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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
The Holmes Case.

President Roosevelt has determined
the scandal growing out of the cotton
report leaks in the department Of agri-
culture shall be probed TO the bottom.
He holds that the man or men respon-
sible for the leaks are even in a great
er degree culpable than they would
have been had they stolen money out
right from the government. He pro-
poses that Assistant Statistician
Holmes, against whom serious allega-
tons are made, shall be punished If
1t shall be found possible TO secure his
arrest and conviction under present
laws.
The president has followed the work
OF the investigation conducted by Sec
rotary Wilson with keen interest and
has written Attorney General Moody
as follows:
Il most earnestly hope that every
effort will be made 10 bring Holmes
10 justice in connection with the cot
ton report scandal Please 90 over the
papers yourself The man is, in my
judgment, far greater scoundrei than
If he had stolen money from the gov
eminent, as he used the government
10 deceive outsiders and TO make
money for himself and for others"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
NATIONAL
MATTERS
THE G. A. r. LOSES ITS
HEAD. WHO DIED ON
INSPECTION TOUR.
PEARY'S SECOND VOYAGE TO
REACH THE NORTH POLE
BEGUN.
THE GREAT PRINTING OFFICE
SEEMS TO NEED SOME
PURIFYING.
General Blackmar Dead

Gen. w. w. Blackmar, commander
in-chief of the G. A. r., died in Boise
City, Idaho of intestinal nephritis. His
wife was with him during his illness.
The body will be embalmed and taken
TO the home of the family in Boston.
Gen. Blackmar arrived ON July 10 on
an inspection tour Of Grand Army
posts throughout the northwest. He
was i'll when he arrived and gradually
failed. The seriousness of his condi-
ton was kept from the public at the
request of his wife.
Gen. Blackmar was born July 25,
1S41, at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in
the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry
and subsequently Joined the First
West Virginia. He served with dis
tinction throughout the war and at
Five Forks was promoted on the field
by Gen. Custer to the rank of captain.
Through three administrations, those
of Governors Long, Talbot and Rice,
he was judge Acknowledgement of
Massachusetts. At the last national
encampment of the g. A. X. he was
elected commander-in-ch
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
FROM SAME BOX
Where the Foods Come From.

Look here, waiter, honest now,
don't you dip every one of these faxed
breakfast foods out of the same box?"
We'll, yes, boss, we duz, all 'cept
Grape-Nuts, cause that don't look like
the others and people know 'zackly
what Grape-Nuts looks like. But
there's bout a dozen different ones
named on the bill of fare and they are
all thin rolled flakes so it don't make
any difference which one a man calls
for, we just take out the order from
one box"
This talk led to an investigation
Dozens of factories sprung up about
three years ago, making various kinds
of breakfast foods. seeking to take the
business of the original prepared
breakfast food-Grape-Nuts. These
concerns after a precarious existence,
nearly all failed, leaving thousands Of
boxes of their foods in mills and ware
houses. These were in several in
stances bought up for song by spec
ulators and sold out to grocers and
hotels for little or nothing. The proc
ess Of working off this old stock has
been slow. One will see the names
on menus of faxed foods that went
out of business year and half or
two years ago. In a few cases where
the abandoned factories have been
bought up, there is an effort TO resus-
citat4 the defunct, and by copying the
style of advertising of Grape-Nuts,
seek to influence people to purchase.
But the public has been educated TO
the fact that all these thin faxed
rolled thin and dried out and packed.
They are not prepared like Grape
Nuts, IN which the thorough baking
and other operations which turn the
starch part of the wheat and barley
into sugar, occupy many hours and re-
suit in a food so digestible that small
infants thrive on IL, while Ii also con-
tains the selected elements of Phos-
plate OF Potash and Albumen that
unite in the body TO produce the soft
gray substance in brain and nerve
centers. There's a reason for Grape
Nuts. and there have been many imi-
tations, few of the article itself, but
many more of the kind and character
of the advertising. lmitators are al
ways counterfeiters and their printed
and written statements cannot be eX-
pected to be different than their
goods
This article is published by the
Postum Co. at Battle Creek Addition.
al evidence of the truth can be sup
piled In Quantities.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
An Unsavory Mess.

