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Tekonsha has a parson who draws
the line on certain marriages. A
couple of show people solicited his services to make them happy, but he declined. He savs " the practice of marrying neople without knowing something of their antecedents is unwarranted,"
A small tot, of Vernon, who that
can hardly talk plain, belongs to a
family at Vernon. He is in the habit
of visiting some of the nearby neighbors. There lives at one of these
places, a nice young lady and quite
often a young man calls to see her.
Imagine the surprised the littleone's
parents and the amusement it created
when he made his little simple request; "Pa, can't you hold ma on
;'our lap like-—does ?''
A man who believes in the old saying, "See a pin and pick it up, and all
o"uy long you'll have good luck," saw a
pin on Stephenson's ayenue yesterday
afternoon. Bending down to get It
his hat tumbled off and rolled into tbe
street, his spectacles fell off on the
walicj his suspenders gave way behind;
he burst the buttonhole on the buck of
his shirt collar, and he all but lost his
false teeth. He got the pin out fails
to see now where the good luck comes
in.—Ex.
Tbe man who died in Alaska and
Whose body was brought home to Philadelphia from the frozen north by his
wealthy sister was placed in a crematory, and after 24 hours roasting, the
the attendant opened the door of the
furnace to see how the "frozen corpse"
looked, wneu to his surprise, the "dead
man" raised up on his elbow and ejaculated in a deep bass voice, "Shut that
door; there's too much draft here!"
He had just thawed out and was
p.olubly afraid -,f catching the grippe.
It seems a trifle btrange to read of
a man being arretted for stealing his
own property, but it is the true events
which make the mosstinteresting reading.   Marion Bogue was arrested last j
week by Sheriff Little just as the form-!
ev was about to go aboard the carlerry I
bound  for   Mouitowoc.   The sheriff J
w.is acting under advices  wired here j
from tbe Clare authorities who want-i
«d Bogue lor .slealiug three of his own j
children.     He   was  taken   back by
Sheriff Browti last Saturday morning.;
—Frankfort Patriot. (
' The Democrat, will, in the near fu-1
ture, cumuicnci- the publication of a^
seury, entitkd "The People's havings!
Bank of Alt. Pieasunt."   The  plot, is!
well laid, aud in execution,   is  up to)
date in ever,y particular.   The charac- i
ters of the storv will bi  all  kinds  of!
men, women aud children, ;;nd ol ail j
Sorts and  conditions in   the  various)
walks of lite.   Burglars, bank cashier*, i
bank receivers, judges, lawyers,  bank
examiners, commissioners, depositors, J
postmasters, republican editors and
their relatives, will be introduced with
illustrations and pictures brought out
with most telling effect.    Watch for
the opening chapters.
' Oarferry Fo. 3 was fitted with new
starboard and port wheels last Monday. The work o£ changing was accomplished in the Frankfort harbor in
a very novel manner. After having
the boat backed, up to the dock near
the carferry apron, the forward water
compartments ware filled and those
alt pumped dry. Two cars of coal
were then pushed to the forward end
ot the boat, and the huge vessel heaved a few times and then nradually
tilted her bow forward raising the
stern some twenty feet out of the
water. The work of placing the new
■wheels was quickly accomplished, and
the Ann Arbor railway had saved
themselves a dry dock bill. How the
boat will work with her new addition
is not known at this time, ae she has
not been given a trial except in tbe bay.
••Old subscriber" sat by his dry wood
flre and mused on the future of the
■"green wood" liar, of a man with a
tongue so oily aud limber, he could
make dry wood out of green timber,
who'd bamboozle the editors as he
Could with the same old gag of much
needed wood, and the idea jumped
plump into his head that when that
same man was good and dead he'd
strike a place too warm to sleep" and
where good dry wood was almighty
cheap, for he knew he heard them tell
that they only used sulpber down in-
well where the "green wood" man is
wanted for oil, and to extract the "lye"
fchey put him to boil, and if "old sub"
could burst the gate asunder and rescue
$bat man, iie'fl not do it "by thunder^'
he'd gather up every ''goi darn" past
due receipt and he*d take *em down to
Increase the heat, for old sub knows if
promises turned out as they should
the editor's baik yard would be stock"
ed with dry wood,—Ex.
