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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03

be cut, using any sharp-pointed In.
strument for the marking. An old file
makes a good tool for the purpose.
Mark the field off into 1S-inch
squares, being careful to have cakes
cut exactly TO measure, for in no other
way can close storage be accom-
plished Cut out corner cake with an
ak and start the saw exactly on the
line, holding saw straight up and
down. Remove one handle from the
saw. and in its place attach a small
weight, said weight adding much to
the rapidly of the saving. Two pairs
of ice tongs at about so cents each
complete the outfit for the farmers
ice harvest.
deliberately constructed ice houses
are a delusion and a snare. No great
er mistake can be made In the stor-
age of ice than putting 1t into air
tight compartments. First thoughts.
of course, tells us that such build
ing will hold outside heat In check
and avoid circulation, but this idea Ia
all wrong In fact, ice to keep well
must have both side and top circula-
ton, for confined moisture Is the very
ma.ss. that .wS steS awey the. cakes
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
GOODFELLOWSHIP CLUB
Banquet Held at Hotel Bedding Last
Saturday
"A truth / say, in all o life,
There's naught so guild as fellowship


"A truth say, in all O life,
There's naught so guild as fellowship
The annual banquet of the Good
fellowship Club was held at Hotel
Bedding on Saturday last and the
occasion was one of the pleasantest
of any of the functions ever held by
this popular club. Mine host w. p.
Hetherington had prepared bounti-
full banquet of the seasons finest delica-
sizes, and at the appointed hour the
club, To the number of 81, marched
into the spacious dining-room TO de
lightful music furnished 10y Miss Ola
Little, ready TO indulge in the luXuries
which had been prepared and all did
ample justic To the spread.
Walter Reeves OBLIGATED an toast
master for the occasion and called up
on w. ID. Pond for the invocation.
After the inner man had been care
fully attended To, the POSTMASTER in
a few well chosen words welcomed
bllC CluD w Wis lllCll oCN0lllNOhbll
nual banquet, and spoke feelingly of
the pleasures found i'm the realms of
good fellowship. He then called on
President Chas. Eddy for an address.
Mr.. Eddy spoke briefly on the history
of the club and of the pleasures inur-
ing from membership in the same.
He was glad to be present and glad
TO welcome all of those present on
this occasion.
Mrs. Clint Green then sang a solo
which was very warmly applauded after
which Hon. +. r. Spencer RECALLED the
club with his description OF tour OF
the United States winding up in the
famous Pecos Valley. His address was
intensely interesting and was followed
closely by all present. His address was
cut short somewhat by the lack of time
but was warmly applauded at its con-
clusion.
a quartet composed of Messrs w. ID.
Pond, +. w. Little, Elmer Cook and
Fred Cornell was next on the program
and gave great pleasure TO all, after
which Mrs. Mark Brown RECALLED the
assembly with one of her peerless Read
ings, "Mumford's Pavement and
carried huge round of applause with
her at its close.
Mrs. Clint Green than favored The
club with another solo, after which, Mrs
Clarence Bond took the club into the
mysterious realms of the future in &
club Prophecy. This was an exceeding
ly clever production on the part of Mrs
Bond and won much applause from al
present
The Male Quartet than favored tn,
club with another selection and tn,
seventeenth annual banquet ofthe Good
fellowship club was only pleasan
memory. Chas Eddy was elected pres
ident for the ensuing year and Mrs. Cha,
Eddy secretary.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
SECURING FARM ICE SUPPLY
Frozen Chunks as Workable az Wood
and Can Easily Be Cut Into
Any Size Desired.

