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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02

DAYS OF FINANCIAL STRESS
MAKE FARM LANDS LOOK Z
RICH.

A stan contributor of southern
newspaper has taken up the question
Of the return to the farm Of many who
had forsaken It for the glitter Of the
city. He says: TT IL a well known
fact that the history Of this Govern
ment shows that those men who have
been most successful in life and who
have left their impress upon its peo-
pie and Its institutions as statesmen.
soldiers, financiers-have as q rule
been those whose youth was spent ON
the farm, and II Is to such as these
that there comes with overmasterins
power THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
More especially does It come with re-
doubled responsiveness, greater pow
ler and sweeter pleading to the man Of
affairs. when the clouds Of financial
unrest begin to darken the sky; when
the cry of panic causes people to lose
their wits and act like stampeded cat
tie; when with reason or without
reason there arises before him the
specter of ruin. grinning in his face
and waving Its gaunt arms In threat
ening gesticulation.
The pitiable state into which some
men were brought by the recent finan-
cial furry. which happily is now
passed, suggests these reflections.
Some were ruined and very few be-
came insane because of their losses.
Two or three took their own lives.
It is when such times come that the
statesman, the great financier. and
the man Of affairs becomes tired Of
the struggle. He lays down his pen.
turns from his desk and listens to
the CALL OF THE SOIL.
There are hundreds of cases
throughout the United States of those
who have money in the banks and are
looking for investment in lands. No
investment is better or safer. Take,
Tor instance, the lands in Western Can
Ada that can be bought at from SO to
S16 per acre which yield revenue
equal to and often greater than their
original cost. Those lands make a
certain investment. During the past
two months large investments in
these lands have been made, some in
tending to use the lands for farming
purposes of their own. Others to re-
sell to farmer friends. The agents OF
the Government of Canada located at
different points throughout the United
States have in their possession par
ticulars of districts In which there are
free homestead grants of 100 acres
each accessible to railways, markets,
schools, churches, &c. These are val.
liable lands. These agents will be
pleased to give information to any de.
sirous of securing, and will tell all
about the railway rates, &C
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II want to buy every page in your
paper for advertising purposes"
And the business manager told him
itAcouldn't be done.
So the advertising man showed him
what large check he could write,
and then the business manager said It
was possible. and the next day Mr..
Man had every page In the Daily
Howler. There was not a murder, not
bit of editorial speculation. not q
thing of any sort In the paper, except
the name and the date and the sub
scription price.
And of course there was no adver-
tisement. And that piqued curiosity.
Well, this thing happened next day
and the next, and then on the editorial
page was printed ia very small letters.
... TRY SoRD UST.
Now you may we'll believe that sub
scribers began.to rush in. for here was
paper that could be introduced into
the most ,bigoted home In the land.
There were no tiresome politics In It:
no dreadful murders: nothing but
Sord Ust
Every one said II was the cleanest
paper that had. ever been issued. and
moro and moro people subscribed to
It. Il got to be quite q fad. To be
sure, the subscribers did not know
what was going on in the world except
BY hearsay. but they had that much
time for other things. and they we're
consequently, far happier. and. read
ing about no murders or steamshiT
trusts or presidential possibilities
they finally came to the conclusion
that the millennium was at hand.
But, of course, the thing that made
the most impression on them was thi'
sord Ust. They began to inquire fo'
| II In the stores and they found thai
no one kept II. No one had evel
heard Of t. II was impossible to buy
| q box OF II anywhere because thu
clever advertising man had given or
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02
CURE AT CITY MISSION.
Awful Case Of seabIss-Body. Z. Macs
Of Sores from scratchIng-Hsr
Tortures Yield to cutIoura.

