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The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-06-08
GA. mAnrLEs ONLY ASHES.
invention Due to the Experiments Of
. Vienna Chemist


The gas mantle is nothing but ashes
and II is wonderful how science makes
its particles cling together a. long a.
they do. q
The gas mantle was invented by a
chemist Of Vienna. He noticed the
intense light given out by q small
quantity Of thorium thrown into q
stove In his laboratory. He realized
the Importance Of the discovery and
in 1880 began q series Of experiment.
to utilize this remarkable quality OF
the element in intensifying light He
found that pure thorium would not
cohere well enough to be Of use. and
he then began searching for COM
bination Of elements that would an
swer.
In 1887 ne produced his first man
ties, but they were 30 delicate that
they could not be transported, ana
were delivered by hand A boy was
trusted to carry two, one in each
hand, for delivery about the streets Of
Vienna In the early COS he found
that good mantle could be made
from a combination Of the two sub
stances. thorinm oxide and cerium OK.
ide, and that coating Of collodion
would give sufiicient firmness to al
low 1t to be transported. Since then
gas mantles have gene into general
nse in nearly all parts Of the world,
and thousands Of factories are pro
aacing them.
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PEWs IN OLD MEETING HOUSE.
Ages, Sexes and Conditions Carefully
Segregated by Our Ancestors.

Around three sides about on level
with the pulpit in the old meeting
house at Hatfield extended the gal
leries, reached by staircases on the
northeast and southeast corners,
where in the front seats sat the sing
ers, trebles on the north and basses
ON the south, and counters and tenors
on the east. The next two rows OF
seats were occupied by children, girls
In the north and boys in the south.
and frolicsome youngsters they were,
II we may Judge by the frequency with
which the town was obliged to renew
the brass tips to the slaves OF the
tithing men, three Of whom were al
ways on duty to keep the youth from
disorder.
Behind the children and still higher.
In square pews against the wall, sat
the young men and maidens, the latter
on the north and the former on the
south. One gallery spew was reserved
for colored men and one for colored
women, and, queerest of all, high
square pew over the north stairway
was assigned to old maids and sim.
liar pew over the south stairs to old
bar helors Just how many years these
two classes had to number before they
were promoted from the lower seats
in the synagogue the records do not
state, but that they sat in those ex-
alted seats Samuel Dwight Partridge,
to whom we are indebted for the de-
scription of the old meeting house. as
sures us is beyond question. The
square pews on the floor were assigned
to householders. according to wealth
and social position. - Springfield
Union.
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The WorId,s Volcanic seIts.

There are two great belts on the
earth in which either volcanoes are ac-
tive or mountains are growing or in
which the two phenomena are associ-
ated. these two belts follow great
circles. One of these passes through
the West Indies, the Mediterranean
sea, the Caucasus and Eimalaya noun
cains, and is called by he Montessus
the MED terranean" or "Alpine-Cau-
casns- EiMalayan" belt In this belt
So per cent. Of all recorded earth
quakes have occurred. The second
belt ne,a-iy encircles the Pacific, fol-
lowing the Andes, the mountains of
western North America, the Aleutian
islands, Japan and the Philippines.
This De Montessus calls the "circum-
Pacific" or "Andes-JapaneseMa Malayan"
belt. IN this belt have occurred II per
cent. OF all recorded earthquakes. In
all the rest Of the world the recorded
earthquakes equal only six per cent.
Of the total number.-Leslies Weekly.
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How Lack Of Flavor Of cranbevrIes
improved Turkey.

With all her wonderful fruits. Cal
ifornia lacks q cranberry worthy Of
the name. A New England tourist
ordered cranberry sauce with his
turkey one Thanksgiving day at q
hotel in Pasadena. An odd-looking
and odd-tasting dish Of stewed fruit
was brought to him.
What do you call this?" he asked
the waitress, girl from the New
Hampshire mountains.
Cranberry sauce, sir" she an
swered, with a faint smile OF sympathy
for his evident distaste.
Cranberry sauce!" he echoed indig-
nantly. That has no more the favor
Of cranberry than peanut has Of
q pumpkin"
Maybe not" she replied demurely.
but you see 1t gives folks great deal
more reason to be thankful for the
turkey"
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Ore aon Game Wsrdkns Wax Fat.

