Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 50, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 June 1896 — Page 2

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BAB'S LETTER.

I Published, 1896. by the Bok Syndicate Press. New York.]

NEW YORK, June 4,1806.

"Long before Owen Meredith so poetically stated the fact, it was known that civilized or unci vilized man required his dinner. In the very early days a handful of strawberries served'on their own leaves, a brook trout boiled over sticks of wood from the apple tree and offered on the leaf of a water lily, with the absolute juice of a coffee berry as a finish, served for the dinner. Probably, the coffetf was imbibed out of a cup-like orchid. Then men grew less poetical and more uncouth, and were satisfled to tear apart meat with their fingers and to absorb gallons of strong wines from big cups made of coarse clay. The years went by. They became hundreds, they be came thousands, and man was counted as civilized. This was about 1880. At this time the ordinary dinner was known. It consisted of a number of dishes, more or less well cooked, all placed upon the table at once, and removed before a dessert composed, too often, of heavy pastrys and puddings, that were inexplicable. And the result was that the civilixed man had the dyspepsia, for he ate much grease, many more vegetables than were required, and he always arose from the table feeling that life wasn't worth living, and that the objections to life were principally material and took the form of a cook.

Now, we do things a little differently, The simplest dinner is served, so that it is pleasing to the eyes as well as to the lips, and one may enjoy it. There are women who persist in offering the same old din ner, that one that brought dyspepsia, but these women are few, thank goodness, and their number is gradually growing less, You and I each with a small home, one maid servant and a limited income, know that a dinner can be served properly, even if one has not the income of Croesus, Mr. Astor or Mr. Vanderbilt. It is true that a little more thought is required that a little more attention is given, or, to sum it all up, one's dinner must bear the hallmark of the management of a gentlewo man. The markets are full of good things, and the

OOOD THINGS ABE CHEAP.

It remains with you whether these good things shall be served in a goodly and godly manner, or whether they shall be served after a fashion dictated by some servant of Satan. How much appetite have you when you sit down to a table, heavy with the roast of lamb, a dish of peas, a dish of potatoes, a dish of asparagus, a dish of sliced tomatoes, a dish of sliced cucumbers, a dish of thick slices of bread with a center piece composed of a butter dish? After this, have you any appetite when there is put upon the crummy tablecloth a large apple pie, a dish of strawberries, a pitcher of cream, and a whole pound cake? Your eyes eat your dinner, which means that you see so much that you want nothing.

But put this dinner in the hands of a wise woman, and the result will be that you will be seated at a table covered with white dartiaski glltiering with shining glass and real or plated silver. Everything is Immaculate from the standpoint of cleanliness. There is no butter dish in the center of the table, but iiistead either an embroidered centerpiece, or one formed of a mirror. Ou this may stand a tall, slender glass holding a bunch of sweet peas, or a single rose, while around it is a tiny glass dish filled with salted almonds, a curious Japanese saucer with radishes on ice upon it, and a tiny platter overlaid with cracked ice peeping out from which you see small olives. At each place is a soup dish filled with cracked ice, standing upon an ordinary plate, and having six tiny clams, in their shells, to invite your appetite. To be sure, it is the cook in a •cotton gown and clean white apron, who removes the dishes when the clams are «aten. As the weather is hot, there is no soup as the hostess is economical, there are

ONLY POITR COURSES,

the clams counting as the first. Then comes the roast lamb, carefully cooked, and with the kidney attached to it. In front of the hostess is a dish of peas and one of new potatoes, the potatoes bung boiled in their skins and wrapped carefully in a napkin. When this course is removed there appears the asparagus, cold, and to be eaten either with a French dressing or a mayonnaise. The cook as waitress brushes every crumb off the table, and there is brought on a dish of beautiful strAwberries, either with or without their caps, as you fancy. With these are, as a contrast and for use, snow white soft sugar and whipped cream, so that he who likes may dtp strawberries in the sugar and eat them from their green bonnets, or she who likes may press them down, sweeten them and put whipped cream over them, making a sort of strawberry souffle, One is offered tiny, thin cakes on pretty platter, and there Is another of odd Chinese nuts, while upon a square plate rests a box of either prunes or dates.

