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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
Talks on Thrift
She Didn't Raise Her Boy TO Be a
Loofev

One of the most important lessons
that a child can learn is that money is
the representative of labor; a reward
for services rendered; compensation
fordoing something, and not gift to
be had for the asking. The penny
that is earned has vastly different
aspect from one that is solicited
When the child grows up he will find
that the world will not hand out
money for the asking, but only in re-
turn for value. The growing boy or
girl can have no better lesson than to
be compelled to return something for
their spending money. Even though
the service rendered be trivial, such
as carrying wood, washing dishes,
busting, etc., the value of the lesson
remains.
After earning money by labor, it
becomes necessary that it should be
well spent in order that the benefit,
both morally and financially, be last
ing. If the child is merely taught to
earn in order to spend, he is acquir-
ing spendthrift habits which will en-
large as the years go by, and be dis
astrous. Every parents owes duty
to the child in training it first to earn
largely and then to spend wisely.
\ The Curtis Publishing Company of
Philadelphia employs over $4,000 boys
in selling their publications in odd
moments. Such training inspires them
with the instinct of craftsmanship to
very creditable degree. The Company
offers to secure good positions for all
those who show marked ability. A
boy in Passiac, N. j., is earning So a
week out of school hours, and has 500
in the bank. Such opportunities are
on every hand for the boy, particular
ly. to profitably use his spare time.
which might otherwise be frittered
away to Manageable degree.
The selling of papers, running of
errands for store, and work of this
order does not reflect on the standing
Of the parents-it is simply good
training and those whose regard is
worth having will recognize this fact.
A certain mother in Staten Island
whose boy used his out of school time
in delivering packages for a dyeiug
establishment and earned 81 a week,
had the right idea. She insisted that
he put a part of his earnings in the
bank. As his earnings increased he
increased his savings. He thought it
hard at first to bank rather than
SpSuu hlS iHoilty, Until ne got the
habit, but now he is glad his mother
was strict. He has recently bought
an automobile out of his savings,
which might appear extravaganza, but
with such training he is sure to turn
it into an earning power.
a boy reared in such surroundings
must be thrifty. This mother did not
raise her boy to be loafer, spending
his time in the pool rooms, os on the
streets wasting time, and learning bad
habits; she helped him capitalize his
spare moments for substantial results
later in life.
On the home training depends large
ly whether or not the boy is To lie
thrifty or spendthrifty; a saver or a
waster; soldier in the great army 'of
those who work, or loafer struggling
in the rear.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14

Mrs. Belle Strong was a Friday af-
ternoon caller at Mrs. Ben Penny's.
Mrs. M. F. Holcomb of Ionia was a
recent guest at. the home of her son,
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Dey Hol-
comb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Penny and Mrs.
Hattie Dorsey were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Krick.
Mrs. Sarah Moon was visiting
friends here one day last week.,
Chas. Hill was a Saturday evening
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Krick.
Mrs. Ben Penny was a Sunday
evenig caller at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morgan.
The Ladies' Club will be entertain
ed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Harrington July 6. Everybody well
come.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
BARTONVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter White, Harry
Moon and Miss Grace Moon attended
the funeral of George White in Low
ell Sunday. The services were held
at his late home and interment was
made at the Alton cemetery. Mr..
White was one Of the early pioneers
of Kent county. He owned farm
at Alton, where he lived for many
years and was well-known in this
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Condor and lit
tie daughter spent Sunday with Mrs.
Condon's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Tower.
Mrs. Ben Boss and Mrs. August
Geiger spent Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Carl Geiger.
Chas. Holiday spent Sunday with
the home folks.
Lloyd and Julia Hogen have the
measles.
The visitors at Harold Gardeners
the past week were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Knapp and Mrs. E. J. Knapp of
Belding, Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Gardner
of Smyrna and Mrs. Walter White
and Grace Moon.
Carl Geiger and family were the
Sunday guests of August Geiger and
wife.
Mrs. Dick Tower was very sick
Saturday. She started to feed her
chickens and was taken with faint
ing spell. Mr.. Tower was away from
home and when he returned he found
her on the ground unconscious. In
falling she injured one hip and suffers
a great deal Of pain. She is some
better at present and we hope she
will soon recover.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
HoD The Spider WeaUes His
Web-Much Care Is Used

