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JOHN HOLMQUIST.
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Full Line of Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds.
LOOMIS STREET, BETWEEN JAMES & CHARLES.
Residence over store. Calls attended night or day.
Fourth of July ...m........
— LalimBI's Dilig Siſſº,
Fire Crackers and Torpedoes, Soda Water,
Cigars, Candy, Peanuts, etc., etc.,
and don’t you forget
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it.
The right place to buy your -
is at SHERMAN BROS.,
where prices are right and assortment complete.
Cabs, Orgáns, Pianos, and Sewing Machines.
Masonic T6mple.
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A special Selection of Books suitable
for uraquation Gifts at . ."
* Andrew’s Book Store.
We are
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Headquarters for Baseball Goods and Bicycle Sundries. ‘Our prices are right.
See us for Bargains in Bicycles.
In order to move our larg
You want one. You qan afford to have one. We can save you
25 per cent of the price—sure.
Croquet Sets from 65 cents to $3 00.
A big stock of Fourth of July Goods and Candy at Wholesale or Retail at
ANDREWS B00K STORE, too ºne-street.
SHERMAN prºtos.
e stock of Hammocks, we have cut all prices 25 per
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For 30 days special prices on Hammocks, Baby
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simiºisºnsum-ºn-in-in-in-imsiºnism
Edward Keats is having his residence
wired for electric lights,
The United Friends will hereafter
hold meetings in the German hall.
Fred Carrier has moved his watch
repairing business to Paquette's drug
Store.
F. M. C. Jones of London, Ont., is
the new superintendent at the canning
factory.
use of real merit. You will
have Tº opportunity of hearing the
Manitowac band – the finest in
Wisconsin.
J. C. Cutler of Grand Rapids, who
will manage Hotel Epworth the
coming summer for the assembly man-
agement, is in the city making arrange-
ments for the opening of that house in
the no very distant future.
Dr. McDonald, the specialist, will
remaſh one week longer, owing to the
many patients who wish to see him.
Aurng the many pleasure attrac-
** looked for next Monday, don’t
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The fixtures for Joseph Sahlmark’
new drug store arrived yesterd
morning.
m, corner Washington and Ludington
aVenues. -
Prof. and Mrs. H. T. Blodgett enter-
tain the graduating class at their home
this evening.
Miss Jessie Harrington entertained
the members, of the graduating class
at her home Monday evening.
John Brown, of Hamlin township,
reports that one of his neighbors shot a
two-year-old steer of his, yesterday.
Tolle's band will furnish music Mon-
day, the fifth, for the German Aid
society and the Federation of Labor,
It will cost you just 25 cents to take
a two hours moonlight ride on the car-
ferry next Monday night. Boat leaves
her dock at 7 o'clock.
Frank Filer has enhanced the appear-
ance of his handsome residence and in-
cidentally added to its comfort on a hot
day, by enlarging the porch.
Butters & Peters have suspended
logging operations until after the
Fourth, and the men are down from
the woods to take in the big celebration.
The races that were to take place at
Manistee on Saturday and Monday
have been declared off owing to some
difference between the base ball men
and horsemen.
Frank Sheppard found one of his
handsome chestnut horses dead in pas-
ture near Lincoln lake, Sunday. Mr.
Sheppard thinks the animal was bitten
by a rattlesnake.
Considerable local correspondence,
We regret, was received too late for
A JUNE
BRIDE_
will just gloat over a present of some of
our gilt, rattan, reed, or enamel pieces of
furniture that combine use with ornament
and beauty. -
Our stock of fine summer furniture in
Oak, Brick or Maple Suits, Ladies' Dress-
ers, Sideboards, or dainty Parlor Tables,
are the things of beauty which you can
buy at low prices.
Respectfully,
30 James Str86t.
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Furniture, Garpets, Picture framés, Undertaking.
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You will be badly struck if you do
not do your trading at
O. J. WANGEN’S,
High Grade Mixed paint $1.00 per
gallon Wall 5 cents per roll.
O. J. Wangen.
121 Ludington avenue.
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East of Postoffice.
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this issue. On account of the large
formber of papers run–2,000 extra the
Mrš had to be to press earl
hearin H. F. Tyler had the peasure ºf
her youngest sister sing at th
Tºbus, Ohiº Grandº sº
before an audience of 7,000 people.
The Crescent Literary society of the
high school will bring their year's work
to a fitting close by giving a picnic at
Buttersville this afternoon. Marsh
mallow roast on the beach in the
evening.
Rings repaired at McCourt's.
McCourt, the watch repairer, at Lati-
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Bicycle parade—meet July 5, at 10 a.
Tººremain until Thursday, July 8,
positiyº the last day. Consultation
free, ºffice parlors at Hotel Gladstone,
| Ludinºn, Mich.
The-ºames H. Browne Theatre
cºmpanºhold the boards at the opera
house July 2, 3, and 5, opening with
that reneuned scenic drama, “The
Pay Train.” Ladies free Friday night
with one paid 30 cent ticket. Prices
10, 20 and 30 cents.:
The ºncert given by the music class
of St. Simon’s church at the opera
ho last Friday night was a flattering
success. These annual concerts by
home talent are greatly appreciated by
the public, who believe in according
them a liberal patronage.
There seems to be an unusual
amount of teaming on the roads this
summer. Aside from large quantities
or early fruit that are coming in, there
is an immense amount of hemlock
bark being hauled to the city. Consid-
erable dry wood also comes to town,
selling for $1.50.
J. D. Bonner, of the Daily Mail force,
and Miss Lillian Hannon, daughter of
Mr. aſid Mrs. Hannon of the Yockey
house, were united in marriage by Rev.
William Ferguson of Oberlin, O., last
evening at 8 o'clock. The wedding was
a quiet affair, the couples' near relatives
and a few friends only, being present
Space prevents fuller details.
The annual school election occurs
Monday, July 12. Two trustees are to
be selected to take the places made va.
cant by the expiration of the terms of
M. B. Danaher and M. F. Butters. The
APPEAL would suggest the propriety
ºf re-electing the same gentlemen. Mr.
Danaher's services on the board, on ac-
count of his legal ability, are indispens-
able and often brought into requisition,
while Mr. Butters’ well known business
ºnalities make him a valuable mem-
ºr ºf the present board is the
est-º-e school district has ever
* - need by the strict economy
intº - ºres ºntorºed in thes-hard
has vºduced thºating ſº ºness
sºo, and next year expect to wipe
the remaining $15,000, which will
leave only the bonded debt of $20,000.
it resent the total indebtedness ºf
the school district, floating and bond-
ed, is $35,000.
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Spectacles repaired at McCourt's.
The Cartier Enameling company is
lmer's.
on the market for boxes and barrels.
The . . . .
will soon be here and y
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SHOES HATS,
that this is the place to
Boys', Youths, Li
other lines of shoes are
are right.
NEW THINGS FT
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Ladies' Shirt Waist S6ts • Ladićs' -
Genuine Sterling Silver en- e
ameled (not painted) price 50
cents to $1.00.
Ladies' Fine Gold Watchés,
small size, elegantly engrayed, new designs
uaranteed movements $12.00. You’ll pay $17
or this watch elsewhere.
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attractive from 50 ce
$1.25.
F. D. PAQUETTE's JEWELRY STORE.
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Gold Shirt Waist sets very
nts to
We are giving a
in mind.
shoes that has been seen in Ludington.
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ou will need something
NECKWERR SHIRTS
_OR HOSIERY.
and we want to impress on your mind right now
buy them. Watch our
corner window for the finest line of
ttle Gents',
Misses', Child's, and Baby
Our
complete and all prices
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ticket to the Labadie en-
tertainment with every dollar purchase.
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Keep the Snug Little Store on the corner
ROHNe&e WEMER
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always investigates his surroundings carefully
and thoroughly before finely deciding upon
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B600lS6 ||6F6'S MODE|| || ||
Perhaps you do not care to follow in the foot.
steps of a bank robber, yet that Money Con.
sideration should apply to you very forcibly
when it comes to the selecting of footwear for
yourself and family.
This Week
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We will give you extra good values for your money.
We have about 120 pairs of Ladies' Low shoes
and Oxfords, regular $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50
goods which we will close out at...... . . . . . . $ 1.00 a pair.
75 a pair.
24 pairs Misses' Dongola Oxfords at
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We still have a big assortment of Misses and
Children's Tan and Ox Blood shoes from
75 cents to
1.75 a pair.
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Boys' and Youths’ Tan and Ox Blood shoes, all
custom made and first class goods ºn
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$1.25 to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - º -
Ladies Dongola Kid Sºº- - 1.00 a pair
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Ladies' Chocolate Kid Strap Sandals. . . . . . . . . . L. º a lººr.
Ladies’ Tan Shoes from $1.75 to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.50 a pair.
4.00 a pair.
5.00 a pair.
3.00 a pair,
A nice little line of Ladies' and Gents’ Green Shoes.
Men's Tan Shoes from s1.50 to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Men's Patent Leather Tan shoes... . . . . . . . . . . . .
Men's Low Shoes from $1.25 to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
That the best is the cheapest is a well conceeded fact.
We have built up a reputation and a permanent pa:
tronage by giving our customers the best shoes money
can buy.
Call in and see us this week, there's money in it for you.
6,6f(6||&00.
have your shoes repaired. A shoes gives Sign of the
Golden BOOt.
twice the wear if repaired in time.
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THE APPEAL.
W.M. B. COLE, Pub.
LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN.
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Nobody will be surprised at the
charge that a Brooklyn pastor hyp-
notizes members of his congregation.
Many pastors have long been accus-
tomed to putting some of their audi-
tors into a deep sleep.
The anti-high hat law has reached
the Pacific coast. Doubtless in a few
years no feminine hats will be worn
in places of amusement. If woman
could but realize the truth that her
own beauty exceeds that of any art of
the milliner, no ordinance would be
necessary to enable any one to See a
play.
The gospel of self-help was enlarged
by a new chapter when Booker T.
Washington recently addressed an au-
dience of his own race. “There isn't
much that we get in this country
without working for it,” he said. “I
remember a story of an old negro who
wanted a Christmas dinner, and pray-
ed night after night: ‘Lord, please
send a turkey to this darkey.' But
none came to him. Finally he pray-
ed: “O Lord!2 please send this darkey
to a turkey.” And he got one that
same night.”
The Cuban League of the United
States has undertaken to raise funds
in aid of that cause. The proceeds of
the voluntary donations and sale of
bonds are to be turned over to Ben-
jazmin J. Guerra, treasurer of the Cuban
junta. The bonds offered for sale are
in denominations of $1,000, $500, $100
and $50 and bear interest at the rate of
6 per cent. The league expects to raise
$1,000,000 throughout the United States.
Among the first to support the league's
movement by purchasing Cuban bonds
are Colonel John Jacob Astor, $1,000;
Colonel Ethan Allen, $1,000; Dr. Will-
iam Seward Webb, $400; N. F. Gris-
wold, $500; C. R. Sutherland $250; Ed-
ward McKinley, $250, and others for
smaller amounts.
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The way has been pointed out for
the admission of the graphophone as
a witness in the law courts. A prop-
erty-owner in New York sued a rail-
way company for damages alleged to
have been caused by the noise result-
ing from railroad operations near his
property, and his counsel sought to
have a graphophone reproduction of
certain of these noises accepted as
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THE LUDINGTON "APPEAL.
REsourceFull AT LUNCHES.
The culinary Triumphs of one New
York Womans
Tere is an excellent lady uptown
in whose family boards a young mall
of domestic tastes and unassailable ap-
petite, says the New York Mail and Ex-
press. She puts up a lunch for him.
every day, and he carries it with him.
to his business. In so far this story
does not differ in anywise from the ex-
perience of thousands of other young
men who board in excellent families
and carry their lunches. But this young
man claims that for an infinite variety
of luncheons that custon cannot stale
his landlady has the call.
Now, a luncheon, in the parlance of
the life of him who boards, is a sand-
wich, or several of them. It takes con-
siderable art to conceal the fact that
he is eating something that he had yes-
terday and expects to get again to-
morrow. To vary the ration taxes all
the resources of the commissary of sub-
sistence, but it can be done. The young
man in question has kept a journal or
commonplace book, in which he jots
down, among other things, what he
had to eat each day. From these items
he has made a partial list of sand-
wiches, including those which had the
following ingredients: Fig paste, fried
egg, grape butter, roast goose, honey,
Hoboken rabbit, gooseberry, chicken,
jelly, roast beef, lemon marmalade,
wienerwurst, sugar, ham, tongue, tur-
key, sausage, deviled ham and caviare.
It is always a moment of suspense
with him when he sits down before his
lunch, for he knows not what pleasant
surprise it may have in store for him.
Just now he is taking a course of pre-
served ginger sandwiches with the best
of results. The daily meal has its en-
trees of pie, pudding or fruit, but it is
the composition of the material lying
between the two lids of the sandwich
that most concerns him who discusses
"t.
AS OTHERS SEE U.S.
A Foreigner's Opinion of Our Strikes
and Prize-Fights.
Col. George R. Waring, Jr., New
York’s street cleaning commissioner,
contributes to the Century an article
describing his experience while “Bicy-
cling Through the Dolomites.” Col.
Waring says: The driver of our car-
riage had been in the United States for
three or four years. He was vastly
taken with the machine, and especially
with the smooth working of the
“health-pull,” which he watched as it
stretched and closed up in response to
changes of grade or of speed or of sur-
reptitious back pedaling. He was glad
FOR WOMAN AND HOME
*TEMS OF INTEREST TO MAID
AND MATRONS.
Summer Grass Cloth Gown-Traveli
Dress for a Young Girl-New Mod
Househol
Dress Trimmings--Some
Hints,
in Court-
LAWYER met
pretty Miss
While he was walk-
ing out one day,
And stole from her
a honeyed kiss-
Which was not
just the prope
The Kiss
or in squares, the skirt plaited or fitted
as one prefers. And frills of cashmere
trim a cashmere skirt in festoons
across the side breadths only, these in
clusters of two just below the hips and
t above the hem, bows of ribbon
ding them on each side of the front
readths, and on each side of the back
gllness. This arrangement on a prin-
ss frock is gracefully repeated on the
odice by festooning two ruffles across
the bust from choux on each side, the
ruffles continuing higher up over the
| shoulders to form epaulettes over the
sleeves. Another cashmere model
fetchingly trimmed with narrow ruf-
ſles of the same stuff has two set to-
gether about the hem, a third one
above them curving up at the front
Way.
At once a case º
tort was brough
Which legal rules
The lawyer he'd no
justice sought
So frail a suit as that to try.
The action, when it got in court, -
Met, with a jury lenient,
And many a quiliet and retort -
Day after day on it was spent. -
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The lawyer claimed no maiden should
was flotsam on the state's high
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The maiden said her rosy lips -
No casement were for him to use, A’
Though they all others might ºil.
His answer was somewhat abstruse.
And thus progressed the argument
Concerning kisser and kissee,
When to the jury it was sent,
Who failed entirely to agree.
But, sent into their room again,
They gave their voice to the defe:
And found the girl in fault, for plain
“Contributory negligence.” 1st
—Joel Benton.”
could not deny, the choker,
the bodice bretelle fashion and form-
so much rare loveliness display: º
A kiss like this he understood º:
and meeting at the waistline, thus giv-
a decided overskirt effect. This
ºst ruffle appears to continue up the
bodice and about the neck at base of
a second ruffle trimming
ing a narrow epaulette at the top of
the small gigot sleeves. A narrow vel-
vet ribbon abour the waist ties with a
bow and long ends in front.
| Traveling Dress for a Girl.
A simple traveling gown for a girl
is made of rough dark green
º The skirt is a moderate godet,
with the fullness carried up to the back
in flat plaits. The waist is a loose,
artless blouse with the fullness con-
fined by a narrow tan suede belt, and
the short basques are slashed to show
a facing of tan taffeta. The waist is
such a loose affair that it may be worn
as a jacket over a blouse of pongee,
or by inserting a V of the tan broad-
cloth that the revers and cuffs are
ade of it may be worn as a simple
bodice. The hat with this little suit
evidence. The opposing counsel ob-
jected on the ground that it has not
been proved that the recorded-mºoises
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tenºaº comparty's operations. The
judge sustained the objection, but º
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ºn had been
opened.
The Rev. Frank Crane of Chicago
says: “A minister is asked many
times a week what an unemployed man
is to do in Chicago. Thousands are
out of work. The afternoon newspa-
per offices are besieged by crowds of
men eager to get hold of the want ad-
vertisements, to sea where they can
get something to do. I have been
asked to give some word of practical
advice to a man seeking work in the
great city. The best word I can think
of is this: “Get on the cars and ride as
far as your money will carry you; then
get off and walk as far as you can, al-
ways headed straight away from Chi-
cago.” Doubtless many of those unem-
ployed Chicago people would take the
Rev. Crane's advice were they not
aware of the fact that hoboing, while
in one sense having much room, is still
a crowded profession.
Greece, through her ministers at the
European capitals, has informed the
powers that she feels she has been be-
trayed. The Greek troops were in
many instances recalled and prepara-
tions for carrying on hostilities discon-
tinued, all on the promise of the pow-
ers that they would immediately inter-
vene. When thus at a disadvantage
the Turks renewed their attack, and, of
course, the Greeks were defeated. Rus-
sia is the power that has stopped the
fighting, but not until Turkey had cap-
tured Domoko and secured about all
the glory and material advantage pos-
sible. Yet, backed by Germany, Turkey
was prepared to overrun all Greece, and
but for the Czar's imperative telegram
would have done so. Now it remains
to be seen if Turkey will keep Thessaly.
England is opposed to the idea, and the
other powers are supposed to be, but
Turkey, having mobilized an army of
half a million §f her best fighting men
in Europe, the powers will be very con-
siderate of her interests. Only a small
part of this army has been used in
Greece. The Stºltan has the rest of it
reserved for bigger game. A general
European War #ould probably benefit
Turkey. The Iºndon Times sums up
the Sultan’s attitude toward the pow-
ers by saying: , “His insolence is only
moderated by his contempt.”
Franklin used a kite to find the key
to one of nature's mysteries, and we
now see tºne weather bureau resorting
to kites to reveal the mysteries of the
upper air, that we may have more ac-
curate weather predictions. The kite
is entitled to a $igh rating as an in-
strument of humihn progress.
The discovery in St. Louis that a
mummified corpse perspires may be
useful to the old-fashioned believers
who still hold to the opinion that judg-
ment after death comes in the form
of heat.
to talk of his American experiences,
which had led him to this opinion:
“’Melican people got no sense; work
aara, unance a lot of money, drink whis-
Ky, ºnven strºkes, lose it all-got no
sense.” .* had worked for good
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strikes ordered by walking delegates
and the whole communities reduced to
the verge of starvation. His verdict
was: “’Melican workingmen is fools.”
When he had again accumulated a lit-
tle money he came back to Cortina with
500 gulden, got married and bought a
carriage and a pair of horses, with
which he learns a living income by car-
rying summer tourists over the road
between Cortina and Toblach or Bel-
luno and by hauling wood in winter. He
has no thought of going again to a
country whose people “got no sense.”
He was most impressed with the stu-
pidity of boxing. He saw the fight in
New Orleans between Corbett and Sul-
livan, which was to him the most con-
clusive evidence of our lack of sense.
Wrestling he thought a manly exer-
cise; and he was fond of it and an adopt
at it; but hammering with the fists was
“fool work.”
The Wonderful Career of the Great
Trotter Dexter.
Mr. Jonas Hawkins, of Orange Coun-
ty, obtained from a strolling gypsy
band a brown mare, 15.2 hands, with
four white feet. He used her for a fam-
ily nag, and by Seely's American star
got a black filly, foaled in 1848, which
was named Clara. The filly became
the property of his son, Jonathan Haw-
kins, and she grew into a mare of 14.3
hands. She had a star, snip and three
white feet, and was driven pretty hard
on the country roads by her young
master. In 1857, by Rysdyk's Hambel-
tonian, she had the paragon, Dexter
The brown gelding, with blaze and
four white feet, was purchased by Mr.
George B. Alley for $400, and he sub-
sequently became the property of Mr.
A. F. Fawcett. Dexter, under the tu-
torship of Hiram Woodruff, made his
first public appearance at Fashion
Course, May 4, 1864. He met and de-
feated, during his short but brilliant
turf career, such horses as General
Butler, George M. Patchen, Jr., Lady
Thorne and Goldsmith Maid, and he
probably was in the enjoyment of more
world-wide fame than any horse foaled
on American soil. He brought Bud
Doble into public notice, and the sight
of the white-faced gelding coming with
tremendous force down the home-
stretch inspired the loftiest dreams,
The people swung their hats and shout-
ed: “Hurrah for Dexter! Long live
the horse of the century!”
Reed Has Given Up the Wheel.
Speaker Reed has abandoned the use
of the bicycle while in Washington. He
would like to ride his wheel, for he
enjoys the exercise. And it is the mar-
vel of all who wheeled over the match-
less roads of the national capital that
he refrains. He does so, however, on
the ground of the attention he would
attract astride of his pneumatic steed
and his natural modesty.—Washington
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Summer Grass Cloth Gown.
A striped grass cloth dress, with
small embroidered figures, was ordered
by Miss Virginia Fair for the season at
Newport. When completed it will be
sent there to await her coming. This
is a method much adopted by fashion-
able women who do not want to pack
So many trunks for the summer. The
modistes are ordered to send their
gowns directly to their summer desti-
nation. The skirt is plain about the
hips and plaited at the back. Around
the foot it has a broad band of sage-
green taffeta, lighter than the ground-
work of the skirt. The waist is a sage
green, with a bolero effect in pale sage
cloth, braided in black. The sleeves
are of the grass cloth, and there is a
black ribbon collar and a black belt.
A very broad brimmed sailor hat is to
be worn with this. It is white, faced
with sage-green silk and trimmed with
a band of black ribbon. Different vests
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less waists of china silk, washable, are
tery nice for wear with a bolero.
New Mode in Trimmings.
Skirts and bodices are trimmed with
a lattice work of lace insertions or of
Dispatch to Chicago Chronicle,
ribbon bands, arranged in Vandykes
is of dark green rough straw, with an
enormous bºy of blue and green plaid
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taffeta at the front and a narrow band
of dark blue velvet around the crown.
Her Possessions Beautiful.
Mme. Patti, who is a wonderful
housekeeper, has a perfect passion for
linen. Her cupboards are among the
wonders of Craig-y-nos. With inno-
cent coquetry, Caroline, her faithful
servitress of thirty years' standing, has
tied up the beautiful sets of sheets and
pillow cases and towels and table-
cloths and napkins in pink and blue
ribbon, with little upstanding bows, so
the cupboard, when opened, resembles
a flower garden. Patti might well
make the same reply that Mme. Ro-
land made when one of her friends
said, wonderingly: “How your ser-
vants love you!” She answered: “And
how I love them!” Mme. Patti, indeed,
is literally adored by her servants and
is even (contrary to the old adage that
no man is a hero to his valet) a hero-
ine to her maid.
OUR BUDGET OFFUN.
so ME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
Frapped Elocution—After the
Race—The Word That Puzzled the
Typewriter—Enriched by a Dream-
Bicycle
Rural Life in Arkansas.
The Bicycle Belle.
ELINDA has be-
witching eyes,
And Margaret has
grace;
Marcella is exceed-
ing wise,
And Claire is fair
of face; -
But Geraldine, my
Geraldine,
Has virtues
them all;
The fairest maiden
ever seen
She holds
heart in thrall.
of
iny
As we together, side by side, :
Ride up the boulevard, !
All eyes that see her Open wide
With evident regard;
Her knickers are a perfect fit,
Her hat’s a jaunty thing,
And conscious that she makes a hit,
She makes her cycle sing!
She smiles from her bewitching eyes
As I admire her grace,
And then she looks exceeding wise,
And blushes dye her face.
For since the law requires a bell
On bikes of every kind,
This ºle. you'll soon, I'm proud tº
tell,
Upon my tandem find!
Word Puzzled the Typewriter.
According to the Washington Star,
one morning recently the representa-
tive came into his office with a sniffing
cold in his head and the first letter he
dictated was to his wife at home—a
delight, by the way, he indulged in
every day, whatever may be said of
congressmen in general—in which he
told her that owing to the fact that
he had slept the night before in a
draught and the Wind had blown
through his pajamas he had caught a
pretty severe cold. The word “paja-
mas” was a new one for the typewriter
and he stalled at it.
“How do you spell that word, sir!”
he inquired.
“P-a-j-a-m-a-s,” spelled the repre-
sentative slowly, and added: “Didn't
you ever have to write it before?”
“No, sir.”
“In that case, I’ll bet you a dollar
you don’t know what it means.”
“I don’t bet, sir,” he hesitated, “but
I guess I know what it means.”
“Well, what is it?”
“It’s French for whiskers,” and the
representative, in the kindness of his
heart, smiled sweetly and told the
young man he had guessed it the very
first time.
Rural Schools in *-transas
One cannot be surprised at the
*~~~inº
state recently heard a rural school
teacher say to his pupils:
“Come, come, young uns, can't you
set up a little more erecter?”
And when a tardy pupil came in and
left the door slightly ajar the teacher
said, sharply:
“You go back and shev that thore
door shet!” after which he said apolo-
getically to the visitor:
“I try to learn 'em manners, but it's
derned uphill work.”—Harper's Ba-
Zar.
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Enriched by a Dream.
Henry Small, a farmer of Brighton,
township, Pa., dreamed twenty years
ago that a deposit of lead ore was lo-
cated on the farm of David Irons, on
Brady's Run. Four years later he se-
cretly prospected and found a deposit
of lead. For sixteen years he has been
negotiating for the lease and has just
succeeded in chosing it. He intends to
develop the lead mine.—Philadelphia
Press.
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lecturer?” -
“Well, it seemed to me that he never
properly warmed to his subject.”—
Pick-Me-Up.
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A Sympathetic Judge.
“I make whisky,” said the moonshin-
er, “to make shoes for my little chil-
dren.”
The judge seemed touched, for he
had children of his own. “I sympa-
thize with you,” he said, “and I am
going to send you to the Ohio peniten-
tiary, where you can follow the shoe
business for two years,”—Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The . Womanly.
Women would not throw mud, oh, no,
In politics, as heretofore
The men have done; they'd rather go
And track it on each other's floor.
—Detroit Journal.
His Fame as a Mimic.
Dr. McCrobe—“So your friend Jones
told you I was a great mimic, eh?”
Mr. De Bility—“Well, he said you
were always taking somebody off.”—
New York Tribune.
Sleeplessness from
Rheumatism,
A MAN RECOVERS FROM THE
MALADY WHICH HAD MADE
LIFE A BURDEN.
From the Democrat-Message, Mt. Sterling, Ill.
The prevalence of rheumatism in this part
of the country has long been a source of
unfavorable comment by other localities
less subject to this affliction. Indeed there
are few adults in the Valley of the Missis-
sippi who at some time in their lives may
not expect to realize the direful effects of
rheumatism in some one of its different
forms. In this immediate section the at-
tention of The Democrat-Message has sev-
eral times been called to particular in-
stances where the effects of this malady
have rendered life almost unendurable.
In this connection it may not be out of
lace fºr this journal to refer to a recent
incident. We refer to Mr. John J. Friday
Jr., of Ripley, Ill., well-known to many *
our people as a young man of character
and standing. Last spring Mr. Friday was
attacked by rheumatism in its severest
form, he-like many others—probably in-
heriting a tendency to the disease. A re-
Fº met him the other day and found
im about as lively a looking young man
as there is in Brown County. reply to
an inquiry as to the remedies used by him
which had resulted so favorable, Mr. Fri-
day said: “In the spring of 1896 I was
attacked by rheumatism. The disease prº-
gressed until I was past getting...around-
For a long time I was unable to lie down
in bed ...i was forced to sit up as many as
four nights in a week without going to bed
at all. I consulted the leading physicians
both in Mt. Sterling and Rushville but ob-
tained no relief. y condition was grow-
ing worse, and it seemed as if nothing
could help me. -
“In talking with George Riggles, a friend
of mine, he said that he also had suffered
from rheumatism and had been completely
cured by using Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills.
He told me that before he began using this
medicine he could scarcely bend his knee
and could walk only with great difficulty:
I knew that he had, shortly before that
time, been afflicted as I was, and therefore
concluded that if he had been benefited by
their use they might help me... I also heard
that Mr. James Stout, a prominent farmer
near Ripley, had been cured of rheumatism
by the same means. I made some, inquir;
ies of him and he confirmed what I had
been told. It was about all I could do to
get to Ripley, but I managed to make the
short trip. fººt two boxes of the º:
and used them as directed. After I had
taken half a box I felt wonderfully better.
I kept on and used six or seven boxes. My
improvement continued until I was entirely
recovered. I now consider myself cured,
and have no more feeling of rheumatism
than if I had never had it. -
*I believe that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
are entirely responsible for my recovery,
as before Yi. their use *} condition
was steadily growing worse. If you, cºre
to publish what I *... said about this
medicine I am perfectly willing that yºu
should do so. " I believe it will benefit
others who suffer from this disease. I tºok
six boxes and consider Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills the best investment I ever made.”
There are probably many other instange;
in this part of Illinois where this painful
and stubborn disease had been cured by
the use of this remedy, and we will from
time to time publish further accounts as
they may be brought to our notice.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary tº
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to fºil
such as suppressions, irregularities and al
forms of weakness. In men they effect a
radical cure in all cases arising from neº-
tal worry, overwork or excesses of what-
ever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes
(never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six
º-ev-, ºv, and y be had of all drug-
º or direct by mail from Dr. Williams'
edicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
A Plucky Schoolma'am.
The Kansas City Journal tells how
Miss Ethel Hoskinson the other day
started from Corning to Seneca to take
the examination for teachers. Reach-
ing a stream which had been swollen
by the floods her horses and buggy
were washed away. She kept her head,
however, and the horses managed to
swim out on the other side, after float-
ing quite a distance down the stream,
though all the time the buggy was so
far below the surface that the Water
came up to her armpits. Once on the
bank she drove hurriedly into Seneca,
borrowed some dry clothes from an ac-
guaintance, ran over to the court
house, took the examination and
triumphantly bore off a first grade cer-
tificate.
WHITE TOPAZ.
Beautiful Stones to Be Seen at the
Diamond Palace.
Every day in the week and every
hour in the day one can see crowds
around the show windows of THE
CHICAGO DIAMOND PALACE. The
cause of it all is the now widely known
White Topaz. The White Topaz, or
carbonated diamonds, have come to be
recognized as the nearest thing on
earth to genuine diamonds, so near in-
deed is it that the proprietors of the
DIAMOND PALACE do not hesitate to
place real diamonds in their windows
amidst their display of White Topaz,
and allow the public to pick them out
at the selling price of the Topaz.
The latter stones have all the lovely
brilliancy of the diamonds, sparkling
steadily and with wonderful fire. The
thousands of these stones in the win-
dows forms one of the most gorgeous
displays and has proven an attraction
which is one of the features of Chi-
cago.
In order to find out the advertising
medium best suited to their business,
this enterprising concern offers to send
a genuine White Topaz to all those
who will cut out and send them their
advertisement, which appears else-
where in this paper, together with 25c
in stamps.
THE DIAMOND PALACE, like all
successful institutions, has many imi-
tators, who endeavor to sell cheap
rhinestones and other pastes claiming
they are topaz. We caution the pub-
lic to be careful, as THE DIAMOND
PALACE, American Express building,
Chicago, are the sole importers of these
stones.
At a public house the landlord has
painted up outside his door: “Good
beer sold here, but don’t take my word
for it.”—Tit-Bits.
The editor of this paper advises his
readers that a free package of Peruviana,
the best kidney and liver cure on earth, will
be delivered FREE to any sufferer, if writ-
ten for promptly. PERUVIANA REMEDx Co.,
2865th St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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PENINSULA MATTERs
RELATED IN A BRIEF. CONCISE
MANNER.
Arrangements for Michigan G. A. R. to
go to the National Encampment at
Buffalo–Union Railroad Men Hold
a Big Meeting at Saginaw.
Michigan G. A. R. to the Encampment.
Circulars have been issued by the
Michigan department, G. A. R., describ-
ing the route and giving information
as to the trip to the national encamp-
ment in Buffalo next August. The
special headquarters train will leave
Detroit, Monday, August 23, over the
Michigan Central. The rate of fare
will be one cent per mile each way.
Tickets will be good going August 21,
22, 23 and to return from August 24 to
31 inclusive. Detroit post No. 384, G.
A. R., has been detailed as an escort
to department commander while at
the encampment.
Hon. W. S. Green, of Detroit, has
tendered his resignation as chief of
staff and Maj. R. W. Jacklin, of De-
troit, has been appointed.
Department Commander Bliss has ap-
pointed the following additional aides-
de-camp to take part in the parade at
Buffalo: E. C. Cannon, of Evart; T. M.
Champlin, of Hemlock; Wm. A. Baker,
of Coloma; J. W. Hill, of Berrien Cen-
ter; J. D. Butler, of Charlotte; Robert
Clark, of Midland; C. H. Du Puy, of
I(alkaska; S. P. Hicks, of Lowell: T.
O. Sturgis, of Hudson; A. E. Parshall,
of Howell; W. H. Ostrom, of Newaygo;
Charles Moon, of Otisville; George H.
Gilbert, of Reed City; P. H. McBride,
of Holland; R. B. Hughes, of Big Rap-
ids; Willis Dibble, of Brant.
Detroit's Masonic Temple Dedicated.
The magnificent new temple of the
Masons of Detroit was dedicated by
the grand lodge officers with interest-
ing ceremonies. A big parade in
which all of the Masonic bodies of the
city participated preceded the actual
dedication and was witnessed by many
thousands of people who thronged the
streets. The formalities of the dedi-
cation proper were particularly inter-
esting and impressive. They were
conducted by Most Worshipful Grand
Master Lou B. Winsor, assisted by the
other grand lodge officers and the
officers of Zion lodge No. 1, the oldest
lodge in the city or the state. In the
evening a reception was tendered the
grand lodge officers. There were a
number of splendid speeches and plenty
of good music, so that the thousands of
Masons, their wives, daughters, sisters
and friends, who swarmed throughout
the whole of the immense building,
which was prettily decorated with
flowers and plants, all thoroughly
enjoyed the occasion.
Minnie Heidt Goes Free.
The trial of Miss Minnie Heidt, the
Macomb county girl who shot her
father after he hº
family for a long time and had threat-
ened to kill Minnie, resulted in a ver-
dict of not guilty. After hearing sev-
eral witnesses the prosecutor refused
to push the case, saying that he be-
lieved the girl was justified in shooting
and that she had done so in an impulse
of insanity. The action of the prose-
ecuting attorney was greeted with ap-
plause. Spectators rushed to and fro
in the court room crying and wringing
each other's hands for joy. There was
scarcely a dry eye in the room.
Women’s Press Association.
The eighth annual imeeting of the
Michigan Women's Press association
was held at Grand Rapids. After hav-
ing enjoyed the hospitality of the city,
and transacting other important busi-
ness the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. M. E. C.
Bates, of Traverse City; vice-presi-
dents, Mrs. Lucy A. Leggett, of De-
troit; Mrs. Florence A. Chase, of Grand
Rapids, and Mrs. Belle Perry, of Char-
lotte; secretary, Marie Nelson Lee, of
Manistee; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. M. L. Buck, of Traverse City;
treasurer, Mrs. Mary A. Stewart, of
Battle Creek.
Railroad Men Meet at Saginaw.
A meeting was held at Saginaw of
the brotherhoods of locomotive firemen,
engineers, railroad trainmen and con-
ductors, with about 2,000 visitors pres-
ent. Mayor Baum welcomed them.
Many prominent railroad men were
present, among whom were P. M.
Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers; C. H. Wilkins,
assistant grand chief of the Order of
Railway Conductors; F. W. Arnold,
grand secretary of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, and T. R.
Dodge, first vice-grand master Broth-
erhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Sad suicide of a Young Girl.
Rose Carcoran, aged 17, committed
suicide at Grand Rapids, by hanging
herself in the barn, with a gingham
apron. Her mother is dead and her
father, J. W. Carcoran, a piano tuner,
was stern toward her. He left town
recently and instructed the house-
keeper not to let the girl go out with
any young men. She went out several
times, nevertheless, and the house-
keeper threatened to tell her father.
The father was to return home soon,
and, apprehensive of punishment, the
girl hung herself.
MICH IGAN NEWS iT E Ms.
Sugar beets planted by Wexford
county farmers are coming up nicely.
Fritz Wagner, aged 5, son of a cigar-
maker, was drowned in the mill race
at Battle Creek.
N. G. Anter and his entire family of
four children at Maple Rapids are ill
with the measles.
Nathan D. Crane, aged 70, an old-
time miner was killed by a cave-in at
Idaho Springs, Colo. He leaves a wife
at Adriau and a son at Kalamazoo.
THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
Cats playing in John V. Dobble's
barn at Ypsilanti, upset a lantern, and
caused a $1,000 fire.
The train dispatchers' offices of the
D., G. R. & W. will be moved from
Ionia to Grand Rapids.
St. Margaret's Catholic church at Ot-
sego dedicated a chime of bells weigh-
ing 450, 350 and 250 pounds.
One of the dry kilns of the Palmer-
ton Woodenware Co., at Saginaw, has
burned with a loss of $5,000.
Owosso will hold a special election
July 7 to vote on the proposition of is-
suing $35,000 worth of paving bonds.
The large saw and planing mill of
John H. Grills and bicycle repair shop
of Wm. Grills burned at Athens. Loss
$3,000.
Geo. Baird, aged 35, a brakeman on
the C. & W. M., fell between the cars
at East Saugatuck and was instantly
killed.
Frank Hodge, aged 14, and Albert
Peters, aged 11, both of Ironwood,
were drowned in Montreal river, near
Hurley.
A last factory employing 30 men is
to move to West Branch from II artford.
They consume 2,000,000 feet of maple
annually.
Thomas O’Mealy, oldest son of
Charles O’Mealy, died suddenly at
Copemish, from drinking too much
cold water.
Henry Orser, aged 70, was killed by
a train at Sparta. His horses became
frightened and rushed upon the track.
They were also killed.
Max Boursch, formerly superintend-
ent of a large sugar beet farm in Ger-
many, has been engaged to instruct
Saginaw county farmers.
While Ed Janard was at the top
of an electric light pole at Pontiac a
helper dug it out and Janard fell and
broke his leg in two places.
Fire destroyed three store buildings
and contents at the corner of Cortland
and Francis streets, Jackson. Loss
about $3,000, partly insured.
The large stave and heading factory
of C. W. Althouse at Clare caught fire
and the dry kilns were consumed with
a loss of $6,500; small insurance.
Mrs. John Treat, of Oxford, was
struck by a train while crossing the
railroad near there, and was instantly
killed. She was slightly insane.
Twenty-five Shropshire sheep be-
longing to Alonzo IIardy were killed
by lightning while they were standing
under a large oak tree near Dowagiac.
Fred Montague, of Iosco, was placed
on trial at Howell on a charge of man-
slaughter for the killing of his step-
father, Alfred Wilson, with a shotgun.
Elmer Sager, aged 4, fell on a scythe
blade at the farm of his grandfather,
Joseph Spatler, near Zilwaukee, and
was almost cut in two, dying in a few
minutes.
The whole family of D. Kimball, of
Coldwater, with several guests, were
poisoned by eating ice cream. All have
abused the whole-Hºecererett but Mrs. Kimbaſſ came veryº
near dying.
Some miserable villain one dark
night, entered John Peters orchard
with an ax and deliberately chopped
down 118 peach trees, some of them
10 years old.
Jay Lawrence, a farmer in Napoleon
township, Jackson county, has sold his
property and joined the Middlekauff
missionary colony at Grosse Pointe,
near Detroit.
At Torch Lake village 19 people in a
boarding house were poisoned, it is
thought by eating head cheese. All
will recover, but many were in a pre-
carious condition.
Co. D, of Battle Creek, took a taste
of real army life by marching to Gou-
gac lake and camping on the ground
all night. Each cooked his own break-
fast the next morning.
The Pere Marquette statue, a replica
on the famous one in the national cap-
ital, will be dedicated at Marquette,
July 15 or 20. Don M. Dickinson will
probably be the orator.
Harry Spaulding, the 7-year-old son
of a laundress, at Cheboygan undressed
and jumped into the river to try to
swim. The current is very strong and
the child was drowned.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Michigan district conference of the
Evangelical Synod of North America
was held at Owosso and the former
officers were re-elected.
Abram Kylemanen and Henry Aja,
Finnish miners who came to this
country two months ago, were struck
by falling rock and instantly killed at
the Ropes gold mine at Ishpeming.
Joseph Welsh who recently brutally
and in cold blood murdered his wife at
Grand Rapids, has been convicted of
murder in the first degree and sen-
tenced to life imprisonment at Jackson
prison.
Mrs. Roxanna Townsend committed
suicide at Pentwater by hanging her-
self to a bedpost with a piece of rib-
bon. She was 57 years old and for
some time has suffered from mental
aberration.
Geo. E. Pratt and John Regan, two
Detroit boys each aged about 13, started
to row across Detroit river, but in
crossing between two vessels the tow
was pulled taut and their boat was up-
set. Pratt was drowned, but Regan
was rescued.
The farm home of Alvin Leach, near
Birmingham, caught fire while the
farmer and his wife were some distance
away. Their two little boys escaped,
but the flames were so severe that the
6-months-old girl could not be rescued,
and perished in the flames which com-
pletely destroyed the building.
Montcalm county has recently re-
ceived demands from the auditor-gen-
eral for $10,000 claimed to be due the
state. The county treasurer denied
owing any such sum and told the aud-
itor-general to overhaul his books,
The treasurer has finally received
credit for $8,500 paid the state in April.
Fire destroyed 800,000 feet of lumber
belonging to C. L. Grant & Co., at Zil-
waukee, and a small amount owned by
Whittier & Co. Grant’s loss is $15,000;
insurance $11,500. Whittier's $1,500;
insurance $1,000. Two small residences
were also burned.
It is believed that there will be 2,000
men working in coal mines near Bay
City within a few months. The Cin-
cinnati Coal Co. and the Corunna Co.
have secured options in hundreds of
acres south and west of Bay City, and
preparing to sink shafts.
The Salvation Army and their rivals,
the American Volunteers, became so
noisy in their competition at Manistee
that they were warned to cease the
street meetings. They continued hold-
ing them, however, and finally five
Salvationists and four Volunteers were
arrested.
Richard Barrett, paying teller of the
National Lumbermen’s bank at Mus-
kegon, while sailing in a small canoe
to Lake Harbor, was capsized when he
was three miles out and the waves
dashed above his head. He gave up
hope, but the life-saving crew saw him
and in 30 minutes they had rescued
him—nearly exhausted. -
The Valley City Desk Co.'s factory-
at Grand Rapids, burned. The fire
originated in the finishing room from
an explosion, and the flames spread so
rapidly that the employes escaped with
difficulty. The loss on contents is esti-
mated at $25,000, and on the building,
owned by the J. W. Converse estate,
$3,000. Insurance $13,000.
John Beattie, a farmer near Birming-
ham, took two ounces of laudanum
with suicidal intent. His daughter
Emma, a pretty girl, became engaged
to a Dr. Smith to whom Farmer Beattie
objected. Miss Beattie left home to
stay with one of her married sisters,
which caused the old man to fly into a
rage and swallow the fatal dose.
President William Ball of the State
Fair association, has notified the West
Michigan fair managers that the State
association indebtedness has been fixed
and that the fair could go on. Vice-
President Butterfield at once started
the arrangements for the fair, which
is to open Sept. 6. The fair will be
held at Comstock park, Grand Rapids,
in connection with the West Michigan-
association.
Charles Ray, a young grocer, of Na-
poleon, was taken to jail at Jackson,
insane. Last year Ray took great in-
terest in Revivalist Benton Middle-
kauf, who now conducts the mission-
ary school at Grosse Pointe, near De-
troit.
alleged, wrought upon Ray until he
sold his grocery for a song, declaring he
was called to join the revivalist and
follow his teachings.
The Michigan Association of Inde-
pendent Telephone Companies was or-
ganized at the Russell house Detroit
with nearly 30 men, representing the
most of the independent companies in
Disciples of Middlekauf, it is
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Minor Happenings of the Past
Week,
EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS,
volitical, Religious, Social and Criminal
Doings of the Whole World Carefully
condensed for Our Readers-The Ac-
cident Record.
Decatur, Mich.-The annual meet-
ing of Michigan spiritualists and liber-
alists closed Sunday at Lake Cora, with
-addresses by Mrs. Jennie Hagan-Jack-
son of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Ada
Sheehan of Cincinnati.
Rome–Signor Waltgantero, cashier of
the San Giovanni mine at Iglesias, Salº-
dinia, while on his way from the mine
with a large sum, was robbed and mur-
dered.
Valparaiso.-Twenty-six miners have
been killed by a fall of rock in the Lab-
rar mines in the province of Atacama.
Rome.-After three days’ debate the
senate has adopted, in secret ballot, by
a vote of 68 to 27, General Pelloux's ar-
my reorganization bill, increasing the
peace effective footing of the Italian
land forces.
Lami, Peru, via Galveston, Tex-The
manager and engineer of the Inca Com-
pany have located a new and valuable
mine in the province of Carabaya, in
the department of Puno.
|- Napoleon, Ohio.—Johnnie, the famous
lone pacer, broke his neck Sunday. The
horse was turned loose to graze and
ran into a fence, a fall resulting. John-
nie was owned by W. H. Barnes, Sioux
City, Iowa. He was valued at $75,000.
Boston.-Wilbur H. Lansit, the fa-
mous animal painter, died of consump-
tion at his home in Dorchester. He was
42 years old.
Lima, Peru.-Professor Aarporath of
the Cordoba observatory asserts that
the moon is not a satellite of the earth,
but a planet.
London.—Simo-Hamed Ben Mousa,
special envoy of the sultan of Morocco
ºto the jubilee festivities, has returned
to Morocco insane.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Henry Kessenich,
a Milwaukee letter carrier, was caught
with stolen letters and decoy money
in his possession.
Kenosha, Wis.-While fishing at
Twin lake, Albert Haegle, aged 25, of
Chicago, was drowned.
Sturgis, Mich.-The dry goods store
of M. Estherson was burned. Loss,
$15,000; insurance, $10,000.
La Grange, Ind.—Diphtheria prevails
at Wyatt. The churches have been
closed until the malady abates. A rig-
id quarantine has been established.
Racine, Wis.-Capt. Hans Christian-
son charges that Hans Peterson, a sail-
or on the schooner Belle, attacked him
the state, present. Joseph B. Ware, of
Grand Rapids, was elected press', ºr
º "e
retary. A consuitution and by-laws
were adopted and everything started
for a strong movement to fight the
Bell telephone monoply.
During the war of 1812 Gen. William
Harrison, on his way to Detroit with
troops to battle with the British and
Indians established a fort at Upper
Sandusky, O. Many wounded soldiers
were brought from the frontier and
died. Recently excavations for the
the new courthouse unearthed a num-
ber of human skeletons together with
relics proving them to be Harrison's
soldiers. Some of the bones were
given a military burial on Decoration
day, and the rest a similar burial last
week,
Herman Meisel, Jr., son of a promi-
nent wholesale grocer, of Bay City,
went fishing near the mouth of Sagi-
naw river. His boat drifted away,
leaving him without hat, coat or food,
sitting on a clump of three spiles. The
wind blew a gale and the sea waxed
wroth all through the long night, and
in the morning Meisel was found by a
fishing tug half dead from exposure
and hunger. He had been given up,
as his boat had been found, bottom up,
near the boat house, and the river was
being dragged for his body.
A big cattle ranch will be started in
the northwestern part of Oscoda county.
Over 6,000 lives have been lost by the
earthquake disturbances which re-
cently visited the province of Assam,
East India. -
The great tailors' strike of New York
City, which at one time involved about
25,000 hands, is ended. The last of the
contractors surrendered to the men.
The window glass factory at Orestes,
Ind., has burned. The factory is
owned by the United Glass Co., and
employed 400 people and the total loss
will be $100,000.
The city of Tehuantepec, Mexico,
has experienced a long series of earth-
qualse shocks which are causing great
terror among the people. It is feared
the whole city will become a heap of
ruins.
The circuit court of Montgomery
county, O.. overruled the motion for
a new trial for Albert Frantz, the con-
demned murderer of his sweetheart,
Bessie Little, at Dayton, and has ap-
pointed Oct. 15 as the day for his elec-
trocution at Columbus.
A large hyena escaped from the Lin-
coln park menagerie at Chicago, and
during the night ravaged several
graves in Graceland cemetery. The
police refused to help catch the beast,
but it was killed by a posse of men
about 15 miles out in the country.
The tug Dauntless was taken into
Key West, Fla., by the revenue cutter
McLane on suspicion of being again
headed for Cuba. The Dauntless was
found off India Key, disabled, having
blown out the tubes of her boiler. The
tug George W. Childs was also brought
in under suspicion by the cutter
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etroit, §: C- ſº nk cider an
ºith a knife and threatened to kill him.
Indº-Curtis Prendley
º and
is 18-year-old sister objected. He
struck her a blow near the heart and
she died soon afterward.
Utica, O.-Thirteen buildings were
destroyed and four badly damaged by
fire. The loss is estimated at $30,000.
The Newark fire engine saved the re-
maining part of the town.
New York.-Emilie D. Nustadt, sen-
ior member of Nustadt & Co., formerly
one of the most important flour com-
mission houses on the produce ex-
change, died suddenly, aged 50 years.
Galena, Kas.—Edward Martin shot
and killed John Johnson and fatally
wounded Claude Tuttle in trouble orig-
inating over a swing which was put
up in the suburbs of this city. Martin
escaped.
Stephenson, Mich.-A scaffolding up-
on which N. B. Vincent and Joseph Du-
moulin, shinglers, were at work broke
and both men fell. Vincent was in-
stantly killed and Dumoulin probably
fatally injured.
Wausa, Neb.-Serious losses of cattle
among a number of herds in this coun-
ty are reported by a disease termed
hydrophobia. Already nearly fifty head
are reported as having died. Farmers
are much alarmed for fear it will
spread over Nebraska and Kansas.
Fort Wayne, Ind.—The Bass foundry
and machine works has been placed in
the hands of John H. H. Bass and C.
T. Strawbridge, as receivers. The em-
barrassment is only temporary, and the
800 hands will be kept at work. The
Chicago branch and other Bass inter-
ests are not affected.
Washington.—Senator Cullom is
much improved in health, and took a
drive Sunday.
Athens.—It is reported here that Em-
peror William has sent a telegram to
the sultan requesting him to take
measures for the speedy evacuation of
Thessaly.
Paris.-The Soleil says that a fresh
bomb was discovered Friday at the
corner of the Boulevard St. Denis and
the Rue St. Denis. The find in other
quarters is declared to be only a harm-
less hoax. -
Pittsburg: An advance of 5 cents a
hundred on bar iron is announced in
iron and steel circles. This is the first
tendency toward recuperation that bar
iron has showen for months.
Rome–Giuseppe Verdi, the
brated composer, now in his
third year. is seriously ill.
