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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
QUEEN.

characters are consistent You viii
find no reformed villains among my
work. The hero always triumphs and
always saves the heroine. The good
are always rewarded and the wicked
always punished. 1t is the poetry of
justice. and is us it should be. There
is compensation in all things, and in
this the moral precept Is distinctly
brought out.
Now that Mr. Halsey has made his
fortune by catering to the wants of
the masses, it is his intention to return
to those early ambitions which he had
at heart when ne first entered the
literary arena. He is now about to
publish n series of novels of the better
class, under title different from "Old
Slcuth," which will, lie thinks, entitle
him to recognized literary prestige.
He is direct descendant of John Og-
den, the early governor of New Jersey,
of Robert Treat, the Indian fighter,
and Of Thomas lialscy, one of the ORR
ginal settlers of South Hampton, l.. l.
His four grcatgrandfathers fought in
the revolution, and six of his ancestors
were military officers in the colonial
wars of the seventeenth century.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

word in any story have written that
could be objected to by the most rigid
moralist All of my stories have had
good moral precept to teach, and l
will venture to say that out Of the mass
of matter / have turned out thick
volume of moral 'suasion' might be ex-
tracted. The trouble lies in the fact
that few bad writer's have come into
the ranks of cheap literature, and be-
cause of their misleading work blan-
ket judgment is thrown over us all
The objections are always made by
people who have never read the works,
but get their ideas from comic papers
ION the other hand. take the work
Of some of our authors who tread the
so-called higher walks of literature,
and while the literary merit of their
work is undoubtedly good, yet you
can hardly fail to agree that the moral
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

A fossil curiosity in tho shape of II
mammoth's tooth was found few
days ago in West Seattle by Joseph
5. Richards, The tooth was found
ut the foot of the bluff, not far from
tho beach. and was covered with
clay at the time, indicating that it
had been unearthed by the breaking
away OF the hill. The crown of the
tooth. which was of an oval shape,
measured 7l inches in its largest
diameter, 81 inches in its smallest
liameter, and Is inches in circum-
ference. The postcrior edge Of the
tooth was inches in length, the an
terror edge 6 inches, the largest cir
conference % inches and the weight
.! pounds, 1t is supposed TO be the
lower back tooth from the left~side
of the Jaw. The ridges have turned
to chalcedony, and extend entirely
through the tooth. while the ma
tcrial between has the appearance Of
ron. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

If you allow your curd to lie in the
whey until the whey becomes sour IL
produces new class of changes in the
curd, one of which is that it absorbs
out considerable portion of the min
eral matter in the curd, particularly
the phosphates, which are very i'm
portant, says Prof. Arnold. 1t absorbs
them out and leaves the curd in an in
soluble condition, which makes 1t an
imperfect food, because we need all of
that mineral matter, and must have it
in our food in some shape. Another
peculiar effect is that when the curd is
subjected to the action Of acid it makes
a very rapid separation of the moisture
from the curd. We want to get away
a certain amount Of the moisture, or
our cheese is too soft. We can not
handle it, and if the acid helped to do
that, and its influence ended there, it
would be well enough, but there is
this difference between the action of
rennet and the action of acid in that
particular, The acid separates the
moisture and leaves it almost in me-
chanical mixture with the curd,
whereas, the rennet when it separates
it, only carries that process to GER
tain extent, and its action combines
the water with the curd.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

more Will no longer help direct the
oestinies of Brooklyn's school children
Lives there an American boy ever so
slightly acquainted with the ways and
wiles OF the dime novel who has not
heard of "Old Sleuth?" OF all writer's
who won success he is the most re-
markable. In private life he is IIar-
Ian Page Halsey. 1t is over twenty
years now since "Old Sleuth" first
made his bow to the public in his
present capacity. At that time dime
novel reading was pastine to which
the American youth was not addicted
TO the extent he is nowadays The
writers then in the field lacked the
spirit and GO ahead dash which
afterward made such revolu-
tion in cheap literature. Harlan Page
Halsey was then struggling young
writer But he had literary ambi-
tons and code of ethics which in
terfered much with his success. He
was endeavoring to promulgate for the
benefit of mankind theories which,
while they are balm for the soul, are
ruinous for the pocketbook. One day
Col. T. b. Thorpe, the artist and jour
nalist and an early editor of Frank
Leslic's, asked him why he did not
throw overheard this desire for fame
in the conventional channel and con-
tribute to the lower'class weeklies,.
wherein, he said, there was large
amount of money to be made Hal
sey, as an experiment, wrote the story
by whose title he has since been
known. lie sent it to George Munro,
who published it and advertised it
freely. 1t was great success and
lIalsey adopted the title as nom de
plume.
Ever since 'Old Sleuth" has been a
well-known title, and under it Mr.
Halsey has received, independent of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
SURPRISED
On HIS sudden Return to Find tho
Corpse Counting Money.

