1891-08-07; Clare Democrat and Press

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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K "OPMetropolis of Clare connty; incorpor-
i-tiiill- -ated city of about 2300 people; at the
5tahction of the Elint __ Pere Marquette and
'•Toledo, Ann Arbor   &   Northern Michigan
-ailroads, and at southern terminus of Bagi-
_i£-W & Clare County railroad.    Clare is 50
'-milesnorthwest of Saginaw; in the southeast corner of Clare county; geographically
speaking, rtearthe center of the lower peninsula of Michigan. The "Mother Eearth" upon
which Glare now stands -svas, previous to
"1868, an. unbroken forest.    About that time
'-people-" were attracted this way by the valuable timber and rich  farming lands, when
the town was founded and the country sur-
:rou_tding began to be settled upon.    In the
spring of 1871 the "iron horse" made its advent into this section.  The city's rowth has
been   steady   and   permanent   and   today
. is classed as the liveliest and most important
' city in Central Michigan.   Its business may
he briefly summarized as follows:    A pail
~. tub factory, employing 40 to 50 hands the
year 'round, 3  saw mills,  2  shingle mills,
planing mill and sash and door factory,  a
.foundry, tannery, grist mill,  turning   mill,
Horison's novelty works, a modern union depot, _ churches, good schools (an $16,000 briek
school building, also an elegant 3-story briek
.-hotel and several business blocks will be com-
. pleted by Sept. 1) a fine new operahouse, just
completed,. lighted by gas and electricity, to-
■ gether with the usual number of mercantile
■ establishments, shops, etc.    Tne city is lo-
- cated ii__1ie center of a rich and prosperous
' agrieulfefal district, surrounded by whole-
souled, honest and well-to-do tillers of the
■ soil. Our business men are young, active
[ "and enterprising and have made Clare one of
'-.the best markets in which to sell farm pro-
.-duce and buy the necessities of life in the
"■state.   Situated at the junction of three railroads, .Glare is one of the best points on the
. globe for the location of manufactviring   es-
IV'tahlishments.  Timber of all kinds is plentiful, cheap and easily obtained.    The city is
- noted for its substantial buildings, fine
; churches, pleasant homes, pretty women,
,. energetic business men, pure well water,
;good hunting and fishing and promising
' future. -Tor additional and complete particu-
>'larsread
'-** THE CLASE. _>___OCBA_>PBESS,
■ the best local paper in Northern Michigan,
!-'• published every Friday for the small sum of
p?-$i.50 per year,.cash, in advance.
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i?t. W. 1?_3_B_K.Y,
XJ.a .   -,      '■■■;:        ATTORNEY.
Oince up stairs over the Clare County Bank,
Clare.    -  '- r.     '
JOM-** OIMEHLSOIV,
•   ATTOKSTEY AT LAW.
'All business placed with me will receive
prompt and   careful   attention.      Dunlop
-block, Clare.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
j >* .Office over Doherty's Hardware store.
„^. - Clare, Mich.
TX7   A.'BURRITT,
^Y:T   •       '        ATTORNEY AT LAW.
I^^Etogses and lots 'and vacant lots in village of
^j^StfTison, farms and farming lands for sale
4^_*rtt<_cle.,.a£ bargains. Office over "Wilson
■»tdre,;Harrison. Prosecuting attorney
i;3^ij43|u;_-e^_,,"nti_,^
*""    " .^3_0-B<-EO-r-^_^A,CeO'D"CHE"rj"K.
-".ahd'"store' south  of railroad,
HE* J.Vroim, Itic. _>.
'_K**_    -"HX&ICIA-?, SURG-EON AHD ACCOU_KE"U":R
l-XSaraduate of the University oi Michigan. All
.'"calls promptly attended to day or night,
h Office over the Clare County Bank.
^_is«_-£__-_3sr_5oiJs.
CT' C. ROCJ-lAFEt-.O'W,
r-;_l.-» I-TSTTItA-TCE AGENT.
