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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-06
ATHLETE NOW BACK NUMBER
The Broad-shouidered Mans Popular.
ity as Model for Fashion Illus
traitors Is Past.

The very broad-shouldered athlete
who has been the popular model for
Illustrators whether they are making
clothing advertisements or pictures
for best sellers is no longer the mode.
He has had his day. and the man with
more normal shoulders is now pre-
ferred.
"The padded out shoulders that
have been characteristic OF the ready.
to-wear clothing" said one of the illus
traitors, went into the discard weeks
ago and now they are supplying the
inspiration for the comics In the
same way the man with thick muscles
and biceps is no longer in demand
among the men who make the pic
lures for the young girls books. He's
back number of the most decided
type.
"The popular figure is slim all the
way up. II Is not narrow shouldered,
but of the measurement that the tail
ors call natural, which means that the
shoulders seem a little broader than
they really are. There is no padding
in a coat, but the least bit of lining
that carries the shoulder little out.
Such is the shoulder style OF the
present year. The hulk that looked
like champagne bottle turned up
side down is thing of the past Even
on the beaches this summer the new
medium shouldered man is the real
thing in masculine beauty.
THE broad-shouldered idol Of for
mer years seems to realize this, for
he attempts to make himself look mar.
rover by the cut of his bathing suit,
letting the jersey run out to the
arms"
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Board Of Health Proceeding.
OFFICIAL

A meeting of the Board of Health OF
the Township of L'Anse was held in the
Clerks Office in the Town Hall October
18th 1909, at o'clock p. m.
There were present President Frank
w. Foote, Justices of the Peace Patrick
Bulger aud Harvey Selden and clerk
Andrew Johsnon.
Minutes of the meeting held April
18th, 1909, were read and approved.
On motion of Foote, supported by
Selden bills of DR.. w. A. Won Zellen for
attending Joseph Picard eight hundred
and twenty FIVE (ss25) dollars and at
tending Nancy Picard fifteen hundred
fifty dollars (s1550) services rendered
year 1901 for smallpox was approved
and delivered to the Supervisors of Bar
aga County for their approval and con-
sideration Of payment. Bill delivered
to County Clerk.
Ayes Foote, Selden, BuIger end
johnson.
Nays-None.
On motion and support, Board i'd
jouned without date.
ANDREW JOHNSON, CLERK.
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|gebuseh duly sppeintsd : supsrintsnd-
snt Of the Poor beginning January Let
1910. y
On mstion Of Been supported BY Howes
and declared carried the County Treas
urer be and y hereby instructed to ap-
ply the balance Of the 1908 Hunters
license fees on hand to the fund from
which moneys are paid for the protec-
ton Of game and fish.
On motion Of McKercher supported
by Schwalm and carried by the vote fol-
lowing the following resolution was
adopted.
Resolved, That the County Treasurer
be and 10 hereby authorized to give his
note or notes as such County Treasurer
on the credit Of the County for an
amount necessary to meet County ex-
penses for length Of time necessary
until said note or notes can be met with
County Funds, at q rate of interest not
to exceed six per cent.
Yeas-Been, Schwalm, McKercher,
Howes and Foote.
Nays-None.
On motion of Schwalm supported by
McKercher and declared carried the
Board adjourned until Tus eday Deem
Der 7th, 1909at 10o'clock a. m.
MARTIN voErscH.
Co. CLERK.
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the proceedings Of the Board at supsr-
visors and Of AL other County Boards.
and al legal notices Of : public nature
appertaining to county AFFAIRS in The
L'Anse Sentinel for the term Of one
year from December S1st A. D. 1909,
and that said publishing company be
paid At the regular rate Of charge, the
same ~ can be had elsewhere, for al
job printing. stationery aud binding
furnished the county.
Yeas Been, Schwalm, Howes, Nc
Kercher, and Foote.
Nays-None.
A secret ballot was taken to deter
mine the appointment of School ex-
aminer for full term beginning JAM
uary LIST, 1910, and TIE result was de-
clared ss follows:
Kate Curry ......... five votes
The Chairman declared Kate Curry
duly appointed school examiner for the
full term beginning January LIST A. d.
1910.
Asecret ballot was taken to deter
mine the appointment of a Superinten-
dent of the Poor for full term begin
ming January LIST, 1910, and the result
was declared as follows:
Otto H. Sengebusch. three votes
August Menge. ...... two votes
The Chairman declared Otto H. SEN
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surlavlsoRs' NETTING.

