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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
BUILDING A SOUTH SEA ISLAND HUT.

BUILDING A SOUTH SEA ISLAND HUT.
low are placed wooden mallets. When
the natives want to call they pound on
the hollow piece of wood, which gives
out a ringing sound that can be heard
n considerable DISTANCE. "A light wood
canoe is also shown. 1t is provided
with outriggers and is like the inn
proved racing machine of to-day.
In front of the entrance is erected n
Samoan house. 1t is the property of
Mataafa, the deposed ruler. 1t was
brought from the little settlement of
Malie, several miles from Apia, and is
most wonderfully constructed. In
shape it is circular. 1t is upright to
the height of five feet and then slopes
to tent-lilSe point thirty feet above
the ground. 1t is made entirely of
bread-fruit wood, the only wood that
the white ants, which overrun the ISL
and, will not eat a house built of
any other material would be eaten up
month by the pests. The uprights
are made of pieces about four inches
in diameter At intervals of four feet
Il circle is made of the same material.
The pieces of wood are all short and
are jointed and bound together by
thongs. The roofing is made of twigs
and covered with thatch. The house
was used by Mataafa and his father
and is said to be very old.
The Samoans themselves are the
oldest race of the south seas. They
are tall, sturdy and very intelligent.
They are catholics now but about four
centuries ago they held the Mohamme-
dan belief. About the only practice
of the settlement which has tinge of
barbarism is the native dance 1t is
Fijian in origin and is supposed TO
have been danced for thousand years.
1t had its foundation in the stormy
war times of the early times when war
ring on the different tribes who occu-
pied the different islands was almost
the sole occupation of the inhabitants.
The dance is accompanied by n chant
and chorus, The chant describes the
different stages of a war expedition
from the time it leaves home until the
return, and at the end of each stage
the warriors all join in the chorus
The music, If such it can be called. is
peculiar. At times it is almost dream
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

and feet of beam, and not a scrap o.
iron enters into its construction. II is
made of Ifilili wood, a native timber OF
dark reddish hue, capable of taking a
high polish. The boards are put to-
gether in peculiar way. They are
Joined with fiber Irvine, and the work
is SO we'll done that there is no Leak
age. 1t requires twenty-five men to
row the boat. and in addition to these
it will hold thirty-three warriors.
To help the oarsmen q square sail,
made of mating is used. 1t is held
aloft Ivy mast, but thongs are fastened
to the four corners and to the boat. and
in this manner the pulling is done.
The figure-head is the carving OF god
in which the Samoans believed many
years ago 1t is the god OF sea-going
people and is represented as on the
lookout for rocks and shoal water. The
warriors are armed with bows and ar
rows and axes and the sides OF the
boat show the marks of numerous con-
flicts. The oais are remarkably heavy,
long sweeps Near the boat is the
longo, sort of bell. 1t is like a trough
followed out of n log, about four feet
long and set up on pegs. In the hol-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
The National Holiday.

It is the popularity of our nationa
holidays, of which the Fourth of July
is the notable example, that with few
Q Sceptions they celebrate something
distinctive and memo able in the his
tory of the country. In other words,
they are national holidays in the
broadcast sense.
In other countries this Is not so.
Many foreign monarchies celebrate the
rulers birthday as general holiday,
but one sovereign dies and another
succeeds him. and the next generation
has forp often even the date of the hol.
iday that was observed as the last
Kings birthday.
The French Republic observes July
IA, the anniversary of the storming OF
the Bastille by the revolutionists OF
1850. Our neighbors in Canada tele.
brate Dominion day.--the frat Of July
the anniversary Of the union of sep
arate provinces under one government
mot quite the same thing as an I'm.
dependence day." but very good
thing to celebrate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
years. The older of the two laos was