"a young woman came to our city
mission In most awful condition physi-
cally. Our doctor examined her and
told M that she had scabies 1.-THE ltch) i.
incibient paresis, rheumatism. etc..
brought on from exposure. Her poor
body was q mass of sores from scratch
ing and she was mot able to retain solid
food. We worked hard over her for seven
weeks but We could see little Improve
ment. One day I bought cake Of
Cuticura Soap and bottle Of Cuti-
cura Resolvent and We bathed our
patient well and gave her full dose
OF ths Resolvent- She slept better that
night and the next day got q box of
Cuticurs Ointment. In hve weeks this
young woman was able to. look for =
position, and sheis now stronGand well.
Laura Jane Bates, IS. Fifth Ave-. New
York. NJ Y. Mar. II. 1907
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next room. He was mighty fond Of
cards, and Bill Atcherson lowed that
he was q iyin' there waitin' for the
last trump. Now. Bill. he's monst'us
fond Of good things to eat. luther
day he brought me about as fine q
mess of young squirrels AZ I ever set
down to. Fried 'em In the lard out Of
q mastfed hog. And that reminds me.
"a there anything sweeter than q
chinkapin hamf Jest take and BIZ Il
In cider, about four days old and--l
tell you, then you've got suthin' to
smack your mouth over"
The editor got out of his chair. "Mr
Jucklin. I've stayed too long already
and must CO."
Don't you do Il MY works putty
well up and I've got nothin' to do but
to sit here and talk. And an for you
You don't need to look 1t q watch
nor the sun when it's slantin' toward
the west. They say that time was
made for slaves. and II you ever was
a slave you were set free long ago
Sit down-Just mint. I'll give you
piece Of news you can print in your
paper"
And forcing the editor to sit down
he continued: 81 reckon you hearn
of what happened over at old Grog
gins. Well Groggin's daughter. lilly
as likely a girl as you'd meet in q
days travel. Of Sunday when folks
are goin' to church. took up q notion
that she was In love with q long. lanl
Teller that come down the river on Z
raft and stopped at Moseley's place
Now whuther or not the logs belonged
to him don't enter into the story. Al
any rate, he sold 'em and the nrsi
thing he done was to give .. dinner IN
tho woods. and the most urgent invite
was sent to T1lly Groggin.. He had
seen her somewhere. no matter where
and 80, along with number of others
she went. And It was . barbecue
mind you. They roasted sheep whole
and-wait q minit-and ducks, too;
and he had about two barrel of shell
oysters that were brought in rght
fresh. and they roasted them on the
hot Goals. and"
But what happenedf Tn in I
hurry"
Happened? You Jest walt a mint
BY the time dinner was ready every
body was haungry, and the long, lanl
Teller. he takes up knife about u
long as scythe and begins to carve
mutton, and the brown Juice begaI
to run out and"
Turn me loose" exclaimed tn,
hungry man. I've got to go. tel
YOU"
| And Just at that moment old Mrs
Jucklin appeared at the door.
why, howdy do, Col. Mowlett
When Limuel seen you a comm h
told me not to have dinner till he SAIL
80, and I don't know what he mean
by 1t unless It was one of his own sor
Of Jokes, but as you must be hungT!
by this time you'll please walk out.
The colonel looked at Linn and tn
old man shouted, and the old lad.
said: "Limuel, you ought to b.
ashamed Of yourself"
] Copyright, by OpiS Ready
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02

wait mint and lot me tell you
about 1t. Set down." and the old man
showed the editor back into HE chair.
And I do reckon l had some Of the
best sparrar grass that ever crowd
outen the ground. and these little
brownish redishes that look like a
rusty-coat apple. Haungry! Why.
colonel. never was haungryer In my
life. And Susan, my wife, she kept Of
a sayin'. 10 have another help TO the
pig and-well. eat enough to last
me for week. reckon you are that
way, too. Folks must bring you thou
sands OF things-these here women
that write; don't care much for suthin'
to eat themselves and fetch It to you.
You may not make a. much money a.
q county ledge. but take Il you live
-offn the fat Of tho land. SO you think
that II this here prime preacher re-
signs" 3.
prime minister" msttered the
editor.
sAh, hah. And you think II he re-
signs and the emperor ketches cold
and sneezes before breakfast there's
likely to be rain In northwest town:
ship, range east. Looks that way to
me. too; and l reckon I'll have 10
make my PREPARATIONS accordin'. But.
speakin' Of breakfast there Amt
nothin' nicer to my notion. than q
piece of roasted pig. with the brown
crust on 1t, Drilled on the Goals. oh,
hear Of folks that for breakfast eat
hot milk and doll stuffin', but that
don't touch the spot where live. Now
right nice yaller-leg chicken, q
leetle more than half grown, snatched
off'n the face of the earth and fried
before he knows what's the matter
with him-he's some, want To tell
you. Made UP your mind yit ~ to
who is to be the next president? But
reckon you've been 90 busy you
hain't paid much attention to It. This
here social life. too. keeps you on the
trot good deal. reckon. And din.
ners. too; you have to 60 to them;
and they eat dinners nov in the night
I'm told. like 'em best when the
sun gifts Jest about a. high az It kin
but the time don't make so much dit
ference as what they have to eat
Sorry my wife amt at home. She
could skeer up bite for you. She
got my dinner as quick as she could
and hurried over to one Of the neigh
bors, where the old maid school teach
er amt expected to live till shutdown
Nearly all the women folks in the
neighborhood are fockin' over there
and I reckon they'll have good time
The old maid was engaged to be mar
ried and that makes her death all the
more interestin'. Don't ricoilect wher
old Dorb Server died, do you? I sci
up with him the night afterward. and
along about IL o'clock old Aunt Judy
that worked there, skeered US W
about as good q snack as I ever eat
Some seem to forgit that folks gel
hungry. but old Aunt Judy want ons
o. that kind. She had a way Of fryin
hominy in ham gravy that would
make a saint pop his mouth like bull
whip. eat and eat-well, I Jest ca
FIJI I forgot all about. old Dorb In thS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02


