-
phe forced its outlet into the basin Of
the Mediterranean, cutting off COM
munication with it's eastern sister
lake, which, indeed, has gradually
shrunk, ever since, but, for awhile.
may have flooded its shore lands far
and near
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
EPlGRAM S.

From 1.-THE School for Husbands:
When gossips smile, sweet reputa'
lion lies a-bleeding.
No man tells his wife everything.
No; if he did he'd lose her.
l speak Of people as / find them.
And | speak of people as find them
,ut.
Nowadays it is more necessary to
'orgive ones friends than ones enc
mics.
She once had a picture painted to
,ook like her. Now she paints TO look
ike the picture.
You married me for love, and only
one other person has caused me as
much trouble as you have.
And who is that, pray?
The parson that married me.
They draw numbers for the Re-
gents snuff-box to-day.
Aye. and it is set with a diamond
so pure that the Regent has famed
t Virtue.
Diamonds and virtue may resemble
each other-but they seldom orna-
nent the same person.
Some husbands are born to good
ness, some achieve goodness, and
some have goodness thrust upon
them-by their wives. Teach him,
lear Lady Manners, that what is
sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander. Do as he does.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
DYsPEPTIc PHILOSOPHY.

To many strings spoil the beau.
Always tell the truth-if you want
to make trouble.
Too many think that crooked path
must be a broad one.
Crumbs of comfort make poor sub
stitute for square meal.
You never hear OF weather prog
nosticator being spoiled with success.
Don't brag about your future IL your
past won't bear close scrutiny.
Many fellow owns a watchdog who
doesn't own anything worth watching.
One way to kill the germs is to toll
the water and then let the boiler blow
up.
II takes a certain amount of skill to
pick lock, but anybody can pick a
quarrel.
When a man is devoted to his wife,
she is generally devoted to having him
devoted to her.
When a man marries, we are told he
takes the fatal plunge. At any rate,
he puts his foot In IL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

The Irish OF New York city are
holding an industrial exposition in
Madison Square Garden. One OF the
exhibits is the harp of Thomas Moore.
the Irish poet, on which he is said to
have set the words of "The Last
Rose OF Summer" Dear Harp of MY
Country" and others OF his songs to
the old Irish melodies.
George Childs. of GAINESVILLE. Wis,
has set the pace of unique weddings.
His daughter wore a gown OF sky
blue silk made by her father. Thir-
ty-six guests sat down 10 fine wed.
ding breakfast prepared solely by his
own hands.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
Gear to Call Peace Conference.

The issuance of the call for the Sec
ond Hague peace conference by the
car will be made with the full knowl-
edge and consent of all the great pow
ers. The matter has been under ad-
visement and has been the subject of
correspondence between the foreign
office at St. Petersburg and the for
eign offices of the powers and of the
United States ever since Russia con-
scented TO send ENJOYS to meet those
of Japan, and it became practically
certain that peace would be restored.
1t is said here that it was a sugges-
ton of President Roosevelt that the
call should come from Russia.
The American chief executive an
nounced his willingness TO father the
next conference which ii is hoped will
practically make a great war impos-
sible in the future, but he expressed
the opinion that ii would be better
that the car who had called the first
conference should take the initiative
at this time. While no formal action
has as yet been taken, / am assured
that all the powers, including Japan,
have signified their willingness to
send delegates and that in most cases
they will be invested with more COM
plete power than has ever been grant
ed before
The time for the sending of the
formal invitation has not yet been de-
termined, but it will not long be de-
layed and probably be shortly after
the exchange of Publications of the
peace treaty between Russia and Jap
an. 1t is not believed the conference
will be held before next spring when
the repatriation of the armies in Man
churia will have been practically con-
cluded.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Ephraim Davis of Chicago applied
for a license TO wed a girl named
Catherine Delles and got so ratified he
gave her name as Dallas Texas"
Information has been made public
in Toxic that three Japanese paymas-
tiers have embezzled s165,000 of gov
eminent funds.
Open revolt exists in the Transfers
union against President Shea. Over
1000 Chicago teamsters have lert the
union.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

of Bright's Dis
e a S e, I h a I l
know. | had eye
trouble, b a C k
a C h e, catches
when lying abed
or VII en- bend
ing over, was
languid and Oft
en- d Ivy and
had sick head
aches and bear
ing-down pains.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

