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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Great Men Not Arithmetieians.


In a recent trial San Francisco
Judge made arithmetic test Of mental
soundness. But II this test had been
applied to certain great men they
would have been declared imbeciles.
Dean Stanley. eminent author and d.
vine, for one. would have been set
down as hopeless had he been judged
by his incapacity to do sum in simple
addition or multiplication. Had Keble,
writer of famous hymns. depended
upon his arithmetic Oxford would not
long have known him. When bursar
he found, to his horror, that certain ac-
counts came out nearly $4,000 to
( the bad. In vain did the learned and
pious men of the college go over the
figures with him. Not until an expert
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
No Great Curiosity.

"Over In the Cairo museum" TO
marked the man who likes to tell
about his travels, Il saw the ashes OF
the Egyptians"
That's nothing" laughed his friend
a. he emptied a small saucer; here Is
a handful of the ashes of the Egyp-
tians."
What"
YES, Egyptian cigarettes. "-Chica-
60 Daily News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
AFFAIRS or
THE HEART
(copyright.)
BY OWEN OLIVER

(Copyright)
He ndgeted with his stick, and
looked at his watch every few Sec
onds; and when the train was two
minutes late he swore. He seized
both her hands to help her out OF the
carriage, and his voice was little un-
steady when he greeted her. She
looked calm and composed, except her
eyes. After all, womaa's words are
nothing!
80 you have come back" she said.
lightly. 1T is point In your favor"
She disengaged her hands, and he
TOOK her arm instead.
Are you glad to see me?" he asked.
She glanced up at him. Her eyes
wero trife moist.
Very glad to see you. Shall be
as glad when hear you? You prom
ised to tell me everything"
He played with his watch-guard.
You promised, too" he reminded
her.
she smiled at her shoes. Il have
nothing to tell"
You have?" he whispered. II want
to hear that you love me still. Will
you tell me that presently down by the
river" "A
She took his arm. from hers and
. slipped hers in his instead.
Il will tell you that" she said. ANY
time and anywhere!"
Then you will marry me now" he
asked, eagerly, "and come home with
me-"
Il will answer" she promised,
when you have told me, down by the
river. Let us be sensible now"
He took cab, so that they should
not be sensible for too long, and drove
right down to the very end of the
street; and farther, where you come
to the little river and can choose be.
tween a shaky plank and ford of I'M
certain stones. He paid the driver a
fare that made him smile excessively,
and chose the stones because she
would need his help.
He put his arm round her waist and
bent over her. Haven't you a well
come for me. Lucy" he whispered.
after two years."
She hesitated, met his eyes. and
slowly lifted her face. He kissed her
many times and she kissed him once
SLOWLY and gravely.
II did not mean to let YOU" she
protested, till you had told me,
only"
only"
Il had to. Oh! Not till you have
told me. There, then. Now, you are
to tell me all your-affairs. 1t was a
condition. you know. JEFF"
Isn't it enough that | have come
back? If you love me-"
She gave sudden little cry.
Obj I do! | shall never alter. You
are different, JEFF. You can't help It,.
but you are. How many have there
been since you went away?"
None" he asserted. slowly. He had
the merit of lying indifferently
you had better tell me now" she
declared. Il should find out sooner
or later"
"Of course" he confessed, I've
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

The tax roll for the village Of
Baraga for the year 1908 ID now in
my hands for collection. The fee Ia
one per cent. II paid before August 9Th.
Following that date the rate will be
4 per cent, will receive same in my
Office at my residence, every Friday
between the hours Of 8 q. m. and p. m.
JOSEPH E. STGERMAN,
Village Treasurer,
Dated Baraga, June 9th. 1908. 6-27-t
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Strictly Accurate.

Mother-Now, George, | shall tell
your pa to punish you severely for
telling an untruth. You said you
didn't touch one of those six peaches,
and there is only one left, and
found the Ave stones in your nursery
Georgia told no story. mamma.
The peach didn't touch is the one
that's left.-Royal Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
The Dancer Sion.

when you see woman with q
towel around her head beating car
pet with broom" remarked the
spring philosopher, do you know what
1t Is the sign of"
YES" responded the man who had
left home to escape house cleaning:
1T means 1t Is time to take to the tall
timber unless you wish her to WELD
the broom against you instead of the
carpet. Daily News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Gave Himself Away.

Mrs. Van Stoo-Where were you 30
late last night?
Mr.. Van Stoo-I--er-why I was ad-
dressing a political meeting my dear.
Mrs, Van Stoo-Ah. indeed? And
did you have full house. may ask
Mr.. Van Stoo (absently)-Oce. but
the other fellow held fours.-Cleve.
land Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Saw the Hous.

