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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
A QUAINT SWISS CUSTOM.
passing of Winter" Marked by Gen.
eral Celebration.

The land of the Switzers is rich in
deed in folk lore Who has not heard
of the ringing deeds of William Tell?
And SO thoroughly do these hardy
mountain folk enter into the spirit of
these old stories and quaint customs
that tradition speaks of that even in
such all up-to-date city as Zurich,
which impresses the American tour
lists on account of it's imposing build
ings and busy stir, the entire popula-
ton abandon their industry in order
to take part in symbolic festival.
At the passing of winter" or, to
use the picturesque native expression,
"sechselaeuten" o'clock ringing
feast-the commencement of which is
announced by the cathedral Ginning
the hour OF six-hence the name of
the festival-the real celebrations
commence at eight o'clock, when the
national and cantonal flags are hoisted
on the staff Of the cathedral.
A pretty sight is that of the process
sion of more than 1000 children, in
appropriate costumes, escorting the
triumphal car bearing the goddess of
spring attended by her maidens, while
behind her is drawn amid dancing
clowns the captive Boegg, represent
ing winter, being a huge figure made
of wood and covered with cotton wool,
stuffed with crackers and gunpowder.
Winding through the streets on either
side OF the river Limmat, the process
sion makes its way TO the lake. Here
the Boegg is raised on high poles and
a bonfire built up around It.
During the afternoon the city guilds
parade in quaint costumes and many
merry jokes are played, until at the
first stroke of six the torch is applied
to our friend Boegg and winters reign
is thing OF the past. The flames leap
up and are reflected in the lake, while
from surrounding boats fireworks add
to the liveliness of the scene. The
guildhouses, of which Zurich has
many handsome examples, are thrown
open to visitors and the evening is de-
voted entirely TO pleasure and enter.
tainment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
NO GUSHER
But Tells Facts About Postum.

I'VE have used Postum for the past
eight years" writes a Wis. lady, and
drink 1t three times a day. We never
tire of it.
For several years I could scarcely
eat anything on account of dyspepsia,
bloating after meals. palpitation, sick
headache-in fact was in such misery
and distress / tried living on hot water
and toast for nearly year.
Il had quit coffee, the cause of my
trouble, and was using hot water, but
this was not nourishing.
Hearing of Postum / began drink
ing it and my ailments disappeared,
and now / can eat anything l want
without trouble.
MY parents and husband had about
the same experience. Mother would
often suffer after eating, while yet
drinking coffee. My husband was a
great coffee drinker and suffered from
indigestion and headache.
after he stopped coffee and began
Postum both ailments left him. He
will not drink anything else now and
we have it three times a day. ! could
write more but am no gusher-only
state plain facts"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Temporarily lndisposed.

One of the workers in a Chinese
mission in Philadelphia became in
terested in two Cinnamon who, she
found, owned fiourishing laundry
business in her own home neighbour
hood. She looked in once in awhile
to see how things were going with
them, and one morning found Sam
smiling and cheerful, as usual, but
john was missing.
Where is John this morning." she
asked.
oh" answered Sam amiably,
Christian gentleman hit him in the
head with a blick, and he all same In
hospital
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Aus.ralia,s Wild Oysters.

Oysters are sometimes regarded as
dangerous but they are not usually
considered savage. A Queensland
Judge, however, has decided that they
are wild beasts. Before royal com
mission on the pearling industry,
which has been sitting at Brisbane,
witness stated that eight years ago he
had laid 100000 shells in the neigh
borhood Of Friday island. The Jap
anese stole the shells. and the district
court judge held that as pearl shell
oysters wrre wild animals there was
40 penalty h.'or stealing them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering IL through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should be used except prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians. the damage they
will do Is ten fold 10 the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o., contains no mer-
curry, and Is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Hairs Catarrh cure be you get the
genuine. IL IL taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio. by +. j. Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists Price, 75c. per bottle
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
A Warninq.

Handsome Percy Hasbrooke, the
young chauffeur, drew the girl more
closely 10 him.
"All the world loves a lover, dear
est" he whispered.
But Lolita Codes red lip curled
somewhat skeptically.
You haven't interviewed papa yet.
Percy" she warned him.
With an ominous moaning sound the
great car sped On.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
A Polite Boy.

