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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
DURING HER SLEEP
SECOND WIFE GOT RID OF PREDE.
cEsSoR'S RING.
somnambulistic Trick by Which $3.50
Article of Jewelry Was Done Away
With-Her First and Only Stroll
During SIumber.

whenever l go broke" said the
man of experience, ut does me some
good to remember that | have $3.50
diamond ring bottled up in a well. |
gave il to my first wife as an engage
ment ring. Just before she died she
exacted promise from me that
would keep the ring always and look
at it once every day in remembrance
of her.
During the period Of my widower-
hood | observed my promise faithful
~ Even after my second marriage
Alice and her fancy about the ring
came into my mind daily, and some
time during the twenty-four hours
found an opportunity to look at the
ring. | kept il in a small writing desk
in my own room. The desk was filled
with private papers, and as my second
wife showed no disposition to NEEDLE
in my business affairs | considered
that the safest place for the ring.
And it did prove safe for about a
year, and would probably have con.
tinued so had not my wife suddenly
developed the sleep-walking habit.
One night she stepped in front of the
chair where my clothes lay and be.
gan to look in my pockets. Presently
she took out my keys and unlocked the
desk. Then she opened the drawer
and took out the ring. Before | could
hit upon a plan of interference she
had gone out of the house and thrown
the ring into the well. | heard faint
splashing as it struck the water then
all was still. My wife returned to our
bedroom and stood at the window for
several minutes in utter silence. Pres.
entity she began 10 weep softly, and
after a while she returned to bed.
Il lay awake all the rest Of the night
wondering what was best to do. Tn.
til that night | had been ignorant Of
her knowledge of the ring did not
want TO alarm and mortify her by ap.
prising her of her nocturnal theft,
neither did want to lose the ring.
Finally, decided to have the well
dredged the next day, but when morn.
ing came | found that | had racked
my brains in vain. While we were at
breakfast load Of brick was dumped
out near the we'll and straightway
tackled by two workmen with shovels
and trowels. To my surprise my usu
ally nervous wife viewed this intru
sion quite calmly.
What is the meaning Of this?'
asked, 4 didn't order any WORK
done
Il know that" she replied, but !
did l am going to have that old well
filled up. l believe it makes the place
unhealthy | haven't felt well for sew.
eral weeks
$50 the men walled up the well
and with it my diamond ring, could
of course. have countermanded my
wife's order, but upon reflection I con.
Guided that the happiness Of a live
woman was of more importance than
a promise to dead one, so | let the
work go on.
Naturally" said the young man
who smokes THAT was the only
thing you could do under the circum
stances But there is one point
should like elucidated. Is your wife
still addicted to sleep walEing?"
NO" said the man of experiences
Her stunt with the ring was the end
of her somnambulistic performances
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

The Union Pacific Railroad Pas
senger Department has put before the
public a folder of the Lewis & Clark
Exposition at Portland. 1t is wonder
fully neat and attractive, colors hav-
ing been employed in the printing.
Contents embrace very complete de-
scription of the exposition and its at
fractions, including a bird's-eye view
of the beautiful grounds and build
ings, done in numerous colors. Scenes
In and around Portland are strikingly
portrayed, and all contemplating
visiting the exposition this summer
should have a copy of the folder in
order that they may know of points
where the greatest enjoyment and sat
isfaction may be found.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

James Shafer, a farmer near Three
Rivers, tells of the explosion" of one
of his young heifers from eating gut.
tonously of clover and drinking cop.
iously OF spring water He says she
swelled rapidly and suddenly he heard
a report like an explosion and found
the animal with her side burst open.
The Japanese are no longer pressing
the Russians south, and doubt is now
entertained as TO whether the weak
offensive is the precursor of big bat.
tie or a diplomatic maneuver. Belief
in the prompt conclusion OF peace is
weakenii 9. The heat is intolerable.
Even the aights afford little relief.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Doan's Kidney
Pills relieve and
cure il.
II. II. McCar-
yer, of POI Cherry
St., Portl a n d,
Ore, inspector of
freight for the
Trans-Continental
Co. says: 81 used
Doan's Kidney
Pills for back
ache and other
symptoms of kid
ney trouble which
had annoyed me
for months. |
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
ATAX|A FOUR YEARS
FOLLOWS MALARIA CONTRACTED IN
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
Victim Had Become Helpless When He
Tried DIR. Williams Pink Pills. but
Was Cured in Four Months.

