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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22
LOCAL ITEMS.

d. Levitan sports fine new
wheel
Farmers in this vicinity are busily
engaged in harvesting their hay
crops.
Miss Matte Goltsch entertained
several friends at a party Tuesday
evening, the occasion being her
nineteenth birthday.
Fred G. Wetmore, Grand Master
Workman of the A. o. U. w.
order, will visit L'Anse Lodge No.
Ia, Wednesday, July Goth.
A small band of gypsies arrived
this week and are camping on the
green opposite the depot. "Your
future revealed for dollar. y
The Eisenbarth- Henderson Uncle
Tom Cabin company caught few
victims at the entertainment
given under canvas in this village
Thursday evening.
A number of the Grover boys
have clubbed together and will make
a trip to L'Anse, Baraga aud Pc
quaming on the tug Valerie next
Sunday, They anticipate biz
time. - Hancock Copper Journal.
The kissing bug, which is now
causing considerable alarm through
out the country, has, according'tC
the Iron Mountain Press, made its
appearance at Calumet. JOSEPH
Shuttle and two of his children hav,
been bitten on the lips by the pc
culiar insect, and their faces arr
| badly swollen.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22
A writer to the Scientific Ameri

"A writer to the Scientific Ameri-
can says he has cleared his premises
of vermin by making whitewash yell
low with copperas and covering the
stones and joists in the cellar with
it. In every crevice- in which rat
might 90 he put the copperas, and
scattered it in the corners on the
floor. The result was a complete
disappearance of rats and mice.
Since that time not rat or mouse
has been seen near the house. Every
spring the cellar is coated with the
yellow whitewash as a purifier and
rat exterminator, and no fever at
tacks the family.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22
ALGER RESIGNS.
Secretary Of War Decides TO
Leave the Cabinet.

Secretary Alger "Wednesday ten
dcred to the president his resigna-
ton Of the war portfolio. The
resignation will become effective
August lst, though it was rendered
'at the pleasure Of the president.
Gossip has begun as to his success
sor, but is entirely speculative, for
Notwithstanding the reports that
Mr.. Alger would not long continue
at the head of the var department,
his actual alresignation came suddenly
and uneXpectedly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22
Items of Interest Taken From
Our Exchanges and
Condensed.
CAD SMITHS FOND HOPE
He Aspires to be Clerk of the
Supreme Court of
Michigan.

The Detroit Free Press is author
ity for the following: ''It is report
ed that Charles G. Hopkins, of Lam
sing, is to lose his position as clerk
of the supreme court, and that the
decapitation is to take place next
January, when Justice Grant will be-
gin his new term. 1t is said that
Hopkins is to be succeeded by Cad
Smith, of Marquette. The report
comes from q reliable source, and
should it prove true, twill be a
genuine political surprise. 1t was
supposed that Hopkins, who has
held the job many years, had acquired
q vested right in the position. Hop
kins has not only managed to hold
his good position, in spite of all at
tacks, but has also worked matters
SO that all legislative attempts to
take from him the fees of the court,
which have been estimated as high
as $4,000 a year, have proved
abortive. Session after session some
reformer has brought in bill to
have the clerk of the supreme clerk
paid salary instead of fees, but
they have all failed. The last ses-
sion was no exception, but the senate
committee on judiciary so managed
things that the bill was never con-
sldered on the floor. 1t is given out
that Cad Smith has been work
ing for the place for five years or
more, and that he has at last man
| aged to get his strings in shape to
land it. 1t seems that Smith did
some good work in landing upper
peninsula delegates for Justice
Grant in the last Republican state
convention, and that it was through
this work that he finally secured the
promise of the position.
Another of Negaunee mines is
to resume operations This time it
is the Grand Rapids, owned by
Messrs. Kaufman and Breitung, OF
Marquette. Pumping out will be-
gin as soon as the necessary ma
chinery can be got in readiness. OF
the dozen mines in that city, this
will leave but two that is now shut
down, a condition that has not been
known in the city since 1891.
Perry Ryan, employed as switch
man in the Northwestern railway
yards at Ironwood, fell beneath a
train OF ore cars Monday, and was
instantly killed
Saloons in Houghton are now
compelled to close each evening at
IL o clock. The authorities are also
bound to rid the town of hobos.
Chas. II. Thompson, of Manistee,
aged 26 years and single, was
drowned in Manistee lake Monday
by the capsizing of a rowboat.
1T has been decided to locate the
new normal school in North Mar
quette-
Calumet will soon have an cleo
trio street railway.
The Winona lode has been dis
covered at the Wyandot mine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22
Card Of Thanks.