"And have you visited our great
stockyards?" asked the Chicago wom-
an to lady visitor from New York.
"Oh. yes, was down there to-day"
did you ever see so many hogs In
your whole life?"
mo, never did! Why. do you know.
nobody offered me seat. and had to
stand up in the car all the way home"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
He Knew.

why does a dog hang his tongue
out OF its MOUTH" asked the inspec-
tor.
Eyes. my boy?" he said to bright
looking boy who held up his hand.
while the light Of genius was In his
eye.
ITO balance his tall" shouted the
bright boy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

Small Boy-I say. mister. there's .
sign In yore windsr readin' Boy
Wanted" What kind Nv . boy does
yer want?
Merchsnt-A nice quiet boy that
doesn't use naughty words. smoke
cigarettes, whistle around the onicA
play tricks. or get into mischief
Small Boy-dwan! Yer don't want
no boy; yer wants q girl. Sect
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Married Men Prsfsrrsd.

Mrs. Henpeck with self-satisfied
air)-I notice that whenever Hard.
Cash q Co. advertise for clerks or
statesmen. they always say married
men preferred.
Mr.. H. ian employee Of Hard. Cash
q Co.)-Yes, the old tyrants. They
want men who are used to being
bossed.-New York Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
The Awakenjno.

Boston Bill-rm getting weary OF
this blase, nomadic. peripatetic exist
ence. aren't you. pal!
Omaha Red latter recovering)-
Why-e-r. yer see. Bill, 1t never struck
me in dat Hight before. Is It really
as bad as all dat Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Something to Boast About.

81 come Of an old theatrical fam
fly" boasted the tragedian. my
father played Hamlet for 80 years"
That's nothing" replied the come.
dian. my grandmother played Little
Eva in Uncle Toms Cabin for more
than 40 consecutive seasons. "-Chica-
go Record Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Would Be Needed.

Assistant Ito country editor)-How's
this obituary?
Editor-Why, it's my own.
yes. That Haskins chap-the dead
shot-was in here yesterday looking
for you with a gun and I thought II
anything should happen you might like
to correct the proofs beforehand
Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Varied.

please, sir. kin get OF this after
noon; my grandmother"
Now. don't try to spring that old
gag on me. 1t went work"
Il was going to say that my grand
mother had bought me a ticket to the
ball game. and should like to use it,"
Such honesty was deserving Of re-
ward.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Degrees Of Imoortance.

"A womans postscript is usually the
most important part Of her letter"
said the man who thinks he knows hui
man nature.
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne. land
what she thought and didn't write Is
usually even more important than the
postscript. Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Called.

Called.
Reggy-Bah love, told my tailor
I'd like to marry some rich girl and
become interested In settlement
work.
Percy-What did he. say,
Reggy-He said I'd better get to
work and make settlement on that
suit I bought two years ago.-Chicaso
Daily News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Quite Eittina.

The Monument Man latter several
abortive Experimentation would
simply Gone Home" do?
Mrs. Newweeds-I think that would
be all right. II was always the last
place he ever thought of going.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

Mrs. Spiker-Yess Mr.. Whey, the
difference between a. COW and milk.
man is that the COW gives pure milk.
Mr.. Whey-May be. but there's an
other, the COW doesn't give credit.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Something Unusual.

Rounder-I am afraid my liver 10
getting out Of order.
Sounder-What makes you think
90?
Rounder--I was worrying about my
debts this morning.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Innocence.

She-Did you do much fighting dur.
Ing the war?
He-I did my share.
She-Did you make the enemy run!
He-You're right. | did.
She-Did they catch you?
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Affection.

Mrs. Hogan-Oi gave me husband .
loving-cup.
Mrs. Grogan--Shure. OF gave Pat
SIGH q mug thot he's been in the hos
pital wild Il fer . wake.-Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
Nefarious.

There was young gent temerarious.
Who developed a talent burglarious.
He got caught In the strife.
And now leads a life
Which il simple but far from precarious
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
8 Easy.

8 Easy.
Said Stella to Bella.
when I go to skate
I'm perfect at cutting
A beautiful g."
Said Bella to Stella,
That's easy to do.
Considering. dearest,
The size of your shoe"
-Mcl.andburgh Wilson, In Judge.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

Movements Of the caudIs Family.
Crawford-So you are going to send
your wife away to the country for .
rest?
Crsbshaw-Yes; I need It.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03
A Desirable Paradox.

