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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25

it is only from the standpoint OF suit
ability that each plan can be consid-
cred, and in doing this It will generally
be found, for situations and needs diff
ferent from that planned, that slight
changes Will need 20 be made to cover
individual needs and site wants. all OF
which can be done by replanning.
This plan is well arranged, has fair
amount of floor space with six rooms
and n neat exterior. 1t is easy to be
seen that the workingman, who can
not afford so pretentious dwelling as
his neighbor, can at least have pleas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25

ant home in every meaning of the
word. A house may be simple enough
to be cheap. yet, with the parts well
proportional, altogether an attractive
feature of the surrounding landscape.
Constructionally the house ranks
among the more costly, The materials
being of good quality throughout, ex-
perience having proven that good sub
stantial materials and work are less
expensive in the end than fiashy, per-
ishabie ornaments.
A cellar is provided under the whole
house, and is reached from the kitchen
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25
APo.ntea aueat1on.

Miss Elderly-I declare, I was so fius-
trated when Mr.. Becker called thatI'm
sure he will think acted like goose
Miss YoungerAWell. you certainly
don't expect him to think a woman of
your age would act like a spring chick
en-, do you?-Chicago News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25
Wordsvorth Wa. Tirea

Wordsworth. the poet, was not given
to bursting forth with "unpremed-
itated art" The following is from the
journal of Dorothy Wordsworth:
William has come back tired; he has
spent all the day in thinking of an adj
jeetiye for the cuckoo" Chicago Chron-
ic1e.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25
Heredity.

doctor, what do you regard as the
surest hereditary trait-that is, what
popularity is most likely to be inner
ited?"
MY observation leads me to believe
that the desire to escape work is about
the most common thing that people in
herit. Chicago News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25
The Dusky PHILOSOPHER.

II specs" remarked Rastus Snow,
"dat rs heap like one OBJ desc yeah
chameleons.''
Like one oh desc yeah Witches ?''
asked Jim Slewfoot
'Chameleons. 1t makes me blue
cherry time remembers dat I'm black. !"
N Y. World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-25

towards are ever dying, but the
brave man never dies till his tire
comes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
AT A RIPE AGE.
Funeral OF Torrance McCabe, one
OfTrentOn, OntariO's, Old
est Citizens.

The following, taken from the
Trenton, (Ont.) Advocate, of Decem-
Der lst, is of local interest, as it
records the death and funeral OF
Mr.. Torrance McCabe, father OF
M. J. McCabe, of this city:
''The funeral of the late Torrance
McCabe, who died on Tuesday, Nov.
22d, at the ripe age of 70 years and
8 months, and whose death was
briefly recorded in last week S issue
of the Advocate, took place on
Thanksgiving morning, from his
late residence on William street, to
the church of st. Peter-in-chains,
where Requiem High Mass was said
Very Rev. Dean Murray ofiiciat-
ing. The service was a very i'm
pressive one and the music furnish
ed for the occasion was beautiful
and appropriate. The cortege
thence proceeded to the Catholic
cemetery, where the remains of the
deceased were inferred.
''By the death of Mr.. McCabe, one
of Trenton's earliest settlers has
gone to his reward after many years
of useful citizenship. The deceased
was for many years prominent
business man in the community, be-
ing engaged in numbering opera
tions. AS an upright and success
full business man he was known
throughout the entire district He
always took a prominent part in all
matters pertaining to the welfare of
the town, and evinced great inter
est in municipal legislation. Besides
being town Councillor, he was for
many years a member of the board
of education, and was a valued mem
ber of the separate school board at
the time of his death. Few citizens
were more highly esteemed and en-
joyed wider circle of friends than
the deceased. He had been twice
married-his first wife being Miss
Macaulay, and sister of Mrs. p.
Kenefic-and is survived by his sec
ond wife-nee Miss Kelly, of
Asphodel-and three sons and three
daughters: John p, of Helena
Montana; NJ. j., of l. 'Anse, Michigan
and Hugh, Nellie, Annie and Mary.
of Trenton.
In extending sincere sympathy
to the bereaved relatives, The Ad-
vocate does not fail to recognize the
fact that the death of citizen who
has rendered many years ofvaluablc
service to the town, is mourned by
the entire community"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
PEQUAMING POINTERS.
Special correspondence to Tuk sENrlsl

