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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Wreck of the Nimick.

The machinery of the steamer Alex
ander Nimick became disabled as the
boat was forcing her way through the
gale of Lake Superior Saturday night
and the boat was blown on the rocks
Is miles west of Whitefish Point. AS
the boat stranded the huge seas swept
over her and Capt. Randall and five
of his crew were washed overheard
before the life savers from the Vermil-
lion station could reach the spot. The
life savers rescued the IL others of
the crew. Three bodies have been re-
covered and search is being continued
for the others by the life savers and
crew.
The Nimick was heavily laden with
coal and in common with other small
vessels had been hugging the shore
during the gale which has ragged on
Lake Superior for several days. Sat
urday night the gale had abated but
the sea was running high and Capt
Randall ventured from behind White.
fish Point. The Nimick was stout
little vessel and would doubtless have
been safe had the engines not become
disabled. This made her powerless
and she soon was driven on the south
shore.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Men of Experience.

The constitutional convention will
contain at least 81 Republicans TO
only nine Democrats, with one of the
Democrats out of that eight still in
doubt, M. j. Cavanaugh, of the Tenth
district. In 26 districts the Republi-
cans elected all their candidates. In
one. the Third, the Democrats carried
everything, electing p. ]. NJ Hally, F..
F. Ingram and Joseph Merrill. In
Saginaw the Democrats elected two
candidates, w. r. Burt and r. A..
Snow, and in four districts they elect
ed one candidate, If Kinnane and Cav
anaugh prove to have been elected.
The convention will be made up large
ly of men of official experience. The
convention will assemble in represent
alive hall, Lansing. October %. The
delegates will draw $40 a day. They
can remain in session as long as they
please, but their pay will. by law, stop
January 81.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
-Cuticura Cured In 6 Days.

81 had eczema nearly fifteen years.
The affected parts were my hands,
arms and legs. They were the worst
in the winter time, and were always
itchy, and l could not keep from
scratching them. / had to keep both
hands bandaged all the time, and at
night would have to scratch through
the bandages as the itching was so
severe, and at times / would have to
tear everything off my hands to scratch
the skin. l could not rest or sleep. /
had several physicians treat me but
they could not give me permanent
cure nor even could they stop the itch
ing. After using the Cuticura Soap.
one box of Cuticura Ointment and two
bottles of Cuticura Resolvent for about
six days the itching had ceased, and
now the sores have disappeared, and |
never felt better in my life than | do
now Edward Worell Band Goth u. S.
Infantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
PUTS THE "GlNGER" IN.
The Kind of Food Used by Athletes.

A former college athlete. one of the
long distance runners, began to lose
his power of endurance. His expert.
ence with a change in food is interest.
ing
while / was in training on the
track athletic team, my daily logs be.
came a task, until after i was put on
After using the Food for two weeks |
felt like a new man. My digestion was
perfect, nerves steady and | was full
of energy.
Il trained for the mile and the half
mile runs Chose events which require
so much endurance) and then the long
daily joys which before had been
such a task, were clipped off with
ease. | won both events.
THE Grape-Nuts food put me In per-
feet condition and gave me my ginger.
Not only was my physical condition
made perfect. and my weight in
creased, but my mind was made clear
and vigorous so that could get out
my studies in about half the time for
merly required. Now most all of the
University men use Grape-Nuts for
they have learned its value, but /
think my testimony will not be amiss
and may perhaps help some one to
learn how the best results can be OBJ
tanned"
There's a reason for the effect OF
Grape-Nuts food on the human body
and brain. The certain elements in
wheat and barley are selected with
special reference to their power for re-
building the brain and nerve centres.
The product is then carefully and
scientifically prepared so as to make
II easy Of digestion. The physical and
mental results are so apparent after
two or three weeks use as to produce
profound impression. Read THE
Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's
reason"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

