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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
won.n AZ Strenuous Tasks.

On the western coast of the United
States. at Monterey, Cal. Mrs. Fish
keeps the lamps lighted in the Poih'
Pinas lighthouse. On the eastern
coast, at South Portland, Me-, Mrs
Gordon earns her living by working
as a deep-sea diver. Sprinkled over
the country between these two WON
en- are thousands of other members
OF the female sex who deserve to be
enrolled as auxiliaries to Mr.. Kip
ling's corps of "Unafraid Gentle
men" And then, from the woman ID
Utah who is sheriff and hangs muir
tderers. to the woman in Chicago who
bosses a gang of Italian street clean
ers. he tells the role of women VINO
are engaged in strenuous occupations
4 in the United States. Wherever man
has tried TO wrest "a living from un
willing nature there woman has also
left the impress of her daring OK
ploits.-Technica World.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
A Well.Known Remedy.

One of the oldest, safest and most
favorably known remedies in the
world to-day is BTandreths Pilis-a
blood purifier and laxative. Being
purely vegetable, they can be used by
old or young with perfect safety, and
while other remedies require increased
doses and finally cease acting alto
gether. with Brandreth's Pills the
same dose always has the same effect,
no matter how long they are taken
One or two pills taken each night FOR
a while is tho best thing known TOT
any one troubled with constipation, III
digestion, dyspepsia or any trouble
arising from impurity of the blood.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over a century, and are for sale
everywhere, plain or sugar-coated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

co,,nound sooner; for have tried SO many
remedies without help. .,-
~ dreaded the approach OK every month,
os IL meant SO much pam anu suhcI MS III
rae. but after l had used tho COMPOUND V"o
,nontbs became regular and natural ana am
,,oxy narfectly well and free from pain, am
I,erv grateful for what Lydia r.. flnRhanis
Vegetable Compound has done Tor me-
Such testimony should be accepted
by all women as convincing evidence
that lydia r. Pinkham' Vegetable
/ Compound stands without a peer as
remedy for all the distressing ms Oh
women. n:.,.1..
vagetable Compound rests upon the
vell-carned gratitude of American
women.
When women are troubled with pain
or IRREGULARITIES, displacements or III
ceration of the organs, that bearing
down feeling. inflammation, hackache'
bloatinp Tor flatulency), general de6ll-
itv. indigestion and nervous prostra-
tion. or are beset with such symptoms
ne dizziness. faintncss, lassitude, eX-
citabilitv. irritability, nervousness,
| sleeplessness. melancholy, they should
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Vegetable Compound at once removes
such troubles. Refuse 90 buy any other
i medicine, for you need the best.
Don't hesitate to write To MIS-
PinlSbam If there il anything
about YOUR sickness you do no'
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with Kindness and her advice I,
free. No woman ever regretted
; writing her and she has helped
q thousands. Address Lynn, MASS
,-L.4.,S. n Wnuap's JIIs
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lives, so to speak, and marks the pass
ago OF years perhaps even more dis
tinctly than New Years day or birth
days. For Thanksgiving is pre-emi-
nently the festival of home. the day OF
all others when home ties and assocla-
lions assert their sway the strongest.
linking the present with the past anu
binding all to the future. All who are
happy enough 10 have a home and
hearth turn gladly TO it for rest and
refreshment of body and mind, and.
whether present or absent from the
home circle. that IS the center and in
spiration Of their thoughts.
Perhaps to none is the day more fun
OF associations and memories than To
those who cannot thus join the home
circle. The toiler in the city or In the
country, unable even for a day to quit
his duties, still takes pleasure in
| thinking of those al home, and In i'm
agination, at least, takes his place az
/ the annual home gathering and shares
| the pleasure Of the day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

Noah Wamskittle was q mean man;
one of those mean people who hate 70
see others prosperous, even though IL
does not interfere with them at all,
He lived in Sandtown and raised
turkeys, like everybody else. lie
earned a lot of money, because he rat
tened his turkeys we'll. 1t was his
only generous deed. for he begrud ged
even the food that he gave himself,
and as for others, Well. Deacon Van
dertassel once said that Noah Wam-
skittle was so mean that he would
walk three miles to borrow a match
rather than use one OF his own 10
light HE fire in the morning.
Noah Wamskittle did not like Dea-
con Vandertassel at ali, and he liked
him even less after he heard this.
So some days before Thanksgiving
day, he went to a poor man in Sand
town and said TO him:
You know that we will al have to
ship our turkeys tomorrow. Now
you have only so and if you do not
get a good price for them you viii be
hard pressed for money this winter
Well, know way to make the
prices higher for you. If you viii sc
60 Deacon VandertasseFs place Will
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THE GREAT SANDTOWN TURKEY THEFT
A Story of a Mean Man and Mean Deed That Wos
Its OtUn ReUord.

