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The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21

oorrespondencs.

James Hartly went 10 Houghton
last Tuesday with lot OF buckle
berries.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Dean, OF L'Anse,
visited friends at this place Satur-
day last.
]. ]. Byers. Of Houghton, was in
town on business the latter part OF
last week.
A number OF people were berry
picking at the Big Plains and report
plenty OF berries.
Next week our county fair begins
at Hougbton, and those in this viii
lage who have anything they wish to
exhibit may bring same to S. Demo-
mie, who will ship same. to the fair
grounds free OF charge.
Three gasoline boats are now in
commission fishing at this place.
Miss Florena Barbono made a
short visit to Houghton the first OF
this week.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
Practicins on Ministers.

Il counted seven girls taking down
my sermon in shorthand this morn
ing" said a suburban minister. Il
am getting tired of this business of
turning church into school 1t is q
desecration Of the Sabbath and Of the
sanctuary, and it gets worse year by
year.
When the thing first began, / ad-
nit that was fiattered. thought
the solitary shorthand writer in my
front pew was reporter. took un-
usual pains that morning, and l
searched all the newspapers the next
day. In vain. of course. The short
hand writer was merely student of
stenography, using me to practice on.
Students of stenography should
practice on actors and on lecturers,
but po-that would cost money Moth
ing suits them but ministers, and
every Sunday. all over our land.
young men and women, with their
pads and fountain pens, go to church
solely to improve their shorthand"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
sumcIent Reason.

Queer excuses are not infrequently
offered to account for the lateness OF
the trains on a certain railroad run.
ming into this city, but the limit was
reached the other day.
The train was local from Yonkers.
stepping at every, station on the line,
and at nearly as many points where
no station was to be seen. Finally,
after having lost 80 minutes en- route,
the train rolled with much delibera-
ton into New York-the station that
is. AS the passengers filed out In
conditions of mind varying from those
of hopeless despair and resignation
to those Of impatience and even, we
regret to say, Of profanity. mild
looking little man ventured to ask the
conductor what had caused the delay.
The conductor spat judiciously and
vouchsafed an explanation that to his
mind was apparently eminently con.
elusive and satisfactory:
I'VE were running behind an ex-
press train," he said.-New York
Times.
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The Wood. In Old xloIIn..

The old masters used such care In
the selection OF the woods for their
instruments that, having found piece
OF wood of proper fiber and vibration
al powers, they treasured every frag-
ment. no matter how small; and, rath-
er than waste even a particle OF such
q strip, they frequently constructed
the backs and bellies of patches SO
delicately put together that the
seams are only discoverable by micro
scope. SO perfect is the cabinet work. y
1t was ever the aim Of the old mas
ters to marry" the back OF hard syca-
more which produces the quick vibra-
tions, and the below OF soft wood,
producing the slower sound waves. in
such manner as to give the mellow
but reedy timbre of the perfect in
strument, says writer in The Circle.
Anatomically, violin made by an old
master IFS miracle OF construction;
1t can be taken to pieces, patched to-
gether, repaired indefinitely, and is al
most indestructible. Repairing has
been the means of exposing many
clever forgeries. The inside Of vio-
lin made by Stradivari, Guarnerius, or
other old masters, is as perfectly fin-
ished inside as outside, and the
clumsy interior work of forgery be-
trays an imitation at once.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
Concrete Ore Dock.

Except for the piling and the crib.
work of the foundation, the lining
of the pockets and the floor of the
deck, no wood is to enter into the
construction of the new No. 6 ore
dock, the erection OF whchi has been
started at Two Harbors, Mimi, for
the Duluth & Iron Range railroad.
Built almost entirely OF steel and
concrete, the pier will cost in the
nighborhood of ~, 100000. 1t will
not be as large as other structures
of the kind on the upper lakes, but
it will be the most substantial and
free from destruction by fire.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
NFw SCHOOL LAW.
Compulsory Education Of Deaf Chill
dreu is Now Provided For.

