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torn away many old coins were found,
They were discovered in little piles and
were OF different mints, Spanish, Swedish,
English-as if each prisoner had put his
money away for safekeeping and there
had becn n feeling that one prisoner should
not interfere with another.
MANY Of these prisoners were shot,
many Others died there, and 50 there was
rome to claim their little boards Of money
and none to know about them. Year after
year they. stayed there until 4 blow Of tho
hammer revealed hem
Whenever an cid building n any i'm
~rortance is demolished a tour of the neigh
boring pawnshops will reveal visits by
men who are too shy to speak Of the bits
Of silver or pottery they may find, but not
too shy to raise the price Of a drink on them.
One Of our men going on such a still hunt
found a beautiful silver mug OF Colonial
design. II was blackened and dented, but
when restored was worth its weight in coin
Of the realm, and it had been bartered by
one of the workers for the price Of a glass
Of whiskeyl
One Of the recent finds in an old house
situated in Blocker street in a part Of town
which was highly thought of as a residence
section at the time it was built was a COM
plete CONTRIBUTORS outfit for making
silver money. II ia illegal TO have anything
Of that kind IN YOU possession, and we
destroyed it az soon as possible.
The history of the house was hard to
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reason or other the owners do not care TO
take away, but this happens less frequently
than when the business was first eetab-
lished. Once people did not care for old
Colonial bits as they do now. and even the
officers of the company had little notion of
the value Of such things and used TO dis
pose Of them for absurdly ma sums.
Not very long ago a decorator came in
and poking about unearthed an old time
hob CRATE Of a kind rarely seen in this
country. although in the English houses
you frequently find them. We sold this TO
her for O.. She had the black paint, with
which some vandal had covered 1t, removed;
and that. with the polishing. cost 81. In a
weeks time she had disposed Of it for s4S,
and the purchaser considered rightly that
he had a bargain.
~The doors which We took from the old
Whitney house at 72s Fifth avenue have
Just been sold to a man on Staten Island,
who IN going to use them in a garage, and
we consider ourselves lucky. for these mas
sive doors, expensive as they were. are
difficult TO dispose Of, III modern dwelling
Offering no room for them. II frequently
happens that We have to destroy doors OF
carved wood, which are worth at the lowest
estimate $500"
The mail box Of the Brook Clu is o
in the warehouse of the wrecking concern.
On il are well known names OF members.
Near il is the motto Of the club, which was
also left behind when the clubhouse was
pulled down:
"He that outllves this day. and comes safe home.
VIII stand a tiptoc when thi&dsy Is named
Henry v.
Here also is a piece Of a partition taken
from a bank building. II is 81 bronze and
marble and the men who paid for the erec-
ton OF it spent 10000 for 80 feet.
A Colonial doorway, which the late Stan
! ford White is cited as having pronounced
to be one of the finest specimens he had
ever come across and which was purchased
by him for the Brook Club. has now returned
TO the house wreck on the demolition Of the
clubhouse and is awaiting a purchaser.
There is a doorway taken from the first
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advantageously compel the adoption Of
modern forms, the spirit Of the old national
style Of architecture IL impaired to the
buildings by the choice Of materials and
the details of ornamentation. o.
The artistic display is regarded as n of
the most successful features Of the eXposi-
ton. II consists largely Of historical works
Of art in silver and gold and Of ancient en-
broidery and pictures largely brought to-
gether from old Rumanisn cloisters and
churches.
One Of the most striking exhibits ia the
memorial Of the siege Of Plevna in the
Turco-Russian war Of 1877. This consists
in the first place Of the chapel Of Grivitza,
dedicated to the memories Of those who
fell during the siege. There is also a full
sized reproduction OF the peasant hut at
Poradim in which the Prince Charles Of
that period, the present King, had his
headquarters during tho siege. Besides
his there is a model map in relief Of the
besieged fortress and the country sur
rounding it.
other characteristic RumHnian build
ings arc the Koula. ~ ancicnt POYard
houar, half farm, half fortress. and al o
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house built in old oh Village
fireplace from another dwell ng in that ones
fash enable quarter depot ng the LORDS
Supper by Da Vinci in iron work.
The bu lder Of q country house sometimes
gets from tbs concern his doors and win
dows. his mantelp' Gees. his thing. the
beams for his ce | ngs and his house built
10 III them. One charming studio in New
Jersey was bu II in tn s way.
