The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
The Bad Boy and the drocsryman IL
lustrate the Russo-Japanese War
by Exploding the Grocery -
Dads Experiment at Raising
Hair on His Bald Head.
BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.

(Ex-Governor OF Wisconsin. formerly pub
Usher OF "Peck's Sum-" author of
"Peck's Bad Boy" etc.)
Copyright, 1901. By Joseph b. Bowies)
The old groceryman had war map
spread out on the counter, and for an
-Four he had stood up in front of 1t.
reading morning paper, with his
thumb on Port Arthur. his fingers COW
ering the positions occupied by the
Jap and Russian forces in Manchuria.
There was a crash in front of the gro
Gerry and the old man jumped behind
tarrel, thinking Port Arthur had
been blown up, and the Russian feet
tcrpedoed
Hello, Matsuma, you young mon
Fey" said the old man, as the bad boy
HURST the door open and rushed in
with shovel at shoulder arms, and
came to present arms" in front of the
Cid man, who came from behind tbs
barrel and acknowledged the salute
Say, now, honest, did you put that
chunk OF ice in the stove the day you
skipped out last?"
Sure Mike!" said the boy, as he>ran
the shovel under the cat that was
sleeping by the stove. and tossed he.
into a barrel of dried apples. What are
you doing with the map Of the seat OF
WARP"
"Oh. was only trying to figure out
the plan of campaign, and find out
where the Japanese would go to when
they are licked" said the old man.
This thing is worrying me. want
to see Russia win, and l think our
government ought to send them all the
embalmed beef We had left from the
war with Spain, but II we did you
r.onkey Japanese would capture It.,
end have military funeral over It,,
and go on eating fish and rice. When
this country was in trouble, in 1864,
the Russians sent fleet of warships
To New York and notified all Europe
to stand back and look pleasant. and.
By the great horn spoons, l am going
to stand by Russia or bust. l would
Ike to be over there at Port Arthur
ant witness an explosion of torpedo
under something. Egad,I but glory In
the smell of gunpowder. Now, say.
i.cIe is Port Arthur, by this barrel OF
dried apples, and there is Mushapata.
by the ak handle barrel, see?
We'll, you and are just alike" said
the boy. Let's have sham battle,
tight here in the grocery. Get down
that can of powder"
'Taint against the law, is it?" said
the old man as he handed down a tin
canister of powder. IL want excite.
meut, and valuable information, but 1
don't want to unduly excite the neigh
bors."
"Oh, don't worry about the neigh
hors," said the boy, as he poured u
little powder under the barrel of dried
apples. Now, as you say. this is Port
Arthur. This chest of Oolong tea rep
resents Japanese cruiser outside the
harbor. This box of Goldfish represents
Russian fort, see? and the stove rep
resents Russian cruiser. This barrel
of ak handles Is the Russian army, en-
trenched behind the bag Of coffee.
Now, we put little powder under all
of them, and lay train from one to
the other, and now you get out few
of those giant firecrackers you had left
over from last Fourth of July, ard a
Roman candle, and we can illustrate
the whole business SO Alexovitch and
Ito would take to the woods"
The boy lit the Roman candle, got
behind barrel of potatoes and