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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

a matter OF three years. This will
mean a wonderful opening up of trade.
Modern machinery will be brought in
to the country. New hotels and vii.
lagos are already coming into exis-
tence. Irrigation is bound to follow
and the advent of western fashions
will transform the life of Asia Minor.
The linking of Constantinople with thu
northern Mediterranean region will
bring hundreds Of tourists, and all
they imply.
The scenery in the Taurus noun.
tains is beautiful beyond description.
The mountains of Scotland are not
comparable with il. and it ranks with
the best of the Rockies and Switzer-
land Some of the peaks are snow
covered all the year round There are
majestic gorges and precipices and
vistas. The natural beauties are en-
HANGED by frequent remains of antiq-
uities.
In the narrowest part of the Cilician
Gates is chiselled a tablet recording
the passage of Marcus Aurelius. Ro-
man milestones dot the road, although
in some cases they have been altered
to bear Turkish numerals. The ia
nous Cilician Gates proper have
proved too difficult for the railway en-.
gineers, SO they go through an upper
pass, which they consider somewhat
easier. At best the engineering diff
culties will be great. Once the noun
tains have been crossed, the railway
debouches upon the great Cilician
plain beyond which sparkles the Medi-
terranean.
Nobody Is willing to prophesy how
long it will take the railroad to cross
from Adana above the head of the
Mediterranean to Aleppo and then
down into Mesopotamia. When that
day does come, 1t will be a notable
event in eastern politics as we'll as in
commerce. In the meantime, there
are those who say that the Germans
will never be permitted to complete 1t
SO long as the British Empire lasts.
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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CHeNMkING
essJNAIIONS
Across Asia Minor-The Baedad Rail
way Growing-Ancient Cities OF
Great Anatolian Plain Will One Day
Blossom With Modern Civilization.
BY WILLIS r. ELLIS.

Tarsus. Asia Minor-The main high
ways of history run across Asia Minor.
This has been the route for uncounted
centuries of the armies of conquest,
and the peaceful caravans of trade.
journeying from Asia TO Europe or
from Europe TO Asia. Here are the
footprints of Cyrus and Darius, Nebu-
chadnezzar and Alexander the Great,
the Caesars, the Crusaders, the Turks
and the Arabs, and such distinguished
individual travellers as the Apostle
Paul.
He who goes on foot or wheel today
will find himself travelling the iden-
teal route built by the Romans, and
crossing old Roman bridges. AS he
notes the sites of battles or camps, he
will be able to see in the configuration
of the ground why they were so
chosen. The trip | have just made Is
a wonderful commentary upon the
books we studied in school and upon
the history Of the early Christian
church.
Here are the ruins of many of the
great cities of classic literature, the
Seven Churches of ASIA" to which
the familiar passages in the Apoca-
lypse were addressed; and the other
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
DROPPED TRUNKFUL OF G'S
Peculiar Exhibit Used by Mrs. Bill
tops for the Reformation of
Her Husband.

Ezra" said Mrs. Billtops to her
admiring husband. Il have something
here that | desire you should see,"
and as she spoke she threw back the
lid of big trunk in the storeroom
The trunk was full, level full, of a
vast number of little things of uni
form size that might have been oats
or grains of wheat, but which upon a
little closer inspection seemed to be
small type letters.
They are letters, Ezra" said Mrs.
Billtops: they are the gs you have
dropped in the last three years"
And the meaning of this exhibit
was clear to Mr.. Billtops instantly;
he was not really a dull man; it was
not necessary TO hit him with a maui
to make him understand things. Mr..
Billtops has always been a great man
for dropping his gs. Whether from
carelessness or laziness or economy
of his speech. or whatever his prompt
ing, he has always said seem for
seeing. and bein' for being. and dom
for doing, and this has always dis
turbed Mrs. Billtops. Time and again
she has sought to get him in this re-
spect to mend his ways, but habit has
proved too strong for him, and SO
finally she resolved to give him an OBJ
ject lesson.
Three years ago, Ezra" she said,
"unbeknown to you / began gathering
up the g's you dropped in speaking.
| started out to keep them in an empty
fruit jar. but I soon found that
wouldn't do, in fact | was appalled,
by the number ! collected.
II found that much as you had dis
turbed me in this way / had still
never realized how bad you were; so
l began storing them in this trunk,
and here you see, Ezra, a trunkful
of g's that you have dropped in three
years. Don't you think that is terri
ble?"
Mr.. Billtops freely admitted that it
certainly was: and then and there in
the presence of that open trunk he
vowed a reform. If she would throw
away those gs, he said. right now, 10
the last one, he would most earnestly
endeavor always to remember to make
it ever impossible for her to start an
other collection.
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The turkish way with Railroads.