CONTINUED from Pagel.)
Baraga Township
Township Tax. .......... ......$ LOCO
Highway Tax Of ! I per cent :
Bridge Tax ! Of per cent.
school TAX. osVVV
Covington Township
Township Tax. 2. ..............$ 1000
Road Repair Tax I of per cent
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One Pool table; also one Billiard To-
bic. Apply to
MEADoR SEAvoy,
6-1-tf. L,Anse. Mich.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

to follow it. At that tine none OF US
knew much about tracking. and we
had had such bad luck after the ele-
plants that We did not think much
of our shikaries, and did not think
it was much good. Abdullah persuaded
me and l went. After we mad followed
the track for some distance I quite
caught his enthusiasm, and when the
single track was Joined by three 9TH
ers. l was divided between delight at
to myself and the thought that per-
haps l had more on my hands than
could manage alone.
After track of about an hour We
came in sight of two or three big
thickets of "irgin" bushes surrounded
by open mimosa scrub ana intersected
by narrow paths. My second shikari
at that time was a very tall fellow.
called jana. with enormous feet. Sew
eral times during the track Abdullah
had turned round to pitch into him for
making such noise. ald now he con-
fided to me that jana walk all same
cow" and that We had better leave
him behind here with the pony and
boy. as the lions were sure to be in
the place in front of us. Knowing
nothing about 1t, agreed and went
on with Abdullah. We were walking
quietly along the outside of one Of the
thickets when Abdullah suddenly
clutched me by the arm and pointed
towards tree standing on the edge
of the bush yards on. The tree was
divided into two towards the bottom,
and the sun was throwing the shadow
of bush on the ground inside the
hollow.
This was where Abdullah was point
ing, getting more excited but could
make out nothing at all. until great
yellow beast moved suddenly out of
the shadow and slipped away on the
far side. l fired from the hip. letting
of both barrels into the tree. We
rushed round to the other side of the
thicket just in time to see a fine
lioness come out. l could not get
clear shot at once. and when l did,
after running some distance. l was
shaking SO that l could not get on her
at all, and missed. She kept lobbing
along just ahead. every now and then
stopping to look around and show her
teeth at US. Each time she stopped
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leads a life of incessant BLUM. While
very tiny. it looks just like an ant
Later on in life, when it is too big
to pretend to be an ant any longer, it
takes to sitting on leaves with its hid
eous brown head and its bullying tail
stuck upright over its back and its
front legs projected forward in such
an attitude of menace that spiders and
ichneumons dare not venture near
That must be dragon" they would
say If they could speak. IF I go near
it it will surely tear me to pieces" Yet,
II they had the sense to look a little
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