N III II. ". ID. LIEN, MI. plSI4lAS, ny
1Vl writes:
al have suffered with kidney and
other trouble for ten years pasf.
Last March / commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months
/ have not used it since, nor have l felt
pain.
~ believe that am well and there
fore give my highest commentator to
the curative qualities of Peruna."
Pe.ru.na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs Geo. ii. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
, Can, writes:
81 had not been well for about four
wears. had kidney trouble, and, in
fact, felt badly nearly all The time.
"This summer / got so very bad /
thought / would try Peruna, so wrote
to you and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin.
81 took only two bottles of Peruna
and one of Manalin, and now L feel
better than have for some time.
Il feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made different woman of me
altogether. / bless the day picked up
the little book and read of your Peruna."
It's the business of The kidneys TO
remove from fhe blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. They are
times when they need a little assistance.
Peruna is exactly the sort of rem
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys ser,
vice at time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
The Train Went On.

While Robert Elliott, Is, son of
Thomas Elliott, postmaster at Has
lett, was driving home from a church
social near Pine Lake, he was struck
by Grand Trunk train and received
probably fatal injuries. Just what train
ran into Elliott is not known, as he
was not found until Sunday morning,
when he was discovered lying on the
rails. The westbound passenger train
was due shortly after he was carried
off the tracks. The horse was cut in
two and the carriage was smashed TO
pieces. The boy is in the city hos.
pital.
1t is thought that the young lad
might have been asleep in the buggy
when he drove on the crossing. There
is considerable speculation as to
whether the train crew knew they had
run into the rig; however, the train
did not stop.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
TEA FROM THE FLOWERS.
This Product Little Known in the
United States.

Tea, not from leaves, but from the
flowers alone of the plant, is rarely en-
countered in commerce. The petals.
stamens, ETC., are sun dried, and the
resulting tea is of rich. deep brown
hue of peculiarly delicate odor, and
gives a pale amber colored infusion
rather more astringent in taste than
that from the average fair grade leaf.
The taste for 1t is an acquired one,
and even If this tea could be made
commercially possible, it is doubtful If
II would ever become popular.
The American tea trade could ad-
vantageously take a suggestion from
the brick tea of the far east. In our
country, the tea dust, some of which
is good quality, is not properly
utilized. In Europe it is a regular
article of trade, and it is advertised
and sold as tea dust. In America 1t is
sold to thousands of cheap restau-
rants, who make from it the mixture
of tanic acid, sugar and boiled milk
which they sell as tea" If, as in the
orient, this dust was compressed into
bricks, good tea could be made from
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
p. M. Wreck.

While moving 25 miles an hour
shortly before 10 o'clock Thursday
night, a Pere Marquette passenger
train ran into two runaway box cars
which had broken away from freight
train near Greenville, smashing the
engine and baggage car. The engine
telescoped the first freight car. Part
of the cab was carried away Fire
man John Edmond, of Ionia, was pull
ed out of the wreckage, bruised and
cut, but not seriously injured. En-
gineer Harry Dolan, of Ionia, was
found still sitting in his cab and look
ing curiously at the top of the freight
car, which formed the cover to his
cab All of the passenger cars remain
ed on the tracks. The freight cars
which caused the collision had broken
their couplings nearly a mile from
the scene of the accident, started
down grade, and were moving swiftly
when the collision occurred.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
KNEW VALUE OF AN OATH.
CoIored Witness at Least Was Aware
of Its Pecuniary Worth.

Clarence S. Darrow, the we'll known
lawyer and essayist, discussing the
Haywood trial. in which he played SO
prominent part, said the other day:
Some of the evidence in that trial
was so transparency false that it re-
minds me of case that came off in
Alabama a few years back. One of
the witnesses in this case was an ex-
tremely ignorant man. AS his testi-
mony progressed, his ignorance be-
came so shockingly evident that the
Judge, looking sternly down at him
said:
"'Look here, sir, are you acquaint-
ed with the value of an oath?'
"The witness answered anxiously:
"'Jedge, | hope / am. That thar
lawyer on yer left hand gimme six dol
lars to sw'ar agin the other side.
Thet's the correck value of an oath,
amt it, ledger"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Citizens Pursue BURGLARS.