The only man in the country who
can have all the game he can eat in
open or closed season is the game
warden When the season is closed
and while he is shopping around, IL
ne happens to run across milk can
full OF China peasants they are his
meat. II he is Industrious and catches
boy coming home with Chinaman
in his pocket, but no hunters license
alongside of it, he has fried peasant
for his next meal, while the poor boy
pays the freight. Now, II you see a
fellow looking chereful and fat, that's
the game warden-Jefferson Review
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30 Satisfy a Crudoe.

Sir Thomas Upton, apropos Of
bache,hood and marriage, said in an
after-dinner speech in Chicago:
Bachelors, admit, are villains,
but it is shame to play such tricks
on them as it is customary to do.
"A nasty trick was played on q
bachelor friend of mine at dance
A lady was reproaching him for never
having married, when her husband.
little bored. perhaps. said gruffiy:
"'Iic saHs he could have cut me
oft ard married you II he wanted to-
THE LADY started.
Indeed she cried. Why didn't
he do it, then"
"'He sa:,. he owed me a grudge.'
the husband explained with chuckle."
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Hurry! Hurry!

"l.a's business requires haste re.
marks the Journal of Public Health.
"The average business man and pro-
fessiona! man eats in a hurry. and
gets dysI Spsia. He walks in a hur-
ry, and gets apoplexy. He talks in
hurry, and gets the lie. He does
business n hurry, and becomes a
bankrupt He votes in a hurry, aid
produces corruption. He marries In
q hurry, and gets divorce. He trains
his children in a hurry, and develops
spendthriIts and criminals. He gets
religion IN a hurry, and forSets It
In a hl.sS. He makes his will in a
hurry, a. 4 leaves legal contest
He dies Il hurry, and goes to the
devil. Anl- his tribe steadily In
creases,"
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Warlike Natives.

Ip India assaults on British SOL
diery by natives have become SO fire.
quent Of late that the press is direct
ing the serious attention Of the gov
ernment to the matter. The Civil and
Military Gazette asserts, ION trust
worthy information, that in the north
ern command alone such assaults oc-
cur as often as once a week, with q
marked tendency to increase" This
is regarded as an aftermath of tho
triumph OF the Japanese, in the far
east
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How she Broke the Cup.

Signora veronelli (seeking a serv.
pnt)--Wry. we're you sent away from
your last place?
Because broke a coffee cup"
"Was that the only reason?
"Ceriaialy, except that on that GO
count my r,istress had a little
Wound Ca lhS head.'--Il Rise
ccpsdn' stani the Racket.
There's country buyer out there" +"
said the senior member Of the firm,
that l want you to take care Of"
mot me, please" protested the
salesman. Il promised my wife ia
stop dr,nkns."-Philadelphia Press.
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No Poetry in His Business.

"Does il not throw shade of bitter
ness into your heart" said the poetic
youth, Ito see the trees all leafless and
70 hear the wind signing in mournful
monotony? Does II not make you feel
that there is too much that is bleak in
the world?'
NO" answered the practical youth.
ut does not"
"Why?"
Because my father Is IN the coal
tusiness' STRAY Strnies
Ready to Believe Most Anything.
Eastern visitors to the west are
generally prepared for any phenome-
nal showing in the line of agriculture,
stock raising and the like" says a
Colorado man, but once In awhile
they are taken by surprise.
"A New Hampshire man who was
spending his vacation on the ranch
of a relative in Colorado went out one
morning to inspect a large incubator
in which the young chicks were hatch
ing. In one corner of the incubator
a neglected peach seed, encouraged by
the warmth Of the atmosphere, had
burst, and tiny sprout several inches
long was growing out of II
Suffering Caesar!' exclaimed tho
New Hampshire man. a. this caught
his eye, 10 you hatch out your peach
trees in this countryr" - Harpers
W~eA,-.
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erty into cash and invested $4,000.
For time the new institution seemed
to flourish, but one morning It was
found that the president was missing.
In the vaults were only $4,000 In cash
and paper worth less than $4,000.
The bank building was found to be
mortgaged to its full value.
cIeverness Demanded.
How long an employe can continue
tapping the funds depends upon his
cleverness. Only clever men can So
cure money In financial institutions
under the modern system of keeping
accounts.
Several years ago the president OF a
bank In an Eastern city became seri-
ously Ill. Examiners arrived while he
was detained at home, and upon ex.
amining the books and securities
found that for a period of ten years
he had been robbing the bank. His
thefts amounted to $4,000. He was
so shrewd In manipulating his ac-
counts that II he had remained well
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They usually havc access to the
vaults whore money and bonds are
deposited.
Although there II usually some APP
parent reason why men become de-
faulters. sometimes u is impossible to
find the cause; II seems incomprehen-
sible to the men themselves.
Concerning such cases. the presi-
dent of prominent surety company
has made an interesting statement:
Presidents Of banks and trust COM
panies who sometimes involve their
institutions for large sums are often
condemned for dishonesty when their
real fault Is bad Judgment 1t may
be that the president has conducted
his bank on conservative lines until
he is implicitly trusted. The board OF
directors gladly intrusts its own re-
sponsibilities upon his shoulders and
leaves him to run the business.
In Tolls Of Promoter.
Presently along comes promoter
with more audacity than judgment.
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Day, Says Expert