4 Was Cured in Four Months.
Because he did not know that there is
a remedy for ataxia, Mr.. Ariel endured
four years of weakness, pain and the
misery of thinking his case incurable.
"At the outbreak Of the Spanish
American war" he says, IL went with
Company B, Eighth Regiment, M. WI,
into camp at Chickamauga, and while
there my system became thoroughly
poisoned with malaria. When ] was
mustered out, / carried that disease
home with me. After while locomotor
ataxia appeared.
"How did the ataxia begin?"
90 / first noticed pain in my ankles
and knee joints. This was followed by
a numb feeling in my legs. At times
had to drag myself around; my legs
would shake or become perfectly dead
l had constant trouble in getting about
in the dark. kept a light burning in
my room at night as | could not balance
myself in the darkness. Even with the
aid Of light l wobbled, aud would
reach out and catch hold of chairs to
Areyent myself from falling?"
How long were you a sufferer ?"
-Four years in all. During the last
three years was confined to bed, some.
times for week, again for three or four
weeks at time. When / was lying
down the pain in my back was FIRE.
Quently so severe that had TO be helped
mp and pu! III chair to get a little re.
lief. / had considerable pain i'm my
bowels and no control over my kidneys.
The worst Of all was that the doctor
Nld give me no hope of recovery"
How were you cared?"
l read that DIR. Williams Pink
had cured locomotor ataxia and
or two friends spoke TO me about
l. In the fall of 1903 1 began to take
for myself aud had not used
T. than one box before found that
pains in my knees and ankles were
ktly relieved. -Four months after
I'll Ibecamoa perfectly well man. and
p today enjoying the best Of health. 4"
Ar. Edward II. Ariel lives at No. 80
pwow street, Amesbury, Mass Every
pfferer from locomotor ataxia should try
DIR. Williams Pink Pills without delay.
Any druggist can supply them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
A Rare sioht.

Queer folks in the city," remarked
Farmer Foddershucks. They get ev-
erything charged at the stores, | guess
never think o. payin cash. Wy,
went inter big place ter git Mandy
some caliker, last week. an l laid
daown a fiye-dollar bill ter pay fer it.
TIL clerk gave one look at it an
yelled out, all excited: Cash. An
swan If a hull flock OF kids didn't come
a-runnin to see it."-Teddy in Cleye.
land Leader.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
Ill-Gotten Wealth.

One sometimes, indeed, looking bach
historically over the pious foundations
Of impious men, and observing also
how ill-gotten wealth in our own day
is spent in the building up of admira-
BILE institutions-one sometimes asks
ones self: Is this the order of ma
ture? Is the tendency irresistible?
Are the contributions of evil men to
be the means of bringing about the
cessation of evil ?-Century.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
Wonderful Courane

Is displayed by many a poor invalid,
crushed under the weight OF chronic
troubles, like constipation, biliousness,
neuralgia, headache, stomach trouble
etc. But such suffering. though brave
is quite unnecessary, for Or. Cald
wells Caxative) Syrup Pepsn will
surely cure all these diseases. drive
away all the unpleasant symptoms
and restore every invalid to health
Try il. Sold by all druggists at soc
and $1.00. Money back If 1t fails.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

think cold was responsible for the
whole trouble. II seemed TO settle in
my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills
rooted it out. 1t is several months
since ! used them, and up to date
there has been no recurrence OF the
trouble"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price so cents per box. Eos.
ter-Milburn CO.. Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
sABYs TERRIBLE SORE
Body Raw With Humor-caused I'm
told Agony-Doctor Did No Good
-Cutcura Cured at Once.

"My child was a very delicate baby.
A terrible sore and humor broke out
on his body, looking like raw flesh,
and causing the child untold agony.
My physician prescribed various rem
edies, none of which helped at all.
became discouraged and took the mat
ter into my own hands, and tried Cuti-
cura Soap and \Cuticura Ointment
with almost immediate success. Be.
fore the second week had passed the
soreness was gone, not leaving trace
of anything. Mrs. Jeanette II. Block
PSI Rosedale ST.. Rochester. N. Y"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
STEAMERS LEAVING DETROIT.