1t was almost invisible it was so fine
and silky. webs get whittier with
age, but when first made are hardly
visible at ALL
When the web was done he climbed
up to a point overhead and a bit in
front of the face of the web, where he
soon built beautiful den by binding
three leaves together with many
threads of web. This took some time.
When the den was finished he came
back on the web and went carefully
all over the whole structure, examin-
ing every part Of it by testing and
pulling at it with a long fore leg.
Satisfied, he attached a line to the
center and climbed up to the den,
where he pulled this line up until it
was taut. This is the sensitive line
of the whole web that brings a mes
sage, by vibration, to the spider in
the den when an insect strikes the
web trap, for the spider sits in the
den with one fore leg always on this
sensitive line.
When an insect strikes the trap
web the spider comes out of the den,
drops down this line to the trap CEN
ter, where he puts a claw on one
spoke after another of his web until
he locates the one nearest to the
struggling insect, then out he goes to
the victim, feels with his forefoot to
ascertain the size and strength Of the
trapped insect, and then, if it is not
too large, he begins to entangle it in
more web lines until its first violent
struggles are subdued; then a bite
from his hooked jaws injects a quick,
paralyzing poison, and in a few min
utes the victim is still. If not too
large the helpless insect is now cut
out of the web trap, rolled in more
web strands, and carried up the line
to the den to be eaten at once or SIM
ply anchored there until wanted.
Sometimes the web is repaired
often it is not.
The spider hangs head down on his
web on cool days and in the evening
and early morning, but gets into
shelter when the sun shines. / think
the eyesight Of spiders is very poor,
as they seem to depend on the web
vibrations for information.
The web saw built was about
fourteen inches in diameter of the
wheel" 1t took about five hours
time to build, beginning about day
light.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14

For several years past | have OBJ
served always one, and sometimes
several, great gold-and-black spiders
living contentedly among my wild
honeysuckle vines. Why they prefer
these vines to any other is more than
/ have been able to find out, unless it
is because the flowers attract many
kinds of insects. At any rate these
big spiders, spreading nearly three
inches across from tip to tip of their
long legs and with bodies nearly as
big as the end of my thumb, make
their web homes in these vines and /
do not modest them as they are very
interesting creatures.
/ saw one spin his web from begin
ming to end one warm, cloudy day. Be-
ginning with a straight silken cord
running up and down, he fastened
both ends securely, and then climbed
to the middle and attached second
line, which he carried off on one side
by crawling over the leaves. Then
he came back to the center over this
line after he had pulled it tight and
fastened it. At the center he attach
ed another line, crawled out over the
second line, and off among the leaves,
where he soon had his third line at
tached. This process was repeated
deliberately and slowly until he had
all the 'spokes" Of his wheel in
place.
Then he went to the center, attach
ed line to one of the "spokes" about
half an inch from the center, and then
turned deliberately around in a circle,
attaching this line to each spoke in
turn at about the same distance from
the center in each case.
Next, using this first line as path,
he travelled around the web with a
second line, attaching it to each
spoke" in turn as he reached it and
keeping it parallel to the first by me-
chemically gauging the distance with
the natural reaching length of one
leg, which he used to hold himself up
away from the first line. This is how
the round lines Of the web are made
so nicely parallel and seven around
the distance in each web being deter
mined by the leg length of the spider
that makes It.
Slowly round and round he went,
using his last laid thread to travel
over from spoke to spoke Of his wheel
Until beautiful web was completed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
Tn. Arrow Of 81. Edmund.

