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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Learning Poems by Heart.

Sidney Woollett, the New York elo
cutionist says that the way memory
can be trained is by constant exercise.
Il know thirteen of Shakespeare's
plays and Tennyson's idyls by heart,
besides volume of miscellaneous
poetry. My process was simple: I
went hard to work and learned them
by rote. Sometimes would read ten
lines over carefully several times and
then attempt to repeat them. II I
failed would keep at them until I
knew the lines perfectly, then I would
try ten lines more. By memorizing
ten liues at time thoroughly had
little trouble to repeat an entire poem
OF 1000 lines or more.
"My favorite way OF memorizing Is
while l am walking. Often / have
walked fifteen or twenty miles repeat
ing long poems like Miles Standish,
Enoch Arden and Elaine It some-
how comes natural for me to memo
rize while walking. I seem to re-
member better what / have conned.
Shakespeare's plays are difficult to
memorize, because the author has 30
many striking lines and so many orig
inal characters. Naturally 1t is more
difficult to recite dramas than poems.
If happen to make the slightest mis-
take in reading my lines l hear from
1t, so l am careful to know what / re.
cite perfectly"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Youth In Europe.

To the European youth America is
known as the land Of the free, while
his life at home cannot be properly
called his own until he is forty years
Of age.
In continental Europe, says an ex-
change. the best years OF all able
bodied men are demanded for military
duty. Russians must be fifteen years
IN active service. Germans seven,
French five, Austrians ten, Italians
five, and all men from eighteen to
forty are, moreover, liable to be called
upon at any time their respective coun-
tries need their services.
Russia has already under her stand
ards 1, 400. 600 men, and is striving to
place another mil lion on n war footing.
The Russian army is oflcered by the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23

girls who docs not say ''Shakc!"
but thinks 1t. That hand which
readily grasps yours has been edu-
Gated at the pump handle, and its
grip forces some OF the deepest emo
tions from your heart TO your lips.
The nature Of the emotions will large
ly depend (if you are a many on how
you regard the mannish costume. II
YOU are woman we'll. 1t Is impOs-
sible to tell how woman may or may
not act She cries when she Is ex-
pectected to laugh. and laughs when
She Is expected to cry.--Bostou
Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
How to Lay "A GARNET.

Lay the Innings on the floor put
ting small tack here and there to
keep them in place. Put the carpet
OH the floor. unrolling it in the d.
rection in which it is to be laid.
Begin to tack IL at the end Of the
room which is the most irregular. II
there be fire. place or bay-window in
the room, fit the carpet around these
places first. Use large tacks to hold
the carpet temporarily in place; they
can be withdrawn when the work is
finished. When the carpet is fitted
to place, use small tacks to keep it
down. Tack one end OF the carpet,
stretching it well; then a side, then
the other end, and finally the other
side. Be careful to keep the lines
straight and to have the carpet fit
tightly; for il it be loose it will not
only look badly, but will not wear
well.-Maria Parloa, in The Ladies'
Home journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
TREMENDOUSLY AMUSING.
A Dude who Discovered rhst PERSON.
wash for Themselves.

A Dude who Discovered That Persons
wash for Themselves.
While In the office Of an uptown
hotel recently chanced to overhear q
conversation between two men which
proved very amusing from subsequent
Developments.
Both persons In question were attired
In the latest style and drawled their
words with Murray Hill correctness.
They also affected that peculiar vacuity
OF countenance innocently supposed to
be fashionable in England, but which
In reality exists only In lunatic asylum
or an institution for the care OF the
weak minded.
They were discussing new book
which dealt with some Of the rougher
sides OF life.
1T was overwhelmingly amusing"
remarked one specimen, Ito wead how
some persons In Boston who made some
pwetensions socially were compelled to
do their own washing. Anotha family
couldn't hiah servant so they had to
do their own cooking" This seemed
SO amusing" that both laughed as
loudly as their weak physique and
strong conventionality would allow.
The other individual who appeared
to be in the last stages of paresis, re-
sponded with similar anecdote and
the two wandered out into Broadway,
There was an old New Yorker in the
lobby who happened to be familiar,
with the antecedents of both, and he
gave me some OF their family history.
He OF the 'excruciating" amuse-
mont formerly lived in the tene-
meht house district not far from
Cherry Hill. His father had been a
machinist's helper and earned 81 o
week. His mother took in washing to
help support the family. Later his
father invented q trivial article which
brought him considerable money.
He invested in real estate and made a
fortune. The family deserted Cherry
Hill and now live on Madison avenue.
That is the history of the young
gentleman who saw so much amuse-
ment in people doing their own wash
ing.
The worthy parent Of the other made
several contracts with the city under
the Tweed ring and then retired from
business. York Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
rwo soNos.

