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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Didn't Need cyclopedias.

The canvasser for a cyclopedia
came to the home of a colonel, whose
record he had carefully studied be-
fore his visit. The colonel was es-
pecially proud of some of his sons,
so the canvasser began with:
Those are very fine boys of yours,
colonel"
"They are" replied the colonel.
II reckon you are ready to buy any
thing those boys want?"
II am So" said the father of the
fine boys.
We'll, then. let me sell you this
cyclopedia. There's nothing will do
your sons so much good"
But the colonel looked at him
aghast why, them lads of mine
don't need any cyclopedia. They ride
muleSi"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
GIVING HIM A CHANCE.
Surely Time for Hubby to Do a Live.
ly Sidestep.

Mrs. Wilson's husband was often
obliged to go to New York on busi'
ness, and frequently did not reach his
home until the arrival of the midnight
train. Mrs. Wilson had been in the
habit of sleeping peacefully at these
times without fear, but a number Of
burglaries in the neighborhood during
one of her husbands trips to New
York had disturbed her calm.
On the night of his return Mr.. Will
son was stealing carefully up the
front stairs, as was his wont on such
occasions, so that his wife would not
be Weakened, when he heard her voice,
high and strained:
Il don't know whether you are my
husband or a burglar" came the ex-
cited tones, "but | am going to be on
the safe side and shoot, so If you are
Henry you'd better get out of the
way."-Youth's Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the Ingredients from Any Drug
Qlst In Your Town and Shake
Them In a Bottle to
Mix This.

A well-known authority on Rheu-
matism gives the readers of a large
New York daily paper the following
valuable, yet simple and harmless
prescription, which any one can easily
prepare at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in bottle, and
take a teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients can
be obtained from any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy at small cost, and, be-
ing a vegetable extraction, are harm
less to take.
This pleasant mixture, II taken reg
ularly for few days, is said to over
come almost any case of Rheumatism.
The pain and swelling, if any, dimin-
ishes with each dose, until permanent
results are obtained, and without in
juring the stomach. While there are
many so-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, etc., some of which
do give relief, few really give perma-
nent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of even
the small towns elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately, or the druggists
will mix the prescription II asked to.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
A Younu Composer.

Rachel, aged IL, wrote an compo-
sition on wild flowers in which she
praised the arbutus, the liverwort,
the spring beauty, the blood root, and
all of the other blossoms of dell and
dale. But she wrote on both sides
of her sheet of paper, and when she
asked her father, who was an editor,
to publish her article, he called her
attention to that fact.
you've written on both sides of
your paper" said he.
We'll" was the reply, land don't
you print on both sides Of yours?'
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
THE KISS IN JAPAN.
One Western Idea That Is Popular
with Eastern Maidens.

She was Japanese college student,
little and thin, but very graceful in
her Paris gown.
THE kiss" she said, blushing faint
ly, was unknown in Japan so years
ago. Now, among the aristocracy, 1t
is becoming quite renowned
yet it comes as great shock at
first. 1t is so different, you know,
from anything in Japanese girls ex-
perience. / have known maidens who
tainted at a first kiss that was per-
haps too warmly rendered. Yet these
very maids became afterward ardent
advocates of the new western en-
brace.
Frankly, l like the kiss myself. It's
stimulus, and the feeling, as Of red
satin, when mouth touches mouth
with a warm, soft shock-yes, frank
ly, / like the kiss, and l find it ex-
tremely difficult to deny an eager
young man so innocent and so delight
lightful an embrace.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Bible Names for Colts.

A hostler from the Blue Grass has
just found employment in one Of the
stables of a New York man. His
darby dialect is so quaint and his
stories of "Ole Kaintuck" SO unique
no member of the household misses
an opportunity to speak to him and
have him say a word.
His employer said to him few
days ago: Il suppose your mas
ter down south had a good many
horses?"
Dat we did, sab, dat we did! And
my ole master had 'em all name
Bible names. Faith, Hope and Char
ity, Bustle, Stays and Crinoline, was
all one Springs coltsi"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the ear There Is only way to
deafness and that by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an iniamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is innamed you have rumbling sound or Inn
perfect hearing and when IL is entirely closed, Deaf
is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored TO It's normal condi
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
out OF ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing
but an infamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any of
Deafness tcaused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
f.. CHENEY a. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Not a Hit as an Improviser.

