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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

to a black hostler who called him
"Mas'r Sam" with welcoming grin.
walked leisurely up the steps and into
the hotel with an air which said plainly
II am monarch of all survey"
The Springs hotel was not such
building as now graces many an Amer
lean watering place; but for that day
and region it was quite sufficient. Its
two stories and basement were sur
rounded with piazzas, accessible from
the numerous doors which opened upon
the porches from thirty or forty rooms.
1t had been built some years before for
the accommodation of visitors, and
proved to be unexpectedly profitable.
And together with its surrounding
grounds and its cold and hot
springs of sulphurous waters to
which invalids and pleasure-seekers
at certain seasons came in considera-
BILE numbers and left much money be.
hind them, constituted the most valua-
BILE estate for miles around; and be.
sides the hotel and its special sur
roundings there was an extensive farm
and tobacco plantation with thelI
complement of slaves, belonging to
the same estate. All these were the
property of Thomas Blake-known all
through that region as "Old Tom
Blake"
Tom Blake and his two sons Samuel
and Jefferson-or Sam and JEFF, as
they were frequently called-had not
lived very tremendously since the
death of the mother, ten years before
and after the mysterious disappear
ance of jefferson, the younger, three
years before, together with his young
son Joseph-who was the old mans
pet and heir under will-matters be
tween father and son were still less
pleasant.
On entering the family room OF the
hotel the pretended Mr.. blackwell
found there present his father, his sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Myra Blake, wife O
the lost brother, who had in company
with his son strangely disappeared
three years before-no one knew how
and few personal friends.
what luck, Sam?" said the old man
taking Sans hand in n careless way.
ITO BE CoNTINuED.)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30
Russell Oranges.

A little item in a New York paper
in which golden russets and small
dark russets are incidentally stated to
be the best keeping oranges, has
called to our mind very general ex-
perience which we have never seen
referred to in print We buy for our own
table consumption russell oranges in
preference to bright oranges, and vet
in our official work we are in constant
receipt of requests from orange grow
ers for methods of destroying the rust
mite. The hardening of the skin of
the orange from the work Of the rust
mite undoubtedly keeps them juicy, inn
proves them for shipment and retards
decay. The selection of bright oranges
was fad among growers and whole
sale buyers which did not last The
time has come when russell oranges
for shipment command higher prices
and when remedial treatment for the
rust mite is only necessary for a great
excess of this acarid The change in
public opinion in this matter shows
that utility governs even sentiment
Insect Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

PROJECTILE STRUCK 1T.
The government has never before
tested a plate heavier than seventeen
inches, and the Importance of these
experiments caused them to be OBJ
served with an interest that amount
ed to anxiety. The result is sore
disappointment not only to the Beth
lehem Iron company but to the officials
of the naval ordnance bureau. 1t
shows that it is questionable whether
plates as thick Us eighteen inches can
be safely Harveyized, and indicates
that the makers of guns and armor-
piercing shells are still a long way
ahead of the manufacturers of armor
plates.
The group represented by the plate
demolished will not be rejected until
another plate has been tested, and the
makers are hopeful that the second
test piece will make good record, as
it is claimed that the specimen fired at
was known to be inferior by reason OF
internal cracks.
The test was witnessed by half a
hundred naval officers and experts
who made trip from the navy yard
to the proving ground at Indian Head
on the government tug Triton. In
the party were Capt Sampson, chief
of the bureau of naval ordinances; COM
mander Cook, acknowledgements
Cowden, Prof. Alger, Lieut.. Acker-
mans Gen. Flaggler and Capt. Birney
of the army; Naval Constructor
Thompson, Ensigns Andrews, Strauss,
Chaplin, Field and Key, and POT. Mar
vim of the Signal Service. The Bethle.
hem Iron company was represented by
Vice President Davenport and by Capt.
Jacques and Lieut.. Meiggs late of the
navy.
After taking a glance at the big rifle
Capt. Sampson and his party walked
across the little valley and gave the
big plate critical inspection. The
immense mass of solid steel was Is
feet IL inches in length by : feet G
inches in height and IS inches thick
except on the bevel, which began ~
inches from the bottom and tapered
to thickness of inches The bev-
eled side was turned toward the back
ing. which was of solid oak, 3 feet
thick The plate was held in place by
20 3-inch bolts, averaging about 80
inches in length. The plate was No
5,107 b, of the Indiana's side-armor,
and, as it weighed 33A tons, repre-.
sented about SIS, 000 twas of nickel
steel, forged by hydraulic press and
tempered by the patented Harvey pro-
cess
In this process the plate, after forg-
ing, is covered with layer of char
coal or coke-dust about six inches
deep, on top of which is evenly dis
| tributed about six inches of firesand.
The plate is slowly heated almost to
the melting point, at which it is held
for several days, when it is allowed to
cool very gradually. This operation
requires nearly three weeks. The
soft steel of the upper surface OF the
plate absorbs large quantity OF car
bon. This carbonized steel is suscep-
tible of high temper, which makes
the face of the plate exceedingly
hard. The plate is annealed by being
heated and allowed to cool, and is
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

