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ionable watering places in America:
Within its borders there is a small lake and
there are many beautiful drives not only
to the beach but to the back country over
looking Peconic Bay: Easthampton, with
its historic associations, is a delightful
home town, and Its streets bordered by
fine trees suggest the oldest Of the New
England villages.
Colonies are springing up rapidly, at
Matermill. Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor.
eeedingly, popular with summer visitors.
Beyond these villages the railroad con-
tinues TO the far eastern end Of the island
and almost to the famous lighthouse Of
Montauk Point. The terminus Of the road
Is at Fort Pond Bay the quiet waters Of
OF the Spanish war.
From Jamaica, tie railroad centre Of
Long Island, the fnnn line OF the railroad
continues through the central portion Of
the island and then along the north shore
at the east end to Greenport. East OF
with villages, among them Hollis, Queens,
Floral Park and New Hyde Park. Min
cola. little further on. is the county seat
Of Nassau county and is noted for the
agricultural fairs there every autumn.
it's tall spire and fine schools. is every
where visible from Hampstead Downs.
The Garden City Hotel Is one Of the finest
in the East. There are beautiful drives
through the country around Hampstead
and Westbury, both surrounded by
splendid estates. In this section. from
here to Ronkonkoma, the Motor Parkway
is TO be built.
Travelling east on the main line one comes
to Hicksville, Central Park. Farmingdale
Wyandanch, Deer Park, Brentwood and
Central Islip. all oharmingly situated.
Ronkonsoma.' Holtsville, Medford. Yap-
hank and Manorville are beyond. The
most important Of these is Ronk onkoma, pos
sessing In Lake Ronkonkoma one Of the
beauty spots Of the island. This region Is
noted as a retreat for persons suffering
with pulmonary troubles
Further on the main line is Riverhead,
one Of the largest towns on the island,
at the head Of the Peconic River. Several
interesting placss lie between hers and
rrsenport, among them Janesport. Laurel,
Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic and South
old.
The waters OF the beautiful and pictur-
eeaue Pecoric Bay are still and the bathing
beaches are excellent All manner Of
pleasure craft may be sesn on the bay.
So,fhold disputes with Southampton and
Easthampton the honor of being the oldest
settlement on the island. Beyond Green
port are the qqAint villages Of East Marion
Between Gardeners Bay and Psconio
r
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venience OF summer visitors. The Edge
mere Club and many fine cottages are a
Edgemere. The largest hotel at Far Rocka
way Is the Tack-a-pou-sha, and there are
good boarding cottages and smaller hotelG
along the shore.
Beyond edarhurst across the Bay IL
Long Beach, whore there are now ready
for use large fireproof hotel Of modern
construction, five mile boardwalk and a
colony Of high class cottages. Adjoining
the hotel on one side is casino, made, oi
concrete, and on the other side bathing
pavilion. The situation Of Long Beach
gives 1t exceptional advantages and it will
soon be one Of the famous resorts on the
Atlantic coast. II offers, in addition to
surf bathing, excellent facilities for fishing
and sailing.
Eastward from Jamaica On the Montauls
division Of the railroad one finds a sue
cession OF pretty towns, villages and re-
sorts, among them Springfield, Rosedale,
Valley Stream, Lynbrook, the junction for
East Rockaway, and Long Beach; Rockville
Centre. Baldwin, Merrick, Belmore, Wan
tagh. Seaford, Copiague and Lindenhurst.
Freeport. Massapequa and Amityville on
the Great South Bay have many attractive
permanent and summer homes.
A few miles further one comes TO group
OF villages beginning with Babylon. Then
come Bay Shore, Isiip, Great River akdale,
Slyville, Bayport and Blue Point. home OF
dlC ldlLOuo oyster. f1ST6 10 real bpOT Us
mans paradise. In this section are found
some Of the finest estates on Long Island.
Adjoining the Vanderbilt estate at Oak dale
are the han dsome quarters Of the South Side
Sporstman's Club.
Situated on the ocean front, and easily
reached by steamer from Babylon is Oak
Island, an ideal location for quiet summer.
1t Is owned by the town Of Babylon, and has
an excellent beach on the ocean without any
undertow. Further east on the beach are
Fire Island and Havemeyer Point, reached
by steamer from Baby lon, and also Point o ,
Woods, reached from Bay Snore
OF the attractive villages beyond Blue
Point Patchoguc Is the most important.
1t is a prosperous business place as we'll
as popular summer resort Beyond 1t are
Bellport commanding an excellent view Of
tho bay; Brcokhaven Mastic, Centre Mo-
riches, East Moriches, Eastport and Speonk,
all atording every variety Of outdoor
pie lsure.
Still further along arc Northampton a
rapidly growing place. ard Quoque, par t.cu-
lariy attractive. Tho beachcs are in easy
walking distarce from the hote s here. The
VILLAGES are reached by. fine shaded drivc cs
and are connected by plcas11t road around
the arm Of Quapt!c Bay. Good Ground and
the famous Shinnecock Hills have beau tiful
roads laid out by landscape artists,
The most important Of the Hamptons is
Southampton, a rival OF the most fash-
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Remainder OF year. Steamers leave New
York at 500 p. H.. and Portland at 600
p. NJ. on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Satur-
days
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AN IDEAL
SUNNI TRIP