"Did you ever hear anybody impro-
vise?" he asked.
NO" said she, and he sat down to
the piano and improvised for about an
hour and a half. At the end of that
time he turned around, his face full
of expression. and said to her:
What do you think of it?'
Lovely" she exclaimed. "Beauti-
full! l never heard anything like it,"
But this is what she said to the hall
boy when he was gone:
IF that long, lank lunatic who i'm
proyises asks for me again, you tell
him l am out"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Mr.. MaIsprop just Home from Rome.

A regular Mr.. Malaprop recentiy
came home from his first visit to Eu-
rope. He grew enthusiastic about
Rene.
1T was fine" he declared, Ito go
into them churches over there and
see the old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
they call 'em. And then the Six
teen chapel is great, and as for the
Vaccination, where the pope lives,
WE'LL"
But his stock Of compliments give
out when he got to the subject or
beggars.
Il always refused them pennies"
he said, because, you see, l didn't
want to set a bad prestige!"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Cats as Plaque Preventive.

An Italian correspondent OF the
North China Daily News writes: The
newspapers have latterly been full OF
all sorts of suggestions for the stamp
ing out of plague. For instance, never
kill rats IL you do the fatal rat flea
may be driven to feed on you. Also,
compel each householder to keep
cats. In fact, let the cult of the cat
as it prevailed in ancient Egypt be re-
,vived in India. Plenty of cats, no
rats"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Saw Il Come Out OF a Cow.

A little city boy and his sister Dor
othy were taken to the country for
the first time.
The two children were happy as
the day was long In the late after
noon they watched the cows come
home, heard with delight the tink-
ling cow-bells, and the little boy
even went in the barns to see the
milking done.
At supper, just as Dorothy was
lifting her glass to her rosy lips, the
boy cried out:
"Oh, Dorothy, don't! You mustn't
drink that milk. It's not fit to drink.
IL came out of a COW. / saw It'll"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

spells. For ten years l could not do
homework. and for two years did not
get out of the house. The Kidney Sc
cretions were irregular, and doctors
were not helping me. Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me quick relief, and
finally cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Millburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Peculiar Ice Cave.

A summer attraction in Colebrook,
N. H., is the 'ice cave" in Dixville
notch. This cave is formed by fis-
sure in the ledge of the mountain
that fills with snow in winter, and is
protected from the suns rays at all
seasons.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Reason This Out.

An English quarryman was charged
with assaulting one of his mates, and
when the case was carried into court,
an eyewitness of the occurrence gave
some curious evidence.
He TUX pick an he TUX a pick"
the witness began, IAN he hit him
wild his pick, an he hit him wild his
pick; an IL he'd hit him wild his as
hard as he hit him wild his, he'd have
near killed him, and not him him."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
ExcusabIe.

81 suppose" remarked the coy widow,
"that you are an advocate of early
marriages."
"Oh, yes, / am" replied the scanty
haired bachelor.
Then" continued the C. W., why
is it you are still a bachelor?"
That's quite another matter" an
swered the Bachelor. THE only mar
riages l believe in are early ones, be-
cause there is some excuse for youth
full follies. Chicago News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Well Qualified.

$50 you want the position of ad-
vance agent for our circus?" inter-
rogated the manager. We'll, we need
a man who can stir UP some life
everywhere he goes" That's me,
boss" fastened the applicant Had
any experience in stirring up life?"
You bet! USED to drive a street
sweeper and stirred up millions Of
germs every day."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
What's in a Name?

