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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

With the modern skyscraping 3D.
flee building has come a new form OF
building scaffold from below. which 10
impossible in the case of buildings
ranging from ten to fifty stories, plat
forms are suspended from the steel
girders above. On these swinging
platforms the bricklayers wofk and
the scaffold is raised as the work pro
crosses.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
FOREIGN STUDY.

Washington. Jan. 2.-Foreign study
for the officers of the army, native in
structors in the languages and a con-
tinuation of the annual war games,
are the principal points Of the report
Of the commandant and instructors of
the School of the Line. the Signal
School, and the Staff College for the
year in the three army service schools
at Fort Leavenworth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
Politely Put.

Politely Put.
The manager Of Q fashionable hotel
received complaints from several of
his best patrons that the occupant Of
a certain room on their door kept them
awake nights with his incessant and
night piercing snoring. The next day
the manager sought out the objection.
able snorer. who happened to be q
singer Of foreign renotTn. and ac-
Quainted him with the situation.
'Svat! I snore night? exclaimed the
artist. bristling at this accusation. dc
you know who I am? I am Spitzler.
the great German bassov'
"Well. then" rejoined the hotel man
ager. kindly refrain from SINGING
nights.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
OPEN HOUSE FOR
MEMBERS ONLY
Entire Nous, EIks and Eagles
Celebrate.

Open house to members only was
held yesterday by three secret orders
and clubs. including the Entire Nous.
the Elks and the Eagles. The Eagles
and Entire Nous had specially ar
ranged programs and had much
amusement. Banquets were served In
each instance, with the exception OF
the Elks where but light luncheon
was served.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
Statewide Prohibition Effect
i've in North Carolina,
Mississippi, Alabama.
LOUISIANA HAS NEW LAW
REGULATION OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC
BECAME EFFECTIVE IN THAT
STATE YESTER DAY kE NJ
lucky WANTS OPTION.

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 2.-State-wide pro-
hibition laws went into effect yester-
day in three Southern states-North
Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama
Georgia is the only other state where
in statutory prohibition exists, the law
having been in operation one year.
A new law which seeks to regulate
the LIQUOR traffic in Louisiana became
effective yesterday, and although the
law Is not SO sweeping in its terms as
a statewide measure. Prohibitionists
contend that if it is strictly enforced
it will drive the saloons out of the re-
naming saloon strongholds. Having
won their statewide fights in four
states. the anti-saloon forces have
greatly enlarged the Souths dry
area, and they are now lining up for
early campaigns in several other
states.
Saloons Restricted to Cities.
In those states now listed as "wet,"
the anti-saloon forces by persistent
work at the polls have restricted the
sale of liquor to small territory,
mainly in the larger cities and in
these it is expected a vigorous attack
will be made. .#..
The Prohibitionists contend they
will be able to pass statewide bill
before the Tennessee Legislature,
which meets this month. In other
states, notably Texas and Arkansas,
the voters probably will be called upon
this summer to vote upon constitu-
tional amendment for prohibition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
Miss Harriet S. Hayward, Of Brock.

Miss Harriet S. Hayward. Of Brock
ton. Mass, is the first woman to be
elected by county in Massachusetts,
to preside at county teachers asso-
citation. She is the primary supervis-
Plymouth County teachers Associa-
ton. over which she was selected to
preside, is one of the largest In the
State. The meeting is said to have
been the best ever held.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
THE LIGHT,

/.
A tender child OF summers three. seek
ing her bed at night.
Paused on the dark stair timidly, "Oh.
mother. take my hand" said she.
And then the dark will be all light"
We older children grope our way from
dark behind to dark before.
And only when our hands We lay. dear
Lord, in thine the night 10 day
And there Is darkness nevermore
Reach downward to tho sunless days
wherein our guides are blind as We
And faith is small and hope delays. take
thou the hands OF prayer We raise.
And let US feel the light of thee!
Whittier.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
The Poor CannihaI.