For a couple Of years the artist and bis
wife haunted this establ shment and other
Ike places. They unesrthed a beautiful
fanlight of loaded glass, they bought a mas
sive door for a song, they bargained for q
charming Colonial mantelp.ece and a score
Of other things. Then the man made hiS
own design for the bu lder, and the place,
al comparat. vely little expense. is one ot
the country's sights.
When house wrecking was fret estah-
Iished as a trade the owners Of buildings
always paid for the work Of demolition.
To-day when a building is to be torn dow
wreckers offer high prices for the privilege
of Joins the work. Instead Of lumber
yards. which the housewrecking eetablisilA
ments formerly were, to-day they are
enormous curio shops.
IDC Tdnkt W Oui lhiNA0cVibs e@NA
the manage Of one, extends overthe whole
continent. Last week We shipped granite
and wood work TO Honduras 10 Re used
in the construction of q sugar house.
During the war between England and
South Africa a man srparently an Eng
lishman, came in here TO select a shipload Of
articles to be sent there. He said 1t made
no difference to him which way the matter
was settled, for he was sure 10 sell.
He spent two weeks making the selection;
paid for everything and left word thSt the
goods would be called for when the vessel
in which they were to go reached New York
from Boston. He has never been heard OF
since and when the storage and other eX-
penses ate up the profit We sold the articles
again.
He was perfectly sane, a good business
man n his fate adds another to the many
mysteries which one becomes eDtangOd
with in a business like this"
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the reproduction Of the Tepes Voda, an old
feudal castle of semi Oriental type. Be-
sides these there are cabins and cottages
of the Rumanian and Trangylvsnian
~peasantry in which people wearing the
national costumes are established, inciud-
ing a scattering Of gyTsies. to give true
local color to the representation Of Balkan
life.
King Charles is CT years old. He was
married to the Princess Pauline Elizabeth
Ottiie Louise Of WED in 1883. She was
crowned Queen Of Rumania along with
him in 1891, and il knowno officially as Queen
Elizabeth. She ia known TO tho whole
world, however, as Carmen sylvia, the
author Of Thoughts Of a Queen, !" Shadows
on LIES Disl,""A Real Queens Fairy Book"
and countless other stories, sketches and
plays.
The couple had only one daughter, who
died in 1874 at the z Of 4 years. King
Charles successor will he his nephew A..
Prince Ferdinand Victor, second son Of his
brother. He IL married to a semi English
Princess. Marie Of SaXe-Coburg and Gotha.
They have two SONS. Princes Charles and
Nj 'holas. and W. daughters, Princesses
/ liz lbeth and Marie.
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me out there, IL only for a few minutes.
Much punch there, and | can't get away
without going upstairs with the host and
putting AVA a couple of Scotch things.
Then in a hurry 10 Young's Hotel, where
] am living, and the dinner music has al
ready begun, and my wife ia dressed and
waiting, and | have TO hop into dinner
toys like a lightning change man. A
steamer skipper | know sends over 10 our
table a bottle Of very smooth brandy and
joins us at the coffee, and we smoke for
half an hour.
The wife ard | are for a dinner at the
Japanese Club that evening in celebration
of the japanese Vice-ConsuIs or m
body's birthday-there are more birthday
blowouts in Honolulu than there are Italian
feast days in Italy. We go. Gorgeous
kimonos are handed both men and women
at the door, and diking out in them in the
dressing rooms We join the merry push.
Everything to eat known to civilized peo-
pies, and more than that 10 drink. Home
at 2 in the morning, pretty well lit up.
thanks.
a little work during the forenoon Of
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CHARMS.
Done With Popping Nuts. Melted Lead.
Cakes and Apples.

."N @"H "pp'NS
Here are some Of the old Halloween
charms as given in WHAT To Eat.
Name several chestnuts and place them
in a row before the CRATE. The one which
bursts open first will indicate the man who
will pop the question first.
Tie an apple to a string and swing it in
the doorway. With hands tied behind them
the young men try to take bites out OF the
apple. The one who first succeeds has the
privilege Of kissing any girl he chooses.
Hold a door key in one hand. With the
other pour melted lead from an iron spoon
through the handle Of the key into cold
water. The lead will take shapes indicative
Of the profession of ones future husband.
In Russia hot lard is used instead OF lead.
One OF two drops is sufficient.
Place three dishes in a row-one contain
ing clear, one muddy water and one empty.