Booklet OiUinO list of Tours, Hotels and Sum.
mer Boarding Houses In Maine and the ProD-
inces bv mail or in person at 200 Broadpav.
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BY Sea TO Maine
The PaIatiaI
Steamers Of the
Maine Steamship
Company

Hill, Bethel. Boothbay Harbor. Bry-
ant . Pond, Calais, Castine, East
port, Islesboro, lewiston, Northeast
Harbor, Poland Springs, Rockland,
Deer Isle. Scdgwiek, Squirrel Isl.
and, st. John, Quebec, Summerside,
Charlottetown, Digby and Halifax.
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NOTICE! !!
New Location
Ia, New York
Steamers arrive at and
depart from
NEW PIER 20,
East River,
foot PecAS Slip, New
York.
MAINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
200 Broadway, N. Y. City.

Steamers UiH IcaDe Neu York and
Portland at 10 A. NJ. on Monduus
from June 22 to September z.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25

broad land of ours, and nearly every
one Of them has been told that he has
a chance to become president II he
will only regard his book and be
good boy and do more right than
wrong.
For my part, think we ought to
take our children aside and tell them
frankly that they have mighty little
chance. Think Of bright boy toiling
on at school, avoiding athletics and
burning the midnight oil and his
brain as well-for there's much con-
sumption of brain as there Is of mid
night oil in these nocturnal studyings
think of his pushing on In every
state in the union hoping for the
presidency. while we know that for
the next 80 years we can't expect to
put more than Ave OF the children of
to-day into the great position.
For my part I'd say to my child:
"Rollo, there's the presidency. It's q
lottery. No man ever knew from the
beginning that he was going to get It
Washington was real surprised, Hayes
had his doubts even after election day.
and Roosevelt often goes on by him
sslf and says, To It really possible that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25
Alcohol and the Criminal.

In a Mexican district which has an
estimated population Of 100000 inhab-
itants there is reported for the recent
year total Of 1924 violations Of the
law. According to the official report
of the attorney general for the dis
trict, 1855 Of these crimes we're COM
mitted while the offender was under
the influence Of liquor. The official
afirms that alcohol IL the chief ele-
ment in the increase Of criminality,"
and was the determining factor in
4,786 cases Of murderous assaults, and
large majority Of the minor crimes
committed In the district. Among the
ancient Mexicans intemperance was
accounted a grievous crime, and was
punishable with the severest penal
ties. Modern legislation for the sup
preston of crime must deal with the
liquor evil as an important and pri-
mary cause.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25
Monopoly Of Gold.

