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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19
WEARING Av THE GREEN"

A bit av tune to me ear is brought
BY passing, vsgrant breeze,
A bar from tune me ears once knew
In land across the seas.
It's the dear old wearing av the
Green"
And IL bears me far away;
In mind and heart I'm in Erin's isle,
And it's morn, st. Patrick's day.
st. Patrick's day in the morning there
Twas many year ago
travelled road to Donaghmore
With a girl ! used to know,
And she had ribbon in her hair
As green as the emerald sod,
And we tramped that way as gay pair
AS ever the dear soil trod
When old the day, in the deepening
dusk,
Once again we came that way.
The path we trod was glory road,
Zen though the dark shadows lay
Athwart the path, for love shone bright
As stars in the blue o'erhead.
We whispered Ger, as we tripped along,
The words that the priest had said.
ST. Patriok's day, and I'm far away
From the isle av emerald sheen,
And many year a dear grave there
Has been wearing av the green.
All, Ills here am ! in freedoms land
Please God I'm here to stay
But me heart and soul go home eaek
year
For TO spend ST. Patriek's day.
ARTHUR ]. BURDlcK.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19
Attention

l buy cut hair and combings
and have full line of Switches
Curls, Puffs, Pompadors and
Gibson front. All colors and
sizes, or do any kind of work to
order. If you have cut hair
or combings now is your oppor-
tunitv to have your work done
in your own city. My styles
are the latest and prices right
| also do facial and scalp mas
sage, shampooing, smuggling and
clipping the hair. | carry a
full line of high grade concen-
trated toilet articles.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19
Carload of Horses

T. |. Phelps has purchased carload Ct
good heavy, bloeky horses, which he will
sell at auction at Hotel Phelps Saturday,
March 81. Everybody who wants good
horses had better 90.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19
LADIES

Don't forget, my rooms are
over Peoples Savings Bank
and all ladies wishing hair work
done give me your
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19

Mrs. Ada Berlue. Mary M. Baxter Miss
Truey Brown, Mr.. Chas. Beggs. Mr.. w.
Herd, Mrs Abbie johnson, Mrs Cath
crime c. King, Matt Scheidt, Mr.. Chas.
Whirford. D. E. Wilson, P. M.
March l6, 1908.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19

the sacred dust and ask their nearest
and dearest to place some in their cof-
fins, "for," they argue. lit is good to
have this holy clay, and whoever rests
in the same earth as St Patrick will
rise to glory with him and stand in
his shadow on the judgment day."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19
From The Country

FROM HS SouIilIy
4 RE our Butter and Eggs
IA and during Lent we will
supply our trade with the best
country produce and Lenten
Food in Salmon, Shrimps,
HOLSTERS, Sardines, delicious
Salt Mackerel and Salmon
Trout and anything that is
toothsome for the season of
fasting.
Yours Truly
+. II. HUDSON
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19
Belding Opera House
One Night Only
THURSDAY, MARCH 20

Mas New Husband"
Books by David Edwin; Music and Ly-
les by Geo. Fletcher l65 laughs in
l65 minutes. 90 Musical Numbers. The
above, guaranteed attraction. This COM
pany played big cities.
Prices SOC, 35c
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
BUILT ON coNcERTlNA PLAN.
Lishtkeeper Measures Six Feet Six
Inches in His Stockings.

Like the towering pines that frinse
the North Carolina coast, upon when
he was born, in sight of dreaded Hat
teras, Fabius Evans Simpson, the as.
sistant keeper of Lazzaretto light
house, at the entrance 10 baltimore
harbOr, can lay claim TO be the tailest
lightkeeper in the Fifth lighthouse dis
trict, if not level with the tallest in
the service from Maine to Rio Grande
He is only % years old and IS built
on the concertina plan. When he
rises from a sitting posture one Won
ders how much more remains to be
unfolded before he is Strengthened out.
He is six feet six inches in his stock.
ing feet
His parents were reared alongside
the sea and he comes Of family that
has figured in the annals of the light.
house service Alpheus w. Simpson,
father Of the young man was keeper
OF North river light station, and his
uncle, Fabius Evans Simpson, is now
In charge of the exhibit OF the light
UOuSF DOdiu DIT TIE JdlltolONil tAHb
stirn, Another uncle, 4. J. Simpson,
is keeper of Southwest Point light, all
in North Carolina. Young Simpson
says he will stick to the business, be
licying he has inherited an ambition
for the service in which his family has
figured for many years.
He could not furnish full length
picture Of himself. He said he tried
to get a photographer in North Caro-
lima to take all of him, but the artist
said he could only do it in sections,
and then paste them together, which,
he thought, would give an idea OF his
clients towering figure. To do so
the photographer wanted to charge
extra for the second section, and the
picture was not taken.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
Lieutenant Does His Own Cooking