Bepresents  the following   first-class    com-
'-ponies:    American fire,  of   Philadelphia;
'Borne, of New "York; Niagara Fire,  of New
:'-York;  Fireman's Fund, of California,   and
|<.Go_amercial .Union,  of London.     Dwelling
lOiises for sale or rent,    office  corner   of
tain and west 4th street^, up stairs, Clare.
*HAS. I.'-BIGLEY,
fe _' Real Estate and Insurance Agent,
D?Represents "the hest and oldest fine of fire in-
" durance companies in America. Accident
-insurance: at actual cost. Village property,
l-'-^rild and improved farming lands, for sale on
raaasy terms. Houses to rent. Conveyancing,
n.c-'-bllecting, etc. Office over Dunlop's drug
ysfetore, opp. bank, Clare.
,_Ftf-- -        NOTAP.Y PUBLIC
%* and collection agent.  Deeds and mortgages
'drawn on short notice.   Clare, Mich.
MONEY TO LOAN
IN AMOUNTS OP
$50 ana upwaras
=*-OnReal Estate in Clare or Isabella county.
"" ~^ r.      Call on or-saddress,
J. X. LIVINGSTON,
Room 6,
Commercial Block.
It, Pleasant, M.
M.   \.  TJNICUME,
WELL MAKER.
v\i-' I Warrant My Wells Never to
'4"P"ail as Long as the Metal Lasts,
i'^-lthd to Give Sufficient Water for
Ifny   CAMP,   MILL or  FARM.
^Correspondence Solicited.
CLARK. - - MICH.
Glq±<e  Go-qi^y
'eachers'Examinations
FOR   1890.1.
'i-Notice is hereby given that special examinations of teachers for Glare county for the
'■"ensuing school year have been as follows;
Last Friday in September 1890, Harrison.
October       "    clare.
November   "    Farwell.
" March 1891 clare.
April      ,      "   Harrison,
August        1J  Farwell.
^'Also two & regular examination to be holies, at Harrison the first Thursdays of March
nd. August, 1891.
'.Examination begins at 9 o'clock a. m.
A. J. DOHEBTY *)
L. L. Kelley J-Examiners.
<" W. W. Green, See.}
'Dated. Harrison, Sept. 4th. 1890.
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x8*?8.
Rain is needed badly.
Try " R. M. M." cigar.
Elegant hammocks at Mussell's.
Frank Dwyer is visiting his brothers
and friends in this city.
This hot weather will cause tourists
to seek summer resorts.
Furnished rooms to rent. Inquire of
Mrs. Wilson. East 5th street.
Cash Harris, of Mt. Pleasant, visited
friends in this city this week.
It don't follow that because it is hard
to be poor, it is so ft to be rich.
Raspberries are nearly gone, but the
long blackberries are ripening.
Benjamin Patient, was at Big Rapids
a couple of days the first of the week.
It is a fact that one-half the people
born, die before they reach the age of
16.
The Democrat-Press and Detroit
Weekly Free Fress, balance of year, 75
cts.
About twice as much power is required to stop an express train as to
start one.
"Aristo" photographs, fadeless, superb definition, enamel finish. Try
them, at DeVogt's.
Mrs. Wm. Wolsky and little daughter.
Edith, ara up from Saginaw Ansiting
friends in this city.
Dan Vincent, of Big Rapids, visited
in Clare on Wednesday, the guest of
Miss Dorna Benner.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Schoonover gave
a party to a few of their friends on
Wednesday evening.
The huckleberry crop will be a slim
one in Michigan this year, owing to
forest fires in the spring.
Samuel Levington and young sons,
Leigh and Sam. went to Toledo on
Tuesday for a visit with friends.
Misses Margaurite Patient, Mae Bickneli, Lillian DeCoo and Lula Thurston
visited at Harrison on Wednesday.