According to statistics just pub
lished by Partisan contemporary,
France, indeed, Is the happy possessor
Of one-third Of all the gold coinage In
circulation throughout the world. The
writer explains that this happens in
various ways. In the first place. the
people are thrifty, save and invest
money and insist on the fragment, Of
the interest In gold. Then, every year
crowds Of foreigners come to France.
spend some time at hotels and make
purchases, paying mostly In gold. Elk
ports, again, bring In large sums, so
that France literally scores all round.
Here are some eloquent figures about
the reserve Of gold in the Bank Of
France: In 1900 It amounted to $751;
100000 francs. Last year 1t reached
2.706, 100000 francs. while at the end
of May in this year 1t had attained
the figure Of 2.s06. 100000 francs, or
about a12,250,00O.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25

the former cowboy and literary man
the hero Of thousands Of young men
is president of this mighty people and
might be yet again II he were to al
low his name to be usedr But, as
say, my boy, it's lottery, and this
country of ours Is opposed to lotter.
-ofiicially.
Emerson" I would say, continuing
the conversation-for you to under.
stand that this 10 hypothetical case
and that therefore the boy has got to
stand still and listen-"Emerson said,
Hitch your wagon to q STAR but you
may make mistake and hitch 1t to
. comet and then, where Is your wagon?
There are plenty of likelier horses,
my son, and in these days Of auto.
mobiles II isn't necessary to hitch your
wagon to anything. Just make up your
mind where you want to go, be sure
you have motive power enough to get
there, and then turn on the current.
But put the presidency out Of your
mind once and for ALL"
The presidency-I am not talking
to my son now, but just to you, dear
reader-the son escaped after all, ny
pothetical though he was-the presi-
dency is, as a general rule, equiva:
lent to life sentence. Few there be
who survive Its term of ONCE many
years. There have been solid excep-
tions, but as a general thing when q
man has passed through four years
of hand-shaking and politician-shaking
he is willing to wrap the drapery Of
his couch around him as Bryant did OF
the age of 10. Bryant lived for some
70 years after, but no former president
ever did. Not one.
And on the other hand Bryant
never became president. There's Bry-
ant who could and who did write
''Thanatopsis" at the age of 10 and
he's the only man In the history Of the
United States who ever wrote It, and
he never became president, never in
his life. And there's Andrew John.
son, who at the same age could Meth
or read nor write. and he became pres
ident. OF course it's lottery, and
I'm opposed to lotteries on principle.
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It'll be blowed II I know"

'Tll be blowed II I know"
Then education IL useless" said the
schoolmaster.
"Oh, no, but sometimes 1t does
seem like an experiment. There are
two sorts of education, you know
one Of memory only and one that
teaches Teller how to think for him
self. I knew q Teller that could hear
q sermon once and could come away
and repeat every word Of 1t, but he
didn't have ability enough Of his own
to write q notice and tack It on tree
announcin' that he had q mule for
sale. He was like blanket that 10
rained on. You couldn't wiring out of
him any more moisture than fell on
him. Yes, sir, common sense is mighty
nigh everything. And when It rises
into a sort of enthusiasm II Is inspira-
ton. Sometimes ignorance takes fire
and in its light we see beautiful pic
lures. II the man Is altogether un-
lettered we call him crazy. But II he
can write he may prove to be gen.
ius. It is sudden lurch Of common
sense, an overbalancin, - n were"
Then you call genius insanity"
said the schoolmaster.
mo, not that, but It IL sort OF
passion that don't halt to reason by
slow means, but that sees all reason
in one flash. Now there was Shakes
peare-"
Written by Bacon; but proceed"
broke in the schoolmaster.
II don't care IL 1t was written by
ham, lard or soap grease, its senten-
ces are staked OF with stars, snatched
out of the sky on a June night. 1t
took the world several hundred years
to catch up, and neither the railroad
train nor these pantin' wagons that,
bull-eyed, plunge across the country
has outstripped that book yet And
what is it? A torch held high by COM
mon sense. A lantern ray flung into
the black face Of human nature. Up
shows a grim countenance, and then
we wonder how man could have
been so smart. or course, the man
that wrote that book had to have
words, but common sense finds all the
words that are needful to its purposes,
all the words there is II there should
be demand for them, and then
make q few"
The schoolmaster shook his head.
Those immortal plays were written
by a man of the world, and a world
man, Of that day, could have come
from no place other than a univer-
sity."
That's all right and 1t may be true,
but the university Is a premium put
on common sense. It's a flower
bloomin' on the top Of the buildin'.
And l believe that 1t would be better
for every man and every woman to
go through a university. It is the
warehouse of the ages. 1t might not
teach us how to make better Twin,
but 1t would enable us better to en-
Joy the Twin we have. l don't be-
lieve in this fool idea that ignorance
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25

