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A d J i " ., UCUGAN SCHOOLS. An Intvrtlnu Iteport Showing hf KMmUltiire ' Ktlucutlon In Thli State. Lansing, Sept. 23. The forthcoming annual report of Superintendent of 1'ublic Instruction Hammond gives tome very interesting figures relative to the cost of conducting the public school system of Michigan last year. A synop sis follows: It dhows that the total resources. Includ ing the amount on hand from the previous year were J7.SC7.C45.93, while the total ex penditures were $6,63,024.50. The receipts were as follows: Amount of one mill tax, $0,573.68: amount of primary' school Interest fund, $f.V),nso.79; amount re ceived from non-resident tuition, jsc.S38.R3: from district taxes, $4,521,993.(8: from loans, $404,276.61: from all other sources, fC31.SS4.75; balance from previous year, $918,897.41. The following shows the total expendi tures: Amount paid men teachers, $1,073, 621. r.6: women teachers. $3.C77.:37 04: for buildings and repairs, $i:21.194.8G: Interest on loans, $118,9116.94: amount paid on bonded Indebtedness, $kJ2,021.8O; for all other pur poses, $1,387,932.30; balance carried to this year, Sl.l84.C22. 43. The total expenditures of the graded school districts were $4.T.19,090.S4, and of the ungraded districts, $1,701,911. M. The total bonded Indebtedness of districts Is $1,826, 9.13.33. and the total lloatlng Indebtedness. $180,918.33. The total Indebtedness of graded districts Is $1,791,970.92. and of tin ungraded districts. $212,910.18. The total amount due the districts at the close of the year was $337.103. 90. The average monthly wages of men teach trs In graded schools was $t;9.3G, In ungraded schools, $28.13. and In all schools. $43.03. The average monthly wages of women teachers In graded schools was $12.96; In ungraded schools, $24.29, and In all schools, $33.28. The number of townships and Indepen dent districts reporting was 1,284; number of graded school districts, 072; number of ungraded districts, 6,483; total, 7,137. The total school census of the graded dis tricts was 402.713, and of the ungraded dis tricts 301,013; a total of 703,730. The total enrollment was 287,274 In the graded dis tricts; 208,731 In the ungraded districts, and 496,(i23 In the state. The percentage of attendance was nearly equal In the two classes of schools, being 71.3 per cent. In the graded and C9.3 per cent. In the ungraded districts. In the graded districts the average dura tion of school was 9.24 months In the year, and In the ungraded districts 8.01 months, or 8.02 months for the state. A total of 741 districts In the state fur nished free text books, this being an In crease of 28 over the previous year. The number of private or select schools that reported was 403, In which there were 40t men and 737 women teachers and 43, 403 pupils. The number of teachers necessary to sup ply the graded schools was 0,233. of whom 3.430 were women. Of the 0,483 teachers in the ungraded schools. 0,;18 were woim-n. The average numbi r of months school taught by men teachers during the year was 0.9, while the average for women teachers was 7.22. There are O.O.'D frame schoolhouses in the state, 1.471 brick. 74 stone an 1 2V1 log. a total of 7.883. The whole number of sit tings in these KChoolhouses is 014.H13. The estimate value of sc hool property in the gradtd school districts is $13.:'4''...",2I, and in the unuradtd districts, $l.l92,i'03, an ag gregate of J18.133V. A total of 0,4i9 districts report diction aries in the schools, .". j'.i., report glol.es, 0.191 report maps, and 0,31s report United States tlags. The total number of towns and district libraries r ported was 3.32, arid tlu total number of volumes in such libraries. 822. 4M. The total amount pall for the support cf these libraries was ?:t'.t,17:t.s'. Sevr.ty-two teachers' institutes were held during the ytar, with an aggrtgatf enroll me nt of 7.042. The total amount of primary school in terest fund apportioned among the counties was $l,'i.r3J..i, the rate p r capita for children included In the school census be lay; $1.30. BANKER IS KILLED. Wlllliiiu Smith, rreMldcnt of the First Nutlnnnl, of Charlotte, .Mich., Loses UIm Life. Charlotte, Mich., Sept. 25. William Smith, president of the First national bank of this city, was killed Saturday by accidentally stepping on a moving log carrier, throwing him in front of the saw. The accident happened at Wolverine, Cheboygan county, where Mr. Smith owned vast lumber interests. Itesides controlling the stock of the First national bank Mr. Smith was one of the wealthiest men in the county. He was a shriner. Knight Templar, Knight