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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

ma jority of men--coming 70 tho In
possible barrier, stop in the easy pen
built for them beneath the falls, and
arc content to be scooped out. for pick
ling and fishbait. most of them. though
a few are carried up in barrels to the
spawning-ponds.
But to-day It was different. Instead
Of the usual few there were many
fighting to get over. had watched
them time and time again, but had
never seen one pass the four feet OF
sheer falling water. In Wild Life Near
HOME, Ihave described'h how they would
dart through the foam into the great
sheet Of water, strike il like an arrow,
rise straight up through 1t. hang an
instant in midfall, and be hurled back
and killed, often, on the rocks beneath.
To-day felt new thrill as / watched,
them. Something of the evident ex-
element among the fish possessed me.
l somehow knew that, AZ the horse
men put It: "The track was faster to-
day"-that the swimmers were on
their mettle, that record would DO
broken. N
The falls were all a-fiash and a-glit-
ter with the daring fishes. Not only
was there a great number in the con-
test; there was also a much higher
average jump than usual. Over and
over again one would get within half
foot of the lip of the gate.
Soon / noticed that 1t seemed to be
a certain fish that made this highest
mark. / followed her as she fell back.
and, though it was impossible through
to keep her in sight. yet am sure
that each time she rose 1t was with
peculiar bound showing particularly
long, 1.-THE body. And each time she
fell, peculiar good luck attended, or
else 1t was that her superior sense and
training served her, for each time she
landed just between or Just beyond
the rocks.
Again she flashed through the foam
the dark water just below the edge.
Again she fell. l was excited. Flash!
fash! flash! a score of the shining
ones shot into the falls, when over
them, above them, flashed the long.
1.-the form of the winner, striking ono
of the weaker rivals beneath her just
as she reached her highest mark, and
bounding sidewise from her, glanced
| over the dam and was gone.
The record was broken. and within
five minutes, by the same curious hap.
another turned her silver side over the
great hurdle and Owed into the quiet
pool beyond.
1t is rather paradoxical state Of
things that creatures like these fish
hate cloudy, cold weather and rain
and will not leave the ocean willingly
for the shallow fresh waters unless
the sun shines and the wind suits and
the temperature is to their liking.
There is some reason for the chickens
staying in when it rains; but what
need have herrings of umbrellas?-
Dallas Love Sharp, in st. Nicholas.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

CALCULATIONS of dismay. Over all the
eternal stars brooding peacefully
above the trivial tolls of man.
Lance splashed along with logged
determination. spcaring founders, and
saying nothing. He would say some
thing presently-while the speeches
were being made. After they went
ashore the oracle would be void. He
saw no hope of word with Cedoni
attend his public duties. Even then
she would probably be invited inside
the circle of light. But he would see
that she did not go. Like all quiet
men, when deed was once deter
mined upon, Lance expected to carry
it through. He had not an idea what
he would say-only that Cedoni
should stay and listen. So 1t hap
pened that when the grand stand-a
bay of shallow WATERWAYS reached,
and the torch bearers began to cir
Gle around the speakers, Cedoni felt
strong hand upon her arm.
"You wish something's" Her tone
was distant, as it had been ever since
he reproached her for that bit of idle
gossip.
II wanted to speak to YOU" Lance
replied, quietly.
"Well?"
"After the speeches begin"
you must excuse me. i am to
sing the opening song"
II can't excuse you"
"You must." But he held her arm
firmly and silently, while the circle
closed and the song began.
do YOU consider this courteous ?"
she asked. indignantly.
II wanted to speak to YOU" he re-
peated. quietly.
"Well, speak for" The notes of
"America" swelled out and drowned
her words. Hundreds of voices sing
ing under the stars, and the music
foated far away over the silent wa
ter. 1t was soul-inspiring, yes, was
more than that. Lance leaned over
Cedoni.
81 love you, dear" His strong
voice was a little husky. Did she
hear? She stood by him until the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

