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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

beautiful City of Detroit, amply Sc
wered, watered and lighted. and easily
accessible by the superb ID. U. r.
Electric Railway System, and by the
Grand Trunk steam railroad
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been expended on grounds and
buildings with view to permanency.
and each year some substantial struc.
ture or structures are added to the
group as whole, TO meet the grow
ing requirements of a great agricul-
tural, horticultural, educational and
displayed the products of the farms
ard factories of a great state-or of
several states.
Last year the society erected, at an
expense OF $4,000, a building for the
display of automobiles and aces
series, that is 125x92O feet For the
coming fair, every inch OF the $4,000
square feet on the ground floor will
be occupied by automobile nanufac-
turers with the latest designs of ma
NhihCoI AhNiddIhS lOlG hohCAoJ
while the second floor will be occu-
pied by manufacturers Of auto aces
SORES, electrical appliances. etc.
There is every prospect that the
coming State Fair will in every re-
spect, and by far, eclipse any event
of like character ever held in Michi-
gan, II not any State in the Union.
To have the reputation Of holding the
greatest fair in the United States has
been the goal OF the management, and
President Thomas e. Newton is fully
satisfied that this ambition will be
reached in 1911.
A force of men has been at work
on the grounds for weeks cleaning,
sodding. moving, trimming the shrubs
and trees, and setting out beds OF
flowers, and by September everything
will be in full bloom and the grounds
a delight to the eve and an ideal rest
spot for tired visitors.
The twenty per cent increase In
premiums offered by the fair manage
ment this year to exhibitors In the
livestock, agricultural and horticul-
tural departments has evidently
greatly stimulated interest in these
departments as inquiries and requests
for space already greatly exceed any
former year.
Has Been Some Changes.
'fhe seventy-two years that have
intervened since the first state Fair
WIS held. have seen Michigan develop
from a wilderness into one Of the
greatest agricultural and industrial
states in the Union and Detroit grow
from trading post to the metropolis
OF the state In this period the State
Fair" has been through bankruptcy
several times There have been years
when no fair was held, and It has
camped In many places, but not until
the public-spirited citizens OF Detroit
gave II permanent home, assumed
It's debts, and provided funds for It's
sustenance and maintenance, was II
ever really q success. and this Is said
with all praise for the mea who la.
bored SO faithfully these long years
against great odds and averss condi-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
First Insertion July Pei
Order of Publication.


STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Prob.ie Court for
- the County of lOnia,
AT u session OF said Court held at the Probate
ONCE I'm the City Of lOnia. In said County on the
eighteenth day of July, A. ID. 1911.
Present; Hon. Montgomery Webster, Judge of
Probate.
In the Matter Of the Estate of
NORA SPRAGUE,
Deceased.
Elite Sprague, mother of said deceased hav-
ing filed In said court her petition praying that
the administration sf said estate be granted TO
Elite Sprague, or To some other suitable person,
1t is Ordered, That the fourteenth day of Aug
ust A. d. 1911, al ten O clock in the forenoon al
said probate office, be and is hereby appointed
for hearing said petition,
1t is Farther Ordered, That public notice there.
Of be given by publication of acCpy of this order
for three successive weeks previous TO said day of
hearing IN the Belding Banner, newspaper
printed and circulated in said county.
IL. 81 MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
true copy Judge of Probate
MONTGOMERY WEBSTER
Judge of Probate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

Gblnlo a tlNA aAiA
J o h n, S a In t 8
Paul and Silas.
The world can
never understand
the power which,
opera tin g in
these men, en-
abled them to re-
joice in persecu-
tons. With their
b a C k s bleeding
from the Whips
Of torture and
hands and feet
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

Let the patch OF mangel-wurzels be
included In the farm plan for this
summer.
Old grass and clover pastures are
much benefited by a dressing OF plas-
ter and ashes.
One OF the "unfailing" signs OF an
ignorant or careless feeder Is a bunch
OF securing pigs.
Weeds sometimes injure by killing
farm stock, or by rendering their
product unstable.
The brood mare in foal should be
handled by a firm. steady hand, not an
excitable, rash hand.
Better to put up new fence or mend
the old than to spend the rest OF the
summer chasing pigs.
With the high cost OF feed, a little
tankage added TO the ration OF hogs
every day will pay big.
When the cream runs off the spoon
like oil and has a slight acid taste II Is
usually ripe for churning
II has been found that denatured
sugar forms a valuable and economical
addition tn skim milk for calves
Some dairymen are finding II quite
convenient to have the milking room
hold four cows only at one time.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

y q { r o [ in the
highest sense of
the word in that
he looked for the
highest good for
his nation along
the lines of Di-
vine wisdom. His
principle was
God First" and
he well k II Q W
that o n Y this
procedure could
brin z Divine
l,1,ea,fnoru a., his
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
ALI III. lmnrnuements.

