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The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-27

In the schools of manual training in
Massachusetts, the girls beat the boys as
carpenters, the good-natured rivalry stimu-
lating better work by both sexes One of
the most novel features Of the work is the
vacation schools at Cambridge As high an
attendance as 1,4oo boys and girls was re-
corded in 1910 in Cambridge alone, which
are additional to the regular manual course
in the free public schools.
One of the young women students has
lately built dressing table, which is de-
cidedly elaborate, Of white wood, and fin
ished in white enamel. It has cheval mir
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-27

Some turn their backs on ordinary
principles to gaze at heavenly pros
poets.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-27

PILES CURED IN Q TO IL DAYS
four druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT.
MENT falls TO cure any Of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protrudng Piles in 10 II days. Soc.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-27

"See here. my dear sir! Didn't I
tell you not to drink with your meals ?"
But. doctor, be reasonable. have
to eat some time"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-27

Constipation causes and seriously agra
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
Rranules
The Holly chieftain., 1911-01-27
Saloon
Sermon
Not All Drink
Merchants Black
as Painted
BY SAM BURNS

HE saoonkeper of tradition pictured by the average
perance lecturer is person who sends his victims down
to DEATH doom and perdton by dispensing not mention
the popular mixed drinks which, by the way, the lee
rers mention That saoonkeeper of stoed reputation
merely sends his prey the brink for the purpose of goang
his evil victories.
He doesn't apply strict business principles to the sinful
work, drink merchant recently alleged to do
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
Churches and Tuberculosis.

Statistics showing how serious a
problem tuberculosis Is to the ordi-
nary church congregation have been
issued by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis. From reports received from
over 725 churches, with a membership
of over $4,000 communicates OF
twenty denominations. and from 208
cities and towns in IL states In vari-
Gus parts of the country, out Of nearly
1000 deaths In 1910, over 700 or 10
per cent, were caused bystuberculosis.
This means 2.24 deaths for every thou
sand members or communicates.
While the percentage of deaths from
tuberculosis compared with other dis
eases is not higher In the churches,
according to these figures, than in the
country at large. the tuberculosis
death rate, as shown by the church
returns, is higher per thousand com
municants than that for the general
population in the registration area Of
the United States. which the census
bureau gave as 1877 in 1909.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
Double-E dqed.

The man whose daughter had just
been united to the husband of her
choice looked little sad.
II tell you, squire" he said to one of
the wedding guests, man Of his own
age, and himself the father of a num-
Der of unmarried girls, Il tell you
1t is solemn thing for us when our
daughters marry and go away"
The squire assented not altogether
heartily.
Il suppose 1t is" he conceded, but
tell you it is more solemn when they
don't."-Youth's Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
A WIDOWS LUCK
Quit the Thing That Was Slowly In
juring Her.

A woman tells how coffee kept her
from insuring her life:
Il suffered for many years chiefly
from trouble with my heart, with
severe nervous headaches and neu-
ralgia; but although incapacitatod
at times for my housework, l did not
realize the gravity Of my condition till
was rejected for life insurance. be-
cause. the examining physician said,
my heart was SO bad he could not pass
me.
This distressed me very much, as
was a widow and had child de-
pendent upon me. 1t was to protect
her future that I wanted to insure
my life.
Fortunately for me, happened to
read an advertisement containing a
testimonial from man who had been
affected in the same way that l was
with heart trouble. and who was bene-
fited by leaving of coffee and using
Postum. grasped at the hope this
held out, and made the change at
once.
MY health began to improve imme-
diately. The headaches and neuralgia
disappeared, gained in flesh, and my
appetite came back to me. Greatest
OF all, my heart was strengthened
from the beginning, and soon all the
distressing symptoms passed away. No
more waking up In the night with my
heart trying to fly out OF my mouth
Then ] again made application for
life insurance. and had no trouble In
passing the medical examination.
1T was seven years ago that I be-
gan to use Postum and I am using It
still, and shall continue to do so, as
nnd 1t guarantee OF good health"
Name given by Postum Company, Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's reason"
Read the big little book. THE Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever reed the abeve letter. new
enc apDeeRs from tine to the. They
are genuines trus, and ful1 81 hunaa
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