Berne, Switzerland–The state coun-
cil, by a vote of 26 to 17, has declared
in favor of the state acquiring the rail-
roads of Switzerland.
Washington, Iowa: The two-year-
old daughter of Daniel Sullivan fell in-
to a stock water-tank and was drown-
ed.
Oshkosh, Wis.; The Raddatz subma-
rine boat was given another launch or
test and with stuccess. It is now being
provisioned for an extended voyage on
Lakes Mic:::::an and Huron.
Eldorado, Iowa: Frank Wilson, aged
cele-
eighty-
Forward.
19 years, was drowned in Iowa river at
Union while bathing
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Washington.—Secretary Gage has is-
§ued orders for the revenue cutters at
present in service on the great lakes to
report in Chicago on the day of the un-
veiling of the Logan monument, and
take part in the ceremonies.
Pueblo, Col.-The hailstorm that
passed over this city Thursday night
was most Severe. Many hailstones
were over eight inches in circumfer-
ence.
Moweagua, Ill.—The Ministerial in-
stitute of the Central Illinois annual
conference of the United Brethren
church closed an interesting three
days' session at Dalton City Thursday.
Philadelphia-William B. Mackeller,
head of the type trust, died in this city
Friday.
Montreal–A dispatch from Quebec
says that Canon Bruchesi of this city,
who is temporarily in Quebec, has been
notified of his appointment as arch-
bishop of Montreal.
Guthrie, O. T.-Governor Barnes has
appointed Frank Thompson, of Paw-
nee, territorial treasurer; Amos A. Ew-
ing, of Kingfisher, coal oil inspector,
and John M. Pugh, of Woodward, bank
examiner. -
Frankfort, Ky.—In the court of ap-
peals Judge Durelle has reversed the
decision of Judge Cantrill in the $500,-
state bond case, and upholds the con-
stitutionality of the recent act and the
Validity of the proposed issue.
Kokomo, Ind.—The Rev. K. E. West,
pastor of the Harrison Street Christian
Church, fell from his chair dead after
returning from a pastoral call.
Tegucigalpa.-A treaty for the provi-
sional union of the five republics of
Central America has been signed by
Guatemala.
San Francisco, Cal.—The soard of
regents of the state university has ac-
cepted the offer of Regent C. F. Crock-
er to defray all the expenses of an ex-
pedition to India to view the approach-
ing eclipse of the sun. The expedition
will remain in India from October next
ºt;11 June, 1898.
St. Louis, Mo.—The aldermen are af-
ter the professional small money-lend-
ers. Delegate Henning has introduced
a bill in the house to make them pay
licenses of $1,000 a year. The bill pro-
vides that each person who lends mon-
ey for interest in sums less than $500
must pay the license.
Ann Arbor, Mich.--Dr. Angell, min-
ister to Turkey, denies the report from
Washington, that he is going to Lon-
don to confer with Minister Terrell,
while en route to Constantinople. He
says he will go to Paris, thence to Con-
stantinople.
Tacoma, Wash.-Advices received to-
day state that the rebellion in southern
China is assuming alarming propor-
tions.
Springfield, Ill.—About 2,000 persons
from this city attended the fourth an-
nual picnic of the Springfield Retail
Grocer's Association at Riverside Park,
Havana.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-At a meeting of
he ºth enºard it was º: º
award the varsity “M” to tennis men
who represented Michigan on the team
in the Western intercollegiate tennis
tournament in Chicago.
Indianapolis.--Wheat statistics gath-
ered from 500 farmers scattered over
Indiana place the yield in southern In-
diana at from 72 to 75 per cent of a full
crop and from 69 to 71 per cent in
northern and central Indiana. The
correspondents state that the harvest
may increase these figures, as the crop
is constantly improving.
San Francisco.—According to ad-
vices received per the steamer Glen-
shiel, under date of May 17, the war in
the Phillippines is practically at an
end, as only three outlying districts re-
main to be conquered by the Spanish
troops. Governor General Rivas has
issued a proclamation calling in the
troops in the province of Cavite.
Plymouth, Ind.—The celebrated race
horse, Semper Lex, died here. He re-
ceived burns while en route from Chi-
cago to New York. He was one of the
speediest horses on the course, and was
valued at $10,000.
Olney, Ill.–Oi! and natural gas have
been struck in paying quantities here.
The citizens are excited and many
acres of lands have been leased by
prospectors. A stock company has
been formed with $100,000 capital to
sink wells.
LATEST MARKET REPORTs.
PEORLA.
Rye, No. 1.............. .38
Corn, No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . .24%
Oats, No. 2 white. . . . . . . .20% (?) .2434
ST. LOUIS.
Cattle, all grades. . . . . . . 1.25 (35.10
Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.10 @3.50
Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 (3)S.00
Wheat, No. 2 red. . . . . . . . .76 @ .80
Oats, No. 2 cash. . . . . . . . .17%
Corn, No. 2 cash. . . . . . . . .22 @ .23%
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle, all grades. . . . . . . 1.40 (74.85
Hogs, all grades. . . . . . . . 2.75 (Ø3.37%
Sheep and lambs. . . . . . . . 2.00 (75.00
NEW YORK.
Wheat. No. 2 red, June.. .77
Corn, No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2914
Oats, No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 @ .22%
TOLEDO.
Wheat, No. 2 cash. . . . . - .81%
Corn, No. 2 mixed . . . . . .25%
Oats, No. 2 mixed . . . . . .19
Rye, No. 2 cash . . . . . . . . .35
Cloverseed, prime yellºw 4.25
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat, No. 2 spring . . . . .71%
Corn, No. 3 . . . . . . . - - - - - .24%
Cats, No. 2 white. . . . . . .21% (d) .22%
Barley, No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .32% (g) .33%
CH1CAGO.
Cattle, common to prime;1.75 (Ø6.50
Hogs, all grades . . . . . . . . 2.20 (63.55
Sheep and lambs . . . . . . . 2.10 @5.60
Corn, No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 (3) .25%
Wheat, No. 2 red. . . . . . . . .74% (3) .82
Oats, No. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17% (g) .20%
Eggs . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - .08%
Rye, No. 2. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - .24
Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .22 @ .33
Butter ........ ........ .08 (9.14%
Roofs and windows were
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Tariff Legislation Occupies the
-
Senate, -
FINANCE COMMITTEE UPHELD,
Amendments Offered by Democrats Re-
jected—Good Progress Being Made on
the Bill—Wool Sehedule Provokes a
Stubborn Contest.
Wednesday, June 23.
After a contest lasting through the
day the senate completed ºthe para-
graphs of the wool schedule relating
to raw wool and advanced into the fea-
tures relating to manufactured woolen
goods.
to a discussion of the effect of tariff
rates on the price of wool, and the
speeches were on technical points.
Thursday, June 24.
A stubborn contest over the duties
on manufactured woolen goods occu-
pied the attention of the senate. Many
amendments were proposed to reduce
the rates, but these were rejected by
decisive majorities. Less than five
pages were disposed of during the day,
carrying the senate through paragraph
370, the first of the paragraphs relat-
ing to carpets.
Friday, June 25.
The senate completed the wool sched-
ule, the silk schedule and the tobacco
schedule of the tariff bill, and with this
accomplished the tariff leaders had
the satisfaction of knowing that all
the schedules of the bill and the free
list had been gone over once. There
now remains only to go through the
bill a second time, passing on the items
passed over. The tobacco schedule
went through with little friction after
the committee had advanced the duty
slightly on wrapper and leaf tobacco.
Saturday, June 26.
Saturday, June 26.-An abrupt and
startling halt in the tariff debate oc-
curred in the senate when, in the midst
of a passionate speech, Senator Petti-
grew (silver Rep.) of South Dakota,
was stricken with paralysis of the vo-
cal cords, which brought his vehement
speech to a close with a sentence half
uttered. Senator Pettigrew was re-
moved to his home. He rallied rap-
idly, recovered his voice and was pro-
nounced in no danger.
SWEDISH BAPTISTS,
Annual Convention in Session at
ford, Ill.
The annual convention of the Illi-
nois Swedish Baptists opened at Rock-
ford, Ill., Wednesday, with over a hun-
dred delegates present. The delegates
represent about forty churches, with a
membership of nearly 6,000.
Thursday was Sunday school day at
the state-conventio
Baptists. E. Nordlander thºs state
Sunday school missionary, gave a
lengthy report, which showed the work
of the last year to have been most sat-
isfactory. The ministerial union of the
association elected Rev. J. A. Carlson,
Austin, president. -
At Friday's sessions of the state
Swedish Baptist convention much time
Rock-
was given over to the reports of com-
mittees. Officers were elected by the
Sunday school union of the association.
John Magnusson, Englewood, was cho-
gen president.
The closing sessions of the state
conference of the Swedish Baptists
were held Sunday. The selection of
the place of meeting next year was
left to the executive board.
Destructive storm in Ransas.
Topeka, Kan., was bombarded by a
violent hailstorm Thursday evening.
caved in,
sidewalks were reduced to splinters and
in every quarter of the capital the
ground was thickly covered with brok-
en shingles, limbs of trees and shat-
tered glass. Several persons were in-
jured, but none fatally.
Lives and Property Lost.
The town of Kolomea, in Galicia,
has been flooded by the rising of the
river Pruth. The bridge between Kol-
omea and Turka has been swept away.
The collapse took place while a train
was crossing. Five railway carriages
fell in a great heap together, and
there is no definite report as to the
number of passengers killed.
Lutherans at Milwaukee.
The annual conference of the Luth-
eran churches of the Wisconsin dis-
tricts, of the Missouri and of the Wis-
consin-Michigan-Minnesota symbds be-
gan at Milwaukee Wednesday, and will
continue in session for one week. The
Wisconsin district forms the larger
portion of the tri-state synod, which in-
cludes a portion of Nebraska and Il-
linois.
Extra Session for Illinois,
It is rumored that Governor Tanner
of Illinois will soon issue a call for an
extra session of the legislature. The
object of the special session will be
the consideration of revenue and ap-
portionment legislation—nothink Iºlore.
Annerican Mechanics" council.
At Wednesday's session of the Junior
order of American Mechanics, Louis-
ville was selected as the place for the
next annual meeting. Joseph Powell
of Dencer, Coi., was chosen national
counselor.
No General Strike. -
The national board of the United
Mine Workers decided that no strike
would be ordered before next fall. The
question of adjusting prices will be
left to the district officers. -
The day was devoted largely
of-tº- Fºº- -
-
contenºplating farming to
4.
THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
To Carry on an Almost Helpless Fight,
—At Last the Fight is Over.
(From the Battle Creek Moon.)
Our representative called at 26 Battle
Creek Avenue, the residence of S. I. Rob.
oins, and in an interview with him brought
out the following facts: Mr. Robbins tells
of his wife's experience in a manner that
carries conviction with his words. He
says: “I am sorry my wife is not at home
this P. M., but no one knows better than
1 how she has suffered during past years.
For twenty years she has been afflicted
with the various forms of kidney com:
plaint and an enlargement of the liver
She was often confined to her bed for more
than two weeks at a time suffering untold
agºny. She has doctored constantly, and
- have paid out in doctors' bills for her
tione as much as $900.00, and then her re-
*ief was only such that she would be able
to be around for a spell. Some time ago
she felt the symptoms of another attack
cºming on, such as a pain in through the
kidneys and back. I hardly know what
induced me to get a box of Doan's Kidney
Pºis, instead of sending for the family
ºysician; however, I got some and she
ºramenced their use. It was a surprise
stº as both to see their action; the attack
was warded off, and she continued taking
them with marked improvement each day
of their use. She is better now than she
has been in years, the pain in the back and
others in the kidneys have entirely gone.
Hardly a day goes by that we do not men-
tion the great good Doan's Kidney Pills
have done her. I was always opposed to
patent medicines, but confess that my
wife's experience with Doan's Kidney
Piłłs has done much to change my opin-
ions. If it were not for those pills she
would not have been able to be out this
afternoon. -
Boan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ors—price, 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name, Doan's,
and take no other. -
Tº HDIS3 JWIBIS!
We desire to call your atten-
on to the fact that we have
changed our location, and may
hereafter be found on Luding-
ton avenue, one door west of
Tom Ford's grocery. Thank-
ing you for past favors and de-
siring a continuance of them,
we are, respectfully yours,
J. G. BOWNE & SON.
Choice Farming Lands
P-r-e*E*-ī-, + = }
The undersigned has put upon the market the
following desirable lands which have been
heavily timbered. They can be cleared for
crops at small expense. The soil is all that can
be desired for farming purposes. They will be
sold at reasonable prices and long time given
with easy terms of payment. It will pay parties
investigate them
as a bargain will be given on each parcel:
Town 18m, Range lºw.
Soº, of sec 18, 160 acres.
Town 17n, Range 16w.
N}/, of swº of sec 4, 80 acres.
Town 18 m, Range 16w,
Sox, of sec 23, 150 acres.
* 18 acres at Scottville, sec 18,
Town 19h, Range 16w,
N f"1% of ne fºl'A Sec 4, 101 acres,
ºw/4 of neº4 sec 4.40 acres.
E% of se!4 sec 5, 80 acres.
Seº of se!4 sec 6, 40 acres.
Nº.4 of neº, sec 7, 80 acres.
S}/4 of nw}4 sec 9, 80 acres.
Sº, of neº sec 9, 80 acres.
R44 of nw}4 sec 10, 80 acres,
Wº of nw}4 sec 10, 80 acres.
"Nwº of neº4 sec 10, 40 acres,
N/, of swº sec 10, 80 acres,
INA of swº sec 11, 80 acres.
*Swº, of swº sec 11, 40 acres,
‘Sey of nwº sec 11, 40 acres.
Wº% of se!4 sec 11, 80 acres.
WV, of neº4 sec 14, 80 acres.
WV, of nw}4 sec 14, 80 acres.
E% of se!4 sec 17, 80 acres.
E% of nwº sec 21, 80 acres,
WV, of nw}A sec 21, 80 acres.
Swº of swº sec 35, 40 acres,
Sež of nw}4 sec 36, 40 acres.
NwV4 of swº sec 36, 40 acres,
Swº of swº sec 13, 40 acres,
Nº.4 of nwº sec 24, 80 acres.
Nº.4 of nwº, sec 25, 80 acres,
*FLBERT VOGEL,
^office 105 S. Charles St. LUDINGTON,
- MICH,
Teachers'
Normal. e-
3 IE desire to announce
- to the public that
we will give an eight
weeks' Normal commenc-
ling
June 21, 1897.
We will teach all the studies
required to obtain First, Second
and Third Grade Certificates.
A Kindergarden Course
will be added, provided there
are enough offer themselves
to guarantee the expenses of
such a course.
For further information, address
MARTINDILL & ROSE,
Old Court House.
Ludington, Mich.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-My wife
having left my bed and board without
casse, I will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by her in my name, CHARLEs
Johnson Dowland St, Ludington. 53-wd
Orchards-How to Spray-Wh
PREVENTION OF CURL LEAF.
AN EMINENT AUTHORITY PRESCRIBES FOR THE DISEASE
IN THIS LOCALITY.
Instructions for Growers Along the Michigan Fruit Belt-Newton
B. Pierce, U. S. Assistant Pathologist, Visits Mason County
ered Scientifically-The Disease Can be Prevented.
en to Spray-Curl Leaf Consid-
earth is commonly supplied with mois-
ture which is sent from the roots in
large amounts to supply the rew.
growth with the chemicals taken up in
solution from the soil. If the atmos.
phere is dry and warm, the excess of
water rapidly passes off by transpira-
tion through the leaves. This leaves
the tissues with their normal firmness
and resisting qualities, making
difficult for the fungus to spread, and
only slight injuries are caused under
such conditions. In a year when curl
spring and one crop of leaves has
fallen, the atmosphere has usually be
come warm and dry by the time the
second growth of foliage has Well
started, hence the tissues are too hard
for ready infection and spread of the
disease. In cold and wet springs the
air is apt to be heavily charged with
moisture about the time of the forma-
tion of peach foliage. This excessive
UNITED STATEs DEPARTM't of AGRICULTURE,
Division of Yºº
wº. i). C. }.
PACIFIC Coast LABORATORY,
SANTA ANA, CALIFoRNIA.
Ludington, Mich., June 23, 1897. J
To the Peach Growers of Mason and
Other Lake Shore Counties:
E IN (; called from Califor-
nia to the Michigan fruit
belt for a brief time, I have
enjoyed an opportunity to ob-
serve the condition of the
peach orchards near the shore
of Lake Michigan at this
º season. The one feature
most noticeable and that calling
for special remarks from a student
of plant diseases is the yellow and
curled condition of the foliage in a
large percentage of the orchards seen.
This curling of the leaves is what is
known over much of the world as
“peach leaf curl” or “curl leaf” of the
peach. It is a disease affecting the
peach in nearly all peach growing
countries. In the United States it is
distributed from the Gulf of Mexico to
the Canadian line and from the Atlan-
tic to the Pacific.
Action of the Disease.
The action of peach leaf curl upon
affected trees varies much according
to numerous influencing conditions.
Some of these conditions are the hu-
midity and temperature of the atmos-
phere, the variety of the trees, the situ-
ation of the orchard, the length of
Where a susceptible orchard has be-
come badly infested in preceding years
the chances for an epidemic develop-
ment of the disease in any given spring
will depend largely upon the condi-
tions of temperature and humidity of
the atmosphere in the spring and early
summer. If the atmosphere is cold
and charged with moisture about
the time of the opening of the buds, a
serious development of curl leaf may
be expected; while if the atmosphere is
dry and warm, the trees are much less
likely to be seriously injured. The
reasons for these variations in the de-
structiveness of the disease in wet cold
springs or dry warm springs are to be
looked for in the ºbit of Ygrowth ºf
the fungus causing the disease and in
the difference in the resisting qualities
of the tissue of the peach leaf itself
under the two conditions named.
The Cause of the Disease.
The fungus causing peach leaf curl
is known to the scientific World as
Eacoascus deformans. Its action upon
peach foliage and branches has been
known for many years, but satisfactory
methods for the prevention of the in-
juries caused by it are of quite recent
development. Exoascus deformans is
a true parasitic fungus, its habit being
to draw its nourishment directly from
the living tissues of peach foliage and
shoots. The absorbant portions of the
fungus—those parts functioning in a
manner similar to the root system of
the higher plants—normally lie just
below the cuticle of the branches and
leaves of the trees infested. The irri-
tation of the infested parts due to the
parasitic action of the fungus normally
causes an increased flow of sap to those
parts. This increase of food materials
in the peach leaf, for instance, favors a
rapid increase of cells at the parts af-
fected, and as the midrib of the leaf
With its woody vascular bundles can-
not easily elongate to accommodate
the increased growth of the soft tis-
sues of the leaf, the latter are forced of
necessity to become gathered in the
peculiar manner commonly observed in
leaves affected by this disease. Exoas-
cus deformans produces its spores or
reproductive bodies upon the surface
of the parts affected, but most com-
monly upon the thick and fleshy parts
of the curled leaves. The absorbant
parts of the fungus lying below the
cuticle throw up small cases through
the cuticle in such great numbers that
the surface of the leaf becomes vel-
vety or powdered in appearance.
Within these minute cases are pro-
duced the spores in various numbers
up to eight. When these spores are
matured the ends of the cases burst
open and the spores are allowed to
escape. This gives the surface of the
leaf the appearance of being covered
with a fine white powder or “bloom.”
Of late there has been considerable
evidence gathered tending to show
that these spores do not immediately
produce new infections, at least to any
considerable extent, unless the season
is late and wet. All parts of the tree,
however, become thickly covered with
spores falling from the leaves, while
the leaves shortly fall to the ground.
There are probably several reasons for
the usual discontinuance of new in-
fections, chief among which is the in-
creased toughness of the tissue of
the second growth of leaves appear-
ing upon the once denuded trees.
When growth starts in the spring the
time the trees have been affected, etc.
the
humidity of the atmosphere preveats
the normal transpiration of the water
from the new leaves, the result being
that the tissues of the leaves become
soaked with water and greatly soft-
ened, thus admitting of the ready-in-
fection of the tender parts and the
|rºm development and spread of the
parasite in the tissues of the leaf.
Under these conditions an epidemic of
curl leaf develops and a loss of
both foliage and crop ensues.
The Source of the Spring Infection.
Upon the fall of the curled leaves of
spring the denuded trees still remain
infected in two ways. The branches of
the trees are well covered with the
spores having fallen and blown upon
them from the leaves before their fall.
Further, the new growth upon the trees
Was infected at the time the leaves be:
came diseased, and these shoots remain
infested by the fungus during the fol-
lowing summer and winter. It is to
these two sources of infection—the
spores scattered over all parts of the
trees, and the living fungus lying be-
low the cuticle of the new branches,
that we must look for the infection of
the opening leaf buds the following
spring. It will then be evide -
Wer-TTāTIf the pores lodge
trees can be killed
Winter, and the fungus in the branches
may be prevented from spreading to
the opening spring buds, the spring in-
fection of the foliage will not take
place and the year's crop may thus be
saved. To these points the writer has
devoted much attention during the past
five years. Many hundreds of peach
trees have been sprayed in different
ways and with at least 35 different
forms of spray materials. Besides the
work thus personally conducted for the
department, plans were laid for a gen-
eral test of the best methods in various
parts of the United States. This col-
lateral work was laid out for over 1,600
of the more enterprising peach growers
of nearly all the peach-growing coun-
ties of the country, the men being
selected from all peachgrowing states,
from Washington, Oregon and Cali-
fornia to the Atlantic. In this way it
has been possible to test the methods
recommended under all conceivable
conditions of climate, soil, variety, etc.
The mass of satisfactory results thus
obtained has placed beyond all doubt
the fact that the spring infection of the
buds of the peach by the fungus caus-
ing peach leaf curl may be surely,
easily and cheaply prevented, and that
there is no longer any need for the
serious development of that disease in
any orchard, or the loss of a peach from
that cause.The prevention of peach leaf
curl is no longer in any sense a theory,
but has long since become a thoroughly
demonstrated fact.
The Prevention of the Disease.
In the prevention of peach leaf curl
only one spraying each year is neces.
sary. This spraying, however, must be
very thorough, and made at the proper
season, from one to three weeks before
the buds open in the spring; never after
the young leaves begin to show, as in-
fection has then already taken place,
The spraying may be continued up to
the very day of the opening of the
blossoms if necessary to the accom-
plishment of the work, but it is best to
complete the spraying a few days
previously so as to allow of a longer
action of the spray before there is
danger of infection, and also to avoid
all danger of injuring any flowers that
may be partly open. Such treatment
will cost from two to four cents per
tree according to their size.
Of the 35 sprays tested for this pre-
ventive work, several gave almost ab-
solute results in preventing the spring
infection, but varied to some extent in
adhering qualities, cost, ease of prepar-
ation, etc. After considering all re-
quirements for this particular work,
such as cheapness, effectiveness, excep-
tional adhering qualities under heavy
it
leaf has been epidemic in the early |
the season when the work has to be
done), the ease with which the sprayed
parts of a tree may be told from those
not yet sprayed (an important feature
where thorough work must be done),
the value of the spray as a stimulant to
the foliage and fertilizer to the ground,
the ease of obtaining and preparing the
materials used, etc., the following spray
and formula has been selected as the
best adapted to the work required:
Winter Bordeaua. Micture for the
Prevention of Peach Leaf Curl.
5 pounds copper sulphate (blue vit-
roil).
10 pounds quick lime (never air slack-
ed line).
45 gallons of water.
Dissolve the copper sulphate in a
barrel containing ten or twelve gallons
of cold water. Never use a metalic
vessel of any kind for this work as
both the spray and the vessel would be
injured.
Slack the lime carefully in a half
barrel and when thoroughly slacked
fill the half barrel with cold water and
stir.
Pour the milk of lime slowly through
a ſint: wire screen into the copper
solution and stir thoroughly. Now
add enough cold water to make 45
gallons of the mixture.
Methods of Applying Sprays.
The spray should be applied while
fresh, and not allowed to stand over
night, the reason being that much of
the copper would so separate as to be
difficult to apply with uniformity after-
wards. The object in adding lime to
the copp r solution is to take up the
acid which is liberated when the copper
sulphate is dissolved. The acid when
united with the limeforms an excellent
fertilizer for the soil. The copper
which remains quite uniformly dis-
tributed in the curdled spray is the
fungicide or essential part of the spray,
and beside being an effective fungicide
it acts upon peach foliage in a very
beneficial manner as a stimulant.
Hence all parts of this spray are a
direct benefit to the orchardist inde-
pendent of any disease upon the trees.
The grower thus gets the worth of his
money in the use of the spray in case no
curl leaf develops in the orchard for
several years, and hence it is ad-
vantageous to spray each year regard.
less of the probable or possible develop-
ment of the disease. In the above
formula the ten pounds of lime recom
mended is more than required to ap-
propriate all the acid liberated from
the copper sulphate, but the additional
amount has been found an advantage
in a winter spray, as it causes the spray
to remain much longer upon the tree
through heavy rains, and for other
reasons of like importance. Such
-
Summer Work.
For the application of the spray the
grower should have a good powerful
force pump capable of throwing two or
four sprays to the top of the highest
trees in the orchard. Each line of hose
should be supplied with a pipe about
eight feet long with a stop-cock at the
end connected with the hose, and
fitted at the extremity with a good
cyclone nozzle with medium sized
opening. A cyclone nozzle with lat-
eral discharge is much better for the
work than one with direct discharge.
The reason for this is that less spray
is thrown through the bare trees to fall
upon the ground, besides much better
work can be done with the lateral dis-
charge. Sprays should be applied, if
possible, when there is no rain, wind,
dew or fog. All parts of the trees
should be thoroughly whitened with
the spray from the ground to the end
of the tenderest twigs. Any branch
left unsprayed will curl as badly as if
no spray had been applied to the tree,
from the fact that the source of in-
fection is local in every twig.
The losses occasioned by peach leaf
curl are of three-fold nature. (1) The
loss of foliage and injury to the tree
direct. This is often very great. (2)
The loss of the crop of fruit the year of
the disease. (3) The failure of the trees
which have been diseased in the spring
to produce as great a number of fruit
buds for the ensuing year as those
which have been saved from disease
by spraying.
The above recommendations for the
prevention of peach leaf curl have
been very generally adopted in the
peach orchards of California, and will
beyond question save hundreds of
thousands of dollars to that state the
present season, as the unsprayed
orchards are suffering severely from
the disease.
NEWTON. B. PIERCE,
Assistant U. S. Pathologist.
QUICK RELIEF FOR ASTHMA.
Foley's Honey and Tar is guaranteed
to give prompt relief in all cases of
asthma. Do not class this with other
medicines that have failed to give re-
lief. Give it a trial. For sale by Sam
Snow, druggist, july
KANDY KITCHEN
Pure Candy
is beneficial to all, while much that is
sold for candy is positively injurious to
both young and old. These are facts
that everybody knows, but a great many
do not give proper weight to them.
We manufacture our own candies
and are careful to use nothing deleteri-
ous to health. They are pure and fresh.
All kinds of nuts and fruits in season.
Candy Kitchen.
rains (which are very apt to occur at
DAVID THOMPSON, Prop.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
Hay, Feed,
Grain, Seeds.
Also boiled Linseed Oil at 45 cents
a gallon. St. Louis Railroad Lead at
$5.50 per I00 pounds.
Fine fruit wagon for sale cheap.
Two good pool tables for sale cheap.
ANDREW HENGSTLER.
Phelan Block. Prompt delivery free.
Ice Cream
WHOLESFALE
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*Special prices in quantities to parties and
church socials.
We make a specialty of Ice Cream, plain or
fancy. Made to order and delivered.
J. S. Brown.
219 UAMES STREET.
N OTICE OF FORECLOSURE.-Default
having been made in the conditions of a
certain mortgage made by Warren S. Williams
and Louisa E. Williams, his wife, both of
Amber, Michigan, to William Lawrence, of
Bachellor, Michigan, dated the third day of
October, 1894, duly acknowledged and deliver-
ed and recorded in the office of the register of
deeds for Mason county, Michigan, in liber 18
of Mortgages on page 587, on which mortgage
there is claimed to be due at the date of this no-
tice the sum of three hundred eighty-three dol-
lars and twenty-seven cents, and an attorney fee
of fifteen dollars provied for in said mortgage;
and no suit or proceedings at law or in equity
having been instituted te recover the said
amount or auy part thereof, nor to foreclose
this mortgage. , Now, therefore, by virtue of
the power of sale in said mortgage contained,
and of the statute in such case made and pro-
vided, notice is hereby given, that the said
mortgagee will sell the premises described in
said mortgage, at public auction, at the front
ſº door of the Court House, in the city of
udington, Michigan, on
Saturday, July 10, 1897,
at ten o’clock in the forenoon of said day, or so
much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy
the amount due on said mortgage, and all
legal costs on said day of sale together with
the said attorney fee as provided therein; said
premises are described in said mortgage as
that certain piece or parcel of land situate in
the township of Amber, in the county of Mason,
and state of Michigan, and described as fol-
lows, to-wit: The northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section No. eight (8) in
township eighteen (18) north of range seven-
teen (17) west, containing forty acres more or
ess.
Dated, April 14th, 1897.
WILLIAM L.AwkENCE,
B. B. GIBson, Mortgagee.
Attorney for Mortgagee. 42-13
MOTHER MADE-
600D BREAD, ...
but she only made one or two small
batches a week. I make it every day—
have reduced my bread making to a sci-
ence-shouldn't my bread be as good as
mother's? Made from pure potato yeast,
Minnesota's winter wheat flour, use no
chemicals. You are welcome to step
into my bakery and see how clean
things are, and how tidy my bakers.
Full weight loaves 5 cents, fresh daily.
Stale bread is sold as stale bread at
half price.
Fresh Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Etc.
Wagon will call at your house every
day if desired,
JOS. HOARE,
Ludington, Avenue.
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. Trade ºn tº
My cigar-and confectionery place
of business has been repapered
and the stock re-arranged so as
to present an attractive appear-
ance. I have added several new
brands of Cigars and greatly in
creased my stock of sweet goods.
Stop and get a cigar before go-
ing to the depot.
Thos. McFarlane,
Cor. Melendy and James street.
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up without pain. Wind free. No cure,
no pay asked. We understand the ana-
tomy, physiology and hygiene of wheels,
and homeopathic and allopathic treat-
ment, as individual cases require.
H. P. Fath,
Bicycle Surgeon.
South James Street.
ORTGAGE SALE.-Seven hundred twenty-
three dollars and fifty-two cents are now
due on a mortgage, given by Christian Nelson
and Louise Nelson to Hans E. Clauson, March
25, 1893, recorded same day in Book 24 of Mort-
gages, at page 103, in the office of the Register
of Deeds, of Mason county, state of Michigan,
pledging lot twenty-four (24), in block one hun-
dred and twenty-eight, of the recorded plat of
the Pere Marquette Lumber Company's Third
Addition to the city of Ludington, in said
county. Therefore, said premises will be sold
at public auction, at the north door of the Ma-
son County Court House, in said city, on
Saturday, July 3, 1897,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to satisfy the
amount due, taxes and insurance paid, interest
and charges hereon.
Dated April 7th, 1897.
WM. H. KIMBALL.
42w13 Sheriff of Mason County.
Sº OF MICHIGAN, county of Mason, ss.
In the matter of the estate of Ruth E.
Buiggs, a minor, notice is hereby given, that in
pursuance of an order granted to the under-
signed guardian of the estate of said Ruth E.
Briggs by the honorable Judge of Probate for
the county of Mason, on the fourteenth day of
June, A. D. 1897, there will be sold at public
vendue, to the highest bidder, at the front door
of the court house, in the city of Ludington, in
the county of Mason, in said state, on
Monday, the 9th day of August, A. D.
189 -
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day (sub-
ject to all encumbrances by mortgage or other-
wise existing at the time of sale, and also sub-
ject to the right of dower and the homestead
rights of the widow of John H. Briggs, deceased,
therein) the interest of said minor, the follow.
ing described real estate, to-wit: Lot number
one (1) of block number sixteen (16) of the orig-
inal plat of the city of Ludington, according to
the record thereof in the Register's office of
said Mason county.
Dated June 22, 1897.
53WT
ARLOA A. BRIGGs,
Guardian of Ruth E. Briggs.
ORTGAGESALE-There is now due and un
paid on a certain mortgage dated March
5th: 1896, and recorded March 6th, 1896, executed
by Valentine Schramski and Mary his wife to
Anton Strenk, the sum of three hundred and
eighty-six dollars and ninety-one cents ($386.91).
To satisfy said debt, and all legal costs, the
premises described in said mortgage, viz: All
that certain piece or parcel of land situate and
being in the county of Mason, state of Michigan
and described as follows, to wit: The south
half of the south half of northwest quarter of
section No. ten (10), in township No. twenty
(20) north of range No. seventeen (17) west, will
be sold at public auction to the highest bidder
at the front (north) door of the court house in
the city of Ludington, Mason county, state of
Michigan, on
Monday, the 20th day of September, 1897
at one o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
Dated June 19th, 1897.
Louis E. MoRRIs,
Attorney for Mortgagee.
ANTon STRENk,
Mortgagee.
53 wis
A* ºf SCHOOL MEETING-The annual
school meeting of Union School District
No. 1, City of Ludington, for the election of two
members of the board, one to succeed M. F.
Butters and one to succeed M. B., Danaher,
whose terms expire, will be held at the Central
school building on
Monday, July 12, 1897.
Immediately after the close of the polls the an-
nual reports of the director and assessor will
be read, and such other business will be tran-
sacted as may lawfully come before said meet-
ing. The polls will be open from 2 o'clock p.m.
until 8 o'clock p. m.
M. F. BUTUERs,
H. A. Scott,
Moderator.
Director. 53 w8
ORTGAGE SALE.-Default having been
made in the condition of a certain mort-
gage, whereby the power of sale therein con-
tained has become operative, executed by
James Hunter and Sina Hunter, his wife, to
Amos Breinig, dated November 15, 1893, and re-
corded in the office of the Register of Deeds, of
Mason county, Michigan, in liber 24 of Mort-
gages, on page 220, at 3:15 p. m., on November
16, 1893, upon which mortgage there is now
claimed to be due at the date of this notice the
sum of two hundred and thirty-two and fifty-
one hundredth dollars ($232.50), principal and
interest; and no suit at law or proceedings in
equity have been taken to recover, the same, or
any part thereof, notice is therefore hereby
given that on
Saturday, Juiy 17, 1897,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, I shall sell at pub-
lic auction to the highest bidder, at the front
(north) door of the Court House, in the city of
Ludington, in said county of Mason, that being
the place where the circuit court for said
county is held, the premises described in said
mortgage, or so much thereof as shall be neces-
sary to satisfy the amount then due, together
with all legal costs and charges. Said premises
are described as follows, to-wit: The north half
of lots one and two (1 and 2), of block sixty-six
(66), according to the recorded plat of village
(now city) of Ludington, Mason county, Michi-
gan. AMOs BREINIG, Mortgagee.
Dated April 19, 1897. 44-13 w
G UARDIAN SALE OF REAL ESTATE :-
D In the matter of the estate of Roger
Sands, a Minor, the Michigan Trust Company
acts as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, etc.
Notice is hereby given that we shall sell at pub.
lic anºtion, to the highest bidder, on
Tuesday, the 29th day of June,
A. D. , 1897, at 10:30 o'clock, in the fore-
noon, , upon , the premises hereinafter de-
scribed, in the township of Riverton, in the
cºunty of Mason, in the state of Michigan, pur-
suant to license and authority granted to us on
the 27th day of April, A. D., 1897, by the Probate
Court of Oceana county, Michigan, all of the
right, title, interest, or estate of said minor in
or to that certain piece or parcel of land situa-
tºd and being in the county of Mason, State of
Michigan, being an undivided one-third inter-
est therein, subject to the dower interest of
Caroline R. Sands, widow of Wm. B. O. Sands,
deceased, which lands are known and described
as follows, to-wit: The southeast quarter (%)
ºf the southeast quarter (4) of section thirty-
three (33), Riverton township.
Dated Grand Rapids, Mich., May 10 A.D. 1897.
THE MICHIGAN TRUsT CoMPANY.,
Guardian of Roger Sands, a Minor.
By F.A. Gorham, Asst. Sec'y.
47 wº
Mºº SALE-Default having been
made in the conditions of a certain mort-
gage made by Georgianna F. Thorn to Emily
Carroll, dated Apriº, A. D. iº, ºa recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the
County of Mason and State of Michigan, on the
19th day of April, A. D. 1894, in Liber 5 of Mort-
gages, on page 536, by the terms of which an
option was given the mortgagee to declare the
whole amount due in case of default to pay in-
terest for more than thirty days after maturity,
said mortgagee, has exercised her option
to declare the full amount of principal and in-
terest to be now due. There is claimed to be
due at the date of this notice the sum of five,
hundred and forty-one dollars and an attorney's
fee, provided for in said mortgage, and no suit
or proceedings at law having been instituted
to recover the moneys secured by said mortgage
or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue
of the power of sale contained in said mortgage,
and the statute in such case made and provided,
notice is hereby given that on
Monday, the 20th day of September,
A. D. 1897,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, I shall sell at
Public Auction, to the highest bidder, at the
north door of the Court House, in the City of
Ludington, the º described in said mort-
gage, or, so much thereof as may be necessary
to pay the amount due on said mortgage, with
7 per cent. interest, and all legal costs, together
with an attorney fee of twenty-five dollars,
covenanted for therein, the premises being de-
scribed in said mortgage as lots 13 and 14 of
block 131 of the 3rd addition to the City of Lud-
ington according to the recorded plat thereof.
Dated, June 17th, 1897.
EMILY CARRoll,
Mortgagee.
C. W. WING,
- 53W13
Attorney for Mortgagee.
Sº OF MICHIGAN, County of Mason, ss,
At a session of the probate court for said
county, held at the probate office, in the city of
Ludington, on the 4th day of June, in the year
one thousand ºt hundred and ninety-seven.
Present, Henry C. Ransom. Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Jacob Schrumpp,
deceased. On reading and filing the petition
duly verified, of Caroline Schrumpp, praying
that a certain instrument now on file in this
court, purporting to be the last will and testa-
ment of said deceased, may be admitted to
probate, and that administration of said estate
may be granted to her, the executrix in said
will named, or to some other suitable person.
Thereupon it is ordered, that
Wednesday, the seventh day of July,
next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, be assigned
for the hearing of said petition, and that the
legatees heirs-at-law of said deceased, and all
other persons interested in said estate, are
required to appear at a session of said court,
then to be holden at the probate office, in the
city of Ludington, and show cause, if any there
be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not
be granted:
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give, notice to the legatees and persons inter-
ested in said estate, of the pendency of said
petition, and the hearing thereof, by causing a
copy of this order to be published in the
LUDINGTON APPEAL, a newspaper printed and
circulated in said county, three successive
weeks previous to said day of hearing.
- HENRY C. RANsom.
51 wº Judge of Probate.
Cº. SALE-In pursuance and by
Z virtue of an order and decree of the cir-
guit court for the county of Mason, in chancery,
in the state of Michigan, made and dated on
the 13th day of January, A.D. 1897, in a certain
cause therein pending wherein Hattie T. Ellis
and Fred E. Tinkham, are complainants and
Don F. Cargill, Frank Chase, Georgiana F.
Chase, Antoine E. Carnier and Michael B. Dan-
aher, are, defendants. Notice is º given
that I will sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the front door of the court house, in
the city of Ludington and state of Michigan, on
Friday, the 16th day of July, 1897,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the following des-
cribed parcels or pieces of land situate in the
county of Mason and state of Michigan, viz:
Lots one (1) and two (2) of block five (5); lots
one (1), two (2), three (3), six (6), seven (7), and
the south half of lot eight (8) of block ten (10);
º (5) of block seventeen (17): lots two (2)
and three (3) of block nineteen (19); lots one (1),
two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six º seven
§ eight (8), of block twenty (20); lots three (3),
our (4), five (5), nine (9) and ten (10) of block
twenty one (21); lots five (5) and six (6) of block
twenty-five [25]; lots four [4], five.[5] and six [6]
of block twenty six [26], all of Tinkham's, sub-
division of Tinkham's addition to the village
[now city] of Ludington, according to the re-
corded plat thereof. ... . . -
Dated Ludington, Michigan, June 3, 1897.
HENRY C. HUTTON,
Circuit Court Commissioner in and for
Mason County, Michigan.
Butter FIELD & KEENEY
Complainants solicitors. 50-7














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THE DECLARATION.
HE Declaration of
Independence was
the grandest docu-
ment ever penned
by human hand.
The original docu-
- \ ment is still pre-
served in the gov-
ernment archives
at W a s h in gºt on
where it is guard-
ed night and day as
the most sacred relic of our infancy as
a nation. It has been printed and re-
printed as it should be. Every Ameri-
can should know it by heart. Every
foreigner coming to our shores should
familiarize himself with it before enter-
ing upon the privileges of citizenship.
Yet it is safe to say that it is not read
much nowadays. Fifty years ago the
reading of the declaration was a part
—the part—of every Independence Day
celebration. Of late decades the custom
has disappeared almost entirely. It
ought to be revived. No celebration of
the day should pass without its being
read and without its history being re-
told.
The immortal document was drafted
by Thomas Jefferson, amended slightly
by his colleagues of the committee of
the Continental Congress, and reported
and adopted on July 4, 1776. On June
7th of that year Richard Henry Lee,
of Virginia, offered in the name of his
state a resolution in congress:
“That these united colonies are, and
of right ought to be, free and inde-
pendent states.”
This resolution was seconded by
John Adams, of Massachusetts; the de-
bate upon which began on the follow-
ing day, and continued two days.
On July 2, 1776, Lee's resolution was
called up, and delegates from twelve
colonies (New York not voting) unani-
mously declared “that these united
colonies are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent states.”
But as the declaration was not re-
ported and adopted until July 4th, the
anniversary of independence was fixed
on that day. The document, which
had been relegated to a committee for
preparation, is as follows:
When, in the course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another, and
to assume, among the powers of the
earth, theºseparate and equal station
to which the laws of nature and of na-
ture's God entitles them, a decent res-
pect to the opinions of mankind re-
quires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separa-
tion.
We hold these truths to be self-evi-
THE OLD STYLE.
dent: that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. That to secure
these rights, governments are insti-
tuted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the gov-
erned; that whenever any form of gov-
ernment becomes destruptive of these
ends, it is the right of the people to
alter and abolish it, and to institute a
new government, laying its foundation
on such principles, and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their safety
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and happiness. Prudence, Indeed, will
dictate that governments long estab-
lished should not be changed for light
and-transient causes, and accordinskº-
all experience hath shown that man-
kind are more disposed to suffer, while
evils are sufferable, than to right
themselves by abolishing the forms to
which they are accustomed. But when
a long train of abuses and usurpations,
pursuing invariably the same object,
evinces a desire to reduce them under
absolute depotism, it is their right, it is
their duty, to throw off such govern-
ment, and to provide new guards for
their future security. Such has been
the patient sufferance of these colonies;
and such is now the necessity which
constrains them to alter their former
systems of government. The history
of the present King of Great Britain is
a record of repeated injuries and usur-
pations, all having in direct object the
establishment of an absolute tyranny
over these states. To prove this, let
facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the
public good. He has forbidden his
governors to pass laws of immediate
and pressing importance, unless sus-
pended in their operation till his assent
should be obtained; and when so sus-
pended he has utterly neglected to at-
tend to them. He has refused to pass
other laws for the accommodation of
large districts of people, unless those
people would relinquish the right of
representation in the legislature—a
right inestimable to them, and formi-
dable to tyrants only. He has called
together legislative bodies at places
unusual, uncomfortable, and distant
from the depository of their public rec-
ords, for the sole purpose of fatiguing
them into compliance with his meas-
ures. He has dissolved representative
houses repeatedly, for opposing, with
manly firmness, his invasions on the
rights of the people. He has refused,
for a long time after such dissolutions,
to cause others to be elected; whereby
the legislative powers, incapable of
annihilation, have returned to the peo-
ple at large for their exercise, the state
remaining, in the meantime, exposed
to all the dangers of invasion from
without and convulsions within. He
has endeavored to prevent the popula-
tion of these states;for that purpose ob-
structing the laws for naturalization of
foreigners; refusing to pass others to
encourage their migration hither, and
raising the condition of new appropria-
tions of lands. He has obstructed the
administration of justice, by refusing
his assent to laws for establishing ju-
diciary powers. He has made judges
dependent on his will alone, for the
tenure of their offices, and the amount
and the payment of their salaries. He
has erected a multitude of new offices,
and sent hither swarms of officers, to
harass our people and eat out their
substance. He has kept among us, in
times of peace, standing armies, with-
out the consent of our legislatures. He
has affected to render the military in-
dependent of and superior to the civil
power. He has combined with others
to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign
to our constitution, and unacknowl-
edged by our laws, giving his assent to
their acts of pretended legislation: For
quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us; for protecting them,
by a mock trial, from punishment for
any murders which they should cºm-
rait or, Jºe ºvariºus ºness*
for cutting off our trade with all parts
of the world; for imposing taxes on us
without our consent; for depriving us,
in many cases, of the benefits of trial
by jury; for transporting us beyond
seas to be tried for pretended offenses;
for abolishing the free system of Eng-
lish laws in a neighboring province,
establishing therein an arbitary gov-
ernment, and enlarging its boundaries,
so as to render it at once an example
and fit instrument for introducing the
same absolute rule into these colonies:
for taking away our charters, abolish-
ing our most valuable laws, and alter-
ing, fundamentally, the forms of our
governments; for suspending our own
legislatures, and declaring themselves
invested with power to legislate for us
in all cases whatsoever. He has ab-
dicated government here, by declaring
us out of his protection, and waging
war against us. He has plundered our
seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our
towns, and destroyed the lives of our
people. He is at this time transporting
large armies of foreign mercenaries to
complete the works of death, desola-
tion and tyranny, already begun with
circumstances of cruelty and perfidy,
scarcely paralleled in the most bar-
barous ages, and totally unworthy the
head of a civilized nation. He has con-
strained our fellow citizens, taken cap-
tive on the high seas, to bear arms
against their country, to become the
executioners of their friends and
brethren, or to fall themselves by their
hands. He has excited domestic insur-
rections among us, and has endeavored
to bring on the inhabitants of our
frontiers the merciless Indian Savages,
whose known rule of warfare is an un-
distinguished destruction of all ages,
sexes and conditions. In every stage of
these oppressions we have petitioned
for redress in the most humble terms;
THE NEW STYLE.
our repeated petitions have been ans-
wered only by repeated injury. A
prince whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a tyrant
is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in atten-
tions to our British brethren. We have
warned them, from time to time, of at-
tempts by their legislature to extend
an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
We have reminded them of the circum-
stances of our emigration and settle-
ment here. We have appealed to their
native justice and magnanimity, and
we have conjured them by the ties of
our common kindred to disavow these
usurpations which would inevitably
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interrupt our connections and corres-
pondence. They, too, have been deaf
to the voice of justice and consan-
guinity. We must, therefore, ac-
quiesce in the necessitiy which de-
nounces our separation, and hold them,
as we hold the rest of mankind–ene-
mies in war, in peace, friends.
We, therefore, the representatives
of the United States of America, in
general congress assembled, appealing
to the Supreme Judge of the world for
the rectitude of our intentions, do, in
the name and by the authority of the
good people of these colonies, sol-
emnly publish and declare, that these
united colonies are, and of right ought
to be, free and independent states; that
they are absolved from all allegiance
to the British crown, and that all po-
litical connection between them and
the state of Great Britain is and ought
to be totally dissolved; and that, as
free and independent states, they have
full power to levy war, conclude
peace, contract alliances, establish
commerce, and do all other acts and
things which independent states may
of right do. And for the support of
this declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection of Divine Providence,
We mutually pledge to each other our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred
honor. JOHN HANCOCK,
President of Congress and Delegate
from Massachusetts.
True Americanism.
Behold what a great fire a little
matter kindleth'ſ Senator Sumner's
speech on the Alabama question, which
excited only passing notice here at
that time, set all England ablaze. The
reason of this is plain. The English
people have been constantly deceived
by Americans traveling in that coun-
try as to the real state of feeling to-
ward them in the United States. There
are but few Americans who are repub-
licans or democrats to the core; and
when they go abroad and dine at the
tables of English monarchists they
shed their Americanism with alacrity,
and toady to the ignorance and big-
otry of their entertainers, and assever-
ate that the warmest fraternal feelings
are cherished by the people of the Unit-
ed States for their “English brethren,”
whereas the fact is, there is a strong
and deep-seated feeling in America of
resentment or hostility to Great Brit-
ain. Do not misunderstand us. We
are not for war with any nation; on
the contrary, we are for building up
this nation in wealth, in civilization, in
refinement, in political strength, in mil-
itary power, in all things that go to
make us broad and tall and great; and
then we are for having this nation, in
the majesty of its might, stand for
peace, for humanity and a common
brotherhood. Is there not, at last, to
be realized on earth the conception of
missionary nation—a people too
lse but magnamimous and Kind" and
loving? Let us give the pulsations of
the mighty heart of this nation to the
welfare of the world, and settle all pet-
ty national quarrels in a spirit charac-
teristic of a generous and a mighty
people.—New York Ledger.
AY of glory! wel-
come day!
Freedom's banners
greet thy ray;
See: how cheerfully
they play
With thy morn-
ing breeze,
On the rocks where
pilgrims kneeled,
the heights where squadrons
wheel'd,
When a tyrant's thunder peal’d
O'er the trembling seas.
On
God of armies! did thy “stars
In their courses” smite his ears,
Blast his arm, and wrest his bars
From the heaving tide?
On our standard, lo! they burn,
And, when days like this return,
Sparkle o'er the soldier's urn
Who for freedom died.
God of peace!—whose spirit fills
All the echoes of our hills,
All the murmurs of our rills,
Now the storm is o'er;-
O, let freemen be our sons;
And let future Washingtons
Rise, to lead their valiant ones,
Till there's War no more.
By the patriot's hallow'd rest,
By the warricr's gory breast,-
Never let our graves be press'd
By a despot's throne; -
By the Pilgrims' toils and cares,
By their battles and their prayers.
By their ashes, let our heirs
Bow to thee alone.
A Webster Anecdote.
Once while Mr. Webster was address-
ing the senate the senate clock com-
menced striking, but instead of strik-
ing twice at 2 p. m. continued to strike
without cessation more than forty
times. All eyes were turned to the
clock and Mr. Webster remained; si-
lent until the clock had struck about
twenty, when he thus appealed to the
chair, “Mr. President, the clock is out
of order! I have the floor!”—Argo-
naut.
Judge—I think I have seen you before,
Prisoner—I have had that honor, your
honor. I shaved your honor last week.
Judge—Twenty years.
- wº from her moun-
ſº sº- tain height
% Unfurled her
/ standard to the
ſ WN air,
y K She tore the º
- robe of night,
// \\ And set the stars
of glory there;
she mingled with
its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies,
And striped its pure, celestial white
with streakings of the morning light;
Then, from his mansion in the sun,
She called her eagle bearer down,
And gave into his mighty hand,
The symbol of her chosen land.