81 understand that your little boy 10
very polite"
yes"
ITS nice to see children well
brought up. ! like to see little boys
get up and give their seats to ladies'"
THAT boy got down out of pear
tree yesterday and gave his seat to a
bulldog before he left the lot where
the tree was"-Houston Post.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
W0mAn'S
BACKACHE

The back is the handspring of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. 1t
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy. normal condition is
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
How IL Felt.

An Irish maid in the service OF q
Washington family recently sought
permission Of her mistress TO take
an afternoon off for the purpose Of
consulting a dentist.
Upon her return, the mistress said:
well, Resale, did you have the
tooth filled?"
Il did, num-"
And what did the dentist fill 1t
WITHHOLD or amalgam?"
II don't know just what il was,
mum: but from the way feel,
should think it was with thunder and
lightning. num-"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Name,ess. But All Riaht.

What play did yon see?" asked the
amiable mistress of her inaid, who had
been taken by her best y''ung man to
the theater the evening before.
''They didn't tell the nanit of It,"
returned the maid 1T said OH the
outside OF the theater that 1t WIS
AS You Like It,, and | did like it,
but l don't know the name. New
York Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
"sPoHN,s.o

remedies for Distemper, Pink Eye, Heaves,
and the like among all ages of horses Sold
by Druggists, Harness Makers. or send TO
the manufacturers. $50 and sl.00 a bottle.
Agents wanted. Send for free book Spohn
Medical CO., Spec. Contagious Diseases,
Goshen Ind
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
DIR. ROBERT GRAY
CHIAPAS, MEXICO
NOT DOLLARS, BUT EGGS.

First Thespian-When / was play.
ing in Kansas City and getting my
200 night
Second Ditto - Hold on, there,
Monty; make that five!
First Thespian-No, Jack; upon my
honor-200 a night regular. Eggs are
cheap there.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08

to trouble me so Sc
verely that at last l
had to give up. l
took to my bed and
stayed there four
months, suffering in
tense pain, dizziness,
headache and in
flammation of the
bladder. Il h GU & h
without hope, l be-
gan using Doan's
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Same Feeling.

And haven't you ever taken a ride
in an automobiles" asked the man
with the new machine, pityingly.
NO" replied the plain person, but
I fell out of third-story window
oonce."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
BIackweIl's.

Ma Twaddles-Well, here's ma
poleon of Wall street." who is well
named
Pa Twaddles-How's that?
Ma Twaddles-He's spending his
last days on the island.-Cleveland
Leader
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08

Kidney Pills, and in three months was
completely cured. The trouble has
never returned"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08

Whether life shall be desert depends
on the springs in your heart.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
At the Other Extreme.

Just as you are pleased at finding
fault, you are displeased at finding
Observation-Disclosures.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
RAISED FROM SICK BED.


Mrs. ]. ii. Bennett, SO Fountain ST..
Gardiner, Me-, says: MY back used
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08

Obedience is better than sacrifice
Latin proverb.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08

Use Aliens FootsEase
Cures tired aching sweating feet 25c. Trial package
free. A. ;. Olmsted, lie Roy, y. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
NASTY.

He-You are getting on fine.
She-Am l swimming gracefully?
He-Um-yes. All except your face.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08

"And did your uncle remember you
in his will?'
We'll, he remembered me, all right,
but that was why he didn't mention
me in it"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Miraculous
Catarrh Remedy

Prescription and full directions and
almost magical cures of some dozen
other common family ills with some
ingredients of Catarrh remedy will be
mailed on receipt of one dollar bill.
registered, post Office order, payable
here, or bank or express draft. payable
in New York or Mexico City for like
amount. Any druggist will compound
Catarrh remedy or any one of the
other cures promptly for a few cents.
Prompt relief Catarrh and Cold in
Head, and sure cure. that would cost
small fortune with specialists. makes
this offer opportunity of lifetime.
now possible because contract with
specialists has expired. 1 am eighty
years old and expect no gain from this
more than TO pay advertising, printing.
labor and postage of mailing and need
none. yet the prescription has pre-
cious value for any family or sufferer.
Address,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty years Lydia Il. FmK-
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
important 70 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Mrs. Winalow,s Soothing Syrup.