Bill ndfold the girl and let her put her hand
into n dish. The clear water foretells q
happy marriage. the muddy, an unfortunate
one and the empty dish no husband.
Place three nuts on the bars OF the CRATE!
aiming one after your sweetheart. II the
nut cracks or Jumps the sweetheart will be
unfaithhll: II u begins TO blaze, he has a
regard for YOU. Name one nut for yourself.
and IL the two burn clearly n brightly IL
will be a happy marriage.
Seven girls make a cake Of i1ouT and water
mixed TO a stitf dough and placed in q pan.
No word must bc spoken during the making
81 the cake. and no man must appear on
the acene.
Each girl pr.cks her initials and the ini-
tails NJ her sweetheart on top of the cake.
Ten minutes are allowed for the baking Of
the cake, no m speaking.
When he cake il baked the initials ~
those who will marry before the year IL ont
are plainly seen on Inc top. II the door
opens and q man enters. the girl On whom his
glance falls first win be married frst.
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LIVELY DAYS IN HONOLULU.
NO LETUP IN THE Round or
MERRTMlKING.

erhe Returned OniciaI Describes a ann
Week-Luaus. the same Being Pie
4 mics -VidtIng ships TO the List Of
n Eager Entertainers Expert Mixers.
srve been resting up and r%usticating in
Whicago and New York since / got back from
che islands" observed a Federal Official who
recently returned tn the mainland from
Honolulu, where he was stationed for three
Wears, Don't smile. New Workers and
EhicaRoans lead the simple life compared
with the one whirl of the Honoluluans. l
mean the white Honoluluans, Of course
The American and English and German
fellows down there. The Kanakas know
how 10 have fun in their own way, and they
have lots Of il. No Cinnamon in the world
enjoy themselves a. do the Cinnamon OF
Honolulu. The world is a sort Of jest TO
the hundreds Of Japs in Honolulu, too.
THE American. who xhibit the vaguest
symptoms hat he is "A good fellow and a
mingler il seized upon and pushed into a
swirl in Honolulu that max his recollec-
ton Of sp-eedygoingsome hours in the
cities OF the mainland seem like aharking
back to Epworth League days.
And It's all open and above board down
IN Honolulu, too Nothing furtive or under
cover about il. They don't consider t
d'sgraceful TO GO after n good time down
there. All hands are declared in on the fun
A. they're right. RemOrse doesn't abide In
Hawaii. Remcrse, anyhow, is a keen fear
OF what your neighbOrs are going to think
about II. In Honolulu your neighbOrs
don't think about it al all. They haven't
the time. They're too busy having fun
themselves.
"You saVvy Huau?' INuau 0Oo-ow, it's
~pronounced) is a Kanaks word that means,
literally, a dinner, but it has been twisted
around 80 that now il means a picnic. Well,
that's the answer. A mans life in Homo
lulu is a sort Of continuous performance
Iuau. The women FOLKS are in on il all, too
just NJ much rs over they want TO be. they
want TO be a whole lot, too, you may be-
lieve that Men take their wives and
women folk almost everywhere where the
good times are happening. The women
are at liberty to remain AZ the Euaus a. long
~ they please Generally, though, they
kaSS wnen6O leave. Tho men take theil
wives to Inc open air luaus. ar around tb'
. Pal or in the Nuuamu gorge and on tbs
aktI<s OF Waikiki -luaus wher" the kul,
Girls dance in their unimI eding waisi
circlets Of grasses. And it's all right III
the custom Of the land. The women folk
Hike TO sea the hula girls dance, and tIey
do Gee them. and there You ara The snur
bug hasn't made a landing in Hawai- yet.
I'm Honolulu it's a case nj tho b ncl
gsttlng together and starting something
an the time. The Hon5luluans are mostly
people Of the big world. used 10 the life oi
biR cities. You'lI meet fellows there who
know where to go Z, dine in Teheran and
what restaurant gig - you the best canta-
ADuDos Tor brsakfast IN V~ladiv0stok and
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Tuesday, but when | arrive at the hotel
for luncheon at | O'Clock | find that every
thing has been arranged for the afternoon.
Some friends are going TO tlke an after
noon's cruise in their houseboat in Pearl
Harbor, and the wife and | are booked.
Get there about 29O. Party assembling.
married folks, pretty girls, larkish la Is,
gay old boys, everybody with a mandolin
or guitar or a tara-patch banjo-tiddle.