Majestic monarch of the cloud!
Who rear'st aloft thy regal form,
To hear the tempest trumping loud,
And see the lightning lances driv-
en,
When strive the warriors of the
storm,
And rolls the thunder-drum of
heaven—
Child of the sun' to thee 'tis given
To guard the banner of the free,
To hover in the sulphur smoke
To ward away the battle-stroke,
And bid its blendings shine afar,
Like rainbows on the cloud of war,
The harbingers of victory!
PREDICTIONS OF JOHN ADAMS
Extract from a Letter to His
July 3, 1776.
Philadelphia, July 3, 1776.
Had a declaration of independence
been made seven months ago, it would
have been attended with many great
and glorious effects. We might, before
this hour, have formed alliance with
foreign states. We should have mas-
tered Quebec, and been in possession
of Canada.
You will, perhaps, wonder how such
a declaration would have influenced
our affairs in Canada; but, if I could
write with freedom, I could easily
convince you that it would, and
explain to you the manner how. Many
gentlemen in high stations, and of
great influence have been duped, by
the ministerial bubble of commission-
ers, to treat; and in real, sincere ex-
pectation of this event, which they so
Wife,
ºfondly wished, they have been slow
and languid in promoting measures for
the reduction of that province. Others
there are in the colonies who º
wished that our enterprise in Canada
would be defeated; that the colonies
might be brought into danger and dis-
tress between two fires, and be thus
induced to submit. Others really
wished to defeat the expedition to
Canada, lest the conquest of it should
elevate the minds of the people too
much to hearken to those terms of rec-
onciliation which they believed would
be offered us. These jarring views,
wishes and designs occasioned an op-
position to many salutary measures
which were proposed for the support
of that expedition, and caused ob-
structions, embarrassments, and stud-
ied delays which have finally lost us
the province.
All these causes, however, in con-
junction, would not have disappointed
us if it had not been for a misfortune
which could not have been foreseen,
and perhaps could not have been pre-
vented–I mean the prevalence of the
smallpox among our troops. This fa-
tal pestilence completed our destruc-
tion. It is a frown of Providence upon
us, which we ought to lay to heart.
But, on the other hand, the delay of
this declaration to this time has many
great advantages attending it. The
hopes of reconciliation which were
fondly entertained by multitudes of
honest and well-meaning, though
shortsighted and mistaken people,
have been gradually, and at last totally
extinguished. Time has been given
for the whole people maturely to con-
sider the great question of independ-
ence, and to ripen their judgment, dis-
sipate their fears, and allure their
hopes, by discussing it in newspapers
and pamphlets—by debating it in as-
semblies, conventions, committees of
safety and inspection—in town and
county meetings, as well as in private
conversations! so that the whole peo-
ple, in every colony, have now adopted
it as their own aet. This will cement
the union, and avoid those heats, and
perhaps convulsions, which might
have been occasioned by such a dec-
laration six months ago.
But the day is past. The second day
of July, 1776, will be a memorable
epocha in the history of America. I
am apt to believe that it will be cele-
brated by succeeding generations, as
the great Anniversary Festival. It
ought to be commemorated, as the day
of deliverance, by solemn acts of de-
votion to God Almighty. It ought to
be solemnized with pomp, shows,
games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and
illuminations from one end of the con-
timent to the other, from this time
forward forever.
You may think me transported with
enthusiasm; but I am not. I am well
aware of the toil and blood and treas-
ure that it will cost us to maintain this
declaration, and support and defend
these states. Yet, through all the
gloom, I can see the rays of light and
glory; I can see that the end is more
than worth all the means, and that
posterity will triumph, although you
and I may rue, which I hope we shall
not. -
The Day We Celebrate.
If there is any day more dear than
another to the heart of every patriotic
citizen of this beautiful land of ours,
it is Independence Day-Fourth of July
—the day we celebrate as commemor-
ating one of the most heroic and praise-
worthy struggles for liberty in the his-
tory of the world.
After years of discouragement and
defeat, years when hope seemed dead,
and when the undertaking of the hand-
ful of brave men appeared in every Way
too much for them, the light came,
the clouds broke away, and the sun-
shine of success streamed in upon their
almost broken and dismembered hearts
and fortunes. -
With literally nothing left to begin
with, with everything sacrificed upon
the altar of their country, with the foe
formidable, rich, respected on land and
sea and known and tried of all men,
the outlook for the Colonists was dark
and disheartening almost beyond pre-
cedent. But then their sublime cour-
age never faltered, their determination
knew no yielding, their hopes were
high and their ambitions limitless.
Sturdily, cheerily and bravely they
went to work to reconstruct and re-
habilitate out of the wreck of the dis-
integrated remains of a monarchial out-
post an independent republic—a home
for the homeless, and a land and a
country that should be of the people
and for the people.
Who shall tell of the hard work, the
dark days, the weary hours, the ach-
ing heads and tired hands that this
day, this red-letter day, the day of all
the days of all the years of the history
of this great nation, represent! Who
shall tell of the anxieties, the appre-
hensions, the sleepless hours of dark-
ness and the alert hours of daylight
through which that unequaled band of
patriots passed during the first months
after the declaration of independence,
when they threw off at once and for-
ever the British yoke, denied and de-
fied the mother country, flung away
their swaddling clothes and sprang into
the arena to fight—again, if need be,
to suffer, to toil, to strive to develop
and to bring into a glorious fruition
this wonderfully beautiful idea of
American independence!
One day, one object, one spirit, one
hope, one glory, and to make the most
of this day, to fill it brimful of life,
light, good cheer and a good time gen-
erally should be the purpose of every
responsible American citizen who calls
this beautiful country his home.
And it is a day for powder and can-
non, bonfire, crackers and torpedoes,
and small boys and games and uproar-
ious fun; a day for long strolls
through quiet meadows and along
shady lines; a day for soldiery, and a
day for sentiment, and in its honor let
us burn powder and blow horns and
make the very clouds vibrate with the
reflex action of our patriotic enthus
siasm.--New York Ledger- --
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THE SAM E OLD STORY.
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As Badly Off as Before.
The Cynic-Well, I knew it would
result as it has. The Pessimist—How's
º The Cynic-Oh, no sooner do
agazines drop to 10 cents than so
many spring into existence that a per-
son is broke if he tries to buy them
a11. *
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A wooden monument has been erect-
ed over George du Maurier's grave;
over the place, that is, in Hampstead
churchyard, where the casket contain-
ing his ashes has been buried.
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Among the many interesting and
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we take particular pride and pleasure
in being able to present to the public
in general and to fruit growers in
particular the article by Newton B.
Pierce, U. S. assistant pathologist,
which appears on another page. After
a personal examination of much of the
fruit in Mason county, Mr. Pierce sat-
isfied himself that the prevalent disease,
curl leaf, which has worked such irre-
parable injury to the peach crop this
year, was entirely unnecessary, and
could, by proper care, be prevented.
Accordingly, upon our solicitation, the
gentleman has prepared an article,
which we hope will be accorded the
consideration it deserves. For several
years now, Mr. Pierce, who is a native
ºf Ludington, has been employed by
the United States government as as-
sistant pathologist at the Pacific coast
labratory and experiment station at
Santa Ana, Cal. A man who has at-
tained the reputation and prominence
that Mr. Pierce has, having spent years
of his life in the exclusive study of
fruit, and the successful raising of the
same, ought to be good authority on
the subject. The APPEAL heartily
recommends Mr. Pierce's instructions
to the use of Mason county fruit
growers.
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OUR ADVANTAGES.
REASONS WHY LUDINGTON IS DE-
SIRABLE AS A RESIDENCE.
Advantages and Attractions in Brief-
Nature of soil, Climate and Surround-
ings–A Summer Paradise-Hamlin Lake
–Epworth League–Lake View Park-
Winter Industries.
Unquestionably Ludington is mos
desirably located as a residence city.
There are many conditions that tend to
make it one of the most pleasant of
summer homes on Lake Michigan.
Situated picturesquely in a deep lay,
protected on both sides by sheltering
points, it forms a harbor of refuge for
many a stormridden vessel in seasons
of rough weather. Inside is a spacious
harbor with plenty of water, giving
ample room for dockage and maneuv-
erings of craft, large and small.
The soil which is sandy effectually
precludes wet and muddy streets, while
from over and about the numerous con-
tiguous hills and bluffs come the most
delightful summer breezes. The sum-
mer season here is in every way com-
parable to the ideal resort climate.
During the hottest days of midsummer
when suffering humanity in the cities
and inland towns are fairly writhing
under the depredations of superabund-
ant caloric, we find no difficulty in
going about our daily work with the
utmost comfort and complacency. In
fact we know practically nothing of
oppressive heat, for when there does
come an occassional warm day we at
once flee to the friendly bluffs, by the
lake shore, which surround us on the
north and on the south, and where per-
petual respite may be found for the
“worn and weary.”
While the days are comfortable the
evenings are simply delightful. With
the departure of the sun in the west-
ern sky, likewise does the wind die
out, leaving the deep blue waters of
Lake Michigan as calm and placid as
those of a millpond. On such occa-
sions, and they are the rule and not the
exception, may be seen scattered over
the surface of the water countless
small boats, their merry occupants
either joining in singing some song, or
gayly chattering with one another.
Nor is the evening air close or stifling
as is frequently the case in many local-
ities. It is fresh and pure, warm and
quiet.
To those who desire something even
more romantic than this, the primitive
wilderness of the Hamlin lake region
will afford ample gratification. This
beautiful inland lake is located five
miles north of the city and is about
nine miles long by two miles
wide. In the eyes of the local
lights the name Hamlin stands
fºr all that is beauty, romance, jºy and
bliss. It is the most entrancing sheet
of water in Michigan. Beneath its
usually placid surface live myriads of
fish of all sizes and descriptions.
Through the adjoining woods and
about its surrounding bluffs roam
native game of every type from the
hungry bear and the timid deer down
to the diminutive chipmunk which
chirps away in blissful ignorance of a
fast encroaching civilization; while
flying far above the tallest treetops
may be seen cranes, eagles, crows,
geese and ducks, an occasional turkey
and many other smaller birds. The
lake is surrounded on three sides by
magnificent timber lands on which
grow pine and hemlock and all kinds
of hardwood. On the fourth side a
long succession of high sandhills greets
the eye, these extending a distance of
some three miles to Lake Michigan,
which may be seen glittering beyond
the highest sand dunes. The natural
quiet and wildness of the scenes about
this beautiful lake are always wonders
of admiration. On the south shore of
the upper lake are located a few farm
houses, while at the south end of the
lower lake are two beautiful summer
resorts owned by C. T. Gatke and Wm.
G. Hudson. There is also a saw and
shingle mill located on the river, but
save these there are no human habita-
tions for many miles around.
Again for those who desire a less ex-
tended trip, or whose tastes incline
more to the refined and cultured re-
sort, there is the Epworth League,
which is referred to in another column
more at length, and which offers abun-
dant opportunity for the gratification
of such tastes. This delightful spot is
but a few moments ride from the city
and possesses natural and artificial
beauties that are indeed hard to sur-
pass.
In short it matters not in which di-
rection one takes, he is bound to ar-
rive at some beautiful and entrancing
point within a short distance. To the
south, just across Pere Marquette
lake, lies Lake View park on the his-
toric ground where Father Marquette
was buried. This charming spot is
the scene of many merry gatherings
during the summer season, it being
the favorite picnic grounds and easily
accessible by steamer.
Such is Ludington in the summer,
“fair among fairies,” a spot that is as
thoroughly enjoyable as may be found
between two oceans. The change to
hard winter but serves to sharpen our
appreciation of the summers. While
the winters are generally long and ac-
companied by considerable rough
weather, yet the mercury seldom drops
below zero and there is but little of the
suffering from cold experienced by
people of other sections. There is
usually between two and three months
of continuous snow, so that the wºod
and lumber business thrive to a marked
degree. The city offers a good market
for all the soft and hardwood logs that
may be brought here, thus disensing
to local farmers thousands of dollars
every winter, which after nak ng the
circuit, eventually finds tº wº y back to
our home merchants.
In addition to this thrivil 4 business,
Ludington has another
which is shared by no ºther late port
on this shore. We reſer to the winter
line of boat service, the best on the
great lakes.
au Maulage
The F. & P. M. railroad company
own and operate live large steel vessels,
including the immense carferry, all ice
crushers, and kept in service all witer
long. A powerful tug is in cºmmission
at this point all winter long to keep
the harbor clea of ice. In thºs
manner our harbor is ºpen to naviga.
tion all winter long, and seldom is
there a hitch in the scheduled trips of
the boats. In addition to the regular
passenger business aud the curferry,
there is an immense business done in
freight both ways. The following
figures gathered from the report of the
custom house inspector to the govern
ment gives an ideº of the amount ºf
freight business done here in the
winter:
Shipments west October, 1896,
March, 1897, inclusive:
Iron—13,398 tons.
Merchandise—14,779 tons.
Receipts during same time:
Flour–897,942 barrels.
Grain–2,179,252 bushels.
These are only a few of the many
commodities that come and go. Look-
ing over the report of lumber ship.
ments from April, 1896, to September,
1896, we find that 39,408,000 feet ol
lumber were shipped from this city.
Like all of our neighboring cities we
are temporarily depressed in financial
matters, but we conſidently expect to
recover from this condition, and soon
to
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
See about us all the signs of prosperity
that could be desired.
In the meantime Ludington people
will continue to pursue the even tenor
of their way and live happy in the con-
sciousness of having as good a home,
with as pleasant surroundings as those
possessed by any of our neighbors be-
tween two lakes.
COURT PROCEDINGS.
Doings of a Week.-Two Criminal Cases
Disposed of.
The Comstock embezzlement case,
which occupied the attention of circuit
court last week was disposed of at ten
o'clock Friday night. At that hour
the jury, having been closeted for
nearly seven hours, came in and an-
nounced that they had found the
respondent guilty of the charge.
This verdict was confidently an-
ticipated by all who were familiar with
the case, after hearing the judge's
charge to the jury. It appears that
the court held an entirely different
theory of the case than the defense
did. In fact, even the prosecution had
not anticipated the fayorable ruling
they received, and had not conducted
their case on the theory set forth by
the judge. The latter made one of his
characteristic comprehensive charges,
parts of which we here with submit in
substance. The judge said, this bank-
ing business is one that effects the
public in commercial affairs most
vitally—they are institutions in which
the factor of trusts enters very largely,
and dishonesty on the part of bank
officers is usually attended with the
most disastrous results. And for this
reason, the state controls and regulates
the business to a large extent.
The court continued: “The law holds
that every man is responsible for the
natural and probable consequences of
his own acts.” Then he gave illustra
tions to show this and said jury should
weigh all circumstances and surround-
ings and then judge of defendent's in-
tent, adding: “Even though respon-
dent did intend to charge the draft
up to the account of his father, this
would be no defense.” He also said
| rrest from Marshal Magoon.
defendent had proved good reputation
by competent witnesses. He was
privileged to do this and the jury
should certainly take this into account.
“It is assumed that character is not
subject to sudden or violent changes,
but is to a certain extent permanent
and abiding. When on trial for a
crime, a man shºuld have credit for
ºf his past years of virtuous and up-
right living. This factor has even
entered so strong y into some cases as
to be the deciding point in his favor.”
Then, again he said: “The defendent
is presumed by law to be innocent, and
befºre you can convict him you must
be satisfied to a moral certainty of his
guilt. If you are confronted with
two theories equally strong, the one
leading to a conclusion of guilty—the
other to innocent–you must render
the latter. If however, the evidence
in this case satisfies your mind beyond
a reasonable doubt that respondent in-
tended to injure and defraud the bank,
it is your duty to convict him of that
charge.”
The next case was that of the People
of Mason county versus John Rhody
ºn the charge of resisting an officer.
The incident was chronicled in last
week's APPEAL, so most of our readers
are familiar with the facts in the case.
Prosecuting Attorney Gray represented
the sate, while John Phelan de ended
Rhody. It was shown clearly however,
that Rhody had a quarrelsome dis-
position, and that he had resisted
He
was last evening sentenced to one year
at Ionia prison.
The first two days in court this week
were occupied in hearing the $5,000
damage suit of Rev. Griswold of
Custer, against the city of Ludington,
for alleged injuries received by falling
through a defective sidewalk on Foster
street, October last, the 19th day. Mr.
Griswold was represented in his claim
by Attorneys Swarthout and Cutcheon
of Grand Rapids, and Keiser of Lud-
ngton. Attorneys Reek and Fitch
defended the case on behalf of the city.
The counsel for the complainant in -
troduced considerable evidence to
substantiate their claims, and rested
their case Tuesday at noon. In the
afternoon the city's attorneys made a
motion that the case be taken from
the jury and ruled out of court on the
ground that the claim had never been
properly verified and certified to, as
required by the city charter. The
court listened to the attorneys’ argu-
ments on the motion, and finally sus-
tained it. The exploit is considered
highly creditable to the city, and a
neat feather in the caps of the city's
attorneys. In order to proceed farther
in the matter, Rev. Griswold will have
to go through the long preliminary
formalities again.
Another case of considerable interest,
and a rather peculiar one too, is that
of the Seymour Transportation com-
pany vs. B. J. Goodsell and Don F.
Cargill. At the time Burt Ray, an
employee of the Seymour Transporta-
tion company, was being prosecuted
for stealing money from above com-
pany, the matter was adjusted by Burt
Ray and Lester Ray, his father, secur-
ing the amount stolen by giving their
notes —three of them for $150 each, to
the Seymour people. B. J. Goodsell
and Don F. Cargell were the endorsers
of these notes, and the latter, never
having been paid, action was brought
to compell the endorsers to pay. The
case is one that was long delayed, and
when brought up in circuit court once
before was dismissed with no cause of
action. New evidence has been in-
troduced in this case, which put the
matter in an entirely different light.
The defendents made the claim that
the notes were endorsed with the ex-
pressed understanding that the en-
dorsers would never be called upon to
pay them, but the court ruled that this
evidence was not admissible.
The jury handed in their verdict in
the case last night, which was to the
effect that there was no cause of action,
on the ground that complainant had
interfered with the criminal prosecu-
tion of Ray.
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Nearly all summer complaints are
caused by bad bloºd and unhealty bile.
Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw-
berry cures by at acking the roots of
the trouble. It never fails. For sale by
Sam Snow, druggist. 1-1
s
º w Manufacturers and Builders of
without charge.
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CHICAGO SHOE
National Ban
of Ludington
value.
Men's, Boys' and
Children's
Men's, Boys', Ladies'
Misses' and Children's
in Ludington.
Shoe Bargains
Ladies' and Gents' House Slippers----------
--------------------------worth $1 at 54 cents
Gents' Heavy Working Shoes---------------
------------------------worth $1.25 at 78 cents
Ladies' Dress Shoes, lace and button--------
------------------------ worth $1.50 at 98 cents
Ladies' and Gents' Dress Shoes--------------
---------------------------- worth $2.50 at $1.24
Ladies and Gents' Fine Shoes----------------
------------------------------worth $3 at $1.48
Ladies and Gents' Custom-made Shoes
-----------------------------worth $4 at $1.98
Ladies' and Gents' Hand Sewed Shoes------
------------------------- -----worth $6 at $2.48
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - worth $1.50 at 98 cents
Children's School Shoes, sizes 8 to 11
------------------------ worth $1.25 at 74 cents
Misses' and Youths' School Shoes------------
------------------------ worth $1.50 at 98 cents
------------------------ worth $1.25 at 98 cents
Ladies' Fine Oxfords, hand turned
--------------------------- worth $2 at 98 cents
We also carry a full line of Ladies and Gents'
Fine Dress shoes.
must be sold
Great Fire Sale Sign.
If possible come and see us in the morning.
S. BROWN & SON,
Cement Walks, Street Crossings, Stone Steps,
Artificial Building Stone, Cement Floors, Ce-
ment Drives, etc.
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. . . . . Will be in Ludington all Summer,
amaged by -
T1ANUFACTURING CO.,
and the Queen City Tailoring Company, (ad-
joining buildings) were damaged to the
extent of $150,000. Part of this mammoth
Estimates cheerfully given
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nly!
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Donald, the Specialist.
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DR. MCDONALD
–the–
Wonder Worker
nd Wizard of the Medical Profession,
will be in
I AUDINGTON
–at–
H016 Gldſ S1016
until
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PºliſEly ill! LäM DAY,
CONSULTATION
Nº-FREE.
MARVELOUS and WONDERFUL
re the cures performed by Dr. Mc-
He is master
f his chosen profession, and under the
stock has been shipped to
T = ULClillºt OIL,
and placed in the Pierce Block, opposite First
k, and will be sold to the people
insurance company at less than appraised
and vicinity, as directed by the
magic power of his matchless skill, dis-
ease departs and health, happiness, hope
and beauty take the place of pain,
gloom and sorrow.
This great fire sale of
CLOTHING
SHOES
will commence
Thursday, July 8, '97
and will continue until
Saturday Night, July 18,
making this the greatest Ten Day Sale ever inaugurated
Among the many bargains are
and so on through the line you will find Bargain after Bargain, nothing reserved, as everything
REMEMBER—Thursday, July 8, is the day and is for ten days only. Look for
Merchants desiring to fill up for the coming season will find this sale a big money saver.
Clothing Bargains
Men's Pants
-----------------------worth $1.25 at 68 cents
Men's Business Pants.------------------------
------------------------worth $1.50 at 78 cents
Men's Suits-----------------------------------
------------------------------- worth $8 at $3.25
Men's Cassimere Suits----------------------
------------------------------worth $12 at $4.75
Men's Fine Cassimere Suits------------------
Men's Fine Custom made suits.--------------
----------------------------- worth $18 at $8.68
Men's Fine Tailor made suits, ---------------
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - worth $22 at $9.83
in ten days.
D. C. JACKSON.
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possesses not only the gift of healing,
but a wellstored mind. All symptoms
of medical practice are familiar to him
from the regular schools of established
practice to the systems of mental mag-
netic healing. Dr. McDonald is not
confined to any school or “pathy,” but
prescribes that which his skill and ex-
perience proves to be the best. He
reads diseases at a glance without ask-
ing any questions. Dr. McDonald does
not build up his practice by running
down other physicians. He feels kindly
toward all who are trying to make the
world better,
CHRONIC DISEASES
are scientifically treated. All honest
seekers of health are welcome to his
office.
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Consultation is Free,
Office hours from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.



º
THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
7
CLASS OF SIXTEEN.
GRADUATED FROM THE HIGH
SCHOOL LAST NIGHT.
Large Audiences at all Commencement
by
Rev. Lovejoy-Judge McMahon Delivers
Commencement Address–Ten Girls and
Exercises - Baccalaureate sermon
Six Boys Graduate–Another Triumph
for Our Public Schools.
GRADUATING CLASS OF '97.
AXEL VESTLING, Classical.
FANNIE Foster, Classical.
JESSIE WHITE, Latin-German.
DONALD MCMAHON, Latin-German.
CLARENCE FRENCH, Latin-German.
John GREEN way, Commercial.
EARL THOMAs, Commercial.
MAY HUNTER, Commercial.
EVELINE LESSARD, Commercial.
NELLIE Dixon, Commercial.
MARGARET PARsons, Commercial.
CLARA SCHRINK, English.
EVELYN Goodsell, English.
ORA BARNETT, English.
ETHELWYN BARBour, English.
EDWARD MITCHELL, Engineering.
The commencement exercises of the
graduation classes of the public schools
are always interesting events, and those
of the class of '97 were no exception
to the rule. Never did a larger or
more select audience greet sweet girl
and sturdy young men graduates than
that which assembled in the First M.
E. church Sunday night to do honor to
the class concluding its studies in the
public schools this year. The audi-
torium and galleries of the commo-
dious edifice were completely filled, at
least 400 people being present.
The class this year, although small,
have many redeeming qualities that
largely atone for the lack of numerical
strength. They are an unusually bright
class, (so are all classes) and throughout
all their closing exercises, they have
comported themselves with grace and
credit.
Rev. L. E. Lovejoy preached the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening.
It was an excellent adºlress and full of
good thoughts and high ideals. Sub-
stantially, Rev. Lovejºy spoke as fol-
lows:
In the past you have had many good
teachers who have helped to shape your
lives. May you never disgrace their
teachings. The time has now come for
you to leave them however; you must
mingle with the social and business
world. You have developed much in
the pas', but you must develop much
more in the future.
Most of you have read how the old
schools of the past had a “head master.”
The school of life that you are now to
enter also has a head master—one for
whom I can offer every recommend-
ation. This head master is one who
will guide you, help you, teach you and
strengthen you. His name is Jesus of
Nazareth. I know that this head
master will not be received by you with
the hearty and hasty applause that I
could wish. His teachings are some-
times difficult to follow, yet you will
find, my young friends, that in the end,
they are the deepest, truest and noblest.
Jesus' teachings apply to every man
and every age. His great work was
among the common people. Then the
speaker warned his young listenels not
to feel themselves above the common
people because they had had better ad-
vantages. Abraham Lincoln said: “God
must have loved the common people
else he would not have made so many
of them.” Mr. Lovejoy then gave some
very pat instruction about choosing a
vocation. He said: “You must choose
for your life work that at which your
talents will permit you to accomplish
the greatest amount of creative work.
But above all, remember your head
master. Love him, consult him, and
follow him in all things.”
Class Day Exercises,
These exercises were held at the opera
house yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
It was, indeed, a beautiful audience
that filled the spacious hall, one which
represented the enlightenment of the
town. The stage had been tastily
decorated by a number of the junior
girls under the superintendence of Miss
Kate Sterling, and it looked beautiful.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the graduating
class marched in while Miss Jessie
Carrington played the march. They
took their seats in a semi-circle, no
others being on the stage with them.
The president, Donald McMahon, an-
nounced the numbers as they occurred
The first was a very artistically rendered
piano duet by Evelyn Goodsell and Eve-
line Lessard. Then followed the presi-
dent's address. This was given in a
clear, composed and deliberate manner,
that would have done credit to an ex-
perienced platform speaker. Every
word was distinctly heard, and the
sentences showed the frank, rounded
and mature style of expression that
characterize genuine ability.
The address was devoted largely tº
the class motto, “Labor omnia vincit,"
and its meaning. It dealt with a
number of the modern stupenduous
undertakings that had been accom-
plished by labor. Success always came
to those who labored. Success would
come to them (the graduating class) if
their labor during the past 12 years
had been thorough and conscientious.
The oration on “United States
and the Nicaragua Canal,” by Earl
Thomas was excellent. The subject
matter was highly interesting and
comprehensive, the composition was
faultlessly arranged, and the delivery
was clear, straightforward, matter of
fact—in perfect keeping with the
nature of the discourse.
Clara Schrink next presented *
essay, “Self Luminous or Reflective?
As the sun and moon were respectively
self luminous and reflective, so were
different characters self luminous and
reflective. The former characters were
those who possessed intrinsic, ind
innate virtue and merit. The latter
those whose outward luster was not
their own, such as kings, nobility and
puppets. The idea was very good, If
was unique, and the speaker's effort
was highly appreciated.
The class history by Clarence French
was a statistical combinatiºn of facts
and figures that was highly interest-
ing. During their high school cours;
the class had had two professors and
16 teachers. The class colors were
Purple and gold. The average age was
18, average weight 127 pounds, and the
average height five-feet six and one
half inches. Nearly the whole class
Were republicans; in religion they were
divided, while in various other lines of
thought they showed remarkable
similarity. To quote from the speaker:
“In conclusion let me say that we have
been quite favored in having a Parson
and a Don to guide our steps and see
that we did not Schrink from duty;
one to Foster our learning, a Hunter
to furnish us sport, a Barbour for
short cuts, an Earl for nobility, and a
Good-sell now and then as we have
pursued our Green-way through the
high school, as recorded by a French
historian.” This effort was likewise
well received, being heartily applauded
for its many ingenious strokes.
At this point the monotony of a
long succession of addresses was
pleasantly relieved by a vocal solo by
Ethelwyn Barbour. Miss Barbour has
a very sweet voice, and she acquitted
herself with great credit on this oc-
tº as 1011.
The prophecy by John Greenway
was a very complete recital of the
different perrogatives of the individual
members of his class. The year 1925
found him traveling about the uni-
verse in an airship, and incidently
meeting all his old classmates, finding
them in all stages of life and pursuing
a great variety of voc, tions. The
prophecy was very ingeniously con-
ceived throughout, and will be highly
valuable for future reference.
The class poem by Nellie Dixon was
a magnificent production and gave
abundant evidence of literary ability
that deserves cultivation. We regret
not having space to publish it in full,
and feel that we cannot speak too
highly of it.
The last number was the valedictory
by Axel Vestling. Like the president's
address it was marked by that ap-
pearance of earnestness and candor
and sincerity that at once wins the
heart of the listener. The farewell
words were deep and sincere; they
were vivid and affecting. Recalling
to mind briefly the hard work of the
past 12 years, the speaker said that
the beginning, not the end had now
come, Henceforth the struggle would
be single handed. The work of the
past 12 years would form a most 1m-
portant factor in the results of the
future.
The exercises were then concluded
by singing the class song.
Corminencement Proper.
Last night the hearts of the graduates
throbbed with joyful pulsations. At 8
o'clock the opera house was packed
full, and chairs were placed in the
aisles. It was warm and close, but with
the diligent use of fans, the audience
stayed through to the last. The exer-
cises of the evening were peasantly
inters ersed with vocal selections by
Mrs. Will Cartier, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Keeler and the Congregational male
quartet. The graduating address was
deliver d by Judge James B. McMahon.
The subject was, “Success in Life.”
Although somewhat lengthy, it com:
manded the closest attention of the
audience. It was indeed a grand ad-
dress and in justice to the public who
were unable to gain admittance to the
hall, it should be published in full.
“All definitions of success,” said the
speaker, “must be provisional. We find
different men contented with different
kinds of success. But true and genuil 6
success is usually the measure of merit.
Today we find in the strife of life that
the battle is to the strong, to the brave,
the alert, the persevering. They are
the ones who win.
No life can be a true success unless it
is devoted to some high and noble aim
or purpose. Scoundrels and nabobs
who achieve wealth and notoriety dis-
honestly are not successful. Ask them
this question on their deathbed, and
they will tell you as I do.
The end of all things is perfection. It
may not come in the finite, but it is and
always has been the natural trend of
hings. Life is eager, earnest, restless.
Concentration of energies is the watch
word of the day. We confine our efforts
to narrow and definite lines. Labor is
the iron key to which all dºors are open.
The world has no use for the lazy and
indolent. And in nearly every walk in
life you will find that men succeed be
cause they pay the price of success.
My young friends, waten you go away
to college you will come in contact with
a class of so called prodigies. Don’t
for a moment be disheartened because
you are only one of the great mediocre
class. The scorn and jeers of
the geniuses are , but temporary.
When the actual test of life
comes, your common, everyday ability
together with the habits of diligence
you have formed will surely win out.
Experience has proved that the prodi-
gies rust and mold with time, so young
friends be contented with your lot.
The judge then gave some excellent
advice about choosing a profession,
saying among other things: “I would
rather be a blacksmith and do my
work well, than be a preacher who
lacked the ability to move his people
to a higher life.”
After the address came the presen-
tation of diplomas by Supt. Blodgett.
The benediction was then pro-
nounced by Rev. H. F. Tyler.
Big store Property Bought.
The sale of N. P. Christensen's Big
Store property by the administrator,
Geo. N. Stray, last Tuesday, has been
the chief topic of conversation in mer-
cantile circles this week. The stock
was sold to Wm. Rath and Warren
Cartier for $13,200. The purchasers
also secured a lease of the building for
two years, with a privilege of five years,
at a monthly rental of $60. The con-
sideration for the fixtures was $417.
Since Tuesday however H. C. Han-
sen, the Fourth ward merchant, has
purchased a one-third interest in the
concern, and will assume the active
management of the store. The style of
the new owners of the Big Store is
Hansen, Rath & Cartier. They took
possession yesterday, and will hereafter
conduct the business on a good deal
the lines followed out by the late N. P.
Christensen.
It is indeed a fortunate circumstance
for the community that this time
honored institution of our city has
fallen into such favorable hands. The
three members of the new firm are
business men of known worth and in-
tegrity. Their long business ex-
perience and intimate acquaintance
with the needs of local buyers will
enable them to carry on a prosperous
and successful business.
Glasses fitted at Paquette's.
in the detailed program, and it will not
FOURTH OF JULY.
wil-L BE cel-EBRATED ON THE
FIFTH THIS YEAR.
Will be a Monstrous
Elaborate Preparations for a Big Time
demonstration-
–Every Farmer in Mason County Will
Be on Tap-Races, Parades, Music, Drills,
Sports and Fireworks–Excursion Rates
on All Roads.
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r HE Fourth of July
est-sº º-prº comes but once each
* * * year, and, following
out an old and es-
# tablished custom of
* * our ancestors, it is
most eminently fit-
ting and proper that
we should on this occasion, more than
all others, demonstrate our loyalty to
American traditions and institutions,
and make a showing his year that shall
stand for years to come an unequaled
precedent.
Strictly speaking, there is no day in
the year when the masses of the people
can so thoroughly enjoy themselves as
on the Fourth of July. It is anticipated
for months ahead, and universally
looked upon as the great national holi-
day. Everybody observes it; everybody
enjoys it.
Then there is another very important
reason why everybody should attend
the celebration. The public spirited
citizens having the matter in charge
desire to make a successful event this
year. To this end numberless attrac-
tions have been provided, a suitable
day has been ordered, and in fact
everything will be done for the people
except provide them with money to
at the courthouse front, and at 12
o'clºck the drill of the celebrated
World's Fair lifesavers will be given at
the beach. From 12:30 to 1:30 every.
body will have a chance to attend to
their temporal wants, after which the
exercises of the day will be continued
at the fair grounds. The bicycle races
there to be given will be a new thing
for the majority of Mason county peo.
ple. They will be none the less inter.
esting for that reason, however. The
committee has hung up an attractive
string of prizes, and judging by the
way entries are coming in now, there
will be a large number of starters.
Immediately after the bicycle races
the bºll game between Ludington and
Manitowoc will be pulled off. This
will be a struggle on the diamond for
everybody to witness. Manitowoc is
one of the strongest teams in the Wis-
consin state league, and they under-
stand the great American game. Lud-
ington's forces will be materially aug-
mented by a Hart battery and several
outside players, so that the contest
isn't likely to be a trot for either side.
At 5,0'clock the “balloon will go up”
and none should miss seeing the para-
chute drop. In the evening the car-
ferry Pere Marquette will give a moon-
light excursion on Lake Michigan,
where the fireworks on the beach may
be seen to the best advantage. The
latter will form a grand scenic display
and there will be ample room for
everybody to gather about and share in
the fun and excitement of the occasion.
The elaborate preparations made for
the big celebration deserve a liberal
patronage and appreciation. So let
everybody come, enter heartily into the
spirit of the day, and when they go
home at night, mark down in their
spend. This latter idea was Hºlly
abandoned after it was learned that
diary in let ers in red, white and blue—
Ludington, July 5th, 1897.
-
nearly 1,000 people were coming over
here on the carferry from Manitowoc.
This Manitowoc deal is one that
everybody should understand. An
earnest effort is being made to establish
a feeling of reciprocity and good will
between the two towns. Neither is
able to afford a big celebration every
year, but by alternating, Manitowoc at
Ludington one year and vice versa the
next, both towns can have a celebration
every other year that will be profitable
and enjoyable. The Fourth of July
committee made the above proposition
to Manitowoc and it was accepted.
They will have no celebration there
whatever, but will turn out en masse
and participate in our demonstrations.
We in turn pledge ourselves to go there
next year. The big carferry, Pere
Marquette, will be brought into use to
bring Manitowoc over here, and they
will bring their band, baseball team
and other special attractions with them.
This band, by the way, is conceded the
finest in Wisconsin. There are over 30
trained musicians in it.
The events of the day are all outlined
be necessary to enumerate them here.
The principal attractions, however, de-
serve special mention.
The day of course everybody under.
stands, will be celebrated on Monday,
the 5th of July, this year, since the
Fourth falls on Sunday. The usual
firing of guns will occur at sunrise. At
8:30 come the various street games
enumerated in the program. At 10
o'clock the great bicycle parade will
take place. To those who have never
witnessed an event of this kind, there
is in store a great treat. There can be
no prettier sight than that of a large
number of wheels moving noiselessly
along the street in a military line.
At 11:30 o'clock occur the speeches
O-O-O-O-O-O-
; Along the Docks.
o-o-o-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o:
Wm. J. Gleason & Co. had 80 men at
work yesterday loading and unloading
F. & P. M. freight.
The schooner George L. Wrenn
changed her route this week, taking on
4,000 tons of barrel salt at Percy's.
The carferry is handling a good deal
of freight of late. Monday she took
out 30 full car loads and Tuesday 27
car loads.
The L. A. Simpson is taking about
300,000 feet of lumber from the
Lumber company’s dock per week.
They are shipping just enough to keep
the dock clear.
More grain is passing through the
elevator this summer than usual at
this season of the year. The wheat
goes to Michigan towns and the oats
to places in the New England states.
The Arthur S., a handsome pleasure
yacht from Onekema, came into port
last Sunday with a party of about 25
excursionists. The yacht is a neat,
trim little craft about 50 feet long,
and was greatly admired by all who
saw her. The party steamed north
at 6:30.
Frank Bentley and John Fedoran
started Tuesday morning for Toledo.
Frank has leased a yacht from a party
there and his trip is for the purpose of
bringing her to Ludington. He calcu-
lates the trip will take Just three days.
When he gets her here Frank expects
to put her in the small party excursion
business; also give her a run between
here and Epworth during the assembly
season. For the latter purpose a pier
will be built at the resort on the hills.
The boat is 50 feet long, propelled by a
gasoline engine, carries small boat,
canopy tºp and three cannon, and it
can easily accommodate 70 people.
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LUMBER AND SALT.
FACTS AND FIGURES CONCERN-
ING THESE PRODUCTs.
The Industrial Life of Ludington—Lum-
bering in the Early Days—Changes in
Methods-Statistics of the
Our Mills Fast Disappearing–Salt Mar-
ket at Low Ebb.
or nearly half a century Luding-
Fº chief industry has been the
manufacture of lumber and wood
products. Even today the capital
invested in saw mills, logs, logging out-
fits, salt blocksand warehouses is many
times the amount employed in any
other pursuit. The number of men,
boys and women who are kept busy in
the forests, along the river, at the mills
or in the factories is surprisingly
large.
The lumber industry had its begin.
ing at this place in 1849, when Messrs.
Blaird & Bean erected a small saw
mill on the site of the present plant of
the Pere Marquette Lumber company
The first mill was a primitive affair.
But in those days Ludington was un-
known, and the greater part of the
present city was covered with virgin
forests. This pioneer institution
hummed away without a rival for 20
years. Then the Danaher & Melendy
company mill was erected. In 1859,
ten years after the birth of the Pere
Marquette mill, the property passed
into the hands of James Ludington.
The same year that the second
Products-
Pere Marquette Lumber company
occurred. Since '69 other mills have
appeared, served useful existences
and gone out of commission. Such ia
the history of the Cook plant, the
Butters & Seaton mill, the big south
mill, the plant at Taylorville, and the
shingle mill in connection win Ward's
north mill.
Although the palmy days of sawdust
roads and roystering, spike-booted log
drivers have departed never to return,
a fair sized lumber business is still
done at this point. The r-r-rip of
the circular saw has given place in
most cases to the economical band saw
and the unearthly screech of the
whistles has become less noticible be-
cause of their diminished numbers.
Instead of myriads of logs being
floated down the river to supply the
ever hungry mills the river has become
almost deserted, and the railroad has
been given the task of getting the
timi er from the forests to the mills.
In 1873, the year that the APPEAL
was started, there was cut by the
Ludington mills, 83,670,000 feet of
lumber. The best single year's cut
ſwas in 1890, when 150,605,714 feet were
manufactured. Since the latter date
the output of lumber has been on the
decline, and last year only 58,910,000
feet were cut. The grand total for
the 24 seasons that the APPEAL has
interested itself in the industry is
2651,458,079 feet, or an average of a
trifle more than 110,000,000 a year.
It is estimated that as a result of
this enormous cut 148,859 acres of
pine land have been stripped during
the 24 years, or an average of more
than 6,200 acres annually.
During the season of '96 there were
five mills on Pere Marquette lake
engaged in the manufacture of lumber,
two cutting shingles and one lath
in connection with Thomas Percy's
stave factory. The individual output
of each of these concerns was as
follows:
LUMBER.
Feet
Pere Marquette Lumber Co-----------. 9,000,000
Cartier Lumber Co.--------------------- 13,000,000
T. R. Lyon, agent----------------------- 14,000,000
Danaher and Melendy Co. --------------16,000,000
Butters & Peters Salt and Lumber Co. 6,410,000
Total ------------------------------ 58,910,000
SHINGLEs.
Cartier Lumber company--------------. 3,300,000
Butters & Peters Salt & Lumber Co.-- 8,848,000
Total------------------------------ 12,148,000
LATH.
Thomas Percy--------------------------- 1,500,00
Of the product of the Butters &
Peters' plant 2,340,000 feet were pine,
2,240,000 feet hemlock and 1,829,000 feet
hardwood.
The Salt Industry.
Along in connection with the lumber
industry is associated the manufacture
of commercial salt. Each of the five
sawmills now running has a salt block
in connection. The capital employed
in this pursuit alone is estimated at
$250,000 although a careful computation
would raise the figures somewhat.
Directly and indirectly 325 men and
boys find employment because of the
business.
Salt was reached at Ludington on
Thursday, May 14, 1885, by the drillers
at the well of the Pere Marquette Lum-
ber company, after going through
2,195 feet of sand, clay and rock. The
salt bed is 18 feet deep and is now
tapped by eight wells. Three of these
are located at Buttersville, two at
Danaher & Melendy company’s mill,
two at the North mill and the eighth
is that of the Pere Marquette Lumber
Company.
The manufacture of the commercial
article began in December, 1885. Two
methods are in use for transforming
the brine, which is produced by letting
fresh water into the wells, into grains
of white salt. They are the grainer and
vacuum. In the first the brine is
evaporated in long shallow wooden
vats with steam pipes suspended in
them; and in the second the change
from brine to salt is accomplished by
mill was built the incorporation of the m
means of great heat and a minimum of
atmospheric pressure. The vacuum
article is finer and whiter than the
igrainer and is better suited for table
and dairy use.
During the year of 1896 440,000
barrels of salt were manufactured here.
These figures are not as large as they
might have been had not the price
been exceedingly low. The output of
the several blocks for the year and the
quantity of each of the several different
grades manufactured is given by barrels
as follows:
WACUUM salt.
Thomas Percy--------------............. 140,000
Butters & Peters Salt & Lumber Co. 80,
Total -------------------------------. 2:00:0
GRAINER salt.
Thomas Percy----------...---------...--. 117,000
Pere Marquette Lumber Co...----------- 85,000
Total --------------- 202,000
ROCK SALT
Thomas Percy---------------------------- 10,000
Butters & Peters Salt & Lumber Col. 8,000
Total.-------------------------------- 18,000
TOTAL MANUFACTURED.
Thomas Percy---------------------------- 267,000
Butters & Peters Salt & Lumber Co. 88,000
Pere Marquette Lumber Co-------------- 85,000
Total ----------------------......... ºooºo
Were our plants running at full ca-
pacity the daily output would be be-
tween 4,000 and 5,000 barrels. The low
price, however, is no stimulant and all
the blocks are being run under check.
The lumber and salt industries are
vital to the city's prosperity and both
trial life.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
[of FICIAL.]
Special meeting of the common council of
the city of Ludington held in the city hall
on Thursday, June 24, 1897, at 8 o'clock p.
Present-His Honor the mayor, the city
attorney, city clerk, and Ald. H. F. Miller,
Wangen, Rath, Hitchings, Houck, H. P.
Miller, Arnott, Schofield.
Absent-Ald. Woodward, Keiser, Glea-
son, Vogel.
The object of the meeting was stated to
be for the purpose to discuss and act upon
(if thought best) public ownership of water
and light plants, to act upon street railway
franchise, and matter of furnishing stone
curbing for cement sidewalks.
Moved by Ald. Arnott that street railway
franchise be taken from the table.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes-Ald. H. F. Miller, Rath, Hitchings,
Arnott, Schofield.
Nays-Ald. Wangen, Houck, H. P. Miller,
Ayes 5, nays 3.
Moved by Ald. Schofield that action on
railway franchise be postponed until next
regular meeting. Carried.
Ald. Gleason appeared and took his seat.
Moved by Ald. Wangen that the city fur-
nish stone curbing free of charge to those
parties putting down stone sidewalks on
paved streets.
Carried by following vote:
Ayes–Ald. Wangen, Rath,
Arnott, Gleason, Schofield.
Nays–Ald. H. F Miller, Houck, H. P.
Miller.
Ayes 6, nays 3.
Ald. Keiser appeared and took his seat.
The following resolution was read:
Resolved, That the Board of Public Works be
and is hereby directed to enter into negotia-
tions with the Ludington Water Supply Com-
pany for the purchase of its property, and to
ascertain the price at which the same will be
transferred to this city; and also to ascertain
and estimate the expense of constructing an
electric lighting plant to be operated, under.
the sa roof and in connection-with said
water works, such estimate preferably to in-
clude the purchase of the machinery and ma-
terials now in use in the lighting of this city so
far as the same may be suitable for the purpose
and reasonable in price, and that they cause
to be made, recorded in their proceedings and
reported to the common council at their con-
venience, an estimate of the expense of such
combined electric light and water plant, to-
gether with any explanations and recommenda-
tions relating thereto that they may deem for
the public good. -
Moved by Ald, Schofield that the resolu-
t on as read be accepted and adopted.
Carried, all aldermen present voting yes.
On motion council adjourned.
- Joseph Loh NER, City Clerk,
Hitchings,
Results of Teachers' Examination.
The showing made at the last
teachers’ examination held at Scottville
last week was not up to the average.
Out of 43 who took the examination,
only 18 secured certificates. The third
grade questions were considered de-
cidedly hard by all who saw them."
Many of the candidates, however, were
eighth grade pupils and persons who
had never taught before. The follow-
ing are the names of those who passed:
THIRD GRADE.
Grace Fraidenburgh Faye Tobey
Maggie Eastman Jennie Moore
Frank Brightman Axel Westling
May Whalen Pearl Timmerman
Nellie Bruce Anna Waddell
Esther Westling Myron Tracey
John Fox Sadie Darr
Ada Cole
second GRADE.
Corliss Gifford Griffin McClatchie
Fred Lindemau
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THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
FARM) AND GARDEN.
“MATTEF’s OF INTERE's T TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-date Hints About Cultiva-
tion of the Soil and Yields. Thereof
Viticulture and Flori-
-Horticulture,
culture.
Growing Celery.
- ſ S a celery grower
H} of fifteen years ex-
perience I may be
able to give my
brother truckers
a few practical
hints that would
give them a speedy
return for money
invested, Says a
writer in American
Gardening. You
“Yes, but Ire-
to raise good
marketable celery, and this in-
volves time, labor and expense.”
Years ago, before the advent of the
self-bleaching sorts, I will admit that
this was in a measure true, but since
the introduction of the Golden Self-
Blanching White Plume, and Giant
Pascal (and right here I would say,
there are no better sorts), it requires
but little more experience to grow a
good crop of celery than it does to pro-
duce one of cabbage or beet. First be-
gin properly by buying seed of some
reliable seedman. Now select a plot
of fine loamy soil; if black, all the
better. Spade this to a depth of at
least one foot, as early in the spring
as the ground can be worked, then with
a steel-toothed rake level off smoothly,
and lay out beds two feet wide, but
do not raise them more than can be
helped. If the ground is not very rich,
now is the time to make it so, by ap-
mlying some good brand of superphos-
phate, say a peck to each rod of bed.
This must be raked in to a depth of
five or six inches, then again care-
fully rake the beds lengthwise. This
done, draw marks crosswise. These
must be very shallow, and eight inches
apart; seed may now be sown quite
thickly and covered by sifting fine
earth over it so as just to hide the
seeds. Firm down, either with light
roller or otherwise. As celery seed re-
quires a long time to germinate, the
beds must be sprinkled once a day if
fiſhe weather be dry. If this prelim-
ºfºamy work has been well done, in
about three weeks you will have a
fine bed of plants, which may be thin-
inad to about one inch apart in the
row. All the attention now required
will be to keep the beds free from
weeds, and give water when dry until
about the first of July, when the plants
should be removed to the field. A re-
hay it
quires
Say,
experience
-ºclaimed -swamp muck is undoubtedly
the best and most natural ground on
which to grow celery. It should be
well drained and made very rich, and
be well fitted. The rows should be
made four feet apart, and it is well
to sink the rows an inch or two. Holes
for receiving the plants should be set
firmly and the soil, if dry, pressed
with the feet; the plants must be
watered until established. Nothing
more need be done for six weeks ex-
cept to keep all well cultivated and
free from weeds; by that time the
plants will have attained about one
foot of growth, and banking must be-
gin. This branch of celery culture has
until recently been a slow and ted-
ious operation. The push scraper is
now used by all progressive growers;
this is a simple tool and easily made
by any one in a few minutes. Take a
board six inches wide, fifteen inches
long, three-fourths of an inch thick,
bore a hole in the center and insert a
handle (a rake handle is just the
thing) sloping back at a convenient
angle; now brace it and you have a
push scraper. It now requires two
men with “push scrapers” one each
side of row; the earth should be push-
td gently against the plants, this makes
a banking of about six inches, and gets
no more dirt in the hearts than the old-
time handling, and is much more ex-
peditious; besides, the plants are in
better shape for banking properly,
which can be done with hoe or spade,
as the operator may see fit. The earth
should be drawn nearly to the top of
plants, and if the self-blanching scrts
have been used, this will be all the
banking required, and in about three
weeks there will be a fine crop of
celery.
Giant Fir of Washington.
A tree that rivals in height and age
the monarchs of the redwood forests
in California has just been cut into
sections out in the state of Washing-
ton, says a writer in St. Paul's Pio-
neer Press. All the terms which have
been invented to describe big trees
could be applied to this mammoth
without flattery or exaggeration. An
idea of its size may be gained from
the fact that if sawed into inch strips
the lumber made from the tree would
fill ten of the largest sized freight
cars, and the strips of wood, if placed
end to end, would reach from the
town where the tree now is-New
Whatcom, Wash.-across the waters
of the Pacific Ocean to the land of Li
Hung Chang. The total height of the
tree, as it stood before being felled,
was 465 feet, or about one-eleventh of
a mile. To the point where the first
limb branched out was 220 feet. At
the base the circumference was found
to be 33 feet 11 inches. There was
not throughout the tree the slightest
indication of unsoundness. In all the
forests of Washington there is not a
tree, young or old, which would make
finer lumber than this. There is a way
to tell the age of every tree, just as
there is to learn how many years a
horse has lived. With the tree the
problem is solved by studying the
number of rings that are clearly dis-
cernible when the saw has severed the
great mass of wood into sections. This
test, when applied to the Washington
tree, showed that it was at least 484
years since the day when it became a
sapling in the heart of the Cascade
mountains. There are fierce storms in
the Cascades every winter. The wind
blows tremendously and the snow falls
a good deal after the same fashion
that it does in the Rocky Mountains.
