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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13
ReslnoI Quickly Cures Ills and AeoI.
dents the Skin Is Subject To,
Also Heals Wounds

find occasion almost daily to
recommend Resinol to some of my
friends, and hear of most gratifying re-
suits. We use the ointment altogeth-
er in my family, and are never without
jar Of 1t, for 1t promptly cures the
Ills and accidents the skin is subject
to. d. M. Castle, Philadelphia, Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13
Why He Won.

Abou Ben Adhem set forth his
claim.
II never lied about what good
time l had on my vacation" he cried.
And, 10, etc.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

Rough on Rats fools the rats and mice,
but never fools the buyer. The secret is,
you mot the maker) do the mixing. Take
a hint, do your own mixing; pay for poi
son only, then you get results. It's the I'M
beatable exterminator. Don't die in the
house. l5c, 25c, 75c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

Lewis Single Binder gives the smoker a
rich, mellow.tasting cigar, one that smokes
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

OF course it is possible to con-
vince woman, but she is apt to for
get that she has been convinced, and
then you have to do 1t all over again
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

Folks who sit down in . soft plaos
hope that It IL an elevator and and q
. glue pot
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

The patriotism Of the ONCE seeker
10 the greatest ever.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

There's rich, satisfying quality in
Lewis Single Binder that is found in no
other &c cigar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
has no substitute. No other remedy Is so eff
iectiye for rheumatism lumbago, Stiffness neuralgia
cold Of any SORT Put mp In 25c S5c and Soc bottles
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

Some family skeletons are padded
beyond recognition.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

Some who talk with Junction o.
working for sinners are but WORKING
~ saints.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13
SAVED
FROM
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Louisville, KY. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has GER
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13

Somehow the majority Of our habits
seem to be bad ones.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Judge Davis Made the Penalty
Accord with the Share of Plum
der Which the Tammany
Boss Received.

Following his conviction by jury
of his peers, William NJ Tweed, who,
as every schoolboy knows, holds the
unenviable place in American history
as the republics star CRATER, was sen.
tenved by Judge More Davis. before
whom he was tried for IL years in all.
Tweed was convicted on II counts of
an indictment, the maximum punish
ment upon each count being five
years. Judge Davis sentenced him to
year on each count, intending that
the sentence should be IL years i'm
prisonment in all But the highest
court in the state decided that the sen
fences were contemporaneous. SO that
while Tweed was serving one year, he
was really serving -.
At the time that sentence was i'm
posed many persons wondered why the
Judge had given Tweed so light a sen
tence, and not so very long ago a well.
known student of American graft his
tory expressed similar curiosity on this
head. | count myself fortunate In now
being able to throw the proper light
on this point-light which l received
from Judge Davis himself, when,
year or two before his death, asked
him how he came TO sentence Tweed
for a year upon each of the counts, or
10 years in all, when he might have
sentenced him to five years upon each
count, or 60 years in all. Judge Davis
said:
That question has been asked me
many times, but | have never given
to anyone an explanation of the. rea.
sons which led me to fix upon this sen
tence I'll do so now.
After Tweeds conviction | went to
my home-for he was not to be sen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
~plumed Knight Nominating Speech
Was the Result Of Decade of
Admitting Thought About
& James G. Blaine.

Any standard American encyclope-
dia or biographical dictionary will tell
you that Col. Bob" Ingersoll was one
OF Americas most famous orators.
Certain it is that III many respects In
gersoll stands out as the greatest ora
tor America has yet produced. Emo
stionally, this is so, and as Shake
spearean orator, so called it is gen
orally conceded that rome has equaled
him.
AS everybody familiar With lnger
soils career knows, he gained national
fame through his "Plumed knight"
speech. The day before he delivered
1t he was unknown; the day after his
name was on the lips of the country.
But not until now has it been told how
1ngersoll came to conceive his master
piece, how he built it up sentence by
sentence through a period of years,
and then, to please his brother,
clinched his hold on fame by writing
1t down in a few minutes.
One Memorial day, two or three
years after he had begun the practice
Of law in New York city, Col. lngersoll
stood on a corner watching the vet
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Grave Of Lover and Maid.

