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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE PRISON
Per Cent. Of Sufferers 10 Enormous
and There Seems but One
Remedy.

From several Investigations that
have been made by the National AS
sociation for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis. 1t Is estimated
that on an average about fifteen per
cent. of the prison population of the
country is afflicted with tuberculosis.
On this basis, out of the $4,000 prison
ers housed in the penal institutions
of the United States at any given
time. not less than 10000 are infected
with this disease. II the Philippine
islands and other insular possessions
were taken into consideration the
number would be much larger. Some
of the prisons of Pennsylvania, Kan
sas and Ohio show such shocking con-
ditions with reference to tuberculosis
that many wardens admit that these
places of detention are death traps.
Similar conditions could be found in
almost every state, and In the major
ity of cases the only sure remedy Is
the destruction of the old buildings
and the erection Of new ones.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27
By PROF. FREDERICK STARR
7ori-no- Mach and Shinto Miracles

We nearly lost Tori-no-machi. We
had made a note regarding 1t, but 1t
had been laid aside and forgotten. Call
ing November 8. upon a binder to or
der some covers for Japanese books.
he stated that 1t would be necessary
for him to see the books. Upon our
suggestion that he should come to the
house on the morrow, he apologized.
saying that we could hardly expect
him to come then. as he must go. be-
ing tradesman. to Tori-nomachi.
Upon our processing ignorance regard
ing that place and function. he remind
ed us that 1t was then and there that
he would get his kumade for the COM
Ing year. To further elucidate he went
at once and brought US the kumade
which had given him prosperity during
the year then ending. One glance at
II was enough. We decided that not
only he, but we would go to Tori-no-
machi on the morrow.
The word tori means bird. The fes-
tival of Tori-no-machi is celebrated at
bird shrines on the days of the bird In
November-this year. the 9th and 21st.
The festival begins at midnight, and
ends "a hours later. We were warned
that. II we wished to make photo
graphs. It would be well to be upon
the spot early. as the later hours Of
the day would be too crowded for any
thing to be done. Long before we
reached the immediate neighborhood
of the shrine we met people with JOY
GUS faces. carrying their kumade for
the year. The kumade is a symbolical
object brought from the temple pre-
cincts, which gives good luck in bust
ness enterprises through the succeed
ing year. A few steps more. and we
found ourselves actually in the midst
of the kumade trade-a perfect net
work Of narrow alleys and ways close
ly crowded on both sides with booths
oiled from top to bottom with the most
brilliant and tawdry constructions Of
card and wood and twisted straw.
Here wero kumade of all sizes and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27

more striking examples of the symbol
ism in which Japan so much delights
than In these kumade. Some of the
more gaudy ones are mass OF
strange figures which the novice
would need to have explained In de-
tail for his comprehension
When we had finished 1t was nee
essary to take a jinrickisha In order
to transport the stun which we had
bought Passersby cried out In sur
prise at the fortune which we might
well expect. and cook and the old lady
were overwhelmed with satisfaction
as they thought of the good times
coming. And yet, when we looked over
the great stock. we felt that some
thing was still lacking; therefore.
quite late In the afternoon. we again
hurried to Torino-machi The place
had been transformed. So great was
the present crowd that policemen
were stationed at every little turn
ing. Ropes had been stretched to d.
vide the narrow alleys into two. and
movement was permitted only In one
uTeCtiOu III tncsc bcpdTdtcu seCtiO0S,
crowded as the booths had seemed dur
ing the morning. new ones had been
erected. and all were blazing with
lights from candles. lamps. torches
and gas-jets.
Talking of night celebrations and IL
luminations. there was an interesting
festival two nights ago at the Kudan.
where prayers were said for souls Of
those fallen In battle. We were told
that the illumination would be well
worth seeing. To the Kudan, then,
we went A great open space on the
level summit Of hill had been taken
possession Of by booths and shacks
and pavilions. 1t may be that all those
in the merry throng had said their
prayers for the souls OF those lost In
battle, but II they had. there was no
sign of sadness on their part The
whole place was blaze Of light At
scores OF little booths. toys and foods.
fruits and books and cheap things Of
every kind were Sold But Of course
| the thing for which the crowd had
gathered was the shows. the line of
which would DO fair credit to the Mid.
way Plsisance. or the Pike. Just now
the cinematograph IL all the rage. and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27