Scandals Of enormous proportions
will develop in the government print
ing Office beside which the Lanston
typesetting Investigation is but a
gentle breeze as compared with the
storm that viii break over the great
est printing establishment in the
world. Graf is rampant in this estab-
lishment. Some of the officials who
have the purchasing power are
charged with demanding commission
on the sales of supplies. Machinery
which would be useful for many years,
is condemned after being purchased by
those who condemn II, and they in turn
sell it to private business concerns at
a large profit. Superfluous positions ex-
list and persons are on the pay roll
who perform practically no services.
immortality EXISTS and favorites of
chiefs are given positions which in
volve no labor, jobs are sold on the
commission basis and corruption of
almost every Conceivable character ex-
lists
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Roberts froas British Lion.

The direct, unqualified statement
that the British army is now as UNI
fitted and unIrepared for war as it
was before the struggle with the
Beers, was the bomb that Lord Rob
erts threw in the house of lords. The
veteran field marshal in deliberate
and carefully prepared speech told the
peers that he believed as a practical
soldier that Great Britain's military
forces are totally inadequate to uphold
the empire as first-class world power.
Lack of fitness in the men and poor
training were mentioned as contrib
utory causes to this condition.
The speech was called for by
Premier Balfolrs statement regarding
the impossibilty of an invasion Lord
Roberts said the necessity of being
able TO repel an attack on England IT.
self was not all, but that the country
must deal with a question of infinitely
great importance-the question: of the
life or death Of the empire, the issue
of which depended upon Great Britain
being ready 70 defend her eastern pos
sessions and at the same time take
part in any affair nearer home, either
OF which necessitated the placing in
the field of an army as large and eff
ficient as that of any Of the European
countries
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Jackson's Walkers.

Jackson probably has the first la
dies walking club organized in the
United States-the Sunshine Walking
club-which is certainly the only uni
formed ladies' walking club. 1t was
organized last November and has 80
members in Jackson and three in Bay
City. Mrs. Patrick O'Connor, the en-
thusiastic president, was the winner
of a silver loving cup in the races
held here recently. From former deli
cate health, Mrs. O'Connor has grown
to be healthy young woman, which
she ascribes directly to the systematic
outdoor exercise which she has taken.
The club uniform is a short blue
skirt. white shirt waist and blue cap.
the club flower pink carnation, the
colors pink and white.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
COM ES A TIME
When Coffee Shows What II Has Been
Doing.

"Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me" writes matron from Rome,
n. Y; its lightest punishment was to
make me 'logy and dizzy, and II
seemed to thicken up my blood
THE heaviest was when II upset my
stomach completely, destroying my APP
petite and making me nervous and irri-
table, and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks. in which I nearly
lost my life. concluded TO quit and
try Postum Food Coffee.
1T went right to the spot found
IL not only a most paIatable and re-
freshing beverage. but food as well.
"All my ailments, the 'Ioginess' and
dizziness. the unsatisfactory condition
Of my blood. my nervousness and irri-
liability disappeared in short order and
my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly TO recover. began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now.
Have good appetite and am rejoic-
ing in sound health, which owe to
the use of Postum Food Coffee" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Greek,
Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the little book, The Road 10
Wellville," found in each pkg.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Cure For The Blues
one MEDICINE THAT HAS NEVER FAILED
tlealth Fully Restored and the 10y OF
Life RegaIned
When cheerful. brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, IL is
. sad picture. II is usually this way:
She has been feeling "out Of sorts

for some time; head has ached and
back also has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart-beats very
fast then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly respondent. Nothing
pleases her. Her doctor says: Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon"
But she doesn't get "all right, and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia Z. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound. See what il did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of $40 18th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late GEN
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia f. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
has done for me. l suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues,
nervousness and that all-gone feeling. was
advised to try Lydia K. Pinkhem's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but il has restored me 10 perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy of my
Younger days has returned, and do not suf-
fer any longer with dependency, as did be-
fore. / consider Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women
II you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
NEWS OF
MICHIGAN
THE JACKSON PRISON is
UNDER FIRE ONCE
MORE.
TRAVERSE CITY EXPERIENCES A
SEVERE STORM THAT DOES
DAMAGE.
UTICA AGAIN VISITED 5Y FIRE
THAT CAUSES HEAVY
LOSS.
Jackson Prison Affairs.