Vickeryville is under the guard of
armed citizens against a gang Of bold
thieves, and the village and all woods
in the vicinity are surrounded. Four
of the alleged burglars, are under ar.
rest and a bloodhound will be put on
the trail OF the others.
The first depreciation was commit.
ted at Carson City Tuesday night,
when the gang descended on the de.
pot and burglarized the office, making
little effort to do it secretly. Later
they moved toward Vickeryville, and
two men were caught while in the
act of robbing a house while the oc.
cupants were asleep. They were
placed in Jail, and when reports of
the Carson City robbery and the size
of the band were received the citi.
zens armed themselves and went out
in search of them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
kismet.

Kismet is an Arabic word meaning
fate" or 'it is fated." A belief in
predestination is one of the funda-
mental principles in the Mohammedan
faith. Not only a mans fortune, but
his deeds, and consequently his future
reward or punishment are, according
to this faith, irrevocably, and thus un-
avoidably, pre-ordained-a doctrine
which has contributed largely to the
success of Islam by inspiring its cham
pions with the greatest contempt for
the dangers of warfare. When a Mo-
hammedan meets with any disaster or
misfortune, no matter how great, he
accepts the situation calmly, merely
saying, "Kismet"-'it is fated."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Horrlble Method Of suicide.

Most people have at some time wit
messed revolving sights, but the fall
ing OF a suicide from the cathedral
tower onto the pavement, 210 feet be-
low, into the midst of the hurrying
MONDAY crowd, upon whose faces aud
clothes his exploding debris scattered
itself, which was seen in Antwerp re-
Gently, heggars description. A mer-
chant known as Jacques Simons quiet
ly left his wife and two children at
home, as If to go on some business
errand, made straight for the cathe-
dral tower, climbed it, and without an
instant's hesitation, hurled himself in
to space. History relates that no one
has jumped from this tower since the
suicide of it's architect, to whom pop
ular legend of the sixteenth century
attributes the same fate, small bits
of brass marking the spot on the
pavement where he fell.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Murder the Result.

What will turn out to be a murder
was committed at 6 o'clock Thursday
night when Mrs. Ida MCFARLAND, of
Grand Rapids, shot Boyd Walls in the
stomach as the result of neighbor-
hood quarrel. The McParlands lived
in a fiat above the Walls family and
the two families have had trouble
over their kindling wood Thursday
night Walls and MCFARLAND engaged
in a fight over the wood and McPar-
land. who is laborer for the SAM
tary Ice Co., was getting the worst of
1t. He had turned to run when his
wife came to his rescue with a re-
volver. She claims that Walls at
tackled her when she fired, striking
him in the stomach. He was taken to
st. Mary's hospital and is expected to
die
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
NO PLACE FOR HIM HERE.
Alabama Judge Did Not Think De
ceased Would Miss Much.

your honor" said a prosecuting at.
torney in an Alabama backwoods
court, "the prisoner at the bar is
charged with killing one of the most
exemplary citizens of this county
Thomas Jones, your honor, was In
every respect model man. He was a
member of the church; he was never
known to bet on horses, play poker
drink whisky or use tobacco. He
Hold on minute" said the Judge
you say he never bet on a horse?"
That's what / said, your honor"
Never was known to play gamer
Never your honor"
"And he never drank liquor?"
Never drank drop, your honor"
"And he didn't chew tobacco?"
"Never took chew in his life"
well. then" said the judge, 81
don't see what he wanted to live for
There wasn't anything in life for him
and l don't see why he amt about
as well off dead as alive. Release the
prisoner, Mr.. Sheriff, and call the next
case"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Ended Mysterious Life.

