The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-02-04

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SN<<Nssss " the academy board at the
AaaAgesis SCHOOL the right to pass
rN~, hsSxment upon tho request from
tie naAny nstashtpmen students who
s~s~atr have been seriously III with
yrAcid tever. to have their semi-an-
asAl examinations postponed a month.
At the government school at West
Point when boy was sick In the
hospital and consequently lost standing
In bis classes he never was given an
| opportunity to take his examinations
at a date later than that fixed for the
qaisztng Of the rest Of his class. The
result was that the youngster who was
hurt at artillery drill or who had scar.
let fever or measles or something
else. was obliged either to go before
the examiners In an unprepared con-
dition or to accept a leave Of alb
senee for six months which meant
that on his return to the academy he
must Join the class next below his
own-in other words. lose whole
years time and the close companion
ship Of the men with whom he had
gone through pleDe camp.
Nine Fatalities Numerous.
The bureau of labor has just CON-
piled Its statistics Of the fatali-
ties in mining operations in the
United States. The work Of compila-
ton was one of great difficulty be-
cause Of the fact that no two mining
states make statistical reports alike.
and that there are often material dis
crepancies In official returns of the
same state for different years.
Frederick L. Hoffman did the work
of gathering the accounts of the acct
dents. The number of fatalities In
the coal mines of North America dur
Ing the 20-year period ending with
1908 was 29.293, and the rate of deaths
among each 1000 employees was 3.11
per cent.
In the decade ending with 1906, the
last period which figures from other
coal mining countries are available,
the fatality rate In North America was
far higher than that in any other i'm
portant coal field of the world. The
per 1000 employees. In the United
Kingdom the rate was 1.29 per 1000;
In Austria, 1.35; in France. ISL. and
in Prussia. 2.13
Rates In Different Sections.
The full extent Of the risk In coal
mining in North America is, however.
not clearly shown Dy these figures for
the coal fields as a whole, but consid-
Grafton must be given to the rates for
each geographical section. These
show that In the east central section.
which comprises Kentucky, Illinois
and Indiana. the fatality rate for the
20 years ending with 1908 was only
2.25 per 1000 employees while In the
western section Colorado, New Mex
leo and Utah) 1t was GA per 1000, and
In the Pacific coast section wash
ilgton and British Columbia). per
1000. 1t would appear that the va
Ration In the fatality rates Is due to
different mining methods and to differ
ences in the coal seams.
The agricultural department is anx.
ious because mongoose is now known
to be present In the United States.
II there is only one mongoose the dan
ger will not be great, but the fear Is
that another may come In or that the
one at present here may find a mate
whose presence In the country Is as
yet unknown. There has been ten
dency to poke fun at the anxiety of
the agricultural department people
lest mongoose or several OF them,
nobody knows what the plural of
mongoose is) should get foothold in
the United States. here multiply and
begin to devastate the earth. The
danger a real one, nevertheless, for
tn mongoose Is a menace to agricul-
tural life. 1t preys first on rodents
and snakes whose loss can well be
sustained, but as soon as the supply
of this food ends It begins killing
ground nesting song birds and game
birds eating their eggs.
Mongoose q Great Peril.
Poultry yards are not safe, and an
the destroying animal multiplies In
credibly, 1t is said that whole sections
vi luc Couutiy Shu Dc idiu Wdst6 Dy
1t in a comparatively short time, for
with the disappearance of the bird life
the insects would increase by the bill
lions and devour the green things of
earth. Some years ago pair of mon
geese or mongooses. or whatever plu-
raj you choose, were imported into
West Indian island. In short
time some hundred Of square miles OF
the island became uninhabitable be-
cause Of the increase OF insect life.
due 10 the killing on OF the birds
which had lived on the pests. The
m0ngol~e was responsible for the dis
appearance NJ the bird life.
senator ssls0n w. AIdrich OF Rhode
island has ssid farewell 10 the United
s.s:ss sensts, lie has gons south In
s@sss6 a. health, The Rhode islander
w0ss bsss;f out pretty thoroughly
swrsg as bSt vsstksr tsrin debate
~ . ysss ssa . half ego, and then
~ wsS ksrt ~ ~ accident In New
Y8st esty, ~ sSssasst which apparent
" We RDt ssyt@ss, but which has
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