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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Excellent Fertilizer Distributor.

ance OF nitrogen for the corn crop and
at the proper time during its growth
to insure maximum yield. The bao-
terra In the manure will hasten the
decomposition Of the organic matter
contained In the roots and stubble Of
the clover sod and hasten them into
a condition available to nourish the
growing corn crop.
All farmers know that excellent
crops Of mixed grass may be grown
on field that has produced a good
crop Of corn by the application Of
manure alone the previous year but
In my opinion better economical re-
suits may be obtained II the manure
ia applied at the rate Of from 8 to
10 loads to the acre and supplemented
with some form of fertilizer supply
ing an abundance Of phosphoric acid
and potash.
The phosphoric acid may be pur-
chased In numerous forms, but In my
opinion the potash had best come In
the form OF a high grade or q low
grade sulphate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

Why must women bear most OF the
burden for slavery to dress when man
certainly has no more freedom than
she? This could be illustrated In q
number of different ways, including
collars that choke and are too easily
soiled. but what Is really In our mind
Is the hair-and-brain-and-co mfort-de-
stroying derby. 1t makes the head
look like a peanut. II Is worn In the
spring long after the owner longs for
the straw hat. and In the autumn
when he wishes to continue with the
straw. and In the winter when he de-
sires a comfortable, pleasant. soft,
warm covering. Perhaps the cap is
gaining little In popularity, and also
the soft felt. but the progress is not
enough to be noticeable. For what
progress there Is we can probably
thank the automobile. We certainly
cannot thank the intelligence Of men.
Golfers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Aanauaas Of the Professions.

Scientific terms are ordinarily
crammed without mercy into the medi-
cal certificates that are brought into
courts Of justice. These have always
the effect Of thoroughly frightening
the magistrates. who hardly under
stand them more than do the good pub
lie.
At recent court session M. Masse,
the presiding Judge. interrupted the
reading of medical certificate:
When will these doctors resolve to
abandon their gibberish and speak
French?"
Monsieur the president, the doctors
remain as they were In the time Of
Moliere."
The presiding Judge said with a
sigh: They are worse than In the time
or Moliere. In that epoch at least the
doctors made use OF kind Of Latin
that one could understand. Today no
one can understand them at all"
Does Monster the President believe
that the gibberish of the lawyers Is
any more understandable than that Of
the doctors?'-Le Cri de Paris.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
FIRST SCORE FOR THE MAJOR
Man OF Law Wasted Time In Contem.
plation, but His Opponent Was
Quick to Act.

There lived at one time. in the fash
ionable quarter Of Dublin an eminent
lawyer who afterwards came to occu-
by a position on the judicial bench.
He was a man of high professional
attainments but of testy and irritable
temper. His next door neighbor was
retired major. noted for the eccen-
tricity Of his habits. Between the two
there was anything but friendly feel
ing and they did all In their power to
annoy and harass each other. One
night. memorable in Ireland as The
night OF the great storm" the majors
chimneys were blown down. Crash
they went through the roof Of the law.
yer's house and thence down through
floor after floor, carrying havoc In
their course. The man OF law was In
no good humor as he contemplated the
destruction, and what made matters
worse was that 1t was the majors
chimney that had occasioned the
wreck His mind was actively en-
gagged In devising some process by
which he could get satisfaction from
his arch enemy, when this missive ar
rived from the major:
"Send me back my bricks immediate
ly or I'll put the matter in the hands
Of an attorney"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Tho Fat Rooster.

Very few people credit chickens
with having much sense; but at least
one young rooster proved. without
doubt. that he was wiser than he
looked. This cockerel has a habit of
ruffiing up his feathers during feeding
time, and as he was about twice as
fat as the rest Of the fowls. his owner
decided to watch him and to try to
find out the cause Of his queer be-
havior. One day, as the fowls saun-
tered of after being fed, the rooster
carried his portly self to a secluded
place by the wood pile. and shook
himself vigorously; whereupon down
fell more than half a pint of grain
which his ruffied feathers had caught
at feeding time. This he proceeded
to eat at his leisure. As he continued
to ruffie his feathers and to saunter
on to the wood pile after meals, and
gained In size daily, his owner had
every reason to believe that the zoos
ter had more than his share Of COM
mon chicken sense.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
"lks. "a Days After Death.

