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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
HUGGED BY A BEAR.
Zen Hurd. n Phi ladelphia Woods IN has
Narrow Escape.

Zen Hurd. n PHI ladelpha Woods N IN has
Narrow Escape.
A party of gentlemen who have just
returned from fishing excursion up
Kettle Creek, Penn. tell OF the start
ling adventure of Ben Hurd, a woods
man living in the Black Forest says
the Baltimore American. |;
The region close to where Hurd
lives escaped the ravages OF the forest
fires last spring, and for that reason
the neighborhood is now infested with
wild animals who sought refuge from
the fires.
One morning. as Hurd and his
daughter weve some distance from
home looking after the prospects Of
the huckleberry crop, they came upon
bear and her three cubs. She at once
assumed the offensive and made for
Hurd, who was unarmed. The girl
frightened nearly out Of her wits.
started for a bark-peelers' camp further
up the mountain for help.
When she reached the camp nearly
cxhaused by her fearful run. she could
scarcely toll the location of the fight
that was going on between the man
and bear. James Callihan understood
enough OF the disconnected story, and
Immediately FASTENED to the rescue.
He grabbed a bark-peeler's ak and
ran. As he neared the spot he gave n
loud cry. which Hurd family answered.
Callihan was just in time for when
he came upon them the bear had Hurd
in her deadly embrace, with every bit
OF clothing torn from his body. CALI
han dashed at the bear with his up
lifted NIX. The blow caught the mon
ster in the back, and the bear was
dead in few minutes. Hurd was so
weakened with the loss of blood and
from his desperate fight that he fell in
q swoon.
Several others came from the camp.
and Hurd was fixed out with enough
wearing apparel to get home. The old
bear and the cubs were subsequently
carried into camp. Hard has almost
recovered from the effect OF the fright
but the narrow escape Is wildly i'm
pressed upon his mind.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

Tho lamp In lit, the fire CLOVIS red,
The storm roars over the roof;
am weary OF weaving the drowsiheed
OF thought into warp and wool.
Tho music lies In the yellow light,
finger tho ivory keys;
But tho charm-the charm In fed tonight
OF melody wont to please.
turn the pages OF sweet Scots song,
But IL is not sung by me;
These airs TO gentler voice belong;
Each page has q memory.
Books hold me not; at last rise,
For lines but fade from view:
am haunted-by splendor Of shining eyes,
And my heart, sweetheart is with you.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
HIS BEST TRICK.
The ConJurcr's Unrivsied Trick which
il Yet Unexplained.

The ConJurcr's Unriveied Trick which
il Yet Unexplained.
must tell the family OF the curious
OF a remarkable conjuring trick ! saw
performed while on q voyage from
London to Calcutta The. conjuror
was Parsee.. whom you might have
taken for respectable servant out OF
place, but who actually was Iand-
owner travelling for pleasure. who had
taken up conjuring as an amusement
Spreading a white cloth on the deck Of
the steamer. he sat down with his
back against the companinn hatch.
As soon rs he had settled himself. no
turned to one OF our fellow voyagers
and asked for the loan OF rupee.
which he requested should be given to
one of the ladies present. The lady
took 1t, and. at the request Of the con-
jurer. looked at it and declared it to
be real rupee. The performer then
told the lady to hand it back 10 the
gentleman OF whom he had borrowed
II. Tho gentleman took it and then
the following dialogue ensued:
Conjurer: Arc you sure that Is a
rupeep
Fellow-voyager: Yes.
Conjurer; Close your hand upon It
and hold 1t tight. Now think of some
country In Europe, but do not tell me
your thoughts.
After moments pause the gentle
man who held the coin said that he
had thought Of country.
Then open your hand" said the
juggler; .'see what you have and tell
me II it is not coin Of the country you
thought Of"
Strangely enough It was 5-franc
piece. and our friend admitted that he
had thought Of France. He was on
the point Of handing the coin to the
conjurer for inspection, when the lat
ter said: mo pass 1t to another"
AS happened to be the nearest the
5-franc piece was handed to me. l
looked closely at it. carefully examin-
ing both sides. until / was satisfied
that it was a coin of the realm OF
France, even though 1t had been n ru-
pee but few minutes before. Then.
tightly clutching it in my hand, l
thought OF America When had re-
Taxed my grasp found that had a
Mexican dollar in my hand. This l
handed to gentleman on my right,
who. in turn, thought of Russia, and
opening his hand. found a Russian sill
yer piece in place Of the Mexican dol
lar.
The juggler performed several other
tricks during the voyage, but they
were Of a commonplace kind, and in
no way comparable to the chin trick.
which ! have never seen rivalled or
explained. St Louis Republic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
A Frog-Bird.