Railroads are running two-thirds OF
the way across this great Anatolian
plain. and the construction is being
pushed forward through the Taurus
mountains. There is a train day in
each direction. carrying both passen-
gers and freight The ears are built
on the European model, with compart-
ments. The trains do not run at night,
and the first night out from Smyrna is
spent. nolens volens, at a miserable
native inn where the proprietor thinks
il strange that guests are not willing
to crowd three into a room, and even
insist upon clean bedding. The train
starts at day-break. for Turkish time
is a constantly changing quantity. Sun
watches must change every day. The
natives generally take their time from
the call to prayer in the minarets,
Eventually the time tables will be
printed "a la Frank" as they call
things European out here.
The train from Smyrna connects
with that from Constantinople at a
picturesque ancient city, Aphion Kara
Hissar, where there is a fortress that
seems more impregnable and imposing
than Gibraltar. There is an hours
interval between trains. Undertaking
to spend part of this time in the ba
zaars, returned ten or fifteen minutes
ahead of the time scheduled for the
departure of the train. only to see II
pulling out across the plain. ! was
cheerfully informed that as there was
very little freight that day, the train
had started ahead of time! This
meant twenty-four hours in city
where the only English-speaking per
son was the American pastor of the
American Board church.
When the Bagdad Railway gets tc
running, this city will be an important
point, and popular objective for tour
lists. II was here that the Turkish gov
eminent undertook to colonize the
Moslem Cretans. 1t built houses fol
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FARM pRODUCE.

Produce market steady and scarcely
any change was noted in the price list.
Fruits were active and offerings of
peaches were larger and OF better
quality than during the earlier days
OF the week. Pears and plums were
in active demand and so were grapes.
Vegetables and potatoes were mod
erately active and the tone was easy.
Eggs were steady TO firm. and the but
ter market steady. All dairy products
were active. Poultry was in ample
supply and easy.
CABBAGE-S2 per Dbl
POTATOES-s1 6Is1 05 per bu.
GREEN CORN-ljm zoe per doz.
TOES-Home grown, $50 0c
per bu.
HoNEY--Choice to fancy comb. Is
oNI6Ns-5O @9Oc per bu.; Spanish.
S1.40Ms1.50 per crate.
DRESSED CALNES-Fancy, 11fb12c;
choice. SM 90 per III.
SWEET POTATOES-Vir $3.50
a s3.65 per bbl: Jersey. s4.25 per Dbl.
and S1.50 Per bu.
LIVE POtrLTRY-Broilers 13c; hens.
IL M12c: old ROSTERS. Sc: turkeys, l4M
15c: geese. SG &c: ducks. 12G13c;
young ducks. 1i@15c per III.
EFSE-M ichigan, old lie. new,
II 1-2m15 1-2c; York state. new. i4@
15c; limburger. 12Ml3c: fancy domes-
tic Swiss l9@2lc; common domestic
Swiss. 16G1Sc; imported swiss. 200
Gle: brick cream, Is Ml6c per Id.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
Cement Talk No. z

