A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Insured to One and All by Choosing Your Eatables and Presents From Our Stock of High Quality Merchandise

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1 - Vol. XXX PncUney, Lvngston County, Mchgan, Thursday, December V), 1912 No. 51 t. - Commencng Thursday, December 12, and Closng A Merry Chrstmas and a Happy New Year n M Wednesday, Dec. 25 Grocery Specals 1 Cm Pass 10c 3 Cans Corn 25c 1 Can Tomatoes 10c ~Hr. Best Rasns 8c 2 pkgs. Washng Powder 5c j 10c Bar Wllam's Shavng Soap y 5c 1 qt, Olves 27c l-6c Can Bakug Powder 3c 1 Largo Bottle Olves 21c 1 pkg. Mnce Meat 8c Sardnes n Ol, 7 Cans 25c Sardnes n Mustard, 12c Can..9c 16c Can Mackeral 12c Own tttarch 4c 25c Coffee 22c lb. 50c Tea 21c l-10c aack Slt 8c } gal. Bern Molaboes 16c 1 Can Red Salmoa,.. T... 14c nsured to One and All by Choosng Your Eatables and Presents From Our Stock of Hgh Qualty Merchandse Toys ncludtg Dolls, Teddy lear&, Tupsy Games, Banks, Story looks, Etc., at Reasonable Prces. Post Cards Hfar 5c; U/for oe and 5e each. ncludng' Broken Mxed, Grocers Mxed, Peanut Tnffy, Chocolate Creams, Cocoanut Creams, Old Tavern Chocolates, Nut Waffles, Chocolate Caramels, Maple Walnuts, Etc Etc. T&y^, Q^X+JC*XS Xmas Boxes of Meaora/B, Kng Alaerte, Fsh LaPreferenca's. Canadan Clubs o^ay of / ^W^J^T^-r^^^vvU^^Klvv jum*** 1 ' Hcrrng r, ; Mackerel and Salmon. Pop Corn Balls 10c per dosten.!k)c per quart. ce Cream Fruts Oranges, Bananas, Malaga Grapes, Xem s al QjljjjnVU. f * M* -T Nuts ^.u^tkc Fresde $27 00 Standard _ Englsh Walnuts, Mxed Nuts and Fresh Roasted Peaauts. 7 Groceres Addson Cheese, Seashpt Oysters,'But.. ter y^ttjad- Very Best Bead. j. Natonal Cooke- A Large Assortment. EDSON PHONOGRAPHS of-varous Types Home... ^ Trumph *~Affbero at... 31c :JCa SUadard at.. 21c MENS FURNSHNGS Reducton n Prce on. From Today Untl December Men's $1..10 Sweater*;;".' «1.75 " - " 2.00 *' " 2.25 ' " :.2o ' " 5.00 ' " 1.00 Wtol Shrts " 1.75 " ' 2.00.)nckotn. -J 25 " '< :-5.75 '< 1.50 " \L-»«50c Cap*.$1.25 j j ; c : MONKS " 1.00 Caps 89c " Hats...:-..-T M " t 50c Mufflers y... t, 39c <'/'j»60c Overalls.?'/^' '&*» 1.00 " «9c '«'" 50c Work- Shrts 39c " 50c f4bves or Mtten? 43c 10c Work Sox, JUT par 7c 3 par.., 20c. 1.45!., JUJj Reducton on Ran Coats,, ojj whch range n prce from $3.00 to $ : Reducton on Underwear..'We n pece and unon suts BROS. Lades L>st Kd Gloves $1.00 to Wool Gloves. 25c to 50c Lace Collars 50c to (1.50 Fne Shoes Lsle and Slk Hose Overshoes Handkerchefs Combs and Barrets fe*- : 4 ) Mens bst J.1 '>' '..' :", ' Two Par 1 Sox 25c Gloves from.. > 25c to $1 50 Overshoes from $1.10 to $2.75 Rubbers from 90c to Tes from 25c to 50c Handkerchefs from.. ^ 5c to 25c Mttens from. 15c to $1.00 Cuff Buttons from. 25c to $1.00 $1.25 Wool Sweaters 75c All Dress Goods af Cost Alf3S*g$eds 25c Al^goocts^aU^. 41c All (We goods at..7t>js 47c All 75c goods at... 61c All $1.00 goods at... ; 79c All$1.50 goods at...$1.21 -OUT1NG8- All 10c OntDg at )^c Gnghams at 10c 1 Percales at... He 1 Ererett Shrtngs % Alt Bed Comfortables to be Sold at Cost 1,*t of Odds and fnds n Cnldrens tt COST PBCE8. AJt lne of Handkerchefs rangng n lurjoefros 1«to-Me. Le of Msses 60c Wool Underwear at OK Bnbber Stock s large and the lowftslprtos. Call and see. 2S Mr cent off on all Mens Shoes <fcr#luf a*k> >.. «SSS1.JMsl «"1 SALES CASH * * * *» * * ; ' r TO HAVE A JOLLY CHRSTMAS. Make presents to your father, mother, sster, brother, wfe or husband, chldren, neghbor, frends or sweetheart, and select them from our stock. Our prces wll gve everybody a chance to play Santa Claus Mens Neckwear Lftre^t Desgns 25c and 50c Mens Holday Suspenders For 25c and 50c Mens Suspenders and Garters to Match For _50e, 75c, «1.00 Gents Umbrellas Pat up n Chrstmas boxes at»1.60,1.75, 2.00 Mens Dress Shrts New patterns, the knd that sell for 1.00, at 89c Mens Wool Overshrts For 1,00 and 1.53 Bargans n Mens and Boys Underwear Bargans n Mens and Boys Sweaters Bargans u Mens and Boys Dress Shoes Bargans n Mean Work Shrts and Overalls BarjrXn n MetfaDack <fe. Wool Lned Coats Sutra SVt, fc\x&0 $\&5 \>awes to dose at Soc V&T ^avr 30 Dozen Mens Canvas Gloves 5c per par 7«OV Mens $1.00 Wnter Caps To Close at 75c 25 DOZEN MEN8 NTAL Handkerchefs Kegular 10c values, only _5c Mens Dress Shoes For _ $2.50, 3.00, 3.50, 4.00 Mens Kd Gloves AND MOCOA MTTS... _98c to Mens Ran Coats Extra values at $3.60,5^10^00, Grocery Blub Kbbon Rasns, per pkg. Best Red Salmon, per can Choce Mxed Nets, per lb Specals Gold Medal Bakng Powder, per lb Lenox Soap, 8 bars for. Fresh Candle* Largest assortment ever shown n Ptockney* Rangng from. v _._8c 17c.20c 5c -25c 10c to 40c per lb. ale opens Saturday. Dec. 14, and closes at 11 p. m.«tuesday, Dec* 24 Lefcve Yotlr Or^ter l&arly For Beaked Good MURPHY & JACKSOM, rrgb my [ >f\: h+t' ' >*k" r^>\ --¾¾ ^ '^V *' \; : * m, < \ - \ " < t Wy v'-.v. c.,'.'c''' m H, *r y:-. Jtl,*,-/

2 HAND REQURES CARE *O DETAL OF THE TOLET S MORE MPORTANT. Even Where Nature Has Dened «3eauty Much May Be Accomplshed by the Persstent Use of the Proper Lotons. A pretty hand, well kept, wth nals rllantly polshed and trmmed, s a ter ornurneut to a woman than most prceless jewel. Even a comnplace hand can be made attractve ng by careful treatment. There- ^bre>4,he grl to whom Nature has deked taper fngers and an altogether model hand can take heart of grace, 4auttd so mprove on the commonplace Chat her hands and nals may excte admraton and envy. ff the akn of the hands s rough, t can soon be softened by the applcaton of well-chosen creams or lotons and, the use of soft water _for_ablu-. jttonal purposes, care beng taken to tslry the hands thoroughly every tme alter washng. Neglectng to do ths s the cause of many a rough-lookng stand, and encourages chlblans. The frst thng to do n treatng the hands la to get the skn soft and the fngers plable. Hands that are nclned to be red And rough are often benefted by beng washed n oatmeal water. Take aome good oatmeal and bol t n water for an hour, stran t, and use the lqud to wabh wth nght and mornfeng. Ths wash must bo made fresh «prery day, f tolet borax s added to rae oatmeal, the whtenng effect of <ho loton wll be enhanced. To keep >tbe hands whte, some women sleep n gloveb smeared nsde wth melted tallow. Fve or ten mnutes gven to the fcolet of the nals every day and an oxtra 20 mnutes every week wll keep them n good order. To keep the fnger nals clean the nal-brush and soap and warm water ahould be used dally, and every tme fts hands are washed the free edge of 'the scarf-skn, whch, f not attended o, 1«apt to grow upward over the Saale, should be gently loosened and pressed back n a "neatly rounded form, by whch the occurrence of «raek, hang-nals, etc., about the roots _of_ the-nalswll be prevented, and a graceful oval form and the dsplay of a crescent-lke space of whte wll be ensured. Ths scarf-skn as m, rule should never be cut, and should on no account be torn or pcked off, «a s commonly done. The less t s meddled wth, other than n the way recommended, the better. Very often fnger nals are dsfgured f*y dark coffee-colored rms that He tetween the nal and the flesh surroundng t. Ths rm should be removed at once wth a strong cleansng 'flud, for t mars tho beauty of the nana. Aceordlon-Plalted Neglgee. Among the costume concets of the season are to be noted the accordonplated neglgee, whch are made of cbffon net, both plan and embrodered, and lberty slk and satn. These garments are desgned n a great varety of styles, but there s none more fetchng for the woman of slender fgure and some heght than the Empre gown of plated chffon wth an elaborate coat of lace and TWO OF THE LATE DESGNS 4K» njxm afrthe lef U of taupe vel- *ftfc»tb*4*rt U slghtly gathered «qpfcltmad draped n the back; the tvttter % of WjMt* aeeordkm plated anffa ornamented WKh told buttons *M*^ tatfcpfcols* a** ftnlahed wth a aaaaaa of faaa% l^awtne ««>l*> ^paaaaa^araa* gge mpft t"..v~- FOR SUM FGURES Smartneao of the Belted Talor-Made. For the slm-fgured and farly tall woman the belted coat s certanly one of the smartest and most becomng aspects of the talor-made costume. So f you can be numbered among these fortunate folks you can qute safely have your new costume made n the style you so much admre, the sketch here provdng all the necessary gudance as to detal. A slght openng of the skrt, too, at the loft sde, s not only permssble, but also pquant, always presumng that your footwear be of mmaculate shapng and smartness. chffon and satn to go over t. The coat for a pale pnk gown of ths sort s more than half of yellow lace. t s a very much cutaway garment, wth a frou frou of lace cascades n front and a long taled back that s all lace and shrrng and frlls also. The sleeves are draped lace flounces and there s a wde grdle of pnk satn rbbon, whch has a huge satn buckle J n tho back. Ostrch Plumes. Ostrch plumes, lke lace, are never allowed to reman n the background for any length of tme, and an early return to favor s predcted for them as the season advances. The smaller hat shapes of satn and plush are so chc n form and fabrc that they really requre but lttle trmmng of any knd. The "Berets" of velvet are very becomng, and real Tam-o'-Shanter shapes n the same fabrc denote a tendency to return to the styles ol The corsage opens over a plastron lke the tabler and the collar and grdle are of garnet velvet, The sleeves j are draped at the bottom over cuffs of the whte satn and are ornamented wth motfs of passementere, whch also ornament the corsage and skrt. The next model s also of taupe velvet. The skrt s slghtly gathered at the top and cut out at one sde of the front over a panel of taffeta to j match. The edges of the velvet are caught together wth knots of the taffeta passed through large rngs of slk;, the ends of the knots are fnshed wth agullettes. The upper part of the corsage and the sleeves are of the taffeta ornamented wth buttons and buttonholes; the lower part, or corslet, s of the velvet trmmer lke the skrt. The collar s of green velvet, the chemsette a of whte tulle. Old Rancoats. There are many occasons when at play chldren need rubber aprons. Make these from your dscarded ran* coats. Cut them out n the form of a rectangle. Round the corners, hollow out the neck, bnd the edge and attach strngs to the neck and wast They can be easly adapted to chldren of dfferent sres. Soap bubbles can be blown, flowers sprnkled and boats saled n a tub wthout fear of beng wet Vslt Renewed. f the stffness s out of your vel and t s stll good, wrap t around a pasteboard roll, stretchng full wdth* and steam. Let t dry on the roll and t wll be as good as new../'.11 ffh GREAT AUK'S EGG? Maybe, but Nevertheless, t Arrved at the Breakfast Table n a Scramble. By MARGARET MANNNG. Professor Ferdnand Brnckhofen wandered nto the ktchen of hs summer bungalow, on the Mane shore. Hs wfe was washng the dnner dshes. "Ellen, my dear," he sad, "Doctor Cavendsh, of the Natural Hstory museum, wll be here ths afternoon. Can you get up a meal for hm? He has to start back tomorrow mornng." " suppose so, Ferdnand," answered hs wfe, a lttle tartly. "You know, of course, that we haven't much n tho house to offer a guest. However, 'll do my best, and f he wll be satsfed wth t he's welcome. Why s he comng all ths dstance just to spend the nght wth us?" Professor Urnckhofen put hs arm round hs wfe's wast and kssed her. " know Vou're busy, Ellen," he sad. "Next summer we'll get a mad." And he wandered out, whle hs wfe went on washng. She dred the last plate and set t asde. " wonder just why Doctor Cavendsh s comng here for one nght," she sad to herself. Professor Urnckhofen engaged a rowboat and pulled round to the ralroad termnal, where he arrved just n tme to greet Doctor Cavendsh as hs vstor stepped out of hs car. "Well, what dd yuu thnk-of my letter?" he asked, after the customary greetngs had been nterchanged. Doctor Cavendsh took hs frend by the arm. "My dear old enthusast," ho answered, "to be frank wth you, «j<^r«**» "Good Heaven, Brnckhofen, t lal t s!" am sceptcal wholly sceptcal. t sounds too gooe-to be true. f you had told me that you had dscovered a bured ndan vllage or a dozen asterfllds would have accepted your word wthout queston. But a great auk's egg no, ray frend. You have probably mstaken the egg of a crested grebe or tufted puffn for that of the auk." "But the great auk dd range as far south as Mane n the last century!" cred the professor. "And the last specmen was shot n 1844." "No, Cavendsh, n tell you t was an auk. shot the broodng brd, but t fell nto the water and drfted out to sea before could get a boat. But tho egg t was an auk's egg, and t was warm. took t home and 'm ncubatng t" "What does Mrs. Brnckhofen thnk of t?" "She doesn't know anythng about t, of course. don't belevo n tellng my wfe a professonal secret. And the joke of t s" he nudged Cavendsh n the rbs "t's ncubatng wth a clutch of eggs that she set out last week under one of our hens. t couldn't be safer anywhere." "Show me!" sad Cavendsh sceptcally, and they entered the rowboat and, a few mnutes later, rounded tho pont of land behnd whch the Brlnckhofens had ther bungalow. "There was where shot her," sad the professor, pontng to tho hgh, towerng clff. " ddn't mean to, ether, but was so excted that couldn't bear to thnk of her gettng away. Now, before we do anythng else we'll go straght to the clutch." They clmbed the hll and entered the lttle garden of the bungalow. n one corner was the hen house, and, n the center, seated upon a clutch of eggs surrounded wth straw, was a gray hen, whch looked at them wth malgnant eyes and half opened her beak as though to protect her treasure. "Shoot" sad Profesor Brnckhofen, and the hen slowly rose and retred a few paces, where t crouched wth flappng wngs and an rate expresson. Professor Brnckhofen plunged hs hand nto the clutch and drew out the precous egg. t was a lttle larger than that of a goose. "Good heavens, Brnckhofen, t lt t s!" yelled Doctor Cavendsh, and, carefully replacng t, he sesed hs frend round the wast and the two graybeards executed a dance. Mrs. Brnckhofen watched them out of the ktchen wndow. " suppose that s Doctor Cavendsh," she sad ptyngly. " wonder why they an dancng n the henhouse.'* She tat down and medtated upon the subject untl the men oamo n. Then she welcomed Doctor Caveu&sh wth smles. "Gome, Cavendsh r ;J wapt to.ahpw you my laboratory,'"euld Brckfcdjfcn, draggng hs frend away as soon as he decently could. They wont nto tho professor's lttle bare room and began dscussng the great dscovery. "Of course t goes to the museum, Brnckhofen," sad Cavendsh. "t wll be worth a thousand dollars to you." "A thousand dollars!" exclamed the professor, "You are jokng, Cavendsh. Why, the egg alouo would brng that at aucton." "Yes, yes, 'm speakng about the egg," sad Doctor Cavendsh rrtably. "What are you Bpeakng about?" "Why, the auk, of coarse. Don't you know that put t there so that t would hatch? Why, we'll have a real lve brd, Cavendsh. shall sell t to the Zoologcal Bocety, and 'll patch up the egg after t has hatched out, and 'll let you have that for a thousand. And the brd wll lay more eggs, and 'll get a thousand apece for those too, and " " say," nterposed Cavendsh, "remember t sn't hatched yet. f were you 'would tell Mrs. Brlnckhol'en about t." "Tell Mrs. Brnckhofen! Why, she'd tell the neghbors and they'd steal t or do somethng to t! Never trust a woman. No, t s safest just where t s." They argued wth some lack of equanmty untl dnner tme, when Mrs. Brnckhofen ejected them nto the dnng room. "Hum! 'm hungry as a bear," sad Doctor Cavendsh, pullng hs* napkn across knees. "What have we here? Scrambled eggs? Fne!" " don't know whether you lke scrambled goose eggs," Bad Mrs. Brnckhofen. "They say they're very nce. found one under our bddy t must have been lad by one of Mr. Gles's geese, for t wasn't there last tme looked. So thought that aa we hadn't many eggs 'd try what t tasted lke." "Woman!" gasped the professor, sprngng to hs feet, "do you mean to say you you scrambled that egg?" "Yes, % dear," sad Mrs. Brnckhofen sweetly. (Copyrght, 1912, by W. G. Chapman.) HOT BREAKFAST MEANS MUCH Success or Falure of the Day Depends to a Large Extent on Frst Meal. When a sngularly successful busness man was asked the secret of gettng on n the world, he modestly sad hs wfe deserved most of the credt, as she always had a good breakfast ready for hm every day n the year, served punctually and ppng hot. He further sad that poor food, especally \ the mornng, was responsble for njauy busness falures, for the man who sets out on a cold mornng wth jcol, ndfferent food n hs stomach s ll-prepared for the busness battle.,t takes tme and plannng, but t pays serve good breakfasts. t means.gettng up early enough to nsure aganst rushng about and frettng when thngs go wrong, but the wse woman counts t no sacrfce to send her husband off cheery and well fed. There are plenty of ways n whch a woman wthout help may manage, and even f she keeps a mad she wll fnd plenty to oversee and correct day after day. The women who rbe early to get breakfast for ther husbands unte n sayng there are possbltes n the early mornng hours realzed later n the day. When other women are sleeply gettng up, the thrfty housekeepers have ther mornng work done and aro ready to get the chldren off to school. There would be fewer falures n school work f all chldren were sent to the school room well fed n the mornng. f they were aroused n tme to dress lesurely and eat a hearty breakfast there would be fewer cases of nervous prostraton among teachers. A cup of hot cocoa, a poached egg, good toast and well-cooked cerceal served to the entre famly n the mornng and eaten n a lesurely manner would rob hosptals of many patents and gve doctors and surgeons extra vacatons every year. Theores About Ranfall. Whle we n ths country have been sufferng for some years from a lack of ran, Bome parts of Europe appear, accordng to statstcs, to be gettng more ran every year. Observatons at the Observatory of Pars show that from 1804 to 1824 the average yearly ranfall was 502 mllmeters (an nch s about 25 mllmeters). n the next twenty years the average was 507; then from 1845 to 1872 there was an ncrease to 25; n the next twenty years t was 553, and n the last nneteen years the average has grown to 584 mllmeters about 23½ nches. The commonest theory to account for ths s that the smoke and dust rsng from a large cty favor the condensaton of mosture. But ths theory runs counter to the experence of London, the smokest cty of Europe, where no such ncreased ranfall s recorded. And n some of the mountanous regons of France the ncrease has been as much as 73 per cent, as compared wth thrty years ago. Worse and More of t "Concord! Concord!" shouted the hmkeman, as the tran polled nto the staton durng a tremendous outburst of thunder and lghtnng. The elerer woman grasped her umbrella frmly. "Not only conquered," she ejaculated, -but taken by ttomr YoutWs Companon,. ' DSSOLVE BUTTER TRUST Sleepng Changes ol Conspracy to. Fx Prces s Cfcarftsd. The Elgn board of trade, popularly known as the "Butter Trust," and the Amercan Assocaton of Creamery Butter Manufacturers was attacked by the federal government n a cvl ant-trust sut fled n Chcago, for the dssoluton of both concerns. Sweepng charges of a conspracy to fx arbtrarly the prce of butter n the nterest of bg manufacturers and cold storage concerns and to the detrment of the farmer, other small producers and the consumng publc, are made by Attorney General Wckersham. Butter-makng has drfted to the large manufacturers, the natural ncrease n volume of busness has been curtaled and prces to the people have been enhanced, especally durng the wnter season, by the operatons of the "consprators," accordng to the government's petton n equty. Commercal Workers Organzed. At a meetng of secretares and other executve offcals from commercal club,s and chambers of commerce of a numbe? of Mchgan ctes, held n the Lansng chamber of commerce rooms, thj Mchgan Assocaton of Commercal Secretares was formally organzed and offcers for ts ntal year selected. The assocaton s headed by Martn C. Huggtt, of Grand Rapds, as.presder.t, wth Norman Flowers^ of Jackson, as vce presdent, and Thos. H. Stambau^h, secretary, Lansng. THE MARKETS. Hogs Packers bddng $7.1 r <fl 7.15: stags, 1-3 off. DETROT Cattle Market, cows and bulls mrong', other grades 10@20c hgher, dry-fed steers, $9fal2; steers and hefers, 1,000 to 1,200, J7.50&8; steers and hefers. SOO to 1,000, $6.D0@7.25; ateers and hefers that are fat, 500 to 700, HB0<&) G; choce fat cows, $").50(&;C.25; good fat cows, $4.50(^)6; common cows,?3.76@4; v eanners, $3@3.50; choce heavy bulls, $5.50; far to good bolognas, bulls, $4.50¾}) 5; stock bulla, $3.75^04.25; choce feedng steers, SOU to 1,000, $5.50(^6.25; far feedng steers, SOO to 1,000, $ ; choce stockorh, 500 to 700, $5 5.50"; far stockers, 500 to 700, $4ft, 4.75; stock hefers, $3.75S;4; mlkers, large, young medum age, $45(j75; common mlkers, $r,0<&j 40. Veal Calves Strong; best, $9fyll; others, $4.50^8.50: mlch cows and sprngers, strong. Sheep and lambs Sheep steady; best lambs, $8r<t8.25; far to good lambs, $0.50 St 7,50; lght to common lambs, $5(f'6; yearlngs, $4f5.50; far to good sheep. $3^3.75; culls and common, $2'';rR. TOAST HUFFALO, N. Y, Cattle, steady. Hogs Steady; heavy, $7.05^7.70: yorkers. $7.00; pgs, $7.40. Sheep Strong; top lambs. $0(0)9.15: yearlngs. $6^7; wethrers, $5^5.25: ewes, $4.50¾ Calves $51«; OR A N, ETC Wheat Cash No. 2 red, $ '; December opened wthout change at $1.05 and advanced to $ ; may opened at $ and advanced to $ ; Julv opened at and advanced to ; No. 1 whte, $ CORN Cash No. 3. 