twisting and turning, till Noah was
nearly dead and only his great mean
ness kept him going.
At last. scratched and bruised ana
full of mud, weary and suffering, ne
fell into a deep mudhole, which,
strangely enough. had been avoided
clcverly by poor but honest Bill.
Never mind" whispered Bill. help
ing him up, I'VE have arrived
Noah looked through the under
brush. but he could see nothing ex'
cept black mass OF something in the
darkness.
Those are the barns said Bill
Here. take this saw and saw holes
into the walls there and | will Green
around the other way and scare the
turkeys so they will come out
Noah. madden and meaner than
ever. worked hard and sawed big
holes, out of which the turkeys scut
tied. Then, as Bill scared them up
off they flew into the woods until the
whole big flock had vanished.
AS soon as the last one had gone
poor but honest Bill seized Noah ant
said: I'VE must hurry back and W.
must go the same way we came
"Oh. dear, oh. dear" groaned Noah
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cosmopoIitan America.

Is there a type Of average Amerl-
can workman" DIR. Arthur Shad'
well, an Englishman, author OF IN
dustrial Efficiency" tells how in one
OF the older towns of Massachusetts
he witnessed a procession OF cotton
operatives on strike. They were
marshaled by nationalities with Gu
rious effect. The different types
cheek by jowl, stood out in vivid con-
trast-the French. the familiar Eng
fish. tho Celtic, the scandinavian, the
Slav. the small Portuguese and the
swarthy Greek. Such n sight can be
seen nowhere else. 1t brought De
fore my eyes in one living picture the
amazing cosmopolitanism OF Ameri'
can labor and made me think with a
smile of that convenient abstraction
but almost mythical person OF whom
we have heard so much--the average
American workman"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
COFFEE IMPORTERS
Publish a Book About Coffee.

There has been much discussion as
10 Coffee and Postum lately, so much
In fact that some Of the coffee import
ers and roasters have taken to type
10 promote the sale Of their wares
and check If possible the rapid growth
of the use of Postum Food Coffee.
In the coffee importers book chap
ter is headed Coffee as o Medicine"
and advocates its use as such.
Here Is an admission of the truth,
most important to all interested.
Every physician knows, and every
thoughtful person should know, that
habitual use Of any medicine OF the
drug.stimulant type of coffee or wills.
XIV quickly causes irritation OF the
tissues and organs stimulated and
finally sets up disease in the great
majority OF cases If persisted in. 1t
may show in any one OF the many
organs of the body and in the great
majority of cases can be directly
traced to coffee in most unmistak-
able way by leaving off the active ir-
ritant-coffee-and using Postum
! Food Coffee for a matter of ten days.
II the result Is relief from nervous
i trouble, dyspepsia, bowel complaint,
heart failure, weak eyes, or any other
malady set up by a poisoned nervous
system, you have your answer with
the accuracy OF a demonstration IN
mathematics.
There's p reason" for Postum.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
THE FESTIVAL OF HOME.
Thanksgiving Pre-eminen'iy the Day
Of Family Gatherings.

The good old New England festiVai
of THANKSGIVING is one that age does
not wither nor custom stale. Original
" and still nominally, a distinctly
religious festival, it Appeals 10 all
whether old or young, whether pro-
fessedly religious or not, and what
ever may be their religious Oeiief OF
convictions.
To college boys and football teams
the day may seem to be OF special sig
nificance in reference to triumphs OF
disasters on the gridiron field, but
even to these It carries another and
deener significance which will grow
win the years. And to those of ma
ture years, men and women past 40
for example, this gracious, time-non
ored festival serves to punetuate then
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

NE tonight we can cut holes into ms
turkey houses and let all his birds ny
into the woods He will be quite I'M
able to catch them again in time for
sbipment and the people in the city
will be glad to pay you high prices
for yours
The poor man, whose name was
Bin Leggo. made believe To agree
with the mean man. But really he dld
not agree with him at all, for he
came of poor but honest parents, and
was very much like them himself. so
he devised a cunning plan.
That night he went TO Noahs house
and said to him. Let us go TO do this
deed. But We will have TO go into the
woods Just behind your house and
work around through them for sew
eral miles. so as to approach the dea'
cons place through the underbrush in
the back. 1t would never do for us
to be seen.
THAT is a good idea said Noah
But | do not know the way through
the woods"
II will guide you" said poor but
honest Bill Il fear, however, thai
you will find it rough going. for we
cannot dare TO carry lantern.
He took hold of Noahs arm and of
they went. up and down and in ant
out. through thick and thin and thorI
and swamp, this way and that way
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
81 See II All E" He Moaned.