Mrs. window syrup
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces In
hammaton, aays pain, cures wind collie 25c bottle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
LYDIA e. PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. VIII Young, of 6 Columbia
Ave-, Rockland, Me-, says:
- was troubled for long time with
dreadful backaches and a pain in my
side, and was miserable in every way.
! doctored until was discouraged and
thought / would never get well. / read
what Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it; after taking three
bottles can truly say that / never felt
so well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II had very severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains. Icould not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like new woman"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

she shone in THE Wild Rose" COM
pany. BY the bouquet of beauties who
were destined to win notoriety or fame
Maize Toilette was looked upon as a
genial, joyous young thing, and her
rare good spirits led her into many a
daring escapade. Even as an obscure
chorus girl she acquired fame, for her
nimbleness and grace and inability to
make her eyes behave brought her
quickly to the front. From being an
obscure bud in the chorus of THE
Wild Rose she has blossomed out
into the position of danseuse. She
came conspicuously into the limelight
when at the famous Thaw trial it was
reported that she had turned against
her erstwhile chum and was threaten
ing 10 aid the prosecution by telling
all she knew. Since then Maize Fol
lette's hilarious escapades have often
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
ossEoUIEs OF PRINCE DAVID.
How an American Royalty Received a
State Funeral.

The recent death of Prince David,
heir presumptive of the old line of
Hawaiian kings, and the brother of
Prince Jonah, the present delegate at
Washington, was an event of great
interest in Hawaii, says the Youth s
Companion.
Never before, surely, was a state
funeral accorded by order of the
United States to person of royal
blood resident within the national do
main.
The native Hawaiians, still deeply
attached to the ancient dynasty, found
great satisfaction in the honor; and
the state funeral of an American sub
ject became in all it's details the royal
funeral of Hawaiian sovereign.
The body of Prince David lay in
state in Honolulu. At midnight, with
no light, the coffin with all the royal
regalia was borne to the throneroom.
The approaches to the capitol were
guarded by the militia, and all day
long continuous procession of all
nationalities poured in at one door
and out at another.
The room is beautiful and it was
filled with wonderous kahilis-the
feather trees" permitted only to roy.
atty, graceful, fountainlike masses of
feathers, thousands in each kahili,
and in all exquisite and vivid tints of
tropic plumage; some all scarlet,
some white, some lavender, some yell
low and some brown
Over the bier of the dead prince lay
priceless great feather robe, soft and
glowing, of yellow touched with scar
let. BY his side stood native Ha.
waiians, in deep black with shoulder
capes of yellow feathers and black
and white kahilis; they were as mo-
tionless as bronze statues. Beyond
them were more guards, then a line
of mourning women of royal blood.
At the end of the room were flowers,
loved of Hawaiians.
In the deep recess of a window were
grouped the chanters, reciting aloud
the deeds OF the princes ancestors
and wailing for his death-"a sound"
says one who was there, ito make
:he creep3 run down ones spine"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
MHX//Yle EL/O|I.

Duke of the Abruzzi. To "The Wild
Rose" must be credited this latest SEN
sation, for it was while playing a mi
nor part in that piece that the young
actress, who belonged to good family
of Memphis, Tenn, first became inter-
ested in Blaine Elkins, then a college
youth. When on January 2S last young
Elkins eloped and married the daugh-
ter of the late Senator Kenna nothing
was heard from his former sweetheart
Ada Louise Lonsdale. However, she
chose psychological moment when
the announcement of another interHa-
tional engagement was expected, and
startled the world at large by the
100000 suit. But the suit is said to
have been dropped.
When Miss Lonsdale recently disap-
peared the tongues of the gossips were
let loose and they began counting up
the sensations that have already
bloomed from that Wild Rose" bush.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

for divorce, naming Evelyn Thaw as
one of the correspondents.
Some nine years previously Adele
Rice, Baltimore beauty of note, had
startled Manhattan and southern thea
tgical circles by marrying the theatri-
cal manager, George w. Lederer, a few
hours after his release from former
marital fetters For many years the
Lederers safely sailed the domestic
seas, steering clear of matrimonial
breakers in the form of chorus girls
While Mrs. Ledere~ managed matri-
mony, Mr.. Lederer managed many a
musical show. Chorus girls would
come and chorus girls would 20. as far
as George Lederer was concerned
until he found himself tending this
wild Rose bush and was bewltched
by the srell of its unca&ny beauty.
The world at large was not long in
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
oreaon Mushroom Breaks Record.

w. B. Steele, who lives at East For
ty-frst and Ivon streets, near the end
of the Richmond car line. brought to
which he declares holds the record for
size in this particular variety of fun
gi. 1t is II inches tall and the cap
is a trihe over inches in diameter
and % inches in circumference. In
stead of one night, it required four
and an equal number of days for this
mushroom to develop 1t grew in the
garden of the Steele home. Mrs.
Steele says he calls it Taft because
it is so big and strong and so much
superior to all.-Portland Oregonian.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