Some years ago DR.. Alexis Carrel,
an English scientist, showed that the
various organs and tissues taken from
q living organism can be maintained
In live state for more or less pro-
longed time by placing them In q suit
able medium at the right temperature,
and that such tissues may even grow
for several days. His results have
been contradictsd by other authors.
but more recently DR.. Carrel has
achieved even more striking results.
BY taking the preparations out of their
nutritive medium at the right time and
transferring thme to another medium
consisting Of three parts Of the nor
NAL plasma Of the animal In question
and two parts OF water. and repeating
the operation at proper intervals up to
as many az nine times. he finds that
the connective tissue shows great ac-
tivity. even az long as thirty-four days
after IT. removal from the body.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

10 Loossns the Fiber Of the Brain and
Makes Men Soft and
FIabby.

Boosting is q poor intellectual eXer-
else. II seems to loosen the fbers OF
the brain and make them soft and
fabby. When we read In the New
York Medical Journal that card-play-
ing is injurious to the mind. we re-
member what DIR. Edward Everett Hale
said about It: "The Dragging of q peo-
pie used to playing cards." and then
coupling the two observations. We get
a standpoint from which to view the
discrepancies Of society.
The Medical Journal treats the mat
ter scientifically and learns from psy-
chology that the keeping the mind on
exciting uncertainties renders 1t In
efficient In the consideration OF seri-
GUS things afterward. Go, for In
stance. from an exciting game OF base
ball and pick up your Emerson, Rus
kin. Sartor Resartus or Progress and
Poverty. and see where you are. Stuck
In the mud. that's certain. You can
not bulge a barley corn. Now, keep
that up. day after day. with any sort
Of sport and then take account Of your
mental condition.
We suspect the Medical Journal Ia
right, and DR.. Hale's illustration is pat.
And II you want to make an effective
thinker OF yourself, II would be well
not to get daft on any game. Take
hold OF II as an incidental, II you both
er with 1t at all.-Ohio State Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
ALONG THE INDIAN FRONTIER
kachins Are q Wild and WarIlke Peo-
pie, but Are Most Hospltabls to
Travellers.

Hidden In the mountains on both
side of the frontier road are villages
OF Kachins. wild and warlike race
which causes much anxiety to the Chi
nese and to the peaceful Shans inhab-
iting the neighboring valleys" writes
Archibald Rose. British consul at
Yunan, China, In an article describ-
ing the Chinese Frontier Of India"
The men are keen looking fellows.
who spend their days In sharpening
their dhas. or long two handed swords.
their nights In drinking and In har-
rying the marches. The burdens OF
life are literally borne by their WON
en- folk, long trains of whom are met
along the roads, carrying on their
backs great baskets Of grain depend
Ing from a strap across their fore
heads, while their hands are busy
spinning strands OF cotton yarn, or
weaving a straw bracelet for their
sweethearts. as they toll up the noun
tain slopes. They wear a short kilt.
supported by numbers Of loose rat
tan girdles, the lobes OF their ears are
pierced and distended to carry long
tubes OF silver or rolls OF red cloth.
and their faces are coarsened BY
hard times.
"They are hospitable to people. these
Kachins, offering welcome to any
passing traveller without question or
hope OF reward. This spirit of hos
pitality, indeed, is carried to APPOINT
which might almost be considered ex.
travagance. ! remember q case at Q
recent frontier meeting In which q
TRANSFORMER Kachin appeared as the
complainant. He had accepted an In
vitation to dinner, dined not wisely.
but too well, and fallen down . preci.
pice on his way home.
1.-THE result was broken les. and.
In consequence. he now appeared IN
court to sue his host for damages.
The erring host paid up quite cheer
fully, and the international incident
was thus amicably settled over the
body OF a sacrificial pig"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
PRESIDENTIAL POT LUCK

AS the presidential preference, pot
luck propaganda advances through the
strenuous and vociferous campaign
conducted by the distinguished pres
ident and eX-president Of the United
States personally, it is nearing the point
where large number of the former
admirers of each are becoming disgust
ed with the methods of speech employ
ed, the epithets hurled and their YER
sions of square deal" The situation
has become so serious that unquestion'
ably were the proposition put squarely
up TO the republican voters of the
nation they would say give us dark
horse at the convention.
However both Taft and Roosevelt are
exceptionally distinguished men, great
statesmen, wonderfully equipped intel
lectually for leading a great nation, and
however much they may cat-haul each
other the Banner is for Taft for the
nomination and election, for Roosevelt
for the election if he gets the nOmina-
ton, for the dark horse if there is one
and for bidding God Speed TO the dem.
ocratic party should il win out in the
election this fall.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
In ThankfuIness.