no sun d gone fromxhs valleys,
Tbs cir brcAthss frcsh and chill;
On the barn roof yellow with lichen !.
A robin Il singing shrill.
Like tawny leaf 10 his bosom,
Like q dead leaf 4 his wing;
He 70 glad Of the coming winter
Al the thrush Il glad Of the spring.
Tho sound Of Q shepherds piping
Comes down from distant fold,
Like ripple Of running water,
Al tunoless, and sweet, and cold
Tho two songs mingle together;
Lfkc and unlike are they,
For one sounds tired and plaintive,
And one rings proud and gay.
They take no thought Of their music,
The bird and tho shepherd lad;
But tho bird-voice thrills with rapture,
And the human note Ia sad.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
His Amd.v,t.

A man in Cincinnati has made affi-
davit that he called up an acquaintance
by telephone and had five minutes
chat and then learned chat the man had
been dead two hours when he helloed
him up. It Is hoped the dead man got
satisfaction over the wire. That is
more than any live one will ever get.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Tn. Entranelnx woman.

One needs only slight experience
in general society to discover that
taste has separate necessities In differ-
emit individuals, and that beauty, wit,
style" a gift for light conversation,
depth of mind, have each their ad-
mirers, fact that sets the ones on
the outside OF the special circumstance
to wondering what there can possibly
be in the particular woman to draw. !"
Is there woman who Is universally
entrancingp Is there one who con-
mands worship swift and entire-a
worship impatient OF reasoning, that
submits to no authority but that OF in
sightp
IL there is, we must naturally con-
clude that she possesses something
that appeals to more than one side OF
human nature. and this does not mean
that she has that diplomacy that in
the beginnings perhaps nothing more
than the desire to please the many,
but which often degenerates into posi-
tive insincerity, but rather that I'M
conscious touch upon her kind that
comes from very necessity OF her be-
ing.
Sorrow and JOY are at tne extremes
OF human experience, and the woman
who stands at the centre stretching
sympathetic hands toward either con-
dition must be the one who is essen
TALLY charming. Like Tennyson's
Rare pale Margaret" she stands
between the rainbow and the SUM-"
This woman OF the sweet confiding
nature, who is thrilled with the de-
lights OF life, upon whom is flashed
all the beauty and grace in nature,
and vet who bears about her evidences
that the storms have ragged at the
very centre of her soul. and that she
has taken the hand of many a sufferer.
to descend in sympathy to the deepest
grave of affliction. is an enchantress.
She is the one to whom the young
come with their enthusiasms and
youthful fears and hopes; indeed, so
perennial are the springs OF renewal
within her nature that in the passage
OF the years time seems to have re-
fused to make its sign upon her, and
yet the middle aged and the old rec
ognize in her a friend and helper.
To her the knightliness OF the man
Hest manhood bows and offers protec-
ton. Perhaps all men naturally are
susceptible to appeals 10 the strength
of their arm and to their bravery OF
soul, and this something In a woman's
eyes half revealed. this touch of sad
ness. few Of the stronger sex are able
to resist.
Such woman is beyond the art OF
the copyist. Spend their efforts as
they may in trying to reproduce the
fascinating effects, women who envy
her are never able to get true copy.
Sometimes they imagine that the Sc
cret may be found in tone OF the
voice, or, again. in a glance of the
eye, or in the pose OF the figure; but
in the effort to adapt these to their
own personality. they meet failure
even before the first trial OF their ex-
pertinent is made in public.
But the enhancing woman pays her
price in a sense, for her power. The
rainbow that is hung in beauty in the
sight OF the many to delight, cheer,
and inspire them. was formed through
the mist OF her tears. and when the
glorious colors fade away, some turn
to behold the lonely figure tina,
stands amid the clearing mists. Mary
X. Baldwin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Morning.

lkWill there really be morning?
Is there such u thing % dayY
Could see IL from the mountains
IL were rs tall ~ theyy
Has 1t feet like water-lllliesl
las IL feathers like birdy
Ii IL brought from famous countries
Of which have never heard!
oh, seine scholar! oh, some sailor!
Oh, some wise man from the skies!
Please to tell u little pilgrim
Where the place called morning lies!
Emily Dickinson
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23

most efficient staff Of military strate-
gists. the discipline and blind obedi-
ence OF her soldiers giving the Rus
slams . fighting capacity unsurpassed
by any soldiers In Europe. They are
armed with weapons Of the best pattern.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Good Manners.

