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Fuss kills more than fever, ;ind laziness more than either. Thleves are not always bom thleves v-opportunity often makee them tsuch. Attend tihe meeting to be held at Newberry Hall, Feb. 16, to raise funde for the starving Armenians. The person who doesn't take aco'.d these days is neglecting one of the advantages the season extends gratuitously. That's all a lie about the ground hog coming out of nis hole and looking about on Sunday of last week. He oever budged an inch. The new books for the school ibrary wlll be furnished by George "Wahr thia year, he havlng made the most advantageoue bid. The ladies of St. Andrew's church wlll be pleased to eee you at their tea social at Harris Hall, on Thursday evening, at 6 o'clock p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Eoy McClure have returnel from Sheboygan, Wis., Mr. McMcClure havlng eold out his Vnterest ia th ehotel at that place. David Henning has expended a couple of thousand dollars in flxing up the old Hamilton block aad transformlng tag it into the new Henning block. The membcrs of the Humans Society -wlio have not already paid their yearly dues ot 50 cents, should send it at once to Mrs. P. Bach, treasurer. She Is a matchless beauty And that sho ran"t forget. A match to inake slie's tïlpd for years, But all in vain ; 8O lt appears That she is malcbless yet. The next meeting of the Political Equallty Club will be held at Mrs. Butts' reeldence, on Washtenaw ave. President Charles Kendall Adams, of Wisoonsin Univerrity wlll deliver the oommenoement address be:'ore the U. of M. graduales om t-he 26th of June next. James Donnegan laughs louder now than usual. Why ? Because a little da.ugh.ter came to his home last Wednesday evening. She is a 7 12 pouoder. Ralph McAllaüter has concluded to lócate bere permaaiently, and has bouglït a lot on the Hall addition on which he hopes to build in the near future. Advertlsing is tbe art of attracting attention to your business in such a marnier as to inspire confidence in your goods, your prices and your methode. Rev. R. K. Claiborne, of Kalamazoo filled St. Andrew'e pulpit very acceptably last Sunday. His sermons were thoughtful, forceful and their delivery fine. The state lumber dealers assoeiation, in session at Detroit last Thursday, paseed a series of resolutions relatlve to the death of the late P. L. Bodmer, of this city. The employés of the Ann Arbor R'y are to be uniíormed, or in other words to put on the llvery of the corporation, the same to be furnished by Wanamaker & Brown of Philadelphia. The iirm of Euler & Pipp contractors and builders, has been dissolved. Mr. Pipp has rented the Ferguson Road Cart Co's factory, w-tiere he will be foumd if anyone wants anything in his line. On Wednesday evening last a halí a hundred oí the friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Kuebler, of Miller ave., dropped in and gave them a merry surprise, in honor of Mrs. Kuebler's 32d birthday. The next lecture in the Unity Club eoui-se, will be delivered by Dr, Harold Wilon, of Detroit, whose subject will be 'The Relation of Colors to the Emotlone," on Monday evening uext. at the Unltarian church. Tlxe Pinckney Eispatch says: "John Baumgardner, proprietor of the Ann Arbor electric granite works, made us a very pleasant cali Tuesday. Mr. Baumgardner makes a tspeeialty of artistic granite memorials and all kinds of cemetery work." The teachers of the 4th ward school gave an At Home on Friday last from 4 tio 6 p. m., to all the other ward teachers of the city, 48 In number. Refreshinents were served in Mits Mogk's room, from whlch the seats were removed a-nd potted planta and palms were used in profusión for dccorations. Every invitotion was accepted, and this somewhat novel social event was a complete and lovely success. Over is henrt lie chancel to wear A llttle lock nr golden liair, Unconsclous that t lay so near. Korglvo, kind friends.ihe fiilüntr tear; No more he knows what 'tia ti bear ïliatliUle lock of KOliieh huir His wife, one eveninK, fmmd lt tlierel Th3 woman's building iund is growiug. Slowly, perhaps, but it is growing. If every woman In Michigan who is able to do so, would give 50 cents, }ust see wliat a fund could bo raised ! The management of the Y. M. C. A. lyceum course has consented, after considerable iraportuning, to make a children's reduced rate of 20 cents tor the Bell Rlmgers on to-morrow, Thursday evening, at ttie Presbyterian church. The circuit court for this county will con vene next Saturday, the principal case being the condemnation proceedings of the Ann Arbor Railway against the Northfield farmers for the right of way, most of which however, have been settled up. Edward M. Walsh, formerly a resident of this city and president oí Che law class of '95, a-nd whose wife was the iirst worthy matron of the Eastern Star lodge in this city, Is now a resident of Oakland, Cal., but hls law ofiice is in San Francisco. Next Friday is St. Valentine's Day. The custom is a pretty one when oarrled out in a kindly way, but a vei'y ugly and oiten unkind one when spite or hatred is allowed to prompt the valentine. So if you have a mi-nd to send some one a comic or mean valentine - don't do it. "VVhat in the Nvorld can be the meanlng of this from the Dexter Leader : "Bro. Barker, of the Argus, says of the Dexter people : 'The single girls süll play at hearts.' How truly spoken none should know better than George." S-h-h-h ! George's other beat girls niay catch on. Don't you see ? On Thursday morning last Mrs. Wilhelmina Birk, widow of the late A. Birk, of 124 S. Main st., died at 'her home of general debility, haring reached 73 years of age. She leaves two daughters and one son. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:00 o'clock p. m., from Zion's church. Burial in Forest Hill cemetery. The editor of the Ann Arbor Courier brushes his pantaloons and says : "The persön who could walk any distance last Thursday morning and maintain a perpendicular, was a good one." The Democrat does not reoall the nature of the celebration on that day at Ann Arbor.- Monroe Democrat. That 's the way with some people. They always apply their ow npersonal experiences to such remIniscenoes. It is as mach if not more fun to see a man read a puil of himself in a newspaper than to see a fat man step on a bannana peel. The narrow minded man reads it over seven or ten times, and goes round and borrows(?) wtoat copievs he can. The kind hearted man goes home and reads it to his wife, then goe. to the office the next morning and paya tor two or three copies to be sent to his Mends for the year. An exchange is crediU-d with this receipt : "One of the best disinfectants in a eick room is a basin of fiesh water. Water is a great absorbant of noxioue gatees. "Water that has ütood open in the bedroom soon gathers impurittes and i unïit to drink. A wide mouthed veesel oí pure water will often do more to bring refreshing sleep to a nervous patiënt than will an opiate. This is not a tfoeory 'but experience." You are doubtless familiar with people who, when they hear something ovil about a neighbor or friend, roll the mor&el under their tongue with uw-eet relish, and are careful not to let any of the sting or gall escape wben they with great delight repeat lt to everyone they meet. The same people are careful never to repeat anything good they may hear of a neighbor or friend. Oí course you are acqualnted with such people. Well, there is a newspapei; in thl city built on the eame plan. lt is all the time Bearching for some scorcher on its neighbors, but never sees anythtng kind that is said of them. Human nature, of course. Built that way. Can not help it. Capt. Allen's lecture on "The üreatest American," at the Unitaiian church Sunday evening, was listened to by a large audience with intenso interest. It was one of the best lectures delivered in Ann Arbor this season, and far superior to that of the famous Talmage both in thought and delivery. It was full of good things, and told of incldents in Lincoln's life that raised the man lar above the level of mankind, and placed his feet on a pedestal so high that as long as America shall be known to the people oí this earth, so long will Abraham Lincoln be kept In view. Lincoln was of the people and with the people and as long as time existe will be loved by the people. The new vice president of the literary Adelphi society is Tra y en Cheo, i student from China. On nftxt Sunday morning Kev. Geo. B. McCleHan, of the Dlvinity school, Chicago, will preach at Tiinity Englih Lutheran church. R. D. Wilson of E. Washington st., lias recelved two live allogators from his mother Mrs. Mary Wilson, who Is spendlng the winter in Floiida. We have frequently heard oí fourlegged rats and eometimes of two-legged rats, but Caspar Rinsey has beun catehing thiee legged rats at lus tore. The iirm of J. H. Xickels &, Son of State st., lias been dissolved. H. B. Nickels wül drop out of the market and pay liis entire attention to the ice business. Yesterday afternoon another old cltizen was i ■■-. -unons us. in the person of Matthias Bach, who died at the lióme of his 6ister Mis. Philip Lohr, 34 Packaid st. He was 77 years of age, and had been in UI health for some time. Funeral tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock from the residence of his sister, liev. Max Hein conducting the services. At the home of her daughter, Miss Xxuisa M. Tower, No. 91 S. State tst., BÍTB. Deborah A. Tower, ior rnany years a resident and old pioneer of Lodi, died on Sunday last, Februaiy 9th, aged 80 years. She leaves one son and two daughters. The funeral services were held at the resldence last evenlng, Eev. Wm. E. ;aldwell conducting the same. lnterment in the Lodi cemetery. Edward K. Koot and others, filed an affidavit In the circuit court on the 10 th inst., asking that the case agamst them, brought by the Kegents of the University to recover the balance of the Lewis art collection willed by the late H. C. !Lewis to the Universlty, and in part held by them, be transferred to the Branch circuit. Judge Klime filed a decree Monday morning denying tihe request. Two students - gent and co-ed - and a lady, recently separated themselves from an Ann Arboi skating party and dropped down through a convenlent hole to ascertain what the frogs thought oí leap yc:ir. As soon as they were noticed t-i tin-j on the bottom of the river, in ;ivi".ving the irogs, tthere was exciteinen. i n the surface, and the three were rudely jerked out and admonished. Ihey were plainly told that they ought to have known better than to 6it there und soak up the river, when an injunctiO'n 'had already been served to restrain the diversion of the water irom the milis. - Monroe Democvat. Is lt not true that a man'e success in lire dependa more upon his character fhan upon his talents or his genius ? The word "eharacter" comes írom a term which means to engrave upon or cut in. Character is that Inner substance and essential quality whieh Is WTonght into every soul, and makes a man what he actually is. There'fore, If a man's character Is nood, he is sound and safe, but if his character is bad, he is unsound and unsafe. A man of npright oharacter even though le may not be intellectuallly brilllant, will almost Btirely work his way through the world and achieve an honorable position. On the other hand a man who Is destitute of character, or whose character is bad, though he may have great talents, Is apt to waste hls life in one -way or another, and at last become a wreek.