l.. L. Wright, state superjnten
dent OF public instruction, has is
sued a summary of the important
school legislation enacted at the re-
cent session OF the legislature to the
school superintendents throughout
the state.
One OF the new acts which is in
the nature OF an amendment to the
general compulsory law, provides for
the compulsory education OF deaf
children. 1t requires that every
parent, guardian or other person
having control OF children between
the ages OF seven and eighteen years,
who by reason OF deafness cannot be
taught in the public schools, shall
send such children to a day school
for the deaf, the Michigan school
for the Deaf, or other school for the
deaf as the parent prefers. 1t is
provided that II deaf children are
not sent to some such school, the
truant officer shall see that they are
sent to the School for the Deaf at
Flint. In certaif cases the state will
furnish transportion.
The amendment 10 the truancy
Law is that children between the
ages Of seven and sixteen years are
required TO attend school the entire
school year, and the attendance
must be continuous and consecutive.
The penalty provides under this
section takes away the discretionary
authority from Justices Of the Peace
and when persons are found guilty,
justices must impose fines or jail
sentences. The fine 10 not less than
- and onot moro ethan 80 or inn
prisoameDt in the county jail. This
law ID now in effect.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21

mount Fieasant' was sold. but for
barely enough to satisfy the mort
cages upon A.
Gen. Jonathan Williams, revolu-
tionary patriot and commercial agent
Of the United States in France from
1777 to 1855. bought the country seat
and lived there for years. The
property remained In his family for
many years and was purchased by
the park commission by virtue of the
act Of 1867. which permitted the ac-
QUESTION Of what are now park prop
critics.
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PENINSULA NEWS.
items Of Interest Taken From on,


A fatal accident took place on the
Mineral Range railroad at the Gay
location wednesday morning which
cost the life OF one OF the members o.
the train crew. John Serena brake
man was. the unfortunate victim. Al
about twenty minutes after nine, the
train crew was engaged in making
up train OF empty cars for Calumet
The whole consisted OF about fftee q
cars and they we're engaged in coup
ling the caboose to the remainder
when the accident happened. II
seems that Serena was making this
coupling and 10 some manner his
foot became caught in a railroad
frog"
Late developments Indicate that
Lenoard SpieglberG. the Delta
county farmer who was blown to
atoms Saturday last by.an explosion
OF dynamite, committed snicide.
Spieglberg was but twenty two
years OF age and had been married
ten months, but had been worried
by family troubles for several weeks
past His wife is said TO have stated
that be deliberately laid fuse
connected with several sticks
of dynamite in his pocket and calmly
waited for the explosion The district
attorney is investigating.
Albert Chermer was found guilty
of manslaughter by the jury before
whom he was tried Wednesday in
Houghton county circuit court for
the murder on the night of June 13
last OF Rudolph Cerny, a fellow
countryman, the verdict being
returned few minutes before II
o'clock, after night session OF court
had been held by Circuit Judge
Streeter, in order that the case
might be concluded that night. The
case was given to the jury about
$3.50 and little over two hours later,
they returned their verdict, letting
Chermer off with the highest possible
punishment for his crime.
State Oil Inspector Frank S. Neal
has announced the appointment Of
his deputies in different parts of the
state and included in the list are
three upper peninsula men. The oil
inspectors in the peninsula district
are; A C. Stephenson of Menominee,
William Leighton OF Grand Marias
and Robert Douglass OF Ironwood.
But few changes 10 the force has
been made, though some OF the
districts have been rearranged, and
more will be later on, with a view of
saving some travelling expenses, and
also with an idea OF having deputies
more thoroughly cover their
districts looking latter violations of
the mem ''red can" gasoline act
which goes into effect Nov.1.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
No Babies Allowed.

Wake up!" Kissed the janitor's
wife.
What for?" grunted her husband.
There's a burglar getting into the
building"
That's all right as longs he amt
bringin no babies with him."-Hous-
ton Post.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
NOTICE.

The tax roll for the village OF
L'Anse for the year 1907 is now in
my hands for collection.
NOISE DEsCHAINE,
Village Treasurer
Dated June 29th. 1907. 6-29-t3
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Her Purpose.