The kidney secretions were too copi-
Gus and frequent, and very bad in APP
pearance. 1t was in 1903 that Doan's
Kidney Pills helped me so quickly and
cured me of these troubles and I've
been well ever since"
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price, 80
cents per box.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
9305 FREE BOX

Send this coupon with your name
and address and druggists name who
does NOT sell it, for free box of
Mull's Anti Belch Waters TO Mull's
Grape Tonic Co., 14s Third Ave,
Rock Island, Ill. Give full address
and write plainly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Learn how to forget disagreeable
things. Learn TO share your pleas
ures, thus making at least two happy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
Sold at all druggists, soc. per box.

Many man is so lazy that he would
rather let his wife pay the rent than
exert himself by moving.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Wednesday-There is but one meth.
cd of greatness, and that is hard labor
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Sunday-That is the best respect
which is won by consistent virtue and
God-like kindness.-London Answers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Tuesday-Real merit is not in the
success, but in the endeavor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
THINK EVERY DAY.

Monday-Ability is as requisite to
execute great enterprise as capacity
to devise it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Self-sufficiency is a mis-
cradle insufficiency.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Thursday-The habit of strenuous
continued labor will become compare
lively easy in time, like every other
habit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.

How a Chicago Woman Found Help
When Hope Was Fast Fading Away.
Mrs. E. T. Gould, GA W. Lake ST..
Chicago, H., says: ''Doan's Kidney
Pills are all that saved me from death
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Friday-The worst resolution on
can take is not to come to any.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

l speak of people as l find them.
And l speak of people as | find them
,ut.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

No man tells his wife everything
No; If he did he'd lose her.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

Nowadays it is more necessary to
,orgive ones friends than ones enc
mics.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-10-12

She once had a picture painted TO
,ook like her. Now she paints to look
ike the picture.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Tavern Slams Buried.

Whenever an inn on the Cumber.
land estates of the Towards, earls of
Carlisle, loses its license, the inn sign
is buried. The obsequies take place
at dead of night, in the presence of as
many Of the old customers as can be
collected. AS sort of libation bot
tie of spirits, generally whisky, is
poured into the grave, and an appro-
pirate burial service repeated The
temperance advocates in the crowd
cheer Justify, and the droughty ele-
ment become mock mourners, or jest
ers, as the fancy takes them. The
strains of a concertina or some SINH
lar instrument usually help to enliven
the proceedings. The last inn to have
its sign buried was the Moor Cock,
at Lanercost, whose license was TAX
en- away by the Brampton justices,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Good Time 200 Years AGO.

At the beginning OF the eighteenth
century number of ruffianly young
men of the higher classes-called by
Swift "a race Of rakes that play the
devil about the town every night
known as 'Mohocks.' infested London.
sallying out drunk into the streets.
carrying short clubs loaded with lead
at both ends. and perpetrating shamei
full cruelties upon peaceable passers-
by, wantonly wounding and disfigur.
ing the men and subjecting all alike
to atrocious insults.
Lecky says that matrons, inclosed
In barrels, were rolled down the steep
and stony Snow hill. Watchmen were
numerically beaten, and their noses
were slit. Coaches and chairs were
overturned on rubbish heaps and coun.
try gentlemen visiting the theaters had
to be accompanied by their armed re.
tainers, as If in time of war.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Relics Found in Irish Boa.

interesting finds have been made in
the stokestown, County Roscommon,
ireland, district during the operation
OF turf cutting from the boys. What
Is supposed TO be a gold tray or sal
yer OF great antiquity and of a rare
Celtic design, together with pair
oil old duel!lng pistols, was unearthed,
ana not far from the spot where these
articles We're discovered the turf men
found. some eighteen feet below the
surface, coffin containing a skeleton,
to which were clingng fragments OF
clothing, evidently of rich material
from some Wondering military EN-.
blems found in the coffin 1t Is surmised
That the remains are those of q
French officer Of high rank, who must
nave died on the march from Killala.
in the year of the French invasion. On
the top of the coffin was horse pistol.
Some of the relics are to be exhibited.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
A WOMAN'S ORDEAL
BREADS D0CTOR'S ourcr,ovo
%"ss osN Write to Mrs.Pinkham, Lynn.
absolutely Confidential ana - auVloe