But he followed, and once moro ho
was dragged through mudholes ana
creeks and over stumps ana rochs
until his shins and nose were skinned
and every part Of him was sore.
At last they emerged on a road ana
in a few moments they were AT NO
abs front gate and the mean man hur'
ried TO bed.
The next morning he could hardly
get M. because he was so sore. but
he crawled out 10 feed his turkeys
When he got Ia the barnyard' MS
heart nearly stood still. There was
not single. solitary turkey IN the
/ place.
lie stood with mis- mouth open, won
I dering. Then, slowly terrible sus
picion entered his mind. He limpeu
as fast as he could TO the back, ana
sure enough, there he found srea'
holes in the walls OF the houses.
IT sec it all. he moared, sitting
right down in the mud. That VII
lain took me through the woods anc
back to my own turkey houses.
He vas quite right.
When poor but honest Bill went b'
the house, carting his 80 turkeys t.
the town, Noah Wamskittle shook hi
fist out of the window. but Bill Leg
go only laughed, and so did every
body else in Sandtown when the.
heard of Ii.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

While no woman is entIreIy free from
periodical suffering, it does not seem 10
he the plar Of nature that women
should suffer 50 severely. This IS
severe strain on a woman's vitality.
When pain exists something is wrong
which should be set right or II Will
lead to a serious arrangement OF the
whole female organism. m :,
Thousands of women have testlhed
in grateful letters to Mrs Pinkham
that Lydia Z. Pinllham's VegetaolS
COMPOUND overcomes womans speclal
pains and irregularities.
1t provides a safe and sure way OF
escape from distressing and dangerous
weaknesses and diseases.
The two following letters tell so con
yincinply what Lydia +. Plnkhan
Vegetablc Compound will 40 LOT
women, they cannot fail To bring nope
To thousands OF sufferers.
Miss Nellie Holmes. of $40 \. DIVISION
Street, Buffalo, n. Y, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
"Your medicine is indeedan ideal medfcln'
for women. suffered misery for years VIII
uainfuI periods, headaches, and oearihg-uoWi
pains. / consulted two different physlciali
Int failed to get any relief. frlend from ti'
east advised me 10 Lfy Lyu -. - 1,,,o
Vegetable Compound dld so, anu d no io,
every ache and pain is gone, and my geher'
health is much improved. advise all wonel
who suffer TO take Lydia J.. Pinkhaln Nese
table Compound"
Mrs. Tillie Hart. OF Lnrinorc, \. ID
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
! II might have been spared many month
/ of suffering and pain had only knownoI ~
efficacy of lydia r. Pinkhams Nege'api
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
Workman's Pride at Rest.

1oseph Mowbray, who was DulIdIHg
a chimney at the Westwood church,
Kalkaska, having raised II TO the
height Of % feet, and run out OF brick
descended to the ground. He had
scarcely done so when lightning
struck the church. The point where
Joe would have been, had he re-
NAMED. was that at which the bolt
did some of it's worst work. Joe feels
grateful for being out of brick, as had
he been killed at work he would al
ways have thought Providence dis
satisfied with the job, and Joe prides
himself that no man this side OF Jor
dan can build better chimney thar
he.-Detroit News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
Boston Society Fad.

Dealers in pet stock say that SUI
5urban residents of Boston are adopt
ing as the latest fad the raising OF
game chickens. The stately carriage
and brilliant plumage of these bellig'
erent fowls make them valuable for
decorative purposes on the lawn to
people who would, however, never
dream Of putting their combative
Qualities to the test. The dealers are
prophesying that before long the old
time fancy of keeping gamecocks
chained with silver chains on the
lawns of country houses will be re-
vived.--Boston Record.
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500 Reward, 500.