More than $4,000 w.rth Of opium
was burned In the electric power
house furnace at Ell Paso, Tex, under
the direction of Deputy United States
Marshal II. r. Hillebrand. The opium
had been seized by customs officers.
Rev. L. G. Parker, pastor OF the
Methodist church of Sterling, Neb,
was driven out Of town with stale
eggs by irate citizens following an
investigation of his conduct with the
daughter of a prominent citizen.
In a closely contested election
James H. Preston, Democrat, has been
chosen mayor of Baltimore for the
next four years over former Mayor Z.
Clay Timanus. Republican.
Muncie, the largest dry" city In
Indiana, voted wet" by $40 majority.
The "wets" carried eight OF the
twelve precincts of the city.
The Ohio legislature is threatened
with what may be the greatest bribery
expose, in regard to the number OF
persons involved. that ever came to
light. It is reported that, private de-
tectives have obtained evidence which
will lead to the filing OF charges OF
accepting brides against 10 OF the "a
members of the senate and against 81
of the 1T members Of the house.
Franklin Macveagh, secretary OF
the treasury, was made defendant IN
a suit for 100000 which was filed In
the circuit court in Chicago by Charles
p. Leach. formerly collector OF Gus
toms for Cleveland, o. The suit
against Mr.. Macveagh is to collect
damages for alleged libelous state
ments made against Leach.
The New York Medical Journal an
nounces, after careful study Of the sub
ject. that persons caught in close quar-
tiers at great fires are the victims OF
speedy and probably painless asphyxia-
ton.
Unable to stop his train in time TO
avoid a burning bridge encountered as
the locomotive rounded curve near
Ravenna, Colo, an engineer on the
Southern Pacific railroad took chance
with fate, opened his throttle to the
last inch and brought the 200 passen'
gers behind him safely through the
flames.
An interlocutory decree of divorce
in favor of Mary w. Gates, suing
Charles G. Gates, son of John W..
Gates, was signed by Supreme Justice
Gerard at New York city.
After fight lasting for four months.
the Ohio state senate passed the bill
providing for the Oregan plan of
electing United States senators. It
has passed the house and goes to
Governor Harmon for his signature.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

were very painful. I
was so stiff l could
hardly move. My back
ached terribly. I had
nervous and dizzy
spells, my limbs were
swollen and mornings
on arising l felt weary
and depressed. l doc
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered From All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
Washington

The COMMITTEES of audit and control
of the contingent expenses .of tho
United States senate decided to report
back to the senate the La Toilette res
olution for. the reopening of the Lori
mer case with a statement that the
contingent fund Of the senate Is sur
ficient to defray the expenses OF any
Investigation the senate may order.
Congressional inquiry into three big
corporations was assured by action
taken in the national house OF repre-
sentatives. The corporations Tor
which antitrust regulation Will be
sought are: The United States steer
corporation, the American WOODEN
company of Boston and the United
Shoe Machine company of Boston.
Officers of the state department at
Washington are pessimistic over the
probable result of peace negotiations
to be held in northern Mexico between
representatives of the Diaz admins
tration and the insurgent army. What
ever the result may be, 1t is feared II
can have no effect upon the revolution
in other parts of Mexico, which is
spreading rapidly.
A marked victory for popular cleo
ton Of senators was achieved by Sen
ator Borah in record time when the
proposed constitutional amendment
was favorably reported at the FIRST
meeting OF the recognized United
States senate committee on judiciary.
The measure now takes its place AT
tho head of the senate calendar.
Representative Harris OF Massachu-
sets has introduced a bill In the
house for a retired list In the lie
saving service Of the United states.
similar measure was defeated In the
last congress after a spirited night
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
The Daughters-ln-Law.

