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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
The Climate of Greenland.

During q series of observations mace
last summer by professor OF CorneA
university, il was discovered that tne'0
had been n most amazing change In inc
climate of Greenland since the first rec
ords made concerning that region ~
would appear that there are, on 'n'
Greenland coast, unmistakable evidence
of suomergence of the land. Whether
this has caused a diversion of ocean
currents Is not yet determined. Inv
explorers found on the Greenland coas'
blossoming flowers, transforms, 1resn'
balmy air and birds and insects
great abundance. On the Americas
shore thousands of miles to the SCUM
the conditions were reversed, ana tne''
was every evidence of wintry weo'ne,,
the shores being covered with hea!
snowbanks and with great foes Oh ~
in their vicinity. The professor, IN ui'
cussing this subject, makes the foiio~
ing interesting Inquiries: us ureen
land now passing through the s'as0
of ice withdrawal from which the Aniei
lean, Labrador and Baffin Land nave ,
recently escaped? And is there an
relation between the down-sinkins y
Greenland and the uprising OF LaD ,.s
dor and Baffin Land? Is the Ice W.
drawal directly due to the land no ~.
ment, and is the load of ice really az -.
cause for the sinking which allows ~.
withdrawal? That is, does the ice - !,
crease in area and extent with no o'p ~.
result than its own destruction py u
pressing the land, and hence remo,'''
the cause of supply pm. Y. Ledger
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
A Modem In.tance.

Weary watkins-Dis here newspap s.
says that half the cause of de hard 'i'
Is de overcrowdin' of de professions, a
Hungry Higgins-It's gittin asr-
way in our profession. to a deao g.
tainty.-Indianapol Journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
Feline FcIicitntions.

Debutante-I wonder II shan %
my looks, too. when I get your as.
Seasoned Sister-You will be iuch'
y'ou doi--Punch.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10

We are coming to see that humanity
8 our creditor; that we are debtors to
all men. Rev. l. A. Crandall, Baptist
Chicago. Ill
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

gested bulk that only a skillful hand can effect without too much weight It was in pearl gray felt. it's brim edged with darker gray velvet, the same velvet furnishing the pufing that encircled it's crown.
 A novel and elaborate neck finish is shown, too, in the illustration. It con sisted of a full ruche of pearl gray chiffon attached to a stock collar of the same, to which tea roses and fur tails were added. No decrease is mo- ticeable in the liking for pretty neck finish for dresses and new sorts are as much at a premium as ever In fur garments there is current a device for obviating the tendency of the tall col lars to turn over at the point. or to lop somewhere. To give the touch of freshness that a fur needs in February she is wearing stiffened stock of vel vet or stain, fitted carefully. shaped down slightly to a point in front and fastening at the back under lot of bows. This stock holds up the fur col lar snugly. and adds to the becom- ingness of the garment. Besides, the chain or ribbon for the huff, instead of passing all around the neck, fastens un- der bows or buckles at either side of the front of the stock, and stock and huff become part of each other, as it were. To carry out this effect the front of the stock may be finished with fur or tails to match the huff and these tails will serve also to hide the wear along the edge of the garment in front.
 Little flaring cuffs of satin lined fur are also shown to slip under the edge of the sleeve. which is the first place in a fur coat to become shabby. The cuff is not more than a frill of fur and should match the huff, if not the cloak. With these an old fashioned huff may be carried. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
I'll EORE3ICdL.

