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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
LOCATED HIM RIGHT AWAY
Possibly Display Of Bill Of oenSs 4
Denomination May Have Had
Some Effect.

A southerner who was visiting 81
Louis wandered into the dining room
Of the hotel and. seeing a negro serv-
ant who had all the importance Of an
army oficer standing near the door.
asked him who the head Niger was
round there. The negro stretched
,imseh to his full height. and POM
pously replied that there aln't no mig
gers in st. Louis. sab. We II all
gem'men Of color"
WELL" said the southerner. drawing
a 500 bill from his pocket and finger
ing It. Il expect to be at the hotel for
some time and want to make sure that
l will be taken care OF.
"Oh. sah." said the negro. whose
eyes were popping from his head. did
you want to know who the head mig
ger waiter isf That's me."-Allen-
town Call.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
VOORHEES,, When Member Of the Upper
House, Obtained Position for 40
quaIntance That Literally Made
Him Put on Harness.

When Daniel w. Voorhees,. the Tall
Sycamore Of the Wabash" entered the
federal senate In 1877 as the successor
of Oliver P. Morton. the great war gov
ernor Of Indiana. he was probably the
most widely known Democrat In lndi.
ana. and certainly the most popular
member Of his party In that state.
He was especially familiar In Wash.
ington. for he had already served IL
years as member Of the lower house
of congress. He was one Of the con
spicuous figures in the senate from
the day he took his seat there until
the last day of his third and last term
Voorhees, was a man OF massive fig
ure. very broad-shouldered the tallest
member OF the senate, with a very
large head set firmly. shock OF
sandy brown hair. and a reddish beard
He settled down into one Of the most
solemn of senators, but he did not
maintain the reputation as a public
speaker which he had gained in lndi
ana. a reputation greater to the voters
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
NH1lf NRlltH 81
I yr1tfr,nllq1gJ!!

SO he himself took the statement,
analysed It. saw that It contained Z
perfect vindication and then spent the
greater part of the night writing out
a statement of his own. There were
IS foolscap pages Of manuscript In
these statements.
Tear them up said Mr.. Cleve-
land. they were never published and
there IL no reason for keeping them
But said l. they have very great
historic value
mo: silence and public opinion
perfectly INDICATED the attorney gen.
eral. 1t was the wiser part not to
publish these statements. II they are
destroyed. that ends the incident
"And with reluctance tore the
manuscript into bits"
Copyright. 1911. by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.l
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Took Terrible Revenge.

At Purtici. Italy. recently, woman
tenant named Giannetti revenged her
self In q terrible manner upon her
landlady, who had given notice Of q
ten per cent. rise In the rent Deter
mined neither to pay nor quit. Clan
netti went to the landlady's house
armed with big bread knife. saying
she wished to settle her account No
sooner did the unsuspecting landlady
appear than the cunning tenant threw
a handful of cinder dust in her eyes
and then spring upon the victim. kill
ing her with stabs. The murderess
thence took train to Naples and sur
rendered herself to the police. her ex-
cuse being that the rent had been
raised thrice in the space of a few
months and she was no longer able to
maintain her family Of three children.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Garland Vindication Unused

make reply. The scandal was q
matter Of public discussion for some
months. but at last It died out.
Now. am able to tell you what
the climax. or the sequel. OF that mat.
ter was" Mr. George F. Parker, Mr..
Cleveland's intimate friend and bio
grapher. told me recently. After Mr.,
Cleveland's first term was ended, he
had all Of his documents and papers
sent to house he had taken In New
York. The rubbish as he called It.
was deposited In an unused upper
room. There 1t lay for several years.
Then. as Mr.. Cleveland was to move
into another house, II seemed to him
best that this mass of documents
should be sorted and most of them
burned or sold for waste paper after
having been torn up. We shut our
selves up in that room for nearly a
week. only leaving It to get our meals
and seek our beds Mr.. Cleveland
ruthlessly destroyed a lot of docu-
ments that ! was sure had historic
value. but he thought not.
AT last he discovered In a large
envelope some manuscript. Taking 1t
therefrom. he told me that here was
the statement prepared by Attorney
General Garland In vindication of him
self In the scandal matter. and an
other statement on the case which
Mr.. Cleveland himself had prepared.
He looked curiously and retrospective
ly at these manuscripts. He said that
he had not liked the statement Mr..
Garland had prepared. or rather the
manner In which he had prepared II,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Attorney General Prepared Statement
Defending His Connection With
Telephone Co.. but Cleveland
Did Not Give Il Out.