A correspondent OF the Pioneer has
discovered a novel summarized on a
tombstone in a Dutch cemetery at
Coromandel Rendered into English
the inscription runs: Buried under
this slab are the dead corpses of Cath.
crime Van den Briel OF Amsterdam
and John Kruyf of Tounan, Junior
merchant in the service OF the Hon
orable Company; young woman and
young man born the 18th August,
1861, and 2Sth November, 1913, died
at the factory on the Sd October, 1918,
and lst July, 1879, aged q years
month and 10 days, 20 years, ! month
and 3 days. May they rest 10 peace!
A lover and q maid this stone covers;
their mutual meaning was of two tc
make one, but too cruel death forbade
the union. First Den Briel gave it Up
and then Kruyf became a corpse
Their lives lie here, but N heavens
kingdom shan Cod the souls OF these
two persons pair Amen Alfalfa
lad Pioneer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
.Dream Gave IngersoN Fame

Grams of the civil war as they marched
past the reviewing stand. There were
tears in his eyes as he looked upon
the old soldiers, and turning to me he
repeated the opening sentence OF his
justly celebrated Memorial day adj
dress, which you can see engrayen IN
bronze in the National cemetery at
Arlington The past rises before me
like Dream He saw, almost as WV
idly as he had seen in the days of the
war itself, the soldiers on their march,
rallying to the attack. charging, fall
irg, dying for their country.
AS he walked away in my company
after the procession bad passed |
asked him if 1t were true that he
wrote his famous Plumed Knight
speech at about midnight one nigh, as
had been incidentally reported.
Selling my arm and moving slowly
through Madison square, Col. lngersoll
said:
THAT story is partly correct. But
the real truth is that | was ten years
writing that speech. | had been a
great admirer of James G.. Blaine from
the time he was first a member of
congress. | thought he was a typical
American and would make a great
president. | pictured. to myself Blaine
in political action
Il went to the Republican national
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Carpenter, Hero of Peace

Il have just three days more Of life
left
The next day, a snowy one in Feb
ruary, when everything in the outer
world was dismal, the senator entered
the senate chamber, passed around the
rear desks to the cloak room, there
left his heavy fur-lined overcoat, and
re-entered the chamber. When he rose
to speak senators left the remoter
parts O. the chamber and took seats
near him; they knew he was Ill, and
were very considerate and tender of
him. Yet his preeminent reputation
as an orator would have assured him
attentive hearers in any event.
Many of those who heard this speech
declared long afterward that it was
one Of the best the senator ever de-
livered
The speech finished the warm trib-
utes of his colleagues courteously re
ceived and smilingly acknowledged,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Why 7weed Got ~ Years

fenced until the next day--determinod
to spend the evening in considering
what would be a proper punishment
for the offenses of which Tweed lad
been convicted. The offenses were
misdemeanors, not felonies, and there
fore he could be imprisoned, not in
states prison, but in the penitentiary
while | was meditating, late that
night, upon the proper sentence, sud
denly recollected the testimony which
had been prepared by Samuel j. TIL
den, afterwards governor Of the state
and Democratic candidate for presi
dent. That was a wond trlui piece Of
analytic work done by Gov. TildCn. He
had few scraps of paper, some mutt
lated stubs of checks, and few other
documents, and with these he demon
strated, as accurately as any teacher
could demonstrate a mathematical
problem, not only what the total steal
ings of the Tweed conspirators were
but what share each one Of the con
spirators received His demonstration
showed that Tweed received 20 per
cent, SO said to myself AS Tweed
got 20 per cent of the total stealiDgs
why not sentence him to 20 per cent
of the total number of yeara which
the statutes set forth as the maximum
penalty? | could give him five years
on each count of the Indictment
Twenty per cent. of that would be one
year. Therefore, determined to sen.
tence him Tor one year upon each
count, or u years in all, and ! was
sure that he would serve Il years But
our highest court decided that the
various sentences were con,empor.
aaeouy."
Copyright, 1903, by L. J. Edwar1sJ
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
ksoWing Death Was at Hand, Wis
"consin Statesman Delivered Great
Speech That Saved Consular
Courts in China.