The legend of the death Of st. Ed
mund was curiously corroborated after
a lapse of eight centuries The story
goes that the martyr was tied to a
tree and, as torture proved unavailing
to make him recant his faith, was shot
at with Danish arrows till his body
was covered with them. The tree at
Hoxne to which he was said to have
been bound and which was twenty
feet in circumference fell in 1S4S, and,
according TO 1.-THE Black Letter Saints
OF the Prayer Book" a piece of iron
like an arrow head was found imbed-
ded in the wood
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
EAST Disco

Elon Johnson and lady friend, Miss
Edna hummer, spent Sunday with
d. c. Johnson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Chickerine
and daughter, Helen, spent Saturday
night with ID. c. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dickerson
of Palo spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Curtis. Mrs.
Dickerson will remain a few days on
account of the illness of her mother.
The Misses Bertha and Mamie
Johnson spent Tuesday afternoon
with Jennie Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Rowley spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
Frank Treynor and family.
Miss Blanche Johnson spent Thurs
day with Esther King.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
PALO

Exercises were given-at both the
churches, large attendances reported.
DR.. c. B. Guass went to Detroit
Sunday where he will attend the
medical association.
Mrs. c. f. Wilder went to Detroit
to visit her son.
The Oddfellows viii observe me-
mortal day next Sunday.
Mrs. M. c. Galloway, Helen Ora
ham and Helen Koelbel were baptiz-
ed at the Baptist church Sunday
morning at the close of the exercises.
A play will be given at the Macca-
bee hall next Thursday evening by
the eighth graders.
Commencement exercises will be
given Friday night at the Baptist
church.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
RIVER RIDGE

Mrs. Frank Antcliff, was the over
Sunday guest of her niece, Mrs.
Hiley Warner in Orleans.
Mrs. Jim Antcliff was the over
Sunday guest of Mrs. VIM. Antcliff.
Arthur Jones attended the funeral
of his father at Sheridan.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Farrar were
the over Sunday guests of the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ant
cliff.
VIM. Thompson spent Sunday at his
farm.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
SHILOH

Mrs. Alice Comstock is in Grand
Rapids as delegate for the w. C. T.
u.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Brown were in
Belding one day last week.
Floyd Morris visited his sister,
Mrs. Hattie Brown last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. McNeilly visited the
latter's parents Sunday at Long Lake.
Samson Knowles, Tip Bagley and
Earl Wilson were in Stanton one
day last week on business.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
LONG LAKE

School closed in district No. 8
Tuesday with picnic at Heth's re-
sort. There was a fine program Civ
en- by the children, after which they
presented Mrs. Leach with a sugar
and cream set. The children as well
as the parents were sorry to have
Mrs. Leach leave ais she is a fine
teacher.
Glenn Morris went to Ionia Mon
day.
Albert Brown was in Bedding We'd
nesday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
Advance i'm Price

According to advices received by
merchants here from New York City,
which is the center Of the garment
making industry, prices of ladies'
clothing will be advanced fully fifty
per cent this fall, due to the strike
now in progress there. And as evil
dence that there are others, local shoe
dealers report advances of twenty
five cents a pair on new shoes for
fall, WHICH are now being purchased.
Increased amounts of leather and
finding going into the shoes, which
will be still higher topped the COM
ing season, are responsible for the
increase.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
! Best for Bilious Headaches

Indigestion quickly deveIopes sick
headaches, biliousness, bloating, sour
stomach, gas on stomach, bad breath
or some of the other conditions caus-
ed by clogged or irregular bowels.
II you have any of these symptoms,
take a Foley Cathartic Tablet this
evening and you will feel better in the
morning. w. b. Vandigrift, Smyrna,
Ca, says: 1--WE find Foley Cathartic
Tablets the best we have ever used
for bilious headaches and / am prais-
in them up to all my friends. adv.
Wortley e. French and Connell's
Drug Stores.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14

City sidewalks are used by pedes-
trains, but the crab has a side walk
Of his own.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
A Freak Chicken

Grand Ledge.-Mrs. Harris Chal-
lander exhibits a little chick just
Matched, that is surely a freak, hav-
ing four feet.
The chick was well-developed, had
two normal legs and feet, and pro-
jecting from these legs just above the
and feet. The additional legs were
very short, but the feet were well-de-
veloped and of good size.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
The Auto Bucked

Ionia.-Mrs. Jacob Moore, who lives
south of the city met with a pecu-
liar accident. Mrs. Moore turned the
auto crank but once, the engine start
ed and the auto moved, knocking Mrs.
passed over her. 1t kept on going un-
til it turned down an embankment,
butted into fence and came to stand
still. Mrs. Moore's injuries were
slight.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
Unearthed Strange Skull