They have an engineer on that road
who Is greatly In demand"
why so?"
Because his record is both careful
and wr,ok-less. "-Baltimore Amer
can
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

And now the papers say II 10 the
molasses trust"
"Yes; and I have no doubt they
gain their ends in siruptitious ways!"
Judge.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

In Chicago.
Dearborn-Is he following IN the
footsteps Of his father?
Wabash-Oh. yes: his father had sir
wives. AMI the son has had four % fas.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

Evelyn am IN the blues to-day.
l never felt so miserable.
Myrtle-Why. can always cheer
myself up thinking what beautiful
clothes could buy II only had the
money.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-03

why not take this parrot, ma'amfs
asked the dealer. 1T talks"
II want parrot to talk TO and not
70 talk back" replied Miss Elder.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30
GOOD AND BAD FARMING.

The editor of the Minneapolis Market Record
makes this comment upon good and aa1 lard
Ing:
From the reports that come in from ne hort:-
:est grain fields during the height of the dry "ea'
Their scare the most glazing fact that came out was
the different effect of the extreme heat and droutn
on land we'll farmed and land poorly farmed
"Where there has been no real partnership with
nature and the man. where the sowing of the
seed had constituted the extreme labor the first
turn from favorable conditions to day or two OF
trial the hap-haazrd farmers crops were not III
shape stand the test. Here is the most reckless
and most foolish form of gambling that any man can
indulge in It is really worse than gambling III
which chance is admitted and taken, but no man
should care to play fast and loose with his means
of lvlihood
The want of intelligent farming is not the sole
cause of crop failures in this country but the loss
es from dGtoriation may be set down in great part
to unskful agriculture There seems to be no rea'
son in the world why farm one side Of road
should go 80 bushels to the acre and farm on the
other side should show results that measure around
G or bushels to the Yet this is reported ire
uuently after harvest and from widely scattered
sections.
'The writer was out several years ago with
party Of agricultural experts who were looking
over the country and gathering farming data. AT
nearly every town where farmers gathered to lis
ten to the lecturers the end was almost admonish-
ment that their methods of farming meant injury
to the land, and that the natural richness OF the
soil was being robbed for the season with no con-
sderation of the future.
Happily this is not so true today as it has been
in the past but occurrences like the present hot
wave brings out emphatically the worth of intell
gent farming and is the telling argument that
it pays"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30
NO "REvoLUTloN" IN SIGHT.

The head of Mr. Bryan's literary bureau says:
GA political revolution is at hand All the signs
point to change of party control of the gov
eminent in 1902 If there any such signs
that parsonage ought to point them out Mr.. Bry-
an has not yet mentioned any of them and he
would be likely to see them if anybody could And
if he saw any of them he would quickly tell his
countrymen about them.
One Of the indications of revolution in the
presidency in the congressional elections
two years ahead. The premontary symptom al
ways comes. When the Republicans carried the
House of Representatives in 1858 the victory OF
1860 in the presidency was foreshadowed. In 1874
the democrats the House Of Representatives
for the first time since 1856, and the drop in the
Republican vote for the presidency two years lat
err was so steep that Hayes obtained majority
OF only one vote in the electoral college. The Re-
publican setback in the congressional canvass OF
1882 presaged the victory for Cleveland two years
later, just the cutting Of the Democratic mar
gin in the House close to the vanishing point in
1886 foretold the victory which Harrison won in
1888. The Republican reverse in the congressional
canvass of 1890 and the Democratic overthrow in
= like canvass in 1894 pressaged big defeat for
the party in each in the presidential canvass
two years later
Nobody has detected any such symptom Of COM
ing Republican disaster. In the congressional cam
raign of 1906 the Republicans majority OF
ffty-eight in the House Of Representatives. Ov
erconfdence prevented them from making it larger,
but it is large enough for practical purposes Every
Democrat, as wen as every Republican, reading
the returns in November, 1906, that all the
signs were favorable for another big Republican
triumph in 1908. If there were any reason to sup
pose that the people were tired of Republican
domination the evidence of it would have appeared
In the congressional campaign two years ago. Moth
ing OF the sort came to hand. Neither Bryan nor
any other sensible Democrat has any hope ct Dem
ocratc success in 1908 In order to preserve the
party organization a ticket had to be put up. The
man at the head of the ticket, however, will not
exhibit the faintest surprise when he learns, on
the night of November 8, that the third battle turn
ed out just as the first and the second battles did
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30
TO ABOLISH THE HERAD LAW.