An army lieutenant writes with ref
erence to the proposed increase IN
nav. II have changed station four
times within the past nine months (no
expense. of course), starting from the
Philippines and ending here-the last
ditch. | am post quartermaster, com
missary. and few other things OF
lesser importance, but not negligible,
Nv wife is i'll; | am cooking three
meals a day with my own hands;
cant afford to hire a cook, as they
are $40 a month here, which is nearly
a third of my own salary. Painters
and plasterers get five and six dollars
day for eight hours work. Does
the richest nation under the sun ex
pect an officer of the army to do his
own cooking and housework? Can
he do it and attend to his various of
fetal duties? | can't, even by work
ing 16 hours a day instead Of eight
Now, what is a man to do? Hire q
cook. live a little less like a tramp
and let his notes go to protest, or do
his own cooking and let his duties suf
fer? Maybe | should resign my com.
mission and look for job Of painting
and plastering, but | will not. There
are plenty Of other officers, too, who
are in just as bad circumstances as l
am,"-Army and Navy Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22

Il believe | would rather be down
right ugly than have a face that re.
minds every Tom, Dick and Harry OF
some one he knows or has known
said a Comely southern girl to her
companion across the tea table. only
yesterday ! had a most embarrassing
experience, and it isn't the first I've
had because | look like some one
else she went on. Il got into a sub.
way train at the Grand Central station
and tooka cross seat opposite a womaA.
She looked at me and started percep.
tibly; then she leaned closer to me
and looked squarely in my face and
her own turned very pale. Suddenly
she put her muff TO her eyes and
sobbed until the tears rolled down
over her coat. was so uncomfortable
and at such a loss what 70 do that |
got UP at the nearest station and
waited for another train | suppose
| was the image of some lost daughter
or sister. New York Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
"PRANkS" PLAYED IN YOUTH.
Children Of Other Days Were Not as
Good as Supposed,

Don't do as | do; do as | say to
do, is the advice which nearly all
parents could give to their children
for. verify, the pranks OF father and
mother in the telling sound very much
worse than anything OF which the mod
ern child Is capable.
Here are a few stories which GER
tain well known doctor tells to his
very dignfied little daughter-who by
the way, listens in establishment, dis,
approves entirely, but recounts to her
friends with a Disappearing pride. II
such a thing is possible, in the whole
affair
We certainly must have been rath-
er bad children, my sister and t.
prefaced the gentleman the other day
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
Pasteurize the Milk.

Nathan Straus sends a message to
American mothers to tie effect that
raw milk is not good for children. the
scientific men of the world having
agreed upon the fact. Milk should be
pasteurized and the mother can do this
herself in her own kitchen. The in
ternational congress at Brussels
warned against raw milk, because of
the danger from tuberculosis. 1t is
not the poor alone who need instruc.
ton upon the subject. as many of the
babies Of the rich suffer from the eff
tects OF raw milk, but Americans are
said 70 know more on the subject than
people OF other countries.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
ETIQUETTE IN CHINA
Ones Own Possessions Always Re'
ferred to in Derogatory Terms.