of Pythias and elk. llltc Shipment of Sheep. Galesburg, Sept. '21. The Make , brothers, of Comstock township, who vnre beyond question the most extensive Wi !.. .1 r. l - tirujrs in miccji lur lurcuing purposes in the. United States, made the largest shipment in their history Tuesday. It consisted of 530 bucks ami was con signed in three lots, to parties in Mon tana and Wyoming. One-third were coarse wools, the remainder being of the finer varieties. Cucumber llfirvcnt Itiilneel. St. Joseph, Sept. 23. The entire cu cumber crop in the district northeast Df l'enton Harbor, representing over 2,000,000 bushels of small pickles per season for the last ten years, has in the last ten days been completely de stroyed by a foreign small red bug. The new pest, although much smaller, be longs to the lady bug family. The to tal loss is estimated at over $100,000. Iloapltnl Deetl Accepted. Ann Arbor, Sept. 23. At the board of regents' meeting it was agreed to ac cept the deed of the property donated by the city for a site for the homeo pathic hospital, notwithstanding that it compels them to forever maintain it for hospital purposes, and the building committee was authorized to advertise for bids to be submitted bv October 10. I.lvetl Twelve Hour. Il.ittlr frecl.' Kent 1 T,.,w,l,nn 1M. - - - - IIWMIIUIUII IjU" ,vrr.r.i i.appoek, the t lueago iV (iraiid Trunk brakeman who fell otT the top af a freight train at Seotts, and had his neck broken, died in this city at the Nichols hospital 12 hours later. The physicians took quite an interest in the case, as it is rare that a person lives so long after having his neck broken. Killed liy n Utile of Wool. Grand Kapids, Sept. 25. Peter Sik kemn, nged 15, was killed at the feit boot factory. He was at work upon some bales of wool, when one fell off a pile nnd struck him on the neck, crushing him to the. floor nnd break ing hi Hne. He lived but a Bhort time. NEW MEDICAL LAW. , MlchlBn New Statute to Shot Oat "Graduate" of "Diploma MI1U Guei Into I'ffect, Lansing, Sept. 25. Doubtless the most generally important of the acts of the last legislature which became effective Friday is that which provides for a state board of medical examiners. This net was drafted with a view to shutting out the "graduates" of the bogus medical colleges and "diploma mills." The new law calls for the Im mediate appointment by the governor of a board of ten members, not more than five of whom shall be of t lie reg ular school of medicine, two of the homeopathic, two of the eclectic and one of the physio-medical school. The members of this board shall be gradu ates of reputable colleges and shall have practiced their profession at least ix years. Kach applicant for n license is obliged to establish the fact that he is 21 years of age and a person of good moral character, and that he has already been registered under the previ ously existing act, which required reg istration without examination. Appli cants are also entitled to registration upon the presentation of a diploma is sued by any regularly organized and legally incorporated college of medi cine, the fee in such cases to be ten dollars. It is provided that the board shall not re gister any person by reason of any diploma from any college which sells or advertises to sell diplomas "without attendance." All other ap plicants are required to pass a rigid examination, and a standing of 75 per cent, is required. POOR BARBERS MUST GO. The e MlehlKnn Licence I.nw, It I TuouKht, AVill Improve the l'rof eMHlon. Detroit, Sept. 23. On Friday the bar bers' license law became effective, al though its enforcement will not be at tempted until the expiration of 90 days. The barber will be allowed that time in which to provide himself with a cer tificate. Charles Hieger, secretary of the state board of examiners, says an effort will be made within the pre scribed period to provide every eligible barber in Michigan with a blank ap plication to be filled out and returned with a fee e)f one dollar. After that the ooard will meet at different points in the state, whe never occasion warrants, to examine candidates for statutory recognition. Such examination, how ever, will cost five dollars. To be eli gible the applicant must have served at least te years in the business. It is .xpi'cted the law will work a marked iin pro e'ment in shops. STREET CAR FIGHT ENDS, It I Announced In Detroit That the Tron McMitmc (location In ot to lie Heopeiied. Detroit. Sept. 23. Klliott (I. Steven son, It. Sutton, J. ('. Hutchins, Tom L. .lolmson and 1. T. Wilson had a long J'e t e ne-e- in New York Tueselay re-Ia-tit: to tlit reopening of the