I'm every case which I have inves.
tigated." said an officer of surety
company, II have found woman at
the bottom. Although the man stole
the money to gamble or speculate,
when searching inquiry Is made we
always found woman who was ex.
travagant, with whom the man had
become infatuated. or a wife who
nagged him for more than he could
afford.
Men frequently embezzle to invest
In schemes which they are led to be-
lieve will turn out well. They are
| probably married and desire to get
ahead socially. They need money to
| do It.
"Their homes must be well fur.
nished, their wives beautifully dress.
ed. The situation goads them to take
the risk. Without any thought of be-
ing dishonest they use the banks
money for personal investments.
with a man who becomes infatu.
ated with dashing woman the end
comes more quickly. There is rapid
pace, with motor cars, theaters, cafes
and other places of entertainment. He
loses his head, loses all sense of dis.
cretion. Recently an official of large
Chicago bank threw $40 bills to a bal
| let dancer on theater stage. This ex-
cited suspicion. His accounts were
investigated, and to-day he is serving
in prison"
Thefts Of "BIg Men,"
The majority OF bank thefts, ac
cordins to bonding concerns, are by
employees of the institution-cashiers
tellers, clerks. More money, however
Is usually stolen by dishonest presi
dents or other officers. The aggregate
stolen by employees is comparatively
small compared with the tremendous
thefts of the "big men,"
Bank embezzlements during 1906
according to figures supplied by big
bonding company of New York
amounted to $12,S35,215. This total
was the greatest since 1894, when de-
falcations, following the panic Of 1898
amounted to $25,234,112. The average
amount of money which surety com.
panies of the country are called upon
to make good is said to be 100000 a
month.
An embezzlement, occording to the
representative of a surety company,
is reported in Philadelphia every two
weeks. The average is said to be
proportionately larger in New York
and Chicago.
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Boston.--It is only defalcation Of
magnitude that attracts more than lo-
cal attention.
When the wrongdoing of President
Frank Nipple caused the $4,000
crash of the Real Estate Trust COM
pany, of Philadelphia; when Paul o.
Stensland wrecked the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank of Chicago through
his misappropriation of $1,50O,0OO and
when, more recently, Treasurer VIII
liam F. Walker disappeared with
$565,000 Of securities belonging to the
Savings Bank of New Britain, Conn.,
IN big case of this kind the busy
world pauses to gasp at the enormity
OF the crime and to bestow fleeting
pity upon the victims.
Now and then remarkable theft
attracts more than ordinary atten-
ton because of the difficulties over
come. Only short time ago it was
announced that $4,000 In currency
had been stolen from the United
States sub-treasury at Chicago under
circumstances that bafled a score Of
keen-witted secret service men.
But, as Pierre Jay, commissioner Of
banking Of Massachusetts. has point
ed out, there are many embezzlements
that are never known by the public.
The amounts involved are made good
by relatives and friends, or are quiet
iy charged up to profit and loss.
There are three embezzlements
where one is reported" said the head
Of a surety company the other day.
PERSONALLY, believe financial insti-
tutons are being robbed every day"
This seems serious; 1t is serious,
but one should remember that there
are great number of institutions
handling the peoples money.
Did you know that on September
/ last there were in the United States
6.137 national banks-an increase Of
4.065 since 1SS0-S,S62 state banks,
742 loan and trust companies, 1919
savings banks and 929 private banks? T?
Causes of Dishonesty.
But what causes dishonesty among
employees and officials Of financial in
stitutions?
Why do men, occupying positions Of
trust and honor, who are generally re-
spected, stand high, often in the
church, are morally clean, SO far as
known. with families and pleasant
homes-why do they become thieves
and purloin thousands OF dollars not
their own?
From investigations of the cases Of
men who have betrayed their trust,
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EHZ0NEEc5 kNIH HxNP