4&c; No. 3 yellow, 1 car at 49c; No. 4 yellow, OATS Standard, 1 car at ; No. 3 whte, 2 cars at 39c; No. 4 whte, 1 car at 35c. RYE Cash No c. BEANS mmedate shpment, $2.15; prompt shpment, $2.15; December and January, $2.15. CLOVER SEED Prme spot, $11.50; sample, 24 bags at $9.75, 12 at $8.50; prme alske, $12.90; sample alske, 6 bags at $ at $10. FLOUR n one-eghth paper sacks, pe' 196 Jobbng lots; 3est patent, $5.00; second patent, $5.30; straght, $5.20; clear, $4.90; sprng patent, $5.10; rye, $4.SO per bbl. OENERAL MARKETS Poultry s frm and hgher prces are quoted for dressed chckens. Dressed calves are frm and n some cases hgher and the market s frm for dressed hogs. Trade n Chrstmas decoratons s ganng n actvty and offerngs are lneceasng. Butter, cheese and eggs are frm and n brsk demand. Apples.are dull and easy, and there s not much actvty n other lnes of frut. Flutter Fancy creamery, 3Gc; creamery, frsts, 33c; dary, 22c; packng, 21c per Yt>. Eggs Current recepts, candled, cases ncluded, 20 per doz. APPLES P.aldwln. $2,25^:2.50; greenng, $2,50(f2.75; spy, $2.75(ra)3; steel red, ^ 3.50: No. 2, 75c(?2>1.50 per bhl; fancy, 2.50@3 per bbl; common, $1.50@2 per >hl.» CARP.AGES $1@1.2B per bbl. ONONS 55c per bu. DRESSED HOGS $9.E0@10 per cwt.for srht to medum. DRE9SKD POLUTRY Sprng chckns, 14@15c; hens, 13tfl4c; old roosters, >f</llc; turkeys, 17@19c; ducks, 17@20; r>*f>e, 14f)15c per rb POTATOES Mchgan, sacks, 53c; bulk Sc\ n car lots, fnd 55 60c for store. HONEY Choce fancy whte comb, 16 ',17c per lb. amber, 14 15c. LVE POULTRY Sprtag chckenn, 13 H4c per lb; hens, 12( 13c; No. 2 hens. ; old roosters, 9 10c; ducka, 15@16c; eese. 135?-14c; turkeys, 17@lSc per n>. VEGETABLES Be*t8, 40c per bu; carots, 45c per bu; caulflower, $2.25 per oz; turnps, 50o per bu; spnach, 75c or bu; hothouse cucumbers, $ <cr bu; green onlqm, 10c p«r dot; wnter- ress, 25(f«;3fc per doz; head lettuce, $1.25 «1.50 per hamper; home jrrown celery, :»y30c per bu; green peppers, 40c per >a»ket; rutabagas, 40c per bu; hothouse adthhen, 25c per do*. PROVSONS Mess pork. $20; famly C!fM7c; brskets, @12 l-2c; bacon, 7 19c; shoulders. 14c; pcnc hams, 131-2; ure lard n terces, 12c; kettle rendered rd, 13c per tt>. HAY Car lot prces, track, Detrot: Vo. 1 tmothy, J16@16.60; No. 2 tmothy, *l*.60fc>15; No. 1 mxed, $14@14.50; lght mxed, $ ; wheat and oat straw, ;-3 10; rye straw, $10.50@n per ton. '' Chas. McComber, Battle Creek drugslat, was convcted n crcut court n Marshall of sellng lquor to trade by the drnk. McComber wll appeal and sentence for ths reason was deferred. Mrs Fred Kemp, of 'St Lous, was.twar ed a $t,m0'"verdct n th«thaca crcut court aganst the Mchgan tendng & Surety Co., bondsmen for two Merrl' saloonstt, charged by Mrs Kemp for her husband's death. Whch occurred n 19).0. Kemp waa flled when he drove nto a dtch on he war home. [WAS. WLLNG TO REPEAT"f Brght Youth's'Phrase- of Grattude 7 Pa4 foj a»d,vv fl,.v«prthy r > & R>3*tlto»., r >- He was S* most ntellgent youth, and whl» gong through the basement at the works he notced that somethj.s ^as wrong wth the machnery. Ha at once gave the alarm, and* prevented what mght have been a serous accdent. The crcumstance was reported to the head of the frm, before whom the lad was summoned. "You have done me a great servce, my lad," sad the genal chef, "and n future your wages wll be ncreased by two shllngs weekly." "Thank you, sr," sad the brght lttle fellow. " wll do my best to be a good servant to you." "That's the rght sprt, my lad." he remarked, encouragngly. "n all the years that have been n busness no one has ever thanked me n that way. wll make the ncrease three shllngs. Now, what do you say to that?" "Well, sr," repled yhe lad, smlngly, "would you mnd f sad t agan?** TCHNG AND BURNNG bera, Mo. " was troubled wth scalp eczema for about fve years and tred everythng heard of, but all of no aval. The doctors told me would have to have my head shaved. Beng" a woman, hated the dea of that. was told by a frend that the Cutlcura Remedes would do me good. Ths sprng purchased two boxes of Cutlcura Ontment and one cake of Cutlcura Soap. After usng one box of Cutcura Ontment consdered the cure permanent, hut contnued" to use" t to make sure and used about onehalf the other box. Now am entrely well. ajso used the Cutlcur^ Soap, /'The dsease began on the back of my head, takng the form of a rngworm, only more severe, rsng to a thck, rough scale that would come off when soaked wth ol or warm water, brngng a few hars each tme, but n a few days would form agan, larger each tme, and spreadng untl the entre back of the head was covered wth the scale. Ths was accompaned by a terrble tchng and burnng sensaton. Now my head s completely well and my har growng ncely." (Sgned) Mrs. Geo. F. Clark, Mar. 25, Cutcura Soap and Ontment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free wth 32-p. Skn Book. Addrees post-card "Cutcura, Dept, L, Boston." Adv. Where Autos Are Barred. Prnce Edward sland bars automobles, not because the slanders cannot afford the machnes, but because of accdents caused by the recklessness of drvers who brought n the frst cars. They caused many runaways, and a few had tragc endngs. The legslature at once passed a law barrng autos from the sland Some of the leadng ctes have snce endeavored to have the enactment repealed, but the country nfluence has always been strong enough to overcome all such efforts. Scarce as Hen's Teeth. Mr. Crmsonbeak That bachelor frend of mne s lookng for a partner for hs Joys and sorrows. Mrs. Crmsonbeak Well, t seems to me he's a long tme about t. "Yes; you see he's lookng for a slent partner." Don't buy water for bjung. Lqud blue s almost all water. Buv Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's alt blue. Adv. But a tp doesn't always come to the man who wats. CANADA'S OFFERNG TO THE SETTLER THE AMERCAN RUSH TO WESTERN CANADA * NCREASM8 Free Homesteads n the new Dstrcts of Mantoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta there are thousands of Tree HomekeadH left, whch to the man makng entry n 8 yft&rt tme wll be worth from t> to M per acre. These lands are, well adapted to gran growng and cattle rasng. EXCXUOT BALWAT ncutms n many CUM the ralways tn Canada have been bult la advance of settlement, and n short Ume there wll not be a settler who need he more thae ten or twelve mles from a lne of ralway. Ralway Rateaare regulated by GoTerasaent Oo suason. Socal Condtons The Amercan SettleHs at home n Western Canada. He 1 s not a stranger n a strange land, havng nearly a mllon of.bjs own people already settled there. f desre to now whj theoon- Jtlon of the Canadan Settler a Smuperous wrte and tend for toratore, rates, etd, to M. V. Nolnnes), f7bjs*«rstftaa»., Detrot, He*. CanadUm Gbrernment Agent, or address Superntendent of [mmlcretlon, Ottawa, beats. Woman's Best Help to the good health whch comes from regular acton of the organ* of dgeston and elmnatkm--to freedom from pan and sufferng to physcal grace and beautys the harmless, vegetable remedy BEECHAMS P r >o s P'H t> v y tfmty \ -*.,...t'&.'v 3 : 4%

3 ). >, ** '* A & ' ; ^ v & a * * 4 '''«*,,-K^V A:,.' A-. mm (msmm HO nvented the :m ChrstmaB tree? Whence does t come? t s a curous fact that nost of the o 1 d chronclers have thrown a vel of mystery around the Chrstmas tree and make no attempt to explan ts orgn. t has been ^ stated that the tree came to us from Egypt Ths legend s well propagated n old rsh and Welsh fary tales. The dea s that n ancent Egypt they used a slp of the palm tree wth twelve shoots on t at certan wnter festvtes. The tree symbollzed the year wth ts twelve months. Consequently, any one who s equal to the effort may beleve that the modern Chrstmas tree represents that twelve-shooted slp of palm. Mnds of less stalwart credulty may prefer to trace the Chrstmas tree back to Germany only, where they had Chrstmas trees long before they were ever hearr of n ths country of England or France, The Chrstmas tree was not ntroduced nto England from Germany untl after the marrage of Queen Vctora to her German consort, Prnce Albert. But were dd the Germans get the ChrBtmas tree dea from? S. J. Adar Ptz Gerald, wrtng n T. P.'s Weekly, offers an explanaton of ths by sayng that far away back n the ages you fnd Teutons belevng n a mystc ash tree, Yggdrasl, whch, wth ts roots and branches, unted the world of the lvng and the world of the dead. "At the foot of Yggdrasl st the three Norns, who determne the' destnes of men, and Yggdrasjl's branches bear gfts for men to take." s that our Chrstmas tree? Anyhow, the d'ja that Prnce Albert ntroduced t nto Great Brtan s very prevalent. One of the prettest and most eagerly looked for events of the Chrstmastde that of the settng up of the Chrstmas tree s assocated wth the late Empress Frederck of Germany. Queen Vctora, after the brth of the prncesb royal, had Chrstmas celebrated at Wndsor n 1840, and "on that occason Prnce Albert ntroduced the pretty German custom of decoratng a Chrstmas tree. Snce that perod t has become a welcome custom for both rch and poor, and affords a graceful means of dstrbutng lttle presents. t was probably frst mported nto Germany wth the conquerng legons of Drusus, and s alluded to by YrgL n the "'Georgcs. 1 ' t wll be seen by ths that the generally accepted noton s that Prnce Albert was responsble for the Brtsh adopton of the pleasng tree and all that t means, symbolcal and practcal, to the youngsters. But on the threshold of ths acceptaton we are met wth thb statement from the "Grevllle Memors," under date Dec. 27, 1829, when Queen Vctora was yet but ten years old. *On Chrstmas day the Prncess Lleven got up a lttle fete, such as s customary all over Germany. Three trees n great pots were put on a long table covered wth lnen; each tree wa3 llumnated wth three crcular ters of colored wax candles blue, green, red and whte. Before each was dsplayed a quantty of toys, gloves, Pars. Then agan Prof. Dtchfleld, n hs "Old Englsh Customs," says that the Chrstmas tree was frst mported nto England by some German merchants who lved at Manchester n the frst years of the nneteenth century. n 1900 a wrter on folklore sad: "Although we are accustomed to consder Germany the home of the Chrstmas tree, t has not been general there for more than a couple of centures. Old people are stll lvng whose parents never saw one n Germany. The decoraton of houses. wth olve leaves and.green branches, as n England at ChrstmaB, s a far more ancent custom, and can he notced n Bottlcell'B pcture of "The Adoraton of the Shepherds," n the Natonal Gallery n London. t s, as Frta Ortwen observes, a dstnct remnant of an ancent heathen custom, as at the turn of the year durng the twelve days of the Jul festval n Wnor of Woden, greenery could be fetched by all from,the woods wthout punshment, and every hah was decorated wth green leaves and branches. Agan, n old works on Englsh customs we fnd many references to the decoratng of the nteror of the dwellngs, as well at the pous : adornment of the churches wth greenery, and the ntroducton of a fr tree as symbolcal of the palm. n the halls of the barons and the squres and n the ggantc ktchens of the farmers a fr tree ever held promnent place, but' whether ordnarly decorated or not s not specfcally recorded. Here we are n doubt n all probablty the remanng fruts of the orchards of the year were hung upon the branches as a proptaton to the gods of the fruus, of the earth to. nsure «ood harvests. Gong abroad we get fuller knowledge of these Tbs-custom of carrylnjg away branches f*pm.the; woojds, «t.tf«rtatmas tme n varous parte of Aus^ajhecame so extensve on account oftle wprtwqons of the peasantry that at BalaVun; M 1755* and at Nuremberg, n 17», severe bylaws wore. saued.agalnst persons purlonng from the forests. n some regons of a decorated :e before "the ed wth rbsymponse most #T tbt Chrstan customs adhered to by the Austran- German peasant can be traced back to heathensh Germanen rtes, some dspute the use of a tree at the Jul festvtes; nevertheless, t s certan that n Sweden needle pnes and frs were Bet up at ths tme before the houses." Teutzel of Saxony, an antquaran authorty on these subjects, says: "The ancent heathen sat before ther houses between two crohsed pne treeb and ate and drank at the turn of the year for nneteen days." The Chrstmas tree was ntroduced nto Austra Borne eghty years ago by a Duchess of Wurtemberg and spread throughout Germany. About 1840 t s supposed to have taken fresh root n England, and became hghly popular. Both Thackeray and Dckens sezed hold of the dea of happness begot of Chrstmas gatherngs and the Chrstmas tree, and Charles Dckens n 1850 used "The Chrstmas Tree" as a ttle for one of hs annual stores. Although Chrstmas was not celebrated n the frst centures of the Chrstan era, there are ndcatons n the records of early Roman hstory of the settng up of a decorated tree at Chrstmas tme and the presentaton of gfts of frut and toys. The Romans are supposed to have taken the dea from the early Egyptans. Centures old, the customs of Chrstmas observance have taken myrad forms n the varous countres of the world, n many cases they perpetuate some ancent custom whch long antedates the advent of Chrstanty. Such are the customs whch have grown up around the mstletoe, worshped by the ancent Druds of Brtan as a sacred and me gcal plant. An old Englsh wrter, speakng of the Druds' celebraton of handkerchefs, workboxes, the wnter solstce, our Chrstmas, says: books and varous artcles, "Ths was the most respectable festval of presents made to the owner our Druds, called Yuletde; when the mstletoe, of the tree." Ths prncess whch they called all-heal, was carred n ther was a Russan, and n her hands and lad on ther altars as an emblem of later days lved mostly n the 8alutferous advent of Messah. Ths mstletoe they cut off the trees wth ther uprght hatchets of brass, called celts, put upon ends of ther. staffs, whch they carred n ther hands. nnumerable are these nstruments found all over the Brtsh sles. The custom s stll preserved, and lately at York on the eve of Chrstmas day they carry mstletoe to the hgh altar of the cathedral, and proclam a publc and unversal lberty, pardon and freedom to all sorts of nferor and even wcked people, at the gates of the cty, towards ther four quarters of heaven." The lore of the strange plant s promnently n evdence n the Voluspa and other Scandnavan Sagas. t was wth a mstletoe branch or an arrow prepared therefrom that the blnd and heavy-headed dety Hoder amer hs deadly blow at Balder, the god of lght or benevolent prncple of northern mythology. The nspraton of the use of the mstletoe was, of course, due < to the opposng prncple of darkness or evl. The plant whch furnshed the deadly dart grew on the slope of Asgard, and/ was the sole agent known to gods or men among pol sonous plants whch had not gven defnte promse to Fteya to prove harmless f used aganst the person of her son Balder, Thus Scandnavan mythcal lore accounts for the death of the latter. And accordngly, a tradtonal dea of the posonous propertes of the mstletoe s found to persst n remote regons of the north and west of Europe, even to the present day. n Great Brtan (n the Forest of Dean) t has been' used down to recent date as a popular remedy n the treatment of cardac troubles. Lke the strophantbus of Afrcan arrow poson fame/ ft proved a relable substtute for dgtals., Kssng under the mstletoe s ol that now re- '} ' mans of a once horrble Drud rte. The ceremones whch the mstletoe fgured n among the ancent Druds always accorded t a place of honor. The myths that clung around t n ther wonderng, puzzlng mnds were many more than the few that have come to us n these later years. But, old as they are, those hoary, heathen myths lack the true flavor of antquty when t comes to measurng tradtons by the centures. Oh, we do not by any means owe our mstletoe to the Druds. We can go back so much further for the frst adventures of the mstletoe that the Druds become merely modorn nnovators. t wab one of the noblest of the trees u Paradse, the lordly treo of good and evl; and on ts twg hung the apple whch Mother Eve plucked wth such dsastrous consequences. Alas for Mother Eve and Father Adam! And alas for us, ther punshed hfrs-at-law dvne! But alas, toor for the wcked, handsome, temptng tree-of knowledge whch put humanty n such graceless plght! Upon ts lofty crown, ts massve trunk, ts delcous frut, descended tho unversal curse. t shrveled away from tho horrfed r j arth; t dwndled to the meanest.snallncss; t was cast out nto the btter cold; t became a paraste unc beggar, exstng by the bounty of vulgar neghbors. Only n the pearly translucence of ts shrunken frut, the most trval of berres, dd t preserve some semblance of ts once radant splendor. And t has preserved some of ts prstne vrtues, too, n tradtonal Chrstan lore, as f t were stll hedged about wth a vestge of the glory that arrayed t n Paradse. Tme was, and tme s now, when eplepsy s one of the scourges of manknd; only now we look for ts cure, as we look for ts cause, n qute natural means and condtons. The noton that some poor devl wth the fallng sckness has been cursed from on hgh s held scarcely compatble, n popular scence, wth the prncples of eternal justce or wth cold observaton of cause and effect. Hut n tmes that wero, n Wales, when an epleptc developed the Symptoms characterstc of the dsorder, t was commonly beleved that he was beng scourged wth the "rod of Chrst," and that was the name by whch the dsease went^ althtragtr"lt had - another destgnatlrm as well St. Valentno's sckness. The cure for t was beleved to le n the Hod of Jesse. The use of the mstletoe as the Rod of Jesse n eplepsy was general and, f fath can work wonders, perhaps the mracle of cure dd sometmes attend ts employment. Perhaps t ddn't, f hard-headed scence choose to take a shy at that gracous addton to the lst of mracle-workng agents. But whether t dd or ddn't the mstletoe's rare brth and fruton stll carry wth them the tenderest of Chrstan faths, as they carry, too, the story of humanty's most farreachng dsaster. t s one of the Chrstmas greens whch has the warrant of relgous assocatons datng back to the very begnnngs of man's creaton, even as t s accorded the sublme honor of typfyng the ancestral orgns.of the Redeemer of Man hmself. Rut what about the mstletoe kss? Hm! To tell the truth, f we want to be consstently Chrstan n our Chrstmas greens and the purposes to whch they should be put, there sn't anythng about t, at least of any records whch such careful nvestgators as Alfred E. P. Raymond Dowjlng have dug up whle studyng the general subject. None wll deny that the most consstent Chrstans have taken to the mstletoe kss wth abundant enthusasm and a fath n ts excellent results that has never been surpassed. But that doesn't make the mstletoe kss any more Chrstan than t ever was. sn't the excellent story of foolsh Mother Eve and the orgnal mstletoe apple enough for any reasonable Chrstmas decorator who wants to justfy ts employment? And f t sn't, haven't we the legend of the Rod of Jesse to make t dstnctly one of the Chrstmas greens? As for the ksses that are supposed to go wth t well, f you nsst on knowng about them, you'll smply have to take the consequences, same as Eve dd when she nssted on tastng of that confounded tree of knowledge. The mstletoe kss seems not to be Chrstan at all Drudcal, probably, and therefore heathensh, and therefore very, very wrong. So, all young men who encounter t, artfully 'suspended where a par of rpe, red lps must pass, dn you pously refran or, more pously, tear down the hoary old temptaton and flee the accursed roof, as f t were the house of Arra Marcella and you were not Gauter's young Frenchman. And you, madens,.gve ' leave to no pagan rtes; remember the fate of your poor Grandmother Eve and beware lest the frut of the mstletoe, accursed tree of knowledge, prove now more btter n the mouth than t dd n Eden. But f you have vy, wreathe t generously, for the Fronch know t as the herb of St John, the dscple whom the Savor loved, the emblem of pure frendshp, the vne that heeds not decay and death of ts beloved, but clngs ever more closely as the fall mpends and bears up ts fallng ally aganst all adversty. Learned students of these legends have surmsed, too, that t may be the herb of St. John the Baptst, who s usual-. ly pctured as the boy n bs earners-har ooat, gazng at hs ooasta, the nfant Jesus. HAD BEEN CHARGED. Guest Has ths soda been charged? Water Yes, sr; at the bar and at the casher's desk, too, sr. Dr. Perce's Pleasant Pellets cure constpaton. Constpaton 1B the oaumj of many dseases. Cure the cause and you cure the dluease. Eaay to take. Adv. Good Reason. 