The readers OF this paper VIII DC pleased 70 learn
has been able 10 cure In all It's stages and that Il
Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure IA the only postlNe
$50 ,,,,y lnown 10 the medical fraternity. Cstarrh
hcing a constitutional disease, requires "a consttu
tnnal treatment. Hairs Catarrh Cure IL taken In
,srnallv acting directly upon the blood aud mucous
snrtacSs ~ the system. thereby destroying the
Foundation OF the disease and giving the patient
,ran%th nv building up tho constitution and assist.
sc nsture IN doing It's work. The proprietors have
80 much faith IN Is curative powers aat they onar
ono Hundred Dollars for any case that IL i4i' W
cnre send for Hat OF tesnonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists 1oc
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
After Many Trials.

Johnny had been fighting. His
mother was telling him Of the evils
of resorting to violence to obtain re-
dress for wrong.
IL don't care" said Johnny, he
took my ball"
did you try to get 1t from him
peaceably?"
"Yes'm."
How many times did you try,
Johnnie?"
81 tried once, twice, thrice and
force: and didn't get the ball till the
last trial"
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s,,,.rh s.rvloe soIencid Scenery

on route to Niagara Falls, Muskoka
and Kawartha Lakes, Georgian Bay
and Temegami Region, st. Lawrence
River and Rapids, Thousand Islands,
Algonquin National Park, White Noun
tains and Atlantic Sea Coast resorts,
via Grand Trunk Railway system
Double track Chicago to Montreal and
Niagara Falls. n. Y.
For copies of tourist publications
and descriptive pamphlets apply &c
Geo. w. Vaux, A. G. p. & L. A, La
Adams St. Chicago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

above my head. The Kidney action
was disordered and passages of the Sc
cretions too frequent. On the advice
of my husband | began using Doan 5
Kidney Pills. Since using two boxes
my trouble has not reappeared. This
is wonderful, after suffering TWO
years"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. y. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

Mems ehoes. IS 70 albo Boyyso s ga "a "a 70
1,HJ on NVonaen's Shoes S4.CO 70 %!'pS'
missesI a. ChiidreI.'g shoes. s. % 70 Sl.Oo.
Try ". l.. Douglas Woinen'e. Misses ana
ChIIdren's shoes; for style, NJ anO wear
they excel other makes.
Ill could take you into my large
factories at BrOckton, Mass. land sliow
YOU how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, You woaId then understand
why they hold their shape, III better,
year longer, and are OF greater vaiue
chan any other make. ~
whoever YOU live, You cen Obtain ~. =;
Douglas shoes. His name and price g s,au .p,
! r,;ces aud irferiar shoes. Take no sahcfs
,ytc. ASK your dealer for w. l. Douglas shoe'
md insist upon having them. -, 80.
East Color Eueiets aSed; they UNI ncs aeI, Wesos
Wr,te Tor illustrated catslog OF Fall stSles.
w. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. IL. SrockIon. MISS
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

Following an oper-
alton two years ago,
dropsy set in, and
my left side was SO
swollen the doctor
said he would have
to tap out the water.
There was constant
pain and a gurgling
sensation around my
heart, and l could
not raise my arm
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
raw Unmarried Indian Girls.

In ireland, out of 1000 females over
tx wears OF age. 497 are unmarried;
in India, out OF the same number, only
Ak
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

Terminal facilities of wasps are not
very large, but they are ample Tor
their purpose.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
A MISSOURI WOMAN
Tells a Story Of Awful Suffering ana
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. ]. p. Johnson. of COS West
Hickman street, Columbia, Mo-. says:
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22
Success in tho Gulf Coast Country
Here is an example o. YOU could do.
$500 Realized from One
Acre of Onions.

Mr. Geo. Hoffman, of Kngsvilc Texas planted early
this Spring five in carrots. In March, he sold his car
Denny Co.. of Chicago, for S. per crate His net
returns FIVE of S32o One acre
planted in onions Welded than pounds for which
he received IL cents pound Result $500 per
a myth but rea live, uptodate farmer;
Kngve he will tel about his wonderful
Such results but they facts. You
Gulf 1t has mild climate;
farmer there puts crop and Spring
when price highest BY irrigation he nsure himself against
wells give bountu supply of
sometimes three raised and twenty acres
there will make much fifty in other places
where
depends weather with irregular rainta Come
Country and win others have DONE
is cheap you terms Twenty
The of clearing is about s.
acre Of o irrigation You want
NAV neghbor But the is great and those
neted which has PAID
all expenses, and left a good surplus
1t not only good place make money but it is also good
The mild delightful and the
summers tempered by the cool breezes from the Cult
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

Carpets can be colored on the floor with
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Ask your
druggist. Zoe per package.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

Mrs. winsIow's soothing syrup.
-, on,t,.n t.etnlnc softens the gums, REDUCES IA
,nntlon ala vi pain cures wind collie. e5c bottle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

AsL Mrs pukhams Woman Best Understands "'n m
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-27
One Killed and Several Hurt
Near Meridian, Miss.
a Train Strikes n Hand Car and
Kills Two-A Number of SMALL
er Nlishaps.
SEVERAL CRIMES REPORTED.

