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and possesses in right OF his descent the
old registry books commenced by his great
granduncle, Fordon, about 1853. When one
reflects that a large portion of Great Brit
aims nobility and gentry spring from
Gretna marriages, the historical value of
these old books may be estimated was
favored with a look at one OF them, and
full of famous names 1t proved to be. More
than one peerage hangs upon the validity
Of Gretna Green marriage ceremony.
Keen Rivalry Arose.
Somewhere about 1927 an effort was
made to GUST the Langs from their inher-
tied honors by one John Murray, who set
himself up as a rival. Murray hit upon a
brilliant idea. He built an inn. called the
Lark Bar Hotel. just on the other side of
the old bridge leading to Scottish soil.
When an clipping couple appeared at the
tollgate Murray advanced and intercepted
Them thus cutting off much OF the regular
Gretna Green trade. But the Langs and
Elliotts established runners on .he Engnsn
side of the Lark, who persuaded everybody
that Murrays marriages were 1nvalld, as
the spot wherein they were executed was
not really Scottish ground. To make sure
the majority were persuaded to cross TO
Gretna Green. Finally, when the railroad
came, with its station on the other SIDE
of the Lark, Murray was driven out OF the
marriage business. He had saved coy,
fortune however, and his grandson, Murray
Little is prosperous lawyer at Amman.
The old hall walls are covered with IN
scriptions. and the visitors BOOK SHOWS
many interesting names. Sir Walter scott
Washington Irving, John Lathrop Motley,
James Russell Lowell, William D. Glad,
stone and Alfred Tennyson have all af1ixed
their signatures. The name OF Robert
Burns is pointed out in old Joe Paisleys
register. it was presumably written by the
poet, and is signed in witness OF mar
riage.
As I stepped into the uptrain, for Glas-
gov a wedding party of two from Ger
the border stepped out. The bride-to-be
one cannot mistake brides-to- be-was
laughing gayly; nor did the bridegroom
glance apprehensively over his shoulder to-
ward the Carlisle road, as his prototype OF
seventy years ago would have done. No; the
sly youth knew full well that pursuit would
not be possible until the $3.50 eXpress,ano
that meant a good hour in which to hunt
up the lay parson and have the knot tied
good and fast,
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Tobacco Smoking by the Immature.