Special correspondence to TIM SENTINEL
Benz. Brink was at Baraga Thurs
day
Oscar Zellcn was in town Wednes-
day
Fred Hid was caller in town
Thursday.
Mrs. f. f. Halsey called on
friends in town this week.
Miss Bertha Moore was the guest
OF Mrs. Armstrong at Baraga Thurs
day.
Cham Deschaine and Geo. Proven
chere came home from the woods
Wednesday.
A. Moreau left for Wausaukee
Monday morning, to be gone a
couple of weeks.
Messrs. Wendels and Baldwin
were business visitors here the fore
part of the week.
A number of the members of the
/. o. o. F. attended the meeting at
L'Anse Saturday evening last.
Gustave Mearo went to the cop
per country Monday, where he ex-
poets to remain during the winter.
John Anderson returned from
Ashland Wednesday, where he had
been visiting friends for the past
two weeks
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
BIG ORE SHIPMENTS.
2,228, 900 Tons Left the Port Of
Marquette This Season.

A Marquette dispatch to the De-
troit papers states that the ore ship
ments from that port for the season
OF 1898 aggregate 2,22S, 600 tons.
This is 292, 800 tons more than was
shipped last year, land the shipments
for that season were held million
tons above the amount shipped from
that port any previous year. The
great increase in the quantity OF
ore handled through this port in the
past two seasons is due to the L. S.
Il l. r. r., as it has made Marquette
the shipping port for "a large guam
tity of ore which had previously
gone to Escanaba. The handling of
such a large quantity of ore has
given work on the railroads and
docks to hundreds of men. The
South Shore hauled its last ore
Wednesday. Suspension of the
traffic took place on Saturday.
One unpleasant feature of the sit
uation which is felt at Marquette,
though the situation is no worse
than last year, is the abandoning of
trimming by the larger craft. A
few years ago every boat on the
lakes trimmed. Now none of the
big steel boats trim at all, and a
good many of the smaller craft are
trying to get along with less. A
few OF them have mechanical trim
ming devices.
The season has seen the advent OF
the Presque Isle, the biggest steam
er which ever carried ore from that
port. Her gross tonnage is 4,5OO.
Sheis 426 feet long and 80 feet on
the beam. On her maiden trip she
broke the port record with cargo
of 6, l3l tons. Every trip she car
ries out over 5000 tons.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
LOCAL ITEMS.

Andrew Wahl came down from
Keweenaw Point this week.
The next term of circuit court
for this county will convene Janu-
ary Sd.
Plans for the reorganization of
the Michigan Copper company have
been perfected.
Mrs. W.T.. Menge and Miss Emma
Menge visited friends in Houghton
part of the week.
All those who fail to pay their
taxes this month will be charged
three per cent extra.
Harris Smith entertained a num-
ber OF his young friends at his home
Thursday evening, the occasion
being his thirteenth birthday.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
Advertised Letters.

Following are the letters remain
ing uncalled for in the postoffice at
L'Anse, for the month ending
November 30, 1898. Persons call
ing for same will please say sad
vertised:" Sam Brigenstine, Adolph
Bruelle, Louis Bussiere, Frank
Bare Fred. e. Cameron. Gust
Frorling Geo. Lamerise, Jno. Myers.
WALTER r. HARRIS, p. M.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
The Upper Peninsula Is Bound to
Become o Rich Farming
Community.
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES.
Prof. MumfOrd, Of the State Ag.
ricultural College, Makes an
Interesting Statement.

