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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
How John J. Astor Let Gerrit Smith
Have 100000 on the Lattsr's
Word That He Would Exc
cute Mortgage Bond.

Il have often thought that the fin
est exhibition of business confidence
of which have ever had knowledge
was the lending of some three hun
dred thousand dctlars to Gerrit Smith
by John Jacob Aston simply upon Mr..
Smiths promise that he would. as
soon as practicable. execute a mort
gage bond as security for the loan"
So said to me few years before his
death. in 1902. Judge Noah Davis. who
presided over the Tweed trial, was
chief justice Of New York state from
1874 until 1887, when he resigned. and
In 1857 was beaten by Roscoe Conk-
ling for the United States senate by
only two votes in the Republican eau
Gus.
Il knew Gerrit Smith well, not only
by reputation as one of the the great
abolitionists, but personally" contin-
ued Judge Davis. HE was a man OF
very great ability and very large
wealth, and he had some very peculiar
ideas about the ownership OF wealth
which were almost those Of soci-
alist. He lived up to his ideas, too.
for he gave away much the greater
part of his income and many thou
sand acres of land which he inherited
from his father. suppose that the
land which came to Gerrit Smith
would, II 1t were In the possession OF
the family at this time (about 1880
probably be worth from fifteen to
twenty million dollars. It was stu
ated In central New York state, and
before he began to give away Smith
was one Of the country's largest
land owners. And for all he was
radical on the slavery question, he
was one of the three men-all New
Workers, Horace Greeley and Commo-
dore Vanderbilt being the other two
who signed the bail bond by means
of which Jefferson Davis was released
from Fortress Monroe pending a trial
for treason.
well, Mr.. Smith was very suddenly
brought into grave financial peril at
the time of the first great national
panic, that of 1887; he was then forty
years of age. He had assets enough
for he was the owner Of many thou
sands OF acres OF land. but he, like
many other men OF wealth. was In
desperate need of ready money. In
his extremity he thought OF John ia
cob Astor, with whom his father had
been associated in the fur trade and
with whom Gerrit Smith had had
some business dealings. Therefore
he went to New York and saw Mr.
Astor, saying that he needed large
amount of money, ready cash. In order
to prevent bankruptcy.
MIR. Astor, who was very careful
man in all his business engagements
and always looked with especial scru-
tiny at security which was offered to
him for loan. asked Mr.. Smith how
much money he needed, and was told
Z that about three hundred thousand
dollars, which was large sum for that
time. would be required. Mr.. Astor
then asked what security could be
given for SO large loan as that, and
Mr.. Smith replied that he would give
the security Of bonds and mortgage
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
SPLENDID CANADIAN.
CROPS
Wheat, Oats and Barley uni
versaIIy Good Throughout
Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta.

The reports that come to hand from
the wheat fields Of the western Cana
dian provinces show remarkably good
yields in all parts. Yields are record
ed of wheat going IS and 40 bushels
In many places, and oats from so to
100 bushels per acre. Barley and fax
are splendid. The thousands of Amer
leans throughout the United States
who have friends In Manitoba, Sass
katchewan or Alberta will be pleased
to learn Of the great success that
has followed their efforts. Many Of
these have not confined themselves to
the growing of grain. but have also
gone into the cattle industry. On the
luxurious grasses that are SO album
dant there. In almost all districts.
make this industry safe and profitable.
The land sales reported by the rail-
way companies and by the different
land companies show the great in
crease that will likely take place
during the next year in farming oper-
atoms. What has been said time and
time again may now be well repeated.
that there is no place on the Ameri-
can continent where the same oppor-
tunities are afforded the man looking
for home, for the young man start
ing out In life. the man with grow
Ing up family, who desires wider
scope for his ambition. The Cana
dian government agents located at
different points In the states will be
glad to advise the reader of the condi-
lions, and relate to him instances Of
the great success that has followed
farming In Western Canada.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
NEW NEWS Of YESTERDAY

