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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-18
;BARAGA DEPARTMENT.
LOCAL ITEMS.

Ed. Rubllard left for West Su
perior yesterday.
Albert Grabower spent Sunday
with relatives in Marquette.
NJ. David, of Chicago, visited tho
Coil brothers part Of the week.
Hon. O. w. Robinson, OF Chassell
was shaking hands with friends in
town Wednesday.
Capt. G.. f. Ibbottson and Jerry
Greenleaf went to Hancock yester.
doy to attend the races.
L. Mclaughlin went to Marquette
yesterday, where he will receive
treatment in st, Mary's hospital
A special examination for teach
ers' certificates was held at the
high school in this city Thursday
and Friday.
Miss Lizzie Bendry and Miss Ida
Smith went TO Houghton Thursday
where they joined the boat excur-
sion party to West Superior
Quite a number of Baraga people
attended the lecture given inthc
Opera House at L'Anse lasteven-
ing.
Herman Falk returned from De-
troit Saturday last, where he had
been attending the Maccabee annual
convention as delegate from Bar
aga Tent.
John Fallett, who has conducted
a jewelry store in Baraga for q num-
Der of years, has decided to remove
to Atlantic Mine. He expects to
leave for that place in few days.
A letter was received this week
from Edward Dorgan who went to
Oregon about q month ago for the
purpose of looking up timber
claims. Mr.. Dorgan states that
the outlook is good, and that there
are many fine claims. 1t is
rumored that number of Baraga
men are contemplating going to
that section in the near future to
take up claims.
The Sturgeon River Lumber Co. S
mill at Chassell so far this season
has shown splendid record. The
mill was started at 6:30 a. M, on
May I'd, and the engine has never
been stopped up to the present time
except for the change of saws. Not
q belt required adjusting and not
gearing became disordered in that
time. The band saw, during the
month of May, cut an average of
So, III feet daily, and the circular
saw turned out a daily average of
sos feet during the same period.
This makes total daily average
output for May of 106, 900 feet -
Hancock Copper Journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-18
Eish n. Lawn Mowers.

1t may not be generally known, says
the Bloomington Paragraph, that
German carp can be used as lawn now
ers, but Krampff Kyle had Rudolph g.
Shafer, fishermen Of Havana, put a
large number of German carp in the
upper end of the slough east Of Havana,
to remove the moss before ice-making
begins. These fish cut the moss close
to the ground, when It sinks and be-
comes buried In the sediment They
have done the work well and the firm
will now have clear field for ice this
winter. These fish are being seined
and shipped. Over 5000 pounds were
taken out in one day recently.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-18
ASSININS NEWS.
snecial correspondence to TILE SENTINEL.

Special correspondence to THE SENTINEL.
Several children of this place have
the whooping cough.
Now that fine weather has come,
planting is being rushed.
S. Papin and family were at the
Huron Islands this week.
]. B. Bengeman is now making
regular weekly visits to Houghton
with fish for SALE
The drop in the price of wheat has
brought fine family flour down to
1926 per barrel at S. Denomie S
store at this place.
Mrs. G.. Forcia and daughter
Mary left for Odanah, Wis, this
week, where they will visit relatives
for short time.
Over 1000 pounds of fish were
caught and sold from this place this
week. Over 1900 pounds were
caught in S. Denomie's pound. nets.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-18
Joseph Chose was at L'Anse this
week.
CoMMENCEMENTHXE
VIII be Held i'm the Town Han
Next Friday Evening,
june 18th.

The school term will close Friday
next, June 24th, aud in the evening
commencement exercises will be
held in the Town Hall. Following
is the program
Piano solo .. Spinning Room story.
"' ~" b Waltz Oppasth.
Miss Julia Dorian.
Opening address acknowledgements.
Atty W T.. Doore.
80, Gladstone Light" Golden Legend ......
Lyric Quartette.
VIM. 4. McRandan
I'VE Merry Birds"
Miss Minnie sullivan
Piano solo-"rhe Whispering Wind" ,.~.....
Miss Nellie McCabe.
a. Spring Song.
Piano solo. b. The stars are shining in
Lyric Quartettc.
observation-disclosures Saphrona AT the Opera
Miss Nellie McCabe.
"The Miller's Daughter. .....................
Lyric Qnartette.
'"'euIctory .,.'.....r.,..,.,. .....
Rose a. Koblard.
"Ihangeless'
Miss Minnie Sullivan.
Glass Address. Observation-Disclosures.
Supt. A. L. Stern.
Presentation of Diplomas ...............
Maj. W. X. Havand.
Lyric Quartette.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-18