From the London Lancet.
We hold no brief for the cigarette, nor
do we fail to recognize the fact that smok-
ing by juveniles is an evil, but the case
for remedying the evil is not Helped by
doubtful statements. Everybody knows
that tobacco is poison and the sugges-
lions, therefore, that tobacco is injurious
because of it's impurity or adulteration or
because Doisons are added to 1t are alto-
gether beside the issue. If the tobacco
smoked were the purest possible lear the
evil of smoking by juveniles, in our opinion.
would be not whit the less. If it were
otherwise there would be no necessity 1or
suppressng such smoking SO long as the
youth was supplied with pure tobacco.
Since tobacco is itself a poison we need no
further argument against indulgence in 1t
by the immature or its abuse by the grown
up person. We can well beEeve that Ger
tain tobaccos are more poisonous than
others, but we very much doubt whether
substances more Injurious than tobacco it
self are ever added to the manufactured
leaf. Flavorings and sWeetenlng SUP,
stances, such as liquorice glucose and
glycerine, are often added, but these are
harmless compared with pure tobacco It
self. Statements have been freely made that
morphine or even cocaine Is added TO cheap
cigarettes in order to give them lmmedlale
soothing qualities or Ito soften" the havor
of an otherwise harsh-smoking tobacco we
cannot accept such statements applied, at
all events, to cigarettes retained at nVe OF
even six penny. Inc TOBACCO III SUN
cigarettes is Of an inferior and inexpensive
kind we admit, but we have not been able
to find the smallest trace of foreign poisons
in some very cheap cigarettes which we
purchased only recently and submitted ~
careful ANALYSIS. We doubt whether 1t
would pay to add such comparatively ex-
pensive poisons Opium is not cheap nor
is cocaine. Tobacco Of common quality is
at any rate infinitely cheaper. the ,o danger
of smoking arises from tobacco poisoning
and it is the wholesale and unchecked pol
soning of the child with tobacco, chiefly IN
the form of cigarette smoking, agalns'
which the nation is asked to find remedy.
On what lines such a remedy can be made
efYectual we are not sure. 1t Is obvious
that different persons exhibit dii1erens
susceptibility to the poisonous action or
tobacco even in the same country. In OIL
entail countries, however. excessive smok-
Ing, which is intensified by inhaling me
smoke. commences almost from the craoie
and, is continued right through life ap-
parently without any ill-effects.
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GIVE UP THE CORSET
Paris Beauties Call It can In
Strument of Torture"
OTHERS THINK DIFFERENTLY
Some Cling to It as "Woman's Best
Friend"
SOME UP.TO-DATE SUBSTITUTES
Whale Bone Girdle and Throat Sus-
tainer-symposium on a Very
Pressing Subject.
OTHERS THINK DIFFERENTLY
SOME UP-To.DATE SUBSTITUTES
spocIal Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS. August 4, 1906.
Half of the most famous Paris beauties
now boast that they wear no corsets
Among them are statuesque creatures Ike
Hattie of the Opera; Cora Laparcerie, wife
of the poet Richepin fills, de Hally, who Is
supposed to have a simply perfect figure;
Dieterle, whom they compare to Sevres
porcelain figure, the Voluptuous Doll;
Darnley the classical; little Maud Amy-and
big Anna Held. Little and big, slender and
plump, they form no particular non-corset
type. but seem to be just so many splendid
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women rejoicing in a new-found grace ano
freedom.
1.-The corset is the special eIe::::- &c fem
jnne health and beauty" says Hattie. In
future ages they will not believe that
women could ever have endured such in
struments of torture. The stomach ana
liver become crushed; the lungs cannot
diate to take in enough oxygen to renew
the blood; the diaphram and the intestineS,
brutally pushed back. protest in spasmodic
contractions What they used to call the
vapors sudden rushes of blood to the head,
and frequent Paintings, had no other cause,
and the neurasthenia of today finds its true
beginning in the corset.
There is steel corset of the fifteenth
century in the Cluny Museum, says Cora
Laparcerie. 1T Is an unyielding metallic
cage. seemingly atrocious. Yet 1t followed
the feminine form, was only dangerous by
excess OF compassionate II ended above
the hips. The present straight corset Is far
worse 1t Is a rigid scabbard in which we
lose our natural form. Tire abdomen Is sup
pressed the Group is thrown back, and the
bust is thrown forward"
Cause Of Her Emancipation.
At present they are giving a symposium
in the Paris daily press. these beauties
without corsets. The dainty Dieterle began
1t by relating to an interviewer the cause Of
her emancipation. 1t was the sight OF
stout and forid matron of ffty-five years
trying to get into a corset that had been
made expressly Ito her measure"
She took her poor old abdomen in her
two hands," says Dieterle, land yanked 1t
up. You understand. the corset had been
put on loose. Then, as her maid stood ready
with the strings, the sufferer pulled up
some abdomen. The maid began to pull
the strings. The martyr fetched up some
more abdomen. The maid laced tighter,
And SO, In time, she got her abdomen dis
placed miraculously. In a word, trans
formed into bust
IT seems that Dieterle's doctor had been
showing her some diagrams representing
the compression of the organs by the mod
ern straight corset. The two object lessons
made a great impression on her.
When one stands straight. the organs
are crushed and pushed out of place, but it
was nothing to the second diagram, show
Ing how the slightest movement forward
horribly increases the compression. OUT!
took my corset orr
Cup to sixteen years of age the V,.uptuous
Doll lived in the Montmartre quarter and
posed for some artists.
M'In those days ! wore no corset" she
6ys. 1T y the acme Of the perfect model,
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Wagner.
From the London Chronicle:

From the London Chronicle
The fortitude Of enthusiastic operagoers
who sit out THE Ring has often been
commented upon. but another aspect Of the
question was unexpectedly thrust upon the
writer as he sat enjoying the music from
above few evenings ago. In front OF
him was burly figure in homespun, evil
IDENTIFY Scottish farmer who had come to
London to see the sights and hear the
sounds. After sitting through three long
acts he murmured audibly Twas q pa
tient mon that wrote all this!"
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The Master Engineer.