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chimney the kind
the webach gasgh First cut narrow strip OF tin foil and
within
a with.
perfectly silk handkerchief Hold the
tinol
putting IL
brisk
This of the should be made in the dark and while
time do big spark of electricity jump from piece Of M
friction rubbing
the lamp machine
letting Ave six inches
md alta bunch.
opposite end that At hrst and
will the strips Of
stand out from each other they alive and
to possible
will
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
JULY 4. 1875.
laration OF Indepsndenee
Was Signed.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Mr.. Landon knight gives . graphic
description of the dramatic moment
when the Declaration Of Independ-
cnce was signed. He says: THE
fourth day of July. 1776. arrives, and
every member is in his seat. No,
Caesar Rodney, of Delaware, does not
answer the roll-call as his name is
called. A week before he had gone
home to get influence to bear ON one
of his colleagues who opposed the
resolution. The night before Thomas
Jefferson and DIR. Franklin had sent
post-haste for Rodney to come, II he
wished to save the resolution, for his
vote would decide it. And now, as
the friends of the measure looked
upon his empty seat, there is un-
easiness, almost CONSERVATION. The
debate begins, and wakes warmer as
the day grows; the noon recess is for
gotten; the calm, telling logic of John
Adams, the quaint, clear sentences of
DR.. Franklin, the impassioned ora
tory of Henry, are still falling upon
attentive ears. Never was such a
scene witnessed as that now being en-
acted here. There is no confusion.
no excitement, but the gravity of the
occasion rests heavily upon all. Now
the hour has arrived. The roll-call
has begun. Delaware is reached.
Caesar Rodney, of Delaware! calls
the clerk. There is n clatter Of
hofs, changing of spurs; the door
is thrown open; a man travel-stained
and flushed with excitemnt PUSHES
into the chamber. Caesar Rodney, OF
Delaware!' again calls the clerk, and
in ringing tones the reply comes:
Caesar Rodney votes aye!' The roll
call continues; is finished. The Dec
laration of Independence is adopted,
and the United States of America is
horn as a nation upon the earth!"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

seen in his dream upon the magical
leaf at the fountain of Castalia. The
party of young folks received them
with joyous reclamation.
Go on, Lance, you have made a
grand beginning. Now, when?"
Lance lifted his head and looked at
Cedoni: AT midnight, when the
clock strikes r."
THE oracle has spoken" cried the
young Creole. "Why look so mysti-
fled, my friends? We will have a
fioundcring party on the night of
July the third. At midnight we col
lect around the torches-read the
Declaration, make speeches, sing
songs-in short, celebrate the glori-
Gus Fourth. There will be no smell
of burning meat, no din of cannon, no
sunstroke. Only dewy GOODNESS OF
early morn, dancing lights on gleam-
ing waters, poetry, music"
YES" interrupted practical mem
Der, 'and after we are through with
all that, we can take our founders
on shore and have a fish fry"
''Yes, indeed! And then we could
dance on the beach to the music Of
a FIFE"
I'm our wet clothes. That would
. be foundering party, sure enough
Nonsense! We would have tents
,"Oh, oh! We might as well have
lemonade and peanuts"
NO! Well use the bath houses
But where will the flag come In 90
Lets print the invitations on
flags"
1--WE could have little flags fastened
to our spear stats"
.Oh, there'll be flags to burn"
And by dint of intersection, ex-
clamation and explanation, the crude
idea was developed, and invitations re-
solved upon to unique celebration
of the Glorious Fourth; one that was
, to be patriotic in the extreme, and
yet avoid heat and sunstrolxe, dazzle
and dust.
Through IL all Lance sat staring at
his hat in tho grass, and thinking in
Dis sober, sturdy way. OF course,
y was only because he had been
reading "Ben Hur" that he dreamt
of the priest and the fountain and
the magical leaf. But the answer
TO his question: ''How and where
would happiness come to him?" had
been: "By torchlight, on the water"
Why should those words, of all 9TH
ers, have appeared upon the drip
ping leaf? He grew nervous when
Cedoni was urged to join the party,
and when she consented he got up
and walked away, feeling weak and
unnerved through the whole Of his
big, brawny frame.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
I'm AxnInst the Fourth.