The greatest embarrassment ant
the chief annoyance to which Mr.
Cleveland was compelled to submit
after he became president In 1885
were due to the very vigorous and ap
parently plausible attempt to involve
his attorney general. Augustus H.
Garland Of Arkansas. In some kind OF
pecuniary scandal in connection with
an attempt to organize an independent
telephone company based upon de-
vices said to have been invented by
another than Prof. Alexander Graham
Bell.
There was no man in the cabinet
for whose integrity and ability Mr..
Cleveland had higher regard. There
were three men whom Cleveland took
from the United States senate to
serve in his first cabinet-Thomas F..
Bayard. as secretary Of state: l.. @.
C. Lamar as secretary Of the interior.
and Senator Garland. as attorney gen.
eral. Like Senator Vest Of Missouri,
Senator Garland had served In the
Confederate upper house before he
was elected to the United States SEN
ate. Mr.. Cleveland was very fond of
listening to certain of Mr.. Garland's
recollections Of the days when Ne was
member of the Confederate senate.
He did not know Mr.. Garland socially
at the time he asked him to enter his
cabinet, yet, within few weeks after
they first met at the cabinet table.
the president gave to his attorney
general as large a measure Of his con-
idence as he ever gave to any man,
with perhaps one or two exceptions.
Then of a sudden was exploded the
company. involving. apparently. the
attorney general. Mr.. Cleveland was
greatly distressed. His confidence in
Senator Garland was not shaken. but
he felt as II there ought to be COM
plete denial and one which could not
be questioned. since It was essential
that his administration should begin
without faint of any scandal.
The matter was discussed at sew
eral cabinet meetings, Mr.. Garland in
sisting that his connection with the
company. such as 1t was. was abso-
lutely defensible. that there was no
faint attached to It
But" said the president. there
should be some statement coming
from you which may put an end to
these scandals. Will you prepare a
statement of that kind?"
Il shall be very glad to do It," Mr.
Garland replied.
In some way It leaked out that the
attorney general was to prepare and
make public a statement completely
indicating himself. The days passed
and there appeared no statement from
Mr.. Garland. Splendid silence was
maintained, and many persons won
dered II Mr.. Garland was unable to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Robert J. Wynne's Little Experience
With Official Documents on the
Day When He Became Post
master General.

Mai Charles De Lano Hine Of Vir-
ginia. organization expert. graduate
OF West Point. an officer in one Of the
regiments serving In the Spanish war.
and later prominently associated with
Vice-President Julius Kruttschnitt OF
the Union Pacific Railroad system,
was called to Washington some months
ago to work out plan for the reor.
ganization OF the various departments
upon a symmetrical and economic
basis Major Hine was assigned a
room in the White House and after a
thorough study Of the matter he pre-
pared his report. which has not yet
been acted upon.
One of the evils in the departments
of Washington Is the custom of long
standing and far reaching practice
which permits chief clerks. or even
subordinate clerks. to sign documents
or communications purporting to have
been read and approved by superior
officers, even cabinet members. II
was Major Hines purpose completely
to eliminate this method and to per-
feet an organization which would
make II possible, or. in fact, inevitable.
that every superior offlcer should
know the contents Of any paper re-
curing his approval and should sign
his own name to It "
When Robert ]. Wynne Of Pennsyl-
vania was postmaster general. In
President Roosevelt's FIRST administra-
ton. he had an experience OF which he
was very forcibly reminded when he
heard what Major Hines intentions
were. For many years Mr.. wynne
was a newspaper correspondent at
Washington. He knew washington
life. political and public. as thorough
" an It Is possible for any man to
know It He gained a very high repu-
tation for integrity and for soundness
of judgment These were the qualifi-
cations which justified his appoint
ment AZ private secretary to Charles
Foster. secretary of the treasury in
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Settled Them.


