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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
FROGS AND WASPS.
The Former Eat the Latter and Seem TO
Enjoy Them Very Much.

The Former Eat the Latter and Seem to
Enjoy Them Very Much.
Some time ago I discovered, acct
dentally, that frogs are voracious eat
ers of wasps. have in my garden a
tank for watering, with an island of
roclSwork, which is favorite haunt of
the frogs, writes Il. +. Bartlett in the
London Spectator. The wasps just now
are carrying on raid against my fruit,
and when wish to crafty at once my
revenge and my frogs ! catch q ma
rauder between post card and an in
verified wine glass, carry him off to the
tank, wet his wings to prevent his fly
ing, and set him on the rockwork be-
fore the frogs.
After moments pause q frog ad-
vances, and In an instant the wasp has
disappeared, drawn into the frogs
mouth by single dart of his long
tongue. Occasionally the wasp reap
pears, wholly or partially, having made
it unpleasant for the frog, but he is al
most always swallowed in the end.
Usually convulsive movements may be
noticed in the frogs throat and body,
as though the process of deglutition
were not quite easy; but that they like
the diet is evident from the fact that n
single smallish frog has been known
to take three wasps one after another.
Indeed, IL is remarkable what very
small frogs, quite infants, will swallow
q wasp with avidity. One afternoon
a tiny frog swallowed a full-grown
wasp, when big relative went for him
quite savagely, like big schoolboy
thrashing small one for presuming
to be helped before him.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
PIGEONS AND FALCONS.
The Latter Can Carry Greater Weight
and Make Better Time.

The Latter Can Carry Greater Weight
and Make Better Time.
Falconry may yet be restored, as it
seems, though not as a sport, but as
part of the terribly serious business,
war. A Russian officer, Capt. Smoiloff,
has been tanning falcons to serve as
dispatch carriers. The falcon has sew
eral advantages over the carrier
pigeon, says the Westminster Ga
zctte. Not only is he more warlike
bird than the meek cousin of the dove,
but he is swifter in fight and capable
of great endurance The greatest
swiftncss ever known to be attained
by the carrier pigeon is fifteen Ger.
NAM miles an hour, but this il tho
rate of the ordinary fight of tie fall
con. D'Aubusson, in his work on THE
Falconry of the Middle Ages" tells
several anecdotes of the extraordinary
powers of the falcon and length and
swiftness of fight. For instance, a
falcon which was sent from the Canary
islands to the duke of Lerma in Spain
made the return fight from Andalusia
to Teneriffe in sixteen hours, which
was at the express speed Of sixteen
Germany miles to the hour. A Ger
man mile is not far short of five Eng
lish miles, so that the speed of this
falcon must have been at the rate Of
about seventy-five miles an hour. A
further advantage of the falcon over
the pigeon is the greater weight which
1t can carry. 1t is well known that a
very slight burden is an oppression to
the poor pigeon, so that dispatches are
reduced in size by Photographic copies,
in order to reduce the weight for the
feeble little carrier. Capt. Smoilof
says he has found that a falcon can
carry weight of four Russian pounds,
or 1,64O grams Thirty CRANES go to our
ounce), without diminishing it's power
or swiftness in flying. Besides, the
carrier pigeon may fall prey to the
falcon, while there is small danger of
any other bird taking the carrier fall
con a prisoner.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
ONE MILLION LoesTERs.
The Annual Yield OF Farm Lying on
the Coast of Maine.

