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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
Real Deserted VILLAGE. -

A deserted village" which contains
only one single SOUL a woman, Is that
OF Woolstein, a Shamlet near Cassel,
In Prussia 1t has been abandoned
by its inhabitants on the ground that
life there is hopeless. The soil Is ster-
lie, and the authorities refused to link
the village to the outer world by rail.
About a hundred of the inhabitants
left in body for America few
weeks ago, and since then those who
were left behind have been moving
daily to neighboring villages and
to WINS. The village school was closed
not many days ago because there were
no more pupils, and on the following
Sunday service was held for the last
time In the village church. The houses
are empty, and the village looks as
II itfhad been swept by the plague
Only one inhabitant remains. Frau
Hoeft. shepherdess. who Is eighty
years old, and declares that she will
die in the village where she was
born.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
The Man With a lob

Every one hasa right to the dis
tinction which titles of nobility are
meant to give, but It is from our work
that we should get them. The grocer,
the trapper, the night Waterman, the
COOK, is person fit to be recognized,
both by his own timid self and by the
rest OF the world. In time the title of
our job comes to stand for us, to en-
large our personality and to give US
permanence. Then it supplements the
standing with which is given us by our
product. To hold down a Job" gives
us place in the world. something APP
preaching the home for which in some
form or other every one longs. Have
you any place for me?" we ask with
eagerness, for until we find "a place"
we are tramps-men without a coun-
try.
A man with a job has, at least in
embryo, the kind of recognition which
we all crave. He has won member
ship in a club that he wants to belong
to and especially hates to be left out
of. To be in it as a member in full
standing gives taste of self-respect
and observation-disclosures.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20


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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
BlRD-HUSBAND WAS DUTlFUL

or all the birds he had studied, said
w. Farren, in a recent lecture at the
British Royal Photographic societys
exhibition, none showed conjugal at
lection in quite the same way as the
herons OF Andalusia. in Spain. When
ever the two parents relieved each
other at the nest they invariably
crossed their necks in momentary
embrace, after which the newcomer
took up the duties of sitting, and the
other flew away. The brown backed
herons never omitted this affectionate
salutation. Speaking of the famous
egret "heronry" in the same district.
Mr.. Farren said that the egret wore
ity coveted plumes with far more
grace than he had ever seen any lady
wear them The slaughter Of these
birds in the nesting season was pitia-
BILE. Frequently the parents birds were
robbed of their plumes and left to die,
while the young ones starved in the
nest. The Americans, he was glad to
gay, were doing their best to stop the
traffic in osprey plumes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
COULDN'T RESIST THAT PLH
What Girl Wouldn't Yield to Watson's
Final Plea, SO Calamity and
ingeniously Phrased.

Always when young Watson had &C
casion to call up Saunders a girl an
swered and asked"-,..-r
who wants him, please?
Watson liked her voice, 1t was
sweetly feminine and there was some
thing almost appealing in 1t. At length
he began to hold brief conversations
with her before calling Saunders to
the wire. One day she consented, aft
er many appeals from him, to let him
know that her name was Edith Mowry.
Then their conversation grew longer,
and at last Watson asked her to go to
lunch with him.
81 don't think ought to do that"
she said. "We have never been intro
duced to each other"
"Pshaw!" he replied, I'VE needn't
mind that. Even if we have never met
face to face we know each other well
enough to get along without a formal
introduction"
But Pm afraid" she insisted. that
it would hardly be proper"
"Of course it would be proper. Meet
me at the ladies' entrance of the Costa
lotte hotel at 1890 and Wen have
lunch in the red room"
20, couldn't think Of doing that"
"Why not?"
1T wouldn't be right"
what would be wrong about it?
You know who | am. 1t wouldn't be
like meeting a stranger"
Yes, but have never seen you"
Il know you haven't. That's why |
want to meet you. We haven't any
business to go on being friends with
out ever seeing each other. Come, say
you'll be there"
"No." .>,,.,,-- ..-.4.....-
Yes"
But how would you know me II
consented to meet you there? There
would probably be great many 9TH
ers going in at that time"
20, should know you easy enough.
I'd just pick out the prettiest girl that
came along, and so there would be no
chance of making a mistake"
well, If you really wish it I'll
come. Chicago Record-Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
Benevolent Earthquake.

