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THE BELDING BANNER
BELDINQ.
MICHIGAN
MONEY, POWER AND WISDOM.
It would hardly be thought neces
sary for anyone now to advise young
men about to leave college to "honor
money, honor money-getting and hon
or power;" yet such was the strongest
note of the baccalaureate orator at an
eastern college, says the New York
"World. If there is anything on the
earth or under the earth that on-cora-Ing
Americans do not need to have
urged upon them it is love of money
and love of power. This may be said
without indorsing in any respect the
malicious and, for the greater part, in
sincere attacks upon wealth so often
made by demagogues and hypocrites.
The passion for money and the obses
sion of money-getting have become al
together too conspicuous a3 American
traits. They bring little content to
those who are thus afflicted and they
awaken resentment in the breasts of
millions. In spite of new teachings
and practices, knowledge still is
power. Supplemented by wealth,
knowledge becomes power triumph
ant Without wisdom the power of
money is lawless and destructive a
curse to its possessor and an evil ex
ample to the world.
The department of agriculture Is
conducting an experiment in the culti
vation of blueberries in its green
houses in Washington, and the chief
botanist says the outlook is promis
ing. The aim is not to greatly in
crease the size of the berry, but to
improve the flavor, if possible. An im
portant discovery is the fact that the
blueberry requires an acid soil, which
agriculturists generally seek to miti
gate as the first step toward general
cultivation. A fungus on the roots of
the blueberry enables the plant to as
Bimilate the food which it draws from
the acid soil. Success is therefore in
dicated on nearly worthless areas pos
sessed of the proper soil elements on
which the necessary acidity can be
retained. In other words, blueberry
culture may be profitable on soils
which are good for nothing else and
for that reason have been practically
abandoned. The experiment at Wash
ington hints at something profitable
in the future for the owners of cut
over lands in some of the old timber
sections of the country.
' The whale fisheries "petered out"
years ago, when mineral oils and
other products took the place of the
oil gathered from the cetaceans. To
be sure, there are still a number of
vessels engaged in the business, and
there also is a moderate demand for
the oil, whalebone and other products
they secure. But the industry has no
such proportions as in the days of old.
Now it begins to look as though the
sealing industry were also doomed to
extinction. An experienced captain
of a sealing craft who has just re
turned from Halifax- after a ten
months' cruise, says the business in
the South Atlantic at least is unprofit
able and will soon become a thing
of the past. In this he is sustained
by other veteran seal hunters. The
main reliance, apparently, is to be on
the Alaskan sealing grounds, and care
will have to be taken to prevent their
depopulation.
A story coming from the east sounds
like an echo of the strenuous past.
The report is to the effect that pi
rates in North Borneo, East Indies,
have captured an American citizen.
To this is added that a British war
ship is on the track of the pirates
" and will co-operate with Americans In
efforts at rescue. The old days of
brigandage and piracy have disap
peared, no doubt, forever. But now
and then a deed of the sort in ques
tion serves to remind the world thfct
here and there the spirit survives.
Raisull's exploit in Morocco, the
latest East Indian attempt and the
modern train hold-up are survivals of
the former practices, and the last-
N mentioned is the most daring and
dangerous.
Business in Chinatown, New Yorx,
is said to be stagnant as a result of
fear bred by the revelations inci
dent to the Elsie Slgel murder. Shop
men are idle and restaurants are
without patrons. The good Chinamen
are suffering with the wicked, and
the entire colony is receiving a lesson
which admonishes aid to the author
ities in keeping out agitators of the
various tongs, and maintaining law
and order.
The friends of Commander Peary
having indulged in a little harmless
boasting, the admirers of Dr. Fred
erlck A. Cook, the missing Arctic ex
plorer, are expressing the opinion
that the doctor has succeeded in
reaching the pole, and that he Is now
on the west coast of Greenland await
ing transportation back to civilization
This is all pure surmise. There is a
possibility in both cases, and the fui
Iher chance that Dr. Cook may come
south with Peary when that persisted
xp'orcr returns.
E
STARTS A BLAZE
AND SHE TURNED THE HOSE ON
HER NEIGHBOR SO NOW
THE LAW STEPS IN.
A BITTER SOCIAL FEUD.
Grand Haver Society is Rent, the
Court is Appealed To and Now
Comes An Interesting Hearing.
Society in Grand Haven is torn by
a bitter feud of such social propor
tions that Attorney General Bird has
found It necessary to take a hand in
the judicial effort at its settlement.