The Poor cannibaI.
A man once went to the circus. Near
the main entrance to the circus there
was q side show, and vast and bril-
liant oil painting portrayed In all its
horrors q cannibal feast-eorpses cook
Ing over fires. nude natives sQuatted
in 4 circle. holding to their mouths
grilled foreaTms. hands and such Hike
delicAcies. A genuine c4nnibal the
poster said. was to be seen within.
Paying dime, the man entered. The
cannfbal, very lightly clad, sat with
crossed legs on q divan, languidly toy
ing with spear. His teeth were nlea
The visitor was 4 man Of markedly
religious temperament. and he gased
ut the cannibal with horror
rs this really q cannibal?" he asked
the Snowman.
'sYou BET he isr' the Snowman an
swered- do you know bow be was
captured? That great living curiosity
vas captured. sir, In the oct Of boiling
N aeed Baptist Minister over slow
nre~
TAsn csr-e<t hiynr theyiaatwG1ad-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

There are now 667 women students
In the University of Glasgow. This
Is said to be the largest number on re-
cord. Queen Margaret College is the
women's hall, which is presided over
by Miss Galloway. IL. D., and Miss
Janet Spens, NJ. A.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
THE SCRAP BOOK

.'Oh, my friend. why don't you con-
vert him.
The Snowman made q gesture Of dis
gust.
Convert him:" he said. do you
think the public would pay q dime .
head to see Christian"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
Maintained HE Point.

Roger Minot Sherman while arguing
q celebrated case said that his oppo
than he could cut a hair lengthwise.
While he was still talking the oppo
nent, who happened to have q very
sharp knife. pulled 4 hair from bis
beard and split It. As he held 1t up the
court began to laugh. and Mr.. Sher
man quickly called out. II said q hair
sir; not bristle."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

South Dakota Is congratulating her.
self on the greatest gold year in her
history. The report or the State mine
inspector, filed with the Governor,
shows tho States gold production for
the last year to have been 1850. 900.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
His Reformation.

His Reformation.
He was rather given to late hours,
ami his wife reconstructed with him,
SO he promised her faithfully that he
would reform. 1t would have been all
right il his friends had not heard of it.
$50 John H. has reformed. has he!
Humph, we'll see.' They saw" him
in procession. First he met one old
chum. then another, and it never dawn
ed upon him that is was a conspiracy.
The first night that John II. reached
home after he had made that promise
to his wife it was very late. or, rather.
it was very early. In fact, 1t was early
morning. He took on his boots, man.
aged to hang his hat up and walked
softly into the room where his wife
slumbered. So far all was good. He
Invested himself of his coat. and just
as he was hanging it on the gas bracket
his wife woke up.
"Why, john she exclaimed. what
on earth are you getting up 30 early
for?"
This was a poser. but John was
equal to the occasion.
That's all right" he said. "You
know I've reformed. Mary. an there's
lots Of people I've got to see early in
the mornin'."
And he deliberately put on his coat
and boots. found his hat and went out
again. while Mrs. II. turned over, with
fiendish chuckle, and went to sleep
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

Love.
Think what It is not to hate any
thing but sin, to be full OF love to
every creature. to be angered ut moth
ing. to be sure that all things win turn
to good, not to mind pain because 1t II
our Fathers will. to know that moth
ing-no. not If the earth was to be
burnt up or the waters come and
drown us-nothing could part Us from
God, who loves us and who oils our
souls with peace and JOY. because we
ara sure that whatever he Wills II
holy, just and good.-George Eliot.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

Mrs. Margaret Zane Wicher was
chosen county clerk in Salt Lake
county, Utah, this year on the Repub.
lican ticket
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
MASONIC CALENDAR.

saturday, Jan. - Loyal Chapter.
Sn 4o. q. E. 8. Stated meeting
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

A Reference.
A firm Of shady outside I,ondor bro
kers was prosecuted for swindlng. In
acQuitting them the court, with great
severity, said:
There Is not sufficient evidence to
convict you. but II any one wishes to
know my opinion Of you 1 hope they
will refer to me"
Next day the firms advertisement ap-
peared in every available medium with
the following. well displayed: Refer
ence as to probity. by special permits
sion, the lord chier justice Of England
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

The snail's teeth are on its tongue
and there are thousands o( theuA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

Progress.
Let Us, then, be OF good cheer. From
the great law OF progress we may de-
rive at once our duties and our en-
couragements. Humanity has ever
advanced. urged by the instincts and
necessities implanted by God, thwart.
ed sometimes by obstacles which have
caused 1t for 4 time-a moment only
in the immepsity Of ages-to deviate
from its true lines or to seem to re
treat, but still ever onward.-Charies
Sumner.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
He Failed to Pass.