municipal tre et railway campaign in Detroit. Mr. .Me en.M)ii announccel upon his return that as a result of the conference the e ntire stre e t railway deal contemplated uneler the McLeod act and later under the' plan proposed by the Municipal Railway company is permanently ami absolutely abandoned. The reason given is that Mr. Wilson refused to tie up his property with another optiem ami that he alse increase-el the price of the' roads from approximately $15,000,000 cash te $17,000,000. As Pingree agreeel to run fer mayor if the street car fight I'enilel be reopened, failure to do this removes him as a candidate. Hallway Companies Combine. Lansing, Sept. 23. Although the ar ticles ef association are silent on this point, it is understood that the Perc Marquette Railway company, which has just be-en incorpornt eel, will acejuirethe franchise's, e'tc., of the De'troit, (Iranel Rapids iV Western Michigan ami Flint A IVre Manpiette companies, as has been talked for some time. The new company, so far as articles disclose, is organized only for the' purpose of build ing 35 miles. of roael from Pent water to Maniste e-, through Manistee, Mason ami Oceana counties. The capital is $1,100. :))0 anil the life of the company is '.0 years. Hank rigiiri'K, Lansing, Sept. 23. A statement made by Dank Commissioner Malt, shows that the state banks of Detroit have aggregated loans and discounts, stocks, bonds and mortgage s of $43,03,701, the total resources and liabilities being $52, !Mi0,055. The cemitncrciai deposits are $11..()3,507 and the savings deposits $33, OsO.245. The increase's in these items over June' 30 are, respectively, $!,. 10, 710, $1,01S,T50, $1,117,145 and $715,572. SeeUm Heavy DmiinKCN. ' Mt. Clemens, Sept. 25. Suit was commenced he re by Mrs. Hele n P.arney against the Mt. Clemens A: Lakeside Traction Railway company for the sum of $10,000. The complainant's daughter Felith, age-d 12, was run down ami killeel while crossing Front street by one of the company's cars on the 7th elay of August. A IIIk Train. P.attle Creek, Sept. 21. A special train of 30 cars, loaeled w ith 30,000 bush els of corn and e.ats, le ft here Tue selay afternoon over the Chicago iv (iratiel Trunk fer Portland. Me-., where1 it will be shipped direct 1e Furop. Faeh car contains a large sign announcing where the grain is from, thus aelvertising the Pearl from St. Joseph Itlver. St. Joseph, Sept. 23. W. 11. Ingham, of Denton Harbor, while superintend ing the removal of shells from the St. Joseph river a few miles south of this city, found n large shell which con tained a large, valuable pearl, weighing over three carats. The Csal Induatrr. Labor Commissioner Cox has been making a special cam ass of the soft coal industry in Michigan, which has been growing rapidly during the past few years. He says: There are 17 soft coal shafts In operation In the state, and with the exception of tne shafts at Jackson and Corunna they are all In the Saginaw valley. During the month of August 1,086 men were at work In the mines of the state, and If skilled miners could be employed 5.000 men could easily be kept at work In the Industry and pro duce 15,000 tons of coal per day. As It la over I,0o0,0b0 tons will be produced in 191). The coal Is as good as that mined In Ohio, and It exists In veins from three to tlve feet In thickness, Invariably at a depth of from 100 to 2u0 feet. Health In Michigan. Kejort8 to the stute board of health from 75 observers in various portions of the state for the weekended September 10 indicate that pleuritis and tonsilitis increased und influenza decreased in nrea of prevalence. Consumption was reported at 203 places, measles at I), typhoid fever at 94, scarlet fever at 3G, diphtheria at 21, whooping cough at 14, cerebro-spinal meningitis at 2 places, and smallpox at Dattle Creek and Maple (J rove. Conference of Health Olllcers. The important meeting of health ofli cials in Michigan will be held at (irand Rapids October 20 and 27, and the con. ference will probably be one of the most instructive anel useful ones ever held in Michigan. Other prominent sani tarians of national reputation will be present. The state board hopes that every local board of health will send at least one delegate. The School Laws. State Superintendent of Public In struction Jason E. Hammond has pre pared a new compilation of the school laws of the state with an entirely new set of references, having referred to the new compiled laws of the state instead of Howell's statutes. The book will be ready for distribution in a few weeks. Victory for Oleo Makers. The supreme court has practically nullified the Michigan