The friend of the actress looked
at her in some surprise.
But why should you work so hard
and be SO saving?" she asked.
my dear friend" she lightly re-
piled, Il am working with an object
In view. ! want to save enough
money to warrant me in securing a
boy-husband." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
A Wise Precaution.

Little Mamma, don't people
ever get punished for telling the
truth?
Mamma-No, dear; why do you
ask?
Little Ethel-'Cause just looked
the last three tarts in the pantry and
thought I'd better tell you
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-09-21
AM Inopportune RESCUE.

Rescuer-We found your husband
tried to commit suicide, ma'am, but
we cut the rope in time
Considerate Wife-Oh. what made
you do that? Poor, dear William does
SO hate to be taken down.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-08
OUR FAR EAST PROBLEM.
The Transfer of American Naval
Forces to the Pacific.

The Transfer Of American Naval
Forces to the Pacific.
Naval men in England" says Sgd
ney Brooks, in Harper's Weekly, "and
not naval men only, have learned.
with the deepest interest, Of the decis-
ion, IL decision 1t be, Of the American
government to transfer the bulk of Its
naval forces from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The move Is regarded over
here as being equally significant and
reasonable. 1t . is reasonable because
It obeys the compulsion Of facts, and
is, at least, as much the inevitable
product Of circumstances as was the
British scheme Of naval reorganization
and redistribution two or three years
ago. It is significant, because 1t i'm
plies, or at least foreshadows, a defin-
ite change Of front in American policy,
and a recognition Of the new direction
that American interests are likely to
take in the future. Americans have
always seemed to Englishmen to look
somewhat too exclusively north and
south for signs of international COM
plications. They have been occupied
with the problems Of the Caribbean
with the fate Of various West Indian
islands, with South America and the
Monroe Doctrine, with little Incidental
questions that have arisen through the
proximity Of Canada and Newfound-
land. These were all natural and legit-
innate sources Of anxiety. But for
decade and more 1t has been apparent
to European onlookers that they did
not and could not cover the whole
field of American interests, and that
the United States was engrossed In
them to the exclusion Of other inter-
ests that were inexorably growing up
on the other side Of the continent and
In the other ocean. America. so 1t
seemed, had not yet worked round to
the realization of the geographical
facts Of her position. 1t had apparent
ly not occurred to her that she faced
the Pacific as we'll as the Atlantic,
and that, while vigilant In fencing
round her front yard, she possessed
and was neglecting a back door that
opened into a world Of which she
knew nothing and seemed to care less
What the transfer Of the fleet from
the Atlantic to the Pacific amounts to,
in English opinion. Is that America
has discovered her back door"
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bullet to turn side on I'm its effort to
bring the base gradually to the front,
thus effecting a more favorable posi-
ton for the centre Of gravity. The
side on position will be the more cas-
lily reached the further to the rear the
centre Of gravity of the projectile lies.
In the case Of the French bullet, which
is almost third longer than the Ger
man, the conditions for a change OF
position obtain when 1t strikes even
comparatively soft tissues, like ten
dons and therefore much more readily
In case of bone shots. The German
bullet also turns side on when 1t
strikes bones. In this way the shot
holes in the human body become wild.
ened and the resulting wounds more
serious, since, In the first place, i'm
portant organs are thus more easily
hit, and in the second place, suppura-
tions are more liable to set in, in con-
sequence Of the character Of the OPEN
ings In the skin where the bullet leaves
the body, than when the older blunt
headed bullets are used.
= or course, the penetration Of the
projectiles striking side on is less; but,
on the other hand, their entire living
force or energy is brought into play
In the target in making the wounds.
Finally, the. fact that the pointed bull
let often remains In the body must be
taken into account, for 1t sometimes,
although not always. gives rise to dis
turbances that require Its removal
The pointed bullet Is then the musk
ct bullet of today. It Is being adopted
everywhere. 1t requires high muzzle
velocity to give 1t the proper rotary
power, and must, therefore, either be
composed Of hard and tough material
or have jacket Of such material:
otherwise 1t will shear and decline to
take the grooves Of the rifing prop
erly. 1t has a fat trajectory and
therefore large danger zone, and It
possesses the proper stopping power
in battle.-New York Sun.
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Miseellausuus geaains.
THE FARM oBILE.
Adaptation Of Motor Car to Farmers
Needs.