General Benjamin F. Butler was one
of a commission to examine young ap-
plicants for admission to the bar, and
before him came a youth who failed
miserably on all that pertained to jur-
isprudence. case law. civil law. sump-
tuary law. unwritten law and due
process of law. Finally Butler. who
rather liked the chap and wanted to
see him through, asked: What would
you like to be examined in? You have
failed in everything we have sug-
gested."
The reply came. "Try me on the
statutes. I'm up on them"
Butler shook his head solemnly.
"My young friend" he said. Tin
afraid you won't do. You may be ever
SO familiar with the statutes, but what
is to prevent fool legislature from
repeating all you known"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

HE Clever Scheme.
The man with the large head and the
protruding eyebrows stepped into the
cigar emporium.
"Give me the poorest cigar you've
got"
Five or ten center?" queried the man
behind the showcase.
81 don't know whether you're going
to give me a FIVE or ten center. I'm
going to give you dime. Remember.
now, the poorest cigar In the place"
The clerk handed out q box, and the
customer selected one, calmly lighted
it and pulled curiously. Then he left.
with an air of supreme satisfaction.
"Ah. this tastes goodr' he muttered
on the outside. II knew my little
scheme would work. The fellow gave
me the best cigar he had in the store"
The cigar dispenser on the inside 90
liloQuized:
81 just took that old codger ut his
word. handed him a box OF three
for a nickel."-Lippincott's
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
Dumas' Quick Wit.

Dumas' Quick Wit.
Dumas found a man asleep in the
Theatre Francois during the playing
Of a piece written by his friend Sou
met. "You see that?" said he. That's
your work."
Next evening a Dumas comedy was
put on. The two friends looked In
again and found q sleeper.
"You see, dear Dumas" said Sou
met, "your works can produce sleep"
do you refer to that man replied
Dumas. "Why, that's the man who
was there last night. He's not awake
YETI
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02

A Market For Cores.
The garden of the new house Of the
Rev. Mr.. Brown backed against the
play yard Of an orphan asylum. Eight
year-old Johnny Brown was allowed
to scale the fence and play with the
orphans. Presently Mrs. Brown no.
ticed that her apple supply was drop
ping low. She asked Master Johnny
II he were not eating a good many ap-
pies for a small boy.
eyes, mother" he replied. II got to"
"Oh, indeed" Queried Mrs. Brown.
"Are you quite sure?'
'Oh, yes, mother; they're needed!
lust got to eat all can stuff down."
But why, my dear?
Because" said Johnny earnestly,
''the orphans need the cores"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
Alton-Moseley

The Misses Aggie and Essie Condor
visited Mrs. Lott of Keene who is very
sick. on Saturday.
Five buyers are hustling the apple
buying business at Moseley.
Potato digging has commenced with
fairly good yield and very good
quality.
James Ladners huckleberry marsh
burned over last season and now he
has it cleared up like garden.
Bert Rowland lost fine horse last
Saturday.
Ben Donovan is cementing his stable
floors.
Mrs. A. S. Holmes and Miss Mile
Written dined at S. ID. Norman's Sun
day,
The winter apple crop is turning
out good this fall wherever the trees
have been sprayed.
The Vergennes postoffice has been
discontinued, the mails being taken up
by the carrier on r. F. ID. 80. The
catch pouch service has been stopped
and Postmaster f. l.. Keech will move
his store to Moseley.
Tuesday, October IL, brought in the
first snow storm of the season. 1t will
ripen the green potato vines and hustle
apple gathering. 1t will take quite a
freeze TO hurt the ungathered apples.
About 80 Of the friends and neighbors
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin futile of Bost-
Lake dropped in on them recently with
well filled baskets to remind them of
their 35th wedding anniversary. Sew
eral very nice presents were left them
as souvenirs of the occasion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
Mrs. Lawrence Allen has the