I've sight o. sons--thirteen alto
gether," remarked prosperous old
farmer, 'and all Of ems done mo
credit save the three eldest. who
sowed wild oats at pretty rapid rate.
and then came home and saddled my
shoulders with the harvest.
well. own ! was glad to see EN-
back. and Toasted 'em. and petted
EN-. and set 'em on their legs again,
only to see 'em skedaddle OF afresh
when things had slowed down, with
all the cash they could lay hands on.
'"That thereabouts sickened me, 30
I called the rest Of 'em together and
said:
There's ten Of you left. and If any
of you 'ud like to follow t'other three
won't try to stop you. But. under
stand this. though there may be few
more prodigal sons. therel be NO
more fatted calves. I've killed the last
Of 'em!'
And" continued the old man, tri-
umphantly. I've had trouble WI none
of 'em since!"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Was Ordered to 'Sign Thar

Harrison's administration. and later
as postmaster general.
Towards the close OF ONCE hours
Of the day after qualified for and re-
ceived my commission as postmaster
general" said Mr.. Wynne. "a clerk
came into my ONCE with mass of
documents about foot thick, l should
think. and put them upon the desk
before me. took up the first paper,
ran my eye over 1t. put 1t to one side
and said / would look 1t over later
In the day. or some time the next
day. Then took up the second
document and did the same thing
with It
AT last It struck me that here was
an appalling mass of documents each
one OF which ! was expected to exam
inc and then sign. I realized that Il
would take me practically an entire
business day-perhaps longer-to do
that one thing. and I also realized
that there was something wrong with
the system that made this necessary.
AS sat pondering the matter
over. wondering what should do
about It,. the clerk advanced to the
desk. took pen. dipped 1t into the
ink. and then. having unfolded the
first document and so arranged II that
the last page was before me, he hand
ed me the pen. at the same time put.
ting his finger upon a blank space at
the bottom of the document Then he
looked at me sternly, as one having
authority. and ejaculated:
Sign thar!'
Mechanically l signed thar" and
then he unfolded another document.
went through the same motions, looked
at me again with authority and said
once more:
Sign tharl'
Il did so: and In that automatic
manner I. the new postmaster general.
signed thar my name to thirty or
forty documents of the contents Of
which had not the slightest idea
Later was able to improvise a
method by which had an abstract of
the documents ! was expected to sign
placed before me. so that | could get
some idea Of what the documents CON.
tanned" xf
Copyright. 1911. by 4. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reservedl
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22

To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last.
To have fruit jar rubbers last, keep
them well covered in Jar full Of -four
until used, and as soon as removed
from empty jars. One can then afford
a good quality Of rubbers. as kept
thus they will safely last several sea-
sons. When there is doubt of old
rubbers. they may often be made to
exc out one more season by using two
of the rubbers to each jar and screw
ing down tight. Always stand newly
filled Jars upside down until cool. to
test the tops and rubbers.-Designer
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for q Time.
WRONG SORT

A change to the right kind Of food
can lift one from q sick bed. A lady
In Weldon, ILL.,, says:
Last spring became bed-fast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. got worse and
worse until became so low l could
scarcely retain any food at all. al
though ! tried about every kind.
Il had become completely discour.
aged. and given up all hope, and
thought was doomed to starve to
death. until one day my husband. try
Ing to ind something l could retain.
brought home some Grape-Nuts.
TO my surprise the food agreed
with me. digested perfectly and with
out distress. began to gain strength
at once. My flesh (which had been
dabby), grew flrmer, my health Inn
proved in every way and every day,
and in a very few weeks I gained 10
pounds In weight.
II liked Grape-Nuts 10 well that for
four months l ate no other food. and
always felt as well satisfied after eat
Ing ~ II had sat down to fine ban
Quet.
Il had no return of the miserable
sick stomach nor Of the headaches,
that used to have when I ate other
food. am now q well woman, doing
all my own work again. and feel that
ufe IL worth living.
"Grape-Nuts food has been a God
Send to my family; It surely saved my
life; and my two little boys have
thriven on 1t wonderfully" Name
given BY Postum Co.. Battle Greek.
Mich.
Read the little book. Tho Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's reason"
nvsr read the above letters A new
enc appeer9 frOA time to time. Thsy
are genuinA tru~ and full Of AunAas
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Her Fathers Child.

