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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

the Inside OF the grocery, one last
squirt at the burned and singed cat.
that had crawled into bag OF CHINA
mon on the top shelf. and they went
away. leaving the doors and windows
open; the crowd dispersed, and the
had boy went In the front door, peered
around under the counter. pulled the
cork out CT bottle of olive oil and be-
gan to anoint himself where he had
been scorched. Hearing shutting, as
OF arctic overshoes filled with water, in
the back shed, and still small voice.
saying, well, I'll be condemned" he
locked up and saw the red face Of the
OLD groceryman reeking In the back
door.
"Have all the forts and war ships
come down YETI" said the old man.
looking up toward the ceiling. holding
up his elbow to ward OF any possible
descending barrel or stove lid. II now
realize the truth Il Cen. Sherman's re-
mark that war is hell. Gosh! how It
smarts where the skin is burnt on.
Give me some Of that salad OIL" and
tic old man sopped the oil on his face
ana head. and the boy rubbed his lips
and ears. and they looked at each
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
RoosEvELT,s pEvELoPMENT
The Successful Standard Bearer Of
Our Great and Progressive
Nation. sf-<

II ever there was q statesl1An who
could say in the language OF Holy Writ:
Mine eyes have seen thy salvation" 1t
is he who was installed by united pe0-
pie as head Of the American common
wealth. More favored he than that
prophet, who. having seen the land Of
promise, could not enter therein. The0-
dore Roosevelt. having led his fellow
citizens out Of the clouds OF sorrow and
into the light OF a new and greater dawn
Ing OF prosperity, retains his place at the
head of this marching host Of civiliza-
ton, and Is still the standard bearer OF
the progress Of nearly 100, 600, 000 Of hu-
man souls.
The development of President Roose-
welt as world figure, says the Troy
Times, has been so rapid and SO undis-
puted that 1t tinges recent history with
the charm OF romance. This young
scholar, warrior and reformer finds him
self, by the shocking summons OF an as
sassination, placed in the unexpected po-
sition Of leadership toward which the
world has been looking for guidance.
Will he be the master of the oppor-
tunity? The answer Is read in that
matchless verdict of approval which
makes the returns of the election Of No
vember, 1904, so sweeping as to daunt
the imagination. BY his fruits he has
been made known. and what administra-
tor In SO short time and confronted by
SO many, so important and SO diverse
problems. has ever made similar his
tory of achievement and Of success?
Commended by men OF all parties, as
popular president as ever lived, in
what shall the secret of his success be
found? In that Astounding energy which
makes work seem the synonym Of rec
reation? In the foresight which accom-
plishes results while others are still
meditating over plans? In the manly
sympathy which has the open hand for
every follower of truth. and which en-
compasses every form of culture, from
the strengthening of muscles to the
clarifying of spiritual aspirations?
Truly In all these, and yet. more th:n
in all Of them, In the frank honesty
which takes the people into his conf
dence and which wins their belief that
here is man who means what he says
and who is always on their side.
II is such president whom glad
people welcomes to new term of
The citizens of this great
union of states know that what has
been shall be. and that the courage. the
candor and the skill which have made
President Theodore Roosevelt the ad-
miration Of the forum and the idol of
The household will continue to keep him
a true and faithful tribune Of the peo-
pie.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

turned the sputtering Roman candle
ON the giant firecracker under the
stove, and when he saw the fuse of
the firecracksr was lighted, he turned
tI.n torch on the powder under the bar
rel OF dried apples, and In second
everything went kiting; the barrel OF
dried apples with the cat in 1t went
up to the ceiling, the stove was blown
Cyl or the counter, the cheese box and
the old groceryman went with q crash
10 the back end Of the store, the front
windows blew out on the sidewalk, the
store was futl Of smoke. the old man
rushed out the back door with his
wbiskers sirged and yelled "Fire!"
VI lille the bad boy fell out the front
door with his eye winkers gone. and
his hair singsd. the cat got out with no
hair to brag OF, and before they could
breathe twice the flre department
came Gathering UP TO q hydrant and
soon turned the hose inside the gro
Gerry. There was not very much IRE.
anc after tipping over every barrel
an6 box that had not been blown SKY
high the nremen gave one last look ct
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
SEEDING IN PROGRESS
IN WESTERN CANADA.
Mild Weather Is Bringing Thousands
Of Settlers.