William Dilworth, employed on the
farm of Mrs. Ellen O'Brien and son,
just west of Jackson, committed sui
eide Saturday night by taking carbolic
acid. When Mrs. O'Brien and her son
returned home from the city they
missed Dilworth and started search
for him. The body was found in a
kitchen with the door closed and Dill
worth's feet against it. A mystery is
attached to his life, for he never re-
vealed anything to the O'Brien family
OF his past life. He had been in their
employ for about eight years and was
40 years of age. He had been drinking
heavily lately.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Fourteen Were Killed.

Fourteen miners are dead and three
dying as the result of a fall in the
shaft of the Rolling Mill mine, Ne
gaunee, shortly before noon Friday,
when the cable to the cage in which
they were being lowered broke The
shaft is 700 feet deep and the cage had
hardly left the surface when the ca
BILE snapped like a thread and with
out warning the men fell to the bot
tom. A rescuing party was hurriedly
formed and the dead and injured
brought to the surface. Doctors were
hurriedly summoned, but a number of
the men died before and others af-
ter they arrived, bringing the total
number OF deaths up to ID. The
wives and children of the miners ran
to the shaft as soon as the news of
the accident spread. and many pa.
thetic, scenes took place.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Hindoo Defines Billiards.

John Horgan, the champion pool
player, told at dinner in st. Louis a
billiard story.
Billiards is a tame amusement be.
side pool" Mr.. Morgan began. Two
Hindoos were once discussing the
game in Calcutta, and l think that
their idea of it was pretty near the
right one.
What is this white mans game of
billiards l hear so much about?' said
the first Hindoo.
Don't you known said the second.
"'No. Tell me-
"'Well,' said the second Hindoo,
billiards is very simple game. Two
men armed with long sticks poke at a
ball on green table, and one says, Il
am" while the other says hard
lines."'"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
THE STATE IN
GENERAL
SPECIAL SESSION Is CALLED TO
FIX A PRIMARY LAW AND
NORMAL FUND.
WRECK OF STR. NIMICK
LEGISLATURE to Meet October mo
Class or District LegisIation-Six
Lost Their Lives.
To Leqislate a Little.

In his call for the special session or
the legislature, issued Monday, Gov.
Warner does not include any of the
requests for class or district legisla-
ton, made TO him from various parts
Of the state. Only the Mt. Pleasant
Normal college situation and the de
mand for primary elections" are in
cluded in the call.
"At the regular session of the leg
islature," says the governor, 1.-The two
houses disagreed regarding the bill
making an appropriation for the main
tenance of the Mt. Pleasant Normal
college for the ensuing two years as
well as for improvements at that in
stitution. The contention was raised
before the legislatures adjournment
that the bill as signed by the governor
was not the bill that passed the house
and senate and therefore the college
was without funds for maintenance
and necessary betterments.
THE people of the state are almost
a unit in demanding that all candi'
dates for public offices who are voted
for by the primary shall be selected
by the people and under no circum'
stances by delegates convention. AT
its recent session the legislature failed
to make a number of changes in the
law which the people of the state de-
sire. These universally desired
changes should be made before an
other general election is held in Michi-
gan. The legislature can supply the
needed remedies.
Regarding the situation as demand
ing immediate action, | hereby call the
legislature of the state of Michigan to
meet in extraordinary session on Mon
day, the 18th day of October, 1907, at
II o'clock noon of that day, to con
slider such matters as shall be sub
mitted by the governor by special
message"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Wear Paiamas on Cars.