For years this country and the
other great powers of the earth have
maintained courts in China for the
benefit of their respective citizens and
subjects. These courts of eXtraterri-
toriality, as they are called, China now
wishes to abolish, and proposes max
ing treaties to this end with this and
other nations.
Naturally, the government at Wash
ington is most Interested in this pro-
posal in positive way; but had it not
been for as fine a display of patriotic
duty as ever was made back in the
early eighties by a member OF the
federal senate, Secretary of State
Knox would not now have to give
more than academic attention to this
hew Chinese question.
1t was in the early winter Of 1881
that determined effort was made in
congress to do away with our consular
courts in the celestial empire. That
is history, and it is also history that
this attempt was frustrated by a
speech delivered by the late Senator
Matt Carpenter of Wisconsin. 1t is
also on record that two days after he
delivered his speech the senator died,
but it has never been told before that
Senator Carpenter, when he made his
speech, knew that he had only two
days more of life left, yet neverthe-
less insisted on doing in full what he
considered his duty by his country Ia
making the speech.
Months before the senator had been
told by eminent physicians that he
was suffering from an organic disease,
and, when he requested them to do 20.
they described to him as gently az
possible the progress it would make
towards the end.
How do you know-how am to
know" he asked, when they had I'm
ished
They described to him the tests
which could be made each day.
Can | make those tests myself?'
the senator asked. He was told that
he could.
SO every day the senator would
make a record of his departing vital
ity. He studied his own case as though
it were that of a stranger. At one
time he would say to his old law part
ner, well, have just month longer
TO live" At another time his words
would be, Counting today, have
Just Is days more Of life" And all
the while the doomed man was faith
full In his attendance upon the senate,
for he knew that an attempt would be
made sooner or later to legislate out
of existence the consular courts in
China, and such a step he held to be
inimical to the best interests of Ameri-
ca and Americans in China.
Finally. there came a time when the
senator, turning to his confdant said
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Detected.

The consul In London of a continen-
tai kingdom was informed by his gov
eminent that one of his country
women, supposed to be living in Great
Britain, had been left a million OF
money. After advertising without re.
suit, he applied to the police, and a
smart young detective was set to
work.
When a few weeks had gone by his
chief asked him how he was going on,
I've found the lady, sir
Good, Where is She"
AT my place. | got married to her
yesterday"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
ACCOUNTING ITCHING.
Eczema for Year-Got No Relief
Even at Skin HosptaI-In Despair
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

IT was troubled with n severe Itch
Ing and dry scrufy skin on my ankles,
feet, arms and scalp. Scratching made
It worse. Thousands of small red PIN
pies formed and these caused intense
itching l was advised to go to the
hospital for diseases of the skin. l did
so, the chief surgeon saying: "Incvcr
saw such bad case of eczema" But
got little or no relief. Then tried many
so-called remedies, but ! became so
bad that l almost gave up In despair.
After suffering agonios for twelve
months, l was relieved OF the almost
unbearable itching after two or three
applications of Cuticura Ointment |
continued its use, combined with Cutl-
cura Soap and Pills, and | was COM
pletely cured. Henry Searle. Little
Rock, Ark, Oct. and TO- 1907"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. SOLO Props, Boston.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Beauty of a Norway FJord

tains lay upon the still-sunny cliffs to
eastward, but astern, through the
gateway of rock, the inner ford was
already hidden under a veil OF wind
driven rain Suddenly the sun burst
forth and such a wave of color en-
quilted us as made it seem that We
were ourselves in and a part Of the
sunset. Then over the glorified world
once more came that strange twi-
light which is called night Between
and beyond two peaks the color of
amethyst, vast, snowy summit
reared its head, and above its dazzling
whiteness hung pale moon. the sym.
Dol OF all things cold From Caroline
Thurber's "A Motor Invasion Of Nor
way" in the Ceuturr.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Anti LaGrippe Remedy.