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks TO the numerous friends and
acquaintances who so kindly assist
ed during the recent illness and after
the death of our beloved vile and
mother, and assure one and all tbs t
the many acts OF kindsess will ever
be cherished 10 memory.
FRANKLIN WILDE AND CHILDREN.
LAnse, July ~, 1899.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22
FIR. Els the Diocesc's New Bishop

Press reports from Milwaukee
Thursday announce that FIR. Els Of
Marquette has been elevated to the
bishopric Of the diocese of Sault Ste.
Marie and Marquette, as the sue
cessor of the late Bishop Vertin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22

When in Marquette stop at the
Hotel Clifton. Best in the city
$500 per day. Single meals, 80
cents. [6-10tf]
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22
Notice OF Supervisors, Meeting.

"A meeting of the board Of super
visors of Baraga county will be held
at the Court House, L'Anse, Mon
day, July 3lst, 1899, at 2 clock in
the afternoon.
WALFRED BEEN, Chairman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-22

Men who are looking for fat job
should apply at some soap factory.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-09
would produce the ideal, popular gov-
ernment. Senator Marion Butler


Those who have for some time been
fighting in the reform ranks will re-
member how John Sherman was won't
to get up in the senate and tell how
that silver would not circulate. The
people would not handle IL and the
government could not get 1t out Of the
treasury where 1t was piled up by tho
ton. OF course Sherman knew, that
that talk was all buncomb, that there
was not a word Of truth in IT, for every
dollar was in circulation through sill
yer certificates. The people preferred
to take the paper certificate, But now
there is the same trouble with gold.
The banks and the people don't want
It and won't have IL II they can get
greenbacks. There are constant offers
made at the treasury department to
exchange gold for paper The banks
in New Orleans are especially worked
up over the matter. They say that
they cannot get the people to take
gold unless it is forced upon them by
the legal tender law. They don't want
it at all and they especially object to
the little measly five dollar piece, that
one is liable to pay out for nickel
because it is SO near the same size.
This state of affairs shows that all of
the frauds and hypocrites that ever
lived the leaders of the republican
party have been the most depravcd.
The kind of money that people Of this
enlightened age want, is paper money.
There is no demand from any one for
gold except from the representative Of
the moLey power and they make the
demand solely for the purpose limiting
the amount Of money in circulation,
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-09
SHARKS AND DEAD WHALE.
All Anxious for Dlto of tho Huge
Carcass.
ITO be Rontinued,) .