The principals in the women's war
are Mrs. Corie C. Coburn, whose hus
band is prosecuting attorney and a
political leader of more than local
influence, and Mrs. Mary Boyce,
widow of one of the big lumber
king.
Thf ill-feeling between the two wo
men was brought to a climax when
Mrs. Coburn, watering her lawn with
a hose, saw Mrs. Boyce standing at
an open window in her mansion next
door watching. Whether there was
a preliminary exchange of compli
ments, spoken or by signs, is not
known, but it is charged that Mrs.
Coburn suddenly turned the hose
upon Mrs. Boyce and soaked her thor
oughly with water before she could
escape.
Mrs. Boyco wanted a warrant for
her enemy, but feared she could not
arrest the prosecutor's wife. She
asked Justice Wachs, and he, also du
bious, wrote to Attorney General Bird.
A warrant was issued and served on
Mrs. Coburn.
The case was brought before Jus
tice Wachs and Mrs. Coburn demand
ed a change of venue, declaring the
justice was prejudiced. She insisted
that the trial go to Justice Hoyt. who
is a friend of State Warden Pierce.
The change was granted and Justice
Hoyt Is hunting for a temporary court
room large enough to hold an au
dience which will include all the so
cial lights allied with both factions.
The trial will be the most important
social event Grand Haven has seen
for many years.
The feud has literally divided
Grand Haven women of wealth and
social pretensions into two rival
camps. Both leaders are wealthy, and
their homes are the finest in the city.
Before her marriage to Coburn Mrs.
Coburn was the widow of Henry W.
Buswell, a rich lumberman.
Attorney General Bird will be pres
ent at the hearing, either in person or
by deputy.
The Soldiers Return
Fatigued by 10 hard days' of mil
itary maneuvers at Camp Harrah and
grimy and travel-stained by their
journey over the dusty railroad from
Ludington, the state troops have re
turned to their homes.
"It was the hardest camp eo far as
actual work was concerned, that the
boys have ever put in." said one of
the officers. "There were not many
dress parades, such as we can have
every night in our armory, but it wa3
nil scouting and military tactics,
where every private had to think
for himself. The companies have
Improved 50 per cent in efficiency in
consequence. In spite of the hard
work the boys all enjoyed it and I
think that the majority of them
would gladly put in 10 days more."
Reveille at Camp Harrah sounded
at 3 a. m., and after a hurried break
fast the troops set at the hard task
of cleaning up camp and striking
lents. Owing to the heavy dew
which had soaked the canvas it was
necessary to leave the tents to dry
in the sun before packing. A detail
of men was left behind to superin
tend the loading.
Died a Raving Maniac.
Continually calling In the delirium
of his last four days for his daughter,
Mrs. Mary Jane Cleminson, whose
mysterious death in Chicago several
weeks ago resulted in the indictment
of her husband, Dr. Haldane Clcmln
Fon, cn a charge cf murder, John
Morgan died In South Haven of men
ingitis, sk the retord reads. After the
tragedy Morgan aged rapidly. His re
maining children tried to divert his
m'nd from the tragedy, but to no pur
poce. Kcr a week he had recognized
no one. In fancy his thoughts re
verted to the tlmo when his lost
dauzhtcr was a !iU!o girl playing at
hl l:ncc, nnd ho called to her with
the pet namc,$ the had borne in child
hood. Pointing an accusing finger
at an imaginary figure- ho would
shricl: fo:th imprecations and curves
against hi s daughter's slayer, until the
weeping children around him shudder
ed. The Largest Drain.
The dredging of the Maple rivei
was completed las week by the Chi
cago company which had the contract,
thus ending the largest drainage Job
ever done in Michigan. The work
W23 commenced three years ago last
October, and h?s been going on day
and night ever since. The river was
dredged out for 28 miles, beginning
at its head in Shiawassee county.
Thousands of acres of land in ShW
wassee and Cllotcn counties, hereto
fore practically worthless, are re
claimed by the job. which cost the
two counties OW.ooo.
Sylvester Drake, a farm hand,
thiown from his scat by a runaway
team and hurled asalnst a tree, lay
unconscious for syveral hours before
he was discovered. His skull was
fractured and he will die.
Mrs. Clir.i fi;ucla. of Bay City,
whose husband was run down and
killed by a train recently, has begun
suit for $10,CCQ damages against Win.