"I hold to the theory that a man has the right to do what he pleases with his own money" "Of course, you do. You are single, ,'-Indianapolis Journal
 Weary Way--"I jes' love ter sit here on Battery bench an watch the ships a-comin' up the bay" Rock Roads Yes, but them there schooners gives me such sad thoughts. '-NeW York Commercial Advertiser
 Useful-"Do you think professor, that the theory that Mars is inhabited has returned the professor. T know it.. Some periodicals pay SEQ a page for ar ticles on the subject, ,"-Washington Star
 Nisitor-'I am grieVed to. learn of your mistress illness. Nothing serious no great cause for alarm, trust?" The New French Maid-"No, monsieur, nozzing beeg, nozzing grande. Some thing-what you call leetle, petite, What zey call ze leetle-small-~small- poX, Tit Bits.
 Mrs. De Form-"Now that baby is three weeks old, John, we must send out his cards to let folks know the dear little fellow has arrived
 John Gas the baby yells)-" "Er--ah-- my dear, don't you think he'll make the announcement Philadelphia North American.
 Old Shilark says he is the man who started you on the road to fortune" The old villain tells the truth. All had when 1 was q young man was a fifty-acre farm and he cheated me out of that. Then I had to come to town to get something to do and got into business and got rich. indianapolis Journal.
 Republican Limitations Pepper, ' said Willie, lis this republic?" Yes, my son" And we can do as we please?" That is the law, unless we please to do what is wrong" Is skat- ing wrong, pa?" No, indeed Then I'm going. Ma said I shouldn't but if the law says" He didn't go -Harper's Bazar
 Her Plan -He-"Do you believe in long engagements? She-"Well, it all depends" He-'I don't understand. Shelf he has plenty of money and is l inclined to be liberal, a long engage ment is the thing; but if he cannot af- l ford boxes at the opera and such things I always make his regime very short Philadelphia Leader | Bacon--"Did you hear about Bachel- | ler?''
 { Ebgert-''No; what now?" T hear he fell a victim to woman's charms!"
 You don't say so.''
 Yes; he was riding his wheel, an6 he turned around to see what the wo- man had on, when he fell. ."-Yonkers l Statesman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
They rounded up 200 jack rabbits, bu not single wolf.

Frederick J. Brown of Baltimore sup ports with facts the claim that contra ny to the views held by census officials, the trend of colored migration is from the southern to the northern States, This migration, he thinks, Is on the in- crease, He finds from a study of the natural increase of the colored popula- tion that the rate decreases as one goes from the South to the North. Thus, while it is 25 per cent. in ten years in Florida, in South Carolina and Georgia it is 16.4, in North Carolina 13.1, in the border States GA, and in the northern States 3.7, or possibly less. But the ac- tual rate of increase of the colored pop ulation of the North in ten years was nearly 21 per cent, and the difference between this and the rate of natural in crease is ascribed by MT. Brown to mi grafton from the South. MT. Brown also shows that there are great inequal- ities in the distribution of the colored people in the South. In some sections the negroes enormously outnumber the whites, as in South Carolina and along the Mississippi from Memphis nearly to New Orleans. and in these sections the disparity is increasing. In other sec- tions the negro is almost non-existent, averaging only about one per cent. of the total population. This is notably true of nearly one-half of the State of Texas. It is further pointed out that in these sections the white population
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

JAPAN Nor YET T MENACE TO US.
 Awhile ago the industrial hordes of Japan Were going to overrun this couu- try even as the military hordes of Japan overran the Chinese. It now ap- pears that they are not going to do it, at least not immediately Even the chamber of commerce of San Francisco where the excitement over the matter was most lively, has discovered that American manufacturers have no reason to dread Japanese competition, It does not seem reasonable nor is it logical, the report that has been made says, to suppose that Japan has thus, meteor-like, sprung to the front rank of manufacturing countries at one bound England, the greatest exporter of manufactures in the world, has reached supremacy through one thou sand years of experience and aggressive policy, and it would appear to this committee, therefore, that we are an | ticipating the course of events by many years in believing Japan capable of competing with us. It was manifestly the opinion of the San Francisco con- mittee that the true policy of the Unit ed States as regarded Japan was not to erect barriers and safeguards against a purely problematical danger, but to J endeavor to win by conciliation and intelligent enterprise the share of Japan's trade to which this country is rightfully entitled, both by reason of geographical position and it's own in dustrial capacities. Abiding to pro- posed meeting of the manufacturers of the United States in Chicago, the con- mittee suggest that it would be good idea to consider at that meeting the question of pushing the sale of our manufactures in South America, Japan, China and other countries. The bal ance of trade to-day, it goes on to say,
 with the United States is in favor of Japan. This is entirely from the fact of our heavy imports of tea and raw silk. Yet. with increasing consumption of our cotton in Japan, and prospects of sale of our manufactured goods in
 that country, it is not without the
 bounds of possibility yet to write the
 balance on the other side. With all these facts in view, your committee is of the opinion that any untimely antagonze our best interests in Japan, should be avoided
 This is calm and sensible. Much bet
 ter than cowardly wailing over imag- linary dangers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
LIFE IN ICELAND.
Peculiarities of the Country, the People
 and the Climate.

