davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
SECRET OF THE GLACIER.
Peculiarities and characteristics Of
Ice Floes Ascertained by
Scientists.

AS soon as men were able to walk
on glacier from one end to the other,
they began to look and search and re-
member and compare, and finally they
discovered the secret of the thing. In
"a Pleasure Book of Grindelwald."
Mr.. Daniel p. Rhodes describes this
secret:
They knew at the outset that ice Is
very remarkable substance which be-
HAYES in manner peculiar to itself;
and they next learned that to three of
the properties Of ice is due the phe-
nomenon of glaciers.
First, its Elasticity permits of its
flowing downward, under sufficient pres
sure, in the direction of the least re-
sistance. Glaciers may, therefore, ac-
commodate themselves to the most
tortuous valleys.
Another attribute of ice, In respect
of which 1t is singular among viscous
bodies, is its inability to yield much to
tension; hence, when there is a strain
upon it, owing to variations in the
direction or in the rate of progress of
glacier, it is rent into great assures
called crevasses.
These crevasses do not, as Is some
times asserted, always penetrate to the
bottom of the glacier, but are of diff
ferent depths and shapes. Usually
these crevasses extend in the direction
of the width of the glacier, but on a
very steep incline they are often inter-
sected by longitudinal crevasses, and
in this manner are formed tall blocks
of ice, which are soon worn by the
weather into the beautiful pinnacles
seen in the ice-falls of most large
glaciers.
1T Is third attribute of ice which
enables glacier to maintain itself a
compact mass in spite. Of all this fric-
ton. Where two pieces of ice near the
melting point are brought into con-
tact they freeze together so perfectly
as to obliterate all traces of their orig
inal surfaces. To this property of ice,
which Mr. Tyndall calls regulation, is
due not only the closing up of crew
asses, but also the very beginnings of
the glaciers themselves. 1t happens
this way:
I'm the higher regions of the Alps
more snow falls in winter than is
melted In summer; and constant re-
arrangement of both the old snow and
the new is being caused, winter and
summer, by the alienation between
each day and night. The fresh dry
snow is melted by the sun and after
ward frozen again in granules of ice,
with the frequent repetition of this
process the particles become imper-
fectly fused together, forming that
peculiar crust called neve, which con-
stantly increases in depth until the
lower part of it, according to the prin-
ciple of regulation, is so compressed
by the weight of the mass above it as
to- become fairly compact body of
ice, that seeks to escape by the most
convenient channel. This is the be-
ginning of the glacier"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
Tobacco Heart.

1t is estimated that about 20 per
cent. of the young men who recently
applied to enter the naval academy
have failed In the physical test, and
the failure was largely due to the use
of tobacco, resulting in the irregular
beating of the he vt. Nowadays physi-
clans speak of "the tobacco heart" a
trouble caused by the excessive use Of
the weed. When the smoker develops
into a cigarette fiend" the services
OF physician are necessary. but be-
fore this point is reached the heart
may be permanently injured. -Balti.
more Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
DIsPosINo OF DEAD HOGS.
It Means Much to the Farmer and to
the Community Of Which He
Is Member.

"The proper disposal Of dead hogs
means great deal to the farmer and
also to the community In which he
lives. He should consider 1t his duty
to keep his surroundings as free from
infectious diseases as possible" writes
Mr.. ]. B. Ashby in Kimball's Dairy
Farmer. Ills stables should be thor
oughly ventilated and should receive an
application of whitewash once or twice
year, to which has been added a little
carbolic acid.
IF an animal becomes sick 1t should
receive proper attention, and If the dis
ease is new to the owner, he should
quarantine the animal until 1t is well.
IL one of his hogs dies he should dis
pose Of the body in such a way that no
trouble will come from-it. Too often
this is not DONE While many men
would not harm their neighbors il they
knew it, they will often drag the body
of dead hog into some gully or out-of-
the-way place and leave it to decay.
The place looks to them remote and
they do not think of the harm that may
come.
In case the hog died of some con-
tagious disease the germs of this dis
ease are at first, of course, very numer-
Gus in the body. They are easily trans
ferred from the body to anything that
comes in contact with it. In this way
dogs and wild animals, such as vermin
and snakes, come in contact with the
body and then carry the germs to neigh
boring farms. One can readily see how
dangerous this is to the community.
'The practice of burying diseased an
imals is generally resorted to and is a
very good method, although There is
still some danger, especially if the body
is not put down deep enough. 1t Is
best always to burn the body, thus elm
mating nearly all possible chances Of
further danger. There should be GER
tain requirements of state laws apply
ing to the treatment Of dead bodies Of
diseased animals"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
Useless knowledge.