Houseboat very large and sumptuously
fitted. Eight Jap boys doing nothing
hut fix and serve drinks. Eight more
Jap boys arranging luncheon food. We
pIt of over Pearl Harbor, which looks
like the blue sky turned upside down,
Much picking of strings, then singing;
rIgtime. grand opera, KanAka aloha-nuis,
and just singing. Also very man drinks
Business of hrkish lads getting the girls
ON ia corners and stalking them to hot air.
Then a lot more drinks.
Break up in time for dinner backintown.
Make hotel at Z. dress for dinner like vaude-
Vile persons hurtling to make a train for
a long jump. Stag dinner that night with
a Chinese merchant who speaks all Of the
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reasons. One is that fewer treasures are
found now than formerly, and it is evident
that if anything of real value should he
unearthed there are a thousand different
means 10y which i could he removed by
tho finder without detection.
If a workman finds p bag If precious
stones hc would get away over the roofs
- fast you couldn't sae him for the dust.
and # he did not do that he would find
another hiding place and return at night
70 take his treasIre away
Down or Water street were a number Of
houses that have been pulled down. In
the slbcellar Of one A. number Of parti-
toned chambers were found, and in one of
those a chain and some bones were dis
closed. II was impossible to find out the
history Of the place, but the whole atmos-
phere breathed Of smuggling, and the
secret of this cell may haze been connected
with s~mugglers.
A number Of, underground passages
from one house TO another. or leading
direct u the river. have been found. We
have also found secret panels and sliding
partitions that opened to allow a person 10
pass from one room - the next without
being detected. just how many people
were done to death through the Use Of such
passages will never be known.
"In the Did Decker Building on Union
Square. some Of whose rooms were devoted
to the meeting Of Masonic societies, a hole
in the floor was exposed, and lifting the
boarding a ladder was disclosed. which led
down to the cellar. We all gaLed down
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European languages, delights in enter
tanning and il a corking good all around
fellow. Most of the naval officers there.
They sing weird ropehauling chanties
about blow the man down and 50 on, and
when the thing gets warm n OF them
gives a Chinaman's idea Of a c~akewalk,
which tickleS the chinese preser' Immensely.
Drinks, wallowings of EN-. II ner cooked
by the Chinese merchants french chez.
Dinner for your life, too. Jinks till , o'cloc
in the morning, then bed.
The thing begins on Wednesday with
that luncheon on board the liner with Dec
Burke a. host. Seven of US with our wives
along. The surgeon has refused to trust
the ships cook and has virtually cooked
the luncheon himself. Very wonderful
luncheon: punch and champagne for the
women folks, and those and all the rest q
the liquid list for the men. Doc Burke
sings a Corean love song and then a Man
chrrian lullaby and finally a Japanese
war song, accompanying himself on the
piano. Inen everybody sings.
Russian cigarettes for the ladies', black
Manilas, each contained in a slender glass
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gather. All We could learn was that at
one time a couple, a man and a woman.
of quiet ways, who never visitad or received
any one, resided there. They excited con-
siderable interest by reason Of their ex-
clusiveness. but there was never any SUP
picion breathed about them. Finally, they
went away, the hoIse was closed and never
entered again until it was torn down.
W have been asked many times why
We did not take measures to prevent the
loss of treasure. such a. searching the
workmen employed on al old building,
but that would be Impossible for many
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expecting to see a goat at least, but nothing
but the we'll and ladder rewarded US.
Among relics we discovered which had
historic interest we're some bayonets hidden
in the old New York Hotel. which was the
headquarters of the Southern sympathizers
during the civil war. 1t is said that every
plot that was Matched during that time,
which did not claim Richmond as its incu-
bator. owed its being to this place, which,
with its air Of old time hospitality and SIM
plicity. seemed able TO avert suspicion.
at sometimes happens that We find fur
niture Of value left behind which for some
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-08-02
MilI'CalI a Pastor.

The Baptist society Of this city have
been without pastor for some time past
since the resignation Of Rev H. N. Spear,
and in the meantime have had many diff
ferent parties here on trial. The latest
candidate for pastoral honors was Rev. S.
S. Clark Of Detroit, who occupied the pull
pit on Sunday morning and evening.
