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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-29
Our Languages.

What lot Of languages we talk,
even IL we talk only English I was
assailed by a man across the luncheon
table with language about a Cup
tie final. and confessed that It was
quite unintelligible. Then another
man talked about golf, which is an.
other language. And then the won.
ans language elbows these columns.
The Countess - wore a seagreen
white marabout stole, and black tai.
feta bow garnished her huge hat OF
burnt Tagel straw" 1t IL fine exam.
pie of women's slang. But to the man
1t means nothing-but expense.-Lon-
don Outlook.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-29
Short Hems of Interest Re
Lating to the Tosvn and It's
People. told IN a Single
Paragraph.
Local ~
Brevities.

Mrs. Cnas Bear left Tuesday for an
extended visit at Weidman.
Miss Laura Crawford left Monday for
an extended visit at Vickeryville.
Mrs. Geo. Foster and son went TO
Cd. Rapids, Monday on buiness trip.
Miss Mildred Ellis has returned from
visit with her cousin, Miss Fern
Howe of Ronald.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bacon returned to
Ionia, Monday, after few days visit
with Bedding friends.
The Ladies Missionary Society will
meet at the home of Mrs. +. b. Lap
ham Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Forstner went
TO Ionia, Monday for few days visit
with relatives and friends
Miss Louise Bonner, daughter of
VIM. Bonner, who has been an invalid
for several years, died Monday.
John Dehn has returned from his
western trip having taken in Seattle
and whole lot of other places.
The Misses Lottie Staten and Ruth
Delano of AuGress arrived here Monday
TO except positions in the silk mill.
l.. +. Green and family have return
ed from their summer vacation. Mrs.
Green and children have been visiting
in Alpena.
Alfred Moore and wife are moving
TO Greenville this week where he is
engaged TO work for the Plow and I'M
plement Co.
Byron Ellis, who went To Enid, Ok
lahoma in May TO investigate bust
ness proposition, is returning across
country with touring car
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Freeman Craig
of La Porte, Ind, arrived Monday for
a visit of ten days at the home of Mrs.
Craig's father, Mr.. Adam Wagner.
Mrs. VIM. Hutchinson left Monday
for an extended western trip, going first
to Ogden and then To Baker City, Or
egon, to visit her sons Homer and
Walter.
On Thursday, August 3, is the day
set for the annual picnic of the East
Otisco Farmers club at Long Lake and
of course a big time is in store for those
who attend.
There were 80 i'm attendance at the
birthday party of Lewis Cartridge on
July "A. All enjoyed pleasant time
with games and music. A fine supper
was served and Mr.. Cartridge was pre-
sented number of fine birthday gifts.
A family reunion was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Foster
last Sunday at which there were pres
ent besides those at home, Mrs. Ray
Jacobs of Ionia, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Norman of Cannonsburg and Glen Eos
ter of Ludington.
a fine ll4 pound baby boy arrived at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hig-
gins about twelve o'clock last Sunday
morning, and notified them that he in
tended TO remain. Since the important
event, John has To stoop when passing
under the electric arches. He says its
a dandy and couldn't well be ANYTHING
else.
A subscription paper was circulated
in GAINESVILLE and was literally sub
scribed for the purpose of law enforce
ment in Ionia county. The paper had
been out but abort time in the
village only between $4,000 and 5000. 90
was subscribed. Probably 100000 or
more will be subscribed in Campbell
township alone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-29