"Old Amy, you know, who is famous
for being arrested, has been sent to
jail again. But as she weighs nearly
300 pounds and is a good fighter, it
took nearly all the reserve force to get
her in the wagon"
Then the magistrate who sent her
to jail ought to be arrested, too"
"Why SOP
Didn't he commit big Amy?'-Bal-
timore American.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Bush Over Buried Treasure.

There Is a tradition in Germany
that it was customary in the Middle
Ages to put an elderberry plant over
buried treasure. A farmer at Gels
dorf while blowing close to such a
bush unearthed a vessel containing
1900 silver coins of the eleventh CEN
fury
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

Voo q 6icdL buuCiCI
from kidney trou-
bles. My back panied
me terribly. Every
turn or move caused
sharp, s h o o I'll n g
pains. My eyesight
was poor, dark spots
appeared before me.
and i had dizzy
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

He is great who confers the most
benefits. He is base-and that is the
one base thing in the universe-to re-
ceiye favors and render none.-Emer-
G0n
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
TEN YEARS OF PAIN.
Unable to Do Even Housework Be-
cause Of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clin-
ton ST., Napoleon. o.. says: For
fifteen years ! was a great sufferer
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Important 60 NJ 9th ers.

A woman has lost her chief attrac-
ton for a man when he ceases to won
der what she will do next.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
GREAT GUNS.
The Eighth District Endorses Cannon
for President


Speaker Joseph G.. Cannon was in
dorsed for the presidency and the
delegates to the national convention
asked to support him after warm
argument in the eighth district Re-
publican convention at Owosso be-
tween Congressman Joseph w. Ford
ney and Odell Chapman, of Shiawas-
see county.
President Roosevelt's administration
was Endorsed. The fight began over a
clause in a resolution offered by the
committee on resolutions. 1t read:
In view of the reiterated refusals of
President Roosevelt TO permit the use
of his name in connection with the
next presidential nomination for that
office, we earnestly recommend the
name of Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, of
Illinois, who has so ably supported
the policies of President Roosevelt.
In the vote all of Tuscola, Saginaw,
Clinton and some of the Shiawassee
county delegates voted with Fordney,
while Chapman had only the support
Of Frank Watson and five loyal Shia-
wassee men.
The resolution adopted also opposed
further reduction in tariff rates on
imports from the Philippines, advised
following the policy of protection to
American labor and capital, and in
dorsed the Panama canal work and
the service of Fordney
The latter and e. o. Dewey, Owosso
postmaster, were selected as delegates
and F. w. Gilchrist, who withdrew
from the race four years ago to per-
NIT the convention to choose a dele
doIn 70 -
large for next year.
John Keliher, a Grand Trunk en-
gineer, was thrown from the cab of
his engine near Marcellus, Monday,
and lies in a critical condition.
Mrs. ]. f. Brewster, wife of Bay
City railroad man, took strychnine fol-
lowing quarrel with her husband
The prompt arrival of physician. who
worked over her for two hours, saved
her life and she is no longer anxious
TO die.
An honorary commission as major
/ has been issued to Leonard c. Sparks.
commandant of the Michigan Military
academy cadets.
Fishermen operating in Lake Super.
for are loud in their denunciation OF a
recent act Of the Legislature reducing
the size of the mesh in catching blue
! fins. 1t not only means a loss OF sew
eral thousand dollars worth of nets of
the larger mesh which now are value
! less, but the new law is incongruous.
II was the purpose of the legislature
to eliminate catching OF small trout"
and fishermen argue that IL is odd
policy to use small-mesh net in or
der to avoid catching small fish.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

NJ The genuine have Douglas and stamped bottom Take
Caag
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-08
JUST KEEP YOUR OWN LIFE CLEAN.