Newspapers print near
ly every day the story OF
some fire disaster involv-
ing the complete destruction
of great property values and
sometimes the loss of human
lives. The annual fire losses of the
United States are measured by the
millions; in fact, it is stated that over
two hundred and fifty million dollars
worth of property was wiped out by hre in
the United States last year. While it is true
that the precautions 10 prevent FIRE and FIRE
fighting systems are often inadequate, the
main trouble lies in yfimy, non .freprO9
building contraction. Experience has proved
that hreproof construction is both practicable
and economical. In some industries hreproof
building is compelled by law. Reinforced
concrete has come to the front as the most
important agent in building against FIRE. The
use of oemsHf in building is becoming more
and more common, due to its hreproofness,
durability and economy. When building any,
thing from the back porch steps TO an office
building, concrete construction may be safely
adopted. The use of UniUsrJaI Portland
CeHent in the concrete will insure cement of the
best quality possible to manufacture. Univsr-
JaI is handled everywhere by the best dealers.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT co.
cHcAGoPITTSBURd
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

covered with trees and there was plen-
ty of water, Is apparent at a glance.
Much of 1t resembles the west in parts
Of the United States and Canada It's
ancient glory may be restored at any
time that an efficient government pro
vides for afforestration and irrigation.
Perhaps the cities of antiquity will
rise again. Sardis, where Croesus
made his name synonym for riches,
is now heap of ruins wherein an ex-
petition from Princeton University Is
digging
Ancient Philadelphia, Is now called
Aleshir and one may see the compare.
lively new village through a ruined
arch in the old wall An excellent min.
eral water, which was known and used
long before the Christian era will. in
the new day that may dawn for this
region. become a commodity for the
whole world.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

In this fierce looking attendant. The
latter does, however, give degree of
prestige and the right of way when
passing caravans.
The khans along the way provide no
furniture and no food, other than an
occasional chicken Usually a Euro
pean can get a room TO himself. and
he carries his own cot bed and supply
of insect powder The experience
brings one quite close to native life
and. If he desires. the traveller may
visit the elders of the village and talk
politics and progress with them
What the New Railroad Means.
The Bagdad Railway will be well
into the Taurus mountains early this
year Work is actively in operation
upon this section and also upon the
stretch across the Cilician plain on
the other side Of the mountains. It's
completion to Adana will perhaps be
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

glad dld, Tor IL has cured me.
Il know of so many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will."-Afrs. JANETzKI.
1908 Arch St., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age of substitution, and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which tho
druggist can make little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been ire standard remedy for fe-
male ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
BUY SHEEP AND
LAMBS NOW
But Don't Be a Sheep.
A COMMON EXPERIENCE.
Don't Follow the Crowd.


In chasing the market for profit, the
fellows who blindly follow the crowd
are generally the ones who get left.
The successful man buys when he has
the ieast competition, at the lowest
prices and with the greatest margin
for profit, which usually brings his
selling time during a period OF com.
parative scarcity at market, and he
therefore gets higher prices and most
always makes a good profit in his
dealings.
Here's a Chance for Gain.
The present very low market val
ues of feeding sheep and lambs. being
less than the cost of production, Of
fers such an opportunity TO those who
are prepared to properly care for
them.
Feeders Are Selling Cheap.
Well-bred, thin but thrifty lambs OF
the growing kind can now be bought
on the Chicago market for S5.25 to
$3.50 per 100 pounds; wethers of SIM
liar description. s3.40 to 1915; year
ling wethers, s4.25 to $3.50; yearling
breeding ewes, $500 to $3.50, and good
feeding ewes at 81 so to s2.S5. These
prices are about S1.75 lower than a
year ago for feeder lambs, and the
lowest since 1904. Feeder sheep
prices also are unusually low.
Now is the Time to Buy.
In view of the fact that prices OF
feeder sheep and lambs are now be-
low the cost Of production, and that
present prices of lamb and mutton are
out of line with all other meats and
must therefore soon rise because OF
the increased consumption invited
thereby, the conclusion is inevitable
that now is the best time 10 buy feed
er sheep and lambs for all those who
are ready to prepare them for market
during the early part of next year,
A leading sheep owner and dealer
says: Fat is made pretty cheap on
the Fall feed that otherwise would
be wasted, and the sheep and Lamb
feeding proposition from the stand
point of fertility is worthy of most
careful consideration"
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suyino LEGISLATORS in JobIots.

One day. writes Sloane Gordon in
success Magazine, former member
OF the Ohio house displayed mad
vertently, large roll Of bills in the
Neil house lobby. A fellow member
gazed in awe at the show OF wealth.
81 just sold a drove of hogs" ex
planned the former member rather
hastily and confusedly.
The observing one was thoughtful
He did not reply for the half-minute
usually essential to the full-measurec
beat of his mental processes. And
then
"Yaas," he drawled, land I'll bet
I'm one o. them hawgs."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
Unfortunate Man.