PrOI. hefDerJ w. mumiOTu, Vi tnc
Michigan Agricultural College, who
is attending farmers institutes in
the upper peninsula, is evidently
very favorably impressed with the
possibilities of this section of the
state in the line of agriculture, and
doubtless the report he will make
upon his return to Lansing will have
much to do with the contemplated
action of the administration in the
line of developing the agricultural
resources OF this section. 1t is un-
derstood that this matter will re-
ceive due attention from Gov. Pin
gree in his forthcoming message to
the legislature.
In the course OF an interview while
at Iron Mountain a few days ago,
Mr.. Mumford spoke as follows:
II have been considering the pros
poets up here since my arrival sever
al days ago and am of the opinion
that as soon as the numbering in
terests are played out, which time
is rapidly approaching, many men
in this section will turn their atten-
tion to farming. One of the objects
of my visit is to teach those who are
now tiiling the soil and the way to
get the best results from their labors.
While some of the soil in the upper
peninsula is not good, there is an
abundance that will produce good
crops without being fertilized. Oats,
potatoes and hay do very well here,
and all the harder class OF veget-
ables can be raised, SO that general
farming can be carried on success
fully The harder fruits can also
be grown, and there is no reason
why apples and plums cannot be
produced successfully. This is now
being done in Menominee county.
There is an abundance of good
grazing land that is now going to
waste that could be profitably util-
lied for cattle and sheep. l firmly
believe that the day will come when
the upper peninsula will raise all it's
own beef and mutton. The trouble
with the farmers now in regard to
beef cattle is that their stock is too
scrnbby and unfit for the market.
When they understand that there is
good profit in raising good beef they
will raise it and the upper peninsula
will no longer have to depend on
other states for its supply of this
commodity.
"With the farming interests de-
veloped, as they can readily be, and
a continuation of the mining inter-
ests, the upper peninsula cannot
fail to be one of the most prosperous
sections of the state. Many in
quiries are being made about land
in this section, and in few years
families from other sections will be
moving here tor the purpose OF en-
gaging in farming. Your climate is
just the kind for good stock raising,
much better than that of a country
where there is more rain.
ut will be well to keep an eye on
the upper peninsula, for l am con-
fident that in few years it will be
thickly populated by a prosperous
farming community. 1t was only
few years ago when it was general
ly supposed that the central and
northern sections Of Wisconsin
could not be farmed with any sue
cess, but they now rank with the
best farming countries OF the United
States"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
The Sunshine Route to California

Pullman's best tourist cars to Les
Angeles and San Francisco leave
Chicago every Saturday ut o clock
p. m. via the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul R'y to Kansas City, then .
via the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe R'y to California; real Sun
shine route.
For further information apply to
the Station Ticket Agent of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way. (12-10t0
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
Items OF Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
CANNOT BUY COPPER NINE.
Rockefeller Cannot Purchase
the Great Calumet &
Hecla Mine.


the Rockefellers securing control of
Calumet & Hecla, stockholder well
informed generally stated that it
could not be secured at 81 900 a
share, aud very doubtful at double
that amount, for the simple reason
that it is not on the market and con
sequently unpurchaseable. He says
Messrs. Agassiz and Shaw control
%, 600 shares of the company s stock.
and it is far out Of reach of any
price for which the property could
furnish returns. This opinion is
generally shared, and tends to dis
pei the belief that with all their
wealth the Rockefellers can secure(a' !
monopoly in the field Of copper
Escanaba Iron Port.
Richard Hawke, of Morquette, has
collected $l7 bounty on large gray
wolf which he shot on Black river,
about eight miles north of Ishpem-
ing. Hawke shot the wolf as he
was chasing deer. The deer, with
tongue hanging out and almost ex-
hausted ran past him first. He was
followed only a short distance bo-
hind by the wolf, who was coming
along on swift, but easy trot.
Hawke let the deer go by and shot
the wolf
A Crystal Falls dispatch states
that the shortage Of miners in that
locality is being felt badly as the ex-
tcnsive mining operations planned
by the mining companies for this
winter are being pushed The Hur-
on Iron company imported 80 miners
in a special car from the Mesaba
range Saturday. Wages of miners
have been increased to g. - at some
of the mines.
A company has been organized in
Boston. New York and local capital
to develop the Rhode Island copper
property, six miles north of Hough-
ton. The Rhode Island has nearly
1000 acres Of land, and possesses
both the Pewabc and Kearsarge
copper lodes. Halfa million in cash
has been raised, with 500, 900 in the
treasury for working capital
Will ]. Conlon and DR.. Conway
of Sault Ste. Marie, have taken q
concession from the Mexican gov
ernment and will build canal $50
miles long to join the bay of Tampi-
co and Lake Tamiahua They will
get something like a million acres
Of land as bonus. The cost of the
project is estimated at 5000, 900.
A man about 25 years old regis
tered at the Janzen Hotel, Mar
quette, Monday, as Joseph Pearson,
Big Rapids, was found dead in bed.
He had not turned off the gas prop
erly and was asphyxiated.
The snow at Iron wood Wednesday
was two feet deep on the level and
drifted from five to eight feet.
Trains we're delayed and other
traffic demoralized.
The Monitor mine at Crystal Falls
was reopened Wednesday after five
years of idleness. The district has
an output of 100000 tons of ore
yearly.
Alex. McCrae, Of Cheboygan, was
struck by falling tree Monday and
his back was broken.
The grocery store OF Henry c..
Ham, at Laurium, was destroyed by
fire. Wa6nacdou ypnrn;n~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
Anti-Scalping Bill Passed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE house
today passed the. anti ticket scalp
ing bill by vote Of 119 to 10l. This
action is the elimination of 10
years struggle on the part OF the
roads to put an end to the business
OF scalping.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
Visited Detroit Sunday, Caus-
ing Great Destruction
to Property.
WORST STORM IN I3 YEARS.
Traffic Was Suspended and Com
municatiOn Cut Off-Many
Narrow Escapes.