Mount PIeasant.---William Leight-
ner of Fremont township, Isabelle
county, has found on his farm the
skull Of a beaver pierced by an ar
rowhead. Fhe arrowhead was not
made flint like the ones used by the
cal in shape. Archaeologists here
abouts believe that the beaver was
shot by moundbuilder as the arrow
head is like those made by that pre-
historic race.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
Youngest Knight Templar

Ovid.-Ovid lays claim to the
youngest Knight Templar in the Unit
ed States, since last Thursday night,
when John L. Potter became a men,
be Der Of the p s., Johns hs., Com IN No;
JANUARY z, 1916, and on February 81
following. he was made member of
Ovid Lodge No. 81, +. e. A. M. On
March %, he became member Of the
Ovid Chapter No. 113, and on June
1. was initiated into the st. Johns
Commandery, No. "a, Knights Temp
lar. He attended the Knights Temp
lar convention in Detroit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14

A man isn't necessarily polished
Just because you see his finish.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14
KEIGHBoRHOOD NEWS
Fear Wool Prices will Lower

st. Johns.-Byron Danley has re-
Gently received communications from
textile manufacturers, asking the
dealers what they think can be done
to induce farmers to raise more sheep.
Mr.. Danley replied that he thought
the farmers would increase their
flocks if they knew the truth about
the wool market instead of the stor-
les which politicians have circulated
to brighten them. Many thought that
as soon as the tariff was lowered I'M
der the present administration the
price would drop back to twelve and
fourteen cents as it was during the
administration of Cleveland, and so
been the case. In 1912, dealers were
paying eighteen cents for wool and it
has gradually risen. Last year, they
paid twenty-eight and thirty cents
and this year they have paid as high
as thirty-six cents.
Mason.-Mrs. Eliza Barry of Ale
don was found dead in bed last week
as the result of heart failure.
She was the mother of Miss Belle
Barry, who was found murdered in
Detroit a few years ago, in Fox
creek.
Mrs. Barry is survived by three
grown children.
Lyons.-By way of charging the
children's vocabulary, one of the
teachers in our schools is in the habit
of giving them a certain word and
asking them to form a sentence in
which the word occurs. The other
day she gave. the class the word "not-
withstanding." There was a pause
and then one of the youngsters held
up his hand. "Well, what is your
sentence, Tommy" asked the teach
err. Tommy replied, Father wore his
trousers out, but Notwithstanding"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-14

Dirty hands spread much disease
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-25
SUCKERS" ARE NUMEROUS

Twenty-Five thousand letters, each
containing silver dime, were received
at the Minneapolis post office Monday,
the result of the work of the "petticoat
man." whose Office disappeared from
the Mill City short time ago. The
victims are scattered all over the United
States. They had Joined the endless
chain proposition, promoted by the
so-called National Brokerage Exchange,
which had Offices in Minneapolis, by
which persons contributing 10 cents
and writing letters to five friends were
to receive silk petticoat of the 1917
model. The Minneapolis postmaste,
says the work has become serious. $50
voluminous has the daily influx become, y
he said, 'the dead letter office is be.
coming clogged.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-25
NEW ULM MAN is HONORED
AT MINNEAPOLIS MEETING

William Pfaender, Jr., of this city
was elected second vice presindent of
the Minnesota League of Local Building
and Savings Associations at it's annual
meeting in Minneapolis last week.
Other officers chosen were: President,
D. G. Willard, Mankato; first vice pres
ident, H. L. Shirley, Breckenridge;
secretary-treasurer, F. L. Wilson, Still
water; executive committee, President
Willard, Secretary Wilson, John J. Nc
Hale, Minneapolis; Robert Hannah,
Fergus Falls; C. L. Hill, Albert, Lea.
The program which followed an ad-
dress of welcome by President Willard,
included an address on the Dayton
(Ohio) Plan, by Mr.. Pfaender.
The convention is reported as having
been the most successful in the history
of the organization
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-25
NEW UIM, BROWN COUNTY. MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY OCT Is
KIRMES AT MINNEAPOLIS.