enjoyable occasions of the kind TAX
ing place in Baraga in a long time.
Inspiring music was furnished by
an Italian orchestra, and it was not
until early morning that the happy
trippers of the light fantastic
wendell their way homeward.
Those who were in charge of the
entertainment are entitled to much
credit for the excellent manner in
which the affair was conducted.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-18
a Very Pleasant Time.

The ball given by the members of
Baraga Camp, No. 2174, Modern
Woodmen of America, at Grandville
Hall last night was largely attended
and proved to be one of the most
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-06-18
Little Facts.


A mile is 320 rods.
A mile is /, $50 yards.
a mile is ), $50 feet.
A rod is 164 feet or 81 Yards.
A square rod is 272l square feet.
An acre contains 100 square rods.
An acre contains 43, $50 square feet
An acre is about 20S3 feet square.
A pint of water weighs one pound.
A solid foot contains rs solid pints
A square foot is l44 square inches.
An acre contains 4,SI0 square
yards.
a quarter section contains 100
acres.
A square yard contains Q square
feet.
A solid foot contains 1,G2S solid
inches.
"A pint of water holds %, solid in.
A gallon of water holds 23l solid
inches.
An acre is s rods wide by 20 rods
long.
An acre is 10 rods wide by Is rods
long.
A solid foot of water weigs 624
pounds.
A barrel (3l! gallons) holds A
solid feet.
A section, or square mile, contains
$40 acres.
A bushel (struck) contains =, 100
solid inches.
A gallon of milk weighs s pounds
10 ounces.
A struck bushel contains about II
solid feet.
THE SENTlNEL offSe is headquar-
ters for everything in the job
printing lPfe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
E,so,na+,nr Knicklsnacks.

The shop windows in the Rue de la
Paix in Paris are full of oil sorts of
fascinating knickknacks just now, ac-
cording to feminine authority writ
ing in the Bazaar. Among the pretty
things that people seem to buy most
are the wrist-bags for change, tickets,
shopping-list, memoranda of all sorts.
They are little long bags of leather
with handles just large enough to slip
over the wrist, and they come in most
enticing shades of green's, ,tans, creams
and browns. The ''muff chains" run
riot, so far as inanimate objects can. be
expected to show any tendencies of that
nature. The latest thing is to have q
little fan-chain pinned to the waist at
the left side, where the watch-pin used
to be, from the end of which hangs
your fan, the very smallest of the small
old-fashioned ones that are now worn.
In Jewels, psar-shaped stones seemed
to be in favor. The latest rings have
o pear-shaped stone of color In the
centre, springing from two diamonds
on either side. Pearls are so immense
ly popular that their value has in
creased one-third. Emeralds are pop
ular, and turquoises, in spite of the
limitations that one would fancy might
cheaper them, form part of every WELL
stocked jewel-case, and good SmanJ
that are not so well-stocked.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
The Cure for Poverty.

In the Century there is an article
on "The Causes of Poverty" by the
late Francis A. Walker. Generai
Walker says, in conclusion:
cat the beginning I warned th7
reader that 1 had no panaceas to ofer,
no single, simple, sovereign cure for
The woes and ills of humanity. We
must strain out of the blood of tho
race more of the taint inherited from a
bad and vicious pool before we can
eliminate the poverty, much more the
pauperism, from our social life. The
scientific treatment which is appllea
to physical disease must be EXTENDED
to mental and moral disease, and a
wholesome surgery and cautery must
be enforced by the whole power OF the
state for the good of all. Popular edu-
cation must be made mere Sensible
practical, and useful. The house
w;fely arts must be taught to girls IN
the schools, and there the boys must
learn to use hand and eye and brain
IN a close and vital cooperation and
co-orGira alton. Yet still we have To
await with patience the slow, sure ac-
lion of time, the all-healer. The pal
ance of social forces has definitely
turned to the side Of the less fortunate
classes, and the course Of events now
runs in their favor and no longer
against them. Meanwhile, let philan-
thropy continue it's noble work In
alleviating the Affections which cannot
be wholly cured, and in binding TO-
pether rich and poor in ties of sym
nathy and mutual regard"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
A Noble Woman.