Schr.tl', 3 local snlonnlst, and the
Michigan Bonding & Surety Co. of De
troit. She claims that the saloonlst
sold her husband liquor, making him
Intox'c&ted. and that the fatal acci
dent was the direct result.
MICHIGAN ITEMS. j
Nineteen ladies from Howell gath
ered at Island Lake to celebrate their j
birthdays.
Five new cases of typhoid fever
were added to the list Wednesday,
making the number sick, 27.
Mrs. Belinda Rayner, aged 76, of
VIcksburg, in a fit of despondency,
drowned herself in a cistern.
Mary Lenery, a Menominee fi-year
old, ate spoiled sardines she found in
& can in the yard. She is dead.
Saginaw city council has voted $500
to build a tuberculosis shack on the
grounds of the detention hospital.
Pere Marquette train No. 1. bound
north, was delayed at Gardendale one
hour Thursday, when the engine
broke down.
At a secret meeting of the "dry"
leaders of Kalamazoo it was decided
to give the "wets" another fight In
the spring.
Norman Eldred, the aged' patient
who disappeared from Otter lake
sanitarium, near Flint, has been lo
cated in Saranac.
Stepping off a Grand Rapids street
car before it had come to a stand
still, Mrs. Marcia Madden, 35. was
thrown to the pavement and fatally
injured.
Shooting at a mark at Walled Lake,
some one of three young men camp
ing there accidentally shot and killed
one of their companions, George Kidd,
of Northville.
During the temporary absence from
the house of Mrs. Ernest Eleanor, of
Port Huron, her infant son drank car
bolic acid from a bottle left within
reach, and died.
Sewer workmen found a wooden
box containing two human skeletons
at a street corner in Flint. The
bodies had apparently been buried
many years ago, probably on a farm.
Nino men left Cadillac Wednesday
to join the navy. They were Max
Souzer, S. Wheelock, F. R. Flodqulst,
L. F. Daley, C. A. Cass, A. Nicholson.
E. Duvall, Charles Laney and R. E.
Peters.
A furious storm struck the northern
half of Detroit Thursday afternoon,
and in 20 minute's damage was done
to trolley and telephone lines which
will cost several thousand dollars to
repair.
Ex-State Senator John W. Garve
link of Graafschap has resigned his
position on the school board, which
he has held for 511 consecutive years.
Last winter he slipped and fell on
an icy walk. He is now SO.
E. W. Clark of Philadelphia, it is
reported, will construct an electric
line between Bay City and Caro. It
Is understood that the line will ab
sorb the Flint & Saginaw road and
connect with Detroit by way of Caro.
Mrs. Jane Mallow, of Athens, was
burned by an explosion of turpentine
In her pantry. In the dark she over
turned a bottle and then lighted a
mftch. Her hair was burned off and
her body badly scorched. She cannot
live.
The twenty-seventh annual session
of the Grand Chapter of the Colored
Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar,
and Order of Eastern Star, was held
in Benton Harbor last week. Detroit
was chosen as the place for the 1910
meeting.
Grand Rapids is growing. During
the past three years 1,921 houses
were built there, at which rate, allow
ing five persons to a family, the new
population is about as many as live
In each of several fourth class cities
in Michigan.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
five big barns on the Gunnison farm,
five miles from Grass Lake, Sunday
afternoon. The buildings were filled
with the season's crops of hay and
oats, but the live stock sheltered in,
them were saved.
Additions to Pont lac factory con
cerns will compel the employment of
1,500 more mechanics next year, and
the fact that there are at present
fewer than 40 vacant houses in the
city has given Pontiac the most
puzzling problem of its history.
Fire, probably caused by spontanea
ous combustion, destroyed three
barns on the farm of William Clifford,
near Emmett, Sunday. Over 100 tons
of hay and many farm Implements
were burned and the loss will amount
to $3,000, with partial insurance.
It is now believed that the myste
rious fire which destroyed the plant
df the Freeman Lumber Co., in En
gandine, Mackinac county, was the
work of an Incendiary. The mill,
which was closed for the summer, was
valued at $7,000, and will be rebuilt
at once.
All efforts to locate William Alexan
der, aged 60, and his 9-year-old son.
John, who disappeared after starting
from their farm, nine miles south, to
Flint to attend the circus, Aug. 6, have
so far failed, and many people now
believe that they went for a boat ride
and were drowned.
