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The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21

watering the camels, and after they
had carried water from daylight till
dark, and had seen II disappear down
camel and the camels grumbling
because they didn't bring water fast
er. the boys would ask me how long
1t took to fill up q camel, anyway. l
would tell them that II they kept right
at work, the camels ought to be filed
up full along In the. fall. The boys
would reluctantly resign. Our camels
have been the making Of hundreds of
boys by their tank-like capacity to
hold water. One hoy at Richmond,
Va. got 1t on me by getting q section
Of fire hose and hitching 1t to a hy-
drant. and letting the water run into
trough at the camel stand in the
m6nagerie, and before l knew 1t the
camsls had filled up until they were
swelled four times as big as they
ought to be. Then they laid down,
and couldn't march In the grand
entrcs, and pa sent for plumber 10
have the camels fixed with faucets.
That boy was genius, and we kept
him and put him irto the lemonade
privilege. You can al q camel with a
hydrsnt all right. but II you bring the
water In pals he will beat the game.
remember one boy ut Wilmington,
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RELIGIOUS RuMoR.

Tie New York federation Of church,
es, which has been In existence for ten
years, is out of debt for the first time
in Its history. 1t is spending more
than $4,000 year In Its work.
indianapolis will have the interna-
tional meeting of Young Mems Chris
tian association societies, which brings
together between 800 and 1000 workers
from the United States. Canada and
Mexico. next May.
Native Protestant Christians in In
dia have formed a national home mis-
sionary society to evangelize their own
country. The society will be admins
tered wholly by Indian natives. In har-
mony with existing Christian churches
In that land.
The Congregationalists are raising
now about 100000 a year for church
extension, but not satisfied with that
are starting a movement to insure
100000 being raised. There are 500
congregations OF their denomination in
this country.
There are more than 2,00O,000 negro
Baptists In this country, with 80 insti-
tutions of learning and As denomina-
tional papers. They have a national
organization. with boards for missions.
home and foreign, education. publica-
tion and the young peoples societies.
The Salvation Army is making much
progress In Germany under the leader
ship OF Commander Oliphant, who tina
Frankfurter Zeitung declares is almost
as interesting a character as Gen.
Booth. He is tall and lean. has very
high forehead, bushy eyebrows and a
long black beard. Though an English
man, he speaks German fuently and
his citations evince thorough familiari-
ty with German literature.
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rank is that of captain, but who has
been at the head of this bureau since
1t was established and has done the
work of three men, will become briga-
dier general. This bureau deals with
SO many interests and Its head Is the
executive for so many branches of gov
ernment that 1t has often been seri-
ously considered as deserving to be
raised to the rank of department,
with its chief one of the cabinet OFF,
GERS. It has to deal with matters In
the Philippines. Hawaii and Porto
Rico and is little government with
in itself.
Col. Edwards, who has been chief
of the bureau so long Is one OF the
most energetic and popular officers in
the service. He served In the Philip
pines and was on the staff of Gen.
Lawton when the latter was killed,
and he knows the affairs of that archi-
pelago as thoroughly and in as great
detail as anyone in the government.
He has served under Secretaries Root
and Taft and has been the trusted
confidant and assistant to both. They
have relied upon him for information
and for advice regarding the Philip
pines and have trusted the admins
tration of insular affairs almost ex-
clusively to him.
While Col. Edwards is hard work
er he is also fond Of play. He and
Secretary Taft take good deal Of
their diversion together in the way OF
horseback riding.
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suls general. While congress did not
authorize In this measure the practical
civil service recommended by Secre-
tary Root, 1t Is understood that the
policy OF. the administration will be to
adopt civil service methods in future