| It is likely he would not have been
discovered. The case was hushed up
and never made public.
Discoveries Of defalcations seem to
run closely after each other. Follow
ing big exposure will be the discov-
cry Of many minor thefts.
I'VE account for this" said the head
Of surety company, "by the feeling
of fear which fills men who have been
faulter's arrest and they lose their
| nerve.
"They make up their minds to fee
to safety before they are found out.
Usually II any money Is handy they
take it and skip. You will find that
Stensland embezzlements were made
known there were many exposures In
smaller banks"
Fever Of Getting Rich.
What remedy would suggest for
the dishonest man in banks?' said q
man who has made study OF finan-
cial conditions. There Is one remedy
among the big men-an unfailing
sense OF honor, integrity Of character.
pure, clean, moral lives.
But the fever of getting rich has
inflamed the country. Men are impa-
tient to get money; in fact, they do
not care to wait for good investments
to work out slowly. They wish to
plunge, to go headlong into any prom
Using scheme.
1T must be remembered that al
though the amounts Of bank thefts
have been increasing this does not
mean that the percentage OF such
crimes is increasing per thousand Of
population. Besides, there is a great
deal more money in banks now than
20 years ago.
"The stupendous figures of defalca-
tions in this country, however, indi-
cate state of very loose morals in
our business life. Then, too, with the
desire to get rich there Is growing
desire for expensive hobbies and ex-
pensive living. The rising financial
fever Is accompanied by a fever Of
corresponding gayety. And gay life
costs money"
Proportion Of DefauIters.
| About one man in 1900 defaults
This shows high standard amons
employees Of financial institutions.
1.-TWO of the strongest deterrent
from dishonesty" said the president
of a surety company, "are the surety
bond and the home. A man who de-
faults knows the surety company will
punish him. II makes no difference
to us II we have to wait fve or six
years.
Home ties are perhaps the best In
ducement to honesty. A man win
think many times before he win oom-
NIT . crime which will dissracs him
| before his wife and separate him non
his homo. Another strong innueoco
for keeping men straight u the pres.
BY publishing exposures. both oe hish
and low, man. knowing the dlsG5aoo
OF sxposura VIII stop besoes ~
| steals."
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GMY father. reproach not thyseii.
III Thou hast done well, else
would not the God Of Israel given
thee this great victory over the enemy
OF thy people. Think not Of me!
Think of the God whom thou would'st
honor with thy most precious offer
ing"
s. The great form Of the strong man
shook with the suppressed emotions
that swept through his soul and by
way of reply he drew more closely to
him the form of the beautiful girl. He
dare not trust himself to speak. All
night long he had agonized over the
awful tragedy which faced him. From
the moment Of his return from the
battle when his daughter had come
forth with music and dancing to
meet him and he had realized the ter.
rible import Of his vow there had
rased within his breast conflict
which It seemed at times would fair
" teer body and soul asunder. Back
and forth the battle Of confictins
thoughts had ragged. Now self was on
top and he was almost ready to re-
oudiate the vow he had made. and
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sERMoNETTE.