Thirteen foreign countries, and 45
states and territories and the District
of Columbia, furnished students at
the session of tho U. of M. summer
school, which closed last week. A
treat many of the students were out
siders, 112 other colleges which con
duct summer schools being repre
sented.
Juatico James M. Smith, of Hast
ings, has a broken arm and severe
bruises as the result of being jerked
from his horse and dragged by the
cow which he was leading on a 30-
foot chain. After circling about till
Smith was wrapped in the chain the
cow ran home, with the justice bump
ing along the rough road.
Gov. Warner has repeated his dec
laratlon that Supt. Judd, of the state
blind Institution, will hold his job. de
spite the charges made by retiring
Trustee W. S. Bateman, of Albion
He also affirms the report that cither
C. H. Hackley or F. Bruce Smith, the
latter n blind newspaper man of Sag
Inaw, will succeed Bateman.
A fire which broke out in the lum
bcr yards of the Menominee River
Shinsle Co. raged all day Sundiv and
spread to the ynrd of the Roper
Cedar Co. Buildings, cars, lumber
and shingles to the value of $50,000
were destroyed. The loss is parti)
covered by Infurance.
REIGN OF TERROR
AT MIES ROCK
THE MILITIA BECOME UGLY AT
THE KILLING OF THREE
OFFICERS.
ORDERS, "SHOOT TO KILL'
Strikers Are Dranged From Houses
and Beaten, Men Are Shot, Homes
Are Wrecked.
Reinforced by militia and a small
host of additional deputy sheriffs, the
constabulary that Is guarding the
property of the Pressed Steel Car
works at McKees Rocks, Pa., ha3
practically established martial law
there, with all the military lawless
ness that usually attends such a dras
tic peace enforcement measure, with
the aim of striking tenor to the
hearts of the belligerent strikers, who
Sunday night instituted a riot In
which three troopers and three
strikers lost their lives and twelve
others were injured.
The military is in an ugly mood
over the killing of officers Sunday
night, and intends to follow out to the
letter the sinister order to "shoot to
kill" if there Is any more disturb
ance.
In fact, martial law at McKees
Rocks has already degenerated into a
veritable "reign of terror." The tem
per of the militia was shown when a.
physician who had worked all night
in aiding the injured on both sides
was clubbed by a trooper, who mis
took him for a striker. This was fol
lowed by an invasion of the home of
a peaceful non-combatant by soldiers
in search of strikers Monday morn
ing. Fifteen strikers were found
there and resisted arrest. In the
battle that followed the furnishings
of the entire house were wrecked.
Troopers dragged the strikers from
their hiding places and beat them,
one by one, unmercifully with three-
foot hickory riot clubs.
Although Sunday night's bloody riot
Is now many hours old, an accurate
list of the casualties Is still unobtain
able. Unofficially, however, six are
known to have been shot to death and
two others believed to have been
killed, but carried away in the con
fusion. Ten men, both strikers and
police, are in hospitals fatally in
jured, while at least two score men,
women and children are suffering
from bullet wounds and Injuries in
flicted with clubs and stones.
Aside from the human sacrifice.
property was damaged to the extent
of thousands of dollars. Three street
cars were wrecked, many vehicles
smashed. ' the streets "littered with
window glass, close to a hundred
doors of houses broken and half a
dozen horses shot to death.
BALLOON BURST.
Walter Wellman's Second Failure to
Reach North Pole.
Walter Wellman's second attempt
to sail over the north pole In a bal
loon has resulted in failure. The
giant dirifiible balloon America. In
which Wellnian and his party of three
set out on their perilous flight August
15, met with a mishap after It had
proceeded alout 32 miles from the
starting point, according to dls
patches from Spitzbergen. Wellman
and his party succeeded in making a
landing without injury to any mem
ber, and returned to Spitzbergen on
board the steamer Fram. which also
towed In the disabled balloon.
After a long preparation and wait
ing for favorable weather, the oppor
tunlty came August 15, and Wellman
decided early in the morning to make
the start. Everything had been in
readiness for some time, and only the
final details of setting out on such a
hazardous flight remained to be car
ried out.
It was 10 o'clock In the morning
when the great airship was brought
out of its shed and the daring explor
ers took their places in the car. When
the anchors were cast loose the air
ship ascended beautifully, the engines
were set in motion and everything
seemed to work to perfection. The
big air craft was maneuvered for some
time, and answered the helm perfect
ly. Then its head was turned to the
northward and It set out at a speed
of 25 miles an hour.