70 SatjH can Dc no more terrible ordeal
70 a delicate, sensitive, refined v Urueal
enal 70 be obliged to answer co St,Sn
questions IN regard to her private i'm Siis
even when those Questions arc os us,
oy her family physician. and n 1nae
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
a Swan in Mourning.

A swan about which a curious story
is told in Cumberland. England, has
just returned for its summer Visit TO
Moorhouse Farm.
Originally the swan took up his
abode on the lakelet in company with
his mate, but their nest was robbed
and the female bird died, apparently
broken.hearted. The bereaved con
sort covered the body with leaves and
seeds and departed.
Every spring since he has regularly
returned to the grave always alone,
and, with the water hens for com
panv. swims disconsolately about the
farm throughout the snmmer-Lon-
don Daily Mail
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Japanese Idea OF Beauty.

Prof, okakura Yoshisaburo. author
OF The japanese Spirit" thus de-
scribes the Japanese ideal of woUanly
beauty: She is to possess a body
not much exceeding Ave feet In
height with comparatively fair skin
and proportiouately well-developed
limbs; head covered with long,
thick and jetblack hair; an oval face
with a straight nose. high and mar
: row; rather large eyes. with large
deep-brown pupils and thick eye.
lashes; a small mouth, hiding behind
Its red, but not thin. lips; even rows
or small white teeth; ears not alto
gether small. and long and thick eye.
brows forming two horizontal but
slightly curved lines, with space
left between them and the eyes"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10

It was a young Norway, Me- man
wbo went To the Rangeley1 on a fish
ing trip. and was forehanded enough
To take a large can Of worms win
him for bait. During the noon hou'
an the first day that he dshed he
hid the can from the other fishermen
by placing it on the truck frame "i
a freight car standing on a nearby
sidinp He was somewhat surprised
an his return. an hour later, to find
that the car was miles away on It's
ionrnev to Rumford Falls.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
His Wisest Course.

1t has been discovered that the
Judge has no discretion under the YER
mont liquor law and that he is bound
TO sentence convicted seller for a
certain length of dme Tor each Of
Tense. william CaustoEe was recent
" convicted on twenty-five counts in
bennington county and ii vas figured
that he was in fair wa 20 get a
sentence of sixty-one years. When
ne discovered this fact. he TOOK leg
nail" and left his bondsmen to settle
with the law.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10

continue to suffer rather than submit
10 examinations which SO MANY pbvsi-
clans propose in order to inteiligentiv
treat the disease and this is the rea-
son why so many physicians fail to
cure female disease.
This is also the reason WHY thousands
upon thousands of women are corre-
spending with Mrs. Pinkham. nj LYNN
Mass: To her they can confide every
detail of their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
Ills, Mrs Pinkham can advise women
more wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham heiped Mrs
Il. G. Willadsen, of Manning. la. She
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
-, can truly say that you have saved nv
life, and l cannot express my gratitude II,
words. Before l wrote to you telling Won
how felt, had doctored for over two wears
steady, and spent lots of money in medicines
besides, but it all failed to do me any good. /
had female trouble and would daily have faint
ing spells, backache, bearing down pains. and
my monthly periods were very irregular and
finally ceased. wrote TO you for your adj
vice and received letter full Of instructions
just what to do, and also commenced to take
Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and have been restored to perfect health.
Had it not been for you would have been in
my grave to-day"
Mountains of proof establish the fact
that no medlclne in the world EQUALS
Lydia b. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound for restoring women's health.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-10
Parsees Bar Converts,

In recent years several wealthy Par
sees have married European wives
and brought them into the Parsee fold
Now the Parsees have decided that
they will admit no more converts
Even the children Of the Parsees mar
ried to Christian mates will not be
recognized as Parsees.