Corpse Counting Money.
Samuel Cupples' name is synonym
Gus OF all that is good and kind In
man. Mr.. Cupples sat down to 6
o'clock dinner one evening, when his
attention was for moment arrested
by the ringing Of the door bell The
housemaid answered the call, and
the next moment announced in the
dining hall the arrival of stranger
"a woman in want. Mr.. Cupples,
without further ado, carelessly took
o handful of loose change from his
pocket, and, giving it to the maid.
requested that it be handed to tho
stranger. The maid shortly returned
and informed Mr.. Cupples that the
stranger had refused to take the
money and had asked for a private
audience with him. This was granted,
and after conversation OF perhaps
fifteen minutes the woman departed.
Then Mr. Cupples ordered his car
riage and drove off toward a quarter
of the city where poverty and
suffering abound. He had heard
q sad story of want and death and
meant to investigate il. Following
tho woman's direction the good
Samaritan arrived at the poverty
stricken home of the poor woman
some minutes in advance CT her. He
entered quietly and horrible sight
met his gaze In an unfinished
room corpse on rough pine board,
covered with o plain white sheet,
rested in a far corner. while a host
OF hungry and poorly clad children
created untold confusion and disor-
der upon the coming of so distin-
guished visitor. The filth and
stencil in the place were intolerable,
and Mr.. Cupples, having taken in
the situation thoroughly, was about
to leave, when tho woman made her
appearance. She began to rehearse
her tale, when Mr.. Cupples. who by
this time was almost Frustrated by
the smell, drew forth from his pocket
roll OF bills, and, handing them to
the woman, said:
For heavens sake, madame, take
this money and see that your husband
is buried Immediately, at the same
time referring her to the nearest
undertaken. lie passed out of the
room quickly and once more inhaled
fresh air. He had nearly reached
home when he suddenly remembered
that he had left his valuable gold
headed walking stick at the destitute
home. The next moment he was
again on his way to the place. His
carriage stopped at the place of des-
tination soon after
Mr.. Cupples was considerable. He
would not knock at the door, and so
he walked in unheard, not desiring
to disturb the grief-stricken widow
and family. He opened the door and
was treated to great surprise.
The corpse" was sitting up on the
temporary bier, carefully counting
the bills the philanthropist in the
goodness of his heart had given the
widow" while she and the children
looked intently on.
And what did Mr.. Cuppies do?
Some say he walked out without ut
tering word, and to this day it is
said that he left his gold headed cane
in that room and has never inquired
after it since.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
rTle Gernnn WV.

The Berlin police have adopted u
neat way of stopping the sale OF
poisonous preparations without pro-
ceedings against the advertisers
with the machinery Of the law.
They insertin each newspaper under
the advertisement an announcement
to tho effect that they have caused
an analysis to be made, and that the
article advertised is composed of so.
and-so. and its intrinsic value is SC
much. A case in point was cos
metic for the complexion, mainly a
solution of corrosive sublimate which
is poison, but which is sold at
enormous profit by the manufacture.
crs. The police, it appears. do not
interfere in the case Of harmless
preparations. They leave the buyer
TO his own resources,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09