The six-year-old daughter Of we'll
known evangelical preacher was
playing on the sidewalk one day. when
. shabbily dressed and downcast man
approached her fathers house.
Hating at the foot of the steps, he
looked at her. and in weary voice
the voice Of an unsuccessful book
agent-he asked II her father might
be found In his study.
HE isn't home" said the little girl.
drawing close to him. and gazing up
into the tired face. "but he'll be homo
pretty soon. You go into the house.
you poor. perishing soul, and mother'n
look after you till he comes."-Youth's
Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
The Girls Handicap.

In her pretty new frock sister Mabel
felt quite proud as she sat on the front
step and watched some boys playing
on the sidewalk.
After time one little boy came up
to talk to her and to admire. In his
rough little way, her bright shiny
shoes and pink sash.
See my nice square-cut waist" ex-
claimed the grille, "and my nice coral
beads! Don't you wish you wuz .
girl?"
mo Stree" replied the boy. Il
wouldn't want to be any girl at all.
because locke how much more neck
you hat to wash"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Put Friend on His Feet Again

OF that state than that of any other
Indiana politician Of his generation.
In the senate. Voorhees, was care
full not to indulge in humor OF any
kind. He could be sarcastic, but
never humorous: he always resented.
although not publicly. the statement
that his full name was Daniel Webster
voorhees,. whereas his middle name
was Woolsey. However. in private
conversation with friends. and often
with his Republican associates in the
senate. he frequently INDUCED in hu.
NOR that had more or less biting sar.
casm In It.
OF such humor was an incident
which occurred in the treasury de-
partment. There lived in Indiana polls
at the time Voorhees, was United
States district attorney OF Indiana, in
the Buchanan administration, lawyer
who was thought by many persons to
give promise OF a very brilliant ca
reer. He was friend of Voorhees,
voorhees, used to say Of him. however.
that he was one Of the men who
strike twelve the first time and then
run down. When he was completely
on his uppers. as the term is. he
sought Voorhees,. who was a man Of
very tender heart. saying:
Dan. wish you would get me a
position In Washington. am nat on
my back. I haven't a penny in the
world. and no prospects
WELL" replied the senator, Il will
DO what | can on one condition, and
that is that you put yourself into har-
ness at last. The trouble with you has
been that you were never willing to
put on the harness. Every man who
gets along In the world has to do that
| mean. put yourself under discipline.
Quit being happy-go-lucky. Put an end
to your philosophy of letting the NOR
row take care Of itself"
The friend did not take this advice
In bad part. but promised to put on
harness. and Senator Voorhees, got
him a place in the treasury depart
ment that carried salary OF $1.4OO q
year.
Some months after the friend went
to work Voorhees, visited the depart
ment upon some business one day.
and while wandering through the low
er corridor he saw a man drawing q
little truck. upon which were loaded
canvass bags. evidently containing
specie. To aid the employee In this
work, series of straps that went
over the neck like horses collar
and that had traces encircled the
shoulders and body of the man. AZ
Voorhees, passed by and glanced. casu-
ally at the human beast of burden. no
discovered that the man was none
other than the friend for whom hs
had got an appointment in the treas
ury department and. Voorhees,
stopped moment and. after greeting
his friend, said:
We'll. ! see that you have obeyed
the letter of my injunction-you have
actually put on the harness. Now, II
you will harness your mind equally
we'll. you can get back on your feet"
Il am going to-" said the friend.
And he did.
Copyright. 1911. by e. J. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.i
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Washington

Senator Bailey's free list amend
ment to the Canadian reciprocity bill
was defeated in the United States
senate by large majority. SO evi
dent was the margin against 1t that
Senator Bailey did not ask for q roll
call.
Investigation OF an alleged grab
of valuable waterfront lands on
Controller Bay. Alaska, by the Nor
encouragement interests is being
made by a congressional committee
in Washington. This bay Is regarded
by many as the key to a transporta-
ton situation which may carry with 1t
control of the Alaska coal fields.
A resolution has been introduced by
Representative Lindbergh OF Mime
sofa. proposing an investigation by a
house committee of nine members to
determine II there exists combina-
ton OF financiers In the United States
operating In restraint OF trade.
ne uTst tdTiH Vote vi tho ochoee
was taken with the result OF victory
for the president. The vote was upon
the amendment of Senator Cummins
Of Iowa to the Canadian reciprocity
bill. adding meats to the free list pro-
vided In the measure. The amend
ment was defeated. IA to 80.
Published charges that the president
had been induced by his brother Ex-
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger and
Richard s. Ryan Of New York. rep
resentative Of the Guggenheim inter-
ests, to restore to the public domain
lands surrounding Controller bay In
southern Alaska, will be investigated
by the national house committee on
expenditures.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Domestic

