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The Dickinson press., 1896-03-28
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annual meeting Of the Vermont Dairy
mems Association, was that dairying
was the factor that created the high
est type Of civilization. This is true,
because dairying that responds to the
progressive spirit calls forth the high
est order Of intelligence. When the
latter dominates a community, pros
perity is present, and where it is an
active force in social affairs homes in
which happiness presides are numer-
GUS; labor receives recognition in q
Just wage and the incentives for thrift
are multiplied. With contented labor
er and prosperous employer. conditions
that reach out toward Arcadian justice
realization in a progressive dairy COM
munity than in any other form Of rural
life. The three primary elements that
constitute such a community are pro.
gressive dairymen, herds Of genuinely
dairy cows, and food adapted to the
needs of both. With these present
prosperity in business is reasonably
certain, and that degree of comfort
that success permits embellishes the
homes of the people. After all the
struggles Of life a final analysis of our
efforts reveals to our understanding
that q comfortable home has been the
ultimate of every e%ndeavor, and this
reasonable ambition is gratified more
surely and quickly in dairying than in
any other rural occupation. This cer-
tainty, however, is not to be obtained
without continuous as well as intelli-
gent effort. The sluggard need not ex-
pect success in dairying, because it il
i'll adapted to his slovenly methods.
Its rewards are greater than other
forms of agriculture because its re-
Quirements are more exacting, and
these insist that a man shall possess
the sort Of talent that will make him q
success In a commercial or mechanical
pursuit as well as in the one he has
chosen. He must be familiar with mar
kets that he may know when to sell
his product at the best obtainable price
as well as Whep to buy the things es.
advantage. He must also possess a
quick eye to detect the point where
loss occurs OF where waste is going
on. This latter feature is one Of the
greatest sources of loss on the farm.
II 1t were fully corrected, the aggregate
Of the savings Of a single year would
certainly liquidate the national debt il
1t did not pay for all forms of public
Indebtedness. The COW that does moi
nay for her keep is n that does not
in which waste is very common and
this style of COW is much too common
on the average farm. The intolerance
with which her type is regarded by tho
nrORraSSive dafrymen. ia an object les
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-28
People i'm Print.

Linton, the A. p. A. congressman
from Michigan, refused to fight a duel
with eN-Congressman Phelan:
John Meek, for eighteen years chief
draughtsman for the Burlington shops
at Creston, Iowa, died suddenly.
DR.. Clara Pope Richards, aged forty
six, a p%racticing physician Of Benton
Harbor, Mich, and wife OF a wealthy
architect, is dead.
Elias s.. Tompkins, senior member
and founder of the firm known as
Tompkins' Bright's Disease company,
Is dead from old age at New York.
Wilson ]. C%lappinger, aged seventy,
is dead at Marion, Ill. He gained dis
tinction as a sheriff in Tennessee dur
ing the Williamson county vendetta.
Capt. w. II. p. Norris, aged seventy
five, who Won honors in the civil war
as q member of the Second Iowa regi-
ment, died at Kansas City, Mo.
The firm Of Jardine & Son, organ
builders Mt New Y ,rk, has been wiped
out b. death in the short space Of
three days. 1t was composed of Jo-
seph T. Jardine, the senior member,
and Edward G. Jardine, Jr.
Wilton Cochran Sanford, once a
prominent New York clubman and the
manager of the New York, Boston and
Chicago stores of the carpet manufact-
uring concern of Sanford & Sons, of
which, he was a member, died in Wa
verify, Mass.
Ex-Gov. John ireland died at San
Antonio, Tex, of neuralgia of the
heart. He was born in Hart county,
KY, in 1927; went to Texas in 1853;
served in the Confederate army, and
after the war served in the legislature
and the supreme bench and two terms
as governor.
The distinguished naturalist, DIR. Ju-
an Gundlach, is dead at Havana at
the age Of eighty-five years. He vas
a German. but had been fifty-cight
years ON the island. where he uncens-
ingly studied nature in tn emountains
and swamps up to seven years ago,
when failing strength limited his act
ivities.
DR.. ia. Zalm, who spent nearly all
of the latter years of his life at the
University of Notre Dame, will soon
sever his relations with that celebrat-
ed institution and go to Rome to re-
side. DR.. Zahm has been prominently
connected with the university for
many years.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-28
Caaualtiea.

