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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
PHOTOGRAPHIC WONDER.
The Way the Velocity of Bullet
Can Dc Determined.

The Way the Velocity of Il Bullet
Can Dc Determined.
The remarkable assertion has recently
been made that photography can now
register measurements of intervals as
much shorter than fash of lightning
as n second is TO year; in other words,
that happenings in the one-tenth of
millionth of second can be recorded on
a Photographic plate a blow with
hammer was not SO long ago looked
upon as practically instantaneous, but
its impact is now divided into periods
corresponding to weeks, months and
years. All this is done by projecting n
ray of light through hole in prong
of tuning fork and allowing the ray
to act on n sensitive film wrapped
around n cylinder which is rotated at
speed of 5000 to 10000 revolutions
per minute. as the case may require.
This has the effect of drawing out each
vibration of the fork into a long, sinu-
Gus band, which may readily be subdi-
vided. giving still smaller intervals of
time.
The velocity of bullet in flight is de-
W IL " yam an ClCC-
trio circuit at intervals of few feet
This produces spark, the light of
which photographs the exact position
of bullet on a moving cylinder, which
indicates its relation in distance to the
vibrations of tuning fork BY devel-
opng the film and counting the number
of vibrations that occurred during the
passage of the bullet between two con-
secutive wires at n known distance
apart the exact interval of time occu-
pied in transit is known. The instru-
ment by which this is done, though de-
vised primarily for determining the
velocity of projectiles, is now being
adapted to the accurate measurement
of the ultimate resistance of materials
to compression. or to the force of
blow. and thus many important dis
crepancies in old engineering formulas
and calculations have been revealed
Chicago Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
The Peacock mt Home.

The real home Of the peacock or pea
fowl is in India. There they were and
are hunted. and their flesh is used for
food. AS these birds live in the same
region as the tiger, peacock hunting is
n very dangerous sport. The long train
of the peacock is not its tail. as many
suppose, but is composed of feathers
which grow out just above the tail, and
are called the tail coverts. Peacocks
have been known for many hundred
years. They are mentioned in the Bible;
Job mentions them. and they are men
toned. too. in l Kings. 10. Hundreds
of years ago, in Rome, many thousand
peacocks were killed for the great
feasts which the emperor made. The
brains of the peacock were considered
great treat, and many had to be killed
for a single feast.-Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
THE FIRST RED LEAF.

uhat is that which the eye perceives
Glowing among the thick green leaves?
u II an oriole perched to rest.
~ tanager, with his vivid vest?
a. lonely grosbeak, left behind,
Torgotten by all his gorgeous kind?
uas for summer-and woe for me
,Tis The first red leaf on the dogwood tree!
ab why, for the grass Is not yet sere;
40 hight betokens the failing year:
a late rose reigns on her thorny throne,
al the fairer because alone,
nd mods and smiles In the sunny noon,
as sweet and perfect as those of June;
WHY hint at winter and storm to be,
n first red leaf on the dogwood tree?
ono orphaned lily leans pale and tall,
last of it's line. by the lichened wall,
The SALIVA losses Its brilliant plume,
The bright nasturtiums are yet in bloom,
And dahlias. crimson and gold and white,
waste their beauty. awake all night,
Vet here, with its sorrowful prophecy,
Ia the first red leaf on the dogwood tree!
The knapweed swings by the meadow path
where mowers gather the aftermath;
The first pale aster has but begun
"a him that the torrid days are done,
Tbeffingy sprays of the golden-rod
Are spreading their spendthrift wealth
abroad,
And. while they charm us, we need not see
Elizabeth Akers. in Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
RUNNING AWAY.

The sky was clear. the stars were bright
The grass was wet with dew,
When Johnny rose, put on his clothes,
And vowed what he would do.
" III leave my pa. I'll leave my ma,
I'll go from here to stay:
They used me rough-I've had enough
And so I'll run away
I" I'll take my clothes. I'll take my all
A slave 1 will not be;
I'll go out west. I'll do my best
I'll strike for liberty
And Johnny started bravely out,
And said he'd ne'er return;
He said he'd go and make a show,
And let his genius burn.
He Travelled all that summer night,
And bravely through the day.
" And then" said he, II wish that we
Had never run away!
" I'm weak and tired and Sick" said he,
With sadness in his tone;
" 1t isn't best to go out west
At least, to go alone!
" And now I'm in pretty fix,
And don't know what TO do.'
And then he sighed and sobbed and cried
Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo!
The boy, when found, was taken home,
And was content to stay.
Said he: I'm cured, and rest assured,
I'll never run away"
H. Elliot Mcbride. In Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
A FELINE MASCOT.
This Cat In ut Home I'm Locomotive
Cab or Oh, pilot.