After the maid has arranged dessert, she draws upat one side of the hostess a small table on which is the teakettle, a French coffee pot and all the cups and saucers, and the hotuwwtfe, as she makes theeoffee, has an opportunity of showing her white hands, her beautiful rings and her ability in making that most delicious of drinks, a good cup of coffee. And this dinner Is enjoyed by everybody. Everything Is dainty, and It does not oost one penny more to serve a dinner adapted to the taste of gentlefolk than it does to serve one adapted only to greedy, ill-bred peopleYou think this impossible* I know that it Is not. Then, too, on this appetising table, there Is jug of good California claret which Is much better than ice water for any one to drink with his dinner. No vln ordinaire, but a good brand of California wine, which can be gotten at a reasonable price, and by which we may teach our children to be temperate. Drunkards, my friend, come from household* where wine Is never seeo» and where it to spoken of ma an Attractive, but a forbidden fruit. Adam r* aTe not more enjoyable than the did not die, as it was said, when he was! day service of the V.-P.. Vaadallanlne hundred and eighty-oevwa jeaw okl. Pennsylvania, the short line from Terre bat he lives to-day ta the hearts of ewy.. Haute to tiweast*

young man, and as with the old Adam, so with the new Adam, THE FORBIDDEN 18THE ATTRACTIVE FBUIT.

The juice of the grape was meant to en joy, and the drunkard is no worse than the glutton. Unfortunately, the effect of too much drinking is more easily seen than tbe effect of too much eating. The man who eats too much grows cross, grows unjust, grows unkind, grows irritable, but he does not stagger. Personally, I believe the brain is as much affected by too much eating as too much drinking, and in time this will be proven. What I am commend ing to drink with your dinner is the juice of the California grape, not of the Kentucky corn, or the Tennessee rye.

Gradually, the good housewife is finding out, especially in the warm weather, the value of cold meats for breakfast and so she offers, in the morning, either a dish of grape fruit, strawberries, cherries, or of raspberries, and a bit of toast, a cup of good coffee, and, if you wish it, a slice of cold meat. At luncheon, when all the gentlemen are downtown, there is a little stew made from the last of the roast lamb, there is a salad of cucumbers or tomatoes, and, the woman's standby, a cup of good tea. The clever housewife knows how to utilize what is

left from dinner for the other meals,

for the dinner is the festive time. Then, everything must be fresh, everything must be attractive, and everybody must be cheerful. It is the hour of the day when people can rest, and to linger over a dinner, chatting merrily, enjoying daintily, and being generous with words of approbation means having an all around good time. I cannot understand those women who do not find pleasure in nice silver, in dainty china, in fine napery, indeed, in all the pretty things that go to make a table look attractive. It would seem as if the more cultured a woman's mind was the more she would comprehend the exquisite beauty of a well spread board, and the fact that this beauty emanated from her taste and her knowledge of what is right. There must be a touch of vulgarity in the woman who can eat her dinner off a soiled cloth, out of thick, chipped plates, and find pleasure during the warm days in such food as corned beef and cabbage, or beefsteak and onions.

To me there is something fine In being the lady of the house. The one who understands the appetites of the family and caters to them mentally and physically, and whether they are in ill or in good hsalth.

TO KNOW HOW TO COOK

is a womanly act to know how to teach a servant to cook is more than an art, it is a blessing direct from heaven. We hire Maria, whose knowledge of food is limited, just as she lands. We offer her suitable wages, and we expect her to have the wit of a Prime Minister. She, whose daily diet has been limited to bread and tea. with meat once a week, is shown a fine pi*ce of meat, such as she never saw before, and expected to cook It. Of course she fails. What else have you right to look for but failure? You should take Maria by the hand, and, with great gentleness and much patience, teach her what you wish her to know. Sometimes she is ungrateful, and shakes the dust of your threshold off her feet when she has acquired a little knowledge, and accumulates the dust of some other threshold where she will be paid more money. Sometimes she is grateful, and then you have for your troublo a good servant, which means that life is satisfactory. But whether you do, or whether you don't get what you desire, just remember that Maria is not strong of brain, and that to be patient, and to be patient, and to be patient all the time, is the only way to achieve that for which you are working.