years. The older of the two laos was
the oarsman.
While they sat watching the race
the bateau drifted against the boom.
The boy with the oars attempted to
push off. The old rope with which
the ends of the logs were fastened
parted under the strain, and the boom
opened. The 10y, who was leaning
over the side of the boat as he pushed,
fell overheard.
There was an cutlery on board the
bateau and from the crowd but the
boy was swimmer, and by few
hasty strokes reached the boom logs,
where he supported himself
Meantime the bateau drifted through
the gap in the boom, and before any
one took heed of the danger, was float
ing down toward the quicker water
above the falls, which were only fifty
or sixty rods below.
Then, indeed, sudden shouting and
tumult arose.
Some of the people called to the boy
in the boat to row back; others
shouted, "Row to the shore!" Every
thing was confusion, and the worst
confused person was the little fellow
who, with one oar, could only pull the
boat round and round.
The Thornhill nine had put on their
jackets. and were watching the tub
race. Len and Ned lay on the grass
near the river bank, Len with his hand
in his jacket pocket, resting idly on
the baseball and the Irvine ball beside
it. When the outcry rose they jumped
UP together, and stood looking earn
estly at the bateau for a moment.
The booms parted cried Ned.
There's only that little chap aboard,
and they getting down toward the
rapids" exclaimed Len. Quick, Ned!
Come on.''
Then as if running to 'first' on n
short-grounder, he sped down the road
beside the river.
An idea had flashed into his mind
an idea suggested by the twine-ball in
his pocket and reel of small rope that
he had noticed that morning, as they
came up the read, on the platform of
one of the stores on river street. Dodg-
ing past the teams and the shouting,
excited crowd, he ran to this store.
Grab that rope, Ned Corliss," he
shouted over his shoulder. Grab that
rope and come on. We must get line
across the stream
Without SD much rs a nod to the
proprietor, Ned unhesitatingly seized
upon the reel ofrope and followed Len,
who had already run ont on the pro-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

THE NEIGnBoRs STOPPED AND LISTENED.
ried, and MIR. Seaman, Mr.. Gray, and
ten more said their horses should go
unshod rather than be taken to Bonn's.
For weeks after this meeting people
passing the homes of Miss DE Sha and
Doctor Bunkerman late at night could
hear her reading the dec aratioR" in
a sweet voice, and the doctor rehears-
ing his grafton, now softly, now in
tones loud enough to be almost sub,
lime. s@Ef& ~,
Many stopped and listened, looking
up at the shadowy gestures on the
window curtains These rehearsals
on the streets were shouting, "When
comes necessary" and "Fellow citi-
zens of Pikeville."
At night men were seen here and
there running in alleys and pastures
by starlight. They were practicing
for the foot-race.
The third of July came. Until mid
white dresses. Dissatisfaction with
the program would keep no one at
home tomorrow. All would cele-
that the sun had set in clear sky
arched by two rainbows, and that no W
at midnight all the stars shone.
Little birds were awaking one by
one on the morning of the Fourth,
when all the windows in all the
houses of Pikeville ratified. People
leaped from their beds to close the
shutters. The lightning flashed.
Women ran into cellars. Rain fell
heavily all day, and no one went out
Of doors.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
THE FOURTH AT PIkEVlLLE.
Trials and Tribuiations of tho Commit
tee on Ceremonies.

tee ON Ceremonies.
The Fourth will never be forgotten
at Pikeville. The program was pre-
pared at meeting thirty days before
hand. The meeting was exciting. Miss
Laura De Sha was elected to read the
Declaration of Independence. "She's
the only young lady that can read, |
suppose" whispered Mrs. Ames, and
she glanced at her five grown daugh-
tiers. Whispers continued until twenty
women had agreed never to buy even
a yard of calico a. Mr.. De Sha's store.
Six young ladies said they would not
speak to Miss De Sha any more.
Dr. Bunkerman was elected orator.
Maybe he's the only man in town
Lawyer Tibbs, and his gold-headed
cane struck the floor.
IL wouldn't have him doctor ca
nary" said Mrs Tibbs. Two law
yers, one doctor, and four district
school teachers agreed with Mrs. Tibbs.
The grocer, MIR. Brown, proposed a
foot-race.
Il object Numbered Squire MAdd.
Lets have jumping contest. My
Thomas can jump with any of the
boys, but he can t run"
The majority, however, voted for the
foot-race, and Squire Mudd and nine
teen others said they would get their
groceries in Swamptown for the flu
ture.
The blacksmith, William Bonn,
moved to adjourn.
Joseph Seaman and Johnny Gray
opposed the motion, but it was car.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
Ing rocks, a few rods above the