"No, / do not need any skin plas-
ter" said Johnny's mother to the
agent ut the door, who was trying
to sell her some.
"Say, is it any good IL you blow
your thumbs OFF," asked Johnny, in a
hoarse whisper.
"You bet it is, my little man." war
bled the agent. It'll make new ones
grow on again in a jiffy."
"Then, ma" urged Johnny, you'd
better get some, cause I'm a-goin'
to bump up against the Fourth of
July awful hard this year."-Chicago
Record Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

First DeeIaration OF Indepe cadence.
Not every student of American his
tory is aware that the Declaration
of independence signed at Philadel-
.phia on July 4, 1875, glorious old doc
ument that it is, cannot claim to be
the first expression by American peo-
pie of revolt against British rule. The
first Declaration of Independence was
put forth more than a year before
the immortal second, and its birth
place was the little town of Char
lotte. Mecklenburg county, n. C..
The two Carolinas were settled large
ly by strenuous folk-refugees from
religious persecution in Scotland and
France, followers of Knox and Cal
vim. Covenanter and Huguenot
brought with them over sea the stur-
DIV independence and the fearless adj
herence to principle. which had led
them to dispute the divine right of
kings and uphold to the death the di-
vine right OF conscience. = Rhcta
Childe Door, in Woman's Home Com
DauiOu
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04


ward to bend the grass down with
his stiff-brimmed straw hat. He did
not look at anyone as he put the
question, but the young Creole re-
plied Its Cedoni."
II have nothing to do with it,
corrected Cedoni, whose vivacity and
fun had vanished when Lance APP
preached.
"Ah, but you said it must be some
thing different this year."
"Oh, it's your Fourth of July eel
ebration, is it? The same old cry.
You are tired of barbecues and re-
gattas and fish fries and sunstrokes.
You expect me to help you with such
a conundrum?" Lance spoke with
good-natured impotence, but he did
not look up. "Why not ignore the
Fourth? Not have any celebration at
all? That would be quite novelty
for this hot-bed of patriotism" His
last words were drowned in a clamor
OF indignant protests.
I'VE are going to read the Declare
tion," insisted the Creole, who was
the orator of the town, "but how, and
where?"
Lance dropped his hat into the
grass and stared at it. He was think
ing of curious dream he had had
the night before, and spoke aloud alb
sently: "By torchlight, upon the wa
ter" Such being the words he had
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

"I'll do It," he muttered. "if I live
until the Fourth. At any rate" he
added, after pause, ''I1l be done
with this sickenlng uncertainty" BY
which II may be inferred that Lance
was not In very hopeful mood.
He was in still less hopeful mood
when he joined the founderers upon
the momentous night. Cedoni was
flirting with the orator, who carried
her basket, and threatened to grow
sentimental. 1t was large party,
and gay one; the long line of
torches, the flashing waters and
laughing voices, shouts of triumph,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
WATCHING THE HERRING.
They Certainly Are the Queerest o
Fish In Their Dislike of Cold
and Cloudy weather.

I had been watching the herring for
an hour OF more as they struggled
through the sluice to the dam. The
fall of the water over the gates was
unusually heavy that day, as was also
the run of herring. For week they
had been struggling in from the sea.
but to-day they poured in by thousands
The stream was clogged.
Something - their increased mum.
bers and greater rivalry, perhaps-had
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
before the Fourth.

Little Willie has ten fingers
On his hands to-day.
All. what apprehension fingers
When We should be gay.
For a question grim. uncanny.
Fills the soul with sorrow:
Can he hold UP just as many
When we're through the morrow?
Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
His Tho.shtf.I wife.