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W.J HAR BAL8 >fe Olttaaet *n4 bancuflw tfcs h Promotes s loxulant grown. fever Fals to Bsjrtore Onj XZsv to lta Youthful Ooloz. Pruvenlu tasjr fulllujr. nrrfcnpp CTARPU extent to work wth ar«ft W. N. U., DETROT, NO GASTORA 'or nfants and Chldren. The Knd You Have Always Bought Bears the Sgnature of Thrty Years CflSTORA OTY. You Could Do t Too, n the Fertle Northwest OOne man made a bountful lvng for hs famly (ha has 11 chldren) and put $2,385 n the bank as the result of the season's yeld from hs 40 acres of rrgated land n ths productve country. Ths s not cted as an exceptonal case. OThe "PROSPERTY STATES O* AMERCA'^ s the name we a^ply to Wsconsn, Mnnesota, North 1 Dakota, Montana, daho, Washngton, Oregon, 2¾¾ 0^ Northern Pacfc R'y QTo locate along ths lne s to assure yourself of fertle Y sol, nearby markets, quck transportaton, good neghv bors, good schools, progressve communtes and ' ng land values. nvestgate now! datk for Tree dettrptve lterature about the state that moat nterest* you. Let us help you to locate n the Fertle Northwest where you wll prosper. Wrte today L. J. BRCKEft, Gaol laatratoa Aftau W«wll t* glad to advaa you of lowtatea for wnter or aptng trps tf you wll ataw) tma you wsh to go and detonaton yon wsh to reach or ^ponts you want to cover. **~ * /A>.,v*<j:' y>':- '.' y:.^¾ '. sv ' "..' > <... ">,> ^#^>^4^f^^y ftmtt. ^^,.:^^:,.^,,.1

4 w^^hjoyjj^.. 0'.t l'-y >.*, ": : u my S PNCKNEY DSPATCH rrrr.rmnr- BVBBV TBUMOAY wamv»t ROY W- CAVERLY. MOPHETOfl. Altered *t thepoefleeh #lnckney^mtk R u M MCOOA-«UM meter Adverttlng nee m«de known on applcaton. M. 8. Cook and Frank Cassdy of Dexter were Pnckney vstors Mon- <ay. Do your Chrstmas shoppng early whle the stock of the merchants s complete. Pettons are beng crculated n Howell n behalf of W. H. S. Wood for postmaster. Mts. John [lane and daughter were Afnests at the home of Floyd Reason a a couple of days laet week. Mrs. R. Clnton fell down cellar last Frday evenng spranng her arm and sustanng other njures. Mrs, Jula PaKborn of near Gregory was a guest at tb<~ home Alden Carpenter tbe latter part of last week. Mrs. Emery Read and famly of near Gregory are vstng at tbe home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wllam Fhk. Last Thursday was the last tme for 89 years when tbe day, tbe month and tbe year can be expressed by the same fgure. t s doubtful whether t wll ever he necessary to penson ex-presdents whle tbe Cbaataqua busness retans ts prosperty. At Howell December 11 occurred the marrage of Carleton Barnard to Alce Vogt. They wll make ther home at Chlsou. Several wagons from Ann Arbor passed through here last week on tber annual plgrmage to Braley's swamp near Planfeld for Xmas trees. Frank Maas of Maron has been unsally successful n tbe trappng busness ths fall. Hs recepts for one month were about 75 dollars, As Xmas comes on Wednesday of next week tbe Dspatch wll he prnted one day earler and all country correspondents should send n tber tems Monday mornng. When you are makngoutyour lst of Xmas presents remember you can send the DSPATCH to an absent frend for $1.00 a year a letter contanng tbe home news each week. The cty of Ann Arbor may jon wth the county n furnshng employment to tbe Washtenaw county load gang durng the wnter months, Tbe county commttee ba9 asked for the use of tbe cty yard as a workshop jbr the prsoners to break stone. Ed Shelds or Howell, was offered tbe job of state nsurance commssoner by Governor elect Ferrs and t was respectfully declned. Last year Governor Osborn offered hm a place on tbe ndustral commsson, bat be also declned tbtt poston. Ether appont meat would have gven hm $3,500 per annum. Clayton P ace way and wfe whle drvng to town one evenng recently collded wth an another rg, tbe horse of the former ben? njured so badly that t ded a* few days afterward. Nether rgs earned lghts* A number of accdent* of ths natnre have happened n tb s vcnty n the workng n Ann Ar t was gven to Jacob E.and Ells Bullock on August 1, t certfes 50 cts. and $1.00 Tral bottle free at last year n whch horse* were ether tha they were enttled to land n Salem townshp and was gven under W. E. Brown's tbe druggst. klled-or njured and n not one of tne«9 nstances dd the colldng vehcles carry lghts, dent of the Unted States, t s a Co's. Best Flour on sale at Monk's the hand of John Q. Adams, then pres Try a sack of Dexter Mllng genune sheepskn parchment and n Accordng to the Fowlervlle Standard tbe choce for postmaster at Fow- Bros. 47tf a splendd state of preservaton. lertlle has resolved tself nto such a.one day recently a prosperous Hartland armer clmbed up the ladder FOR SALE Barred flock Cockerel complcated affar that Woodrow hmself may have to go there n person and began openng op hs slo. n that wll mprove your flock and and settle the dffculty. Tp to date throwng out the spoled enslage he ncrease egg yeld. Prces reasonable a number of democrats have thrown flled np the shoot forgettng he bad Fred Teeple. 47t3 ther hats nto tbe rng and others are to come down that passage to get out. lghtnng op ther belts tor the race. After some delay and mncb nose Mr. Mere there has been nothng dong Farmer made hs wfe understand notce To Tapajers wth the excepton of a few vague that he was n trouble. She soon sted np the stuaton and seat for a The townshp tax roll s rsmors. now. Oar teachers are workng hard and soeoesafnlly bat they never know whether ther work t apprecated or Mt nnlew they have some ntmaton to tbe elect from tbe patron* of tbe schools. Vron stmtftt make t a pont at least to vst the rooms n wheh tbtw have chldren. Kndly from parent* have an nsprng for both pupls ad teachers Md f tt» vst be accompaned by an coscafoal.wofd of cswc^agcmant so 'm^mw^^t%,«';'* ' Wn, Bell s >or. Frank Kennedy s workng on the telephone gang. Tax tme as well as tbe holdays are wth us agan, Mrs. H. W. Crofoot spent last Fn day n Stockbrdge. E. J. Brgge transacted busness n Howell last Saturday. Mnk are reported to be rather School closes December 20 for tbe scarce n ths secton. holday vacaton of two weeks. Mrs. M. C, Wlson ot Flnt has been John Dnkel transacted busness n vstng at the home ot Wlls Tupper. Howell a couple of days tbe past week. The nrst skatng ot the season was Robert Gardner of Dear Dexter was enjoyed by the youngsters last week. n town on busness one day last week. What has become of the farmer's Mr. and Mrs. John Van Horn and old trend, the lghtnng rod peddler? son Edward were Ann Arbor vstors Henry Reason of Lansng was a Saturday. Pnckney vstor a couple of days last Dr. H. F. Spler and A. H. Flntoft week. were n Sagnaw on busness one day Rev. E. H. Val of Homer spent several days last week at the home of A' the past Wbek. Mrs. Harry Ayers of Detrot spent B. Green. several days last week wth her mother Alta Bulls and Rose Jeffres were Mrs. Sarah Nash. guests of Mldred Palmer ot Hamburg The Mchgan State Teachers' Assocaton may bold ther meetng at Ann t you can't afford to buy your wfe last Frday, Arbor next year. an X-mas present, she mght be satsfed wth a V-mas one, Freeman Allson of Chubb'e Corners was qute badley bort by beng kcked by a borse last week. ed over 36 dollars at tber chcken pe Tbe M. E. Lades Ad Socety clear Tbe Mchgan State Telephone Co. supper last Saturday nght has been forbdden to cut any more trees.n Putnam townshp. Joe PJaceway who has been spendng some tme.wth relatves n Fowlervle s vttng at the borne of Guy Hall Mrs. F. G. Jackson was the guest of her parents. Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Stephens of Stockbrdge Frday and Saturday. Our merchants are dong ther part to reduce the hgh cost of lvng and are quotng some very nterestng low prces n ths ssue. Chas. Love and wfe returned wth ther daughtber, Mrs. P. G. Teeple, Monday to her heme at Marquette, Mch, for an extended vst. The Columban Dramatc Cub of St.Mary's cburcb wll put on tbe play, The Dust of tbe Earth" at tbe Pnckney Opera House n January. Marred n Howell k Wednesday, December 11 Mr. Fred Wyle to Mss Margaret Connors. They wll make tber borne on the groom's farm west of town. Tbe Fowlervlle far at ts annual meetng elected new offcers. A balance of f 1,.'306 was found to be on baud. Ths years-"tarpatd a, net proft of $412. Earl Baughn, Clyde and Wlle Darrow, Albert Dnkel, Wm., Steve and Rchard Jeffres, Norbert Lavey and Thomas Moran attended the party at Hamburg Frday evenng. The Gleaners ot thepnckney Arbor wll bold an oyster supper and nstallaton ot othcers at tbe L. A.. S. Hall, Frday evenng, Dec. 27, Gleaners and famles are nvted. All others wll be charged 25c. each. Tbe Chelsea Busness Men's Assocaton are consderng a proposton submtted by Oho partes, whch f t. works out wll result n tbe locatng n Chelsea of a porcelan factory employng at least 100 men. Mrs. J L. Ksby of Hamburg has sold the hardware busness and store buldng to C. A. Gttens of Canton, Wayne County, who takes possesson at once. Mrs. Ksby wlt eonduct the postoffce n the present quarters untl A. H. Bdwell of South Lyon has a Certfcate of Regster 95 years old. neghbor to dg hm out Ex. Accordng to tbe Corn Reporter, every state west ot tbe Msssspp, except Calforna, o«*a. Lousana, and Texas, predncee more wheat than t consumes. On the other hand, every state east of th<> Msssspp, save Delaware, wll ths year consume more wheat than t produces. The snrplus wheat crop for the whole country amounts to mllon bushels. Last year the surplus was only 45 ml- ;,?, k r* ^<» bmshcls, jtf t Joe Curts has been on the sck lst, Gladyu Fnk s workng n the restraont. Ed. Farnam waa n Detrot on bnsmettt Saturday. Mrs, Guy Teeple was n Howell one day last week. Howell s tryng to rase money to buld a race track. Claude Whte and wfe of near Howell vsted at the home of H, M. Wllston a con pe of days last week. Tbe Senors took tber play, "Tbe Country Doctor" to Pfanfeld - last Frday evenng and played to a good bouse. Could Shout For Joy " want to thank you from the bottom of my heart," wrote C. B. Rader of Lewsburg, W. Vrgna, for tbe wonderful double beneft got from Electrc Btters, n curng me of both a severe ense of stomach trouble and of rheumatsm, frutn whch had been an almost helpless sufferer tor ten years t suted my case as though made just for me," For dyspepsa, ndgeston jaundce, and to rd the system of kdney posons that cause rheumatsm. Electrc Bttere have no equal. Try them. Every bottle s guaranteed to satsfy. Only 50c at Brown's Drug Store. Facts A town whch never has anythng to do n a publc way s on the road to the cemetery. Anyone who wll do nothng for hs town s helpng to dg the grave. A man who curses the town furnshes the casket. The man so selfsh as to have no tme from hs busness to gve to the cty affars s makng tbe shroud. The man who does not advertse s drvng the hearse. The man who s pullng back from any pnblc enterprse throws boquets on the grave. The man who s howlng hard tmes preaches the funeral sermon and sngs the doxology; thus the town s bured from all sorrow and care. Tradesman. Drves Off a Terror Tbe chef executoner of death n the wnter and sprng months s pneumona. ts advance agents are colds and grp. n any attack by one of these malades no tme should be lost n takng the best medcne ootanable to drve t off. Countless thousands bav* onnd ths to be Djr. Kng's New Dscovery^ "My husband beleves t has kept hm from havng pneumona three or four tmes," wrtes Mrs. George W. P'ace, Bswtonrlle, Vt "and for coughs, colds, and croup we have never tound ts equal." Guaranteed for all bronchal at factons. Prce Bg prces wll be pad for all RED and WHTE OAK, TAMARACK and HEMLOCK, BEECH, BRCH, HARD MAPLE and CEDAR TES, also WHTE OAK Swtch Tes, produced and pled n Grand Trunk Ralroad Yard. SPECFCATONS: FACE THCK LONG No. Pole Tes, 6 to 12 n.-6 to 7 n.~8 ft. No. 2 Pole Tes, 5 to 12 \n,-bk to 7 n,-8 ft. No. Sqrd. Tes. 8 to 42 n. -f> 4o 7 n. -8 ft. NbT2Sqrd:Tes, 7 to 12 n. -5¾ to 7 n.-8 ft Bark must be removed from all tes FOP Melvn S. Edgar to J ala French, n my possesson and am now lot Howell, 450. read; to receve taxes at any tme Lous C. Monks, Twp. Treas.». >«- - - FasHs Stf* lassues look wth horror on Skn Eruptons, Blotches, 8ores or Pmples, They don't bare them, aor wll any one, who nses Backlen's Arnca tsjuye- t alorfe* the face. ssema or Salt Bhenm vansh before t. t so res sore tps, chapped hands, chlblans; heats bnrnt, cot* and bruses. Uneqnaled for p lee. Only 25c at Brown's Drag 8tore. further NFORMATON call on or wrte S. F. McCANDLESS, Real Estate Transfers Wllam Layton and wfe to Arnold Flkns and wfe, land n Cohoctab, $8,000 George A. Caswell to George Westmorelana-d.nd wfe, 50a., $4,200.,_ Lews N. Brayton to Charles P Kleofcter and wfe, 40a., $975. Chas. Garts to Mchgan Ol Co., land n Fowlervlle, for $50, L. P. Eager to Austn Kraberly, lot, Howell, $400. W. H. Cadwell et al to Wllam Clark and wfe, lot, Pnckney, $2000 Chas. E. Ranger to Jacob Mller, 40a., Oceola, 2500, H. M. Wells and wfe to Ada Carr land, Howell, $1750. Adan Meyer to Slas Allen, 75a., Handy, $2d00. Wlham McKane and wfe to Chas. E. Ranger, land, Hartland, $2000. H. G, Thompson to Newman C. Rathbun, lot, Brghton, , E. Carr and wfe to Robn K. Carr and wfe, lands, Handy, $13,000. Adam F. Andrews to Cranston 40 a, Tyrone, $1300. C. D. McEwen to Joseph Frances, lot Brghton, $275. Adell M. Hartson to Joseph Francs 2a., Brghton, $375, Jnlns Wlcox to Mable Grffth et al, 2a., Oceola, $375. Merrtt X. Cook and wfe to Roy J. Holt and wfe, lots Fowlervlle, $2500. Carre M. Glmore to F. M. Backns and wfe, lots, Howell, $9500. Da?d H. Force to Andrew Woll, lands, Handy, $9000, W, H. Stark et al to Frank Mack, 30a, Hartland, $900. Adela Moore to Shnbal Moore, la Maron, 400, E, L. Thompson to MaryHauser lots Pnckney, $250. Frederck A. Rsen to J. Brkenstoek,80a., Brghton, Fred Lang to Fred Mller and wfe, 40 Conway, $2000. Anna Belle Ellot to Merrtt Cook and wfe 11a., Handy Thomas Gordon Jr. et al to Warren B. Warner and wfe, 60a., Genoa, PeUs a Fsal Pe* When a shameful plot exsts between! lfer and bowels to oanse dstress by refusng to act, take Dr, Sng's New Lfe Plls, and and snch abase of yoar system. They gently compel rght acton ot stomach, lver and bowels, and restore yonr health and all good feelng*. 25c at W. Jf, Brown's tbe Droggst ROOM 305 EDDY BULDNG SAGNAW, MCHGAN WE SAVE YOU - MONEY On Best and Latest of Standard Makes of Cut Water Sets, Berry Bowes, Celery and Olve Dshes, Spoon Trays, Salt and Pepper Sets, Ol Bottles, Etc. Complete Lne of Slverware Tea Spoons Desert Spoons Table Berry Soup Gravy Ladles Knves and Porks Souvenr Spoons Butter Knves Chldren* Set Sugar Shells Cold Meat Fork Prult, Cake, Baskets Cream Ladles Salt St Pepper Sets Jewell Boxes Toothpck Holder Pckle Porks Complete Lne of Carvng Sets _$l,0o to $1,50 Razors _ 1.00 to 2 50 Brushes _ per cent on Pocket Kn.es... 10c to $1.00 Razor Strops 25c to 1.60 * 26c of 9 et ana Ntable Why Go Wthout When You Can Buy Blankets From $1.00 to $7.00 Teeple }{ardv*ape Company COWttlNS MO Ott AT* POP Sale Cy Alt De* FOLEYS HONEY Jv r ' > % &d *;w f: *,-"', -\ m^:<*m >. 4 1 * A %. * «& * * #