Some people are so busy,
They have so much to DO,
To tell the news to others
And to declare it's true,
But, friends, just think moment
What if that oae scandalized were you,
AS most likely it viii Le
At some other interview.
We've all heard the saying,
Be homely as it may,
'"The dog that brings bone
VIII carry one away"
So then just have a care
About the things you say
And not make sad some other life
But cheer them on their way.
Just keep your own life clean,
You'll have enough to do,
And rot be saying things so mean,
So false, most likely. too,
For all of Us earthly children
Are prone to go astray,
Some time we may need helping hand,
Don't turn in pride away.
For well we know It's written
In the. Holy Word as true,
1.-The bread that's on the waters cast
Will surely return to you
Then let no i'll be spoken
Of either friend or foe,
But strive to cheer each other
AS through the world we go.
Minnie Linabury
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-08
WEARING WIGS FOR HEALTH.

"The wearing of a wig, or toupee,
Is regarded by those who have care
fully studied the subject of health as
a benefcent safeguard. You must
bear in mind that the scalp is filed
with myriads of blood vessels, and
when it is exposed without the cover
ing that nature intended to give it a
man is apt to suffer from sudden
aud acute attacks of cold, catarrh
and Influenza. have often pre-
scrlbed the wearing of a wig to q
patient who has come to me COM
planning of his susceptibility to
colds, and in nine cases out of ten,
after the wig has been worn, the
susceptibility has ceased at once.
MANY cases of deafness / have
traced to colds constantly recurring
IN those who have lost their hair,
and who have provided no substitute
for natures covering. Some cases
OF chronic sore throat are trace
able to the same cause. In some
Instances patients suffering from
tuberculosis of the lungs in the
early stages have found decided pro-
lection from colds by wearing a wig.
Those who need to wear a wig and
will not do so must be regarded as
victims of vanity, rather than those
who, accepting the inevitable make
the best of their misfortune, for
regard badness as nothing less than
misfortune to any man or woman. d
-Leslie's Weekly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-08
LEES CONCEPTION OF DUTY.

''Duty is the sublimest word in the
English language. "-RoBERT f. LEE.
Duty is that which person owes
to another-that which person is
bound by any natural, moral or legal
obligation, to pay, do or perform.
Duty is fidelity-fidelity to friend
to principle, to truth.
Duty is obedience-obedience to
law and rule of parent, Church and
State.
Duty is respect, reverence and
love to our Great Benefactor.
All these things seem to be realized
in mans clear comprehension and
full performance of duty.
1t is, therefore, right to claim for
duty the high place among the null
tltude of our words, to exalt duty as
the sublimest in our tongue.
One hundred years ago a man was
born who lived to know the word
duty.
He recognized it in all It's bearings,
in all its meaning, until it became
the one great impulse of his life.
1t became the motive, the power
and the glory of life of achieve.
ment of character so grand that
time adds but lustre, and all sections
and people agree to give Robert +
Lee the exaltation be claimed for
duty-sublime Franklin ST., Pres.
byterian Church Monthly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-08
OFFERS $1,000 FOR MANS SCALP.

The acme Of the weird and start
ling has been reached in the ingen-
ious idea conceived by President Rex,
of the q. W. Rex Company, for at
tracing attention to the opening of
the 101 Ranch exhibitions of the
jamestown Exposition.
The company offers 81, 200 in cash
to the man who will allow himself
to be scalped by a brave, one of the
tribes Of Indians connected with the
100 ranch at the inaugural exhibi-
ton.
Beyond the permanent loss of his
hair and the physical suffering, the
person having the hardness to en-
dure the ordeal does not place him.
self in peril, the operation being
performed by skilled hand and
with neatness and dispatch. A fur
ther inducement is mentioned in the
conditions laid down which, the IOl
ranch people believe, is sufficiently
alluring to make it an easy matter
to get some intrepid individual to
offer himself as subject for the
bowie knife of the redskin.
The paleface will be given a fair
start in front of $50 Indians in the
big arena of the 101 ranch. If he
circles the space three times with
out being caught, he will receive the
money and be permitted to retain
his scalp. If he falls into the hands
of his pursuers, he will be led to the
centre of the stadium. the money will
be placed in his hand and in the
presence of the assembled multitude
he will be scalped 10 the barbaric
style of the Aborigines by the Chief
White Eagle, the highest ranking
chief of the Apaches.
The offer has been approved by the
directors of the company, and is
now available to all corners News
Leader.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-08
$40, 900 DRESS FINISHED.