The splendid yields of wheat, oats
and barley produced by the farmers
of Western Canada and the excellent
prices received for the same, have
been the means OF giving an increased
interest throughout the United States.
AS a result the inquiries made of the
Agents of the Canadian Government
have nearly doubled oyer those of the
same period last year. Railroad COM
panies are putting on increased carry
ing capacity to meet the demand made
upon them for carrying passengers
and freight. Everything points to q
most prosperous year. There is room
for hundreds of thousands additional
settlers, much new land having been
opened up for settlement this year.
1t Is quite interesting to look
through the letters received from the
Americans who have settled in West
ern Canada during the past few years.
and considering the large number It
is surprising how few there are who
have not succeeded. An extract from
letter written by Mr.. Geo. M. Girls
void, of Red Deer. Alta, formerly Of
Grever, Montana, written on the I'd
Of January. is as follows:
II am located one and one-half miles
from a beautiful lake ten miles long.
where there is church, school, three
stores, creamery and two post Offices.
The fine stock, both cattle tcows and
steers), horses, hogs and sheep are
rolling fat, grazing in pasture to-day.
just little snow, hardly enough for
good sleighing, as we Just had a Chi
nook which has melted the roads and
laid bare the fields and pasture. There
are hpe wheat. oats, barley and flax
raised here, also winter wheat and
timothy hay for export to British Co
lumbia. This is a mixed farming and
dairy country. This is the right time
to get foothold in the Canadian
West. as II was some years ago in the
United States. We are free from wind
gumbo and allxali here and have fine.
clear. soft well and spring water at a
depth Of from 5 to rs feet, and lots of
open ever flowing springs"
Telegraphic advices from Medicine
Hat say that seeding has commenced
at Medicine Hat. Lethbridge, and 9TH
err points. At the former place the
temperature moderated gradually un-
I'll on the 10Th the maximum was As
and the minimum 20. Thermometer
readings since then have been as fol-
lows: Goth. Al and 80; 21st, "a and
"a; 22d. Sc and 80; 23d, 4s and 40;
oath. 48 and rs.
During the last few days in Febru-
airy considerable blowing was done
near Lethbridge. p. A. Pulley, a re-
cent arrival from Montana, plowed
and narrowed 15 acres and =. Lali-
borty about the same amount. Rev.
Coulter White has also been harrow
Ing his farm. All report the ground
frost free and in excellent condition.
Bricklaying has slso begun in town.
At Hartney, further east, on the 25th
OF February the sun was warm and
bright. wheeled carriages were IN use
and the plowed fields look as II they
are ready for the press drills. There
Is every appearance that spring has
arrived. but farmers do not wish to be
deceived by appearances and conse-
quently have not commenced to use
their bluestone and seed wheat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
PRESIDENCY AND CABINET.
Present Counselors of the President
and the Probabilities Of
a Change.

President Roosevelt has renominated
all the members Of his old cabinet ex.
cept Postmaster General Wynne, who
goes as consul general to London. and
George B. Cortelyou takes his place In
the presidents official family. This Sc
lection had been expected, says the ST.
Louis Globe-Democrat. 1t was pretty
well known at the time of Wynne's ap-
pointment to the head OF the post Of
fee department that the choice was
only temporary, and that Mr.. Cortel-
you, who had resigned from the de-
partment of commerce and labor, would
succeed Wynne.
Shaw is to remain in Office only year.
He will then have held the treasury
portfolio four years, and wants to re-
tire at that time. Report has had 1t
for several months that Shaw's stay In
the new cabinet would be short, and
that on leaving 1t he would begin a
canvass for the presidential nomina-
ton for 1908. OF course. under ex-
listing conditions cabinet officer could,
while retaining his place. work for the
presidential nomination. The presi-
dent has taken himself out of the reck-
oning for president any more. Every
one Of his council is at liberty to aspire
openly to the succession and to work
for 1t In any legitimate way.
Several of the cabinet officers are
understood to be aspirants for the pres
idential candidacy for 1908 Taft is
one Of these, though there is chance
that on Chief Justice Fuller's approach
ing retirement Taft may be selected as
his successor. Shaw and Moody have
presidential longings. Hay is In the
presidential class, but is not known to
be a candidate, though his name is oc-
casionally mentioned in that connec-
ton. Changes In the cabinet have
come rather frequently In the past
three and a half years. OF the nine
members of the presidents council to-
day. only three-Hay, Hitchcock and
Wilson-were In It at the presidents
accession in September, 1901. There
is possibility that the cabinet may
have one or two more presidential as
pirants between now and the meeting
Of the national convention three and
quarter years hence. ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