Mrs. Wm. Goodman and family and
Mrs. M. F. Chamberlain and family are
camping at Stevenson Lake this week.
Rev. L. L. Tower was at Brinton, Isabella county, the first of the week,
where he had been preaching a funeral
sermon.
Rev. Gk W. Cram, a former minister
of :th% 1st street Baptist cfotffc-Fo-f -tMs*
city, but now of Harrisville, is visiting
in the city.
If the old proverb had been written *.
"Make love while the moon shines," it
would have been more generally respected.
Be sure and read the new ad. of J. H.
Wilson, the merchant* tailor, which appears in this issue. He has some big
bargains.
The Tittabawassee Boom Company
will handle about 275,000,000 feet of
logs this season, having already rafted
nearly 200,000,000 feet.
Miss Hattie Anthony, of Saginaw7, a
recent graduate in music of a school at
Boston, is the guest of her .cousin, Mrs.
F. J. Todd, in this city.
■ Mrs. James Louch and little daughter, Louie, went to Cass -City, Sanilac
county, on Wednesday for a week's
visit with relatives and friends.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
church will meet at the home of Mrs.
S. L. Lamb on Tuesday, August 11th.
A cordial invitation is given to all.  .
The Ladies' Congregational Union
will meet with Mrs. Wm. Ross next Friday, August 14th. All members please
attend.   Yisitors are cordially invited.
Drought in March, sunstroke in April,
ice in May, breaking of the record both
ways in
showers
versatile year of grace.
You ought to be a subscriber to this
paper and really, why not ? A trial trip
but $1.50. Send in your name and a
whole year of happiness will be yours.
Try the new remedy anyhow.
In oah advertised the flood. He lived
through it and the fellows who laughed
at him were drowned. Every since
then the advertiser has been getting
along, and those who don't advertise
have been getting left.
Do not be bashful about bringing to
this office anything you may have that
is unusually fine in way of fruit, vegetables, etc. Let the world know what
Michigan is doing. Because the editor
is modest that does not argue that you
should be.
The latest fad has taken a firm hold
upon the girls of Philadelphia, The
idea seems absurd, but there are many
who have firm faith in efficacy of the
test. If you would like to try it, pull a
hair out of a girl's head and tie on the
end of it a gold ring of the engagement
variety. Fill a glass partly full of
water, and over it,-just inside the glass,
suspend the ring. Just as sure as
shooting, according to the convinced
f acldest, the ring will swing against the
side of the glass and clink out the number of years contained in the age of the
person from whose head the hair is
taken. It is said to be equally as reliable in telling the ages of dumb animals as well as lnman beings.
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CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, AUGfST 7, i8qi.
Official Paper for
Glare County and CITY.
NEW SERIES NO. 106.
June, wood fires and spring
in July—this is a lively and
Fish hooks, lines, poles, reels, etc., at
Mussell's.
Rev. M. D. Rogers, of Shepherd, is in
the city to-day.
Doctress Goodman, of Loomis, was in
the city this morning.
Mrs. George W. Smith is visiting
friends at Coleman to-day.
The best 5 ct. smoke on the market is
the "R. M. M." at Mussell's.
Wolsky could not wait for his new
building, so he opened his new stock
in his old store.
"Aristo" photographs, fadeless, superb definition, enamel finish. Try
them, at DeVogt's.
Two years ago the Press printing office was purchased and consolidated
with the Democrat.
Four ball croquet sets, 50 cents; 6
ball sets, 70 cents ; 8 ball sets 99 cents,
at Mussell's drug store.
It seems goodto again see David Ror-
ison back at his old place behind the
counters at Doherty's hardware store.
Ed. Grooms, of Flint/has been shaking hands with old friends and prospecting in the ■ city during the past
week.
Wm. Wolsky has returned from his
eastern trip and has been in Clare during the week looking after his business
interests.
Why do all the farmers rush to* J. D.
Allen's just at harvest time ? Because
he is selling the best of binding twine
so very cheap.