ders to his employer to refuse to sell
1t for at least six months.
People did not even know whether
It was new kind OF soap. Or break
fast food. or the latest thing In stove
polish.
What was the resultf Why. people
were mad to get II. They would have
It. The very idea that In a free coun-
try they were not allowed to buy any.
thing they wanted! Was this Maine
with q prohibitiye law ON something
the people really wanted?
And all this time the editor of the
Daily Howler kept on increasing his
I edition, and all. the time Mr.. Wise
went on buying sawdust. and cheap
molasses until he had . whole county
in northern New York heaped high
with 1t and Ave large mills hard at
work COMPRISING 1t into cakes.
And at last, seemingly on account Of
the pressure of public opinion. but
really because the advertising man
said It was high time, Mr.. Wise put
an advertisement on the first page Of
the Daily. Howler to the effect that
Sord Ust was a breakfast food, and
that all you need do to Il was to pour
q little hot milk On It; and II your
grocer wouldn't get 1t for you change
your grocer at once!
Was II o SUGGEST
Well, guess.
Why. they had one long freight train
stretched from the mills to New York
moving all the time. on special track
and as fast a. q car was 'unloaded al
the Manhattan end q car was filled q
the other end.
Motive powerf Electricity. Of course
And the man became . millionaire
ten times over before the year was
up and before the Sord Ust had kicked
up any racket In the insides Of thu
populace.
And now the advertising man be.
gan 70 advertise in al the papers. and
the Daily Howler came before ita
millions Of subscribers with murdsra
and editorials once more, and they
after their long fast, were only too
glad to learn that the world was MOI
as good as they had suspected. and
the Daily Howler YVES . bigger suo
cess than ever.
| But the editor had got the tip. and
no didn't use Sord Ust on his home
menu. And he's alive yet.
j Copyright, BY James Pot. = Coz
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02

Col. shang w. Mowlett the editor
the country paper, while out for .
~ among his subscribers. halted at
10 house Of old Limuel Jucklin. He
"a time to stop only few moments.
b said: q delinquent tax list demand
4 his attention at homo.
And after sitting q long time II
bemed ~ II he were about to 60. He
box up his hat and had made a mo-
ION to put Il on his head when his at
Pntion was seized upon by the rattle
dishes in the dining-room, Just
cross the broad passageway In the
orth section Of the old log house.
But rs the hours wore hungrily
long he saw no signs OF dinner. In
o seeming fear of danger the chick.
M walked about the yard. And from
he window, where a perfumed breeze
hurmured music amid the tendrils of
trumpet vine, the editor looked
cross a corner Of the garden into a
bt where in the sunshine sucking
ign. Just big enough, II roasted. to
OA0 XAoO oRPiCc Al luClE uOuluS,
tere tumbling over one another.
Not with an extra effort OF memory
|as II that the newspaper man re-
allied the fact that his pre-daylight
breakfast had consisted mainly of sod.
len cakes and extreme hurry. It was
Fesh in his mind as he heard the pot
hck. pot rack" Of guinea hen. But
nth the air of vital concern he talked
n the condition Of the country and OF
breign probabilities. He didn't load
ovn his speculative mind with what
lad taken place. That would have
)een q matter of mere industry.
The sun lost its balance and slipped
ver into the afternoon, the waving
Inc at the window sifted a softer
)ght, and still there was no call from
)ot or pan. So, at last, the editor
rose and was about to put his hat on
10 head when there came from the
)ining-room the rattle of dishes.
Then he hesitated. turned about as II
be had Just thought Of q wise thing
b say, and sat down.
II reckon a cat must have run over
he table," said old Lin, and Shang
n. Mowlett's heart beat low in de-
Spair.
SORRY. colonel, you didn't come q
little earlier. Reckon you seen some
pf them pigs out there. Had one Of
their brothers roasted to fall of the
kear brown. and" The editor
grabbed out his handkerchief and
wiped his mouth. Old Lin continued:
f'And had some early rose potatoes
|as pink-eyed as one OF these-these
|Albumins-is that what you call emf
"Albinos.' drawled the editor.
"Yes. that's It: seen one In the side
show when the cirkis come to Purdy
And I had some of the best corn bread
I reckon you ever saw-made out Of
this pearl corn. Hard! Why. yor
could have grain Of 1t set and veal
II for q breastpin. Along with 1t all
too. was a yaller pitcher full OF but
termilk brought from the spring
house, and"
i've got to CO." the editor ex
claimed, jumping up and clapping bill
hat on his head.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02