CYPRIANs Are race of yellow bees
found on the island of Cyprus, and are
very much like the Italians in general
appearance, but they may be readily
distinguished from them by one who
has seen the two races together. The
queens are exceedingly prolific. The
wo kers excel the Italians in activity
and equal them in length of tongue.
They are supposed by some to be the
original race from which all others
have been developed. They have q
reputation of being very irritable.
This is not true, however, Of all Of
them. AS gentle and pretty colony
of bees as ever owned was the progeny
OF IA queen imported direct from the
isle of Cyprus Cyprians crossed with
blacks are sure to prove very irritable,
but Cyprian queen mated with an
Italian drone produces a bee that, as
far as my experience goes, has no SUI
perior in beauty, size, gentleness and
activity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30
A RUNAWAY PLANET,
Arcturus Running Mad Among the
Heavenly Bodies-


Heavenly Bodies-
Arcturus, which exceeds our sun
several thousand times, perhaps, in
light-giving power is apparently a
runaway in the universe. AS far as is
known at present, Arcturus is both
the largest and most swiftly moving
body in the stellar heavens. Its cal
culated velocity is no less than 375
miles in a second, or 80, 4l0,000 miles
in day! The direction of its motion
is such that it approaches the earth at
the rate of 3, $50, 900 miles day. But
even if it were rushing at us in a
straight line, IS, 900 years would elapse
before the encounter could take place.
Nobody has been able to guess how
Arcturus got started at its present
ra te of travelling or where its journey
will end. If it is only gigantic visi-
tor to our system of suns then it will
pass through the visible universe, and
in the course of millions of years dis
appear from it. And if any member
of our system should, through too
close approach, become satellite OF
Arcturus, it would inevitably be borne
away prisoner into the unfathomed
and, by human eyes, unseen depths OF
illimitable space
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

society In 1879. PROF. RoMANES.
He was made fellow Of the Royal
society in 1879, after publishing
valuable papers on the Medusa. The
University of Aberdeen conferred the
degree of LII. d. upon him in 1881. He
was early acquainted with Darwin and
never ceased to be an enthusiastic
member of the Darwinian school.
Prof. Romanes published many works
on natural history, and was well
known as lecturer before the Royal
institution, the Royal society and
other learned bodies
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

BUTTER GLoBULE FIGUREs-This glo-
bule of fat in cows milk, Of which we
are talking, is very small thing.
Strung along in row and touching
sides it would take at least 1000 Of the
largest size to cover an inch, and in
this length there would usually be
from 5000 to 5000 Of them. There are
from one to four trillions Of these
globules in a quart of milk. To be
more exact. in herd from which the
milk has been closely examined, the
range was found to be from los to a67
plobules, in .0001 cubic millimeter, or
1850, 600, oOo, 900 to a,e7O, 900, 600, 900 to
q Quart.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