testing rocks, a few rods above the
cataract.
run it off the reel and be ready to
tie the end, quick!' exclaimed Len, in
tones of intense, but suppressed, ex-
element.
lie looked for n stone, but seeing
none, wound the end of the Irvine ten
or twelve times round the baseball
and knotted ii, threw the twine-ball
back on the land side to unwind 1t, and
then planting his feet firmly, and
shouting. Catch, therep' to the people
on the other bank, he threw the base
ball and it's hamper of attached Irvine.
1t was splendid throw!
The distance across the deep, swirl
ing current was fully two hundred feet.
But the ball rose high and spanned the
stream. falling well back on the other
side. 1t was caught by Longcroft
boy.
easy now! Don't break it," shouted
Len. Haul the rope across" For
Ned had already tied the Irvine to the
ropes end. One man who professed to
know said 1t was scarcely twenty Sec
onds from the time Len ran out on the
lodges before they had the rope across.
Quickly as IL was done there was
little time to spare, for the bateau,
turning and rocking, was now close
down 10 them. They frightened the
line along the surface; and as the ba-
teau touched it, the teacher first, and
then hand after hand of the children,
laid hold and chung to IL.
Slowly now and cautiously, with en-
couraging cries, Len, Ned and dozen
others hauled the bateau diagonally
up the bank to shore.
tire assemblage of people cheered, then
gave Len three times three; and In
fact made hero of him ON the spot.
II was while trying to get away from
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

these good people, for Len was a mod
est youlh-that he first spied his Uncle
Burbank standing on the sidewalk,
looking gravely at him.
He was net an ELUSIVE man. how
ever, and merely remarked, When
you nrs ready to go home tonight,
Len, you can ride with me IL you want
to-"
Nor did he say much on the way
home an hour or two later. Len, on
his part, thought that perhaps some
apology for his apparent disobedience
was due his un .le As they came in
sight of the farm, he said
IL was going to string that corn this
morning, but the Irvine ball got he
hesitated, not liking to betraS the
boys who had helped him.
mo matter! No matter where it
got 1t got in the right place." ex-
claimed Burbank.
And Len" he continued with an
effort, I've been little hard on ye
about going out to places, I'm afraid.
Hereafter, whenever you think you
really want day, come to me, and IL
il isn't too often shall let you. take
it, want you always to feel right
about it, Just AS if you were my own
boy, for that's the way mean it shall
be from now on.
Certainly no more than he ought to
have said. Yet it was "a good deal Tor
Horatio Burbank to say. Len knew it.
well, it S better than If had had a
fuss with him last night, and run
away he tn ught to himself. ''he
is not an easy man. But ] gue-s he
and / will get q ong oil right after
this"
That Is the kind of boy L n was.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

in the original,
there was the
difficulty to over
come of meeting
the capacity of the
Roman sopranos.
This was done by
transposing TIL @
mass on g. h n | 4
tone. The com
poser had to re-
copy al! the parts
for the sin gers be.
cause they read
from the old clefs
only instead Of
the modern style,
as he had origin
ally written them.
of the mass Verdi
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

the distinguished auditors, FASTENED
to congratulate the composer. Dessert
was born in Buffalo, N. Y, OF French
parentage. His,musical talents are in
herited. HIS father was organist Of
the buffalo Cathedral for twenty-six
years, and his mother. n woman of ex-
ceptional musical attainments, was
the possessor Of n beautiful soprano
voice. Az the early age OF Is years he
succeeded to the position OF his father.
His progress In the musical profession
was so rapid as TO attra,t the att,n-
ton of musicians in the me ropolis.
and In 1882 he received the offer OF the
post OF orRanist and director OF st.
Stephens Church, which he accepted
and still holds.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