I'VE you Q err
heard about that
business man who
in advertising his
particular brand
OF breakfast fod-
der increased the
circulation Of the
paper in which he
advertised q hun
dred-fold?
Well, It was
this way. His
name was Wise.
and he had I'm
limited money to
spend. He had
formerly owned a
sawmill and he
naturally had q
large quantity OF
sawdust ON hand
IL sfruck him that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02
Mloht Be sure Of That.

Bobby Is the son Of q minister and
has had the experience of-"moving"
four times in the space Of his eight
years life. Some time ago an elder.
ly minister was visiting Bobby's father
and the course Of the conversation
turned to Heaven and Bobby was
asked concerning the abode Of the
blest. YES" said the youngster. with
a sigh Of deep WEAKNESS. II know. It's
the last place we're going to move to-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02
We Want Ladies

o0vERNxENTIANpss Us. ana ssss{ qoyrs
1ote beiss essssSsS. wi SSsSS ssrsS sss:rsd
e psel ;SU s 3 osscn sseiess ysss
- q sss:e is.ds ~ PsR ss6 81, Hsss@SRt q fs
s. NJ -, "a ~ 2" sss 'iss:
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no relief until I used Doap's Kidney
Pills. They cured me five years ago,
and this is twice have publicly said
SO. The cure was thorough
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents asbox.
Foster ilburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02

M. Heath, OF 100
Eighth Street; "For
fifteen years / suf-
fered with pains In
my : back. frequent
calls to pass the Sc
cretions. dropsy, rheu-
: matte aches and other
symptoms Of kidney
trouble. I could get
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02
FROM SUNNY ORANGE GROVES.
The TwIce-Told Experience Of San
Bernardino, Calf, Man.

From Sunny San Bernardino. In tho
midst of orange groves, writes Lionel
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-02

II is love and Justice wrought out
in life that makes its beauty. BROOKE.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-06
Manila 10 be the Naval Base.

" ,r,siiftrEtUu, Feb, 3--Manila and
not Subig bay, will be the ultimate
naval base of America in the Far
East, according to Il decision reach.
ed by the Joint army and navy
board. This decision must be ratified
by the President to become effective
II has been demonstrated ia the sat
isfaction Of the board that with all
OF iss advantages In the way of a fine
anchorage and spacious harbor, Su
biz bay is ENTHUSIASTICALLY impossi.
BILE OF defense from a land attack
SO while both Suhig bay and Manila
will continue for the present TO be
fortified bases, Manila, In the end
will be the principal American naval
station IN the Orient II the plans o.
the board are approved.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-06
CHESAPEAKE FLAG TO U. S.
American Buys War Banner at
English Auction for $4,250.

London, Feb. 3 The flag OF the
American man.oi.war, Chesapeake,
and the "Balaklava Bugle," two Of
the most valuable war relies of q col
lection OF antiquities that belonged
to the late 7 q. Middlebrook, were
secured at the auction sale OF she col
lection by American buyers. The
Chesapeake flag was captured In the
fight with the British ship, Shannon,
in 1918. and there was good bidding
for the iaded and torn piece Of hunt
ing The authenticity OF which is
vouched for In u written history OF
ownership since Midshipman Grundy,
Of she Royal Navy, came into pos
session OF the trophy nearly a cen.
tury'ago.
The flag was sold Tor "a, $50 to a
London art dealer, who also pur-
chased the bugle for 81, 500. Is was
upon this instrument that the order
to the famous Light Brigade to
charge at she battle OF Balaklava
was sounded The dealer admitted
that these highly interesting curios
had been purchased by him for diff
'Erent p6Ytles In America, but more
than this he would not say. There
was rumor shat he was acting tor
Cornelius Vanderbilt, but this was
subsequently denied, and London
does t yet know into whose hands
the flag and the bugle have fallen.
Az soon "a the sale was made there
were loud balls In the auction.room
OF "Does Is remain in England?'
This being answered In the affirm
ative by someone who did not know
that the English dealer was acting
Tor an American, there WAS at once
an outburst of loud cheering. This
enthusiasm was quickly queted how
ever, when the purchaser corrected
the mistake.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-06
Pig Started Famous Feud
OF Kentucky, Says Hatfield.