Will Currie was i'm Cd. Haven Satur.
day on business.
Pearl McCabe went TO Blanchard,
Monday, for two weeks visit with
relatives.
Mrs. Jacob Kuhn went TO Greenville,
Tuesday, for few days visit with rela-
tives and friends
Mrs. l.. ID. MINIS and daughter,
Francis arrived Wednesday TO make
their home i'm Bedding.
Miss Beth Barnard returned recently
from a weeks visit with Miss Eva
Engle in Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Dora Hoofiing and Mrs. DEER,
of Alabama, arrived here Monday To
make their home in this city.
Mrs. Ruth Ellis enjoyed visit last
week from her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
+. ID. Lake of Fancher, n. Y.
Mrs. Phillip Rhodes of Six Lakes
was an over Sunday guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Joshua Fuller.
Mrs. f. ID. Lincoln left Tuesday for
New York on two weeks business
trip buying fall and winter goods.
Miss Haley Tissue returned to her
home in Grand Ledge, Tuesday, after a
short visit with her cousin, Mrs. Chas.
Darling.
Mrs. Mary Cannon left Monday for a
visit with her daughter, Mrs. George
Widdicomb in Grand Rapids until
September LIST.
Henry Patterson has purchased the
Gardner stock in Ionia, and went there
Tuesday to get it in shape for re-
moval TO this city.
George Newington, formerly ticket
agent at the Pere Marquette, who with
his wife has been visiting her parents
for some time past, left Monday for
Saginaw.
The Smyrna Sunday School will hold
picnic at Baldwin Lake, Aug. 3rd.
Teams will be furnished for the Sunday
School. Everybody however is invited
To attend
Mrs. Fred King returned to her home
at Hancock, on Monday, after five
weeks visit with Dan King and family
and other relatives in Bedding and vici-
nifty.
Mrs. Marietta O'Neal, of Muskegon,
Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief
of the l.. o. L. NJ. o. r. w. is i'm this
city this week in the interest of that
order
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Kern and little
daughter returned To their home at Bay
City, Monday, after two weeks visit
with the formers parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Riley Kern of Orleans township.
Peter Wac< has concluded not TO re-
build his barn this fall as he has no
crops now To require one but will wait
until spring. He had only 5000 insur-
ance, not enough TO cover third of his
loss.
Frank Pray, of Ionia, was in town
Friday visiting at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Geo. +. Curtis. He was ac-
companied by cousin from Ann Ar
Dor and they made the trip in little
Buick auto
Mrs. Abbie Williams and sons, Paul
and Martin, of Howell, were guests at
+. b. Lapham's last week. They left
for Benzonia Saturday for a several
weeks visit with her brother, who re-
sides on fruit farm.
Mrs. A. +. Weter returned last week
from Chicago where she had been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. A. l.. Pond sew
eral weeks. Elwood Weter who has
also been there will soon go to Haslett
Park for the summer.
Mrs. NJ X. Weter and Mrs. Edna
Wise left last Thursday for Haslett and
will occupy their cottage there for sew
eral weeks. &. NJ. Wise accompanied
them and remained over Sunday. Mrs.
A. +. Weter and Mr.. Elwood Weter
will also spend some time there.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
CONFESSIONS OF A CLOWN.
At Last, There is on Sale a Book
Brimful of American Humor.


Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has u out and comic lit
erature is scareer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guaran-
teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public a
volume of the great testers most
pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners.
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
illusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous lone Horse Show" was more
of a national character than Artemus
Ward. and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you postpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard street.
New York.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

There is absolutely nc truth in
the report printed recently in a num-
Der of American newspapers that st.
Pierre, Martinique, is being rebuilt"
said Chester w. Martin, of the Ameri-
can consular service, stationed at
L~fidgetown, Barbados, to the Wash
ington Herald.
Il visited St. Pierre not long ago."
said Mr.. Martin, "and the only houses
that 1 saw there were two houses
which were put up by the French
Government and are used by the gem
darmes. The French Government has
cleared up and excavated the scene of
d~esolation and laid bare the streets,
but there is no intention of rebuilding
so far as / am aware"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

extracted, what fish and fowl have
been embalmed, what animals died
in disease, and what fruit has had its
natural fermentation stopped by the
use of p-reservatives. 1t is, in fact, a
place to buy food where-one is not in
danger of ones life, or worse, ones
health, at every turn.
Let US perhaps build two churches
in III beautiful village, although that
may be n too many, but let there be
m opening the gate of heaven
through the intellectual door or un-
der the portal of the understanding
where reason reigns and science
proves; then a little further on let us
find another, bringing God on earth
through the aid of the emotions, with
the heart as the knower and the
senses trained to love. Let them both
be beautiful, but let us go first to one
and then the other till in the future
they unite.
Our community is made up of
homes, cheerful, normal, happy
homes, individual in expression. CO.
operate in management and lovely in
design, where the atmosphere is the
guiding element, where nothing is
held that gives more trouble than
worth, where harmony, health and
happiness leave net a crevice for hell
to peek through.
"And To- a little walk to the right,
and opposite the park we are led to
the village clubhouse, a fine pleasure
edifce equipped for all ages. 1t is a
place where play and gymnastics are
supervised, a place for games of all
sorts. with rooms for music, art,
dancing, etc., and for that foolish
frivolity without which society would
lose its charms.
MAY we keep our hand TO the
wheel, and helm to usher in the new
village home, If not in detail, at least
in essence home where one might
free the spirit by just living, where
doctors and lawyers are at the mini
mum in number and teachers at the
maximum, a place where only health
is known, and where the whole air
rings with life"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Russo Chinese Questions.