Peculiarities of the Country, the People
 and the Climate.
 Three days after leaving Faroes, we reached Iceland" writes Miss Jessie Alderman in her article on Three Wo- men in Iceland" in the October Ladies Home Companion. "In no land of giv- en space have people had so varied or interesting a history, marked by so great and cruel oppression, from which they have risen to the dignity of na- ton; for Iceland, with her own lan- guage, literature, national dress, states men, poets and philosophers, has the right to take her place among nations. The name and geographical situation of the island give most erroneous ideas concerning it, for, instead of being hemmed in and bounded by perpetual icy shores and covered with almost endless stretches of snow, it has one of the most delightful summer climates in the world, and the winter is greatly moderated by the gulf stream, which sweeps the coast. The Westman is lands passed, we were soon in view of Revkjavik, the southern capital; and a few hours later landed on the trealess shores of this northern wonderland" :" The first view of the city was some what disappointing; the entire absence of trees gives it bleak look, and the modern style of architecture detracts greatly from the otherwise foreign sur |roundings. The population of nearly five thousand is scattered about two miles along the coast.
 From the steamer the clock-towar of the Lutheran cathedral could be seen, and the new, solid, square legislative building gave ample evidence that the people were not behind in maintaining the dignity of their capitol city. Our escort took us to a hotel, where the good housewife gave us the three best rooms in the house. Everything was clean and plain, the furniture being somewhat meagre and scanty. We did not lack in attention, the chief discorl- forts being in matters of food, both as to quality and cooking, and the contin- ued daylight. Fruit is brought to the capital in tins, for the country produces nothing of the kind, not even wild fruit, and the growth of vegetables is limited to potatoes and Spanish turnips. Fish of every kind forms the chief article of diet The numerous streams abound in trout and salmon. These are used fresh | in the season, and dried, smoked or in other ways prepared for the winter From choice, the natives use rye flour 1 for bread, which is very dark and not inviting in appearance, but is said to be most healthful. The native dish is
 skyr,' made from milk, chiefly sheeps milk. for the ewes are milked as well as the goats. The milk is made into a kind of cottage cheese, and is eaten with cream and sugar We found 1t a good, wholesome sustaining dish They excel in coffee making, and gen. erous supply of rich cream is always served with it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
------- As GOOD AS 4 PLAY.

Romances in real life are as thick as Whortleberries and occasionally there is poetic justice. A pretty romance and some neat justice is reported from Ser In. A well known woman attached by blood and marriage to several noble families, is now lying at the point of death In Vienna. Her nearest relatives are her son-in-law, a widower, and her second daughter, who eloped twenty years ago with a man because her dis tinguished parents refused consent to the marriage. Since that time the bride has been regarded by her family as an outcast; but her affection for her moth CT remained. The son-in-law mean while contrived that a will should be drawn up in his favor, and as his late wife's mother was very i'll, he took ev- cry precaution to prevent the long-lost daughter from gaining access to the sick room. He engaged a special nurse, promising her a large sum of money if she saw that no news from anybody outside the house reached her patient. One evening, on coming home, he dis covered to his astonishment a lawyer and two witnesses sitting at the bed side of his mother-in- n-law, busy in drawing up a new will in which their client was making liberal provision for his hated sister-in-law. He so far for got himself as to fly in a rage before the sick woman and the notary, and made some very terrible remarks about the daughter who had ventured to wed the man of her heart The nurse whom he had engaged thereupon arose, and quietly informed him that she was the very person he was ungallantly ma lingtng, and then, to his still greater as- tonishment, related how she had con- trived to get at her mother, and to thwart his dishonest machinations.
 This is as good as a play Indeed, it is a big sight better than most plays.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
MAINTAINING THE COURTS DIG
 NIFTY