element is decidedly bad. Take the
Scarlet Letter, for instance 1t is
the mere exposition of one OF the worst
crimes in the moral calendar Or
again take Robert Louis Stevenson's
Enchanted Island or his Master of
Ballantrae. / for one can not see
where the consistency of this condcm-
nation lies. Or take Lucia di Lam
mermoor.' enbalmed in novel and
opera, or that other very popular East
Lynne / can not see that the theme
is very elcvating.
1.-The reason the cheap novel is sue
cessful is because it is essentially true
to life. 1t keeps down to the level Of
the masses, and while there are seem.
ing exaggerations they are never
really so. The public knows what it
wants and always selects to suit its
palate An absurdity would soon be
noted and laughed at, and hence our
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

royalties, something like $500, 600.
Judicious investment has greatly in
creased this figure. so that at the pres
ent time he is little short of being a
millionaire.
"Old Sleuth'' is the author of over
one hundred and fifty stories, averag-
ing between fifty and seventy-five
thousand words each. In twenty
wears he has written more than one
hundred and seventy-fivc thousand
pages of closely-written manuscript
lie has contributed continuously to
one weekly paper, working regularly
every day in n methodical manner. lie
writes for two hours day and aver
ages about three thousand five hun
dred words. The rest OF the day he
devotes to publishing business which
lie owns and carries on. His writ ng
is all done in his Office on Astor place,
New York. Mr.. Halsey is not be-
lever in inspiration. His work has
become almost mechanical lie writes
n given amount, and the scratching oil
his pen during his two hours daily
work is incessant He never seems at a
loss for words, and an examination
of his manuscript discloses no
interlineations or corrections. his
chapters are all Of uniform length and
each ends with climax, enabling the
story to be suspended ut almost any
point. lie is particularly solicitors
concerning the opinion Of the public
on the moral quality OF his stories.
Most good people look askance at any
thing that resembles dime novel. Mr.
Halsey says this is all wrong.
There is not" he says, "a single
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
An Echo from the worlds Fair

The Lake Shore Route has recently
gotten out a very handsome litho-
water color of the Exposition Flyer"
the famous twenty hour train in SER
vice between New York and Chicago
during the fair. Among the many
wonderful achievements of the Column
bian year this train-which was the
fastest long distance train ever run
holds prominent place, and to any
one interested in the subject the pict-
ure is well worth framing. Ten cents
in stamps or silver sent to c. X. Will
Der, West Pass Agt, Chicago, viii
secure one.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
You Don't Have to

60 1000 miles to reach the land of the
prune The irrigated lands of Idaho
along the line of the Union Pacific
system are capable of producing the
class of fruit seen in the Idaho EX-
hibit at the Worlds Fair Why! by
stopping in Idaho you'll save enough
on your fare and freight to make the
first payment on your farm Investi-
gate.
Advertising matter sent on applica-
ton. Address f. l.. Lomax, G. =. Sc
L. A., Omaha, Neb.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
swIMMIN' IN THE CREEK.

Vacations come and now, OF course,
Tho boys uon't hey TO 80
To school nd soon rs chores are done,
IL they don't hev To hoe
Potatoes why. all on EN- meets
Down where the trees are thick,
Nd thon ondrsss and with shout
GO swimmin' in tn creek
tell yer what, when wuZ young
nd ne my holidays.
Thar warn no pleasure meath the sun,
IhGt'S what L thought, least#ays,
rhGl cud compare. when days were hot
Nd things began TO stick,
To cuttIn' down through our back lot
Nd swimmin' in tn creek
When / wuz down 20 town one time
tried city swim
In whatth hoy calls their Rooshun baths,
Down In a cavern dim,
Whar they billed me fer dollar,
TIL 1t nearly made me sick,
Nd | Opined 'twarnt ha so good
III swlmmin' In tn creek.
nd sometimes when hear the boys
A.shoutin In their fun
While I'm or plowin' turner's
Meath tn hot nd brilin' san,
! visit | wuz boy agcn
SoSI cud cut and lick
RIGHT down TO Sandy Hollcr
Nd 20 swimmin' In tn creek
st Louis Star Sayings
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

ing came and she knelt at her aunts
knee TO say her prayers, it was evil
dent that the sore spot was there still.
"Bless papa and mamma" began
the childish voice, and then there was
an ominous silence, after which the
prayer was concluded with no further
reference TO Aunt May.
'Now," remarked Miss Four Year
Old, with flashing eyes, as she rose to
her feet, "what do you think Of that
for prayer?"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
Tho Old story.

