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Earrings Back In Style.
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Earrings, the old fashioned dingly dang ly kind that grandmamma and Aunt Cor della used to wear, are said to be coming into favor again after reposing for many years in rarely opened jewel boxes
 If you can't remember how they looked get out the photograph album and the daguerrotypes that used to stand in a row on the parlor whatnot Look at those coral pendants. regular three deckers. and those cameos and those hoops. big as thumb ring, studded with turoouise.
 In those days. before gems were heard or William would bring Susan a pair of garnet and pearl "eardrops," nestling on pink cotton, and mother or sister Jans would Just get out good sharp darning needle and ball of cotton and with one quick little jab through the lobe of each of Susan's ears and an "oucb" or two, the deed was done and in went the earrings If the fashion is revived m thls scientific age we shall have fair maids and matrons making appointments A with pr. Carver. grand master of anti septic surgery, who will have specially sterlllzed high gauge instruments ready ito perform the operation in the most hyg1enio, up to date manner.
 However Cleveland Is not yet in the grip Of earringitis In the leading law eiry stores none of the old style pendants are to be found and even the twinkline sontalres' once so popular, are waiting unmounted. to be set according to the customers whim if the demand arises Pearls are to be seen and dinkv 1ittIa gold stud affairs, set with turo,1oise or tiny diamond or pearl centers and looking for all the world hKe the heads of the ever convenient stickpins that have been so long in vogue. These ornaments. which are not rings at all. come in two styles. For pierced ears there are kind that screw up at the back, nut and bolt fashion, Women who are not ready to submit to mutilation at fashions demand will find all sorts of settings from dia- monds down, constructed with tiny loop of gold wire which fastens around and not through the ear lobe, with a screw clamp at the back. But even for these there is comparatively little call SO far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Germs as Hired Men.
he Minneapolis Journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
 The farmer emptied a white powder into a pail of water and added thereto a tiny wad of cotton.
 I'm getting ready to vaccinate my land for the spring." he said. This is the virus. The government gives me the virus for nothing, and the vaccination increases my crops from 6O to 5000 per cent"
 Stirring the fluid, he went on:
 "Dr. G. T. Moore, of the department of agriculture, Is the inventor of soil vacci- nation. Thanks to him yon can fertilize for four cents as much soil as $40 worth of nitrate would cover.
 You see, the thing that fertilizes soil is nitrogen. We'll, there is a lot of nitro- gen in the air--seven-tenths of the air Is nitrogen. And Dr. Moore has bred g. germ, a little living germ, that all its life long works like Rockefeller at extracting this nitrogen from the air and storing 1t in the soil around it.
 This germ Is what I vaccinate my land with This germ put in my soil, tolls day and night-a fine little hired man. To it the air, the air we breathe, is a perfect guano bed, and from that guano bed l draw all the profit.
 And the result? We'll, potato field yielded 50 percent more potatoes after vaccinations; an oat field yielded 300 per cent more oats wheat field yielded 52 per cent more wheat; a rye field yielded 400 per cent more rye"
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ship, or dirigible baloon And it was his last ascension, too. P. C. Camp bell, a New York inventor, constructed an alrship and engaged Hogan to try it out. Hogan was accustomed to almost every kind of a balloon, but this was HIS hrsI experience with an airship or any balloon that carried propelling or steering gear. Just before the time for the ascension, Hogan said to CampbelI:
 don t like the idea of going up in this; theres too much machinery"
 A little later he looked over the ma chine again.
 If go up in this thing I'll never come paek-l Know 1t. Something'll go wrong But never backed out yet.
 Before getting into the machine. how ever, Hogan went to his room, put on his pest suit Of clothes took his watch and all his money with him, and made the ascent. The machine said out over New I ork harbor, and was lost to view at sea. Hogan wasn't heard from the next qay' nor the next. He made his flight July l6, 1889, and was reported as missing July IS. Nothing has ever been heard of hlm or the ship since. The captain of the Drlg Zaze, as the records read came into harbor several days after the ascen sion and reported seeing a strange object floating off Sandy Hook, and it Is sup posed 1t may have been Hogans airship.
 while Hogan had passed from the pub hc mind and his mystery had been placed with the insoluble ones, there arose a ru- nor that he was alive in South America. Ihen other rumors persisted that he was s1vlng ascensions in South America The going of Belcher to South America fol- lowed, where he met his death
 The rumors that Hogan headed for south America were largely due to the deliberate manner in which he arrayed himself in his best clothes, took all his money and best watch and started on the night The taking of the money is ex- plained, however, by the fact that Hogan was In disagreement with a person who would have come into possession of the money had he died and left 1t ashore. But the rumor lived a long time in spite of the facts, and every little while word was received of a strange American ball. loonist in South America
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A RAPID CONVEYANCE