But the big tree has gone all through
this weather for almost five centuries,
and if man had only let it alone it
would have been none the worse for
wear. The men who own the tree in
its present form have submitted to
scientists the question regarding the
changes which undoubtedly took place
around it during the centuries that
have intervened since it began to grow.
Of course, it is impossible to examine
in detail the forests of the Cascade
Mountains, but so far as investigation
has demonstrated the big tree was the
oldest in the state of Washington.
Scientists hold that the facts stated
prove that there has been no material
change in the earth's surface in the
state of Washington and probably in
the entire territory of the United
States for at least 500 years. It has
been held by some that the surface
of the earth in the far western sections
of our country differed materially from
What it is even with so recent a pe—
riod from the scientific point of view,
as five centuries ago. Hence the big
tree completely disproves the cher-
ished theory. It is quite likely the
wooded giant was a tiny sapling in the
days when Columbus first discovered
the West Indies. It has grown steadily
and without opposition since that date.
The tree was as straight as an arrow
from its base to the first limb, 220
feet, and curiously enough, the trunk
maintained an equally stern position
to the topmost point.
The Old and New Lilacs.
A few years ago the Writer agreed
with the popular opinion that the good
old Lilac-purple and white—of the
old homestead would be spoiled by any
attempts to enlarge or double its flow-
ers or modify in any way its peculiar
fragrance. But the lover of the good
old varioties must decide in favor of
the best new sorts after careful ex-
amination. The foilage is better, they
blossom profusely when much younger,
the trusses of bloom are larger, the
petals are larger and thicker, the fra-
grance is more delicate, and the doub-
ling of the flowers of some of then)
give the rich expression and even the
colors of the best Hyacinth. Of the
single flowering sorts, well tested in
Iowa, one of the best is Charles X. It
is a strong grower, has good foliage,
and its very large reddish purple
trusses are delicately fragrant. Of the
white single varieties Maria Legrayne
is one of the best. It flowers when
very young and its pure white trusses
are large, well formed, and very fra-
grant. Of the double varieties we
highly prize the following:
Carnot, trusses very large, flowers per-
fectly double with a peculiar mixed ex-
pression of light blue, pink and white,
Pyramidalis has very large compound
clusters that divide into small trusses
resembling the light blue hyacinth
spike. Its fragrance is peculiarly fine.
Madame Jules Finger, blooms very
young, trusses very large, quite com-
pact, flowers large, perfectly double.
Leon Simon only differs from the above
in the color of its flowers being darker
in its purple and blue shades. Mons
Maxime Cornu is mentioned last but
in bush, leaves, great trusses of double
flowers, and rich fragrance it is one of
the best. The only purpose of these
notes is to draw attention to the re-
markable advances made in improving
this good old shrub.-Prof. J. L.
Budd.
How Plants Obtain Food.
Bulletin 48, Utah experiment station.
It may be interesting before we pass
on the experiment proper to explain in
a very general way how a plant obtains
its food. The substances which make
up the ash of the plant, the water
which it contains, and most of the ui-
trogen of the combustible portion are
taken from the soil and the air through
the roots; while all the carbon and
some of the nitrogen are taken from
the air by means of the leaves. When
a plant burns, the carbon or charcoal
it contains unites with the oxygen of
the air to form an invisible gas, usual-
ly known as carbonic acid gas. Since
the burning of charcoal in one form or
another is always going on at the
earth's surface, it follows that the air
we breathe, the atmosphere about us,
must contain considerable quantities of
carbonic acid gas. The green coloring
matter of leaves, known to scientists
as chlorophyll or leafgreen, has the re-
markable property, when under proper
conditions of temperature and moist-
ure, and in the presence of light, of
taking the carbonic acid gas from the
air, and of breaking it up in the cells
of the leaf into charcoal and oxygen.
The greater part of the oxygen thus
set free is thrown back into the atmos-
phere, while the charcoal is caused to
unite with Water and other substances
found in the cells to form the various
classes of bodies that make up the
combustible portion of plants.
Fighting Flies.—A good plan for
keeping the flies off the cow at milking
time has been suggested. It is said
to work to a charm, and certainly it
costs little to try it. The method is
to throw a piece of cloth over the cow's
back at milking time. The cloth can
be made out of old cotton sacks, and
should be large enough to cover the
body very thoroughly, falling down be-
hind over the tail, so that the mem-
ber can not be switched into the face of
the milker.-Ex.
A Kansas Apple Orchard.-The Kan-
sas apple king, Judge Wellhouse, who
has the largest apple orchard in the
world, seeds his orchard to clover as
soon as they begin bearing, and twice
a year rolls the clover down with a
heavy roller provided with knives sim-
ilar to those of a stalk cutter. The clo-
wer reseeds itself.-Ex.
President that stands 19,294 feet abº
ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
HOW KNOWLEDGE OF HEAVEN-
LY BODIES IS CLEAN ED.
The Mountain observatories–The Top-
most Point Is the Misti, which is 19,-
200 Feet Above the Sea-On Mount
Hamilton.
DWARD S. HOL-
den, the astronom-
§º ical expert and di-
ºlºſſ rector of Lick ob-
fºllº r º:
#|º | servatory, has just
}_{º º issued through the
!º Smithsonian insti-
ºlº
º tute the first book
º #3 - ever written giving
HO an accurate idea of
twinkling of stars is the result of
curvature of atmospheric strata caused
by air currents. When these air cur-
rents do not act, then the atmosphere
is steady and correct observation is
rendered easy.
All these things being realized by
the astronomers, they acted upon them
just as the tradition of an undiscov-
ered country affects the explorer. The
results as told by Professor Holden
seem marvelous, Observatories on
high mountains must either be aband-
oned altogether during the winter sea-
son, or, if occupied, the observer must
be subjected to extremely trying con-
ditions and to some danger from ter-
rific storms of wind, snow, hail, from
lightning, etc. The discomfort and
monotony of such life subjected to very
low temperatures and surrounded by
clouds and snow for long periods will
unfit any ordinary individual for mak-
ing the best use of the few clear days
which an Alpine winter presents.
Telephone and telegraph lines cannot
be maintained in working order under
such conditions without taking ex-
traordinary precautions, and there
must be days and weeks together
when travel between the summit and
the valley is shut off.
The highest meteorological observa-
tory in the world has been located by
the Harvard college observatory expe-
dition on the mountain peak known as
ON THE SANTIS.
El Misti, one of the Andes, whose
height is 19,200 feet, or 4,800 feet high-
er than Pike's Peak.
The best known of all our own ob-
servatories is that on Mount Hamilton,
in California, which bears the name of
*-man through whose generosity it
was built—Mr. James Lick. It was
erected under the direction of trustees
appointed by Mr. Lick and according
to the plans prepared by Prof. Holden
and Prof. Newton. This observatory,
while not so notable in point of height
above the level of the sea, 4,209 feet,
has attracted wide attention because of
15,780 feet from the surface of the
ocean. The story of this observatory,
of the dangers of those who have util-
ized it, are succeeding chapters in the
tragedy of human existence such as sci-
ence cannot elsewhere produce. This
observatory was erected by M. Jans-
Sen, upon compressed snow, because no
rock foundations were available. It is
provided with jack screws, in order
that it may be leveled if necessary.
The base of the structure is 10 by 5
meters, and the snow always covers
the lower story. It was the intention
to have the upper story in free air, and
during observation a telescope is
mounted in an aluminum dome above
the upper story. The construction is
very solid and strong, with double
Walls and floors, and no pains have
been spared to make it safe and rigid.
As an indication of the character of the
foundation of the observatory tunnels
were run thirty-six feet below the sur-
face without meeting rock. The tem-
perature in these tunnels is at all times
three degrees above zero.
-
The cost of building on these heights
is very great. The building erected by
M. Janssen caused an expense of $60,-
000. Ordinary laborers are paid twen-
ty francs a day. The price for trans-
porting material to the summit was
twenty-three cents a pound. The or—
dinary load for a porter in such cases
was twenty-six pounds. The minimum
temperature on the summit of Mont
Blanc is forty-three degrees below zero.
The top of the mountain is, in fact, a
glacier.
On the Sonnblick observatory there
is eight times as much snowfall as rain-
fall. The twinkling of the stars is
regularly observed at this point, and,
strangely enough, is considerably great-
er than at the lower station. The
movements of the barometer, the wind
pressures and velocities, the relative
humidity, the formation and move-
ments of clouds, the amount of atmos-
pheric electricity and all meteorological
phenomena are daily observed. There
are at this observatory on the average
250 days each year when the mercury
stands at zero or below.
The observatory of the Santis is one
of the least expensive, considering its
importance, of any that exists, for the
total expense of maintaining it is $1,200
a year. Its original cost was $12,000.
In all of the observations taken the
steadiness of the air, as well as its
transparency, are notable. The star
images are entirely free from twink-
ling. Each star, viewed from the
observatory, shows a magnitude one-
tenth brighter than that observed at
a point on a level with the sea.
The highest German meteorological
station or observatory is the Wondel-
stein, on the northern slopes of the
Alps, near Munich. Its altitude is 1,837
meters. The most famous station in
France is Puy-de-Dome, 1,400 meters
above the level of the sea. It was
here that Pascal caused his barometric
experiment to be tried in 1648. The
highest French station is the Pic-du-
Midi, 2,877 meters high. The Ben Ne-
vis observatory, 4,368 feet above the
sea’s level, located on one of the high-
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largest telescope in the world, excepting
the great Yerkes telescope, placed in
position not long ago at a point on the
shore of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Prof.
Holden, by the way, thinks that unless
the conditions at Lake Geneva are dis-
tinctly better than those of the region
near-by, its selection for the site of the
largest of telescopes may prove to have
been an error of judgment.
No observatory exists around which
more interest clusters than that of
Mont Blanc, which rears its snowy head
the mountain ob-
servatories of the
world. Few works of fiction are more ||
interesting than this plain recital of
facts. It is a story of hardship, star-
vation and deadly peril that have-be-
fallen men who have labored on and
on in the interests of science. It
shows that much of the information
concerning the heavenly bodies of
which we read is gained under circum-
stances and at heights which would
fill us with awe if we only knew the
real truth. It tells how scientists find
IN THE CLOUDS
wonderful facts above the clouds.
Professor Holden's object in inditing
this work is to outline the conditions
suitable for astronomical labor at high
levels. It tells, of the work of the Har-
vard college expedition on El Misti,
level. It describes the meteorological
station on the Sonnblick which is
9,843 feet above old ocean. It tells us
of the hairbreadth escapes and con-
stant danger that fall to the lot of
those who take observations on Mont
Blanc. The results of Dr. Muller's
labors on the Santis is revealed and
the story is told of what transpires on
the summit of famous Mount Hamil-
ton. In a word, it is a resume of the
efforts of scientists on mountain peaks
from the time of Professor Piazzi-
Smyth at the peak of Teneriffe in 1856
to the latest achievements in far-away
India.
The modern mountain astronomical
observatory is the legitimate descend-
ant, Professor Holden says, of Galileo's
tower of Arcetri. The inhabitants of
the earth know the external universe
directly only through the sense of
sight, and our terrestrial views of the
planets and stars are much modified
by the action of our own atmosphere
upon the rays of their light which
reach our eyes. We are, as it were,
immersed in an ocean of air, and one
of the first problems of astronomical
physics is to determine the effects of
this overlying ocean upon the light
from external bodies which penetrates
its depth. Light moves in straight
lines in empty space, but light enter-
ing our atmosphere is refracted from
its course so that the ray which en-
ters our eye from a star no longer
travels in its primitive direction.
The necessity for mountain obsory-
atories arises from the fact that in or-
der to secure correct observation of
the heavenly bodies it is necessary that
the telescope be as far as possible from
what is known as the dust shell of the
earth, and in an atmosphere which is
steady. By steady atmosphere is
meant that where the air is not con-
stantly in motion. The air is in strata
just as in the earth. When one is above
the strata that are more generally af-
fected by the air currents, it will be
noticed that the stars twinkle far less
than under other conditions. Now, the
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est mountains of Scotland, is devoted
purely to meteorological observation,
because of the rarity of sunshine there.
For instance, in December, 1893, the
sun shone for but a single hour and
that was all the time it was seen dur-
ing the entire year.
The newast observatory, and one of
which astronomers hope much, has
just been erected in the Palani Hills, in
India, at a height of 7,700 feet.
known as the Kodiakanal Solar Phys-
ics observatory. There are over 2,000
hours of sunshine at this point yearly,
and the experiments thus far conduct-
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as well as clear. The climate of the
location is utterly different from any-
thing with which Europeans or Amer-
icans are familiar.
Why Two Ears Are Necessary.
Sound travels by waves radiating
from a central point of disturbance,
just as waves radiate when a stone
is dropped into still water.
So far as the hearing of each individ-
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a direct line from the cause of the
sound to his ear, the impact being the
greatest in the ear nearest to the
source.
This being the case, a person who
has totally lost thre sense of hearing
in one ear, although he may imagine
that the defect is of little consequence,
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to save his life, even when the center
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THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
Wesley.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
C. A. Rinehart was in Sheridan this week.
Nearly everyone had a very good time at
the social Friday evening.
Many of the factory hands are expecting
to go to F. Shappee's to board.
The families of Fred and Chas. Rinehart
spent Sunday at King's canyon.
Some Riverton people were at Bass lake
Saturday and reported a catch of three
perch.
C. D. Kistler was at Walkertown Mon-
day looking at a cow which he purchased of
Mr. With. -
A great display of fireworks can be seen
at Rose's store. Why can't Wesley cele-
brate as well as Custer and other such vil-
lages.
Allen Moore, who has just completed a
year's work at the Ferris Industrial, has
been spending a few days with the Warren
boys and Chas. Rinehart.
Is B. W. Taylor happy? Of course he is
Why is he? Because he has another farm
hand. He arrived Thursday morning last,
weighs six pounds or more.
A very exciting game of ball was played
at the park last Saturday between the two
nines of Summit. The umpire was imported
from Indiana; the players all appreciated
their responsibility and played with such
untiring zeal that the crowd was held almost
spellbound. No errors were recorded dur-
ing the game and nothing lost save several
tempers, Joe Seymour the pitcher for the
amateurs, threw such wonderful curves
that it was often impossible for the catcher
to find the ball, in fact the audience was
many times asked to help the batter find it.
All in all the game was very interesting, yet
all showed a great chance for improvement.
The score was 49 to 6.
Monday morning thestars and stripes were
seen floating from the top of the staff at
Dan Houk’s berry farm. That morning
the berry picking began, and a busy place
it was indeed. He has in all 34 acres in
small fruits; 12 acres of strawberries; 13
acres of raspberries: 6 acres blackberries:
two acres of curants; and one acre of goose-
berries. This is an industry little thought
and spoken of, yet with the other berry and
fruit farms of Summit many persons are
given employment at good wages. On such
a farm as Houk’s they have steady work.
Dan is not easily scared by low prices. He
said that many years ago the market was
very low at first, but became better when
the late berries were shipped.
Victory.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Hurrah for the Fourth !
Strawberries and cherries are the fruits
of the season now.
Mrs. Millard and son George are visiting
Scottville friends this week.
Peter Heyse was in Ludington last week
acting as juror from Victory.
Sam Burns and wife, of Ludington, spent
Sunday at the Rockwell home.
Several of our young people will take in
the excursion to Marinette, July 2.
John Reed and Jennie King, of Amber,
spent Sunday at the former's home.
Laura Robertson will leave Friday night
for an extended visit across the lake.
Helen Gilding, of Weldon Creek, is visit-
ing friends in this neighborhood this week.
A few of our young people attended the
baccalaureate sermon at Ludington last
Sunday evening.
Theodore Kraft is the possessor of a new
top buggy purchased of the Scottville Hard-
ware Co. Now, girls, watch for a ride.
Mrs. Stokes entertained a large number
of friends at her home Friday afternoon,
the time being passed sewing carpet rags.
Emma Fisher arrived home Thursday
from Ypsilanti, where she has been attend-
ing school. She will spend the vacation at
home. John N.Y.
Custer.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Minnie Shively was quite sick last week.
Mr. Smith, of Freesoil, was in town last
Friday on business.
Mr. Freeman and wife, of Eden, were in
our village Friday last.
Bessie Little went to Saginaw, Sunday,
for a two weeks' visit with friends.
Rev. Davis and family have gone to Oce-
ana county for a vacation of two weeks.
Dr. Martin and Sylvester Loudem made a
flying trip to our village Monday morning.
Custer expects to have a very interesting
time Saturday, as they celebrate on that
day.
Messrs. Goff, Timmerman and Howard
have new Osborne rakes purchased from
J. B. Tracy.
Myron Tracy and wife drove to Lincoln
river Friday morning, he to his school and
she to visit friends.
Quite a number of our citizens are in Lud-
ton this week attending the trial between
Rev. Griswold and that city.
Our mills will soon close for the summer,
thus giving their help a vacation and ...a
chance to get out and take a sun bath while
picking berries, etc. C. R.
Riverton.
Borrespondence of the APPEAL.
Rufus Pardy is slowly improving.
orin oldt lost a valuable horse, Sunday.
Charles Harley has sold his threshing
machine to John Sibley.
Noah Keiser, of Eureka, was the guest of
Frank Harmon last Sunday.
The Horticultural society will meet at
the Rose schoolhouse, summit, Saturday.
Every fruit grower should attend. -
If you want to see the benefit of spraying
for curl leaf, take a stroll through Joseph
Gamertsfelder's peach orchard. He has
sprayed for the past two years: He has an
orchard of 1,000 trees, which show no sign
of curl leaf, and will yield about 2,000 bush-
els of peaches this season. The trees are
making a fine growth for next season.
The West Riverton Sunday school cele-
brated Children's day Sunday, June 20.
Flowers were plentiful, hence the decor-
ations were profuse and beautiful. Pret-
tier yet, than the flowers, were the little
ones, who in gala attire and with their glee-
ful voices and smiling faces, made every:
body happy. It was an interesting and re-
sponsive audience. The program was well
rendered to a crowded house. The success
of the day was largely due to the faithful
work of the superintendent, Frank Baylor,
and his committees.
Sugar Grove.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
School closed Friday with a picnic.
Strawberries are 3 cents per quart.
Henry Badgerow has been quite ill.
Wm. Clark has a fine field of wheat.
Claude Estelow now rides a new bike.
Wallace Carrier's crops are looking well,
The roads are very dusty. Rain is much
needed.
Ole Swanson is working the Dues farm
this season.
The Parker mill has a good amount of
work on hand.
John P. Casey has moved back on his
farm in Victory.
Will Arnold and Edgar Pulsifer drove to
Summit, Sunday.
James Barnes attended the lawsuit in
Ludington, Tuesday.
Eugene Billings is now sexton of the
Sugar Grove cemetery.
Scott Thompson's strawberries are excel-
lent, both in size and flavor.
Mrs. Ida Pulsifer is improving in health
at Harper's hospital, Detroit.
Ed Landon and wife, of Riverton, spent
Saturday with relatives here.
The serenade party of Friday evening
was liberally treated to cigars.
Mr. Gardner, of Ludington, drove through
here Monday to the Nelson mill.
Gertrude and Olive Barnes have returned
from the Ludington high school.
A load of Victory young people attended
church at this place last Sunday.
Bicyclers from Manistee passed through
this place in large numbers Sunday.
Moses Parker and family attended the
celebration last Thursday in Scottville.
Mrs. Polly Genson and son called on Dr.
McDonald, of Ludington, last Saturday.
Alta Barnes and Grace Arnold have gone
to Summit to stay through the berry season.
Dr. Lower and wife, of Chicago, passed
through this place to East Sherman to visit
friends.
Wo think by Crystal Werman's frequent
visits that he is trying hard to work out his
poll tax.
Will Miller and wife are entertaining a
young stranger, a boy, who thinks he will
take up his abode for life.
Moses Parker recently purchased a new
duster for his threshing machine. Clean
faces now at threshing time.
Very few attended the entertainment
given by Prof. Kidder, the great poet and
elocutionist, Monday evening.
Daisy Pulsifer has received her diploma
from the county school commissioner, she
having passed the eighth grade.
Jessie Olsen, of Ludington, drove to this
place Saturday, taking home with her her.
sister, Louise, who has just closed two suc-
cessful terms of school.
D. Warner and Clara Vreeland were
married last Thursday evening at the Meth-
odist parsonage at Scottville, by Rev. C. W.
Smith. May their lives be full of happiness.
and their cares little ones.
The Sugar Grove baseball team and the
Amberites crossed bats last Sunday on the
Eastman farm, the score being 54 to 10 in
favor of the former. Next Sunday Sugar
Grove will go to Amber. It is expected to
be a very close game.
Undertaker Stone, of Scottville, conducted
the funeral services of Mrs. George Ness,
Saturday, the remains being laid to rest in
the Sugar Grove cemetery. Rev. Rozell
officiated. She leaves a husband and five
small children, who have the sympathy of
all in their bereavement, GOLDBUG.
Diamond District.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Lovely rain here Monday night.
Where are you going the Fourth?
Frank Clark is painting for William Mur-
phy.
Minnie Smith visited her mother last
Sunday.
Amelia Thompson has gone to Ludington
to work.
The Diamond school will have a picnic in
the near future.
The Messrs. Keith,’s father from Canada
is visiting them at present.
Lottie Dohlquist has gone to Summit to
pick berries for her cousin.
The Smith boy’s cousin of Ludington visit-
ed them Saturday and Sunday.
Charles Fisher of South Victory called on
Jap N. Clark and wife Monday evening.
Diamond people will celebrate the Fourth
at Manistee, Ludington and Hamlin lake.
R. C. Kidder gave an entertainment at
the Diamond school house Tuesday night.
Carrie Sheldon of Scottville has returned
home after a week’s visit at her uncle's, J
N. Clark. -
The lawn social given for the benefit of
the Christian Endeavor society Saturday
night was well attended. The strawberries
were immense. U-No-Hoo.
Eden.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Louie Fair has moved into John Baker’s
house,
Mrs. Grant Thompson spent Thursday in
Riverton visiting friends.
Evart Jenks and wife spent Monday at
the home of Newton Jenks, -
Quite a number of our people expect to
spend the Fourth at Star lake.
Mr. Foster, of Fountain, has been here
looking after business matters.
Mrs. Depeel, of Pentwater, visited her
daughter, Mrs. Griswold, Tuesday.
Sadie Griswold is home from Pentwater,
where she las been visiting friends.
Mrs. Fred Bowers, of Fern, visited her
sister, Mrs. Harvey Jenks, this week.
Francis Shelley is picking strawberries on
the Chinnery farm, north of Scottville.
Katie Shook has returned from Pent-
water, where she has been for some time.
NATURAList.
Danish Settlement.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Anna Peterson has been quite ill.
Joseph Bland is erecting a fine frame
barn. -
Dan, George and Robert Keith are enjoy-
ing a pleasant visit from their father, of
Canada.
Louis Larson, of Grand Rapids, was the
south Amber.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Crops are growing very fast these days.
work was commenced on the roads here
this week.
Lou Pittard and Lucy Bragger have gon*
to Wesley to pick berries.
warren Robinson and wife were in Ludº
ington, Saturday, on business.
Mrs. Daniel whalen and daughter May
were in Ludington, Thursday.
Otto Braggar and Will Huber took in the
excursion to Saginaw, Sunday.
Joe Robinson, of Scottville, visited with
his parents and friends over Sunday.
The farmers of this neighborhood are
loading a car with potatoes for Chris Bell.
Burt Schulty and George Andree, of
Scottville, were callers at the Penney home
Saturday evening.
John Carter has been trading horses. He
now possesses a nice span of grays, and
they are as good as they look.
John Huber has traded his team with Al-
bert Vogel for a heavier span. They are
both bays and are a fine team.
The Misses Dewar, of Traverse City, are
visiting relatives and friends here. They
expect to remain for some time.
Mr. Cooper and wife, of Kalamazoo, are
visiting their sons, Louis and Samuel, and
old friends in this neighborhood.
The road commissioner and pathmaster
are putting in a new bridge at the Sinclair
creek, which was much needed.
Rufus Penney has a field of rye, which
from one kernel planted 65 stalks have
sprung up. Who can beat that?
We learn that Eli Chinnery will raise
1,000 bushels of strawberries from his farm
this season. He has a number of pickers at
work and is now harvesting the crop.
August Keeson has bought a set of black-
smith tools and is preparing to do his own
work in that line. He may do something
for his neighbors, as he understands the
business, having learned the trade in the
old country.
A number of our young folks were in
Scottville last Thursday to the blowout.
There were a good many people there from
Ludington and surrounding country. They
also remained to the dance in the evening
and all report a good time.
Volney Penney went fishing Sunday, (not
a very good day for fishing, either) and
we think there must be some charm to the
hook and line, judging from the many
speckled beauties that found their way to ye
correspondent's table. He captured 50.
We have a man in this neighborhood who
thinks he can make a strawberry shortcake
as good as any housewife. As the proof of
the pudding is in chewing the string, we
know whereof we speak when we say the
cake was good enough for an epicurean. Now
if any one doubts this, let them come to the
Penney home before the strawberry season
is over, and find out for themselves.
As there are many improvements being
made in this neighborhood, we will mention
them: Robert Gebott has remodeled and
enlarged the old Alfred Chinnery house:
Will Robinson has remodeled the interior of
the old Macumber house and made it some-
what larger, and he will soon build a barn;
Henry Gebott has just completed a fine new
barn; Charles Carter will build a new
house this fall; Charles Hackert has a new
barn nearly comprerettº John Huber has
been making some repairs and otherwise
improving his house; August keeson is
building a new granary; George Slaughter's
new house will soon be ready to occupy;
Frank Filer is building a large new barn on
his farm. PAN.SY.
Sheridan.
Correspondence of the APPEAL,
Grandma Martin is very ill at this writing.
Mrs. Starke was calling on friends Sun-
day
John Stark drove to Custer one day last
week.
F. Stokes and wife wheeled into Sheridan
Sunday.
Nellie Selby has returned to her home in
Tallman.
Albert Vogel, of Ludington, drove through
here Sunday.
Round lake is getting to be quite a popular
Summer resort.
Mrs. Wn. Stokes entertained 27 of her
friends Sunday.
Claudia Russell spent Saturday and Sun-
day with Ora Stokes.
D. Lapham is making preparations for
building a new house.
Irvin Stokes, of Fountain, is visiting his
grandparents of this place.
It is reported that two wildcats have been
seen near the Mosher spring.
K. F. Schaenke made Manistee a business
trip the early part of last week.
Bert Wright, who has been working for
C. O. Holmes, has returned home.
Eugene Holmes and Harnion Hall were
calling on their best girls Sunday.
Carrie Mills, of Fountain, was calling on
friends in this neighborhood Sunday.
Mr. Willis has moved his mill from Tall-
man and is sawing lumber for C. O. Holmes.
Quite a large load from Sherman attend-
ed meeting in the Holmes school house Sun-
day. NELLY.
Siddons.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
E. D. Rowley visited his family over Sun-
day. - -
E. H. Rice was in Ludington, Monday, on
business,
E. H. Rice caught 64 speckled beauties
last Friday,
Emma King joined the army of berry
pickers this week. -
Vessie Wright, of Amber, was last week
the guest of Lottie Sinclair.
Alice Sinclair and Effie Rice have gone to
Summit to pick strawberries.
George Sinclair and wife spent Sunday in
Summit with their son, Leroy.
John King, Sam and Chub Genson are
working on the river this week.
The farmers think we need rain to help
the growth of cereals, fruits and vegetables.
Frank and George Morehouse, of Manis-
tee, spent a few hours Sunday with friends
here.
Mrs. Fortune and a lady friend, of Lud-
ington, spent a couple of days last week
with her daughter, Mrs. Wesley Stanford.
The strawberry social given by the En-
deavor society last Saturday evening at the
Diamond schoolhouse was well attended,
the net proceeds being something over $2.
A small party of friends assembled at the
Griffin home on June 20, where they were
treated to ice cream and cake. They had a
most enjoyable time. Some of them ate so
much ice cream they are not thawed out
guest of his brother, Hans, and sister, Mrs.
J. L. Peterson, of this place, last week.
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South summit.
Correspondence of the Appeal.
O. A. Stewart has traded horses.
All roads lead to Bass lake July 4th.
Mrs. Bingham is on the sick list again.
Will Rinehart spent sunday in Pentwater.
Mrs. Oliver Stuart is reported quite sick
at this writing.
Harriet McKee spent last Friday with
friends in Pentwater.
Sadie Judge is tallying on the shappee
fruit farm this season.
John Squires, of Squireville, spent sunday
at the McDonald home.
Mrs. Niels Jensen visited with Ludington
friends last Wednesday.
Mrs. Bert Stout is receiving a visit from
her sister, of Pentwater.
A number of farmers are this week ship-
ping potatoes to Milwaukee. -
E. F. Plummer and wife, of Pentwater,
spent Sunday on their farm,
Chris Jensen, of Pentwater, is this week
plastering Dr. Abbott's house,
John Judge has purchased a Deering
reaper from Scottville parties.
Mrs. Charles Myers visited at the Cowell
home in Fairview last Friday.
Mrs. Shea, of Custer, visited the Shaffer
and Conrad families last week.
Allen Moore, of Weldon Creek, visited at
the Warren home over Sunday.
Angus McDonald and wife spent Sunday
with Mrs. Scanlon, in Riverton.
Mrs. George Mortenson is dangerously ill
with inflammatory rheumatism.
Summit people in general will spend the
Fourth at Bass lake, the popular resort.
Miller, the wellman of Ludington, did
some work for Niels Jensen last week.
A large number of excursionists are ex-
pected at the Bass lake resort this week.
Thomas Haughey and wife, of Ludington,
visited the latter's parents here Thursday.
Theodore Irwin and wife, of Sawdust ave-
nue, were at the McKee home last Sunday.
Fred McKee has just completed a cottage
at the resort for Miss Gallagher, of Austin,
Ill.
Mary Doyle, of North Weare, spent Sun-
day at the home of her uncle, Angus Mc-
Donald.
Miss McDaniels, of Pentwater, has been
engaged to work in the basket factory this
sumner.
The ice cream social at the town hall last
Friday night netted the baseball and tennis
clubs about $6.
The Myers brothers caught four fine pick-
eral and all the black bass they could carry
at Bass lake Friday afternoon.
Summit's new postoffice, called Basslake,
has been established at the McKee farm
with Hattie McKee as postmistress.
The Anderson brothers have purchased
P. U. Squires' engine to use on their hay
press, which they have made themselves.
CRANK.
Wilson’s Cerners.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Mary Jenks spent Sunday at home.
Myrtie Landon was at Glen View Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Labelle is visiting in Luding-
ton.
Bert Rutty was wheeling in these parts
Sunday last. -
Mrs. John Cole visited Mrs. Mayhere Sun-
day afterdoon,
Wiley.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Mrs. Septrion is very sick.
Nora Randall is able to ride out again.
Anker Sorenson is building a large gran-
ary.
Rev. Arthur spent Sunday with Wiley
friends.
Lemuel Wiley's health is quite poor this
summer.
Samuel Sager is again a resident of this
neighborhood.
George Appleton has bought a new binder
for his wheat harvest.
We understand there will be a picnic at
St. Mary’s lake July 3.
Jesse Major is visiting his brother-in-law,
J. Miller, of Grand Rapids.
All the lads and lassies from Wiley are
picking berries in Riverton.
A new arrival at A. D. Bates’ delights
the hearts of the household.
Mr. Wright's youngest child has a very
painful abscess on his head.
The farmers hereabouts have began hay-
ing. The crop promises well.
Fred Bowden has returned from Oregon.
He is satisfied to remain in Michigan.
The friends of Mrs. Shaffer are pleased at
the prospect of her recovery from her long
illness.
C. Roe and S. Soules went to Hamlin lake
last Saturday. Watch out for fish stories
when they return.
The school board are having a new coat
of paint put on the schoolhouse, which im-
proves its looks decidedly. Now let's have
it fenced and the grounds beautified with
shrubs, etc.
Grandpa Freeland and Grandma Schultz
were married in Ludington, June 21. The
groom is a well-to-do pioneer of South Riv-
erton, and the bride has lived a neighbor to
him for many years. Both are highly es-
teemed by all. No one is more sincere in
congratulations than ye correspondent.
They will make their future home in Pent-
Water. I. C.
Locke Settlement.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Mr. Doyle is helping M. Looke this week.
Peter Rhinebolt went to Custer on bus-
iness this morning.
Frank Brightman of Scottville called on
friends at this settlement Sunday.
F. Gillen's family went to Volney to at-
tend church Sunday.
Warren Clinton had another sick spell
last week, but is much better now.
Miss Young spent Saturday and Sunday
with her parents at Scottville.
Lottie Leonardson spent Saturday and
Sunday at her home at Ludington.
Mr. Lake will spend a few days of this
week at Walkerville.
Musa Lake, who has been visiting her
father for the past week, returned to her
home at Walkerville
Mr. Poirier and wife were among the
number who went to Volney Sunday to at-
tend church.
There was a lecture at the school house
Sunday evening, at the MacCumber settle-
ment. As it was such a nice evening many
were able to attend.
The MacCumber and Carr settlement
schools closing on the same day, have de-
cided to have a picnic in the Miller woods
Jul. Ilſlºon visited. her cousin, Pearl
La ay. --
Mr. Graham and wife visited at Mr. Ors-
born's Sunday last.
Mamie Davie visited at John McCumbers'
in Riverton Sunday.
Mr. Wilson and wife visited their niece
near Freesoil Sunday.
Ben Wilson attended the fruit growers'
meeting at Canada corners Friday night.
Sid All and Miss Sullivan were the guests
of the latter's parents Sunday afternoon.
Some of the young people attended the
dance in Scottville last Thursday evening.
Mesdames Sulivan and Parker and a Miss
Turner visited at the Jenk’s home Thurs-
day.
Mr. Gifford and wife and son Corliss visit-
ed the Jenks people Wednesday of last
week.
Do you call it hard times when the girls
have to walk around a mile square to find
a beau.
The boys of this place are not onto the
latest that is taking their best girls riding
on a load of sawdust.
N. I. Kinne and wife and H. M. Rutty and
wife took a drive through Riverton and
Summit last Sunday.
Rob Anderson and John Cole were work-
ing on the road west of here filling and
making improvements on the clay hills Mon:
day last.
If you see the boys around the corners
looking despondent, you can make up your
mind that some of the girls have gone to
Summit,
We would advise young men that ride
wheels when they go home after seeing
their best girls to turn out the lights on their
bikes when it is broad daylight.
We wish to correct a mistake that we
made last week in saying that Emma Kin-
me returned to Baldwin. We were wrongly
informed. She is still at home.
Jessie Wilson closed a very successful
term of school last Saturday. As a farewell
greeting she treated her pupils to ice cream
and cake in the grove near the school yard.
TRIx.
Center Riverton.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Fine weather at this writing.
The sick are all getting better,
Sarah Boucher is at home again.
The wedding bells are ringing all the time.
The prayer meeting at Paul’s church was
well attended.
John Sanders enjoyed a visit from his
father last week.
There was a good attendance at the Bible
reading Sunday night.
Quite a number attended the Wileyville
dance last Friday night.
A load of West Riverton folks went to
Bass lake fishing Saturday.
There must be a big attraction at Oxbow
lake, as everybody goes there.
John Stewart and wife, of Bachelor, were
visiting Riverton friends the first of the
week. -
A few of the Center Riverton girls are
picking berries at Dan Houk’s this season.
You'll see the wagon wheels rolling down
hill soon. -
The Sunday school of Center Riverton
gave a picnic at Hopkins lake Saturday,
All say it proved a success. After a boun-
tiful repast was served for dinner, the next
thing on the program was ice cream. Then
they enjoyed themselves at boat riding and
swinging. BLUEBELL.
next Friday. All expect a good time.
The Locke school will close one week
from Friday. The people will miss the
wonderful chimes of the three schools.
KING REUBEN.
Sherman.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Frank Nash returned to Custer, Monday.
Home grown strawberries are quite plenty
now.
Orpha Sullivan visited her parents a few
days this week. *
Mrs. Ann Smith was a guest at the Sulli-
van home Tuesday.
Edward Newell has been enjoying a visit
from his sister and niece.
Maurico Bogue has finished his work at
Fountain and returned home.
Allie McComb and Jessie Fletcher have
gone to Summit to pick berries.
George and Jack Allison and wives were
callers at the Bogue home Sunday,
The Allison boys have finished their road
job north of Fountain, and returned home.
Frank Nash and wife and Mrs. Dodge
visited at the Laguire home the first of the
week.
Fred Laguire and wife, of Fountain, were
visiting at the James Laguire home the first
of the week.
Ed Lyon and wife and Mrs. Lee and son,
of Fountain, spent a few days this week at
the Grovenburgh home.
Friday evening, July 16, there will be an
1ce cream social at the Mills schoolhouse,
for the benefit of the Sunday school. All
are invited. K. T. D.I.D.
South Grant.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Alec Freeman's large barn is nearing
completion.
George Sinclair, wife and daughter Alice
visited relatives in Summit last Sunday.
Effie Rice has gone to Summit, where
she has engaged to pick berries for Dan
Houk.
Vessie Wright, Walter and Lottie Sin-
clair visited at the J. W. Stanford home
Wednesday.
Jennie King is in Summit picking ber-
ries. That section of the county furnishes
employment for many in such work.
Mrs. J. W. Stanford enjoyed a visit from
her mother, Mrs. Fortune, and a friend,
Mrs. Dalyrmple, of Ludington, last week.
Lois Kinne will close a successful term
of school in the Freeman district on Friday.
Appropriate exercises will be held in the
afternoon. -
The Christian Endeavor society gave a
strawberry social at the Diamond school-
house Saturday night, The attendance was
small, consequently not much was netted.
Prixce.
Hamlin.
Correspondence of the APPEAL.
Hans Larson lost a fine colt,
Oren Bird sold a team to Mr. Lafay.
Mr. Brown and wife spent Sunday in Lud-
ington. -
George Barnhart let several road job
Tuesday.
Judson Morton spent last week with rela-
tives in Riverton.
Judson Morton expects to leave for Dako-
ta the last of July.
Albert Olson of Ludington spent Sunday
with Andrew Hirner.
Louise Hirner is expected home Friday
yet. Auxt JerushA.
for a month’s vacation.
Aumie Quinn, of Ludington, called on
friends here last week.
The bowery dance given by E. Gibson last
Saturday was well attended.
Rev. Schofield, of Ludington, was a caller
at the Kimball home Sunday.
Frank Egner and John Allard were the
lucky men on the road contracts.
A number of young people called on Paul
the evening.
William Mallory took a load of strawber-
ries to Manistee Tuesday. He was accom-
pained by Charles Kimball. - -
We would like to look into the pleas-
ant face of someone who has never
had any derangement of the digestive
organs. We see the drawn and un-
happy, fages of dyspeptics in every walk
of life. It is our national disease, and
nearly all complaints spring from this
source. Remove the stomach difficulty
and the work is done.
Dyspeptics and pale thin people are
literally starving, because they don't
digest their food Consumption never
develops in people of robust and nor-
mal digestion, Correct the wasting
and loss of flesh and we cure the dis-
ease. Do this with food.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial con-
tains already digested food and is a di-
gester of food as well. Its effects are
felt at once. Get a pamphlet of your
druggist and learn about it.
Laxol is castor oil made as sweet as
honey by a new process. Children like
it. For sale by Sam Snow, druggist. 1-1
FREE PILLS.
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
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box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
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These pills are easy in action and are
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constipation and sick headache. For
malaria and liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are guar-
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vegetable. They do not weaken by
their action, but by giving tone to the
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size 25c per box,
Sold by Sam Snow and Vic Roussin,
druggists. 1-1
Are you suffering from rheumatism?
Thomas' Eclectric Oil has cured thous-
ands of the worst cases of this terrible
disease. It only costs 50c to try it. For
sale by Sam Snow, druggist. 1-1
WORTH KNOWING.
Many thousand people have found a
friend in Bacon’s Celery King.
If you have never used this great
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the age, dyspepsia, liver complaint,
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haustion, nervous prostration, sleep-
lessness, and all diseases arising from
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kidneys, we would be pleased to give
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free of charge. For sale by Sam Snow,
druggist. 1-1
Put an end to misery. Doan's Oint-
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Ointment from your dealer. For sale
by Sam Snow, druggist. 1-1.
The Cartier Enameling company is
on the market for boxes and barrels.
RHEUMATISM
Gout, Diabetes and Bright's Disease
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been filtered out by the Kidneys
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These diseases can be
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Three Buildings at South Scran.
ton, Pa., Blown Up.
WHOLE CITY FEELS THE SHOCK
Cause of the Explosion Unknown, but
It Is Believed to Have Been the
Work of Enemies of Leon Olchofski-
No Lives Lost.
Scranton, Pa., June 29.-A dynamite
explosion early this morning in South
Scranton blew up the business block of
Leon Olchofski, a double dwelling
block owned by him, and a detached
house owned by Michael O’Hara. The
business block, a two-story building,
was torn to pieces. Twenty other
houses had all the windows blown out
and plaster torn from the walls. The
shock was felt all over the city.
The cause of the explosion is un-
known, but Olchofski alleges that it
was the work of enemies he made dur-
ing political and church disputes in
that section, he being one of the prin-
cipals in troubles which led to a split
in the Polish Catholic congregation.
Olchofski was seriously injured in sav-
ing his wife, and his recovery is doubt.
ful. Following the explosion the
wrecked buildings took fire, but the
firemen kept the flames from spread-
ing.
The other properties seriously dam:
aged were the brick business block and
dwelling of Charles Johnson, dwellings
of W. A. Grambe, Charles Kiefer, John
Kline, Michael Joyce, Dr. J. J. Walsh,
James Walsh, Adam Eflinger, Bridget
Lavelle, Joseph Denims, Phillip Klein,
Carl Scheurman and George Gardner,
and B. Huse's blacksmith-shop.
In some of the houses the sleeping
people were covered with falling plas-
ter. The infant child of Michael Joyce
was dangerously injured, and a little
son of John Klein almost suffocated.
The total loss will reach $25,000. The
ruins are being cleared to ascertain it
there are any victims buried in them.
SPAIN DISLIKES AUTONOMY,
Yet a Backdown to the Extent of Re-
calling Weyler Is Imminent.
London, June 29.-The Pall Mall Ga-
Zetts this afternoon prints the follow.
ing dispatch from its correspondent at
Madrid:
“Public attention is engrossed by the
appointment of Gen. Stewart L. Wood.
ford as United States minister to Spain.
While the government continues to
repudiate the intention of recalling
Gen. Weyler I am in a position to reit-
erate that this recall will be an accom-
plished fact at no distant date.
“Indications do not point to any ar.
rangements being reached with the
Caſted States, and intimate friends of
Senor Canovas del Castillo (the Span-
ish premier) declare the premier will
strenuously oppose autonomy. Caste.
lar (the liberal leader) is also opposed
to anything of the kind. They both
consider that such a concession would
render it very difficult to maintain
Spanish sovereignty.”
Pension Bills Reported. .
Washington, June 29.-Several hun-
dred pension bills were reported to the
senate today as the result of the first
meeting of the Senate committee since
the present congress assembled. Sena-
tor Gallinger, chairman of the commit-
tee, said it had been decided to report
favorably all those bills which had
formerly passed either branch of con-
gress or had been favorably considered
in committee. Three general pension
bills were included, two of them
amending the law of 1890 and another
referring to proof in pension cases.
Settled by Arbitration.
Springfield, Ill., June 29.-President
D. J. O’Keefe of the state board of ar-
bitration has returned from Joliet,
where he effected a reconciliation be-
tween the striking quarrymen and op-
erators. Nine operators acceded to the
demand of the men for a raise in wages
from $1.25 to $1.50 per day; two firms
promised to give the price after awhile
and one firm absolutely refused to
grant the increase. President O’Keefe
has left for Virden to secure the sig-
nature of mine operators to a request
for arbitration of the differences exist-
ing between them and the miners.
Signed Amalgamated Scale.
Joliet, Ill., June 29.--The amalga-
mated scale of wages at the Illinois
Steel company's works in this city was
signed this morning. It is the same as
last year. The men and their employ.
ers are both satisfied. The reports in
the Chicago papers to the effect that
there was trouble here and a shut down
with prospects of a strike are without
foundation. The men are indignant
about the reports.
Big Plant Goes to the Wall.
Chicago, June 29.-The Clinton litho-
graphing company, which has a plant
at 215 South Clinton street, has made
an assignment in the county court to
Albert M. Baker. The firm is one of
the largest of its kind in the north-
west. No statement of assets and lia-
bilities was made in the assignbent. As
nearly as could be learned the liabili-
ties amount to about $110,000, with not
so much realizable assets.
Hugh Jennings Much Improved.
New York, June 29,-Hugh Jennings,
the player of the Baltimore team who
was hurt by a pitched ball striking
him on the head during the New York-
Baltimore game at the Polo grounds
yesterday afternoon, is said to be very
much improved today. He fell into a
sound sleep late last night.
FUSION IN NEBRASKA.
silver Republicans and Populists to John
With the Democrats.
Lincoln, Neb., June 29.-The leaders
of the Democratic party in Nebraska
to the number of twenty-four sat down
to a little banquet in Lincoln Monday
night. W. J. Bryan was the guest of
honor. The occasion was the meeting
of the state central committee to ar-
range details for the state convention.
Incidentally, the members were sup-
posed to meet a committee from the
opulists and silver Republicans, form
a fusion combine and map out a pol-
icy to follow in the fall campaign. The
place on the ticket for supreme judge
was given to the Populists. The sil-
ºver Republicans will have one nominee
for regent and the silver Democrats the
other. These are all the offices to be
filled.
A committee was appointed after a
conference with the silver Republicans
and Populists to meet wit similar
committees from these parties July 8
to fix the place and date for the three
state conventions. It was settled that
the issue should be free silver along
exactly the same lines as prevailed in
the national campaign.
COL, 00H|LTREE |LL,
Noted Texan Must Submit to a Danger-
ous operation.
Washington, June 29.-Colonel Tom
Ochiltree, of Texas, who became a na-
tional character a few years ago, has
been dangerously ill at Chamberlin's
Hotel in this city for three months.
A recent examination disclosed the fact
that he was affected with organic dis-
ease, and several operations have been
performed. He is now gathering
strength for the final operation, which
is to be performed this week. It is
thought this will bring permanent re-
lief.
Colonel Ochiltree came to congress
from the Lone Star state several years
ago, and immediately attracted notice
on account of his ability as a story tell-
er. Since he left congress he has spent
This time in New York City, Paris, Lon-
don and Washington, and has not had
a permanent occupation.
B|EBERSTEIN IS OUT,
Von Bulow Takes Hold of the Foreign
Office at Berlin.
Kiel, June 29.-It was semi-officially
announced Monday that owing to the
health of Baron Marschall von Bierber-
stein, rendering necessary his retire-
ment from the post of minister of for-
eign affairs, the emperor has temporar-
ily intrusted the portfolio of minister
of foreign affairs to Herr von Bulow,
who will assume the duties of the for-
eign office on the return of his majes-
ty to Berlin.
Berlin, June 29.-As the health of
13aron Marschall von Bieborstein is in
no way impaired, the semi-official an-
nouncement of his retirement from the
foreign office is regarded as a virtual
dismissal.
Tried to Murder a Family.
Chicago, June 29.-William H. Copp
with razor and revolver attempted to
exterminate a family yesterday. Only
for a determined and heroic resistance
he would have succeeded. As it is, one
may die. This is Dr. Andrew C. Ran-
lºin, of 9 One Hundred and Twelfth
street, Copp's father-in-law. The at-
tempted murder and battle grew out of
a charge made by Copp that Dr. Rankin
had alienated the affections of Mrs.
Copp, the doctor's daughter.
Says Debs Modifies His Plan.
Milwaukee, June 28.-Victor S. Ber-
ger, editor of a socialist organ, says the
scheme to plant a socialist colony in
the West has been abandoned and to
take its place there will be a small mi-
gration of unemployed men to the state
of Washington. They will look for
homes there the same as other settlers
and the expense of transporting them
will be paid through a per capita tax
of 15 cents a month on members of the
social democracy, Debs' new party.
Students Rob a Safe.
Lansing, Mich., June 29.-Postoffice
Inspector Larimcur and Deputy United
States Marshal Abels have been suc-
cessful in unraveling the mystery sur-
rounding the blowing open of the vault
at the Michigan Agricultural college
April 6, when $2,300 in cash was stolen.
The crime has been fixed on two stu-
dents, C. D. Butterfield and C. D. Mil-
Jer, members of prominent families.
They have confessed.
Starbuck and Titus Matched.
New York, June 29.-A bicycle twen-
ty-mile race has been arranged between
J. Frank Starbuck, who gave Michael
such a close argument in the hour race
last fall, and Fred J. Titus, of New
York. The race will take place at
Manhattan Beach on the afternoon of
July 17 for a purse of $1,000.
Great Plants to Close Down.
Pittsburg, June 29.-All the union
iron mills in the country, the tin plate
plants and sheet mills will close on
Wednesday night, and remain closed
until the wage scales are settled. No
serious trouble is expected, and the
failure to adjust the wage schedules be-
fore the close of the year is not an in-
dication that a strike is to be inaugu-
rated. -
Kansas Throws Out Machines.
Topeka, Kan., June 29.-J. S. Parks,
state printer-elect, has announced that
the use of type setting machines will be
abolished in the state printing office
with the beginning of his administra-
tion on Thursday next. -
Ohio German Teachers Meet.
Dayton, O., June 29,-The seventh
annual convention of the Ohio German
Teachers' association is in session
here, with a large attendance.
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Few Persons Escape from the
Wrecked Ship Aden,
ONE BOAT LOAD MAYBE AFLOAT
Drowned and Missing Include Twenty-
Five Passengers, Twenty Officers and
Twenty-Three Natives-Indian Gov.
ſernment Steamer Rescues. Some,
Aden, June 29.-The Indian govern-
ment's steamer Mayo, sent out in
search of the missing steamer Aden,
from Yokohama April 28, via Colombo
and Aden, for London, which was last
heard of when leaving Colombo June 1
for this port, has returned here and re-
ports that the Aden was totally lost off
the island of Socotra, at the eastern ex.
tremity of Africa, on the morning of
June 9.
The Aden carried thirty-four passen.
gers from China and Japan. The cap-
tain of the wrecked steamer, some of
her officers and seven white passengers
were swept overboard and drowned
soon after she ran ashore. Eight lady
passengers, nine children, two officers
and a few of the Aden's crew succeeded
in getting away from the wreck in a
boat, but they have not been heard of,
and little hope, owing to the bad
weather which has since prevailed, is
entertained of their safety.
The Mayo saved nine of the Aden’s
passengers and three of the white and
thirty-three natives of the steamer's
crew. All of these persons were res-
cued just as the Aden was breaking up.