The wife of General Washington
proved herself fully equal to the high
position. Her levees were more se-
lect and courtly than any that have
since been given, yet she preferred
home-life and comforts, speak
ing of her public life as her 'lost
days" When she took up her resi-
dence with the army her chief occasion
was to care for the welfare of the sol
diers. To those in camp, she showed
q most worthy example of courage and
cheerful patience under NIL manner of
privations; to sick and weary she car
ried that balm to sooth weary spirit
and body which only the presence Of
a noble and sympathetic woman can
bear. Mrs. Washington, with her
large fortune could easily have out
shone all others in fashion and dis.
play, but instead, she put herself and
her servants in homemade materials.
Sixteen spinning wheels were kept in
constant operation in her house. On
one occasion she displayed two dresses
of cotton, striped with silk, explaining
that the silk stripes were woven from
the ravellings of brown silk stockings
and old crimson damask chair covers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
a Gre at Industry.

Few persons have any idea how
great the bicycle industry in this coun-
try has become.
Not only has the manufacture OF
bicycles for the home market reached
immense proportions, but our export
trade in bicycles is very big thing.
During the nine months ended Sep
tember so, 1897, the exports of passen-
ger cars, carriages and bicycles from
the United States amounted in value to
$S,374, 223, against S4S2S,O26 during
the corre5 spending time in 1896. OF
these exports bicycles and parts of BIZ
cycles alone amounted to the value OF
s5,9OO,OOO, or more than double the
value of the expectations during the
corresponding period last year. These
exports are not included in the steel
schedule, to which they might well be
long. If so included they would mark
more distinctly the wide margin be-
tween exports and imports of iron and
steel products. The imports Of these
products have already dwindled to a
comparatively Insignificant figure.
The best bicycles are now made In
this country, and it is probable that
our enterprising manufacturers will in
wade the foreign market still further.
At present our expectation Of bicycles
is almost entirely to Great Britain
Germany, France, Canada and Aus
tralia, but there are many other coun-
tries where bicycles are largely used,
which offer a tempting field to our
bicycle makers and they will probably
build up a big trade in those countries
In the early future.-Atlanta Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Mr.. As,or,s Redwood Dinner Table.

The section of Californian redwood
tree with which Mr.. W. W. Astor wins
his wager has been safely brought to
Cliveden. The wager was the result
of some statements made by Mr.. Astor
at a dinner concerning the size of the
Californian redwoods, the owner OF
Cliveden stalking a considerable sum
on his ability to produce a cross-sec-
ton of one of the trees capable Of ac-
commodating forty guests when used
as a dinner-table. The section shipped
from San Francisco is two feet In
thickness, with an average diameter Of
Is feet 6 inches and maximum dia-
meter of 1G feet 6 inches. Considera-
BILE difficulty was experienced in bring
ing the slab of timber by road from
London 70 Cliveden, sixteen horses be-
ing employed to draw the trolley on
which it was placed. At Cliveden 1t
was taken down the grass drive, and,
owing to the splintering of the planks
beneath the wheels, the latter fire.
ouently sank deep into the turf. A
staff of men are now getting the slab
into poSition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
THE TRAMP BOULDER.
Remarkable Evidence of Glacial Influence
In New JERSEY.