easily forget 1t. Here. for instance. is
a booth which seems to display NTH.
Ing but fans; but behind the fans is
the framework of the simple rake.
These fans always have as their Gen.
trail decoration the mask or face of
the curious goddess Otafuku. or
Uzume - the "abundant-happiness-
woman" She Is always represented
with narrow forehead. with two
spots Of black. and with broad face
and pulled out cheeks. The story runs
that on one occasion the sun goddess
was SO offended that she took refuge
In dark and dismal cave. the mouth
Of which was closed. by az great rock
which no one could move. The other
gods-for at that time there were no
humans-were in despair. They de-
vised various schemes for appeasing
the angered goddess. Finally. as part
Of the arranged plan. Uzume danced.
1t is stated that her dancing was far
from modest, but 1t pleased the spec
tators, who roared with laughter. This
piqued goddess, hearing sounds Of Joy.
anu duAiOub W See Wudt was gums oh,
slightly moved the closed rock and
looked out. Instantly strOng-armed
god seized the rock thus started. and
held 1t from closing: the sun goddess.
yielding to the prayers Of her COM
panions, issued again from her retreat.
and the worlds happiness was Sc
cured. Uzume is thus ever a symbol
of happiness, but on her fans there Is
other symbolism; there are the two
great gods. Daikoku and Ebisu-the
gods of wealth and productivity;
there are the three happy plants-the
plum, the pine. and the bamboo; there
is the stork flying high in heaven.
and there is the mushroom best Of
foods" and intimately associated with
Uzume In the popular mind. With
such kumade, who could fail to have
a prosperous year? But II ones taste
Is otherwise, he has varied possibili-
ties of choice.
In fact. 1t would be difficult to find
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27

prices, and different enough to meet
the demands of every taste. Trade
was In good blast. and the scene was
not only lively, but noisy. Turning
corner, we found ourselves facing the
Temple of the Bird, and hurried to-
ward 1t In order to see the devotion
of the people before we gave further
attention to the talismans on sale. II
was Shinto temple. but OF those
which show the influence of Buddhism
in its details and arrangements. Just
before we reached 1t. we passed the
dancing platform-found In connection
with all Shinto temples-for kagura. A
kagura dancer was then performing
People as they approached the altar
clapped their hands and bent their
uncovered heads In prayer. They then
pressed forward to throw money into
the contribution trough. and to hand
to the attendant priest offerings for
F, the temple. Passing into the shrine
Itself, we found the altar loaded with
gifts--rice cakes. vegetable products
OF different kinds, and things OF value
that could be used to the advantage
Of the gods. On both sides Of the altar
were great piles of mamori or charms.
all Of which no doubt were sold long
before the festival ended. Priests and
other vendors OF these charms were
seated just outside the temple. The
tavorite mamori were purses made Of
yellow cloth, bearing stamped pic
turs OF the bird to which the temple
was consecrated-the eagle; inside
these yellow purses are either folded
strips of paper with good luck words
Z printed on them. or limitations of an
Client gold pieces stamped in thin
brass
Having seen the temple and OFFER
inss and supplied ourselves with ma
mori., we were ready to look more
closely 1t the kumade In the booths.
who can describe themf The word
kumads In it, simplest meaning signi.
fles = rake. The symbolism IL. of
course. that with Il one may rake in
fortune and wealth during the year.
But In most kumade the facs that Il
u rake which one has purchased ID
quite forgotten; while tbs rake d
there. ~ gensrally 20 covered with
s<hsr sJmbolie objects that one M,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27
keepIno II Dry.

An old woman of wealthy New
Jersey family was going visiting. The
coachman. who had not been in this
country long. had just been equipped
with new uniform and new silk
hat. Before they had gone far 1t be-
gan to sprinkle. and the old woman
told the coachman to fasten down the
side curtains Of the wagonette.
He drove up to hitching post be-
side the road and. dismounting. hung
his new hat on the post, and began to
fasten the curtains.
The old woman noticed his bare head
and asked him where his hat was.
"Oi took 1t on me head, mum, 50 a.
It wouldn't get wet" the coachman TO
piled.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27
Another Trad ItIon Exploded.

Two Englishmen were resting at the
RED Horse Inn" ut Stratford-on-Avon
One Of them discovered q print pio-
turing a low tumbling building under.
meath which was printed: THE House
In Which Shakespeare Was Born"
Turning to his friend in mild surprise
he pointed to the print His friend ex-
hibited equal surprise. and called .
waiter who assured them Of the 40
curacy Of the inscription
"'Pon my word" said the observ.
iny Englishman. shaking his head du-
biously. Il thought he was born IN Z
mangerl"-Success Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27
A New Version.

