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CLABE, MIOHIGAN, THUKSBAY AFTERNOON, MAY X, 1902.
New Series: Vol, 10, No. 23
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New Things
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For   Men and. Boys received this
week*
New Clothing.  New Hats and Caps
New style Collars, best made, two
for a quarter
New Ties, all styles, fine assortment.
Fine assortment of Odd Pants, all
prices from 75c to $4.00 per pair.
New line International Dollar Shirts
Also Fine Negligees from 50c up
ALWAYS PLEASED TO
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ANNA EMPEY, EDITOR.
The Rhetoric class are reading Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield."
The ninth grade drawing class spent
the class hour out of doors Tuesday, in
sketching the Uerman church.
The second year German class have
begun the study or Geothe's Hermann
and Dorothea.
The dignified (?) Junior class had a
meeting last Friday night, and elected
officers as follows: Pres., 'Miss Heal;
Vice Pres., Mr, Tatman; Sec'y., Miss
Hagle; Treas, Miss Eropey; class
colors are heliotrope and white.
One of the eighth graders recently
became so terrified that a lock of his
hair stood straight on end. The
affected part, refusing to assume its
normal position, bad to be severed by
his teacher, Mr. Snider.
Mrs. Fox visited the second grade
this week.
There will be no session of the
school Friday, teacher^ attending the
association at Harrison.
The Sophomores organized Monday
evening witb the following officers
elected: Pres., John Shaw; Miss E.
Hubel Vice Pres., Miss Tatman, "sec'y;
and Miss Eberhart, Treas; colors black
and gold.
The second grade are doing some
remarkable work in spelling—thus
said the-superintendent on visiting
that room the other day.
The class in physics begin the study
oMight.
'. Some parents are receiving notices
that their children cannot pass^ their
grade Jn June. ,
Nearly all the graders m school are
this year as far advanced now, as they
were a year ago at the end of the
school year in June.
CHARLES S. CHASE DEAD.
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Sleeping   Can   Service   And
Change of Time On The
Ann Arbor Railroad.
Sleeping car service betweeen Toledo
and Frankfort, Mich., via.the Ann
Arbor B, R. will resume Monday,'May
5th, Trains going north will leave
Olare at 2:12 p. m. and 10:06 p. in. and
going south at 6:31 a. m. and 3:08 p.m,
Dies in  His  Office at Au Tram
While Addressing Letters
to His Friends.
0. S. Chase, for years one of Clare's
mast prominent business men, died
suddenly at his office in Au Train Saturday about one o'clock.
It had been a- -rainy day and the
office being overt half mile from his
home, he spent the morning at home
catching up his correspondence and
after dinner went to the office and had
just addressed a letter to H. H. Holbrook, and had others before him to
addresss when he was stricken. He
was found sitting in his chair, his
feet crossed and his hands resting
easily on his lap. His spectacles were
still on, indicating that there was no
death struggle. *At the time of his
death he was in the employ of the
Standard Tie Co. as their inspector,
and was getting a good salary.
We were permitted to read the letter he had just addressed to Mr. Holbrook, which was filled with expressions of gratitude for past favors and in
which he expressed the belief that
Henry was one of the very few best
friends he ever had.
Deceased was a member of the K. O.
T. M. of Clare, also a member of the
Tribe of Ben Hurr, and we are informed he carried an insurance of
$2,500 in these orders.
Exact information seems difficult to.
obtain, but we are informed that.the
funeral was conducted at Mumsing
where his daughter, Mrs. Regg Wait,
resides, Thursday.
Mr. Chase leaves a devoted wife and
a large family who will sorely miss a
kind husband and father, and their
loss will indeed be keenly felt. Their
host of friends in Olare, where they
resided for so many years, deeply sympathize with them in their hour of
sore affliction.
Sunday School Rally and Convention.
The enterprising Sunday School
workers of Olare county are promised
an excellent program at the coming
union county S. S. Rally and Convention, to be held at Clare, on May 26th,
and 27th. Come and make this Olare
county's greatest Sunday School Convention. Meanwhile watch thejmpers
for further announcements, and the
mails for programs of the convention,
Yours truly,
O.E, Parsons.