When Mrs. Newrich returned to
London, after a brief sojourn in Paris,
she breathed sigh OF relief
I'm thankful to get where the Eng
lish language is the prevailing one"
she said to an American friend who
had declined to accompany her across
the channel, II don't know but one
word of French that can speak right
off easy. That's merci, and goodness
knows didn't have any occasion to
use that, for none Of 'em ever did
anything wanted 'em to."-Youth's
Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
Az Opening Cor young Non.

There seems to be an extraordinarily
good demand for men who are capa-
Bile of experimenting large poultry
plants. We had three inquiries for
such men in one week lately, and with
in six months have received half
dozen other inquiries Of the same sort.
Any young man OF ordinary intelli-
gence and little push would do well
to At himself for position Of this
kind, a. new poultry farms arc being
established each year and the demand
for expert help will increase proper
tionately, This IL good opening for
young men and they should take adj
vantage OF it.-Commercial Poultry.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
Rates Lower and Service Equal to
the Best, to All Points East

via the Nickel Plate Road. Up-to-date
train service consisting of Three Thru Ex-
Coaches and superb dining and sleeping
cars offering quick and comfortable trip
to Fit. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo,
New York, Boston and intermediate sta
tions. Individual club meals served in
Dining Cars at prices ranging from 80 cents
to SlO0 per meal for each person: Also
service "a la Carte" Coffee and sandwiches
served to passengers in their seats by
walters. Special attention given to ladies
travelling alone or accompanied by chill
dren. No excess fares charged on any train.
Stop over at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua
Lake allowed on all tickets. All trains
arrive at and depart from the new La Sale
etc. call on or address J. Y. Callahan, Gen.
Agt., No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, Iii.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
some Things That Are Not.

Cayenne pepper doesn't come from
a pepper plant, nor Burgundy pitch
from Burgundy. Jerusalem artichokes
do not come from Jerusalem, nor tur-
keys from Turkey. Cancels hair
brushes are made from the tail Of the
squirrel German silver is not silver,
and 1t was invented in China. Cork
legs are not made Of cork; neither do
they come from Cork. Ireland. Prus-
sian blue does mot come from Prussia.
Irish stew is not an Irish, but an Eng
lish dish. Cleopatya's Needle was set
up 1000 years before that lady was
born. Chamois leather Is not the hide
OF channels, but the flesh side Of
sheepskins.- Boston Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
Business Announcement.

Among the oddities in the smoke room OF
clyde Fitch's country house at North Cos.
a partnership between two colored BARRIERS.
The notice, three feet square, is written in
red ink on yellow paper. 1t occupies a cor
ner between two crossed canoe paddles, and
it reads:
ode Dissolution of co-parsnips heretofo
resisting Betwix Me and moze Jones in de
barber profession an heretofo Dissolved.
pussons Who o must pay to de subscriber
Dem what de firm Os must call on Jones,
as de firm is insolved."-N Y. Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29

side of the corral. It viii then swing
from b to d. With this gate closed, drive
the colt in the small gate (a), then swing
the large gate around to d, which will
confne the colt in narrow space, where
he cannot turn around. You can now
reach him to handle him in any way He
cannot bite, kick or hurt you.-A. d.
Thomas, in Farm and Home.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29

easily tanned IN the
small yard shown
in the cut. Build
this 15x16 feet.
Make the gate I'd @
Is feet long, hang
ing 1t at post (c),
one foot from the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
LAcINo A LEATHER BELT.
Every Farmer Who Owns Machinery
Should Know How to Do This
Work Expeditiously.