Suddenly, after having covered
some 32 miles, and when everything
seemed to be going splendidly, the
leather guide rope, to which was at
tached 1.000 pounds of provisions and
stores, broke away. The accident oc
curred Just as the airship was Hearing
the pack ice of North Spitzbergen.
Released from this great weight
the airship shot upwards at a terrific
pace until it was at a great hlght
above the clouds. The pilots succeed
ed, however, in bringing it down near
the earth, turned it about and set
out to fight their way southward to
the edge of the pack ice, where the
steamer Fram was anchored. After
much difficulty a tow rope was got
ten aboard the Fram, which started
immediately to tow the airship to
Spitzbergen. The strain was so great
however, that it threatened to tear
tbe car to which the rone was at
tached to pieces, and Wellman finally
decided to bring the airship down to
the surface of the water. This was
effected without mishap and the car
rested on the surface of the water
until all the members of the crew
the dogs and the scientific Instru
ments could be transferred aboard the
Fram. A fresh start was tben made
and the America was towed back to
the landing stage and within a short
distance of where the start was made
But the 111 luck cf the expedition
was not yet at an end. Ju?t as the
airship reached the tending stage and
everything looked favorable for Its
rcpcue without sprlous damage, a sud
den gust of wind caught the big in
flated bag broadside on. and snatch
ed it away from Its tow Mnes.
AUTO RACING.
Seven Lives Lost On the Indlanapolh
Track Last Week.
Another toll of death was paid at
the motor speedway in the closing
auto race at Indianapolis Saturday,
when three people were killed, three
badly injured, and a number bruised
either In being struck by the wrecked
automobiles or in the rush to escape,
which amounted almost in a panic.
It was while thousands of persons
were pushing and surging for places
at the fence and while the 300-mile
race was in progress that the National
ear with Merz as driver and Kellum
as mechanician, came down the track
with terrific bursts of speed, dashed
into the fence and the spectators at
the south side of the speedway. The
tire on the right front wheel had burst
and the machine turned turtle. Kel
lum was pinched against the fence
and Merz was caught under the ma
chine. In a twinkling he reached up
and turned off the throbbing engine
and then called to those who had
gathered around to look after Kellum,
having no thought of himself.
The second accident which result
ed in the wrecking of the Marmon car
driven by Bruce Keene caused the
American Automobile association to
cut short the program and meeting.
The Marmon car ran into the side
of the overhead bridge opposite the
bleachers. The car wa put out of
commission, but was not badly wreck
ed. Keene was badly cut about the
head, but was thought .10 be not
fatally hurt. His mechanician was
painfully bruised.
After the second accident, the offi
cials decided to call off the 300-mile
race when the leading car a Jackson
with Lee Lynch at the wheel had
covered 235 miles.
The Great Crops.
Tho cron statistics show the agri
cultural districts of America, with
few exceptions, to be in record break
ing condition of prosperity.
In the west and northwest, the cen
tral states, part of the southwest and
a great deal of the east crops were
never so treat. In the south, witn
the nosslble exception of Mississippi;
the loss in acreage of the cotton crop
will probably be more than made up
bv the increased value of the baled
nroduct. and the whole south has
safeguarded itself by diversified farm-
Inir and other crops, which this year
have come handsomely to the rescue
notably In Texas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas.
Samuel E. Clarke. S2 years old. for
manyyears librarian in the general
land office and department of the in
terior. Washington. D. C. died last
week. He was for a long time editor
of the Portland Oregonlan and was
the author of several historical works.
THE MARKETS.
Detroit. Cattle Good icradeH PtronK!
Imi l Im. Kiefaaor lower; other grades
steady: lat week'n opening. We quote
drv-fed Pteers. $"..r0.; pteers and heif
ers. 1.000 to 1,200 lb. $44. r. 0 ; steers
and netrcrs. " to i.uwu ns.
4.-f; K rusH uteer.s and heifers thnt are
f,t son tr l nod 11h J.r 7.". 4 '." : LTHSS
steers and neirer mat are iai. oiei i
tV. 7 Ti Cn V.1 0 : irood fat rows. S3.2ii U 3. .VI :
Tun nu x". v r rn i in en rut i(iv
common cows, $.'.; j; canner. i."
t.,'f ,.w i4 iavv hi Ik S3 IT.- f:i r to
tfoo'd bologna, biills. $3. GO; Ptock bulls.