WRITTEN FOR THE STAR By NARY TALBOT CAMPBELL.
Author Of "A Celestial Of
Tomorrow
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am almost persuaded that the corset en-
bellishes!
says Clairval. TT must, Of course, be
made to order by skillful corsetmaker.
Ready-made cOrsets are just ruinous de-
vices-except for women slender and
unaccentuated that they do not need any
corset. Also, as ones figure changes con-
stantly, you must have new corsets made
for you continually-at least once every six
months"
This she said for women OF moderate
incomes. 1t is best for such to economic
on no matter what other articles Of dress
or objects of luxury.
THE corset is woman's best friend" she
continued. LAS to the modern straight
variety, 1t must, Of course, be well adj
1usted to the body for which 1t is made.
The old style corset may have done some
harm by pushing in the stomach. but the
straight corset protects the stomach and
leaves 1t quite free"
1T is very much a question of bust" de-
clares the plump Bresh. "of course you
find artists models growing up without a
corset and possessing fine busts, but what
we do not hear about are those who grow
up corsetless at the price of breaking the
fibres, Going without corset has simply
ruined their busts. For young girl who
is developing 1t is simply a question OF TAX
ing risks depending on the strength OF the
fibers."
Famous Throat Sustainer.
And here comes in the famous throat
sustainer." which. II Louise Mantle Is not
mistaken, is the secret of the suppleness
and form of more than one OF these Pari-
sian beauties who boast that they wear
no corset.
'"Their pretensions make me SMILE" says
the roundest and plumpest star Of the
Grand Opera ballet. mo one will accuse
me OF not being always in condition" she
explains arrogantly. II have two hours
daily of the hardest muscular exercise-the
essential daily training of every danseuse,
at the bar like any beginner. We all
have to do 1t. Every muscle OF my body
is at my command. Ny waist must be
flexible"
For this reason she claims the right to
speak Of corsets with authority.
When these no-corseted boosters possess
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Not Sterling.
e Catholic Standard and Times.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
Mr.. Gaddie-''The Poormans celebrated
theft silver wedding last night. didn't
tkeyT'
Mrs. Gaddie-"O! no; saw all the press
ents."
Mr. Gaddie-"Eh? What do you mean?'
Mrs. Gaddie-"It seems to have been .
silver plated wedding"
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A Bit Fearful.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
"How shall we treat our critics." asked
the theatrical manager.
We'll for gracious sakes! Don't give
them five-cent cigarsr' replied the leading
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Corrected.

From the Baltimore American.
did you run across anybody IN unat
automobile tour?"
1--WE ran 'em down first and then ran
across EN-"
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Diagnosis.

D1agnos1s.
From the New York Sun.
Knicker-My wife says she feels like an
old rag.
Bocker-Then the only cure is to buy her
some new ones.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-06-08
Courtesy Grand Forks Evening Times.

be ewiDadd
that there nothing but the ones
light
kill calling
Of
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the
sheet and would not it would cease live after the city
mistaken authority
building
they ordered
Q The
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flushed
played hands too hard hole card
meetings
Ward
strength BY the the
Cavalier the
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Wis to refute it, but he replied
that the attacks Of such unrepre-
sentative papers did not hurt him
any, especially when the graft
ing propensities Of their editors
were known.
We feel, however, that these re-
fect1ons on our intelligence as
members Of the township board
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to save them the expense Of
sending an agent. In bringing
the matter UP in town meeting,
Davis was one of those who ad-
sled waiting until something
might turn up by which we.
could do better. That lie ever
had his eyes open in the best
interests Of our township, is evil
denced by the machine we cot
and how we got it. 1t seems
that one Of the townships around
Crazy had had shipped 10 it by,
the Northwestern Port Huron
Co. one Of their heaviest road
graders, when as matters final
ly developed, they wished d
lighter machine, commonly
known as the push grader Da-l
Wis learned of this fact through
Messrs. Nicholson and Anderson.
of Crary, and ait once began ne
gotiations with the late mi III
NJ illlafns general manager off
the Company, who was visiting
an Bismarck at the time, ME-
lllianls promised to give us 81
price, as youWill see BIZ enclos-8
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That Road Grader
Investigation

To the editor of the Inter-O Ocean:
The StarkWeather Times some
time since 1nsinuated that there
was something wrong in Bergen
township over a road grader, and
later another insugent rag took
1 it up and accused our townsmar,
Geo. W.. H. Davis, of having put
on us a second hand road grader
and that he had profted by the
transaction. We asked MI. Da-
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Continued Oh psge Ii.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-07
ISLAND OF SOLID IRON.
One of Pacific Archipelago Almost
Entirely Composed Of
the Ore.