DETROIT s. CLEVELAND NAV. Co-Foot WAYNE
st. - For Cleveland daily at l0:S0 pm. Mackinac,
500" and Chicago. Monday and Saturday pm
Wednesday and Friday g:3O am.
SaturdayExcursions 70 Cleveland, - round trip
DETROIT & BUFFALO STEAMBOAT Co--Foot OF
Wayne St--For Buffalo and Eastern points daily
; pm Sunday pm Saturday Excursions e. so
WHITE STAR LINE-Foot OF Griswold St For
Port Huron and way ports daily s:3l am and , -
pm sun. am. For Toledo, daily 4:3J pm.
sunday s nm
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
Hire Diamonds for Style.

The hiring of diamonds of dazzling
brilllancy and large value by new.
made New Workers. TO be used tenn
porarily on their annual revisitation
of their former homes in Canada or
the provinces is common.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
channe Color In Elan.

In compliment to William. Prince Of
Orange. their great leader, the colors
Of the house of Orange were adopted
by the sturdy people of the Neither
lands, at the end of their long bout
with Spain-orange white and blue;
but nobody knows how. in the cen.
turtles since, the orange became chang.
ed To red
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
Chinese Bride Seekers Flourish.

The Chinese. along with the Turks,
believe that unmarried folks lead
most selfish existence. Anxious as
they are to see their sons and daugh-
ters we'll settled they never negotiate
marriage, they leave this to the
bride seekers. who carry on a flourish
ing business.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Simon Schoellmyer says he will rot
IN Jail in Cleveland before he will pay
alimony to his wife He has been in
Jail. for his refusal since January 30.
Il he stays in six years he will escape
scott free. He is rich. The alimony is
$50 per month.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
Theory and Practice.

81 takes notice." said Uncle Eben,
dat de man who tells you how easy it
is TO be contented wifi salt polk an
beans giner'ly has as fine a appetite
fob fried chicken as anybody "-Yon.
kers Statesman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot.Ease.

A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Swol-
len, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching Sweating
Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Drug
gists and Shoe stores, % cents. Accept
no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address, A ). Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove. ". j.. Feb. II. 1900.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
MORAL sTRENGTIT.

A gallant craft which the breezes watt
Ger the breast Of a summer sea TO land
Is a symbol fair Of the men who dare
With faith in God and his helping hardi
James Burke in New York Herald
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
CONSTANT ACHING.

Back aches all the time. Spells your
appetite, wearies the body, worries
the mind. Kidneys cause IL all and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

If you are going TO burn youi
bridges, burn them behind you rather
than in front OF you.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Some mems business principles are
like most hinge doors-work only one
way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
ItaIic Tyne,

Script is called italic; the italic
type was invented in Italy, about 1900.
by Aldus Manutius, who is said 10
have initiated Petrarch's handwriting
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Detroit-Wheat-No 2 red, spot,
bu at 91hc, 10.60G bu at Gle, 5000 bu
at 81 1sc. 5000 bu at Gle; September.
5000 bu at S9isc, $4,000 bu at 50 = c.
1000 bu at Sgl4c. 5000 bu at soc; 10.
3 red, 90c No. white, csc; December,
nominal AT S9hc per hu.
Corn-No. mixed. l car at 81 16c; No.
3 yellow, l car at soc, s cars at SO "a G:
No. 4 yellow, l car at 57IRc, cars at
sac. 2 cars at 5Sc; No. white, 3 cars
at CSC per bu.
Oats-No white, spot, cars at
35c; by sample. car at "a u G per bu.
Rye-No. 2 spot, / car at 79c per bu;
August rye. Csc per bu.
Beans-July 81 CO asked; October,
81 so nominal.
clover seed-Prime October, 100 bags
at 81 so per bu.
Timothy seed-Prime spot. 10 bags at
81 20 ppr bu
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Sound judgment seldom makes II
most noise.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

a ship on fire, the funeral pyre
OF mutineers unfit 20 fly.
Is an emblem apt OF men ertrapped
BY vicious lives In a wish 90 diet
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
Three Lives.

