1902-01-02; Clare Sentinel

              Established 1878.
OLARE, MICHIGAN', THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1902.
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I S6fl00lo DEPARTMENT \
The winter term begins Monday,
January 6bh.
That the difficulties of last year retarded school work is plainly evident
in the low standard of many of the
grades. The writer has found tbe
work thus far, even in the new school
building, as Durdensome as it was last
.year, but everything has been so adjusted that with tbe new year there
will be steady advancement.
The first grade has not always been
properly warmed since cold weather
began. On that account many par-
'A- ents kept their children out of school.
Tbe contractors have made some adjustments to the heating plant and in
the last week of school when the temperature was from zero to eight below
any room in thejbuilding could easily
jbe warmed up to summer heat
It is very desirable that all first
graders be regular in attendance from
now on so that the teacher may have
a chance to bring up their work.
Last June through the various
grades twelve pupils were promoted on
trial. Of the twelve two were put
back, six are doing poor work and four
are keeping up the average of their
several grades. About thirty pupils
were not passed last year but a half
®t those very thirty are now the ones
who do poorest work in their classes,
A( It would seem that the plan of promoting on trial is a poor one in-most
<sases. The main thing is to have a
pupil abreast of the best in his class
in the first years of school life so that
ibis enthusiasm may help him over the
hard places.
Does your child study school books
out of school? it Is not designed that
pupils below the eighth grade should
do any stud ying out of school hours
under ordinary circumstances. But
#ood healthy children's books and papers along with good robust play with
jother right-minded children within
«asy reach of the parent should minister to the freedom of childhood. In the
eighth grade a little studying should
m done outside of school hours while
|n the high school considerable work
jokust'be done with daily regularity
to keep up the standard required for
an average high school student.
^ Thus fat there has been practically
UO marring of school property.   Child
ren take pride in the appearance of
their schools. But it requires constant watchfulness to prevent the
misuse of ink.
The man is the product of heredity,
environment and his own will. Let us
help the child to the very best associations and thoughtfully train him so
that his will may be strengthened; for
heredity having already been determined at birtb it is through his environments and his will only that we
can help the child to become the man
we wish him to be.
Philip A. Bennett, Supt.
Joseph A. Brayman.
After intense suffering for three
weeks, Joseph A. Brayrean passed
from tbis life early Tuesday morning
at his home four miles south of Olare.
Deceased was born in Argile, TST. Y.,
sixty-one years ago. For the past
three years he has resided wich his
wife on O. B. Thayer's farm where he
died, the cause of bis death being
Bright's disease and a cancerous condition of the kidneys. Besides a devoted wife he leaves one son, Arthur.
The funeral is held this afternoon
from the M. E. cburch, Bev. W. J.
Hathaway officiating and the remains
interred in Cherry Grove cemetery.
The bereaved wife and son have the
sympathy of all in their affliction.
Ex-President     Hayes     and     the
Farmer.
It is told of ex-President Rutherford
B, Hayes, while attending school at
Kenyon College, he was in the habit
of taking daily walks into the country
with two intimate fun-loving companions. They frequently indulged
in repartee with people on the road,
and on one occasion met their match'.
In an old garden they saw a man
whose patriarchal beard suggested the
following joke:
One of them doffed his hat and
called, "Good morning, Father Abraham;" the next said, "Goood morning,
Father Isaac;" while Mr. Haj es not to
be outdone called out,' 'Good morning,
Father Jacob."
Ignoring the outstretched hand of
the latter, the old man said with dignity:
"Gentlemen, you are mistaken in
the man, 1 am neither Abraham,
Isaac, nor Jacob, but Saul, son of Kish,
who was sent out to seek his father's
asses, and lo! I have found them."
HUMOROUS POSTMASTER.
Mr. Spencer, of Lawndale, Writes
to Postmaster Dickerson.
According to the reports of the first
assistant postmaster-general, Postmaster Dickerson receives the lamest
salary of any man ■ in the business in
Michigan, and the postmaster at
Lawndale, Saginaw county, the smallest his stipend last year being $67.84.
James E, Spencer, who is the Lawndale official, has writen to Mr. Dicker-
son congratulating him on the fact
that "we are the heads of our respective classes in Michigan."
Mr. Spencer's letter is dated at St.
Clair, and he says that to clear up any
mystery as to how he is doing business
in St. Clair and drawing the magnificent salary at Lawndale, he wishes to
explain. He sold thg general store at
Lawndale, which he conducted "in
connection" with the postoffice,
and tendered his resignation; but it
has not been accepted. He fears the
department knows when it has a good
thing and won't let him go. His successor in the Lawndale store is his
deputy, but Spencer finds it disturbing to his salary to make a trip there
each quarter to swear to his reports.
