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The log cabin Democrat., 1906-10-25
$22 Suite Furniture for
 $14.9O

The entire suite is solid oak. The bed is six fee high. The dresser has twentyfour inch beveled mir mirror The wash stand is the stand ard double door The three pieces will adorn any room and vouch that you will upon inspection, pronounce the ssf yoa hsps sns sssa'fs' sssa 5o5, value & 14.9O
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-10-25
A .SI2 Dresser for
 $7.9O
\ $3. 50 Rocker
 for $2.45

Solid wood, curved arms, extra high back, finely finished. Made so 1t will not come apart-rodded down.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08

He inspected the coal OF his cigar
cite. lifting his eyebrows at 1t. Pres
emily he said: And she?"
II don't know how she feels about
it-as | told you." replied CURLY. In
spite OF myself, my eyes shifted and
my skin began to burn. by the way,
Langdon, what's the name of your
architect"
Wilder and Marcy, said he.
F'They're fairly satisfactory, Ii you tell
'em exactly what you want and watch
'em all the time. They're perfectly
conventional and SO cant distinguish
between originality that's artistic and
originality that's only bizarre. They're
like most people-they keep to the
beaten track and fight tooth and nail
against being drawn out OF it and
against those who do go out of 1t"
"I'll have a talk with Marcy this
very day." said I.
"Oh. you're in a hurry" He laughed.
And you haven't asked her. You re-
mind me of that Greek philosopher
who was in love with Lais. They
asked him: But does she love you"
And he said One does not inquire
of the fish one likes whether ii likes
one"
I flushed. You'll pardon me. Lang
don" said |, "but don't like that. IL
isn't my attitude at all toward-the
right sort of women
He looked half-Quizzical, half-apolo-
getic. "Ah, to be sure" said he. Il
forgot you weren't a married man"
And so l left him. with look in
his eyes that came back TO me long
afterward when | realized the full
meaning of that apparently almost
commonplace interview.
The same day began to plunge on
textile, watching the market closely,
that l might go more slowly should
there be signs of a dangerous break
for no more than Langdon did | want
a sudden panicky slump. The price
held steady, however, but |, fool that
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08

into it's view, and studied it with a
hope that feared and earthat hoped.
When her eyes had toured the room,
they paused upon him, seemed to be
saying: You've baffled me again, but
I'm not discouraged. ] shall catch you
yet"
We'll. my dear?" said Langdon,
whom she seemed family to amuse.
ITS only Mr. Blackjack. Mr.. Black
lock. my WIFE"
| bowed; she looked coldly at me,
and her slight nod was more than a
hint that she wished to be left alone
with her husband
] said TO him: We'll, I'll be of.
Thank you for"
"One moment" he interrupted.
Then to his wife: Anything special?"
She flushed. "No-nothing special.
| just came TO see you. But If | am
disturbing you-as usual"
Not at all, said he. when Black
lock and / have finished, I'll come to
you. 1t won't be longer than an hour
or So
When we were seated again. Lang
don. after n few reflective puffs at his
cigarette. said: so you're ab8u. to
marry
II hope so. said l. but as
haven't asked her yet, can't be sure"
For obvious reasons ! wasn't so enam-
ored of the idea of matrimony as had
been few moments before.
II trust you're making a sensible
marriage" said he. IF the part that
may be glamour should by chance rub
clean away, there ought to be some
thing to make one feel he wasn't
wholly an ass.
Very sensible" ! replied with EN-
phasis u want the woman. need
her,"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08

602yRgE5Y 1905 182295 1cLeae2ZZ C0ZazT|

well, then, the price must break. 3"
said I. 1T won't be many days be-
fore the public begins to realize that
there isn't anybody under textile"
NO sharp break" he said careless
ly. NO PANEL"
I'll see to that" replied l, with not
a shadow of a notion of the subtlety
behind his warning.
| hope it will break soon," he then
said, adding in his friendliest voice
with what | now know was malignant
treachery: You owe 1t to me to bring
it down." That meant that he wished
me to increase my already far too
heavy and dangerous line Of shorts.
Just then a voice-a woman's voice
came from the salon. May | come
in? Do | interrupt" it said, and it's
tone struck me as having in it some
thing of plaintive appeal.
Excuse me minute Blackjack"
said he, rising with what was for him
haste.
But he was too late. The woman
entered searching the room with a
piercing, suspicious g,Zc. At once
saw. behind that look, jealousy that
pounced on every subject that came
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
Orlain Of Term "Groeae.w