The Annual Yield OF Farm Lying or
the Coast of Maine.
There is q lobster farm-or pound, as
II Is called-twelve acres In extent at
Southport, Ne. The Boston Globe de-
scribes this pound, the most successful
on the coast, whence one million lob
sters are shipped each year. The pound
Is formed by building q solid dam
across tide-water. cove. This dam
does not quite rise to high-water mark,
but across the top Is placed fence of
iron rods, preventing the Holsters from
escaping. In the spring and fall bust
ness is most brisk. When the fisher
men bring the Holsters to the pound,
the fish," as they are called, are
hoisted to the dam, measured, and
those which are more than ten and one
half inches long, the legal limit, are
thrown in. If a lobster is clever his
life in the pound may be long and full
of joy. If he is stupid he will be fished
out with drag seine and packed in a
barrel, with piece of ice for pillow,
and sent to Boston. The seine is made
of stout Irvine and is weighted at the
bottom with heavy chain. Along
the top is row of corks, which sustain
the weight of the seine while the chain
drags on the bottom of the pound. A
single cast of this seine will bring up
Holsters enough to fill eleven barrels.
The chain as it sweeps along the bot
tom stirs up the Holsters, which imme-
diately shoot backward into the slack
Irvine. In taking them out the men
wear heavy mittens, though even then
they are often nipped. In the pound
the Holsters are fed salt herring, men
rowing about in skiffs and pitching the
herring overheard. This is called
feeding the chickens" and it takes
about six barrels to make a light
luncheon for the flock, There are said
to be number of old hardshells in
the Southport farm which for years
have evaded the casts of the drag.
Two of enormous size have become
quite tame and crawl about in the
shallow water. The age Of the lobster
is a debated question. The small mar
ketable specimens are generally sup
posed to be from four to six years old,
but some Holsters are believed to live
to the green old age of twenty-five
wears.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
COPPER COUNTRY.
Items OF Interest Taken from Our Ex
changes


Items OF Interest Taken from Our Ex
changes.
Divine services were celebrated In Trinity
church, Houghton, Wednesday, the occasion
being the beginning OF Lent.
There In a large revival In progress at Caiu.
met. Nearly 5000 people were In attendance
mt the Armory Sunday evening.
The Peninsula Electric Light a Power com.
pany and the Western Union Telegraph com.
panies, of Houghton, are now located In their
new Offices.
Rev. II. 8. Roblee, OF Charlotte, Mich, has
received call from the Hancock Congrega-
tional church To become Its pastor mt salary
OF o. 800.
John McPhail, OF Lake Linden. has resigned
his position with the Calumet a Hecla Com.
pany. He will leave for his home In Canada In
IA few weeks.
Charles Carson, OF Calumet, n blacksmith
at the Calumet d Hecla, had his right eye de-
stroyed Friday OF last week by piece OF
steel flying from chisel which he WAS using.
The stockholders OF the Superior Stock
Breeding Association, at Hancock, have elect
ed the following officers: President, John A.
Danielson, Calumet; vice-president, John X.
Ryan, Calumet; secretary and treasurer, Thos.
Coughin, Hancock.
Hereafter jurors drawn To serve ut the cir
cult court OF Houghton county, will be sum
moned To appear at the second day OF court,
instead of on the first ms has been the custom.
This will save the taxpayers quite an item, M
jurors seldom wanted before the second
In xxill mis- J,n ,i,
less to the court. Reforms OF this kind are In
order, and any action of our new Judge that
will lessen expenses will be most heartily ap.
proved.-Native Copper Times.
Some new orders have been issued to the OF.
hcers of the Calumet & Hecla company In
regard to the hiring and discharging of the en-
ployes, the usual absurd rumors are current.
In regard To hiring men the bosses who have
that authority must notify the general mana
ger that they intend to take on more men, 80
that the company may know that there is
good reason for engagins, hem. In the dis
charge OF men the boss must give his reason
for such discharge, 80 that no man will be
turned away except for just cause. report
has spread that men who are disabled from
work on account of sickness will be let go. The
report Is, of course utterly absurd and
trely untrue.--NIinng Journal.
Edward Bodker, of Houghton, appeared be-
fore Judge Hubbell Saturday and
paid n fine of 1900 and SIS costs and dis
charged from custody. Bodiker was convicted
of keeping n house OF i-fame and sentenced
to three years in states prison or IA fine of the
above amount. Bodiker's friends said they did
not want to see him go to prison and that
they could raise money to pay the fine in
n very short time. Two days elapsed and af-
ter securing the county they returned without
the cash. As "A last chance Bodker, in charge
of sheriff Dunn,went around among his friends
and secured the money That Bodiker has
been taught good lesson there is no doubt
and that the other Keepers of low dives and
disreputable places have protited by his ex-
perience is shown, as they have removed from
the county Mining Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
CURRENT TOPICS,