The mandarin shocked me, said
The missionary, the first time dlheo
with him, by referring to his VIE as
his good-for-nothing marital mistake!
But, | interposed, it is said that
your lady is brilliant beautiful ana
kind
He smiled awkwardly and changed
the subject. However, with the course
of bamboo sprouts he mentioned MS
wife again, calling her this time MS
stupid hand.the-clothes.
Il am sorry your marriage is an
unhappy one, said l.
with an embarrassed air he began
to discourse on the high-blhders'
Every now and then. though, his
wife's name came up, and he called
her in quick succession his thorn IN
the flesh, his punishment for youthiul
sin his 'hideous and lunatc spouse
and his vile one of the inner room.
Il spoke up impatiently.
"Be more careful l said, regard
ing the lady. There are two sides TO
every story, and | must tell you ina,
your unmanly abuse inclines me very
favorably towards your poor wife
He threw down his chop-sticks i'm
patiently, scattering sharks fin ana
soy over the table.
Don't you understand, he cried
that all this is etiquette. pure Ell
duette? The Chinese host by the laws
of etiquette must speak Of his own
possessions as unworthy and vile
even of his wife he must speak SO,
though she be full moon for beauty
and a Chang XVI, or sacred COW, LOT
wisdom. have no fault to find with
my wife. quite to the contrary; only
deride her in order to show proper
Chinese courtesy to you. And now,
beg, don't interrupt again
The missionary smiled ruefully.
1T was a bad break for me to
make" he said The man was
powerful mandarin. But 1t is truly
most shocking, at the beginning. to
hear these men abuse their women
folk"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22

ia telling Of those "prauks' played in
his youth II remember on one occa-
sion We broke NJ a dinner party by
sending plate warmer Changing down
the steps. Another time We succeed
ed in ripping open every feather pill.
low in the house ana playing snow
storm with the feathers before any.
body caught us | stood at the top
ot the stairs and showered down the
feathers while the other children held
umbrellas over themselves down
below
But the best thing We ever dill
was when my sister and decided We
wanted 20 collect some money | got
an organ and she took n plate and we
went out 10 collect the shekels We
must have found the job very pleas
ant. because We got out into the sub
urbs, and then somebody recognized
the crest on the plate my sister was
carrying and took Is home Thea
there Was the time"
And Judging hy all the stories told
these children 81 some years ago we-e
by 10 means good as gold. vaa Al.
WAYS ala as they were told. and
nothing else
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
May Have Sent Children Away.

Some few Brocktonites believe that
because The air had been fun Of
rumors regarding unhappiness in the
Ball home she really did arrange 10
have some one come With a red auto.
mobile and take her children where
they might be cared for
But such reasoning does not satisfy
TIE majority of those who have
worked on the case The majority
believe that the woman, in horror at
the malady which was slowly creep
ing upon her, took her children to
some lonely spot and killed them,
then with the cunning OF the madwom-
an, hid them beyond all finding Per,
haps the torn hands came from dig
ging In the halffrozen ground that she
might hide the silent little forms.
Perhaps the scratches on her throat
came not from her own fingers but
from the tiny hands fighting for their
lives. And who shall say at what in
slant reason was dethroned, or what
act OF her own or another swept like
brain and left it a blank?
Perhaps Mrs. Ball knows today
where the children are, and, with
demoniac cunning, refuses to let the
father claim his own flesh and blood
Perhaps, II she would, she could lead
the searching parties to the very spot
where the silent forms are buried
Perhaps her mind was never a blank
But history, medical and otherwise
gives her the benefit Of the doubt,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
Resembles Famous Stories.

Who does not recall Julian Haw
thorne's great story, Archibald Nal.
mason." whose hero. from brain
shock, reverted every seven years to
the mental state of seven years be.
fore, recalling in mnutest detail every.
thing that had happened when this pc.
Cular psychological and mental par.
oxysm had overtaken him? And poor
Archibald, when he was 2S, remem.
bered that on the night when he was
- he had hidden his bride Of an hour
in a dungeon, where none of the merry
wedding guests might find her, while
he went to bring her wine and cake
from the wedding feast And as he
went down the winding stairs the
hand OF time had touched him, setting
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
The Only Oiqestible Kind

\ young man who is striving for 20.
liiical honors and who, therefore
feels called upon to do considerable
public talking, was recently waited
upon by delegation OF men resid,ny
in one Of the poorer regions OF his
district
lie vas greatly pleased when their
spokesman requested p speech from,
him az an early date.
What Kind ~ speech?" he asked
An atter-dinner speech, replied a
waE in a shabby Youths Com.
paniou
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
Shock NAY Restore Reason