The Jackson prison board or con-
troll will consider the letting OF GER
lain labor contracts for the 200 con
victs now idle in the institution. ana
also to inquire further, at Warden
Vincent's request, into certain matters
brought before the board at a meet
ing last week by former Deputy war
den Foote. Governor Warner, Deputy
Acknowledgement Chase and Warden
Vincent were present. The prisoners
have their daily balances on deposit.
The interest on that money, II was
said. has been going TO Mr.. Vincent.
The sum involved is such as to make
the interest a few hundred dollars.
The money. II was said, was first at
the Jackson City Bank. and is now
in the vaults of the Union Trust Co.
Another matter that was discussed
was the propriety of allowing prison
ers TO work on the new cell block
for wages. Members of the board,
however, think the state was several
thousand dollars ahead on the deal.
and that is propriety enough, they
think.
Then there was talk of liberties ac-
corded the prisoners. This is an old
subject of discussion. Were some
prisoners taken to see circus? II
they were, were they not properly
guarded and was this not often done
before Mr.. Vincents time? The board
apparently found little here that was
new.
Another matter was an assertion
that cigars were brought to the prison,
and in some way the item was listed
eggs" in one of the reports.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
THE TEACHERS FOE
A LIFE ALWAYS THREATENED BY
NERVOUS PROsTRATION.
One Who Broke Down from Si3 Years 81
eOverwork Tells How She Escaped
Misery Of Enforced Idleness.

One Who Broke Down from Si0 Years 81
'Overwork Tells How She Escaped
Misery OF Enforced Idieness.
"I had been teaching lin the city
schools steadily for six years. said Miss
James, whose recent return to- the work
from which she was driven by nervous
collapse has attracted attention. "They
were greatly overcrowded, especially in
the primary department. of whichI had
charge, and / had been doing the work
of two teachers. The strain was toe
the crisis came.
az was Frustrated mentally and ply
sically, sent III my resignation and never
expected TO be able TO resume work. Il
seemed TO me then that 1 was themost
miserable woman on earth. j was tor
tured by nervous headaches, worn out by
inability to sleep, and had so little
blood that was as white as chalk.
"After my active life, 1T was hard tc
bear idleness, and terribly discouraging
TO keep paying out the savings of years
for medicines which did me no good"
"How did you get back your health ~
"a bare chance and lot of faith LED
me to cure. After / had suffered for
many months, and when was on the
very verge Of despair. happened to read
an account of some cures effected by
DIR. Williams Pink Pills. The state
ments were so convincing that j some
how felt assured that these pills would
help me. Most people. think, buy only
one box for a trial, but 1 purchased six
boxes at once, and when had used
them up, was indeed well and had ne
need of more medicine.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills enriched my
thin blood, gave me back my sleep, re-
stored my appetite, gave me strength to
walk long distances without fatigue, IN
fact freed me from all my numerous all
ments. have already taught for several
months, and / cannot say enough III
praise of DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
Miss Margaret M. James is now living
Mt No. 1913 Clay street, Dayton, Ohio.
Many of her fellow teachers have alse
used DR.. Williams Pink Pills and are
enthusiastic about their merits. Sound
digestion, strength, ambition, and cheer
full spirits quickly follow their use They
are sold IL every drug store in the
world.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Severe Storm.