in the course Of year or two. Then
Mr.. Astor said to him that he had not
as yet received the mortgage bonds.
AS soon as Mr.. Smith heard that he
returned to Peterboro, made search,
discovered the mislaid mortgages. and
then instantly went back 10 New York
with the mortgages In his pocket and
delivered them personally to John ia
cob Aston.
Il don't believe" concluded Judge
Davis, that John Jacob Aston at any
other time In his career made bust
ness loan to any one without having
first received the securities, either in
the form Of mortgages. collateral or
well endorsed notes."
Copyright. 1911. by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
Rescued a Great Classic

whether 1t was worth publishing or
not. He also said that he had been
occupied with 1t in his leisure mo-
ments while serving as. surveyor OF
the port OF Salem.
81 tucked the manuscript In my
pocket and took 1t away with me. 1t
was the manuscript of the Scarlet
Letter. All the world knows the rest
of the story. have always felt proud
that should have been the discoverer
of that immortal classic"
But" said I, II have heard, Mr..
Fields, that you were so doubtful
about getting your money back from
the publication OF the romance that
you actually ordered the work to be
stopped and the types distributed"
There was Just enough color OF
truth in that report to account for its
circulation, and yet It was very wide
Of the mark" said Mr. Fields. I'm
those days (1S50) we often printed
directly from type. not taking the
trouble to stereotype book. After q
few thousand copies of The Scarlet
Letter had been printed we were SO
doubtful about the work becoming pop
uIar. although we were sure that It
would have q good sale among cult.
waited people. that we did order the
printer to distribute the types. But
the instant the book appeared We
knew that It was to be q popular sue
cess; any publisher ran tell By the
feel Of the market whether book 10
dead failure or not. So We ordered
the printers 10 reset the copy 40 rap
idly as possible and the printing Of
additional copies was begun In the
course OF a few days. You can Judge
how accurate our forecast was when !
tell you that the book sold nearly SIX
thousand copies IN little over three
wseks. And the fortune and the fame
az Nathaniel Hawthorne we're By that
ppblleasion sssursa. : n
(copynshl lsll. b =. ). pdwardA Al
Nights ueservsd)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
James r. Fields Story OF tho way
In Which He Came to Get Tho
Scarlet Letter" From Ma
M thanIei Hawthorne.

One of the great American publish
ers OF yesterday was James T. Fields
(1817-s1) of Boston. AS one account
OF his life has It: His charming per-
sonal qualities, his sympathy. his I'D
erality to all with whom he dealt, and
his unquestioned literary judgment
drew to him most OF the best known
American authors OF the time. and ne
became the publisher OF Longfellow.
Hawthorne. Emerson. Holnes. Whit
tier and Lowell. besides introducing
Tennyson and Browning to American
readers even before their true worth
was recognized in England" MT.
Fields edited the Atlantic Monthly for
eight years, beginning In 1852. ana
the last ten years Of his life he spent
in authorship and lecturing.
In the course Of conversation
had with this distinguished publisher
on the day OF his return from Europe
In 1s7s-his last trip across the A.
lantic--I asked him II It were true.
as / had heard, that he had rescued
the manuscript IL Hawthorne's Scar
let Latter from what seemed to be .
permanent burial place.
eyes, he said. land have alluded
to that incident in one of my leo
lures. had been to see Hawthorne
ct Salem: he was then an onicer 10
the custom house there. and although
be had done nothing in literary way
p make him famous. ! was N nopsa
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
chIIdren's Garments.

The best-seIling styles in chiidren's
garments are those that are copied
from women's wear. says the Dry
goods Economist It is surprising how
becoming these little coats are For
example. the shawl collar and side
fastening. SO popular with the grown
ups. are also meeting with great sue
cess in children's coats. The same
is true Of the hood effects. pointed col
lars. new shape sailors and Incroya-
bic revers. Even the cut-up seams are
being employed by the designers with
considerable success.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
Not In Circulation There.