In all the drowned and missing include
twenty-five passengers, twenty Euro-
pean officers and thirty-three natives
of the Aden’s crew.
Luther League of Illinois.
Rockford, Ill., June 29.-The third
al; nual convention of the Luther
league of Illinois opened in Rockford
this afternoon at the Trinity English
Lutheran church, the president, J. B.
Oakleaf of Moline, being in the chºir.
At the afternoon session the devotional
meeting was led by President Oakleaf,
which was followed by the reports of
officers and committees and the ap-
pointment of various new committees.
The convention continues until tomor-
row night, and the sessions will be
held in the different churches.
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To change Postal Service.
Washington, June 29,-The work of
consolidating small outlying postoffices
with a large adjacent one, making a
single postal district with modern fa-
cilities, will be pushed vigorously by
this administration in all sections of
the country. The result of the consoli-
dation policy so far carried out have
been most gratifying to the ºwiłłº.
ton authorities, and First Assistant
Postmaster-General Heath has determ-
ined that consolidation shall be effect-
ed wherever possible and feasible.
Movement to San Francisco Begins.
Denver, Col., June 29.-The Chris-
tian Endeavor movement from the
large cities of the Atlantic coast has
begun and by Thursday the prairie
lines will be dotted with long trains
bearing excursionists westward. In-
timations are given out that the rail-
roads have attempted more than ever
such great systems can hope to per-
form and if late-comers fail to reach
San Francisco in time for the Endeav-
or meeting it will be because the cars
could not be secured for carrying the
vast throng.
Blinded by Drinking Peppermint.
Washington, June 29.--The Indian
agent at the La Pointe agency, in Wis-
consin, has reported two singular cases
of blindness on the Vermillion Lake
reservation. The victims were John
Sky and Red Otter. They became in-
toxicated by drinking essence of pep-
permint as a substitute for whisky, one
taking almost 10 ounces clear, and in
each case blindness followed within a
few hours. Authority has been asked
to take the Indians to St. Paul for
treatment.
Schweinfurth Is Buying Land.
Monett, Mo., June 29.--Schweinfurth,
the so-called “messiah” of Rockford,
Ill., has just returned from Benton
county, Ark., where, it is reported, he
contracted for the purchase of 2,000
acres of unimproved land of Senator
Blackburn with the view of removing.
his proteges from Illinois and of estab-
lishing one of his “heavens” there.
People in that section are wrought up
over the matter.
Sailors' Union Is Angry.
San Francisco, June 29.-The mem-
bers of the Sailors' union of the Pacific
will not take part in the July 4 parade
in this cºty. The recent decision of the
United States Supreme court, holding
that contracts for service signed by
sailors can be enforced to the extent
of imprisoning those who break such
contracts, has caused much feeling and
is given as the reason for declining to
parade.
Rich Strike of Silver Ore.
Aspen, Col., June 29.-At a depth of
1,000 feet a body of metallic ore that
runs 24,000 ounces of silver has been
struck in the Mollie Gibson mine. It is
believed that the lost ore chute has
been recovered. This discovery is
what caused Mollie Gibson stock to ad-
vance 20 cents a share.
To Investige.te Surveys.
Washington, June 29. - Secretary
Gage has appointed Octave Chanunte,
THE IUDINGTON APPEAL.
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RATE ON COAL,
Duty Applies Only to
Canadian Mines.
Washington, June 29.-The senate
committee on finance has fixed
the duty on coal at 67 cents per
long ton. This rate applies only to
cºal shipped from countries which do
not impose a higher rate on American
coal. It therefore affects only Canada,
the Canadian rate on American coal
being the same. There has been a
strong contention to hold the rate
down to that originally fixed by the
ºniº and even to lower it, but
tl's effort was vigorously contested by
the senators from the coal-producing
states, and the latter have won.
The committee has also decided to
restore paintings to the duitable list.
The house imposed a duty of 25 per
cent ad valorem on paintings. This
the senate finance committee struck out,
transferring the item to the free list.
The committee now returns to the
house program, but it is not yet defin-
itely decided whether the rate shall be
20 or 25 per cent.
WILL ALL PROTEST,
Mºuropean Nations to Join Japan Against
the United States.
Washington, June 29.-There is an
interesting story afloat now, only very
meager details of which are now ob-
tainable. -
According tº it the protest of the
ex-queen of Hawaii and that of Japan
against annexation is to be followed
by one from Portugal, Germany, Great
Britain and France certainly, and pos-
sibly from China.
The object of these protests, which,
it is said, are to be urged on behalf
of the citizens of each of these coun-
tries, is to prevent the annexation of
the island primarily, and eventually
to allow a free vote under the Ha-
wailian constitution of 1887.
Such a vote would overthrow the
Dole government, which was chosen
by the Americans, who are a small mi-
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Shipments from
Crisis in Venezuelan Cabinet,
New York, June 29.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Car-
acas, Venezuela, says: “The resigna-
tion of the cabinet created a crisis not
only in the administration of the gov-
ernment, but also among the people.
President Crespo was unable to har-
monize the differences in his official
family over the Guiana boundary arbi-
tration treaty, the element that con-
tended that the provisions of that
agreement ignored the sovereignty of
Venezuela in stipulating that Great
Britain and the United States only,
and not Venezuela, also, name the
members of the tribunal of arbitration,
having continued implacable.”
Illinois Music Teachers Meet.
Kankakee, Ill., June 29.-The ninth
sººnual cºnvention of the Illinois.
Music Teachers association brought
300 persons, representing the musical
culture of Illinois, to Kankakee today.
The convention will continue four
days. Its prominent feature will be
ten grand concerts at the opera house.
The Illinois Music Teachers' associa-
tion was organized in 1886 in a spirit
of broad-minded desire for the best in-
terests of the music teachers of the
state, without any question of personal
gain or individual profit.
Obstruction to Navigation.
Silver City, N. M., June 29.-The
hearing in the proceedings of the
United States against the Rio Grande
Dam and Irrigation Company was re-
sumed here this morning, the entire
day being cocupied by United States
Attorney W. B. Childers in presenting
the case for the government. The prin-
cipal contention of the complainant is
that the Rio Grande, being a naviga-
ble stream for quite a distance from
its outlet, the authority obtained from
the scoretary of interior by the defend-
ant company was contrary to law.
Convicted Murderer Recaptured.
Pueblo, Col, June 29.-Theodore
Rose, under sentence at Glasgow, Mo.,
for ten years for killing Charles Wells
in an election riot at that place last
November, was captured by Pueblo po-
lice at the Fifth Avenue Hotel after
an ex change of shots, during which
Rose received a flesh wound in his left
arm. Rose dug his way out of Glas-
gow jail June 1 and came here June 22
and had been harbored by his hister, a
Mrs. McBroom.
Murdered Through a Window.
Greensburg, Pa., June 29.-Samuel
'lark, a negro, climbed upon the porch
roof of the house occupied by Mrs.
Grady, a colored woman, last night
and, breaking the window of her sleep-
ing room, drew a revolver and shot her
dead. The murderer then fled and has
not been captured. Clark had been ab-
sent from the city for two years and
returned yesterday. The cause of the
murder is a mystery.
President Decides to Go.
Washington, June 29.-The president
has definitely decided to go to his old
home at Canton, Ohio, on Friday, to
visit his mother for a few days. Mrs.
McKinley, Miss Mabel McKinley and
probably Assistant Secretary of State
Day and Mrs. Day will accompany him.
They will remain over the Fourth and
return Monday or Tuesday evening.
Henry Gersom Is Dead.
New York, June 29.-Henry Gersom,
a well known Jewish scholar, rabbi and
writer, is dead at his home in this city,
aged 54 years. He was an accom-
plished linguist and wrote many arti-
the Chicago civil engineer, to a com- | cles on the Jews in Russia. He former-
mittee to investigate the coast and ge-'ly was at the head of congregations in
odetic survey.
Atlanta and Chicago.
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Gigantic Strike Will Commence on
Saturday,
FIVE STATES INTERESTED,
Final Decision Reached Arter a con-
Ohio--Opera-
Output and
sultation at Columbus,
tors Are Storing Their
Preparing for the Coming Trouble.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 29.-Acting un-
der orders from the national officials
of their union 125,000 coal miners in
five states will strike for higher wages
on Saturday, July 3. The edict has
gone forth to the rank and file from
the national offices of the United Mine
Workers in Columbus, Ohio.
The battle ground of this great con-
flict for bread will cover the coal cºn-
ters of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West
Virginia and that great bituminous
section in western Pennsylvania
known as the Pittsburg district. Next
to the great mational strike of a few
years ago it will be the greatest wage
contest the miners have ever engaged
in. If the temper of the hungry men is
accurately gauged it will be the most
violent. The strike order results from
a four days’ consultation in Columbus
between the members of the national
executive board of the Miners' union
and the district presidents. The ses-
sion concluded early Sunday morning.
The price demanded by the miners is
69 cents per ton, based on the thin-
vein region of western Pennsylvania.
Allowing for the customary differen-
tials, this will give a 60-cent rate in
Ohio, and a eorresponding figure in
the various fields in Indiana, Illinois
and West Virginia.
At the present time the miners are
working for the lowest wages in the
history of the industry. They are get-
ting 54 cents in Pittsburg, and on last
Saturday a conference was held in
Columbus between the Ohio miners
and :operators at wifhich the employers
demanded that the rate in the Buckeye
field be reduced from 54 to 51 cents.
Keeps in Middle of Road.
Des Moines, Ia., June 29.-The holt-
ing Populists are preparing to hold an
independent state convention. A. W. C.
Weeks, chairman of the People's party
state central committee, has issued an
address to the Populists of the state
from his Winterset home. Weeks led
the bolters from the state convention
here Wednesday because he was dis-
plased with the manner in which the
call was worded, and because he oppos-
ed assuming the name “Democratic.”
Wrecker Caught in the Act.
Des Moines, Ha., June 29.-John Ma-
haffey is in the county jail at Adel,
charged with attempting-to wreck the
north-bound passenger train on the
Des Moines, Northern & Western road
Saturday night. He was captured in
the act of drawing spikes from the rails
by Sheriff Paine. Mahºffey has little
to say, and the authorities think he
was induced to make the attempt by
reading trashy novels.
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Hungarian Crops Improve.
London, June 29.-The Vienna corre-
spondent of the Standard says: “The
improvement in the weather has great-
ly brightened the prospects for the
harvest in Austria-Hungary and the
Balkan states. It is now expected that
only the maize crop will be below the
average. The likelihood is that the
other crops will be above it.
Settlers Are Scared.
Boise, Idaho, June 29.-Governor
Steunenberg is advised that 300 In-
dians, mostly Bannocks, with some
from the Lemhi agency and some from
the Nevada, are ghost dancing in the
Camas prairie near Hailey, Idaho. The
settlers are greatly alarmed over their
action, and have appealed to have
them removed.
Strikers Return to Work.
Hollidaysburg, Pa., June 29.-The
striking employes of the Eleanor Iron
Works of Hollidaysburg held a meeting
and decided to resume work. The men
had been receiving $3 per ton for pud-
dling, and the company sought a re-
duction to $2.50. A compromise was ef-
fected on the basis of $2.75 a ton.
Canadian Wool Coming In.
Hamilton, Ont., June 29.--Wool deal-
ers in this city are exporting quan-
tities of wool into the United States to
avoid the coming duty. During the
past two weeks the exports have been
500,000 pounds, principally to Philadel-
phia and Boston. The exports from
Toronto are also very large,
Favor a War. With Uncle Sam.
Madrid, June 29-On account of
Senor Silvela's recent bellicose speech
and the constant news of Spanish de-
feats from Havana province, a feeling
is reviving here in favor of war with
the United States.
sealing Wessel Is Wrecked.
Victoria, B. C., June 29.-The well-
known sealing schooner Agnes McDon-
ald, Captain Cutlet, the greyhound of
the Victoria fleet, was wrecked off the
coast of Japan yesterday. All the crew
and 489 skins were saved.
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Nine Children Crushed to Death.
Madrid, June 29.-Nine children have
been killed and many others injured
by the collapse of a church wall at So-
iano, in the province of Ciudad Real.
Europeans Slain in New Guinea.
Brisbane, Queensland, June 29.-An-
other European party has been massa-
cred in New Guinea. No details of the
tragedy have reached here as yet.
IN JESSE JAMES STYLE,
Desperadoes Make a Raid on a South
Dakota Bank.
Deadwood, S. D., June 29.-Five
masked men Monday morning robbed
the Butte County Bank at Belle
Fourche. Entering the bank with re-
volvers drawn and ordered the custom-
ers and officials to hold up their hands.
Cashier Marble hesitated, and one of
the robbers shot off a large part of the
cashier's right ear. The safe and coun-
ºters were cleared of the cash, and the
robbers, mounting their horses, rode
a Way.
An alarm was immediately given,
and in a few minutes a well mounted
and armed posse was in pursuit of the
robbers. Within a few miles from town
the posse came up with the fugitives,
and a running fight ensued, which re-
sulted in one of the robbers throwing
up his hands and surrendering. The
others, being better mounted, contin-
ued their flight, closely pursued.
The captured robber is a stranger in
the vicinity. The rest of the gang are
now at bay at the “Three V” ranche, a.
few miles from Belle Fourche, where
they are likely to be captured or killed.
Less than $75 was taken from the
bann, the cashier, Arthur Marble, hav-
ing slammed shut and locked the doors
of the vault at the entrance of the rob-
bers. He was fired at three times, only
one shot taking effect. He tried to
return the fire, but his pistol failed
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Plan to Check Annexation.
Washington, June 29.-Representa-
tive Crumpacker of Indiana Monday in-
troduced in the house a resolution for
a constitutional amendment, providing
that hereafter no non-contiguous ter-
ritory shall be annexed to the United
States except in pursuance of a treaty
negotiated by the president, concurred
in by two-thirds of each house of con-
gress and ratified by the legislatures
of three-fourths of the states, and no
contiguous territory except by treaty
concurred in by two-thirds of each
house, the vote on the question of con-
currence not to be taken in the house
of representatives until two years have
elapsed from the time of taking the
vote in the Senate.
Grain Conference a Failure.
St. Louis, Mo., June 29.-The joint
conference between the railroad com-
missions of Missouri and Illinois for
the purpose of establishing uniform
grain grades between the two states
was a failure. The Missouri commis-
sioners held out for the grades they
established and the Illinois commis-
sioners declined to yield their own
grades, and nothing whatever was
gained by the conference except that
the different grades of the two states
will be maintained.
Fall 125 Feet to Death.
Atlanta, Ga., June 29.-A derrick
on the roof of a new building fell at
1 o'clock Mcnday afternoon, knock-
ing three workmen from a scaffolding
on the ninth story. Two of them were
dashed to instant death to the ground
125 feet below and the third caught a
rope and escaped. Superintendent
Gammon declares that the derrick was
maliciously tampered with by some
one not known to him.
Propose Fusion in Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky., June 29.-Attorney
General Taylor, chairman of the Re-
publican steering committee, recently
appointed by the state central
committee, will attend the state
convention of the gold Dem-
ocrats to be held in Louisville July 15,
and as the accredited representative of
the Republican party will make the
convention a formal offer for a fusion
of the two parties in the state cam-
paign this fall.

I ightning Strikes Convicts.
Dakota, Ga., June 29.-Lightning
struck the convict camp at the lumber
mills of Greer Bros. near here Sunday
night. Two convicts, both negroes,
were instantly killed; two others,
white, died shortly after, and ten
others were severely injured, some of
whom will die. About twenty of the
prisoners, taking advantage of the gen-
eral confusion, made a dash for liberty
and succeeded in escaping.
Cooper Beats Kiser.
Springfield, Ill., June 29.-In Mon-
day’s races at the Illinois state meet
Tom Cooper scored his first victory of
the season over Earl Kiser in the mile
race. It was also Cooper's first win
for the year at a national circuit meet.
He hadn't more than half the length
of his machine to spare.

Will send More Troops.
Madrid, June 29.-Senor Canovas del
Castillo says that in case the Spanish
foices in Cuba should suffer severely
from sickness during the rainy season,
the government will send 20,000 addi-
tional troops to the island in October,
in order to maintain the army at its
full strength and to inflict a final blow
upon the insurgents.
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Uncle Sam's Cash to Be Counted.
Washington, June 29.-Ellis H. Rob-
erts of New York will become treasurer
of the United States on the first day
of July. Secretary Gage has appointed
a commission to examine the books of
the present treasurer, D. N. Morgan of
Connecticut, and to count the money in
the vaults.
Dr. Gunsaulus Ill.
Chicago, June 29.-Rev. Dr. Frank
W. Gunsaulus, pastor of Plymouth
Congregational church and president
of the Armour institute, who has been
seriously ill ever since his return two
months ago from New York, was re-
moved to the sanitarium at Alma,
Mich., last night.
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criaptºft X-ſcontinued.)
It was early in March when Constance
perceived, or fancied she perceived, a
marked alteration in the demeanor of
her brother-in-law. He was not less
kind, and his fraternal attentions were
rendered freely and cordially as ever,
but he was less gay, and was addicted
to fits of abstraction, profound, al-
though apparently not sad, while his
absence from the family circle, with-
out apology, became so common that it.
ceased to provoke Harriet's frivolous
wonder, and to disappoint Mr. Withers.
Constance had never complained of or
remarked upon this. But her mind
was tossed night and day upon a tu-
multuous tide of conjectures, she would
fain have termed apprehensions, rath-
er than hopes. Up to this date she had
believed her love and her misery to be
unshared and unsuspected by him; had
reiterated, in her flimsy self-deception,
thanksgivings choked by tears that she
was the only sufferer from her wretch-
ed folly. Did she grow suddenly cruel
and base the moment when the thought
that the error was mutual awoke
raptures, the remembrance of the suf-
fering he must also taste had not the
power to still? Was the salve to her self-
respect supplied by the discovery that
her divinity was a fallible man, impo-
tent to resist the subtle temptation that
had-overcome her prejudices and sense
of right, worth the price paid for it? A
new terror, more sweet than any joy
she had ever known, soon laid hold
of her. It was idle to ignore the fact
that Edward furtively, but persistent-
ly, sought a private interview with her.
She might disregard his beseeching
glances, affect to misunderstand his
signals and his uttered hints, might
seek, in constant ministrations to her
husband's wants and whims, to guard
herself, and to forget these omens of a
nearing crisis. But she comprehended
his designs; marked with a thrill, that
was the opposite to pain, his chagrizi
at his failure, and the augmented rest-
lessness of his mien, betokening per-
plexity and desire. What was to be the
end of this pursuit, and her evasion of
it, when her own heart was the temp-
ter's strongest ally? She dared not
hear him say that she was dear to
him as he had long been to her. Know-
ing, as she did, that she ought to spurn
him from her at the remotest approach
to this theme, she was never able to
say with an honest purpose that she
was likely to do it. If she doubted his
intentions, she doubted herself yet
In Ore.
“John,” she called through the front
window, “where are you going? What
brought you here?”
“Mr. Edward told me to call for him
at 4 o'clock, ma'am. I thought he had
spoken to you about it,” was the re-
spectful rejoinder.
There was no immediate reply, and
he checked his horses to inquire.
“Will I go back, ma'm?”
“No; go on.”
She threw herself upon the back seat
again, with throbbing pulses and a
feeling that she had spoken the sen-
tence which was to decide her fate for
time and for eternity. “Heaven help me
to stand fast!” the tongue essayed to
say, and while the heart was melting
into tenderness, and vibrating with ex-
pectation.
It lacked ten minutes of the appoint-
ed hour when they reached the office,
but Edward stood upon the door step,
hat and gloves on.
“It is good in you to submit so quietly
to my meddling,” he began, by the
time he was seated. “But I have some-
thing to say to you, a story to tell
which I can keep no longer. You must
have seen, although you have seemed
not to do so, how I have dogged your
steps for some weeks past, in the hope
of stealing an opportunity for confes-
sion. I have sometimes ventured to
believe that your woman’s wit and
woman’s heart had penetrated my se-
cret; that what entered so largely into
my thoughts and motives, made up so
much of my life, could not remain hid-
den from your eyes. I wanted to tell
you of it long ago, dear Connie, but
the recollection of what was due to
another withheld me, while I was yet
uncertain that my love was returned.
I had so little reason for hope, although
hope has never flagged—mine is a san-
guine nature, you know—that I hesi-
tated to speak openly. Now that I can
feel firm ground under my feet, my
happiness is mixed with much alloy. I
must either take from one who is a
hopeless invalid the ablest and most
lovely nurse that ever man had; con-
demn him, whose claim the world would
declare to be superior to mine, to lone-
liness and Sorrow, or consent to a sea-
son of dreary waiting before I can
call my darling my own. Do you won-
der that thoughts such as these have
preyed upon my spirits; racked me
with anxiety, even in the blessed hour
of assurance that my devotion was not
Wasted 2*
CHAPTER XI.
IS rapid articula-
tion had given Con-
stance no time for
reply, but her ex-
citement equaled
his, as she bent her
veiled face upon
her hands and lis-
tened in dumb
alarm at the emo-
tions rising to meet
his avowal of love
and longing.
To her, what would have sounded in-
coherent to a third person, was explicit
and fervent. He knew her as his mate,
and would not give her up; asserted his
rights with a master's authority, while
his heart ached at thought of the woe
in store for her nominal possessor.
“I have startled you by my vehe-
mence,” he continued, taking the hand
that lay upon her lap. “I feared lest
this announcement might seem abrupt,
but the steamer sails at five o’clock,
and I last night obtained Evelyn's per-
mission to bring you to see her off.
She owes you a debt of gratitude for
your sisterly care of my lonely and
graceless self. She loves you dearly
already, as you will her when you have
had one glimpse of her face. You re-
minded me of her the first day of our
meeting. I have traveled with her and
her sick father for three months, and
at parting more than hinted at my at-
tachment. With candor that would
have driven me to desperation had it
been less mournful, she declared her
intention not to marry while her father
lived. ‘He needs my constant care,’
she said. “Without it he would die in
a week. He will never be better. The
kindest service you can do me, as the
wisest you can do yourself, is to forget
me.” I have been steadily disobedient
to her advice. I told her as much when
I found out by chance two months ago
that she was in the city. She was very
resolute for a time, often refusing to
see me when I called, and again begging
me, even with tears, to dismiss all idea
of making her my wife. It is now a
fortnight since her father unexpectedly
announced his determination to return
to Europe, and, in the anticipation of
our second parting, acknowledged that
my love was returned. Our engagement
would be an unsatisfactory one to most
people, but she is the earthly imperson-
ation of the angel of patience, and I
can surely wait a few months, or even
years, for a gift so precious. Her father
is afflicted by a complication of disor-
ders, the most serious being an organic
affection of the heart. She is the only
living child. It would be sheer barbar-
ity to separate them, and with an in-
valid's obstinacy he will not hear of
taking up his abode in his daughter's
house should she marry. My poor
Evelyn, my gentle love; she is a martyr
and I can do so little to lighten her
burden"
“It is very hard.” He had paused and
Constance must speak.
Too pre-occupied by his own reflec-
tions to note her thick articulation and
studiously averted face, Edward took
up the word warmly. “Hard! What
could be harder for both of us?”
She interrupted him by an impet-
uous gesture. “You are talking wild-
ly—wickedly! Think what you would
suffer if you loved without hope of re-
quital.”
He absolutely laughed. “As if that
could be. Affection, full and fervent as
mine, holds a witch-hazel that never
errs in pointing to the fount of answer:-
ing love. Why, Connie, we were made
for one another—Eva and I.”
Was no scalding drop of bitterness to
be spared from her cup? Whose, then,
was the fatal mistake which had opened
the sluices of that other fountain that
was drowning her soul with cruel hu-
miliation and anguish?
“Drive us near to the steamer as you
can, John!” called Edward from his
window, and in the appreciation of the
truth that the sharpest ordeal was yet
before her and fearfully near at hand,
Constance submitted to be handed from
the carriage to the wharf.
Through a bewildering haze she saw
the noisy crowd, the smoke-stack of
the monstrous vessel, stumbled along
the gangway connecting it with the
shore yielding passively to the mp us
of Edward's arm and regained sight,
hearing and consciousness of brain
when she stood in a handsome saloon,
a small hand, warm as hers was icy,
fluttering in her grasp, and a pair of
dark; thoughtful eyes fixed upon her
face.
“You were very good to come,” said
a low voice, fraught with emotion, yet
steady. “Allow me to present my
father, Mr. Pynsent. Mrs. Withers,
father.”
She looked up and spoke the lady, and
her father arose from his divan, sup-
porting himself upon a cane, and sa-
luted Mrs. Withers with stately polite-
ness. Both were high bred, but it was
not Evelyn's beauty that had won her
lover. Her eyes and mouth were her
only really good features. Constance
knew herself to be the handsomer of
the two, but the persuasion added to
the hopelessness of her ill-fated love.
The qualities that had knit to this
girl's heart that of the man who had
seen the beauties of two hemispheres,
which had kept him true to her and her
alone, although opposed by absence, dis-
Couragement and the wiles of scores
of other women, lay beyond her power
of analysis and counter-charms. She
began to understand how it had come
to pass when she had commanded her
wits so far as to talk five minutes with
Edward's betrothed; owned reluctantly,
that had she met her as new acquaint-
ances generally meet she would have
been irresistibly attracted by her win-
ning ladyhood and the countenance
that united so much sweetness with
sense and spirit.
There was time now for little beyond
the kindly commonplaces suitable to
their meeting in a public place and
their prospective parting, and even
these Constance abridged ostensibly,
and the others deemed considerately,
that the last precious moments with
his affianced might be all Edward's.
Without verbal pretext, she arose from
her place beside Evelyn and passed
around to Mr. Pynsent’s side, engaging
him in conversation about his voy-
age and destination. The atmosphere
was a degree less stifling there. If she
moved, smiled and talked mechanically,
it mattered nothing now that the pen-
etrating eyes she most dreaded never
left their resting-place upon the visage
of which they were taking a long fare-
well. There was little to be appre-
hended from the rich man's restless re-
gards, which wandered incessantly
from her to the betrothed couple, his
gray eyebrows contracting with pain
or mental disquiet as he did so. Had
Evelyn been free to maintain her usual
watch upon him, she would have taken
alarm at these increasing symptoms of
distress and the livid hue settling up-
on his complexion. Constance did not
notice these until, simultaneously with
the clanging of the bell overhead and
the rapid rush of feet toward the shore,
he threw both hands outward, with the
aimless clutch of a sightless man, and,
fell against her as she sat by him on
the sofa.
The utmost confusion reigned in the
saloon for a few moments—exclama-
tions, inquiries and orders—loud,
varied and useless. Then Edward's
strong voice recommended, in string-
ent terms, that the room be cleared
of all except the immediate attendants
of the sufferer, including a gentleman
who had introduced himself as a phy-
sician. The spasm passed into a swoon
so deathly and protracted that Con-
stance was ready to believe the pa-
tient was beyond the reach of earthly
aid, notwithstanding the doctor's as-
sertion that he would probably revive,
and even Evelyn murmured once when
Edward would have confirmed the
cheering assurance: “It may be. I
hope so; but I never saw him quite
So ill before.”
Finally life fought its way back, inch
by inch, to the worn heart; the fingers
relaxed from their rigid clinch, the lips
were less purple, and the eyes were un-
closed feebly upon the anxious group.
When he could move Edward and the
physician supported him to his state-
room, followed by Evelyn. Constance,
keft to herself, had leisure to observe
what had not until now drawn her at-
tention. The bustle of embarkation had
ceased, but through the almost desert-
ed saloon sounded the measured throb
of the powerful engines as they urged
the boat through the water. She threw
open a window and looked out. They
were already far down the bay, the
spires of the city lessening in the dis.
tance, and the vessel under full head-
way. She met Edward at the state-
room door with the startling intelli-
gence. For an instant he looked as
aghast as herself, then he recovered his
self-possession with a smile. She
must compose herself and trust
him to extricate them both from
the predicament in which his
thoughtlessness had placed them.
The worst that could befall them was a
few hours' delay in returning home.
He would see the captain forth with,
and request him to signal the first
homeward-bound pilot-boat or other
vessel they might espy.
Constance did as he bade her—re-
sumed her seat, and seemed to await
the result of the affair patiently. “I
am afraid your brother may be alarmed
at our continued absence,” was her on-
ly remark. -
“He will understand at once what has
happened when John goes home with
the news that he drove us down to see
the steamer off,” replied Edward, con-
fidently. “We shall have a merry
laugh tomorrow at breakfast over our
adventure. So long as you are not un-
happy or angry with me, I am com-
fortable on the score of Elnathan's dis.
pleasure.”
(TO BE Cox TINCED.)
THE YARD MEASURE,
Standards Have Varied in the Different
Ages of the World.
The yard is the British and Ameri-
can standard of length. Down to 1824
the original standard of Britain (and
from which ours was copied) was a rod,
which had been deposited in the court
of exchequer, London, in the time of
Queen Elizabeth. In those days, says
the St. Louis Republic, all measures in-
tended for general use were taken to
the court of exchequer to be examined
by the proper officer. That official took
the proposed measure and placed it par-
allel with the standard, and if found
correct placed certain marks of identi-
fication upon it. By an act of parlia-
ment in 1824 the old Elizabethan stand-
ard was superseded by another, which
had been constructed under the di-
rections of the Royal society sixty-four
years previous. This act provided that
“the straight line or distance between
the centers of two points in the gold
studs in the brass rod now in the cus-
tody of the clerk of the house of com-
mons shall be the genuine standard of
the yard measure in Great Britain.”
The act further provided that the meas-
urements of the rod must be made
when the temperature of the brass rod
was at 62 degrees Fahrenheit. That
standard was destroyed by fire in 1824
and the commission appointed to re-
place it made the yard measure now
in use. The new standard was deposit-
ed in the house of parliament in 1855
and authenticated copies of it are in
the possession of our government of
ficials at Washington.
Went Below.
The ground under the city of San
Salvador is full of caverns of unknown
depths. A man was once digging a
well there. The last stroke he gave
with his pick, the bottom fell out and
he and his pick fell through, nobody
knows where.
Bicycles in the Desert.
Practical tests have shown that a
bicycle runs easily on the sand of the
African deserts, and in due time the
camel will follow the horse into obli-
Vlon.
Died at Her Mother's Funeral.
Mrs. Belle Elliott, of Winamac, Ind.,
died in a carriage which had just
reached her home after bearing her
to her mother's funeral.
COMPETITION.
senator O. H. Piatt Makes some Novel
Points for Railways.
By Senator O. H. Platt: Competition
in railroad transportation differs from
every other kind of competition in the
world. I do not say that it is not to be
judged by the same legal rule, but I
say in essence and in character it is
different from competition in any oth-
er business. In the first place, it is
not competition in trade. The railroad
buys nothing of the producer; it sells
nothing to the consumer. It simply
carries—it distributes; that is all. Con-
tracts in restraint of trade may oper-
ate the same with reference to con-
tracts between common carriers as
between merchants; but the two kinds
of business differ in character. It dif-
fers from every other business, because
whatever the result of the competition
and the rivalry the railroad stays. Ri-
cardo is a great advocate of the doc-
trine that competition is the life of
trade; but he writes from a banker's
standpoint. In banking, capital is cir-
culatory. If competition drives it out
of the banking business it may go into
the manufacturing business. But the
railroad stays whatever the result of
Competition.
If “competition and the survival of
the fittest” means the physical removal
of the weakest, the pretended law is
inapplicable, for you cannot remove
the railroad. When its iron rails are
laid down from point to point, there
it stays; and however many companies
may be bankrupted by competition,
there stands another company ready to
take its place and to be bankrupted in
turn. It is not so on the highways.
It is not so on the water-ways. If two
rival coach proprietors disagree and
one is bankrupted, the coaches can go
elsewhere and run on other roads. If
rival steamboat lines disagree and by
competition one is bankrupted, the
boats can go elsewhere. The world is
full of free highways, but the railroad
is not a free highway.
She Had the Stamps.
“So, he's to marry Miss Croesus?”
“Yes.”
“She’s not very beautiful. I won-
der how he ever happened to look in
her direction?”
“Why, you see, he's an enthusiast in
his line.”
“And what's his line?”
“He’s a stam collector.”—Chicago
Post.
A FREE FARM.
The Dominion government have
many publications giving facts about
the advantages of Manitoba, Alberta
and Assiniboia for mixed farming or
ranching. One hundred and sixty acres
free. For pamphlets and information
write C. J. BROUGHTON, Agent, 232
Clark St., Chicago.
Wouldn’t work.
Wayback—Wat’s dat yew hey tied
tew yore leg, Mister Hayback?
- --Thet's-my son’s bisickle-
ometer. Jest wanted tew see how
many miles I’d walk plowin' this field;
an' th' dinged thing's a fraud, fer she
ain’t moved a peg yit.—Puck.
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Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart-
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out of corns and bunions. It is the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting
or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. By
mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le
Roy, N. Y.
Where Ignorance Etc.
Miss S.—Don’t you think it a pity
that some people are so homely? Mr.
W.—Yes, indeed! But then they are
very seldom aware of the fact.—Brook-
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
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strong. All druggists, 50c. or $1. Cure guar-
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Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
No man can be entirely free from re-
sponsibilities so long as he wears sus-
penders.
Hall’s Catarrh. Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Even in traveling a thorny path it
may not be necessary to step on all the
thorns.
fºſs Permanently Cured. Nofits or nervousness after
rst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise.
DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa.
It is marvelous how long a rotten
post will stand, provided it is not
shaken.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic, 10c or 25c.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money,
Love doesn’t begin in friendship
near so often as friendship begins in
love.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething,softens the gums, reduces inflam-
mation, allay’s pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle,
The best way to prevent loss of hair
is to lock it up securely before retir-
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Hegeman's Camphor Ice with Glycerine
Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Tender or sore Feet,
Chilblains, Piles, &c. C. G. Clark Co., New Haven, ct.
A crazy friend will do you more
harm than a wise enemy.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of , all cough cures. – George W. Lotz,
Fabucher, La., August 26, 1895.
Everybody is not perfect, and even
editors have their faults.
Millet, Buckwheat and other seeds, lowest
prices. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.
A house without a neighobris worth
a thousand gold florins.
If you are “dead tired” tone up your
system with Dr. Kay's Renovator. See ad.
False worship will kill the soul as
quithly as no worship.
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D0CTORS HAD GIVEN HER UP.
A Convincing Letter From One of Mrs. Pinkham's Admirers.
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If they grow flabby and refuse to hold the womb in
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Any woman who suspects that she has this trouble
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THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
wants, FoRSALE TO RENT. Eſt.
advertisements inserted under this head for
oents a Line per week. No advertisement
inserted for less than Fifteen Cents.
OR SALE CHEAP-Four barber chairs in
good condition. Kuhli's Barber Shop. 52tf.
OR SALE-A good, gentle driving mare.
F 52tf A. Poirie R.
Foº SALE–Thorn will sell his place of bus-
iness corner Wºiwº avenue and Fos-
ce cream business,
t very cheap.
ter stree y o 51-tf.
stock and fixtures, household goods, etc.
ERRY PICKERS WANTED–I wish to en-
gage a few more good.berry pickers. In-
quire of D. S. BENEDICT, Wesley, Mich.
Tºor SALE-Am A No. 1 general purpose team
F of horses by CARTIERENAMELING Co. 50-tf
Foº SALE–Fairbanks scales, capacity 2,700,
Large enough to weigh live stock. Ben
Elms, Box 770, Ludington, or Moore hotel. 502
F. SALE.-Household goods,
-
furniture.
rs. P. H.,
and cow for sale cheap.
47tf
haron, 109 East Melendy street.
OR SALE-Double light harness alad
buggy pole. Apply to D. D. Rumber-
ger, Riverton. Mich. 40tf
An Elegant
O O. O.
Equal to the best im-
ported belfast. Place a
bottle in your ice box
and its ready for use.
Five cents a bottle or 50
cents a dozen delivered.
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Poor children’s picnic, July 10.
The public schools close this week.
Fridav evening, July 9, the W. C. T.
U. ladies will give a tea at their rooms.
Horace Caswell and Charley Cartier
made a fishing trip up the Sauble last
week.
K. of P., attention. Regular conven.
tion Tuesday, July 6, 8 p.m. F. Ash-
backer, E. C.
James Taylor and Miss Emma Burns
-were married-at-St-Simon’s church
Tuesday morning.
Chas, Blain is confined to the bed
with inflammation of the bowels, at
the Brooks House, Scottville.
Christ Hansen of Victory was sen-
tenced to two years imprisonment for
stealing Thos. Percy's wagon.
R. A. Seymour claims that H. Bruske
is sawing his logs on Hamlin lake. He
is up their today investigating the
matter.
The Mason county Horticultural
Society will hold an important meeting
at the French school house next Sat-
urday night.
Bishop Gillispie held services at
Grace Episcopal church last Sunday.
There was a small attendance, only 15
partaking of the sacrament,
Look at Rohn & Weimer’s show
window and see if they haven’t a
creditable display of summer furnish-
ings. The new firm is making a great
hit; they cater to the best patronage
and court competition in all lines.
Independence day will be observed
at the First Methodist church all day
next Sunday. In the morning the pas-
tor will preach on the subject “The
New Patriotism.” In the evening the
subject will be “The Old Flag.” Music
appropriate.
C. H. Beattie and Will Fannon have
purchased the barber shop, good will,
fixtures, etc. of Al West, and will take
possession of the same next Monday.
The experience and universal popular-
ity of both these gentlemen will insure
them a liberal patronage.
About 100 Ludington people went to
Scottville last Thursday to help them
celebrate the completion of their
water works. The local fire laddies
went up and gave an exhibition drill.
There was a game of baseball and a
number of other attractions which
drew out a good sized crowd.
The APPEAL acknowledges favors
from the Manistee Daily News anent
the coming Fourth of July celebration
at the Salt City. The Manistee folks
propose to outdo themselves this year,
They will carry on the festivities for
three days, the 3, 4 and 5. We wish
them all success.
The services at the Congregational
church next Sunday will be especially
interesting. In the morning a large
number of new members will be re-
ceived, and for the evening a patriotic
Fourth of July service of music and
readings has been prepared. Printed
programs will be distributed at the
door to all who attend. Everybody is
invited.
Sympathy goes out to Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Clausen in the affliction that has
overtaken them in the loss of their old-
est daughter, Sarah, aged 22 years.
Deceased was employed in one of the
dressmaking establishments of the
city up to a month ago, when she came
down with an attack of typhoid malaria
and was taken home. For a time there
was a slight improvement in her con-
dition, but she suffered a relapse a
week ago which resulted fatally Tues-
day at 3:30 p.m. Deceased was a most
energetic person and of a sweet dispo
sition; her death is mourned by a large
circle of friends. The funeral will take
place from the Baptist church tomor-
row afternoon at 2:30; friends will meet
at the house at 1:30. .
i. away gave a very pretty and unique
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The Chicago Unions, the great and
original colored team of the west, will
play the Ludington team at the fair
grounds tomorrow afternoon.
The appearance of this cele-
brated comic team will be
hailed with great joy by all
lovers of the game. They are
the champion colored organi-
zation of the west, having
held the pennant for several
years. Last year they won 100 games
and lost but 19. Not only do the
Unions play great ball, but they carry
with them an abundance of their
native wit and humor. We trust there
will be a large turnout, making the
opening event an auspicious occasion
No games have, yet been played here
this year, it having been somewhat
difficult thus far to get together an ag-
gregation of players being sufficiently
expert at the game to maintain the
credit of Ludington at a respectable
standard. Now, however, a good team
has been secured, although as yet we
are unable to give the lineup. Go to
the fair grounds tomorrow afternoon
and hear Billy Joyner, the funniest
coach on the diamond.
Lovers of the sport will never have
a better opportunity of seeing a swift
game of ball than they will on Monday,
the 5th of July. Luther and Dowland
will make up the battery for the home
team, while Manitowoc will fill their
points with strong men.
“Sain's Sweepers” and the Ludington
Giants had a speedy little set to at
the fair grounds last Sunday afternoon.
The former came out victorious in the
score of 14 to 10. Batteries–Brown
and Adams, Hannis, Courtland and
Corbet.
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Country roads are getting a trifle
heavy.
Will you be in line the 5th 2
body else will.
Frank Foster is riding a brand new
Iver Johnson, purchased of Sherman
Bros.
Frank Ewing has sold ten wheels
this season after the manner advertised
in his window,
The Misses May and Maud Hath-
Every-
bicycle party to about 20 Friday night.
Wheelmen who participate in the
bicycle parade on the 5th, remember
to decorate your wheels. Five dollars
offered for best decorated wheel; three
dollars for next best.
A number of ladies just learning to
ride, wish us to announce that they
would consider it a favor if hereafter
all gentlemen would keep off Charles
street after dark, as the entire thor-
oughfare is needed for practicing pur-
poses.
Ed Mitchell is contemplating the
purchase of a new wheel in the near
fºrture. When he gets it, he and Harry-
Read will take a bicycle trip of three
weeks or more, traveling through Mich-
igan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wis-
consin. At least, that's the calculation
and anticipation is realization.
Wheelmen remember to assemble at
10 o’clock on the morning of Monday,
July 5, at the corner of Washington
and Ludington avenues, for the pur-
pose of participating in the bicycle
parade. It is desirable that this
feature of the big day shall surpass
public expectations if possible, so let
everybody be on hand and share in
the pleasure of the occasion.
Walter Sanger, the world famous
racer, has entered the Ludington races
for July 5. This is an acquisition that
even our most optimistic cranks had
not anticipated. Sanger is now a pro-
fessional rider, and ranks as one of the
four speediest men in the world. Bing-
heimer, another professional, has also
entered. The public are bound to see
a good race here, since there are first,
second and third prizes offered, and all
are conditioned on the time being 2,25
or better.
iHall: Liſt-NEWS.;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Filer visited the
Gatke resort, Sunday.
Capt., and Mrs. Breinig were visitors
at Hudson's last Sunday.
Mesdames Dickey and Gordon rode
out to Hudson's on their wheels last
week.
W. G. Hudson is preparing to receive
a number of guests from Detroit next
week.
Parties in Oklahoma and Chicago
are negotiating for the use of John
Hoogstraat’s cottage.
Fishing on the lake this year assumes
a much more encouraging aspect than
it did last year. Tales of big catches
and lots of them are coming in thick
and fast.
Wm. G. Hudson now has his resort
in good running order. Many repairs
and improvements have been made;
the road which was washed away has
been rebuilt and the boat service
throughout has been greatly strength-
ened and improved.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hoogstraat, Mr
and Mrs. John Hansen, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Keets and family, and Mrs.
Lovelace and children spent a couple
pleasant days this week in Mir. H's.
cottage on the shores of the lake. The
party were favored with a good catch
of fish, ecsuring more than 100 pounds,
some of them big specimens. The
entire party was caught out in Tues-
day's hard rain, but the drenching did
not quench their ardor.
Mine Host Gatke makes the an-
nouncement that this year he proposes
to offer service and accommodations to
his guests that will make them want to
stay all summer. We certainly believe
he can do it, and that he has the facili-
ties for doing it. This year the grass
is green around the pretty hotel, and in
fact the whole appearance of the place
has been changed in three short years
from a wild and uninviting woods to a
beautiful summer home, where there are
j whom it is hard to part.
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Emmet Fairbanks is home from Big Rap-
ids.
Miss Mary Lyons arrived last week from
Evanston.
H. C. Hutton is expected back from New
York this week.
Dr. William Heysett was down from
Freesoil this week.
Miss A. Young, of Chicago, is visiting
friends in this city.
Mrs. Henry Bonner, of Chase, is visiting
Mrs. Frank Towns.
Miss Lucy McMaster returned last week
from Albion college,
Miss Lillie Richardson is home from an
extended visit in Detroit.
J. Harvey Sawyer has returned from Ann
Arbor and Grand Rapids.
Luman Goodenough returned
parental roof last Friday.
John Joyce is home to spend the Fourth
with his wife and children.
Miss Myrtle Wheeler came home from
Grand Rapids last Tuesday.
Mrs. H. F. Tyler will return tonight from
her visit at Columbus, Ohio.
Miss Ida Wagner, of Milwaukee, is the
guest of her cousin, Miss Mary Lyons.
Mrs. E. W. Marsh is still at Hillsdale at-
tending her father, who is critically ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Dowland, of Hart,
spent Sunday at the Dowland residence.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Curtis, of Lansing, are
the guests of Harry and Eugene Hustºn.
Mrs. Frank Wells, who has been at a
sanitarium at Reed City, has returned home.
Mrs. Matie Brewer, nee DNMoulton, of
Itasca, Tex., is here to spend the summer.
Miss Kate Withey is home from Benton
Harbor, where she has been teaching school.
Miss Laura Armstrong is visiting in the
city. She spent the winter at Elk Rapids.
Mrs. John N. Foster is in town to attend
the graduation of her daughter, Miss
Fannie.
Genial Ed LeGender, of Calumet, is in the
city this week shaking hands with old
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fralick and family, of
Toledo, come tomorrow to stay a month in
Ludington.
Miss Ida Waldo, of Detroit, is expected
here tonight. She will spend the summer
with friends.
Misses Grace and Eva Shorts are home
from Canada, where they have been at-
tending school.
Arthur Ashbacker returned Tuesday
night from Toledo, where he visited after
leaving the 'Varsity,
Miss Huldah Haenig has returned from
Newberry, P., where she has been
spending the winter.
Mrs. E. G. Maxwell and daughter, Ora, of
Pentwater, were guests of Mrs. George
Goodsell, Wednesday.
Miss Grace Ford will return next week
after completing a successful year in the
public schools at the Soo.
Miss Lena Hansen is home from Iron
Mountain. She has engaged to teach at
that place again next wear.
Miss Grace Dunwell has left Grand
Haven and is now visiting her aunt in
Chicago. She will remain there some weeks.
Captain John Butler of the Varsity base
ball team, arrived in the city yesterday
noon. He will take part in the two ap-
proaching ball games.
Will Wilson, who is clerk on steamer F. &
P. M. No. 2, was in town for a couple of
hours Tuesday. The No. 2 is now running
wild, and took on coal here.
Walter Fifield and wife and two children
came over from Chicago, Saturday. Mr. F.
returned the next morning, but the rest of
the family will remain for six weeks.
Mr. Newton Pierce, who has been yisit-
Hing-here from California for º:
left Monday for Washington, D. C. He
will return to Ludington in about three
weeks.
H. E. Malliott, who has been with the
construction gang of the Michigan Tele-
phone Co. since last February, was home
for a couple of days the first of the week.
He went to Manistee yesterday to resume
work for his employers.
The Ann Arbor students who came home
Thursday night were R. F. Bishop, T. M.
Sawyer, Jessie Wing, Ethelwyn Wing and
Harry Mendelson. Miss Nellie Aldrich
also came at the same time from Ypsilanti
and Miss Susie Aldrich from Grass Lake.
William J. Cushway left yesterday after-
noon for Petoskey, where he intends going
in business. Mr. Cushway has been a
prominent businessman in Ludington for
nearly 30 years and a sterling citizen in
every respect. His friends regret to lose
him from the community, but wish him suc-
cess in his new undertaking. His wife will
follow him in a few weeks.
Miss Libbie Charon left for Milwaukee
Tuesday evening in response to a telegram
from her mother, who preceded her to that
city a few days ago. From Milwaukee the
whole family, save Miss Mame Charon, will
proceed at once to Everette, Wash., where
Mr Charon awaits them. The people of
Ludington are very sorry to lose the Charon
family, who, during their long residence
here, have made a host of friends, from
Miss Mame will
remain for some time in the employ of
Olney & Aubrey.
Mrs. Frank Ward, of Chicago, is spending
a couple of weeks with Ludington friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward were formerly esteemed
residents of Ludington, the former being
at one time marshal. The family moved
away in '92. It will be recalled that a few
years ago Mr. Ward fell off a lumber pile,
breaking three ribs and otherwise severely
bruising himself. Mrs Ward in speaking
of her husband informs the APPEAL that he
has never fully recovered from the acci-
dent, and is not so able to perform arduous
labors as formerly.
M. J. Classen has gone to Boyne City to
accept a position as gang Sawyer in the
sawmill of W. H. White & Co. Mr. Classen
is one of the best and most competent saw-
yers Ludington has ever had. e has been
a resident of this city for 31 years, 22 of
which was spent in the employ of T. R.
Lyon. Mr. C.’s family will remain here
for the present, but if he likes it at Boyne
City will remove there, renting his farm in
Pere Marquette township and his residence
on Foster street. The people of Boyne City
will find in Mr. Classen all the attributes of
a desirable citizen, and his employers a
capable, honest, faithful workman.
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from 3% to 7, and one pair Ladies' Hose for 98 cents.
Ladies' Black Hose, worth 20 cents, 10 cents.
We offer a good Kid Shoe for ladies in sizes
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Our 5 cent Baby Stockings.
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15 cent Brooms . . . . . . . . .
25 cent Brooms . .
85 cent Wash Tubs . . . . .
$2.50 Wash Boilers . . . . . .
$2.25 Wash Boilers
All Baby Shoes (sizes from 2 to 5) will be sold at cost this week,
$2.50 Clothes Wringers. . . . .
9 inch Enameled Pie Plates . .
10 inch Enameled Pie Plates.
3 quart Emameled Coffee Pot.
Dinner Pails, full size
Meat Roasters,
Wash Boards, full size. .
6 dozen Clothes Pins
52 lb, Sal Soda
Chair Seats . . . . . . . . . .
Extension Curtain Rods,
Full size Water Set
Lamp Burners
Lamp Chimneys, No. 2 . . .
All Hammocks at low prices.
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All Silverware at cost.
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Office in Bishop & Danaher's Building.
E. N. F.I.T.C H.,
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commercial law a specialty. Office, Odd
Fellows block, Ludington, Mich.
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hours, 8 to 9 a.m.; 1 to 3 and 7 to 9 p.m.
DR. H. E. HOFF MAN,
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in Mendleson block, Ludington avenue, next
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DR. E. N. DUNDAss,
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east of Heysett’s drug store, Ludington ave.
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Snow’s drug store on north James street.
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THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.-PART SECONI)—PAGES
LAND OF FRUIT.
MASON COUNTY STANDS AT THE
HEAD OF FRUIT SECTIONS.
Remarkable Development of the Fruit
industry-Lands Cheap-Great oppor-
tunity for Investment–soil and climate
Adapted to the Business-hundreds of
Acres set to Fruit.
NOWLEDGE and famil-
iarity with the many de-
sirable features and condi-
tions of our own Mason
county have somewhat
served to lessen our appre-
ciation of the same.
Our fruitgrowers have be-
come so accustomed to enorm-
ous and prodigious yields, that
they unconsciously speak with
the utmost complacency of
crops, the size and quality of
which would astound the
growers of less favored sections.
