1900-07-06; Clare Sentinel

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Clafe^Senttnel;
Established 1878.
GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900.
New Series: Vol.8, No. 32L
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Happening.
New Advertisements.
Davy & Co., dry goods, clothing.
J. L, Welch, groceries and meats,
Foster Furniture & Hardware Co.
W, T. Davies. the jeweler.
E. G. Welch real estate.
O. B. Davis to Farwell on business
Saturday.
George Graham of Farwell was in
the city Monday.
Gile3 Boss spent the Fourth visiting
relatives in Holly.
Alva Egbert visited his sisters in
Shepherd this week.
Norman Lackie returned from the
Northern Peninsula this week.
It is estimated that 200 of pur citizens celebrated at tbe county seat.
John Presley of Herrick spent the
Fourth visiting relatives inMcBain.
Mrs. Wm. Badgely of Herrick visited relatives in McBain the Fourth.
♦.John Armour of Sheridan was in
Saginaw Friday taking medical treatment.       *
Wm. Miller left yesterday for a
prospecting trip in Lapeer and St.
Clair counties.
The Ladies' Union will meet on Friday, July 13, with Mrs. William Boss
on Fifth street.
S. F. Fine and son of Coleman visited relatives aud old time friends in
tbe city Monday.
Miss Jeanette Chase went to Saginaw Tuesday for a yisit with her sister, Miss Leone.
Henry Ort is this week laying a new
sidewalk in front of his fine residence
on east Sixth street.
McCormick binder run one season
for sale cheap. Inquire at this office,
or of Thomas Presley.    __ tf.
Mrs. Augusta King of Temple visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Lyons over Sunday.
Dr. Gray reports the birth of a
girl baby Sunday to Mr. and Mrs.
Nate Trumble in Grant.
Eollo Guy Lacy, who is a telegraphic
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*f"     operator at Monroe, visited his brother
in the city last Saturday.
Owen I. Terry of Sheridan is suffering from an attack of acute bronchitis.   Dr. Gray attends.
B. D. Bissonette of Detroit dined
Tuesday at-the home of his cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Welch.
Jack Hodkinsof Flint visited Miss
Eliza Henderson in Grant this week.
He returned this afternoon;
Henry Hornung is confined to Mb
home on east Fourth street with
pleurisy.   Dr. Gray is in attendence.
The Seotinel this week starts a
new story, entitled The Only Way, by
Alan Adair. It will be found, on page
seven.
John Farmer returned from Wisconsin recently and for a time will
reside at the home of his father in
"Vernon.
Mrs. 0. A. Silverthorn of Ludington visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
George Ackley, in the city the first of
the week.
C. P. Louch is haying laid'this week
in front of his property on State
*•"        street, now occupied by Henry Alger,
a new walk.
B. G. Fisher of the Pearl Steam
Laundry wishes us to say that hereafter wash days will be Wednesdays
and Thursdays.
Bay M. Howe of the Sentinel force
went this afternoon to Charlotte for a
visit at the home of his parents. He
returns Monday.
Girl WANTED,--at once to do general housework—wash", iron and cook,
good wages. Inquire of Mrs. J. H.
Wilson, east Fifth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Presley went
Tuesday, he-to visit relatives in
Traverse City, and she to spend the
Fourth with relatives in McBain,
\ Miss Florence.May Lacy of Niryana
arrived in the city Friday for a two
■-■'■' weeks'* visit at the home   Of   her
brotherf*A. J, Lacy, and wife.
Herbert Luce of Owosso spent the
Fourth in Clare. He says he enjoys
visiting in Clare more , than any
Other place.    We spared his blushes.
Many of our citizens spent tbe
Fourth at Harrison and other neighboring towns, while others preferred
tbe cool breezes of surrounding lakes.
Mr, and Mrs. A. H. Olark of Kalkaska, who are on an extended visit
in various parts of the state,, made a
short visit the latter part of last week
at Clare, guests of their son, C. H.