5 - \ > l ' "'ft*' W FOR YOUNG AND OLD E cannot sell you all your Chrstmas Gfts, but we can show you many thngs whch many would apprecate on account of ther utlty and many other thng-s whch chldren expect Santa Claus to brng them. Pocket Knves Carvng Knves Table Knves Rogers Plated Ware Spoons Oyster Forks Chld'sSets - Chafng Dshes Alarm Clocks Watches Famly Scales Boy's Skates Grl's Skates Hgh Sleds Food Choppers Razors Safety Razors Savory Roasters Yteawvte tt ^aaftotvavae Ttvctfc Gve Us a Call REMEMBER We have The Good Stove, that s necessary to cook The Good Xraas Dnner, Renown and Eclpse Ranges. PNKBL c* DUNBAR Pnokney, Mol. ;^*;--:o^^ MPORTED EMPERBUR Belgan Draft Stallon, 3 years old, fne Chestnut color, wt. over 1700 lbs. mported from Belgum n August, Owned by W. C. DUNNNG Wll make the season of 1913 at Pnckney lvery barn Empereur's entry n the Natonal Stud Book at gsels, Belgum, s as fallows: Chestnut stallon, ed 1909, sred by Bean Lseron (19546) he by Bean B (11494) out of Lce De Plutsngen (12341). Dam a (79643) by Lafleur (8616) out of Sarah De Wldeo (.S6S95). 'n competon at Charlotte he took frst prte over 24 compettors o hs class. \f -V Terms - $20. to nsure '( "^ FY'S HONEY TAR Gmpoun t, For Sale >y All Dru&tftts news n the fb*m to a Mend as as a wejeom&chrlstmas $lft. for Qalltr j For Prce Where t Pays to Pay Cash Chrstmas Dry Goods Handkerchefs, a lttle dfferent and better thal the usaal knd at our prce. Holday Rbbons. Our stock s largest n Howell. Fancy dry goods of every descrptoa. Come n and see. EVERY DAY S BARGAN DAY E. A. BOWMAN HOWELL'S BUSY STORE Too busy to tell you about the new styles n portrats, but not too busy to show them. Come and see. Dase B. Chapell Photographer &tockbr!d6e, Mchgan PTS $2.00 Treatment FltBB A Chrstmas nvtaton Ths weefc the Dspatch has been used qute extensvely by the majorty of Pnckney merchants n extondng to you an nvtaton to vat ther stores. Ther advertsements appear n ths ssue. They realze they most nform yon of the goods they have n ther store, before you wll be anxous to bay. Many are addng new lnes for your nspecton. Look each and every advertsement over carefully. On some page you wll fnd advertsed just the gft you want to buy. SOUTH MAJUOr Geo. Younglove returned home Monday after a short vst wth relatves n Detrot. Luclle Demerest vstod,kva Smth of Chubbs Corners last Thnrsday. Mesdamee Pacey and Newman spent a porton of lust week wth relatves n Fowlervlle. Mark Allson and wfe of oaco were weuk end vstors wth relatves here. Claude Whte and wfe returned home last Thursday after an extended vst wth frends and relatves n Hllsdale and Lansng. Geo. Bland and wfe entertaned a company of frends at dnner last Sunday. M. Gallup and wfe were Gregory vstors last Frday. A number from ths way attended the chcken p^ sapper at the Pnckney opera house Saturday evenng. SOUTH OSCO. Ohas. Foster and wfe of East Lansng are vstng frends and relatves n ths vcnty. Clyde Jacobs of Planfeld spent Saturday and Sunday wth J. D. Roberts. The Msses Gladys Roberts, Beatrce Larfrborn and Elva Caskey called on Mrs. Nck Burly Saturday. Mrs. Mary Harford, a former resdent of ths place, ded at the home of her son, Eugene Wlcox of fltnt, last Tuesday. Funeral servces were held rom the South osco church Thurnday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and chldren and Martn Andsrson spent Sunday at Wm. Caskey's. Mrs. John Roberts and chldren and Mrs. Davd Roberts ware Pnckney callers Saturday. Mrs. Albert Messenger who has (been ll s slowly recoverng. Floyd Munsell had the msfortune _la get h* rght h*nd badly crushed n a corn htsker Thurs- Mrs. Bert Roberts and Berne vsted at T. Wanwrght's Sunday. Msa, woven and chldren have bean permanently reteved of Fts, KpSlepey, Hervone end ralttag Hpaltaby * resto%lvee of a promnent Battle Cre*k,(MJea.)DoetoT. One*osmwrt*ae<aerao«: M R*lMe no* tnd ketneateltoevtfce fret amsoh'e treat- «L M AHSMn E n «M MfeamTtfMMMdl after bagf najat tee teetaavat.** A wateas wrtes?<* ssarlrasa Oottrs wrfta today to Dr. Tew tare sandbm sttwee tarrlfelu. M» anew saatfrs4 lawowmt frees the Fwt Tral featpaea &> > WfM> tm*j1«<&trm *tp«uhm\mm wortttj ^j ptof ts«mtt of COD' CHmrch Notes Servces n the Cong'l cbarch Sunday Dec. 22 a«follows: Mo.nng servce at 10 a. m. Chrstmas sermon by the pastor. At ths servce a solo wll be rendered by Mss Florence Eoe. The pastor, wll speak on some lessons learned at a Free Mason BaDquet. Handay school mmedately after mornng servce. A cordal nvtaton s extended to all. GOTRE Now Curable Relable Treatment Pound by Emnent Doctor You Can Teat t Pvee t ssenu abmlotol* oeruln that at laat tbert \>u been found aa eftetlvt rtaod?foroottra thr ntwletulr and dmmtlo tumor* that dtlntn he uses and up th«atftaft h and vtalty of otherwse health? and attrartfvem*o and woman. Some yean seo. Dr, W. T. Bobo, of BatU* Creek, Mchgan, dscovered wh*tbe bajeved to be a eacomful tr'atmest for toltre, fht bm'tsf WMfort^«T atmgtteaad by th<* fact tt^t baa* dram of aoftrm etats Puy wft yroansnuy urad tn a few waatu Hy ths nourksbe remodf. Ose fratefol wotam wrtaa that Dr. BoWs embktnatawnt eared bar gofen. Aootbar tals as tha ow stoath's atftant c mputaty aad parmawmur aarad ktt aattaa, StlU aaotk«r wtlua *M fwaaasw stf Ma aa^ettwoottrs rtatay, to pro^jawatuaaaaososaplsfctotyow...»-,bow>a«utotlaaa aato Mab tma trm oav O vshwsaawra. t >» - : : " ",J» ^,,¾. 1 ¾ ' Useful Sensble Beautful Presents For Everybody HLLS VARETY STORE Where Qualty, Assortment v and Economy Rule ' For the last two mouths everythng has been on the move. We have unpacked hun-- 1 dmu of boxes of holday goods. Thn store n general has been gven a thorough rej arrangemeut, every avalable bt of floor aud shelf space JH»O utlsed that we are j ready to dsplay to our patrons and frends the largest and most complete absortmen* of pnctcnl and fancy Chrstmas g'ts ever offered n "Old Lvngston". A Few Tmely Suggestons Chnaware SaU'd Dshes Cups and Saucen Artstc Vases "Dnner Set* Box Statonery & Books 15c to $100 Statonery a fne assortment luc to 1 10 "5c~to 50~ Books by Popular Authors 10 e to 50 r >c to 2 00 Ro ks for Boys and Qj^s 10c to 26 50c to 2 50 Books for Chldren of all ages- 5c to 50 Gft Books 10c to 25 Plan Handkerchefs Fancy Everythng from the plaa sensble sort to the whte lnen and delcate peces of laca and embrodery Colored Handkerchefs lc to 25c ntal Whte Lnen 5c 25V: Fancy Lace and Embrodery Fne Varety Tolet Artcles Mancure Net* Brush and Comb nets Shavng Mrrorn Shavng Outfts Thousands ot Yards of Rbbons 3 r >c to $2 OX) Bancy rbbons n danty patterns am 25c to.'5 00 lght colorng. Chrstmas rbbon a apec- 10c tof()alty, just the thng to te up your present 15c to tl) nl wdths Hosery and Underwear The enormous amount of ths lne that we have purchased enables us to gve better valuo for less money. These value* are beng eagerly sezed by the thoughtful buyer. D^n't be left. 'Buy NOW. LadcH' Hose 10c tj 50 Men's Hose 5o to 50 Brght -Jewelry- Artstc Cuff Buttons* "ScarfPns Beauty PH Belt Pns Rngs Har Hat Pns Back Combs Sde Combs Brtrrets Brad Pno Electrc Engnes Electrc Trans Frcton Tor Steam Engnes Sled Rockng Horses Ornaments Toys 10c to 50 10c to 50 6c to 25 10c to 50 25t; to $ c to 50 10c to $ c lo 50 r xj to c to 25 60c to $2 00 $1 25 to c to 1 no 2,5c to c to c to :5 50 Fancy Goods 'New fttd of the very latent desgns T)oll[et " c ^ so Pllow To«26c to 50 Centre Peces 10c to 50 Hand Bug* 25c to 3 00 Towels 10c to 30 Slk Scarfs 2.5c to 1 25 Fancy Boxes & "Booklets Burnt Wood Boxen f, Japanese Boxes 10c to 1.50 Booklets 10c to 40 Cretonne Covered Boxes 10c to 16 Dolls and Doll Cabs Dolls Doll Cabs Tool Chests Prntng Presses Chrstmas Candes lc to c to c to to 4 50 We have a new lot of choce can les, freah and tasty, for the Chrstmas trade loo candes a Hpecaltj. Candy Boxes n abaadance. Games Of all aorta and descrpton*, puzzles, card garnet, blocks, and n fact everythng yon could thnk of la ths lne. Chrstmas Decoratons & Chrstmas Boxes Of all szek Hundreds of wonderful, fasonatng thngs to make the chldn n'«eyes grow bg and round wth antcpaton of Santa Clans. Alumnum and Granteware a specalty V. B. HLL Howell, Mchgan P. 8. Oo acconut of oar mmense stock we have been compelled to transform onr basement nto a salesroom darng the Chrstmas Sesjeon. Electrc Btters when ersftthnf elaw to MVSJUC M W BS) MM ever a proasjauoa aad Canute they art the npreme 8MOBBSS) PATENTS tyo.oav MS MS. M^SSS: pat* W^&K^a: D. > * J "< -«J ' ' ' 0 H > < ' N \fkv*

6 >*> #,-** M,) 1$ Pnckney Dspatch BOY W. 'AVKULY, Pub. PNCKNEY MCHGAN BEFORE AND AFTER MARRAGE What Occurs When Mr. Pennypacker Takes the Lady of Hs Choce Out to Dne. Fragments of Mr. Penny packer's restaurant conversaton, when the lady accompanyng hm n hs fancee: " hope n're good and hungry, dearest. know am." "You would lke some oysters and a lttle clear soup, of course." " thnk a nce cold quart of Chateau Qquera would go about rght, don't you?" "Suppose we have some of that flet mgnon wth fresh mushrooms. Two portons, so we'll both have enough." "Don't want any salad? O, do have some salad. Let's have a nce frut salad wth allgator pears and thngs, huh?" "You'll have some dessert, -won't you, an ce or somethng and then some chese and a deml tasse?" "O, don't let's hurry. Let's stay a whle. t's so cozy here.". Fragments of Mr. Pennypacker'a restaurant conversaton when the lady accompanyng hm s hs wfe: "You're not very hungry, are you? know 'm not." "You don't want any oysters o? soup, do you?" "You don't want anythng to drnlc, do you?". "Suppose we have a "steak. One wll be enough for the two of us." " don't care for any salad, do you?" "O, shucks: Sweets wll only upset your stomach. They always do. O, very well; have t f you want to." " don't want any cheese and coffee, do you?" "Come on; lot's get outsde. t's awfully stuffy n here." -Brooklyn Tmes. Nobs and Snobs. Thackeray's noted aphorsm "there are nobs and there are snobs," contnues to hold good n England, and those to whom the latter desgnaton apples seem to fnd space for ther actvtes n the newspapers. A London mornng paper remarks: "t s nterestng to note that the queen wll n future Jon the guns for luncheon at the kng's shootng partes." Commentng upon ths a cync n London Opnon says: "ThB s ndeed most refreshng and should greatly stmulate the patrotc wave n Australa and other dstant parts. Queens are ndependent people, and assert ther rght to take a glass of sherry and a bscut n ther hack sttng room f so dsposed. 'To know that her majesty wll postvely pck the leg of a chcken n the socety of her husband and frends s a great Joy, and has set me off upon my week's labors wth a lght heart." When Turkey Had ts "Season." The famous landlords of ffty and sxty years ago who ran the world's fnest hotels from Mane to Oregon, men lke Paran Stevens of the Revere house, Boston; Ffth Avenue hotel, New York, and the Contnental at Phladelpha never served turkey before early October nor later than March 1. Untl ten years ago only a few eastern hotels and restaurants served turkey between Aprl and md- September. Snce then the large patronage of eastern hotels, restaurants and clubs by well-to-do western people has made the turkey and the oyster an every-day tem on blls of fare prepared by landlords and stewards who used to say that nether turkeys nor oysters should he eaten n sprngtme, summer or early autumn. Spansh Mutton. Dog meat, we learn from the Frankfurter Zeltung, ls v largely sold n Germany, and more especally n Saony, but rarely under ts own name. Traders descrbe t as Spansh mutton, and ther customers are less chary of askng for t. Catfsh n ths country s treated n the same euphemstc way. There was a tme when thb fsh was never seen n the shops. Then some fshmongerlng genus nvented the name of "rock salmon," and hestowed t npon the despsed catfsh, whch now has an establshed place n the market Lst of Zones and Rates. Th" parcel post law whch becomes effectve January 1, 1913, provdes: "Tht hereafter fourth-class mal matter shall embrace all other matter, ncludng farm and factory products, not now embraced by law n ether the frst, scond, or thrd class, not exceedng eleven pounds n weght, nor n'mtter n»ze than seventy-two nches n length and grth combned, nor n form or knd lkely to njure the person of any postal employe or damage the mal equpment or other mal matter and not of a character pershable wthn d perod reasonably requred for transportaton and delvery." For the purpose of carryng ths law nto effect the Unted States s dvded nto zones wth dfferent rule.-; of postage applcable lo each, us follows: 1 ;t Kate Kate Katf o ltt 0 5 v! " s-= N o ts rm -* Utle 5 o "! 7 1 'JJ ^ ~* c _ - *- W f 1 Kate C- ~ *-> p 1 C o o ^. ' ~»rf ^ Kate ft a 7 S!> ll 11 pumtl. pound.s. pound.s, 50.5.OG.07.os.O'J JO. OS.OS M.2S $o.ot; s.22.2t;.81» «$ *0.OS «8 $().00.1(1.23, OS $0.10.lt <4 j.73 S » SS 4.0 C c_ 50, 'Jl c -- Z ~ o Kate $ S S OS The local rates s applcable to parcels ntended for delvery at the offce of malng or on a rural route startng therefrom. t wll be observed that the rates of postage are largely jaduced and that the lmt of weght s ncreased from four to eleven pounds. Parcels wll be delvered at all free delvery offces and to patrons resdng on rural and star routes; they may be regstered and may be accorded specal delvery servce on payment of the usual fees, and they may be nsured aganst loss n ur amount equvalent to ther actual value, but not to exceed $25, upon payment of a fee of fve cents. Dstnctve stamps must be used on all parcels, but they may be maled n quanttes of not less than 2,000 dentcal peces wthout stamps affxed, the postage beng pad n money. Many a One. Speakng nearly twenty years ago to a great gatherng of women, Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotln, took occason to say: "The value of one person's mnd or one person's work s steadly dmnshng; t s the assocate mnd, the many hearts heatng as one, that now move the world; and ths s so well understood by women that they are rapdly learnng what can be accomplshed n economc, socal, and ntellectual lfe by the power of an' educated publc opnon." Wm. Cotter Quts Pere Marquette. Wm. <-'<>tu>r wll retre from the Pere Marquette ralroad general manngemett on Jan. 1, havng tendered hs resgnaton to the recevers. Ths acton was voluntary on Mr. 'otter's part and on account of Mrs. Cotter's health. She s n a very weak condton wth bronchal and pulmonary trouble, and removal to a dry clmate s ordered. Mr. and Mrs. Cotter wll go to Houston, Tex., where a brother, George Cotter, s n the lumber busness. The recevers offered Mr. Cotter a long vacaton when he tendered hs resgnaton, but as a permanent resdence elsewhere s necessary, he declned t, feelng also that such a course would not be just to the PCre Marquette, PROSPERTY LARGEST EVER ndans to Fght for Lake Front. The few Ottawa ndans that are left of the trbe after whch the county of Ottawa s named have joned wth the descendants of the Chppewas and the ndans from the more southern part of the state n the ejectment proceedngs that have been started to prove clam to the lake front property n Chcago. Chef Andrew Rapp and Charman Joe Cushway, of the Pokagon band of Pottawatome;!, have fled wth K, B. Stark, the ndan agent, whose home s at Fennvlle, a few mles south of Holland, an enrollment of the band, contanng the names of 230 ndans, who wll become plantffs n the sut. Both Canddates Gulty of Fraud. Rep. Charles C. Bowman of the eleventh Pennsylvana dstrct, was unseated by the by the passage, 153 to 118 of a resoluton declarng that corrupt practces had been used n hs electon n At the same tme the house refused 181 to 88, to seat George R. McLean, hs democrat opponent. t was charged on the floor that he had been gulty of the same practce as were alleged aganst Bowman. The seat from the eleventh dstrct wll be vacant untl March 4, when t wll be flled by John J. Casey, a democrat, elected n November. Law s Amed at "Wld Cat" Concerns. Rep. Hnkley, of Emmett, vvll be the member of the house to ntroduce the "blue sky" law at the comng sesson of the legslature, as prepared by state offcals who are studyng the queston. By the adopton of ths law, freak wld cat nvestment assocatons now thrvng on revenues derved from the sale of worthless nvestments, wll come drectly under the supervson of the Mchgan securtes commsson, composed of the state bankng commssoner, state treasurer and the attorney general. Bank Report Proves 1912 Was Banner Money Year. Ths has boon the most prosperous year n the hstory of ths country, as reflected n the condton of the banks of the Unted States, accordng' to the annual report, of the comptroller of the currency, made publc n Washngton whch showed the assets of 2.", 195 banks whose condton has been tabulated aa $2,3,(100,00(), n round numbers- or an ncrease of $1,"55,000,000 over last year. The captal of these fnancal nsttutons amounts to approxmately $2,010,000,000, an ncrease of $58,- 000,000. Exports from the Unted States durng the frst 10 months of ths year aggregated $1,870,000,000 and the mports $1,511,000,000, resultng n a favorable balance of $359,000,000. There are n actual operaton 7,307 natonal banks, representng pad n captal of.$1,046,012,580. The total of deposts n all banks, the report states, s $(5,496,192,707.GO. State Board Has Control of P. M. n an opnon handed down by Attorney General Wykes,he holds that the state ralroad commsson has the same rghts of supervson over the Pere Marquette ralroad as though that road was not n the hands of a recever, basng hs opnon upon a federal statute. He also holds that a ralroad company, whether n the hands of a recever or not, can properly be held to be a common carrer of pershable shpments, and that the rght of a carrer to lmt ts lablty can be entered nto by a wrtten contract wth a shpper, though not to the extent of absolvng the carrer from lablty for neglgence. by a Not a Greek. "s your furnace controlled thermostat, madam?" "Well, we have a man come n to look after t, but don't thnk he's one of those Greeks you mentoned, because hs skn t Mack." Quts House of Correcton. John L. McDonell, for 13 years superntendent of the Detrot house of correcton, connected wth the nsttuton for the last 28 years and known as one of the foremost penologsts n the country,..has tendered hs resgnaton to the board of drectors. The resgnaton, whch takes effect June 1, State Can't Educate Tubercular Chldren. Mchgan has made no provsons for educatng ts chldren barred from the publc schools on account of tuberculoss, t develops through a case n Roscommon county, where a chld, an "open case" of tuberculoss, has been barred from the schools and s now n the county poor house wthout any provson for educaton. Perce to Succeed Hmself. Charles S. Perce, clerk of the house of representatves, wll be a canddate to succeed hmself. Perce clams to have enough votes pledged to nsure hs electon. Despte reports to the contrary, Perce wll not be a canddate for secretary of the house doman commsson to succeed A. C. Carton, who becomes land comms Eoner tle frst of the year. Young Elected to Congress. H. Olvn Young, republcan, was gven a certfcate of electon by the state board of canvassers to the Offce of congressman n the twelfth dstrct <n the upper pennsula. The decson was based on an opnon gven by the attorney general's department. The decson means the defeat of th* progressve canddate, Wllam J. McDonald. That there s a need for a state game preserve s the statement of Representatve JameB Henry, of Battle Creek, author of a bll settng asde a tract of land n the upper pennsula. A specal nvestgatng commttee recently apponted by the board of supervsors wll vst the Detrot house of correcton on Dec. 17, to get ponters for a reformatory, whch the board plans to buld n Kalamazoo county. 