Louisa, the infant daughter of Chas.
Bergstrom Of Rockford, ILL.,, swallowed
a screw and was choked to death.
Edward Conway, John Dilts and
Thomas Erickson were badly scaldsd
at Kewanee, Ill, while repairing a
boiler.
Two Italians, father and son, section
hands, were burned to death at &C.
neva, Ohio. The little house in which
they lived caught fire and the two oc-
cupants had no time to escape.
The barn of Seeley Y. Mason, five
miles from Monmouth, ILL.,, burned.
Louis Dutton, a farm hand in the EN-.
ploy Of Thomas Hays, who rented the
place was sleeping in the barn and lost
his life.
While feeding q vicious horse Greg
or Reynolds, a young man living at
Byron, Mich, was attacked by the ami
NAL and received injuries which. IL
they do not prove fatal, will disigure
him for life.
Stewart Jenkins, commonly known
as Mccartney, aged 10, fell while at
tempting to mount a locomotive in
Bloomington, ILL.,, and received injuries
from which he died in an hour. He
was employed by the Armour Packing
company and was a protege of p. D.
Armour.
The L. q. & st. L. tunnel, $50 feet
in length, at Georgetown, Ind, caught
fire and the entire wood work was
burned out. 1t will take several DAYS
to clear away the debris and through
freight traffic will be entirely aban-
doned until the tunnel is ready for
use.
The Dickinson press., 1896-03-28
EVIL Doings.

DO1uB0
Lamont, the West Superior murder.
er, has been sentenced to state prison
for life.
Thomas r. Palkiton, q farm hand.
shot Miss Mary Mansell dead and COM
mitted suicid eat Seneca Falls, N. Y.
The girl had rejected him.
TO escape arrest for embezzlement
of government funds, Frank Mapes,
postmaster at Kansas City, Kan, COM
mltted suicide at his residence.
DR.. Charles Massbacher, q prominent
dead in his bath room with q bullet
hole in his head, and under the most
mysterious circumstances.
Thomas O'Rriep, the American bum
co s%teerer, who shot and Killed kid"
Waddell, another American crook,
March II, 1898. at Paris, was ten
fenced to penal servitude for life.
Mrs. John w. Keller, who cut her
husbands throat at Decatur, Mich,
while caressing him, attempted suicide
by the same method. she was re-
strained By neighbors just in time 10
save her life. 1t is thought she is in
sane.
A shooting ARRAY took place in the
Italian quarter of Toledo, and as a re-
suit Louis Massa lies ut the point Of
death. Massa, who was drunk, en-
tered the saloon of Dicella, q country
man, and created n disturbance, when
Dicella shot him.
NJ. M. Clardy, present postmaster at
Purcell, I. T., and Il. Y. Mangum, ex-
postmaster at that place, have been mr.
rested, charged with taxing the govern
ment for rent for the p~ostofflce build
ing, which is furnished free by the cit
liens.
News has reached Billings, Mont, of
the killing Of two Indians belonging to
the Shoshone tribe in Northern Wyo-
ming by three white men, who muir
dered the Indians and then stole their
horses. The murderers escaped into
Montana and sold the horses.
A dispatch from the Shoshone agen-
cy reports that Jim Washable, who
was shot by the half-breed, Will Lam
oreaux, is in a dying condition. Should
Washakie die, the Indians will avenge
him by making war ON q number of
Sioux half-breeds who are on the res
ervation.
At Rentcheler, ILL.,, Christ Keuhn, an
. inOheneive old man. found Tom Hatz-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13

