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One Child Perished.

Fire early Friday morning totally
destroyed one house and partially
ruined another belonging to the Near
thur Co. in Cheboygan. The first house
was occupied by Joseph Cadieux, his
wife and five children. They awoke To
find themselves surrounded by flames
The parents got out safely. and the
father, by heroic efforts, saved four
children. The fifth, Clifton. aged s
was burned to death. Two of the other
children were badly burned, and fears
for the recovery Of one are enter.
tanned
The money loss is about 81 500. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The
BODY of the burned child was recov.
cred
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
eiasty
Nervous
Chewing
Of Food
the Cause Of
Dyspepsia

If your teeth are fit, chew, chew,
chew, until the food is liquid and
insists on being swallowed.
If teeth are faulty, soften Grape
; Nuts with hot milk or cream, or
allow to stands minute soaking in
cold cream.
There's a reason" as follows:
Grape-Nuts food is in the form
of hard and brittle granules,
intended to be ground up by the
teeth; that work not only preserves
the teeth but brings,down the saliva
from the gums SO necessary in the
primary work of digestion.
Many people say Cand it is true)
that when they eat Grape-Nuts they
seem able to digest not only that
food but other kinds which formerly
made trouble when eaten without
Grape Nuts.
Chewj
There's reason" for
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
Sullivan Flaws Bryan.

New York. - Roger c. Sullivan
Democratic national committeeman
from Illinois, issued scathing
reply Friday night in reply to the at.
tack made upon him by William Jen.
nings Bryan in his recent speech at
Chicago.
The party leader is denoun ed for
attempting to defeat Illinois congress
sional candidates in close districts
and both his honesty and sincerity
are called into question.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
Death in Vat of Hot Water

Detroit, Mich.-John Mielke, laborer
ut the plant of the Railway Steel com.
pany, is dead after having been par.
boiled in pit Of hot water. Mielke's
shoes had become greasy from walk.
ing about the engine room and as he
was passing the pit, which received
the boiling water from the cylinders
Of the engine, he slipped and fell
headlong into the scalding liquid.
He was entirely immersed. being
practically parboiled from head to
foot and for five hours suffered most
intense agony until death brought re.
lief.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
For the third time in eight wears

For the third time in eight years w
3. Cady, of Pittsfield, has had his
barns burned. The third barn was
completed in June at a cost of $4,000
The crops were just in and were
valued at $1,000. Insurance. $1,000.
Nellie Fields, colored girl, dauga
ter of George w. Fields, stationary
engineer in Ann Arbor, has not beer
tardy nor absent from school one SEES
sion In eight years. Davis Fields. he,
little brother. has a similar record for
five years. The girl has passed the
eighth grade and says she will qui,
school and hepceforth devote herself
to her mpejc,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13

years L SUFFERED from
kidney disease. The
third year my feet
and hands would
swell and remain
puffed up for days at
a time. / seemed
TO have a constant
bacllsche. Finally /
got 50 bad that l
was laid up in bed
with several doctors
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
LEFT THE BABY BEHIND.
The Nurse Had the Carriage, But the
"G4by" Was Missing.

Mrs. Maud Miller Nipple, whose
advocacy OF course in motherhood
Tor young matrons has already begun
TO bear good fruit, was talking OF the
duties of young mothers.
And no young mother" she said,
mo matter how many her millions
nor how high her station, should trust
hes,-Nttle one entirely to a nurses
care. A nurse may be the most intel
1igent, most conscientious; but to rear
a baby properly is difficult task, and
only one person is sufficiently inter-
ested in this task to perform it well.
That person is the babys mother"
Mrs. Nipple smiled.
"A young mother" she said, was
walking with her husband on the
Atlantic City board walk Suddenly
she gave little cry of pleasure
oh. she said, there is nurse
nurse wheeling baby
And she ran lightly to the luxuri-
GUS coach of leather, with it's swan
shaped carriage and its rubber-tired
wheels. and she pushed back the para.
sol that shaded the occupant from the
sun.
Then she gave a great start
Why, nurse, she cried, where's
baby?
The nurse gasped. Goodness gra-
cious, ma'am! l forgot to put him
int'"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
The Price Fixed.