Lawyers have peculiar system Of
abbreviation. such words as trustees.
executors being cut down to trees.
exors. and admors. This practise led
to an amusing slip on the part Of a
solicitor who, somewhat late in life.
abandoned his profession and entered
the church. A few Sundays after his
ordination he startled his congrega-
ton while reading the lesson by deliv.
ering one Of the passages as follows:
II see men az trustees walking"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27

my friend" said the solemn man
on the railroad tran. do you drink
intoxicating liquors?
"Sure!" cried the convivial chap.
Much obliged for the invitation. Got
q flask with your"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-08-27

He is good time-saver that finds
out the fittest opportunity for every
action.-Thomas Fuller.
The bee., 1910-05-26
RAILWAYS AND GENERAL BUSINESS.
Cincinnati Enqoiitr

While person in the United States
portance to the country of steady employment
being given to those connected with the railway lines of the
and while know that the prosperity ranspora-
tion lines reflex, and extent general
prosperity few there who realize the
in the actual employment of railways the still
directly dependent the earnings of those employed
The latest statistics available show that persons
direct employment by the railways this that APP
proximae SOOOOO of people dependent upon
ng of those employed When 900 are added
affairs based furnishing railway supplies every and
all kinds those who deliver freight railway receive
for delivery c consgnees terminals be
safely and correctly estimated that fully possibly
fourth of the entire population of the United affected
their incomes by the prosperity the depression
portaton interests in this country
The capacity of the 1000 900 of
pymen by the railways dollars cents has been
increased since 1897 of fully per cent
the advances made by the systems of the
country That that their purchasing power their paving
power has had that increase WE'LL tis advances in
by the railway companies that have done
and maintain the long business activity with
aordnary volume in values and quantities many
affairs.
The experienced way Of systems the men in
position to take the widest of observation
portuntes form the conclusions unanimously
nowhere its maximum approxmating its possibilities
They predict in the immediate future extension IN
the lines and the bettermen
of existing lines Through this stimulation interests of
these millions of shown to be benefited expend
iture and readily be the United
States assured the best of times during of railway
tension and beterment.
The bee., 1910-05-26
Our Native Trees and
HOw to Preserve Them.
MILLER EVANS.

Within the last two decades
our nation has become conscious
of the value and Importance of
our native trees. The Federal
Government has taken great
steps toward the preserving of
our national forests, yet, with all
this watchfulness, the timber
looters have been playing havoc
among our forest giants, obtain
ing possession of the timber
lands illegally. 1t was the will of
congress that the settler should
have access to the forests for his
personal use, but congress did
not intend that the great COM
panies monopolize them under
cover Of the settlers rights, as
many companies of the west
have done. The stealing of the
timber lands is the most ac-
complished work of the land
hooters of the west today. There
is a greater demand for timber
today than ever before; timber
Is scarcer than ever before, con-
sequently prices are higher than
ever before. Just think of 1T, a
single California redwood or
spruce furnishes enough tim Der
to build a six room cottage. The
homesteader who finds himself
in this kind of forest must eth
er sell out to the operator or per-
ish in a wilderness of wood,
where his own unalded efforts
can never hew out roads or
trails.
In the State of Colorado, law
allowed the individual to re-
move dead timber and windfall
from Public Domain, so many
homesteaders deliberately set
fire to whole mountain slopes of
green timber and as a result be-
came millionaires.
In other States they have loot
ed the forests lands in the name
of schools, roads and in the name
of the Indian reservations. This
trick was manipulated by the
governor and his commissioners,
who gave a picnic a few miles
The bee., 1910-05-26
FRANK NISBET
SHOT HIMSELF
Saturday Afternoon at 2 O'clock
in jacksonville.
CAUSE OF TRAGEDY NOT KNOWN.