"Did the Fourth pass OF satisfac-
torily with your"
"Oh. very"
with so large a family of boys, I
didn't know bur you might"
"Of course, of course. There was
chance for serious trouble, but we
learn by experience, and my wife r.
very thoughtful and farseeing. She
invited our family physician TO dine
with us. 90 an the burns were
promptly dressed" Chicago Evening
Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04


orators tones rang out, and then she
moved.
"Wait," he said. did you hear?'
EYES," she answered, steadily.
When the second speaker came for
ward, Lance spoke again, quietly. He
was not pleading. only stating a fact.
This suspense Is killing me-"
Ccdoni's spear fell into the water
with splash. She caught the big,
unsteady hand in both her own, and
kissed Il.
Far away was cheering, and torch
light and song. but here upon n log
half-sunk In the sand sat two lovers
talking Orwell, a dream, fountain
and leaf. And SO they celebrated
the Fourth. Was the manner unique?
Minneapolis Housekeeper.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

Teacher-How did the Fourth Of
July originated
Tommy-why. ths fireworks people
started II, Of course.-C Chicago Daily
News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
Naturally.

The Student-That fellow has his
work cut out for him.
The College Man-What fellow?
The Student-My tailor.--Harvard
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
| A u niq u e
| Celebration
ny r. II. LANCASTER.

8 LANCE crossed the lawn
he was hailed by q chorus
of anxious voices: "Come
help us, Lance. Please
come"
He shrugged his rather
heavy shoulders, and came
slowly toward the group
under the cedars. whats
up?" he asked, lazily
throwing himself upon q
seat a little apart from
tho rA.k an1 Iao.t-. Cor
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
A Happy Faculty.

Young Tutter Ito hostess)-I have
had a very pleasant evening. But then
1 always manage to enjoy myself. no
matter where am.-Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
ResoIotion of Censure defeated.

Mcsosohon OF Sensure Deteateo.
Ottawa, Ont, June 27.-Mr. Pope
CONSERVATIVE moved I'm the house
Thursday night a vote of censure
upon the government because the Inn
pcrial government was buying cat
tie I'm the United States for restock-
ing the Boer farms.> Sir William
Mullock. postmaster general, and
Sydney Fisher, minister of agricult-
ure, said the government had made
all the representations possible in
the matter. and therefore they re-
garded the resolution ~ m attack
upon the home authorities. The re-
oluti0n was defeated.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

They Do THEM HOWL.
"What do men do when they get In
the legislature, pope"
"Why. they do corporations, my
son. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04
WHY |. waterfall Roars.

The roar of waterfall Is produced
almost entirely by the bursting Of
millions of air bubbles.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-04

Anxious Father-"Do the best you
can for him. doctor. That is all 1
can ask. II it is the will of Prov
idence-
Surgeon-Don't try to place the re-
sponsibility on Providence in this
case, Mr.. McJones. You bought the
toy pistol for the boy yourself.-Chi-
cago Daily Tribune.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
SETTINGS ARE RESUMED
SENATE RECESS COMMITTEE | AGAIN AT WORK.
Some Members Attended Meeting of ' League of Municipalities in Bir- mingham and City Legislat-
 ion is Discussed.

The members of the Senate Recess Committee who attended the convention of the Alabama League of Municipalities at Birmingham returned to Montgomery yesterday and the sittings of the com mittee were resumed.
 The committee continues to work on the bill for a general municipal code to con form the statutes with the provisions of the new Constitution.
 More than quorum of the committee men attended the sitting of the League. The Senators were gratified by the kind ness and courtesies which they received from the municipal officials. They ex- pressed themselves yesterday as having received valuable help in their work of preparing the important municipal bill.
 The Constitution divided cities into classes, arranged according to population. The Constitution further provides that there shall be no special legislation for separate cities. The Constitution made 1t the duty of the Legislature to pass leg islation providing government and re- striction for each class of cities.
 The League of Municipalities. 1t will be recalled, passed resolution declaring that 1t would be unwise for the Legisla- ture to pass a general municipal code with the short time before it. The munich pal officials preferred to allow existing laws to stand. Several of the cities have more or less advantageous special laws. The city officials preferred to hold on to
 what they had than to take future risks. The committed, 1t is believed. Is pre- pairing a general municipal code This
 code Is designed to harmonize the Con l stitution and the municipal laws. Its pas sage would abolish all existing special | laws. substituting therefor equal govern ment for all cities of the same class. It is believed that the committee will not be bound by the resolution of the League. The committee. it Is thought
 will submit a general municipal code | which the Legislature may or may not l endorse by passing.
 A member of the committee said yes | terday afternoon relative to the League resolutions:
 '"rhe Recess Committee will do what | 1t conceives to be its duty. I think the Constitution makes it incumbent upon I the Legislature to adopt a general mu- nicipal code. Just what will be done,
 however. I am not prepared to say al | this time"
 Mayor F.. B. Joseph and other Mont
 gomery city officials who attended the
 annual meeting of the Municipal League | returned to Montgomery yesterday morn l ing.
 ! Tt was a very, successful meeting.
 said Mayor Joseph. and I look for ex- | cellent results to come from it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
HIGH STREET TRACKS
TRACTION COMPANY MEETS ALI
 0BJECTIoNS.
A Conference of Montgomery City Officials and Street Railway Men Resulted in a Satis-
 factory Agreement.