Clark, and family.
Mrs. A. F. Howard and daughter,
Miss Maybelle, of Munising, who have
been visiting here, guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. 0, S. Chase, returned
to their home Monday, Her son,
Bainie, will remain for a two weeks'
visit.
Clare county Bepublicans have declared Hon. Alfred J. Doherty, of
Clare tor State Senator. Mr.
Doherty is well informed and would
make a first-class man both for his
district and the state.—Evart Bevlew.
The ball game between the Clare
and Harrison teams at Harrison Wednesday was one of the interesting
features of the day, but our neighbor's
proved themselves better players than
our boys, the score standing seven to
six.
"Chairman Markley became tired out
early in the evening and State Committee Secretary Dennis Alward took
his place. The change was noticed
and felt at once. Alward is one of
the best presiding officers in the business.—Grand Bapids Press.
Mrs. W. "B. Ash and 'daughter, Miss
Mildred, who for the past several
months have been making their home
in Clare, went Saturday to Alpena,
where tbey join Mr. Ash, and the
family will soend the summer at the
various resorts in north Michigan.
Frank Francisco of near Mt. Pleasant last week sold the forty-two head
of two-year-old steers mentioned in
this paper some weeks ago, and they
averaged in weight over 1100 pounds
each, and at $4.15 per hundred brought
him over $2000.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. A.- Van Brunt next Thursday,
July 12, Ice cream will be served during the afternoon and evening, and
the proceeds will be used for church
purposes. Everybody invited to come
and have a social time on the lawn.
Miss Alina Tatman, who has been
in attendance at the Normal College
at Ypsilanti the past year, and who
visited in Detroit two weeks after
commencement, returned home Friday and will spend the summer at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Tatman.
HELEN KELLER.
M. Glazier, who for the past yeai
has been employed as head salesman
for W. Wolsey, left yesterday morning for his home in Bay City. Mr.
Glazier informs us that about the first
of August he expects to start in business for himself, and we wish him
success in his new venture.
W.L. LyonsandF, E. Van Ulerahof
Temple were in the city Saturday and
Sunday visiting at the home of the
former, Both gentlemen were pleasant callers at tbe Sentinel office, W.
L. renewing his subscription and Mr,
Van Ulerah putting his name on our
list.   Call again gentlemen.
On page seven we this week give the
picture of Michigan's next Governor,
Col. A. T. Bliss. Mr. Bliss is not only
the choice of the delegates sent to the
Bepublican state convention last week
butheisalsothechoiceof the people
of the state. He has a clear record,
served his country in the Civil War,
and is in every way qualified to act in
the capacity as chief executive of the
state.
Miss Nellie Kane," accompanied by
three of her friends, Miss Christina
Oarithard, aud Messrs. Cars Callen
and Walter Bailey, came up from
Omer yesterday morning to spend bhe
day. In the evening at the pleasant
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kane, in
honor of the four was given a party
at which about twenty-five were in
attendance. A moso enjoyable even-
was spent. Three of the party returned to Omer this afternoon, and
Miss Kane will remain until Tuesday.
The Sunday school picnic acd grove
meeting at Lake George, July 4th,
Was a success, and a very enjoyable
day was spent on the lake and in the
grove. About one hundred and fifty
persons Were present, representing
Sunday Schools from Greenwood and
Bedding townships, and from around
the lake. The forenoon was given to
boating, visiting and taking pictures.
In the«af ternoon there was speaking
oy Miss Lizzie Roland, Miss Florence
Bice and other young ladies. Miss
Jessie Lambertoa read "Th_ rising
of 1176", after which H. V. Gould, Sunday, school missionary of Clare, gave a
short address oni "The importance of
sunday school work". This was followed by a sermon, by Bev. Baynton
of Harrison.
BY LOUIE B. LOUCH.
Life is too subtle for man's analysis.