The weight of "A moccule of hydrogen Is APP
proximately 1000, OOO,OOo, 900 900, 900 Oo0Oi of
gramme (; the atomic weight of iron is OOOO,-
O0O, 900, 900, 00OO02,2 gramme.
A fish was caught In the lake at Hebron,
Swabia, in the year 1897 which had "A brass
ring attached bearing record of the fact that
the same fish had been caught in the year
1890 and released after having the label all xed
to his body.
Professional poisoning, like professional
thuggism, Is at present pretty well confined to
India, where, according to the Bombay pulic
analyst, II Is carried ON often without any ap.
for killing.
Naptbaline, which is product OF coal tar
distllation, in appearance something like
parafiin, has been found useful in England for
the preservation of timber. The wood is soaked
for two to twelve hours in the melted naptha
line at n temperature of about 200 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Everywhere in California the Chinese are
now working the gold mines on their own ac-
count. The metal is sent directly to China,
and il struggled out of the country in the
same way tnat opium IL Snuggled In. since
1850 the Chinese have taken from California
mines the enormous sum of 814l, 10000.
The Duchess OF Edinburgh il the happy pos.
sessor-from the Russian and superstitious
point of view of two genuine bezoar stones,
one of which was left to her by her imperial
father and the other by her aunt. The bezoar
stone Is cut from very rare animal and Is re-
garded rs sure preserver OF health and hap
piness.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

TuE Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad Company has made ar
rangements to elevate its tracks in
Minneapolis. The plan was sub
mittcd to the Minneapolis authorities
and after some minor alterations
was accepted If railroad tracks
can be elevated in Minneapolis
there is no valid reason why they can
not be elevated in Chicago and all
other large cities. If company
learns that II city demands track elcva-
ton that company will find some way
to comply with the demand.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
Ignorant Russians.

The common people of Russia as q
rule speak only their own tongue. A
large portion Of them cannot read the
bewildering haracters-Roman, Greek
and composite-which form their al
phabet, and to help their ignorance
the shop walls are covered over with
rudely painted pictures of articles for
sale within. The butchers shop has
a picture of meats of all sorts and
shapes; the tailor's walls are covered
with paintings of coats and trousers.
The pills of the apothecary and the
vegetables of the green grocer are adj
vertised by pictures upon the doors
and windows of their stores.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
South 2hOrp
Time Table.
ID. s. s. & A. RY.)
In Effect November Goth, 1907
From and to Baraga.
LEAVING.

LEAVING.
LAKE SUPERIOR LIMITED leaves
Baraga 1890 a. IN. daily, for De-
troit. via Michigan Central Rail-
road. arriving 9:1O a. m, connect
ing at 500 Junction da ly ex-
cept Sunday with train for
Sault Ste Marie arriving $50 p. IN.
Connection also made at Trout
Lake with 500 Line Express for
Manistique, Gladstone, etc.
LOCAL PASSENGER leaves Baraga at
1858 p. m, daily, except Sunday,
for Marquette, connecting for Chi
cago, Milwaukee, and all points
south with the c. NJ. Il st. p r. II.
at Champion and with the c. & n.
w. Railway at Negaunee. Connec-
tions made at Nestoria with day
express for points west arriving at
Bessemer 9:05 p. IN.
ARRIVING.
LOCAL PASSENGER out of Marquette
900 a. IN. daily, except Sunday,
connecting at Negaunee with the
C. & N. w. R'y, at Champion
with the c NJ. & st. p. from Chi
cago and Milwaukee, and at Mes
toria with morning express from
Bessmer, arrives at Baraga 1912
p. m.
LAKE SUPERIOR LIMITED, out of
Detroit $3.50 p. m, via Michi-
gan Central Railroad, connect
ing at Mackinaw City daily,
except Monday, with G. r. & |.
train from Grand Rapids and the
south, and at 500 Junction daily
with passenger train from Sault
Ste Marie leaving 1895 am, arrives
at Baraga 1852 p. m, daily.
For rates, time table, and other in
formation apply to
G. l.. ROCHE,
Station Agent,
Baraga, Mich.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
WHERE LIFE is INSECURE.
African Village Awakened at Midnight by
Murderous Raiders.