appointments. Already they have re-
quired candidates for appointments to
pass an examination fully ms rigid as
the civil service commission would de-
wise. The president has let it be
known also that after this bill be-
comes a law the appointments In the
future will be only to the lower
grades of consul and that the higher
places will be filled by promotion as
vacancies occur.
There Is another reform that has
not yet been accomplished, but which
is being strongly urged by business
organizations and those who demand
that the American consular service
shall be filled by Americans. In an ad-
dress recently submitted to congress
by Minister Barratt on the subject Of
Americans needed as vice and dep
uty consuis," he tells the following
rather startling facts: OF 60 con-
sulates general. 20, or one-third. have
vice or deputy consuls who are not
Americans. or 225 consulates, 113, or
half. have vice or deputy consuls who
are not Americans either by birth,
naturalization or residence. or IL
commercial agencies. nine, or two
thirds. have nonresident vice and
deputy commercial agents. OF six
consulntes where the incumbents are
permitted to engage In business, two
have foreign or deputy vice consuls
and one has consul who Is not an
American. or Al consulates and COM
mercial agencies where the ofiicers are
paid by fees and allowed to engage
in business, rs, or over one-half. have
vice or deputy consuls who are not
Americans, while in six cases the con-
suls or agents are foreigners.
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The drainage 90 necessary 10 reclaim
millions Of acres will have to b
handled by the government and Rep
resentattve Steenerson. Of Minnesota,
has introduced bill for the reclama-
tion of rwamps.
1t Is estimated that there are 100.-
100000 scres Of swamp lands In the
United States. some 100000 of
which have been surveyed and the
great bulk of which would make
splendid farms II the excess of water
were drawn of. In the Kankakeo
river b>,in In Indiana and Illinois,
there o.e 100000 acres of the very
richest bottom lands that are sub
ject TO overflow. Where they have
been reclaimed through expensive pri.
vate drainage works. they are worth
az high as $50 an acre. 1t has been
estimated that this whole track could
be drained effectively at a cost Of not
more than $40 an acre.
In Florida. the Everglades alone
would afford an empire OF some 7,000.-
900 acres. In New Jersey and vir-
ginia are vast swamps, among them
the famous Dismal swamp. In ILL
nois there are 100000 acres of swamp
land; In Michigan about 100000; in
Iowa, 100000 acres; In Minnesota,
100000 have been surveyed and there
are huge areas not yet surveyed. The
Steenerson bill demonstrates that the
government can transform swamps
into fertile farm lands and that. the
settler or owner will pay back to the
government the relatively small cost
OF the Improvement.
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through life regretting the past, and
being afraid Of the cars for <fear some
act of my younger days VIII become
known. and queer me. guess pa
knows how Il II hisself.
We'll, II there II one thing ! am
proud Of. It ID Tat ! have always
been good. when grow up to be q
man, prosperous In business, and be-
longing to . church, and married. and
have children growing up around me,
I can put on an innocent face and .
bold front, and point to my past with
pride. II l should 90 to live among
strangers, whore nobody took the pa
pers, and the people were not on to me.
Pa says as long as your conscience
is clear. and your pores open, life is
one glad, sweet song. Well. I don't
know. but II pas conscience is clear,
he must have strained It the way they
do rain water, to get the wigglers out,
or else he has used an egg to settle
his conscience, the way they settle
coffee. II his pores are open, he has
opened them in the old way. with q
corkscrew. But, with all have had
to contend with in tho way of fright
full example from pc. am not SO
worse.
How many boys of my age; do you
suppose, could put In season with a
circus, and have all the facilities
have had to go wrong, and come out
as well as have? The way the freaks
just dotted on me would have turned
the heads of most hoys, but when I
found out that all OF them, from the
fat woman and the bearded woman, to
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21
THREE FACTS
For Sick Women
To Consider