Her prcsen, condition In uow,se 70
semhlcs her former unfortunate state
Then she was violent aud noisy Now
her mind is simply a blank And pr
Goss superintendent ~ tho ASYLUM
Nho has been studying her case. be
)teNrs that unless her brain receives
some terrible snuvk her memory will
never b. restored Tier r,,,ollectlons
" What happened between the time
she took her children under the she!
ter " her cloak aud ,rason resumed
It's SWAY III ward % the as, lum vii
be aroused oUh D, a shock as rrea,
As the one which robbed her IN "a
sou
Nni Nhas shock VAS ma
This S she question which is ba1.
eng physicians detectives ana rsls.
tt,,s e the uuhapp, amN
INA Mrs VaU aealeata,ls ~, her
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22

house on fire, and then, in a spacm Of
terror, race away with her children
from the results OF her carelessness?
And If so, at what psychological
moment was her reason destroyed
at sight OF the flames, or when she
found herself alone in the woods with
her children?
Or did she feel the approaching re-
turn of the dreaded malady. and fear
ing for the future Of her children with.
out her care and oversight, spirit them
away? And if So where did she
leave them?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
Woods Thoroughly Searched,

'OSuh 'hOfouDhlJ Sca Ilicu'
Every inch Of the frozen woods
into which the woman and her chill.
drcn had disappeared was raked over
The Avon reservoir. beyond the woods
was dragged Farmers all around
lrockton neglected their affairs in
their frantic efforts 90 unCarth the
bodies OF the two little ones The pc.
lice matrnn OF BrOCkton was sent 10
th" asylum at Taunton In the hope
that talking. woman TO woman, she
might obtain some clcw from the de-
montcd mother. Hut she came homo
with word that her attempt had failed.
Mrs. Balls mind was a blank.
Then came day when some chill
drcn playing In the woods near the
suburb OF lIolhrook. Ave miles from
the Bah home, came upon some juye.
nile raimcnt--a boys blouse, two
union suits and "A little girls under
skirt These were partially but not
completely identified by the distract
ed father, for manltko. he was not up
ON the details of the family wardrobe.
Mud then. while searching parties
rhkcd and scrapcd the woodland In
which these garments had been found.
the father received word that his wife
seemed To be quite rational again
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
HAS NEVER FAILED
BREAKFAST FOOD TEST FOR AN
ENGLiSHMAN.
Try This and Be Convinced nat
There's Nothing Better to Spring
on Briton, Masculine
or Feminine.

Young American woman who has
recently married a British husband
was holding forth one day to group
Of friends on the subject Of interna-
tiOnal marriage.
Il do love to read all the bosh that 5
written in the papers about II, she
said, they paint dark pictures OF the
foreign vulture about to descend on
the American dove, etc, etc, and dis
course learnedly on the causes OF
failure OF most Of these marriages, ana
it's really the simplest thing IN the
world-yOu' We got to use dlscernmehl'
that's all. There are various tests that
can be applied to men of different
nations. but I'm convinced that there
nothing better to spring on brlton,
masculine or feminine, than the break
fast-food test.
II wasn't on to it when married, and
it was Algy's sister who unconsclousiy
gave me the tip. She came over 10
make us a visit, and own that shook
in my boots. She's older than Algy.
you know, by a good deal, and mad
desperate feeling that she dlSap-
proved Of everything American, par
ticularly myself Algy worked over
time to persuade me TO the contrary,
but | was used TO our talky-taiky
women and quite failed to grasp that
her apparent aloofness might be due
to nothing but shyne5s.
so when she asked to be shown
my kitchen ! quaked. | bravely rose
to the occasion, however, and led her
thither. She frowned a bit at the ice
box and said meat safe would De
! far less extravagant at this time OF
year-she shifted openly at my gas
| range which she was certain was
| smelly'-but her face was picture
when her eye fell on the cupboard
shelf where the breakfast foods live.
She first asked what they were, ana
volubly explained the different sorts
from sand and shavings through pull
verified whiskbrooms.
But surely you don't eat them?
she inquired.
Surely we do l returned val
iantly
She gave a sort of grunt, then
looked from the box she was holding
Does Algernon eat them" she
asked in a how have.the mighty-fallen
sort OF tone.
He eats oatmeal | explained and
It was funny to see how relieved she
looked for she had been distressed to
death to see him drink coffee at break I
fast in place of the revered and tradi- |
tional tea. and | suppose she feared
that he was becoming fundamentally |
'Amurrican. But all she said was:
"'AOw, porridge?
Then sudden thought occurred to |
me-Id get her to taste one of those |
breakfast foods. She was holding a
box OF Crispy sweet sort Of things not
unlike popcorn.
Taste It, Amy | urged; II doesn't |
have TO be cooked, you know, and it's
rather fun to eat II right out Of the |
box
She looked darkly suspicious, then
drew out few flakes. holding them as T
If they were slumbering hornets with .
potential sting. But | 'sicked' her on I
and eventually she made the leap. | I
waited anXiously, and the suspicious I
expression slowly left her face. making .
room for one of rather pleased sur I
rriSp
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22