There came day in my own life
when gave up all thought of being
president. | said to myself: 1T will
be hard work to get the attention Of
the public II this thing. Many will
not know who | am or where came
from, and perhaps II do get the
nomination on the Independent prohi.
bition or labor ticket will wake up
the day after election and find that
some totally different person has won
the prize. and I'll be extremely NOR
titled and absolutely put to 1t to pay
my legitimate election expenses-to
say nothing of the illegitimate ones"
SO I put this possible honor from
me. Heavens! It wasn't that l did
not appreciate the honor. A man has
right to feel proud when millions
Of his fellow citizens, many of them
unable to read or write or think, elect
him to the proudest position in the
gift Of any nation. weighed the
whole thing pro and con and then
said, deliberately and firmly: mo,
sir, ! am going to lead Wagner's
simple life. I'm going to get simpler
and simpler and perhaps I'll die con-
tented"
Look at Horace Greeley. He was
not content to be the Nestor of Ameri-
can journalism; he must try to be
president. Said he'd rather be presi-
dent than write.
The result was too lamentable to
Jest about. was a mere boy at the
time, but It saved me from the presi-
dency. It was the turning of the ways.
Like Rutherford B. Hayes, l went into
the egg business; but unlike him
or maybe II would be more accurate
to say that like him--I never was
president de lure. But that Is a by.
gone. Twenty years ago II had said
that many people would have frothed
at the mouth. Many people still froth
at the mouth. but the froth is apropos
of other matters. Significant name
that--froth.
No. fellow countrymen, let us be
contented. It Is not likely that over
20. at the outside, of those Americans
who are now living will ever add lus-
ter to the presidential chair-or even
sit in It. Let the rest of US 60 about
our business with contentment, and
every four years let u elevate one Of
the 20 with a good grace. and for
four years thereafter let every man
mind his own business-and see that
he has business to mind-and this
country will stride forward as It has
not yet stridden--or Is It strodef
Copyright. By James Pott q Co..
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25

The wiseacres of the neighborhood
were discussing the question of COM
mon sense, sitting about the black
smith shop, waiting for their horses
10 be shod. when q silence that had
suddenly fallen warned old Limuel
Jucklin that It was time for him to
say something.
YES" he remarked, good. hard
horse sense II Of so rare q quality that
It IL nearly always taken for genius.
All that most any man needs Is a
little Judgment, the very governor on
the machinery Of this life; and bein'
% needful It IL what we seem to be
most lackin' in. To know how to do
. thing isn't much more important
than KNOWN what not to do. KNOWN
whom to do 1t Is real genius. II
you cut your wheat before it's ripe
you get sappy straw for your labor.
II you wait too long you get but dry
straw. Judgment comes from expert
ence, and common sense is the wis
dom beat into the heads of men that
have gone before"
You leave out education" spoke up
. schoolmaster.
"Oh, no, don't, for education is the
experience Of the mind. It goes back
beyond all books, and the first bool.
must have been written out Of expert
ence. But to read OF the common
sense of the other men don't always
give US common sense of our own In
my house is book written by a man
named Kant; he calls it the 'Critique
Of Pure Reason. Well, since / have
more or less let up on hard work I've
given a good deal Of attention to the
books that fortune and little lookin'
around have thrown in my way, but
this here one stumped me. / read 1t
forward and I tried it backward, up
and down. and II seemed like want
goin' to get thing out of 1t. My wife,
seem how was bothered, begged me
to throw 1t away and eat boiled din
ner that she put on the table. did
eat, but all the time / was thinkin'
about that thing all set out there in
words plain enough, but what didn't
appear to have any meanin'. After
dinner l took 1t up again and fought
with 1t, holdin' 1t this way and that,
up and down, in the sun at the win
dow and in the shade; but I'll be
hanged II could get at the juice Of
It. Finally, however, struck one
thing that paid me for all my trouble.
and 1t was this, as near as can re-
member 1t: "A man may read all
books and understand them, and he
may be able to speak all languages,
and yet all this cannot atone for a
lack of what we know as mother wit.
Mother wit-horse sense-you under
stand"
But how are We to get or rather
I should say, after maturer considera-
ton, how are we to proceed toward
the requirement Of that quality de-
nominated by the great German phil
osopher as mother WITT" protested the
schoolmaster, and old Lin replied:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25
sERMoNETTE.