1t is reported, notes the Critic, that
q copy, in excellent condition. OF Poe's
"Tamcrlane" Qs29, one Of the rarcst
books in the world, has recently been
discovered and is held at sl,625. 1t is
said to have been picked up in Sec
ond-hand bookstore in Boston sixty
years ago and to have remained in the
posses sion of the purchaser ever since
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
1n..ea wl,h 1,n l,nrrlnr.

Burglar. rousing the sleeping head
of the family Don't move or I'll
shoot Whar's your money hid?
Head of the Family. struck by a
bright thought--lt's in the pocket OF
my wife's dress.
Burglar-T That's all right I'll just
take the dress Thanks. Chicago
Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
binding a Treasure.

III lay Tor long tllnc on inc cuBc %
the little brook, deep in the forest,
sparkling like tiny flame in the sun
light, and glowing still in the dusk
like tho bright eye of some fairy
hidden in the grass.
One day, when II very bright sun
beam danced to and fro across 1T, the
tortoise stopped to look curiously at
it, lie was a slow fellow at his best,
and fingered so long that Bunny
stopped, too, to see what IL could be;
and the squirrel from the fence-rail
gave up scolding at the crows to ask
them what was to be seen. The crows
themselves are famous for chattering.
so in less time than can tell it, they
had spread the news to all the forest
creatures.
ut S not good to eat" said the
tortoise, 'for tasted it. and it S hard
and cold"
"You cannot bite it, anyway" said
| Bunny. II would much rather have
carrot
'If it were nut it would have a
| she'll" said the squirrel; but l sec it
is not that"
st might be new kind of corn"
said the crows, and one of them flew
down to peek at it.
"Pshaw!" said he, "it is harder than
a stone, and nothing like n kernel of
corn; we can do nothing with it,"
at IS certainly very pretty" said
] the robin; ''but / could not make a
nest of it, and | for one would much
rather have n cherry"
perhaps the owl can tell us what
it is" mee<ly Suggested the mole; Il
| found it under the soil when | was
digging out my burrow,"
So the squirrel was sent to walSen
the owl, who sat doing in his hole in
the hollow tree.
Down he came, stumbling, blinking
sleepily, and yawning.
Here is something" said Bunny.
"Yellowm put in the crows all to-
gether. Hard" said the tortoise.
Very bright and shiny" said the
squirrel. And no use To any of us"
said the mole. "What is it?"
Don't all talk at once" yawned
the owl. What n stupid set you are!
/ know what it is; gold.
Just then n footstep rustled the dry
leaves, and all the forest folk seam
percd away to hide. Peeping out
they saw n man walking slowly along
the brook. Just then his eye fell on
the glittering little ball; and crying
out for JOY he seized it eagerly,
turned it over and over in the sun
light, and after hiding it carefully in
his breast, hurried away.
"Wcll, ncver"' chartered the squir-
rel, running from his hiding place in
the oak tree. 'lIc seemed To know
what to do with it!r'
| All the crows tluttered away to tell
of the strange treasure found by the
brook.
"Thc owl is wonderful fellow!''
said the mole. "lIe seems to see
everything. | suppose it is because
his eyes are so big. But | wish had
thought to ask him what it is good
| for!'-St Nicholas.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
10 Adjust rre Cn.rs.

The Tutor, in the philology class
Now wo come to this word ALLEN
list" III were TO find my b'ain in
n condition Of abnormal perturba.
ton to whom would apply. Mr..
Smartlcigh, Tor relief?
Mr. Smartleigh - TO wheel.
wright.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

Beggar-Clnme y dime, please
Gcnt-Hercs nick Ell that the
best can de-
Beggar-Wcll, secin' it's you II
take half on for cash.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
REAL "OLD SLEUTH."
AUTaOR OF MANY TALES OF
BLOOD AND THUNDER
Although Not a Literary Man In the
True sense of the Word He IL Roll
ing In Riches as a Result of Fertile
Imagination

l. d S l. + u Il H.
has resigned from
the Brooklyn board
of education. That
famous detective
whose wonderful
adventures in the
realms Of cheap
fiction have been
followed by Ameri-
can youths for
twenty wears or
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
Ieft Auntie ont.