Countless thousands Of years ago
vast stretches of glacial deposits came
sliding across the State of New Jer-
sey, mounted the Palisades, pushed
their way across the Hudson River,
secured over Manhattan Island and
slid out into the Atlantic Ocean,
whittier they disintegrated and sank
into the deep or perhaps glided on TO
the other ocean shore.
But in their onward march these
glaciers left indestructible evidence o.,
their grinding stride and to-day, all
along the Palisades the trap rocks and
boulders are worn smooth where the
mountains of ice and sand passed over
them. In some rocks are deep
scratches, all pointing eastward, and
showing which way the glacial deposits
drifted. There is the evidence, mute
but indisputable.
To the careful observer there are
numberless other evidences OF the
presence of glacial influences In the
past, but none are more convincing
than the tramp boulder that has finally
settled down in the woods in the heart
of Englewood borough. There 1t sits,
towering mass of rock weighing per-
haps two hundred tons, and resting
upon three points which in themselves
find purchase on a fiat rock that Is
part of and common to the character
of rock which composes the Palisades.
But, strangely enough, and to the won
derment of biologists, the tramp
BOULDER is red sandstone from the Jer-
sey hills twenty-five miles inland, and
the pedestal is metamorphite or soft
granite.
Around this marvellous monument
have grown trees that may, perhaps,
be a century old, and they have COM
pletely hedged it in; while the rocs
itself has stood where 1t stands to-day
for thousands of years. On the pedes-
tai. or that part of it which is pro-
tected from the action Of the elements,
can be seen the deep ridges and scars
made across the fiat surface by the
great grinding pressure of the body OF
Ice and sand that passed over it count
less years ago when New York was ice
and snow clad, and the world was a
desolate waste in state of chaos.
This tramp boulder has cause1
geologists much wonderment, and ia
regarded to-day as one of the finest
specimens ever left in the wake of q
glacier. 1t is equally astounding as
though an explorer should find the hull
of a steamboat in the Sahara desert
The only way it could get there would
be through some great convulsion that
had landed it from the sea to the
heart Of the inland sands.-New York
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Fowls with ovcrcoats.

John Hogan, who lives in Angora,
has a peculiar fad, to which he devotes
every minute of his spare time. It is
the collecting and breeding of curious
domestic fowls of all countries. His
collection is very complete, and of
good size, considering the difficulty OF
collecting, and his poultry yard has
always proved point of interest to
the residents of Angora. Many
strange looking birds strut about the
inclosure, but none were odder look
ing than pair that he received from
India about three weeks ago. They
were of peculiar shape, and had faces
that greatly resembled the human
countenance, and of course, they at
tracted q great deal Of attention.
Now Mr.. Hogan's little daughter,
Mary, takes after her father to q
great degree. in being of an expert
mental mind, and che day during her
fathers absence she tried her hand on
the new fowls from India. Various
things were tried with moro OF less
success, and when Mr.. Hogan reached
home he found the valued birds de-
void of feathers and each thickly
coated with red paint. After some
forcible persuasion Mary confessed to
having picked the birds to see how
they looked, and then dipped them in
paint to keep them warm. This last
was suggestion, and as Mr.. Hogan
knew the birds would die Of cold he
set his brains to work. The result is
that brace of stately fowls, with
neatly fitting overcoats, promenade
the chicken run.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
WoMAN'S WORLD.
Touching Story of Queen and Peasant

Touching Story of Queen and Peasant.
A short story about Queen Marg-
herita and the gloves which is being
recorded in Rome shows how hard il
is for Queen or oommoner to do good
unmixed with evil. The Queen of
Italy is anxious to encourage village
industries, and one of her proteges-.
o little peasant girl-she commissioned
TO knit pair of mittens for the royal,
birthday. The birthday came, the
knitting was received and the Queen
sent back to her small favorite a pair
Of gloves, gift from the royal ward
robe, whereof one was flied with
money and the other with bonbons.
With the gift was a line from Queen
Margherita requesting the child to say
from which glove she had derived most
pleasure. The answer shows that
even royal gifts are vanity. 'Dear
Queen" the child wrote, "your pres
ent has cost me many tears. My father
took the money and my brothers have
eaten the bonbons. Philadelphia
Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Singular Case of Human shrinlsage.