Marion, Ohio, February 3 cit al
started over pig" said John Hat
field, son OF Capt. Hatfield, leader o.
she Hstfelds In the famous Rowan
county, Ky, McCoy-Hatfeld ieud
as he related the story OF the ieud
In Police Court here to Mayor Scherff
Hatfield was arrested on technical
charge OF Vagrancy that he nigh. be
given lodging in jail
"Father sold Mccoy a pig" said
Hatfield, 'and Mccoy delayed pay.
ing They met at election time and
father asked Tor the money. Mccoy
was insulted and he fired, but missed
Father drew his gun and killed Nc.
Coy. That started all the blood
shed.
"The McCoys captured my sister
She was s years old. They caught
her while she was gathering DAISIES
They bent two ssplings to the
ground, tying a foot to each sapling
and then they let the trees spring.
Here the big Kentuckian sobbed
and collapsed as he tried to describe
the horrible death OF the child. HI
said he found his sister several hours
later.
"Fsther is dying in Hot Springs
Ark )" he went on. "He has fourteen
bullet wounds, all inflicted In the las,
three years of the ieud. He Is ovel
80 and will die SOON"
Hatfield said a sister, Mrs. Mimi,
Corners OF Columbus, has all tn,
weapons used by her father in th,
ieud.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-06
To AnnuI ThaW Marriage?

New York, Feb. 3.-The scquittal
oil Harry Thaw ON she ground OF in
sanity makes il possible for the Thsw
family so do what it is reported they
have long desired TO do-annul his
marriage with Evelyn Nesbit. The
statutes of New York provide that a
marriage contract, where either OF
the parties WAS of unsound mind at
she time OF she marriage ceremony,
can be declared null and void. For
shat reason any application made
upon the part oi the Thaw family
viii have 30 be submitted to the
court. which can act only as the law
provides.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's friends told
her long time ago, according to the
stories In the uptown cafes, that In
all probability she older Mrs. Thaw
would pursue this course, and II she
should decide to do so, In view OF the
verdict rendered young Mrs, Thaw
would be leit wishout a legal footing
upon which to interpose objections.
1t seems, therefore, shat should
Harry Thaw's mother, or any other
mem Der OF tbe Thaw family, see fit
to begin such proceedings, the mar
rlsge would be an nulled without the
consent Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-06

County Clerk Vim. Beck received
the following lester from one OF the
-h,,l-i-fs II the compromised rsiiroad
bonis, saws she Cass County LEADER:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-06
0bituary--0. n Poindexter.

At his home near Johnstown, Mo-,
ON Jan, %, 1908, the noble spirit OF
O II, Poindexter passed away. His
departure was one of peace, and he
died without struggle In his wife's
arms-one last deep breath and the
anxious watchers waited for another
! ~ Il H never tatttr7
Having been confined TO his bed
'or over three months with PerIostal
SDrcoma, he suffered excruciasing
pain, but ne bore it bravely and
patiently until God In his love and
mercy called him.
i. During his Illness he often talked OF
she HE 80 come and was ready TO
meet the Savior, who stands waiting
SO welcome she travellers home.
On Dee. 26, 1906, he was married
So Miss Mintn Crump.
A loving wife, widowed mother
and several brothers and sisters are
left so cherish his memory.
After funeral services as she Chris
van Church, the loved form WAS laid
70 rest In the Johnstown cemetery to
await the resurrection morn.
And will not He from meath the sod
Cause something glorious 80 rise;
Aye, sho' itsleep two thousand years
Yet ali that buried dust shall rise. .
Then will we lay him down In peace,
Since called TO leave this vale OF sears
For IN the flesh shall he see God
Even Sho' he sleep two thousand
years
One VINO LOVED HIM
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-02-06
Chronic.

A newspaper down 10 Maine, in
telling of the death of u man through
being struck by railroad train,
adds that 1T will be remembered
that he met with a similar accident
"a year ago" Ii is to be hoped that
the habit which he appears to have
contracted will not become chronic
Philadelphia Inquirer.