All Anxious for n Dlto of tho Huge
Carcass.
The presence of any large quantity
OF easily obtainable food ls always suf-
flclent to secure the undivided atten-
tlon OF the shark tribe, says the Ma
tlonal Review. When Cutting in"
whales at sea have often been amazed
at the incredible numbers Of these
creatures that gather In short space
of time, attracted by some mysterious
means from heaven only knows what
remote distances. It has often oc-
Cured to us, when whaling In the
neighborhood OF New Zealand, to get
a sperm whale alongside without o
sign Of q shark below or bird above.
Within an hour from the time Of our
securing the vast mass Of flesh In the
ship the whole area within at least an
acre has been alive with a seethlng
multitude OF sharks, while from every
quarter came drifting silently an in
calculable host of sea birds, convert
ing the blue surface OF the sea into the
semblance Of a plain Of new fallen
snow. The body Of whale before an
incision is made In the blubber pre-
sents smooth, rounded surface, al
most as hard as India rubber, with APP
parently no spot where any daring
eater could find toothhold. But, obllv-
lous Of all else save that Internal an
gulsh OF desire, the ravening sea-
wolves silently writhed in the density
of their hordes for place at the
bounteous feast. Occasionally one pre-
eminent among his fellows for enter
prise would actually set his lower jaw
against the black roundness Of the
mighty carcass' and with a steady
sInuous thrust of his 1.-the tail, gouge
out therefrom mass OF hundred
weight or so. II he managed to get
away with 1t, the space left presented
curious corrugated hollow where the
serrated triangular teeth had worried
their way through the tenacious sub
stance telling plainly what vigorous
force must have been behind them.
But 1t was seldom that we permitted
such premature toll to be taken Of our
spoil. The harpooners and officers
from their lofty position on the cutting
stage slew scores upon scores by sim
ply dropping their keen-edged blubber
spades upon the soft crowns Of the
struggling Ash, the only place where a
shark Is vulnerable to instant death.
The weapon sinks into the creatures
brain, he gives convulsive wrlthe or
two, releases his hold and slowly sinks,
followed in his descent by a knot oi
his immediate neighbors, all anxious
to provide him with prompt sepulturS
within their own yearnfks naws.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-09
DICK RODNEY;
Or The Adventures Of
An Eton Boy"
nv JAMES GRANT.
etEEtEeeee
nY JAMEs GRANT.
CHATTER XIII.-( (continued,)

CHATTER XIII (Continued,)
What are you about?" asked Wes-
ton, angrlly.
"Greasing the sling Of the fore'yard,
sir"
OH thought you were making
hay, you are so slow about II. You
have been staring ahead for the last
twenty minutes, at least"
Because / think | see something
said tlO seaman, annoyed by the nau'
tlcal taunt.
"SomethingY" reiterated Weston.
"What is It? A church or n windmill
going before the wlnd?"
Neither, sir-but a boat adrlft"
"How does 1t bear Ned" asked
Hislop, starting into the rigging,
"on tho starboard bow, about two
miles off"
On hearing this the telescope was
resorted to, and we could plainly
enough see q white object, which the
intervening waves, as they rose and
fell, hid from us at times; and there
was a great diversity Of opinion, for
one OF the crew maintained that 1t was
q harbor buoy adrlft.
ut must have drifted long way to
have come here" retorted Carlton,
"and II you have your grandmother's
spectacles about you, wipe them clean,
put them on, and look agaln-for | can
see plainly enough that 1t is boat"
"Then we shall overhaul IT," said
Weston; "Hislop, prepare to lower
ours, and to lay the fore-yard aback.'
The Eugenie's course was shaped to-
ward 1t, and when within quarter Of
mile the foresail was laid to the
mast, the brig hove in the wind, and
the stern boat lowered; Hlslop, Tom
Lambourne two other hands and l
manned her and put off to inspect
and report upon what We could dis
cover. And so, with many surmises as
to wrecks, boats getting adrift or be-
ing washed away from their daylts,
and 80 forth, we pulled swiftly toward
her. all stripped to our shirt sleeves,
for hot West Indian sun was blazing
in a cloudless sky, and the air seemed
still and breathless.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-09

The Paper-Pulp Trust is capitalized
at e55, 900, 600, of which 1915, ,OOO 900 is
expected to draw 0 per cent dividends
from the start The balance Of $2O,-
900, 900 Of common stock is offered at
65 cents on the dollar, which indicates
great expectations Of its earning pow
er in the near future. The actual
value OF the various plants is estimated
at about $ls, 100000, or one-third the
sponging value Of the concern. If it
pays 0 per cent on the nominal capital
the return will be IS per cent on the
money invested. This fleeing scheme
is under the patronage Of the govern
ment. Pulp woods come in free, but
pulp and paper are heavily taxed. A
virtual monopoly is guaranteed by the
government.-S Louis Post -DisI atch.
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-09
You are a JhysiosnomIst." l uus-