Good manners are the blossom OF
good sense and good feeling. II the law
of kindness be written in the heart, 1t
will lead to that disinterestedness In
both great and little things-that de-
sire to oblige. and that attention to the
qualification Of others, which are the
foundation OF good manners.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23

A woman Of Valley City. N. d.
wagered that she could put the slips on
Ave pillows while any man present at
q church fair could encase one, and
seven different men took her up and
suffered defeat No man can ever &C.
quire the lnack Of holding pillow In
his teeth to work with both hands.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Kate Fields Failing.

There are few men and circum-
stances that self-reliant Miss Kate
Field does not feel quite able to cope
with and eventually master. Lately.
at a large public dinner, she occupied q
seat in the ladies' gallery, and listened
with flattering attention to the post
prandial speeches. A favorite orator
at length arose, and drifted into such
extended and undressing express
sions OF hopes, interlarded with rem
iniscenses, that his audience grew po-
litely restive. II fear he imagines
himself again in the Senate Chamber.
where one can step out during dull
speeches. remarked Miss Field, in a
calm. loud voice, from her gallery
corner. and in one moment more
nervous and pithy talker had taken
the floor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
FOR THE LADIES.
CURRENT MISCELLANY FROM
WOMAN'S SPHERE.

Tho Entrancing Woman OF Today-H"w
Women shake Hands-Qusen victoriA
and Her Che -Nsatness In Young
GIris-F sminine Gossip.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Feminine Flashes.


Barbara Allen gowns is the name
creation OF her own, that is no more
nor less than the long-tailed basque,
made to be worn with plain skirt.
This basque has the full, all-around
coat-tails but Is exaggeratedly short
in the waist, and from the low-cut
throat and leg-o'-mutton sleeve wrists
turn back deep-pointed lace cuffs.
Mrs. Henry w. Grady. widow OF the
famous Southern editor. makes oc-
casional visits to New York. where
she Is the recipient Of innumerable
and graceful Inequalities extended by
members OF the large Southern colony
in the Northern city. Dinners.
luncheons, breakfasts flowers, drives,
and uncountable callers are among
the compliments and Inequalities
showered upon the widow.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who for so
long time has lain i'll and helpless
at New York hotel, Is another
Southern woman never forgotten by
her countrymen and women in the big
city. Her daughter, Winnie, is Ill
ways her devoted nurse and compan-
ion. and for her mothers sake has al
most entirely retired from the world,
its amusements and pleasant tempta-
tions held out to her by friends and
admirers. ast
To the home OF an eccentric and
cultivated Spanish couple recently
came an eighth small son, whose sex
was bitter disappointment to the
mother for more than one reason. She
wished daughter, and she also found
that the distribution Of suitable names
among her seven other blooming sons
had exhausted her supply OF euphon-
ious masculine appelations. In the
hurry and excitement OF baptism.
Maria Mercedes were the best names
his parents. could contrive foe him.
Mrs. Helen Campbell, whose liter
airy and philanthropic labors have
won her many admirers and great
fame, lives during the winter In a
charminly decyrated New York apart
ment and In the summer moves to her
pretsy cottage ut Orange, N. j. In
her two homes she feels great pride.
for by her own perseverance and en-
deavor did she win them.
A skillful sewing-woman. engaged
by the recently organized Sewing
League of New York to finish up GER
tain bits Of work left by absent mem
bers, discovered. rather to her as
constituent, that among the fashion
able and wealthy women who COM
posed this particular chapter OF the
league not one but could use her
needle with neatness, rapidly, and
good taste.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23

..It's awfully hard" said the Five
Dollar Bill as he was borrowed for the
hundredth time, Ito go through life en-
tirely loan. "--Washington Hatche'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Pretty Doggy.