Come TO New York. We have more
different ways OF getting your money
than any other city in the United
States.-Life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

Let the patch OF mangel-wurzels be
included In the farm plan for this
summer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
Fred L. Warner

Alfred Locke Dwight G. Sheldon
A TTORNEYS AT LAW-Omce: Over Tul,
"a stra Hardware Main St. Bedding. Men
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

the persecution Is Tor reIlglon II prVVes
that the prosecutor realizes his own
weakness TO meet the argument in II
more rational way.
Today's study draws our attention TO
the prosecutions endured by one of the
Lords faithful Prophets. He was a
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
l GlgTE$G AMENT II fFE' 8
'AIDRO.Ig1ll@ ]
|f1lADEREACLE
III .BIBLE.STUDsES'
BIBLE. STUDIES
BLESSED ARE THE PROSECUTED
Jeremiah 37-Auc. 20

Blessed are ge When men shall rerile you ana
prosecute Bou and SHAH SAP an manner Of epR
against you falsely for Ag sake. - siatthcW
5.H
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

Old grass and clover pastures arc
much benefited by a dressing OF plas-
ter and ashes.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

JAMES E. FERGUSON, M. D.
practice limited TO diseases of the Eye.
= Ear, Nose and Throat. Office 6la
Ashton Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Citizens Phone 9777. Office hours 8 To
4. In Bedding office every Saturday, af-
ternoon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17
implies that the

person or thing prosecuted
possessed some qualities or
powers that are feared. When
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

One of the "unfailing" signs OF an
ignorant or careless feeder Is a bunch
OF securing pigs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

Or. q. =. SMITH.
4 lENTlST.-UTficeh hours To b:SU Leonar
- Block, over Kuhn'S hardware store bel
line Mich
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

When the cream runs off the spoon
like oil and has a slight acid taste II Is
usually ripe for churning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-17

II has been found that denatured
sugar forms a valuable and economical
addition to skim milk for calves.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

vast What engaged girl likes to have the
fact paraded-especially when she's prac-
ticing on another man? And how about
the telegram? How long have you known
her, by the way? Two days2 Really,
now"
The weekly government pouch had closed
at noon, and pouch days were half holt
days, but Daunt did not go to the EN-
bassy. An official letter had arrived from
Washington which must be delivered in
Kamakura Daunt seized this excuse.
plunged ferocousy into tweeds and an
hour afterwaId found himself in a railway
carriage thudding gloomily toward the
lower bay. In his heart he knew that he
was trying to run away-from something
that nevertheless Travelled with him
At Kamakura an immediate answer TO
the letter he brought was not forthcoming.
and TO kin the time he strol!ed far down
the curved beach. Daunt knew tea
house on the very lip Of the cliff. the
Kinkl-ro-"Inn OF the Golden TurtIe"-and
he bent his steps lazi!y in It's direction
in the heavy heat the low tile roof looked
cool and inviting. Tall soft-eyed iris were
standing In its garden overlooking the
water, and against the green their veIvety
leaves made vivid splashes Of golden blue
On dead tree two black crows were
quarreling and cherry-petals powdered the
paths like pink hail The haze. Sitting from
the sky. seemed TO wrap everything in a
vast shimmcrIns veil Al the hedge he
paused an Instant Some one. somewhere
was nummlnE, low-voiced. an air thar he
had once loved. Tie pushed open the gate
and went on into the tremuIous radiance
Then he stopped short
Barbara was seated above him in tn,
fork OF low camella tree, one arm LAID
out along a branch, her green gown blend
ing with bamboo thicket behind her ane
her vivid face framed In the blossoms. sh,
sat chin In hand, looking dreamily GU
across the bay, and the hummcd song hae
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