According to etymology, retail
grocer" is as absolute an impossibility
as weekly journal" A grocer, or
"grosser" as it used to be spelled, Is
really a trader in gross"-that is to
say, In large quantities. wholesale.
'Engiishmen of other days spoke of
"grossers Of fish" and "grossers of
wine." and an act Of Edward III. ex-
pressly mentions that "grossers" dealt
In all manner Of goods. In those days
"spicer" was the word for grocer" in,
the modern sense. But 1t happened
that the Grocers' company, founded in
the fourteenth century, specialized in
spicery and SO grocer gradually took
the place Of "spicer."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
TWO "PILLARs OF SOCIETY,""

was neither seeing nor hearing
from the Ellerslys, father or son, but
as knew why, l was not disquieted.
| had made them temporarily easy In
their finances just before that dinner,
and they, being fatuous. incurable OBJ
timists, were probably imagining they
would never need me again did not
disturb them until Monsoon and had
got my education so well under way
that even |, always severe in self
criticism and now merciless, was COM
pclled to admit to myself a distinct
change for the better
When my education seemed far
enough advanced ! sent for Sam. He.
after his footless fashion. didn't
bother to acknowledge my note. His
margin account with me was at the
moment straight; l turned to his
father | had my cashier send him a
formal. typewriter letter signed
Bliss y lock q Co., informing him that
his account was overdrawn and that
we would be obliged if he would give
the matter his immediate attention. -
The note must have reached him the
following morning, but he did not
come until, after waiting three days.
1--WE" sent him a sharp demand for a
check for the balance due us.
A pleasing, aristocratic-looking fig.
ure he made as he entered my Office
with his air of the man whose hands
have never known the stains OF toll,
with his manner of having always re-
ceiyc deferential treatment. There
was no prctcnse in my curs greeting.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
German Coffee Cake.

Take one scant tablespoonful of but
ter and one of lard. one-qua-ter cupful
sugar, one beaten egg and threc-quar-
tiers of cupful Of milk; sift together
two cupfuls Of -four and teaspoonful
and a half of baking powder and mix
with the other ingredients to make n
batter that will spread; spread in a
buttered dripping pan. sprinkle with
sugar. cinnamon and fine cut almonds
on top, then with the thumb make lit.
tie indentations on the surface and
drop In little Jumps of butter about rs
large as marbles: bake in quick
oven and eat with coffee.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
Deafness Cannot B. Cured

py local applications, they cannot reach the dis,
essed portion OF the car There Is only one wsv IN
yure deatness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deaness Is caused by an infimed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When thi.
tuoe IS Unnamed you have rumbng sound or Inn
perIect nearing and when 1t IL entirely closed Deaf
ness Is me result, and unless the inf anma.on can he
OUT and this tube restored 10 IT'S normal condi
.oh nearing VIII be destroyed forever; nine eases
pput OF Ten are caused by Cstarrh which n nothing
put nh Unnamed condition OF the mucous su Races
n VIII give one Hundred Dollars for any case OF
pea,ness lcausei ~ catarrh) that cannot ~ cured
by Hars Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free 'on
Sold by Druggists, CSC. w. '''eu''V "
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
GANGDON AT HOME.