Earthquakes. as a general rule, are
disturbances not greatly desired, but
one occurred at Piru, Ventura county
few days ago that proved money
maker for the Diamond Valley OIL
company-most of the stockholders OF
which are Anaheim parties. The Dia.
mond Valley company had been hav
ing lots of trouble with No. 1 well
which ceased to be producer on &C
count of water. The trembler came
along when the well was about to be
abandoned, and completely shut OF
the water and started a fine flow OF
32-gravity oil. The well is expected
to continue as steady producer. not
withstanding the queer way In which
IT was brought in.-Anabein (Cal.)
Correspondent Plain Dealer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
Cities Ages Old.

Forgotten cities OF prehistoric
people, far beyond what was deemed
the furthest eastern limit of the town
buildings, were reported by FIR. Julius
Hartman of the Catholic parish at
willard, Terrence county. to the
school of American Archaeology at
Santa Fe, n NJ, recently FIR. HART
man made a survey OF sixty miles OF
ruins and rock inscriptions extending
from the present Mexican village OF
Pinos Wells to the Canyon Pintada in
a region that is desolate and uninhab-
tied and touched only at long inter
walls by sheep herders. The ruins OF
the villages and communal dwellings
antedate the Spanish conquest OF
three hundred and more years ago, and
judging from the debris that covers
the sites and hides the ruins, the cit
les are a thousand and more years
old. The two villages nearest to
Pinos Wells are located on a high
mound, and the communal buildings
are circular in form. From the burial
place, the priest took skeletons, fu-
neral urns, pottery, stone implements,
weapons and other relics. character
istic of the prehistoric town builders
OF the Rio Grande valley.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

This, the largest and most delicate
seismograph ever built. was complet
ed few months ago for the American
Museum of Natural History. New
York. A few days after 1t was in.
stalled it recorded an earthquake III
Alaska, 3,100 miles away. The ex-
traordinary sensitiveness Of the in
strument is such that it is affected By
heavy winds and even wave-beats on
the sea beach. In order to obtain this
freedom of motion the instrument in
stalled in the museum, a strong frame
of angle iron supporting the steady
mass, rests on concrete pier whose
base Is firmly cemented to the solid
rock beneath the building. The pier,
furthermore, is entirely free from con-
tact with the building or its floors, SO
that no local vibration can be trans
mitted to the delicate registering ap
paratus. The steady masses are sus-
pended in such a manner that they
act as horizontal pendulums, so that
their own plane Of oscillation is tan
gent to the surface of the earth. The
horizontal axes OF the masses, along
which they are FREQ to move, are at
right angles to. each other The DIFF
ferential motion between the earth
and the pendulums il what is record
ed and measured by means of a stylus
that rests lightly upon the surface OF
smoked paper which Is drawn slowly
under II, making white line.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
Waterloo.

The best description Of the Battle
OF Waterloo In novel form" is perhaps
that which is given in Victor Hugo's
Les Miserables," although the one to
be found in Charles O'Malley, the
Irish Dragon" Is also fine. 1t may be
said with perfect safety that IL you
will read them both, Hugo's from the
French side, and Levers from the
English, you will get the best and
completest representation of the great
conflict. in novel form, to be found in
literature. The description in Les
Miserables" is the more famous, but
Levers story is also deservedly pop
plar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
Plan to Stop Truancy.