This week is Kirmes week in Mime
apolis. Beginning with Monday and
lasting to and including Saturday the
28th, the German societies and churches
OF Minneapolis are giving grand bazaar
for the benefit of the German and Austro-
Hungarian Red Cross. This is the first
time in the history of the metropolis of
the State that all of the German Societies,
irrespective of their religious and other
views are working in harmony for a
common cause. Before the doors of the
St. Anthony Turner Hall where this
grand Kirmes Fest is being given, opened
Monday morning, there was already in
the Treasury almost $4,000 which had
been received in the shape of donations.
Those who have charge of the affair are
very enthusiastic over the outcome. New
Ulm is represented at the Kirmes with a
booth. A beautiful doll was donated by
several ladies from here. This will be
ratified off and quite a number of chances
were sold here before the doll was sent
away.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-25
REMOVAL OF MONUMENT is
LIKELY TO BE ABANDONED

Agitation for the removal of the
Indian monument from it's present
location at the intersection of Center
and State Streets has apparently died
down and the proposition may be aban-
doned. The plan appears to have met
with considerable opposition, from the
older citizens, and especially from the
surviving defenders of New Ulm, who
were active in establishing the present
Hocation.
While the proposed removal would
have taken the monument but a short
distance from it's present location, the
older citizens feel that it should not be
disturbed, and in Difference to their
wishes it will probably remain where it
is. Many who favored the removal at
first have changed their position in the
matter since learning the feeling of the
defenders and others of the older citizens.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-25
ASYLUM PATIENT
ESCAPES; KILLED
MILFORD WOMAN STRUCK BY A
TRAIN NEAR NICOLLET ON
SUNDAY.
DIES A FEW HOURS LATER AT
THE LORETTO HOSPITAL
HERE.

Mrs. Anna Krause, formerly of Mil
ford township, an inmate of the State
Hospital at St. Peter for the past twenty
two years, escaped from that institution
last Saturday night, and on the following
day was struck by Northwestern train
about two miles west of Nicollet station,
and died few hours later at the Loretto
hospital in this city, where she was
brought, following the accident. Sun
day morning the sheriff's office received
telephone message from the St. Peter
hospital, notifying the officials here OF
Mrs. Krause's escape, with the request
that an attempt be made to locate her.
The message said it was believed the
woman was attempting to make her way
back to her old home in Milford.
Sent to Hospital.
Later Sheriff Julius was notified that
Mrs. Krause had been injured and was
being brought here on the afternoon
train from St. Peter. He met the train
and had her taken to the hospital and
she died early that evening. The body
was taken to the undertaking rooms of
E. F. Buenger, where it was prepared
for burial. A step-sister, Mrs. William
Geske of Milford, was notified, and came
to New Ulm Monday to arrange for the
funeral
Mrs. Krause, who was 81 years old,
was born in Wisconsin,, and came with
her parents to Milford township when
a small child, and had lived there until
she was committed to the asylum in 1894.
Her maiden name was Anna Sachs. She
had been twice married, her first husband
being TJohn Ortwein, who died many
Years ago. Her present husband, Albert
Krause, now lives at Sleepy Eye, and is
care-taker of the Catholic cemetery at
that place. Besides her husband and
step-sister, she leaves two sons and a
daughter. One of the sons lives on a
farm near Sleepy Eye, another in South
Dakota, and the daughter is resident
of Minneapolis. Two sisters and a
brother live in the state Of Washington.
The funeral will be held in Milford
today.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-25
HEAVY SNOWFALL, HERE

Not since October II, 1880, has there
been so heavy fall of snow so early in
the season as that which visited this
section last Thursday and Friday. Ac-
cording to A. L. Henle, in charge Of the
weather bureau here, FIVE and one-half
inches fell between Thursday morning
and Friday noon. The snow did not
last long, and was practically all gone in
two or three days, and but for the fact
that the weather turned much colder
after the snow had ceased there would
not have been much trace of it on the
following day.
Not so with the 1880 fall, however,
for that year it remained all winter.