Sometimes what you count as stupidity in Marin is absolute shyness. She dropped one of your beautiful cut glass finger bowls the other night when her master spoke to her. You scolded her and she wept bitterly. But you weren't enough of a woman to think it all out. Maria seldom sees her master. It was the first time she had ever placed the bowls on the table, and she was looking at you to be sure that she was doing right. The sudden speech, addressed to her, startled her, and her hands went up and the finger bowl went down. Still, wonder if you were Maria and Maria were you, if you would do any better? Everything is strange to her your mode of living, your food, possibly your speech, and when yon find her stupid, you ought to remember how marvelous you are to her. She is a bit afraid of you, and wondering a bit as to whether, in your prettiest gown, you are a fairy, or a creature of flesh and blood. She is in a strange country, she is homesick, and there is nobody anxious to listen to her story of woe. You behave as if you wanted to get as much out of her as possible. Can you wonder, then, if she should try to do as little and get as much in return?

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HAVK A MTTLR REGARD FOR MARIA don't gossip with her, but direct her in a gentle way. Be absolutely honest with her. Alas! that I should have to even hint that there are women lacking in honesty! Maria has a heart and sometimes a brain not the brain of a Prime Minister, else she wouldn't be working for four dollars a week In your kitchen. But If you speak to the brain and think of the heart as you word your desire, Maria may become as faithful as were those slaves of olden days, whose greatest interest was in the family. This hasn't been a chatter, not In the usual sense of the word it is only a bit of a suggestion to the housewife, a suggestion that Is the result of experience, and which, summed up, means serve every day a dinner that is a simple poem. Treat your Ignorant servant in such away that living with you will be a ballad that she can understand, and she will grow as #ger as you are to make what seems the most material of all things, a dinner, a poem in three hundred and sixty-five verses, with an added one for leap year and a chorus of praise for holidays. This isn't addressed to Mr. Jack. It is a bit of babble to Mistress Dorothy, from BAB.

'PwtwmNj Conduct**"

BLANDINA.

Blandina's nice Blandina'a fat. Joyous and Bone and sound and And handsome, too, and all else tbs*

In persons of her years ia meefc

Behold Blandina! She's alive and testifies With all the emphasis that- lies r*: In busy hands and dancing eyes

That life's a prize—

That all the mischief that provokes Donbt in the matter lies in folks, And that, provided folks are fit, Life's not a failure not a bit.

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Blandina loves a picture book, Blandina dearly loves a boy. She loves her dinner, loves the cook", •».

Her muse, her doll, her brother's toy, And best of all Bhe loves a joke, And laughs at it /. 1 "W And laughing at it testifies "fv With all the emphasis that lies

In joyous tones and beaming eyes, That life's a prize— That all the mischief that provokes Donbt in the matter lies in folks, And that, provided folks are fit, Life's not a failure not a bit. —Edward S. Martin in Scrihner's.

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EARLY RISERS.

They Are Often Neither Healthy, Wealthy Nor Wise.

The lazy young persons who enjoy the extra snooze in the morning hours that all too frequently they have great difficulty in securing will probably rise up and call us blessed when we announce that their preference shows a rare discretion backed up by some sound professional wisdom. Getting up early •in the morning is to be commended as a necessity rather than a benefit. Physicians and scientists agree that sleep in the morning is healthful and restorative, and that children and nervous or delicate persons should never be wakened until sleep leaves them of its own accord.

This is all right and as it should be, but the neoessity exists for early rising, and, therefore, must be met. Unpleasant as it is, there is no alternative for the great masses pf the people. If one would prosper in business or any occupation whatever, it is necessary to be on hand betimes in the morning. Why not, then, simply treat it as an imperative duty and stop fussing over it as airing people healthy, wealthy and wise? There are constitutions and temperaments that are never at their best when deprived of a morning sleep. Rqbust and energetic people are fond of stirring up whole families with early rising* ideas. They experience no inconvenience and take it as a matter of course that no one else should.