"The meddlesome asst" I rushed into my coat "How did he find 1t out?'
 Some rascally clerk in the company's office. He ought to be dismissed
 "A gross breach of trust" I agreed, putting on my gloves.
 Come on!' Stone clapped my hat on my head and we went out.
 The motor was at the door, puffing and rattling in an unpleasant manner. I did not like venturing on the thing, but Stone hustled me into seat. Then he turned a wheel and it bolted forward with Q jerk that threw my hat into the road. It was nearly a new hat, and some small boys were playing football with it when we turned the corner.
 "Why didn't you stop?" I demanded.
 'We've barely time to beat the train"
 "I shall catch my death of cold"
 'Tie handkerchief round your head he suggested.
 I commenced knotting my handkerchief at the corners, but Stone turned too sharply at the end of High street. and we ran against the curb. In catching
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Mr. Doeley on Things Spiritual
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1 porther, tn foreman at tn mills, tn laws iy tn land, tn bartinder that gives ye drinks, tn tailor, tn barber, an public opinion. Tn wurruld has held lookin' glass in front iv ye firm tn day ye were born an compelled ye to make faces in it. But in this here particular business ye have no wan to please but ye'ersilf. Good opinyon an bad opinyon ar-re alike. Yeer akelly unthroubled be gratichood an ray vinge No wan can help ye or stay ye. Yeer beyond tn sound iv tn alarm clock an tn facthry whistle an be- ginnin' tn Big Day Off whin tn man iv Science shakes ye be tn elbow an says: We've got to weigh out An he weighs an figures: Wan hundherd an forty-siven firm wan hundred an fifty. Siyen firm naught cant be done; borry wan; siyen firm ten leaves three. I find that tn soul iv our late laminted frind weighed light three pounds avirdoopoise.'
 "No, Sir, it won't do. Twill niver be popylar. People won't have their souls weighed. I wudden't f'r all tn wurruld have tn wurrud go through tn ward: Did ye hear about Dooley's soul?' No, what?' They had to get an expert accountant to figure it's weight, 1t was that puny.'
 "D'ye suppose Dorgan, tn millyon- aire, wud consint to it? Whin he en- tered tn race iv life he was properly handicapped with a soul to offset his avarice an his ability, so that some iv tn rest iv us wud have kind iv a show aginst him. But as soon as he thinks no wan can see him he begins to get rid of his weight an comes rompin' home miles ahead. But tn judges say: Hold on, there; yell have to weigh out, an little lataer no- tice Is posted up that Dorgan is dis qualified fir ridin' undherweight in tn matther iv soul. On tn other hand, there's little Miss Maddigan, tn seam stress. She's all but left at tn post she's jostled all tn way around, an comes in lame, bad last But she's tn on'y wan iv tn lot that's kept tn weight. She weighs ninety-six pounds six iv it bein' tea and toast an ninety iv it soul. An amid exclama- tions iv rage firm Chancellor Day who has plunged heavily on Dorgan in this Futurity, an cries iv joy firm thou sand Father Kellys, who have backed tn Ally, her number is hung out.
 "No Sir, whin it comes to goin' up to tn scales to have their souls weighed people'll be as shy as they ar-re in a Customs House. Tn people that wud make tn invintion pay wud be tn last to want to be tested by it. 1 Tn pa-apers might keep records iv tn results: 'Misther So-an'-So tn gr-reat | captain iv finance, died yesterday, uni
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-<XVTYELL, Sir" said MT. Dooley,
 AA/ q wondher where science
is goin' to stop?"