came from all over New England to
Join In the search The Brockton En-.
tcrprise offered reward of 800 for
the recovery of the children. dead or
alive Brockton citizens raised $500
more. and more detectives. profes
sional and amateur, nocked TO the
scene
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
F ormalittcs.

No intelligent person pays any az,
'enion 70 ghosts, said the dogmatic
person
Perhaps not answered Miss ca.
enne, unless the ghost has ceen able
to secure an introduction from GONE
.sychlc research society"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
In Husbands Merorv

Mrs Custer has bought l6 lots In
Broxyille, and to perpetuate .he mem,
DRY OF her husband, Gen. Gus 'er. will
build a large memorial home. Aged
literary women will be admitted intd
II, and 1t will no doubt be very beaus
urul place, as It is pleasantly situated
many artists and literary persons
nov residing near the proposed site.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
Instinct Led Woman = Jr,e

Two uteh,s later. on Thursday. Ne
cemher s, Mrs Hall STAGGERED into the
home OF Mrs RaNtcr Nho Nyyd 81.
rcctly opposite the Rail homo in
Brcckton The liaNters were terrincd
by the figure which stumbled across
their threshold Her clothes we're in
disorder Her fingers were ErimN and
torn as though she had been disg,us
I'm the frozen earth. Across nor
throat were great bloody scratches
All reason had fed Her eyes were
wild. her speech incoheront
The next morning a raNing maniac
Mary Fall was taken to the ASYLUM
for the insane at Taunton Mass
But where were the children
The distracted father asked Il Thr
excited neighbors echoed his question
The county officials considered y
thar duty 10 find out Detectives
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-22

Prockton. Mass II opened my
cloak and took the children under It,.
one on each side From that time til
| woke up everything is "A blank.
twenty-five trembling words, spoh
on by "A dsheycicd. shaking woman.
yet behind them lics the tragedy Of
n wrecked home. the remarkable dis
appearance OF two human beings as If
the ground had opened 10 swallow
them, and mystery which has bat
fed the kecncst detective minds Of
New England
\ mother calling at the sChooihousc
door for her boy and girl, three tlg
urcs disappearing into the woods, a
great storm cloak nung open 10 shelter
two small forms-a blank of - hours,
aud then dishcvolcd, qulycring
mo,hcrform being hurried TO m in.
sane asylum
What happened during that period
" mental death
And whore are the children
On Monday. December .. soon after
nine o'clock, Mrs. Mary X {. RalL
wife Of John Ball, left her home at
% ilulbrook avenue. and walked hur
ricd'y to the Winthrop school whore
her children were engaged In their
studies Mary Grace bali aged nine,
and Thomas Tall. aged srycn, wcr. cS.
cuacd 10y their teachers at the request
Of their mother, who was apparently
qui composed and natural in her
bearing They put ON their warm
coats and iolueG and mIttcns and trot.
ted down the gChoolyard path, one on
either side ct the tail. cloakvd figure