Seeing that a postmaster had been
fired for expressing pleasure over the
death of the president, he was
tempted to make such a remark, so he
could be bounced, but he was too loyal
at the last minute. He asks Dicker-
son to write to Teddy and tell him
that he (Spencer) is the stiffest Democrat in the woods, and waiting for a
third chance to shout for Bryan, to
see if this will not get his dismissal.
He thinks it might up here, although
he knows it wouldn't south of the
Mason and Dixon line.
In conclusion Postmaster Spencer
invites Postmaster Dickersdn to visit
him at St. Clair, and says he. will open
a box of sardines on the occasion, "It
will be impossible for me to come
down and see you until after next
quarter, as 1 cannot make another
draw until then,'", the letter ends.—
Detroit Evening News.
Lost.
Between M. E. church and the P. M.
railroad Saturday a roll of bills amounting to 880. Liberal reward for return
to W. M. Lynch, east Eighth street,
Clare,
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By Rail to South America.
Linking the oceans by means of an
isthmian canal and linking the continents of the new world with strands
of steel are engineering enterprises
that are certain to be numbered among
tbe achievements of twentieth century
progress. If the continents are to be
severed by cutting a great waterway
through the strip of sand and rock
tbat now unites them an inter-continental railroad is all the more necessary to carry out the pan-American
spirit and to bind the republics of the
new hemisphere into a closer union.
It was natural that the pan-American congress, which was held primarily for the purpose of promoting
friendlier and closer relations between
the countries of the two Americas,
should give substantial encouragement to the inter-continental railroad
project. Nearly all of the South
American republics are nearer to
Europe, commercially and socially,
than tbey are to the United States.
Their people are foreign to us in customs, language and ideas. Many of
the South American delegates to the
pan-American congress at the Oity of-
Mexico had to make the journey to
that city via Europe or Hew York,
The railroad is the great promoter
of continental solidarity as well as
commercial intercourse. The Mexican
railway has brought the Republic of,;
Mexico so close to the United States
that it seems almost a part of the
Union. i
As an engineering enterprise the
inter-continental railroad is perfectly
feasible, and as a commercial enterprise the work of joining the two
great continents of the western hemisphere is sufficiently attractive in its
possibilities to engage the. interest and
attention of capitalists.
The proposed railroad, in fact, would
contain no greater mileage than the
Northern Pacific or Union Pacific, and
the engineering obstacles are not so
greatf;as those encounterd by Russia
in the building of the Siberian railway .—Record-Herald.
The Old Silver Dollar.
How dear to my heart
Is the cash for subscription.
When the generous subscriber
Presents it to view;
But those who won't pay
We refrain from description,
For perhaps,,gentle reader,
That one may be you.
The marriage of Miss Elfrieda R.
Bruske-and Auston S. Graham took
place at the home of, the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Bruske, 719
North Fourth avenue, Wednesday
night. The bridesmaid was Miss
Naomi Hales, of Bay City and the
best'man, JOhn Killen, of this city.
The officiating clergyman was Rev, A.
B. Sutcliffe, of the First Methodist
Protestant church, The out of town
.guests were Mr, and Mrs, F. H, Cogswell. Mr,, and Mrs. Graham have
gODe to their home at 1115 Litchfield
avenue. , West Bay City.—Saginaw.
Evening News, Miss Bruske has several friends in Clare who will be glad
to receive this news.
Senator A. J. Doherty was in Sagin-
naw, St. Charles and Lansing this
week. Owing to a flood in Pennsylvania and a scarcity of miners it is almost impossible to get soft coal for the
power house. The railroads have a
clause in their coal carrying contracts
to the effect that in case of a shortage
they use all coal coming from the
mines necessary to keep them going
before delivering to individual concerns. Mr. Doherty is now obliged to
use wood as fuel until such, time as
coal is more easily obtainable. Mrs.
Doherty accompanied the Senator on
the trip.
Shears no bigger than a pin is one of
the exhibits of the skill of a Sheffield
workman. A dozen of these shears
weigh less than a half a grain, or about
the weight of a postage stamp. They
are as perfectly made as shears of - ordinary size/
Debtors in Siam, when three months
in arrears, can be seized by the credit^
ors and compelled to work out,their
indebtedness. Should a debtor run
away, his father, his wife or his children may be held in slavery until the
debt is cancelled.
There is a plant in'Jamaica called
the life plant, because it is almost
impossible to kill it,- or any portion
of it. When a leaf Is cut ofl and hung
by a string, it sends out white,<thread^
like roots, gathers moisture"from.the
air, and begins to grow new leaves.
One   horse work harness for   sale
E. A. White, tf.