Frank Nisbet, popular travel
ing maa for Ely Walker, of ST..
Louis, shot himself with 3S cal.
revolver Saturday afternoop,tw
O'Clock, at the residence of Lige
Bassett, in Madisonville, where
he had room and made that
his home when in that city.
Mr. Nisbet had been sick for
several days and had trained
nurse, but had so far recovered
that she had been discharged.
He went down in the city and
paid all his small accounts. He
then came back to Bassett's and
taking off his top clothes,
placed bowl by the bed and
turned down the cover so as not
to soil the bed clothes and shot
himself behind the left ear.
Miss Minnie Rycroft and Mrs.
Bassett hearing the shot rushed
to the Mary Hotel, next door,
and called to "Red"Parrish to
come, as they believed that
Frank Nisbet had shot himself.
No cause is known for the act,
as he is well fixed financially
aud had a splendid position and
many friends. He was a mem.
Der of the Scottish Rite and
knight Templar of the MasoDs,
an Elk, also a K. of Z. His
body was carried to Evansville,
his former home, Monday on 80
and buried in the family lot at
Oak Hill cemetery. He leaves
three brothers and three sisters,
Mrs. II. II. Holeman, of Madi-
sonville, being sister. Mrs.
j. q. Grammar, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, and Mrs. Jennie Zarico,
of Nashville, are also sister.
Two brothers live In Evansville
and one in Pennsylvania. Frank
Nlsbet was a friend to every
body and a warm hearted, i'm
pulsive man, who numbered his
friends by those that knew him.
He was AZ years old and unmar.
ried. The BEE extends its sym
pathy TO brothers and sisters.
The bee., 1910-05-26
new SCHOOL
BUILDINGS
Contracts Lei for Erection Of Six
New School Houses.
COUNTY BOARD WILL
PAINT FOURTEEN BUILDINGS.

The building committee of the
County Bos--d of Education had
a long session on Saturday at
Madisonville and let contracts
for the erection of six new school
houses and for the painting of
fourteen school houses, including
the new buildings. There were
bids from numerous carpenters
and painters and the work of the
committee was spread over the
greater part of the day. All the
school houses affected we're coun-
try district buildings, and the
new buildings were all single
room affairs, the usual country
school house type. Most of
them are to be finished by July
LIST in order that they may be
occupied for the next school
term, which begins then in many
of the country districts. Con-
tract for building the Grape
vine school house was let to
Miller and McLemore; that for
GORDON and Cavanah subdistricts
to g. j. Wilkie; contract for
building Smyrna, Howell and
Clements new houses was let to
j. G. Foley. Ruby Lumber Co.
were awarded contract for sup
ply of paints. Frank Wilkey,
G. j. WiIkey and j. g. Foley
were the successful bidders on
the painting work and the four
teen houses were divided among
them accoAding to the lowest
bids on the respective houses.
Next meeting of the County
Board will be on Monday, June
18th, at which time there will
probably be some further inter.
esting consideration of school
houses for Mortons Gap and 9TH
er points. The building COM
mittee is A. j. Fox, Chairman of
the Board, Paul M. Moore, Sec
rotary, and I. NJ. Slaton.
The bee., 1910-05-26
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
OF Kentucky Elect Officers and Pick
Lexington For Next Meeting.

Winchester, KY, May 49,
The Grand Commandery of Ken
lucky, Knights Templar, elect
ed the following officers today
to serve for the ensuing term :
John q. Cramer, of Lexington,
Right Eminent Commander
William Yeaman, of Versailles,
Right Eminent Deputy Com.
.monder; Lee ID. Ray, of Owens
boro, Eminent Grand Generalis-
simo; Thomas z. Satler White,
.Jr., of Louisville, Eminent
Grand Captain General Mason
P. Brewer, of Frankfort, Emil
.nent Grand Senior Warden
Charles N. Smith, of Danville,
Eminent Grand Junior Warden ;
Henry P. Barnett, of Hender-
son, Eminent Grand Prelate ;
Robert @. Strother, of Richmond,
Eminent Grand Treasurer
Alfred Il. Bryant, of Covington,
Eminent Grand Recorder; Ar
thur N. Richardson, of Ashland,
Eminent Grand Standard Bear
er; Frederic w. Hardwick, of
Louisville, Eminent Grand
Sword Bearer; Taylor M. Estis,
of Lebanon, Eminent Grand
Warden; Albert A. Hazelrisg,
of Mt. Sterling, Eminent Grand
Captain of the Guard.
Covington, Louisville and
Lexington were competitors for
the next conclave, but Lexing-
ton won out largely owing to the
personal popularity of the new
Eminent Grand Commander,
John g. Oramer, of Lexington.
A grand ball tonight conclud-
ed the meeting.
The bee., 1910-05-26