 A/ q wondher where science
 W is goin' to stop?"
 "Whats it done now?" asked MT. Hennessy.
 9Th latest thing" said MT. Dooley, lis weighin' tn human soul. A fellow up in Massachusetts, has done it. He weighs ye befure ye die an he weighs ye afther ye die, an tn diff'rence is what ye'er soul weighs. He's disciv- cred that tn av'rage weight iy soul in New England is six ounces or a lit tie less Fr'm this he argies that th' conscience isn't part iy tn soul. If 1t was, tn soul wud be in tn heavy weight class, f'r tn New England con- science is no feather. He thinks it don't escape with tn soul, but lies buried in tn rooms iy its old family home tn liver.
 Its so simple 1t must be true, an if it ain't true annyhow it's simple. But it's a tur-rble thing to think iv. can't see amy money in it as an in- vintion. Who'll want to have his soul weighed? Suppose ye'er time has come. Tn family ar-re busy with their own thoughts, grievin' because they hadn't been as good to ye as they might, because they won't have ye with thim amy more, because it's too late fir thim to square thimsilves, pityin' ye because ye'er not remainin' to share their sorrows with thin, won- dhrin' whether tn black dresses that were bought in honor iv what people might say if they didn't wear thim in mimry iv Aunt Eliza, wud be noticed if they were worn again f'r ye. Tn very young mimbers iv tn family ar-re standin' around, thryin' to look as sad as they think they ought to look. But they can't keep 1t up. They nudge each other, their eyes wandher around th' room, an firm time to time they glance over at Cousin Felix an expict him to make a laughable face. He's a gr-reat frind iv theirs an they're surprised he isn't gayer. Something must've happened to him. Maybe he's lost his job. There ar-re a great nanny noises In tn sthreet. Tn un- dher taker whistles as he goes by, an two iv tn neighbors ar-re at tn gate sayin' what fine man ye were if ye didn't dhrink, an askin' did ye lave much.
 An little ye care. Ev'rything Is a millyon miles away firm ye. FIT tn first time in ye'er life ye ar-re alone. FIT tn first time in ye'er life ye ar-re ye'er silf. Fr Hiven knows how nanny years ye've been somebody else. We've been ye'er wife, ye'er family, ye'er relations, tn polisman on tn beat, tn doctor, tn newspaper ray
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brother Isaac, in Abilene, Kansas, 1t bein' understood that no charge Is to be made be tn estate against tn brother f'r set iy false teeth bought fir him in tn year nineteen four. Tn balance iv tn property is left in trust fir tn minor childher until they ar-re 90 years old. Tn deceased requested that his soul be measured be troy weight. It tipped tn beam at wan 
 Dye think tn soul can be weighed?" asked MT. Hennessy. q know it's there, but think-I kind iv
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BY OWEN OLIVER


ever, he insisted upon my taking tho wheel, while he fumbled with muffler- a yellow one spotted with green
 There's a trap coming" I shouted in alarm.
 "Its a mile off. Mind the boy" I tried to mind the boy, but the thing went straight at him. However, he got out of the way somehow Keep to the left. You'll be into the trap!' There was q grating sound, and the men in 1t pulled up and shouted after us.
 You turned the wheel the wrong way" Stone explained. You've smashed the back seat, and"
 Why don't you finish the cap, and steer yourself?" I demanded.
 "It takes all my time to look after you. Where are you going? The right, man, the right! You're going into Breakneck Lane!' He seized the wheel, but we were already in the lane.
 'It's the quickest way" I declared.
 "Quickest It's marketable. Look at the policeman!'
 A constable was standing in the middle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Big Chief wants wampum."

hours in tn avenin' that pass between two ticks iv tn clock; there ar-re hours in tn arly mornin' whin man can't sleep that Methusalah's age cud stretch in. Clocks ar-re habichool liars, an so ar-re scales. As soon as anything gets good enough to weigh ye can't weigh it. Scales ar-re fir tn other fellow. I'm perfectly willin' to take ye'er weight or ye'er souls weight firm what tn scales say. Lit tie I care. A pound or two more or less makes no diff'rence. But whin it comes to measurin' somethin' that's
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forward. I'm a modest man. Won't somebody else get up? Won't ye get up, Teddy Rosenfelt? Won't ye, Will lum Jennings Bryan? Won't ye, Pris- dint Eliot? Won't ye, pro-fissors, preachers, doctors, lawyers. editors? Won't anybody get up? Won't amy body say that they don't know amy tnlng about annything worth knowin' about? Thin, be Hivins, I will. All alone, I'll stand up befure me class an how much more humbly befure me teacher?-an' say: 'Hinnissy, about annything that can't be weighed on a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Misunderstood Him.