A minimum price of $2.75 to So a
pound for peppermint oil was decided
upon by the mint growers OF Michigan
and Indiana, who formed an associa-
tion at Kalamazoo Wednesday. The
prices now prevailing for peppermint
oil are $1.S5 to 81 a pound. Thomas
j. T. Bolt was elected president; l..
Z. Dufer, vice-president, and NJ. 4. Os-
born, secretary and treasurer
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13

Douglas. Ariz.-Gen. Luis Torres.
commander of the Mexican military
zone embracing the states of Sonora.
Sinaloa and lower California, declares
all the sensational revolutionary talk
"nnnsense"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
Fatally Wounds Town Marshal.

Hopkinsville. Ky.-John Dickinson.
90. town marshal of Trenton. was shot
and fatally wounded Saturday night
by Godfrey Ray, colored. whom he at,
tempted to arrest on charge 81 wife
beating A.ss.sS $780,.
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County Attorney indicted.

Hopkinsville. Ky.-The grand Jury
has indicted County Attorney John w.
Kelly, charging him with misappropri.
ating $4,000 trust funds placed In his
hands as master commissioner prior 10
resisnipg ONCE January l, 1906.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
CONCERN TO ReoroanI,.

Kankakee, Hl.-The David Bradley
Manufacturing company, of this city,
Friday went into voluntary liquida-
ton. Assets are $780,. $3.50, and liza.
bilities s7s0,331. The object of the
liquidation is to reorganize business.
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100000
BUSHELS
THAT'S THE WHEAT
CROP IN WESTERN
CANADA THIS YEAR
S!ySSE
FsS$as11
This with nearly ST.
nAo D.AD AAN

and 100000 bushels of barley means q oos-
tinuation of good times for the farmers OF West
ern Canada.
Free farms, big crops low taxes, healthy
climate, good churches and schools, splendid
railway service.
The Canadian Government oflkrs 100 scres 81
laud free TO every settler willing and able to
com ply with the Homestead Regulations
Advice and information may be obtained free
from w u. Scott superintendent Of Innt-
grafton, Ottawa, Canada or from authorized
Canadian Government Ageuts-M. v. McInnes.
6 Avenue Theatre Block, Detroit. Michigan or
c. A. Laurier, sauit ste. Marie. Michigan.
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Physicians Recommend Castoria

AST0RA has with pronounced favor the part physicians pharma-
~ ceuical and medical authorities 1t used by physicians with
results most gratifying extended of Castoa unquestony the
result Of fThe disputaMe evidence that it harmless:
only aays stomach pains and qet the but assmi
as the food t agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil
absolutely @ does not contain any Opium Morphine other narcotic
does up unlike Soothing Syups Bemans Drops Godeys
Cordial etc. This good deal for Medical Journal say Our duty how
danger and record the advancing health The day
for poisoning innocent children through greed ignorance ought to end 10
knowledge Castoa remedy which produces and health by
regulating the system by supplying -nd readers entitled to
informatiOn.-H0Ws Journal OF
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subject FOR Another Lecture.

"Oh. dear" exclaimed Mrs. Slap
lash. when they were finally seated
Z: the carriage, I've only got one OF
my earrings on. | left the other on
my dressing table"
Huh" grunted her husband, Just
like my lectures on your carelessness
in one ear and out the other"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
"Cut out hot cream of tartar bis

"Cut out hot cream Of tartar bis
cult" used to be a common, everyday
remark among physicians when dis
cussing items of diet for their pa
tients. But alum baking powder bis
cults are never mentioned in this re-
spect. Why? Because it's the cream
of tartar that is Objectionable and in
furious, and yet there are some people
who to-day continue to use the old
cream of tartar baking powder, and
wonder why they are always ailing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13

We cannot expect the pleasure OF
friendship without the duty, the priv
ilege without the sponsibility.-
Hugh Black, M. A.
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clcK FOR TEN YEARS.
'nctant 6ackache, Dropsy and &C.
we're Bladder Trouble.

Fred w. Harris, of Chestnut ST., JEFF
rson, Ohio, says: For over ten
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13

And no mere man knows what 1t In
to be a woman.
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Differences.