Mrs. Lawrence Allen has the
IheaSles.
Mrs. Ella Smith left Saturday for
an extended visit with her son Walter,
in Grand Rapids.
Mrs. j. Reutsegger went to Ann
Arbor Monday for medical treatment.
Mrs. VIM. Campbell is in very poor
health. Mrs. Carrie Scott is caring
for her.
Mrs. Allie Knee lost her purse con-
tanning eighty cents, bill book and
"A yard of red ribbon, on her way home
from Saranac last Friday, October s.
She would be pleased TO have it re-
turned by the finder.
Helen Stall and gentleman friend,
from Grand Rapids, and Hiram Ray
nor and wife, of Lowell, were Sunday
guests of G.. Stall.
The snowfall of Tuesday made us
think of winter. Such an early snow
has not been known for fifteen years.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
Smoky Row

Mrs. Ben Baker and George Fetch
and wife, Of Carson City, spent last
week Wednesday and Thursday at
Oak Lawn.
Whew! Did you see de wedder
Tuesday morning? De PEBBLES on
Smoky Row vas SO disgustet midi
heem dat dey do nottings most all
day.
Mrs. VIM. Brown, of California, has
been visiting her niece, Mrs. Morris
Kinds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Phillips enter
tanned their son Charles and wife, from
Ionia, Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Phillips and daughter
Gertrude, of Belding, spent Sunday at
Camp Comfort, the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Phillips.
Sunday visitors at Fred Spencer's
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Loomis, of Smy-
rna, and Albert Russell, of Ionia.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Wise are visiting
friends in Owosso.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. b. Wise are staying
for few days at Glover Nook.
Mrs. Cole, of Smyrna, and Mrs. Mil
lard, of Bedding, called on Mrs. j. Wise
last week Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Cowles and Mr..
and Mrs. George Felch, of Carson
City, visited Chas. Durnon and wife
last Friday.
Bert Mooney and Miss Bessie Con-
nell, of Lansing, spent Sunday at the
home of Edd Hotchkiss.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
Sunnyside

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Skellenger were
in Smyrna last Sunday, calling on old
time friends.
News has been received that "Duke"
Joslin, of Missouri, former resident
of Smyrna, has had third stroke of
paralysis, and is very low as result.
Henry Skellenger threshed out 100
bushels of buckwheat from his farm
last week.
Three old friends met at the home
of Mrs. Will Spicer, Wednesday, Oc-
tober 6, and had very delightful
visit. They were Mrs. Almira Bick-
ford, of Alto, Mrs. Jas. Snyder, of
Bartonville, and Mrs. Henry Skel-
lenger, of Sunnyside. They spent the
day there, and were together for the
first time in 80 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler Case were
guests at Sunnyside Monday night.
Games, peaches and watermelons made
them forget the stormy evening out
side.
Hank Warner has threshed his buck
wheat, but none of us can find out
how much he had.
Rumor in this neighborhood has IL
that John Balm is TO be married Thurs
day evening TO an estimable lady of
Greenville. Joy go with 'em.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
Oakfield
Mrs. Matte Davis of Aberdeen, w ash,
is visiting friends in this vicinity.

Mrs. Matte Davis of Aberdeen, w ash,
is visiting friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. w. S. Lambertson of Bedding
and Charles Peterson of Rhinelander,
Wis, remained a week with their
mother after the funeral of their father,
j. Il. Peterson.
Miss Louise Vanderpool and sister of
Grand Rapids have been calling on old
friends and neighbors the past week.
Mrs. Edney Baxter of Grand Rapids
and Mrs. NJ. Bullen of Los Angeles,
Cal, are visiting at George McArthur's.
Mrs. Robert Olmstead had the mis-
fortune to slip and sprain her ankle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Bowman enter
tanned the following company to din
ner Sunday: Frank Bowman and
wife, d. o. Bowman and wife, Mrs. NJ.
Davis OF Aberdeen, Wash, and Miss
Anna Bowman.
Ward Partridge, who has been in
Ann Arbor for treatment for several
months, came home last Thursday
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
It's a I OPP Notch Doer

Great deeds compel regard. The
world crowns its doors. That's why
the American people crowned DR..
Kings New Discovery the King of
Throat and Lung trouble remedies.
Every atom is health force. 1t kills
germs, and colds and lagrippe vanish.
1t heals cough-racked membranes and
coughing stops. Sore, inflamed bron-
chial tubes and lungs are cured and
hemorrhages cease. DR.. Geo. More,
Black Jack, n. c., writes: at cured
me of lung trouble, pronounced hope
less by all Doctors" soc, 81. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by Council
Bros.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
Grattan
Too late for last week.