style 1 is lacing used on leather belts
where heavy load is applied and
where the belt does not run under idler
or turn sharp angles.
Styles 2 and are hinge stitch
for light belts where the belts run I'M
der idlers or turn short curves, as In 4
hinge stitch the belt can be doubled
back and forth each way and It will not
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29

Keep the horse stables or stalls
cleaned out during this kind OF weather.
Don't 7et there BE- any damp. moldy
places anywhere. II not on pasture, let
To horses run in . lot Il night.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29

Did you ever listen to one Of the Jokes"
told by the man who is eternally arguing
that woman has no sense of humor?-Chi-
capo Tribune
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29

Occasionally men are candidates for office
because they can't help it, but usually it's
because the people cant help it.-Chicago
Daily News
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29
HOW TO TAME WILD COLTS
In a Corral Like the One Here De-
scribed It Can Be Done in
Very Short Time.

A wild colt or horse which has not |
been handled in his colthood can be |
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29

Man cannot lift himself by his bootstraps,
but many man has pulled himself down
with a corkscrew.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-29

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as a cough cure.-J. W; OBrien, 322 Third
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
WATERVILLE.

1t would be a great relief to those who reside near the Sprague school as well as a great relief to the police who are obliged to visit that section several times during each evening and ask the many so called spooners who congregate In the alcove of the entrance to adjourn their little tab leaux, if an electric light was placed at the entrance, when all such maneu- verings would cease.
 Joseph Manton, aged 10 years, son of Mir and Mrs William Manton of Prospect street, who died at the Mount Sinai hospital in New York city Tuesday, was buried in Calvary cemetery this morning. Services were held at St Michaers church, the Rev M. J. Traynor officiating.
 Herbert Dunworth of Bridgeport, formerly of this place, who has been spending the past few days i'll towh. has returned to his home.
 Robert Warner has returned from a weeks visit in Bolton.
 Arthur Smith of New York city is the guest of MT and Mrs Ferdinand Wolf of Maple street.
 Miss Exzilda Lachance has returned from a two weeks trip through Mas sachusetts.
 William Cullen of Litchfield, for merly of this place, spent yesterday with his mother, Mrs Nlary Cullen or High street.
 1 MT and Mrs Jean Ingraham and Miss Edith Farrow have returned from q two weeks vacation in rne Catskill Mountains.
 Mrs c .L. Blackman has returned from a ten days visit with her par ents, MT and Mrs Charles Winzig of Elmwood.
 Miss Merriman has returned from u short visit with relatives in Falls l Village
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
Testing Subway Trains.

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.--Power was turned on and the Interborough Rail- way company ran it's first trains from it's downtown stations to Harlem last night. While a majority of the trains crept slowly past the stations, they were sent at fairly good rate of speed over the long stretch between the Cir cle and the beginning of the Manhat- tan valley trestle at One Hundred and Sixteenth street To test the speed of the trains which are expected to make Harlem from the city hall in fifteen minutes a picked crew took four car train at high speed over the route. The test trip was complete success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
TIMELY TOPICS.

The alteration sale at Grieve, Bis set & Hollands is stocked up new daily.
 If you use Browns Quickdre Char coal you wont have to use the old fashioned buck saw.
 Dodge says you will not be urged to wear Ralston shoes if you get u pair from him once.
 The Connecticut Boot and Shoe store have remarkable values In wo- mems shoes at $1.69 and $1.19.
 Miller & Peck have some all wool cheviot suits that are marked $5.9S, from $10. .,.
 Parlor suits from SIS to $125 at the Langley Furniture Cos. They give you money back if not satisfied.
 Reid & Hughes advertise two good bargains i'll umbrellas, S5c and $1.19.
 The Central Cash market will open tomorrow a model fish department
 Turnbull has reduced every shirt in stock to half price.
 N. S. Snow & Co of South Main street have a fine stock of fresh fish for tomorrow.
 A palm sale is on at Dallass center store, South Main street; healthy plants 50c
 The Boston Family shoe store says it's like finding money to buy shoes from them.
 House wrappers at A. Mailhiot's at 59c, 69c and 9Sc; Cuticura soap 19c. 1 Cut out Frank the shoeman's, ad from this paper if you want shoe bar gains and stamps. 1 Those S1O suits at J. B. Mullings & | Sons are well worth the inspection of | every man.
 John Saxe, the florist, says his floral designs surpass anything in the city,
 Look over the school shoe depart ment at Holczer's before vacation ends.
 Every department at Currans is rushing out goods during the grea' August clearing sale.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
s-18-1
NOticetOCOntrdCtOrs
 MACADAM PAVEMENT.