Here's a subject for a temperance
sermon, We haven't got it copyrighted so anyone who wishes can use. A
well known and representative grocer
of this city told a reporter of this
paper that on Saturday last his trade
amounted to $25 in cash) that a proprietor of one of the saloons of this
city'told him (the grocer) that he (the
saloon man) took in $42 in cash on that
day; that on Monday he (the grocer)
took in 87 and the saloon $13, In other
words,'l,l figure," said the grocer,
'•that six groceries of this city took in
on Alonday $42 for provisions for families, and six saloons took in $78 for
liquors for the heads of these families.
On Saturday last, at the same ratio,
$150 were expended in this city for
groceries and $225 for whiskey." And
what made him so mad was that half
the'fellows who contributed to the
whiskey fund owed him for groceries
long hi nee faruished.—Mt, Pleasant
Democrat.
The mayor of a near-by city recently
receivi-d the following letter: "Kind
Oir:— 1 see in a n.iper that a man n«im-
Jolin Spies was attucted and et up by
a bare whose kubs he was tryin to git
when the she bare Come up and stopt
hlmbyeatin him in the moutaiaes
near your town. What I want is,
did it kill him or was he only partly et up and is he from this place and
ail about the bare. I don't know but
what he is a distant husband of mine,
My. first husband was of that name
and X supposed he was killed in the
war, but the name of the man the bare
et being the same I thought it ms,;bt
be him after all and 1 ought know it
If lie wasn't killed either in the war or
by the bare, for 1 have been married
twice an there ought to be diverse
papers got out bv him or me it' the
bare did not eat him all up. If it is
him you will know it by his having
six toes on the left foot. He also has
a spri-ad eagle tattooed in his front
chest and a aukor on his right arm
wich you will know him by if the bare
did not eat up these sines of its being
him, Find out all you kin about him
without his knowing what it is for.
That is, if the bare did not eat him all
up. If it did, 1 dou't see as you can
do anything and you needn't take no
trouble. Please ancer back. P. S.
Was the bare killed? AlbO was he
married again and dil he leave any
property wuth me laying claims to?"
—Christian Endeavor World.
A Tramp's Eloquent Lecture.
A tramp asked for a free drink in a
s .loon. The request was granted, and
wlieu in the act of drinking the proffered beverage one of the joung meu
preseut exclaimed:
''Stop! Make us a speech! It is a
poor liquor that dosen't loosen a man's
tongue!"
Tbe tramp hastily swallowed down
the drink, and as the rich liquor coursed through his blood he straightened
hi nself and stood before them with a
grace and dignity that all his rags and
dirt could not obscure.
"Gentlemen," he said, "I look tonight at you and myself, and it seems
to me 1 look upon the picture of my
lost* manhood. This bloated face was
once as young and handsome as yours.
This shambling figure once walked
proudly as yours, a man in the world
of men. I, too, once had a home and
friends and position. I had a wife as
beautiful as an artist's dream, and I
dropped the priceless pearl of her honor and respect in the wine cup, and,
Uleopatralike, saw it dissolve and
quaffed itdown in the brimming diaft.
"I had children as sweet and lovely
as the flowers of spring and saw them
fade and die under the blighting curse
of a drunken father. 1 had a home
where love lib the flame upon the alter
and ministered before it, and I put out
the holy flre, and darkness and disola-
tion reigned in its stead. I had inspirations and ambitions that soared
as high as the morning star and broke
and bruised their beautiful wings and
at last strangled them that 1 might
hear their cries no more. Today I am
d husband without a wife, a father
without a child, a tramp with no
home to call his own, a man m whom
every good impulse is dead. And all
swallowed up In the maelstorm of
drink."