rs the chain was q small common one,
then found In all the shops. Joe
looked on with a curious interest in
these novel proceedings; and when
Molier gave him "Fi-penny
Bit of silver at the end
he ran off out the door
with laugh, crying: "Say thank
YOU Joe;" and then saying Quarter
to four" ran off home.
After Joe's departure Molier laughed
to himself with low chuckle, and all
the time talking to himself selected a
piece of sheet silver of the proper
thickness, rounded 1t to the size of a
half dollar and prepared it for inscrip-
tons. He was an expert engraver, and
within two or three hours had copied
the inscriptions from the wax with
great exactitude, and attached the
chain to the finished medal so that the
difference between that and the or
iginal. still on Joe's neck, would be
difficult to determine, even with the
two side by side.
'And they never will be side by
side" said Molier, talking to himself.
'None the worse for Joe; none the
worse for BLACKWELL Name isn't
BLACKWELL, though, by a long shot.
Kentucky jeans can't fool me-little
too fresh" putting the medal and chain
into small box partly filed with coal
ashes and cinders, and shaking it well
TO give the silver worn look. IF he
thinks l shall not know about this
matter he doesn't know Charley Mol
ier."
That Avening Molier dropped into
Brinkerhoff's hotel and from that to
Dennison's, where he learned that the
Kentucky gentleman had gone by the
name of BLACKWELL. But he was not
satisfied. However, he gave up the
chase for the present, went home and
prepared the receipts to be passed be-
tween himself and the kentuckian,
and on Saturday morning at 10 met
BLACKWELL at the ferry, delivered the
chain and medal passed receipts as
agreed, got his $50, and returned, with
out word from either. BLACKWELL
scrutinized his prize for moment, put
it into his pocket and drove aboard the
ferry-boat.
About the middle of the river Blake
well stepped to the stern of the boat
away from the other passengers, drew
the chain and medal from his pocket
and dropped it quietly into the river.
Then saying to himself, you'll tell
no tales he walked forward, entered
his carriage, and in few moments
drove off the boat and was on his way
Las he had said-to Gray Sulphur
Springs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

Is frequently the result of con-
temptation OF summer outing and
where 1t should be spent and If prop
erly followed 1t will lead to your tax
ing a train of the Wisconsin Central
from the Grand Central Passenger
Station, Chicago, for Lake Villa, Anti
och, Burlington, Mukwonago. Wau-
kesha, Waupaca, Ashland or some
other equally popular resort where
rest. enjoyment, recreation and sport
are to be had in all their plentitude.
For descriptive pamphlet "Along the
Line" write to Jas. G. Pond, general
passenger agent Milwaukee, Wis
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

group of ten manufactured oy the
bethlehem Iron company, ana was
tested in the presence OF a distin,
guished party of experts. A second
shot finished the work OF demolition
and left the plate hanging to its oaken
back in four big fragments. Inc
13-inch rifle was not used in attacking
the plate. If it had been, the SKATER
ing could hardly have been more dis-
astrous. 1t was not employed be-
cause, under the rule, the plate must
measure In width at least seven cell
bers of the attacking rifle, and as the
plate was only ninety inches wide 1t
could be attacked by nothing larger
than q l2-lnch CUR.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

Democrats Magazine says; Tho in.
cceased stature of our young girls d
one which il exciting wide comment
The fragile and sylph-like creature
who was formerly taken a. the type OF
American woman has almost dissp-
peared, and in every large gathering
the petite and delicate girls are In Q
very small minority. These frau
women were the daughters of still
Trailer mothers and can trace their
sufferings to those wonderful grand.
mothers whose industry has often been
held up to US as a reproach, but who
burned their candles at both ends,
and with the chests of handspun linen
of which even to this day one whe
has precious remnant is so proud
bequeathed to their daughters fatal
inheritance Of high-strung nerves and
exhausted vitality.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

highly tempered by being carried to a
high temperature in the furnace and
nfteward given an oil bath. Finally
the plate is heated for the last time,
and sprayed with ice water on its tenn
pered surface, while heat is applied to
the back to prevent warping and to
enable the strains in the plate to ad-
Just themselves to the highly tenn.
pered face.
Before the first shot was fired a
statement was made which dashed the
hopes of those who had expected to
see the plate come out ahead of the
pro;ectiles. 1t was said that while
;he plate was cooling under the water
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30
He Was Provident.