A singular case of human shrinkago
is reported from the Soldiers Home
at Sandusky, Ohio. Peter Cooley,
who was admitted to the home about
four years ago, was, when he enlisted
in the Fourth Indiana Infantry IN
1861, five feet and two inches tall and
straight as an arrow. His perpendicu-
larity has been in no wise affected since
that time, but to-day he stands exactly
four feet and four inches in his stock
ing feet, having, without in any man
ner affecting his health OF general ap-
pearance otherwise, grown ten inches
shorter. He is well-built, compact
old man, now in his eighty-frst year,
and is as lively and active as boy
Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Alfalfa Tor Cows.

Alfalfa silage compares wellin chem.
ical composition with clover and sim
liar forms of silage. 1t is said to. .usu.
ally have disagroeable odor and taste,
although it is freely eaten by. cattle.
No experiments in the use of alfalfa
silage have been made at this station.
The gre N fodder has been in such
continual demand for feeding that not
enough has been available at any time
to fill o silo. Alfalfa, like clover,
would require most careful packing
and greater depth of silo for the best
results than is necessary for corn. AL
falfa hay is IN excellent fodder: 1t is
palatable and very nutritious. Ex-
perience and good judgment are re-
quired, and much time and care neces-
sary to make good hay. If handled
too much when dry all the leaves and
small stems are likely to fall off, and
if not thoroughly cured it is likely to
mould and mildew. The hay will not
shed water well, and stacks when left
long should be we'll covered. Hay
caps are often of great service. The
hay suffers much deterioration in feed
ing value by exposure to rain.-New
York Experiment Station.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
The passInr of the Court Fool.

sThe Court Testers of England" is
the title of m article by Amelia Wof-
ford in st. Nicholas. The author says
of the jester of Charles l.:
Muckle John was the last of the
court testers. Tom Killigrew, Master
of the Revels, Groom of the Bed
chamber, is often spoken of as..jester
to Charles IL, but there is no author
ity to support this claim. He was a
companion of the king, he used his
tongue with the license of the Jester
of old, but he had never en- official
appointment to that office. Some ef-
fort was made,during Char1es's reign to
restore the jester, but it failed. - -
The protests of Sir Philip Sidney
and other grave writers of his time
against all fools were not without et-
feet, but the rule of the Commonwealth
was mainly responsible for the ban
ishme, OF the court fool. They were
especi Y against the fools OF the
stage ID so playwrights omitted
them q their list of characters long
befor .eir disappearance from the
court. Shadwell's play of "The
Won't Captain" (163V is probably
the las in which O regular fool ap.
pears. The character Of fool was well
liked by the old playwrights, and IN
several of tho old plays his disappear
ance is bewailed.
AS has been said, the custom OF
keeping fools was common to all classes
of society in England; but the court
sets the fashion, and with the Danish
ment of the court jester the fool dis
appeared from his other haunts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
1onr.1.ost pauehter FOUND.

R. .rrt Damren, of Oakland, Me-,
has withiprAfew days found his daugh-
ter, from he was separated in
1876, and Serss Alice Maude Wormell,
as she has been known, young lady
OF unusually prepossessing appear
ance, residing in Portland, is happy
in the discovery of her father.
The girl was taken from her home
during Mr.. Damren's absence, md
while his wife wns i'll, by woman in
Norridgewock who took fancy to her.
Upon his return, Damren began max
ing inquiries for her. He found that
the woman had not only left Norridge-
wock, but no trace of her could be
found. Little Alice Maude Damren
had disappeared, and oil efforts to fnd
her were unsuccessful. Mr.. Damren
few days ago was fishing with Fred
Harding, of Sydney. Harding asked
Damren if he knew certain man in
Norridgewock. Damren answered
that he did not, but he had cause to
remember woman of the same name.
"Well," said Harding, "it was OF
the woman 7 was going to speak.
When worked in Portland, thirteen
year ago, I boarded with her, and she
was married again."
"Did she have little girl?" asked
Dam-en, excitedly.
eyes; why?"
elbow old?" asked Mr.. Damren.
'sShe was eleven then.
"What was her name?" Il
"Alice Maude."
cat last!" exclaimed Damren, and
he fell back into the boat. AS soon
as Damren recovered sufficiently to dc
so he told Harding the story of the
loss of his girl, whom he had not seer
for twenty-one years.-New YORK.
Times.