An error of new clerk In the mall
ing department of an eastern publish
er was responsible. the other day, for
the mailing of a prospectus to world
famous statesman. who had been dead
for some years. The letter was re-
turned few days later with the fol-
lowing Endorsement: I'm Heaven,
1911. Gentlemen: AS your publ
cations are not permitted to circulate
here. believe 1t would be useless for
me to subscribe for them. Yours re-
spectfully," and here followed the
name Of the famous statesman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
Killed Lion with Pocket Knife.

With pocket knife a Texas man.
Juan Morales. killed mountain lion
a few days ago after the beast had
torn his right arm until 1t hung help
less. Morales had just left his homo
and hearing the screams OF his chill
dren returned to find the lion In the
middle of the floor over the dead body
of the three-year-old boy. The other
two children were unhurt. The lion
sprang at him. and Morales. maddened
with rage at the death OF his child.
managed to get out his pocket knife.
the large blade of which opened with
a spring, and with his left hand began
stabbing the lion and finally pierced
it's heart.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
Test of the Minds Ability
But l have never been able to find q
young man of that capacity.

But l have never been able to find
young man of that capacity.
Il learned year OF two after be-
came an officer of the Clearing House
association that I could not count In
excess of 500 or 600 without having
pencil and paper before me. And
when learned that fact In reference
to myself. 1t occurred to me that this
institution afforded good opportunity
of testing the capacity of the human
mind to count consecutively. There
are, OF course, some phenomenal, al.
most abnormal, intellects which are
able to count without the assistance OF
pencil and paper far up In the thou
sands. Zenas Colburn. the mathemati-
cal prodigy. could do that. although he
never knew how he did 1t.
"One day there came to see me q
young man from somewhere in the
west who had been recommended to
me highly because he was Of excep-
tional capacity as mathematician.
"He asked mo to test him with col
umns Of figures. made two parallel
columns, each one containing, should
say, Is separate sets Of figures, some
of them in hundreds-as. for instance.
1916. Then l put the example before
him, he looked at 1t a minute, and.
with sort Of whfff of his breath, set
down the correct answer, having add
ed the figures almost in the twinklins
Of an eye.
II tested him the same way with
complicated examples In subtraction.
multiplication and division and he
gave me the correct answers almost In
an instant.
well, said to him that those were
remarkable qualifications, but what !
was looking for was young man who
could count without assistance above
1000.
HE seemed disposed to laugh at my
suggestion, intimating that It was easy
enough to do that.
II told him to go ahead, sit there In
my presence. begin with one and count
up He got along all right until he
reached 600 Then he began to stag
ger mentally. 1 saw him eye pen
Gil and pad Of paper. but would not
let him have these aids. You see.
having got up to 900. he wanted to
start all over again. He broke down
completely before he reached 700. al
though I think he went farther In his
mental count than any young man
whom / ever tested.
Il presume that young man of
mathematical ability can train himself
to count much higher than 1000, but
my experience as manager OF the
clearing house has satisfied me that
the average intelligent young man.
even though he be possessed Of fair
mathematical ability. cannot count con-
secutivsly without aid much above
600 or TOO
"Of course, from one point OF view,
this IL Of no consequence In the man
agement Of this association But I
have heard 30 much said about the o.
pacity Of the human mind to grasp
figures that I have always tested that
capacity when opportunity Afforded
think have Sds@onstrated that it ID
| practically Impossible for the human
mind to count consecutively and With
out aid much above 1000 And have
never found anyone banker or en-
ployeLwhoss mind has beon able o.
grasp the magnitude Of the Avuros'
which represent the trareae<fonn =
this association. tor thsy reach ~ -
ineo tho txl1llooe.~ \
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
LIttl. elk Bolsro..

The dressmakers have experiment.
ed with boleros for two seasons. and
they seem to have landed them into
fashion at last. They are worn In
bright colors with white muslin gowns
or old-fashioned frocks Of floral or
candle. They are finished around the
edge with plated ruching Of ribbon
or q rufis Of lace. The severe ones
have only thick cable cord covered
with silk or satin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
All Of EN- Fans.