4 e.EYlssnSd, with an amused glance at
'tAs Gz&ler, who WAS giving over his
-aeavy neunlenance so IA delightful eX-
m6fEIFsR of disgust and discontinue.
III: WAS 2IaRgdon's sitting room. He
gIssd hzjl the carved antique oak i'll
te.y1Ul. ri 4 room in an old French pal
ass es2rn out and transported to New
HovK and set up for him. had made
- SfNdy Of that sort of thing, and at
Dawn Hill had done something toward
.s7cGli2ing my own ideas of the splen-
die 33ut Il glance showed me that |
Slas Ear surpassed. What | had done
sset'nsGd in comparison like the compo-
s,fiiDn of school boy beside an essay
~ Goldsmith or Hazlitt
MD III the midst OF this quiet splen-
raior sax or rather louDge6, Langdon,
seassiUG the newspapers. He was
dressed in dark blue velvet house
-5aN. with facings and cords of blue
siiG q shade or SO lighter than the
:sait- ' bad always thought him hand
.GqHe1 ne looked now like a god. He
lEgss smoking a cigarette in an orien-
ri hoider nearly a foot long; but the
'rentiia;ion, instead of being scented
.Fifh tobacco, had the odor Of some
Err sSt, clean. slightly saline perfume.
think what was in ny mind must
hnSc shown in my face, must have
JuotIy battered him. for when |
2sJvDkssI ut him, he was giving me a
3.ro& ST genuine friendly bindliness.
7THsa is-perfect, Langdon, said |.
ARD J think I'm Judge
CHAD you like it," said he, trying to
s3isxenSble his satisfaction in SO strong.
~ Expressing me.
f,u must take me through your
i.n+sSss sometime" went on. Tn GO
3rg f0 build soon. NO-don't be afraid
Ell SnIisate. I'm too vain for that. But
J HTanC suggestions. I'm not ashamed
80 Qsn 10 school To a master-to any
%ao,,y. FOR that matter"
TSby do you build?" said he. "a
towp house Is a nuisance. IL could
5htlHee my wife to take the children to
che country to live, I'D dispose of
..bis--
That's 1.-THE wife, said /.
''BnL YOU have no wife At
ifsSat-''
No" l replied with laugh mot
yef- siEt I'm going TO have"
Suddenly my mind reverted to my
business. How do you account for
4tIG siteadiness of textile, Langdon?"
assGd. returning to- the carved sitting
1DOan and trying to put those sur
csantings out of my mind.
Il don't account for it, was his
saagsiJ, uninterested reply.
.SuT OF your people under the mar
ks.t7-~
~ isn't 10 my interest to have it
suppsyfed. is it?" he replied.
Z know that admitted "But why
t;oesn't 1t Drop"
"FhCse letters OF yours NAV have
ors rssslucated the public in conf
dsaCe," suggested ne. Your follow
eTS bave the habit 0f bCli>v!ys inplic
iyIy whatever you say
Yes, but I haven't written line
about textile for nearly month now"
4 oreiended to object, my vanity fairly
HHY15nS with pleasure.
THAT'S the only reason can give"
sad Ss-
'yrJW are sure none of your people
ID Supporting the stock" ! asked, as
81, EVrna and not for information; for
1SozgsIt ! knew they weren't trust
ed bAiHz to have seen to that.
'~Ts IKE to get my holdings back, +"
sai8 ~ Il can't buy until it's down.
NnsI know noDe or my people sauld
lArc support IL.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes.

Stuffed sweet potatoes are a novelty
and will be found very nice. Bake
some large ones, and when soft make
a slit down one side, scoop out the
inside. and beat it with salt and pep.
per, small half cup of cream and a
teaspoonful of lemon juice. Fill the
shells, return to the oven and brown,
--Harper's n""""
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
CHAPTER vilI.-continued

CHAPTER VtIi.-Conttnucd-
z bad been at his house once be-
-E.,,aS 1 knew he occupied the left
,ssisIs>-lhe whole of the second floor, so
ss4sslr csT that IL not only had d separate
-<s.Frznce. but also could not be
4earhs4f by those in the right side OF
a., ISouse without descending to the
4eatr-ance hall and ascending the left
stairway.
j INST take my card 10 his private
secretary, to Mr.. Rathburn," said l..
81 84angdon has doubtless left a
xiesszgc for me-"
The butler hesitated yielded,
assoR-rd me into the reception room of
atus, entrance hall. / waited few Sec
.on,is. then adventured the stairway to
.thf isSt. APP which he had disappeared
4 cuszH-ed the small salon in which
,s.apSJ0n had received me on my other
visit From the direction of an open
door. heard his voice-he was say
sIig. Il am not at home. There's no
sgpsssSP."
And still l did not realize that it
WITS he was avoiding,
It's no use now, Langdon," | called
es,ssssyfuIiy. BEG pardon for seeming
IA auErude. MISUNDERSTANDING didn't
.tessr where the servant said | was to
watt However, no harm done. So
J,rsxy I'm off, But made no move
11sw4r,l the door by which | had en-
salysrd. instead, | advanced few feet
nearer the door from which his voice
3Ead Ctyune.
After a brief-a very brief-pause,
tslare came in Langdon's voice-laugh-
AK not trace of annoyance: Il
might nave known, Come i'll, Matt"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
axe Hairs Family Pills for constipation.