anti-oleomargarine law in an opinion that holds uncon stitutional that portion which makes it a criminal offense to color any butter substitute so as to resemble genuine butter. NewN Item Ilrlefly Told. (Jen. 11. A. Alger has announced his withdrawal from the candidacy for United States senator. The first pension in Rerrien county as a result of the Spanish-American war has been granted Mrs. Jennette Cous ins, of Niles, in the sum of $12 per month. Her son was killed before El Caney last July. The twentieth annual reunion of the Seventeenth Michigan volunteer infan try, better known as the "Stonewall regiment," was held at Coldwater. The educational institutions of the state are all booming this year, the in crease in attendance being more marked than ever before. The Johnson house, the only hotel in Stevensville, was destroyed by lire. Fire at Clare elestroyed two saloons, a grocery, tailor shop anel barber shop. There has been a great cxoelus of un desirable characters in Haughton since the supe rvisors announced the forma tiem of chain gangs. Allegan county farmers who experi mented with sugar beet cultivation this season are well satisfied with the re sults. The fortj'-ninth annual fair of the St. Joseph County Agricultural society will be held at Centerville, October 3, 4, 5 and 0. It is said that frost has caused a loss of 1,000,000 bushels of potatoes through out the state. FeVdinand Frier, a prominent Ger man hotelkeeper in (irand Kapids, was found dead in bed. (ieorge Northrup, nged 40, of New ton township elied from a dose of poi son. He had only been married two days. Fred E. Harvey, corresponding clerk of the Preston national bank in De troit, was locked upon a charge of em bezzling $11,000 anel is said to have con-fesse-el. The sheels on the Stimson dock at Muskegon, together with a large quan tity of shingles, were burned Sunday, the loss being $18,000. Durglars blew open a safe in a grain elevator at New Era, Oceana county, ind secured $150. One of nature's remedies; cannot harm the weakest (institution; never fails tei cure summer complaints of young or old. Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. I,tdle Chi. Weetr Shoe One kizr smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a a powder to be shaken into your shoes. It make titflit or new shoes let I easy; Rives instant relief to coins and bunions. It's the greatest comf.it discovery of the age. CurtH swollen feet, blisters and callous spots. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for ingrowing nails, sweating, hot. Aching feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Tiial package FREE by mail. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y. Doubt Many women think the bearing of chil- drcn is a necessary period of great pain and distress. They doubt whether any medicine can relieve their sufferings. Well may they hesitate about taking those injurious internal mixtures so widely sold. But they may place implicit faith in j j j jt Ji MOTHER'S FRIEND which is a softening, relaxing and sooth Ing liniment for external use. Doubting women should get a bottle at the drug store for $1, and test it. There is no possibility of its doing harm, and there is every likelihood of its saving them many hours of pain. Jjjtjtjtj)tjiji THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA. Some Women FULL OF INTEREST. Mneh News from Localities In Jrllchl. gmn Will He Found In These rnrngrspbi. Bay City is after three-cent railway fares. The new Northern Normal college ut Marquette starts in with an enrollment of 55 pupils. Howard Ayers, a U. of M. man, has just been called to the presidency of a : college, the University of Cincinnati. Arthur Jenkins, editor of the (Irand llapids Times, has been sentenced to jail for 30 days for contempt of court. Charles D. Webster, of Bay City, has J been appointed teacher in the Albu : querque (N. M.) Indian school at $S40. (Ieorge J. drove, of Jessie, has been appointed manual training teacher in the Croow Creek (S. D.) Indian school at $720 a year. A baby of Mrs. Ardin Corwin, of Cov ert, while sitting in a high chair near the stove, tipped over and fell face downward into a pan of hot grease. It lived four days after being burned. The union men at (Irand Kapids are contemplating building a home of their own. They had a surplus of $000 from the Labor day receipts, and propose tc use it as a nucleus of a building fuml for the erection of a labor temple. Former Oov. Luce is preparing a his tory of the Chicago trust conference from the farmers' standpoint for the Michigan Farmer. He pronounced it a success from the educational point of