Notwithstanding all that I have
suffered, Notwithstanding all the pain
and WEAKNESS and anxiety and sor-
row that necessarily enter into life.
and the inward errings that are worse
than all. would end my record with
devout thanksgiving to the great
author my being. For more and more
am unwilling to make any gratitude
to him what is commonly called "a
thanksgiving for mercies. for any
benefits or blessings that are peculiar
to myself. or my friends. or indeed
to any man. Instead OF this would
have II to be gratitude for all that be-
longs to my life and being-for JOY
and sorrow. for health and sickness.
for success and disappointment, for
virtue and for temptation. for life
and death: because believe that all
10 meant for good.-Orville Dewey.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
COLONEL READY WITH BLUFF
Writer OF Detective Stories Found
Himself at Home In Somewhat
Trying Situation.

The late Col. II. X. Shakelford. who
was q prolific writer Of detective
stories. had as much presence of mind
on one occasion as was ever shown
by any OF his heroes. He was visiting
In a western city. and. having spent
the evening with some friends, did
not start back to his hotel until after
midnight. AS he was passing through
a dark and desolate street, a footpad
stepped out from behind q tree. level.
ed revolver at the colonel. and told
him to hand over his money. But the
authority on detective law was equal
to the demand OF the moment. He
said afterward he thought he had stol-
en- some OF his own stuff In extricating
himself from the trouble.
What are you doing on Elm ave-
hue?" he asked the robber. In Q
threatening tone. "Confound you,
am working this street. and l want
you to understand I'll have no other
crooks butting in!"-The Popular
Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

OF course there is no use kicking on
the raise in telephone rates by the
Citizens Phone Company and towing
you wont patronize them any longer,
because if you 20 over TO the Bell office
TO do business the same rate conditions
confront you, the boost is on and you
pay the price. The Citizens Company
begged for franchise here few years
ago 10 compete with the Bell and gave
low and living prices for both patron
and company. No condition exists to-
day why they cannot furnish service
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
REACH HEIGHTS OF LUXURY
Good Reasons Why the Newest Ocean
Liners Are Referred TO ~
Floating Palaces.

While the FIRST photograph of the
new steamship Titanic received In
New York shows a ship In most re-
spects like the Olympic there Is a pro-
nounced difference In the deck. or
what 10 on the Olympic the lower
proven promenade deck. On this deck
on the new ship there is no public
promenade at all.
Instead the staterooms are brought
out flush with the outside of the SUI
perstructure. and the rooms them
selves made much larger. The sitting
rooms of some OF the suites on this
deck are IL by 10 feet. In fact. this
deck Is the most luxurious Of the ves-
sci.
The restaurant is much larger than
that Of the Olympic and II has nov
city in the shape OF q private prom
enade deck on the starboard side. to
be used exclusively by its patrons. Ad-
Joining It 10 reception room where
hosts and hostesses may meet their
guests before going into the restau-
rant.
The biggest novelty 10 two private
promenades connected with the two
most luxurious suites on the ship.
These suites are about the most ex,
pensive ever installed on ship 90
far as the passenger 10 concerned. II
will be possible for the occupants 10
be just as exclusive on shipboard az
In their own homes.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
OUR TICKET

Taft for the nomination
and election.
Roosevelt for the election if
he gets the nomination.
The dark horse of the ma
tional convention II dark
horse is the outcome.
VIM. Alden Smith for
United States Senator.
Now that Osborn is out of 1t
Amos MusSelman for Cover
nor.
Huntly Russell for con-
gress from the 5th district
subject to decision of the
primaries.
Gerrit J. Diekema for Con-
gresham at large.
Woman Suffrage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Newsboy Pulled He Beard.