Little Mary has always been devoted
to her Aunt May, and prays for her
each night long and fervently. One
day, however, during visit TO her
aunt's the child did something wrong
and had to be punished. When even.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09
had Breaks.

In catechi2ing little girl the cler-
gyman asked, what is an epistlc?"
"The feminine of apostle, SIR" she
answered.
The child belonged to that large
class of Sunday-school scholars whose
teachers take it for granted that
their pupils know the meaning of
bible words. Not infrcqucntly these
teachers find themselves the victims
of misplaced confidence.
lady in ireland, reviewing her
class of boys, asked one of them what
John the Baptist meant by fruits
meet for repentance"
"Applcs, nuts, hams and pigs
checks promptly answered the boy.
She was angry with him, thinking
he was making fun; but on question
ing him, She found that he really
thought the Baptist meant that the
people were TO bring him fruits and
meat because he was tired of locusts
and wild honey, and thereby show
their repentance. The fruits and
meat best known to the boy were
liOSe ne ING.
The scholar and the Parrot.
a learned scholar possessed par
rot which was always in his study.
IL sat upon the back of his chair and
picked up some phrases in Greek and
Latin as well as some of the wise
comments the scholar muttered as he
pored over his books. Every day
students came to the scholar in pur-
suit of knowledge.
1t happened that the scholar fell
sick, and for many days was unable
to attend to his class. On recovering,
he returned to his study and found
the parrot from its perch on the back
of his chair holding forth TO n much
augmented class, which stood lost in
admiration.
my friends" said the scholar, "to
seem TO know thing, contents you
more than to know it really re-
sign my charge, and henceforth the
parrot shall be your teacher"
And, strange to say, when the
scholar left them with the parrot the
students were well pleased.
when the Curtain Went Up.
Mary had been taken to the thoatar
by her father. When the curtain rose
the stage represented n Beautiful
| garden with n forest back of it.
Afterwards in describing what shs
saw to her mother. she said:
'Oh. it was lovely! When thcy
rolled up the shade to big window
you could see right through it into {
beautiful garden with trees I'll aroun
' Ia
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-09

The blackmailer poses as drum
major in virtues parade.
The evening world., 1894-06-15
THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE Is, 1894.

Didn't Campbell come to you after he
left the precinct and ask o for
Yes; he came to me and said he ought
to get something for his good treatment
OF us, l told him ] wouldn't do anything
for him. Finally, I sent him to the treas.
urer and told him he might get some
The man who came after Campbell
also visited Sycora. he said, and wanted
money. The witness said he also sent
him to the treasurer.
He also asked protection from Camp
bell for n bohemian fair, when there
were lotteries.
Campbell asked how much IT was
worth, and | said to him, Go to the
you | don't know how much he got"
The name of Campbells successor as
ward nan was Cannon. That was in
Didn't he get sl75 a month from your
Association" asked Mr.. GOfT.
IL don't know. He got something"
Didn't he claim arrears of 500? =,
got, and | told him I didn't know"
Didn't Cannon. tell YOU that Capt.
Schmittcbrger said You must pay more
money because there were more members
In your AsgoCiat lon"
II don remember exactly. Their was
some such Conversation"
"Nll you swear he didn't"
NO: | am not sure
l'Nil N'u pay 'bIillHn ss''
DO you mean me or the Association" -
You paid 1t for the association"
We'll. maybe"
You gave II to an employee"
Maybe. It's SO long ago | can't re.
m very we'll
He met Capt. Schmittbcrger, he said.
at several balls and on the street, but
he never went to the station to see him
or pay him money.
Did YOU ever see money paid to any
police officer in the precinct except
Cannon
mo. I did not
He said he had talked to Leader Ton
Dunn about the police assessment. and
Dunn had told him not to pay the 20
lice II money ut all. He denied that h,
had gone to the police station with
Leader Lawrence Delmore to get Tho
captain to let up on the assessments OF
the Association.
Lyerra said he nevhr paid after that,
and the Associations due were reduced
from 10 cents a week to 80 cents a month