Early rising is well enough provided one can rest at some other portion of the day, but the hours of darkness were made for sleep, and as time fcr the most part is pretty evenly divided into day and night it shows that nature knew quite well what she was about when she arranged things. People have lived, flourished and grown healthy, wealthy and wise who got up at noon and went to bed just before daylight, but this is by no means natural, nor is it approved by those who have made the subject of life and health a profound study.—New York Commercial Advertiser. .vWoi

the Perfect Not

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the inelegant or unaccustomi^

writer. If she be guilty of negf the margin at each side of the page, or she BO far forgets her precepts as to add a P. S., she is forever doomed. Society is exact in details, and society declares such omission or commission to be the unpardonable sin.

The note, to be correct, must be written upon paper of medium size, preferably cream white, and must be clear and distinct The monogram is stamped on the paper, or the crest, if one have the right but upon the inside of the flap of the envelope must be the address. When the writer has borne all these facts in mind and has signed her unabbreviated name, she may rest content, for not even the most captious critic will have cause to find fault.—New York Telegram. vrr.ri- yf

Aboard Ship. .s J.'

Sea voyages are usually deemed promotive of health. So they are in most cases. But it may well be doubted if the shaking up aboard ship, which people of very fragile constitution and weak nerves get, is not prejndicial if its effects are not averted or nullified by a medicinal safeguard. The best, if we are to believe the testimony of ocean travelers, whether they go abroad for health, pleasure or business. is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Invalids, commercial travelers, sea captains and yachtmen concur in recommending this fine defensive tonic. So do emigrants to the frontier, the inhabitants of malarious regions, and all who are exposed to hardship or rigors of climate. For malarial, rheumatic or kidney trouble, nervousness, dyspepsia, liver complaint and constipation it is emit nontly efficacious, and commended by the medical fraternity far and near. "XV

Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured In 8 Days. Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind., says "My wife bad inflammatory Rheumatism in every muscle and joint, her suffering was terrible and her body and face were swollen beyond recognition had been in bed for six weeks and had eight physicians but received no benefit until she triea the MYSTIC CUBE FOB RHEUMATISM. It gave Immediate relief and she was able to walk about la three days. Iam sure it saved her life." sold by Jacob Baur. Cook, Bell St Black, and all druggists, Terre Haute.

The Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company's steamers are now running daily (except Sunday) between Detroit' and Cleveland. When traveling East or' West, North or South, try to arrange to take advantage of these luxurious steamers between Michigan and Ohio. If yon are contemplating a summer outing write A. A. Schants, 6. P. A., Detroit, Mich., for illustrated pamphlet, which gives full information of a trip to Mackinac via the Coast Line four Sunday Dinner. Spring Lamb, Steer Beef,

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Photography and Docks.

One of the most remarkable accusations brought against the new photography is that of an American Field writer, who says: "I think photography has done a great deal to decrease

properly adds, "will be news, no doubt," to many of his readers. Sportsmen have been saying that nothing but general adoption of cameras instead of firearms will save the game, and now to run up against such a statement as that is, to say the least, astonishing.

It appears that for the purpose of perfecting the picture albumen must be used, and this can be procured only from eggs. Chicken eggs are too valuable as food therefore tbe Hebrides islands of Scotland, Lodofoden of Norway, Labrador, Greenland, South America, and in fact every conceivable breeding ground of wild birds is robbed of eggs by natives or men from extensive sailing expeditions. This is especially hard on the ducks of various kinds, par ticnlarly in Labrador, where they breed in thousands of nests to the square mile, while the scavenger birds of the sea, the various gulls and terns, suffer from these depredations. The birds cannot stand this drain long, and the question arises, What will happen when all tbe eggsare gone?

Asphalt.

Another kind of asphalt betero has been introduced in Austria under gov eminent direction, a principal recom mendation being the quickness-of hardening which characterizes it It is described as an earthly brown powder having a slight odor of tar, and consists mainly of sulphur r^d iron slag,, analysis showing 88.58 j?rr cent of sulphur, 8./51 of tar, 57.88 of iron slag, and 0.48 water, the iron slag containing 48.01 per cent of silica, 22.42 of ferrous oxide, 80.9 of alumina and 4.16 of" lime: The hardness is attributed chiefly to the formation of an iron sulphide, the tar acting as a reducing agent The silica,, elay and lime, though possibly combine ing at a slower rate, are regarded sm ply as impuritiea —~T—: V"J4

She Burned Those Letters.