II Frank Carlo. who has been de-
scribed as the loudest mouthed news
boy In New York, had only stopped
to reason that II Is not the usual thing
for person to return to have his
beard pulled second time after once
suffering that indignity. the newsboy
might not be serving a Today SEN
tence In the workhouse. Simon Marks.
whose long. flowing beard Carlo had
pulled. returned. but not unattended.
for short distance away stood De-
tective Keller. who witnessed the Sec
ond pulling.-New York Evening Tele-
gram.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
AZ Rule for Most Things II 10 Safe 20
Walt Until Around Corn Plant
Ing Time for start.

We are always eager to get the gar
den started In the spring, but as a
rule for the most things II is safe to
walt until around corn planting time
or little before. No use to put seed
into cold damp ground only to rot.
Better start the plants In the hot
bed and taper of In the cold frame,
and then when set out In the open
they will hump themselves.
It's mighty mean man who will
permit his wife to spade up the gar
den and do all the work on II the
whole season through.
Never drill strong fertilizer, like
sheep or poultry manure. In the rows
next TO the seed. Better plan Is to
work It into the ground before plant
Ing or In the rows just after the plants
appear and close enough 30 It will
touch.
Everybody grows rhubarb. but few
farmers know that they can grow as
paragus just as easily. II is one OF the
most delicious vegetables grown and
requires no special care. Start with
one or two year old plants.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Mr.. 0aIs~orthy and Art.

John Galsworthy has fine imagina
tive piece Of writing In the February
Fortnightiy on Vague Thoughts on
Art"
Art" he says. "is that imaginative
expression Of human energy which
through technical concretion Of feel
ing and perception. tends to reconcile
the individual with the universal. by
exciting In him impersonal emotion
And the greatest art 10 that which
excites the greatest impersonal emo
ton in q hypotheticated perfect hu'
man being.
What is this universe-that never
had beginning and will never have an
end-but q myriad striving to perfect
pictures never tho same. 80 blending
and fading one into another that all
form one great perfect picture. And
what are we-ripples on the tides Of q
birthless. deathless. eQuipoised Crea.
tive Purpose-but little works OF art!"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
POINTER FOR THE BATSMAN
Right Way Of Hitting . Pitched Ball
10 Shown ~ Q Matter Of
Come Importance.

Some Of tho grueling training OF
pennant chasers In southern training
camps IL indicated by Edward Lyle
Fox In Outing. Here ID what he says
OF the batting:
"A man steps to the plate. The ball
comes sailing up. white and big, r.
diculously easy to hit. The batter
must think 80, too. We see him bunch
his shoulders, draw in his upper lip,
act just as men do when they're going
to kill II. Then he swings. The I'M
pact has the dull sound Of falling
plank hitting the sidewalk on one end
High above second base the ball
arches, wabbles and bolts in a shining
arc. The batter looks sheepish.
Hey" cries the manager, and we
see him rush toward the plate. What
do you mean by hitting q ball like
that? Why, man. II you don't change
your swing you'll be q ny-ball hitter
all your life"
whats the matter with IT." The
voice betrays disappointment.
Matter" roars the manager. Mat
ter! Why, you're hitting as II you
were eating soup; coming up under
the ball as II 1t were q piece Of clam
floating In a bowl Of chowder and
your bat was q ladle! Matter! When
will you ever learn to meet a bal
sQuarely on the nose-not hitting un
der It! Now try again"
He does, and this time We hear a
ring, see q white streak that shoots
not ten feet from the ground and
brings up with Q crash against the
outneld fence.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
PREPARING THE CORN FIELD
Manure, Supplemented With Some
Form Of Fertilizer TO Furnish
Phosphorlc Acid, 10 Best.
CBy w. NJ. KELLEY

CBy w. M. KELLEY
On the majority Of stock and dairy
farms the corn field Is the ideal place
to apply the farm manure. A corn
crop is able to make profitable use OF
manure for the reason that II makes
its principal growth late in the season
after the fertilizing elements In the
manure have been available to nour.
ish the growing plants. by the action
Of the elements.
The ideal corn field Is prepared by
applying manure to a clover sod.
A light dressing OF stable manure
on the clover sod will make an abund,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