MurderouR Raiders.
Some evening you look around the
village and see the people at their
usual occupations, and later on retire
to rest, writes DIR. Laws, in the Zenana
Record. Suddenly the midnight still
ness is broken by distant call, and,
alert, you raise yourself to listen. The
call comes nearer. and is taken up and
passed by other voices, and soon you
are convinced it is the cry of alarm
war! war. A few minutes more and
the village is astir, the people rushing
hither and thither, seeking to find
safety in the thickest bush-a mother
calling for her children, or child for
mother, but unable to find each other
because of the alarm and scare which
have separated them.
You spend wakeful and watchful
night, not knowing where the enemy
may be, nor where his attack may take
place. After long, anxious, weary
hours you are thankful to notice the
first glimmer of dawn showing itself
in the east. A dangerous hour passes
by nrd the enemy who has been ex-
pected is not seen; but later on you
see smoke rising from village miles
away, and in the course of few hours
you may see men, women and children
with terror-stricken faces, torn limbs
and bleeding feet hurrying past, or, it
may be, coming to you to get their
wounds dressed. As you seek to re-
lieve their pain you hear of how one
child is missing, another has been car
ried away captive and a third muir
dered, and the homes of all, with their
stores of grain, have been burned to
ashes
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

Gov. RICH has proven himself to be
a man not in line with wrong doors.
OF course he could not do otherwise
than what he has in the salaries
amendment muddle but by his prompt
action in the matter he has certainly
made many friends
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

GEORGE w. CHILDs, of Philadelphia,
proprietor of the Public Ledger, died
Saturday morning last from the effects
of Il stroke of paralysis, sustained on
January Is. Mr.. Childs was II man of
most excellent character and by his
death the residents of Philadelphia, as
well as the country in general, have
been deprived of an honorable and up
right man.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
FAKlR'S GLASS DIAMONDS.
A Process That Turned Out to BE .
Practical Temperance Lesson.

A Process That Turned Out to BE .
Practical Temperance Lesson.
There was n new face among the
fakirs on the water front the other
morning, the face of man who made
diamonds, rubics and other brillinnts
out of old glass bottles. The color of
the bottles seemed to be the factor
that determined the nature of the
stone. The implements were small
hammer, little polishing wheel and
couple of boxes that contained q
powder, says the San Francisco Ex-
amincr.
The fal<ir had a radiant portable
stand somewhat larger than the con-
trivance that n scissors grinder carries,
and ut that he did thriving business.
Water front glassware was sacrificed
for diamonds, the accompanying sacri-
flee of silver varying with the size of
the finished product. Glass nuggets as
big as the Kohinoor, and quite as bril-
liant as the sun, were placed within
the reach of the multitude at fifty
cents, and u modest-siZed diamond.
big enough for water front engage
mcnt ring, could be bought for twenty
cents.
Through the crowd an old man
pushed his way. Here's q bottle!" he
exclaimed. Break that up into rubies
for me-"
mo rubies in that" replied the
fakir. Its diamond bottle"
Diamonds, them shouted the old
man. Break it anyhow! I've carried
that same bottle for twenty years
back, an many's the diamond an ruby
it's cost no. Break it up an keep the
diamonds for your trouble!'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

A PEW nights ago the residents OF
San Francisco saw ''ball OF fire as
big as the moon fall from the heavens
and suddenly disappear. The Mid
way Plaisa nee ut the midwinter fair
must have had grand opening
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10
L'ANSE SENTINEL.
SYLVESTER KINNEY.
Editor aud Proprietor.
Entered as second-class mail matter
in the postoffice at L'Anse, Mich.

AusUsTE VALIANT, anarchist con-
demned to death for throwing a bomb
In the chamber of deputies at Paris,
December 9th, was executed early Mon
day morning.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

WILLIAM CHUTE, colored man OF
st. Louis, pleaded guilty to the crime
of murder Monday and was sentenced
to ninety-nine years in state prison.
lie was certainly lucky that he did not
get life sentence.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

The supreme court has just decided
a case where mans health was pre-
carious at the time he made applica-
ton Tor life insurance, but OF which
the applicant himself was not aware.
He died soon afterward. but the court
holds that. under the circumstances
the widow must be paid the full
amount of the policy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-02-10

All coupon agents on the northern
peninsula sell tickets via the Milwau-
kee 4 Northern X. X.
Passengers desiring sleeping car as-
comodations can secure same by in
quiring of local ticket agent at Mar
quette or by telegraphing Republic.
Telephone w. +. TYLER, CONNER
cial agent, Republic, Mich.
GEO. ii. HEAFFORD.
Genl Pass Agt. Chicago, Ill.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-17