The Detroit Free Press, the leading
weekly of the state, together with the
Democrat-Press will be furnished the
balance of the year for 75 cents.
Picture agents, peddlers and other
fakirs are flocking to the city on nearly
every train. Give them all the cold
shoulder and do business with home
merchants.
Miss Emma Kirkbride and Mrs. W. J.
Wait, arrived Tuesday from Philadelphia, 1ST. Y., for a few weeks' visit in the
city as guests of their brother, Postmaster Kirkbride.
A small bee was made -yesterday and
a commencement' made toward filling
in, grading and;*claying ith street. It
will take ,cbn_dderable Vot_< to do, the"
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fob properly"   --"^;*-M" _ -.-*.--< -*; *-.*_,- ••*.
E. S. Hosmer, who has made this city
his home for the past few years, will
depart early next week with his family
and household goods to settle upon his
farm near Epsilon, Emmett county.
The trip will be made overland with
team and wagon.
A. H. Hoover, who was in the hardware business at the county seat some
four or five years ago, changed cars
here yesterday on his way to visit his
sister at Harrison. He is now located
at Toronto, Ont., as northern manager
for the Covenant Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois.
Here's a human being's history in a
nut shell: Born, welcomed, caressed,
cried, fed, grew, amused, reared,
studied, examined, graduated, in love,
loved, engaged, married, quarreled,
reconciled, suffered, deserted, taken ill,
died, mourned, buried and forgotten.
W. J. Schofield, who hasbeen making
his home in Glare for the past year or
more, will start next Monday morning
for his home at Carrs, Kentucky, to
visit parents and friends. Will Ash
will also accompany him. They will
visit many points of interest in the
south.
Among the visitors to Detroit this
week were Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Doherty
and daughter Lydia. They remained
at the City of the Straits until Thursday when they took a boat for. an extended tour on the north lakes. They
will visit at Mackinac, Sault St. Marie,
Duluth, West Superior, Ashland, Bayfield, returning home by the wray of
Bay View and Petoskej*".
The census office has issued a bulletin giving the population of Michigan
by minor civil divisions. The complete
population of the state is 2,093,889, an
increase over 1880 of 456,952. Five new
counties were formed during the decade. Fifteen counties in the state
show a small decrease, while 14 show
increases of more than 100 per cent and
38 more than 50 per cent.
P. T. Barnum once said : " You might
as well put your advertisement on a
fence board as in a paper that has no
influence. Papers that give returns
from advertising are those which have
through a term of years stood by the
people's interests and have secured the
confidence of the people.". Looks as
though the old man was giving the
Democrat-Press a send off, don't it.
Mrs. Will Tasker departed Tuesday
to join her husband at Saginaw, where
they will make their future home. Dr.
Todd accompanied her on the trip.
Though improving slowly, Mrs. Tasker
is still in rather feeble health. The
people of Clare dislike very much to
loose Mr. and Mrs. Tasker as residents
of this city, and trust that their stay in
Saginaw may be a happy and prosper-
_? at Mussell's, 5 cts.
.ilh is in Saginaw to-
" r. m. w:i
George W. 'S
day on busine
Doc. Vaughafc', '.of Mt. Pleasant, was
in the city onCiafesday,
If you intenf ippaint get your colors
at Mussell's di|_g store.
Tbe order o^Maccabees is gaining a
strong hold ot^fichigan.
Glad to sefi&keit our correspondents
are getting ^fRie front again
Marve Foll^-%of the Harrison Cleaver, was in Ihi^-Sity oh Monday.
It isn't ofteriR.hat a man gets a fortune without? Myjiig too much for it.