A musical instrument new to Eng.
lish> audiences was heard at Queens
Hall. London. recently. when the Lon
don Symphony Orchestra presented .
Russian program. The timplipito-
which was used In one Of Ivano6's
Caucasian sketches"-consists of
two earthenware jars of different
sizes. bound together By thongs. Over
their mouths 10 stretched . skin which
10 beaten with light wooden drum
sticks. producing Q sound like ohild's
rattle and Q drum combined.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
State OF Ohio. city OF Toledo, l..
Lucas County So'

State OF Ohio city OF Toledo. -.
Lucas County,
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that ne n
senior partner of the firm OF f. j. Cheney
4 Co, doing business in the City OF To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid. and
that said frm will pay the sum OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9th day Of December.
A. ID. 1856
(SeaD A. w GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY a CO. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Probably Not.

"The doctor says I mustn't read any
thing exciting"
i've brought you a nice book en-
titled How to Know the Wild Flow
ers." don't think that will increase
your heart action very much"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Modern Childhood.

Il guess the good old days are gone
forever"
Spring your plant"
Il asked my young niece n she
knew who Cinderella was. She said
Cinderella was a character In q musi-
cal comedy, but that It wasn't at for
old people to see"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

Sick headache results from disorder
ed condition of the stomach, and can be
cured by the use of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Try it,.
For sale by All Dealers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

AS cheaply as at first, but there has
been boost on several different &C.
casions. 1t is said that corporations are
soulless and we are inclined 10 cry out
with the prophet of old CHOW long,
Oh Lord, how long"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
BELDINC BANNER
Published every Thursday at Belding,
(Ionia County, Mich, by
the BANNER PUBLISHING &c
&. q. LAPhAM, epIIoa

Advertising Rates upon application, Bits
collected monthly. Cards of Thanks, 26c TO
boo Resolutions from Doc up.
Uttered AT the Postoflce, Bedding, Michigan
for Transmission through the Mails as Sec
oud GLASS Matter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
Piano Tuning

Parties wanting piano tuning this
spring will please leave orders early rs
possible, TO avoid delay due TO our
usual summer rush. Leave orders at
Wagner Il Sons Office or phone 80.
Chas A. Wagner,
Mgr. Mich. Piano Tuning Go.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

For Sale-Farm Of % acres with good
buildings, one mil. west Of Belding.
Call at Banner Office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

White Leghorn Matching Eggs for
Sale-Heavy laying strain, $500 per
hundred. Fireless Breeders soc each
Rufus II. Morse, phone l95-4-R, Cooks
Corners.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

Wanted-Three or four furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. VIM.
Roberts, Bridge ST. Barber shop.
5l-tf
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23
w ants Business ss' Chances anU

Wanted-A Housekeeper Call or
address James Ovephouse, 32l East
Division ST., Bedding, Mich. 50-wz
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-23

Automobile for Sale-lrving X.
Demorest 5lu
The Washington times., 1912-02-28
Stokes Declares for
More Freedom in
Choice of Nominee

TRENTON, n. j., Feb. %.With the
assertion that the rank and file of tho
Republican party should make the
Presidential nomination, and that they
should not be interfered with by politl-
cal machinery, former Governor Ed
ward Casper Stokes today issued a
statement upon the situation in the
party since the announcement of Colonel
Roosevelt's candidacy.
In interviews and from the stump
for Heveral months past former Gov
ernor Stokes has made known his pref
erence for Colonel Roosevelt as the
party candidate. In his statement to-
day he says that the people should
make the nominations. That has been
and still Is my attitude" he continues.
The former governor goes over the
Columbus speech in detail and makes a
careful analysis with the result that he
says Republicans may differ as to the
choice of candidates, but these differ
ences should not prevent the common
consultation for the party good. The
situation he regards as critical.
Mr.. Stokes agrees with Colonel Roose-
welt in most of his recommendations
and the impression after reading the
statement is that the former governor is
still a Roosevelt man. He does not,
however, agree with the proposition to
recall judges and court decisions, and
says 1t would be as impracticable as
referring an umpire's decision to the
| fans on the bleachers of a baseball
game.