Thomas Marshall and Fred Grace,
of Newcastle, Pa, were out hunting
frogs the other day and captured a
creature not described in the books.
1t is frog with wings and a tail some
thing like fantail pigeon. 1t weighs
exactly nine ounces. The wings are
composed of elastic-like skin, and
when stretched out measured nine
inches from tip to tip. When the frog
bird is in the water the wings and tail
fit closely to the body and are hardly
noticeable
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
SNAKES IN FLoRIpA.
Not Nearly 80 Plentiful or So ID ,nc~roas
- They Are Reported.

L
Not Nearly 80 Plentiful OF So ID .nc-roas
| - They Are Reported.
don't think your correspondent
/, '.Anti-Snake" needs to be so much
afraid OF rattlesnalxos in Florida says
a writer In Forest and Stream. have
done considerable camping, tramping
and hunting In the twenty winters
have spent in Florida. but have never
lost dog nor seen a live rationale,
| In the woods or the swamps of the.
state. walk through the swamps
scrnbalmetto or grass without ever
thinking OF snakes, ard In the twenty
years have only known of two persons.
to have been bitten bv rattlers; one a.
Mr.. Babcock. at Pine Island. Charlotte
Harbor. and the young Englishman
killed this winter at Halifax River.
He saw the snake and struck ut 1t with
q stick. when II struck back and hit.
him. 1t don't do to play with them.
What is called the moccasin snake
or cotton mouth here is very abundant
in the wster and swamps in the south
ern pert OF the state. but MOI much
feared or considered very dangerous
ike Inc rattlers. -.
was once shooting from boat in
South Florida when tho busho., pulled
out one of our rowlocks quite loss
when We could get no other). l pro-
posed to our colored man .,Bill" that
he take off his shoes and r.ntaloons
and feel for it with his toes in the
water. about three feet deep. He
drnp,,ad ,:,f ~ Tho boat apd ,+acnad
upon big moccasin snake He gave
an awful yell. and us he came out had
an enormous snake twined about his,
naked legs, AS soon as he was out OF
the water 1t unwound and went away.
Bill was sure he was bitten, and
thought he looked very pale for a.
black man, but l could Sn5 no bite or
damage. 1t was several days before
he got over the shock. and the row.
lock was never found. The moccasin
snake keeps in or near tho water nll
the time, and the fires that run all
over the country do not kill them; but
the rattlesnake keeps mos. always up.
on the dry land. and most of them are
burned up in tho long grass and scrub
palmetto.
l only know OF three poisonous.
SNAKES in Flo. ida or the United States.
the rattlesnake, moccasin, and coral
snake. The last is small. very pretty
snake, and not dangerous unless you
handle it. The rattlesL:.ke of the
Southern States is a very large and
dangerous reptile, but Us have said
before, very rare snake and seldom
seem
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

THE rapid increase OF our foreign
population-fve and quarter mil
lions having landed on our shores in
the last ten years-and the consequent
increase OF a voting population igno-
rant OF our institutions, together with
the impulse toward paternalism which
from various reasons has followed the
civil war, render 1t necessary that our
system Of education should be directed
chiefly towards the work OF teaching
the duties OF citizenship in govern
ment in which the citizens are the
rulers
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
KING FREDERIcK's SWORD.
It Did Not Act ms Tallsman to John
Brown.