her own, the three sons and the three
daughters-in-law.
The Daughters-ln-Law.
The little woman says nothing, the
sons answer in monosyllables. but,
oh, the daughters-in-law! They all
three talk at once. And when order
is restored various facts are before
the examiner.
Daughter-in-law No. 1. buxom, won
drous neat Of dress and plain Of Golf
fure. finds it impossible to have his
mother live with them. She putters
about and messes the house and
wants to run it badly, indeed.
Daughter-in-law No. 2. dressed in
cheap finery, topped by dusty puffs
and velvet ribbon band, says they've
not money enough to feed their own
children, let alone "the old woman"
Daughter-in-law No. 8, sharp of
feature and wearing knitted fasci-
nator over her iron-gray hair vows
she will have no one In her house
who keeps bottle under her mat
tress. Then the old mother speaks
for the first time. "An' don't you like
it yourself?" she inquiries, looking
moist-eyed defiance at her children.
The clamor of voices arises afresh.
and, like a Judge pounding for order.
the examiner brings them all to time
and silence. And at last 1t IL ar
ranged. The slatternly housewife In
cheap finery agrees to give the old
mother a corner" In which to sleep
and the other two sons agree to CON
tribute a dollar week to her keep"
1t would cost Father Knickerbocker
house. The investigators are earn.
ing their salaries.
But the old mother potters of aft
er her resigned daughterin-law, weep
ing fresh tears from her eyes and
signing for the almshouse Joys and
comforts Of which her neighbors had
told her. Evidently the corner" in
the sons house does not promise TO
be very comfortable.
Good Work Of Bureau.
There are between sixteen and
seventeen hundred old people in the
almshouse today. There would be dou.
BILE, triple the number IL Father
Knickerbocker had not opened this
bureau OF investigation. The high
cost Of living, the scarcity Of work
the increase In rents-all furnish ex.
cuse for unfilial conduct.
The daughterin-law Is a tremen.
dous factor In this problem which
threatens the municipal Golfers and
J promises to overflow the almshouse
, with neglected parents. Down in his
heart many a son summoned into the
? presence of this peculiar board of ar
bitration is quite willing to have the
, "old man" or the "old woman" come
to his home. But his wife, Aye
: there's the rub" She is not willins
! and he Is unequal to coercing her.
} There she stands. broad of hip
, square Of shoulder, her arms folded
: on her chest. her eyes defiant.
And what would become of m,
: children II took that old man int
;. my house. with his bad language ant
|. his bad manners? Amt got I,
; think of my children? He's dis
r grace to us, that's what he is. Lool
) at the dirt Of him. And he'd be rush
|. ing the can day and night
!. And II let her come to u.s." Is tn,
' next plea, "whatll my girls say? The,
can't have no company with her put
Z ting shame on them. And she'd TAX
|. the clock on the shelf and pawn 1
r for whiskey. she WOULD"
I "caIl Of the Cam"
Il The call of the can" another caus
+ Of unfilial conduct in city life. An
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

tored and tried numerous remedies
but steadily grew worse until almost
helpless. began to improve under
the use of Doan's Kidney Pills and it
was only a short time before was
entirely WELL"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