The school authorities in the de-
partment of the Aube, France, have
decided to put astop to truant play
ing. All children over six and under
thirteen found lettering about the
highways and hedgewaye during school
hours. and unable to furnish a salts
factory reason for so doing, shall be
hailed before the police commissary.
who will severely reprimand them and
send them back to school. Even the
parents will not be exempt from pun
lshment II they are held to be In fault
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
0NE-HANDED GIRL PIANIST

Miss Evelyn Webb is the only sin
gle-handed pianist who has won both
the silver and bronze medals in the
London College of Music examina-
lions. Miss Webb, who is sixteen
years old; lost the use of her right
hand at an early age, but with her left
hand can play difficult music at sight.
When fourteen years old she won a
special merit certificate at the STRAIT
ford Musical festival, and, she has nu-
merous other trophies.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

the coast makes a sharp right-angled
From the end Of the cape. a narrow
line of shoals, of coral formation. ex-
tends much farther out. The cape, and
its submerged continuation forms a
wall, as ii were, reaching seward ID
miles or more. Cape Lookout Is so
shaped as to embrace bay. a quiet
and beautiful sheet of water, called
Lookout Blight" The coast configura-
ton thus forms a remarkable natural
trap into which fall the fish. migrating
northward 5N
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

iE North Carolina coast is a
paradise for fishermen, and the
past season has proven no ex'
ception to the rule. October
and November are the banner
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
HEARINGS ARE STARTED
ON SEAMEN'S MEASURE
D. J. Callahan Protests Against Clause
Concerning Life Boats-Gives
Conpany's Earnings.

Hearings were begun before the House
Committee on Merchant Marine yester-
day on the La Toilette seamen's bill!
PASSED by the Senate some years ago.
Steamship interests are opposed to GER
tain provisions Of the bill that they re-
gard as unnecessarily drastic both in
tho way OF regulation and on account of
the cost that would be entailed.
ID. j. Callahan, president of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany, pleaded that the requirements in
tho bill that two able-bodied seamen for
each lifeboat be carried imposed unneces-
sary hardship upon vessel owners upon
bays and rivers along the coast.
He insisted that the negroes employed
on river and bay boats, while not able
seamen, were sufficiently skilled to ham
do lifeboats. Under Representative
Manahan's questioning. Mr.. Callahan
stated his company with an original cap
ital of $4,000 made $4,000 last year. It
now has 500. 900 capital stock and $500 ooC
bend issue outstanding.
John r. Sherwood. representing the
Steamship Company, spoke
In opposition to the bill.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

lie some political history. For it was
Root who told Taft that Roosevelt
would never be a candidate for the
Presidency. Root said this to Taft
not only once, but often, and in each in
stance Roosevelt was his authority,
the reiteration continuing until Root
was surprised to see a declaration
from Roosevelt that the latter would
accept the invitation of seven gov
errors to be a receptive candidate.
Whether or not this is the reason why
Roosevelt openly announces that he
is on good terms with Root. or wheth-
er he knows that Root cannot be his
rival, the fact remains that the two
men. so Numerically opposite in char
acter and temperament, occupy the
center of the stage in friendly attitude
today.
1t is hard TO eradicate from the minds
of many Republicans the belief that
Roosevelt is to be the Republican can
didate in 1916. If the so-called Pro-
gressives participate in goodly num-
bers in the convention next year the
result will be distinctly advantageous to
Roosevelt. 1t seems odd, of course,
to think of Roosevelt as a Republican
candidate, but with his usual facility
he can square himself with the sit
uation by saying that the party has
changed and has come to him. Be.
sides this, as the case stands today,
history will regard Roosevelt as an
ungrateful and angry deserter from the
party which honored him with its
highest distinction, and which he de-
liberately attempted to wreck. If by a |
of his position-and moth
ing is easier for Roosevelt-he can
again lead the party to victory; he can
change the garb of a traitor into the
robe OF savior. And surely this
would be worth, while.
So the convention which is to be de-
;ided upon this week is to be an event
Of some importance in political affairs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
POLITICAL SITUATION.