1t Did Not Act ms q Tallsman to John
When John Brown went to conquer
the south with twenty three men he
believed that the less he trusted arms
of flesh the more Jehovah might be
depended on to unsheath his sword,
writes Moncure ID. Conway in the
Century. The only other sword
Brown considered worthy to be used
by the Almighty was that which WASH
ington was said to have received from
Frederick the Great. One of Browns
men Cook came as a spy.to Bel Air,
and was Hospitality shown the WASH
ington relics for which he inquired.
Brown told Colonel Washington, after
taking him prisoner, that he wished to
get hold of the sword because 1t had
been used by two successful generals. :"
The superstitution cost him dear. In
order to get tho sword Brown de-
tached six of his men to go after it.
five miles away. He thus lost half q
day and all chance OF escape. Seven
teen lives were offered as on an altar
before the mythical sword.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

The question Of whether the Amer
ican novelist has been equal to his OPP
portunities is large one, and may de-
pend for answer somewhat on the 9TH
or question whether the American
reader has been as receptive of literary
impression drawn from its own sur
roundings as from those of other peo-
pie. And that again may resolve it
self into consideration of the further
question, how much American orig
inality has been stifled by the compe-
tition Of stolen literary wares and how
much American taste has been vitiated
by the great mass Of rubbish, miscalled
literature, which has been circulated
broadcast among the people In the
shape Of a novel at ten and fifteen cents
O COPY.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

THE education Of our youth is not
what 1t was when the young man used
to go to college purely for the sake Of
obtaining an education, work his way
through by saving wood or attending
to the professors horse, and afterwards
face the world in all seriousness. In
some respects 1t is better. In others
worse. The world knows a great deal
more than it did thirty years ago, and
many important branches OF study
have opened since those who are
scarcely more than middle-aged walked
out Of college halls with their sheep
skins in their hands. In those earlier
days, however, the life Of the students
was far simpler and more wholesome.
and 1t would have been an impossibility
for the police to find liquor selling
students club in any college town.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

In the American political system
the Importance OF the elections by
which offices are filed Is not greater
than that Of the primaries ut which
candidates for those Offices are nomi-
mated. 1t is practically impossible,
except under extraordinary circum-
stances to elect any but the nominees
OF one OF the regular organizations.
1t is OF little avail to make elections
free and pure, il the primaries are
controlled by corrupt influences. The
citizen who drops his ballot in the box
ut the polling booth has not fulfilled
his duty to the state unless he also at
tended the primary, and there used
his best efforts to make it possible for
him to vote for n good candidate, by
forcing the nomination of such can
didate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
Did All He Could.

A peculiar chain of events was re-
Gently brought to light in Kansas
divorce case, in which man petit
toned for separation on the ground
OF his wife's insanity. 1t developed
that the Judge who granted the divorce
issued the marriage license TO the pc
titioner. performed the ceremony. pre-
sided at the trial to establish the in
sanity Of the wife. and, finally. acting
as the judge pro tenn. Of the district
court issued the decree of divorce.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

FREE government cannot exist long
without intelligent patriotic citizen
ship, and the chief need OF intelli-
gence is in the direction OF the duties
OF citizenship. Our public schools
can furnish this intelligence II it is
made their aim and duty TO furnish it,
and the sooner they go about the
work the better. They have no proper
function but this and II they fail to
fill 1t there is no reason why they
should exist. Public schools that do
not teach the principles Of our gov
eminent and the duties and RESPONSE
bilities OF its citizens should be abol-
ished.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

WE are jollier people than We
were n generation ago. and by so much
healthier in mind and body. Men still
living remember when In most parts
OF the country 1t would have been
deemed strange sacrifice Of dignity
for any grown man TO engage in play
ing ball. while tho women who should
have played tennis or rowed a boat
would have been deemed hopelessly
..unsexed."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
Kept Apart.