We understand that petitions hare been hleo
win the Board Of County Commissl 'ners asking
that tody to have the question Of a5o.shlng the
heard law submitted to the people 70: vote at the
general election this fall. similar petition was
r.,strted to the board two years ago AM consld'
cradle work was done at the time 70 secure favor
able action at the hands of the board but without
success 1t is believed, however, that Vie present
board will be more favorable towards II and thaV
this important question will finally be submitted %
the people to pass upon when the abollsning OF AIS
obsolete law enacted to suit conditions as they
were here twenty years ago, when stock raising
was practically the only thing in this country that
a heard law was alright but at time when nine
tenths or more of the rural districts is devoted to
agriculture it would seem unjust that one man
should be allowed let his cattle run at large from
December to April and compel the whole neighbor-
hood to take care of them for him.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30

The railroads ~to~ see that the farmers get their
crop harvested since the crops Of the farmers pro-
vide business for the railroads. AT the same time
it is apparent that the interests of the farmers and
the railroads independent and that one IS as
necessary as the other system Of cooperation
between farmers and railroads and manual re-
spect for and regard for each others rights are
necessary to a prosperous condition, although we
sometimes think from the nature Of public speech
es and the writings we hear that the railroads are
only oppressers and ought to be extermnated, root
and branch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30

In view of the very heavy harvest now almost
assured throughout the northwest, there is strong
probability that harvest help Will ne scarce anu
hard to get 1t would, therefore, appear to pc ao'
yisabe for farmers to take this matter up without
DELAY with the railroad company that the latter may
at once take steps looking to the furnishing OF
labor in plenty when it shall be needed Don't
wall till the last moment and then cuss your luck
for not having done that which you should have
done at the proper time.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30
DRUG TALK +"
MBER FOUR

Anything satisfies a Hottentot, but the
intelligent American Of to-day is particular,
and rightly so. He has learned to discern
between things which make for, and things
which make against, his own, as well as the
common, good.
Therefore we believe that when you be-
come acquainted with our store, the purity
of it's drugs, the thoroughness of its prescrip
ton work, the completeness and desirabilty
of it's stock, the reliability Of every article
bearing our label and our courteous, prompt,
satisfactory service, you will recognize in
this what you will mark down as a good
drug store.
For this reason we are now addressing
you. Our drug store is gaining more friends
every day; our trade is steadily increasing;
with large buying and busy trading the
store has taken on new attractions.
Customers seem contented and happy
with their purchases, and take pains to
bring in their friends All this goes to show
that our store is gaining in prosperity.
Now a store cannot become popular if it
does not serve it's customers what they want,
and in manner to please them.
After all, customers are the best test. If
they keep coming, as they do here, and keep
bringing their friends with them, as they do
here, that is the best sign that the store is
giving good service.
We invite you to come and see what
fine store we have. You will always re-
member with pleasure the day that you be-
came a regular customer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30

Little Mae" in his Stanley Sun exaggerates
when he says that the recent primary election cost
Ward county $4,000 1t cost enough-not over sS,-
5Oo--bu for pity sake Mac stick to the truth
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30
HERE'S A PICTURE TRUE TO LIFE.

According to the idea of many Of the rising gen
ton young man should learn to lie, to flrt to
cheat to swear to drink to play billiards, to swag
ger in the streets, to live without work, to oSle
every pretty girl he meets to treat his elders with
disrespect to talk loud in the presence of others,
to put on style whether he can accord it or not, to
boast of the feminine conquests he has made, TO
have every slang term his tongues end, to Cos
sin with his chums about his lady acquaintance,
to attract all the attention to himself that he pos
siby can to talk like loafer and fop instead OF
a quiet sensible man, to call his father the old
man and his mother "the old woman, to think lily
of every woman he sees and to speak i'll of her eV-
cry chance he gets, to turn up his nose at those
quiet, sober and Industrious young men who do not
train in his crowd to treat his sister without any
sort of regard, to treat her like ilbred loafer
instead Of like a gentleman.
Here is your picture fast young man, true to
life Look it! How do you like it? What have
these characteristics made Of you? What has the
future in store for you? Unless you change your
course most NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Not tuberculne animal should be permltleu
to come into the state and every possible metals
should be used to eradicate the disease lor w
already have too many COWS afflicted with tlis
dread disease to be communicated to man. 1t mas
been shown that the milk is an excellent medium
for sDreading this disease and it is known that
the germ lives for a long time in the butter we
can not exercise too great care in these matters
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30

North Dakota has an of 7Ol95 square mlles
or 44910OSO acres of fertile land the most OF "ncn
can be brought under cultivation. Some IN inc
western part of the state will be brought under it'll
cation during the next few years and 1t Will 1nen
become one of the most productive portions OF tne
state Other parts will be given to dry land lalln'
ing and the eastern half under general metnoos u
cultivation 1t is 400 miles across the STATE anu
we find great diversity in soil and climate and Al
dealing with the problems of the state this snoulo
NOT he lost sight Of Remember that North Dako-
ia has an area greater than all New England
and that We can understand why the problems OF
Pembina county and Adams differ as much as anose
of Arostook county, Me. from those In Connect1-
cut.