Pursue it as we may, it ever evades
our grasp. We cannot know it. We
see its manifestations, and therewith
must be content. But still ever, man
pursues his investigations and . the
accidents of the ages reveal to us wondrous things.
In our greatest American college today may be found a fair young girl,
Helen Keller, by name, who has been
a mystery to all the scientific men of
the age, a revelation to students in
Psychology and an inspiration alike
to the gifted and the unfortunate.
The father of this child was a southerner, a man of lntelige'nce and attractive manners with a large and warllkp
way of looking at the world and living
in it, common to the southern white
men of the upper class. Mrs. Keller
was a woman of high rank in the
north, hence it is worth noting as
affecting the question of hereditary
influence in Miss Keller's case, that
the best blood of the north and the
south flow in her veins,
When but eighteen months old, she
was attacked by a ruthless disease, and
when the foe departed, Helen Keller
was found to be both blind and deaf.
Thus she was deprived of the two senses which are the main avenues to the
soul. From then until she was six
years old, there seemed to be no way
of holding communication between her
mind and the outside world. Touch,
taste and smell, alone remained to her.
Thus liyed little Helen for the first
six years of her life, with no direct
connection between her soul and the
great world of human action. Not
the faintest ray of inteligence seemed
to dawn upon that life. But in the
dungeon of her disease stricken body,"
her soul, with all its possibilities,
seemed condemned to live out its own
narrow existence, shrouded in the
blackest despair of utter ignorance
and hopelessness.
Fortunately at tbis time, a very
able woman, Miss Sullivan, came to
the rescue, and began to try to reach the
child's mind, and put it in touch with
the great current o t human life. Miss
Sullivan had a very kind, loving disposition and won the love and trust of
bhe child from the very first. Greatei
love, greater devotion, and greater
patience have never before been shown
by a teacher to a pupil. Her whole
life has been given up to one beautiful,
unselfish object with no reward here,
save the knowledge of having rescued
a soul from its own prison house.
Experiment after experiment was
tried in an effort to bring light to the
mind, seemingly shrouded in darkness,
but without success. Never before
had such.a thing been done. Could a
soul without sight and hearing be put
in communication with the outside
world? It seemed impossible to impress the foundation reality of the
proceeding upon the child. But one
day as Helen was pumping, a strange
look that had never been there before,
her teacher standing by her side,
knew at once that the long wished for
result had come. Yes, at length the
idea of language had reached the
child's mind and she began to make
motions and signs which meant
1 'water." A miracle had been wrought,
for through the sense of touch alone,
a soul had been taught to know the
reality of human knowledge. From
this time word was added to word,
Sentence to sentence, idea to idea until by signs alone she gained a. broader
vocabulary and a better understanding
than many a child possesses to whom
tihe gift of speech and sight has not.
been denied.
When eleven years of age, she was:
given lessons in speech'at the Horace
Mann school. She soon learned the
language of the voice and lips, next
she spent two years in school in New
York, takinR lessons in reading with
her fingers, the spoken language of her
friends. Her progress was marvelous.
She now reads by placing her forefinger
on the speaker's lips, her middle finger
on the nose and thumb On the larynx.
During these years she took a regular
course in arithmetic, history, physical
geography, French and German. So
rapidly did she make progress that at
the age of sixteen, she entered a
school at Cambridge, preparatory to
encoring Harvard college. To day she
not only speaks-Englisb, but she can
Converse readily in French and German. She has read a large number of
the standard books and quotes many
passages from Shakespear, Hugo and
Goethe. In a short time she will
graduate from Harvar_, the best of
all our universities.
But remarkable as may be her breadth
of knowledge, her purity of character
is far more note-worthy. The instruct
tors of Helen Keller have chosen only'
the purer thoughts and nobler Conce_i'
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FRANK WELGft IS DEAD.