By far the most productive belt of
fruit land is that south of Ludington
The
and adjacent to the lake shore.
indications would be: Strawberries,
1,500 crates; raspberries, 1,500 crates:
blackberries, 1,000 crates; currants, 200
bushels; gooseberries, 200 bushels;pears,
400 bushels; peaches, 6,000 baskets;
plums, 600 bushels; grapes, nine tons;
cherries, 50 cases; apples—good crop,
but a little early as yet to make fair
estimate. Mr. Houk has a beautiful
farm five miles south of Ludington,
and he represents in every way the
ideal diversified farmer, Last year, a
remarkably poor one by the way, he
cleared, over and above all expenses
of living, about $700. -
William Warner is another represent-
ative man of his locality. His methods
and aims are slightly different however,
from those of his neighbors. He owns
an apple orchard covering 35 acres; the
trees all bearing and set from 30 to 45
feet apart. The other fruits, also all
bearing trees now, plums, peaches,
quinces, pears and cherries, were set
years ago amongst the apple trees, with
the intention of cutting them down as
fast as they grew so as to crowd the
apples. This he is doing right along
now, leaving a magnificent apple or-
chard, all large, healthy trees. While
waiting all these years for the apple
trees to mature, he has harvested sev-
eral valuable crops from his other
fruits, and will continue to reap benefit
from them for some time to come. Mr.
Warner's orchard this year gives prom-
ise of good crops. He expects to get
L. W. ROSE'S SUMMIT FRUIT FARM.
lake affords the climate, and the soil is
already there. Generally speaking,
conditions favorable to fruit raising,
are not improved with the distance
back from the shore. Fruit in the vi.
cinity of a large body of water is much
less susceptible to the frosts than fruit
otherwise located. The atmosphere in
the former places is laden with the heat
given out by the water. The fruit belt
mentioned includes the township of
Summit and parts of Riverton and
Pere Marquette. The land is for the
most part hilly, the soil heavy in the
low, lands and sandy on the hilltops.
Fruitgrowing is the principal industry
of the section, not because other crops
will not flourish, but because there is
more money to be made in fruit.
While the locality referred to is the
best, it by no means follows that the
rest of the courty will not produce
fruit. Quite the contrary. There is a
very large acreage of fruit all over the
county, and in Hamlin township par-
ticularly, there has been of late a very
general movement in this direction.
In fact, the bulk of the wealth of
Mason county, outside the city, lies in
her fruit. Her products are eagerly
sought in the city markets, the reputa-
tion of most of our growers for honesty
being such that the quality of their
fruit has become established, and is
consequently in large demand.
The facilities for shipment are ex-
cellent. These take various forms,
but the one most extensively patron-
ized is the boat line to Milwaukee. A
boat leaves every night, and during
the fruit season it is a wonderful sight
to see from 15,000 to 20,000 baskets
loaded onto the big steamer. Detroit,
Grand Rapids and all the inland towns
can be reached by rail. There is a line
of boats running direct to Chicago,
and many hookers, schooners and steam
craft carry fruit to all points along this
shore and across the lake.
Another result of the tempered
winds is a supply of early berries and
vegetables which reach the city mar:
kets close on the heels of the products
from the south. The farmers are
doubly fortunate in this dispensation
of nature, not only enjoying early and
extensive crops, but an accessible and
large market in which to dispose of
them.
The growth of rural Mason county
has, during the past decade, been
one of "remarkable vigor and
progress. Buildings have been con-
structed and beautiful farms reared
in an inconceivably short length of
time. The whole country, since the
discovery, or rather the realization of
its vast resources and abundant fer;
tility, is rapidly being cleared and
settled.
The following facts and figures
gathered on a hasty trip through the
fruit section will serve to give outsiders
an idea as to the nature of the fruit
business as conducted by our leading
growers. A more thorough canvas of
the county would reveal some very.”
teresting facts, but enough is given to
show that, under ordinary conditions,
the fruit business is a profitable One.
J. B. Houk of Summit has a farm of
120 acres, all cleared save 12 acres. The
acreage of fruit is apportioned as
follows:
Strawberries–13 acres.
Raspberries–11 acres.
Blackberries–6 acres.
Currants–2 acres.
Gooseberries–2 acres.
Pears–2 acres.
Peaches—8 acres.
Plums–3 acres.
Grapes—3 acres.
Apples–4 *.
Cherries–14 acre. - -
A very º: and conservative esti:
mate of this year's yield from present
| 1,000 bushels of plums from 1,000 trees;
|400 barrels of pears from 400 trees;
about 50 bushels of quinces, and a good
crop of grapes. He has 1,000 cherry
trees, but they are a failure this year.
|Mr. Warner's farm is picturesquely
situated on the banks of Hopkins lake,
and during the year of the Ludington
boom, was diligently sought by specu-
lators, who gave it a cash rating of
$15,000.
Smith Hawley is in every sense of
the words, intelligent, energetic and
ambitious. He has lived 20 years on
his farm; and during that time has,
out of his fruit alone, paid for his 80
acres of land, erected a fine brick resi-
dence, raised a large family and ed:
ucated them, and surrounded himself
with every comfort and convenience.
Over 60 acres are under cultivation.
He has 15 acres of peach trees, which
last year yielded 1,600 bushels; three
acres of apples, which gave 900 bushels;
one acre strawberries, 200 cases; three
acres red raspberries, 400 cases; and 40
cherry trees, which gave 50 cases. Mr.
Hawley reluctantly gave his net gain
on his fruit last year, saying that last
year was no criterion of his usual earn-
ings. He gave $400 as the figure, but
said if anything like fair prices had
ruled, he would have made $2,000.
Mr. Hawley expects to make good
money on his fruit this year.
Jacob Meisenheimer has been in the
fruit business for 15 years. He owns
a magnificent farm of 200 acres, and
has raised and educated a very large
family, paying for everything with the
money made on his fruit. This year
Mr. Meisenheimer's farm is in excel-
lent condition. His 30 acres of peaches
give promise of a yield of 2,000 bushels;
175 plum trees, 200 bushels; 150 pear
trees, 100 bushels; 200 cherry trees, 200
cases; 1% acres of raspberries, 150
cases; 34 acre gooseberries, 50 cases;
currants 2 acres, and apples, 10 acres—
both a heavy crop. Last year Mr.
Meisenheimer had 5,000 bushels of
peaches, on which he cleared $1,000.
On his other fruits he netted $300.
L. W. Rose is the genial and enter-
prising berrygrower of Summit. Mr.
Rose owns 80 acres of as beautiful land
as can be found in Michigan. The ac-
companying illustration in this issue
beauty of his place. He has three acres
of strawberries from which he expects
this year a yield of 150 bushels 21 acres
of raspberries and blackberries which
will yield 1,000 bushels; two acres of
apples, 500 bushels, and two acres pears,
200 bushels. In the year 1895 he netted
$1,000 on his fruit. Last year, being
such a failure, he didn't realize half
that amount.
George McClatchie owns 80 acres of
land. He is known everywhere as the
most careful grower of peaches. The
following is about the way he sizes up
his crops for this year:
Peaches–50 acres, 3,000 bushels.
Plums–2 acres, 200 bushels.
Apples–1 acre, 200 bushels.
Strawberries–8 acres, 500 cases.
Raspberries–8 acres, 500 cases.
Grapes–1 acre, 500 baskets,
Last year Mr. McClatchie only made
$500 on his peaches, His strawberries
netted him $100 per acre, and his rasp-
berries $50 per acre. Previous to last
year he always thought that he wasn't
doing very much unless he cleared $1
per bushel on his peaches. He says he
wouldn't take that amount for his
present prospects on peaches this year.
Francis Shappee has made a fortune
in fruit. He is the largest peach grower
in Mason county owning 50 acres of
peach orchard. Mr. Shappee said that
in one season, about four years ago, he
cleared $1,000 from four acres of
peaches. He also has a great deal of
other fruit, but has always placed his
main dependence on peaches.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
THREE Distinct organizationS
OF THE KIND IN THE GITY.
Intellectual Ludington-Culture and Re-
finement – detailed description and
History of our Literary Societies-
character of work Pursued-Members
anal Officers.
ULTIVATION of
the mind is a
prime feature in the
social life of Luding-
ton people.
Our schools, so fully
among the young in a thorough and
systematic manner. But the public
schools are not open to those now ad-
vanced in years, hence the organiza-
tion and maintainance of literary so-
cieties for their social and intellectual
culture.
The existence of these societies is
good evidence of the character of the
community. The culture of the people
must be measured in some way, and
what standards form a truer criterion
than education and morals? Various
societies of this nature have from time
to time existed here, but many of them
have ceased to exist, giving place to
others that have likewise passed away.
Today we find just three societies of
prominence in existence. They are
the Ladies' Literary Circle, the Bay
View Circle and the Ludington History
Club. -
Ladies' Literary Circle.
The Ladies' Literarv Circle was
formed May 15, 1892, with 20 charter
members. The following persons were
the original signers: Mesdames H. S.
Fuller, C. H. McMahon, W. F. Dean,
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selves as possible. The society is very
select, and membership to it is eagerly
sought by many who would gladly
share its privileges and benefits.
Visitors are not allowed to attend
lºeetings, lest they should by their
presence interfere with the best in-
terests of the society.
Bay View Circle.
Another local organization which
has for its object intellectual, social and
moral advancement, is the Boyesen
Circle of the Bay View Reading as:
sociation.
This society, which is completing the
second year of its existence, meets
each Monday evening during the fall,
winter and spring months, at its pres-
ident's home, which on the evenings of
the circle meetings is known as
Boyesen hall. The general plan of the
work is very similar to the Chautauqua
movement, except that Bay View in-
stead of Chautauqua is the summer
home and meeting place for the
members. The regular course of read-
ing is made to cover a period of four
years, although each year's work is
complete in itself and can be taken
alone.
The Boyesen Circle began its present
year's work on Monday evening,
November 9, at which time it elected
and installed the following officers:
President–Mrs. John S. Woodruff.
Vice-President–Kate S. Hutchins.
Secretary–Florence Johnson.
-Treasurer–John S. Woodruff.
The literary exercises were followed
by a dainty luncheon served by the
president, assist d by the treasurer and
a number of the members.
The year's work has been a systematic
study of American history, literature,
and social institutions. The weekly
programs have been exceedingly inter-
esting. They have included musical
selections, both vocal and instrumental,
M. E. Hoogstraat, R. P. Bishop, D. W. Specially prepared papers and debates.
Goodenough, G. F. Sperry, O. L. Shep- |Twice during the yearspecial occasions
pard, A. P. McConnell, C. T. Sawyer, have been observed. Monday evening,
L. B. Elsworth, M. Wheeler, S. E. Feb. 22, was Washington night. Boye-
Morse, G. W. Crosby, M. E. Blodgett, se” hall was tastily decorated with
A. W. Bisbee, H. L. Haskell, and ºngºings flags and bunting. The
Misses L. E. Smith, L. V. Schick, C. G. prºgram wis in harmony with the day
Schick and Katheryn Danaher. and surroundings. Again on April 26
Since that time the following persºns
a special program was given. This was
have been admitted to membership: Lincoln evening and the program was
Mesdames H. J. Stray, Alvin Aldrich, one which had for its central idea the
Emma McMahon, J. D. Buckingham, greatness of our martyred president
will give a contracted idea of the .
E. M. Heysett, Charles McConnell,
Eleanor Gray, Louis Ward, James E.
Danaher, George Haskell, Helen Cady
and C. D. Danaher.
There is a constitutional provision
which stipulates that the membership
at any given time shall not exceed 25.
This rule has been strictly observed, but
so numerous have been the applicatin-
for membership that no difficulty
has been experienced in getting a full
complement of members.
At the present time meetings are
held in the court house every ºrmesday
afternoon. There are two months,
July and August. when no meetings
are held. The work thus far taken up
has all branched out from the main
subject, English History. From this,
the work has been extended to English
Literature, Society, Institutions, etc.
All work is systematically handled, be-
ing divided into four distinct parts.
On each week of the month one of
these four parts is studied. They are:
History and Biography, Science Art,
and Education, Literature, and Drama.
and the magnitude of the civil war.
On this occasion also the decorations
were an important feature.
The circle now boasts of a member-
ship of over 30. The roll is as follows:
Jeannette Alexander, Effie Abair,
Elizabeth Anderson, Theressa Barnes,
Stephen Beach, Francis J. Carleton,
Anna Coburn, Bertha Coburn, Franc
(ºswell. Ralph H. Elsworth, M. J.
a tely. Porter Graves, Kate Hutchins,
º Florence Johnson, Mary
Johnson, Mary Maxim, William A.
Marshall, Rose McElroy, Jessie McNeil,
Anna Olson, Helen F. Pierce, Louise
Ramsbeck, Francis Rose, Madeline
Rhody, J. S. Stearns, Kate Sterling,
('ora Shackelton, Charles Tyler, Florence
Vivian, Mrs. John S. Woodruff, Eliza-
beth Woodruff, John S. Woodruff.
The History Club.
The Ludington-History club is one of
the more recent organizations, being
s arted some time last October.
There are 15 members and meetings
are held every Monday evening, chang-
ing about each week at the several
homes of the members. Meetings are
held during the winter months only.
The club was formed for the express
purpose of studying the various phases
of the late war. The causes leading up
to the struggle have been carefully
studied and discussed and each of the
All meetings are presided over by the noted battles taken up and thoroughly
president, and members
various parts to present.
The L. L. C. is not mere combina-
assigned
tion of ladies for literary purposes.
It is a strong and complete organiza-
viewed in the light of all available maps
and informa ion. By an earnest and
systematic effort on the part of each
member in the shape of diligent re-
search, much light has been brought to
bear upon some of the hitherto rather
RESIDENCE OF D.
W. GOODENOUGH.
tion, conducted strictly in accordance hidden points of the rebellion. The
with the constitution and Ly laws, and
fully provided with the several neces-
sary officers and committees.
The officers for the ensuing year are:
President–Lizzie Smith.
Vice President—Mrs. G. H. Blodlett.
Secretary–Mrs. G. F. Sperry.
Treasurer–Mrs. James E. Danaher.
Corresponding Secretary–Mrs. J. B.
McMahon.
Each member pays an annual fee of
one dollar, which makes an ample
amount to coverall the expenses of the
society.
The Ladies' Literary Circle is in
every way a refined and intelligent or
ganization. They do not court public-
ity, but sincerely endeavor to make
study of military maneuvers and gen-
eralship has been a very interesting
feature of the work.
During the winter just passed about
half of the outlined work has been com-
pleted. Next winter it will be continued
aud finished. According to the regular
methods of work one person makes out
the program for he week ahead and
assi, as to each a part. Preparation is
then mºde on each of these parts and
the le ort r cited at the meeting.
The membership to the History club
is limited to 15, it being the opinion of
the members that a larger number
could lºt work advantageously. The
following persons are members of the
club: Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Haskell, Mr.
and Mrs. II. C. Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. C.
T. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ham-
mond, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Blodgett,
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blodgett, Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Wing, and the Misses May
their meetings as profitable to them-
and Maud IIathaway.
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Every woman and girl in the county will add to her
charms and her comfort as well by the purchase of a
summer dress, gloves, ribbons, handkerchiefs, etc. As
a rule the summer outfit has been arranged weeks be-
fore this, but the season has been cold and many have
delayed in their purchases. Consequently we are able.
to offer a much larger assortment to select from than
is usual, and at prices lower than ever before. Our
stock of summer dress fabrics embraces
Organ Clies,
I Ain en Svviss,
Batist,e,
La D1) et's,
Per Ca1es,
Linens,
I )iinnities
in patterns more beautiful than anything shown in
former seasons.
Next to a good dress, nothing adds more to a lady's appear-
ance than a pair of stylish meat fitting shoes.
Our 52.50 and $3.00 line of ladies' shoes has few equals and no
superiors. These shoes are correct in style, they fit
well, and they wear well. We have them in button
and lace, patent or kid trimmed, coin, cottage, welles-
ley, or pointed toe, black and chocolate.
We have a line of chocolate shoes at $2.00 which cannot be
excelled in fit and wearing qualities.
We show a line of $2.00 kid shoes but little interior in ap-
pearance to the $3.00 ones.
We have the mates of our $2.00 and $2.50 ladies' shoes in
gº at $1.50 and $1.65 and in children’s at $1.25 and
.50.” -
We have cheaper shoes too. $1.50 and $1.25 shoes which are
guaranteed to give satisfaction and which are made up
in almost as good style as the high priced ones. Child-
ren's and misses' $1.25, 1.00 and 75 cents. - - -
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Ladies' Hose,
aCIeS TiOSe, -
good values at every price. If you want hose at 50c, a
pair, we can give you well the worth of your money.
At 35 and 25 we have attractive goods, and at 15, 10 and
5c, we claim to give the best for the money.
Children's Hose,
from the finest to the cheapest.
Men's Socks,
Whatever your requirements we have the goods, The
prices (50c, 25c, 20c, 15c, 10c, 5c) do not tell the quality
—you must see the goods.
"un-
--
Our hosiery department is one we are proud of, and the range
of prices quoted above shows the diversity of the trade
we supply. There is style and there are differrent
values in hosiery as well as in anything else, and
buying as we do from one of the largest
houses in the country, we get the best
and offer you the most for your
money.
As we have intimated before we can not tell in an ad. one-
tenth of the special inducements we have to offer, but
Yºlº your indulgence a minute longer while we
talk of
MEN'S SHOES
All solid Satin calf shoe in plain or tipped, coin, reg-
ular or pointed toes at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125
The same a little better quality, lace or congress any
toe, any width at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50
Kangaroo calf, soft and pliable as a glove at . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Calf, lace or congress coin toe or regular toe, a fine shoe,
good wearer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 75
Dongola or colt skin, lace coin toe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Vici Kid, chocolate lace, coin toe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 25
12 pair Royal blue $4 shoes at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
12 pair Calf lace $3.50shoes at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
12 pair Calf lace, opera toe, $3 shoes at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
12 pair Russia calf tan, pointed toe $3.50 shoe at...ONE HALF
WORKING SHOES,
BOYS' SHOES.
Youths shoes—see the little gents at $1.50 fine kid, coin
toe, lace, sizes 10 to 13.
Tilt, DOll)|6 BPIſ (SOF6,
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THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
LUDINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLs.
COMPLETE HISTORY FROM THEIR ORGANIZATION DOWN
TO THE PRESENT TIME.
When Founded-Present Efficiency-Buildings and Appointments
Names of Superintendents and Graduates-What They Mean
to Us-Interesting Historical
Glimpse of the Future.
city's growth is
more credit due
than to the public
schools.
In every intelli-
gent community they are, and must be,
the corner stone of civilization and
progress. They are the rock upon
which we build, and to their solidity,
to their efficiency is due more than to
any other single agency, whatever
degree of fame or prosperity the city
Rio B A B L Y to no spaced paper.
one factor of the is made in reading, which is taken up
as it naturally cecurs in the progress
may acquire.
this rule. It has prospered much and lost
little by whatever expenditure it has
made toward improving and building
up a free education that is today our
rational pride. The effects of good
schools are both direct and indirect;
they are tangible and obtruse; they are
immediate and far reaching. Teaching
is now a profession–learning a duty.
How We Started.
School District No. 3, of the town-
ship of Pere Marquette, was organized
November 10, 1864, embracing the same
territory that is now included in the
as the home of man.”
rt rºl. ention to -
Ludington has been no excep to observe all the phenomena of land improvement in all written work. A
and water and sky, land slopes, and full course in American history in all
limits of Union School District No. 1,
of the city of Ludington; and the first
school was taught in the district the
succeeding summer, by Miss Sarah
Melendy, in a shanty in the rear of the
Pere Marquette Lumber company's
mill, which continued to be the only
building used for school purposes in
the district until the building of the
original portion of the present Long-
fellow school in the second ward in the
fall of 1867.
Previous to that time the terms of
school had been short and intermittent
—the school being kept up summers
only; but from the month of February,
1868, the schools have been kept up
during the whole of the year.
In the year 1870 the former school
district organization was changed to a
union or graded school organization,
with six trustes instead of three
- - OTHEGIST-Tetaining”owever, its of dº
name of School District No. 1, of the
city of Ludington,
The first school was taught in the
summer of 1865, by Miss Sarah
Meléndy, Miss Kate Mitchell taught
in 1866, and Miss Nellie Mills in 1867.
and 1868. The first principal was Miss
Mary Mills, in 1868. From this time
until 1875 we have been able to find no
record of the progress of school affairs.
At that time, however, John N. Foster
became principal and later superin-
tendent, and from then down to the
present time there was an era of
uninterrupted growth and prosperity.
In the seven years following 1875 the
enrollment of the schools increased
from a trifle over 400 to about 950.
Mr. Foster proved himself a most
eficient superintendent, his entire ad-
ministration being marked by a healthy
growth and a steadily increasing
patronage.
Following him each succeeding
superintendent has taken the work
along the systematized lines laid out
by Mr. Foster, each effecting such
changes of detail as seemed to him
expedient, but always there has been
that onward progress toward perfec-
CENTRAL SCHOOL,
tion that characterizes the success of
a wise and determined people. As
fast as the people have been able to
afford new buildings and improved
school appointments, they have been
forthcoming. Much has been done to
make good schools, and we take a just
pride in the result.
Present Efficiency.
The schools are divided in the usual
way into primary, grammar and high
school departments. There are five
years in the primary department, and
four years each in the grammar and
high school departments, making 13
years in the entire course. Pupils who
have attained the age of five years are
received in the sub-primary rooms,
where classes are formed twice each
year. The work done in these rooms
is adapted to the age of the children.
Much is taken from the kindergarten.
The little ones are taught to write,
and, as one of the results of that most
recent and productive branch of
educational prºgress, child study, they
are not, as formerly, confined to long
continued efforts upon a page of narrow
full proportion of history, literature,
Sketch-Financial Standing-A
Considerable progress
of the work. Form, color, and
representation by moulding clay and
by simple drawings, language by con-
versation, observation of nature, music,
morals and manners, all have their
part in this, the child's first year.
In the succeeding four primary years
the work is carried on with continued
attention to the development of the
perception. Geography is an im-
portant study at this period. It makes
the pupils acquainted with the “earth
city for the positions of responsibility
which must fall to them in coming
years. The sound body, the clear,
vigorous, well disciplined, well stored
mind, an honest heart, a virtuous life,
these are the qualities our boys and
girls must possess to be good citizens.
The effort of the schools, the shaping
of the course of study, the character of
teachers and teaching must all conduce
to these ends. We believe that the
schools of Ludington are animated by
these considerations and that the char-
acter of the teachers and teaching and
the entire conduct of the schools is
well calculated to secure these great
and desirable ends.
Ex-State Supt. H. R. Pattengill, after
spending a day in our schools, in
which he visited several buildings and
more than twenty departments, pub.
lishes in the Michigan Moderator
under date of April 1, 1897, these
words: “Ye editor recently visited the
schools at Ludington and found every-
thing in apple-pie order. Schools are
very prosperous. Vertical penmanship
is in its first year, but meeting with
great favor everywhere; teachers en-
It teaches him
the resulting varieties of water forms,
variations of climate, of soils, and the
influence of all these changes and
circumstances upon the distribution
of vegetable and animal life; how in
time all these things either forbid
habitation by man, or prepare him a
suitable home, and determine his
occupations and productions. Naturally
history and literature are associated
and correlated with such a study of
geography; history as a record of what ||
man has done,
has thought.
Such study quickens thought, and
thought demands expression, hence
language. It is evident that the read-
ing should stand in close relation to
the geography, the history and the
literature, as thus it may supplement
all three, while itself has more purpose
and gains an added interest.
Drawing as a means of training the
hand and eye, and music, not only for
itself, but for its influence in discipline,
in refinment and in concentration and
direction of the mind, are continued
literature, what man
thusiastic and pupils making much
period not exceeding two weeks.
The Fourth ward or Pere Marquette
school is also a large two-story brick,
occupying a prominent position on the
corner of Madison and Fourth streets.
There are eleven assembly rooms and
one recitation room. Each room is
provided with slate blackboards, maps
and general teaching paraphernalia.
About 500 pupils are housed in this
building, which is satisfactorily heated
throughout with steam. The cost of
the building with furniture and ſix-
tures was in the neighborhood of
$15,000.
The Fifth ward or Emerson school is
a rather unprepossessing wooden
structure standing on the corner of
Foster and Rowe streets.
district about $2,500. It is very incon-
venient in many ways, coal stoves be-
ing used in cold weather and wood
stoves during the spring and fall sea-
sons. There are four rooms with a
seating capacity for 180 children.
The Central or high school building,
located in the heart of the Third ward,
is a handsome building erected in '88
at a total cost of $36,000. The rooms
below are mostly used by the primary
grades, and the rest of the building is
given to the high school, which at
the grades below the High school is
meeting with fine success. The birth-
days of the month have all been ob-
served. In the High school a debate
in which the relative greatness of
Washington and Lincoln was discussed,
called out a large attendance of the
patrons on Washington's birthday and
was a valu ble occasion for the
school.”
Buildings and Appointments.
But a comparatively small portion of
the taxpayers of Ludington have ever
troubled themselves to glance through
present has enrolled about 150 pupils.
All the appointments of the building
are modern and convenient. There is
a laboratory on the lower floor contain-
ing two rooms, one used for chemistry
and the other for botany, physics and
physiology. The former is provided
with tables, water and draft closets for
experimenting with noxious gases;
also all chemicals and necessary chem-
ical appliances. The other room is
amply equipped with large tables and
apparatus for conducting experiments
with light, heat, ele tricity, etc. The
the school buildings of the city and
notice the excellent facilities and ap-
pointments for doing school work that
have been provided. To such, as well
as to the general public, a few descrip-
tive remarks pertinent to the subject
may not prove altogether uninterest-
ing.
The First ward school building
called the Lakeview school, is a neat
brick edifice located on the corner of
Main and Haight stree s. It was
built in the year 1886 at a cost of
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through these four years. The study
of number or arithmetic takes a more
serious aspect, strongly exercising the
memory and commencing in the latter
part of the four years to make some
demand upon the reasoning powers.
All this work preceeds the next four
years of the grammar grades, which
are adapted to the advancing age of
the pupils. Good preparation is made
for the high school into which pupils
who have completed the work of the
grammar school are received upon
their certificate of promot on from the
eighth grade. -
The high school offers a generous
choice of courses; a commercial course,
where excellent facilities are presented
for a good knowledge of practical
book-keeping, all accounts growing
out of actual transactions in school
merchandise and commercial paper.
This course, like all the others, covers
a period of four years, and requires its
science, and mathematics. Most
students of this course also elect some
language, usually German. The
English course gives an opportunity
for those who do not choose languages
to pursue a strong line of English
studies. -
The other courses prepare for the
University of Michigan, where grad-
uates are admitted upon their diplomas
to courses leading to the degrees B. A.,
B. L., and Ph. B. Graduates are also
admitted to the M chigan State
Normal and the oth schools and
colleges of the state (ºraduates have
also been admitted with full credit to
the universities and ºleges of other
states.
The aim thr ughºut the cºurse of
the public sch ols is citizen making;
the preparation of the yºuth of our
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$6,000. The cost of supplping it with
furnishings and heating apparatus was
about $2,000, making a tot l cost of
$8,000. Each room is provided with
maps, slate blackboards and a suitable
teacher's wardrobe. There are four
rooms, which acc mmodate about 180
pupils. -
The S cond ward, Longfellow school,
is also a substantial two-story brick
structure located on block wight. The
first part of it was erected in 1879, but
commercial room is supplied with
suitable desks for pupils, also banks
for practical commercial work, all
operations being a direct result of act-
ual transactions with school money.
This department is under the super-
vision of Mr. G. V. L. Cady, who has
made an unqualified success of his
work. The high school assembly room
is a large, ple sant room, provided
with a piano and libraries of reference
pertaining to every subject treated in
the school course. The building
throughout is clean and commodious,
well lighted, heated and ventilated.
and provided with ample sewerage. A
total of about 285 pupils are cared for.
| The superintendent's office is a large.
pleasant and well furnitured room on
the west side of the building, and
used by several classes as a recitation
TOC no.
Union District No. 1 also owns two
other buildings, the Wing school east
of the city and the little red school
building at the rear of the Lakeview
school. The estimated cost of these
is $2,000, making the total cost of all
the school buildings in the city $89,500.
The present bonded indebtedness of the
school district is $28,000. The floating
indebtedness is $15,000, having been
reduced $12,000 during the past year.
The board expec s to wipe out the
entire fioating indebtedness in another
year. The average expense of main-
taining the schools per month is
approximately $2,300 The total num-
ber of teachers is 41 and the total
number of pupils is 1,785. From these
figures it will be observed that the av-
erage cost per pupil per month is a
trifle over $1.30. Can there be doubt
in the mind of any intelligent person
as to the profitability ºf such an in-
vestment 2
The naming of the various school
buildings was brought about by the
present superintendent during the
past year. In our schools all the legal
holidays and birthdays of departed
heroes and statesmen are observed
with appropriate exercises. Each
building is supplied with a flag and
flag pole, and here we find inspiration
for the many patriotic lessons that are
taught in the schools. City water
flows freely through every building,
and abundant sewerage is supplied.
The closets are indoors in nearly all
the buildings, and everything pertain-
LUDINGTON BASKET FACTORY.
in 1894 an addition was added, which
makes it a convenient and commodious
building. The total c st of construc
tion was about $19,000. It has ten as-
sembly rooms and two recitation
rooms, accommodating in all about
500 pupils. The rooms are all supplied
with maps, etc., and heated by steam.
The school library is also located in
this building, under the efficient man
agement of Miss Kate Hutchins. It
contains about 2,500 volumes and is
quite extensively patronized. An av-
erage of 500 books per week are drawn.
Any resident of the city is privileged
to draw books and retain them for a
ing to the health of the pupil is
carefully looked after and provided.
Most of the buildings are provided
with slate blackboards, which are, un-
questionably, the most improved and
satisfactory piece of school furniture
that schooldom has yet seen.
In fact, liberal schoolboards, acting
upon the authority of a liberal and
patriotic constituency, have in the
past spared no pains to equip the
district with working facilities, that
have resulted in a system of schools of
which we are justly proud, and upon
which the future success and pros-
perity of our city depend.
Superintendents and Graduates.
It is a somewhat difficult matter to
trace the regimes of the various
It cost the
superintendents who have since 1875
presided over the destiny of our
schools. The best authority we have
for it is the memory of our oldest
teachers and inhabitants.
Prof. John N. Foster was the first
superintendent of our schools, he
being engaged by the school board in
the fall of 1875, and remaining in
charge for seven years. Under his
superintendence our schools began an
uninterrupted march of progress. His
first step was to grade the schools and
systematize their workings throughout.
This move was then supplemented by
many minor improvements, all of
which tended to increase the efficiency
of the schools.
Mr. C. K. Perine next took charge of
the schools, but only remained one
year. He was a University graduate
and an eminently good scholar.
Mr. Perine was followed by Mr. C.
W. Pickell, a practical man of con-
siderable experience, and a graduate
Quackenbush, Bert Reeves, Anna Honso.
witz. Sadie Jenner, Charles Baggott, Hattie
McKenzie, Maggie Burns-Sivertson, Minnie
Ash-Holmes.
Class of 94–Erma Aldrich, Susie Aldrich,
George Bisbee, Mary Carroll, M. Francis
Caswell, Minnie Mae Copley, Charles
Cartier, Maud Darke, Mina Davidson, Arthur
Fleischer, Grace Ford, Effie Fortune-Stan-
ford, Clara Hudson-Read, Ralph Johnson,
Lottie Leonardson, Mary Leute, Elizabeth
Lodge, Harold Mendelson, Carrie Mills,
Louise Olsen, Frank Smith, Malcolm Whalen,
Ethelwyn Wing, Jessie Wing, Dora Young,
Lucie McMaster, Belle Anderson, Alma
Holmquist.
Class of '95–Philip Rohrig, Olga Fleischer-
Starr, Hettie Adams. Arthur Ashbacker,
Lydia Dixon, Merton Elsworth, Alice Gale,
Mary Gatke, Nellie Geason, Emily Green-
wald, Mabel Marsh, William Peters, Roswell
Bishop, Walter Stray, Millie Timm, Forest
Williams. Lottie Winey, Alida Rienburg,
* Downing, Ethel Swarthout, Fayetta
Orºn.
Class of 96–Ephriam Gray, John Gray,
David Clavette, Byron Odle, John Fox, John
Woodruff, Carev Ireland, Edith Stanton,
of the state normal. He remained
here nearly four years, resigning his
position about four months before the
completion of his fourth year. The
resignation took immediate effect and
Mr. Pickell at once embarked in the
insuranco business in Detroit. Dr. I.
W. McKe ver, at that time pastor of
the Co gregational church, w s en-
gaged to complete the remaining four
mont s of Mr. Pickell's term.
The next year Prof. A. F. Webster, a
graduate of Albion college, and a fine
scholar, took charge and made much
progress in his two years' superin-
tendence. He was follow-ºl by Mr.
J. R. Miller, who also remained two
years. Mr. Mil er's successor was
Prof. H. E. King. He was a genial
gentlem in and a good scholar, being a
graduate of both the state normal and
the state un versity. Mr. King left his
work he e, after serving two years, to
do missionary work in China.
The pres-ut superintendent of our
schºols, Prof. II. T. Blodgett, is a
graduate of the state normal, and has
been identified with the Ludington
schools more or less for the past 15
years. He is just now about to com-
plete his third year as superintendent.
Mr. Blodgett is a man of broad ex-
perience as an educator. His wears of
practical teaching in the schoolroom
extending to every grade of public
Sºhool work, together with a liberal
professional training, have given him
special fitness for the position he holds.
He is recognized in the sta e as a
thorough educator, and takes a
prominent part in all educational
affairs. Prof. Blodgett is not only a
thorough scholar, but e also com-
bines to a high degree the qualities of
a good instructor and a thorough
diciplinarian, while his practical views
have been of great service to the
board of education. Under his man-
agement the schools of Ludington
have taken high rank, and the people
of the city are unanimous in ex
pressing their satisfaction and ap-
preciation of his servic-s. Up to the
present time there have been about 200
graduates of the Ludington schools.
The following are the nam s of the
alumni, beginning with the first class
in 1877: -
Class of '77 – Laura Brown-B cº with,
Mollie Danaher-Ward, Katie Danaher, Eddie
C Foster, Cora Hatch Sweet, Lille Taylºr-
Danaher. Frank C. Ewing. David Seeley.
John Sherman.
Class of '78–Emma Kittridge-Lange, Nel-
lie Shackelton-Suni h. Katie Sterling, Miles
P. Gaudette, Jennie Stevens Hopkins. Nellie
Tripp-Gibson. Tillie Voiº ht-Frankinburg,
Byron Shackelton.
Class of 79–Maggie Arnott Butters, Alice
Bennett Minchin, Eva Smith, Carrie Schick,
Emma Burns Hill, Jeunie Paterson-Stovin,
Annie Surplice-Alexander Surah Smith-
Morse. Ella Callahan Terbush, Jennie Lewis
Dean. Lillian Williams-Ewing.
Class of '80–Vila Gaudette-Crosby, Nellie
Paterson-Baldwin. Hattie Salisbury, Galen
Merrill, Bernie Voight. Metta Weimer, Ida
Packard Seeley. Feel C Clayton, Alfred J.
McClatchie, Robert Wilson.
Class of ’81–Allie Foster, Louise Saeger,
Gertrude Crawford-Aubrey, Maggie Stev-
ens, Harry Newcombe, Fannie Aber-Winter.
mute, Effie M. Abair, Kate Evans, Anna
Fralick-Slawson, Eddie Voight.
Class of ’82–Nelle Patterson-Baldwin.
Class of '83 Effie M. Abair, May Danaher,
Minnie H. Fogg-Jones, Gertrude Crawford-
Aubrey, Effie M. Gaylord Huston, Bina E.
Gale-Davies, Cora B. Harvey, Mike Danaher,
William G. Moulton.
Class of ’85–Ida Fay Hºpkins. Ida Belle
Patterson-Aubrey, Margaret Barbara Ron
rig-Ungers, Frank Ellis Tolles.
Class of ’86–Stella Becton Mills-Austin,
George Edward Carroll, Rºbert Chester
Dundass, Alice A. Good-el-Ackerville,
Cecelia Hannah Schick, Euward Fleury
LeGender,
Class of '87–Harry A. Starr. Hanuah A.
Mendelson, Clara Rohrig, Albertine Lessard-
Langlois.
Class of 'SS – Blanche H. Armstrong-
Hudson, Jessie M. Williams-Heysett. Rosa-
land Cotton-Fiske, Helena Dauaner, Jennie
E. LeGender, Louise M. Ramsbeek. Medora
A. Burgess-Williams, Edith M. Hall, Bertha
M. Coburn, Estella C. Mero, Harry F.
Johnson, Georgia Bºlden-Tyler, Edward
Ungers, Daisy M Graves-Adams, F. Wm.
Heysett, George A. Schick.
Class of '89–Mary McKenzie. Effie Alex-
ander Danaher, Eugene Woodruff, Matie
Moulton-Brewer. Nora Tangney-Sterling.
Class of 90–Netta Auderson. Will Pº
land, Belle Coburu-Mercer, Dominic
McDonald.
Class of 91–Francis Hopkins, D. Patter-
son-Rohn, Anna Butler, Bessie Taylor,
Louise Jagger, Eleanor Goodenough-Gray,
Ralph Elsworth, Luman Goodenough, Anna
Beattie-Cazier, Grace McConaughy-Camp-
bell, Mary Johnson.
Class of 92–Kate Withey, Helen Pierce,
Lydia Pomeroy, Georgiana Moran. Helen
Hale-Penn, Ella Mondelson, Helen Aldrich,
Netta Alexander, Harry Stark, Edwin
Woodruff, Malcolm Sawyer, Florence John-
son.
Class of 93–Vasco Roberts, John Butler,
Anna Oleson. Lena. Hansen, Andrew
Christensen, Beth Mills-Baggott, Charles
SCENE ON LINCOLN RIVER,
Libbie Charon, Mary Lyons, Grace Dunwell,
Lena Christensen, Millie Kuhi, Alberta
Yockey, Maº, ue Ford, Huldah Haenig, Mary
Q Donnell, Maude Kirke, Cora Johnson,
Grace Tyler, Esther Vestling, Jessie McNeil,
Mattie Leonardson, Gertrude Ungers.
General Remarks.
The schools are today under an effici-
ent corps of 41 teachers, many of whom
have been a long time in school work,
all active, su lious a d progressive.
It would be gratifying to the APPEAL
to point individually to a number of
the teachers, whose lºng and effective
servic in the Ludington schools, has
made them an inestimable blessing to
this city. IBut it must be left to the
hundreds of boys and girls, young men
and young women, who have come
under their teaching and influence to
bear testimony of the faithfulness and
inspiratiºn of their work. There are
teachers now in the service of the
schools who are fixtures. They are
practically indispensable to the success.
ful conduct of the schools. By their
honesty and fidelity they have endeared
themselves to the hearts of both pupils
and patrons, and have won the deepest
and most sincºre gratitude of every
good citizen.
But the work of the conscientious
tea her is not akin to ordinary tasks of
routine drudgery. She can do much,
but not all. Her work, to reach the
highest degree of perfectiºn, must be
augmented by the sympathy and co-
operation of the parent. And right
here lies the point on which many
parents err. They are prone to criti-
c se the teacher unjustly, denouncing
her methods and teachings as hot in
harmony with the home teaching of
the child. “A word to the wise is
enough.” Parents, change your tactics;
try the teacher's methºds for a while,
letting the home training supplement
and follow in line with the teacher's
work. The result we imagine will be a
surprise to even the most skeptical.
Then again the teacher very often
labors at a disadvantage when parents
profess an utter indifference as to the
home life of the child. They are per-
fectly willing to let matters take their
course; they guess the teacher is doing
very well with their children, but more
than this there is no show of interest
in either teacher or pupil. When the
former class of parents reform and the
latter awaken, when teacher and par.
ents work together exerting the same
influence but at different times and
places, and when the child is made to
feel thºse influences everywhere about
him, and see the united efforts being
made in his behalf, then, and not until
then will our system of education
reach its highest degree of perfection.
At the present time there is a strong
demand and an urgent need for exer.
ising the most rigid economy in the
conduct of our Schools. The school
board, feeling the necessity of conform-
ing the management of the schools to
this condition, have curtailed every
possible expense, so that now the
schools are being operated on an ex-
ceedingly economical basis. As a
measure ºf this kind the school year
hereafter will consist of but nine
months instead of ten as heretofore.
The expediency of this move is well
established. Taxes are already burden-
some, and a further reduction of ex-
penditures was imperative. The school
board and superintendent are both of
the opinion that the change can be
effected without materially impairing
the efficiency of the schools. The work
can be crowded a little more and
finished within the nine months. The
estimated saving of such a change
would be in the neighborhood of
$2,200. -
The APPEAL is in hearty sympathy
with every such move of economy that
can be made without deteriorating our
schools. Financially, the city is pass-
ing through a most depressing period,
and if we would rally from this we
must be conservative in expenditures
and live within our means. We do
not favor an indiscriminate slashing
of expenses, for there is great need for
a wise discrimination. Whatever we
do we must maintain the schools at
this present standing.
Education is money that is hard to
spºnd. We live for succeeding genera-
tions, and if we can bestow upon them
a legacy that is better than gold, that
cannot be spent, and that will prove a
joy forever, we have given to them all
that lies within the power of man to
glºve.
Posterity has some claims upon us
and in no way can we serve their inter-
ests better than by building up a
system of schools that shall forever be
a monument to our wisdom and a
token of our genius.
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THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
EP WORTH LEAGUE.
DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL
SKETCH OF THE RESORT.
How It was started-initial work Pushed
with Great vigor-Interesting Facts and
Made-
Earnest Emorts of Assembly trustees–
This Year's outlook-
Figures—Many improvements
N the tract of land between
Hamlin lake and the city
tº-sºº. This praiseworthy insti-
|body and soul, builds up and invigor-
ates the mind and gives renewed
strength to meet the trials and per-
plexities of life.
| The character of the scenery on every
hand is wild and rugged. It savors of
the Long Ago, and the stranger's first
visit is always accompanied by a feeling
of inexpressible delight. The great
hills of fine white sand were thrown up
by the receding waters of Lake Michi-
gan, whose blue expanse rims the
horizon, and whose shore line marks
the western limit of the Leaguer's
of Ludington is located the property. The aspect of the immense
training school and summer
resort of the Epworth
League Training Assembly.
sands densely covered with pine and
hemlock, with twinkling vistas of blue
in the distance, appearing at unexpected
places, appeals with the force of a fresh
tution originated in the minds of a few new observation.
leading spirits of the Epworth League,
who assembled in campmeeting each
year at Reed City. The manifold ad-
vantages of securing such a place as
Ludington for the location of summer
headquarters were so obvious that a
proposition from the Flint & Pere Mar-
quette Railroad company was favorably
listened to and afterwards accepted.
In justice to the railroad company it
should be said that their officers were
and have been largely instrumental in
bringing the assembly resort to its
present degree of excellence.
After much correspondence, parley-
ing, etc., a society called the Epworth
League Training Assembly was incor-
porated and the deeds and contracts
signed and recorded May 6, 1894. The
considerations were the donations of
240 acres of land adjacent to the city of
Ludington and bordering on Lake
Michigan, and about $23,000 in money
by the Flint & Pere Marquette Rail-
road, the Citizens Development com-
pany and the city of Ludington. The
The temporal and spiritual atmos
pheres of the Epworth resort are alike
inspiring. There is something in the
soothing calm of the deep woods, and
in the quality of restfulness that marks
a return to nature, which adds to the
impressiveness of the never-ending
religious meetings. The auditorium is
neither more nor less than a very large
flat, broad wooden structure, whose
side walls swing outward on hinges,
and serve as a porch-like projection
over the sidewalks. This odd meeting
house is embellished with flags and
bunting, and bears the motto in letters
of gold, over the speakers' platform,
“Look Up, Lift Up.” The birds sing
in the trees that overshadow the house
of worship, and the soft breezes, laden
with the fragrant woody balm of pines,
sweep from morning till night. The
subdued rumble of the breakers on the
shore murmurs from afar. The tran-
quility of a pastoral scene, in which as
yet the rugged grandeur of primeval
nature holds sway, adds its inexpressible
site of land given to the assembly in-charm and lends to the gospel house in
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HOTEL EP WORTH.
cluded the famous hills known as the
Lincoln bluffs. This charming place,
in its primitive condition, was certainly
the realization of the landscape artist's
dream. For years, prior to the coming
of the Epworth Leaguers, local admirers
of the spot had cherished in their minds
the fond idea that at some time, this
most romantic of all our scenery, would
be trained by the guiding hand of man
and worked into a summer resort that
should rank first among Michigan's
watering places. No place ever offered
better natural advantages, or made
such an elaborate showing of primitive
beauty as did Epworth in the early
days. Never a visitor passed beneath
its verdant shade but thought with the
poet who said:
“Pleasant it was when woods were green,
And winds were soft and low,
To lie amid some sylvan scene,
Where, the long drooping boughs between,
Shadows dark and sunlight sheen,
Alternate, come and go.”
First Improvements Made.
Immediately upon the completion of
satisfactory arrangements, the Epworth
managers started their work and pushed
it along with greatenergy. Everybody
was enthusiastic over the prospect and
Ludington people co-operated with the
management in every possible manner.
The grounds were cleared of logs and
brush, walks and drives were con-
structed, electric light and waterworks
service were introduced, a handsome
hotel was erected, cottages were built,
a street railway to the grounds was con-
structed, the grounds were platted into
lots, a spacious auditorium was built,
and hundreds of other smaller improve-
ments accomplished that enriched and
beautified the original scenic grandeur
of the place. On July 18 the assembly
program commenced and the resort was
formally thrown open to the admiring
gaze of thousands. A program replete
with excellent attractions was presented
that year, and each of the two succeed-
ing years has witnessed a marked im-
provement on its predecessor. A few
material improvements have been made
each year, so that now the park is
dotted all over with tasty cottages, and
adorned everywhere with the beautify-
ing stroke of man's hand.
Epworth, the Beautiful.
The initial visit of the visitor or
tourist is sure to be one of intense
pleasure and interest. He will find
ample room to breathe the bracing air
out of doors and climb to the tops of
the pine-clad hills and ridges to his
heart's content. And with each suc-
ceeding effort he finds new sights and
new thrills of delight in viewing the
scenes that constantly burst upon his
glowing admiration. If he likes he can
bring along his tent and camp out; but
whatever he does, he is sure to find
freedom from restraint that expands
the woods the attributes for moving
pious and sentimental hearts.
The Deserted Village.
Following along the beach to the
north of Epworth for about a quarter
of a mile, the visitor comesto Lincoln
–Lincoln, the deserted village. This
is without question the most pictur
esque spot in all Mason county. The
erstwhile county seat and prosperous
village, where forty years ago a busy
people lumbered off the immense pine
timber tracts adjoining, nor dreamed
of Epworth league and summer re-
sorts, now lies mouldering in ruins, the
painful silence being only broken by
the cawing of crows and the muffled
roar of the waves of Lake Michigan
beating on the sandy shore. Looking
upon these sights how vividly do we
realize the burning truth of Gold-
smith's words when he says:
“But now the sounds of population fail;
No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale:
No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread,
For all the bloomy flush of life is fled.”
The busy Lincoln river still pours an
endless stream of water into the spa-
cious bosom of Lake Michigan and
goes babbling through the neglected
mill sluice with the same poetical
jingle that it had fifty years ago. The
old mill still stands as a monument to
the enterprise of a preceding genera-
tion, and scattered about for acres are
the slabs and bark that show the na-
ture of our fathers' toil. A score or
more of houses may also be seen in
various stages of decay. Of the mov-
ing hundreds who once made busy tur-
moil here, perhaps half a dozen remain,
sad, morbid and unnoticed.
Ascending the steep embankment to
the north we look across a vast plain of
barren pine stumpage. A few build-
ings still adorn the spot, and we glance
with renewed interest when we are
told that they are the old jail, court-
house and schoolhouse. But probably
no scene about the village gives us a
keener sense of our ancient surround-
ings than the crude burying ground.
Located on a side hill of shifting sand,
the foundation has sifted away, leav-
ing in some instances the bleached
bones of the dead lying, partially im-
bedded, and yet exposed to the full
view of a curious and relic-seeking
public, Marred and weather beaten
tombstones mark the abodes of the de-
parted here, and we unconsciously
think as we look in meditation at the
suggestive scene:
Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire–
Hand, that the rod of empire might have
swayed.
Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre.
Program and Normal School.
The programs, musical and other-
wise, given by the Epworth Assembly
have always maintained a high degree
of excellence. Some of the very best
talent in the country has been here. In
fact it seemed quite a question whether
or not the management could afford
such an expensive program in view of
the demands made upon them along
other lines. Starting from the very
first, however, only the very best at ºf
tractions along spiritual, literary and
musical lines have been presented. It
would be impossible for us to do more
than mention the names ºn some of the
talent that have from time to time ap-
peared on the Assembly prºgram. The
following well-known speakers and
performers have appeared: Edwin A.
Schell, S. A. Steel, Jas. F. Berry, J. P.
D. John, Bishop H. W. Warren, L. E.
Lennox, Wm. H. Crawford, Mrs. Car-
rie B. Johnson, Miss Irma Haight,
Daniel Steele, Prof. George Herrick,
Bishop W. Y. Ninde, Prof. Thos. Nich-
olson, Mrs. H. E. Wolf, Miss Lucie
McMaster, D. B. Waldo, James H.
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action of an intelligent and patriotic
90mmunity. Unfortunately our city
* Just now somewhat in the toils of a
rather trying period, and it behoovesus,
as loyal citizens, to look with a pene-
trating eye into the future and guard
with sacred zeal the institutions we
*. have looking to our temporal wel-
re.
Undeniably Ludington, like scores of
other cities, has been and is sorely
handic pped by the financial depres-
Sion ºf the last four years. Conditions
ºist which are peculiarly our own.
The city treasury is sadly depleted, our
property valuation is decreasing, a
number of prominent business men
have recently died or removed and,
above all, we are upon the point of
losing a portion of our great elixir
Vitae, the sawmills, which were the be-
ginning of the foundation of our beau:
tiful city. The situation is certainly
not calculated to inspire us with great
hope for the future, and yet withal
there are extenuating conditions
which, with a vigorous and energetic
action on the part of our business men
PERE MARQUETTE CANNERY.
Potts, Bishop Bowman, Miss Virginia and citizens in general will, we believe,
Eastman, Miss Mariette LaDell, Mrs. tide us over our period ºf temporary
- - - ... depression, and on the dawning of a
Martha Reynolds Colby, Miss Florence ºf ºa º iſ wºn ºad tº
Vincent, Prof. Chas. H. Adams, Geo. prosperity.
W. Gray, Mrs Lucy Morehouse, W. w. "I lii gton is composed of people of
various nationalities, Kindred asso-
Cooper, W. W. Washburn, Mrs. J. F.
p lº. however, have done much to
Pease, Miss Helena Stone, Miss Kath-
eryn Brandon, the Tyrolean Trouba-
dours, Prof. Louis Elson, Bendix,
String Quartettº, Harold Jarvis, Herº
man Bellstedt, Park Sisters, Mehan
Lady Quartette, Albert Hºffman and
Herman Brueckner. -
In the list given above many fami
liar and prominent names will be rec
ognized. Last year the assembly was
greatly improved by the addition ºf a
first-class Musikfest. This year the
Musikfest will be interspersed through
out the entire program. Another
drawing card has been instituted for
this year, however, which will be a per-
manent feature.