New Orleans, Feb. 27.-One train
man was killed, another injured and
nine passengers bruised in a wreck
on the New Orleans and Northeast
ern railroad eleven miles south of
Meridian last night. The local pas
senger leaving Meridian at o'clock
and train of empty passenger
coaches from New Orleans, used in
bringing carnival visitors, met. head
on. Both engines were derailed. En-
gineer j. b. Lee of the northbound
train, who had been in the service
of the company for twenty years, was
killed. Engineer Sissna was slight
ly hurt, None of the injured passen-
gers had bones broken. The proper
ty damage amounted to $40, 900.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-27
Wants to See for Himself What
the Light Plant Cost.
He Will Present the Result of His
Investigation to the Legislative
Boards, He Said.
ANOTHER LIGHT PROPOSITION
Mayor YeIser IS "doIng sums"

Mayor Yeiser Is doing sums"
A representative of The Sun could
not find him in his usual haunts this
morning and upon instituting a
search found him upstairs in the city
hall with a mass of books around
him, and working like a $40 a week
bookkeeper. Interrogation elected
the Information that he was delving
into the city's records "to find for
himself what the city light plant has
cost for the past ten years, or since
it was installed"
81 have had your fellows figures, -
he said, land don't believe them, so
| am getting them up for my own
satisfaction. Ii will take me several
days to do it, but | know enough to
know that | can show that the lights
have not cost the city over about 500
light a year"
When asked to let The Sun have
the figures when completed, he
laughingly said, "No, you will tear
them to pieces, and attempt to dis
prove them" but when assured that
was not the function of a reputable
newspaper, and certainly not the
policy of The Sun; that The Sun
merely wants to give its readers
everybody's statements on all ques-
tions, and especially this light propo-
sition, that the people may know the
truth, he promised to give them out
when he has completed his task.
The mayor says he will give his
figures to the council when he has
completed them, without recommen-
dation, and 1t can do with them as it
sees fit.
why, | have a proposition from
some parties who will furnish the
city lights cheaper than the street
car company proposes to-" he said,
but when asked why these parties
don't come forward and make their
proposition he said: Because they
have not been asked by the council
to do So" When the reporter told
him II was hardly the province of
the council to run around and ask
parties" to bid on a proposition, he
had no comment to make.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-27
Mr.. r. w. KatterjOhn Goes TO
Arizona to Look Over it.
The Work is the Building An Irriga.
ton Dam al Yuma Under the
Supervision Of II. L. Wallace.


A Paducah concern has been asked
to take over 100000 contract
Mr.. f. w. Katterjohn has returned
from Chicago, where he went at the
solicitation of Mr.. II. U. Wallace to
consider taking the contract to build
an irrigation dam at Yuma, Ariz.,
which is to cost $3,000,000. The
contract comes under the supervision
of Mr.. Wallace and work is now be-
ing done on 1t, but it has not pro-
crossed satisfactorily, and Mr.. Wal
lace wants Mr.. Katterjohn to take it
and push it to completion.
The proposition is recognition of
the ability of Mr.. Katterjohn as a
contractor in his line of work. Mr..
Katterjohn has come in touch with
Mr.. Wallace, and his father, John +.
Wallace, formerly general manager
of the Illinois Central railroad, and
later chief engineer of the Panama
canal for a while, and they appre-
ciate his ability.
81 shall go to Arizona to look over
the proposition about the first of
April" Mr.. KatterJohn said today,
land from there will go to Nevada
and Oregon to inspect some mining
properties in which the Rock estate
is interested and shall be gone about
six weeks. My company will proba-
bly, take this contract, but of course
| don't know without investigating. !"
Yuma, Ariz., where the work is To-
Gated, is the hottest town in the
country, the thermometer sometimes
going as high as 1870, and the work
is a big proposition on account of the
climatic conditions.