One of Clare's Braye Boys Lays
Down His Life for His Country*
In last night's Detroit Journal was
published a list of casualties in the
Philippines as reported by Gen. Mac
Arthur, in which appeared the name
of Frank Welch, of this city. He
is reported as having died June 20
from the effects of a wound in the left
hip, received a month previous to his
death while on the firing line. As it is
known that there is no other Welch
in CO. I, 45th Inf., there is but little
hope in the possibility of this reoort
being erroneous.
The family is grief-stricken at this
sad fatality, as they had but recently
received a letter from Frank lii which
he reluctantly spoke of having been
wounded, and that by the lime they
received the letter h,e thought he
would be backQU the firing line again.
The parents have the heart-felt sympathy of the entire community, and
while it is indeed a bitter loss to
tbem they have the Satisfaction of
knowing that their boy died like a man,
and facing the enemy.
Oldes.-famny'-nblo lit the Country.
What is -probably tho oldest family
Bible in this country, and without
Eoubt the oldest Dutch Bible, is in the
possession of Capt. George W. Wood,
1*700 Eutaw place, Eal-imoro. It is almost three hundred years old, and has
been in his family for nearly that
.length of time. In all Jirobabittty it
Was purchased by one o£ his ancestors soon after it came from the press,
for it was -rOught to this country in
1630:—Baltimore American.   _
SOME EXCITING SPORlS
Saginaw Races Promise, to be the
Best Ever Given in the
Valley.
Local lovers of light harness racing
are already figuring on taking their
vacation the week of the Saginaw
races, July 24, 25, 26, 27, Indications
point to the most successful meeting
ever given in the Saginaw valley.
Some sixty horses are now taking
their preliminary work at Union Park
and will be in the pink of condition
for race week. The green races give
great promise of some lively sport and
considerable speculation on results.
Drivers are just beginning to let them
step some and quarters In 33 and half
miles in 1.08 are about what can be
seen any day at the track. New
stables are arriving every day and it
is expected that one Tiundred horses
will be working at the track by the
middle of the month. The Saginaw
race meeting is the topic of conversation most prominent on our streets at
the present time, and everybody is laying plans to be there each ■■ day. The
association has done wisely in making
the admission 50 cents with a free
grandstand, only the center being reserved, and admitting carriages free.
The meeting seems to be in the hands
of mdn who know their business.
The Maccabees marched in a body
Sunday and attended church services
at the Baptist church* where Bev. A.
0. Barclay preached a most Interesting and instructive sermem.
They All Praise ffirtn
Dennis E. Alward, readier clerk of"
the national house of representatives-
and secretary of the republican state-
central committee, presided o-verr tile-
convention for a time las. nrgbfe as*
Tom Beed would have done- rt- A-l'i
ward sat under Beed's shadow so long?:
that he caught the phrases and'sty.e-
wlth which the czar used to make-tbte-
house quake, and he used them OE'tfte-
convention with healthy effects, Tfie^
deliberate pounding one bhe- gavel,-
llke the slow, heavy blowa-of a steam*
hammer, and the familiar "All gentlemen in the aisles will be seated"" had*
their effect on the convention-, thought
not quite the effect Reed used*to< give?*
Dhem in the house. Dennis- also- used"'
a bit of Beed sarcasm. The- galleries-
'atonepoint were very noisy.. "The"
people In the galleries are the- guests.
of the convention," said Dennis- wi-h*
Slow, distinct emyhasis! "■Ebe-v&usi-
ness of the convention will' proceed.""'
The galleries took heed and* became.
quiet.—Detroit Evening Newsr-
Reservoir.Burstsu-
Early Monday morning,' tile* greater,
reseryoir in the eastern posiao-ti o£f
Grand Bapids, from which* $_■_- city-
deri <*es its drinking water, sgrang. s».
leak. Houses were carried awa*?s. and/
streets washed oub, families- made?
homeless by the sweeping torseafia>.SK_G
mlliion gallons of water HisbedU
through .the vicinity of tb®- "waterr
basin. Two lives were lost, ansUaa_u_a-i-
ber injured, while the proper*®' Jems
is estimated at $80,000,