Eighth Grade Examination.
[Comr. Aldrich furnishes the following which will be of interest to a large
number of our readers-]—Eo.
Tuesday, May 6th, Crooked Lake.
Thursday, May Bth, Winterfleld.
Friday, May 9th, Harrison, court
house and Farwell, high school room.
Saturday, May 10th, Clare, high
school room.
Examination begin promptly at nine
o'clock local time.
The following order will be observed
in giving out questions* a. m.,—Orthography, Spelling, Arithmetic, Government; p. m.,—Penmanship, Grammar, Physiology, Historv, Geography,
Reading.
Pupils are to use legal cap paper,
writing ali subjects except penmanship with pencil.
Pupils taking the examination must
sit alone.
&.n ayerage standing of 75 and a
minimum of 65 will be required by the
applicant.
Papers will be kept on file and may
at any lime be examined by the appli
cant.
Isabella county pupils may write at
these examinations and papers will be
sent to Oomr. Graham for inspection,
Hall of Evergreen Lodge, No. 101,
A, O. U, W.
Whereas,, It has pleased the Almighty God, Creator of the universe,
to remove from our midst our beloved
brother, R. M. Musseli, and
Whekeas, his loss will be keenly
felt among us, the loss of a worthy
brother, tbe community the loss of an
enterprising citizen and to his wife
and son the loss of a devoted husband
and father, therefore be it
Resolved, that we extend our sincere sympathy to his bereaved wife
and son; that the charter of this
lodge be draped iu mourning for a
period of thirty days; that the resolutions be spread upon the records of
our lodge; and that a copy of the same
be sent to the family of the deceased
brother.
Dated at Clare, Mich., April 23d,
1902,
D. Jbnnuscgs,        )
Wm. Woi-sey,      [• Com.
J. H. GAMilVER,     )
• Wanted—A good second hand organ
suitable for use in a Sunday school.
Address C. E. Parsons, Clare, Mich.
lildreo's Drew
of Ginghams and
Percales, 1 to 10
years
29c to $1,00 Each
Pa Vy & Co
Everything to Wear
oCowest {Prices
Ladies1 Nectar
New styles in
Washable Stocks
with flowing or
folded ends
40 and 50 Cents
New  Ribbons
ALL THE POPULAE KINDS.
All Silk Taffeta, all widths-and colors,
4c yard upwards.
Satin Liberty, all widths and colors
5c yard upwards.
Wide fancies, new patterns, 10o to 29c-
Wide Satin Taffetas, all colors, 22 and
25 cents.
Washable Silk Kibbon, narrow widths
5 to 10 cents.
Wide Black Eibbons in Taffeta, Moire
and Liberty, 18 to 35 cents...
Fast eclge Velvet Kipbons, silk or cotton back, all widths.
HOSIERY
-TWO SPEOIAL-
Misses' Fast Black, Fine Bibbed Hose,
all sizes, three pair for 25 'cents.
Ladies' Fast Black, White Feet, Seam
less Hose, two pair for 25 cents.
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Ladies'
Underwear
Ten different styles of light
weight Cotton Vests, sleeveless or
short sleeves, fancy trimmed or plain,
12£ and 15 cent values at 10 cents.
Bed Spread
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Special
One case white Bed Spreads,
sizes 80x81 inches, weighing 2J pounds
each, hemmed ready for use, only 75c-
MEN'S SUITS
A great line,
at Ten Dollars-
Black Glaysr
Fancy Worsted*
and Oassinieis-
in stylish colors*
Every garment
cut in the newest styles and -
thoroughly tailored.
A special bargain at Six
Fifty. Medium
and dark gray
diagonal Oassi-
mere, nearly all
wool and well
made.
SHOES « « .
THE MOST UP-TO-DATE STYLES
AT SAVING BEIGES
Ladies' Slippers and Oxfords 75c, 1.00
and 1.50.
Ladies' Fine Shoes 1.25 to 4.00.
Men's Fine Shoes 1.50 to 3.50.
Sixty pairs Men's Heavy Oil Grain
Lace Shoes, all solid leather, soles
pegged and sewed, can not be
made today for the price vve sell
them at—1.25.
