The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-10-19
CURRENT TOPICS.

harut was once tort.
Andrew Carnegie says he still has
$2so,0O0,00o to give away.
President Roosevelt is feet inch
es tall, weighs 1s5 pounds.
Lord Salisbury is one of the best
German scholars in England.
The French novelist Jules Verne
has lost his eyesight completely.
Jupiter is 1887 times bigger than
the earth, but is only 800 times heav-
Ter.
King Leopold, of Eeig1um, is report
ed as contemplating visit to the
United States.
The golden eagle has great strength.
1t lifts and carries off with ease a
weight of eighty pounds.
There has been a rapid decline with
in the past few years in the native
population of the Alaskan islands.
A committee OF citizens of Harris
burg, Pa, is at work to secure a suit
able memorial for John Harris, the
founder of the city.
Dallas, Texas, now has the honor
of being the second city in the Uni7
ted States in the manufacture of sad
dies and harness. Cincinnati is the
first.
Kansas has 5s,ooo,oOo acres of land
without mountains and without
swamps; also, 3S rivers, 10000 acres
of artificial forests and $4,000, 900
fruit-bearing trees.
Edward VII. is the first English
king to visit Denmark since the early
part of the fourteenth century. when
Cannte was king of England. Nor
way and Denmark
There are reported in Vienna thir-
ty restaurants Of high class which
serve horseflesh. The law, however.
requires it to be designated on the
bill of fare in II special column.
The Women's health protective as
ISOLATION of New York is raising a
fund for the erection of memorial
to the late Col. Waring. A life MEM
Der has contributed $500 toward that
object.
DIR. Max Nordau VIII be the central
figure at the Zionist congress to be
held in Basic. He will introduce d
discussion on ''The Physical, Intellec-
tual and Economic improvement of
the jews"
Only six are now alive of the COM
pany playing in Ford's theater the
night Lincoln was shot. Three of
the survivors are still on the stage
Mrs. Kathryne NJ. Evans, NJ. A. Ken
needy and w. j. Ferguson.
There are now about thirty women
pastors of unitarian churches in the
United States. The latest addition to
their ranks is Miss Estella Il. r. Padg-
ham of Syracuse, who has just been
ordained in that city.
The officer having in charge the GER
emonies of the coronation of King
Edward has decreed that none Of. the
titled persons present shall wear
counterfeit pearls i'll their coronets
on this suspicious occasion.
The New Hampshire historical So
ciety has the original patent on n
process for the use of steam in pro-
polling boats. 1t was issued to Sam
uel Morley, March 25, 1875, and was
signed by George Washington.
Among the Indian pupils who have
recently enrolled at Haskell Institute,
Kansas, according to the Lawrence
journal, are Mr.. Bob Tail Bull, Mr..
Benedict Shoulder Blade, Mr.. John
Little Eyes, Miss Emma Beaver Claw,
Miss Minnie Squint Eyes, Miss Laura
Nice Talker and Miss Minnie Stands
Up.
1t is said that the speed of swal-
lows, when emigrating, is not less
than so miles an hour, so that, when
aided by the wind, they soon reach
warmer ATTITUDES. 1t has also been
calculated that the swallow can fly at
the rate of ~ miles an hour, and
hawks and several other tribes at that
of $50 miles an hour
An English organization known as
the Decimal Associations" with head
quarters at Botolph House, east
Cheapside, London. England, is pro-
noting, by means of distributed liter
ature. the adoption of the metric as
the legal system of England. The
matter which they sent out is inter
>stin0 and may be had for the ;iskina.