narrate what happened as overheard by
me from conversations during the next
few days.
The good bark C. B. Jones, of Brox-
port, Me-, bound from Buenos Ayres to
Boston with cargo of hides and tai
low, sighted the steamer "Good For
tune" of Bournemouth, with flag of
distress flying. AS all the steamers
boats were gone, the first mate and four
seamen took the long boat and rowed to
the Good Fortune with the humane in
tention of relieving the signaled wants
of the steamer, bringing barrel of
pork and a bag of biscuit So weak, as
1t seemed, were the crew of the steamer
that they could scarcely lend hand
to hoist the provisions aboard. After
quite long delay the long boat started
to return, but Capt. Jones was aston
ished to see that the boat contained six
others in addition to his own men. And
as they neared the vessel he failed to
distinguish the smiling, CHEEKY face Of
his first mate. Before he could recover
his presence Of mind the men clambered
up the sides, and as he advanced to
speak with them the foremost intruder
drew a revolver and shot him through
the heart. The scanty crew eagerly
threw up their hands in surrender, but
after they were bound the cold-blooded
monsters murdered them, as well as
the captains wife and child. A few
hundred dollars in the captains cabin,
a few watches and little money from
the forecastle and some miscellaneous
articles comprised the whole plumber,
and the ship was scuttled and sunk. In
due course she was announced as over
due and missing, as many another good
ship has been before; but what fiend-
ish ingenuity was displayed in destroy
ing the ship and her entire crew, so that
not one should live to tell the tale. Some
prizes, it seemed, Melted them thou
sands, but in the majority of cases
dozen human lives were sacrificed for "a
mere tribe.
With my brain almost unhinged by
the horror of being in the power Of
these demons, lay long in sort of
stupor. When 1 came to my senses I
found myself struggling in the water.
with naught between my life and eter-
nifty but my packing box. 1t floated me
bravely, however, and when the dark
ness had cleared away was picked up
by the Atlanta, of the Cunard line, and
conveyed back to New York.
Whether the Good Fortune-lyipg
name, as she herself was lie-sunk
in collision with n rock or iceberg, or
whether she still ranges the seas I'M
checked, l know not; but drowning
seems to me all too light a punishment
for the wicked deeds of it's crew.
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THE RETURN.

rocking it. So he lifted Dot in and then
jumped in himself. Then he began to
rock the boat. Dot had never been in
a boat before, and she was delighted
with the motion.
BY and by Dot exclaimed: 20, Tom!
the banks gone and left u.s." Tom
turned to see what Dot meant, and
found that the boat had broken from
the bank, and they were floating down
the stream without any oars. Tom
was very much frightened. He remem-
bered his promise to his mother to take
good care of Dot; but he was II very
brave little fellow, and did not let Dot
know of his fear.
dot, you'll sit very still, won't you?"
asked Tom.
Dot promised. Tom wondered if they
would have to stay on the river all night.
But they did not. A kind fishermn
found them, took them into his boat.
and rowed them back to their papa and
mamma. They were so glad to have
them safe in their arms again that they
didn't scold Tom. They knew he meant
no harm, and Toms fear was his own
punishment. He never ventured into
dangerous places with his little sister
again.-Katie Kyle, in Our Little Ones
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A FAMILY TRAGEDY.

Confided by Polly to her doll. Marie.
There are talking dollies with strange In
sides,
There are babies that squeak and cry.
There are gauzy satiny. wonderful brides
With trunk and trousseau. and fan be-
sides.
That Christmas purse may buy.
There are china cherubs. dimpled and
white
They are brittle and can't sit down
But washing. you see. doesn't hurt 'em q
mite.
And for dollhouse playing their size Is
right.
And scrap will make 'em gown.
There are dolls that are warranted not to
CThough never believed that true)
And the rag-dolls aunties and mothers
make.
And dollies that shut their eyes and wake.
And fine French ladies. like you.
But what do you guess that my grand
When she played with her dolls, like me.
And lived on a farm. and the times were
bad?
Poor little grandmother! o, but I'm glad
didn't live then, Marie!
Why, the dolly she cuddled and put to bed
Dear little grandmother, years ago
Was a crook-neck squash in q rag of red.
With a handkerchief shawl tied over Its
head.
And she loved 1t too, you know!
Loved that thing with a stem for a nose
And its dreadful neck awry-
Kissed 1t, and Rugged 1t, and. I sup
pose,
Proudly settled its wraps and bows!
Why, 1t almost makes me cry!
And then, the horrible fate of her child,
Marie, my dollykin. long ago:
I wonder she didn't go raving wild!
They-now stop smiling-they had her
billed"
And ate her
Grandmother told me so.
IF. Z. Ellington. In Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13