Judge J. c. Wickliffe is fond of ath- letics, and although he never exercises now, he can tell of the days when he was a terror among the boys. The judge has been a vigorous man in his time, and the story is told of him that, while holding Circuit court at Lebanon shortly after the war, there being a military garrison at that place occupied by a regiment of Ohio troops. about twenty of these were drunk and on the warpath and had collected in front of the courthouse and were making things lively for time. and it looked like a riot was imminent. as the feeling be- tween the citizens and the Yankee sol diers at that time was of the bitterest type. Judge Wickliffe ordered the sheriff to disperse the riotous soldiers.
 The officers proceeded to execute the order; but they were unable to move the stubborn soldiers and so reported to the judge, He at once adjourned court. walked coOlly to where the crowd had collected, and ordered them to at once
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
TERRAPIN SCARCE INMARYLAND,

.TERRAPIN SCARCE IN MARYLAND.
 The movement by the Maryland Game and Fish Protective Association to rehahilitate the diamond back terra pin industry of the Chesapeake is gene rally indorsed in Kent county. Though almost surrounded by waters when not many years ago fairly teemed Wlth terrapin, the diamond-back IS now comparatively unknown. Whether they have been caught up and sold or whether for some cause they have sought other bedding and feeding grounds is question with some Kent county watermen.
 An old fisherman of Chestertown, who has seen about sixty years of sc- tive service on the Chesapeake and its tributaries, said: "The terrapin is now mere tradition to Kent county fisher- men. The interest taken by the Mary land Game and Protective Association in the Maryland terrapin industry is mbve in the right direction, but l fear it is case of locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen, l am not prepared to say that the terrapin has been eXterminated I am rather disposed to believe that for some reason or other it has sought new and more congenial quarters. l am led to this conclusion by the fact that only few years ago they were to be seen each year in the spring and early summer at certain points in considerable numbers. | These terrapin were never caught, but
 they have as totally disappeared as l tnol1srh ayictp6 The terra pin which now sells for eighty dollars l dozen was neither a delieacy nor lux l ury when I was boy. I have known many 8 dozen terrapin, measuring | from eight to twelve inches to be sold | for one dollar and half. In those 1 days I have seen places in Chester river and Landlords Bay fairly dotted with
 the heads of floating diamond backs l Many day have pushed the boat for
 a farmer living on Lankford Bay while
 he fshed his nets, and it was not infre- quent for him to fish up terrapin until
 the boat was loaded to the very top and | the terrapin crawling overheard. As
 many as three boatloads were brought
 out at one fishing without exhausting l the supply. It is matter of local his
 tory that this fisherman-farmer paid
 for his farm in the money from the sale of terrapin at one dollar and half a
 dozen. It was not an uncommon thing | for seine haulers to land in their nets
 wagon loads of terrapin day during
 some portions of the spring fishing sea-
 son.
 "The terrapin deposited their eggs in | the sandy uplands and fields along the
 water courses. Many a time while
 ploughing in the field have l seen a
 large terrapin on her nest, and many a
 nest of eggs have I turned up with my
 ploughshare. The egg of the diamond
 back was even then somewhat of del |icacy, and were, as a rule, carried home
 to be boiled and eaten. I have known
 my mother to send out and have terra pin eggs hunted up just as the farmer s
 wife of to-day gathers in the hens
 eggs. Baltimore Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
AN INrEREsTING PHENOMENON.