During the session of the Repub
lican National Committee this weel
many interesting political facts art
certain to be revealed Perhaps soms
of them may now be anticipated.
1t is not without profit, first of all
to glance over the political panorama
of the year and note the unfolding OF
the events which are to eliminate in
this meeting of the committee. 1t is
only little over year ago since the
Republican party seemed TO have been
wiped out of existence. 1t did more
than stagger when struck by the cleo
ton. results of 1912. 1t fell to the
ground and for a time seemed beyond
recovery. If in the course of events
it has experienced some degree of re-
vivihcation, that result is not due to
any initiative by its recognized au-
thority. The movement toward re-
Mobilization was inaugurated by men
who, while they held public Office as
Republicans, held no official position
with the party organization. These men
believed that one way to get Repub-
.Ecans back into line was to remove
the very serious discomfort due to the
thwarting of the popular Republican
will at the Chicago convention last
year. There could not help but be a
loud protest when the expressed pref
erence of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
and nearly a dozen more States
normally Republican or doubtful-was
overthrown by an y9duly large repre-
sentation from the Solidly Democratic
States of the South.
Thoughtful and loyal Republicans,
like a physician diagnosing a disease,
sensed this sore spot in the Repub-
lican body polite and the approaching
meeting of the National Committee is
the first step toward its removal. The
Southern Republican might be tempted
TO protest did he not realize that I'M
III Ills panty SSlS DdSh LilO pO"Sl hS
will wander homeless and hungry in
the wilderness. He may not be en-
tirely reconciled to the blow that is
about to fall, but at least he is pos
sessed of wisdom. Therefore, a con-
vention is to be held next year, called
by the National Committee, at which
the question of representation at the
next Presidential nominating conven-
ton will be fully discussed. The pres
ent inequity is to be rectifed. The
next Republican candidate for the
Presidency, whoever he may be, will
be named by the Republican States.
As, indeed, he ought to be-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
WORK AT SUFFRAGE
SCHOOL Is ON BOOM
Daily Classes and Lectures Have Been
Arranged to Prepare Students
for Campaign.

Fifty pupils. from States all over the
East, have been enrolled at the Suffrage
School. at Friends Meeting Hall. in I
street northwest near Eighteenth street.
Programs prepared include lectures by
most of the prominent sutfragists OF this
country.
Mrs. Sherman Booth. Of Chicago, one
Of the big four who lobbied through
the Illinois legislature the suffrage bill.
tomorrow will conclude a series OF six
lectures on Lobbying" Mrs. Robert NJ
La Toilette, wife Of the Senator from
Wisconsin, will deliver a series this week
on How to Appeal to the Rural Voter"
Other speakers who will deliver lectures
are:
Mrs. Mary Dryer. OF New York. presi-
dent OF the Woman's Trade League OF
America, The Industrial Position OF
Law" Miss Nanette Paul, a professor
at the Washington College OF Law, Par
Law" Miss Lucy Burns.
The Suffrage Movement in England"
and Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest. n
graduate OF the Sargent School OF
Oratory, Of New York, Public Speak
ing
The evening program this week in
cludes instruction in conducting open air
and visits to the Capitol, where
the students will be taught the methods
Of Congress. Glasses at the Suffrage
School are in charge Of two teachers.
Periods have been arranged from 10 to
u O'Clock, II to Il o'clock, a. m, $50
10 $50 o'clock. and $50 to 40 o'clock
D. m.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14