The friction between the Montgomery Traction Company and the municipal government of Montgomery over the lay ing of the company's track on High Street was removed yesterday by con- ference between city officials and ofi- cers of the company.
 The company agreed to relay it's tracks on High Street between Union and Rip- ley so that the tracks would not pass over the water main. This arrangement was satisfactory to Mayor E. B. Joseph and the other city officials.
 Mayor Joseph said yesterday that his only object was to protect the property of the city by preventing the company from putting its tracks where electroly- sis might ruin the city's water mains. The new arrangement removes this dan ger.
 The conference between the Street rail- way men and the city officials lasted over three hours. Mayor Joseph returned yes terday morning from Birmingham. He was met at the railway station by w. H. Ragland of the Traction Company who accompanied him to the city hall.
 They were met there by other officials of the Traction Company with City At torney Bibb Graves, City Engineer D. w. Ford and Superintendent of Water Works McDuff Cain.
 The conference discussed the placing uf the Traction Company's tracks on High Street between Union and Ripley where the track as originally placed runs over the water main. The Traction Company officials finally proposed to run the tracks around the water mains. The same obection for the same req son was made as to the proposed location of the Traction Company's tracks on Highland Avenue. Highland Avenue is pierced by one of the city's water mains Highland Avenue Is out of the city but it will become part of Montgomery in oc- tober.
 The street railway officials agreed tha, they would change the location of the tracks so that the water mains would not be in danger from electrolysis. The incident was closed with everyhody satisfied with its agreement and the workmen of the Traction Company will resume operations on High Street this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
JOHN THE BAPTIST NO. g.
How the People of Clay County, Mo- Heard About the Civil War
 and Its Results.

 New York Sun.
 A story was printed not long ago to the effect that Texas negro, who was sent to Mexico by his master before the Civil War, returned to Texas recently to discover that he was free. He had been employed on a remote plantation in Mexico until his return to the States. The story may be like others that have lived for the moment. but 1t recalled to one who read 1t fact which seems al most incredible.
 In a settlement in Clay County. Mo-, within less than one hundred miles of Kansas City, the results, as well as good deal of the history of the Civil War, were not known until nearly two years after it's close. And this was in a part oi the county which had sent soldiers to both armies, and in a county which was devastated alternately by the border sol diery known as bushwhackers and jay hawkers.
 About two years after the war new man, as he was called. settled in the strip of county referred to and opened country store. He was an ex-Confederate soldier, and compared with his custom CTS. he was in the vocabulary of Mis- souri. a mighty smart man.
 Soon after he had opened his shop an old darkey made a purchase which he asked the merchant to charge to his ''marster" The merchant did not know the "marster.' but the old negro told him enough to warrant the merchant in letting the goods go.
 In questioning the negro. he learned that the negro was not aware that he was free. The merchant did not tell the negro of his discovery, but he mention ed to an old doctor in the settlement who told the merchant that only a few persons in the settlement knew anything of the result of the war.
 The merchant thereupon began to en- tighten the heather as he called his GUS