The spitzdog has a bushy tail,
And tho coachdog runs to spots;
The pugdog looks like pretzel--
But the women love him lots.
New York Sun
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
Higher ana Lore.

The higher classes IRE generally the
lore classes, and the lower classes are
usually the hire asses.-Pharmaccu-
t,.al Era
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-23
JudgIng Character.

The character Of a man Is told
BY the way his jaw runs In,
30, too, a woman may be judged
Quite easy by her chin.
Mohave County miner., 1891-05-30

Parson and doctor Joined ia one
Most suitably we find;
Tho one the suffering body treats,
The other soothes the mind.
The parson shows the way 10 heaven;
And then with tender cars,
Tne doctor consumates the work,
And gets the patient there.
Medical Age
Mohave County miner., 1891-05-30

Manuel Martinez Is up from the Da
mont Joe mine.
William Miller came in from Colo
Basin Thursday.
Miss Libbie Wilson has gone home or
visit TO her parents.
Il. Ogden has returned to the Gun
sight mine near Cedar.
Ed Thompson returned 10 the Empire
camp Wednesday.
A large sized Gila monster was exhib
tied around town Wednesday afternoon
Kingman needs a "rustling committee
10 look after the Fourth OF July commit.
tees.
Geo. Darden was over from the EN-
pire this week to superintend the sam.
pIing of his ore.
The youngsters around town do a
thriving business peddling ice cream
these warm days.
John Jamison and J. FL. Sample have
gone on prospecting trip into the in
terror OF the country.
Kingman dudes now wear roses for
buttonhole boquets, and have discarded
the asthetic suDfo.er.
Mrs. II. j. Christie came over from
Mineral Park Thursday evening and is
visiting Mrs. Del Beebe.
Sheriff Lake has good sized force OF
men at work on the new reservoir on the
hill above the courthouse.
The new porch on the front OF Tasgart
& Cos lodging house greatly improves
the appearance Of the building.
The pyrotechnic display on the night
OF July Fourth will he the grandest ever
witnessed in this section of Arizona.
There is another car load OF ore at
blackberry from the Diamond Joe mine
that will be sent to the sampler in few
days.
Mrs. Lew Blakely has been visiting
her parents at their ranch under the
shadow OF Wallapai Mountain for the past
week.
Mr.. Matthews. A. & T. roadmaster,
left with his wife for San Diego Thursday
night, where Mrs. Matthews will spend
the summer months.
II you would enjoy yourself on the
Fourth OF July come to Kingman, iand
the cream OF enjoyment will be dished
out to you in large, juicy chunks.
The second story walls of the old adobe
hotel building have been taken down,
but we cannot say that the appearance of
the wreck has been very much improved
To our northern Arizona neighbors we
would say, send to Kingman for vegeta-
bles and fruits, as we can and do pro-
duce better favored fruits than can be
obtained from California, and at the same
time they will reach you in much fresh
er condition. The vegetables raised here
cannot be excelled anywhere on the
western hemisphere.
Needles people are to have a steam
boat excursion 10 the Chimehuava valley
the Fourth of July. They had better
come TO Kingman. where they can
breathe the pure mountain air, and at
the same time have an enjoyable time.
Kingrnan will celebrate in a good, old
fashioned style, and cordially invites all
her neighbors TO Join in the celebration.
Nearly two Car loads Of beautiful cop
per-silyer glance ore from the Diamond
Joe mine, near Cedar, was worked at the
sampler last Tuesday. The ore is rich
in silver, copper and and lead returned
considerable money to the owners. The
mine never looked better than at present
and the prediction is made that ii will be
one OF the steadiest producers in the
county, as the mine is opened up in a
shape TO work quite number Of men
stoping out ore and still continue pros
pecting for more, thing that is seldom
done IN Mohaye county.
, 1891-03-28

Some peculiar frauds on insurance companies
have been brought to light through the arrest
of a police-agent who was implicated IN them.
This man, who was reported to his chief for
having attested accidents which had never
happened, confessed to his guilt, and gave
information as to the existence of an organ
ised band of swindlers who had defrauded
several assurance companies, and had obtain
ed from them indemnities for persons who
had not been injured. The leader of the gang
was an inspector of assurances, and leagued
with him were cabmen, policemen, and alleged
victims of faWa ecras6s. These threw them
selves Town carefully near the cab of a Jehu
who was a confederate. They were picked
up in semi-fainting condition as having been
run over, and revived at a chemists shop, or
more frequently in a wine-tavern, while the
policemen who were near booked the accident
and reported it Eight persons in all have
been arrested in connection with this lnsur-
ance trick, which has been p~ractised frequent
ly with success in Paris during the past few
m~onths.-Daily Telegraph, March End.
, 1891-03-28