The tramp ceased speaking. The
glass fell from his nerveless lingers and
shivered into a thousand fragments on
the floor. The swinging doors pushed
open and shut again, and when the
little group looked up the tramp was
gone.
Death of Mrs, J. C. Rockafellow.
At 0 o'clock this morning Mrs. J, 0.
Rockafellow, wife of one of our oldest
and most highly esteemed citizens,
passed away, after an illness extending over many months.
At the time of going to press the
hour of the funeral had not been determined,       •
A more extended obituary notice
next week.
DAVY & CO
State Aid to County Highways.
Ludingtou Record.
The attention of the public has been
drawn to the condition of our county
roads and the necessity of their immediate improvement. It would perhaps be difficult to find a resident of
this county who is not wholly in sympathy with the movement for better
roads and who does not give it his
hearty and unfeigned support. There
is, however, some difference of opiuion
as to the construction of the proposed
new roads; honest difference of opinion
and seusible discussion generally load
to the adoption of the best method fu
aU things, so we entertain little doubt
the outcome of this discussion will be
eminently satisfactory. During this
discussion we beg to digress aud invite
the attention of the farmers to the
consideration of state aid in the building of country highways,
In a most interesting little pamphlet, recently i.-sued by the League of
American Wheelmen, the question of
state aid is carefully considered. The
system followed in New Jersey, which
we quote from in this articie, has proved itself to be deservedly popular and
conforms mo-st satisfactorily to the
needs of our farmers. "Under this
state aid law the cost of building macadamized roads is divided among the
state, the county and the adjoining
property owners. One advantage of
this system exists'in the fact that a
road ia never improved except with
the sous nt of those residing in the
yicinity, who are expected to bear a
Dart of its cost. The adjoiuingproper-
ty owner pays ten per cent, of tbecost,
tbe state pays oue third and the county the remainder. To get the matter
started, a petition Is uecessarv from
the osvners residing upon the road to
be improved; plans are made by a
county engineer and submitted to the
state highway commissioner for approval. The county makes the contract for the worlc, and the state ap-
puinis an engineer lo supervise it.
Upon completion of tbe improvement,
a warraut is drawn upou the state
treasury lor one-third of the cost,
properly countersigned by the State engineer who supervised the work, and
the ten per cent, to be paid by the
abuttiug property owners is collected
with tlie next year's taxes."
Tbissybtem is probably as just as
ooa.u well bg desiM.*..; it compels the
large towns and cities, whose inhabitants are beuefMed quite as much by
good roads as the farmer, to pay their
proDortionate share. It is a mistaken
idea, and one, we are sorry to note,
quite prevalent, that the farmers
are the ones who derive any benefit
from the country highways. Tbe
merchant who resides in the City
should be equally desirous of having
good roads, as he also is benefited by
any reduction in the cost of hauling
produce to market, but no more is tbe
merchant benefited by lower prices
than the other residents of the city.
Putting aside the cheapening of farm
produce and the increase in the sales
of merchants by reason of better roads,
there is a more immediate enjoyment
of good country roads by the people of
the cities; a great many of them use
the roads either for pleasure or business—the peddler, the traveling salesman, the money lender, the doctor,
tbe newspaper reporter, the horseman
and the wheelman all use the country
highway, and a fair system would
make these contribute toward the
support of better roads. The enactment of a state aid law would accomplish that.