She glanced at him as she spoke for his
tone had been muffled and indistinct. There
was a deep furrow in his forehead which
she had not seen before. do you look like
him7"
mo, he was dark. am like my mother. +"
Thorn was looking away from her, toward
the lane, where. beyond the hedge, a man
was passing, half-singing, half chanting to
himself in repressed, sepulchral voice.
My mother died too, when l was a little
girl" she added, so l know really very
little about MIN"
She was looking out across the wide
space where the roofs sank out of sight
to the folaged slope Of Aoyama. Suddenly
a Grill, a curi6usly complex motion, ran
over her. Above those far treetops, sail
ing in slow sweeping, concentric circles
she saw a great machine like gigantic
vulturC, She knew instantly what II was
and there flashed before her the memory
Of a day at Fort Logan when a brave
young lieutenant had crashed to death be
fore her eyes in shattered aeroplane.
II Daunt were 10 fall-what would Il
mean to her! In that instant the garden
about her, Thorn, the blue sky above
faded and she stared dismayed into a gull
in whose shadows lurked the disastrous
the terrifying, the irreparable Il Low,
him! / love hint seemed to peal liz,
a temple bell through her brain. Even tJ
herself she could never deny It again
She became aware OF music near a
hand. il brought her back 10 the present
for II was the sound OF the organ IN tnt
new chapel across the way.
Looking up, she was struck by the ex
preston on Thorn's face. He seemed
listening 10 be held captive by some dir,
recollection. II brought 10 her mind tina
bitter cry.
I can not but remember such things were
That were most precious 70 me-
She rose with q sudden swelling of al,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

eye. through a heavy glass mounted with
a handle like a lorgnette.
My son." he said, why will you persist
in eating anne, when l have taught you the
classics and the true divinity Of the uni
verse? 1t is too sweet for youthful teeth.
One OF these days you viii be carried to a
dentist, an esteemed person with horrible
tools. prior to the removal of a small hell,
containing several myriads of lost souls,
from the left side of your lower jaw!"
Barbara's foot grated on a pebble and
he rose with a startled quickness. The
youngster bent double, his face preternat-
urally grave. Thorn thrust the glass into
his sleeve and smiled,
Il am experimenting on this oriental raw
material" he said, ITO illustrate certain
theories OF my own. Ishikichi-san, though
a slave to the sweetmeat dealer is a
learned infant. He can write forty Chinese
characters and recite ten texts Of Mencius
He also knows many damnable facts about
figures which they teach in school. He
has just propounded a question that Con
fucius was too wise to answer; why is
Poverty? Not being so wise as the Chi.
nese sage attempted its elucidation. Thus
endeth our lesson today, Ishikichl. Sayo-
nara"
Barbara looked after him smilngly. rs
Ishikichi IN straitened circumstances? On
Is his bent political economy"
His father has been in for a Ions
time" Thorn replied. He keeps a shop
and in some way the child has heard tina
they will have 10 give it up 1t trouble.
him, for he can't imagine existence with
out It."
what a pity! I would be so glad to-
do you think l could give them some
thing?"
He shook his head. After you hav,
been here while you will find that sim
pie charity in japan Is not apt 70 be
welcome thing"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29
An International Romance by Halle Ermnie Rtyes


Il am beginning to understand already"
she said as they walked along the step
ping stones that these gentle-mannered
people do not lack the sterner qualities
Yet hoy they grace theml The iron hand is
here, but It has the velvet glove. Courtesy
and kindness seem almost a religion with
them"
More" he answered. This is the only
country have seen in the world whose
people, when / walk the street. do not
seem to notice that 1 am dsfiguredl
She made no pretense Of misunderstood
ing. Believe me-" she said gently 1T is
no Disagreement. But 1 understand. My
father lived all his life in the dread Of
blindness"
A faint sound came from him. She was
aware, without lifting her eyes to his, that
he was staring at her strangely. IAN his
life. Then your father in not-livingg'
HE died before ! was born"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29
CHAPTER xxv1I-ContInued.