$2. ;? 3 ; choice feeding steers.' K00 to
l.ovo li. 9t'(t4...; lair jeeuini sieerx.
S(Ht in 1.000 lbs. f t.iiO'rf 4 : choice stock-
erf. r.00 to Too lbs. $:s.f0rt .7.7".; fair
utockerx. .'.00 to 700 lbs. $3413.40; Mock
heifers, i; mlllcers. larjfe. young, me
dium afce, $4Ht50; common milkers.
Veal calves Market steady. lat
week's prices. Hest, $7. 1 5 fa 8.50 ; others,
A1I1j.1i rn i. a citk.1 cnrlncrM.cKUtA'if1v
Sheep and lambs Market 50c lower
man asi weeK. uesi lamos. o.cj; iair
to Kod lambs, $ 6.75: llKht to com
mon lambs. $1414.50; yearling's. $5f7
5.ii0; fair to good sheep, S3. $(.' 4.2
and common. X'lUiW.
lliii'H l;irkf t stcnilv List vnpk'
prices. Halite of prices: I.isht to good
butchers. JSK.l'O; pigs. $7 'u 7.50; light
yorkers. $7.25f7.75; stags, 1-3 off.
East Buffalo Cattle Two loads of
extra prime cattle sold at $7. The me
dium anil common cattle suffered a de
dine of from 15 4i;2oc. Hest export
steers. $C.50d 6.i.; best 1.200 to 1.300-lb.
shipping steers. J5.R5 Ti ;.10 ; best l.ti'U
to 1-200-lb. steers. $5.60(?'5.S5; medium
1.050 to 1.150-lb. steers. $.ri(5.2ii; light
butcher steers. $4.25 (a 4.50; best fat
cows. $4.2S(!j 4.50; fair to good. $3.504;
cutters. $2.60: best fat heifers. $4.75 Ofi
5: fair to good. $4 5i4.50: common. $3.75
44; best feeding steers $44(4.25; best
stockers. $3,5043.75; light stocker. $3
43.25; best bulls. $tfo4.50; bolofina
bulls. $3.504r3.75; stock bulls. $34 3. 50
best fresh cows and springers, $43(555;
fair to good do. $25 (if 33; common do.
$2057 25. Hogs: Kcceipts. fiO cars; mar
ket lower; heavy, $8. 1047$. 25; yorkers
$7,004.1 S.15; pigs. $7.90; roughs. $6,754?
ti.90; stags. $5. 75 4i 6.25. Sheep: He
ceipts. 50 cars; slow; best lambs, $7t&
7.2; fair to good, $646.75: culls. $4.75
4r 5.25; yearlings, $5.25 4j 5.50; wethers.
$54i5.10; ewes, ?4.404t 4.7;. waives
Steady;" best, $l49.25; heavy, $44j 5.
Grain. Klc.
Detroit. Wheat Cash No. 2 red.
$1.00; September opened He higher ut
ll.rtS, advanced to $1.10 and declined to
SI. 09: December opened nt Il.OiMi
moved tin to $1.0Ri. declined to $1.07 vi
and closed at $1.08i: May opened nt
S1.10H. gained ir. dropped back
$1.1 IV and closed nt $1.11-; sample,
1 car at H.95M.: .o. i w.tlte. ii.:.
Com Cash No. 2. 1 car at 71lic
closing at "ls4c: No. 2 yellow. 1 car
at 73c. 2 ut i Tic.
Oats Cash No. ?. wlilto. 1 car Jt 30c
3 cars nt 40o: standard. 41c; .-eptem
ber standard. 40c: s-implo, 1 car nt 40c
Kve Cash No. 1. C8t? nkd.
Itenns Cash. $2.20; October. $2: No
vember. $1.!'..
Clovereed Prime KpM. $fi.5P; Oefo
Iter. $7.40: Mnfch. 1 - luc: t $7.50
prlnn nlslke, $7.5.: smpl. 20 V&n at
$7. r- at m.i.K iz nt J ....('.
Timothy seed Trim tpot, C5 bag a
$1.75.
Feed--ft 100-lb sncks. Jobbing- lots
Hran. $27: course middlings, $28; fn
middlings. $30; crscked corn. $31
coarse cornmeal. $20; corn ami on
chop. $2f ner ton.
Flour l!est Michigan patent, $ 25
ordinary patent. $C. itralght. $5.00
clear. $V7: pure rye. $4.25: sorlnpr
patent. .u0 Per uol Jr. woca. iobblnc
lots.