Ice is as workable as wood, so can
be either split or sawed into desir-
able sections for handling and stor-
ing Commercial ice making is gener-
ally carried on with an eye single to
rapidity, rather than accuracy in cake
dimensions, so the ice pillow is used
and the cakes split off, thus leaving
the under side of each cake irregular,
making close storage impossible. The
slower and better process for the
farmer is the ice saw, or, in lieu OF
this. the common cross-cut saw, which
is found on nearly all farms, writes E.
l.. Keasey, In Orange Judd Farmer.
Lake or pond Ice has the preference
over river ice, due to the fact that
there is no current beneath. Pond
Ice freezes thicker, is less liable to
contain air bubbles meaning clearer
and more uniform cakes, which in It
self insures longevity to the stored
product.
Avoid slush or snow ice as much
as possible. Watch for those several
days of continuous hard freezing, then
tap the ice field at its best. Six-inch
ice is, of course, good, bat 18-inch is
better, as the thicker the cake the
better it's keeping quality. Clear the
field of snow, and with either line or
straight edge mark of the cakes 70
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
White Ribbon Notes

The regular meeting OF the w. &. T..
U. was held Friday afternoon with Miss
Clara Demerost hostess. 1t was the
mid winter flower mission day and a
large attendance, fine program. Mrs.
Burris read an excellent paper prepared
by Mrs. Howe of Orleans union, Mrs.
A. ID. jerks read paper on Flower
mission work, as she has been supt, for
Is years and at the annual meeting
elected for life, she had good article,
Mrs. Coville, presented a paper on ''The
beauty of flower mission work, " Mrs.
Freidley had special music. Two new
members admitted. President Little re-
quested that Mrs. jerks of M. f..
church, Mrs. h. +. Cook of Baptist
church, Mrs. Geo. Johnson of Church
of Christ and Mrs. NJ. Wells of the
Congregational church, will collect the
annual dues. The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. A. ID. jerks, Feb. 18th,
Frances Willard memorial. Fruit,
and flowers were taken to the sick and
shut-ins. Press Supt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
MET ITS FATE ON THE HOOK
Escaped Goldfish Had Short Freedom
from the Natural Enemies Of
it's Tribe.

A young woman employed in ply
sician's Office in West One hundred
and twenty-fifth street was told by the
doctor to change the water in the
aquarium in which he kept two gold
fish. says the New York Times. While
she was following the doctors or
ders one of the fish leaped out of the
bowl and went down the drain pipe.
The young woman visited the bird
and fish stores in the neighborhood
and finally found a fish that resem-
bled the one she had lost. She bought
this and brought 1t back to the office
with her, but when she put it in the
bowl she discovered that the water
magnified the fish to twice its normal
size.
Finally she determined to take the
aquarium around to the fish store and
have the man -aatch the fish for her.
This was an easy task.
A friend of hers met her few days
after and while relating some of his
experiences told her of a catch he had
made a few days before. He said that
he was fishing in the Hudson from
one of the string pieces. Suddenly
| felt little tug at my line. pulled
in gently and what dc you think
saw on the hook? little goldfish"
The physicians helper is sure il
was the lost fish.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
COULDN'T FIND THE MONKEYS
Auntie Was Rather Poor Kind Of
Guide for Her Little Wis
itlng Nephew.

The young nephew had come In
from the country after the harvest
days were over to get a peek at
some OF the sights of the great city.
Uncle was busy at the Office, but the
young wife took him out the first day
for visit to the geological gardens.
We'll, Charlie" said the husband
to the youngster on their return, how
did you like the monkeys? Were they
funny?"
why, we didn't see any monkeys"
was Charles mournful reply. Aunt
Marjorie couldn't find them any
where"
mo, Henry" said the wife, II
couldn't, and we almost walked our
legs off looking for them, too. But.
Henry, there's one queer thing. Why
does the director OF the zoo have his
house right in the middle of the me-
nagerie?"
Il didn't know he had" was Henry's
surprised reply.
We'll, there's a building with q
sign on IL, 'Primate's House. Now,
Primate' is French or Spanish or
Italian or English or something that
means director I'm sure"
Henry loved her too much to ex.
pose her ignorance either publicly
or privately; but Charlie saw all the
monkeys next day under his uncls's
guidance.-.The Sunday Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
New Uses of Cersent.

European engineers are said to be
very appreciative of the value of ce-
ment grouting for repairing defective
masonry, lining wells and for making
tunnel roofs water tight. In Germany
a well polluted by infiltrations was
put into satisfactory condition by
lowering into it a sheetiron drum,
filling the space between the drum
and the walls of the we'll with Port
land cement and withdrawing the
drum after the cement had set The
damaged masonry of tunnel was re-
paired by injecting liquid cement un-
der pre- ssure. Air at a pressure of
seventy eight pounds per square inch
sufficed to force the cement into place.
Youths Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
A Pleasant Evening.