view and says it was certainly an anti trust gathering. The weekly crop bulletin of the Michi gan weather bureau says that killing frosts played havoc with late potatoes. Corn cutting is nearly completed all over the state, so that this crop suf fered little. The apple yield is light and of poor quality. Albion college reopened with a largely increased attendance nnd the best of prospects for a successful year. Three new instructors occupied seats on the platform for the first time. They are Prof. W. M. Burke, history and po litical economy; Prof. W. II. Blount, pedagogy, anel Prof. Grant Stewart, belles letters. Justice Ilobert M. Montgomery, of th supreme court, who has just re turned from a six weeks' staj- in Eng land and France, visited the law courts eif the forme-r country and observed the proceedings, anel studied the man ners anel customs of the people with a critical eye. He reached the con clusion that the American lawyer is far superior to his English brother. The works of the Pobson Leather company, at Manistee, have' been ab sorbed by the American llielc anel Leather company, one of the hugest trusts in the country, capitalized at about $7(),ono. The' Kobson plant, be ing one of the large-st in the country, hii ning out nearly 1 1,000 sides of sede leather per month, will not share the1 usual fate of plants included in eeim bine's, but on the1 other hand it is ex pected it will be considerably enlarged, anel the present capacity nearly don bled. RUSHING TO ANN ARBOR. Already Sl Hundred Student Are Unrolled 11 ml Year In Ukely to llreak the Record. Ann Arbor, Sept. 25. There have al reaely been enrolled over GOO students at the university. This is so far in excess of the number registered at a corresponding perioel in any previous year that this year will in all probabili ty be a record-breaker. Secretary Wade, who is always very conservative about estimates, unhesitatingly says that the indications point to an in creased attendance in all departments of the university. As to any definite estimate, he says it is too early to give any figures. Much Honey In Fruit. St. Joseph, Sept. 25. The shipment of grapes from this port is the largest ef the season. The prices this year realizeel by the farmers are double last year's returns. Forty thousanel pae:k ages were carried out of here Thurs day night by the Graham it Morton line alone. The returns for peaches are better than ever. The late Craw ford variety brings $.1.50 per bushel, anel cemimou ones at that. Itiirnl I'ree Delivery. Washington, 1). C, Sept. 25. An or ler was issued at the pe)st olliee de partment establishing rural free de livery at Lansing, Mich. A daily serv ice will be supplied to a suburban pop-? ulation of 720, the carriers covering an area of 21 miles. The service will be inaugurated on October 2. Bert La Du has been appointed regular carrier, nnd Willett LaDu Substitute. eeel I.iiliorem. Olivet, Sept. 25. Work on the Co lumbus, Marshall it Northeastern rail nntl is being pushed. It is now within four miles of Olivet. Business is bet ter than for any fall in ten years. Five new steires are being built and an ele vator will be erected. Not enough la borers can be hired. A Veternn Tenelier. Constantine, Sept. 25. Theodore liUinbaugh, the veteran district school teacher, is engaged to teach the winter term of school in District No. 10. Mr. Kumbaugh has taught for over 42 years, 27 years in St. Joseph county, anel in every district in Constantine township but two. Sent to I'rlMon. Detroit, Sept. 22. Judge Swan in the federal court sentenced William Kulp, convicted of making bogus dollars, to seven years' imprisonment and a thou sand dollar' line. Violations of the game laws are fre quent and open throughout the upper peninsula, and many deer have been killed since early spring in Houghton, Marquette, Iron and adjoining coun DON'T LOOK FOR WAR. President Kruger Thinks Peaceful Settlement Will lie Made of the ' Transvaal Trouble, Cape Town, Sept. 23. Writing to an intimate friend here, President Kru ger says: "Things are serious and will become graver, but a peaceful settle ment will be attained." London, Sept. 23. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says: "I have the best authority for the statement that the Orange Free State raad has unanimously resolved to assist the Transvaal against Britisji ag gression." Pretoria, Sept. 23. Large numbers of local Danes, Germans, Frenchmen, Hollanders and Americans have offered their services to Commandant General Joubert in the event of hostilities. St. Petersburg, Sept. 23. Believing that war between Great Britain and the Transvaal is imminent, mo3t of the Rus sian newspapers make no attempt to conceal their sympathy with the Boers. London, Sept. 25. The cabinet has been summoned to meet next Friday. There are no new developments in the South African situation, and all the news this morning seems to imlicate that both sieles are waiting for the next move. Over 50,000 persons assembled in Trafalgar square yesterday and cheered for war with the Boers. STRUGGLE IN A BANK. Cashier Attacked and .Mortally Wounded Ills Assailant Captured Latter Shot and May Die. Chicago, Sept. 21. Fred J. Filbert cashier of the Bank of Palatine, at Pal atine, a few miles northwest of Chicago, was mortally wounded Wednesday by having his skull crushed with a ham mer. His assailant, who gives his name as Walter Lawton, and who presumably entered the bank for purposes of rob bery, was shot through the intestines, presumably by the accidental discharge of his own revolver, and will probably die. Henry Plagge, a farmer, aged C5, who went to the rescue of Filbert, was severely beaten with the same hammer which had been used on the cashier. Chicago, Sept. 22. Walter Lawton, the assailant of Cashier Filbert, of the Palatine bank, died Thursday morning at the Alexian Brothers' hospital. He maintaineel to the last that the assault was made in revenge and not for the purpose of robbery, as is generally be lieved by the citizens of Palatine. TRAGEDY ON A STAGE. The I.enellnu l.aely of a Company Shoot and KIIIm the I.endliiK Mini In Chat ta nooen, Ten 11. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sent. 23. Julia Morrison, le ading lady of the "Mr. Plas ter of Paris" farce comedy, shot and killeel Frank .Le-ielcn, stage manager and leading man of the company, at the opera house on the' stage just be fore the curtain rose for the perform ance to begin. The woman was arrest ed and taken to the city jail. It apm-ars that the two had quarreled over the woman's alleged bad acting, Leiden ac cusing her of being but an amateur. The woman claims that Le ielen repeat edly insulted her; that he had made improper proposals to her, and in self defense she shot him. ON THE DIAMOND. Standing of the Cluhs In the .National Leutfiie In Their Itnce for the Championship. The following table shows the num ber of games won anil lost anel the per centages of the clubs of the National league to date: Clubs. Won. Lost. Per ct. Prooklyn PI 40 .M3 Philadelphia M 1 .62S llostoa S2 r-3 .r,o7 Haltlmore 7s 54 .r,fll St. Loufa 77 fil .7 Cincinnati 7 f.3 .5-16 ChlcaKO 70 ; .514 Louisville S 70 .4X' I'ittshursh fi7 71 .4v New York 55 7 .414 Washington 43 7 .300 Cleveland 1!) 12o .131 Ilevenne Collections. Washington, Sept. 21. The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue shows that for the month of August the receipts from all sources amounted to $24,420,9SO, an increase as compared with August last year of $1, 049,452. "Bst on earth for coughs anel colds and all bronchial trouble's; fer croup it has no equal," writes Henry U. Whitford, South Canaan, Conn., of On Minute Cough Cure. There's always hope while there's One Minute Cough Cure. "An attack of pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape ond I whs ne-ar the first stages of con sumption. One Minute Cough Curo completely cured me," writes Helen Mo Henry, Bismarck, N. D. (lives instant relief. Fj. B. Longwell. Hoadacho for Forty Years. For forty yearn I suflered from sick head nehc. Aye-amidol twenn using Celery King. The result waa gratifying nnel surprising, my headaches leaving nt oneo. The head nehes used to return every seventh day, but thanks to Celery King, 1 have had but one headache In the lost eleven months. 1 know that whntcnreel tne will help others. Mrs. John D. Van Keuren, Hangertles, N. Y. Celery King cures Constipation and all dls. oses or the It erves, Htomach, Liver and K Id ncys. Hold by druggists. s&candSUc. 2 A FT i; II 1Jl.MV 1UAU&. A Lady of (irandlltaplds .Strikes the Itluht Thin if. Many extraordinary cases of the work of the little conqueror are coming to light in Michigun. Hundreds of them have been investigated by our repre sentatives and each but gives added strength to those which have gone be lore. Such well deserved words of praise ure daily showered on this mod ern wonder-worker from all parts of the Union. Speaking of her experience a lady of (irand Bapids, Mrs. John Gardner, who resides at No. 309 Second street, says: "For over twenty years I was bothered with kidney trouble, and despite treatment by physicians and using ulmost every remedy that came to my notice, I received no permanent relief until 1 tried Doan's Kidney Pills. No one except those who