She round herseir in a crowded corridor
Of the emptying playhouse The mass Of
japanese faces confused her. door
opened at another angle and she passed
through It hastily into the open air. The
street she was now in was narrow. and
she followed It expecting 1t to turn into a
larger thoroughfare. 1t did 50 presently,
and at the corner she paused till the burn
ing had left her eyes and her breath came
evenly. Then she walked back toward the
theater. feeling an impatient irritation at
her behavior
Presently, however, she stopped. pug
zled. The theater was not there. The
street. too. had net the character OF the one
In which she had left Daunt. She must
have taken the wrong turn. She walked
rapidly In the opposite direction. until an
other street crossed at right angles This
she tried with no better result. In the maze
Of lantern lighted vistas she was com
pletey lost.
Just before her. at the side Of the way,
stood small temple with a recumbent
stone fox at its entrance. II made her
think suddenly OF the riding crop she had
seen Daunt carrying, with it's Damascene
foxhead handle. In the doorway burned a
rack Of little candles and chest barred
across the top, set ready to receive the Of
terings OF worshipers. Above this was sus-
pended the mirror which is the invariable
badge Of a Shinto shrine. " was tilted at
an eagle and tossed back the gllmmer OF
the candle flame. with whimsical smile
she took copper coin from her purse
and leaned to toss It into the chest
But her fingers closed on It and she
drew back hastily, with a quick memory
of one of the tales Haru had told her.
She knew suddenly that she stood before
a temple OF Inar the fox-god. patron
deity OF her whose conquests brought
shame to households and dishonor to wives.
She remembered a song the Japanese girl
had sung to the tinkle OF her samisen:
my weapons are smile and a little
fan
Sayonara, sayonara
1t was the song of the fox woman -
She slipped the purse hastily back into
her pocket.
The fox-woman! AS she walked on, for
the first time the phrase came to Barbara
with a sudden, sharp sense OF actually.
There were fox-women of every race and
cline, women who came, with painted
smile, between true lovers. What II she
hersef-what II here in this land that bale
full wisdom were to strike home to her7
Like keen blade tho thought pierced
through her and something shy and sweet
new born in her breast shrank startled
and fearful from IT,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29
CHATTER WV.

The day had dawned sultry. with prom
Use Of summer humidity, and Daunt was
not surprised TO find the barometer per
forming incorporate antics.
That morning had seen his first trial Of
his new fan propeller. and the gliders &C
ton had surpassed his widest expectation.
The flight, Of which Barbara had caught
a glimpse from Thorn's garden. had been
a longer one than usual-Quite twelve miles
against sluggish upper current-but even
that failed to bring its customary glow.
Thereafter he had spent a long morning
immersed in the work Of the Chancery
the study Of a disputed mining concession
in Manchuria a report on contemplated
issue Of government bonds; a demand for
a passport by a s6lf-allegcd national with
a foreign accent and paucity OF natural
ization papers; the daily budget Of trans
lations from vernacular newspapers, by
which a home government gains a birds
eye view Of comment and public opinion
in faraway capitals.
But today Daunt could not exercise with
the mass Of detail the leering imps that
plagued him. They peered at him over the
edge Of the code-books and whispered from
the margins Of decorous dispatches, chuck
ling satiricHlly
Barbara they sneered. Mere ac-
quaintances often name steam yachts fol
girls, don't they? Arrived the same day
as her ship, Ell? Rather singular coin
cidence. What a flush she had wher
Voynich spoke Of Pills brother last might
at the tea house. Angry? OF course she
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

whiteness like that Of death. He stood as II
frozen to marble. The morning sun on the
chapel's eastern side, striking through its
open easements, lighted the iridescent rose
window with tender radiance, gliding the
duh yellow aureole about the head Of the
Master and giving life and glow to the
face beside Him-dark beardless and pas
sicnately tender-at which Thorn was star
ing, with what seemed almost an agony
Of inquiry,
"St. john" she said softly, 1.-THE dis
ciple whom Jesus loved She drew from
the bosom of her dress the locket she al
ways wore and opened IT, The face was
painted from this-the only picture l have
of my father"
His hand twitched as he took It. He
looked at Il long and earnestly-at the
name carved on Its lid. Barbara Barbara
Fairfax" he said. She thought his lips
shook under the gray mustache.
"You-are a buddhist, are you not?" she
asked. And Buddhists believe the spirits
Of the dead are always about us. DO you
-perhaps-he sees the Chapel?".
lie put her locket into her hands hastily
Cod he said, as II 10 himself. HE will
see II through hundred existences!"
Her eyes were moist and shining. Il an
glad you think that" she said
In the Chapel the bishops gaze kindleL
as IL went out over the kneeling people.
we heseech Thee. that in this place now
set apart TO Thy service, Thy holy nam,
may be worsmPcd in truth and purity
Though all generations"
The voice OF the bishop carried acrOs.
the lane and entered the window OF 4
temple loft, where a man sat. stil anS
gray and quiet. lie threw himself on hi
face with a terrible cry.
MY child" he cried in breaking voice
Ny little, little child, whom they hav,
robbed me of-whom / have never know
in all these weary years, You have grow
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