N09oS.
It has been a difficult matter to
adapt the automobile to use on the
farm, owing to the fact that 1t has
been hard to secure the necessary
traction Of the wheels on the ground,
says the Technical World Magazine,
Ribbed wheels do not have the neces-
sary gripping effect unless they are
held down by enormous weight, and
even then the resistance Of the load is
often sufficient to cause the tractor
wheels to simply gouge out the ground,
as they revolve without moving ahead.
These difficulties have been over
come in a new machine known as the
Farmobile. The system Of propulsion
consists in employing an inert wire
cable which lies upon the ground and
extends across the field, the ends Of
the cable being secured.
The car Is equipped with a pair of
drums, which are operated by a four
cylinder gasoline engine. The car
stands over the cable, and the cable
passes with few turns over the drum
so that as the drum revolves 1t winds
along the cable and draws the car at
a proportionate speed. At each end
Of the car Is a tension device, COM
prising a pair of positively driven
rolls between which the cable passes,
the rolls pressing against the cable,
which keeps the cable taut between
the tension devices and the drums so
that the cable cannot loosen its coil
on the drums.
F, AS the cable has several coils on
both drums, and the coils cannot pos
sibly slip, and as the drums are pos
itively driven, it will be readily seen
that in operation the car Is bound to
travel and pull its load, and the load
may be as great as the engine has
power to pull.
In use the cable takes care Of itself
and shifts itself to accommodate the
path in which the machine is steered.
Each end Of the cable is fastened to a
pully, and the pully rides along a ca
BILE arranged transversely to the pro-
pelling cable. The machine is provid-
ed with a steering wheel. which con-
trolls the angular position Of the front
wheels similarly to an automobile.
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right to ask the question and to re-
ceive an answer.
1.-The day you rescued her from the
Indians, when we were on our way tc
join Colonel Gray"
"Ah, 1t was you, then. thought
had seen your face before. That was
a brave act Of yours in deserting her.
ut gave you a wife," retoSted Wal
lace, with some spirit. You should
not regret It,"
"A wife, yes, but not her love-
To hear him one would have thought
this was the one thing on earth he
desired, and that the greatest injury
! had been done him by this filchine
from him his rights. And yet nothing
could be further from the truth. "Mr
Gray, may 1 ask II you can explain
why my wife did not make your iden-
tity known to me when you first ap-
peared among us?"
The way in which the question was
put was most insulting, and this time
Wallace did not feel called upon to
answer.
Mrs. Sherwood can best explain her
motives, sir"
But / ask you,' exclaimed Sher-
wood, explosively. His temper was
decidedly beginning to get the better
of him, land expect an answer"
You have evidently formed your
own conclusions" replied Wallace.
somewhat aggressively. Answer
yourself"
II WILL" cried Sherwood, becoming
more and more enraged. 1T is because
she wishes to shield you, because she
still loves you, and"
Wallace rose rather unsteadily, but
there was nothing Of weakness in the
expression of his face.
"Sir," he interrupted, in low, tense
tones. "you are speaking Of a woman
I respect"
And Of one who has forfeited mine.
But moment since 1 saw her clinging
about your neck"
"And your construction of that is"
THAT you would secrete the knowl-
edge Of your mutual guilt and work
the betrayal Of her husband"
Wallace started violently, and then
he walked slowly over to the man who
thus deliberately insulted his own wife.
In spite Of his confessed poltroonery,
there was not the slightest fear now
on the young mans face as his flash
ing eyes met those Of Sherwood.
"Sir!" he began, his voice ringing
with disgust and contempt II am to
be tried tomorrow for the most despi-
cable act known to a soldier. But,
low as am I can still look down up
OF the man who will attack the name
of a good woman and that woman his
own wife"
"By Heaven" yelled Sherwood.
furious with rage.
But in tones as trenchant as the
thrust Of a rapier, Wallace cut him
short.
"Dr. Sherwood, you are a coward,
sir, and liar!"
(To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-08
NICKEL MADNESS.
It Has Many Very Harmless and In
nocent Phases.