FIRsr.-That almost every operation
In our hospitals performed upon women
becomes necessary through neglect Of
such symptoms as backache, irregular
and painful periods. DISBURSEMENTS
of the female organs, pain In the side,
burning sensation In the stomach,
bearing down pains, nervousness, dir
ziness and sleeplessness. M
SECOND. The medicine that holds
the record for the largest number Of
absolute cures of female ills Is Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t regulates, strengthens and cures
diseases of the female organism a.
nothing else can.
For thirty years II has been helping
women to be strong, curing bnckache.
nervousness, kidney troubles. infam-
nation of the female organs. weak
ness and displacements, regulating
the periods perfectly and overcoming
their pains. 1t has also proved itself
invaluable in preparing women for
childbirth and the change Of life.
THIRD.-The great volume of unso-
licited and grateful testimonials on Ale
at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, many of which are from time to
time published by permission, give alb
solute evidence of the value OF Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Mrs. Pinkham's advice.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation
toWOmen.-Women suffering from any
form Of female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are
received, opened. read and answered
by women only. From symptoms given,
your trouble may be located and the
quickest and surest way of recovery
advised. Mrs. Pinkham is daughter
in-law of Lydia Z. Pinlxham and for
twenty five years under her direction
and since her decease she has been ad-
vising sick women free of charge. Outof
the vast volume of experience In treat
ing female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will help
your case. Surely, any woman, rich or
poor, is very foolish II she does not take
advantage Of this generous offer Of
assistance.
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Appropriats Time.

The chaplain of British warship
was giving a magic lantern lecture.
the subject of which was Scenes
From the Bible" He arranged with
sailor who possessed . gfamophone
to discourse appropriate music be-
tween the slides. The first picture
shown was Adam and Eve an the gar
den of Eden. The sailor cudgeled his
brain, but conld think of nothing
suitable. PLAY up" whispered the
chaplain. Suddenly large idea
struck the jolly tar and, to the great
CONSERVATION of the. chaplain and the
delight of the audience, the gramo-
phone burst forth with the strains Of
There's Only One Girl Ia the World
for Me-" OF course. he might have
played "wearin' of the Green"
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and manners. They are just ike
other folks In their habits Of living"
Mr.. Beveridge said the other day.
Most Of them are as regular in their
hours as the Virginia farmers-and
most OF them are farmers. Practical
ly all those from the Indian Terri
tory follow that.
Probably the star boarder Of this es-
tablishment Is the chief of the Sene-
cas-, Andrew John. He spends = great
deal of his time here every winter In
the interest of his people. The Sene-
cas- are a nation Independent Of the
United States, and have made several
treaties with the federal government.
Chief John said the other day that It
is puzzle to the lawyers to determine
Just what the Senecas are as q tribe
and what they are as individuals. Un-
der the laws of New York they are .
corporation existing by q special act.
The chief tells some interesting tradi-
tions Of the Indians, speaking Of whom
the other day he said:
Several winters ago some 20 of US
representing half dozen tribes used
to assemble here evenings with inter-
prefers and relate legends of the va
rious tribes. was struck with this.
that each tribe adopted as the favor
ite animal Of their tales that most
frequent in its own country.
"The Creeks and Choctaws, original
ly from the south, were fond Of the
'possum and the rabbit. Our Seneca
legends have to do with animals We
hunted. especially the deer. The IA
vorite Seneca legend Is Of child OF
our tribc that overcame giants and
evil spirits. The Sioux told tales OF
marvellous battles with the buffalo ana
the Chippewas. from northern Minne-
sofa, f,lled their stories with fur-bear-
Ing animals."
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master General Madden says II your
stamps don't stick. don't blame the
post Office department. blame the
weather bureau. 1t Is not the muci-
lage that is responsible. but the Pc
culiar atmospheric conditions preva-
lent this winter and spring. II the
little red stamp will not adhere to the
envelope there Is no comfort until a
better brand of climate is dealt out
by Chief Moore. of the weather bu-
reau. There Is also another trouble.
The post Office department issues two
styles of stamps. the summer stamp
and the winter stamp.
Mr.. Madden admitted the other day
that there was an unusual number OF
complaints about the stamps not stick
ing, while he said upon investigation
of these complaints were found to be
unjust. For instance" he said.
there is a complaint from business
man In New York. We sent an agent
to investigate, and found that In his
establishment man had been in the
habit Of wetting the stamp by taking
big sponge and drawing 1t across the
back Of the sheet of stamps. wipins
the mucilage completely of.
while every complaint we have
run down has turned out to be with
out sufficient foundation, there must
be something wrong or we wouldn't
get SO many. The gum is exactly the
same as that used last year, when
there were practically no complaints:
so the fault can't be there. My opin-
ion is that there is something in the
atmospheric conditions which causes
this"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See That Coffee Poison
Was Doing the Mischief.