1t is now claimed by several west
ern medical men that a whiskey mix
ture obtainabie at any drug store Is
an absolute preventative and quick
cure for bad colds and lagrippe. To
make this powerful system tonic add
one ounce of compound fluid balmwort
and two ounces Of glycerine to half
pint of good whiskey Dose, table
spoonful three to six times a day.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
New News of Yesterday
-= By {. J. EDWARDS --=

convention of 1876, at Cincinnati, IA
the company of my brother. Wa
shared parlor and had two bedrooms
at the hotel. My brother knew that
had been asked to place Blaine in
nomination. He became very nervous
because | did not sit down and write
out my speech He was continually
prodding me to. do this, but | put him
off. But | was really writing that
speech all the time, mentally. ! com.
posed part Of it on the railway train
on the way to Cincinnati. All the ideas
that lad come to me from time to time
respecting Blaine | mentally gathered
and sifted, and decided uQon the ex-
preston of my thought,
ION the evening Of the day before
the nominating speeches were to be
made my brother said to me; Bob.
you have got to write that speech be-
fore you go to bed
"'All right | said, ri write it this
evening" So, little before midnight
| took pen and ink and two or three
sheets of paper and wrote out the
speech | was simply copying what
was in my mind, what had been
years writing. You know, that is the
way Webster prepared his famous re-
ply to Hayne. After | had done that
| went to bed and was soon sound
asleep. | simply did it to please my
brother. and that is the way what
they call the EPlumed knight speech
was put down on paper at midnight in
ten minutes
Copyright, 1909, by e. ]. Edwards)
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18

In southern Tunis lies an extensive
salt marsh desert called the Shot
Jerid. of which the Arabs stand in ter
ror, for many a caravan has been lost
in the salt incrusted morass, which
according to De Lesseps is as much
MS 1900 feet deep in places This
region has been crossed for the first
time in small automobile by n
woman Myriam Harry, a wellknown
French novelist.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
abandon of Color Past Mortal Concep-
ton, Says a Writer in the
Century.

The Naero Fjord is incredibly mar.
row and deep. It's abrupt shores lay
in an abandon of color past mortal
conception. Sun-tipped peaks, like ice
bergs. rose sheer from fathomless
green water, their adjacent creyices
and rocky distance alike lost in VIC
let haze As the way broadened the
sun played lower upon the mountains,
and gulls circled with dazzling glim.
mos Of wing as they darted from the
shadow into the upper sunlight Pur.
ole .ilhouettes Of the western noun
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18

and firm in the knowledge that his
effort had won the day for the con.
sular courts, the senator retired slow.
ly 20 the cloak room. Then, his fur
coat placed over his shoulders by the
attendant, he went from the cloak
room by the rear aisles to the main
entrance of the senate chamber.
There he stopped and, turning around,
swept with one brief, penetrating and
ll-comprehensiye glance the entire
chamber. He was taking-and he
knew this last view of chamber in
which his oratory was esteemed as
unsurpassed.
For moment he stood sweeping
infinitely, lovingly, the room and every
one in it, his old friends, his political
enemies, every one. Then he signihed
to the doorkeeper that he wished to
go out. The door swung open-he
was gone. He had done his duty as
he knew it, and was resigned
Two DAVIS later a senator arose and
announced that Senator Carpenter had
that morning passed away, and the
senate was instantly adjourned,
Copyright, 1909 BY L. ]. Edwards
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
DecoIlette.

Lady in Ax-Can you look over
my shoulder?
Man from Country just been
lookin' over both Of EN-, an by gosh
they re- all Houston Post
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18

II the women are to be credited,
every married woman finally dies OF
a broken heart and every old bach.
elor has had his heart buried in a
grave for years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18

ALIENS lung BNI~NNi
Us fhH old TC|'AhtN cough rnIurtN. ir..l I'm ryrry
drug |NroRnd IN practically oyrr, hu.r. Nor s.,.h
by "A. druggists 'a,, .uy aud 81 uy bottles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18
Aaeoux."