It would in a large measure overcome the objection of Mr. Southworth
made in a recent issue of the Appeal,
that the farmer who did not live on
the main traveled road which it ia
proposed to improve would be compelled to contribute as much to the
road without enjoying an equal share
of its benefits as those whose farms adjoin the proposed new highway. It is
contended, and not without considerable force, that it would be unjust to
subject oue portion of the County to
taxes for the benefit of another which
only that other part could enjoy to the
fullest. It is also probably true that
farmers living some distance from this
road could not advantageously make
two or three trips to the good road unloading each time and then reloading
for the sake of hauling, a respectably
large load for the distance of a few
miles. This state aid system would
do away entirely With the inequity of
taxing all alike for an improvement
which all alike cannot enjoy, under
the state aid system those whose farms
adjoin t-be improved road are required
to pay one-tenth while the county is to
pay but little more thafi.bne-half, and
to this one half the adjoining owners
Any Ladies' or Misses Jacket at
One-Third off Regular Price,
Any cape at 1-4 off, Regular Prices,
DRESS GOODS
Black Crepons, handsome patterns . . ,
75c, 90c, $1.50 and $1.87 per yard
25c per yard
All Wool Serges
black and colors
WASH GOODS
New patterns in Zephyr       1*0-r>  r\csr \ra rrt
Ginghams, light colors,        iU^  P&1   J «.l U.
Manufacturer's Remnants of Zephyr Ging-   '7 1 r> y\or \/c\ yr\
hams, new goods light and medium colors,        * 2U JM*^1 j <xl '*-*
10c quality.
New patterns in Dark   Q^ mor \rc\ rrf
I        Outings, Best Quality ^^  P^1    y**U-U
Bed Spreads, $1.25 quality at95c
SHOES
New line of Ladies' fine kid, face shoes, new lasts,
good wearers, in fit and appearance they are equal
to many high priced shoes, at->■■■ -	
New line Misses' Kangaroo      Ql   |A
calf, lace shoes, all leather at   H5 *••■*■v
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
Overcoats and Ulsters 25 per cent off regular
prices.
any*
must again contribute their share.
Perhaps tile greatest advantage to be
derived from this system is that the
residents of the cities pay their just
proportion, whether their advantage
from the improved highway is represented by cheaper transportation and"
consequent reduction in prices of farm
products or by an immediate enjoyment of the better roads themselves.
This system, we think, destroys the
force of the argument made by Mr.
Southworth, especially when it is remembered that macadamized roads are
built to withstand the ravages or time,
and that the initial expense of constructing them is the greatest expense.
The cost of repair is trivial and the
road ,is made not for today but for all
time to come, and when the bright
future of Mason county as a farming
district is considered it does not seem
the part Of wisdom to build cheap
roads which at best are but makeshifts
and when they have served a few years
stand for nothing but wasted dollars
and "tough" hauls. It may Seem a
hardship at first that those living on
the main traveled roads should reap
the greatest benefit, but when it is remembered that every man who homesteads land and clears and breaks it
seldom liyes to enjoy the ripest fruits
of his labor, bat works early and late
that those who come after bim may
prosper upon his sacrifices, so' it must
be in this matter of couuty roads; as
land cannot be made tillable in a day,
so a complete system of county highways cannot be expected in the course
of a year or two; tbose'who live here
twenty years hence may be expected
to have a larger shave of enjoyment
than we who live here today, The life
of this county is perpetual, so should
be its highways. We are sfcrorigly in
favor of good stone roads which will
reduce the average cost of hauling
from 25 to 10 cents per ton pei mile.
This, we believe, can he most harmoniously accomplished by "state aid to
highways. We would-urge the farmers to direct their attention toward
making this an issue in the next campaign.
L, W, GooDEsrouair,
The Coat of a Boy.
The following good recitation for a
boy was found in the Chioago Advance:
It does not take as much money to
j live in tbe cotmtry, or in a small town,
j as it does to live in tbe city. I read the
J other day that it cost S5r000 to bring
i tip a city boy and educate kini and dress
him well. I said to myself, "That is
because everything in the city has to bo
bought and living is high." But I began to study tbe thing, and I found out
that even a country boy cost his parents
a good deal.