Wild Rose company the golden. haired
actress met its librettist, Harry B.
Smith, whose prolific pen has produced
numerous successful musical COM
edies. He was married and so was
she, but the divorce mills obligingly
ground out the desired DEGREES, and
wedding bells soon told the world
that the mystic wild Rose" had uni
ted its leading lady and its composer.
Ada lonsdaIe and EIkins.
Last but not least comes Ada Louise
Lonsdale, who recently startled not
only Washington and New York but
Italy as well by bringing a 100000
breach of promise suit against Blaine
Elkins, son of the Virginia senator and
brother of the reported fiaIcee of the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

entertained boil emia, where 1t Is COM
monty said Nat her lively personality
was first developed In her wild Rose"
days.
But the most famous Of all the
young women who bloomed upon the
wild Rose" bush Is Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw 1t was not beautiful flower
that grew from her connection with
that company. Blood and shame were
on its petals, sorrow and dishonor ate
out its heart. While posing behind the
footlights of the Knickerbocker Evelyn
Nesbit acquired the fascinating wiles
which since have sent one man to his
grave and another to madhouse, for
it was in those days that she formed
the acquaintance with Stanford White,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
THE TROUBLES
AND ROMANCES
OF A WILD ROSE
Did Fate EUer Play Such Franks
with Any Group of Young Women
as With Gay Garden of Beauty
in This Curiously Famous
Stage Piece?

| learning that the manager of the sue
cessful musical comedy had fallen a
victim to the strange influence exer-
cised by The Wild Rose" and through
his connection with it had earned only
a divorce decree, says the New York
World.
Praised by Stanford White.
The brunette beauty of Edna Good
rich was one of the richest blossoms of
The Wild Rose" and while in that
company she attracted the attention
of the famous architect, Stanford
White. He was a good judge of roses
and he spread the fame of the beauty.
From the ranks of show girls Edna
Goodrich was soon plucked by Nat
Goodwin, who wore her, as it were, in
his buttonhole as a leading lady. Those
who went to the theater to scoff re-
mained-if not to pray-at least to
gasp at the beauty of this leading lady
who had tripped the light fantastic in
The Wild Rose"
Not content with becoming a lead
ing lady, Edna Goodrich again stepped
into the international spotlight by
playing the leading part in triangu-
lar love affair. While buying a trous-
seau in Paris at the close of the last
theatrical season, presumably to be-
come the bride of millionaire mine
owner named Mcmillan, the eX-chorus
girl led Nat Goodwin a love chase
from Paris to San Francisco. The
world looked laughed and gasped
again when with perfect equanimity
the tickle footlight lady broke her en-
gagement to the man of the mines at
the same time that the noted comedi-
an was divorced from Americas most
beautiful actress, Maxine Elliott. Nat
Goodwin and Miss Goodrich were mar
ried and, presumably, the former show
girl is blessing THE Wild Rose" bush
from which she bloomed into fame and
fortune.
Beautiful Maize Toilette.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

promise suit against
Blaine Elkins were reverberating
through the theatrical world, recalls in
a rather startling way the production
of The Wild Rose" at the Knicker-
booker theater in 1902. For it adds
one more to the strange blossoms in
that garden of romances, tragedies
and scandals which has grown up
around the men and women of The
Wild Rose" production.
1t seems as if some fatality must
have hung over that company of ac-
tors and actresses. and that il has pur-
sued them ineXorably ever since those
days when they were first assembled
together. True, a few of the romances
have the pure tint and the sweet SAVIOR
of the wild rose" from which they
sprang, but they are rare bright spots
in Wild rank garden in which there
are few roses that have not a canker-
worm in their heart.
A wonderful human rose bush was
that production, and blossom after
blossom has since borne fruit in dra-
mas of real life. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
the theater-going world saw her at
her preLtiest there; May Mackenzie,
Ada Louise Lonsdale, Maize Toilette,
Edna Goodrich, Hattie Forsythe, Mar
:guerite Clark and Irene Bentley-can
you picture fairer blossoms from liv-
ing American Beauty rose bush? And
gardener of that parterre, the manager
of this aggregation of charming wom-
,en-George w. Lederer-even he fell
under the spell which marked The
Wild Rose" as the bush from which
grew matrimony, divorce and, some
times, the trail of sin which in more
than one instance led to criminal