An engineer on the Delaware d. Hud-
son road has a cat with which he would
not part for love or money. 1t belonged
to his wife, who is now dead, and for a
year past it has been his constant COM
panion in the cab. The cat loves its life
on the rail, and has grown sleek and fat.
Ordinarily it sits perched up at the
cab window before it's master, but oc-
casionally it strolls out to the pilot,
where il will ride at stretch, winking
knowingly at the dogs which bark at
the train as it thunders by the cross
roads.
Sometimes when the train is APP
preaching station the adventurous ami
NAL climbs to the top of the sandbox
and calmly roosts there, undeterred by
the shrek of the whistle or the clang Of
the bell. The locomotive has had good
luck ever since the animal became an
occupant of the cab, and the trainmen
look on il as a mascot.-N. Y. Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
JARDINlERE BENCH.
Any Smart hoy Can Easily Make Or
for His Mother.

Any Smart hoy Can Easily Make One
for His Mother.
AS resting place for large potted
plant or jardiniere, substantial
bench is shown in the illustration.
1t is not difficult matter to construct
bench of this sort, and most any smart
boy can make it from a few pieces of
board, and with the aid of compass,
saw, a plane, a bit and brace, and some
nails and screws. 1t should be IL
inches square, and the top should meas
ure ii inches square.
From 90 to "a inches will be about the
right height, and if it is constructed Of
boards seven-eighthso Of f~ch in thick
ness it will result in a strong affair.
Three-quarter-inch boards can be en-
ployed, or even lighter ones, but should
the bench be used as n seat, the weight
of person sitting on it might rack or
break it.
If it is to be painted it can be of pine
or whitewood, but If natural, wood is
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
GRATEFUL ELEPHANT.
She Rugged the Chemist Who Had
Once Cured Her Pain.

She Rugged the Chemist Who Had
Once Cured Her Pain.
1t is common sight to see Jolly al
most any day walking sedately about
the crowded hall with eight and nine
merry children on his back. He APP
pears to enjoy the sport as much as the
little folks, for his eyes twinkle glee-
fully, says the Boston Journal.
In talking about the intelligence and
remarkable memories of elephants Mr..
| Bostock (who was Jolly's trainer and
has been trainer and exhibitor of ami
mails all his life) said: THE elephant
IS the most intelligent of animals ever
had anything to do with. They are the
easiest to train, the most good-tem-
pered and interesting of all.
Speaking of the memories for per-
sons and events that elephants have, I
would like to tell you IN instance that
came under my own eyes some years
ago when was in England. My father
was the manager of show, but he hav-
ing died my mother was in charge. We
had several elephants, and one of them
was of unusual size. He was within
three or four inches rs tall as Jumbo,
and a trife heavier.
I'm the rural places where we were
exhibiting at the time it was the GUS
tom of the people to have large baskets
CT apples placed by the side of the rpad
after they had been picked from(the
trees. This particular day our show
was passing along street and the Gle
plants all ate of apples.
80 ,ct h., Ii al ~, mt
taken very ill., He lay down on the
ground and was apparently unable to
get up. We did not kiiow-whether he
had been poisoned or not. Finally q
chemist was called and he gave the ele-
plant some physic.
1T did not appear to do much good.
For hours the animal lay on the ground
and the chemist kept giving him medi-
cine. Bystanders jeered at the man for
his apparently unsuccessful efforts.
Finally, however, the elephant began to
revive, and at last stood up on his feet.
"Seven years later we happened to
visit the same town again. The big ele-
plant was drawing n chariot with two
others in the lead, tandem fashion. We
were passing along the street when the
elephant suddenly paused and walked
up to man standing on the sidewalk.
She placed her trunk around the waist
OF the man, lifted him up in the air and
drew him to her. She began to caress
him, purring loudly all the while.
"Come to find out this was the chemist
who had cured the animal of her sick
ness seven years before. The man re-
membered the elephant and the ele-
plant remembered the man. At the per-
Torrance which we gave the chemist
was among the spectators.
"When the time came for the big ele-
plant to appear she walked right over
to the chemist and raised him from the
ground and Rugged him so close that 1T
was uncomfortable. But we could not
release him until the elephant was
ready. The elephant purred like cat
for almost 90 minutes"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30