a rhythm htat seemed TO ut her thought
slow and infinitely tender.
"Youi" he cried.
She turned with a startled movement
that dissolved into low, delicious laughter,
Fairly caught" she answered. 4 don't
often revert far enough 20 climb trees, but
thought no one but Haru and was here.
WIN you come and help me down. Hon
orable Fly-man?'
"wait-"he said. what was the soma
YOU were humming?"
She looked at him with a quick intake
OF breath, then Tor answer began to sins
in a voice that presently became scarce
more than a whisper:
''Forgotten you? Well II forgetting
BE hearing all the day
Your voice through all the strange babble
OF voices grave, now gay
II counting each moment with longing
Till the one when l see you again,
II this be forgetting, you're right, dearl
And / have forgotten you thenl'
Daunts hand fell to his side. young
girls face nestled in creamy, pink bios
sonls-a sweet shy. flushed face under a
mass Of curling gold-bronEe hair. Il re-
member now he said in a low voice.
Il sang 1t to YOU that
day."
Il am flattered!" she exclaimed. The
day before yesterday you had forgotten
that YOU ever saw poor little me! II was
Mrs Claybourne, of course, that you sang
to! Yet you were my idol Tor a long month
and a day."
1T was to you he said unsteadily. Il
didn't know your name, But l never for
got the song l remembered It that night
in the garden, when 1 first heard you
playing"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

throat
Il must go now" she said. The chapel
is to be dedicated this morning The organ
is playing for the service now
She led the way along the stepping-stones
to the bamboo gate. As they approached
through the interstices Of the farther hedge
she could see the figure Of the ambassador,
with Mrs. cambridge, among the kimono
entering the chapel door. In the temple It's
tapping and the dulled, monotonous tom
tom mingled weirdly with the soaring har-
monies OF the organ.
with her hand on the paling she spoke
again;
"One thing ! didn't tell you. II was
who built the chapel. 1t is in the memory
OF my father. See, there is the memorial
window. They were putting 1t in place
when | came a little while ago"
She was not looking at Thorn, or she
would have seen her face overspread with 9
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

there will be-ben aboard those ships
He shuddered and wrenched his gaze
away.
Bersonin put out his great hand and laid
It on the others shouldera-its weight
seemed TO be pressing him down into the
chair.
''Well?' he said, in low intense voice.
What II there are?"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29
CHAPTER XIV.
The FOrgotten Man,

Barbara pushed open the bamboo gate
of the temple garden, then paused. The
recluse with whom she had talked yester-
day sat a little way inside, while before
him, in an attitude OF deepest attention,
stood the diminutive figure on the huge
clogs whose morning acquaintance she had
made from her window. Thorn was look
ing at him earnestly with his great myopic
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

away from mel shall never have you
nowl Never . neverl"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29

telegraph clerk, the signature, Austen
Ware"
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-29
COMMISSION AGAIN ISSUES
ORDER ON LEMON RATES

[BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS1
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-'rhe Inter-
state Commerce Commission today hand
ed down new order in the California
lemon case. The order again prescribeS
a rate of 81 per hundred weight on lem
ons shipped from Southern California
points to points east of the Rockies. The
order instructs the railways to cease
charging the $1.15 rate for two years af
ter February 10 next.
The commissions order is identical with
the one the commerce court enjoined last
October.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has granted Southern California lemon
growers reparation for charges paid in
excess of 81 per hundred weight, the exact
amounts to be determined later The COM
missions order is tho beGinning of a new
attack on the commerce court, which
held that the commission was exceeding
it's authority in reducing rates. The COM
missions second order is expected to put
the question of railroad rates on reason
lbeness Squarely up to the court OF
commerce. which feature was not consid-
cred in the first decision.
The new order is based on the TACT that
the railroads heretofore occasionally mann
tanned lower rates on lemons than on
oranges, more oranges tnan lemons
move under refrigeration.