A man little acquainted with the
stage and its people went to see the
"Friars' Frolic" and was surprised to
find that the Cohans were Irish. He
was talking to Tom Cavanaugh about
1t.
why" said he. II understand that
when In town they are regular at
tendants at the church In your parish.
Tom"
Sure" said Tom. They're fans"
Chicago Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
Bio Sisters and Brothers.

The Big Sisters Society is the name
of an organization in New York on
the same lines as the Big Brothers. a
society of Jewish young men. Most
of the applicants for the Big Sisters
Society are working women, willing
to sacrifice their time of leisure to
help less fortunate sisters.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
A Superior Person.

F. H. Elliott, the secretary Of the
American Automobile association.
was talking about somewhat super
cilious and conceited millionaire.
He's very superior person." Mr..
Elliot said, smiling. Hes the sort
of person who would be sure to go
to q horse show in motor car and to
an automobile show In monoplane."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
vvYALKING CosTUME.LCloth or
vAI serge would make up we'll in

IVY ALKING COSTUME.LCloth or
NV serge would make up well In
" this style; the skirt has a
floating panel down front TAX
en- to within few inches OF foot.
The basque of the Russian coat is add
ed under belt OF black satin, the
revers are also of satin edged with
black and white striped silk; this
with binding OF satin trims the
sleeves; frill of soft lace adds a
finish.
Hat of black satin. trimmed with
ostrich feathers.
Visiting Dress.-Eau de MI Vene-
tian cloth is used here. the skirt is
slightly high-waisted, and is trimmed
part way down each side by cord
sewn on quite straight. with a waving
of narrower cord between; a row OF
buttons is sewn on the inside. little
openings are left at the foot. to show
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21

You can't tell how much money q
man Is making from the clothes he
wears. You must get look at his
wife's.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
HI, BIasted lite.

You refused me ten years ago."
II remember" said the heiress.
you said 1t would wreck your life"
1T did. have had to work for
living ever since"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21
Not Knocking slattery.

Mrs. Coogan--An' the little thing IL
the divil's own image Of his father.
Mrs Slattery-Yis, but don't moind
that 30 long as he kapes hilthy.--
Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-21

A man who needs the money has no
Nme to NEEDLE in other peoples az
fairs. ss
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

order to get them into the unions and
thus cut out the tsouble, but this plan
was abandoned as impracticable. 1t
all came back to the same old PROPOSE
tion that the aldermen were up against
it hard.
The matter was referred to the
special committee on music with pow
er to act and the members of that com
mittee in language vehement immedi-
ately resigned and threatened to quit
the council if necessary before they
would accept the responsibility of
settling the matter with the unions
and the foreigners. Several times it
looked as if the meeting would break
up in a row, but the council finally
managed to adjourn and then the mem
bers Of the board met as a committee
Of the whole and for another hour
wrestled with the much vexed question.
Mayor Scholey sought to declare that
the situation was not in any way
political one, but the other members of
the council were willing to admit that
it was a case of political death either
way and they sought to have the de-
cision met in way that would make
the death as painless as possible.
After the decision had been reached
several representatives of socities which
had planned to turn out in the parade
objected strenuously and they object
ed so strenuously that the members of
the council started to take a collection
to rebate them the money they had
expended in planning for the march,
but this movement was promptly
squelched.
The elimination of the parade is not
going in any way to interfere with the
other events planned for the dedica-
ton and the remainder of the program
will be carried out just as if nothing
had happened. The union musicians
will play at the various functions ar.
ranged for Saturday and Monday and
the council has assurance that the aid
of the union bartenders will not be
withdrawn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