you are a JhysiognomIst," sug-
gested.
Don't know what kind OF mist
that may be, Master Rodney; but this
/ linow-there is always something
cunning and dangerqia in fellow who
looks over your shoulder as that Spans
lard does when he should look at your
eyes"
Antonio had an excessive dislike for
deck duty by night. He exhibited
strange dread Of being left alone, and
could scarcely be prevailed upon to
look over tbs vessels alde always
shrinking back 10 II no expected to SEQ
something hideous rise out OF tho sea.
Weston suggested that perhaps his re-
cent suffering had unnamed and rem
dered him nervous, but tho crew
thought otherwise. reffT
In HIS sleep Antonio frequently dis.
turbed the men In the forecastle hunks
by his mutterlngs, his Wild dreams,
outcrles, and sonorous Spanish male
dictlons.
was at the wheel on q calm and
lovely night dt was the 18th OF Jan
uary), when we were of the beautiful
shore Of HlspanIola. l remember well
that Cape samanna bore wost by
south, and Cape Cabron west by north,
for my task OF steering was new IA
me, and Westons orders were ITO keep
her full and by"-that IL, as close to
the wind 90 possible without making
the canvas shiver.
could SEQ the lights that gllttered
IN the distant villages that studded the
low but fertile peninsula OF Samanna
All was still and quiet In the ship and
around II, Soothed by the solemnity OF
the hour and the vast solitude of the
sea, my heart was full, and busy mem.
ory brought before me loved faces and
voices, places and scenes, that were
far away, In dear old England
The brig was gliding through tho
water rapidly. but lmperCeptibly, and
almost without q sound; the men OF
the watch were leaning over the bull
wark TO leeward, and the air, the sea
and all aloft and below seemed to
sleep In tho moonlight; noe reef
point pattered on the taut canvas, and
scarce wavelet rlppled save In tho
dead water astern that marked tho
| .,,hlNa .uaLa 90 lha munaala
Suddenly shrill and piercing cry
rang out upon the night, and Antonio
the Cuban rushed out from the fore.
castle with the widest terror ex-
pressed In his black eyes; his Nsago
was pale and ghastly, and the persplra-
tlon gllttered like bead drops on his
clammy brow, With his bare feet ho
stumbled over the chain cable, which
lay colled up on the deck, for on that
afternoon we had hauled II up and
bent 1t to the working anchor.
He came running aft In his shirt
brandishing a knife In his hand, and
exclaiming In fierce and then implor'
ing accents:
"who says / did 1t? Who dares tc
say so2"
"Then, letting his arms drop as ht
skunk back to his bunk, we heard him
groan out:
"El cuchillo-el cuchillov dhe knife
the knlfe,)
Hence, under such circumstances, II
may easily be supposed that among
the crew there floated strange and
dark surmises as TO the past life OF
Antonio ell Cubano.
ITO be Rontinued)
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-09
against It at such election.

against 1t ut such election.
Practically this same provision is in
the state constitution Of Illinois, Kan
sas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and
Missouri.
The constitution OF the state OF Wis
consin goes even further and requires
that the question OF banks or no banks
shall be submitted to the voters of the
state before the legislature shall have
power to pass any general or special
banking laws, and further provides
that after the legislature has gotten
the permission of the people to pass
such law, that the law so passed
shall then be submitted to the vote of
the people before 1t becomes opera
tive This Is what we might call
double referendum, and is remarla-
BILE instance of the existing faith in
the wisdom Of the people, as well MS
their dstrust in representative legisla-
tive bodies.
The constitution Of the state of Iowa
recognizes both the Initiative and Re-
ferendum for certain local legislation.
1t not only provides for the board of
supervisors Of any county submitting
rye number Of questions to vote
of the people before becoming opera
tive, but it further provides that "the
board shall submit the question of the
adoption or RECESSION Of such measure
when petitioned therefor by one-fonrth
OF the voters OF tho county, unless a
different number be prescribed by law
in any special case" Here one-fourth
Of the voters OF the county are given
the power to initiate legislation by pc
tition, or by petition demand that GER
tain legislation be submitted by the
Referendum to the voters for accept
ance or rejection.
Hundreds OF pages could easily be
covered making such quotations from
state constitutions and IN citing in
stances where the Initiative and Refer
eudum in a more or less modified form
are now in operation In counties and
municipalities.
The last session OF the Nebraska
legislature applies this principle to the
municipalities Of the state.
The last session Of the South Dakota
legislature submitted n constitutions
amendment which will be passed upon
by the voters of the state at their next
regular election, Incorporating the In
itiative and Referendum into theil
state constitution. Bills looking Il
the application of this principle have
been introduced in probably half o
the state legislatures Of the union.
The right of petition was wrunG
from the crown Of England by our an
cestors and has ever since been count
ed one of the priceless privileges ant
rights of free people The Initiative
proposes to make effective the auclen
right of petition--to make the petition
of certain per cent Of the people OF
fective; that is, force the representa-
tives Of the people to pass upon th'
law petitioned for and submit 1t to
popular vote.
The Referendum that is, the optica
Referendum is simply to restore TO tn
people the power, when a certain pc
cent of the voters petition therefor, t.
pass upon any important acts OF thei
representatives by popular vote.
This application OF these great dem
ocratic principles to representative
form Of government, 1t would seed
Hutchinson gazette., 1899-03-09
CHAPTER XIV.
Antonio el Cubano.