Mrs. H.--__>M»^"i,re-urned yesterday
after a fo_x*\tfj||gfc' absence at Bay View
and PetoskeH
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Joseph T^
of his siste:
city this wee3|
Everybody
the r_e>*/ stoc
ing at W*ol
Bonj. Crajl
rison brand
account
Guy He
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Pteasa^pf
■Sjxndt-jj; the
Mu/; ai>d
in th\? a to
Tj   j'-of the
J-Jest,        rts;
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ed tojfche
fune£_em
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homf p?
a "we^t
Mrsf
tif*al<
Chase*
t-Owosso,.is the guest
hjaines Walsh, of this
_yited to call and see
■•ess goods and cloth-
keman on the Har-
; outy this week on
ed hand.
k" Burt Case, of Mt*
r to this city   on
Jwith friends.
lis all other dealers
Its, oils and varnishes.
.he market, too.
Mt. Pleasant, and J.
A. railrhad official,
is city on Sunday.
es Walsh were call-
riday to attend the
law bf Mrs. Walsh's
and Mrs. Chester
nt, arrived in the
a few days' visit
etiirned to her
t_Saturday after
: garents, Mr. and
i$r& this city.
11-has sold her beau-
_^#®_:,*" to Charley
'^er^oi-1 -purchased the
»p?about a year ago.
_4'hisfarm of 40 acres,
t* of the', city, last
£wiio owns a farm
t. ^Consideration,
Peaches -raised in this state are now
in market. It is said that although the
crop this year will be extraordinarily
large, the price will not go below S2 x3er
bushel.
Mrs. A. H. Chipman, of Eaton county, is in the city, the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Johnson. She arrived Tuesday and -.will remain about
two weeks.
The little 23^-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Galliver has been
dangerously ill for the past few days"
with a fever. Yesterday her life was
dispared of, but she is somewhat better
to-day.
Mrs. Bigley returned home last evening from Shepherd, whither she was
summoned one day last week by news
announcing the serious illness of her
brother, Dr. Gruber. He is somewhat
improved.
We want more correspondents, in fact
we want to be represented in every community of this "\dcinity. If you have
any inclination in this direction call or
send to this office and stationery will
be furnished.
The latest swindler is a smooth individual who is traveling around the upper part of the lower peninsula selling
certificates for §1. The certificates are
said to enable purchasers to buy goods
at wholesale in any of the large cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Keller and
Master Hazie departed Monday for a
four or five weeks' absence at Bay View,
Petoskey and neighboring resorts.
They will also visit with his parents at
Epsilon, a few miles north of Harbor
Springs.
Perry Foxworthy, the painter, who
fell from Wolsky's building* last week
while at work, breaking a leg and receiving other injuries, is progressing as
favorably as. could be expected. A
dance last evening at Dwyer's bowery
for his benefit netted §20.15.
What has become of the bustle ? Not
one can be seen promenading the street
and it is less than a year since the bustle reigned in all its glory. The larger
the bustle the more the glory. But the
interesting question is, What has become of them all?
An exchange says a late fad is to procure the largest blank book possible
and have your friends write their auto-
graxDhs in it. The larger the book and
the commoner the paper the better.
The autographs are generally written
with a red or blue pencil.
It is an old story of the Scotch Presbyterians who said: " That the devil is
bad you can tell by his very name, for
if you take away the d it is evil, and
take away the de it is vile, and take
away the d§vit is ill, so that he is an
ill, vile, evil, devil!" Beginning at his
tailend to pronounce him he is livid,
which accounts for the blue devils.
Fishing tackle, all kinds, at Mussell's.
M. D. Eaton, Mt. Pleasant, yesterday.
Exceedingly warm weather for the
past few days.
Gladwin is working hard to secure a
new stave mill.
Elegant hanrmocks, very cheap, at
Mussell's drug store.
Mrs. W. S. Cooley has been visiting
at Midland during the week.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Graves, of St.
Louis, have been in the city during the
week.
Attorney Chas. T. Russell, of Mt.
Pleasant, was in the city yesterday on
business.
There are a good many bad holes in
the streets about the city that should
be attended to.
If we are to believe the correspondent
of the Cleaver, Meredith has some
rather tall liars.