The Detroit Journal Monday gives
the following regarding the severe
snow storm which visited that city
Sunday night:
The most disastrous storm since
the memorable April 9th, II years
ago. visited Detroit and vicinity
Sunday night.
Millions upon millions of tons of
snow blanketed the streets and house
tops. -
Traffic was suspended. All means
of communication was shut off. Tel
ephone and telegraph wires and
poles were felled by the mile, until
some of the streets were but spider
webs of wires.
Trees in the parks were broken.
Several thousand telephones were
burned out. Thousands upon thous-
ands of dollars of damage was in
Cured.
The fire department was com
pletely broken up. The police de-
partment was unable to communi-
cate with itself Electric lighting
plants were put out of business.
Street cars stopped, and even walk
ing was made almost an impossibili-
ty for time. Horses were killed
by live wires. Men had to dodge
them.
And it was all confined to Detroit
and vicinity. Mountainous rail
clouds rolled in from the northeast,
and massed over the city and un-
burdened themselves of tons of rain,
which crystalized into snow in cold
stratas OF air and fell upon the city,
wet and soggy. There was no bliz-
zard, no drifting, just dead weight
upon dead weight Of melting snow,
which clung TO telegraph and tele-
phone wires and everything it
toucheda and smothered and strangled
it, Wires sagged down over the
streets by the hundreds of thousands.
Denizens of the city found them
selves confronted with primitive
conditions. They were back to the
days when men walked and
carried messages in the same way.
No street cars--no telephones; roads
not broken--evcrything in the good
old way. Therefore we did business
slowly, as they did in the olden
times.
At early hours Monday morning
the streets glimmered with men car
rying lanterns, going to their work.
The city electric lights were ex-
,i.h aI uh n. N IA
evening in the western part of the
city. The breaking down of tele-
graph poles carrying whole webs of
wires, destroyed the electric light
circuit.
All along the main streets brok, n
telegraph and telephone wires hung
down, in some places close to the
sidewalk SO that passengers need to
dodge to escape contact with them.
Steamers passing up and down
the river were obliged to whistle
frequently, as If in a fog. The snow
fall was dense and vision could pene-
trate but a short distance into it,.
The moan of the steamship whistles
lasted all night.
Following is an estimate OF the
damage done:
Citizens Street Railway /. i. .$25, ,O00
Bell Telephone Co... ....... "a, 1000
West'n Union Telegraph Co.. $4,000
Detroit Telephone Co. ...... 10000
Peninsular Electric Light &
Power Co.. :. 1900
Postal Telegraph Co.. $50. 1000
Edison Light & Power Co... 1000
Detroit Electric Light &
Power Co.. ...... 10000
Suburban Railway Lines. :. 10000
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
First Celebration of Christmas.

Christmas was first celebrated in
the year SO, but it was forty years
later before it was officially adopted
as a Christian festival; nor was it
until about the fifth century that
the day .of its celebration became
permanently fixed on the twenty
fifth of December. Up to that time
it had been irregularly observed at
various times OF the year-in De-
cember, in April and in May, but
most frequently in January.-De-
cember Ladies Home Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
To be a Naval Constructor.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-The presi-
dent today sent to the senate the
nomination of Assistant Naval Con-
structor r. P. Hobson to be naval
constructor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10

We have large and elegant line
of dress goods, which we are offer
ing very cheap. 1t will pay you to
call and examine the beautiful pat
terms. We are also disposing of all
kinds of goods at exceedingly low
prices. JACOBSON & LEvlTAN.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10

Lost-On the street between my
residence and shop, one sleigh run
ner. Finder will confer great
favor by returning same to me.
Con. STEINMETZ, L'Anse.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
Notice to Taxpayers.
L'Anse, Mich, Dec. 1, 1893.