Copyright, 1903, by L. J. Edwards
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-18

NIrs. NiuFlow's soothing syrup
For ChlU's,l tcnth,n-. Eurrus tho gums rniu.rs in
hammAtlun, a.tys pain, Curus Ind euHv g5CuuDttc,
Better poor man at large than a
rich man in Jail
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-01

me tnat q fairy would come along
SONS day and whlsk me away TO
iand where our cuds would be Favored
with perpetual vaci'la. So I've waited
dear. for you At this thrilling mo
nent- Go Oh, Dolly"
Fhe girl with the green veil took
bite from a fresh sandwich and spoke
UP. AT this" she said the happv
creature kicked up her heels and ran
jo-ously toward a red-headed bow who
was approaching, intending to tell him
Aer glad story. Daisy is my name
said shs. You don't look It., said the
boy. This 50 Saddened the COW that
She Go on. Peter"
There was a chus and a whir and
Peter stSod uP busting his haads
An aEsd!" he called. Climb I'M"
There was a scramble and In a min.
ate they we're Whlrling along again
between rows Of autumn-colored trees
'Ta lets rather have stayed back
Hers," nurmured the man who was
afraid Of automobiles, and found out
WAY that foolish COW went parsding
srssad vita green eyebrows"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-01
AS TO ORIGIN OF The SPOON
shellr Probably First Used for Pur
pose in Prehistoric Times.

The suggestion Is offered by a cor.
respondent that the domestic spoon
probably owea It's origin to the she'll
Shells Of the mUssel. scallop, and oy.
ster, II is believed, were used in pre-.
historic times as spoons and ladies',
the handle being formed OF piece
of wood split at one end to hold the
shell firmly Some savage nations
make similar spoons up to the present
day. and the old Highland custom Of
Offering whisky In a shell has been
probably handed down from genera
ton to generation for untold ages
Westman in his History Of the
Spoon" gives Roman specimens, which
are very simple in design-somethin
like silver caddy spoons-and are
much shorter In the handle than those
from Egypt Those for common use
were generally made OF bronze. iron
or brass They clearly show how the
shell shape was retained. and their
marine origin is also preserved in the
name Oh spoon -cOcult dIe-uerlNed
Nom cochlea a shell or cookie The
Celtic spoon also closely resembled
the shell ia form. though made OF
bronze The horns Of various animals,
such as the OK. bison and ram. were
often used as drinking cups, and as
the material was found suitable. It
was sometimes used with wood. ivory,
metal etc, for spoon ma ng, Hence
the ancient expression; TO spoil a
horn to rake a suo1n"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-01
He VISITED
LONE PATIENTS
chattanooga, Tenn, Daily News)

Chattanooga, Tenn. Daily News)
A representative of the News has
Just returned from very successful
visit to California.
Concerning the reports that the long
sought cure for Bright's Disease has
been discovered he took special pains
to find out the truth of the matter and
came back fully convinced.
One lady the wife of q San Fran.
cisco editor, not only told of her hus.
bands remarkable recovery after ply
sicians had given him up, but she reel
ed off as Of no moment, the names Of
several they told OF it who had recov.
cred. One case was particularly in
terestlng 1t was a case OF Bright's
Disease in which the young man was
so impressed that nothing could be
done that he had TO be trlcked into
taking the new specific. Each time
dose was administered a tablespoon
full OF his old medicine was secretly
disposed or thus allaying suspicious.
To complicate matters as the young
man recovered, the physician became
elated, thinking he had discovered a
cure for Brights disease. IL was not
until the patient was so well along to-
ward recovery that there was no un.
certainty about it that the whole plot
was disclosed One OF San Francis
cos pioneer druggists also confirmed
his own recovery and made the aston
lshing statement that he had given It
to between 40 and 80 and only knew
Of a few failures. Chattanooga Daily
News.