point one could easily command the
whole OF 1t. The lion was almost GER
tain to break out of one of the sides
towards the bush on the banks of the
river-bed. in which case l should get
an easy broadside shot. II We fol-
lowed the track into the place. the
noise we were sure to make would be
very likely to get the beast on his
side as we went in at the other, es-
pecially as the water had left lot of
dead sticks along the edges. over
which 1t would be impossible to walk
quietly. Abdullah also said that from
the way he had wandered about this
lion must be very hungry. and would
sleep lightly. These considerations
decided us to drive. l posted myself
with Abdullah few yards out from
the point, and the other two men. hav-
ing collected some stones. began throw
ing them in at the far end. Abdullah
was right about this lion sleeping
lightly; for at the first stone there
was a growl and crash in the bushes
and then, for a minute or two. not a
sound. The men started to walk down.
one on each side, shooting and throw
ing in stones. was watching them, and
wondering what had happened to the
lion. when there was a faint cracking
Just in front of us. and he appeared at
the point of the island. Although We
were standing within a few yards of
him. and absolutely in the open. he
did not see us.
He was facing straight towards us.
and was so close that I did not like
to fire at him as. on receiving the bull
let. he would be very likely to plunge
in the direction he was going and be
into us; nor did l want him to come
any closer; SO, as he stepped down on
to the sand. l moved my riflo up
towards my shoulder to attract his at
tention. He saw the movement at
once. stopped dead, and turned his
head sharply towards us. For the
fraction Of second l thought he was
going to be startled into charging.
but he plunged of to the left with an
angry snarl at us over his shoulder.
AS he passed pulled. and he skated
along on his stomach and fell down
little ledge in the sand. This Slowed
him round. and he lay facing us.
spread-eagied on the sand. evidently
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We had shot or two at the sound.
and the beasts, whatever they were.
went away. AS at that time we knew
nothing about lions, we were not
quite sure that they were not hyenas
after all; but Abdullah stuck to 1t
they were lions. so we got our beds
and lay down one on each side of the
opening. just behind the fence to
watch. hoping that the brutes would
come back. Nothing further happened.
however. At daybreak we sailed out
to see II by any chance we had man
aged to hit lion. but We only found
two or three dead hyenas. One of
these brutes had been partly eaten;
we thought at the time by other by
enas. as 1t was still too dark to make
out tracks. We came to the conclu-
sion we had made idiots of ourselves.
and had been shooting all night at
hyenas. and we did not feel any the
better when our friends came back
from their night at the village and
told US we had probably frightened
every lion out of the country by our
bOmbardment.
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two different methods of hunting lions.
One of them could hardly be called
a method at all, as 1t depended on
news brought in by natives as to
where a lion had actually been seen.
The second plan consisted of tying
up a donkey for bait. and sitting up
to watch at night A much more in
teresting way Of hunting lions than
either of these and a very success
full one fr the native shikaries en-
ployed are any good. is this process
of tracking them. A lion lies up in
some cool. shady place for the day,
unless the sky is overcast and the
sun cannot get out. when he will &C.
casionally be found hunting at any
hour. II you can strike his spoor Of
the night before there is a very good
chance of following 1t up to where
the lion lies. should the ground be
suitable. There is no form of hunt
ing SO exciting as this. When the
spoor is found there is generally
nothing to show II you have struck
1t early or late in the lions wander
ings. so that it is quite chance
whether 1t leads you for hours over all
soTtS VI country, OF WnetneT, AFTER half
a mile down on a sandy river bed or
path. 1t turns OF into thick patch
of reeds or bush close by. where the
lion is lying. 1t is extraordinary how
the excitement grows as time goes on,
and still you keep the track some
times very slowly, where only now
and then part of a footprint can be
seen on soft place between the
stones, at other times as fast as you
can walk over soil where the track
is visible many yards ahead And
when the spoor is lost and minute
after minute goes by while you cast
about vainly in every direction, how
wretched you are. and how quickly
your spirits rise again when a low
whistle or swapping of the fingers an
nounces that one of the crackers has
hit 1t on further on.
At last certain signs show that you
are getting near the end: the crackers
take OF their sandals and tuck up
their loin-cloths under their belts, lest
corner tapping in the wind should
scare the lion. For the first time you
take your rifle from the native who
has had charge of it, and, with your
head shikarf carrying a second rifle,
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