Sealed proposals for laying Maead- am pavements on Grove street, from Prospect street easterly to Little brook, and on Baldwin street, from Stone street southerly to the entrance of the Washington school will be re- ceived by the board of public works until 8 D. na., Tuesday, August 80, 1904, at which time they will be pub licly opened and read.
 A certified check for $900, made payable to the order of the comptroller of the city of Waterbury, must accom- pany each proposal as a guaranty that the successful bidder will enter into contract according to the terms of his proposal.
 The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
 Full information may be obtained at the office of the bureau of engineering, No 9, Leavenworth street. By order of the board.
 R. A. CAIRNS, City Engineer
 S-1S,27,29
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
WATERS THAT SPEAK
 MANY LANGUAGES

"When it comes to linguistic abil1- ty," said the manager of one of Wash ington's biggest hostell1es, ''the real experts can be found in the dining rooms of this and other similar estab- lishments.
 "We have walters in our employ who can talk in six or seven different tongues, and the ones who know >only three, say English, German and French, are away behind When I say talk. I mean the ability to con verse fiuently. Your college men can hold sort of pow-wow, in a halting style, but Heinrich or Jean who waits on our guests can rattle off the lingo of nearly any patron who comes along, no matter what his nationality. Now and then we get man who Is mak- ing his first tour of the United States and whose mind is bowling wilder. ness so far as the understanding of English goes. He isn't able to savvy' word. and then it is that we send forthwith to the dining room and util- ize one of the walters as an interpret 1 Washington Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Insere sting Items Boiled Down For
 the Benefit of our Busy Readers.

Arthur B. Knox, editor of the Woodbury Reporter, is taking a vaca- tion and the Reporter will not be printed this week.
 It is said that Ohio men expect to open mica mine at Hemlock Ridge in the town of Durham, where they believe that mica can be found in profitable quantities.
 Charles Gilbert, IS years old, was drowned yesterday while swimming in the NorwaIk river near Nof~walk. He dived from the shore and struck the bottom with his head, dying al- most instantly.
 John l.. Elliott, who has been post master at Clinton for the past twelve years, has resigned to take effect Oc- tober 1, when, 1t is understood, he town. William H. Kelsey, former selectman, will make application for the office.
 A swindIer secured $50 yesterday from Mrs James Henderson of Meri- den. He got the money after per suading the woman that he would se- cure the release of her son, Thomas K. Henderson, fi.or'' the United States army and from SC ing q sentence for desertion. Efforts will be made ru secure the boys release as he Is the only support of the family.
 About 800 excursionists from the A. M E. Zion churches of New Ha- ven, Hartford and other places in the state gathered at Hanover park, Mer- iden, yesterday. Late in the afternoon John Douglass Jones of East Hart ford got into an altercation with three other colored men who proceeded tc assault him. Jones received a se we're pummeling and was struck ir the eye by stone. Razors nsxl came into play and Jones to defend l himself drew a revolver and firee three shots at his assailants. Jones was arrested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
TROLLEY HIT TRAIN
Western Express Wrecks Chicago Race Track Cars.
FOUR DEAD, 1WENTY-FOUR HURT
Brakes Failed to WOrE-MOtOr CaH Torn to SpIinters and Trailer Was Dragged For a Hundred Feet.
 Motorman Stuck to His Post.