A lady tells of bad case Of coffee
poisoning and tells 1t In way 30 sim
pie and straightforward that literary
skill could not improve 1t.
II had neuralgia headaches for
II years. she says, "and have suffered
untold agony. When first began to
have them weighed 140 pounds, but
they brought me down to no.
went to many doctors and they gave
me only temporary relief. So i suf-
fered ON, till one day In 1904, woman
doctor told me to drink Postum Food
Coffee. She said looked like I was
coffee poisoned.
80 began to drink Postum and
I gained is pounds In the nrst few
weeks and am still gaining. but not
20 fast a. at first. My headache began
to leave me after had used Postum
about two weeks-long enough I en-
pect to get the coffee poison out Of my
system
"Now that few months have
passed since I began to use Postum
Food CofFe4. I can gladly nay that
never know what neuralgic headache
Il like any more, and It was moth
Ing but Postum that cured me. BE-
fore used Postum never went out
alone: I would set bewildered and
would not know which way to turn.
Now 60 alone and my head Is a.
clear as = bell. BY brain and nerves
are stronger than they have been for
yearr.y Name given by Postum Co.,
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21
Pesky Postage Stamp.

HERE has been
more complaint
during the past
winter about post.
age stamps than
has been heard for
years. Tie pesky
things just would
not stick half the
time, and the pos
tai authorities
have been round
ly abused. Third
Assistant Pos {
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Indians in Town.

N THE boarding
house for Indians
kept by B. F.
Beveridge, apd OF
W h 1 C h mention
was made In these
dispatches recent
ly, there Is at
present quite q
delegation Of the
red men. It Is In
teresting to visit
this place and no
tice their habits
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
COL. EDWARDS WILL BECOME
BRIaADIER GENERAL.
FOR AMERICAN coNsuLs,
practical Civil Service Recommended
!. Swamp Lands a. Well as Arid
Lands Need Attention-ouser
Atmospheric Conditions.

A ASHINGTON.- 1t
is now the pur-
pose of congress
to give the rank
CT brigadier gen.
eral to the officer
holding the posi-
tion of chief of
the bureau Of in
sular affairs in
the war depart
ment. This means
that Col. Clar-
ence, whose real
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21
Better Consular Service.

L LAST tnere VIII
be some reform In
the consular serv-
ice. A bill has
been passed and
Is soon to become
a law that reor'
ganizes this serv'
ice, does a W a y
with all fees and
is calculated to
improve the per
sonnel of the con
suls and the con.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21

DIV that irrigation
has attained so
much Importance
In. the west and
al 1ention is at
tracted to the
wonderful fertil-
ity of dese ert
lands when water
Is turned upon
them, interest has
been revived In
great sections in
the east that have
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-21

and untillable because they are COW
cred with water. For every acre Of
western desert land which can be sub
dued by irrigation. there is an acre
Of eastern swamp which can be
drained and made highly productive.
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SENT to q Hospital to Hecuperats
he Bad Boy Discourages Other
ys from Running Awaywith the
fcus-He Makes Them Water the
mels, Curry the Hysnas and Put
bsect Powder on the Buffaloes.
lis Is the first time since we start
mt with the circus In the spring
pa and / have not been two
tnnies on the spot" ready for any
8 that the managers told us to
Oklahoma. though. and the In
territory. have been too much
pa. and they sent him on to Kan
City to recuperate in a hospital
q week, while tho show does Kan
to finish, and makes a triumph
ntry into Missouri.
wonder how the show will get
ig without us for a week. cause
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IN UNUSED ARaUMENr.