Boyer took his prepared dog home,
and, waiting for the opening of the dog
catching season, he set about perfect
ing his plans. BY the time Whimple was
due to go on his rounds all was ready,
and Boyer took his dog out and set it
down on rubber mat on the front
porch. This was at night, and early the
next morning the despised Whimple,
sneaking along in Boyer's neighborhood
for he always made for the home of
the dog fancier on the first day of his
resumption of business-caught sight
ofthe spaniel in the early morning semi
light.
That's Dodger," he murmured to
himself. "Boyer'll pay ten dollars out
of hand to get him back once l catch
him." And he looked carefully about
to see If he was observed.
"I'll get him quick an take the tag
off him before he can give yelp," said
Whimple, softly, IAN then I'll be ready
to swear he was runnin' around out
here, barkin' at me as was goin' by"
Whimple, as has been said, saw the
dog. But, alas, there was an invisible
thing of which he took no cognizance.
And that invisible thing was the heavy
copper wire which ran from the trolley
line over to Boyer's house and down
alongside the porch, whereon Dodger
lay waiting for the door to open And
if the man had seen it do you think he
would have stopped to calculate that
the dog was loaded with enough cleo
tricity to keep 16 trains busily plying
between Omaha and Council Bluffs
that the beasts life and vitality came
not from collection of sesamoids and
temporals and livers and lights, but
from lot of cotton wheels in power
house two miles away? Hardly.
Certainly he thought nothing of the
kind. But standing on the well-watered
lawn of Bill Boyer-and oh, how care
fully the man of types and stump
speeches had sprinkled that lawn on
the night before!-he poised his wire
moose for action, and leaning over the
rail slipped il about the dogs uplifted
head and gave quick jerk, the purpose
OF which was 10 choke his prey into inn
mediate silence.
The school books used TO say that if
q man lived on the planet Neptune he
would be able TO jump over the Wash
ington monument, or Whereabouts.
For moment Whimple seemed to be-
leve that his home was in Neptune,
and that he wanted to get back there
right away. He gave one leap aloft and
turned a few dozen times like sort of
day fireworks" brand of pinwheel.
He alightel on the back of his neck
when he came down, but being n
courageous sort of villain in some
ways. and believing that the dog was
stronger than he ever calculated upon, he
hung grimly TO the wire and abused the
beasts character while volts and am
peres and time cards and bell punches
and other things connected with the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
The Maid and handkerchief.

A touching and poetical custom pre-
walls in the Welsch-Tyrol. When n
young maiden is about to be married,
Immediately before she steps across the
threshold of her old home, on her way
to the church, her mother solemnly
gives her new pocket handkerchief.
The bride holds it in her hand through
out the marriage ceremony, usin it,
to wipe away her tears. So soon as the
marriage festivities are ended the
young wife lays the handkerchief aside
In her linen closet, and there it remains
as long as she lives. Nothing would in
duce Tyrolese wife to use this sacred
handkerchief. 1t may be half CEN
fury, or longer, before it is taken from
its place to fulfil the second and last
part of its mission. When the wife
dies. perhaps as gray old grandmother,
the loving hands of the next of kin
place the bridal handkerchief over the
face of the dead and it is buried with
her i'm the grave.-London News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
BABY LOCOMOTIVE.
Built and Put I'm Operation by Two
New England nOyn.

Built and Put I'm Operation by Two
New England Doys.
Edwin III. Warren and Ernest C. War
rem are two Montvale (Mass.) boys, aged
respectively II and Is. They are stu
dents at the Woburn high school, from
which they will probably be graduated
two years hence. Unlike most boys
OF their years, they care little for base
ball and less for the mad scrimmages of
the football field. Their home is on ris-
ing ground near the railway station and
their newest toy is locomotive which
they, with the aid of their father, Mr..
Herbert A. Warren, constructed and
placed in operation on a 12O-foot track.
The locomotive weighs about ton and
half, and were such engines animals
that developed like cows this one might
very aptly be called year!ing.
1t is an out-and-out locomotive from
headlight to cab. The wheels on the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
Correcting n Maxim.