A tourist in the mountains of Ten
nessee once had dinner with a queru-
lous old mountaineer who yarned
about hard times for Is minutes at a
stretch. Why, man" said the tour
list, you ought to be able to make
lots OF money shipping green corn to
the northern market" Yes, sorter, :
was the sullen reply. You have the
land. | suppose, and can get the
seed" Yes. guess So" Then why
don't you go into the speculation?
mo use. stranger" sadly replied the
cracker; the old woman is too lazy
10 DO the plcwin' and plantin'."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
Just to See the Ball Game.

my" exclaimed little Jimmy as he
gazed at the Autograph. I'D like TO
be a giraffe. Just think how easily
you could rubber over the baseball
fence"
That's all right" replied Johnny,
but there is another time when you
wouldn't want to have a neck like a
giraffe"
when is that?"
why, in the mornings when your
ma begins to scrub your neck with
soap and water"
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cities which gave Paul and his COM
panions a sample OF mob law or else
worshipped them az Gods.
The Ancient East Still Survives.
The country is still pretty much as
ii has been for millenniums. The cities
are now hidden under the debris of
ages, and the thriving commerce of
that older day has disappeared alons
with the marching legions. But the
wayside wells are identical with those
at which the thirsty soldiers used to
drink. The khans are built of mud
and straw, and are after the same type
as were known to the travellers before
Christ indeed they cannot be very
different from that primitive khan in
Bethlehem wherein was born the
worlds Conqueror.
The dust from passing caravans en-
grimes the traveller. The soft-footed
camels who now come swaying along
with serpent necks, are laden with
cans of American kerosene. The bull
lock carts with their primitive solid
wooden wheels, bear material for the
construction Of the Bagdad railway A
bent stick still serves for a pillow.
Agriculture is largely by hand, and
the threshing floors of scripture are a
frequent sight. Picturesquely clad na-
tives move slowly along on donkeys.
l saw one young mother and child,
whose bearded husband and father
had stopped at brook to give them
drink, who suggested strikingly the
picture of the Flight into Egypt,
Where the Glory Has Departed.
The ancient productiveness of this
Anatolian plain, when the hills were
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
STAIN FACING REBELLION
Martial Law Declared After Rioting
In Many Towns.

Spain is again menaced by re-
bellion which threatens TO overthrow
the government, and martial law has
been declared throughout the nation.
So turbulent has become the volcanic
spirit of unrest, which had its incep-
ton in the general strikes in Bilboa.
Saragossa, Huelva, Cadiz, Valencia,
Seville and Gijon, that complete sus.
pension of constitutional guarantees
has been proclaimed.
Fierce fighting and bloodshed have
marked the spread Of the strike
which the government says is OF rev.
olutionary origin. The bitterness has
been intensified by the action OF
Premier Canalejas in declaring mar
tial law in local centers where the
greatest social unrest obtains.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
CIR AIN, ETC,

WHEAT-Cash No red. 9Oc; De-
cember opened without change al
96 Lee, declined TO 96c and closed az
90 l-2c: May opened at sl01 ID. de-
clined 10 800 "a and closed al
$101 Lie; No. ! white. SIC.
CORN-Cash No. 3. 6S PC; No 2
yellow, cars at zoe; No yellow
50 1-2c
oATs-standard 45 3-4c; No. {
white. IS / dc.
RNE-Cash No. q Gle.
BEANS-1mmediat prompt and Oc-
tober shipment, $2.12: November, $2.0S
December. sos:
CLOVERSEED-Pr spot October
and March s1l.75: prime alsike. $1,000
TIMOTHY SEEp-Prime spot. 81.
FEED-In 100-lb. sacks iobbine
lots: Bran $26 coarse middlings. $27
fine middlings. $40: cracked corn and
coarse cornmeal. s26; corn and oat
chou, $40 per ton.
FLOUR-Best Michigan patent. $500
ordinary patent, S4.40; stright. sails
clear. S3.90; pure rye, s4.55 spring
patent, s565 per bhi i'm wood.
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TOMMY MURPHY,