Il gave you a dime yesterday" re-
marked the philanthropic female, land
l saw you go into one of those low
saloons" Yes, num-" replied the
weary wayfarer, "a fellow wild on'y
dime amt got no call to go into dem
heightened ones."-Philadelph Rec
ord.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
a Niee pIaee

FRS, Girl Tin an intelligence office)
Dye think that Teddy will be aisy to
sit alouy wild?
Secuud Cirl-y.s, she's reg lar
f9n..--E. Y. Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
Wisdom.

THAT man is SO wise be can talk
by the hour"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
but nc isn't wise enough to keep
still five minutes. w ashington Star.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08

plunged on, digging the pit for my
own destruction deeper and deeper.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08

About the only difference between q
family jar and family row IL that
the jar Is a tribe smaller.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-12-08
National Pure FOOD and pruos Aet.ex

The Garfield Remedies meet with the
highest requirements of the new Law.
Take Garfield Tea for constipation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17
MORE FAME FOR NEW HAVEN.

New Haven is already famous las g convention city, but it is going to have much more such fame It is announced that MT. William Jennings Bryan will convene here right after the New York reception of him In Madison Square Garden, August 30,
 Good and thrice good! MT. Bryan has been here before, and his visits were perhaps not altogether pleasant. When he came politically the reception of him wasn't extremely hearty, and when he came legally he didn't have much fun, Now is apparently his op- .portunity to come, if not wholly like a conquering hero, more like one than he has been in this region. The present indications are that he will be ''receiv- ed' by many who wouldn't receive him before, and that he will be both radical and conservative enough to be quite popular. Something will of course, de- pend on how the preliminaries are man. aged. but it can fairly be expected that they will be managed well, It may ap- pear in New Haven that Bryan is not only now loved for the enemies he has made, but is also loved by many of those very enemies, Anyhow, it will all be interesting
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17
Dream Fishing.

l do not go to fish for fish;
 1 go to catch the day When up the dawn he comes to sWlsn The river mists away. 1 do not go because l know
 The fish are sure to bite-- go to catch the songs that How,
 The dreams that greet my sight I do not go to fish for fish,
 l go to fish for news;
 Along the shore mile or more
 To visit Mrs. Muse
 often find her daughters nine
 Upon the breach at play. And then the pleasure all is mine
 To hear the thins they say. do not so to fish for fish,
 l go to be like one
 Who joys to sit a while and smile
 Just lonely with the sun; Just with the chatter of the breeze
 Upon the rippling tide, Just with the friendship of the trees And of the birds beside. do not go to fish for fish. l have no time for that; I go to stray away day Beneath my wide brimmed hat I go to drift, or slow or swift, However wills my boat, Where something comes to cleanse ana lift The dust that's ia my throat. do not go to fish for fish; I hardly care at all If any fish come at my wish, Good luck or ill befall; go to fish with menairy bait Upon the singing stream. And generallysit is my fate Instead of fish, to dream. To dream and dift and swing and float To loaf the lonely hours Along the shore where glldes rny boat Where bloom the fragrant flowers; To lunch and smike and dream again The days long golden span To paddle home at night and teel-- Just like another man! Baltimore Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17
GRUB TN NEw HAMpSHIRE.

New Hampshire has so many sum mer boarders that it is important to her that she be able to give them pure food. The State Board of Health has been looking into the situation. Of 40S samples of prepared food analysed 1S6 were found adulterated, misbranded, or below the standard. These samples Include canned meats, milk products, jellies and preserves, ctasups, and ta- bIe sauces and other articles. The board says: Nearly all of the adulter- ated and fraudulent articles of food found in this State are manufactured elsewhere. and, owing to the lack of a national food law, we are unable to stop the shipment of such goods into New Hampshire. In most instances, probably, the grocer is deceived by the falsely labelled products and the untrue representations of the selling agent
 The New Hampshire Health Board is going to keep persistertly after the adultorators, and will "expose" them, so it looks as if the summer boarders might be able to get somewhere near as good food as they get at home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17
THE WORLDS BANKER.