PHYSICAL WEAKNESS.
A battered bark In the midnight dark.
Adrift on a cold and stormy sea,
Is an ample sketch Of a hapless wretch
Whose only hope Is 20 cease TO be-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Remember that the flush OF victor
seldom comes from a one-card draw.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

"Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy,
Rondout N cured serious kidney trouble. gained
~ pounds" g. wardell, huntsville. NJ Bottles tl.0a
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Mrs. Winsfows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething sOfttns the gums reduces IN
Illumination, allays pain. cures wind collie 25c bottles
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-The market for live stock
opened with fair run of stock on
sale and an active trade in all depart
4ents, except spring lambs and COM
aOn cattle, which were lower. Prime
teers and heifers sold about steady.
Stockers and feeders We're scarce and
1ctiVe at unchanged prices Mich
lows were quiet at $25 TO S45 each. The
nun of veal calves was smaller than
usual and prices were steady with last
week at 81 10 Sc 20 per cwt.
Hogs were active and about cents
higher \ good many thin hogs made
their appearance, meeting with active
demand. Range of prices: Light 10
good butchers So 5005 60; pigs, IS 500
So; light workers.. IS 5045 So; roughs.
Hm5.
Sheep-Best lambs. sSQS rs; fair to
good lambs. sea-; yearlings, $Gq6 so;
tair TO good butcher sheep, $3Q3 so;
eulls and common. 81 50QS.
Chicago-Good to prime steers, s. 60
stockers and feeders, 81 50@4 %; cows,
81 90q4 so heifers. 81 1905 10; can
calves. $3@6 40.
Hogs-Mixed and butchers. So 400
621a good TO choice heavy, IS SIS q
8 So; rough heavy, IS zoos 40; light.
IS 45@5 60; bulk Of sales. IS SOFAS so.
Sheep-Good TO choice wethers. 81 75
a so; fair to choice mixed, SO 506 );
native lambs, including spring lambs.
"a 50@S
East Buffalo-Cattle 10@15c lower,
owing TO the heavy receipts west. pros
poets are not as favorable. Calves
Best, So soar rs; fair TO good, s64 20.
heavy. So SOM 8 90
Sheep-Best yearlings, s7@7 %; fair
to good, Sc % q 6 go; springers. 81 80 a.
80; best sheep, 50 5O46; fair to good.
D.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

The genuine has a date and number stamped
On the laOel-talIe no other from your druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13

Silence is one thing you can't name
without breaking it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
AMUsEMENTs IN DETROIT,

week Ending July Is
TEMPLE TuEATER AND WONDERLAND After
moons 2:l5, l0c to &c; Evenings s:l) loo TO 50.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-13
WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLE rooa,

Good for ailing children and nursing mothers
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-13
EDITOR Is MURDERED.
Mystery Surrounds the Killing of Jacob
H. Thompson in New
York

NEW YORK, Sept "a mystery Of
unusual proportions was today developed
III the circumstances surrounding the
death Of Jacob H. Thompson, for forty
years an editor on the New York Times,
by positive evidence that he was muir
dered on the night of September { by q
brutal clubbing in a prominent hotel
situated in one of the busiest residence
end business sections of New York city
This fact was disclosed today by the
coroner's autopsy. This examination
showed that Mr.. Thompson had been
struck over the head at least a dozen
times with a blunt instrument and had
been strangled as we'll.
No one has been found who admits
having the slightest knowledge of what
transpired in the EDITORS room in ST..
James hotel at 100 West Forty-ffth
street, from the time he entered it early
Thursday evening until he was found
about o'clock yesterday morning by a
chambermaid, who told the coroner that
she saw him half sitting and making
convulsive movements with his hands.
He was then fully dressed and was
wearing riding boots. An unfinished let
ter was lying on the desk as if the writ
er had just laid down his pen.
The mystery is further complicated by
the fact that at first reports were sent
both to Mr.. Thompson's brother and to
the hospital which was telephoned to
for aid, that he was only suffering from
heart failure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-13
GEAR AGREES TO
PAY THE MIKAD0.
SECRET TREATY BETWEEN THE
RULERS OF RUSSIA AND
JAPAN.
Five Hundred Million Dollars to Be Paid
Within Five YeaTs-Komura and
Witte Not Consulted.