through his fingers, and then called
but:
Len. Len! Hi, Len, Come out here
We want to see YOU" Evidently the
remark was addressed to some one who
could be heard milking the first noisy
streams into an empty pail, back some
where into the dark, half-open barn
cellar, for the noise of the streaming
milk ceased. Presently rather tall,
poorly clad boy, whose face was tanned
and whose hands were dark and hard
from work, emerged from the obscur-
fly with milk pail in one hand and a
three-legged milking stool in the other.
"Hullo, boys" he said, with droll
laugh which had pleasant intona-
ton.
'Say, Lem cried one of the boys,
Horace Atkins, outside the gate,
"we're going to play against the Long
croft nine on the Fourth; and we've
got to beat them this time, sure. They
beat US last fall, you know. We've
challenged them to play down at the
village in the afternoon. Iherell he
big crowd there, for they are going
TO have celebration. 80 we must 6, t
all our Thornhill boys out, and you
must go to pitch for us.
"Id like to go, Horace said Len,
slowly. But I'm not in practice. 1
haven't played since last fall"
"Oh, we know you, Lem" exclaimed
Ned Corliss, another of the boys. Not
one OF our fellows can pitch like you. y
Besides" continued Len, seeming
not to hear the compliment paid him,
II haven't asked him yet. | don't much
think he'll let me GO He's been gone
lately a good deal, and the hoeing's
got behind
LET it stay behind.' cried another
q the boys, Indignantly. ole never
lets you have day for anything"
Len laughed, a little bitterly his
time.
Hes regular old tyrant, Len" ex-
claimed John Remmick, third boy of
the row outside the gate. 'Ifmy father
Tdrove me as he does you, I'd run away.
lie isn't your father, either"
II know he isn't my own father"
replied Len; but l guess he would
treat his own boy bout the same if he
had any
."But what makes you stand ito"
asked John. Il wouldn't. You can
get good places enough where the
iolks' ii use you we'll"
"lie is pretty hard on me; but you
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
WORLD'SFAIR LETTER
A GLANCE AT THE CUSTOMS
OF THE SAMOANS
Objects Of Interest Seen In the Samoan
village In Midway PlaIsance-A Ship
OF war-A south Sen Palnce-Inter-
esting and Instructive.

CROSS THE ROAD
way from the Java
nese village is q Pc
culiar b oat. ] n
some respects it is
the most singular
craft ev err see n
here. 1t is the tam
umalua or war ca
noe of Samoa. The
boat, which h a S
seen active service
in the South Pa
cifc, is 22 feet long
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
PROF. FRANK DO SERT.
Something About the Great Musical
Composer OF New York.

Composer OF New York.
Frank Dessert of New York city,
whose solemn mass, dedi.aled to the
Pope, was recently executed in the
chapel of st. Peters at Rome, is the
first American composer whose work
has been thus honored. The choir
that rendered the work was organized
and drilled by Dessert himself Pro-
fessor Noreschi, the finest male soprano
in Rome, soloists from st. John Later
ans choir all the best voices of the
S.stine Chapel and of all the churches
in Rome assisted in the rehearsals
The pitch of the mass being very high
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

MEN poss essing minds whith are morose.
30 emn and infexibls. en- 10y, in general, .
greater share OF dignity than VI hsppi-
ness.--Bacon.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01
Lens .HeroiSm.
A Fourth of July Story.

u > L a Il L w l
LIGHT on the even
ing of the second
of July five farm
ers' sons. from four
teen I o sixte @ n
years of age, stood
looking over a gate
that opened into a
cattle yard near a
large, old fashioned
barn in a New Eng
land town. One of
them w h i S t | c d
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

TaESE is not : ,srfng ssl % nirth
bus ha~ lie chord q me sncho'y d Hood
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-29
FOREIGN,

Prince Bismarck is seriously ill, the
result of an attack of pneumonia. He is
at Kissingen, where he went for his
health, and is too sick to be removed to
his home.
The police of Vienna have arrested IA
anarchists and 6S members of a secret Sc
cety. The police declare that the con-
spiracy they have unearthed is the most
formidable plot the anarchists have ever
concocted in Vienna.
The ravages of cholera in St. Peters
burgh are rapidly increasing. The new
cases reported reach an average of 80 a
day. while the deaths from the disease
reach almost the same number. At
Hamburg, too, there are many new cases
daily.
The inhabitants of the north of Eng
land were surprised when they awOke
last Friday morning to find that the snow
was steadily falling. The storm con-
tinued through the morning throughout
most of the northern counties of North
cumberland, Cumberland, Yorkshire,
Lancashire and Westmoreland, but was
most severe in the last named county,
where snow covered the ground to a
depth of four inches.
An anarchist tried to kill Capt.-Gen.
Compos of Spain at Barcelona, Monday.
The general was reviewing the troops in
the large square, when IA bomb was
thrown among the staff officers. 1t eX-
ploded almost directly beneath Com
pos horse. The general was thrown
to the ground wounded, but escaped seri-
Gus injury, while a soldier of the civic
guard was instantly killed and five Others
were fatally wounded. The bomb-throw-
er has been captured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-29
General 17ems.
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.