out from the frontier post, where
the road was supposed to begin,
and who returned with the false
report that the road was started
and that they had inspected 1t.
Do We fully appreciate the
value of our trees when such
things are being permitted? Do
We realize how closely forestry
is related to our every day life?
Let us stop and consider. 1t is
related to agriculture in that it
enriches soils, retains moisture
in the earth and prevents ero-
sion. 1t is related to a navaga-
bilitY of our rivers, our mountain
forests are the watersheds of
great rivers. 1t is related to
rainfall, perhaps causing drouth
or floods. 1t is related to many
of our manufactures, notably
mining, finishing timber, etc. =,
The question arises, how are
we to preserve our trees? The
answer is--by legislation. This
is. to be brought about by holding
up to public criticism those who
are engaged in this land greed
and selfshness and are enjoying
these so-called special privileges.
Each of us has some direct in
fluence upon legislation and if
we speak positively, congress will
respond promptly,as Stewart Ed
ward White in his Conservation
versus Conservation, says: "My
advice is the same old advice,
Write your Congressman and
Senator. Do it now. 1t will
take you ten mlnuets ana a TWO
cent stamp. l do not know of
any easier way to leave sub
stantial legacy to your chill
dren." To come closer home,
we should make it a business
to plant trees every year in order
to have an everlasting supply.
Our forests should be fenced to
prevent cattle from destroying
the young growth. Then, nature
will grow unrestricted. Worth
less land should be planted In
Continued on Page A.
The bee., 1910-05-26
OLD FIDDLERs CONTEST
This Popular Entertainment Now to be
HHut on at Clay.

An sold fiddlers contest" will
be held at Clay on Saturday
night, June 4. Included in the
names Of fiddlers announced ia
take part In the entertainment
are Leaso lawson and John
Knox, of Darlington, and VIM.
Reynolds, of jacksonville; these
three from Hopkins county.
Cash and other prizes are an.
nounced and special hotel rates
have been arranged by the man
agement.
The bee., 1910-05-26
MAN KILLED
In Collision at Guthrie Saturday
Night.

In a wreck on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad at Guthrie
Saturday George Satterwhite,
fireman on one of the wrecked
trains, was caught in his engine
and so badly crushed that he died
from his injuries at 0 40 O'Clock.
Other members of the crews
jumped and were only slightly
injured. Satterwhite was % and
lived at Erin.
The bee., 1910-05-26
NO ATTEMPT
TO WRECK TRAIN
Statements From Henderson
We're That Piece of Rail Had
Been Removed.
A FLAGMAN ON FREIGHT
NO. II WAS INJURED.

Reports from Henderson that
an attempt had been made Sat-
urday night to wreck the Dixie
Flyer on the l.. & N. railroad,
and that the freight wreck GA
the Henderson bridge Sunday
night was of a suspicious nature,
were denied vigorously by Su-
perintendent Logsdon and other
L. & N. railroad officials Nor
day.
A broken rail discovered on
the bridge Saturday night just
before the Dixie Flyer passed
over the bridge, and said in the
reports not to be an accident,
was caused, according to officials,
by the swapping of a tie plate
when an unusually heavy load
of coal passed over the bridge.
1t was discovered bv Albert
Black, night Waterman on the
bridge, who stopped the flyer at
Henderson until the injury to
the track could be repaired.
Rupors that railroad detect
ives were working on the case
were current in Henderson Mou-
day, but this was denied by the
u. & N. people. The two acct
dents were merely coincidene,
they say, and neither serious or
suspicious of nature.
While the wreck on the bridge
Sunday night was not a bad one,
a flagman on freight No. II was
injured when train No. 63 ran
into it from behind, and traffic
was held up for about three
hours.
The trains met because the
block at Rahm's Station was not
closed. The rules of the road
forbid more than one train en-
tering one block at the same
time.
Rumors In Henderson and Ev-
ansville that the block signal
had been tempered with, were
denied by Superintendent Logs
don. He declared that. it was
but a plain case of an operator
letting two trains in one block
at the same time. The block at
Rahm's Station is operated by
Henry Redmund and his two
daughters.
The coincidence of the defect.
i've rail and the freight smash
up have at least set the railroad
officials up in the air. Accord
ing to Albert Black, the night
watohman on the bridge, who
discovered the broken rail, the
track had been in good condition
less than half an hour before
when he had examined it.
He said that a piece of rail be-
tween foot and foot and a
half in length had been
br ok EN- out Of the track.
He ran into this break
and was thrown from his
velocipede. When he discovered
the condition of the track he ran
at full speed TO the Henderson
station and stopped the Dixie
Flyer. The fast train was held
up half an hour while a temper
ary splice was put in. Evans
VILE JOurnal-News.