Believing that her husband Is being
pursued by Indian mystics, who desire
the return of marvelously hideous
ring he possesses, Mrs. Josephine
Swanton of Chester, England, arrived
In Boston on the four hundred and
sixty-fifth day of her search, which has
carried her to India and across the
continent to Boston.
President Alderman of the New
Jersey senate has turned over to Gov
ernor Wilson the checks he received
from the state comptroller's depart
ment for services as acting governor.
Twelve lives were crushed out In
an instant and four times as many
persons were frightfully hurt when
the Federal express, running from
Washington to Boston over the New
York, New Haven e Hartford rail
road, was hurled over 30-foot via
duct at Bridgeport, Conn. The en-
gineer took "cross-over" switch at q
speed of 60 miles an hour, violating q
rule limiting the rate to Is miles. He
died at his post OF 100 passengers
that went down with the first six cars
few escaped death or injury.
James Petit, president and general
manager OF the Peavey Grain com
pany of Chicago, whose death oc
CURED by drowning at Chicago on
July 8. was short approximately 81,
100000, according to statement is
sued from the Offices of F. H. Peavey
& Co., at Minneapolis, Mimi. the
parent of dozen subsidiaries, which
Is the owner of the stock of the
Peavey Grain company.
Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham
who on July 6 shot w. e. d. Stokes
the hotel man. in their apartment
were held In $1,000 bail by New
York grand jury, on a charge Of
felonious assault.
Sir Eldon Gorst, British agent and
consul general in Egypt since 1907. II
dead. He succeeded Lord Cromer al
British agent in Egypt.
Walla Walla. Wash, has adopted
the commission plan of city govern
ment by O vote of Q to 1. and at thu
same time elected DR.. ]. f. Crop. I
Democrat, as mayor.
Francisco MARITIME, captured by fed
eral ofiicers on an accusation Of coun
terfeiting, preferred death to tria
and probable imprisonment, for hs
leaped from a Fort Lee ferry boat
on which his captors were taking him
to New York.
Following six-day drive overland
on which Bryan Christanson. fifteer
years old, and boy companion GOV
cred $50 miles. living on green ap
pies, green corn and watermelons, the
Christensen lad died of collie q
Oklahoma City. Okla.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-22
Foreign

Sarah Hershy Marsh. who was OF
world wide prominence In musical cir
cles, is dead at her home In Paris.
She was seventy years old. Her first
husband was Clarence Eddy, the or
ganist.
Prince Edward, eldest son Of Kins
George and Queen Mary, was formal
ly invested by his father as prince or
Wales. the elaborate ceremony taking
place at Carnavon castle.
A bronze tablet in memory OF Will
lam Penn was un, eiled In All Hallows
church, London. where the famous
Quaker was christened. 1t was erect
ed by the Pennsylvania society OF
New York.
The romance Of Emma Lanes and
Emile de Gogorza came to climax
in the mayors office at Paris where
the famous diva and the operate
barytone were married The civil
ceremony was followed by a religious
ceremony at the Church Of st. Pierre
de Chalet. The pope granted spe-
cial dispensation permitting Nine.
Eames, Protestant. to he married
in Roman Catholic church.
Eight men were killed and more
than fifteen wounded in political
riot at Octolan. Mexico. Partisans Of
Benito Juarez started the riot with an
attack on the mercantile establish
ment OF Diaz Bros. relatives Of Gen.
Felix Diazi the opposition candidate.
The Poltava. second of the four
Russian battleships of the Dread
nousht type. laid in June. 1909, was
launched at the admiralty dockyard
at st. Petersburg on the anniversary
of the battle OF Poltava The vessel
10 OF $4,000 tons.