One day an army chaplain saw sol- dier, by the name of Mcdonnell, making for the back door of & saloon.
 ''McDonnell.,' the chaplain shouted Mcdonnell! Oh. McDonnelln'
 Mcdonnell turned, gave him nasty look, frowned, and darted into the bar
 The chaplain loltered outside the door till Mcdonnell came forth again
 "McDonnell," he said, responsibility, "ddn't you hear me calling you?'
 'Yes, sir,'' Mcdonnell answered, T did; but-but I only had the price of one drink"
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precious to me, I'll not thrust 1t to slight improvement on a see-saw.
 But what do know about it, amy how? What do I know about amy thing? I've been pitchin' information into ye fir more years thin annywan iver wint to college, an I tell ye now I don't know annything about amy thing. I don't like to thrust mesilf
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versally regretted. His estate amounts to nineteen millyon dollars. There ar-re two large bequests to charity.
 Wan is thrust fund set aside fir his sister Annybelle, who will receive fir live tn income on eight hundred dol lars in stockiy tn Hackensack Mead ows Comp'ny. Tn other Is forty-two dollars to buy a wooden leg fir his
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feel-I wondher-I don't hardly know"
 T see what ye mean" said MT. Doo- ley. Scales an clocks ar-re not to be thrusted to decide anything that's worth decidin'. Who tells time be clock? Ivry hour is tn same to clock an ivry hour is diff'rent to me. Wan long, wan short. There ar-re
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Like a Green Bay Tree.

From the Harvard Lampoon
 Married several times hasn't she been?"
 ''Yes; you can tell her age the way you can a tree"
 Flows thatr' zone ring for each year."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
A DAY WITH THE
LOCAL CHURCHES
Interesting Announcements OF
Next Sundays Church
Events.

The sermon theme at the M. h. church
Sunday morning will be; 1.-The Call for
Workers." evening: "Attractiveness OF
Christianity"
Rev. j. FL. Coultards subject for Sun
day morning will be- The Soul OF the
Gospels" evening subject: what is that
in Thine Hand or How they crossed the
Red Sea-"
Christian Science society at First Ma
tional hall. Services every Sunday at
l0:45 a. m. Experience meeting every
Wednesday evening at 7:45. All are
welcome. Subject next Sunday: Sub
stance"
Home mission day will be observed
at the Free Baptist church next Sun
day morning, when DR.. Drake will
preach upon THE Mission and Work of
the Free Baptist Denomination. Even
ing subject, what has been the Atti-
tude of this Denomination upon the
Great Moral Reforms of the Century,"
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lawrence.

Glenn Weaver and wife visi ted at
Warren Clark's at over Sunday.
The high school will give an entertain
ment at the school house this evening.
Mr.. A. A. Baxter is very low at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. James WEIGH.
Miss Leita Barker is sick and at home
this week from her school duties at Hart
ford.
Miss Louise Anderson of Hartford
was the guest of Anna Rowland last
week.
Mr.. Chas. Wassmsn, aged "a years,
was buried last Friday 10 Hamilton
township.
Miss Blanch Mentor, who has been
teaching school near Dowagiac, was at
home last week, i'll of tonsilitis.
Dell Abrams and family now occupy
rooms over his market, aud Mr.. Hager
man has moved on to the Abrams farm
north of the river.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
Mrs. O. F. Parker Passes Away
at Sioux Falls, Iowa.

Mrs. Margaret Parker, for many years
a resident Of Paw Paw, died at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Lizzie Rhode, in
Sioux Falls Iowa, last Monday, aged 70
years She had been in usual health
for one of her years, and her sudden
death was great shock to her family.
She left here about years ago to make
her home with her daughters in Dowag-
lac and Sioux Falls. The immediate
relatives who survive her are four daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Ida Stevens and Carrie Steb.
bins of Dowagiac, Mrs. Lizzie Rhode of
Sioux Falls, Iowa, Mrs. Fannie Wood
man of Paw Paw; one son, John Parker
of Dowagiac; nine grandchildren and
one great-grandchild, Master James
Maxwell of Paw Paw.
The remains arrived Thursday after
noon and the funeral will be held from
the residence of L. X. Woodman this
Friday afternoon at o'clock. Rev. e.
II. ana II. w. Harvey will officiate and
burial will be at Prospect. Her children
will all be present at the funeral. The
deceased leaves a large circle of friends
in Paw Paw who extend to the bereaved
family their heartfelt sympathy in their
hour of sorrow and bereavement.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
HILLspALE IN FIRST PLACE.
Towns Representative Wins In An.
nual Oratorlcal Contest.