The Northumberland islands belong
to Queensland, and lie Off the east Gen.
trail coast OF the Pacific. between the
towns Of Rockhampton and Mackay.
One of the smallest islands in the
Duke group of this archipelago Is Iron
island.
The whole island is iron ore, except
a strip from 60 to 120 feet wide on
the west and q sand eiat across its
northern end. The island is 1,320
feet in length and 52S feet In great
est width, its highest point being 120
feet above high water mark.
1t Is estimated by the geological sur
vey that the amount of ore above
high-water mark Is 100000 tons, and
that the additional ore available be-
tween high and low tide (23 feeD
amounts to 100000 tons, making a
total Of 2,250,OO0 tons Of available ore.
The rock. on the western side OF
the island is greenish, highly alteres
trachyte. In which there has been
great development: Of east and west
cross quartz veins, probably formed
before the iron was introduced into
the surrounding region. On the south
side Of the island are three outcrops
OF pure white statuary marble, from
10 to 20 feet across and 20 to go feet
in length.
1t Is believed by some Queensland
biologists that the ore metasomat-
ically replaced limestone and slate.
and that the formation of ore may
still be going on, inasmuch as the
ridge top supports figs and scrub vege-
tation. showing that spring water is
still reaching the surface. The ore
consists chiefly of cryptscrystalline
magnetic, with massive hematite. and
has scarcely trace of impurity. Its
specific gravity is As to 46.
Blocks of ore up to ten feet In diam
eter are piled up around the base OF
the island. No work has yet been
done, but there will be no difficulty
in mining down to tide level. To
work below that level wall of ore
will have to be left to prevent the
entrance of the sea water.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-07
GHOSTS OF ABBoTsFoRD.
Attempts to Create Spooks at Sir Wal
ter SCOTS Home Proved
Failures.

The attempt at making "a ghost of
Abbotsford" will probably end with
the lady to whom the name was ap-
piled, says the London Academy. This
lady, the widow of Rev. John Car
michael, has just died at Edinburgh at
the venerable age of 83. When a
child she went as . visitor to Abbots-
ford, and, losing her way on one occa-
sion, opened the dining-room door
noiselessly. 1t happened that Sir
Walter and his guests were discussing
-the question of the possibility of tha
appearance Of q departed spirit, and
the mysterious opening OF the door
at the moment won for the little girl
the name OF "the ghost of Abbots-
ford" This name she retained
through life.
Another attempt at creating ghost
at Abbotsford was doomed to failure
Opposite to the entrance to the library
there Is an arched doorway leading to
other rooms. 1t was discovered that
by an arrangement of lights the
shadow OF person under the arch
could be thrown on the opposite door
with weird effect. But Sir Walter,
when called upon to witness the ex~
pertinent, did not express approval of
It, for reason that even Lockhart
could, not guess Scotts interest in
ghosts, however, 10 notorious. and he
liked telling ghost stories to his
visitors.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-07

illustrative Instance Of the Carslssi-
ness Of English Com-
panies. N2r'tff

Anyone who can rake up Insurance.
company scandals II y sure OF an
American audience nowadays, and this
state OF mind seems to be spreading
to England A1British law firm tells
the following story In support OF its
contention that insurance companies
and other fduciary institutions should
be required by law to make an annual
statement as to all unclaimed property
. In their possession.
A testator died In the year 1856
holding 30 shares OF well-known fire
and life assurance company. Twenty
Of these shares were sold by the ex-
ecutors, The remaining ten shares
were entirely forgotten. The ex-
ecutors' names and addresses were
registered in the compapy's books and
the dividends accruing upon the
shares were, in the words Of the secre-
tary. ''held in suspense since Mr.. IS
death, In accordance with the COM
pany's articles" No intimation was
sent to the. executors that the divi-
dends were accruing and were un-
claimed.
In the year 1904 the executors re-
ceIyed letter from the solicitors Of
a company whose business 1t Is to
trace dormant funds stating that II
the executors will agree to pay the
company so per ceSt. Of any sum
which might be recovered informa-
tion would be given which would prob
ably lead to the recovery OF unclaimed
funds belonging to the testator's es-
tate. The communication was put into
the hands OF the firm which tells the
story, and they, after an examination
OF the testator's and executors papers,
succeeded In locating the missing
shares.
The assurance company made them
over in due course with the dividends,
but absolutely refused to pay the 80
years interest which was claimed on
the latter. %-- +s ~
The lawyer suggested to the COM
pany the desirability Of making in
quiries as to how information not
,,'a .,-''a to representatives Of their
own shareholders had bsep epr.,.--
by company trading in unclaimed
property.
The only reply the company vouch-
safed was that they didn't know any
thing about 1t.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-07
WANT MIRRORS IN CHURCH
Innovation Demanded by the Ladies'
May Come to Be Ne
cessity.