In Turkey prisons the Mussulmans
and Christians are kept apart. The
former. grave and gentlemanlike-
looking set OF men, bask In the sun
most Of the day smoking; and thoy
perform frequent additions at the
trickling fountain in the middle OF
their airiug-yard. They give nc
trouble, and wait with the utmost
patience until it shall please Allah to
open the prison doors for them. The
Christians, herd Of Greeks, Bull
garians, the Macedonians, with the
most villainous faces, morals, and
manners imaginable, have to be ruled
with tight hand to be kept from
strangling one another.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

The animal was obliged to run as fast
as the rapid transit cable pulled him.
until the strap was cut in twain by
coming In contact with cross cable.
The horse was holding back so hard
that the reaction threw him on his
launches. and before he could recover
his equilibrium half hundred citizens
were holding him down.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

As TO the English OF the future.
who knows what the years may bring
forthP The language IL. alive and
growing and extending on all sides, To
the grief OF the purist and the pedant
who prefer dead language that they
can dissect ut will, and that has come
TO tho end OF its usefulness. The exist
ence OF Criticisms and Of Americanisms
and OF Australianisms is a sign OF
healthy vitality.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

The political Mrs. Grundy is a
phantom conjured by the apprehension
OF a politician OF what he supposes TO
be the opinion Of the people or of a
party. The inevitable result OF the
apprehension is to regard that general
opinion as mean and unintelligent, Sc
that the politician is often trying to
conform to a standard that he despises.
Instead OF asking what does the public
advantage require and what ought to
be done, he wonders what he can dc
that will ALLEVIATE the least votes
Craftsmanship, he says, consists ir
doing what you can, not what you
would.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

A lady OF Jacksonville told a re-
porter that she swallowed one box Of
pills each week for sixteen years.
There are twenty-five pills in box
and she has consumed the contents OF
1872 boxes-20, 800 pills. For each
box she paid 20 cents making totnl
apent in the sixteen years OF $20S.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
Prin,isively Pure.

There is not mile OF railway in
Brown county, Ind, nor within six
miles of it. Nashville. the county
seat. has 400 inhabitants, and but one
brick structure. she court house. The
county has not sent my one to tho
penitentiary for seven years, and there
is not saloon within its limits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08

In one OF l.ondon's fashionable
churches the preacher made an appeal
to the effect that certain baronet
was. through no fault Of his own, In
debt to the amount Of eco, and had
no means of paying. Consequently
the congregation were called upon to
provide the amount required.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
shamcrsIi Proceeding.

When the Beccher statue was being
placed in position in Brooklyn the
workmen fastened arope around the
neck OF the statue. with black cap
drawn over its head. and left 1t dang
ing in mid-air while they went TO
Einnns.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-08
Lo, the Poor Horse.

Probably the maddest race for life
that ever happened in San Francisco
was that of a sleepy old nag whose
hitching strap in some way was 'caught
In the cable slot Of q street railway.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-16

The oppression OF tine Mckinley tar
iii ID the bHrthen OF the speeches OF
the Democrats everywhere. For
eleven months they have been keeping
this howl before the people. They arc
net sincere in anything they say upon
this subject, and they know that they
are deeeiving the people, but what DIFF
ference does that make, SO that they
can but fool somebody into voting the
Democrats ticket They know that
they will sooner or later, be exposed,
but they think they will have the first
word upon the subject, and that leaves
the greatest impression. In regard to
the parrot expression of hard times
under the Mckinley bill, the Treasury
Department has thrown bomb into
the camp that has exploded the OPP
preston theory with the most signal
effect.
The report Of the operations of the
Mckinley act for the eleven months it
has been in operation, and the uner-
ring testimony OF the figures proves
that in that time the new tariff has
saved to each man, woman and child
in the United States the average sum
Of seventy-five cents. Tho saving is
not much it is true but it is enough to
show that the new tariffs not OPP
pressive and that people who tell that
it is have very little regard for the
truth. Let US see. seventy-five cents
each for 62,oo0,o0o of people in the
United States amounts to $4,000, 600
Ito mean amount after all. The saving
will be -four times that amount aDnu,
ally when the bill gets fully into opera
ton.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-16