Observation-Disclosures won first place
in the annual contest of the Michigan
Oratorical league, Albion second, Oil
vet third. This is the first time a
speaker appearing first on the pro
gram, or when the contest was held
in his home town, has won. Hills
dale celebrated wildly when the an
nouncement was made. Bells were
rung and whistles blown at midnight.
The three winners are Albert Wal
rath of Hillsdale. Ray Norton of
Albion and Aubrey Leonard Ash
by of Olivet. Walrath will repre-
sent Michigan at the interstate con-
test. Nine colleges were represented
by their orators and each college sent
a delegation of supporters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
HAS ANALYZED THE STOMACHS.
But State Analyst Is Mum on Seeley
Deaths.

Lansing.-State Analyst Robinson
has sent to Sheriff Watson at Corun-
ma report of his analysis of stomachs
of Bert Seley and his wife, who were
found dead shortly after the Edgar
murder in the same locality. The
theory that Bert Seeley may have
been partly responsible for Edgar's
murder and have ended his life with
his wife in a suicide pact was opposed
by that of possibility that they were
also murdered, and the stomachs were
sent here in hope that some light
might be thrown on the case. Analyst
Robinson would not divulge the re-
port
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
Gasoline Wrecks Boiler.

Alpena-Lawrence Bloom, 26 years
old, engineer in the drilling operations
near the northern limits of this city,
picked up the gasoline can in mistake
for kerosene and threw a quantity of
the stuff under the boiler to hurry up
the fire. The explosion wrecked the
boiler and threw Bloom several feet.
He was badly burned and only escap-
ed death by jumping into a tank of
water used to fill the boiler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
Mrs. Catherine Bennett Passes
Away at Age Of 70 Years.


Mrs. Catherine Bennett, for many
years resident OF Paw Paw, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Finley,
in Hartford last Tuesday at the age Of
7S years. She had been a resident Of
Paw Paw for SO years up TO last August,
when she went to Hartford to live with
her daughter. She had been in ill
health for some time, and the end was
not unexpected. She was an aunt of
Ed. and jim O'Grady of Paw Paw. She
was loved and respected by all who
knew her, and leaves many friends to
mourn her loss. A niece, Jennie Doyle
of Pontiac, and Ada Smith of Kalama-
zoo came to attend the funeral, which
was held from the Catholic church 10
Paw Paw this morning, Fathers Clarson
of Paw Paw, Wall of Dowagiac aud
Ryan of Watervlet officiating. Burial
was at the Catholic cemetery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
Sons Drank, Train Killed Them.

Kalamazoo-When a Grand Trunk
train killed the twin sons Of Mrs. Ma
ria Munger, of Schoolcraft, on Christ
mas eve, the mother alleges that
liquor, sold to them at Vicksburg,
contributed TO their death. She has
begun suit for $4,000 damages against
Henry c. Miller saloonkeeper, and his
bondsmen, Horace Williams and
Frank II. Mum, all of Vicksburg. The
twin sons were the only support of
the mother.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
Try to Save Hospital From Receiver.

Kalamazoo.-Heroic efforts are be-
ing made to save Kalamazoo hospital
from the hands of a receiver The in
stitution was erected two years ago.
There remained an Indebtedness on it
of almost 100000 The people of Kala-
mazoo did not give literally and the
institution has been in hard straits
ever since.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
Covert.

Earle Walters was in South Haven on
business Tuesday.
Mr.. Richardson Of Chicago was in
town Tuesday in the interest of the
Stafford Richardson Pickle Co.
Mr. and Mrs A. b. Chase attended
the annual meeting and banquet OF the
Pioneer association at South Haven,
Wednesday.
The g. f. society gave party at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Spelman,
Saturday evening. Light refreshments
were served, and good time is reported.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
Rewards Faithful Nurse.

Muskegon--As reward for years of
patience in caring for the late Wiley
Franklin Wood Mrs. John Tinholm
was bequeathed his fine homestead
and 50, 900 in cash His estate totals
several hundred thousand dollars and
is divided among relatives
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
LARGE Hotel Burned.

Benton Harbor.-Somerleyt hotel,
five miles from this city, erected at
a cost of $1,000 ten years ago, and the
largest summer hotel in the county,
burned with all the contents; no in
surance. 4.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08

Lake Michigan fresh caught
trout at L. Q. Ocobock's Model
market
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-03-08
SURVEYED Upper Peninsula.

Laingsburg.-Joshua Gibbs, who was
a member of the surveying party
which surveyed most of the territory
in the eastern part of the upper pen
insula. is dead He had spent
nearly all of the 20 years of his life
here. He was an Odd Fellow for 80
wears