The Summer Normal school springs
into existence fully equipped, like
Minerva from the head of Zeus, Here
is an excellent opportunity for t achers
to combine study and recreation. The
refreshing breezes of Lake Michigan,
the delightful shade of the primeval
forest, the lavish outlay of nature's ob-
ject lessons, and the long summer days
offer innumerable opportunities to one
who finds a moderate use of the mental
faculties, aids, rather than hinders, the
building up and reinvigora'ing of the
mind and body.
The following are the faculty that
have been engaged: Prof. H. R. Pat.
tingill, Prof. H. T. Blodgett, Miss
Florence Fox, Miss Frances L. Rose,
Prof. C. T. McFarlane, Prof. R. C. Ford
and Prof. D. B. Waldo. The names
and wide reputation of these prominent
educators is sufficient guarantee of the
character and quality of the instruction
that will be given at the summer
normal.
In general the courses will be worked
from topics, and any good text may be
used. Needed books—if any—may be
obtained at the book store on the
grounds.
A certificate, stating the amount and
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remove national prejudices and envi-
ronments and cause a common feeling
of good will. Always with generous
inclinations and loyal motives our peo-
ple have patriotically encouraged and
fostered every laudable enterprise
Some mistakes have been made, since
“to err is human,” but on the whole
what efforts have been made in the
past looking to local improvement
have been successful.
But we must not fall into the error
of allowing past achievements to form
a criterion for present and future ef-
forts. We must extend the glad hand
to one another and work with zeal
and concert our endeavors being al-
ways tempered and broadened by that
common sense and boundless enthusi-
asm that is the saving grace of the
American people.
It is an open fact that our city has
of 1 te deteriorated in wealth and re-
sources and that we have reached a
critical point in our development; yet
there are many of us so engrossed in
personal matters that we give scarcely
a thought to the city's welfare and
progress. These people must be
reached in some way and induced to
contribute their share by rendering the
assistance needed.
No city should be content to remain
at a standstill, nor is any city secure
from decay and evil contamination
that allows its affairs to be looked
after with morbid indifference. We
must be up and doing, and as we are
disappointed in the loss of one busi-
|ness or manufacturing concern, another
must be secured to take its place. In-
dueenments must be held out that will
induce; and systematic efforts, must
be made to bring about more definite
and tangible results.
| We already have an organization
|formed for this purpose, but it can
hardly be in disparagement of that so-
ciety’s officers if we say that its accom-
plishments have fallen far short of its
aims. It certainly gives evidence of a
lack of the proper degree of interest
when members won't attend the meet-
ings, even after a personal solicitation.
kind of work done, will be issued to The local Board of Trade had an au-
students signed by the principal and spicious beginning, and if action had
faculty, and attested by the seal of the been taken along the lines projected
assembly.
The session of the normal begins
July 13 and lasts for five weeks, closing
just in time for the August examina-
tions.
A patriotic concert twice a week will
be a feature of the school, in charge of
an expert leader. Geological, botanical,
geographical and piscatorial excursions
will be provided, and special arrange-
ments are being made for other out-
door sports.
In fact it will furnish an excellent
CLOTHES P.
opportunity for teachers, both local and
outside, to get first-class instruction at
a small expense during the summer
months. Already many inquiries are
being received and answered concern:
ing the normal, and the outlook gives
encouraging evidence of an auspicious
opening of this new and desirable
factor to the assembly program.
OUR LUDINGTON.
Something About our People and Their
Characteristics.
There generally comes a time in the
career of every city when conditions
will arise which demand action of the
soundest judgment and most unvary-
ing determination.
During such periods of adversity
nothing is so desirable in effecting
ameliorative measures as the concerted
the most beneficial results must have
followed.
Then again we find a class of but
semi-energetic citizens who, after years
of unconcious lassitude, have become
imbued with the idea that no reform is
urgent or imperative until it has been
agitated in the newspapers for two or
three years. This is a ridiculous whim
which every sensible man will de-
nounce. Newspapers are necessarily
concerned in matters of public inter-
est, and generally form a conspicuous
IN FACTORY.
ºf in the consummation of all
important public measures, but they
are not desirous of launching period-
cal harrangues at the people in the
vain endeavor of arousing them to im-
mediate action. A clear, fair and log-
ical analysis of the needs of a given
project should be sufficient to cause all
interested and intelligent people to
form some definite idea and act ac-
cording to the same. One thing is cer-
tain, however. Thau is that our peo-
ple should arouse themselves to a liv-
ing realization, not only of present
needs, but to steps looking toward fu-
ture prosperity. Even now the city
languishes as an orphan for the want
of proper care and encouragement, and
it is high time our people bestirred
themselves to securing those conditions
so essential in building up a prospersus
city. We have an abiding faith that
all will come out well in the end, but
but to “make haste” too slowly is dan-
gerous if not fatal.
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RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
A comprehensive REVIEW OF THE GROWTH OF THESE
POTENT FACTORS.
Interesting Chapter Given in Local Church History-Early Strug-
gles of the Pioneers-Starting a Church in the Woods-Work
of the Home Missionaries-Buildings, Societies and Pastors-
Our Churches of Today–What Has Been Done-What Will
Be Done.
UD LN G. T. O'N has
many points of su-
periority over her
neighbors, but in no
one particular does
she possess greater
excellence than in
the character and
number of her relig-
ious institutions. -
The history of these institutions
forms a most interesting chapter in
connection with the city's growth. No
factor has been more potent, no agency
more effective in the development of
this city, than have the churches and
religious societies. They have been a
power for good from the very start,
and still, each succeeding year wit-
nesses new advances and new efforts
that look to the imparting of morals,
honor and patriotism to the people of
this community.
For the 15 or more active relig-
ious societies of the present day, we
can have nothing but words of praise.
We should glory in their past achieve-
ments; we should pride ourselves on
their present worth. The difficulties
of a new field in the past have not
deterred our energetic people from
laboring with christian zeal. Their
present condition of advancement
should furnish no opportunity for a
cessation of the good work.
In compiling the following facts and
statistics anent the churches of Lud-
ington, the APPEAL has encountered
many difficulties. There seems to be a
lamentable lack of complete and reli-
able records in nearly all the churches.
With some, these have been lost, with
ceived aid for two years and one-half
from the American Home Missionary
society. From this time on the society
prospered until June, 1881, when a
terrible fire swept over the city, leaving,
among many other buildings, the
Congregational church in ashes. The
use of the Presbyterian chapel was at
once tendered the homeless congrega-
tion, and was gratefully accepted.
Not satisfied with this as a permanent
arrangement, the society began at once
to rebuild. The new church, a neat
and substantial brick structure, was
completed March 5, 1882. The cost
was $5,850; furniture saved from
former church, $400; making the total
value of the present building $6,750.
Of this amount only $675 remained
unpaid at its dedication.
The Congregational church up to
date has been presided over by eight
pastors. The following chronological
list, giving dates of arrival and de-
parture is absolutely correct:
Rev. S. P. Barker–Sept.
Sept. 1872.
Rev. J. A. VanAntwerp—Oct. 1872
to Oct. 1873.
Rev. H. B. Dean–Oct. 1873 to Nov.
1875.
1871 to
Rev. Richard Lewis–Dec. 1875 to
May 1879.
Rev. Theodore B. Wilson–June 1879
to May 1881,
Rev. Russell M. Keyes–Oct. 1881
to July 1886.
Rev. I. W. McKeever–Sept. 1786 to
Aug. 1892.
Rev. H. F. Tyler–Nov. 1892
Nothing can be said of the early
pastors save in a general way. They
THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
others they have been destroyed, and
still others have never kept any records,
With nearly all the churches there is a
lack of system in the books, so that to
extract the desired facts is a difficult
task. Most of the pastors of the city
have been very kind in assisting us in
this matter, it being largely through
their efforts that we are enabled to pre-
sent our readers with the brief but
comprehensive articles that follow. We
have taken every precaution to have
the facts herein recorded well authen-
ticated, and we take great satisfaction
in presenting to our readers today
what we conside r a most valuable and
convenient historical record.
Congregational Society.
The Congregational Church and
Society of Ludington was organized
July 9, 1870. There were nine original
members of the society, and the ex-
ercises in connection with the organi-
zation were held in the hall over the
old Big Store. The members were:
S. F. White, Luther H. Foster, Joshua
A. Allen, Magnus Wetterling, Levi
Shackelton, Mrs. Lucy Foster, Mrs.
3.aura H. Foster, Mrs. Hattie R. White
and Mrs. Maria F. Hutchins. The
first Sacrament was administered
by Rev. E. Andrus of Pentwater, on
July 10, 1870, and the first pastor was
Rev. S. P. Barker, who assumed the
pastorate of the church in September,
1871.
During the year 1874 a number with-
drew from the church for the purpose
of joining the Presbyterian church,
which was organized at that time.
Previous to the fall of 1876, services
were held in the hall over the old Big
store, but at that time a vigorous and
successful effort was made to erect a
church edifice, which was completed
and dedicated January 1, 1877. At
the dedicatory service $400 was raised
which, with the grant from the Con-
gregational Union, left the society free
from debt, The site for the building
was donated by the Pere Marquette
Lumber company through their pres-
ident, Delos L. Filer, Esq. The same
company donated sites for nearly
every church in Ludington.
The church was self sustaining from
the time of its organization until after
the erection of the church, when it re-
were all good men, who had the inter"
est of the church at heart, and accom-
plished much of both material and
spiritual good for the church. The later
pastors, particularly the last three,
come within the memory of most of
the present members of the church,
and are therefore entitled to a more
detailed consideration.
Rev. Russell M. Keyes, who arrived
in the city just in time to witness the
big fire of 1881, was a native of Con-
neaut, O. He received his higher edu-
cation at Beloit, Wis., from which col-
lege he graduated in 1861. He also
spent three years and graduated from
the Union Theological Seminary of
New York. Previous to coming to
this city he had held pastorates at
Chardon, O., and at Conneaut, O. At
the latter place, his native town, he
was pastor for 13 years. Mr. Keyes
did excellent work for the Congre.
gational church here, Coming to the
city at a time when everything was in
ruins and confusion immediately fol-
lowing the big fire, his labors in secur-
ing the erection of the new church
were invaluable. Mr. Keyes was well
liked by all his congregation, and the
results of his labors still stand a monu-
ment to his enterprise.
Rev. L. W. McKeever was raised in
West Middleton, Pa. He received his
education at Leoni college and Wis-
consin university and was several times
professor of Adrian college. Before
coming here he held pastorates at
Pittsburg, Pa., and Allegan, Mich. He
was for six years pastor here, after
which he left to take a church at
Bunker Hill, Ill., where he died August
5, 1893. While here he secured the
erection of the present handsome par-
sonage, the finest in the city. This
was in the year 1888, the cost being
$4,000. Rev. McKeever was a most
exemplary christian. His life bore the
marks of purity, such as but few lives
bear. He was also an able man. Able,
not in the sense of an abnormal gift or
development; but he approached, as
nearly as possible, the true ideal of a
complete and symmetrical manhood.
He was deeply loved by his congre-
igation, and held in the highest esteem
by the entire community.
Rev. H. F. Tyler, the present pastor
THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
of the church, was born at Columbus,
O., November 26, 1848. He attended
the public schools of the city, and later
Oberlin college, where he graduated
from the seminary in 1880. He has
held pastorates at Millville, Minne-
apolis, Allegan, St. Joseph and Lud-
ington.
due for the material accomplishments
of the church during the past five
years, Mr. Tyler is probably the most
active pastor the church has ever had.
He is blessed with good health and a
robust constitution, which qualities
have enabled him to stand the test of
hard service and accomplish a great
deal of good for the society. He is
alert and energetic, and in thorough
touch with modern methods of evan-
gelizing, Largely through his efforts
many of the most beneficial religious
enterprises of the past two years have
been brought about. His untiring
efforts in behalf of his congregation,
his wide knowledge of men and affairs,
and his constant interest and activity
in all public and christian movements,
have marked him as a useful man in
the community, and made for him
many warm friends. -
During Mr. Tyler's pastorate the
membership of the church has been
increased from 116 to 188. There is
also a class of about 30 now ready for
confirmation, so that within a few
weeks the membership will be nearly
220. A magnificent Farrand & Votey
pipe organ was placed in the church
in the summer of 1894, at a cost of
$2,500. Other improvemen's were
also made at the same time to the in-
terior of the church, which swelled the
amount to about $4,000. The interior
of the church is now handsomely
decorated and equipped. It has a
seating capacity of nearly 350, a chapel,
piano and large basement supplied
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with dishes and cooking utensils. The
primary department of the Sunday
school is also conducted in the base-
ment, where there is an abundance of
maps and other modern appliances for
the teaching of Biblical history to
children.
Today the Congregational society
finds itself in prime working order.
There is considerable wealth within
the church, and, if the past be any
criterion of future liberality, the church
will continue to be a great powerfor
good. Prominent among the auxilary
societies of the church is the Ladies'
Union, a combination of all the Ladies'
societies of the church. Mrs. John
S. Woodruff is president of the society,
which has 45 members. It includes
the Foreign Missionary, the Home
To Mr. Tyler much credit is
Missionary and the Ladies' Aid sº-
cieties.
Mesdames G. W. L. Cady, H. L. Haskell'
and J. S. Woodruff respectively. Dur-
ing the past four years the ladies of
these societies have raised $2,539.26, or
a yearly average of $634,81. The entire
amount raised for the running ex-
penses of the church, inclusive of that
used for church improvements, and
the contributions for benevolences for
the past four years is $7,075.33, a yearly
average of $1,868.83. The amount
given to benevolent societies during
this time was $1,185.15.
Another very active factor in the
church work is the Christian Endeavor
society. It consists of three distinct
branches, the Senior, the Intermediate
and the Junior societies. The Senior
important factor in the church work,
It has 38 active members, and eight
associate. The president is Mrs. H. C.
Hutton.
The Intermediate and Junior
societies have 30 and 35 members
respectively.
efficiency is largely due to the efforts
of Mrs. H. F. Tyler, who organized
them three years ago.
The Sunday school, consisting of 200
scholars and 12 teachers is still another
very important adjunct of the church.
John S. Woodruff is the superinten-
dent, long and faithful in the service.
The primary department is under the
efficient management of Miss Cora
Shackelton, and is acknowledged to
be the best in the city,
Rev. Tyler is ably assisted in .
conduct of the church by his wife, who
is admirably adapted to the duties of
her station. They have both been
largely instrumental in bringing the
Endeavor is the most flourishing and
church to its present flourishing
condition, and effecting a feeling of
peace and harmony among all its
members.
First Methodist Church.
The First Methodist Episcopal
society was the first religious organi-
zation ever formed in Ludington. The
early history of the church is very
interestingly described by the first
pastor, Rev. L. M. Garlock. He writes
as follows: “Pere Marquette circuit
was organized in the fall of 1865, and
Rev. L. M. Garlock was the first pastor.
Starting with nine members and a
crude building for a church, we en-
deavored as best we could to work
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followed by W. H. Sparling, who re-
signed before the close of the year and
was succeeded in the fall of 1876 by
Rev. John H. Crist.
Up to this time the society had never
been incorporated, and there was
virtually no corporation. The first
trustees were A. P. McConnell, M. A.
Kniffen, T. H. Wright, J. H. Conrad, C.
T. Sawyer, Thomas Ash.
Rev. Mr. Crist was succeeded by Rev.
A. E. Ketchum, who remained one
year, and was followed by Rev. A. M.
was succeeded by Rev. Warren Mooney,
who remained for two years and was
followed by Rev. O. B. Whitmore. The
assisted by a corps of fifteen teachers.
The facilities for Sunday school work
in the church are excellent, it being
abundantly supplied with suitable
classrooms, libraries and song books.
The average attendance is between
140 and 150.
The Epworth League of the First
M. E. church is a strong organization
with eighty bona ſide members. This
society is a feature of Methodism that
has been felt all over the country as a
great power for good. Mr. Harry
Aiken, who remained two years. He starr is the president. Meetings are
held every Sunday and Wednesday
evenings. At the latter time literary
and musical work are given promi-
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with the means at our command.
Early in my pastorate I saw the neces-
sity of having a parsonage. A sub-
scription was accordingly started
October 16, 1865, and the erection of a
house 16x24 begun at once. Work on
the building was pushed along so that
on December 25 of the same year, I
moved into it. During its construction
I worked with the carpenters during
the week, and on Sunday I would ride
an Indian pony 20 or 30 miles, preach
three times and then come back again,
and to work on Monday morning.
After moving into the house I dug a
small cellar and banked the house,
working at this through the day and
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lathing in the evening. The work was
organized with six appointments, viz:
Riverton, Claybanks and Pere Mar-
quette one Sunday, and Pere Marquette
settlements, Bird settlement and Lin-
coln the next; each place having
preaching every other Sunday.”
Rev. Garlock was followed by Rev.
G. A. Phillips, in the fall of 1867, at
which time the Pere Marquette circuit
had a membership of 23. -
At the annual conference for the
year 1869, Rev. H. H. Hall, afterward
missionary to Japan, was appointed
pastor of the Pere Marquette (Luding-
ton) circuit, and Riverton and Clay.
banks were made into a separate
circuit.
Rev. H. H. Hall was succeeded by
Rev. A. H. Gillett, and he by Rev. Wm.
Heysett, who came in the fall of 1870,
membership of the church at this time,
1882, was 86.
In the fall of 1882 Rev. Hansen took
the pastorate for two years, followed
by Rev. J. R. Stark, also for two years.
After Mr. Stark came Rev. George
Daniels, who remained here between
the years of 1886 and 1888. At this
time there was no parsonage, the old
one having been destroyed in the fire
of 1881. The erection of another one
had been started, but after completing
it, the society sold it. Mr. Daniels set
to work and raised the money that
built the present parsonage on South
Harrison street. The cost was $1,000.
Rev. Daniels was a so very active in
many other lines of work. His enter-
prise was productive of a great deal of
material nd spiritual good for the
church. He made some extensive re.
pairs to the church building, purchased
the church property and building in
the Fourth ward, and built the church
at Buttersville,
Rev. Daniels was succeeded in the
fall of 1888 by Rev. W. J. Maybe, who
was pastor for three years. Rev. W.
L. Laufman next came and served the
church between the years 1891 and
1896, he being the first and thus far
the only pastor who, under the new
church law, served the extreme limit of
time. The Methodists never had a
pastor whom they liked any better
than Rev. Laufman, and great was the
sorrow at his departure. They would
gladly have retained him longer, but
under the regulations of the church
this was not possible. To Mr. Lauf-
man belongs the credit of erecting the
ing is a handsome brick structure
erected in the year 1895 at a cost of
$17,000. The accompanying illustra-
tion of the building is a fair represent-
ation of it, and the interior furnish-
ings are on an equally elaborate scale.
Rev. Dr. Ives of Auburn, N. Y.,
preached the dedicatory sermon Sun-
day, March 3, 1895. At this service
$12,500 was subscribed, some of the
subscriptions being as high as $1,000.
These subscriptions were in some in-
stances made payable at a subsequent
time, the result being that a consider-
able portion of the amount subscribed
is still uncollected. Owing to this
faſt there still remains an indebted-
mess against the church of nearly
$6,000. The old church building was
sold to the Latter Day Saints for $200.
Rev. L. E. Lovejoy, the present pas
tor, came here last fall and began his
work. During the ten months of his
pastorate he has conducted the affairs
of the church with commendable zeal,
The presidents of these are When he came the Pere Marquette and maintained if not increased the
nence. There is also a Junior Epworth
League under the management of Mr.
Lovejoy,
The Ladies' Circle of Prayer is
another church organization. They
meet every Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
Mary E. Schofield is the leader.
The Ladies' Aid Society is one of the
| most important factors of the church
work. The president is Mrs. A. P.
McConnell. The society has already
done a great deal toward the liquida-
tion of the church debt, and has re-
cently guaranteed to pay the yearly in-
terest on the remaining obligation.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society is still another very worthy
church organization doing a generous
work along their line. The society
meets once each month. Mrs. H. T.,
Barcus is the president.
The present trustees of the church
are: Dr. A. P. McConnell, Dr. E. N.
Dundass, Dr. W. H. Taylor, J. Edwin
Smith and W. G. Hudson. Stewards,
J. H. Lyons, Thos. Short, R. P. Bishop,
W. A. Wheatley, M. A. Agens, S. C.
Marburger, L. F. Swarthout, T. P. Mc-
Master and Mesdames A. P. McCon-
nell, R. P. Bishop, D. W. Goodenough
and Thos. Short.
Presbyterian Church.
The Presbyterian church and soci-
ety of Ludington originated in the
prayerful and intelligent convictions
of a few prominent christians who,
being originally Congregationalists,
differed among themselves, and on the
20th day of December, 1874, organized
and established the Presbyterian
church of Ludington. The city was
finest church in the city and one of the then growing rapidly and there seemed
best in northern Michigan. The build to be ample field for the operation of a
new denomination.
M. D. Seeley,
Wm. Campbell and H. M. Newcombe
were the first elders and Rev. S. N.
Hill of Vassar the first pastor. Upon
the Sabbath following the organiza-
tion of the society the Sunday school
was formed with thirty members. H.
M. Newcombe was chosen superin-
tendent and F. W. Andrew was secre-
tary.
As time went on the society grew
with the town, auxiliary societies
were formed for the purpose of ad-
vancing Christian work and raising
money. The society was formally ad-
mitted into the Presbytery of Grand
Rapids with twenty-nine members
April 19, 1875. The articles of incor-
poration were also recorded in this
year.
In the fall of '76 the Pere Marquette
Lumber company donated a lot to the
society, and they immediately pro-
c eded to erect a chapel upon it. The
chapel cost $2,000, and was dedicated
with due ceremony. Revival meetings
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Their present size and society consisted of only seven mem-
bers. Mr. Heysett established the first
Sunday school, increased the member-
ship in Ludington to 15, and raised
$2,000 for building the first church.
This was done during his one year's
pastorate.
Rev. Mr. Heysett was succeeded in
the fall of 1871 by Rev. G. L. Mount,
who erected the church building and
added $200 to the amount previously
raised. The membership increased to
32 during the year. The church edifice
was completed the following year at a
cost of $4,756.
Rev. G. L. Mount was succeeded by
Rev. M. V. Rork, in the fall of 1874.
He remained only one year, and was
old-time reputation of the society for
push and enterprise. Rev. Lovejoy
has made himself highly agreeable to
all classes of people and is well spoken
of by all who know him. His marked
ability, his energetic qualities and his
uniform courteousness have already
endeared him to his congregation, who
hope to retain him for a much longer
period.
The First Methodist church is now
in a highly prosperous condition. The
present membership is 220 and the
working societies of the church are all
flourishing. The Sunday school is the
largest in the county, enrolling nearly
200 names. Mr. J. H. Lyons is the
efficient superintendent, and he is ably
of a stirring nature were held about
this time, and the church was greatly
strengthened by reason of acquiring
many new members.
In the year 1882 the pastor, Rev.
Samuel N. Hill, who had labored un-
ceasingly with the society from the
very first, wrote as follows concerning
his church. “The church is now in the
eighth year of its history. The whole
enrollment has been 172; its present
resident membership is 132. The Sab-
bath congregations are intelligent, act-
ive, and of respectable size. The Sab-
bath school has enrolled 150, with an
average yearly attendance of 100. The
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character. The Ladies' Home Mission- private ministerings of a generous and
ary society is under the supervision of
the Presbytery, and has been active in
benevolent work. Their contributions
to families of home missionaries have
been about $100 yearly. The young
ladies have a Foreign Mission band
that cultures them in the mission
cause. The temperance cause has also
received its due share of attention
from nearly all the congregation. They
have co-operated with such agencies as
seem to be timely and effective. Sev.
eral of our ladies are active members
of the W. C. T. U. The regular social
gatherings have contributed to several
valuable and pleasant interests of the
congregation. The Sabbath school
teachers and officers have been uni-
formly punctual and earnest in their
duties, which have secured the success
of the school. The Sabbath services
have been especially favored with cul-
tured music and singing by the volun-
tary efforts of Miss Fannie Allen (Lati-
mer) and Miss Carrie Sutherland. In
a city of over 5,000 population, and a
rapidly improving country, this church
and the same pastor, find a field for the
constant exercise of their faith, prayers,
benevolence and christian efforts,
which will not fail of rich reward.”
charitable nature. Dr. Woods is a man
still in the prime of life, and with his
present manly vigor and activity, his
life promises to be a long career of
usefulness.
Catholic Society.
Many of the early settlers of Luding-
ton were Catholics, mostly of French
descent. Between the years 1860 and
1870, when the manufacturing of lum-
ber began, Catholics of all nationalties,
yet mostly American born, flocked into
the place to make homes for themselves
and help along its industries. During
these years and prior to the organiza-
tion of the Catholics, they were depend-
ent upon the visitations of the mission-
ary priests, who traveled about from
place to place holding services and ad-
ministering the sacrament. Among
the first of these missionaries to visit
Ludington were Fathers Rivers and
Takken of Muskegon.
Finally, Rev. H. H. Meuffles, being
then stationed at Manistee, took in
charge the Catholic interests at Lud-
ington and pushed along the work of
building a church. The lot on which
the church stands was donated by the
Pere Marquette Lumber company in
1872. The society at once began the
Rev. Mr. Hill continued to minister (erection of a church building, which
to the church until 1888, when having work was necessarily carried on very
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been their pastor for more than 13 slowly. In the fall of 1873, the first
years, and feeling somewhat the in-
firmities of age, he resigned the pastor-
ate of the church. His death, which
followed shortly after, marked the
close of a most generous and useful
life. No man was ever more devoted,
or more active in ameliorating the
social and moral conditions of the peo-
ple of this community than was Mr.
Hill. He was the founder and pro-
jector of local Presbyterianism, and he
supplemented this work by a broad
and generous work among the people
at large. He is still recognized as one
of the leading characters in the early
growth and development of Ludington.
Rev. Theodore B. Marsh was then
chosen pastor. He took up his work in
the beginning of the year 1889, and
continued it for two and one-half
years. Under his administration the
church society erected the beautiful
and commodious parsonage at a cost
of $1,800, on the corner of Harrison
and Court streets. The ladies of the
church did much toward paying for
this building, which was completed in
1890, and is now free from incumbrance.
As a clergyman Rev. Marsh was well
liked by his congregation, and in the
pulpit he was admired for his sound
and instructive discourses.
Mr. Marsh was succeeded by Rev.
W. E. Burrows, who remained but a
short time. In the summer of 1893 the
society extended a call to Rev. John
Wood D. D. of St. Paul, Minnesota,
who is still pastor of the church.
The Presbyterians, in common with
all other denominations, have felt the
financial pressure of the times, but
withal, the church is fairly prosperous
They have a very active and energetic
Ladies' Aid society, which meets
every two weeks: a Christian Endeavor
society, a Ladies' Home and Foreign
Missionary society, and a Mission
band. The Sunday school, of which
Malcolm H. Coburn is the very effi-
cient superintendent, is among the
most flourishing in the city, with a
membership of 160. The church
society is free from debt, owns a church
building valued at $3,000, and a parson-
age worth $2,000. Of late years the
Presbyterians have lost many members
by reason of removal from the city,
but they still manage to hold their own.
Dr. John Woods, the present pastor,
is one whom everybody likes. He
is a man truly fitted for a successful
preacher and pastor. As a preacher he
is scholarly and interesting, while his
superior social qualities endear him to
all with whom he comes in contact.
During the four years of his pastorate
here Dr. Woods has made an able
pastor, a kind friend and a worthy
citizen. His sermons have uniformly
been scholarly productions, and his
resident priest, Rev. Charles L. De
Cauninck, came here and remained
until December of 1879. Rev. De
Cauninck came here from Cheboygan,
Mich., and found a few devoted Catho-
lics endeavoring as best they could to
erect a church edifice. The priest at
once set to work to organize his parish
more thoroughly, and in a shºrt space
of time he had completed the building
and accomplished many other necessary
measures. He placed the church on a
solid stone foundation, put in pews,
completed the steeple, purchased a bell
and put an addition in the rear of the
church. In fact, a good beginning was
made and Father De Cauninck accom-
plished much to his credit.
He was succeeded in December 1879
by Rev. Morgan Y. P. Dempsey of
Madison, Wis. Rev. Dempsey was at
that time the youngest priest in the
state, and was well liked by all classes
of people. He had the happy faculty
of making himself alway agreeable.
During his administration of about
three years, he collected and expended
in fixing and embºllishing the church,
about $8,000. He also purchased with
the money a lot, on which he erected
the pastoral residence,
Rev. Fr. L. P. Paquin was the next
priest in charge and he remained about
eight years. Toward the close of his
pastorate, the church having grown in
size, the Rev. Robert Brown was called
as assistant. At the close of Father
Paquin's reign, Father Brown took
his place in charge. He entered upon
the discharge of his new duties with a
zeal that knew no ceasing. During his
four years pastorate here he com-
pleted the Parochal school, paid off
$4,000 of church indebtedness, in-
creased the seating capacity of the
church by the addition of a gallery, in-
troduced the Sisters of Mercy here
from Big Rapids to teach the school,
and better than all, he cemented to-
gether again the unharmonious factions
of the church that had differed with
one another as a consequence of
Father Paquin's questionable ministra-
tions. Everybody loved Father Brown
—Protestants and Catholics alike. His
whole-souled, genial qualities, his
charitable, broad-mindedness, his strict
and consciencieus conformity to the
lines of christian observances laid
down in his creed, and the uniform
courteousness and generosity with
which he treated everybody, endeared
him forever in the hearts of all who
knew him.
After Rev. Father Brown's de-
parture, Rev. L. Hayden took
charge of the church, coming here
in November, 1893. Rev. Hayden s
still the priest in charge. Under his
administration many material improve-
ments of a permanent nature have
been made. The debt against the
church has been paid off, so that the
parish is now practically free from
debt. Three insurance societies, the
C. M. B. A., the A. C. F. A. and St.
Joseph Polish Insurance society have
been formed, and are in excellent
working order. Besides these, the fol-
lowing spiritual societies have been
formed: The League of Sacred Heart.
with over 500 members, the Children
of Mary, and the Sodalites of Immac-
ulate Conception, Guardian Angels,
Infant Jesus and St. Aloysius. At the
present time the pastoral labors of St.
Simon's Catholic church form an ex-
ceedingly arduous task. In the per-
formarce of his work Rev. Hayden
has been assisted at various times by
Revs. J. B. Theis, J. Maher, James
Lewandowski and Edwald Rocette.
These were all capable and efficient
men, performing their work with
entire satisfaction. The congregation
has steadily increased in size until at
the present time it numbers about 400
families, or nearly 1,600 members. The
members are a mixture of Poles, Irish,
French, Bohemians, German and
English, all working together with the
greatest harmony and common in-
terest. The church revenues are de-
rived chiefly from pew rents and Sun-
day collections. The church building
is now old, but its furnishings are very
elaborate. In it are two very beautiful
altars, the gifts of Mesdames P. M.
Danaher and A. E. Cartler. There are
also many other very beautiful smaller
decorations. The total cost of the
church was $6,000. The present school
building was erected at a cost of $4,000.
It consists of eight grades, and has an
enrollment of 316 pupils. The Sisters
of Mercy, seven in number, preside
over the school where all common
branches are taught.
In common with St. Simon's church
and in addition to his regular duties,
Rev. Hayden has several neighboring
mission churches to look after. Each
of these require one or two visits each
week. They are: Riverton, 50 families;
Custer, 40 families; Bennett, 30 families;
Hamlin and Victory, 20 families. At
Riverton the mission has a church
building under process of construction
and at Custer an edifice has already
been clected.
Rev. Father L. Hayden, the present
incumbent, has been a most useful and
popular priest. His superior culture
and thorough knowledge of men and
affairs have already marked him as a
distinguished man in his sacred calling.
He has been in the city nearly four
years now and is popular with all
clºsses of people.
Grace Episcopal Church.
The history of Grace Episcopal
church forms a very interesting chap-
ter of early religious experiences in
Ludington. -
The records go back as far as the
year 1872, when Rev. Joseph B. Pritch-
ard, then a traveling missionary, first
came to Ludington and held services
for the half dozen communicants who
resided here. These meetings were
held for a time in the old Masonic hall,
where A. M. Dewar's saloon now
stands. After the burning of this
building services were continued in the
hall over the old Big Store. The ac-
commodations in both these places
Were such as would shock the sensibili-
ties of churchgoers of today. In the
former place the room was low and
filthy, carpeted with sawdust, and the
communion service consisting of cheap
tinware.
In the fall of 1873, the few faithful
followers had grown to about 15, and
secured the use of a small school build-
ing. This was the starting point, for
immediately afterward a Sunday school
was organized, the parish was officially
organized and the rectory commenced.
Soon after this a church building was
started and finally consecrated by the
bishop October 12, 1875. Shortly after
this the society met with misfortune,
however, for in June of 1881 the great
tire swept over the town, destroying
among many other buildings both the
church and rectory. The blow was a
severe one, but the members were equal
to the emergency, and at once com-
menced the construction of the present
substantial brick church on the corner
of Harrison and Court streets, The
cornerstone was laid by the bishop in
August, 1881, but was not completed
until two years later.
From this time on the society
labored under great difficulties in pay-
ing off its indebtedness. Depleted in
numbers, but strong in spirit, they
worked with a will, and today as a
result of their unceasing efforts, every
penny against the church has been paid.
In the year 1889 Mr. Martin Damar,
as deacon, came and assisted Rev.
Pritchard in his pastoral duties. He
remained about two years, at the end
of which time Rev. Pritchard resigned,
owing to feeble health. Mr. Pritchard
died shortly after this, and with his
passing away ended a most devoted
and useful career. The life of this
man, who spent nearly 20 years of his
life in christian work in this city, has
in it that for which we should be truly
thankful. Never was a man more
devotedly given to his work. Never
was a preacher nearer to the hearts of
his people. The life and soul of the
local Episcopalian denomination, his
name must ever stand as a signal mon-
ument to the early growth and develop.
ment of our religious institutions,
Rev. J. U. Graff followed Rev. Pritch-
ard as rector of the church, and re-
mained here during the years of 1892
and 1893. During his stay here the
church building again suffered from
fire, but was not burned to the ground.
The interior was damaged so that it
had to be remodeled and decorated,
Following Rev. Graff's departure
there came an interim of over a year,
during which time there was no regular
pastor. Services were kept up, how
ever, with Ralph Johnson as lay reader,
and the Sunday school work was con-
tinued. In the spring of '95 Mr. H. D.
Chambers was made deacon in charge,
and labored with the parish for about
a year and a half. During his adminº
istration the affairs of the church were
greatly improved. The services were
well attended, a good boys' choir was
organized, the Sunday school was built
up, the latent societies of the church
placed in working order, so that at his
last report Mr. Chambers handed in
the names ºf 60 communicants.
At the present time Grace church
has no rector, nor are any services held.
Under this condition of affairs old
members are gradually drifting away
to other denominations, and the pros-
pects for reorganization constantly
reduced. There are a few families
who will always cling to the old faith,
but without a pastor the society cer-
tainly cannot grow. An indebtedness
of about $1,100 is the only outstanding
obligation of the society. -
Swedish Free Mission.
The Swedish Free Evangelical Mis-
sion society was organized Nov. 4, 1882.
Shortly previous to that time there
were some dozen or more members of
the Swedish Baptist church who took
exception to some of the creed and doc-
trines of the church, and forthwith
withdrew from that body and formed
an independent organization of their
OWI).
took no name whatever nor did they in-
tend to build a church. They continued
tº hold prayermeetings from time to
time in private houses, and without a
pastor, until it became unbearable.
They longed for a regular place of wor-
ship with a spiritual leader and adviser.
So it came to pass that on the 5th day
of August, 1883, the dissenting faction
purchased a lot and soon after com-
menced the erection of the present
church building on the corner of
Melendy and Emily streets. The build-
ing was completed at a cost of $1,000,
and dedicated June 5, 1884.
For a time, however, they labored
along without any pastor, but in Oc-
tober of 1886, there being a small sur-
plus in the treasury, D. Magnus, a pro-
fessor in a Minnesota college, was
called to administer to the “spiritual
nueds of the church. He was the first
pastor and remained until the follow-
ing spring, when the society was
obliged to let him go. They then man-
aged to get along for some time with-
out a pastor until Fred Lungeran, a
deacon in the church, was called. He
staid about a year. Then in June of
'91, K. Y. Blom was called, but he only
remained a few months.
About this time the sºciety held a
business meeting and decided to join
Eastern Michigan District association
of Free Mission churches. By becom-
At this time the new society
year, when he left to take a larger
church in the East. He was a man well
liked by all who knew him here, both
for his marked ability and for his many
amiable qualities.
Rev. Axel Hedlund was next called
for one year. He only served seven
months, however, at the end of which
time he resigned and married. He was
succeeded by Rev. Nels Larsen of
Chicago, who came here the 20th of
May last. Mr. Larsen is a young man
who has already made many friends
here. He is very pleasant and agreeable
and will undoubtedly do much in the
way of administering to the needs of
the church.
At the present time the Free Mission
society is in a prosperous condition.
They have recently made application to
join the Congregational church and in
all probability their request will be
granted. Among the auxilaries of the
church might be mentioned the Sunday
school with about 40 scholars under the
efficient superintendence of Mr. J. P.
Asplund, and the Children's and Ladies'
Sewing societies.
The present officers of the church are:
President–E. Person.
Vice-President–J. P. Asplund.
Secretary–John Johnson.
Deacons–E. Person, J. G. Johnson,
Gust. Oleson.
Trustees—J. G. Johnson, Gust. Olsen,
Ole Asplund.
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First Baptist Church.
The First Baptist church of Luding-
ton was organized July, 15, 1876, with
seven constituent members. They were
James Thompson, Lydia Thompson,
Julia Coffin, Edwin Andrew, Susan E.
Andrew, H. N. Andrew and F. W. An-
drew. On Aug. 16 and 17 the church
was duly received into the White River
association.
Music hall was the original place of
worship, where only prayermeetings
were held until the opening of 1877,
when Rev. H. C. Beals, the state mis-
sionary, conducted revival meetings
which lasted several weeks and resulted
in increasing the member, hip of the
church from 7 to 70.
In July, 1877, the society extended a
call to Rev. E. B. Moody of Mºdland to
become its pastor. The call was ac-
cepted and he entered upon his du'ies
the first of the following August. Rev.
Moody resigned in February of the
following year and the society was
without a pastor until the next April,
when Rev. Volney Powell of Rock
ing a member of this organization they
were accorded the privileges of travel-
ing missionaries, who traveled about
the district, holding services at such
places as were too poor to keep a
preacher of their own.
Following the departure of Mr. Blom
there was another intermission during
which the church was without a pastor.
June 27, 1892, however, Rev. S. Brown
of Evanston, Ill., came to accept the
call to the pastorate. Rev. Brown was
an unusually active man, taking in
many new members and paying off a
large portion of the church debt. He
was here a little more than a year. On
May 14, 1894, Rev. Y. A. A. Norman
came and staid through the summer.
During the ensuing winter there was
Rev. John Udd of Chicago, Ill., was Morley was pastor for three years.
called. Rev. Udd was here about a Rev. Morley was an earnest and de-
ford accepted a call. At this time
the erection of a church edifice was
begun and pushed rapidly forward.
The Pere Marquette Lumber company
donated the lot, and by October 12 the
building st od complete. The entire
cost was $2,400, of whilh $1,950 had
been paid. The church was dedicated
November 24, Rev. E. A. Mather of
Portland preaching the dedicatory
Serm On.
Vout man, who did much toward build-
ing up and beautifying his church.
From this time on it is impossible
to give any authentic account of the
church history, save from the memory
of the oldest members. The church
records from 1885 to the present time
have been lost or misplaced.
Rev. J. W. Stone, a popular man and
a church worker, was the next pastor,
and he was followed by Rev. Gower,
who remained a little more than a year.
He was taken sick and died shortly
after of typhoid fever, Previous to
his death Rev. Gower had commenced
the erection of a parsonage, but its
completion was left to his successor,
Rev. Calder, who remained three years
also, leaving to return to his old home
in Canada.
The next pastor was Rev. Marvin,
who after serving a year and a half
suddenly left and commenced the pub-
lication of a prohibition paper at
Scottville.
Following Rev. Marvin came Rev.
Deland, a most energetic man and a
successful worker among neglected
churches. During his pastorate the
church lot, which was on the site of
the present court house, was sold for a
consideration of $2,500, and the build-
ing was moved to the corner of James
and Court streets where it now stands.
The society made a little money by
this deal, and a number of improve-
Epworth.
ments were made in the building. The
church was also cleared of debt.
Rev. F. L. Currey received a call to
the church in the fall of 1893, and he
has remained as pastor ever since. The
church is not self sustaining, still re-
ceiving aid from the state organization.
The present membership of the
church is about 75, and almost that
number of accessions have been made
by Rev. Currey since coming here.
Rev. Currey is an energetic young
man, who has fully merited the respect
of the entire publie, - He is a great
worker among the poorer classes, for
whom he has done a great deal.
The Baptist church has a B. Y. P.
U. With about 35 members, and owns
property valued at $8,000.
Danish Lutheran Society.
The Danish Evangelical Lutheran
Bethania society have their church in
the Fourth ward on Madison street.
It is a wooden building equipped with
all necessary furnishings, and erected
in the year 1879 at a cost of $1,200.
The society was organized June 16,
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1878, starting with 60 members. By
spasm dºc turns it has both grown and
depleted, until now its membership is
about the same as when first organized.
The society was incorporated March 9,
1882, and the first pastor was F. C.
Madsen, who served from 1878 to 1882,
He was followed by Rev. H. C.
| Sirandskov, who came here October 1
|from Minnesota, and remained until
|February, 1884. Bev. II. T. Peterson
Rev. Powell resigned his pastorate next presided over the parish for a
in April, 1880, and was succeeded the short period, but for some time after
following August by Rev. B. P. Hewitt.
his departure there was no regular
At this time the membership of the preacher. The pulpit during this time
church was 47.
As high as 107 had was occasionally filled by J. Hansen,
and removals had caused a falling off.
|tee. Services were held in this manner
no pastor until February 25, 1895, when society three years, after which Rev. one year, followed by J. Peterson, who
remained in charge until the spring of
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FISHING GROUNDS.
PLACES IN MASON COUNTY AND
vicinity where FISH ABOUND.
glorious opportunity for Exciting Sport
—Extensive operations on Hamlin Lake
—tales of the Past and a Glimpse of
the Present—where Trout are Found-
when and How the Idols of the Stream
are Caught-sportsmen of Note:
HESE summer days
were not made for the
baseball players' ex-
clusive use. As the
"classics have so well
handed down to this
wicked generation, “there are others.”
These days were made for fishing,
and in accordance with an old and
-established custom of our ancestors, we
ought to fish. We believe this fact is
quite generally appreciated by the good
fishermen of Ludington, and the oppor-
tunity embraced by many with clock-
like regularity. Every year sees a
material increase in the army of local
fishers; so much so, that of late the
doctors have been trying to decide
whether the disease is contagious or
inherited. Advocates of the latter
theory claim that it is often noticeable,
these respective places we leave each
angler to be his own judge. There is
but little concord of opinion along this
line save in one place, viz: the Sable
river. Every angler who ever fished in
the upper waters of the Sable river
will gladly attest to its boundless mer.
its as a productive fishing ground.
Other favorite haunts are: Pere Mar-
quette river, north and south branches,
Kinney creek, Weldon creek, Burr
creek, Bear creek, Swan creek, Quinn
creek, Little Manistee river, Sweet
Water creek, South Branch river,
Swanson's creek, Cooper creek, Porter
creek, Pentwater river, Brown Farm
creek, Beebe creek, Carr creek, Black
creek, Baldwin creek and Little South
Branch river.
In all of these streams there is sport
to be had if one only knows how to
get it. Formerly all abounded with
innumerable trout and grayling. The
latter, however, have all disappeared,
the fierce inroads of foreign invaders
having made them practically extinct,
It is a great pity, too, for the grayling
are conceded to be the gamiest fish
that ever swam fresh water. Never-
theless, there is nothing slow about
speckled trout, and Ludington and
Mason county sportsmen have within
easy reach sport that is exciting enough
for any man. Most of the above named
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CAPT. READ AFTER A. DAY SPENT FOR SPECKLED BEAUTIES.
“even unto the third and fourth gener.
ations.”
It is along about the middle of April
that the trout fisherman begins to show
the first symptoms of distress, and gen-
erally by the 1st of May he is in a total
state of collapse. His very life seems a
bore to him and nothing short of a few
days jaunt along one of our famous
trout streams will in the least satiate
his inherent craving for the sport that
knows no equal. The first thing to do the names of Capt. Read, Horace Cas-
as a preliminary measure is to thor- well, Warren Cartier, Addison Keiser,
oughly purge his system of all business
matters. Then begins an anxious per
iod of weather watching, during which
he has many vexing doubts and specu-
lations. But just a few days before
the grand opening his nervousness
knows no bounds. He gets out his
wading boots, sees that there are no
patches needed on them, takes down
his rods and examines them carefully,
invests in a few new tips and makes a
selection of his favorite flies with
which he proposes to open the season.
A day or two prior to the first of
May the general exodus from the city
begins. The crusade is usually aug-
mented by a delegation from the rural
districts and outside cities for miles
around. Bright and early on the morn-
ing of May 1st the piscatorial depreda.
tions begin. Every stream of repute
is diligently whipped from source to
mouth. Success in the shape of a creel
full of the prettiest, largest and gami-
est fish that angler ever caught,
rewards him, and he calls this sport.
Is it? Well, ask Horace Caswell or
any other recognized crank who has
waded the length of every stream in
Mason county, What does he care for
sleepless nights, long tramps, piles of
brush and matted undergrowth, wet
feet, a distressing cold, empty stomach
and a score of other hardships that
martyr the fisherman for the fish?
Yea, verily all these are nothing. They
are easily smiled off under the extenu-
ating influence of a few speckled trout.
Lest there should be doubt or ignor-
ance in the minds of a chance pros.
pective angler as to where to go to
experience the peculiar joys and fasci-
nations of trout fishing, the APPEAL
here with submits a list of all, or nearly
all, the trout streams of note in Mason
erally manages to get in about half a
dozen fishing expeditions each year,
county. As to the relative merits of
streams are readily accessible, but are
yet in such a primitive condition that
fly fishing is impracticable. The Sable
river is more open than any of the
streams. -
There are a number of anglers, both
trouters and lake fishermen, in Lud-
ington, that have more or less aspir-
ations along the lines laid down by
Izaak Walton. Among these, all
devotees of the sport will recognize
G. H. Blodgett, Dr. Graham, Harry
Hallett, Charles Spear, Joseph Blouin,
Alex. Poirier, David Seeley, Mort Hud-
son, Charles Cartier, F. P. Dunwell,
H. C. Hutton and Dr. Latimer.
There are hundreds of others, but it
is unnecessary to extend the list fur-
ther. Among the trouting fraternity
Horace Caswell probably stands fore.
most. He is a man eminently qualified
to hold such a position of repute. He
has had years of experience in piscator-
1al operations, and possesses to a
marked degree those hyperborical char-
acteristics that stamp the modern fish-
erman with an individuality, Mr. Cas--
well has been the victorious principal
of scores of stirring encounters with
finny antagonists. He almost invari-
ably attacks his victims with the fly,
while the majority of local sports use
the time honored angleworm. He gen:
and his enthusiasm and love for the
sport doesn't seem to abate in the least
with the annual ravages and diminu-
tion made with the fish inhabitants.
He does say, however, that the fishing
is constantly getting poorer, and that
more effort and more skill are required
to make a successful catch. His theory
is that the fewer the fish there are,
and the harder they are to catch, the
rarer and more interesting the sport.
This theory is doubtless correct, com-
ing from so eminent an authority; but
unfortunately the bulk of the fratern-
ity are unable to see it that way. For
instance, according to Mr. Caswell's
theory, Jesse McCourt and Dr. Vivan
have all the spring been experiencing
the rarest sport. Not so at all, how-
ever, for that is “happiness looked at
through another's eyes.”
After fishing all over Michigan, Mr.
THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
Caswell declares that Mason county should be beautified, advertised and
affords better opportunities for fishing protected, “Why,” said he, “there is a
than any other place he has visited.
He thinks nothing of going out and
catching 20 pounds of trout in a day.
Large fishing parties he cond º
saying that two persons will atch
more fish proportionately than any
other kind of a crowd. His best fishing
trips were those along Kinney creek
years ago, when 50 large trout and
fortune in store for the man who will
insist on a rigid enforcement of the
game laws, and then follow up the
results thus obtained by advertising
the excellent fishing to be had, thus
obtaining the city patronage that is
just waiting and looking for a place
like this.”
The captain says the best catch he
grayling were the reward of a day's ever made on Hamlin lake was in the
labor. -
Hamlin Lake Sport.
Trout fishing has its charms for many
but not for all. There are some people,
strangely enough, whose constitutional
proclivities are such as to preclude the
idea of wading waist deep in a stream
for many miles, scratching and bruis-
ing their bodies on thorns and
underbrush, and then walking 10 or 12
miles for the sake of a few diminutive
trout. The environments of these folks
do not, however, prevent them from
comfortably posting themselves in a
row boat and idly dragging a trolling
line behind them, or sitting demurely
on a log for hours at a time, contentedly
waiting and watching for the proverbial
“bobber” to disappear. There is a
peculiar kind of satisfaction in this
harmless pastime that strongly appeals
to a great many well meaning people
In fact, from being at first a fascina-
tion, it often develops into a weakness,
which in hundreds of instances has
ruined for its victim a reputation for
honor, integrity and veracity. These
people are, by crying necessity, encour-
aged to develop those latent character-
istics, the ready use of which is of such
inestimable value to all fishermen of
standing and repute.
For general fishing and plenty of it,
there is not the equal of Hamlin lake
in Michigan or elsewhere. It is gener-
ally conceded to be the most charming
of all Michigan's crystal mirrors.
This charming resort, located within
five miles of Ludington, has for many
years been the favorite haunt of small
- - -
coteries of summer tourists and sports-
men who have seemed loth to herald
its attractions to the outer world, so
jealous were they of monopolizing its
varied attractions. But, jealously as
they guarded it, the tales of 50 pound
catches of muskallonge spread, till of
late years, the summer visitors are
counted by the hundreds.
There are two established summer
resorts on the lake, both at the same
end of the lake, and within a half mile
of each other. The one is owned by
Wm. G. Hudson and the other by C. T.
Gatke. Both are beautiful places,
where guests may go and be assured of
a liberal hostage and kind treatment.