"You haven't the old buildings nor
the development of the drama that we
have" said the European.
No" answered the American. u
suppose it's due to the fact that our
building inspectors and police look at
things differently"
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REAL ESTATE.

vInoln1A eAnNs % 8, c0scres at y acre mp
stanps ssssh<rs Tsssr Last Co., iss, fsiskurs, VI.
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A2T=l1lSS GP0oESSgzASB{KBas
M2VZ hm2kSoiAY20IYI |'MzI )
NH@@ SUPERVISE ~! : IN: ~ QD

at ont be like any Thanksgiv-
Ing I ever knew; but, no matter what,
Z will be thankful, I Wilt" muir
INJURED Sarah Brooks, trying vainly
to cheek her tears aid covering close
to the little register for warmth. 1t
emitted tepid air, but slightly modi-
flying the. chill of the small back BEL
room which the little spinster had
at a very low figure because she .:ept
IL in order herself and used an oil
Imp instead of gas.
She mad not made a light yet.
Even kerosene costs money, and the
moon gave light enough to fret by.
Nearly three months had passed
since she had lost l.er place in Hodge
& Gammon's store.
She had filed place after place in
1bis establishment most faithfully for
nigh to twenty Of her forty-three
years. There was no complaint
against her. J The firm dropped Miss
Brooks AMI Miss Gray, to each of
whom for some years past it had
been paying SO a week, simply be-
cause it had found a man to do the
work Of beth women at SIS a week.
1t mattered little to Miss Gray
sho would be married at mid-Novem-
ber-but FIR Miss Brooks, older by
ten years, and without kindred or
hover, the loss was a measureless Ill.
Not that she realize I it as such at the
outset. Miss Gray was kinder than
a young woman getting ready to be
: FRIED could reasonably have been
expected to be; and Miss Brooks her
self was of : sweet and CHEEKY ma
ture and had no doubt that where n
door had shut another would present.
y, open. At least, there would be a
place for her in another department
Of Hodge & Gammon's, though at
lower wages. Through her long serv-
fee and limited experience, her life;
had grown into The very building.and.
she shrank from an absolute change
almost as from the wrenching asun-
der of soul and body. But the gray
streaks in her soft brown hair
stopped her return to the salesrooms
with bars Of adamant.
Those same gray streaks, from
whic, her fresh, unwrinkled skin,
bright eyes and trim alert figure
seemed powerless to distract the at
tention of possible employers, proved
her undoing at every quest. In vari-
Gus phrases, softened now with half
eontenptuous pity, sharpened anon
with cynical brutality, she was denied
sn her timid application as too old"
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to be Of any use. Experience! 1t
had no chance in the race with :outh.
; The gray streaks had Widened cur
ing these dreary days, the refined
features had :harpened. and the deli
cate color faded. The little Aoard
against the proverbial rainy lay,
after twenty years of poorly paid
labor, had been small at best, but it
was smaller even than it need lave
been, for Sarah Brooks had never
been able to withhold her mite from
a fellow-creature in distress. And
now, despite the wonted insane fem
inine economies in food ard street
car fare, the tiny hoard was lessen
ing at . frightful pace.
She thought ruefullv tonight
though Gliding herself for meanness
III the memory-of sundry SIS Snd
SO bills loaned on promise Of re-
payment next month" to fellow
workers long since departed to fresh
fields and pastures new, and getting
warm at last with the aid o. her we'll
worn winter cloak and the tepid reg
fster, she lost herself in a pitifu. lit
tie dream Of letter in the morning
mail in which some one of her many
debtors should return his OF her
loan.
A per 'mptory knock on her door
brought her sharply back to reality.
Gentleman in the parlor to see
R.iss Brooks!", announced Mrs. Tomp-
kins, the landlady, with the rising in
Election of curiosity in her voice, for
women like Miss Brooks, in a cheap
South End lodging house, have TOW
visitors of the sterner e X Mrs.
Tompkins fingered while her lodgsr
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md a manner half insolent, half in