Governor Pattison and his party in
Pennsylvania are in trouble, and If the
Governor had not already convened
the Senate it would hardly be done.
1t was fully expected that the Repub-
lican Senate would use discretionary
measures in the investigation OF the
charges against State Treasurer Boyer
and Stnte Auditor McCamant, but he
is surprised to find that the Republi-
cans instead of obstructing his plans,
have turned in to help him along in
such vigorous manner that he does
not know what to make of it, The Re-
publicans hayethrown nil their proceed
ings open and haveinvited AttorneyGen-
eral Housed the Governors law arm to
be present and conduct tine investiga-
tons on the part of the Governor.
II State Treasurer Boyer and State
Auditor McCatnant are found to have
been in league with Bardsley to rob
the State they will have to take the
consequences and go to the peniten
tiary, where the Republicans sent
Bansley, Governor Pattison finds
that the Republicans have no desire &c
condone any official delinquency, MOI
to protect any member of its party ii
high or low standing, guilty of wrong
The expeditions and thorough manner,
however, in which the Republican
Senate Is taking hold of the matter, is
not an agreeable surprise to the Cover
nor. He would much rather soc them
he state, act dilatorily and Investigate
in such manner that would not in
vestigate. Such plan would have
suited his Presidential aspirations
| much better.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-16
FRroAs OCTOBER 10. 1891.


WILMINGTON now has a murder case
on hand that cannot lie accounted for.
III the taking of the life of little Eddie
Gardner two things stand out promi-
nently-the motive for committing the
deed and the singular manner in which
the murder was discovered. It is hard
to see what motive could have prnmpt-
Ell man to take the life of a little
uine-year old flaxen -haired boy, who
could not harm anybody. The fact
that dream Is quoted as leading to
the finding OF the body can have no
influence except with the irreclaimably
superstitious.
A troubled conscience may lead to
dreams along the line OF the matter
that troubles the conscience, and it
locks no way mysterious that the man
who would take the life OF an limo
cent boy should dream afterward
about It, Still, dreams are not to be
altogether discarded. Pharoah dream
ed. NebuchadneZzar dreamed, and
Belshazzar dreamed, and all their
dreams were frightfully verified. We
hear OF modern dreams coming true
but in the Gaze of poor little Eddie
Gardner, the dream theory looks very
thin. The public can but desire tina
the man who committed the attro
cious murder may be speedily appre
hended. and punished to the fulles
extent of the law.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-16

Rev. L. o. Ayers died at lis residence
in Delaware City, on the 14th inst, uf-
ter suffering for several weeks, from
Bright's disease aged about So years.
He was native of Kent county, and
learned the trade of harness making
liz Smyrna, with u man named Ruth,
who came from Maryland and located
in that town, After working for some
time at this business, he learned the
timing trade and worked at the same
bench with Mr.. Robbins, who after
wards entered into partnership with
Hon. A, b. Richardson of Dover, and
laid the foundation for the large bust
ness in canning fruit, etc.
After working a time ut the timing
trade he got converted, joined the NJ.
+. Church, and studied for the minis
try. He was admitted to the Whining
tonsM. u. Conference ut Denton, Mary
land, in March, 1870, and became quite
a prominent preacher. He was located
at East New Market from 1882 to 1884,
at Denton, 1885 to 1885, and was Pre-
siding Elder OF Salisbury District from
1887 to 1890. Last March he was located
at Delaware City, and the unpleasant.
ness attending the change caused him
great annoyance. He leaves q wife,
three SONS and one daughter.
One of the sons is engaged in the
iewelry business In Delaware City. an
other holds n good situation in Phil
adelphia, and the third is boy of l2
or II, who with his sister resides with
his mother. The funeral services will
be held this evening at 7.30 O'clock
under the direction of Presiding Elder
Murray, who left our city this morn
ing for that purpose. The interment
will take place at Smyrna. tomorrow.
the funeral cortege leaving Delaware
City on the $50 u. hi. train.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-16
Natural history.

A meeting was held In the parlors OF
the Friends School, Fourth and West
streets, last evening, fer the purpose
OF organizing National History So
ciety, including botany, ornithology
and entomology. Prof. johnson acted
as chairman. After considerable dis
cnsslon Messrs. Bush, Palmer. HiIbI-
Der, Pennypacker. Jones. Berlin and
johnson. and Misses Hewes and Cav
throp were appointed committee TO
decide whether 1t was advisable to or
ganize society, and to learn where a
room may be secured for the purpose
desired. This committee will report
at a meeting to DO held IN Friends
School parlurs on Thursday night, 90.
tober29. All persons interested in the
project are invited to attend.