How French Thrift is Making Itself
 Felt in the Money Market.
 France is now playing the role of the worlds banker; England lost her claim to the title when she went to war in South Africa. A generation ago one had to go to London to feel the pulse of the international money market. Today one makes a better di- agnosis in Paris.
 The trrides toward financial supre- macy which France is making have been most rapid in the past five years. In that time French investors have taken up many milliard francs of for eign obligations. They furnished Great Gritain with much of the capi- tai that went to finance the Boer war; they loaned enormous amounts to Russia, practically supplying the mon- icy needed in the struggle against Ja- pan; they provided Germany with one billion marks in 1904-5 to carry on her tremendous industrial enterprises: they took a liberal amount of the last Japanese loan, more than half of the Russian loan of last April, and, final ly, they supplied borrowers in the Uni ted States with fully $150 100000 during the light money period of last winter, and are now financing the bond and note issues of some of our greatest corporations.
 Although the annual gold production of the world is nearly four hundred million dollars, there is such tremeu- dous trade activity ip every quarter of the universe that capital is in demand as never before. One thinks of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17

usually we'll supplied money markets
 as to-day cleand up bare, in a condi-
 ton of drought but then there is a
 great reservoir of free capital in France which i being tapped by the other thirsty nations, and which, in spite of the dTain on it, keeps well
 nlled and showsn sign of exhaustion.
 The Bank of France, the largest hoard ot gold next b the United States
 treasury, has In it's vaults to-day nearly six hun{red million dollars of the precious mtal; two years ago it had four hunded and sixty-five mil lion dollars, and in 1900, when Paris be- gan slowly to brge ahead of London as the center of largest Snoney supply, the institution leld only eight hundred and seventy-fiw million dollars, How has Frarce, a nation industrtal- ly inferior to Germany and with a commerce very much below that of Great Britain, gained such a power in world finance? The answer is, through her domestic economy, For frugality, thrift, Intense application to the work
 In hand and the very commendable
 ambition to sarve from hfes labors
 enough to make bright the inevitable
 rtaffly day and to cheer old age the Frenehman has no peer. To save is
 an inherited desire. The poorest peas
 ant in the least productive parish of
 the republic manages to put aside a
 iletle each year for competency, and the fishermen down on the Brittany
 coast would have starved a few win-
 ters ago, when the catch was almost
 nothing, had they not been able to
 draw from the savings of more fruitful
 years, Tens of thousands of small sAop-keepers. inn-keepers, scantily
 paid government employees, are inves-
 tors and their combined savings have provided the funds to finance many d
 nation and carry it through a oan pe-
 riod.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17
HUNGARY.

There are many feelings in Europe which have to be considered. The speech delivered recently by M. Kos suth, who now occupies the position of Hungarian minister of commerce, has attracted much attention. He was dis cussing the Danube-Theiss canal, and in the course of his remarks said that there is in Austria great enmity to- wards Hungary not so much in the government as in public opinion-an en- mity all the more dangerous because 1t cannot be removed by compromise and arguments. Public opinion in Austria, M. Kossuth said, proclaims that Hun gary must be throttled. Between Hun- gary and the west that buys Hungarian produce lies Austria, who can decide whether Hungary shall reach the west or not. Austria can, therefore, really strangle us with an iron ring. The present Hungarian government is, how ever, in the happy position of having made an agreement with the ruler him. self. Thanks to that agreement, Hun- garian economic affairs are to a certain extent protected against Austrian ha- tired, for the agreement provides that either a commercial treaty between Austria and Hungary shall be conclud- ed-no alliance or compact, but a treaty on the basis of free trade-or that the present state of things shall last til S1917. The country has thus a certain period, which must be energetically used, to make itself independent ot Austrian means of communication.
 M. Kossuth concluded his remarks by urging that Hungary must break witt
 the tendency to direct her commerce westwards, and must in future strive t, reach the worlds markets by way O
 Galatz and Plume, developing to thi, end her railroads and waterways. "W,