side, and 1t was evident that some
thing was attacking our donkeys. 1t
was pitch dark, and We firo1 several
shots in the direction of the sound
before We discovered that the attack
ing beasts were hyenas. We did not
mind having a donkey killed instan-
taneously by a lion, but we had not
bargained for the poor beasts getting
mauled by hyenas. SO taking a lamp
We went out to see what had hap
pened. My donkey had got OF with
a nasty bite in the hollow of the hind
leg above the hook. and we had him
taken into the camp at once. The
other was completely disembowelled
and must have been killed instantly.
but We were pretty sure that on, or
two must have been hit. Seeing that
IL the lions did come to the dead dom
key there would not De much chance
of hitting them on so dark a night.
We pulled the carcass right under the
skerm or fence round the camp, and,
to prevent hyenas dragging it away,
tied rope to one of its legs. and
passing it over the fence, fastened it
to a heavy water barrel inside the
camp. We sat up for a bit and got
few shots at hyenas. and then We
went to bed. telling the sentry to keep
sharp lookout and to let us know II
lions came to the carcass.
Some time after awoke to find
Abdullah bending over me, with my
rifle in his hand. He was frightfully
excited. and all could get out of him
was "Libah. sahib, libah!" ('Lion, sir.
lion!") Jumping up rushed out just
as my companion fired two shots into
the darkness The first thing l saw
when I got to where he stood was that
great piece of the skerm round the
camp had disappeared. leaving
broad gap. l could not for a moment
think what had happened. and then it
struck me that when the carcase had
been dragged away the water barrel
must have got hitched against the
inside Of the interlaced mimosa
boughs and the whole lot had gone to-
gether. 1t was frightfully dark out
side. and We stood peering out for
some time without being able to dis
tinguish anything; but after a few
minutes we could hear something
tearing at the flesh quite close by.
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more closely they would discover that
it was defenseless caterpillar. capa-
BILE only Of wriggling when attacked.
The caterpillar of the common moth
is another master of the art of bluff.
When born It looks like tiny scorpion,
and no respectable spider or ichneu-
mon attempts to attack it As 1t grows
bigger it develops violet saddle down
its back and decoration round its
face something like monks cowl.
Out Of its tail proceeds two long horns.
When approached by an enemy or
touched by human hands 1t instantly
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

I shot, but SO badly that l wasted
seven bullets at different ranges
without touching her. The first six
the last hit the ground Just under her
teeth. and either the bullet SO close.
frightened her or a stone hit her, for
she sprang off with a snarl and a
flourish of her tail and, putting on the
pace. in a minute or two ran clean
away from us. I was terribly disap-
pointed and annoyed with myself. and
I thought of course. that everything
was over for the day after all this
shooting; but Abdullah, who was al
most weeping. hardly gave me time
to get my wind a little before he
rushed me back again. AS we ran
round the place where We had first
seen the lioness, fine lion appeared
walking slowly out of another thicket
towards us. AS I shot, he turned
and plunged thorugh an opening in the
bushes to our right. We ran round an
outstanding bush to head him If he
broke out, and met lion facing US. Just
as ! fired heard a moan to the right.
so was sure 1t was not the same lion.
This one staggered away at the shot
and fell stone dead close by.
Death of the Jungle Lord.
Abdullah called up jana and the
pony boy, and they soon had the hide
OFF and tied on the pony. 1 thought
all the time that Abdullah knew all
about the other one. but as he seemed
to be going right home. asked him II
we had not better go and look for 1t,
and he replied that 1t was the same
lion all the time. and that 1 had
missed 1t the first shot. did not feel
quite sure about 1t myself. but the
moan in the bushes could only have
come from a wounded beast. SO told
him we had better go and look any
way. He evidently thought it was
waste of time, but when we got back
to where the lion had been hit we
soon found some blood. and going
quietly down a little path between the
''irgin" bushes we came round a cor
ner almost on top of the lion. He was
stone dead. was very pleased at
scoring on Abdullah, Us he had shown
such evident disgust at my shooting.
We met one OF our party on our way
back to camp. and told him he might
run across the lioness II he followed
our track back to the place We had
come from. An hour after we got
having seen two lions, curiously
enough both males, and had shot one
with a better name than either of
mine.
have at another time described
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
THEY WORK A BLUFF