Up to few weeks ago John Baisch
of Mascoutah. ILL.,, delighted in giving
his family pleasant surprises Just
before he died he told his son to dig
in a certain spot after the funeral.
The son obeyed him and found ket'
tie containing 81, l6o in gold. A few
days later the family was further sur
prised by the discovery that the father
had his life insured for 81, 900.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30
Chauteau do Ranhay.

The Chateau de Ramhay, generally
rcputed to be the oldest historical
building in Montreal, was sold recently
nv public auction. The city purchased
Il at 80 per square foot and will turn II
into a public museum.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

was educated by
tutors and in pri'
vate schools. In
1861 he entered
Gonville and Caius
college, Cambridge,
where he gradu'
ated in 1870. In
1873 he was Burney
prize essayist and
was Croonian lee
turer to the Royal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

Science has sustained severe loss
in the death of Prof Romanes. He
was born in Kingston, Canada in 1913.
His boyhood was passed in England,
France, Germany and Italy, and he
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30
TESTING BIG PLATES.
ARMoR FOR AMERICAN CRUIs-
Frs Is BRITTLE.
Z 1e-Inch Armor Piercing Projectile
smashes An 1s-Inch Harveyized
Plate and Disappoints tho Ordnance
Omcers.
TWELVE : INCH

TWELVE INCH
Carpenter armor-
piercing projectile
smashed the lo-
inch Harveyized
side armor plates
of the bottle ship
/ n d / a n a into
smithereens at In
dian Head the
other day. The
plate was ono OF a
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30

The man who lost his temper WASH
proud of the article when he found it
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-30
CHAPTER III.
AT GRAY SULPHUR ePRINGs.

n THE EVENING
of the second day
after crossing the
ferry at Cincinnati.
the man who had
called himself San
BLACKWELL in that
city drew up be
fore the hotel il
Gray S u Up h u !
Springs, and turn.
ing over his team
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-02
oven ,, LIVE

a
Sea Isle City's tax rate this year will
be So.
Cape May County's new jail is COM
pleted.
Deptford and Mantna Township
Committees have granted the trolley
company the right to lay tracks through
the townships to Wenonah, on the turn
pike.
A barn OH the premises occupied by
Samuel Mullen, on the Auburn road,
near Swedesboro, was destroyed by fire
ea-ly Tuesday night. One horse and
several tons hay and grain were burned.
Three horses and a COW were saved.
The building and stock were partially
insured.
A number of Gloucester county farm
ers in the central section have suffered
heavy losses in the past few weeks by a
disease among swine. In some places
entire pens Of hogs have succumbed TO
the disease and its ravages are still
being felt, particularly in the vicinity
of Turnerville and Blackwood.
Ocean City has been recognized by
the Methodists and Wildwood by the
Baptists as the seaside headquarters on
the South Jersey coast of their respec-
tive denominations and it has been una
nimously voted that Avalon would be
the most fitting, available and accessi
BILE place for the Presbyterians.
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The Wages Humbug.

Farmers sell their staples both at
home and abroad at Stree trade prices
made in "the cheapest markets in the
world" They compete against Egypt
and India, where the lowest wages pre-
vail. Have they reduced wages to the
same level? Not they. England las
practically free trade. But English
wages have not been reduced to the
Asiatic level. So far from that, they
are higher than those of any other coun-
try in Europe. This talk about wages
is the cheapest kind of humbug. Sweep
away utterly the admitted injustice Of
Protection, and the vast natural wealth
and unriyaled industrial genius Of this
country will make wages here higher
than anywhere else in the world, and
higher in purchasing power over the
necessaries, comforts and wen luxuries
of life than they have ever been even in
this favored land Chicago Herald.
Jersey farmers pay from SIS to $25
per month for farm hands and compete
with the cheaper labor of foreign coun-
tries in raising produce. Why is it P?
Because they are worth more and do
mole work. American industry and
labor brings more because it is more
energetic and produces more.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-02