Miss Elizabeth Banks, the American woman reporter who created a sensation in England a year or so ago by posing as an American heiress in search of a titled husband, recently had an interesting midnight holocaust When her article was published, she received offers of large sums for the return of some of tbe letters fortune hunting noblemen had written her. Sly sent them back without taking any reward. Others were sent back through friends who came to intercede. But the bulk of the letters remained in her desk. The responsibility of possessing them preyed upon her mind so heavily that, finally, one night she got up and made a bonfire of them.— E a

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the supply of ducks, which,' he very Nerves extend from the brain to every part

[oiiair, alpaca and kindred fabrics Ifce most popular. Etamine, how-

after to become a rival, but The groom tiL*. eld mftp'6 reason that not every purof a toilet can buy the silk underskirt for the etamine, and next not every woman likes the constant "creak" of the silk dress. This fashionable etamine is not gotten up to resemble lace, as was customary heretofore. It rather resembles coarse canvas. The threads of the fabric lie close to one another in regular bar work and are often, adorned with dots or flowers.—New-

York Advertiser.

CUSTOMER—I want a remedy for catarrh. DRUG CLERK—All right, sir. Here's a blood tonic that is advertised to build up the constitution.

CUSTOMER—Young man, do you think I'm going to dose myself with a blood tonic for months, just on the chance of it doing me some good? Not much! I want immediate relief besides, catarrh is a local affection, and no tonic or blood purifier ever made can cure it. Here's 50 cents. Let me have Ely's Cream Balm. It's the only thing I know of to cure an attack of catarrh. j.'j V-"..

Where Valor Sleeps f'

Many people visited the battlefields in and about Chattanooga Chickamauga, and IxH)kout Mountain last year to see the dedication of the Great National Park and for 1896 the opportunity will be given to spend Decoration Day on the old fields and to visit the National Cemetery with its fourtean thousand soldier'^ graves on Decoration Day. $5.00 is all the round trip.willcoHt via the Queen & Crescent Route.

The journey occupies aboub ten hows, through the most beautiful mountain scenery in the South passing near Perryville, Richmond, Ky., Mitt Springs, and other battlefields, crossing the Comberland River at Polntr BttcnsScte, where Gen'l Burnside had his base of supplies, and crossing (further southt) tinder Walden's Ridge, over Chickamauga Creek across the Battlefield of Missionary Ridge and in plain view of Orchard Knob and the National Military Cemetery into Chattanooga.

Tickets vi» the Queen & Crescent Route at $5.00 rooad trip from Cincinnati will be on sale for trains ot May 20th, good until May 31st to return. A limited number of Pullmans will be carried on night train.

Send us your name at once for printed matter aad fuller information. Queen & Crescent trains leave Grand Csntral Depot, Cincinnati, at 8.30 a. m. and 8.00 p. m. Close connection is made with all lines into Cincinnati. ^CBAS. W. ZELL, Dir. Passenger Agent, 4th & Race Sts. W. C. RIXKAJSSOK, Gen'l Passenger Agt,

Cincinnati, O.

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They have also on hand sausages of all kinds

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Through Trains...

In daily service between Terre Haute and

CHICAGO

Making with trains to all pointsNorth,Northwest and West, For information fn detail call on R. D. Dlgges, ticket agent, union depot, or

J. R. CONNELLY. General Agent.

C. F. WILLIAM, D. D. S.

DENTAL PARLORS,

Corner Sixth and Main Streets,

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

J" N.HICKMAN, UIsr-DIEIRTJLIKIIEJR,

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1212 Main Street.

All calls will receive the most careful attention. Open day and nfffht.

SANT O. DAVIS. FRANK J. TURK.

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8 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,

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420% Wabash Ave. gpTBRRE HAUTE, IND.

JSAAO BALL A SON, FUNERAL DIRECTORS,

Cor. Third and Cherry streets, Terre Halt to, Ind., are prepared to cxccute all orders In their line wltn neatness and dispatch**

Embalming a Specialty.

REMOVED.