Grand Kapids will loan the state
the $100,000 State Treasurer Sleeper
wants. If 3j per cent interest is of
fered. Tho city now gets 2.30 per cent
in the city depository, and can net
3. CO per cent by buying short-time im
provemcnt bonds.
Trying to save his 7-year-old son
who had fallen Into tho bay, John
iaunaervuie or i-iscanaoa. was
drowned. The lad was saved bv a
yawl from a passing steamer.
Mrs. Mae Hanson, of Howell, ha
sworn out a warrant charging Anton
Self, brewer, with aelllng a keg of
SPORT IN HOOKING 'GATORS
Also It a Pastime That Has a Consid
erable Amount of Danger Mixed
With It.
'Hunting alligators at night with
a bullseye lantern and shotgun is
tame sport compared with what Is
called a 'gator hunt down in Florida,"
said an old Floridian. "I met n the
feat of capturing an alligator alive
and then towing the fellow to high
ground through mud and water from
what is called in Florida a 'gator hole.
"The 'gator fishermen first find the
hole, which is indicated by an open
ing in the surrounding grass in the
midst of a dense growth of vegeta
tion, where the ground is worn smooth
by the alligator in his pulls in and
out. Sometimes these 'gator holes
are in the nature of a cave in the
bank of a Btream and may be 15 or
20 feet deep, and if so it is not an
easy matter to get the animal out.
"The fisher is supplied with a long
pole with a metal hook in the end. lie
takes a strong rope and throws it
about tho entrance of the hole. At
this juncture Roosevelt's monkey
hunting in Africa is not in it com
pared to 'gator hunting in the Florida
marsh.
"Then the fisher rams with the
hooked pole down the den and waits
and listens. If he finds the 'gator in
the hole he teases the beast by pick
ing him until the 'gator in a rage
finally grabs the hooked pole and is
pulled from the den. It is with uncer
tainty that he is dragged forth, for it
is not known whether the catch is a
large or small one; the fisher does
not know whether to get into shape
to run or to fight. Hut out the 'gator
comes, bellowing and roaring mad.
"After the 'gator is dragged to the
surface he in his rage turns and rolls
and finally twists himself up in the
rope or noose that has been previous
ly prepared. With the assistance of
the others in the party the 'gator's
legs and mouth are tied and the 'ga
tor is a prisoner.
"The 'gator is for the most part
caught in marshes where the ground
is soft and slushy and too wet for
either horse or wagon to enter. The
fishers are compelled to carry their
catch to higher ground, there to be
loaded Into the waiting wagon, and
the hunt is ended.
A Crowded Steamer.
A friend was complaining the other
day to Capt. Harber, port captain of
the state pilots, about the crowded
condition of the steamboat on which
he recently made a trip.
"Four in a room?'' replied Barber.
"That's nothing."
"You should have traveled in the
days of the gold rush to California. I
remember one trfp out of New York
we carried more than 1,000 passen
gers, and if you put 50 on that ship
to-day there'd be a holler that would
reach Washington and make trouble
for somebody. To show you how
crowded it was ,and what 'crowded'
really means, three days out from
New York a chap walked up to the
old man and said:
" 'Captain, you really must find me
a place to sleep.'
" 'Where in thunder have you been
sleeping until now?' asked the old
man.
"'Well.' says the fellow, 'you see,
it's this way. I've been sleeping on a
sick man, but he's getting better now
and won't Ftand for it much longer.' "
San Francisco Call.
A Bit Tactless.
"Dere cort'nly is a coolness between
Mandy Jones an Clay Jeffson dese
days," remarked Aunt Clorinda to a
caller. "Is you got any idee what's
do trouble?"
"Yes, I is," was tho gratifying an
swer. "Clay Jeff'son he done hurt
her feelings bad rrt'do strawberry so;
clal, cn Mandy is gwino t' hab dat
boy l'arn to be mo carefuller in his
talk befo tho 'lows any mo' co ting."
"What did he do?" demanded Aunt
Clorinda.
" 'Twan'n' what he do, 'twar what
he Eay," replied the well-informed vis
itor. "Miss Colby, dat was sarving
de sho'tcake, Fhe ax' Mandy will she
hab a second piece ob it, an' Mandy
say: 'Jes' a mouthful!'
"An dat triflln' Clay Jeffson he up
an' say: 'All you kin get on de plate,
Miss Colby,' he say.