A fierce wind. rain and lightning
storm came upon the Traverse district
about Z o'clock Sunday evening, last
ing until II. The spire of the First
Methodist church, of Traverse City,
was struck and set on fire, but the
fire department soon put out the
blaze. The spire was shattered Two
residences on west Seventh street
were struck. At one the chimney was
shattered, and at the other a lightning
bolt went through bed Many trees
were blown down and boats driven
ashore. Electric Fights and telephone
wires went down. The storm was
general for many miles north and east
of Traverse City. Telegraph and tele-
phone service in all northern Mich
igan to the straits is more or less OBJ
structed
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Thomas Dillon. 102 years old, serves
on the police force of Akron, o.
Nose Manuel. who discovered the
famous Homestake mine, is dead in
Leao, S. d. Died penniless.
Past 81, Rev. William II. Russell. a
cottage revitalist at Asbury Park, ~
j., has surrendered TO Cupid. His
bride is Mrs Catherine Armour Diff
fey, aged az
Two thousand people fought wildly
to gain entrance to the new Sharis
Sphard synagogue, at St Louis, and
the police had TO use their clubs be-
fore order could be restored.
John F. Wallace's s65. 900 job is To-.
Gated at last The unpatriotic' engineer
who gave up the Panama canal is to
manage a syndicate headed by George
Westinghouse. which will purchase
and build trolley lines all over the
country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
DISFIGURING ULCER
People Looked at Her in Amusement
Pronounced lncurabie-Fsce
Now Clear as Ever-Thanks
God for Cutieura.

Mrs. p Hackett, OF 400 Van Buren,
St., Brooklyn, n. Y, says: Il wish
TO give thanks for the marvellous cure
of my mother by Cuticura. She had
a severe ulcer, which physicians had
pronounced incurable. 1t was a ter
rible Disagreement, and people would
stand in amazement and look after
her. After there was no hope from
Soap. Ointment, and Pills, and now,
thank God, she is completely cured,
and her face is as smooth and clear
As ever"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Boomerang as Life Saver.

Attention is being devoted TO the
boomerang as a means of saving life
at sea. The contrivance is simply
boomerang TO which swivel is at
tached 10 carry the line without twist
Ing. With 1t a man can instantly
throw a strong line $50 feet to 200
feet, and, as the boomerang floats IL
will sustain the cord on the water
and give a person on the surface
chance to catch it, and be drawn TO
land or supported until boat ar.
rives. The device requires little skill
to throw ii accurately
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
The Cut Worm Ravaqes.

The farmers of Muskegon county
seem to have fought the army cut
worm till they have conquered the
pest for this season and it has done
at least $4,000 damage to the crops
Eggleston, Moorland, Sullivan and RAJ
VIENNA townships. lying along low
lands, have been touched and mint
corn, hay and nearly all the green
stuff lying in the path of the small
white army worm has been nipped
off at the roots. Not in % years has
such destruction been known. Coming
close on the heels of the cloudburst
Of a month ago, Muskegon county
farmers are respondent and find crops
nearly all ruined.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Finds Where His Sherry Went.

A sea story is being told of naval
officer who. incensed at the steady
iwindling of his sherry, filed up the
decanter with the most disgusting
mixture he could invent in the hope
Of detecting the supposed pilferer. But
still the dimihution went on. until at
length he felt obliged to demand an
explanation Of the steward. His
prompt reply was: II give the cook
two wineglasses for the soup every
evening"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Utica's Loss.

For the second time in fifteen
months this village has been visited
by a disastrous fire, in which many
buildings in the business portion of
the town were destroyed. The fire
broke out in the livery barn in the
rear of the Utica Inn. on the south
side Of the street. which was built up
with old frame buildings The total
loss will he between $4,000 and s40.-
600. The origin of the fire is unknown.
On May s, 1904, which was also on a
Sunday, a fire swept through another
district of the village with losses
amounting TO over $4,000. There is
now no hotel in the village.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Worried by False Teeth.