and a manner half insolent, half in
sinuating and wholly d~isagreeable.
miss Brooks?" and as the little
woman bowed timidly and seated her
self at the other side Of the centre
table with the cracked marble top
miss Sarah Brooks?"
She bowed again, and he contin-
ued: IF you are Miss Sarah Brooks,
niece and only surviving relative Of
John Peter Brooks, who died in San
Francisco on March ~, 1882, l know
of something to your advantage
which 1 am prepared to make known
to you under proper conditions"
John Peter Brooks was my ia
theirs only brother, and I am his only
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claims for his discovery and trouble
and expense in collecting.
She took up the pen, but hesitated.
How nue. might it be-" she asked
biridly.
Her visitor waxed impatient.
"Whate7er it is, you'll get none Of il
unless you sign these g." papers.
Qujek!" he cried, turning imperious
eyes upon her. Sign here!"
But TIE frightened, exhausted
woman had slipped to the floor in a
dead faint, and Mrs. Tompkins, who
not liking the looks of the man, as
she explained later-had been listen
ing behind the shabby portiere, was
beside her in a second.
It'll wait till she comes to. It's
very important; all to her own in-
~terest," said he visitor in q miIder
tone.
Its not so important, o so much
to anyone's interest, but it can wait
till after Thanksgiving" she said,
coldly. Here, Norah," to the good
looking maid who had appeare' in
the hallway, help me get Miss
Brooks to her room" She watched
the discounted stranger till he had
gathered up lis pen and papers and
reluctantly departed, saying that he
would call to inquire for Miss Brooks
in the morning. :.
Its nothing but starvation" whis-
pered Mrs. Tompkins to Norah on the
landing a few minutes later. "1'1
sit with her till she takes this bowl
of beef tea and a bit Of toast to 1t
and try to chirk her up a bit. Hark!
There's the bell again."
Another moment and the bedroom
door was burst open, and only Mrs.
Tompkins' cautious hand saved the
beef tea, as the bride ola fortnight,
but late Miss Gray, of Hodge & Gam
mons, flung herself upon her old
: opmate.
"Oh, Sarah, Gear; what luck! J
saw it in the Wayfarer this morning.
We got back from Washington last
night. I told Tom all you ever told
me about your family. He has looked
up everything and it's yours, sure
enough. 1t was advertised before,
but no one who knew about you could
have seen it,. Nothing to do but
present your proofs and draw your
money. Tom is down in the parlor.
He's just as glad for you as I am.
He's a darling, he Isl"
But, Caroline. I don't under
stand. First. there was that dread.
full man with the papers for me to
sign, and now you have found out
something. What are you glad for,
and what has it to do with me?"
"Why, everything in the world.
You haven't seen the Wayfarer, with
tn advertisement Of the unclaimed
deposits in the Peoples Saving Bank
your uncle-John Peter Brooks
he must have put it in ages ago
$4,000.
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living relative, as l can easily prove,
since we all were born in Boston,
she answered, her brief elation sub
siding. but l can't imagine any
advantage to come to me through
him. lie lost his life in a Ere, which
destroyed also all his little effects
and papers, and, in any case, judging
from what my parents-they're both
dead over fifteen years-always told
me Of him, he would have had little
to leave"
1--WE must not judge by appear
ances, Miss Brooks" said the strang-
e, portentionsly. 1t is about forty
years, I believe, since your uncle last
visited Boston"
80 hey told me-" faltered Miss
Brooks.
well, madam, I can assure you
that l have made a discovery in con-
nection with your uncle's estate of
the greatest Importance to you, BUT
it is my right to let you into it on
my own conditions"
"Oh, certainly, sir" murmured the
little woman, with {. faint return of
hope, the while she trepbled under
the sinister eyes fixed upoL her.
When one has been subsisting for
three or four days on one stale loaf
and an occasional drink of milk and
water, walking meantime mile upon
mile, in dismal weather, from n
disappointment to another, and COM
ing back to a cold oom and a sleep
less bed, ones courage is Likely to be
low.
IF you would tell me-"
"I1l tell you nothing until you
have filled out and signed thess pa
pers. Sign here!" commanded the
stranger, stretching two broad sheets
Of paper before her and taking a
fountain pen from his pocket.
One was a power of attorney dated
two days ahead, authorizing the
bearer, Irving Wilson, to collect, as
the representative of Sarah Brooks,
any claim or claims belonging to the
estate of her uncle, the late John
Peter Brooks, and the other was an
agreement on the part of said Sarah
rocks to allow said Irving wilson
half of the recovered claim or
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Uses 50O,0OO,OO0 Matches o Day.