THE PICTURE OF SHOW tHat there
SOLID COMFORT. was something in
it He came to some of us one day and
with an air Of great secrecy asked If we
believed in spiritualism. We immedi-
:ately assured him that we did. Then,
one by one. he drew OF and proposed
that we form small circle as he
called 1t, and there converse with the in
habitants of the spirit world that he
claimed to be able to conjure up. We
entered into the spirit of the thing with
a whole heap of zest and assured the old
gentleman that we were ready to begin
at once.
I'VE rented room at the hotel, and
that night we held our first meeting.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

there and nothing HANK YOU
was doing. Then KIND SPIRIT"
one of the boys lifted up his voice and
asked Mr.. Brown by what sign would
the spirit manifest itself II by chance
one did happen to come In to get look
at us. The old man answered that the
spirit would give a loud rap on the
table to signify that It was with us.
Then, IL we desired to ask questions,
1t would answer yes or no by means OF
raps. One rap signifed mo- and two
raps said yes. Well, 1t was not very
long till rap was heard. Mr.. Brown
said: Thank you, kind spirit, and
every fellow Followed suit. Then an in
teresting conversation took place. Old
man Brown asked many questions as 10
who the spirit was, and these were Inn
mediately answered by raps. Every
time we heard rap every fellow said:
THANK you, kind spirit
1--WE kept this up for some time. and
when at last we got ready to stop we
were admonished by Brown to say moth
ing of the occurrences which we all
soleSnnIy agreed to. You see, It is very
easy to make the raps on the table, II
you fx your fingers in the right posi-
tion.
I'VE continued these meetings for sew
eral nights. and each time we would
have surprising results. Spirits came to
us galore. and we had the time Of our
lives. Finally Kennedy, one Of the fell
low. said he was going TO have q pic
ture ~ that Ghost or bust. We attempt
ed To- disstlade him, but old Brown just
laughed and bald to let him so ON.
"One Of the boys had . gutta percha
skeleton that he had secured some-
Where end one day De took enleIeton
IN 20 tho circle room. tied y a ~ MP
Fight position. And took : photo Of Il.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

Tie Ark on the dark, multitudinous waters
Was tossing; the rain In cataract
poured;
But Noah. his Lady. their sons and their
daughters
And all the wild live stock were safely
aboard.
They weren't much seasick, in spite of the
weather th
And rather cramped quarters; they'd food
to suffice,
And all things were lovely. when. squeak
There rushed from the galley rabbie
OF mice! ss
They muitipsied-yes. like warren Of rab-
They plnndered the pantry. devoured the
grain: ss4
And such were their simply unspeakable
habits
That poor Mira. Noah was we,l-nlsh in
sane!
She said so In language untrammeied and
forcefulI
And what might have happened. the Lord
only knows.
When Noah. the kindly and ever resource
full.
Went up to the Lion and tickled his nose
Then thrice sneezed the Lion!-and forth
from the feature
His majesty sneezed with. there leaped
M In trice
A silky -haired. dagger-clawed brisk little
creature
And woe to the ravaging legions of mice.
In twentlcs. in thirties. In ffties she slew
them
Before Mrs. Noah had time to say "Scat!'
-Ahar" laughed the Skipper. who watched
her pursue them;
81 don't know It's NAME DEAR let's call 1t
"A Cat!''
So born OF a sneeze In the Rain of All Ages.
That deluged the mountain. the valley.
ard plain,
The Cat on your hearthstone to this day
presages
raini
Arthur Guiterman. in N. Y. Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