Two eloquent sermons by the reverend
gentleman appealed to the members Of
the society and a unanimous call was ex-
tended to Rev. Clark which will undoubt-
edly be accepted Rev. Clark is a spirit
ual power and an orator as we'll, and
should the local society succeed in secur-
ing him the work Of the church will go on
uninterrupted save for the short lapse OF
time which has passed since the lea wing
Of their late beloved pastor Rev. H. NJ
Spear and his beloved wife.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-08-02
Finished Well Contract.

Oh Gardner & Co. have closed their
contract with the city for putting down
wells and moved their apparatus and ma.
chinery to lonia.
They made eight wells near the water
works building getting good flow from
each one. Mr.. Gardner thinks however
that eventually large reservoir will be
needed. into which they can flow rather
than to pump direct from the wells, but
time will tell and the board of water COM
missioners will keep tab on the working
of the system for the citys best interest.
Five wagon loads of apparatus and ma
chinery were hauled to lonia Wednesday,
by Will Floyd. j. c. Zerba, Eugene Ed
monds, Charles Moore and Will Clark's
teams.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-08-02
BOUGHT % ENGINES
For Running the BalIou Mfg. Co.'S &c
ment Mixers.

For Running the BaIIou Mfg. Co.'S. Ce
meht Mixers.
The Engine company closed contract
Friday with the Ballou Mfg. company OF
Belding for 25 two-horse-power engines,
to be shipped as soon as possible. The
purchaser is the owner of an impro7 we'd
cement mixer which is the latest and best
thing on the market and the. engines are
to be used to operate them. The company
has capital of 100000 and at its head
is W. D. Ballou. the successful manufac-
turers of baskets. The engine co npany
were several weeks landing this contr act
and came in competition with many other
engines, two Fairbanks, Morse & Co. en-
gines being on exhibition at Belding at the
same time the Lion engine was.
In the order it is stated that the COM
pany expect to put out eight or ten mixers
daily. which will call for large mum Der
of engines in addition to the twenty-five
ordered, as the company say they have
decided to equip their machines with the
Lion engine, believing them to be the best
for their purpose. Lyons Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-08-02
GILBERT RUSSELL.
Another otisco I'ioneer Called To his
Eternal Rest.

Another otisco I'ioneer called To his
Eternal Rest.
The death Of j. Gilbert Russell occurred
a. the old farm home near Smyrna Sun
day morning about seven o'clock and thus
another one Of the sturdy and respected
pioneers Of this locality is gone from
among us.
The deceased would aave been "a years
old had he lived until Dec. So The fam
lily were all at his bedside when he died
About four or five weeks ago'he was taken
sick and confined to his bed although he
had been ailng for the past year with
stomach trouble. He was conscious until
nearly the last and arranged all Of his
business affairs, knowing that he was
nearing the end Of life. About fifty years
ago he was married to Catherine Dorr
and settled on the farm where he died.
honored and respected for his many good
traits of character.
Besides his faithful wss-Sne leaves two
sons and two daughters, Amos, Of Smyrna,
Albert Of lonia, Mrs VIM. Walker Belding,
and Mrs. Edith Dcken, Smyrna
He was born in the state Of New York
and came here with bis father Amos Rus
sell when four years old, settling on the
farm now owned by M. A. Fllkins, and
shared in the vcissitudes Of early pioneer
life. Mr. Russell was the last of the old
residents who we're present at, the first
town meeting in -Otisco. His death will
break another link in the Russell family
reunions which are held annually in
August.
The funeral service was very largely
attended by friends and relatives, IN the
church at Smyrna, conducted oy the Rev.
j. W. Sheehan, pastor Of the Beldng M.
Z cauroh, who preached fine sermon,
where many floral offerings from friends
testified to the high esteem in which the
deceased was held. He was member Of
the M. Z Churh.
Mrs. Henry Friedly and Mrs Eugene
H Idson sang and the remains were laid
o rest in the family lot in the Otisco GEM
etery the pail bearers being his nephews,
E E Fales, Bruce Fales, Asa Dorr, James
Chadwick, Will Moore and Frank L. Moon.
Among relatives from abroad not men
toned before we're Truman Berry and
wife and Walter johnson Of Coral, Walter
Berry and Redan Russell and wives Of
Greenvlle, Merton Smith and Mark Joslin
and wives, Fairplains, Mrs. E. E. Fales
Mrs. Jay Tuttle, Lizzie Hamilton, Ionia,
Eugene Russell, Luther and Mrs. George
Steele and Don Keensv OF st Johns.