Banner town for apple evaporators-
six here now.
w. j. Lessiter has sold his apple or
chard to Elmer Storey, also two loads
of hogs in Rockford Oct. 2.
Miss Bernice Matice was the happy
recipient recently of fine gold watch
from All uncle who had been west.
Our once recreant school is getting
back its good name under the tutorship
of Miss Eveline Mccormick.
While Bedding claims Mr.. and Mrs.
j. l. Weeks, they still own their farm
here and attended Venus Chapter Oct.
2, remaining over night at the rural
home.
Grattan was greatly shocked to learn
of the sudden death of John Peterson
Oct. 3. He was good man i'm every
place. "Loved God and mankind"
will be his epitaph in the hearts of his
hosts of friends.
The Union school closes Oct. 8 for a
two weeks vacation. Other schools
will close for potato digging.
The Rev. Albert Elliott was taken
very i'll while attending the late con-
ference at Grand Rapids, going to the
Butterworth hospital, where an opera
ton was performed for a growth in the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS
Bedding People Should Know How to
Read and Heed Them

Sick kidneys give many signals OF
distress.
The secretions are dark, contain a
sediment.
Passages are frequent, scanty, pain
full.
Backache is constant day and night.
Headaches and dizzy spells are FREE
quent.
The weakened kidneys need quick
help.
Don't delay! Use a special kidney
remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys, backache and urinary disorders.
Belding evidence proves this state
ment.
Mrs. John Sayles, +. Congress street,
Bedding, Mich, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured from Connell Bros
drug store, have been used in my fam
lily with great benefit. In November,
1906, publicly recommended this rem
edy and now | gladly allow the con-
tinued use of my testimonial"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States. Re
member the name-Doan's-and take
no other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14

Winter came in with her winding
sheet of snow, October II.
Born, October 2, to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cram, daughter.
Mrs. Lizzie Hawkins, who lost her
husband few months ago, has come
to remain with her feeble mother, Mrs.
Jane Casner.
John Jakeway let the digging Of
twenty acres of potatoes to Henry
Slayton for 800.
1t is reported that John Emmons is
running his apple-dryer, making six
in town. Apple orchards are yielding
much more than was expected, and
the fruit is mostly very fine quality.
A good number of farmers have sold
their apples TO Elmer Storey by the
hundredweight picked and drawn TO
Moseley, the shipping point.
Donald Rowland is the latest TO re-
ceive postcard shower OH his TWEEN
tieth birthday. Cards came both on
Saturday and Monday, as Sunday was
the anniversary of his birth.
Mr.. Beckwith, of Bedding, is paint
ing and papering at Plat Rowland's
this week.
Miss Ruth Norton reached ''sweet
sixteen" October 9, and had re-
membrance party in Lessiter's hall
with her young friends. Mrs. Marian
Joyce, of Chicago, was the musician,
a long known player of our town.
Mrs. M. A. Lessiter was made happy
October g by a visit from Mrs. Amasa
Hull, an old school friend and Mrs.
Frank Loomis, whose acquaintance
began few years ago, both from
Smyrna, old time headquarters for
future schoolma' ans. "reminiscences
of those days "when we we're young y
were freely recalled.
Miss Vera Macarthur was given a
happy surprise October 8, the twenty
first anniversary Of her birth. A
"Knight," tried and true, was dis
patched to bring his "lady faire" TO
the home Of her brother Ray, where
housefull of young friends were as
sembled to welcome her. Tables were
set and bountiful luncheon served.
!Grattan mourns with Oak field the
sudden passing OF pioneer John Peter
son. AT the funeral services October
8, Rev. A. III. Sturgis spoke comfort
ing words to the bereaved ones on the
inevitable decree Of parting here, but
with the same assurance of reunion
hereafter to the bereaved ones. 1t is
happy thought that his only son
and daughter were home to pass the
last day with him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-14
West Orleans

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cusser of Beld-
ing spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Purdy of Green
vile spent Sunday at j. M. York's.
Mrs. Thomas Thornton of Manton is
visiting her nephew, Harris Bolster, for
a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Traynor spent Sun
day with their sister in Grattan.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Spencer died Sunday night. The fun
eral was held from the house, Tuesday.