James W. Haley,

Pram No. 1211 Wabash Avenue Ts Room 6 Savings Baak Building.

Where he can be found by parties-wanting in his line. Notary Public. Real Estate—a number of very desirable properties at remarkably low prices. Rental and Pension agent. Pension Vouchers made out. Entrance on Ohio street.':

The COAST LINE to MACKINAC

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MACKINACfe DETROIT 1 PETOSKEY

Fouit TRIPS

S13.50.

Connecting at Cleveland with Barliest Trains for all points Bast, South and Southwest and at Ietroit for all points North and Korthwest. Sontfsj Trips Jans, My, August and SeptesAsr

EVERY DAY BETWEEN

Cleveland, Ptrt-in-Bay Toledo

Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Address A. A. SCHANTZ, •. ». DBTROIT, MIOH.

He letislt and usnlam Strai in. &

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We want a few men to sell a CHOIGHLINK of Nursery stock.

We cannot make you rich in a month but can give yom Steady Employment and will pay you for it. Our prices correspond with the times. Write tor terms and territory. ^THE HAWKS NURSERY CO.,

Milwaukee, Wit.

TWICE DAILY STEAMERS TO

PRCWftASTII^TldN is tW thief of time, they say Remember danger always lurks in delay .Opportunities embrace, don't let them pass by, ^Chances like sunbeams quickly fly ^Remember on to-morrow you n'er can rely. IA word to tbe wise, sufficient is, it's true, :|So just a word of advice I give to you: JnTo Hickeyt the Grocer, for the best you had better go, ^In all lines he can please you I know. |Not to-morrow but to day on him call lA dime or a dollar he will save to all. |Take time by tbe forelock, do not delay |ln Terre Haute

,4Hickey"

CHICAGO

Connecting with Vanda!fa Ry. at St. JosephJ

B£ghinlft|$'ifra'y iSfth Jfrtd ninll'nuIng until about Sept. J.Otli. the stearaors of this line will mak« two trips each way dailw(incluaing 8undav) between St. Joseph and On the following schedule:

Leave St. JGseph.. .4:30 pm 10:30pm Leave Chicago—9:30 am 11:30 pm

Extra trips on Saturday leave St. Joseph at 8 a. m. and Chicago at 2 p. m. Running time across the lake 4 hours. Trl-weeklv steamers to Milwaukee lwave St. Joseph Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings.

The equipment of this line Includes the side wheel'steamers City of Chicago ind City of Milwaukee, (the largest and finest west of Detroit), and the newly rebuilt propeller City of Louisville. Service first-class. Connections with all Vandalla trains. Tickets on sal out, all Vandalla line stations. Chicago dock foot of Wabash avenue.

leads to-day

On corner Twelfth and Main, bear in mind, ^ew goods at L. Hickey's you will find.

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2 New Steel Passenger Steamer^

The Oreatest Perfection yet attained ia Boat Conttroctioo Luxnrioos Equipment, Artistic Farnlshiny, Decoration and Efficient Service* insuring the highest degree of CONFORT, SPEED AND SAFETY.

PER WEEK BETWEEN

Toledo, Detroit /Mackinac

PETOSKEY, "THE SOO," MARQUETTE, AND DULUTH. LOW RATES to Plcturcsqae Mackinac sad Return, laclndlag /teals and Berths. From Cleveland, $18 frwn Tolede, 15»(ran Mntt,

EVERY EVENING

Between Detroit and Cleveland

Delivered.

4.00

Sample order, 3 bushels to test, 35c. Equal to Anthracite Coal..

Citizens'Fuel & Gas Co.,

507 Ohio Street.

Graham & Morton Transportation Co.

J. II. GRAHAM. President. Benton Harbor, Mich.

C. I. FLEMING, M. D. C.

VETERINARIAN.

Special attention given to diseases of horses,, cattle and dogs. Office 811 Main street.

{to baild, what ia tbe nae of going to tee three or four of contractors? Why not go and see

A. PROMMB,

Greneral Contractor

416 WILLOW 8TEBBT,

As be employs tbe best of mechanics in Brick Work, Plastering, Carpentering, Painting, etc., aad will furnish yon plana and specifications if wasted. J,

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