One of the wonders of Mexico is a
$4,000 dress which has just been
completed, after nine years of work.
The dress is the creation of Mrs.
4. Leon, who directed all of the
work that was in its making. At
times she had employed more than
800 expert needle women.
Mrs. Leon is the owner of a large
factory for the manufacture of
serapes, or women's shawls. When she
conceived the idea of making the
finest dress In the world it was for the
purpose of exhibiting it at the Paris
Exposition, where she hoped to sell
it for fabulous price. She found
the task much greater than she ex-
pected, and the Paris Exposition
came and went with the dress far
from finished. She then thought it
would be ready for exhibition at the
st. Louis Worlds Fair.
But again she was disappointed, as
the delicate fabric was still in an un-
finished state. She continued the
work without interruption until a
few days ago, when the last stitch
was taken in the wonderful creation,
In time for the jamestown Expo
sition.
1t is stated by all who have seen
this dress that it's exquisite beauty is
unsurpassed. 1t is veritable work
OF woman's art. The dress is made
largely of the finest linen thread,
which was imported direct from
Paris. The thread is drawn into
beautiful figures, and the fabric is a
hlGy, web-like lace, which shows no
seams.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-08
We MUST FORGET
WHEN We FORGIVE.

We should never remember a
wrong that has once been forgiven.
To hold it up before our eyes in q
fresh and new light is almost as
bad as throwing it in the face of the
person who has been pardoned.
Forgetting is the most important
part of forgiyng. When au injury
or wrong is done to us we are often
prone to ponder over it so much that
we exaggerate it's importance.
Then comes the time when the bit
terness we felt is wiped away, and
softer feelings take its place, because
the one who has endeavored to harm
us makes the best amends possible
and pleads for our forgiveness.
There are few people who are so
ehurlish as to refuse plea of this
kind, and yet how very few of them
know what forgiveness really means.
They forgive with their lips-prob-
ably with their hearts-Lut their
memory stands aloof and will not
take part in the words of peace and
forgiveness they utter. If this is
the case those words of pardon are
but empty.
Those who can afford to forgive
can also afford to be generous and
forget.
They will never again allow the
wrong once done to them to be even
thought of, or any mention of 1t
allowed to let slip; the forgiveness
they mete out is complete; the harm
and injury done them is entirely
swept away; 1T was written on sand,
and the waters of forgiveness have
passed over and oblitersted all traces.
Too often we only forgive with
our lips, and then comes day when
we forget and allude to the wrong
done In the past, which, had our
forgiveness been sincere, would never
again have been mentioned.
The great question each one of us
should ask ourselves before we utter
words of pardon is. Scan l forever
blot out of my mind all recollection
of this injury" If the answer is
not an affirmative one, it is idle to
promise forgiveness; the two must go
together.
"Let not the sun go down upon
your wrath" How often is this
command disobeyed, and how often it
is obeyed in the letter and not the
spirit.
If we would write all Injuries
done us, all unkind words said to us,
on the sands of our memory, it would
not be such difficult matter to com
bine forgetfulness with forgiveness.
In this life there is no time to
spend in brooding over injuries-or
in remembering unkind remarks
life is too short to allow us to recol-
lect all these. What we have to bear
in mind is that when we promise to
forgive we also promised to forget
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-08
TALLEST BUILDING ON EARTH.

Here are some of the dimensions
of the proposed tower annex to the
Metropolitan Life Building, at Mad
lson avenue and Twenty-fourth ST.,
New York, which is to be the tallest
building in the world:
Height above sidewalk, 65S feet.
Total height from foundation,
6903 feet.
Number of stories above sidewalk,
46.
Number of stories below sidewalk,
2.
Grand total floor area of new
metropolitan Building, 1,O35,663
square feet (about rs acres.)