Last Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
George LOomis entertained about 20 Of
their friends at progressive pedro at their
pleasant home on Liberty street, in honor
of the latter's brother, Mr.. Ben Schafier
of Greenville. Mrs. Grace Race and
Jay Brown carried off the honors of the
evening while the consultations fell to
the lot of Miss Anna Kramer and +. A.
Bush. Refreshments were served and
at late hour all repaired TO their homes
happy in the thought that they were
among the invited ones.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
The Worlds $4,000 Plays.

Mr. Reginald Clarence, the we'll
known photographer of dramatic data,
has been working for twenty years on
a Stage Cyclopaedia which will con-
tain photography Of plays, of which
it has been possible to find any record,
from B. c. 500 to A. d. 1909. In order
to bring his remarkable work to CON-
pletion Mr.. Clarence has delved among
ancient records and musty manu-
scripts in the British Museum, he has
studied the numerous works in the
Guildhall Library until his book con-
tains particulars of nearly $4,000 plays,
covering the whole range of stage pro-
uctions-drama, comedy, farce, opera
and comic opera.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
PRIESTS ARE GOOD FARMERS
Trappist Monks In Canada Have Made
for Themselves a Reputation
for Excellence.

Scattered throughout Canada are
many curious religious communes. es-
pecially in the province of Quebec. but
there is none more curious or interest
ing than the settlements of the Trap
pist monks.
This brotherhood has three settle
ments in the dominion-in Nova Scotia
at Tracadie, in wilds of northern Que
bee, near the Lake st. John district.
and on the banks of the Ottawa river
not far from Montreal. One of the
most interesting of the monasteries
is that near the village OF Okla, on the
Ottawa river.
The Trappist is farmer as well as
priest and the Okla farm Of 800
acres is one of the best titled In that
part Of Canada All kinds Of grain are
grown, an excellent vegetable garden
is maintained, and large orchard and
vineyard add picturesqueness to the
rural scene. But the Trappist Is
stock grower as well as an agricul-
turist There are few finer thorough
bred stocks than the Percheron stall
lions and huge bulls kept there. The
order owns at Okla several hundred
cows, 300 sheep and 35 horses.
Adjoining the barn Is the dairy.
where fancy cheese is produced that
has high reputation in the Montreal
market, as have the claret and wines
produced from the vineyards.--Busy
Mans Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
Advertised Letters

Mr.. Joe Becker, Anna Gotta, Miss
Nellie Hartwick, M. J. Lonway, Mr..
Thomas Mulder, Miss Lou Parker,
Mr.. Annis Reed, Mrs. Lena Reed, Miss
Blanche Richard, Miss Anna Smith,
Fred Sayler, Miss Laura Wyatt.
Jan. 81, 1910. ID. +. Wilson, +. M.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03

f. r. Dunlap went to st. Johns Tues
day, on business trip.
Ben Gardner, who for the past three
years has made his home with Mr.. and
Mrs Chas Hill of Orleans left monday
for Sapulpa, Oklahoma, where he ex-
poets TO remain for the present.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
At the Congregational Church

AT the Congregational church next
Sunday morning besides the regular
music by the choir, Mrs. Abbie Will
liams of Big Rapids will sing solo.
Sermon by the pastor, sunday School
rally st noon with special music. Eve
ming service, brief sermon by the pas
tor and special song service.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
10 udy FARMER cares to spoil the

no udy FARMER cares to spoil the
appearance of his home by erecting
an unsightly building. 80 we would
urge that good, smooth drop siding DO
used for outside. and this painted;
while for the inside any old lumber
will do, for all that Is necessary 10
something TO hold the sawdust used
in packing from the outer wall.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-02-03
Attention Oddfellows