"Aristo" photographs, fadeless, superb definition, enamel finish. Try
them, at DeVogt's.
The village of Gladwin is making a
great deal of substantial progress during the present season.
A brick block is talked of as one of
the improvements likely to be made in
Coleman in the near future.
Edward Unicume is building several
miles of logging railroad for the Lansing Lumber Co. near Dodge.
Fred Witherell, of the K. of P. band,
is the happy possessor of a new tuba
horn, the price of which is §114.
It is said Cadillac now has a marshal
who enforces the closing of saloons on
Sunday—back door as well as front.
The Clare K. of P. band " cut quite a
figure" among the crowd ^t the G. A.
R. encampment at Detroit this week.
Sam. Cooley will soon start a new paper at Frankfort, on the T., A. A. & 1ST.
M. R. R., and call it the Frankfort
Times.
Mrs. George Forman, of Stratford,
Ont., arrived in the city last evening
for a four or five weeks' visit with her
daughter, Mrs. J. H. Galliver.
Mrs. J. Leneen and family returned
to Muskegon this morning, after several-weeks' visit in Clare^ the guest of
Mrs-. T. J. -Dwyer.   Miss Annie Leneen
:    <'
"Nothing hasbeen heard this week regarding the location of the Indian Industrial School in Vernon township.
Guess Clare and Loomis are " not in
it." Mt. Pleasant got to hustling, just
the same.
Mr. and Mrs. George Cimmerer
changed cars here Saturday evening on
their way to North Lansing, where they
will make their home. Mr. Cimmerer
will engage in the grocery business.
He formerly was in business at Harrison.
There were 35 excursion tickets sold
during the week from Clare via the F.
& P. M. railroad to the G. A. R. encampment at Detroit, and 44 from Clare via
the T. & A. A. railroad, making a total
of 79. The band boys went via the latter road.
Commencement week at the Agricultural college begins Sunday, August 9.
Gov. Winans and staff will be there do
inspect the corps, and President Clute
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon.
The graduating class this year numbers
32 members.
What a wealth of timber must lie under the waters of Michigan and Wisconsin logging streams. It is stated
that two men with their teams pulled
100,000 feet of logs out of the Au Sable
last week within a very short limit of
time and it is estimated that fully 150,-
000,000 feet of sunken logs lie on the
bottom of that stream alone.
John White, civil engineer, departed
this w_ek to survey a line of railroad
from Detroit to Toledo. The new road
will follow the lake front as closely as
possible, thus touching at the numerous summer resorts between the two
cities. W. R. Burt, of Saginaw, and the
Ashleys, of Toledo, are said to be the
projectors of the enterprise.
A Harrisonite sent to Philadelphia
for a " sure death" potato bug exterminator, enclosing 81 to pay for same.
He received by return mail two blocks
about three inches square, with the
following directions for use : " Lay the
potato bug on block A, sieze block B
firmly with the right hand, and bring it
down upon block A with suificient force
to kill bug. Remove bug, secure another and proceed as before." So far,
but few bugs have come in contact with
the death dealing machine.
Terra alba, or white earth, is used exclusively for adulterating candies, yet
no less than 1,000 tons of this substance
were recently imported through New
York. Lozenges made entirely of this
earth are dipped in syrups flavored
with peppermint and other essences,
and then sold as genuine sugar lozenges.   When it is known that terra alba
is a mineral insoluble by the gastric
juices, the extent of the evil of this
adulteration may be understood. It
means grave danger of incurable disease to thousands of young children.
Specks in the Eye.
Whenever a speck or splinter lodges
in the eye never try to expell it by rubbing, as that simply irritates the eye,
and drives the substance still farther
into it. It is better to draw the upper
lid over the lower, so that when returning to place the lid slides over the
lower eyelashes, which will sweep it..
clean as it were. This process will, ih
the majority of the cases, suffice to remove the splinter or other foreign body;.
if not, the object may be gotten out.
with a strip of white paper or a camel's?
hair brush. Never, however, let anyone use a hard instrument. If the case-
requires this it is most advisable to sends
for or go to a physican.