Everyone who has child in the
public school of the state will be in
terested in the passage Of the Mahon
bill. which provides for a committee
to investigate the. prices charged for
school books in Wisconsin. Under the
bill the committee serves without pay,
but is given authority to decide what
books shall be used in the schools and
to make contracts and agreements with
the publishers for supplying them at
the same rate at which they are sold
In other states. 1t is charged in the
hearings now being held on this, bill
that school books are supplied in other
states at rates far below those charged
for precisely the same books in this
state and the charges appear to be
so well supported that they cannot be
overlooked. If this is the case it is
high time that something was done to
protect the people of the state from
the unwarranted impositions of the
puplishers.!of the text books and if the
Mahon bill gives this protection it
should 60 through the legislature at
this session. 1t has been said that the
burdens Of the parents of the children
in the schools have been largely in
creased by the adoption of the ad-
vanced methods of instruction in most
Of the public schools Of the state, but
this burden they are prepared to
shoulder when they are convinced that
the children benefit, but parents should
not be compelled to pay exorbitant
prices for text books if there is any
way in which this imposition can be
prevented. They are certainly entitled
to this mucl protection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911.

The fire department is being called
out altogether too often on account OF
the carelessness Of people engaged IN
the regular spring cleanup who set ire
to stacks of rubbish and then let the
fires get away from them. The chief
of the department has sent out the
usual warnings, but these warnings DO
little good and somebody will have to
pay for lesson that will teach PEG
pie to be more careful. Some day
real fire will start when the depart
ment is off on one of these long runs
for ''grass fires" when the few
minutes time lost in getting to work
will count for big money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

There are the usual rumors of dis
sentions in the ranks of the council
majority, but unless something very
unusual happens the slate fixed up by
the leaders Of the council will go
through just as it stands. There are
plenty of applicants for every job and
something must be done to placate the
ones who will be disappointed and the
customary thing is to let them all
think they have chance, until the
last minute AS matter of fact the
democratic majority in the council is
so large that a few fights can be in
dulged in without endangering the
plans of the leaders in the slightest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

A man with the smallpox would
empty the Autorium if it were crowd
ed with persons suddenly aware of his
persence. We are just coming to
recognize that a man with consump,
tion may imperil others by careless
ness in the simple act of splitting. A
danger must shake horrid and unusual
locks at us if Il is to be seriously
guarded against, z
A stranger in Arizona or New Mexi.
co may spend days of shuddering be-
cause of rattlesnal1es, scorpions, etc
The accustomed person counts them in
his life without fear. If a snake were to
invade a Chicago fiat the bold house.
holder probably would attack it
yaiantly, but his family would be in
a dolirium of horror A fly laden with
typhoid germs may come sailing in
blithely and cause no .commotion unless
he swamp himself in the butter, drop
into the cream, or tickle the father 4
bald head.
Our tolerance of the accustomed risk
is superb but disastrous. We are not
heroic, but we all are members of the
Light Brigade. In our indifference we
constantly are charging the cannon at
Balaklava-and as uselessly.
There is no desire to have the serene
acceptance of life s risks changed for &
timid and trembling fear of them, but
acceptance Of the necessary and court
ing of the UNNECESSARY are two diff
ferent matters. One is everyday
working, living courage. The other is
foolish, useless waste. 1t is not evi
denee of courage that child should
be lost in a family because fly has
had the freedom of the house. 1t is
not evidence of courage that the sup.
port of household should be stricke
because a foul breeding place of flies
was unmolested. That is waste, not
courage.
We need to. strip some our our risks
of their familiar masks and look at the
truth Observation-Disclosures.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

The increase of pupils at the city
schools was not as large as had been
expected and the members of the board
will not be called on to- secure any
other rooms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

Miss Lydia Comstock. and Winfred
Comstoclx of ! Chicago, are the guests
of the family of Frank Runnals in the
town of Somers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Messing were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs w. J. Threi-
men on Saturday and Sunday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-20

The time, money and hard work that
has been put on the cemetery since the
association was formed are beginning
to show results and the grounds will
look better than they ever did before
by the end of the summer. The lot
owners are also beginning to take
more interest in their holdings than
for many years past and the assurance
that any improvements they may care
to make will be protected by the asso-
citation has encouraged many of them
to spend considerable money in beau
tifying their property.