have been through the mill of kidney complaint can tell the torture that one endures. The constant pains across my back ex tending up the right side; totally un able to lie on my right side; the stiff ness and numbness of my limbs; the excruciating pain; is something much more easy to think about than to ex press. Many a time my husband has had to rub my back to get up the cir culation before I was able to get on my feet. My family prevailed on me to try Doan's Kidney Pills, but as I had used elozens of other remedies I had very little hope of finding relict. They persisted in their advice, and in the fall of 1SD7 I used three boxes. I felt like a different person. I was in better health than I had been in years. The pain in my back left, I slept well at night, I could do my housework as well as I ever could, and I give the entire credit to Doan's Kidney Pills. I make this statement so that other women who suffer as I suffered may be In a position to know what lo use If they wish to get rid of that too preva lent disease, kidney complaint." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by nil dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Fos-ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. Sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute. Michigan (Tentkal " The Niagara Falls Route." CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. TIME TABLE IN EFFECT t'NE 13th, 1898. TRAINS GOING EAST FROM LAWTON. No. S on signal - - 1 35 a 111. No. 52 freight - 7:25 a.m. No. 6 - 11:30 a. ni. No. 14 on signal - - - 6:26 p.m. No. 22 - 8:15 p. m. TRAINS GOING WEST FROM LAWTON. No. 7 on signal ... 2:15 a. m. No 21 - - - 6:52 a. m. No. 3 - ... - - 1:56 p.m. No 53 freight .... 3:20 p.m. No. 23 on signal - - 5:04 p. m. O. W. KUe.CLKS, G P. & T. Aifent, Chicago. F. J. PHILLIPS. Ticket Agent. L'wtcn. South Haven e Eastern R. R. Time TaUe-in Effe ct J line 2S, ls!D. I?.?. y. U: -c ri "a I - x ".- r. O Z -r .i f-i t V. 1 r- I - i- 1'-' r.-f. s Es?ii3? M i ft 1 . r. - tT7T r a P - 5 x - X r. 7. r. v. r. 7. v. T. T. c r: r (M ft - o ; : y 's, yt i " ft ""' s jo 0 2 I. ?: ?l ?. V. i 6 i' ft ""a. x h-' r-' c c -j' - is ?. ft ft & m . z r.?tr.?.fir. 1 f ft6 V t I - o. sr-r-xx 0. oscos;o y. y, - r. .x ?.f! v, y, v ! a I - 5 r . J ! oi ZV I U 'v"3 --: aaK"4 s a i J i! S ,2x2 5 ST - v. o 0 5 a"S' ft a. f7 ebb-hector's FnclUh Diamond Rrand. Pennyroyal pills Original And Only Genuine. Brc, alwiyi r-liWe. iaoh k I'rupfriKl for Chirketer HmHuk lha-i Ihoici, waled with bluo ntihon. Take momi urarni In lied and (ioU niet4llio ttont anii imittUumM. At Drusrima. ar tmll A. lo atamrt fr particular., .ntlnonialj aai M Itrlltf for I-anilra," in Utter, by rttnr r A! all. H.1HMI iMttiinonian. Dame haper, CklchratorChemlcaUt.&laJUnn 1mV9, fold by Hi Local DruuU. 1'HIL.AUA.. l'A Tribute from the South. I From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. 1 Apropos of 'all this, and other, news front Paris, we take this opportunity to express our admiration of the extremely able anj interesting news service from Paris and from London which "The Chicago Tribune" has been runninsr dally In Its columns for several months past. Several of the New York dallies have excellent cable letters from London and sometimes other European capitals In their Sunday Issues, but they appear as a rule only once a week, the brief dispatches which they pet on the other days of the week not amounting- to much in the way of an intelligible and, adequate presentation of European news. "The Chicago Tribune's foreign service, signed " Orace Corneau " frm Tarls and " II. J. Whigham " from London, taking- It all the week around, is a long- way ahead of the foreign news fervtce of any of the New York pacers. One or two of the New York papers have had for years a deservedly high reputation f.r presenting their readers with news of In terest from foreign, parts, and the public will not forget Its Indebtedness to them on that account. But It Is beyond dispute that the star of Journalism Is. Westward taking ltd way. and that the Journalism of Chicago Is beginning to be the metropolitan Journalism of the present, and will certainly be. If things mry as- they nre moving r-w. the metro politan Journalism of the future. We d, not generally. If at all. approve the politics of "The Chicago Tribune." hut. apart from Its politico. It I, In our opinion, superior to any of the New York papers. Not only 1s Its for eign news service the best In the l.'nlteil Ktates. but its home news service covers th- country with a fullness to which the New York papers are strangers. 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