L AhSe, MICH, Dec. /, 1898.
Office of Township Treasurer.
Taxpayers OF L'Anse township
are hereby notified that / will be in
my Office in the Town Hall, L'Anse,
every Friday from 8 o'clock a. m.
till b o'clock p. M, for the purpose
OF receiving taxes.
MICHAEL CULLINrY,
Ql-3-ts) Township Treasurer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10

At regular meeting OF L'Anse
Lodge No. Ia, A. O. U. W., held
Wednesday evening, the following
named gentlemen were. elected Of
fcers for the-ensaing year
p. Nj. w. William Peterson.
Nj. W.-Andrew Johnson.
Foreman-Allen Johnston.
Overseer-Frank Johnson.
Recorder-Patrick Culliney.
Financier-August Menge.
Receiver-C. u. Blankenhorn.
Guide-Henry Steinbach.
l.. W.-Coridon Johnston.
Q. W.-M. Egerer
Representative to Grand Lodge
William Peterson.
Alternate to Grand Lodge-Aug.
Menge.
Medical Examiner-Dr. ]. 0. Zellen
Trustee, 3 years-P. r. McKernan.
Trustee, 2 years-Harvey Selden.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10
Officers Elected.

At meeting of l. Anse Lodge No.
445, /. o. o. F., Saturday evening
last, the following named officers
were elected for the ensuing term:
N. CD. Levitan.
" G.-E. E. Tracy.
Recording Sec'y-Thomas Chapel.
Permanent c'y-J. H. Mathes.
Treasurer-Geo. G. Jackman.
Trustee (or two years Benz.
Brink.
Trustee Ito fill vacancy)-William
Peterson.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10

The SENTINEL Office is headquar.
ters for everything in the job
printing line.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10

In three years the expense OF run
ming an Atlantic steamer exceeds
the cost of construction.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-10

Two towns in Kansas, Lost
Springs and Romano. have not an
idle man or boy, or an unoccupied
house, or dog. Each town has
population OF about 200.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-08-13

the negro officers in the United
States army. 1sc.it wonder that
the negro regiments. are degrading
the service with suGhsoA6cers7 Per-
haps some day the authorities at
Washington will discover that ne
grocs are unfit to be officers. Their
presence in the army, is sure to stir
up racial prejudices, and to create
"a pirit Of INSTRUMENTATION among
the men OF both races. Not only
in the South is the enlistment of
negroes regarded with disfavor, but
even the people of Massachusetts,
who are SO fond of lecturihg South
erners upon their. behavior toward
the colored brother, are beginning
to object to Sambo as comrade
in arms. The colonel, lieutenant
colonel, major and a captain of the
Sixth Massachusetts,, have all re-
signed because of negro company
in their regiment. These gentle
men refused to cooperate with
negro officers upon terms of social
equality and preferred 10 retire from
the service than TO put up with Afri-
can inpudence.
Our Nothern friends insist upon
social equality, but they want to
force it upon Southern gentlemen
When they are confronted with the
necessity of swallowing a dose of
their own meaicine they invariably
object, as did the Massachusetts,
officers. "Socfaa equality for the
South, not for us, they argue. The
resignation of these&Nbrthern gen
tlemen from the army because of
the presence of negroes in their re-
giment will probably have a salutary
effect on those demagogues in the
North who delight in vilifying
Southern men because they refuse
to salute negro officers and treat
negroes as their social equals.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-08-13

Elijah Hornsby, who is well
known here, and was sent tothe peni
Tertiary many years ago for killing
Charlie Castro, in the swamps, was
taken by Sheriff Broussard at
plantation near Lafayette last week.
Hornsky got away from the peni-
Tertiary number of years ago,
and has just been recaptured. He
has seventeen months yet to serve.
He was a deperate man, AID yet
rather good Acknowledgment
City Review. - -' -. g>srv
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-08-13
= LAFAYETTE, La, SATURDAY, AUGUST ID, 1895

reflect in any manner upon the good
people of that town. Unfortunate
ly murder is. sometimes committed
in the moist Peaceable and God-fear-
ing community on earth, but no
body will think for an instant of
charging all its members with COM
plicity in the crime. Some time
ago an unnatural wretch at Calves
ton killed his mother while in a
drunken craze, but we did not, hear
any one accuse the whole popula-
ton of the Texas city of being gull
ty of matricide. -