T
 One of the interesting things that has been discovered lately is that de- crease of crime accompanies an in- crease of pauperism. Minnesotas de- partment of corrections and charities is one of the witnesses to this. Neith- CT in the cities nor in the country dis tricts did the industrial depression op- crate to increase the number of tnisde- meanant prisoners. There has been since 1893 what appears to be a normal increase in the number of prisoners, but the number is much short of that which crowded the prisons of the State in what were called the prosperous times of 1892. The ratio of prisoners to the general population was FIG in 189O as against 6S7 on December 31, 1895. An officer of the Washington po- lice court, commenting recently on a decrease of criminal cases in that city during the hard times, attributed it to the financial inability of the relatives or friends of offenders to pay their fines. AS consequence they languish- ed in jail instead of being at liberty to become disorderly or to steal. Officers of the Minnesota department offer a different explanation. In their opinion the decrease in the number of prison CTS is partly accounted for by the leni- ency of magistrates in passing sentence during the hard times, and partly by the fact that people had less money to spend for intoxicating drinks. The same relative decrease of crime as com pared with pauperism has been observ- ed quite recently in Chicago, and in that city still another explanation is advanced. When the poverty of many people was accentuated during the re- cent very cold weather the police of the city were used as the agents for inves- tigating cases of distress and for the distribution of relief This unusual activity of the police is thought to have awed the criminals into temporary qui- essence, while possible criminals, being warmed and fed, had less temptation to do wrong.
 There is probably some truth in all these explanations of an interesting phenomenon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
ADyERTIsING RATHs.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent q Word each In sertion, Five Gents a Word for full week (seven times).
 Display Advertisements, per Inch, one In. sertion, $1,20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week, $3,20; one month, $1O; one year, $40
 Obituary Notices in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages; Deaths and Funerals. 50 cents each, Local notices 15 cents per lire.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business tall matter to be un- obtectionable), and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

The Canadian Niagara Power com pany, which has had exclusive rights to employ the power of Niagara within the limits of Victoria park since 1892, has been content with paying the year. ly rental of $25, 900 required for the first ten years out of the twenty covered by the law and the contract The Toronto Mail and Empire finds fault with the company, but the park has certainly received great benefit from the annual payment of $25, ,O00 and the members of the company have not taken any dan gerous risk. Possibly they are waiting Ito see what comes of power develop ment on the American side. There are no manufacturing industries of any ac- count on the Canadian side at Niagara Falls, and no prospect of any If the power of Niagara is to be used at all it must be transmitted Experience in transmission on the American side will Houbtless settle the question of enter ing upon power development in Cana Ha.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

There are wolves in Russia During Saratoff the wolves have devoured, ac- cording to the official returns, II, 900 horses 10000 horned cattle, 33, 900 sheep, 5000 swine, 1000 dogs and 1S,0OO fowl. They have also during the same period attacked sixty-eight persons, devour- ing two on the spot and inf1icting fatal wounds on twelve others. In France it is estimated that 00,0OO of these ami mals exist, and the damage inflicted by francs annually A regular body of men, numbering over 1000, called the Louveterie, is maintained to keep down wild beasts, and the force has a certain efficiency, but is unequal to keeping the country clear of them. From time to time high bounties for wolf scalps have been paid, as much as two hundred francs in the case of a known man. eater, dreaded there as the man-eating tiger is in the Hindoo villages; but the animal is never extirpated. In some years his ravage is greater and in others less, but he is always in evil dence In this country he has been pretty well put down in the inhabited parts. A few days ago a prodigious wolf-driye was set on foot in Atchison county, Kansas, five square miles being covered and zoo persons participating.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

Church cars are a recent Russian im- provement. They are intended for the Siberian railroad. The cars look like ordinary first class carriages, but the windows are shaped like those of By zantine churches. One-third of the space, shut off by the holy gates, is devoted to the priests, the rest is for the congregation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

disperse, which they still refused The judge waded into them in grand style' and in less time than it takes to tell It he had eight of them lying on the pave ment and the rest scampering in every direction, It is said the judge never levelled his arm on a man but he sent him to the ground.-Taylorsville (ky) Courier.