i
sEEI FToN on somebody suggest
DEAR FRIEND. ed that we hold an
other circle Immediately to see II the
spirit would tell US something of him.
self. That night we met But we pre-
viously. bored d hole through the wall
and put piece of garden hose through.
At each end of the hose we placed a
funnel, and at the end of 1t In another
room we stationed one of our men. We
had a little grudge against the news
paper correspondent of the town, and
we told him that we were having an in
teresting time at our spiritualistic meet
ings and invited him to join that night.
He grabbed apthe chance and as bad
ly excited when we got to the room.
That day one of the boys had borrowed
a skeleton from doctor and carried 1t
to an old straw stack about mile from
town and buried it In an old pine box.
I'VE held the circle and soon got the
spirit on the line. All of us asked ques-
lions in rather loud voice, and which
were easily overheard by our man in the
next room. He Immediately answered
through the garden hose telephone and
his voice sounded so unearthly that II
made little chills run up and down our
backs. The spirit told us he had been
murdered years before, and his body
recognized old man Brown as former
very dear friend, but knew none Of the
others. Well, sir, old Brown was just
hopping. He wanted to hike out right
away for the, old straw stack. and the
newspaper correspondent was just as
bad. We got a lot of lanterns and
started. We took the worst road we
could. find, and by the time we got there
all were pretty muddy. Then we found
that we had left town without spade to
dig with. The correspondent walked
that long muddy mile hack to town for
the spade, and he certainly made rec
ord time. When he at last reappeared
we voted to let him do the digging. He
dug over the whole territory before he
at last located the skeleton Dragging
II out. he looked at the innocent old
thing and says: Boys, I've got beat
Don't say word We shouldered that
old skeleton and waded back to town
1t was placed in the window of an I'M
dertaker's shop, and people came from
all over the country to see the remains
of the victim Of a horrible murder. The
papers from one end of the country to
the other were full of it.
1--WE let It run along about a week.
and then let up. was sending out a
little stuff to newspapers once in awhile
myself, and wrote up the hoax And
all the papers printed that. None Of
the papers reached here then except
what | received, and | kept them hid
den so old man Brown would not see
them. We were wondering how to put
him on, when one of the boys saw him
coming up the street. Grasping that
little gutta-percha skeleton. he walked
down the street swinging 1t between his
fingers. The old man saw 1t, and turned
white. He came up to where we were
and handed him a paper with the
whole thing In 1t. He read the article
through. and then turned around and
looked at each of us individually and
collectively. He walked away, and
never spoke to one of US again.
Where is he now? Down in the
Lexington asylum, where he ought to
have been long time before. kansas
City Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
A SPIRITED
HOAX

r HE old colonel was sitting with his
legs spread out In front of the fire.
and with carpet slippers on his feet was
the picture Of solid comfort.
"Howdy, son." he said. Il was just
thinking of the time in the latter COS
when was member of a club that had
been organized here shortly before and
known as The Knockers No matter
what came up we always knocked it..
Every man had a little hammer
I'VE had a great deal Of fun out of our
club and had many peculiar experiences.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

DThe Fifty-eightn congress did a
great deal OF important ana valuable
work. And the Fifty-ninth, which In
cludes a house Of representatives elect
ed at the same time AZ was President
Roosevelt, is likely to make fully as
good q record. II must be in close
sympathy with the general principles
and policies which the president typi-
nos and which have been 90 emphat-
ically approved by the people. Tbs
country's interests are IN safe hands,
and republican lsgislAtlon end admin
istration will b thoroughly vlndlcato6
~ the results, Troy Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

down to see Mr..
Brown and show
him the picture.
The old fellow was
overcome, and told
US he recognized
the skeleton as that
Of a very dear
friend Of his who
had mysteriously
disappeared some
years before. Then
cOunot0dv sy,gQast- :
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

An old fellow
named Bro W II
worked here at a
saddler's shop then
and he believed
that spirits could
be prevailed on to
come back to earth,
and cited expert
ences Of his in
Cincinnati, N e W
York, st. Louis
and other cities to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

A flock Of a dozen horned larks wers
seen in Pine Run valley. near Chap
mans Mills. Bucks county, recently.
These birds, which are summer resi-
dents OF the Arctic regions. are rare
winter visitors to this section. being
more inclined to frequent the marshy
sections near the sea coAst--Philadel-
phia Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

That night, when the circle met. Ken
nedy toted his camera up. to the room,
and when the raps began coming in he
leveled his picture machine at the dark
ness under the table. and let 'er go.
Next day Kennedy developed a really
good likeness of the old skeleton. The
whole gang Of us then went running
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

The old fellow
called u s to order
and had us sing q
little, and then
ranged us around
the table with the
little fingers OF
each hand barely
touching. Then the
room was dark
-ened and the fun
was ready to be-
gin. For a long
half hour we sat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
Il Your Strength What Il us.d 10 BsP

Can You work as energeticslIy, or walk
as far, climb the stairs as rapidly an you
used to- Are your nerves AZ steady, and
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tarrh, Misuse and the various Blood and
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shorten life and destroy happiness. Re.
gain your strength, vigor and health BY
using Pusheck 's-Kuro. It has cured
thousands whose case was much wo, w.
than yours. Pusheck 's-kuro can be had
this price from DIR. Pusheck, Chicago.
All advice free.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
New Erie Locomotives.