When yon count what a boy eats and
what he wears, and the sohoolbooks be
has to have, and tha doctor bills that
have to bo paid when hla gets the measles
or the scarlet fever, he will oost bis
folks at least $100 a year. I gness if a
boy is pretty bad to smash things or to
kiok his slices right out he costs more
than that. So when I am 21 and old
enough to do for myself I shall have
oost father more tban §2,000.
Mother cooked my victuals, made my
clothes and patched tbem, washed and
ironed for me, took care of me when I
was a little fellow and whenever I was
sick, and she never charged anything
for that. If she were dead and father
had to hire ail that done, it would cost
him another §100 a year more, and
that's §2,000 worth of. work mother
will have dono for me by the time I am
a man. Four thousand dollars for a boyl
What do you think of that? '
Theso are hard times. When parents
put $4,000 into a boy, what have they a
_right to expeofc of him? Is it fair tor a
boy to play truant at school? Is it fair
for him to play ball, go in swimming
or hang around town all of tho timo,
when maybe his father's potatoes are
not dng nor tho wood brought in for his
mother? Is it fair for him to disappoint
them by swearing and drinking?
Some of our parents havspnt about all
the property they havo into us boys and
girls. If we make spittoons aud whisky
jugs of Onrselvos, they will bo poor indeed. But if we mako good citizens and
substantial men they will feol as if
they had good pay for bringing us np.
Gcttixtjff at It,
Attorney—Now, madam, will you be
kind enough to give us your ago?
tfhe Witness (flippantly)—Oh 1 I was
corn before the war.
Attorney (crushingly)-AS'os, msdam;
Spanish or oivil?-—Philadelphia North
Amerioan,
DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET
Michigan Central   StocK Yaids, Detroit
Mich.
Cattle were steady «b Detroit
Live Stock Market, Thursday, Feb. 9.
Quality common; prime steers and
betters, $4 25@4 75; handy butchers,
$3 50@4 25 coromon,$250@3 50;cana-erSj
cowsj~$l. 50@2 75; stockers and feeders,
activeat$2 7o@400.
Milch cows, active at 30@50; calyes,
active at $5 00(«;6 75,
Sheep and lambs quiet; quality fairs .
prime    lambs,    $4 70@4 85      mixeii
$3 50@4 25; culls, 82 50 (g>3 60.
flogs, bigher;auahty, common;prim* .
mediums, $3 90@3 95; Yorkers, $3 80<tt
3 90; pigs, S3 60@3 70;  roughs, $3 50(g
3 75; stags one-third off; cripples, $l,por
cwt off.
Eeceipts: Cattle, 400: >eaJ?es, IPO?
sheep, 1500; hogs, 2000.
Clare Wholesale Markets.
GBAIN.
Wheat, per bu..... .white 62c, red'676 •
Ear corn        2*
Oats, new....... ,       3f*
FEED.
Bay—No. 1 Timothy, per ton.       7.09
Hay—Glover, per ton........... 50Q-6.1*
PEODTJCB.
Apples, green, per bu.......... 75—Si
Butter, per lb ,        ffi
Eggs, per doz         IS
Potatoes, per bu        29
DRESSED 3TEATS.
Chickens, per lb ,,        tt
Fowls, dressed, per lb  ? -
Hogs, per   cwt * --     &.0Q
'Beef Ddi cwt....., S5&S-.0&.,
Mutton         OS'
Lamb  :.         Q&
HIDES.
Green,per lb ,..         (is"
No Rightto Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in face*
form and temper will always have;
friends, but one who would be attractive must keep ber health. If she in
weak, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and. irritable. li'she
has constipation or kidney trouble, hot
impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin emotions and a-Wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is th«
best medicine in the world to-regulat-s-
stomach, liver and kidneys aud -fc»
purify the blood. It giyes strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety
skin, rich complexion. It will make-a
good-looking, charming woman -of *
run-down invalid. Only 50 cents at E.
M. MusselFs Drug Store.
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