Jones-Say. some of these old maxims
give me a pain. Now. there's that one
about friend in need being friend
indeed.
Smith-Well. what's wrong with
that?
'Why. / should think friend indeed
was one who wasn't in need. detroit
Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
THE SOUTH AND HER SLAVES.
What She DID for Thcm-The Women
Were Heroincs.


Were Hcroincs.
Rev. Edward L. Pell, of this city, is
collecting material for history of the
efforts made by the south for the moral
elevation of the negro before the war.
The facts of such history, while not
easily available, are more abundant
than is generally supposed. Not only
did the churches Of the south spend
large sums of money in missionary
work among the blacks, but it was not
uncommon for persons who owned
large body of slaves to have place Of
worship for them and to have preacher
employed for their especial ministry.
Moreover, every white church had it's
contingent of colored members, who
had voice in the management of
church affairs, and so sacred was this
tie that many of the colored people con-
tinued their membership in the white
churches even after they were enamel
pated. The efforts of individual lay
men, as, for~example Stonewall Jack
son, in the Sunday school for slaves at
Lexington, would make another long
and touching chapter.
All this is nothing, however, as COM
pared with the work done for the negro
By the women. of the south. The idea
that the southern women were made
heroines by the late war is far from the
fact. They were heroines from the be-
ginning and they had been in training
from the time that the slaves came into
our possession. Instead of the many
public charities in which they are en-
gagged to-day, they devoted their time to
the instruction of the slaves and the
amelioration of their condition. Seek
any old negro and ask him where he got
his religious instruction and he will
almost invariably tell you that he owes
it to "ole MISS" who had him at the
"gre't house" on Sunday morning and
read to him and his companions selec-
lions from the Scriptures and expound-
ed their meaning.-Richmond News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
nnnt WINS SIN There.

Two little brothers, aged respectively
four and six years old, fell in with u
stray kitten, which, suffering by the
hands Of some cruel person, had of its
tail scarcely half an inch remaining.
Poor little kitten" said the younger
enc. "Who has cut off its tail? won
der il 1t will grow AGAIN." To which
the elder gravely remarked: "of course
It will Don't you see, the root ia
,here?"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
u,d kcut Tnb on Her.

a lady taking tea AT small company,
being very fond of hot rolls, was asked
TO have another. REALLY, | cannot"
she modestly replied. 81 don't know
how many I've eaten already" 81 do"
unexpectedly exclaimed juvenile up
start whose mother allowed him seat
at the table. You've eaten eight. I've
been countin'."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30

AT German picnic in Emporia,
Kan. the chief refreshment was beer,
$50 gallons of which were consumed.
The partakers of this exhilaratlng bev-
erage were extremely jolly until they
learned that the treasurer had skipped
with the entire receipts of the picnic
$i7j.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
Educational Item.

Mrs. Chaflie-How are you coming on
at school. Johnnie?
.lohnnie-The teacher is kicking
again. He says you ought to dust my
clothes before you send me to school.
lie had to give up padding me this
morning. lie nearly choked to death
from the dust he raised.-N. Y. World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
A Snd Amir.

Nobody could ever tell the Hudson
twins from each other until they fell
in love with the same girl"
"And then?"
"Oh, then there was serious differ
ence between decentralization Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-30
Conclusive Proof.

PERCY wonder why we say that love
is blind?
Gerald-Bccause we so often see n
pretty girl fall in love with some other
man.-Brooklyn Life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-11