NEW YORIA, Sept. "a dispatch to
the World from London today revives
the frequently and officially denied
stories that a secret treaty has been
made between the Emperors of Russia
and Japan.
''The Intermediates in the negotia-
tion," says the dispatch, were the
American and German ambassadors at
st. Petersburg. 1t provides that the
Emperor of Russia-not the empire
shall pay S5OO,OOO,0O0 indemnity to
Japan in five years, less the amount
which Russia Will pay Japan for her
care and maintenance of Russian pris-
oners of war. $1O0,0O0,O0O, as provided
in the treaty of Portsmouth. 1t is re-
ported also that Russia agrees in the
treaty to give Japan free hand in
China.
THE compact was made without the
knowledge even of Baron Komura and
M. Witte."
Baron de Rosen today gave out an
emphatic and unqualified denial of the
above story. Baron de Rosen declared
the report had not the slightest founda-
ton and was absurd on its face.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-13
ROOSEVELT FIRES PALMER
President Summarily Removes the Pub
lie Printer for Disobedience
of His Orders

OYSTER BAY, L. L., Sept. 9.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has taken summary ac-
ton in the case Of Frank w. Palmer,
public printer and head of the govern
ment printing office at Washington, by
removing him from office.
Last Monday the President directed
Mr.. Palmer to send to him his resigna-
ton to take effect on the 10Th inst. At
the same time he directed him not to
take any further action in the cases of
Oscar J. Ricketts,, foreman of printing,
and L. G. Hay, division foreman in
the government printing Office whose
designations Mr.. Palmer had requested.
Mr.. Palmer had given Ricketts, and Hay
until Tuesday to show cause in writing
why the charges he had made against
them should not be operative III remov
ing them from their positions in the
event of their failure to resign. In di
rect disobedience Of the Presidents in
structi0ns Mr. Palmer on the 9th instant
notified Ricketts, and Hay that the time
which they might have in which to an
swer his charges would be extended until
Saturday, the 9Th instant. AS this was
not only violation of the Presidents
specific instructions, but as the case of
Ricketts, and Hay had been placed in the
hands of the Keep commission for inves-
tigation the President felt it was time
to take positive action regarding Mr..
Palmer. He therefore removed him
from office by telegraph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-09-13
LET INNOCENT MAN
HANG FOR MURDER.
Awful Confession of Wretch Just Before
Suicide-Kept Secret for
Thirty Years.

MINOT, n. D., Sept. 11.-"'When my
lifeless body is found notify my mother,
Mrs. Catherine Herzig, of Girard, o.
The enclosed letter will reveal nv iden.
tity and the awful secret of my wretched
life. l can endure it no longer"
The foregoing note was found by Frank
Dyer, who lives on a claim near Hidden.
wood, this county. 1t was written by
one of his harvest hands called Frank,
who has disappeared.
In the letter the writer, who signs
himself Charles Herzig, says:
Dear Mr.. Byer-In the early 10 Charles
Sterling, a supposed tramp, was tried fol
the murder of Lizzie Gromback er q beau
tiful young woman residing near Youngs
town, in MahOning county, o. He was con
victed on circumStantial evidence and was
hanged for the crime in the county jail al
Youngstown
Charles Sterling was an innocent man.
am guilty of the murder of that young girl
CHARLES HERZIG.
Dyer and his neighbors have made q
search without success for the body OF
Herzig.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Sept LITTLE
murder of Lizzie GrOmbacher occurred il
1874 and Charles Sterling, a tramp, was
hanged for it in 1877 after two trials.
Sterling maintained his innocence to the
end Nothing could be learned of the
Herzig family, supposed to live near
Girard No one knows Mrs. Catherine
Herzig at Girard, although inquiry was
made of the postmaster. 1t was said
that a family Of that name had formerly
lived in that vicinity, but no one knows
them at the present time.