has been ordered and its purpose fully
made known, there will be no hesita-
ton on the part Of the so-called Pro-
gressives to identify themselves once
again with the Republican organiza-
ton. They know that already there
has been a marked disintegration in
the Progressive ranks. With the ex-
ception of the gubernatorial contest
last month in Massachusetts, there has
not been a State, Congressional, or
municipal election since November,
1912, in which the vote of the third
party has not shown a tremendous de-
crease, the slump from z7,ooo to 1000
in Maryland and from $4,000 to 10000
in New Jersey being conspicuous ex-
amples. This being the case, there is
reason to believe that the proposed
convention will have a distinct polit-
ical value. 1t was opposed, when first
suggested, by many who believed that
it might do more harm than good
that it might be expensive, that it
might not be largely attended, and
most important of all, that it might
give rise to embarrassing discussions
of dangerous topics.
This pessimistic view has, however,
almost wholly disappeared. 1t has
been succeeded by a belief that con-
vention will be an evidence of good
faith on the part of the leaders which |
will not be disregarded by the rank
and file. If, as now anticipated, the
election of the delegates will be
achieved by nearly a normal Repub.
lean vote, and if the proceedings of
he convention be characterized by
and harmony, a great i'm
'etus will be given to the Republican
Senatorial and Congressional cleo
ions to be held a few months later.
This is the point of view of the Re-
publican leaders and they have con-
Idence in the result.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
Money for Bathing Pools.

The District of Columbia appropria.
ton bill, it is learned at the Capitol
is to be reported to the House tomor.
row or on Tuesday.
Washington, is of course, not at all
surprised to know that the most rigid
economy has been observed by the
subcommittee in passing upon the es-
Inmates. Long experience has pre-
pared us for that. When money is to
be saved, the busy scalping knife turns
easily, naturally, automatically to the
District estimates. Off come slices
from the school estimates, the police
estimates, or the street estimates.
Friends of the victims utter a few I'M
needed protests, shed few tears, and
then proceed to nurse what is left to
keep it alive another year.
This year, according to the present
program, there is to be no appropria-
ton whatever for the maintenance Of
the municipal bathing pool, the excuse
being that the District authorities and
others interested have not agreed upon
the individual or organization who is
to have supervision of the pool.
1t is inconceiva5le that Congress will
actually go to the length of depriving
the people of Washington of this in
expensive pleasure, that amounts al
most to a necessity during the long
summer months when too few diver
sions are provided for the great ma
jority who are obliged to remain here
while the more fortunate are enjoying
themselves by lake shore or seaside.
The District Commissioners, the Board
of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce,
the Retail Merchants Association, and
the citizens associations can well af-
ford to exert their influence in behalf
of the thousands of boys and girls,
men and women who enjoy their daily
plunge in the bathing pool, by insist
ing that the item for the support of |
the bathing pool be restored to the
appropriation bill The question of
supervision is not of vital Importance
It can easily. be disposed of later. We
can't have the bathing pool without
money, and unless the officials and
civic organizations present their de-
nands emphatically and without de-
ay the money will not be forthcom-
ng.
The Commissioners, in their esti-
mates, wisely recommended provision
or three bathing pools, and Congress
'ught not to hesitate a moment in ap-
rowing. The item for the mainte-
lance of three pools should be re-
tored to the District appropriation bill
efore it is reported to the House.
Cleanliness is next to Goodness"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
MY FRIEND.

He may be kx kinds Of lar
He may BE ten kinds Of q fool;
he may be blooming high Eyer
without any reason o. nnie.
There may Be q shadow above him
OF ruin-and woes that impend;
i may not respeot-hut love him
! love him bsczuss he's my fdend
l know be has fhults By the billion,
But his faults are portion Of him.
I know that his records vr1millioa,
Hes TAR from a sweet seraphin
But has aiuays been square with Yours Truly. %
Ever ready to give or 10 lend.
And though be y yiid and unruH,
! love hin, beoanss he's my fisnd.
knock him. know; but do Il
The same to his face As away;
And II other folks knock-Eeil. the5 rue II,
And wish they'd had nothing 10 ny.
never make diagrams of him,
No naps of his soul hare peaned
For I.dopt tnAlSne-I iust love him,
Becxme-Een. heczuss hs's NJ friend.
.-Exchanle