Both resorts are well stocked with
boats, fishing outfits, etc. Tºº-ºººoºº-
modations are spacious and comfort-
able. In fact, we take great pleasure
in recommending both of these places
to the resorting public in general, and
particularly to admirers of large fish
and plenty of them,
Captain Read, of the Hotel Rºad,
famous all over Michigan for his rod
and gun achievements, has spent some
of the palmiest days of his life fishing
on Hamlin lake. The captain is a
great admirer of the lake and says that
nowhere can its equal be found. In
fact, he has already shown his admir-
ation in a practical way by building a
cottage on the lake. The affair is port-
able, so that it can be moved about
from place to place as the nature and
spring of '93, when in one day
he
caught 84 fish, weighing over 400
pounds. On a hunting expedition in
the same locality in the fall of '94, the
captain, George Cartier and Charles
Nickerson killed 13 deer. The natives
of that section all have a wholesome
respect for Capt. Read's hunting and
fishing abilities. On one occasion
while in the woods looking for game,
he met old Indian Pete, a “character”
of that section, Pete was dressed in
the regulation buckskin suit and car-
ried an ancient muzzle loader on his
shoulder. After exchanging courtesies
the captain asked the Indian if he had
killed any deer this fall, to which the
latter responded gloomily, “No, you
kill 'em all.”
And this is a growing fact with both
hunting and fishing. A reckless defi-
ance of the state game and fish laws
has depleted the game in both
woods and lake. Something must
be done to stop these lawless in-
roads, or in a few years Hamlin
lake will no longer possess those
varied and primitive attractions that
have forever endeared it in the hearts
of local sportsmen.
There are other smaller lakes in
|Mason county, such as Lincoln, Bass,
Hopkins, St. Mary's lakes, in all of
which there are plenty of fish. But
none of these are for a moment com-
parable to Hamlin lake, the scene of
so many pleasure expeditions, and
beneath whose glassy surface dwell the
countless inhabitants of fish paradise.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
(Continued from Page 17.)
1883. For the next two years there
was no regular pastor, but the pulpit
was supplied for the greater part of
the time by P. E. Gothe, who worked
both Manistee and Ludington. Rev.
R. Nielson, of Muskegon, then received
and accepted a call to the pastorate in
the summer of '95, and remained until
May 10, 1897. Since that time the
society have been without a pastor,
but next week it is expected that Rev.
R. H. Ravn, from Headland, South
Dakota, will assume charge.
The Dunish Lutheran people have
steadily improved their condition here
since organizing. They recently pur-
chased a low on Madison street and
erected a neat parsonage on it. There
is an indebtedness of $400 against the
church, but this is gradually being
diminished each year, so that it is but
the matter of a short time when the
society will be free from debt.
Frieden's German Society.
Frieden's German Evangelical church
is located on the corner of Lavinit and
Filer streets. The building was erected
in the summer of 1889, at a cost of
sºco). The society was organized the
preceding spring and incorporated the
following fall. At the latter time Rev.
F. E. Motzkus was called to take
charge and he remained as pastor until
scenes of his various hunting and fish- last spring, when after a series of bitter
ing-expeditions demand. Six or eight litigations, he was compelled to with-
times each year the captain takes fish-
ing trips, and they are always product-
ive of fish. In the fall he invariably
draw.
The cºngregation started with about
25 members, and, during the early years
locates his camp for a two or three of Rev. Motzkus' administration, con-
weeks stay, north of Hamlin lake,
where the nimble footed deer must
take their chances for supplying the
Read House with rare venison.
Capt. Read says that on the 6th and
7th of last September he caught, be-
sides scores of smaller fish, five muskal-
** Aºaz.
tinued to grow and thrive. In the year
1891 the society built a parsonage at a
cost of $1,600, making the total cost
price of all church property $4,200. At
this time the indebtedness against the
society was but $1,500.
Rev. Motzkus continued to minister
A DAY'S CATCH AT HAMLIN LAKE.
longe, averaging from 18 to 44 pounds
each. He never brings pickerel home,
saying that they are not fit to put on
his table, and are therefore of no use to
him. -
Capt. Read becomes highly enthused
when speaking of muskallonge fishing
on Hamlin lake. He thinks the place
-
to the wants of the church for more than
seven years, when he was succeeded by
Mr. C. F. Boehner, a student from a
Saginaw institution Mr. Boehner, the
present pastor, is a young man and has
been here only a few weeks. Thus far
he has been very active and faithful in
rescuing the affairs of the church from
the abyss into which the turmoil of the
past 18 months has thrown them. He
is an agreeable, well educated young
man, and well liked by his congrega-
tion. The congregation now numbers
about 30 families, or 100 members. The
present indebtedness of the church is
about $2,300. The increased indebted-
ness was caused by the heavy expense
of the recent law suits.
Frieden's church maintains a day
school with about 25 children. The
pastor is likewise the teacher, and rudi-
mentary instruction is given in both
German and English. A Sunday school
is to be formed in the near future. The
ladies also have a Frieden’s Ladies'
society with 40 members. They are
Very active in church work. Mrs.
Karston is the president.
The officers of the church are:
Trustees–H. Grundermann, William
Peters, Fred Eichler.
Deacons—William Snyder,
Stienger, Louis Baker,
Treasurer–Fred Schroeder.
Secretary–William Peters.
Fourth Ward Methodist.
The Fourth ward Methodist Episco-
pal church was organized by the Rev.
G. Daniels in the year 1887. Much
difficulty was experienced in making a
start, but the work of building a
church was pushed along, until today
the society stands free from debt and
well equipped for spreading the gospel
of Jesus Christ according to the doc-
trines of the Methodist church.
The history of the church has been
one of steady and constant improve-
ment. The names of the various pas-
tors in chronological order are: H. P.
Rankin, John Shoup, J. A. DeGraff,
E. L. Odle, J. A. DeGraff (2nd term), E.L.
Odle (2nd term) and A. H. Sturgis, the
present incumbent.
There are two branches of the society
under a single management. They are
located in the Fourth ward and in
Buttersville. At the former place ser-
vices are held morning and evening,
while at the latter there is but one
meeting held each Sunday afternoon.
The church now has in full connection
103 members, eight of whom are at a
distance. The Sunday school, J. F.
Stovin, superintendent, has an average
attendance of 140 scholars. There is
also an Epworth league in connection
Charles
with the church, of which Mrs. Foster
Winey is president, and which has
about 60 members. A Ladies' Local
Home Mission ry with 45 members is
another valuable adjunct to the church.
They work among the needy of the
community, look after the church
property, and help raise money to
defray the running expenses of the
church. The total expenses of the
church society last year were $876, of
which $650 was pastor’s salary.
Rev. Sturgis, the present pastor, has
been here nearly two years, and he
commands the respect of all who know
him. He is an earnest worker and a
zealous christian. He is well liked by
his congregation and is active in all
spiritual and charitable movements.
St. John’s Lutheran Church.
The German Evangelical Lutheran
St. John's church is one of the hand-
some and substantial church edifices of
the city, located on Melendy street.
The St. John’s society was organized in
the year 1872, when a small following
of the Lutheran doctrines banded to-
gether for religious purposes and
founded a society that has since grown
and prospered and become a power for
good in the community The history
of the church from the start has been
one of the utmost harmony and good
feeling. With these favoring condi-
tions the society has been able to build
and maintain the handsome brick
structure that now stands a monu-
ment to the fidelity and religious devo-
tion of these people. There still re-
mains a debt of about $600 against the
church, but this is fast being reduced.
At the present time the church roll
contains the names of something over
400 members, or about 225 actual com-
municants. Nearly all the families
are of German descent. The first pas-
tor was Rev. H. Torney, the second
Rev. Peter Karrel, and the third and
present incumbent Rev. Wm. Hagen.
Mr. Hagen has been here since 1885, al-
most twelve years. He is of a quiet,
retiring disposition, highly devoted to
the cause of the German people and a
gentleman with many friends and no
enemies.
During the coming summer the St.
John's society will celebrate the twen-
ty-fifth anniversary of its organization.
The occasion will be made a red-letter
day in the church's history. Many
new members will be taken in, appro-
priate exercises will be held and promi-
ment German speakers invited to be
present. Arrangements are already
being made for the celebration and
every possible step being taken to
make it a memorable event.
Swedish Baptist Church.
The Swedish Baptist church, located
on the corner of Danaher street and
Washington avenue, was formed in
the year 1890 with forty-one members.
The society was formerly a part of the
now defunct Scandinavian Baptist
church. At its disintegration the
Swedish members branched out for
themselves and are now in a prosper-
ous Way.
Rev. A. Karling was the first pastor.
He came here in 1890 and remained un-
til 1894. Next came Rev. K. New-
quist, followed by Rev. M. Esselstrom,
each remaining one year. Rev. P. Hal-
lin was the next pastor, but he only
remained four and one-half months,
his resignation taking effect the middle
of last June.
The church building is a wooden
structure with a seating capacity of
175. It was built by the Scandinavian
society and is still incumbered to the
extent of $250.
The Swedish Baptist society now
numbers about 70 members. It has a
Sunday school with 60 scholars and 8
teachers, a Young People's society
with 30 members and a Ladies' Sewing
society of 25 members. It is the ob-
ject of the latter to make clothing for
the needy, also fancy work to be sold,
the money thus raised being used to
pay current expenses.
The present pastor, Rev. C. A. Al-
deen, came here about the middle of
May, fresh from the University of Chi-
cago, of which he is a graduate. This
is his first pastorate, but in this case
lack of experience is not followed by
lack of success. Mr. Aldeen is ad-
mired by all of his countrymen, and as
time goes on his quiet and sincere ef.
forts in behalf of his congregation,
coupled with his genial ways and
pleasing personality, must win for him
the love and respect of the entire com-
munity.
Swedish Lutheran.
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
church is a wooden structure located
on Danaher street. It was built in
1875, the congregation being organized
in the same year.
As one of the oldest churches in the
HAM LIN LAKE SPECIMIENS.
city it has prospered and enjoyed a
steady growth corresponding to that of
the city. Its members, 600 in number,
are all of Swedish descent and earnest
and constant in their endeavors to live
an upright life. While naturally of a
quiet and retiring disposition, they are
much given to charitable work, helping
their needy whenever occasion de-
mands.
Since its organization the church has
been served by only three pastors. U.
Youngsberg was the first pastor and
I, Chilleen the second. In 1883 Rev.
C. V. Vestling, the present pastor, took
charge and has remained here ever
since. This is probably the longest
term served by any minister in Lud-
ington.
Financially the church is in very
good circumstances, being out of debt
and maintaining a small surplus. The
Sunday school has over 175 scholars
and twenty teachers. Rev. Vestling is
very active in his pastoral duties and
he is universally loved and respected
by all his people,
Zion's Lutheran Church.
The German Evangelical Lutheran
Zion's congregation is the newest of
Ludington’s religious organizations.
They own no building of their own
at the present time, but hold Sunday
services in the Swedish church on Dan-
aher street. The society is the faction
of dissenters from the German Frie-
den's society, concerning which there
have been a number of litigations. The
Zion's church began holding services
last January with Rev. F. E. Motzkus
as pastor. There is a membership of
about thirty families at the present
time, all of whom are Germans.
A Ladies Auxiliary has been or-
ganized and is now in working order,
whose work is to raise money to pay
the expenses of the church. It is the
intention of the society to either buy
or build a church in the near future.
Rev. Motzkus is in close touch with all
his congregation, and undoubtedly un-
der his care the society will continue to
thrive and prosper.
Other Societies.
There are nearlw a half dozen other
religious societies in Ludington of
which we have not been able to speak
under a separate head. There is a
Danish and Scandinavian Baptist
church in the Third ward of whose ex-
istence we only just learned. It is a
prosperous congregation with Rev. C.
F. Bolvig pastor. There is also a Spir-
itualistic society with sixty members
and headquarters at the Pythian hall,
of which Rev. Mrs. Burland is pastor.
Then besides these we have the Chris-
tian Science followers under the di-
rection of Miss Treat, a Polish society
in the Fourth ward, a Hebrew organ-
ization and the Salvation Army.





THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
19
MANY SECRETSOCIETIES.
LUDINGTON BLESSED WITH
AN ABUNDANCE OF SECRET
AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Past History and Present Condition Fully Described-lnteresting
Facts and Figures-Oldest
Lodges-Thirty-two Societies in
Ludington-Names of Prominent Men-Valuable Statistics for
Future Reference.
INCE compil-
/ ing the follow-
ing formidable
array of facts
and figures, we
have justly
come to the con-
clusion that
there is not a
city of this size
in the state of
Michigan that
can make a
better showing
of secret and
ties than Lud-
ington can.
numerous,
but
They are not only
strong, forming a prime factor in our
social and business life. Most of the
orders are of a beneficiary nature, and,
considering their number, compared to
the population, are in a remarkably
flourishing condition.
There is scarcely an inhabitant of
reputable standing but is connected
with some order or other, and generally
they belong to several orders.
In the following columns we have
attempted to show the public some-
thing of the character, history and
present condition of these societies.
Necessarily, there being so many
orders, the space given to each is
limited, but we have endeavored to
condense it as much as possible and
present only facts and figures that
have a present interest, or will be val-
uable for future reference.
Masonic Fraternity.
Pre-eminent in the list of local
fraternal socie-
Generalissimo–H. A. Scott.
Captain General–F. A. Foster.
Prelate–George N. Stray.
Treasurer–H. C. Ransom.
Recorder–A. D. Woodward.
Senior Warden–F, L, Aubrey.
Junior Warden–F. B. Olney.
Standard Bearer–M. L. Hudson, .
Sword Bearer–H. F. Sands.
| Sentinel–James Hows.
| Besides the four branches named
represented by the local fraternity.
Among these the Consistory occupies
a place of prominence,
quarters of the Consistory is located at
Grand Rapids, and its members in-
Those who belong
are Frank Foster, W. G. Hudson,
| Weimer, Marshall Butters, and Frank
Filer. The members of the Mystic
Hudson, Marshall Butters, Frank
Filer, E. D. Weimer, H. C. Ransom,
| Crosby,
| The highest branch of Masonry at-
Council or Scottish Rite, W. G.
Hudson is the only local member. He
|Northern Jurisdiction of the United
Member-
comes only to the chosen few, there
being only about 45 members in
the active members of this order.
Local Masonry has made wonderful
Warden–Adam Drach.
there are a number of special branches
The head-
clude only thirty and thirty-second
degree Masons.
|George N. Stray, H. A. Scott, E. D.
Shrine are George N. Stray, W. G.
W. H. Taylor, H. A. Scott and G. W.
tainable in this country is the Supreme
belongs to the Supreme Council of the
|States, located at Boston.
ship to this society is an honor that
|Michigan. Great power is vested in
rogress since its introduction here.
p
organizations is the Masonic order. We have one of the most prosperous
Freemasonry probably holds the undis. lodges in the state. They have built a
puted honor of having the oldest his magnificent temple at the total cost of
tory and greatest strength of any of
the local societies. Its history has been
traced with more or less certainty from
the earliest periods, changing some-
what in outward forms to suit the
varying conditions of the people, but
always preserving the essential charac-
teristics of the order.
There are four distinct branches of
the Masonic fraternity in the city at
the present time. They are the Blue
lodge, the Chapter, the Council and the
Commandery; the latter branch being
composed of Knights Templar,
Pere Marquette Lodge No. 299, F. &
A. M., was organized in April, 1871.
M. D. Ewell was the first Worshipful
Master, and he started in with a follow-
ing of about 20 members. The order
now numbers about 180 and probably
occupies the most prominent position
of any of the local secret societies. Its
officers are:
Worshipful Master–M. H. Coburn.
Senior Warden–H. C. Hutton.
Junior Warden–D. B. Seeley.
Secretary–M. L. Hudson.
Treasurer–George N. Stray.
Senior Deacon–H. S. Gray,
Junior Deacon—F. W. Hawley.
Tyler–W. H. Straight.
Meetings are held Friday of each
month on or before full moon,
Ludington Chapter No. 92, Royal
Arch Masons, was started February 3,
1874, Wm. G. Hudson was the first
High Priest. There are four degrees
which members must take in this
branch before they are eligible to the
Council. The present officers are:
High Priest--H. C. Ransom.
King–M. L. Hudson.
Scribe-F. B. Olney.
Captain of the Host–A. D. Wood-
ward.
Principal
strong.”
Secretary–F. P. Dunwell.
Treasurer–George N. Stray.
R. A. C.–H. C. Hutton.
M. 3 V.-James Murray,
M. 2 V.-James Hows.
M. 1 V.-W. E. Straight.
Tyler–L. J. Brown.
Ludington Council No. 48, R. & S.
M., sprang into existence May 31, 1876.
The following are its past T.I. M.: L.
T. Southworth, W. G. Hudson, P.
Ewing, G. N. Stray, J. A. Armstrong,
J. B. McMahon, G. P. McMahon and
L. C. Waldo. The present officers are:
T. L. M.–A. D. Woodward.
Deputy Master–J. A. Armstrong.”
P. C. W.-J. D. Harrington.
Captain of Guard–George N. Stray
Sojourner – J. A. Arm-
Conductor of Council–H. B. Smith
Steward–L. J. Brown.
Sentinel–M. L. Hudson.
Secretary–F. P. Dunwell.
and looked up to.
mandry No. 21. K. T.,
Mich., was founded in 1882.
Commanders are W. G. Hudson,
Ludington
H
B. Smith, George N. Stray, F. P. Dun- the second and fourth Sundays of each
The present month, in the German hall, corner of
The present
Eminent Commander H. B. Smith, hall is a substantial and commodious over as a jolly set.
well, and L. C. Waldo.
officers are:
Its past
about $17,000, handsomely furnished
and equipped. The lower rooms are
rented to business firms while the
upper rooms are used exclusively by
the Masons, The temple is acknowl-
edged to be the finest and most ex-
pensive building in the city.
The Odd Fellows.
Crystal Lodge No. 159, L. O. O. F.,
Ludington, Migh, was instituted May
4, 1871. At that time secret societies
were not so numerous as they now
are, and under the supervision of
|Samuel W. Frisbe, the first Noble
Grand, the lodge began a career of
prosperity.
Starting with but 10 charter members
it gradually grew until it enrolled 130
names. It has since lost many of its
members by removal or death, so that
the present membership is but 84.
The Odd Fellows divide themselves
into three branches; the Subordinate,
the Camp and the Canton. A member
of any of these is an Odd Fellow, and
has the arbitrary placing of his in:
surance. Most of them carry how-
ever, with the Covenant Mutual of
|Illinois, one of the strongest institutions
in the country,
The order is famous everywhere for
the goodfellowship and devotion of
members to each other in times of
trouble or sickness. The local organ-
|ization has done much in the past
towards helping and caring for de-
pendent widows and orphans,
In a financial way the order has also
prospered. They have erected a fine
brick block in the heart of the city, at
a cost of $8,000, which is nearly all
paid for. The building is handsome
and commodious, and admirably fitted
out for a lodge hall. A good rental is
derived from the various rooms, some
nine or ten different societies using
the hall for lodge purposes.
The society holds a meeting every
|Tuesday evening, at their hall. Any
male citizen in good moral standing
may become a member and enjoy the
benefits, which are primarily of a
social nature.
Noble Grand–Fred Kronlin.
Vice Noble Grand–J. H. Kulp.
Recording Secretary-E, Murphy.
| Permanent
Hepburn,
| Treasurer–John Munson.
R. S. N. G. William Leet.
Warden–A. H. Hunter.
Inside Guard—George Dodd.
Trustees–E. E. Murphy,
Ransom, William Leet.
German Aid Society.
of leading German citizens.
them we recognize the
Sterling
good standing.
| James and Filer streets,
The present officers are:
Secretary–Joseph H.
H. C.
The German Aid society was organ-
ized during the year 1876, by a number
Among
names of
The Commandery is the highest. August Tiedemann, Henry Neuman,
branch of organized Masonry in this Frank Kuhli, Louis
city. Its members are styled Knights Albert Gregºry.
Templar, and they are both admired was Albert Gregory,
The Apollo º was Frank Kuhli.
The society started with 18 charter
members, and now has 117 members in
They hold meetings
and
The first president
and the first
structure, well adapted for the use to
which it has been applied. It cost in
the neighborhood of $4,300, and is
entirely free from debt. A former
brick building belonging to the society,
and valued at $8,000, was burned some
years ago causing a severe loss. The
members are ambitious and energetic,
however, and have never become dis-
couraged. Moreover they have at all
times taken a leading part in every
progressive movement, and shown
themselves in every instance loyal and
patriotic citizens, faithful and true to
American aims and institutions,
The insurance department of the or-
der provides for a death benefit of $500
and a sick benefit of $5 per week.
The present officers are:
President–Charles Boerner.
Vice-president—John Bumb.
Secretary—Peter Von Sprecken.
Corresponding Secretary – T.
Hicks,
Treasurer–Frank Kuhli.
Trustees—Henry Neuman, August
Tiedemann, Frank Tiedemann and
Frank Svoboda.
Maº cabees.
Ludington Tent No. 198, K. O. T. M.
was organized Jan. 25, 1888, with eight-
een charter members, and has since
grown to be one of the strongest soci-
eties in the city, it having at the pres-
ent time about 175 names enrolled. In
fact the Maccabees are at the present
time practically the only order in the
city that is growing. They are rapidly
pushing to the front, and will shortly
take a leading position among the lo-
cal orders both as to numerical strength
and general prominence.
It is both a social and insurance or-
der, giving optional benefits of $1,000
and $2,000. As a social organization
the order has been very much in evi-
dence during the past two years, their
many parties being characterized as
the most enjoyable events of the sea-
SOI).
Meetings are held in the K, of P.
hall every second and fourth Thursday
of each month.
It might further be mentioned that
an event of great interest and impor-
tance in Maccabee circles occurred re-
cently. On the 22nd of April last the
Oriental Degree team, consisting of
twelve men from Grand Rapids, came
here and initiated seventeen new mem-
No pains were spared to make
this event a grand celebration and one
long to be remembered by Maccabees.
The present officers of the society
are:
Past Commander–Thos. Thompson,
Jr.
Commander–Nathan Joseph.
Lieutenant Commander W. P. New-
ton.
Chaplain–Samuel Sivertson.
Reco d'Eeeper–William Peck.
Finance Keeper–J. G. Ackersville.
Sergeant—R. H. Elsworth.
Master at Arms—Geo. Chase.
F. M. G.-H. H. Weaver.
S. M. G.-John Munson.
Sentinel–John Boline.
Picket–John Hall.
Physician–E. A. Withey.
Independent Foresters.
The Independent Order of Foresters
was first instituted in this city July 20,
1888, and began its existence with
twenty members. Of late years par-
ticularly, the order has prospered, until
now it has a membership of over 150,
It is an insurance society and provides
for a sick, death and accident benefit.
The national organization has a re-
serve fund of over $2,000,000, so that it
is abundantly able to pay all claims.
The assessments levied on members
are monthly and vary according to the
person's age at the time of entering.
The assessments are not increased
each year as is the case in many other
lodges.
The local society is now in a very
prosperous condition, free from debt
and not burdened with heavy assess-
ments. They hold meetings the even-
ings of the second and last Fridays of
each month in Odd Fellows’ hall.
Present officers are:
C. D. H. C. R.—William A. Marshall.
Chief Ranger–William Miller.
Vice Ranger–Joseph Voss.
Recording Secretary-C. M. Hopkins.
Financial Secretary—Samuel G. Mar-
tin.
Treasurer–John Munson.
Chaplain–Charles Wright.
Senior Woodward–Alex Turgeon.
Junior Woodward–John Wright.
Senior Beadle–Wu. Cheseborough.
Junior Beadle–Henry Echlin.
Trustees – Frank Miller,
Eichlin.
Physicians–M. A. Carroll and Louis
Pelletier.
Sons of King Jacqua.
The Sons of King Jacqua is one of
the most unique orders in the city. It
was started about a year and a half
ago by some eight or ten members with
the avowed purpose of promoting the
ends of social enjoyment. In a short
time, however, interest in the venture
lagged and the outcome looked du-
bious. But when a small insurance
and sick benefit fund was instituted
the membership immediately ran
right up,
figure of 165,
O.
bers.
Henry
bank.
and a sick and accident benefit of $6
per week. The members are all genial
and sociable and are known the city
reaching the comfortable
The society is now out
of debt and has a neat surplus in the
They pay a death benefit of $50
year in monthlv installments. Meet-
ings are held in Tripp's hall every two
weeks,
The officers are:
Master-William Cushway.
Senior Warden–Charles Cartier.
Junior Warden–George chase.
Senior Deacon–Harry Nelson.
Secretary–C. M. Hopkins,
Guide–Malcolm wells.
Tyler–Bert Case.
Federation of Labor.
The American Federation of Labor
is an organization of recent origin. It
was started last spring for the benefit
of local working people. It is a branch
of the national organization, and by
working with that powerful body they
expect to be able to somewhat amel-
iorate their present condition.
They have a membership of 900, and
expect to erect their own hall in the
near future. For that purpose a com-
mittee is now at work making pre-
liminary arrangements.
At the present time meetings are
held every Saturday evening at Tripp's
hall, at which trade papers are dis-
tributed, and questions concerning
labor are discussed. The officers are:
President–Fred Brown.
Vice President—Duncan Stewart,
Secretary–Harry Shackleton.
Treasurer–William Bice.
Swedish Aid Society.
The Swedish Aid society is dis-
tinctly a local organization, and was
formed by a number of Swedish
dissenters from the old Scandinavian
Aid society now defunct. Its mem-
bers are closely banded together for
their mutual benefit, and are yery de-
voted to one another. They have no
insurance, but a sick member in good
standing draws $5 per week, and in
case he dies his wife receives a dollar
from each member of the society. In
case the wife dies the husband receives
50 cents from each member, The
society has only been in existence
about six years, but it now numbers
160 Swedes, and is one of the acknowl-
edged strong orders of the city. They
meet the first and third Saturdays of
each month, at Odd Fellow's hall. The
officers are:
President–A. W. Hoglund.
Vice-President–Arveid Moberg.
Corresponding Secretary – Alfred
Carlson.
Financial Secretary–Albert Boline.
Treasurer–Herman Peterson.
Chaplain–A. Thorbjornsen.
Marshals–Antoine Osen,
Swanson.
Inner Guard–Gust Carlson.
Outer Guard–Nels Nord.
Home" rum.
The Home Forum Benefit Order No.
338 was organized in December of 1895,
with 100 charter members- The
present membership is 165. Insurance
may be taken out in amounts from
$500 to $2,000, and accident benefits
are paid without additional expense,
Assessments are always based on the
member's age at the time of joining.
The rates have thus far been very
reasonable, and the order consequently
is popular among local people. Meet-
ings are held in the Odd Fellow's hall
the first and third Wednesdays of each
month. The officers are:
President–G. F. Macklan.
Vice President–Mrs. Anna Hensey.
Treasurer–A. H. Hunter.
H storian–John C. Hensey.
Guard–Mary E. Mitchell.
Secretary–Mrs. E. N. Heysett.
Oratºrs–Archibald Shaw and Addie
Shaw.
Charles
Directors—E. N. Dundass, H. P.
Hilton, Joseph Hepburn.
Knights of Honor.
Lake Michigan Lodge No. 694,
Knights of Honor, dates its origin
back to July 18, 1877, when it had
about 26 members. For a long time it
was one of the most popular orders in
the city, and enjoyed a healthy growth,
reaching as high as 105. Death and
removal, however, have materially
decreased the membership role so that
now it stands about 55. Among the
prominent K. of H. men who have
died recently are Henry Creighton, J.
P. Baggott, Walter McKellar, Peter
Mendelson and August Gorney. Since
their organization they have lost 18
members by death. A new system of
assessments has recently been in-
stituted within the order, called the
graded assessment plan, and for which
great advantages are claimed. The
Knights meet at Tripp's hall every
second and fourth Wednesday. The
present officers are:
Dictator–William Foy.
Past Dictator–George E. Tripp.
Vice Dictator–Curtis A. Rohn.
A-sistant Dictator–Henry Malliot.
Guardian–Foster Winey.
Reporter–John Phelan.
Financial Reporter–H. B. Caswell.
Guide–Charles Olson.
Medical Examiner–A. P. McConnell.
Sentinel–Henry Spicer.
Trustees–A. E. Smith,
Arnott Sr., George Goodsell.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Bap Williams Post No. 15 G. A. R.
was formed May 25, 1880, with 34
charter members. The present mem-
bership is 67, and necessarily this
number can never be increased. The
old veterans of the recent struggle are
rapidly dying off, and in a few years
the Grand Army of the Republic will be
a thing of the past. Only those who
Robert
They pay $3 per
Rasmus Anderson.
least 60 days service in the Union
cause between the years 1861 and 1865
are elegible to membership. The
objects of this organization are first
sociability—the pleasure of recounting
past experiences; and second, the care
of needy sailors' and soldiers' widows
and orphans. They hold meetings in
the K, of P. hall, the second and fourth
Fridays of each month. The officers
are:
Commander—Peleg Ewing.
Senior Vice Commander–H.
Hilton.
Junior Vice Commander—Jeremiah
Shackleton.
Chaplain–Dr. John Woods,
Adjutant—G. M. Chase.
Quarter Master–H. C. Ransom.
Officer of the Day–Wim. H. White.
Officer of the Guard–H. P. Manning.
Trustees—A, B. Hunter, Charles
Olson, G. M. Chase.
Danish Aid Society.
The Danish Aid Society was founded
May 2nd, 1880. There were but four-
teen charter members, but the society
now numbers 136 members. It is not
an insurance order but rather frater-
nal, matters of common interest being
dealt with. They do, however, pay a
sick benefit of $5 per week, and in
case a member dies the rest of the
members are assessed $1 each, which
amount is given to the widow of de-
ceased. The principal object of the
organization is to help the needy of
their own nationality. In their sev-
enteen years of existence they have
prospered. A substantial wooden hall
was built in 1834 at a cost of $1,400.
This is entirely free from debt, and
the society owns beside a fine banner
which cost $150, and a good flag and
flagpole. They hold meetings the first
and third Thursdays of each month in
the Danish hall.
The present officers are:
President–N. J. Nelson.
Vice President–James Johnson.
Secretary–Nels P. Larsen.
Treasurer–R. Rasmussen.
Collector–H. J. Christoferson.
Sick Committee—Nels Johnson,
Martin Jensen, N. Christofersen.
Financial Auditors–Nels Jenson,
F. Christofersen.
Keeper of Books
P.
and Records–
Inside Guard–Pete Hansen.
Trustees–Hans Jensen, T. Claussen,
E. Larsen, Hans Peterson, N. C. L. ar-
s n, J. P. Jensen, O. Hansen.
Royal Arcaiaum.
Grace Council No. 171, Royal Ar-
canum, dates as far back as Sept. 18,
1878. At that time it began with
twenty-four charter members, whereas
it now numbers 134 members in good
standing. The society has lost twenty-
six members by death, twenty-four of
them being insured at $3,000 each and
two at $1,500 each, making the total
amount paid out $75,000. All assess-
ments are levied on the graded assess-
ment plan, and in every case the in-
sured has the satisfaction of knowing
that he will get his money, since the
Arcanum is one of the soundest bene-
ficiary orders in the country. The
local society meets twice each month,
the second and fourth Wednesdays, in
the K. of P. hall.
The officers are: -
Regent–A. P. McConnell.
Vice Regent—James Murray.
Orator–J. D. Harrington.
Chaplain–0. J. Wilcox,
Past Regent–W. A. Marshall.
Secretary–G. M. Chase.
Collector–W. E. Armstrong.
Treasurer–A. B. Hunter.
Guide–Charles Gilbert.
Warden–Foster Winey.
Sentry–Marcus Mussler,
Trustees–Rasmus Rasmussen,
seph Stitt.
Daughters of Rebecca.
The Daught ºrs of Rebecca is a la-
dies’ branch of the Old Fellows, hav-
ing at the present time about eighty-
seven members. It started June 8,
1885, with a membership of thirty, but
during the prosperous years of the ma-
jor organization the society flourished
and enjoyed a healthy growth. The
requirements for membership are that
the candidate must be either an Odd
Fellow or an Odd Fellow's wife,
daughter or sister. All members must
be over 18 years of age. It is purely a
fraternal and charitable order, and
holds meetings on the second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month in
Odd Fellows hall.
The present officers are:
Noble Grand–Melendy Hepburn.
Vice Grand–Dora Kulp.
Recording Secretary–Lizzie Leet.
Financial Secretary–Blanche Hep-
burn.
Treasurer–Emma Baker.
Chaplain–Carrie Hilton.
Warden–Mary Jensen.
Conductor—Eliz ubeth Silver.
R. S. N. G.-Mary Ransom.
L. S. N. G.-Addie Shaw.
R. S. V. G. Sarah Hunter.
L. S. V. G.-Mary Ashbacker.
Inside Guard–Mable Rasset.
Outside Guard–Clara Painter.
Past Noble Grand–Sarah Painter.
District Deputy–Mary Sheppard.
Knights of Pythias.
Ludington Lodge No. 125, Knights
of Pythias, was organized on the 20th
of July, 1890. The society started with
23 members and now has about 50 in
good standing. It is a fraternal order
and a branch of an international or-
ganization. The universal watchword
Jo-
have an honorable discharge for at
for this their fame spreads far. The
local society has been highly prosper-
ous in a financial way. They own
their own hall and fixtures and derive
a neat income by renting out to other
societies.
Present officers:
Chancellor Commander-Fred Ash-
backer.
Vice Chancellor Commander–Wm.
E. Straight.
Prelate–N. Joseph.
Keeper of Records and Seals—Carl
Avellis.
Master of Finance–Carl Avellis.
Master of Exchequer–0. W. Tripp.
Master at Arms–L. E. Andrew.
Inner Guard–Fred Silver.
Outer Guard–D. B. Seeley.
Representative to Grand Lodge–H.
T. Blodgett.
Alternate–U. S. Grant.
Trustees–U.S. Grant, W
Orville Tripp.
Ladies of the Maccabees.
The L. O. T. M. is the ladies' branch
of the Maccabees. It was organized
Oct. 9, 1890 with 27 charter members.
The present membership is 120 and the
order is in a highly flourishing condi-
tion, It is a fraternal and insurance
order, and any lady of good character
over 16 years of age is eligible to mem-
bership. Much time is given to social
pastimes, the members being a con-
genial crowd who much enjoy one
another's company. The society is
also very attentive in looking after
sick members. -
The present officers are:
Lady Commander—Mary Ransom.
Lieutenant Lady Commander—An-
na Richardson. -
Record Keeper–Lizzie Leet.
Finance Keeper–Lizzie Stanton.
Mistress at Arms—Ella McEwen.
Sergeant–Susan Stram.
Chaplain–Sarah Hunter.
Sentinel–Marion Brown.
Picket—Ida Brown,
Past Lady Commander–Carrie Hiſ-
ton.
. E. Straight,
United Friends.
Ludington Commandery No. 45,
United Friends of Michigan, was or-
ganized in June of '91 with 32 charter
members. The order is both fraternal
and insurance, the latter being oper-
ated on much the same line as the ma-
jority of insurance orders. Anyone in
good health and moral standing be-
tween the ages of 18 and 50, may be
come a member. The present mem-
bership of the society is 34.
The officers are:
Commander–R. R. Wheeler.
Vice Commander–H. H. Weaver.
Past Commander–H. H. Proal.
Secretary and Treasurer–G. D.
Chase.
Marshal–Mrs. Elizabeth Rice.
Warden–Mrs. Anna Landon.
Guard–David Landon,
Sentry—X. Lessard.
Medical Examiner–E. A. Withey.
Trustees–Peter Fannon, George
Rice, George Woods.
Knights and Ladies of Honor.
Lakeside Lodge No. 352, Knights
and Ladies of Honor, goes back to
May 5, 1880, when it started with 48
charter members. There has been a
falling off, however, in the member-
ship, so that now the society has but
24 members. It is a fraternal and in-
surance order and was formerly a
branch of the Knights of Honor.
Now, however, it is a separate organ-
ization, whose membership privileges
are extended to everyone of good
moral character. The assessments in
this order are very low. Meetings are
held in the K, of P. hall when called.
The present officers are:
Past Protector–H. Aldrich.
Protector–Geo. E. Tripp.
Vice-Protector–Mrs. F. J. Dowland.
Secretary–Effie Abair,
Financial Secretary–Thos. Short.
Treasurer–Mrs. Thos. Short,
Guide—Mrs. H. Aldrich.
Guardian–Mrs. A. E. Smith.
Chaplain–Mrs. Wm. Heysett.
Sentinel–F. J. Dowland.
Trustees–C. T. Sawyer, A. E. Smith,
A. Aldrich.
Modern Wood men.
Ludington Camp No. 1050, Modern
Woodmen of America, is one of the
later organizations of the city. It was
started here April 15, 1893, with 25
members. The order has since grown
to some 84 members, and meanwhile
has gained the reputation of being
about the safest and cheapest insur-
ance order in the city. It is operated
on very conservative and businesslike
principles, the death rate being kept
very low owing to the fact that the or-
der is peculiar only to small cities and
villages. Insurances are written for
amounts from $500 to $3,000. After a
person attains the age of 42 years, how-
ever, he is limited to $2,000 insurance.
The order holds meetings in the K. of
P. hall the second and fourth Mondays
of each month.
The present officers are:
Venerable Consul—C. M. Hopkins.
Worthy Adviser—A. A. Keiser.
Excellent Banker–A. Jensen.
Clerk—U. S. Grant. -
Escort–L. E. Andrew.
Camp Physician–H. E. Hoffman.
Inside Guard–Thos. Conners.
Outside Guard—George White.
Managers–Wim. Leet, J. W. Ash,
F. P. Dunwell.
Women's Relief Corps.
Pap Williams Women's Relief Corps
No. 50 was instituted in September,
of the Pythians is goodfellowship, and
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THE LUDINGTON APPEAL.
MRNY SEGRET S06IETIES.
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1885, starting with 15 members. The
society now numbers about 36. It is
not an insurance order, but simply a
charitable organization. The primary
object of the society is to assist the G.
A. R. in caring for helpless and needy
soldiers, their widows and orphans,
Along this line the society has done a
most praiseworthy work, Mrs. F. J.
Dowland was the first president of the
corps. Meetings are now held in the
K. of P. hall the first and third Wednes-
days of each month.
The present officers are:
President–Hattie E. Barber.
Senior Vice President–Jane Hunter,
Junior Vice President–Ellen Daw-
SOIL.
Secretary–Martha Lymans.
Treasurer–Emily Dowland.
Chaplain–Hattie Harrington.
Conductor–Mrs. Courser.
Assistant Conductor –Ida Laird.
Guard–Lodena Rider.
Assistant Guard—Mrs. Daub,
United Workmen.
The Ancient Order of United Work-
men, Lodge No. 135, began its career
in this city April 6, 1888, with 41 names
enrolled. The order now has over 100
members, any white male citizen be-
tween the ages of 18 and 45 being eli-
gible. Insurance and sociability are
the objects of the society, the former
being based on the levied assessment
plan–$1 a death per thousand. Sick
and accident benefits are optional,
MASONIC
Meekings held at Odd Fellows hall first
and third Mondays of each month.
Present officers are:
Master Workman–W m. H. Smith.
Foreman–Henry C. Schrink.
Financier—George W. Warden.
Receiver—A. Poirier.
Inside Watchman–James Day.
Outside Watchman–Justice Subora,
Overseer–D. Hocomb,
Guide–Wm. J. Harvey,
Examining Physician–E. N. Dun
dass.
Trustees–Thos. Haley, Charles Ol-
son, Joseph Kenedy.
Degree of Honor.
Olive Branch No. 24, Degree of
Honor, was organized August 24, 1892,
and had 24 charter members. The
present membership is something pyer
40. Membership privileges are open
to ladies only, and they must be the
wives, sisters, daughters or mothers of
members of the A. O. U. W., to which
order the Degree of Honor is auxil-
iary. Assessments are made only
when a death occurs. The society is a
very select one, and much time is spent
in social amusements. Business meet-
now in a fair way to begin a success-
Jul career. It was the intention of the
institutors of the new hive to operate
it on much the same business princilpe
but on different social lines. At this
writing the society is not yet fully or-
ganized, but membership privileges
will be extended to any lady of good
moral character from the age of 18 to
50 years.
The officers thus far elected are:
Lady Commander–Murea Marvin.
Past Lady Commander–Anna J.
Taylor.
Lieutenant Lady Commander–Sarah
Doyle.
Lady Record Keeper–Ella Hiler,
Lady Finance Keeper – Thressa
Barnes,
Lady Chaplain–Grace T. Smith,
Lady Sergeant—Jennie Le Gender.
Lady Mistress at Arms–Clara Burns.
The Danish Brotherhood.
The Danish Brotherhood No. 51, of
| Ludington, Michigan, was organized
in September of 1891, with 19 members,
It differs from the Danish Aid society
inasmuch as it is an insurance order
primarily, and a social order second-
arly. The insurance benefits are $500
and $1,000. Members who are taken
sick or meet with accident are always
given assistance. Only Danes from 21
to 45 years of age may become mem-
bers. Meetings are held the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month,
at Jensen's hall. The officers of the
Brotherhood are:
Ex-President–Nele Nelson,
| President—Jens Hansen.
Vice President–Christ Poulsen.
TEMPLE.
Secretary–R. Rassmussen.
Inside Guard–Peter Hansen.
Outside Guard–Fritz Knutesen,
Trustees—Julius Clausen, Peter
Jensen, Andrew Rassmussen.
The Royal Neighbors.
The Royal Neighbors is a branch of
the Modern Woodmen, organized on
February 25, last, with 25 members. It
is both an insurance and fraternal
order. The insurance rate thus far
has been very light, probably less than
that of any order in the city. All
male members must be Woodmen,
and lady members must be some rela-
tive of a Woodman, either by blood or
marriage. The regular meetings are
held in the K. of P. Hall, the first and
third Mondays of each month.
Present officers are:
Oracle—Mary Sheppard.
Vice Oracle–Ella Tower.
Recorder—Lizzie Leet.
Receiver—Louisa Carter.
Chancellor—Mrs. E. Silver.
Inside Sentinel–Lottie Andrews,
Outer Sentinel–Rosetta Hopkins.
Past Oracle—Emma Andrews.
Marshal–Anna Keiser.
ings held at Odd Fellows hall the first
and third Fridays of each month. So-
cial meetings are held one each week
at the homes of members,
Present officers are:
Chief of Honor—Belle Ramsay.
Past Chief of Honor—Julia Munson.
Lady of Honor—Hattie Smith.
Receiver–Laura Gangne.
Financier—Mary McGoy.
Recorder—Edna Poirier,
Chief of Ceremonies—Mary Burns.
Sister Usher–Carrie Haley.
Watchmau–Phoebe Boertman.
Longshoremen's Union.
The International Longshoremen's
Union No. 21 dates its history back to
August of 1878. At that time it had
40 members; at the present time it has
59 members, The order is not insur-
ance, the object being to keep up the
wages of vessel loaders. In this re-
spect they have been thus far very
successful, since through the com:
bined efforts of the international or-
ganization wages for the last twelve
years have been held up at 40 cents
per hour. Prior to that time wages
were 25 and 30 cents. To become a
member of the union the candidate
must be a laboring man and pay an
initiation fee of $10.
Present officers are:
President–J. S. Danks.
jorresponding Sec.—Geo. Schmidt.
Financial Secretary-Albert Boline.
Treasurer–John Munson,
Sergeant at Arms-Dan McDonald.
The Ludington Pere Marquette Hive
of L. O. T. M., No. 697, is a compara-
tively new order in the city, having
been inaugurated last april with 40
charter members. Since that time it
has added some ten or fifteen more
Assistant Marshal–Anna Adams.
United Friends.
Mozart Commandry No. 58, United
Friends of Michigan, was organized
March 6, 1893, having about 50 charter
members. It is a German order, and
every member must speak the German
language and be from 21 to 50 years of
written in
age. Insurances are
amounts from $500 to $2,000. The
membership is now about 84. The
German Friends meet in the German
hall the first and third Thursdays of
each month. Present officers are:
Past Commander–Marcus Mussler,
Commander–August Tiedemann.
Vice Commander–Corlina Scheibel,
Secretary—William Winters.
Treasurer–Frank Kuhli.
Chaplain–Hattie Tiedemann.
Marshal–Frank Svoboda,
Inside Warden—Joseph Sellner.
Outside Warden–August Miller.
Trustees–Christ Duval, Charles
Wagner, Charles Schweighert.
National Union.
The National Union is an insurance
order founded in this city May 12,
1880, with 45 charter members. Assess-
ments are made on the graded assess-
ment plan, and on principles of from
$1,000 to $5,000. The National Union
is a national organization, as its name
indicates, and has a strong backing.
The local order at one time had as
high as 60 members, but now it has
dropped to 39. They meet in Tripp's
hall the second and fourth Mondays of
each month. Present officers are:
President–M. W. Lyman.
Ex-President–George Goodsell.
Secretary–John Phelan.
Financial Secretary–J. P. Asplund.
Treasurer–F. C. Silver.
names to its list of members and is
Speaker–N. J. Gaylord.
Chaplain–F. J. Dowland.
Usher—David Gibbs.
Door Keeper–Thomas Ford.
Trustees—George Goodsell,
Gaylord, C. G. Wing.
Ladies” Swedish Aid Society.
The Ladies' Swedish Aid society was
organized in May, 1894, starting with
15 members, It was entirely inde-
pendent of the Sweedish Aid society,
and for some time it grew and
flourished. At one time it had 50
members, but of late it has dwindled
down until it has but a dozen members
in good standing. The object of the
society is to render assistance to de-
pendent and needy Swedes. Meetings
are held every third Thursday of each
month, in Odd Fellows’ hall. An
effort will be made soon to improve
the society and place it on its old
footing. The officers are:
President–Mrs Ole Anderson.
Vice President–Emma Springburg.
Corresponding Secretary – Emma
Olsen.
Financial Secretary–Mary Bystrand.
Treasurer–Ellen Olsen.
Trustees–Mrs. Gus Carlson,
Carlson, Mrs. Gus Peterson,
N. J.
Ida
THE BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Ludington May Feel Proud of Her Com-
mercial Institution.
The Ludington Business college has
now been located in our midst for
nearly two and one half years. We
have observed the work it has done,
watched its progress in defiance of the
hard times, seen the many young men
and women who havo so improved
their conditions that they are now
holding lucrative positions of trust
and responsibility, and now if ever we
are in a position to give expression to
our observations and testify to the
character of the courses taught at the
institution in question.
There can be no doubt in the mind
of any honest person as to the desira-
bility of encouraging and maintaining
such an institution. While by no
means a charitable institution, the
business college is deserving of our
hearty support and patronage. It is a
blessing to hundreds of our local young
people, both present and future, who
are anxious to improve their present
conditions and rise above the mediocre
caste into which they have been
thrown. These young folks may not
be able to take a regular course of
schooling at an academy or college,
but by dint of economy they can and
do get instruction at the business col-
lege that enables them to make fur-
|ther efforts for themselves and event-
ually become independent and prosper-
ous.
Nowadays the business world is full
of opportunities for ambitious young
people. There are a few fundamentals,
however, which must be acquired be:
fore success can be reached along any
line. The Ludington Business college
supplies these fundamentals at the
lowest possible cost.
The advantages of home education
are many, but by far the most im-
portant is the economy that may be
exercised, and we do not hesitate to
say that this particular institution is
as cheap a one as may be found in the
state. The courses of instruction are
many and excellent. Among them we
mention the following as illustrative
of the proposition:
The commercial course–embracing
actual business, practice and theory of
bookkeeping, business arithmetic, pen-
manship, spelling, correspondence,
business forms and commercial law;
the English course-giving full in-
struction in arithmetic, spelling, gram-
mar, penmanship, rhetoric and corres-
pondence; the amenuensis course—
shorthand, spelling, punctuation, cor-
respondence, typewriting and penman-
ship. Any and all of these courses
offer a large variety of instruction, and
may be pursued with immense profit
to the student.
The business college has Just 1ssued
a fine new catalogue—their first, and
in it will be found all the information
and details pertaining to the college
work. Messrs. Martindill & Rose
are recognized instructors of ability,
and their work is pronounced by all
judges to be solid, thorough and com-
prehensive. The atmosphere about
the college is as morally and intel-
lectually wholesome as sincerity,
candor and integrity can make it.
Educational considerations are of
course of prime importance, and these
gentlemen have both the facilities and
the disposition to successfully pros-
ecute them.
In short, we believe that true worth
and merit should receive its just re-
ward, and we are thus moved into
speaking of the Ludington Business
college in a tone of highest commenda-
tion. It is the duty of every good
citizen to do this, as many have done.
The gentlemen who are at the head of
the school are in every way entitled to
and deserving of our respect and
patronage. We all esteem them and
should not hesitate to speak good of
them.
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup,
tions, and positively cures Piles or n
ay required. It is guaranteed to give
£º. satisfaction or money refunded
price 25 cents per box. For, sale by
Sam Snow and Vic Roussin, druggist.
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4:00 a.m.-42 Guns fired at sunrise.
8:30 a.m.-Street Games, Races, With the following prizes:
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First–100 yard dash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 $300 $200
Second–Three legged race... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 200 100
Third–Potato race... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 200 1 00
Fourth-Wheelbarrow race............... 3 00 200 1 00
Fifth–Fat men's race, (2001bs. or better). 500 2 50 1 25
Sixth-220 yard dash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 300 200
Seventh–Boys' race (open to those under
12 years) 50 yards and return... . . . . . . . . . . . 200 1 00 50
10:00 a.m.-Bicycle Parade. $5 for best decorated wheel;
$3 for next best.
Assemble at the corner of Washington avenue and Lud-
ington avenue, West on Ludington avenue to Charles street,
south on Charles street to Loomis, east on Loomis to James,
south on James to Dowland, east on Dowland to Washington,
north on Washington to Ludington avenue, west ou Ludington
avenue to courthouse.
10:30 a.m.–Grand Civic Parade and Merchants' Exhibit.
Under the direction of H. B. Smith, Marshal of the day. Pa-
rade forms on West Ludington avenue and Charles street.
11:30 a.m.–Address of Welcome by Mayor App. M. Smith.
Response by Mayor Torrison, of Manitowoc.
Orator of the day, Judge J. B. McMahon.
12:00 a.m.–Special drill of the World's Fair life saving crew
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Admission, 25 Cents.
1:30 p.m.–Bicycle races with the following prizes:
No. 1–One mile (novice)—First, $10 bicycle suit;
Second, $5 bicycle lamp: Third, $3 bicy-
cle shoes.
No. 2–Half mile open (amateur)-First, $20 dia-
mond; Second, $10 gold watch chain;
Third, $5 silk umbrella.
No. 3.-One mile open (amateur)—First, $30 gold
watch; Second, $15 opera glass: Third,
$7.50 bicycle suit.
No. 4.—Two mile open (amateur)—First, $25
Washburn mandolin; Second, $10 stop
watch; Third, $5 Perry saddle.
No. 5.-Half mile (Mason county riders) First,
$10 set of tires; Second, $5 silk umbrella;
º Third, $3 bicycle shoes: Fourth, $1.50
cyclometer.
No. 6.-One mile open (professional) this race
3:30 p.m.—Baseball.
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VS. must be in 2:25 or better. First, $30;
Ludington. - Second, $20; Third, $10.
5:00 p.m.–Grand Balloon Ascension and Parachute Drop.
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The famous carferry “Pere Marquette,” the largest craft of its
kind in the world, will run excursions on the lake in the evening.