"The Vision Of Obadiah"
These are the opening words Of
this remarkable prophecy. A
vision given to Gods servant
over 300 years before the COM
ing Of the Christ, and to-day
nearly 5000 years old, and yet
a vision which the Jews stiIi be-
lieve 10 yet to be fulfilled.
Such facts bring forcibly to
mind some wonderful truths con-
corning God and his dealings
with man.
First Of all, what condescen-
sion on the part Of God that he
should reveal to devout hearts
the inner counseIs Of his will.
Why does he thus open up the
future to his children?
AZ warning, for God would al
ways have W consider the sure
Judgment which rests upon sin.
As encouragement, for God
seeks ever to kindIe hope In the
heart and make It look up to
him and know that In Gods
good time and Gods perfect way
truth Is to ultimately triumph,
and glory come to his chosen
people.
Let US not forget that the Jew
10 yet to come into his own, and
that whereas he is now the de-
spised and buffeted In every ma
ton on the globe, he Is yet to
realize In all fullness what ls set
forth In this prophecy and In
other portions Of Gods word.
In the second place II drives
home the truth that "a thousand
years are az one day and one
day az a thousand years" with
the Lord. Only the heart Of faith
which can see with the eye Of
God can realize that In the full.
ness Of time all promises and all
Of the Divine plans are to be full
filled. There ls no variable
ness neither shadow Of turning"
with the Lord, and what he
says shall be will surely come
to pass.
Man In hls effort to reconcile
to his short vision and his lack
Of faith the prophetic utterances
manifests a disposition to ex-
plain away the Ilteralness Of
Gods word, and to spiritualize
lts meaning. But why should
we hesitate to take God at his
word and to believe that that
which he hath spoken by the
, mouths Of the prophets even
down to the wonderful Revela-
ton vouchsafed to John the Be.
loved 10 In most part to be III.
orally fulfilled.
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THE STORY

SSIIELLO, thou dreamer. What
II message now hast thou from
thy God?"
The derisive words Of challenge
were spoken as a somber looking fig
ure entered the town and passed in ST.
lence through the market place. The
men gathered there greeted the words
with a boisterous laugh, but there
was no answering word from the man
as he passed.
It was Obadiah, who because of
the many strange messages he had de-
livered to the nation and because of
his eccentric habits had come to be
known as dreamer. No one knew
Just where he dwer, for in seclusion
apart from the habitation Of man he
would withdraw himself, and then,
after a period of absence In which
the people would almost forget his ex.
istence, he would suddenly appear and
deliver his message and then disap-
pear again. II was after one Of these
periodic absences that Obadiah APP
peared, as Is set forth In the open
Ing of our story. and which appear
ance was greeted by the words of ridi-
cule spoken by the men In the mar
ket place.
Having gotten quite by and after
the men had resumed the current of
conversation which had prevailed Just
before the>prophet had appeared. Oba-
diah paused as though reconsidering
his purpose to keep silence. and, re-
tracing his steps. he soon stood In the
midst of the men who had greeted him
30 rudely.
( Men Of Judah" he said, God hath
given his servant . vision Of things
yet 10 come"
h At the word vision q quizzical smile
appeared upon the faces Of the men.
but they kept silence waiting for fur.
Their word. The prophet noted the
look, but without reference thereto.
he continued, boldly:
Yea, Il was vision Of judgment
upon the enemies OF judah and
PROV: CT returning glory when the