The insurance upon st. Paurs CO.
thedral is about $475,0O0.
The newly elected president OF Ken
yon college, at Gambler, o., w. f. Pierce,
II but 22 years old.
1T is said that Prince Arthur of Com
naught, who has just been entered as
scholar Of Eaton, will never reflect
glory upon the school by his brilliant
scholarship.
DIR. O'Donnell, bishop of Raphoe,
has directed that Irish be used in
preaching sermons by all priests wher-
ever in his diocese the population In
lrish-speaking.
Hong Wo Sing Is at 96 probably the
oldest professor actively engaged in ed
ucational work In the world. He occu-
piesthe chair of physiology in the school
for the sons of the empire at Picking,
which is the most ancient university liz
existence.
The total enrolment at the Uni
versity of Michigan is 2,917, exclusive of
the summer school, which has OF en-
rolled, making the total 3,014. There
are 173 names on the faculty roll. The
heaviest enrolment by far is in the de-
partment of literature, which carries
1,204 students.
Not many years ago the Fiji island
ers were considered incapable of civil
zation, but last year these same men
gave nearly $4,000 to the cause of for
eign missions. Orders have just been
sent to London for 5000 Bibles, 5000
hymn books and 5000 catechisms, to be
sold in the Fiji islands.
DIR. Eliza NJ. Mosher, of Brooklyn,
who will enter upon her duties as pro-
fessor Of hygiene in the University of
Michigan in the autumn, has had a
thorough medical training in this coun-
try and Europe, and for some years has
had successful practice in Brooklyn.
She is the first woman professor to be
called to the University of Michigan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13

crawled inside the huge box through
my improvised opening. To my great
astonishment found nothing but n
layer of stone ballast in the bottom;
and reasoned that doubtless the other
cases were similarly equipped, and that
the weight was to keep the boxes from
being shifted in heavy sea; although.
as they were closely wedged in between
the bulwarks this extra precaution
seemed supurfuous
Then in an instant had made the re
solve that was TO cause me 80 much
danger and anxiety in the next few
weeks-but unfortunately no hint or
suspicion came to me In time.
Here, reasoned, was an opportunity
especially sent by Providence for my
benefit. Unless betrayed by some un-
foreseen complication, could lie un-
suspected in this snug hiding-placc un-
til the vessel was far from land. The
stewards stores would supply the nee
essary food; and, best of all, some dis
tant land would probably afford me OPP
portunities that my own country seemed
to deny me. I would become a stow
away, brave the captains wrath, and
strive to win his sympathy by working
industriously at any work that he might
set me at To will was to act; and with
scarcely pang of conscience conveyed
ten loaves Of bread and few cans of
beef and tongue to my hiding-place;
then, piling the rocks around the sides,
found myself in comfortable if not lux
urious quarters. Perhaps might have
changed my mind had time been given
me, but as soon as morning broke the
steamer was cast loose from the dock,
and in few hours the increased mo-
ton plainly told that we were out on
the ocean
determined to bide my time for Il
day or two, and, although the confinc-
ment was irksome, braved it out until
the sun had risen and set four times
My reasons for this procrastination are
not easily explained, but an indeinable
feeling of dread made me hesitate, and
--as the sequel proved-saved my life.
There were several things which had
noted from my hiding place that caused
me to wonder. In the first place the
Good Fortune (as had ascertained the
name of the steamship to be- carried a
surprisingly large crew, although the
majority of them were not visible until
the second day out. And, for another
thing, the strict discipline that 1 had
always heretofore seen on shipboard
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13

glass, no matter whether you put it
sideways or endways.
The only precaution necessary is to
tap the egg gently every time you de-
sire to place it in any position, so as to
make the sand settle at the bottom, and
the weight of the sand will keep it as
you wish it to be. This is called the
obedient egg.
Now let us tell you how to make the
djsobedient egg, with which you may
have even more fun than with the
obedient one. Make the hole in the shell
large enough TO allow you to introduce
half an ounce of fine shot, together
with little powdered sealing wax.
This done, seal up the hole neatly
with white wax, and then warm the egg
gently over the fire. This will give you
u fixed center of gravity in the egg, and
TO matter how you may pretend to
place it, the weight of the shot, held in
a mass by the sealing wax, will drag it
away from it's position just as soon as
yon release it.-Philadelphia Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
AN AMERICAN GIRL.
A Bit of Story Which Has the Merit of |
Truth.