Torn to SpIinters and Trailer Was
 Dragged For a Hundred Feet. Motorman Stuck to His Post.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-Four people were killed, another fatally hurt and twenty-three severely injured in a col lision late yesterday afternoon be- tween an express train on the Chicago Great Western railroad and a train of three trolley cars bound for the Flaw thorne race track.
 The dead are: Mrs. Frances Raut- man, William Irving, died in hospital after amputation of leg; Mrs. Jere miah Shuc5row, Danville, H.: uniden- tified woman, about thirty years of age.
 Fatally injured: Michael Ryan, mo. torman of trolley car, skull fractured.
 The accident occurred at the cross ing of Fortyeighth avenue and the Chicago Great Western tracks. The train was coming into the city and, according to some witnesses of the ac- cident, was running at high rate of speed. Others and the train crew de clare that it was not going over twen- ty miles an hour. The trolley train, which was made up of a motor car and two trailers, in charge of Con- ductor w. Fl. Condon and Motorman Michael Ryan, approached the cross ing at rapid rate just as the train came around a sharp curve to the west of the crossing.
 Ryan put on the brakes with all Ill Sv, n4z I1fe car, but the brakes refused to work, and with undiminished speed the mo tor car ran upon the tracks at the same time that the locomotive came up. The car struck the train just be. tween the engine and the tender
 The motor car was torn to splinters and the car immediately behind il was knocked over, smashed nearly to pieces and dragged along the track for 100 feet. The third car was not dragged from the tracks, and but foI the fact that the couplings between il and the second trailer broke the list of injured would probably be much larger, as all of the cars were filled with passengers.
 The nlotorman remained at his post to the last and was fatally hurt, his skull being fractured. To people who came to aid him while be lay on the ground he said:
 1'The brakes would not work. That was what caused it. When I saw that they would not work reversed the current. Now get aside and be quiet and will be all right"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
Secretary Hay,u First Grandson.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Secretary
 Hay has a grandson. He received a telegram today announcing the birth of son to Mrs. Payne Whitney at Ellsworth, Me-, where Mrs. Whitney is staying with her mother, Mrs. Hay. Mrs. Whitneys first child was girl, and Secretary Hays other daughter, Mrs. Wadsworth, also is the mother of a girl, but this is his first grandson.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
TWO OFFICERS SHOT.
One Dead and the Other Badly
 Wounded.

Newcastle, Pa, Aug 1S.-Much ex- citement prevailed here during the night over the instant killing of Frank Slzidmore and the wounding of John Atkinson, a Newcastle police. man, while attempting to make an arrest in Croton, suburb The niur- derer escaped. Atkinson fired as he lay on the ground, but the murderer, evidently uninjured, escaped up the Pennsylvania railroad after securing arms and ammunition. A company of the National guard and posses heaily armed are searching for Pat rick Waite, whom the policemen were trying to arrest when the shooting oc- cured
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
WORK OF BOYS.
Conductor injured by Thrown Spike
 Last Night.

Greenwich, Aug 1S.- While the con- ductor on train No 90 was passing through this place during last night, he was struck on the head by a six, inch spike. He was removed to the Stamford hospital, where a number of stitches were taken in his head and afterwards he was sent to his home
 Numerous complaints have been made to the local authorities about spike throwing, but no arrests have as yet been made. The spikes are thrown from the new steel bridge which is being constructed here and 1t Is thought that small boys are the of lenders.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
HENRY G. DAVIS.

ducted from there MT. Cornwall, the Democratic candidate for governor, will open his campaign in Williamson Aug 31.
 Many of the state leaders will re. main at White Sulphur Springs today to confer with Senator Davis, the vice presidential nominee.
 The absence of National Chairman Taggart, who was unable to attend the notification, as well as of nearly all representatives of the national com mittee has rendered impractical the formation here of any plans touching the national campaign.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-18
ON BOARD GRAFTON.
American and British Tars Have n
 Jolly Time.

Victoria, B. C., Aug 1S.-Command- CT Goodrich, commanding the British naval squadron in Pacific waters, in- yited the officers and men Of the American cruisers New York and Marblehead now in EsQuimault har- bor aboard the British cruiser Graf ton, flagship of the squadron, for an entertainment last night. The Brit ish and American tars fraternized in the most enthusiastic manner The bands of the New York and Grafton provided the music and the warships were all gaily decorated and brilliant ly illuminated. At parting all the ships company sang Auld Lang Syne and the national anthems of Great Britain and the United States. The American cruisers leave to-day for San Francisco. The New York is on her way to the Brooklyn navy yard