II Has Many Very Harmless and In
noeent Phases.
The very fact that we derive pleas
ure from certain amusements, wrote
Lecky, creates a kind Of humiliation.
Anthony Comstock and Police Com
missioner Bingham have spoken elo-
quently on the moral aspect of the
five-cent theater, drawing far more
strenuous conclusions than that Of
the great historian. But both the
gentlemen and the purity commits
sioner generaiized too freely from par
ticulars, says Harper's Weekly. They
saw only the harsher aspects of the
nickel madness, whereas II has many
innocent and harmless phases.
Crusades have been organized
against these low-prized moving-pic
ture theatres, and many conservators
Of the public morals have denounced
them as vicious and demoralizing. Yet
have they fiourished amazingly and
carpenters are busy hammering them
up in every big and little community
In the country.
The first "nickelodeon,' or l.nickel-
ct" or whatever II was originally call
ed, was merely an experiment, and
the first experiment was made little
more than year ago. There was
nothing singularly novel in the idea,
only the individualizing Of the NOV
ing-picture machine. Before Il had
served merely as a turn" in vaude-
Vile. For very modest sum the
outfit could be housed in narrow
store or in a shack in the rear yard
Of tenement, provided there was an
available hallway and the space for
front" These shacks and shops are
packed with as many chairs as they
will hold, and the populace welcom-
ed, or rather hailed, by huge mega
phone horn and lurid placards. The
price Of admission and entertainment
for from Is or 20 minutes is a coin Of
the smallest denomination in circula-
ton west of the Rockies.
Before the dog days set in licenses
"CIc uCui6 DOI-
ough alone at the rate Of one day
for these little hurry-up-and-
ed booths. They are categoried as
common shows" thanks to the board
aldermen. A special ordinance was
passed to rate them under this head
ing. Thereby they were enabled to
obtain a license for $25 for the first
year and $3.50 for the second year.
The city fathers did this before An
thony Comstock and others rose UP
and proclaimed against them. A full
theatrical license costs $500.
Three hundred licenses were issued
within the borough of Manhattan
alone for common shows. Two hun
dred of these were for nickelets. They
are becoming vastly popular in Brook
lyn. They are springing up in the
shady places Of Queens, and down on
Staten Island you will find them in the
most unexpected bosky dells. or ris-
ing In little rakish shacks on the mos
quito flats. .
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warm for him and tried to double on
his tracks, going for time to the
Yoshiwara on the outskirts Of neigh
boring town, then trying to make a
quick loop back in the neighborhood
Of the forts. All the time the faithful
reporter and the detective, faces pre-
sumably still muffled, followed like
shadows.
Mayeda evidently grew suspicious,
for he gave up the trip through the
fortifcation zone on the following
night and returned to Toxic. There 1t
was that his career Of treason came to
q sudden end before the Intervention
Of the police.
Kuzuki Imamura, the coolie who
had known Mayeda in Siberia and
who had come down from the fisheries
to live in the slums Of Toxic, had got
an intimation through some channel
that the police believed that he and
Mayeda were in the same plot. On the
same day that Mayeda returned after
the fruitless Yokosuka trip Imamura
went to Mayeda's home and stabbed
him a dozen times in the neck and
body with a short sword.
Even when Mayeda tried to escape
down the street the coolie followed,
hacking at him with the sword. May
eda finally dropped from exhaustion
and soon died. Imamura gave himself
up, saying that he had done his coun-
try a good service in killing spy Of
the Russians.
The police subsequently searched
Mayedas papers and found confirma-
ton Of their suspicions-that he was
trading in military secrets. They al
so found evidence enough to convince
them that the patriot Imamura was
in the plot with the gentleman Maye-
da. So Imamura will get the punish
ment that Mayeda escaped.