GRENADA.-The following concerning an
Obeah man is taken from the Chronicle =
On Saturday night last when the honest
folk of the community were settling down
themselves to rest, q raid was made by some
police officers upon the residence in CRANKY
Street of q black man named William ataGS
"Dr. Willie, who was suspected of practicing
obeah, and whom they detected engagedIn the
exercise of what they naturally assumed to
be an unlawful practice. Information having
reached the police, it appears, to the effect
that the man was to be engaged that night IN
the working of obean to bring about the sue
cess of q certain horse entered for the then APP
preaching race-meeting, two constables were
detailed to visit his quarters in mutt, winch
they did, and be was discovered employed as
mentioned above, surrounded by bones of
various animals, bottles of noxious stuffs, and
other uncanny objects. He attempted to re-
sent the invasion of the Officers of the law,
but with the assistance of some other persons
who put no faith in the science practiced by
the Doctor he was secured and led off to
the Police Station, where he was accommoda-
ted with quarters in the lookup until Monday
morning, bail being refused for his temporary
release. On Monday he was taken before
Mr.. Payne, the Magistrate of this district,
who after hearing a portion Of the evidence,
remanded him to Friday, when he was again
taken up and dealt with. The charge having
been proved, the man was condemned to pri-
son for three months with hard labour, the
Magistrate expressing his great regret at not
being able to infict a heavier punishment on
him. Among the witnesses who appeared for
the prosecution were the Colonial Surgeon,
Mr.. N. Lindsay (owner Of the racehorse
Nugget and Nj. G. Whiteman, the jockey, all
of whom had rendered assistance in the cap
ture of the prisoner. In the course of this
trial he described himself as a doctor of
weeds" 1t would be a great blessing to the
community if the whole of the presidential
crew" to which "Dr. Willie" belongs, and
who infest the island, quilting and imposing
upon the less.informed of the inhabitants
whenever opportunity occurs, were found out
and similar punishment melted out to them.
We are sure 1t would have a very telling
efect-DOminicG Dial, March T..
, 1891-03-28

fully described, but in considering the root
function the lesson conveyed by Mr.. Watts
will, we hope, be remembered as of great
practical value, and the evil results likely to
follow upon the application of artificial
manures in small heaps avoided it must
burn the tender roots, and the necessity for
sprinkling at a reasonable distance from the
plant acted upon, the feeding roots not being
close to the stem but spread out around in
search of food-All artificial manure, by Mr.
Watts advice, should be scattered evenly be-
tween the rows and not placed i" theground
with a spoon in one place,
The structure of the cells, fbres, and roots
We're illustrated ly the exhibition of sections
'ndcr q powerful microscope. Altogether a
most instructive and pleasant evening was
sreat, and the attendance argues well for the
l. ,~fulncss of this second series of lectures.
To meet the wishes Of some Of the audience
the lectures viii be held ON every alternate
Aond2y evening, the next being fixed for
the l6th inst,-4ntigua Observer,
, 1891-03-28
THE DAWN OF A BRIGHTER
DAY, WE HOPE.
(A"tigua Standard, 21St Fe6raary.)

In response TO the invitation of Messrs. Lee
and Foster, there was a large Meeting of Plan
tiers and others interested in the Sugar Industry,
held at the L.. and R. Club rooms on Friday the
18th.
Mr.. James Maginley was called to the Chair.
Mr.. Lee, who was armed with a power of At
torney from the Antigua Usine Company Limit
ed,saId that the meeting had been invited chief
ly for the purpose of considering the proper
principle ON which the purchase Of canes by
the Company should be based. He thanked all
present for attending and hoped that after dis
cuss.ng the question some agreement could be
a rived at satisfactory to the Planters and. to
the Company.
He submitted a Draft Memorandum of Agree
ment, which he said he had full power to modify
II necessary, according to the views and sugges.
tons of the meeting. He recognized the possibi