A penniless man. who struts about
In fine clothes, making people think he
Is q man OF money and position, is
practicing the art of BLUM. Blum. to be
explicit. is the art of making much out
Of little, of causing people to think
your brains or your position much
greater than they really are.
One would have thought that an art
like this belonged to human beings. be-
cause 1t requires some intelligence TO
blur successfully. Yet many members
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

of the insect world are just as smart
and effective at bluff as men.
Take caterpillars. Now. caterpil-
lar is one of the most defenceless
creatures in creation. AS a general
rule-for there are a few exceptions
1t cannot bite, or kick, or strike, or
sting. But its enemies are SO numerous
that 1t is compelled to resort to some
trick of self-defense, and as it has no
weapons. 1t practices blum.
The caterpillar of the lobster moth
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

sits bolt upright, turns its dreadful
looking face on its tormentor and
shoots out of the top of each horn a
waving scarlet. sting-like thread.
As a rule the enemy retreats in great
fright, believing it is about to be
pounced upon, bitten and stung to
death Yet, in sober truth, the artful
caterpillar is practicing blum. Its ter
rible face is al"false Alarm" for 1t can.
not bite or strike hard enough to in.
fict wound, and the two sting-like
scarlet threads wave about in the air
without ejecting any poison.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

hill again; but here. 700, we were dis
appointed, and gravitated back to
where we had first lost the spoor We
knew that the lion had not gone
straight on, nor had he turned back:
he must have gone along the top of
the ridge and then crossed into other
stony hills where is was hopeless to
try to track him.
Abdullah, who Is never defeated.
said there was big river-bed further
on in the direction in which the lion
was going. 1t seemed a very slender
chance. as he might have turned OF
anywhere In between, but 1t was the
only one, SO of we went. We were
evidently In luck that day, for we had
only gone about a quarter of mile
when we struck the spoor The lion
seemed now to have made up his
mind as to his direction. for he kept
on straight down the middle of the
river-bed The sun had come out from
behind the clouds. and in places the
sand was very deep. SO that We were
not sorry when at last the track led
into little island of bush In the
great fiat sand. There was no doubt
the lion was at home. for on casting
round no sign was perceptible Of
track coming out. The island. raised
n little above the river-bed. was
formed OF q mass of thick-tangled
bush and creepers clustered round
few big trees. The water coming down
the river after heavy rain had washed
1t roughly into the form of triangle.
the apex of which pointed UP the
river. From this point the sides
widened out to the other end. which
was about thirty yards broad. the
whole length being somewhat under
a hundred yards.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
Reading the Lion Tracks.

Abdullah still insisted that there
had been lions round the camp. and
a little later We found the spoor Of
one big lion by the body of the half
eaten hyena. The ground was very
stony and there were no other tracks
to be seen, but one lion could hardly
have dragged the donkey and heavy
barrel away SO quickly. so there were
probably more The other hunters
had got hold of man at the village
who said he knew where the lions
always lay. so they went with aim.
Soon after they left. Abdullah, who
had been hunting about. came and
told me that he had picked mp the
track of one lion on soft ground lit
tie way from camp. and that we ought
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

The thousand-leg is another defense.
Tess creature that relies on blum. In
,his case all the blum is in its ugly
legs; Considered as legs. they are
weak: unsainiy limbs. easily broken
ana frequently in the creatures wav
, mneh II tries to crawl through crew.
But al the world Is afraid of those
legs. Girls and boys run away from
' .nen'' and every insect thinks that n
must be an uncommonly ferucious ma
limbs. "isntiui
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

Agitation regarding the pay of
French military officers has had some
eject. for the minister of war has
asked for an extraordinary credit of
100000 to supplement the pay of the
officers, which has not been increased
since 1870. In that time nearly every
grade of state official has had his sti.
pend raised, but the sub-lieutenant has
had to make both ends meet rs best
he could with six francs a day and
the lieutenant with eight.