81 learned something from the por-
ter on our train this morning" said a
hotel guest. II noticed him pick up
the coat to pair of pajamas while he
was making up one of the berths.
Whoever had occupied the berth had
got off the train, evidently, and left
the garment behind. Forgot part Of
his nightie, eh?' says | to the porter.
The porter grinned broadly. Wasn't
any his about it. boss he says. 1t
war a lady that was in that berth las
night Yes, sab. Lots of 'em seems
to like them to weah on the cabs. |
guess they thinks they's better in case
of wreck or sump'n like that
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Dick Wyett Gets Life

An example of what effect a Grim
inal record has on a mans chances
when he is on trial is shown in the
case OF Dick Wyett, alias Eugene Con-
verse, who was sentenced in Jackson
to life Imprisonment for an attempt to
XIII. Had this been Wyett's first of
Tense he doubtless would have escaped
with a much lighter sentence. The at.
tempted murder was over a woman
with whom both men were infatuated.
The ofense was committed in Feb
ruary, when Wyett crept into Roswell
Connects room, while the latter slept,
and nearly Drained him with "black-
jack" The woman in the case was
their landlady.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

One of the greatest triumphs of
Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering of woman's
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of tumor is so in
sidious that frequently its presence
is wholly unsupported until it is well
advanced.
So called wandering pains" may
come from it's early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh. :.
III you have mysterious pains, If
there are indications of Inflammation
or disbursements, secure a bottle of
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin its use.
The following letters should con-
vince every suffering woman OF its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tumors.
Mrs. May Fry, of $40 w. Colfax
Ave, South Bend, Ind, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
L Idht RICdb EANoSuAS ~ -
ing to thank you for what Lydia f..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. L also took the Blood
Purifier in alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed a
cyst tumor of four years growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared / had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. am
very thankful that ! followed friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me a strong and well woman and
1 shall recommend it as long as live. y
Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of 26 Ruggles St..
Boston, Mass, writes (:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 have been under different doctors
treatment for a long time without
relief. They told me / had tbroid
tumor, my abdomen was swollen and
suffered with great pain. ! wrote
to you for advice, you replied and
followed your directions carefully and
today am well women. Lydia +.
Pinlxham's Vegetable Compound ex-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system"
Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, writes
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

Despondent over the drink habit,
John Perry, unmarried, swallowed
three ounces of laudanum and died
in Grand Rapids. He lad a brother in
Watertown, n. Y.
Edward Smith, hunter and trap.
per, died while alone in his cabin a
short distance from Sagola, Dickinson
county. When found his body was
lying on the floor near the stove. His
head was bruised and lis hands Bills.
tered. and 1t is supposed that he had
stroke OF apoplexy, and fell onto
the stove. He was 81 years of age
and had wife and two sons residing
In Germany.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
punald,s Exclamation.

Staying at an inn in Scotland a
shooting party found their sport much
interfered with by rain. Still, wet or
fine, the old-fashioned barometer that
hung in the hall persistently pointed
TO "set fair" At length one of the
party drew the landlords attention to
the glass, saying: Don't you think
now, Dugald, there's something the
matter with your glass?" mo. sir"
replied Dugald. with dignity; shes
a guide glass and a powerful glass, but
she's no moved wi trifles."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Transmission of Warts.

Recent experiments show that the
popular belief that warts are com
municable is warranted" says a
writer. 'Inoculation of healthy tissue
with blood obtained from wart will
cause the growth of a similar ex-
crescence. It is thought that these
growths contain an ultramicroscopic
germ to which is due the transmission
from one person to another. At all
events, persons who have warts should
take measures to have them removed
at once"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed 10 be ncurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced IL local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling
TO with local treatment pronounced IL incurabe.
Science has proven Caarrh to be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney
Co.. Toledo, Ohio is the only Constitutional cure
the market. 1t IL taken Internally in doses from 10
drops TO teaspoonful. 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case II fails To cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hairs Family pills for constipation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

There is a labor famine in Battle
Creek. Employers in every line are un
able to secure half the men necessary
Female help is just as scarce.
z. F. Foster, manager of the Kelley
Lumber Co., Frankfort, and five chill
dren were stricken with typhoid fever
While funeral preparations were be.
ing made for one son, another died
The Seventeenth Michigan infantry
chose Dundee for the next place OF
meeting and elected the following of.
ficers: President, James J. Jackson, OF
Dundee; vice president, James
Knowles, Of Dundee; secretary, T. e.
Woods. Of Chelsea.