"I won't name the church." said the
architects young man. {SIt is one
that stood In need of repairs a short
while ago. My boss got the. job OF
putting 1t in order. I attended to
most of the preliminary details, and
l give you my word that in the list
OF improvements recommended by the
committee was lot. Of small mirrors
to be put into the backs of all the
seats so the ladies could see how
their hats looked when they knelt
down to pray.
Before the work was really com
menced the rest of the congregation
got wind of the contemplated inno-
walton, and raised no end OF q row.
The question; Looking glasses or no
looking glasses?' was voted on by the
whole church. The conservative noes
won out by a small majority. They
insisted that people kneel for devo-
tional purposes, not to study the set
of their hats, and that to put tempta-
ton, in the shape OF a mirror. into the
bacltIof every seat would be positive
ly criminal.
But it Is question that will bob
up again with the building of other
churches. Most of the women of the
congregations are demanding looking
glasses in the churches. either in
the pews or set as panels in the walls,
and the time will soon come when
they will. be considered a necessary
feature of ecclesiastical architecture"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-07
LOCAL ITEMS.

Remember the Firemen' dance
Easter Monday, April 18th.
Mrs. G.. Seock, of Houghton, spent
Sunday last 10 Baraga.
S. d. Davenport, of Duluth, is in
Baraga for few days.
A. M. Hale, of Bruce's Crossing,
spent Wednesday in Baraga.
H. Meyer, of Marquette, spent
Thursday 10 town.
Wick O'Connell, of Houghtoh,
was In town Tuesday.
The roads are in bad condition
neither wheeling or sleighing.
Bernard Beyers, of Houghton,
spent Sunday last with friends in
Baraga.a
Il. J. Hanck, of Marquette; and w.
N. Abel, Of Laurium, we're brsiness
visitors in town this week.
A marriage license was issued
Thursday to Matt Jacobson and Miss
Saura Juntunen, both Of Baraga.
Mrs. G. Johnson. OF Keweenaw
Bay, was Baraga visitor Wednes-
day.
M. Leskie returned Saturday last
from several weeks visit in Cheboy-
gan.
w. Mitchell and E. C. Mitchell, OF
Houghton, were in Baraga this
week. e a
George Greenleaf, of Houghton,
visited friends 10 Baraga last Sun
day.
Gust Isaacson. returned Wednes-
day from Virginia City, where he
had been for the past six months.
o. Berkstrom, OF Scranton, Pa,
transacted business in. town We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Heughens,
proprietors Of the Hotel Gordon,
have also leased the McKinley Hotel
which wilIbe opened TO the public
shout the middle of the present
month. Mrs. Hesghsus will have
The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-04-07
SAVING CONTRACT AWARDED.
Much Of the Nester Logs to Be Cut at
OntonaSon.

p
The Ontonagon Lumber d Cedar
company will cut. t.all Of the Nester
logs which will be driven down the
river this spring, contract to this
effect having been secured by the
big concern. 1t is estimated 1that
there will be about 5000, 900
feet in the consignment, and it tmeans
that the plant will be kept in opera
tion day and night the greater part
of the season at least. Negotiations
for this contract have been under
way for some little time. Hereto
fore the Nesters have towed their
logs either to Baraga or Ashland.
As many OF them we're small, the
loss during the trip was consequent
ly heavy. Taking this into consider
alton the Nesters decided that it
would be much better to have the
logs cut at Ontonagon than to take
them to their own mills.
This in addition to the d. j. Nor
ton and John Hawley 4 Company
logs will make an extremely busy
season for the plant at Ontonagon.
Manager Hawley states that he ex-
poets to place the mill 10 commits :
sion about May 1st. -Ontonagon
Herald.