Truth.
Here's bit of story that comes
from London and has the rare merit of
truth. There was a certain young
American girl in London who had come
over with only the courage of youth and
the point of pen to keep the wolf away.
She hadn't the easiest time in the
world, let me tell you.
One day she presented herself at the
Office Of an editor who had bought
stuff" of her. The great man was
busy, but as she insisted on seeing him
she was allowed to enter. She had
bundle of manuscript in her hand, and
she begged the editor to read 1T Mt once.
Oddly enough, he consented. 1t was
n story.
1t was story about young woman
writer who purchased typewriting
machine on the installment plan. All
went well till the final payment of one
pound was due. She hadn't the money
and couldn't get it. Twice the people
who sold the machine gave her addi-
tional time. At her wits end, the poor
girl begged him to wait just two hours.
ohC SbNC iiiih SoiiCOii W iCtd, alId
she wheedled him little, and he offered
to wait.
So she sat down at the machine and
ratified off pathetic story of her own
struggles with fate and of her fruitless
efforts to raise money to pay for the
typewriter. When she finished she put
on her bonnet and went to a newspaper
Office, sold the story and brought back
the money in time to save the ma
chine.
1t was prettily told story and
pathetic one.
by Jove," said the editor. as he
finished reading 1t. ~ always said you
could do fiction, but you never would.
Come around next week, and I'll let you
know whether Wen publish it."
The girl hesitated.
IF you please, sir" she said, won't
you decide now?"
"Why?" asked the editor, in surprise.
WELL" said the girl, "you see, the
man who came after the typewriter is
waiting for the money" - Chicago
Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
THE TIP CUSTOM.
Works Hardship on Those Who Are Not
wealthy.


Wealthy.
One of the most painful results of the
lavish expenditures of money by those
who gather it easily is the growth of the
slip" habit in all parts of the country.
This giving of dime or quarter or
half-dollar, for little trifies, oiliciously
rendered Thy those who have no claim
whatever upon the gratitude or the
generosity of the individual receiving
the service) is entirely the result of
those who have money in abundance.
1t is entirely the result of that pompous
magnanimity which those who possess
splendid resources may easily exercise.
1t is nothing to a millionaire to "tip"
waiter so cents or more for little at
tentions rendered during the progress
of meal To man with a comfortable
income, or whose money comes rapidly,
this is one of the methods of showing
that he is not close-f1sted in his hour of
prosperity nor unmindful of the hope
less struggle maintained by others in
their efforts to live decently. Original
ly ''tips" were the fruits of generosity
and well meaning, as in the beginning of
all things, all was good. II is imitation
long continued without rhyme or reason
that is bad.
For instance, "tips" given in imita-
ton of the wealthy by host of nobodys
who are dying to be somebody are in
variably bad. They are bad because
they are not the fruit of sincere gener-
osity. They are given because, in the
bright cafe where men of influence are
wont TO lounge the giving has come to
be considered the proper thing. They
are given because in a public parlor
men OF evident social standing are seen
to put their hands into their pockets
and gracefully acknowledge slight serv-
ices. They are given just as everything
is given by those who ape what they can
not hope to be, !. e., out of deep-seotcd
desire to do the proper thing handsome
", and so the seeds of evil are sown.
Once given and initiated, 'tips" be-
came the habit, then the fashion, then
the rule and necessity and finally the
tax and the hardship, which all must
endure who would enjoy any os the
comforts of metropolitan life. All
meuials get the "tip" fever and the most
frugal workers are made to feel the eff
fects of the extortionate practice. Citi-
Gems who would ordinarily be able to
patronize a respectable dining-room or
bath or barber shop are compelled to
seek the less pretentious and more
homely places. They are compelled to
endure the secondhand" and the Sec
ond-grade," and to put up with impolite-
ness and the many little rudenesses
which in the better grade of resorts
the ''tip" does away with. Only those
who are compelled to do such things
can appreciate the CALLING misery Of
the necessity. 1t is perhaps needless
to suggest that the ''tip" should be
tabooed.-Every Month.