So much has been said and written about
the unhcalt.i mess Of eating hot bread that
its lovers will he cum!ortcd to know that
the doctors do not all talk the same way
about it. Dr ToritZki, writing TO ID Rus
sian medical journal, says that after care.
full examination he has fuJna that new
and uncut bread contains no miCro-organ
isms, rs the heat necessary to cook the
bread has destroyed them all. After bread
has been cut and allowed to stand around
for awhile it quickly COLLECTS bacteria, as
it is an excellent medium for them to
thrive on Wheat bread, he thinks, gathers
bacteria faster than rye as the latter has
more acidity. Now all people who love
hot bread can cat it with the comfortable
feeling that, while it may not be quite as
digcstible rs stale bread, it is free from
the bacteria which are making the world
so uncomfortable in these days. a little
dyspepsia is better than the cholera.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-17

photography is a process by which,
with nuorine inks, lithogIaphs and phc.
totypcs can be transferred on glass. When
brought in contact with sulphuric acid,
these inks form tluohydric acid, which
corrodcs glass SO dclicatcly that these i'm.
ages appear us if they had been traced with
hO&r frost or snow
To obtain this delicate result photo
type is linked with the following solution:
GlycCrin, AGO parts; water, 200 parts; tluor
spar, 100 PAYS; tallow, leo parts soap,
100 parts; borNX, 80 parts; japan, 30 parts.
Proofs are then made and transferred on
glass, rs is done on II photographic plate.
A border of wax is ma.c around the edo,
OF the glass, which is covered with sui
phuric acid, concentrated G4-G5 degrees
Baumc At the end of 20 minutes tn,
acid Is poured Of the plate is washo4 il
water which contains litt!c potash To Re
move all acid uacos. when it is rinsod in
clear water and wiped dry with warm
linen cloth st. Louis PostDispatoh
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-17
The Parsons Impertinent Question.

heard a story the other day of an old
fashioned clergyman.
He is settled over no church; but, hay
ing been for long time in one parish, he
has performed the marriage ceremony for
two generations and baptized as many and
is always asked either to tender the last
rites to the dead or at least to assist in
that solemn office.
He is always very comforting to the
mourners, for the departed is sure of
heaven.
But as he grew older his prayers grew
longer and SO roundabout and tiresome
withal that they became almost ridiculous.
one day the mother of a little family
died suddenly, and the bercaved husband
sent for ;hrir regular minister and said:
II muSI invite old Dr.. Blank, for he
married us, and my wife loved him, but
can't endure his remarks. | want you to
give him Il small part of the service to save
his feelings.
The pastor thought he must give his
senior the prayer, but judge of his chagrin
when the old gentleman after a fuisome
panegyric of the deceased said:
And. O Lord, who will take the moth
er's place with these dear little children,
two of thcm?' Boston Herald
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-11-17

During the summer months the temper
aturc usually ranges from 30 to 60 degrees,
and on some days the heat is such that
one might he pardorCd for believing that
the burning rays shining down upon lie
traveller are those of Il tropical slln. Tho
valleys are carpctcd with mantle of
green, the grass in many places growing
knee high, while dandciuns, puppicS, saXi-
fragC and other wild flowers are found in
profllsiOn, and the uir is full of insect life
Marine birds and garishly colored butter
flies dart hithor and thithcr while the less
pleasing mosquito amply demonstrates
that arctic existence does not impair its
ficndish pyrsistcncy or rapacous appetite
The upper ar rcsounds with the confused
voices of the fcathcrcd tribe, which range
from the quick twittCr of the swallow to
the hoarso quonck, quonck" of the cider
duck. Snow is only visible on high cleva-
tiuns. Indeed there are the brawling
brook" or babbling brook" if you
please, the lcapin2 mountain torrent and
all the other accessories prescribed by pc. -
and artists to comp,etl beautiful pano-
rama The picture is more striking On &c
count of its bold contrasts Forbidding
black cliffs and lofty, rock ribbed noun
tains rear their stately heads far above -
vcrdunt valleys. while beyond the green
sea l., softly c:rCssing some tail iceberg,
that are GliStcning in the sun like fantaa-
tic fairy palaces.
Today we travel to Bermuda or across
the ocean to Switzerland in search OF
health or pleasure Why not to Green
land? 1t may be a rash prediction, bur
feel confident that before many years have