Pekin.-A meeting for the discus
sion of questions pending between
Russia and China has been arranged
between M. Korotovitz, Russian Min
lister to China, and the Russian Minis
tire of Finance, M. Kokovsoff. The
conference will take place at Hardin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
BUILDS IDEAL TOWN IN HER IMAGINATION.
FL Existed 'Twouid Be a (" Slightly Elevated Spot Somewhere IN New Jersey
Only One Church Needed, and Little For Lawyers and Doctors to
Do-Mrs. Pattison Tells Womens Civic Club about It,

Arlington, N.J.-Mrs. Mary Patti
son, president of the New Jersey
Women's Federated Clubs, has built
the ideal village-in her imagination.
But she is lure that If such a place ex-
listed in fact it would be "a slightly
elevated spot somewhere, of course,
in New Jersey"
This is how Mrs. Pattison pictured
the ideal village in a talk before the
member. of the Civic Club of Ar
lington:
Let us take an imaginary jour-
ney," she said, ito a slightly elevated
spot somewhere-of course in New
Jersey-and build an ideal village or
town. Let there be a clean, wide
sweep of greensward shaded with
trees and cut with winding roads, a
few hills and a cool, picturesque val
ley to one side, through which a clear,
happy rivulet curls it's way untainted
with sewerage and disease-carrying
insects and unspoiled by the dumps of
refuse usually deposited along such
banks. Let W. see there instead
grass, flowers and birds.
ION one of these hills near by we
find a roomy schoolhouse, than which
nothing better is known, where the
children are being educated in the
real things of life, in common sense,
and in industrial and organic matters,
with no danger of forced mentality.
Here we find usefulness with beauty
of method; as a result, horse or
coarse play and disrespect are I'M
known; individual and careful think
ing are encouraged, and appreciation
is developed. with charm of manner
and the cultivation of the healthiest
bodies.
I'm the centre of the town, near a
few choice shops and offices, we find
an airy and well built market, where
only the best and purest foods can be
bought. not necessarily Injuries, but
the substantial varieties that make
blood and muscle strong and of good
quality place where it is not suffi-
Client to simply label the contents of
packages, but where it is necessary to-
tell which beefsteak has had its juice
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
How He Kept His BED.

The Rev. Daniel Isaacs once alighs-
ed at an inn to stay the night. On
asking for a bed he was told he could
not have one, as there was to be a ball
that evening and all the beds were
engaged.
Eat what time does the ball break
up?" asked Mr.. Isaacs.
"About 8 In the morning, sir"
well, then, can I have a bed until
that timer" :
eyes, certainly; but If the bed is
asked for you will have to remove"
every WE'LL" replied Mr.. Isaacs
and away he went to get between the
sheets.
About 8 o'clock in the morning he
was awakened by loud knocking at
his chamber door.
what do you want?" he asked.
How many are there of Won in
there?" inquired a voice.
There's me, and Daniel and Mr.
Isaacs and an old Methodist preach
err" was the reply.
"Then, there's plenty of you" And
the speaker passed on, leaving Mr.
Isaacs to enjoy his bed.-Cleyeland
Leader.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

months use of them. 5. a.
WILLIAMS, R. F. D. No. IA, Box ~,
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit to a surgf
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia 3. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs. a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and remover OF
the female organism. Women resld.
ing in almost every city and town il
the United States bear willing testl-
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
Il / cures female lis, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health Ii you
are ill, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it a trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
herfOr advice. Her advice is frees
and ALWAYS helpful
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
HIGHEST pENs|OnsEVERPA PAID
Last Years List Called For
$161.973.7 03.
Decrease by Death and Otherwise
Was 81, 581, But 46,O8S New Names
Were Added-946, 1914 Remain.