One cannot read this tragic,
and yet beautifully touching
story Of Jephthah's daughter
without being deeply touched
by her devotion to God, her
heroic loyalty to her father, and
her sweet, tender, gracIousness
as she faces the awful doom
which her fathers rash vow
had brought upon her.
Her purity and strength Of
character stand out clear and
positive.
She ls one Of the splendid
galaxy Of noble women which
the Bible narrative gives to us.
This daughter Of Jephthah
had not much to look back upon
In the way Of ancestry, for her
grandmother, as the Scriptures
declare, was an harIot, and up
on her must have rested much
Of the stigma that surrounded
the birth and the early life Of
her father.
But whatever she lacked In
the way Of proud family tree
she made up In the charm and
nobility of her own character.
There Is much In this story
Of Jephthah's rash vow and the
sacrifice Of his daughter which
we cannot understand, except
az we consider the customs Of
the people about them and un-
derstand that that which Jeph-
thah did was common practice
In the worship Of the heather
gods.
But without attempting to
discuss the perpIexing phases,
which our space will not allow,
even though such contemplation
were profitable-which is doubt
fuI-iet US gather up some
thoughts and suggestion which
will be helpful to us.
First of all, we must recog-
nize that however imperfect
the knowledge Of Jephthah's
daughter concerning what the
true worship and service Of
God required, she realized that
God had first claim upon her
and upon her father, even to
life itself.
And second only to this was
her deep sense Of filial obedi.
ence. No word Of reproach; no
despairina cry.
Nay, rather, there was such
utter forgetfuIness Of self, that
she turns in soIicitude to COM
fort her father and encourage
what seemed to her a faltering
courage and a threatened dis
loyalty to God.
And lastly, during those two
months Of secIusion what more
reasonable to suppose than that
she was performing final min
istry In spiritual things to the
companions she had gathered
about her. The precious mo-
ments which remained to her
were to be used to the uplifting
Of others. Surely, in these
more striking points Jephthah's
daughter being dead yet speak
eth.
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He presents a scheme that Is daring
but still within bounds. offers the
bank extra high interest, and perhaps
bonus besides; he gets the loan and
pays 1t.
"The venture is repeated until the
president is dazzled by the brilliance
of the promoters genius. At last a
note cannot be taken up when due
The venture may be legitimate, but III
judged. It is necessary to advance
more money to safeguard the original
investment.
Here the president makes his fatal
misstep. Instead OF laying the whole
matter before the board and confess.
ing his original mistake, he makes an
additional loan on his own RESPONSE
bility and Is still more deeply involved.
BY this time he Is ashamed to tell
the board of directors, and so he goes
on getting deeper and deeper In the
mire until the inevitable crash"
How to Prevent Lootlns.
Orson Smith, one OF Chicago's best
known bankers, after the Stensland
exposure, declared that a new law of
incorporation was necessary to pre-
vent the looting of banks.
THE state bank examinations are
all right" he said. mo law you can
frame will prevent thief from steal
ing II you give him a chance. Place
your money in his hands and he Is
sure to run away with 1t IL the way is
open.
Suppose you are carrying in your
vaults lot Of fraudulent paper, which
on Its face appears to be all straight,
how Is any bank examiner going to
discover It? 1t is absolutely impossi-
BILE for him to prove the genuineness
or falseness Of every signature on the
paper that Is shown. him as securities
held by the bank as collateral for
loans. He must simply take them to
be what they appear to be on the face,
"The state bank examination law
is all right, and 1t Is just as efficiently
administered as the national bank
law. It Is not so much change in
the law regarding examinations we
want as a law regarding the incor
poration of banks.
1T Is much too easy to incorporate
banks now. The law should be partic
ular regarding the incorporators anf
the nature Of the securities they offcl
In the first instance. Once they gel
started it IL too late to correct the
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The fascination OF stalking money.
the zest of uncertainty, as well a. the
possibility of winning big stakes.
tempt clerks to speculate. While the
bank president may be taking plunges
In stocks and sustaining heavy losses.
the employe may be playing the races
or taking chances in the bucket shops.
Both lead to ruin.
Mstheds q PseuIatIon.
Methods Of peculating are many.
One Of the most common among en-
ployes q to falsify deposit slips and
deposit books Of persons who hare
dormant accounts and to falsify en-
tries OF cash taken in.
Men higher up can make loans On
bogus securities and substitute
mems" or notes showing false loans.
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three general reasons have been
found:
Speculation.
Woman.
Social ambition.
In nearly every instance one or
more Of these reasons has caused the
downfall.
First of all, It 10 the desire to get
rich quick which lures men to their
fall. Gambling. whether II be on the
races or In the stock markets. has
been the cause Of many . mans ruin.
Having access to money, the bank
presid(nt or employe who has gotten
him4lt Into . dificulty takes surrep-
titi0usf f1oan. fully Intending to pay y
back; failure follows failure. loss
comes after loss. until at last there
u NE iasvitabls discovery.
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Scripture Authority:-Judges 1884