'y.vv \t',.. J <: '.y.,;. { Qot to Lve Them Down Agan. "Do you thnk he wll ever run for offce agan V* Whle Prof. W. B. Pllsbury, of the " don't thnk so. t wll take htm physologcal department of the 17. of a}l hg tme lvng down agan the M., at Ann Arbor, was lecturng to (hs class ho suddenly lost hs mnd. Physcans sad the afflcton was caused by an attack of acute ndgeston, and that ho wll recover. «ff( thlnga they dscovered n he past dn^ng (he lest campagn." Frank Blss, 72 years old, wealthy Lake Odessa farmer, charged wth shootng Ed Wllett a former Muskegon boxer, told hs story of the affar on the. stand, denyng he had ntended to n any way harm Wllett Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Buschke, of Sagnaw, are the parents of twn daughters, who wll celebrate ther brthdays on dfferent dates. One daughter was horn shortly before mdnght Frday and the other early Saturday mornng. Mrs. M. B. Ferry, secretary of the Mchgan Poneer and Hstorcal socety, announces that the md-wnter meetng of the socety wll be held at Grand Rapds, Jan. 30 and 31. Governor Ferrs and Leut. Governor Ross wll be asked to partcpate. E YS REFORMATON OF "SPENDNG CONDTONS" N FEDERAL SERVCE BEGUN. SAVNG MAY BE $100,000,000 Postmasters Fear Wlson Wll Rescnd Taft's Cvl Servce Order and Take Away Ther Jobs Movng Day for Government Offcals Approaches. By GEORGE CLNTON. Washngton. Men who have made a study of "spendng condtons " n the federal servce beleve and have reported that more than 100,000,000 a year can be saved to the government f certan recommendatons for economy be observed, and the clam s that ths savng can be made wthout n any way crpplng the servce. t s probable that before the next congress ends the entre system of makng appropratons wll be changed, that many bureaus wll be consoldated and the supply blls cut many mllons of dollars, the money saved to be used for extendng the useful servces of the government to felds not already covered. When Theodore Roosevelt was presdent he apponted, what was known as "the Keep commsson." t was the duty of Mr. Keep and hs colleagues to study busness methods n vogue n the dfferent departments and to see how the work could be sljbrtened and yet be "Just as effectve as t was under exstng condtons. Start Made On Economy. When Presdent Taft came nto offce one of the frst thrfgs he dd was to call hs cabnet offcers together to urge upon them the neces-< sty bf economc admnstraton. Secretary MacVeagh was made the charman of a cabnet commttee charged wth the work of economc admnstraton. t was soon dscovered that n sngle departments of the government the dfferent bureaus purchased ther supples ndependently of one another ard that dfferent prces were pad for precsely the same artcle. One bureau for nstance would pay two or three cents a dozen, more for lead pencls than another bureau was payng for the same artcle of the same manufacture. A good many economes, small as compared to the savng whch t s lshed, were made. t was a start, however, for greater thngs. The system whch was n vogue n the treasury department, or perhaps t had better be called a lack of system, was the same whch held n nearly every other department of government. All the secretares got busy n the savng venturo and there was^ an "economc spurt" all atong - the lne. Not long after the frst ntal economc venturo Presdent Taft apponted a commsson on economy and effcency wth Frederck A. Cleveland as ts chef. Ths commsson has been at work for more thon two years and t has worked out an elaborate and yet at the same tme smple scheme for savng Uncle Sam money. Budget System Approved. Presdent-Elect Wlson has sanctoned the budget system of appropratons whch has been urged by the present presdent and by the commsson on economy and effcency, budget system all the appropratons asked for go to dozens of commttees of congress. For nstance, the naval appropraton s acted on by several dfferent commttees, each one takng a part and no one of them knowng Just what the other s dong. The result s a scatterng of energes and a scatterng of money. Under the budget system all the apropratons wll be consdered by the charmen of dfferent commttees actng together. They thus can get concrete knowledge of the whole stuaton at once and by ntellgent drecton can stop many holes of waste. f the economy and effcency commsson's recommendatons fnally be adopted by congress t s beleved that the agrcultural nterests of the country largely wll be aded. There are blls now n congress lookng to ths very thng, but the cost s sad to be prohbtve because of the present extravagant methods. Wth a savng of $100,000,000 a year, and some of the experts place t as hgh as $300,000,00 a year, maqy of the helpful measures now under consderaton by the law makers can be passed, the money wll be forthcomng, and the treasury wll be just as well off as t s now and the benefts to the people wll be multpled. Ths matter s gong to he a lve ssue n congress from now on. Postmasters Fear tor Jobs. Naturally the Democrats^ of both house and senate are lookng ahead to the glad tme when they wll come nto full possesson of the admnstraton n all ts branches. The Democratc leaders are nonplussed as to what to do about the blanket ovl servce executve order ssued by Presdent Taft not long before the electon, the effect of whch was to put nearly 40,000 postmasters of the country on the cvl servce lst t goes wthout sayng, perhaps that nearly all of these postmasters are Republcans, many of whom have held offce for years and who, unless the executve order be set asde, wll contnue to draw ther pay from Uncle Sam for the years to come or untl death or msconduct removes then from ther delvery wndows. There ere few Republcan leaders who fnd any fault at all wth ther Democratc colleagues for urgng that Presdent-elect Wlson set asde the cvl servce executve order of Presdent Taft as soon after March 4 as possble. A good many of the Republcans are wllng to confess that t would have been a hard blow to ther party organzaton f years ago all the postmasters of the cottjfttry ha^j^ been removed from the feld Of poltcal appontments. They say they would have resented t and> that they cannot honestly complan because the Democrats now are seekng to prepare to have the order rescnded. The Republcans of course Bay that the postmasters ought to be kept on the cvl servce lst, but that ths fact naturally does not prevent Democratc resentment because the order was ssued just at a tme to do damage to the fathful who have been watng long for preferment For years labor has asked that a new department of government should be created to deal alone wth labor problems, wth a labor member n the presdent's cabnet as ts presdng chef Not long before he set sal for Bermuda, Presdent-elect Wlson expressed a desre to have a labor chef n hs famly crcle. The Republcans n the past have not.been averse to the establshment of a labor department. The Democrats n the man seem to be for t, and so t s probable that one of the legslatve acts of moment of the present sesson wll be to establsh such a department and to gve Mr. Wlson the rght to name an addtonal member of the cabnet. Movng Day Approaches. To a great many people Washngton wll not be Washngton after March 4. The day followng the nauguraton, or at any rate some day-not far removed from t _wll_l be "movng day" for hosts of long tme Washngton resdents, callng themselves temporary resdents, but hopng that as the years went on they fnally mght wrte the adjectve- "permanent" before the noun. What changes wll take place n Washngton n the personnel of the exstng offce forces? Well, of course, frst and foremost there s the presdent who must move wth hs famly and hs law lbrary to the old home on the banks of the Oho rver. Pror to the day of movng from the Whte House Mr. Taft wll entertan for two days hs comng successor as chef executve, and the successor's good wfe. Phlander Chase Knox, the secretary of Btate, on March 4 wll gve way to Wllam Jennngs Bryan possbly, or certanly to some other good Democrat of the country. Mr. Knox has been n Washngton n one offcal capacty or another for a good many years, and he has a fne old home on K street where wth Mrs. Knox he entertans n a hosptable sprt Republcans, Democrats, Progressve-Republcans and Progressves alke, to say nothng of foregners and the casual Amcrcar vstors to Washngton. t s sad that Mr. Knox wll move "only-from the_atata_department and that he wll keep hs K street house for nne months a year and wll spend the other three months n the state of Pennsylvana whch, after he had been attorney general n the Roosevelt cabnet sent hm to the senate. MacVeagh Wll Not Depart. Frankln MacVeagh, secretary of the treasury, s the only other cabnet offcer who wll not move from Washngton when some good Democratc fnancer takes hs seat n the bg buldng where Uncle Sam's money s kept. Two years ago next Chrstmas day Mrs. Frankln MacVeagh presented her husband wth a house on Sxteenth street. Mr. MacVeagh from the wndows of hs resdence at the tme saw tho Chrstmas gft buldng rsng stone by stone only a block or two away, but he had no dea who wa3 buldng t or who was to lve n t. Fnally t was completed and, as the chldren say, the secretary of the treasury found the new resdence "n hs stockng" on Chrstmas mornng wth the "Merry Chrstmas card" of hs wfe attached. Mr. MacVeagh, t s understood, wll not return to Chcago, but wll contnue to lve n Washngton n hs holday gft house. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel wll return to St, Lous to take up the practce of the law. Secretary of the nteror Walter L. Fsher wll return to Chcago to contnue the course of court pleadng and of closet counselng whch he followed before Mr Taft called hm to Washngton. l Attorney General George W. Wckersham also wll return to the law and probably wll become a member agan of the old establshed New York frm wth whch he severed hs connecton when bdden to come to Washngton. Htchcock May Enter Busness. Frank H. Htchcock, postmaster general, t s currently reported, has been offered eght dfferent busness postons from tme to tme f he would consent to gve up drectng Uncle Sam's mal matters and would return to busness lfe. t s not known whether Mr. Htchcock wll accept one of these former offers or wll wat for a new and more attractve one, but the confrmed word s that he t to enter busness n New York cty. Secretary of War Henry L. Stmson and the Secretary of the Navy George 'Von L. Meyler wll go back to the law n the one case and to busness n the other. t s possble, however, that Mr. Meyer stll may have poltcal ambtons and that he may strve one day to be made Unted State! senator from Massachusetts. James Wlson, who has been secretary of agrculture snce the year 1897 and has broken all records of contnuous cabnet servce; fteatty! to to back to- prvate lfe. Mr. Wlson wfd move, t s sand, to an owa farm. mm.,..& STATE TAX BOARD WOULD JON FORCES WTH THE STATE ASSESSORS., TAX BOARD WJLL REAPPRASE SEVEN COUNTES. * Says Electrc Ralways Should Be Assessed by State Offcals Only Many Other mportant > Recommendatons. ; Recommendatons by Board That supervsors begn ther termb of ottce n July nstead of Aprl and have nne months for ther work. That electrc ralways and sm-. lar propertes be assessed, not by local assessng ofheers, but as an entrety by the state board and the levy duly apportoned among the countes. Asks for power to call assessng, offcers together, nstead of the board beng requred to vst each county. That the state board of assessors and the state tax commsson be consoldated. That all conveyances of real estate name the actual consderaton. The board of state tax commsson ers made ts report _to Gov, losbo for 1911 and t s the mosj: complete ever ssued by ths board." The report shows that durng the past two years the assessed valuatons of ron mnes have been rased from $19,G2J,508 as assessed by local assessng offcers, to $85,567,500 after revews had been held. "When the board began ts work n 1309, the real estate of the state was assessed at 325,858,711, and the personal property at $14&,o20,37G, or a total of both real and personal of $968,189,087. "n 1891 the real estate was assessed at $796,431,830, and the personal property at $156,299,285, a total of $952,731,115, showng an ncrease for the ten year perod of. $29,426,8S1 n real estate and an actual decrease n the assessment of personal property of $13,968,909, and showng a net ncrease of the whole assessable property n the state for the ten years mentoned of only $15,407,972. "n 1910 the real estate of the state was assessed at $1,348,901,950 and the personal property at $390,750,508, or a / total of $1,739,652,458. Ths was an ncrease n real estate assessments of $523,043,239. and an ncrease n persona! property assessment of $248, , or.a total hcerase ot $771,-" " "n 1899 the per cent of personal property assessed to real estate as- sessed was per cent. Through the' work of the commsson of personal property assessed s now As to the Ralroads. Under the old taxaton law, the report shows 101 ralroad companes, 70 ' car loanng companes, seven express companes and 250 telephone and telegraph companes pad n taxes $1,649,- 175, whle under the new ad valorem tax law as admnstered by the tax board these companes pad the state n taxes $4,857,865 n 1910 and $4,912,- 997 n Durng 1912 revews were held n sx countes, resultng n ncreased assessed valuatons by the state board of $98,092,1112. Wll Reapprase Seven Countes. The state tax commsson announced that the commsson would start a reapprasal of the countes of Bay, Calhoun ( and Jackson n the lower pennsula, and the countes of Alger, Baraga, Ontonagon, Chlppawa n the upper pennsula for the comng year. The work n these countes wll probably take the entre year of 1913 and judgng from the rases made nthose countes where reapprasalshave been held, there wll be some bg boosts. Another Dam n Au 8able Rver,. Another lnk has been forged n-the remarkable chan of dams whch are harnesbng the water power of the Au Sable rver. The ggantc dams at Fve Channels are completed and power t* beng furnshed from three 3,000 klowat unts. Ths means that 9,000 klo* wat are beng generated. The Fve Channr.ls development s the second of tho bg dams that has been completed by the Commonwealth JUr,. Lght and Power company. Cooke's was the frst and power from t furnshed about fve months ago. frst dams furnshed 12,000 horsepe There wll be 13 dams n all. Work has been started on the t ^_ set of dams. These wll be at,waat wll he known as Loud'e, aboet, 13~ mles above Fve Channel*, ^, r * u< State Senator WWam B. Grace, t: Kalamazoo, says he wfl ntroduce * bll at the next sesson of th*4egtela> tore whch _wllprej^ #4* * rage of blacks and, whte* Js X!eb> J At a meetng n fraatf BKpdt ot the recevers of la* Pere llargvettav Ralroad Co, t was decde* to OV5L \ role the 1 ordetv of the traflle departntent not to aoeeft petwsaaft'lrejx** s hws'tfcan earmmto* ftvto/owv weather unless shpped1% strttsvtor "? ;; ; * ' V > - >V'* A"!.v'/'h

7 * 3SJW y'.'*?%*, *».1" <s<-' V MS'., " 'v, vy SABLTB,¾. K rf-lt. HORACE HA3ELTNE A. SYNOPSS. whelmed by the pathos of b3 cond ton. So wrought and tortured, n rt Cameron, captalst, consults deed, was, by the sad pcture of de- Clyde, newspaper publsher, re- j thrnmq(,..u~w <~n -* ~ g anonymous threatenng letters he fectved. The frst promses a sample LORCHA COPYMGHT, /9/JZ, A C Ar?CJLl/f?G &. CO. quered, n wrter's power on a certan day. On that day the head s mysterously cut from a portrat of Cameron whle the latter s n the room. Clydo has a theory that the portrat was mutlated whle the room w r as unoccuped and the head later removed by means of a strng, unnotced by Cameron. Evelyn Grayson, Cameron's tteo.e, wth whom Clyde s n love, llnds the head of Cameron's portrat naled to a tree, where t was had been used a3 a target. Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy. Clyde learns that a Chnese boy employed 'by Phlletus Murphy, an artst lvng nearby, had borrowed a rfle from Cameron's lodgekeeper. Clyde makes an excuse to call on Murphy and s repulsed. He pretends to be nvestgatng alleged nfractons of the game laws and speaks of fndng the bowl of an opum ppe under the tree where Cameron's portrat was found. The Chnese boy s found dead next mornng. Whle vstng Cameron n hs dressng room a Nell Gwynne mrror s mysterously shattered. CHAPTER V, Contnued. For just a moment Cameron stared n dumb awe. When he turned to me he appeared suddenly to have aged. Hs eyes were lustreless; and hs cheeks wore 9, gray pallor. "My God!" he murmured n 2» klntl of breathless whsper. would have gven a great deal to have been able to allay that terror of the mpalpable whch was grppng hm. But 1 was helpless. Shocked and astounded, myself, solace was not at my command. More to escape (the pteous appeal of hs slent gaze than n hope of makng dscovery, turned n haste to one of the long wndows whch onened on the outer balcony. Drawng back the sashes and flngng them wde, stepped outsde and, lstenng, bent over the ralng. But the nght was strangely stll. There was no sound, even, of strrng leaves. A broodng hush seemed spread over all the outdoor world that omnous slence whch often precedes the breakng of a storm. looked up to fnd the heavens wrapped n a pall of nky cloud. And then, wth a feelng of havng fled from a lesser to a greater evl, returned to the lghted room, and closed the wndow to shut out the horror of the nght. Cameron was standng where had left hm He looked woefully tred and haggard. "Explan t!" he cred, hoarsely. "My God, Clyde, explan t!" " would to Heaven could,".was my forlorn reply 1 CHAPTER V., "From Sght of Men nto Torment." * Seldom have passed a more mserable hour than that whch followed upon the seemng phenomenon have descrbed. Cameron was nervously n tatters and my own pdlse was somethng more than threatened. The sght of a usually brave, strong, selfcontaned person of stoldly phlegmatc temperament transformed nto a relaxed, nerveless, apprehensve creature s enough of tself to try one's forttude, even wth the most favorable collateral condtons. And the collateral condtons here were qute the reverse. That whch had affected Cameron had exerted an nflu* ence upon me as well, knowng, as dd, all the crcumstances, and beng nterested, as was, n my frend's problem. And so whle hs plght tore at my heartstrngs, my own nablty to grapple wth the mystery contrbuted an added mental dstress. To my dsmay found Cameron qute ncapable of anythng approachng a calm, common-sense dscusson of the matter, and realzed to the full the mschef whch ths last performance, comng as a clmax upon a week of more or less dsquetude, had effected. He sat most of the tme wth head bent forward and knees doubled, hs toes touchng the floor but hs heels rased and n constant vbratng movement, as though strcken wth palty. The fngers of one hand toyed ncessantly, too, wth the fngers of the other, n a varety of twstng, snakelke nvolutons. n van endeavored to arouse hm; to str n hm. a sprt of retalaton. Some one warn playng trcks upon hm, and that tome one must be dscovered and ought to justce. Common sense d us that, however mysterous ese happenngs appeared, they uld not have occurred ^wthout hum agency. t was our task to ds- *pver the agent and punsh hm. Ths ' m**' my lne of, argument; but fmuugu t all, Cameron sat unmoved u n*-flttresponsve. And then there came to me agan, that unwelcome suspcon that all ejontg he had been hdng somethng from we; that he dvned the cause end trtv^sboroe of the persecuton, hsjt far aoae reason of hs own would set dvulge them. rug for one of the footmen and ««4f btendr brought, and forced to swallow s stff drtok of B wkjoe Tjoteed hlat Bat even stnalaat had smau effect *pcn A^*Mtfp»tab l.reusctaasjy throned courage whch followed me home, that sleep fled me and left me wde-eyed untl the dawn. The tdngs whch came to me wth my coffee that mornng were more than half expected. Cameron was ll, and hs physcan had been summoned from New York. When reached Cragholt the doctor had come and gone, and a traned nurse was n attendance. Evelyn, meetng me n the hall, conveyed ths ntellgence n a breath, and then, layng hold upon me, a slender hand upon each coat sleeve, her bg eyes plea/lng and anxous, she ran on: "t s shock, Dr. Massey says. Deferred shock, he called t. He says Uncle Robert has suffered from some sudden gref, frght, or other dreadful mental mpresson. Hs temperature s way below normal and hs "You'll fnd out?" he credulously. "Yes. 'll get your mall that day, myself. 