the ingratitude of penuri-
GUS and unfilial children. Technically,
this shield is known as the Division
of Domestic Relations, Department of
Public Charities" In simpler phrase,
1t is the court of appeal for every
father and mother, whose children re-
fuse to support them in their old age.
writes Anna Steese Richardson in the
New York World.
Through it's doors. day after day.
files a line Of enfeebled, decrepit,
penniless, hopeless humanity pleading
for a corner in which they may await
the coming of the grim reaper, just a
raiment, little food. And after them
files another line of the next genera
ton, some of them sullen, some OF
them hard. some of them ashamed,
but all of them guilty of deliberately
Sinking their responsibilities as chill
dren.
Some of the most able social work
ers on Father Knickerbocker's pay
roll are employed in this division of
domestic relations. Their work re-
quires a broad knowledge of human
lily. They must possess patience to
hear both sides of the story, and wis
dom to sort truth from falsehood.
And above all things, these workers
must have the tact and the sympathy
to touch chords OF tenderness and
duty long silent. =
The work starts in the basement
of the once fashionable brownstone
residence, No. 124 East Fifty-ninth
street
Entrance for applicants" runs the
legend, in bright gilt letters, on the
door. A STOPPING, uncertain figure
pauses in the areaway and red-rim
med eyes blink at the shiny sign.
Candidates for Almshouse.
That's the place, old woman" says
the blue-coated policeman who ha!
followed her from the corner where
she stopped to ask for directions
They'll look after YOU"
And SO she opens the door ant
steps inside, candidate for the aims
house at Father Knickerbocker's ex
pense.
The clerk behind the freshly-gilde,
latticework of huted iron asks her
few questions. Then comes quicl
decision.
"Oh, II you have three sons the,
must take care of you. You didn'
want to go to the almshouse. Go u
to the third floor, division of domesti
relations, and they will hunt up you
sons"
The STOPPING figure climbs tn
three steep flights Of stairs and to-
tiers into the presence Of the exam
liner. Bit by bit the little woman
story is drawn out-her side of tn
story, you may be sure. for general
each of these cases has two very dii
tinct sides.
For several years she has been ca
Ing for the children OF day worke
The day worker has died. The chi
dren must go to an orphanage. M
body wants an old woman like her Il
caretaker or housekeeper. So she to
has decided to go to an institution
Her sons? oh. they win do nothing
They arc poor. They have man
children.
Finally the names and addresses {
these children are secured and an Il
vestigator starts out. Tomorrow {
perhaps few days later they a
meet In this same third-noor room
he letle mother who prefers to b.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
Domestic

City Chamberlain Charles II. HYDE
was indicted for bribery by the grand
Jury at New York. The indictment is
based on evidence that Chamberlain
HYDE forced the Northern bank to
lend $4,000 to the Carnegie trust
company and was gamer by the
transaction.
James Wood, son Of a prominent
Morris (Ill) family, was arrested while
taking away a package which had been
placed as a decoy in answer to letter
demanding $1,000 from Oscar Collins.
President Taft opened the third
National Peace Congress in Balti-
more. scores of eminent citizens OF
this and other countries being pres
ent.
Governor Osborn of Michigan has
signed the bill prohibiting fraternities
in the high schools of the state.
A Dominican university. the only one
of it's kind in the United States, is to
be erected in New Orleans, at prob
able cost of 100000. according to an
announcement by Rev. Father Lorent.
yice-provincial of the Spanish province
OF New Orleans.
The Bank Of Rosemont, Neb.. was
entered by robbers and the safe was
blown after the third explosion. The
robbers made away with $1,000.
Startling conditions In Missouri
almshouses and penal institutions, de-
scribed as q disgrace to a state so
rich and prosperous, are contained In
the report OF the state board Of char
tiles and correction.
John Poole, a wealthy farmer living
four miles southeast of Fowler, Ind,
was arrested on a charge Of murder
following the finding on his farm OF
a partially decomposed body supposed
to be that OF Joseph Kemper, farm
hand. who disappeared December IL
last under circumstances which led
Emory Poole, son of John Poole. to
the belief his father had made away
with the man.
To protect bond issue OF $4,000
made by the Rogers (Ark) board Of
education SO that high school build
ing may be built the lives of Is young
men we're insured for $1,000 each
The board will pay the premiums on
the policies. r
The government accepted $1.1so.00t
in compromise Of the suits against
Duveen Brothers. the New York ari
firm accused of customs frauds. The
books and papers Of the firm will be
retained for evidence in criminal &C.
ton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
SUFFERED TERRIBLY.
Kidney Trouble and Rheumatic Pains
Made Life Miserable.

M. r. Wilson, Humboldt. Nebr., says:
81 had kidney disease in very aggra-
waited form. Kidney secretions con-
tanned q dark sediment and passages
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
EW YORK.-In the

EW YORK.-In the heart Of
Manhattan, Father Knick-
erbocker has recently
erected a shield with which
to protect his Golfers from
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

At Christis's London auction May
10 the famous ring which, according
to tradition, Queen Elizabeth gave to
the earl Of Essex and the non-return
of which resulted in the beheading Of
the earl and hastened Elizabeth's
death by grief, will be offered for sale.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