The House committee on territories
has ecided to report bill for the adj
mission of Utah as a State.
The navy department is considering the
advisability of sending the cruiser New
York to Brazil for duty during the revo.
luton.
The president has named w. L. Cham
bers of Alabama for land commissioner in
Samoa to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of ex-Gov. Ormsbee of Yer
mont.
Congressman Powers has reported
from the judiciary committee, with rec
ommendation that it pass, his bill amend
ing the presidential succession act of the
10th Congress by making the secretary
of agriculture eligible to fill the office of
president in case of death of the presi-
dent, vice-president and the other MEM
bers of the cabinet.
1t is said, upon the authority of a SEN
ator who is close to the administration,
t1dt Jill Will SOOIl uC iuNiOuuSOO III llC
house providing for increasing the rev.
enue of the government by the imposi-
ton of an additional internal revenue
tax OH beer and whiskey. 1t is SAID that
Secretary Carlisle has informed the
leaders of the administration forces in
Congress that the receipts from customs
and revenue are running behind the ex-
penditures at the rate of about $40, 200, 900
per month.
This week has seen the beginning of
the work of putting into shape the tariff
bill to be reported by the house commit
tee on ways and means. The reports of
the hearings held by the committee have
not yet all been printed. and the commit
tee is still receiving written arguments
from persons who failed to appear In per-
son. 1t is admitted that in some way at
least $50, 200, 900 of additional annual rev.
enue must be provided to meet the ordi-
nary current expenses of the government,
and unless the sinking fund law is sus-
pend d or repealed the deficit will amount
to over 500, 100000. How this is to be
done is the question the cCmDittee must
answer by its work.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-29
OBITUARY..

Myron NJ. Blake, tor long time a resident
of Cornwall and tor the last 81 years a resi-.
dent OF Salisbury, Conn, died Sept 20, aged
81 years, months and days. He leaves a
widow nearly So years of age and three sons
Rev.S. l.. Blake, ID d., OF New London, Conn.
Rev. l.. H. Blake OF Westfield. Mass, and Prot.
G. f. Blake, Phi d., OF Springfield Mass.
George Collins, p years OF age, died on
Tuesday at the home OF his father, Charles
collins. He had been i'll but Il few days with
Inflammation OF the bowels. The funeral
was attended from the Catholic church yes
terday morning, Rev. FIR. Carmody OF Bristol
conducting the service. The interment was
in the Catholic ground.
Mrs Celeste (Powers) Cobb, wife of Justus
Cobb, became suddenly i'll between 8 and 10
O'Clock on Tuesday evening while sitting in
her chair at the home of the family near the
passenger station, and died within an hour
1t is supposed from rheumatism of the heart
She was "A years of age. husband and one
son, Joseph b. Cobb, survive her. The tune
raj was attended from the house at 30 a.
clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Noble
the Methodist pastor officiating. Frank A
Bond had charge and the bearers were +. w
Judd NJ. A. Munroe, Byron Fleming, w. NJ
Cushmar, J. b. holland and George Lang
worthy. The interment was in the Yves
cemetery.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-29

the rate of pay 10 cents per hour, instead
of $l.25 per day.
w. 5. Streeter, who went from St.
Johnsbury to Minneapolis and became
vice president aid general manager of
the burst Northwestern Guaranty Loan
Co., has been arrested for "wilfully, I'M
lawfully, wrongfully and felonIouslv de-
claring a dividend on the stock of said
corporation, the profits of the corpora
ton being insufficient to pay the same,
and the funds not being sufficient to meet
the liabilities; said dividends being de-
clared with the intention entertained by
William S. Streeter to deceive the public
in relation to the means and liabilities of
the company" His friends furnished
$1,000 bail and he was set at liberty. He
has been rearrested on another indict-
ment and is in Jail.
The Kansas, st. Joe and Council
Bluffs railroad people foiled an attempt
Monday night to rob one of its passenger
trains and killed two of the bandits and
captured three others, at Francis, near
st. Joseph, Mo. A dummy train was
made up and sixteen police officers put
aboard. In order to thoroughly deceive
the robbers the tram was made an exact
duplicate of train No. 3. The robbers
were taken completely by surprise, but
they opened fire and a general fusiade
followed. About % shots were fired on
both sides. A remarkable feature of the
fight in the express car was the escape of
all the officers from injury. The three
robbers in the car were each armed with
brace of revovers and used them tree
ly, but still they did no harm.