'll tell that monument of pomposty, your butler, Mr. Checkabeedy, that am to see every letter that comes to the house and know ho\v and by whom t s delvered. Letters can't get here wthout hands, you know." "Other thngs seem to be done wthout hands," was hs conclusve comment; and had no reply for hm. Concernng Murphy and the murdered Chnaman, Cameron dd not ask, and was glad he dd not. For Murphy had been dscharged from custody, for lack of evdence; and though there were some desultory efforts makng to place the blame for the Celestal's volent takng-off, doubted that they would have practcable result. The precautons agan3t surprse on the fourteenth, whch had outlned so brefly to Cameron, carred out pulse s. a..sort of rapd feeble uttevjwth added detal. For nstance, nstructed Rom hey to - report-to me every person who passed n or out of tho gates guarded by hs Lodge. had Klgour, the superntendent of the Cameron acres, ssue smlar orders to hs men concernng any strangers seen on the estate that day. And, fnally, when not fetchng the mal from the post offce, myself and four tmes made the trp sat on guard n Cameron's study, watng and expectant. But the day passed, t seemed, wthout the looked-for ncdent. Every letter, by post or by hand, whch came that day, nsde the Cragholt lmts was by mo personally nspected, and amongst them all there was no one whch bore the fantest resemblance to those two baleful mssves of the two precedng fourteenths. When had made my last trp to the post offce, fnshed my fnal nspecton, and was almost jublant over the sgnfcant cessaton of the threats whch, n ther ultmate fulflment at least, had brought my frend so close to dssoluton, made haste to carry to Cameron the glad news. Oddly enough, hs condton n the past forty-eght hours had materally mproved, and as Dr\ Massey attrbuted ths, n part at least, to the nfluence exerted by my bref vst, was now permtted to repeat the treatment at pleasure. t wanted but a few mnutes of eght o'clock, and Checkabeedy sezed the occason to nform me. as passed through the hall, that dnner had been watng for nearly a half-hour; a fact whch knew qute as well as he, but when had chosen to dsregard n favor of more pressng and mportant employment. Nevertheless had dressed before gong for the last mall, and as a moment would suffce to assure Cameron that all was well, releved the mnd of the dstressed butler, by assurng hm that dnner should not wat over fve mnutes ldnger, so far as was concerned. A very lght tap on the chamber door was answered by Mss Collns, who came out nto the passage and closed the door behnd her. " fear t s not advsable for you to see hm, now, Mr. Clyde," she sad. "He has suddenly had a return of some of hs worst symptoms, and am sure Dr. Massey would object to hs beng at all excted." "But shan't excte hm," expaned. " have the very best of r:ews for hm. t s hs anxety over a certan matter, no doubt, "whch has brought about the symptoms you speak of. know can releve hs mnd, whch have reason to beleve has been all day under an unusual stran." But stll ths effcent-lookng:, whte-clad woman was not wholly convnced. "t must be only for a mnute then,' she fnally allowed. "You can po la alone. But at the end of Bxty seconds," she added, as she glanced at the lttle gold w*»-t.ch she wore pnned to her spotless wast, " shall nterrupt you; and then you must leave." Yeldng, perforce, to her condton, entered. And BB dd so, Cameron half rose on hs elbow, regardng me wth what thought was anxety for my report. "t's all rght," sad, quetly. "All rght. Not so much as a lne from the enemy. They have wthdrawn, just as " But he nterrupted me. "Here, quck!" he was sayng. 'Take ths!" And saw then that one hand was drawng somethng from beneath hs pllow. The next moment he had gven me a long envelope of that thn, waxy texture 1 had learned to loathe. For a heartbeat stood appalled. transfxed. "Quck!" be nssted, exctedly. "Open ttt Read t! Shell not leave us long and most know ts contents." "Bat how '" began, as tore the Oh, do tell mo what you. know about t. What shock has he had? You were wth hm last evenng. He was gay enough when you and he went from the musc room. What happened afterward?" Caressngly rested my palms upon hej shoulders. "My dear lttle grl," satd, soothngly. "1 am sorry can't satsfy your very natural curosty." "But t sn't curosty," she corrected, promptly. "t's nterest." "Well, nterest then. 'm sorry, say. Somethng dd happen; but to tell you just what t was, and why t was a shock to hm, am not able. Not now, at least. Maybe, some day, you'll know all about t." There never was a more reasonable young person than Evelyn Grayson. Most grls, fancy, would have teased and grown peevsh at beng dened. But she seemed to understand. "Do you want to see uncle?" she asked me. " don't beleve t would be wse," answered. "Probably, beng a remnder, mght do hm harm. Tell me how he seems? He sn't unconscous?" "No. He answers questons. But he never says anythng for hmself. And, Phlp, he looks --so-pncred and old and pale! And hs hands are so cold. The nurse has taken away hs pllows and rased hs feet, and t's gruesome, that's the only word that descrbes t." "But he'll soon be better? The doctor sad that, ddn't he?" "Yes. He sad that." But the reacton whch usually follows shock was only partal n Cameron's case, and for days hs lfe was n danger. Then followed a perod of slow, general recovery. As the month of October progressed feared the lablty to relapse. knew, nstnctvely, wth what dread sensatons he must be awatng the fourteenth of the month. He had been forbdden, of course, to receve any mall, just as he had been dened vstors; but felt that n an uncertanty that must of necessty prove njurous. And so took Dr. Massey, n a measure, nto my confdence, and ganed from hm permsson to see Cameron for a bref moment. "He has been askng for you," the physcan nformed me, "but fanced t better to make no exceptons. Now, however, see that you may be a help nstead of a hndrance." Despte the more or less crcumstantal reports as to hs condton and appearance whch had fltered to me from the sck room, through the medum of Evelyn, Mss Collns, the nurse, and Dr. Massey and hs assstant, Dr. Thome, was not altogether prepared for the marked change whch less than three weeks had wrought n my frend. He was peaked and bloodless and tred and old. And hs voce was lttle more than a whsper. He made a brave effort to smle, as came n, but t resulted n a sad grmacng falure. lfted one of hs thn, clammy hands whch lay nert on the coverld, but t gave me only the feeblest answerng pressure. "'m so glad you're better," told hm, cheerly. "Fancy the doctor allowng me to see you! That shows what he thnks." "Yes," he whspered, "'m comng round, slowly. And wanted to see you, Clyde. What day of the month l ths?" "The twelfth." "pay after tomorrow, t wll come," be sad. "Don't be too sure," repled. " thnk they've done about enough to satsfy any ordnary vllans." He was slent for a moment. Then, wth lust the fantest turn, of hs head from sde to sde, he sad: "Bat they axe not ordnary vllans." "Well," 1 sad, "f t does cone, ball fnd out how t got here; and Lend of the ttvelope. bxt wa b*,% step towards bftotw ""^ ' ' *~ P > t XJod knows." be answered, before had put my queston nto words. "1 / had been dozng; about an hour ago. stretched out my hand, unconscously, and that lay beneath t, on the counterpane. t crackled as touched [ t; and knew then, even before recognzed the feel of t." Sxty seconds! Was there ever such an ntermnable perod? Sxty long seconds before that door would "open wth the nterrupton that would spare me. fumbled wth the devlsh paper; let t slp through my fngers; tore a bt here and a bt there; fnshed the tearng; and then, dssemblng, begun tearng the other end. And stll the seconds lagged; stll the door remaned statonary. "My God, Clyde!" Cameron cred, n a frenzy of mpatence. "What's the matter wth you tonght? Are you never gong to get that thng open?" And then, desperate, too, wth eyes fxed mplorngly on the door, was about to answer hm wth the truth that dd not want to open t; ] that_ would not* could, not read_the contents; that he must wat and trust me, absolutely when, qute wthout desgn on my part, the envelope fell to the rug at my feet. And as stooped to recover t, heard the doorknob '..turn. ^/hen reganed the uprght, Mss! Collns was enterng, and the letter was n the pocket of my dnner jacket. "And so you see, Cameron," sad, speakng dstnctly and wth double purpose, the nurse beng n ear-shot, "everythng s qute rght. The matter you spoke of shall be attended to, at once, and 'll report to you, tonght before ten o'clock, surely." The reproach n hs eyes stung me, and the pan of t followed me from the room and stabbed me at ntervals durng dnner. And yet t was not the part of santy to have acted otherwse than 1 dd. The temptaton had occurred to me to nvent phrases and sentences expressve of satsfacton over the effort of the prevous communcatons. But 1 doubted that, n my agtaton, should be successful n the decepton. And so, my only course had been delay stupd, bunglng, palpable delay t was, suppose, but after all t had served; and, though t left Cameron n doubt^-t gave me-tme and opportunty to arrange some plan for extractng the fangs of ths epstolary adder before t could strke ts prey. Purposely delayed readng the letter, myself, untl after had dned. chose uncertanty as to ts contents as less lkely notceably to affect my demeanor than an exact knowledge of the mnatosy message whch felt sure t carred. thnk fanced should be able to conceal my real state of mnd. Certanly wlled to do BO. But was very soon conscous that Evelyn had dvned my dssmulaton Her eyes became suddenly grave and queston; ng, her laughter queted, and her conversaton, whch hod been glad and gay, relapsed abruptly nto the serous. When the coffee and lqueurs had been brought on, Mrs. Lancaster asked to bo excused, and left us alone together There followed then a moment of slence between us, whle selected a cgarette and lghted t. She had edged her char a lttle closer to me she was sttng on my rght, as usual and leaned forward, her slender but dvnely rounded forearms extended across the shnng damask of tho tablecloth.' As dropped my match upon the tny slver tray whch the nmtable Checkabeedy had placed convenently at my elbow turned to her and saw her queston n her mplorng gaze and atttude even before she voced t. "Tell me!" was what she sad. And although knew that she would demand t was unprepared. To gan tme rather than nformaton bade her be more explct "Everythng," she pursued, nclusvely, wth a peremptory emphass whch ndcated her determnaton not to be dened. My hestaton resulted n some amplfcaton on her part. She was mpatent as well as resolved, and resented what she nterpreted as my reluctance to gratfy her. "Everythng," she repeated. "Everythng that you have been hdng from me from the frsr. am enttled to know. What about the head that was cut from the portrat? What was t that caused the Bhocks whch brought on Uncle Robert's lllncfea? Why dd you go for the mall four tmes today, and st all the rest of the tme n Uncle Robert's study? What has. happened to make hm worse ths afternoon? What s troublng you, now? 'm not a chld, 'm a woman, and"t refu'e to be kept n gnorance any longer She was glorous as she thus formulated her demands, Vr cheeks blazng, her eye*., brllant, her voce a crescendo, She must have seen m» admraton Certanly 1 made no attempt to hde t; and before the had qute fnshed 1 had possessed mysejt of her, clasped handb, and was bestowng upon tham an applaudng pressure. AnJ fcor argument prevaled. She knew too much not to know more. Cameron 3 wshes n the matter could no longer fre regarded. Just how tactfully managed the dsclosure, t s not for m.» to Judge. Perhaps told more than should. Possbly revealed too lttle. was guded solely by the wsh not to alarm her, unduly. And yet, as nearly every feature of tho affar was of necessty STATE NEWS N BREF Grand Rapds. Frank C. Hesley, formerly a rural mal carrer of Rapd Cty, pleaded gulty n Unted States dstrct court here to a charge, of embezzlng money orders aggregatng $ He was fned $3,400. James C. Chase, former postmaster at Norwood, pleaded gulty to tho embezzlealarmng, t became a vexng problem, ment Qf m order3 uggregalulg as to what to lucnde-autj *^vlat 0 X omt., Eventually Bhe heard the v "wugl story, every phuse of t. And so t V not altogether clear n my memory how much conveyed that nght and how much was left for me to add ten days later. There s no queston, however, regardng that thrd letter whch had been so mysterously receved that day. drew t from the envelope, there, at the table, and we read t together, by the lght or the pnk-shaded candles; our chars touchng uml her cool lttle left hand clasped hard n my snewy rght. As spread the sheet that snster appearng black daub at. the bottom smote me wth a sense of ll as acutely pognant as a raper thrust, and the heavy, regular, uprght chrog-. lft rn v H-t raphv, wth ts odd f's and p's, so cas. wdow of a ormer attorney that awesomely famlar, was scarcely (less! she posoned her boarder, Mrs au He was fned the amount of hs embezzlement, whch he pad. Arthur Holmes of Kalamazoo confessed t^j sendng an obscene letter through the-mals and fned $100. Cadllac. -Hecause they stole fve, cartrdges, Mack Nvatz, a Russan Pole lvng several mles from Jlarrletta, locked hs son of eght years and hs daughter of nne n a corncrb and allowed them to reman there two nghts wth the mercury hoverug about the zero mark, Judge Dunham had Evatz brought before hm and stll has under advsement the queston of punshment for hs nhuman act toward hs own offsprng. Lausng.--The alleged confesson n jal here of Mrs. -Mary Ludsturbng, Slently the grl and ran through the dozen lnes. Lke ts two predecessors the letter began wth the sentence: "That whch you have wrought shall n turn be wrought upon you." lne Fngel, caused the offcers to mako an extensve nvestgaton n the Lucas homo for possble evdence n tho dsappearance of Carl M 11 ere, a Lansng contractor, who was last seen n! the Lucas home here a lttle more than a year ago. No longer could ths be regarded as j [..dle boastng, t had. become an edct Pay Cty. Alexander Lazesk, eghof grave sgnfcance. And what fol- [teen years old,- was drowned u lowed only emphaszed the proven! the Kawkawln rver. The young force behnd th3 seres of sngular man attempted to cross on the ce communcatons. near hs home, two mles northwest "All havng been performed as fore- of Kawkawln. A neghbor saw hm told, our power s demonstrated." break through the ce, but could not Then, smply, almost crudely, but ' Ret to hm n tme to rescue hm. The of horrd pognancy, ran the words: ' body was recovered about two hours "Know then, that before the morn-, later, ng of the Eghth Day hence, as passed the face from the portrat, as passed Algonac Wllam Lecrox and four the reflecton from the mrror, BO ndans had to take to the cy you, physcally, wll pass from sght water to escupe beng burned of men nto torment.", when a tank on the former's launch As read my breath caught n my ] Nonparel burst and 40 gallons of throat and my pulses paused, Evelyn, gasolne gnted. The accdent bappressed closer to my sde, and felt her shver as wth cold. The fnal words, solemn, admontory, prestllko, were these: "Say not Heaven s hgh above! Heaven ascends and descends about our deeds, daly nspectng us, wheresoever we are.'' pened when the launch was nearlng the shore of Walpolo sland and was n shallow water. The boat was completely destroyed. Yp;slantl. The dwellng house of Mayor Frank A. Norton burned to the ground wth all ts con- nstantly she turned to mo, and ' tents. Mayor Norton and hs famly saw there were tenrs on her cheeks, and that her long dark lashes were wet. "You cannot tell hm ths, Phlp," she sad, her voce low but unfalterng. "No," repled, " cannot tell hm. n hs present condton, t mght be fatal." "And now he must get well," she declared, wth decson. "He must be well enough n a few days to be moved. He shall not stop n thl3 house any longer. Ho shall go where he can be protected, and these fends, whoever they are, cannot:, or wll not dare to follow." As she Bpoke an nspraton came to me. "The yacht," sad. mpulsvely she lad hold upon my arm, n a way she had. "The Sbylla," she agreed, delghtedly. "Of course. t wll do everythng for hm," "Rut What am to tell hm about ths?" asked, n perplexty* For a second she was thoughtful. "We couldn't mtate the wrtng, could we?" she asked. "Oh, yes," answered. "We could. thnk-'d even guarantee to reproduce that hdeous black thng, but " "But what?" "We can't mtate the paper The paper s as characterstc as any of the other features, f not ndeed more so. And he knows that paper." "Then you must just le to hm," she decded. "You must tell hm the envelope was empty; and you must make hm beleve t " (TO BE CONTNUED.) Orgnal Psnamarta. The Chocos ndans, who lve on th«- southwestern coast of Panama, are beleved to be descendants of the trbes whch nhabted that part of the world when Columbus dscovered Santo Domngo They are tall and stalwart, wth kndly natures, a free hosptalty and an nnate honesty. Few whte men have ev r been among them. Trbes of a somewhat smlar nature are also found on the southeast coast, many of them havng never seen a whte face n ther lves Whle the republc of Panama nomnally rules ths secton, the truth s that these ndans govern themselves entrely, and have absolutely no ntercourse wth the whte They do not allow a whte man to vst ther lands and stll fly tbe Colomban Hag. Ther houses are grass huta, th*t*k clothng s almost* nothfr.fe, K they seem to enjoy lfe n Bpl*c cf the fact that they are uaft^aanted wth the benefts of T*5gon, fashon, socety and government. Koue Plans mportant. The care of food n lb a home and all other forms of houtehold work are gteatty facltated oy rght patmnf and then the use of sutable materals for the constructon and furnshng of the home. An adequate and convenent water supply and other convenences are essental, not only for comfort and for savng labor, but also from the euadroat of hone hygene. were awakened Just n tme to escape wth ther lven and a few clothes Tho loss whch s partally covered by nsurance, wll roach between $3,000 and $4,000. Marshall. Charles MeCumber, Patte Creek druggst, charged wth volatng the lquor law, was found f gulty by a crcut court jury. The case wll be appealed to the supreme court. Moton for a etuy of sentence was granted untl the appeal can be heard. Chesanng. Whle huntng rabbty n the outskrts of town Max Judge, sxteen-year-old non of Hurt Judge, was shot n the rght hp by a small rfle n the hands of a companon, tho gun beng accdentally dscharged. The wounded boy wll recover. Coldwntrr. Mss Angle Pratt, seventy years old, was found dead n her bed. Heart falure s gven as the c;m<e She had lved hero all her lfe and leaves one sster, Mrs. Jula P.rnoks, n Detrot, Kalarvn 00. Pev. N*. J. Peterson, pastor of the Portage Street Haptlft church, has receved a cab to the Ponson Avenue Haptlst church n Omaha, N< b He says he wll nccept. He has been here for four years Kalamazoo. When one of the bunk wagons used bv the prson road gang caught fre Arthur Thomas and Curt Mller hud a narrow..seapo from burnng to death An ol stovo turned over and almost mmedately the entre structure was on fre. t was wth dffculty thnt the men n t made ther ev<:;ppo through the ffnmes, Poth were slghtly burned Kalamazoo Although he worked n the ktchen of a hotel to pay for hf- room and bonrd whle at- endlnp school here, f?uss' rtyrun has pone fcr 0 days wthout food Bynn had stomach trouble and he beleved that by fnmng he could cure hmself Hs nd^r-f-.tlon hap dlsaprrj.red. St..Joseph.- Charles Warren, convcted of attemptng to kll hs mother-n-law, and. who told the urv he "only "h^ >o scarp h'' f was 1 entenced to,nrk"on nrlson for two* O ten, years Nck n "ltnl 01' NUes, who klled an Arkr trhtlng wth hm. w- o ffteen yearb «youth whte ven from ffve Kalamazoo. -- Ka!amazoo offcers were amajrd when they learned that "Whtey" Pl-ck, known also as Whltey" 'revm, would secure hs releasa from the nrylum for crmnal sano at lon;>. ' bck was sent np to from th* dty 15 :ne n robbng the nck ' played the tho dlchland robbery. t wan Black who stood n the Tddl*- of the street shootng at anyone whpt'tpptarr^ nnd at people a* they looked oat c the wndows afte> 'he exr>< t'v'" tn the hank '00k platttv Msre.upte pt"o- : ". "0 'r- 'cbland b*nk cet dartre p-.^, ';'&*.**&*& w& _ 2 y* 'Jut:' ' J...