Rev. L. G. Parker, pastor OF the
Methodist church Of Sterling, Neb.,
was driven out OF town with stale
eggs by irate citizens following an
investigation Of his conduct with the
daughter of a prominent citizen.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

More than $4,000 w-rth Of opium
was burned In the electric power
house furnace at Ell Paso, Tex, under
the direction of Deputy United States
Marshal II. r. Hillebrand. The opium
had been seized by customs officers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
PERSONAL

Nels Poulson, donator Of a 100000
fund to promote closer relationship
among the Scandinavian people, died
in Brooklyn. N. Y, as the Scandina-
vian-American society In Baltimore
was applauding the announcement Of
the gift.
Lutherans of ST. Louis and Missouri,
with hundreds of visitors from all
over the world, will hold celebra-
ton in that city May Ia in honor of
the one hundredth anniversary of the
birth OF DR.. C. F. W. Walther, the
Lutheran writer and preacher.
Archibald Clark Wadsworth, son of
Gen. ElijahCWadsworth. who was ON
Washingtons staff, and father-in.law OF
former Governor Richard Yates. died
at the Yates home in Springfield. ILL.,
He was seventy-eight years old.
The shop men of the Pennsylvania
railroad on the Pittsburg division, ex
tending from Pittsburg to Altoona
Pa, went out on strike. The officers
of the unions assert that about 10000
men are out.
Four mysterious attempts within q
month to burn the new high school
building at Niagara Falls. N. Y, led
the board of education to ask the pc
lice for protection from the incendiary
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

Rebellion. brigandage and anarchy
are stalking through the western half
of Kwangtung province. China, MUIR
dering, pillaging and burning. Loyal
troops are lighting. desperately to
crush the uprisings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

London reports bring the informa.
ton that the Icelandic parliament has
passed bill giving the right Of suf-
frage to all women who have reached
the age OF twenty-five years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

In closely contested election
James II. Preston, Democrat, has been
chosen mayor of Baltimore for the
next four years over former Mayor E.
Clay Timanus, Republican.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

To protect bond issue OF $4,000
made by the Rogers (Ark) board Of
education SO that high school build
ing may be built the lives Of Is young
men we're insured for $1,000 each.
The board will pay the premiums on
the policies. r
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

The government accepted $1,1s0,000
in compromise Of the suits against
Duveen Brothers. the New York art
firm accused of customs frauds. The
books and papers Of the firm will be
retained for evidence in criminal &C
ton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13
Foreign

Announcement Is made in the
Geneva newspapers that Andrew Car
negie has presented $125,000 to the
Swiss government to found a hero
fund on the same basis as that which
governs the fund in other countries.
The sacred and inviolable Mosque
of the Covenant in Jerusalem has been
despoiled of several Of the most val
liable relics of the tribes Of Israel by
a party OF English archaeologists who
recently have been excavating in the
vicinity. Among the articles taken
were the ark of the covenant, the
censor, and other sacred vessels which
have been treasured for centuries.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-05-13

anu CdJOie uuBTdteiui CnlluTeu.
What type of New Yorker shirks
responsibility In this particular form?
Mostly what the investigators de-
scribe as Americanized foreigners, the
children Of immigrants. The major
ity of the cases which finally reach
court are those Of people from east.
ern Europe, who through extreme
poverty or ignorance Of the law fail
to keep the agreement made at divi.
sion headquarters.
Mechanics, from carpenters to tai.
lors, are the general offenders, and
strange to say, penuriousness or shift
lessness, rather than actual poverty
is responsible for the number of old
people turned over to Father Knicker
booker by their children.
A rather interesting fact discovered
by investigators is that the wage
earning woman feels heavy RESPONSE
bility for her parents. And when she
marries. she insists that her husband
share the responsibility with her
Sometimes a silly girl, caught by the
lure of cheap finery. dance halls and
other amusements, will leave an aged
mother or father to his fate, but az 9
rule the daughter is moro responsible
more filial than the SON. The SOL
may be willing. but there IL his wife
And 90, after all, It IL the daughter
in-law problem that Father Knicker
bocker's Investigator most oftss
have 70 solve.