Sheikh Mahommed Ali Omar Or,
head of the Genilab Arabs who has
arrived at Khartum, has been pre-
sented by the sirdar with a complete
set of teeth. He is extremely proud
of them and hopes to amaze the rest
of his tribe when he arrives home.
His only misgiving is the effect on his
inside. He expressed his fears in
tbs way: God gave me teeth and
took them away when grew old. He
knows best. Now man has put new
ones in. Can the doctor of the teeth
tell NE what is good for my inside?"
Brooklyn Eagle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

ache has been so bad that it brought
tears TO my eyes. The pain at times
was so intense that | was compelled
TO give up my household duties and lie
down. There were headaches, dizzi-
ness and blood rushing to my head to
cause bleeding at the nose. The first
box Of Doan's Kidney Pills benefited
me so much that continued the treat
ment. The singing pain in the small
of my back, the rushes of blood to the
head and other symptoms disappear
ed"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. so cents per box. Foster.
Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Too Much kinderoartcn.

The keeper of a kindergarten re-
luired for her work little more than
motherly feeling and common sense.
But her function has been glorified
into a school, and an elaborate cur
riculum is now prescribed for those
who aspire to the management of the
kindergarten. Two much is made OF
it, so that a good thing is converted
into a danger and hurt to the young.
-Baltimore Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
To Make Barley Water.

Barley water is simply made; wash
half a cup OF pearl barley and place
in a saucepan with two quarts OF wa
ter. Boil it for two hours until the
barley is perfectly soft. stirring 1t and
Swimming it occasionally, strain 1t be-
fore using This may be sweetened
and favored with lemon juice.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

The body of Arthur Walker, who
was drowned last fall. was washed
ashore south of Lexington Friday.
Earl and Oliver Lintz. Montrose
boys arrested on a charge Of house.
breaking, have been sent TO the Lam
sing industrial school.
Three hundred acres Of sugar teetg.
belong to the Saginaw Sugar Co, are
in fine condition. and 10 families of
Russian Poles are doing the wedding
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

A fashion writer tells that the
short walking skirt is becoming short
er and the long dressy skirt longer"
Presently the short skirt will grow
iOnger and the long skirt shorter un-
81 one becomes the other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

1t is not true. as scoffers say, that
the only difference between winter
and summer in New England is that
we spend our summers fishing and
shoveling snow. and that in winter
there's no fishing.-Boston Globe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

Interesting indeed is the project of
the company that is planning to spend
$5,00O,OOO in dredging the Fiber, to
make it navigable as far as Rome
There's no knowing what the dredg.
ers may dig up.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
p. M. Bridge Down.

The high bridge of the Pere Mar
quette railroad over Rabbit river col
lapsed as freight train was passing
over. The locomotive and two cars
passing over in safety, but two cars
loaded with gravel crashed through
and lie in the river. The balance of
the train remained on the north end
of the bridge
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

II is said there is a singular lack
of enthusiasm on the part of the
guests at William Waldorf Astors
house parties. There may be lack
of enthusiasm, but there is nothing
singular about it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

Mr. Peary will take with him on his
polar expedition some very delicate in
struments, which will let him know
whether he has discovered the exact
spot or no. This is a necessary pre-.
caution.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

The man who bought $4,000 auto.
mobile in New York with a bad check
deserved to have it break down with
him before he turned the corner OF
the street.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

We do not know certainly, but we
suspect that the Baltimore man who
said in his will: The world has lot
loved me-" never really loved the
world.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
All That Happens.

"Once in awhile" said Uncle Eben,
"a man thinks he is shown his inde-
pendence when he is simply putin an
unreasonable strain on somebody's pa
tience Washington Star.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

A Chicago man advertises for "a
lady stenographer," requesting that
she state her age" He must think
there are ladies in that town who are
very much in need of jobs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

what | suf-
fered no one
W ill e v e r
know. | used
about every
known RENE
dy that is
said 10 be
good for kid
ney COM
plant, but
without de-
irving per
nanent re-
lief. Often
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20

When it comes to picturesque styles
in revolution the South American re.
publics are reluctantly compelled to
admit that Russia has them all out.
classed
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20
Honor for Orchestra Players.

The management of the Royal OPP
era, London, now prints on its pro-
grams the names of the members of
the orchestra.