8 ^ v ''lvartr; 'SMurf '-'-r-^'.f -rf-v m t * % ^g?... ^¾ -^S^' ' ' ' ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^.» ; W j*.. -., : \ n,y 1.- /.«. ''»&V V ',>;-C-'..', M**, * '. -'4".. n " f'v;) ' V ' ' r' ' V ' l :>M\#.-.'*., > 'fa r \ ST fv; t/ H ) K >< V f ' C tv A : # ' %, : BA :. 0~ V\ : Q Hm m ''WfW mw tmm\>m <n»<> pl» k *»»».. :^-..^1.-:,... Vst our store Frday or Saturday and look over our large stock of Xmas Gfts. W. J. Dancer & Company Stockbrdge, Mch. wmo, Rev. A. E. Mller and Prof. Obeak are hayng good success wth ther meetngs at the church. Evenng meetngs whcoutraue ths week and perhaps longer. F. Wlson and famly wll move toowosso thb week. Joseph Wllams has purchased the farm vacated by F. Wlson. Mss Ret te Collns s spendng a few weeks at the home of Mrs. John Whte. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. John Wyle, a son. School' clsed for one week. l*he teacher. Mss McCollum wll spend the week wth frends n Chcago. 8, W. Plummer called on freodb n Fowlervlle the frst of the week. HBfl FUTHUL M r. and Mrs. ElmerJGlenn were n Ann Arbor Saturday. Walter Collns of Maron vsted at the home of John Ohalker several days last week. Mss Martha Murphy of Marne Cty s home for the holdays. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Le and and daughter Carmen were n Jackson Wednesday. Harry sham and wfe entertaned ther cousn George Bullard of South Lyon a porton of last week. Mrs. Patrck Kennedy was a Howell vstor one day ths week. ANNUAL MEETNG The Annuak meetng of the Lvngston County Mutual Fre nsurance Company, for the electon of offcers and for the tranof such other busness as may legally come before t wll be held at the court boose n the vllage of Howell, n sad county, on Tuesday the 7th. Day of January, J as. Smth was a Jackson vstor Saturday. Roy Merrll of Hamburg vsted frends here Sunday. Howell s takeng steps to establsh a county far there. C. J. Teeple vsted frends and relatves n Howell Monday. C. Lynch spent the past week wth relatves n Syracuse, N. Y. F, 6. Jackson and son, Harry were Stock brdge callers Saturday. Glen Gardner of Stockbrdge spent the fore part of the week here. E. Farnam has a force of women pckng and preparng turkeys for shpment. Mr. and Mrs. F. Courtney of Dexter va ted at the home of Mrs. Mary Eagen Sunday. Mrs. Gregory Devereanz and Mss Joe Devereaux were Jackson callers Saturday. Mrs. Claude Dan forth of Sagnaw s vstng at the home of her mother, Mrs. Emma Moran. Mss Martha Murphy of Marne Cty s vstng at the home of her pareuts, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Murphy. Mrs. Elmer Book of Gregory vsted at the home of her daugh* ter, Mrs. A. H. Glchrst the lat ter part of last week. L. E. Howlett, Hugh McPheraon and E. J. Drewery of Howell attended the Masonc banquet and school of nstructon Monday. The North Hamburg men wll pull off ther annual oyster supper Saturday evenng, Dec. 21, at A. D at 1:00 o'clock p. m. the home of Clyde Dunnng. An Dated Howell, Mch. December apron sale wll be held and a W. J. Larko, Secretary Frendshp qult wll be dsposed of. All are cordally nvted. of vstng members were n attendance from Howell, Stock-»c4«l AdvertUfn brdge and South Lyon. We have receved a copy of the S'&'^^lJ^.^rS&ffSS!!" 8 '', 1? 12 '" 1! ">«P o' Mchgan»% u Ja^,?S5,^uS?SSb2!P L nbl» hed b 7 W. Wangershem of U&UttlRttL'SSn,h# s,bndard ^P " a EDWABD u BCHLMMKB, Dwwd West Oho street, Chcago. Ths fcs2k l^^^ 1 S w^.^sff map s the latest of the state and SSL* -^,** P*** 4 * w«m«l or t«lost shows k«all «11 *v the A post.ww* offces ~a MAA -«J and Ttl*ord*rWtm the lou day of Juaarr, A. a. ttj Urn o'clock la too fonaoon, at MM protart* oflw, to Md a bwoby appont** for fcoaruwmdd pttttloa* ZljtertlMrordarad OtttpnbUo aotle* tk«no< TpabUoatlMof a oopj of thu er4»r Mooaaalva waaks pnvtou toaaldday of, a.um Pttomt DUMCK, a aawapapar amdroautadnaam ooaaty. Mt. far Sale! Hotel Tuomey %Nt Brtttr^Or Trade! - -.-, Wbat have yon got 7 '''', * Lock Bo» 4% Brshtaw towns establshed up to date. t s well prnted, colored by hand and fully ndexed. By mal to ntroduos 60c. Agents wanted. Wrte to the Standard Map Co W. Oho Street, Chcago. The Masons were preparng for ther banquet Monday evenng when about 8 o'clock n celebraton of the event, the gasolne stove unexpectedly exploded. Some of Pnokney's enterprsng ctons came to the reeene wth tack of Hoyt's Punty Flour whch wth a small amount of water waa en^etvwn-cmenohlng the" flames^ ttam obeara for Purty Flour, whch may be used aaa re extngttwwf or to make the fnest oakea, pes and bread you ever at*. fs handy, to have aoond Wm. Gawley was n Howell on busness Monday. Wrt Barton of Dmrand was n town the frst of the week. Fred Bowman spent last Frday and Saturday wth relatves n Detrot. C fl. Stannard of Dexter was n town one day the latter part ol last week. Vera and Xrma sham of North Lake spent Sunday at the home of J. C. Parker. Mark Swarthoat and wfe spent laot week vstng frends and relatves n Detrot and Arbor Beach. Mrs. Cbas. Bowman who has been spendng some tme at the home of her son, Fred, has gone to Detrot to resde. Wouldn't a packagae of callng cards make a nce Chrstmas gft for mother or sster?. And whle you are thnkng of t father would apprecate a package of neatly prnted busness cards or busness statonary. The Dspatch s well outftted to properly care for your wants n ths lne. Place an order now. Leap Year Parly Hold fast to your hearts fellows, The enterprsng Junor grls of the Pnckney Hgh - School n behalf of themselves and the rest of ther Bsterhood are plannng on catchng you yet. Frday evenng, December 27 has been decded upon as the fatal day. Tour hearts wll be on sale for a bd ncludng all you want to eat. Fschers orchestra of Ann Arbor wll be n attendance at your funeral. Put on your best bb and tucker boys or you may be overlooked by some far young mss who desres to ehcort you to the last Leap Year party of the season. School Notes Margaret MeCluskey has returned to sahool after several days llness. Esther Barton s stll on the sck lst. The Senors are very hlarous snce ther trp to Plan feld December 13 and are now talkng of purchasng class pns. Carmen Leland was n Jackson last Tuesday. Lotte Blades and Edward Van Horn were n Ann Arbor Saturday. All Grades are lookng forward to the Chrstmas vacaton. The Msses Helen and Florence Reason and Mary Lynch vsted school Tuesday p. m. The Junors wll hold a Leap Tear Party at tho Opera House Frday evenng, December 27. Bll Masonc Deons A Masonc school of nstructon was held Monday evenng by P. O. Glbert, G. 8. n the lodge room n ths vllage. A number At eleven o'clock they repared to the opera house where a bounteous repast was served by the O. E. 8- Geo. W. Teeple acted as toastmaster and several brothers responded to hs call. At the regular communcaton of Lvngston Lodge No. 76 F. k A. M held Deo. 17, the followng offcers were elected for the en* sung year. John B. Martn, W. M. Aubrey H. Glohrst, a W. Bote T. Bead, J. W. Hugh D. McDougall, Seo'y. George W. Teeple, Trees. Maron Reason, S. D. E. J. Brgg, h 0. Fred Lake J Stewards Wll Dockng ) C. V. VanWnkle, Tyler. George Onxy, lurehatt. wssbmsbbbammmmmaam- He Wanted a Change. One Clevelander was explanng to another, the other day. all the fact* about the theory of. rencarnaton, metempsychoss and all that stuff. "That's slly dope," announced the matt who wab beng educated. "No, ar wll never fall for that knd of theory. How can?" "ft s a beautful thought to me!" nssted the teacher. "Well, t an't to me. can't beleve that may be a pg a my next lfe.- "Why can't you 7 Do you shudder at the monotony of t?" Severe, but Neoeaaary. "'m glad you're gettng the better of your laryngts, old chap. s t true that the doctor had to operate on you?" _ "He thought ho had to anyway, blame hm! Ho cut out my dgaroota!" delng the cravng comng on, agan, he reached for another slab of chewng gum. A Queston. Clerk (to woman who has fngered over everythng n the store wthout buyng anythng)- Excuse me, mad* am, but are you shoppng here? Customer Certanly. What would be dong? Clerk 1 thought perhaps you mght bo takng an nventory. Woman's Home Companon. A Praotoal Suggeston. "Whatever are we gong to do wth nne chafng dshes?" exclamed the brde when she and the groom had at last bean permtted to look at the presents. "We mght exchange two or three of them for a couple of sktuots and perhaps trade the rest n on a sack of tour and a peok of potatoes." Hck's Almanac For 1913 The. Rev. rl R. Hcks Almanae for 193 s now ready. t s the most splendd number of ths pop. uar hook ever prnted. t's value has been more than ever proven by uemarkable fulfllment of ts storatv weather and earthquake forecasts ths year. Prsf Hcks justly merts the confdence and support of all the people. Don't fal to se*3 35c for hs 1913 Almanac, or only for hs Bplendd Magazne and Almauac for one year. The best one dollar nvestment n any busness or home. Send to Word and Works Publshng Company, 3401 Frankln Ave., St. Loas, Mo. How's Ths?.«* r- We offer $100 Reward for any. case of Catarrb that cannot be cured by- Hars Catarrh Core. F. Ju CHENEY & CO., ToledoO. We, the undersgned, bnvj known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and beleve hm perfectly honorable n all busness transactons and fnancally able to carry oot any oblgaton* mads by bs frm. Waldug, Konan & Marvn, Wholesale Druggsts, Toledo, Oho. Hall'» Catarrh Care s taken nternally, actng drectly upon the blood and mucons surfaces of the systems. Testmonal* sent free, fres, 75c ter bottle. Sold by all druggsts. Take Hall's famly plls for oocst* patton. Advart'Bf PlKkty MarfcH Rtpprtt Corrected every Wednesday mornng WHEAT 88c BYE-6 4c OAT&-82 j*bak8-~».00 ONON8-S1.00 POTATOB8~50c BUTTER 38c. EO(S-30e. 0H0KBN8-lvtH Ho. hens 10c MBsmammesssssmamBmmmmeB M* <*v. **:**,??.mj*> BROWN'S DRUG STORE W)»W You ffyv * j^nd we al?o wsh you would call and gee our lne of Fancy Crockery Cut Statonery Tolet Artfcles before buyng elsewhere We also have a lne of New and Popular Copyrght Books That make good Chrstmas presents. Also gft books n fancy covers from 10c to 50e. A years subscrpton to a good Magazne Mck:e& a, Good Let us send n your clubbng lst for magaznes thb year. We guarantee that the subscrpton wll be sent to publsher. Perfumes Call and see our lne of Perfnmes n fancy pkgs., 25c to gjlllllulllulullluu ^w ejvve^v^we^e^pe^e^pe^e^ejeje^gfe/fgv VV^Vw^W llluukllulluuluj» ej?^*#w?jrwej^'we^*^wf^*#s#e^'^wewem*f ^^*wtwp*»e ['THE CENTRAL' We thnk we have the prettest lne of T O to offer you that we ever saw, and we expect a vst fron a real Santa Claus too. He promsed to make our store hs headquarters for several days before Chrstmas and the lttle folks are safe n comng to see hm. Bg folks are very welcome also and we have tred to fnd somethng to please them as well as the / lttle ones. See our handsome btten Peces; Our table cloths, napkns, dresser scarfs, table covers, towels, doles; also hand bags, sweaters, dress &?<"& gloves and/mttens All the Regular blaw «T Dry and notons on hand a* usual Groceres, candes, cgars, etc. **<& Veryre«,tfu^ n/ MRS A.M. assaemsaaeasa HsHH Send home n^^s n the farm of the Qfspafch* to a frend as a welpome ChrtBf mas ^fto :*ffy \ <»: : >. *» -<K" \$± Z?- f- *,J '. 4 :^4 m r- " ": **"», vv H' «*< \ s?: m s: A / 1&1 *

9 '^-m W '' Supplement to the Pnckney Dspatch W. \ ft * A AUTOMOBLE BARGANS Reo, two passenget- Flander, four passenger Jackson, fve passenger Queen, Four passenger These cars are all n a^ood condton and wll 1)< sold rght. H. FLNTOFT 8... EGGS, POULTRY AND VEAL... Attenton Farmers! Don't forget that we come here % *! 8.1 Every Wednesday A. M.j And wll pay every rent the market affords. apprecate a share of your busness* Cal vs by phone No. 33, ether phone, for prces. We wll; H. L WLLAMS 4& 6-e:6-:g-:c*tt6e-:e6$6G festeeefc! as-s3s3eeeg:gett@@@9$9*:3^'. W Ether Phone ty :: :: Offce and Works Ml> Cooper Strep' Work Gurntne 51 :: Frst Class'' ft EMPRE MARBbB AND GRANTE. WORKS JOHN (}. LK*\AK, Prop. MnufHCtu'fMK ot :l Dealers n» Monuments, Statuary and Stone Bural Vaults JACKSON, ffl F\ 3D. MCHGAN.A grexrt, ^ PNCKNEY,.... MCHGAN /¾.1» 0 ^ jj :<>, j j j HER BEST CHRSTMAS OME on along, Bandy; 'll treat to dnner at the Metropoltan!" Sandy, a tall grl who ddn't look years, was buny glan- ' cng over u typewrtten sheet and for a moment dd not answer. Bob stood watchng her, takng n the delcate lnes of her face and the beauty of the "sandy" har, whch, when he was alone and forgot that Sandy was a newspaper woman and hs "pal," he was pleased to call golden. "Cut that out, Sandy. You'll be hack. have a check and t's Chrstmas Eve. 'm for a treat. say dd you hear me ask you to go to the; Metropoltan? You take t as calmly as f bad asked you to go around to Otto's lunch counter. Deuce take t! W%y can't you be a lttle enthusastc?" Slowly the grl rased her head, More than a sheet of copy had been holdng her attenton. But she caught Bob's frown and mmedately the mother nstnct n her was aroused. She broke nto her usual comrade laugh. "All rght, Boh. The nvtaton overwhelmed me. But couldn't, -_ Bobby dear My /fl Y^ shrtwast s soled and you yourself sad there was a hole n my beautful brown coat," - "Oh, come along! was only jokng. You'd outshne ~ all the women at the Metropoltan f you went there n a khak The Metropoltan? sut 1 wsh you had a lttle more vanty W^omen are awfuly tame when they haven't." "Come, now, you know 'm van of the fact that haven't any vanty. Don't call me tame. won't go to the Metropoltan wth you f you do. Somehow 1 feel " "Fddlestcks! Get on your hat. 'm gong. The dea of a newspaper woman's feelng! Cut t out!" The Metropoltan was flled wth the "vulgar rch'' n holday attre; but Sandy and Bob were happy n true boheman style as they sat at ther lttle table chattng and jokng lke two boys. Sandy never would play the woman that was the onlyobjecton Bob had to her. " say, Sandy, 1 bet you've no plans for tomorrow and 'n, comng tfl. take you out 've a ^reut plan Put on that brown wlk and play you're a woman for once " 'Yes, a Bweet, young, clngng fem nne creature wth my heart on my sleeve! 'Twll be charmng, of courbe Do you really thnk could play the! part?" j "Stop jokng, Sandy. You never, wll take me serously. You wll go, l v>r thrty won't you?" "'d luo to please you, Bobby, but 1 rcntlly must be home tomorrow 1 have work that must be dune, and besde 1 uavrt a feelng that 1 ought not to go." "F nol us be darned! f you hud fewer 'l'oelngs' A r^'-l'^f-\ and more feelng rl J^J^JL/-^ tor a poor fel-»yf ^-m^. low What's the ^ matter. Sandy?" yn The grl had v A cast a glance over the room and had grown suddenly pale, She closed her eyes for a moment. Bob bad caught the pallor "Oh, nothng. had a lttle twnge of that old neuralga. Thus the chasm was brdged aud t'l dnner ended happly. f anyth.' >*:, Sandy was gaynr than usual Four o'clock the next day Saudy' hoart was beatng loud. Her "studo/ a.* bhe was pleased to call t, wore t* very best attre. Even the nevtable typewrter was out of sght. She was older, older by sx yeara than when he had last seen her, b\** happness made her wondrously beautful. Bobby would have lost ha wts. f he should not come! But he wquld come. f he should come and thedream could not bo realzed! But he would not come unless he could. A rap at the door! "Mss, there's a shentleman a-askn' for ye. Should send hm n?" "Yes, Mary." The tones were perfectly calm. Sx yeara of patent watng had not been wthout ther power. "Margaret!" "John!" " knew you would come. saw you last evenng. knew you would fnd me. Oh, John, am BO happy!" She rested her head on hs shoulder to hde the tears. "My Margaret, now and forever!" "And Constance?" "Constance s gone and she wshed t to be." A long slence. "St down, John. There s your char How often have pctured you n t. Let me thnk Let me got my breath. knew you would come. wonder what Bobby wll say! He thnks have no heart. to be." New York Mall. Tako Dr. Ml' s' OOnstpatlon. 'l'h But t Wftj.xtlvo Tablets tor y wll holp you. "F T S A Few Suggestons WATCHES Lades' Open Fact; and Huntng From (1,()0 and up. (rent's Open Face and Huntng, Ncklc, Ood Flled and Sold, and up. ALL TlU STANDAK) MAKFS CLOCKS. Fancy j 'ow, avs', [>VKM.md muut t,>, and up Watch,chan* and fobs, * ) Lockets, 75c to 5, LncketH aud fancy n?ck chans?, 7Hc to $8; Gold and pearl bends, 1,50 to 7.50; UroacleH 75c to *15; Cuff lnks, 25c; to 10; Te clasps and scarf pns, 25c to '10; Beautful lades' rttd gent's stone tdgnet and Plan Band and Damond Rngs,.sl beautes, and,at prces that you can't beat. Sterlng slver aud plated flat and hollow ware and ver noveltes of all kndh. Parsan vory Tolet Artcles of all knds, Photo 'nmeh fnd Clocks. All the very latest. Somethng to Consder All my goods are new and up to date, g. uad"»'n. [<t prces that wllcoapare wth any one, and a square to ol. Follow the lne to and dual W. H. Gartrell's Next to P. O. Howell, Me.h. " l'h \\'«\- h > " '<>:'. Fne Kn^ravnL! Free * & '. Whether you spend lttle OP much fop Chrstmas, t s mpoptant that youp gfts shou have lastng value. Chrstmas prces are lower than at other seasons here beca OUP larger purchases gve us bgger dscounts. The qualty of everythng n ths store makes t a worthy gft, whether the prce you pay s lage or small. The entre range of your famly are covered by the artcles you fnd here, whether they be bg needs or lttle. HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTONS: For Mother or Wfe Bed Room Char Jardnere Stand Chna Closet Rocker. Magazne Stand Hooser Cabnets Davenport Cut Glaas Bowl Fancy Cake Plate Carpet Sweeper Fancy Cnp and Saucer Set of Nce Dshea For Brother Jack Ppe Rack Chffoner Morrs Cbrar Arm Char Card Table Leather Rocker Hgh Back Rocker For the Best Grl n the World Dvan Musc Cabnet Work Table Sewng Rocker Dresser Pedestal Book Case Parlor Table Chocolate Set Nce Mrror Hat Pn Holder Nce Cracker Jar Nce Water Set For Grandfather Comfortable Arm Char Hgh Back Rocker Genune Leather Char Foot Stool For Sster For Father Husband Pretty Char for her Room Slpper Cbar Dressng Char Musc Cabnet Morrs Char Leather Rocker Wrtn,.; Desk An Easy Char Arm Char Conch Card TabU- Bookcase Foot Stool Nce Spoon Tray Book Caae Nce Brush and Comb Tray Wardrobe Nce Berry Set Nce Sugar and Cream Set, jj e 8Urt, ant -. f*,., Department; w*«for Grandmother' y,f,rf Jardner Stand Sew n g Rocker Morrs Char MagzP Stand Arm Char Nce Readng Lamp Nce Bread and Mlk Set ^ and pncea ore -*- n Chna, Opt* ware, Etc. We pay tha Furnture to be dell' rtey OPCFKJM va <?& URMANN COM PA MY, Howell, Mch The Qualty Furnture Store