Estimate is made by a British
newspaper that the United Kingdom
consumes 500,000,000 matches a
day, or about twelve for every man.
woman and child. Smokers probably
account for the greater number.
About ninety tons Of wood are used
up in the form Of matches every day,
or about $4,000 tons a year. Swe-
den and Norway export more than
5000 tons Of wood In matches every
year. In France, where the tax on
matches averages eight cents an In
habitant, the consumption is COM
paratiyely small.
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"Tte old rascal! Oh, I don't mean

"Tte old rascal! Oh, I don't mean
her uncle" and Mrs. Tompkins
turned from the brides Mortified
face. Don't faint again, Miss
Brooks; though you did the best
job of your life when you tainted,
just as YOU was agoin' to sign that
scoundrel's paper"
Miss Brooks had the Wayfarer in
her hand, her eyes riveted on the
heavily penciled line which held the
potency of comfort and ease for the
rest of her days.
"Oh, thank God; thank Cod" she
cried at last. II know He would not
fail me-"
Miss Brooks had the happiest OF
Thanksgivings, but Mr.. Irving Will
sons reception at the hands of her
landlady that morning greatly i'm
paired his appetite for turkey
Boston Post.
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made q light and tidied her slightly
d%isordered hair before the glass.
But the little spinster hazarded no
conjectures as to her caller, though
her heart bounded. Was it a case Of
telepathy ? Her dream had been so
vivid and so comforting, she could
not escape the conviction that some
of her ~hard-earned money so reck-
lessly cast upon the waters in by
gone days was coming back by hand
instead Of by letter.
But the man who rose as she en-
tered the 6imly lighted, dingy parlor
was an utter stranger; tall, dark,
shabbily dressed, with a furtive face
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Extensive Charity.

It cannot be said that the peace
offering made by the car to the Rus
sian peasants is very attractive.
Crown lands Of the value Of $70,000,-
900 are to be transferred to the mu-
jiks, the latter to pay for the same
on the basis Of twenty times the:
yearly rental. 1t will be a mere drop
in the bucket. The holdings affected
by the Irish Land Purchase Act are
three times as valuable, and the land
less Irish are less than one-tenth the
number of the landless Russians
Philadelphia Record.
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Marvellous Automobile Speed.

The result of the automobile race
over the Ardennes course, in France,
proved a decided sensation. Duray,
driving a De Dietrich, accomplished
wonders with his machine. His time
for sos kilometres was five hours
thirty-eight minutes and thirtv-ntne
seconds, an average Of s~ixty-six and
a quarter miles an hour.
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Yield of Gold in Japan.

Yields of gold in Japan and For
mosa for 1905 are estimated at Co.
600 and $4,000 ounces, respectively.
Each country has shown a steady In
crease FOR some years past and each
has the capacity for further expan-
sion, especially Formosa.
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William Charles Steadman, build
er, who helps to represent trade
union interests in the British Parlia-
ment, recently asked the trade unions
to raise his salary by $40 a week, and
they refused. "
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Those Gentle Hinta.
The weary girl yawned.

~ WSofJ 6lI1 JUWHSU'
Last night" she related, tine
clock struck twenty-three times"
"Gracicus!" exclaimed the lingerer
in alarm. II have heard that is a
had omen. What do you t nix would
be the meaning if it should strike
twenty-three again." T.,
well, twenty-three means skid
doo." ~,
And the young man picked up his
hat and cane and vanished without
even a civil "good night."-Chicago
Daily News. :
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w yRST CASE OF E MA.
spread Rapidly Over Fody-Limbs and
Arms Had to BE Bandaged-Mar-
yelous Cure by Cuticura.

My son, who Is now twenty Two years
Of aye, when be was four mouths Old be
gan to have eczema on his lace, spreading
quite rapidly until be was nearly covered.
We had all the doctors around us, and
some from larger places, but no one helped
him a particle. The eczema was some
thing terrible, and the doctors said It was
the worst case they ever saw. At times
his whole body and face were covered, all
but his feet. ! had to baudage his limbs
s1d arms; his scalp was just dreadful. A
TREND leased me to try Cuticura, and l
began to use all three OF the Cuticura
Remedies He was better in two months,
and in six months he was well. Mrs. II.
L. Risley, piermont, n. h., Oct. "a. 1905"
A man who Is In society Il usually out
-z,o+L,- ho a, -
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local remedies, and by constantly failing to
erte W~itnlocal treatment, pronounced 1t In
durable. science has proven Catarrh to hea
ronstit utionaI disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure. a factured by E. j. cheney q Co.,
Toledo, OHIO, Is the only constitutional cure
o. the market. 1t Is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to q teas ,oonful. ltacts direct
!, on the blood and mucous surfs'es OF the
system. They offer Que hundred dollars Tor
any case 1t TAILS to cure. and Tor circulars
und Testimonials. Address y. CHENEY d
o., Toledo, ".
bold by Druggists, 75e:
lake iall's Family Pills for constipation