the time .he stem is an inch or tWu
long. the lower part of the tunnel has
curiously frozen again. In this stage.
then, thu melted space is no longer a
dome; is assumes the form Of little
balloon or round bubble of air. sur
rounding the fower-bud.,. At the same
time, the ice beneath, having frozen
again, almost touches the stem, so that
the bud seems to occupy a small, clear
area Of its own in the midst of the
sheet, with ice above. below. and all
round 1t.
Gradually in this way, the little buds.
manage to bore their way to the sur
face and to the sunshine on the out
side of the ice-sheet. At last the stalk
melts Its path out, and a flower ap-
pears on the top, in the center of a
small cup-shaped or saucer-shaped de-
preston. The exquisite blue bells are
thus seen blooming in profusion, ap-
parently out of the ice itself, or as if
stuck into it. Unless you looked close,
and noticed that their stems came from
the ground beneath, you might even
Imagine they were rooted in the crys-
tai mass of ice. The edge of the snow
field in early spring is often pierced
and riddled by hundreds of such sold
amelia horings; others above are in
process OF formation; and if you cut a
piece open you will see inside how each
is produced, with it's narrow tunnel
below, its balloon in the center, or
later, Its saucer-shaped depression on
the surface.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-11
TO DREDoE THE YUKON.
st. Louis Capitalists VIII Send a Boat
Up in the Spring.

ST. Louis Capitalists VIII Send a Boa
Up in the Spring.
A st. Louis company has been or
ganized with the avowed purpose of
taking up the bottom of the Yukon
river. They expect to put it carefully
back when they get through with it.,
but by that time it will be no more
attractive than the bottom of the Miss
lssippi, for the company will have all
the gold there was in it. Already a
mining engineer is at Chilkoot Pass,
en- route to the golden waters, and as
soSn as his report is received work will
be commenced on a dredgeboat of spe-
cial design which it is believed will get
everything worth having out of the
river in no time. The boat will draw
ABOUT 20 inches of water, and will be
about ITO feet long large enough for
the purpose of this expedition. 1t will
he equipped with sand pump, which
will handle 200 tons per hour. Patent
Hiuice boxes will be placed on each
side of the boat, running its entire
length. and so arranged that all gold
Wa W SdNCNy AOWONSE uuGs DuEluS
the season, the dredge will operate "a
hours a day. In sand which runs but
$50 ton, which is a conservative es-
innate, it will be seen that the boat
will have capacity of $4,000 day
The boat will be built of cedar and
steel, braced every 10 feet with water,
tight bulk-heads, separating the boat
Into air chambers, making it impos.
stble to founder or become easily
wrecked. The expedition will be pro.
visioned for two years, and a gasoline
launch will act as a tender, making
regular trips to the mouth of the
Yukon, thus keeping connection with
the base of supplies, bringing in pro.
visions and taking out the output. The
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-11

hush Of night, scarcely breaking the
silence by the noiseless paddle or soft
ly dipped oar; and from the gloom
come other gliding sklffs from many
sheltered cove. Friends hail each 9th
er, and then side by side many light
craft lie with their freight Of happy
occupants. And of course some one
has brought a guitar or mandolin, and
soon sweet voices are singing the dear
old songs of many homes far away,
and the night is filled with music"
And when the last good night" good
night" die away into the surrounding
stiffness, the heart still fingers with
regret at parting from what is more
like peace, unbroken for thousands of
years. than a pervading influence upon
the island homes of men with busy
lives elsewhere. Perhaps this is felt
more strongly than at other times ON
Sunday evenings. For years it has
been the custom to hold a boat SER
vice" about shutdown. in little nook
aptly called Lonely bay. Here from
all quarters the boats repair and glide
up the still water to the head of the
bay, whose carved channel shuts it in
from the outer waters. Lying there,
side by side, they gather together, and
1t is very impressive in such surround
ings to hear all join in the old familiar
hymns in a Temple truly not made
with hands. In fact Half Moon bay,
as 1t is often called is the outlet of
an ancient glacier which ages ago
scooped it into its present shape-and
it was happy thought to adapt it as
place of worship, unique of its kind
On the rocks above are some most
interesting traces of glacier and water
action and what the Indians call the
Devils Wash Bowl" is a perfect
specimen of these forces following the
granite rock.
And so day by day the happy sum-
mer life in the islands passes on till
the shortening afternoons, sense of
chill in the air, as well as the glowing
colors of the fading leaves, tell the
autumn is at hand. Signs Of change,
too, appear in the heavens at night, as
from the far frozen north the streamers
Of the aurora silently flash over the
dark blue starry sky. Then it is time
to break our stay on the islands, and to
leave these homes with all their varied
pleasures and happy memories, and go
back to the old life and occupations.