The great horseman who is winning
most of the big races for fast trotters
With With that farm h9rse S Cp record
CURE is the best remedy for all forms OF
Distemper and coughs have ever known.
] have used IL a number OF years" All
druggists or send 10 manufacturers. soc
and 81 n bottle. Spohn Medical Co., Chem
lists. Goshen. Ind. U. S. A.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

Alfred Rosenbaum, of Chicago. was
killed in Dewitt, Ia. when his aero
plane fell from a hight Of so feet,
He had been in the air only 20 min
utes when he lost control of the ma
chine.
At the concluding session OF the
biennial convention OF the Amalga-
mated Association of Street and Elec-
trical Workers of America. at st.
Joseph, Mo. w. d. Mahon OF Detroit
was reelected president; j. J. Thorp,
Pittsburg, first vice-president; Will
lam WEIGH, Wheeling, w. Va. second
vice.president; A. II. Burk, Salt Lake
City, third vice-president.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
A Precaution.

MARY" said her mistress, I'm go
ing to entertain a few friends this
afternoon. You needn't stay in"
But don't you want me to help?'
said the hired girl.
mo. I'll get along myself I'm
afraid II any of my friends see how
competent you are they'll start to bid
ding for your services"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
Not All Smoked.

L. White Busbey, secretary to for
mer Speaker Cannon, was explaining
that the speaker did not smoke so
much as people thought he did
My understanding suggested one
of the party. lis that he gets away
with about 20 cigars a day"
oh we'll" said Busbey, but he
eats half OF 'em"-Sunday Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
Even Then.

American Citizen "a. ID. 1910)-You
don't take much interest in congress,
Ezra.
Another-No. ! tell you they don't
have the men there that they had
twenty years ago.-Puck.
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VEGETABLES.

Beets. Csc per bu: carrots. 65c per
bu; caulinower s1.75 per doz; cucum-
bers. dollhouse, 15@25c per doz;
eggplant s125 per doz: green onions.
u 1-2c per doz; green peppers, 90c a
81 per bu: green beans. ~ a soc per
bu: head lettuce sf.25 per doz: mint.
15c per doZ: parsley 20m15c per doz;
radishes 1OG12c per doZ: turnips, Csc
per bu: watercress, goa soc per doz.
wax beans 1880 per bu.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

PLUMS-s1Ts1.25 per, bu.
CRABAPPLES-S1. IS $3.50 per hu.
PINEAPPLES-Flor S4ms4.50
per case.
APPLES-s125@ per bbl. 5O0
Use per bu.
MEIONS-Osage 1925 per bu;
Rockyfords, s225 per crate.
PEARS-Cummon 75c. Bartlett
25ms1.5O: Duchess, 75cms1 bu.
PEACHES-l-b bu. basket: IA 25
n i0c: A, Niagara 10-lb. baskets. soc;
Concord S-lh baskets. 14M15c.
wax beans rs ~ soc Der hn.
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Odd Coincidence.

what do you think about the man
who is the base of all my musical sue.
cess in songs?"
What about him?"
"He isn't a bass at all; he's a
tenor"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
Needed at Home.

Brown-That is the worst behaved
kid | ever saw. Do you know his
parents?
Jones-His father is one of those
scientific management eXperts.-Puck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

Sunshine Is worth more than gold
when it is real sunshine and not fox.
fire
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
Sfop the Pain.

The hurt of burn or a cut stops when
Coles Carhollsalve is applied. Ii heals
quickly and prevents scars. 25c and soc by
druggists For free sample write TO
j. W. Cole & Co. Black River Falls, Wis
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

and i went TO the
store to get a bottle
of Lydia L. Pink
hams Vege ia Bile
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
all about it i in
sisted and finally.
got it, and l am so
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

It's one kind of tough luck to strike
oil when boring for water.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28
SHE GOT /
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, Ill.-"I suffered from fe-
male Weakness and stomach trouble.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-28

Sergeant - Alt! Take Murphy's
name for tall1in in the ranks.
Corporal-W'y, sergeant, a weren't
talkin'.
Sergeant-Wasn't e? Well, cross
il hout and put i'm in the guard room
for deceivin' me-The Tattler.