Sachem, Chiefs and Brethren OF
Logan Tribe, Nc. 81, Imp'd o. OF
r. M.
WHEREAS, it has pleased the Great
Spirit in his wise Providence to remove
by death from our wigwam our late
brother, Denman Layman.
WHEREAS, it is proper and beftting
that we offer our sympathy TO the rela-
tiyes and friends of our deceased BROTH
or in their sorrow and afflictioD.
RESOLVED, that we bow with hum
BILE submission to the wise command of
the Great Spirit and hope our deceased
brother will have greater enjoyments in
the happy hunting grounds of our
fathers.
RESOLVED. as a proper mark of res.
pect that we drape our charter for the
space Of three moons.
RESOLVED, that these resolutions he
inscribed on the records of the Council,
a copy be published in the Penn's Grove
RECORD, and a copy be forwarded ia
the family of our deceased brother and
friend.
JAMES STRIMPLE,
DAVID KILLE,
D. r. MORRISON,
Committee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-02

Gen. Sewell in an interview last weel
said all the State was going his way ex
cept in Essex county. OF course thi!
includes Salem county. But a major
ity of Salem county citizens do not ap
prove of Mr.. Sewell being elected U. s
Senator and have said so thrice In the
past ten years. The surest way fol
those who are opposed to Mr.. Sewell re-
presenting the railroad corporations in
the U. s. Senate, to give their disap'
proval Is to vote for William Diver
who has always voted for the peoples
interest,
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-02

William Diver showed his independ-
ence and determination. e%ndeavoring to
represent the people by not supporting
more than n caucus measure and by
voting against making Tom Flynn
Speaker, whom the people did not want.
What more "a the people ask Of any
man? Why should not The people up.
p~reciate such services by returning a
faithful servant IN whose record no
flaws are found?
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The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-02

State Senators will be elected next
Tuesday in Cape May, Burlington
Middlesex, Hunterdon, Passaic, and
Sussex county. They are all now re-
presented by Democrats and it is more
than probable that the Republicans will
elect In two or three counties. Sixty
Assemblymen will be elected by all the
voters in each county voting for all the
party candidates in the county. Tie
hardest fight is in Essex county where
there is a strong sentiment against W.
j. Sewell's election to the U. S. Senate.
The Democrats have nominated five I'm.
dertakers to take cart Of the political
corpses, who ever they may be.
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How q Silver Standard Would
Affect the Nottingham.
From the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune.
The workingman would be the first
and greatest sufferer from debased cur-
rency. Congress cannot make sixteen
ounces OF silver worth one ounce Of
gold while the owners of silver bullion
in all other lands are willing to give 80
ounces Of the metal for one ounce of
gold. Nothing is more certain than
that If silver were to be coined without
Limitation as to quantity the coin would
have no greater power than that of the
bullion 1t contained, the result being
that it would take 20 of the silver dol
lars at the ratio demanded to buy as
much as can be procured with a ten
dollar gol1 piece. Hence the gold
would not he circulated. Nobody
would use it in payment of wages OF
other indebtedness, and the workers
could not refuse to accept at their face
value the silver dollars they demand to
be coined in unlimited number at the
ratio of 16 to l. Tie wages of the toll.
er would buy him only half the same
amount of the necessaries Of life rs they
do now that the laborer is paid on the
gold standard, every one of his dollars
at present having the purchasing pow.
er Of u dollar in gold. Not only this,
but whatever depreciation there might
be in the value of the money lie must
bear his share of it in the reduced buy
ing power of his savings, a fact fol
which no possible advance in wages to
meet reduced buying power would CON-
pensate. So there Is no one who is SO
vitality concerned as is the workinglnali
In having the currency maintained OH a
sound, high basis.
A good many wOrkingmen can re-
member the retirement of gold between
1861 and 1879, and that at times the
dollar in paper was not worth half as
much as the gold dollar. They can re-
collect, too, now difficult it was 10 OBJ
tain an advance in wages correspond.
ing to the higher cost of commodities
during the war, though labor then was
scarce owing to the calling Of many
toilers into the ranks and the demand
for wal material. There would be no
such leverage now to bring around an
advance in wages.