The Erie Railroad has ordered 1877
very heavy freight locomotives and $500
freight cars. The company is also hav-
ing built three Of The new and fast type
OF passenger engines known as bal
anced compounds" These locomotives
will pull more passenger cars at high
er rate Of speed than any other kind.
The company is also having built three
heavy Pacific type of passenger engines.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

n no part Of tie United States has there been
such wonderful Con uercia1, Industrial and
AgrIcuitural developments % aioug the Iinee q
Valley Railroads ID the States % renneseees
Mississippi and Louisiana. within the pesk ten
years. Cities aud towue have doubled their pop
erected. Farm lands hsye snoss than doebled
IN vaius. Hundreds OF industries HAVE beo1
syeabl!9,ed ara d rssa's thsrs = - unpsses'
Day LaIovofs, skIIIsd Wsvkneu,
ant especially Fam Ieooelp.
sss; !. y sssss ::: s s ssa'5s =
s: :;:s::'si1. e; q; !: SIS; 8 q q: N g
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

An English scientist says that insects
are fond Of whisky. He seems to agree
with that other English scientist who says
that man is only an insect.-Atlanta Jour
nal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25
Their Busy Day.

First Microbe-Hes going to propose.
Second Microbe-Yes: here's where
we get busy.-Town Topics.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

The fact that riches cannot buy happi-
ness doesn't influence u man to remain
poor.-N. Y. Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

There is nothing seems so like an
honest person as an artful knave.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-07-27
coRINTH.

Annie Wilson is at Sugar Hill, n. II.
Don Bliss and son are visiting his father,
Willis Bliss.
There will be services at Academy nan
next Sunday at 80 p. m.
Lucy Morse of West Fairlee Center IS
working for Mrs. A. l.. Parker.
Mrs. Mary c. Munson is taking week
vacation in Washington and Montpelier.
Mrs. Hudson OF Plainfield is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Ellis, at the cream
ery.
Rev. Mr.. Prentiss OF Newbury preached
at the Center last Sunday in exchange
with Mr.. McLane.
Miss Carrie b. Brown Of Hanover mas
been spending the past week at her I'M
ele's. f. j. Hutton. ~,
Twelve mules were shipped from New
York this week for use on the ore teams
from Pike hill to Bradford.
Miss Addie Nuttle OF Boston VINO mas
been visiting her sister, Mrs. T.. r. OoiDy'
returned to her home last saturday
The CookviIle Athletic club played
with the Pike hill men saturday 2. m.
baseball game. The score stood Il TO- VI
favor Of the Cookvilles.
Mrs. Warner Brow n got chicken poi,e
in her throat last Friday. she mas s ~
tered greatly from the effects OF II. ar;
Brown has suffered a slight shock causeu
from fright over his wlies aeciueh''
Both are recovering.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-07-27
EAST RRAlNIREE.

Miss Gwendolin Coffin of Jeriheo IS
spending some time at X. J. Flint's.
Miss Ruby Boyington of Boston visited
Mrs. Guy Martin the last OF the week.
Miss Blanche Wicker is spending her
vacation with her aunt, Mrs. Elwin Mar
tim.
Felix and Worden Stokes went Saturday
TO Richmond to visit their mother, return
ing Monday.
Mrs. Fred Flint has been spending the
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
n. Flint, on Braintree hill.
The LADIES' Sewing and Mite society
will meet at the basement next Friday at
D. m. Supper will be served.
Miss Maud Palmer returned home last
week from Newport, n. H.. where she had
been visiting for several weeks.
Mrs. Alvin Williams and sons, Lester
and Felix. came the last OF the week TO
visit at s. Williams and with other rela-
tiyes here.