Menzies & Orawfords' Oustom Made
Work Shoes, nothing better made
—2.00, 2.50 and 3.00.
LATEST STYLES
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Davy & 6o.
CARPETS AND
Field Mice.
To the Editor:
I am sure that your readers will be
interested in the enclosed article on
the work of field mice which are reported as unusualiy destructive this
year. Early in tbe season we noticed
that a good many fruit trees at tbe
Station were girdled by mice and that
considerable destruction had been
caused by them in the clover fields.
The Entomologist of the Station,
Prof. B,. H, Pettit, was asked todeter-
mine to the extent of the damage aud
to suggest remedies against future
depredation. The damage to tbe
clover consisted in the eating off of
the crowns of the clover plant by the
mice. Where the crown of the clover
was left intact it was counted as uninjured. Here is Professor Pettlt's
report, somewhat abbreviated:
On March 15,1902, the attention of
tbe writer was called by yourself to
tbe work of field mice in clover plats
of the College farm. The fields examined were three and sfx for hew seeding, and fields seven, nine and eleven,
fields that had been mowed one year.
A careful examination shows the damage to be much more serious in the
depressions than on the elevated-
knowls, Taller clover or mulohes of
(eaves favored the work of mice, no
doubt owing to the better protection.
Depressions in the surface collect snovi
and thus increase the protection and
warmth, Ho differencel,was apparent
between the old and the new seeding.
The following table gives* the num
ber of plants in a square yard, next
the number seriously injured then the
number uninlured,
Field Killed Seriously    Uninjured    Total
injured
3 14 28 28               "0
3 20 42 25               87
6 25                                                             25
6 7 0 G               19
6 16 51 40 113
7 0 8 67 75
7 IE 10 55 80
9 25 20 ,35-80
9 0 12 08 70
9 0 10 65      75
11     0    "   0       44      44
11     0       O       50      50
Little has been done in tbis country
on the question of remedies. Poision
is dangerous unless careful precautions
are taken. The most likely method
on a large scale is the one recomended
by Leo M, Geismer, of the Upper Peninsula Station at Chatcbam. Laie in
the autumn shallow trenches are dug,
six to eight inches deep, two or three
feet long at intervals over the field,
more especially near barng. In these
trenches is placed corn meal poisoned
with arsenic and a small bundle of
straw is placed into 'the hollow with
possibly more poisoned meal in the
center. The whole ia covered except
at the ends with a layer of soil deep
enough to keep the straw from blowing away. At each end a little meal
is sprinkled to attrack the mice.
They build their neat in the straw and
are poisoned by the bait, The extremely » dangerous nature of the
poison calls attention to the fact
that the greatest caution is necessary
in handling it.   One pound of arsenic
is sufficient for fifty pounds of meal.
Leave nothing within reach of children or domestic animals that bas in
any way come iH contact with the;
poisoned meal. C. D. Smith, Director-
Agriculbural College, Michigan,
April 2,1902.
Teachers' Wages.
Sometimes citizens of Ishaca are nr-
clined to object to the wages paid our
teachers. If they will compare the ■
wages paid here with those paid in-
other first class schools, the Herald is,
convinced that they will be entirely;
satisfied on this question, . Take St..
Johns for illustration, where eighteen?
teachers are enployed as against th&
thirteen here. The wages paid are
superintendent, $1100 for first year?
principal, $759;. assistants, in high.
School, $600, 8600, 8550 each. In the;
central building the' eight remainfagr
teachers receive from SJ0O to 85QQ*enivr
one receiving as low as $380, while8350?
is the lowest wages paid any teaches-
in the schools and only one is as low-as*
this. A good teacher is cheap a& «40O>
or 8450, a poor teacher 1s dear a& 3850*.
—Ithaca Herald.
The Sbntikbi, and semew^eSijr
Detroit Free Press one year,. Botfe fofer
81.65. i__  '
Spring tooth harrow and Ideal'ESfeers-
ing ^mower for sale at halJr prfee*.-
Jebby FEKtfnraiB, Clare; 2sl!fj.
Garland coal Stove for, sale; "BSetfi
one winter. Ten dollar* will! B&a* 1&:
Inquire at the "Racked"-