All Oddfellows are requested to meet
in their hall at l o'clock Friday af-
ternoon 10 attend the funeral of Bro d..
+. Moon.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-02-19

organized just for the fun of the thing; they are
organized to increase profits. Their profits, too,
are made larger at both ends; they buy their raw
materials for less, manufacture them for less, and
sell them for more than would be possible under
competition. If this were not true there would
be for their existence, and there wouldn't
be any trusts. 1t is the get together" spirit, and
it is shown In every organization of labor or cap
ital. The more perfect the organization and the
money there is invested in it, the greater is
its efficiency. The big fellows naturally have odds
IN their favor so they have received the greatest
attention from the Investigators into the causes of
the present high prices.
1t may be there is in the present price condi-
lions in America anticipation of the time when
production will not equal the demand But that
day seems to be at a very remote period in the tu
ture. 1t is true that England is not able to feed
herself, or that she does not, but England has a
population of about 100000 on an area of $4,000
square miles, or on a basis of 800 to the square
mile. If we take these figures as a basis on which
to place foundation for anticipation of the time
when America will not be able to feed herself, we
shall have to wait till population has increased
to nearly two and half billion souls. At present
we have hardly 80 people to the square mile.
The conclusion is inevitable and irrefutable
that there is no scarcity of food products and that
not becoming overpopulated. More reason
able theories than these must be advanced to be
convincing. America is the most wonderfully pro-
ductive country in the world. 1t has also the most
wonderfully organized system of distribution of
these products of any nation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-02-19
COLONEL LYNCH.

Colonel Arthur Lynch, NJ P. for West Clare,
before the dissolution of the Commons, is contrib
uting series of interesting and patriotic articles
to the Los Angeles Times. We have not yet learned
if he retains his old seat in the House The Colonel
is known to fame brave who fought with
the Beers in their war for freedom. He is also
one of the very few, who elected member of
the House of Commons, and was not allowed to
take his seat among his peers of that august body
This was in 1901, when he elected member for
Galway City, while the Boer war was on with Great
Britain. He was in Paris refugee, at the time of
the election when his supporters defeated Sir Hor-
ace Plunkett, but on returning to England he was
arrested for high treason. Tried and sentenced to
death, he reprieved by the King, and after
serving year in prison released. On the oc-
cason of the Kings visit to Dublin in 1907 Lynch
was granted full pardon, and the following year
he took his seat in Parliament as member for West
Clare. All his life enemy of England, he sought
and obtained a position as war correspondent of
LIE Journal a Paris daily paper, and at once sailed
for South Africa Here he threw aside his pen for
a rife and joined Krugers army as private. He
soon attracted the attention of General Botha who
entrusted him with the task of organizing the Irish
Brigade An able lingust, speaking English.
French and German with fuency he drew around
him crowd of European adventures, who had
come to the scene of war in search of excitement
These he mustered into regiment which con-
tanned representatives from all parts of the CONT
nent, including many Irishman and one solitary
Englishman, the strongest aggregation of fighting
men assembled in the Transvaal
under command Among Colonel
Lynch's officers were Major Mitchell from
Galway and Captain Oates King of Kerry, and
these soon made friends of the men, drilling them
into solid fighting body, which distinguished it
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-02-19
NO SCARCITY.

ne theory has been advanced by certain econo-
mists that the present high prices of foodstus are
due to scarcity. That the theory is untenable
given out by the government It is a well-known
fact that this is the richest country the globe
not only in soil productiveness, but in natural re-
sources and money. The reports of wheat cotton
and corn show that these commodities have in
creased in greater proportion than has the popu-
lation. Cattle during the last fifty years increased
from nearly 100000 to more than 100000
head, while the population has increased from
100000 to S0000,000, which shows so slight
decrease in the proportion that it may be said to
have been substantially maintained In 1910 wheat
production equaed bushels per capita in 1908 it
equalled rs bushels per capita. In the same time
corn increased from % to 80 bushels per capita.
Cotton has increased 700 per cent in the period,
while the population increased but All per cent
These are government figures. They indicate
very plainly that there is now more wheat, cotton
and corn for each of us than there was in the coun-
try fifty years ago. If other causes did not inter
vene, and supply and demand made the prices, it
is evident, if the people today were as modest in
their wants the people were fifty years ago. that
the prices today would be somewhat lower than
they in 1910. Natural causes incident to the
progress of our civilization no doubt tend to in
crease the prices of everything, but that there is
a scarcity, unless it be scarcity of mans own
making, is too absurd to be given serious thought
That the trusts influential factor in rails
ing prices cannot be doubted. The trusts are not
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-02-19
HORSE AND AUTO.