10 ^' ). l< Qnce ]V[ore and of (jour^e We are Ready For You "What To Buy and Where To Buy t" s the Queston That s Uppermost n the Mnds of the Holday Shoppers These Bays F. C, Schnac ken berg, Now Lvngston County's Largest Furnture House, however Offers a Soluton to the Problem No Other Gft Artcle Offers a Wder Range of Selecton Than Purnture, and We Have a barge and Up-to-Date L»ne of Bedroom Sutes Parlor Sutes Prncess Dressers Gombnaton Dressers ChffT)nepes Combnaton Desks Lades' Desks Dnng Chars Clothes Hampers Parlor Tables Lbrary Tables Extenson Tables Jardnere Stands ronbeds Chld's Beds Cradles Buffets Offce Chars Rockers Hall Racks F.lectrc Vacum Cleaners Davenports Clothes Bars Couches Arm Chars Reed Rockers OLD f^^rf SOLD Go-Carts n Fact Everythng That s Usually Kept n a Frst Class Furnture Store We^ Carry a Complete Lne of Funeral Supples And Gve the Same Our Specal Attenton We Also Have a Lady Attendant All Calls Promptly Attended To Day or N^ht F. C, SCHNAGKENBERG, Furnture Dealer and Undertaker, Howell, Mchgan '. (. he Pnckney hange Bank p> y> Conservatve Batklnens. :: _- *_*. cent on all Tme Deposts tney - Mch. TEEfLB Prop. mmmmmrfmmmm^. sness apare a few a oe hs true to [to^rapher of to ;aae hs entre *l b ^ rprte >kly and 1611, tk. a L$att«*M«A*'- t! \ l\ l\ HOME FOR CHRSTMAS HAD been west takng a convalescent patent to hs home and wab returnng to New York when a case fell unexpectedly nto my handb, The Pullman conductor startled us early one mornng by callng out to know f there was a physcan n the car. There was no response, BO wthout hestaton offered my servces. He took me at once nto the stateroom and ntroduced me to a worred-lookng young man. There was no need to ask hs trouble. On the couch tossed a lttle grl of fve or sx years, her cheeks and eyes brght wth fever. had a few smple remedes wth me, but the chld showed rather alarmng symptoms of an aggravated cold. Decdng to take no rsk, sent a telegram ahead, and when we reached Chcago a physcan wth necessary medcnes came aboard and accompaned us to Buffalo. Dorothy escaped all of the malades wth whch she was threatened and by the tme we reached New York was very much better. However, Mr. Sngleton, her father, retaned me, and the three of us went to a fashonable hotel The lttle grl contnued to mprove, but the spontaneous gayety of chldhood was lackng. Chrstmas was approachng and Dorothy was now able to go about. was nstructed to take her to shops and matnees n fact, to do everythng to afford her amusement., Her father suggested that she gve a Chrstmas tree for twenty less fortunate lttle grls, and he kept the btg lmousne car tourng the shoppng dstrct whle we played Santa Claua. One day we had been out all of the afternoon Dorothy had selected twenty dolls, and n retrospect vewed my own meager chldhood and fanced what such a glorous aftersoon would have meant to me, but the chld appeared even more lstless thao usual Peelng rather anxous, X took her temperature, gave her some atugbj tlng nourshment and asked her to get nto, my lap whle read to her Dorothy had the beautful old-young n\anj&rs n. wjuch. jfcft Utle, chldren of the rcfc "are "drttte<f, Tfrd always treated me wth careful consderaton and polteness, regardless of her own wshes. Obedently she clmbed nto my lap. put her head aganst my shoulder, and 1 began to read aloud a wonderful Chrstmas tale, We are all of us chldren at ChrBtmas and, found enjoyment n the story. Dorothy was very quet, and as turned a page looked down to see f she had fallen asleep. To my consternaton, the wde blue eyes were brmmng wth tears, fast overflowng and runnng down the chld's whte cheeks. As dropped the book and clasped her closely n my arms she gave wax to convulsve sobs. Mr. Sngleton came n. The openng of the door roused Dorothy, and, seeng her father, she stretched eager arms to hm and cred out: "Father, dear, don't want a tree. Just want mother f o r Chrstmas." placed the chld n her father's arms and left the room. An hour passed and then Mr. Sngleton rapped on my door. He told me the story. Mrs. Sngleton was not dead, as had supposed; she was n Pars, and f the separaton of whch he told me was caused by fault of hers he dd not so much as hnt at t. Mr Sngleton cabled at once to Pars. There would just be tme. Chrstmas Eve came and stll no word, and though Mr. Sngleton's face looked thn and straned, he started out wth Dorothy at noon, tellng her they were gong to have a srand and glorous tme that afternoon was left to attend to the last detals of the tree that stood n gltterng bravery n the center of the sttng room. There was a lot to do. and was bustlng around when the door flew open and a radant young woman rushed n, callng: Dan! Dorothy!" Stoppng quckly, her look arrested by my unform, she exclamed: "He she oh, who s 1U? M She faltered, gong whte. My smlng assurance that all was well brought forth a thousand questons, and we both talked at once, and helped her off wth her wraps. She cred n my arms and kssed me wth fervor when told her of how Dorothy had?begged for her. and then she bubbled over and we had a gay afternoon fnshng the tree. Mrs Sngleton was on the stepladder laughng down at me when Dorothy and her father came la The laugh dledton Eer lps; buttcaug"htlts gtorfc fled look and heard Dorothy's glad cry. Then _cre.pt slently from the room, feelng the lonelness of 8plnBterh-K>d aa had never thought to do. Not the Proper Word, "Dd you send Mr. Dresser the samples he asked for?" nqured the talor. "Yes," repled the clerk; "'m Just fnshng our letter to hm. 'm send? ng t 'Trustng to have your order '" "What Cut out that word 'truafc ng' and make t 'hopng/ " Cathollo Standard and Tmes. A Cvc Duty.! "Every busness man should belong to the board of trade or the chamber of commerce and be on a commttee.! Such la a cvc duty." ' "Are you on a commttee?" "To be sure." "And what commttee are you oaf; " that s well, can't remember just now." A Crucal Moment "Flbbtson clams to have a hypaotlc eye." "t ddn't help hm any yesterday." "How was that?" "He was suddenly confronted by a landlady to whom he owed sx months' board." A CALL DOWN. Mr. Newwed You mustn't bo «nv> ous of other people. That's a fault that you cannot fnd n me. Mrs, Newwed No, you doat beleve there la anybody better than you are, or that anyone possbly could be. lor tte Ptaekaey Dapetta j SB33J fa mmrmmmmm Barron &Wnes Howell, Mch. Jnvtep you to select your JsgLlDAY Q1FTS at ther store And n order that you may see ther magnfcent Stock, THEY WLL ALL OW RALROAD FARE on all purchases of $5.00 and upward, durng the month of December. 0 ur S^Ock C m P r^er*» The Celebrated Pokard and Luken Hand Paqted Chna jaujkes and Parpont Cut Glass Gft Books of Euery Descrpton The Famous Conkln Fountan Pe>, Beautful Box Paper and ntal Statonery Tolet Sets, Bbles, Prayer Books and Rosaret Leather Goods. Consstng of Musc johs Marjd Bags, Purses and Tourst Sets Ctjooe Domestc aqd /reported Perfurrje* Safety Razors fronj 1 to 5 Dollars Frarrjed Pcture? and Art Calendars t/*c OLEYS HONEY TAR C ompound POP Sale by All Dtm^fstft \t

11 f-t"^ A \ ;. * L**.-:'.«j Lefta Advertsng r QTATK OF MCHGAN, the Probate Court for OCh* oounty of Uvnptoo. Eatafce o> 8ABAH M. BU&NETT, Demand Tbe undenlrad havng been apponted, hy Jtaja of Probata ot Md county, vutntnlaalonera or. otauu n the natter ot aatd estate, and four moot ltem the 6th day of Dacwabar, A. u. 1V12 uarlf baan alo wad braald Jodgw of Probate to al pe woa holdng clams aganst «ald estate n whch t«pr ant ther clama to ua for examnaton aso adoatment. Notoe s hereby gven that we wll meet on the 4th day of February, A. D. 1913, and on the 7tb dav of Aprl, A. D. 1U18, at ten o'clock a. m. or each day at the ator* of Johs Daumatn n the rluaga of Hamburg n ead couuty to receve a&d exasau each clams. Dated: Howell, Mch., Detwmber 6th, A. D. WW John Dammann ( < CommBoonur. on Clams Frank DeWolfe ( e^ts JTATK ot MCHGAN: 'Vm Probate Court or the county of Uvlnystou. At a sesson of aaltl ooart, held at the probate offce n the vllan ot Howell n Bald county on thetfrd day ot December a. D. 1W2, Present, Hon. /rthur A. MouUf.ue, Judge ol Probate. n the matter of the estate o EUNCE WABNEB, ncompetant E. A. Stowe havng fled n pad court hs reakuaton and fnal account tu guardan of sad Mtate, apd hs petton prayng for the alluv ance thereof. t B ordered that the 27th day of LJecembur A D. 1912, at ten o'clock n the torenoon, at aaa probate offce, be and d hereby apponted for examnng and allowng sad account t le further ordered, that publc notce thereo be gven by publcaton of a cooy ot ths order for three eucceealve weeks prevous to sad da; ot hearng n the Hnckney bapach, a uewep*>er prnted and crculated n sad county. 48t -, ARTHUR A. MONTAOUR. Judos of Probate. TATE OK MCHGAN, Coun ty of Lvngston S Probate Court For Sad Co:nty. Estate ot FRANCES STCKLE, Deceased The undersgned havng been apponted by the Judge of Probate of sad county, Commssoners on Clams n the matter of sad estate, and four mputhe from the 3rd day of Dec A. D havng been allowed by bud Judge of Pobate to all persona holdng clams agauet aad esuue n whch to present ther clama to ua for exannadon and adjustment. Notce s hereby gven-that we wll moet on the The Pnckney Exchange Bank Doeb a Conservatve ng Busness. ::?**'»' 'V. Supplement to the Pnckney Dspatch Bank- 3 per cent pad on all Tme Deposts Plnckney G. W. TEEPLE Mch, Prop. Try SOLACE At Our Expense Money Back Por Any Case of Rheumatsm, Neuralga or Headache that Solace Pals to remove Solace Remedy s a re ent medcal de c very of three German Pe?' tts that dssolves Hrdday of Febrnuty A. P and on the 4th day ^ ¾ Crystals and o"r of Aprl A. D. W13 at. teno'clwk- u. m. of ea&tt- y ^ ^ 8 ^ * ^f" fe* me bl od. t s day, v, at the tne Bark Barc ot George W. Teeplo n the f»> *}. '' nor effect "The wnkest Vllage of Pnckney u sad county to receve etotcach, and examne euch clams. t s guaranteed under the Pure Food aud Drug* Law t bo absolutely free from opates or harmful Dated: Howell, Df.c 3rd, A. D drnes of any deecrlpt n. Albert Jack»on Commssonere on Solace a a pure specfc n every way, and JohoHaaaencahl f Clams 40t l J has been roven beyond queston to b the sn.est and quckest reme-v for Urc Acd Troubles. z _ Known to med'eal scence, no matt*r how long '., , standldg. t reaches and removes th<» root of the ^.lae of Mchgan, the probate c0 " r trouh e (Urc Acd) anl purfes th«blo d. V l 1 e? q VJ?^? L «! tbt. 0 J^At * s» e? sl 5 B '""'#! The Solace Co. of Battle Cwek are the Court, held at the Probate Offce n the Vllage of soje v s. /gengand have thousan -e ol voluntary Howell nsad county on the 3rd day o 1 erember ; t^tmona jettere whch htve b^en re<e ved from A. D Present, Hon. Arthur A. Montague r&l *< u [ pe0 le Solace hss restored to fealth. Judge of Probate, n the matter of the estate ot T ebtoonal 't'^rs, lterature and " Pree ~ ~ Box ANSON CAMPBELL, Deceased sent upon request. Nelson P. Morteuson havng f-led ;n s ld court B./oe Morrs, Presdent of the Fr«t Natonal hpetlon prayng that he admnstraton ol' Bank -f Ch<o, TeX-:s, tsrote the Solace Cuajauy sad estate be gantcd to Eugene Campbell ur to as follows: some other sutable uerson. " want you to s nd a box of Solsce to try t a ordered that the arth day of December A, lather n ^'empbs, Teon., for whch enclose S. o at ten o'clock n the loreuou, a suld ro-. Ths., rpmed, has T bee, u?ed, A Of.. some _ frends _ of bte orsoe, be and le hereby apponted for mloo ul. l:ere and must (H^ned) say facton R L Morrs. W.s won< er hfarlnc sad petton. Put up n 25c, bqc, aud boxee. t* mghty fne to be well and you can soon be no by takng Solace. t s further ordered that publc notce thereof be (rven by publcaton of a copy of ths order for three successve weeks prevous to sad day of bearng, n tun PKGKNKY >thpatc,a newspaper prnted and crculated n s:»d county. 4«t :-5 ARTHUR A. MONTAOaK, Jndce of Probate. TATE OF MCHGAN, the l'rooate Court ol Sthe County of Lvngston, At a aesslon of sad court held at the Probate Offce n the Vllage of Howell n sad County, on the 26th day of November A. ) Present, Hon. Arthur A. Montague, Judge of Probate, n the matter of the eetate o JOHN N. GLBERT, Decease l Jula Foster havng tled n»nn court her petton pra lng that th» admnstraton of [sad estate be grautea to 'alph Gorton or to some other sutable person. t s Ordered. That the 20h day of December A. D. 19W, at ten o'clock u the forenoon, at sad probate oflce, bp and-s herwby apponted for hearng saa petton. t s further ordered that publc notce thereof be gven by publ< atot of a copy ot ths order, for three successve weeks prevous to sad ray t hearng n the Pnokney DSPATCH U newspap r prnted and crculated n Bald county. 49t3 ARTHUR A. MONTAGUE, Judfe of Probate. "No specal trea ment ech>mes or fees." Juftt Solace Alone does fo worn. Wrte today for the free box, etc. Solace Remedy Co., Battle Creek. " Advertsng Electrc Btters Ducceed when everythng else Als. n nervous prostraton a^d female. weaknessea they "OV the - supreme t remedy, as thousands have testfed., FOR KDNEY, LVER AND * STOMACH TROUBLE \ t a the best medcne ever sold over ft druggst's counte. W««MBevMae«eVHBVft«Bft«BBaa«Nr ~. *.* Holday Message WE WSH EVERYBODY We handle the goods to help make t so. Come and see. t s worth a long drve to look over oursplendd assortment of Popular Prced Merchandse Sutable for Gfts We show you a Cty Assortment at far prce*. Our numerous offerngs are too many to specfy n a small adv., but here you wll fnd the best n Toys, Chna, Post Cards, Games, Books, Candles 5c and 10c Goods and Other Departments C. S. LNE THE HOME GOODS BAZAAR Opposte Court House Howell Mch. youp<2f]rstmas Dnner C±>ll e Complete f your Broad, pes amc Oar$es dp "PF <ad<3 "Prom ^PURTY FLOUR OUR GRAHAM MAKES NCE BROWN BREAD Our Buckwheat Flour Makes the Good Old Fashoned Pan Cakes PlT2G"r^T2 :v;, The H yt ferother^,mcf3gjat2 MM «- Phonographs Yea, we have them, n all styles»^d prces. They H* THE WONDERFUL COLUMBA n both ho 11 HU lornl'sb types. Hoar oue wth the new reproducer (just out) and you wll be surprsed. Try one n your home. Sold on easy payments John Dnkel, rnckney EGGS, POULTRY AND VEAL a a a Attenton Farmers! Don't forget that we come hen* Every Wednesday A. M. And wll pay every rent the market affords. apprecate a share of your busness. Cal?s by phone No. 33, ether phone, for prces. We wll H. L WLLAMS The Store of the Chrstmas Sprt The Post Card, Booklet and Calendar Department was never before as complete. We were luoky enough to buy our Holday Cards much below the regular wholesale prce and have decded to gve on customers the beneft. Splendd Lue of lc Post Cards 8 p en-ld Lne of 2c Post Cards Splendd Lne of 5c Post Cards Be sure and see the Calendars. Chrstmas Gfts would not carry the rght sprt wthout the Xmas Boxes and Gft Cards. We have a large assortment of both. Hand Bags HERE'S never beeu a tme when ths store entered the Holday Keaaon BO splenddly T equpped and prepared to supply your wants or desre. Please remertber, that we wll yladly gve you any suggestons or nformaton whch wll render your gft. choosdg easer and more erjoyablt. We're here to serve yon the whole store s at your servce. 25c $1.50 A fne selecton to choose from. Lades and Chldren's Umbrellas 50c to $2.00 These Lades Umbrellas are the the fatnons Hall removable handle whch are very convenent to put n sut cases. Mother, Wfe Sster or Daughter con d not be pleased more than tbey wonld be wth a dress or dress pattern. We have the goods n all the leadng shades. Always glad to show them. The Easy Way To Solve That Gft Problem s Thvs Kodak Way Brother, sbter, uncle, aunt, cousn or chum wll apprecate a <jft that means pleasure n!l the year the pleasure of takuu pctures and havng a pcture btory of all tn* peso:;a! nterest. Selectng the Chr^tma^ KODAK s a very smple matter at our store Our stock s complete, from the lttle oue dollar Browne to the most expeusve specal Kodak and we can explan clearly and smply ther varous ponts of excellence. Let us assst you n selectng the camera best suted to the person or whom you are buyng. Should you want to talk t over wth the famly, we wll gladly gve you froe booklets whch wll help you u decdng. Statonery Fancy Holday Boxes of go'>d grades of wrtng paper at very moderate prces. A nce lne of Chldren* and Mfftfte* Dresses n Worsted They make a ncf Gft (^hrmtua* Nght Gowns and Nght Shrts Are all apprecated when receved for Xmas. We have the best that can be bought $1 Holday Handkerchefs Headquarters We have placed on dsplay one of the greatest collectons of Handkerchefs ever shown n a retal store n ths country, rangng n prce From 5c to 50c Handkerchefs make practcal aud hghly apprecated gfts and ths store s the best place to purchase Handkerchefs of all kuds. Aprons ot' all descrptons, our own mako very pretty and well made. 25c to 75c Knt Goods Department Lados and Chldrens Sweaters Caps, Scarfs Avaton Caps. Remember that we can furnsh yon wth anythng n ths tne ma J» to order. Hand made. nfant Wear Department Aprons of all Descrptons Sacques, Bonnnts, Caps, Mfc- Uw, Stockng, Bootes, Long and Short Dr'cse*. Crb Blankets 50 and 75c Bath Robs and Blankets We have a large assortment of Bath Robes, Blankets at $2.50, $3.00, $3.60. We also make them np to measure n our dressmakng depart* ment, Ths gves you a better choce and the rght sze. $1.50 for makng. Kmonos and Dressng Saeques n Duekln Fleece and Crepe All Szes n Handsome Patterns. -Prces Rght. JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR DRESSMAKNG DEPARTMENT Dd you fcnow that we aw not otrty makng Cnftdfens r>resw H Md Howe Dreasea bfft we' aro'mnltfbflrlut knds and styles of Lades and Msses Dresden. Alt work guaranteed Lyndon's Department Store Two mam Doors North of P. O. J*»' r 41 *w 3-4". V