Washington, D. C.-Death's inya-
sion of the fast thinning ranks of war
veterans caused 1882 names to be
dropped from the pension rolls of the
United States last year. OF this num-
Der 1881 we're survivors of the
Civil War. The total loss to the PEN
sion roll from all causes was 1851.
In striking contrast to these fig
ures, comprised in the annual report
of the Commissioner of Pensions, is
the statement that the Government
paid out in pensions in the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1908, $161,973,703,
which, the Commissioner says, Is the
largest amount ever disbursed for
pensions in one year.
Summarized, the report shows
these facs: Number of pensioners at
the beginning of the year, ~951,687;
number of new pensioners added to
the roll, 46,088; pensioners on roll at
close of the year, 946,194, a, net de-
crease of 5493. Survivors of the
Civil War on the roll now number
593,961.
Commissioner Warner explains that
the increase in the amount paid out
for pensions was due principally to
the large number of pensioners
placed on the roll under the act of
February 6, 1907, granting $12, SIS
and $40 to survivors of the war with
Mexico, and the Civil War on reach
ing the ages of sixty-two, seventy and
seventy-five respectively. The in
rease is also due in part to pensions
granted under the second section~of
the act of April 10, 1908. to widows
of persons who served in the Civil
War without regard to their pecu-
mary condition, and to the increase
from SIS to $12 a month of the rate of
pension of certain widows, minor
children and helpless minors. The
pensions of 202,577 widows, minor
children and helpless minors who
were already on the rolls were in
creased by this act.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Inthe Arctic Ocean
With Gen. Greeiey's Exploring
Party.

John Zeun, of Company A, National So
diers' Home, Va, who served many years
in the U. S. Navy and nearly lost his life
with General Greeley in the Arctic regions,
found himself in his advancing years suf-
fering from Rheumatism and Kidney dis
saws: III was advised to use DR.. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, which gave
me relief from the first dose. cannot
speak too highly or recommend 1t too
strongly to others suffering from this ter
rible complaint
Rheumatismis anothername for uric acid
poisoning, which is caused primarily by
diseased Kidneys. Cure your hlaneys ana
Of the Kidneys. Liver and Blood, for Rheu-
matism, dyspepsia and chronic constipa-
ton, as we'll as ills peculiar to women, DR..
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Is I'M
surpassed. Sold by 10000 Druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
BABY's WATERY ECZEMA.
Itched and Scratched Until Blood Ran
$50 Spent on Useless Treatments
Disease Seemed Incurable-
Cured Hv C~uficura for CT S0

OuEtu ny OuttCufd tut PA.OO.
when my little boy was two and a half
months old he broke out on both cheeks
with eczema. 1t was the itchy, watery
kind and we had to keep his little hands
wrapped up all the time, and if he would
happen to get them uncovered he would
claw his face till the blood streamed down
on his clothing. We called in a physician
at once, but he gave an ointment which
was SO severe that my babe would scream
when it was put on. We changed doctors
and medicines until we had spent fifty dol
lars or more and baby was getting worse.
/ was so worn out watching and caring for
him night and day that ! almost felt sure
the disease was incurable. But finally
reading of the good results of the Cuticura
Remedies, / determined to try them. | can
~truthfully say ! was more than surprised,
for / bought only a dollar and a half's
worth of the Cuticura Remedies (Cutieura
Soap, Ointment and Pills., and they did
more good than all my doctors medicines
| had tried, and in fact entirely cured him.
His face is perfectly clear of the least spot
or scar of anything. Mrs. w. NJ. Comerer,
Burnt Cabins, Pa, Sept. Is, l908.".
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
ofCuticura Remedies. Boston, Mass.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Railroad Pronunciation.

A conductor and a brakeman on a
Montana railroad differ as to the
proper pronunciation of the name
Eurella. Passengers are often startled
upon arrival at this station to hear
the conductor yell: You're a liar!
You're a liar!" And then from the
brakeman at the other end of the
car: You really are! You really
are!"-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
patents !ss's ssIs S.S; sSSE ssss i. a,Es.
The southerner and Corn.