Prospective   Wheat   Crop   of  the
World.
An estimate of the prospective wheat
crop of the world, based on official figures, is published, showing a probable
shortage in supplies of 50,000,000 bushels. The requirements of all importing-
countries are placed at 405,000,000 bushels, and the surplus for exporting countries at 355,000,000 bushels. The probable crops and requirements or surpluses of the principal countries are
given as follows : Great Britain—crop,
64,000,000 bushels ; requires an import
of 150,000,000 bushels. France—crop,
240,000,000; needs 100,000,000. Italy
must import 40,000,000. United States
—crop, 511,000,000; surplus 154,000,000.
India can possibly export .32,000,000
bushels of the 255,000,000 harvested this
spring. Russia may be able to export
64.000,000 out of a probable crop of
185,000,000 bushels.—Chicago Star.
Her Idea of a Wean Wan,
Well, he is a mean man who does not
give the woman who bears his name-**
quite half of the money he earns.
He is a mighty mean man who does-
not let his women folk see some of the
pleasures of life ; who does not let them
know what ftin at a theatre is, and who
does not feed them on whatever they
want, whether it is ice cream or champagne.
He is a mighty mean man who- does
^iK:r~app_-^fti-vt<i. - s^Toman-when-- slxe^As-* >. -    .
"dolng'her best tojpfease him.*^_S8-_^i^i|j9N
odds against her, as they generally are.   '
He is a mighty mean man who cannot
say a kind word or two as he meets with
some other man or woman who "is a
friend of hers, because kind words do
not cost him one cent.
He is a mighty mean man who don't
like your-friend if- he likes you.
To be absolutely honest, I think he is
a mighty mean man ail the way through
who is not- just as good, and just as.
sweet, and just as generous, and just
as charming, and just as lovely as can
be.
Am I going for all the men ? No,
there are two things that I stand by :,
three things; four things ; three of1
these things are Rum, Romanism and
Rebellion, and the fourth is mankind;
but-I am just giving them a little tip as
to what a mean man can be, and I know
he won't be that for the sake of his
eternally.
Barnum __ Bailey's
Greatest showr on earth at Saginaw,
Aug. 18th. A word to the people of
Clare and vicinity: When in Saginaw
we extend to each a cordial invitation
to call at our spacious and roomy store
fronting on Genesee avenue and Lapeer street. TowTei; Block, under city
clock. Make it your headquarters, you
will b e welcome. To the ladies especially : Call at our store to see the street
parade; they pass us on two streets..
It will pay v ou, as we are having a midsummer clearing sale. Here is a sample of the many bargains: 100 dozen
misses' and children's hose, worth 20,
25 and 30cts., for 12^cts.; 48 pieces dress
style ginghams, worth 10 and 12cts., for
Sets.; Hot check and stripe nainsook,,
very choice, worth 12,15 and 18cts., for -
9cts.; 1 lot dress .goods in colors, worth
30cts., for 18cts.; Batiste cloth, full yard
wide, for Sets.: 1 lot cream lace flouncing, -worth Sl.OO to 81.75, for 45cts.; 6005
yds. carpet, 1 yd. wide, for loots.; 800
yds. Ingrain carpet, worth 30 and 35cts.?
for 22cts.; 900 yds. Ingrain carpet, worth
30 and 35cts., for 2*2cts.; 1 lot curtain
poles, worth25cts.,for 19cts. Come and
secure some of the man3' bargains.
Summer good must go to make room
for a new stock of fall and winter
cloaks, carpets, curtains, millinery and*,
dry goods. We will make it pay you to
call on us; our prices are always the
lowest.
Button & Company, Limited,
—   (Successors to W. H. Clark)
6-2w Saginaw, E. Side..
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