"Co'fce ho tried to explalnify away
all de trouble, but I reckon he's got
to sarvo his 'prentlceshlp befo' Mandy
'cepts any 'pologies." Youth's Com
panion.
Fruit of the Jack Tree.
The jack fruit, a giant among tho
different fruits, wdiich appears al
ready to have been known by the
name of ischakka among the San
scrlts, Is found a.'l over poutheastern
Asia, as far as the islanos of tho Pa
ciflc ocean; the Malabar coast (West
lhauts) appears to be Its habitat.
Tho jack tree, as tt is called In
British India (Artocarpua Integrifolla,
L), a relation of tho bread tree, of all
trees most resembles in growth, bark
and leaves the silver beech In mid
summer. The trunk and thickest
branches of this tree, attaining to a
height of eighty to one hundred
feet, are laden with fruit weighing
up to thirty kilograms, three feet in
length, 6haped like a somewhat long
rounded and full packed bag. covered
with numberless green or yellowish
green pyramidal prickles about .03
centimeter high.
As Like as Not.
Hill I see a man is trying to drilt
across the arctic circle. Whero do you
aunnose he ll bring up? ,
Jill Oh, on the lecture platform
orobablr.
WILL LEAVE JOHNNY AT HOME
Next Time Mother Visits Grandfather
Youngster Is Not Likely to
Accompany Her.
"I think the mother of a six-year-old
boy should have a pension to make ui
to her for the mental agony she suf
fers'," said just such a mother. "I
took Johnny to his paternal grandfa
ther's last week, and believe he haa
cut us out of grandfather's will. Of
course,, we send him to Sunday school
and we both attend church, but we
do not ask a blessing at the table, nor
do we have family prayers. Grandfa
ther docs, and it happened that the
morning after we arrived Johnny wan
excust'd from the table and went out
in the yard to play. Grandfather led
the way into the sitting room and wo
all knelt down in prayer. Imagine my
horror to see Johnny's little face peer
ing curiously through the blinds and
hear him sing out: 'Hey, in there,
what kind of a game is that you're
playing? Ain't you the rotten bunch
not to let me In on It. 1 arose and
softly whispered to him to run on and
play, and he sang out: 'You're it,
mamma, you're it; make a home run.'
Now, what can you do with a small
boy, anyway? 1 can never explain
matters to his grandfather."
PROVED BY TIML.
No Fear of Any Further Trouble.
David Price, Corydon, la., says: 'T
was in the last stage of kidney trouble
lame, weak, run
down to a mero
skeleton. My back
was so bad I could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre
tions much- disor
dered. A week after
I began using
Doan's Kidney Pllln
I could walk with
out
a cane, and as I continued my
health gradually returned. I was so
grateful I made a public statement of
my case, and now seven years havo
passed, I am still perfectly well."
Sold by all dealers. 50c a box. Fo-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
WIFELY SOLICITUDE.
Burglar Hands up!
Wife Oh. John, be careful of thosa
globes; you'll break them!
Within Her Means.
A pretty little girl of three year.i
was in a drug store with her mother.
Being attracted by something in tho
showcase, she asked what It was. The
clerk replied: "That is a scent bag."
'"How cheap!" replied the little girl.
"I'll take two!" Lipplncott's Maga
zine. The Prospec.
"I am sorry that there Is a craze for
these aeroplane Mights."
"Why so?"
"Because the lovers who want to
take them will be more in the clouds
than ever."
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOKIA a safe andure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears Ihe
Signature
In Vsq For Over :$( Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Appropriate Terms.
"Are Jake's rates' for his aeroplano
high?"
"You bet. Sky high."
An
Effective
Remedy for
Cramp3, Dysen
tery, Diarrhea, Cholera
Morbus, Cholera Infantum
and Colic, should be always
kept handy, for when such a
medicine is needed, it is
needed in a hurry.
Dr.BJayne's
Carminative
Balsam
hes fceen successfully employed
fcr seventy-riqht years in reliev
ing and curing all complaints of
this r.ature. Stops pain imme
diately. It is a household neces
sity in homes where there are
children. Yovr druggist will
6upply you. Per bottle, 25c
Dr. D. Jarae Tonle Vtrralfarf
la a reliable tnl4lnff-uB tonic for hath
1
tul ftnd cV.ilJ- i. t-.ilendl 1 to tk
utter w nkcr.irz atttek of dysentery.
Also af woita nUcla
beer to her 15-ycar-old son.