AS the strange boat pitched about on
the waves some OF our men asserted
that at times they could see n mans
head above the gunwale. Others eX-
pressed their doubts of this, and In
the midst of such discussions we
sheered alongside. Hislop caught the
bow by the boat-hook, and while re-
tanning his hold, Tended off, to pre-
vent her being dashed against ours.
In the bottom Of the boat, which
was evidently the clinker-bult skiff
of a merchant vessel, and was all
painted yellow as preservation from
the sun in warm climate, there lay
under the thwarts man, either asleep,
in a stupor, or dead-at first we knew
not which; but he was pale enough to
have passed for the last. .ru
BY his tawny visage and coal-black
beard, his long scarlet cap and sash,
In which a sheathed knife was stuck,
and also by the rings in his ears, we
recognized him to be Spanish sea-
man. He was man naturally OF a
tall and powerful frame, but of for
bidding aspect-of great personal
strength, but wasted apparently by
toll, by exposure and famine.
A dark and coagulated crust Of some-
thing like blood appeared on his baked
lips and thick mustaches, on the black
ness Of which the saline particles Of
the sea foam, dried by the tropical sum-
glittered white as hoar frost on bush
in winter.
As we reused him he grasped his
knife instintively and repulsively, but
relinquished 1t, and then stared wildly
at us, muttering in imploring tones:
aqua, aqua, por amor de Dlos!'--
(water, water, for the love Of Cod.
"Misericordia! o senores-O Ave
Maria, misericordiaW
"Here, Jack Spaniard, ship drop of
this; 1t Is real Jamaiky," said Tattooed
Tom, pouring between the parched lips
of the Spaniard some rum, which likely
had been put in the boat by the fore
sight of Hislop.
The black eyes Of the castaway di-
lated and flashed as the spirit revived
him, restoring his wasted energies,
and bringing hectic color to his
cheeks.
Delay now" said Tom; you must
get some Thames water from the brig
before you take more Of this"
"Muchos graclas-many, many
thanks" said the Spanlard, in tones OF
thankfulness.
Enough O. that-stow your slack,
and come on board II you can," said
Tom, testify, as he had sulky recol-
lections. of our adventures at the
Grand Canary.
Restored by the mouthful OF alco-
hol, the Spaniard staggered up, but
with difficulty; and then we perceived
that gouts Of blood, dried and encrust-
ed by the sun, were on his person and
on the inside of the boat, especially on
one of the thwarts,
what Is this-bood?" asked His
lop, with an iiuperceptible shudder.
The Spaniard started and became, II
possible, paler at the question, as he
nervously clutchcd the gunwale Of his
boat with both hands, and sald In
broken accents:
my dog, senores; killed dog that
was with me, because 1t went mad in
the hot sunshine, and being without
water"
"Why did you not throw 1t into the
sea-"
IT would have bitten me. senior, and