The Southerner feeds himself, his
pigs and his progeny upon corn. He
slept in his frontiersman's cabin
upon a mattress made of the husks.
To-day he contributes some of its
pith to the manufacture of %guncotton
with which to blow the enemy to
Beelzebub, and some more of it to the
manufacture of c~ellulose to pack be-
hind the armor of his country's bat
tleships to prevent them from sink
ing when projectiles pierce their
plates. He plants corn as early in the
springtime as the season will permit,
and gets up at dawn to go into the
fields and tickle it's spreading roots
with a double-shovel pillow. In mid.
winter he smokes his corncob pipe be-
fore a corncob fire. Looking into a
bed of glowing embers, through a
blue haze of the smoke of incense
burned to Mondamin, he returns
thanks for the cornmeal in the cup
board and dreams happily of the
"gos'n ear" of the golden summer to
come. His appreciation of the value
of Indian corn is high. His affection
for it in its various forms is abiding.
louisville Courier-Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

Roads improvement Bill Passed.
London.-The House of Lords unan
imously passed the second reading OF
the roads improvement bill, which
provides for the utilization of the
funds obtained by taxing motors fol
improvement of roads.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
AUTO DUST FIEND HAS REVENGE
lie EusheS Through Darien, Conn.,, With a Tree Drag.
gins Behind and Vet Breaks No Law.

South Norwalk, Conn.-The police
and public of Darien are up in arms
over the actions of a New York auto
mobilist who is, they say. the mean
est mar on earth. This man, whose
number they think is 1870, fastens a
large limb to the rear of his machine
and, with this trailing in the road,
he goes racing through the town,
leaving a cloud of dust which entire
ly envelops him and the machine
number, and which leaves the town
suffering and fuming,- winking and
blinking, for some minutes.
Even the Rev. H. S.. Brown has
joined in the protest, saying that the
nuisance is the cause of perversion,
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
A BANKERS NERVE
Broken by Coffee and Restored by
Postum.

A banker needs perfect control CT
the nerves and a clear, quick, accur-
ate brain. A prominent banker of
Chattanooga tells how he keeps him.
self in condition:
up to II years of age l was not
allowed to drink coffee, but as soon
as | got out into the world | began to
use 1t and grew very fond of it. For
some years | noticed no bad effects
from its use, but in time it began to
affect me unfavorably. My hands
trembled, the muscles of my face
fwitched INV man+oi ----~
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

has Increased four times as rapidly
as has the population Other States
and sections were no better off, he
said.
According to DR.. Crafts. other
countries were developing insanity
through American habits. Since
japan adopted Western methods of
doing things the proportion of insane
persons in that empire has rapidly in
creased. The negro was also pointed
to as furnishing another example of a
race incapable of adoption of Ameri-
can methods. and environment with
out an increase in the number of
those who go crazy and have to be
confined in retreats.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

and that a match factory would have
a better chance of doing business in
the atmosphere of the place than a
preacher when the dust is in the air.
The autoist fastens the large limb to
his machine at one end of the town
and drops it off at the other end.
Under the old Connecticut law Da-
rien had a reputation for arresting
speeding automobiles. AS many as
fifty were caught in a day and fined.
1t is thought that the dust fiend is a
victim getting ven The new law al
lows of no arresting save in extreme
speed cases, but the police intend to
arrest him as a common nuisance and
put him under bonds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.
II you are in doubt as to the cause
Of your disease mail us a postal re-
~questing amedical examination blank
which you will fill out and return To
us. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and If you can be
cured you will be told So; if you car.
not be cured you will be told SO. You
are not obligated to us in any way:
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take our advice or not as
you see fit. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return to us as promptly as possible.
and our eminentdoctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson SITS.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Bad BLOOD

Before 1 began using Cascarets I had
a bad complexion, pimPles on my face
and my food was not digested as it should
have been. Now l am entirely well, and
the pimples have all disappeared from my
face. l al t~ruthfully say that Cascarets
are just as advertised; I have taken only
two boxes of them"
Clarence R. Griffin, Sheridan, Ind.
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or GRIPPE
10c. Csc, Soc. Never sold in bulk. The genu-
inc tablet stamped {. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back 927