One of the arguments which those
who seemed to want public library
building on New Hayen's sacred Green
might have used is that the precious
collection the building would have con-
tanned would not have been in so much
danger Of being burned as it would be
i'll some other place. Among the sad
and irreparable losses in San Francisco
are the Libraries. More than 100000
volumes altogether were burned, in adj
dition to a great quantity of manu-
script records and documents, the to-
tai money value of all being estimated
at above $S,O0O,OOO Among the collec-
lions that vanished were those contain
ed in the main Public library and two
of its branches; the Mechanics msti-
tute library, the Mercantile library, the
Sutro library, the Pioneer library, the
Bohemian club library, the B'nai Birth
library, the French library, the San
Francisco Law library, and the Library
of the Supreme court.
Of course all valuable libraries should
be located in flreproof buildings, and
the buildings should be as far away
from other buildings as possible.
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SOME or BURBANK,s m1RAC1Es.

If Luther Burbank of California had
lived few hundred years ago and done
some Of the things he has now done
he might have been burned at the stake
for presumptuously trying to improve
the work of Natures God, or for being
a wizard The latest stories told Of his
achievements are amazing. The talk
is that he has discovered that a hy-
Bird walnut tree-a cross between the
California and the New England wal
nut-will make timber anywhere in the
country in one-third the time the old
ones would These trees grow so fast
and spread so rapidly that he plants
them forty feet apart, and in twelve
years they have made the progress that
ordinarily takes 80 or 40 years for the
old kind. They bear a splendid fruit,
and their wood Is firm, hard, takes a
high polish and is in every way super
Tor to either of the two trees combined
in production.
Mr. Burbank has produced a chestnut
tree that bears fruit when eighteen
months old, and better fruit than the
old trees bear at that, while the old
trees were 10 to II years of age before
they began to bear; has an improved
black walnut tree that in IL years de-
velops trunk that will make a log Is
feet long and foot and half square.
These trees, he says, if set out in about
the proportion of So to the acre, and as
far apart as that would allow, would in
- years be worth at the regular mark
ct rate of timber $50 each.
We are living, we are moving, in a
grand and awful time, as the old hymn
says If the next century sees as many
and as important changes as the last
one did the world will continue to be a
very interesting place.
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Nnrrcn no onNrRAcnn :

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived by the Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Orange, Conn, until three o.
M, Of Thursday, May 10th, 1906, for
! the, grading and Macadamizing of a
section of road in the town of Orange
in accordance with the plans and spec
ifications approved by the state high
way commissioner.
Bids shall state the price fer linear
foot for finished road complete; the
town through its seleotmen and the
state highway commissioner reserve
the right to increase or decrease the
number of feet to be improved after
the contract is let.
All bids must be accompanied by a
bond Of not less than one-third Of the
cost of the work. Any bidder refusing
to sign the contract at the prices Of
fered and furnish surety company bond
or certified check shall be required to
forfeit a sum from his bond equal to
bid and the next lowest bidder. Plans
and specifications may be examined at
the office of the Seleetmen West Ha-
ven, Conn.,, or at the office of the state
highway commissioner in Hartford.
The selectmen and the state highway
commissioner reserve the right to re-
Jeot any and all bids.
Dated at Orange, Conn, May Cd, 1905
WALTER A. MAIN
ELFORD @. RUSSELL,
JOSEPH w. GRANNISS.
ms ga Seleotmen, Town of Orange.
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MORE POLITICS THAN SENSE.

1t looks as if the Old Age Pensions
bill which was adopted by the French
Chamber had more politics than sense
in it. The committee which drafted the
bill estimated the necessary capital at
Sc, 100000. This was to be furnished
first, by the compulsory contribution Of
two per cent. Of the wages of all the
iwage-earning population, men and
women; second, by an equal sum to be
contributed by the employers; and,
third, by a contribution from the State.
When inquiry was made as to the num-
Der of wage-earning persons who would
contribute and the amount of their
wages, and also how many would be
likely to reach the age of sixty years,
the pension age, no statistics could be
found to furnish even an approximate
answer. The committee of the Cham
Der estimated that the minimum num-
Der who would live to receive pensions
would be $4,000, and the maximum g.
$4,000 This left margin of no fewer
than 2,44S,00O persons. Taking the min
imum figure, the annual amount to be
paid in pensions could net be less than
So, 100000 francs, or about $4,000, OOO,
while the maximum would be 1,19S, 76O,-
GOO francs, or about $4,000, 900.
1t is clear that no measure ecntem-