In a recent public address, President Taft is
reported saying that are living in the age of
the automobile How true this is everybody knows.
For the automobile is ubiquitous. The machine has
been developed from an experimental stage more
than ten years ago into of the great factors of
American life The popularity of the machine as
means of locomoton is well deserved, too, for it
has the ability to "get there" thing much admired
in America, especially in these latter years.
As a result of the rapid development of the
automobile there have been observers who predicted
that civilization would drop the horse and the mule
in favor of the mechanical method of transporta-
ton. Surprise was expressed several years ago when
the government census bureau gave out figures
which showed an increase in the number of horses.
Now the same bureau is out with set of fig
ures covering the year 1909. These figures again
strike dismay into the hearts of those who looked
for the automobile to supersede the horse, for they
show an equine population of more than 21000,000,
an increase in the number during the year of nearly
a million animals.
Along with the increased number of equines also
goes an increased valuation of the animals in dol
lars and cents though this not surprising in view
of the increased valuation of everything else.
Nearly billion dollars is the value placed on the
21,O00,000 horses and mules average of about
$50 head.
All this is wonderfully interesting as showing the
demand for transportation in these United States.
We have more miles of railroad more miles of road
miles of Streets more automobiles than ever
before, yet the number and value of the horse in
crease as the years go by If mechanics is to super
sede the horse, and would not say such will not
ultimately be the case, the government figures ind
cate that the day is still distance in the future
And may it be long way off! For the horse and
the mule have been so long part of our life and
civilization that their passing would be received
with sentimental regret that mechanical i'm
provement can satisfy. Humanity needs the hui
manizing influence of dumb animals to keep human
ity human. And the horse still remains mankind's
one best friend.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-02-19
Won HOLLWEG AND GERMAN So
CIALISTS.

Germany is now passing through parliament
tary crisis of the first magnitude the most serious
apparently, in the history of the Empire. The is
sue, according to Chancellor Bothman Won Hollweg,
is of Socialism against the established order of
the country. The only hope of the Socialists de-
clared the Chancellor, in a speech to the Rechstag
last Friday, was to undermine the Prussian state
through means of democratic suffrage law. "The
state and government" he said "does not permit it
self to be influenced by public clamor. Tricks to
secure popularity are far beneath it." The Social
lists announced that on Sunday they would hold
thirty meetings of protest in and around Ber-
lin. Should the Socialists succeed in dividing Par
lament the situation will be unprecedented in the
history of Germany. Wilhelm III will be in a po-
sition not unlike that of Charles I when the Par
lament of England refused to vote him money.
Indeed, this has already partially happened The
supplies have been seriously interfered with What
may happen if the German people endorse the So
cialist propaganda
Time and time again it has been necessary for
the government to have money voted for the prose-
cution of the war with the tribes of German South
west Africa to which the Socialist party has always
objected, perhaps the same principle that gov
erned the Little Englanders in the Boer war.
On the last occasion that the Government had
to appeal for funds the Radicals and the Socialists
were able to form temporary alliance with the
Catholic, Clerical party, which held the balance
of power, and the defeat of the Government was
the result.
The Kaiser then dissolved the Reichstag amid
scenes of the greatest excitement; and now after
breathing spell the Chancellor has again chal-
lenged the Radicals and Socialists to Parliament
tary combat
The composition of the Reichstag now in ses-
sion shows in what state of confusion and chaos
is the political situation of Germany. No fewer
than sixteen separate parties are present in the
chamber, not including few independent mem
bers who represent nothing serious than their
own eccentricities The total number of deputies
is 397 and the Catholic or party of the Centre
numbering SO, hold the balance of power. The
other chief groups Socialists 70; Conservatives
80; National Liberals, 81, and Radicals 80
The Catholics of Germany we're compelled in
self-defense, when Bismarck made war upon the
Church by introducing his Ubiquitous Kultur-
kamph to stand together and under their great,
leader Windhorst-the O'Connel of Germany
formed the Centre party, which has for many years
held the balance of power in the Reichstag The posi-
ton of the Centre party is not unlike that of the
Irish Nationalist in the House of Commons The