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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-26
ARMSTRONG'S REVENGE.

N f b RICH t
June morning,
II o t m a n y
years ago, n
big ungninly
farm servant,
holding by n
halter a large
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-26
straight the Gntc ana Marrow the wa,

Revivalist--"Yourg lady. which
road will you elect, this night to iol-
love-"
Young lady (blushingly)-"I-rd
rather prefer the bridal path. New
York Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-26

making more than n solitary safe hit
off his delivery, when only twenty
nine men went to the b t.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18

The ''giving and taking of a ring" is
absolutely necessary in a regular church
wedding, but the ring need not be the
property Of the contracting parties. /
know an English church dignitary who
Once performed a wedding with the
ring of a bunch Of keys, as the ring
had been forgotten. In many instances
j have found the ring too small for
the brides finger, so that it could not
be slipped over the knuckle. Never
mind. sir" said the impatient bride
groom, go on; we can fix that when
we get home"
But bridegrooms are not usually so
self possessed. 1t is astonishing how
helplessly stupid the bridegroom gen
orally is at a wedding. He loses his
presence Of mind and conducts himself
like a child On the contrary, the
bride is calm and composed Rev. I.
7. Hughes in New York World.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18

II is certain that the orang-outang at-
tains an enormous size, fully ~equaling
the much debated African gorilla
Those specimens which have reached
Europe alive are mere pyg1nies. !
have seen skins in the possession Of
natives (Bataks) whose original owners
must have been something terrible to
behold. One, indeed. could not have
been less than six feet high and two
across the shoulders, though the arms
and legs had not been preserved The
hair on this skin was eighteen inches
long.
also saw at a Batak house a skull
Of a mowas, evidently a e old speci-
men. whose teeth and jaws were no
whit inferiorin strength TO those of a
tiger. tried to buy the skull. but the
owner would not part with il, and told
a long story as to how it came In his
possession. From his want of front
teeth and his defective Malay he was
almost unintelligible, but l made out
that it had been slain by his father or
grandfather after a desperate
ter; and. indeed, the deep cuts in the
bone must have been done by a strong
arm and a heavy weapon. Chambers
journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18

His manner is worth a hundred
thousand dollars TO him. That is
what one Of the chief men of the ma
ton lately said about a boy 1t
wouldn't be worth 30 much to one who
meant TO be "A farmer or who had no
opportunities, but to a young college
student with ambitions it is worth al
least a hundred thousand"
The boy was a distant relative Of the
a and had been brought up by
careful parents in a far of city. Among
other things he had been taught 10 be
friendly and TO think Of other persons
before himself The boy was on a
visit in the town where the man lived.
They met on the street. and the
younger, recognizing the elder, prompt
ly went 70 his side and spoke TO him in
his cordial, happy, yet respectful way.
OF course the man was pleased. and
knew that anybody would have been
pleased. The sentence above was the
outcome Of it,
A little later the boy came into the
room, just as the man was struggling
into his overcoat The boy bur
ried to him, pulled it up at the collar
and drew down the wrinkled coat be
meath. He would have done it for n
man, the haughtiest or the poorest
Congregationalist.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18

country va made by a Paris firm and
shipped to the United States board of
lighthouse directors in August, 1883.
IL vas intended for a lantern as big ms
a small church, the lens proper meas
uring IS feet in height and IL I-2 in
width. the internal diameter, or bulls
eye, being 8 feet s inches. st. Louis
Republic.
An Awkward Predicanicnt.
A New Haven letter carrier was max
ing his last round for the day, not long
ago. when he Unexpectedly found him
self a prisoner. 1t was about half past
10 in the evening. and he was hasten
ing from box to box. taking up their
contents.
His key was attached to a small but
strong chain. which was fastened about
his waist in snch a way that it could be
taken of only by having the key end
of the chain. IL is customary for the
carriers to put the key in a breast pock-
ct after opening a box, the box being
fastened again with a spring lock.
In the present case the key happened
not 10 enter the mans pocket, but slid
down inside the box unobserved. He
slammed up the loosely closing door,
put on the paddock, snapped it and
darted onward.
He took two steps, and was brought
up with a suddeness that Jared both
the man and the post. The key was
inside the box and the carrier was a
prisoner To remove the chain from
his body was out of the question. He
stood still, therefore, until a young
man happened along. To him he ex-
planned his predicament, and in half an
hour or SO "a duplicate key was brought
from the postofice and he was released.
New Haven Register
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18

zone Of the greatest differences be.
tween the east and the west" says q
veteran conductor. lis in regard tc
talking with strangers. The Missouri
river is the dividing line in regard to
talk. The very minute passengers get
east Of Omaha and Council Bluffs they
freeze each other. Strangers are stran.
gers, and they grow more 70 until they
reach the coast. The difference is just
as marked the other way. Passengers
who would not dare to speak or be
spoken 10 quit playing clans as soon as
they reach the end Of the Union Pa
cifc bridge. From that point on.
clear TO the setting sun, the tongues
get nimbler and nimbler.
You can ask any man for his past
experience, present feelings and future
expectations. and he will give up every
detail with a smile. But get even a lit
tie ways east, and if you ask a man the
time of day he will look at you as if he
was sure you intended to snatch his
watch. Yes. the Missouri river is the
line Of loquacity. Omaha Bee.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18

IN Experience of "A Reporter In a suIll-
van County Settlement.

The Experience of "A Reporter In a SuIll-
van County Settlement.
A reporter seeking information of a
former resident visited Oakland valley,
Sullivan county. the other day. While
awaiting the Monticello train at Port
Jervis the reporter inquired of a group
of loungers where he would be most
likely TO obtain the required informa-
ton.
"When you get off the train, " said
one man. take the main road. and in
the first house TO the right lives an old
fellow who can tell you all you want. &"
I'D see the supervisor if were you, g"
said another; he has held Office nine
teen years and knows everybody"
''Or the postmaster. In those little
villages the postmaster knows every
body's business" suggested a third.
Take the little path down the hill
and you'll come TO a sawmill. Ask the
boss. was the next suggestion and it
was followed by this:
There's only one s~torekeeper in the
village; ask hhn."
The last one was, "O1d Ben Case n
tell you all you want TO know"
At the foot Of the very steep hill
leading from the railroad station the
reporter met "a tine ioozing. well set up
man in top boots. rough trousers, a
wooden undershirt aid a SLOUGH hat.
who in answer to @ inquiry. said he
was Ben Case. He new all about the
man the reporter So seeking. and gave
the Information FIR ely. As there was
no way Of leaving ne village until the
mex train, five Dc rs later. hereporter
determindd 10 Wis tine other persons 20
whom he had been directed. He
thanked Mr.. CO e and walked to the
sawmill and ash d % see the boss. The
workman dire ed him 70 the general
store nea by. There he met Mr.. Case
again. In answer 10 an inquiry for the
sawmills owner, or for the general
%storekeeper, Mr. Case replied, They're
me
As il was unlikely that he could give
more information as general store
keeper and mill owner than he had "a
ready given as plain Mr.. Case, the re-
porter asked to be directed TO the
supervisor, and again received the re
ply. That's me.
You seem to be nearly everybody
here. Mr.. Case. Where shall | find the
postmaster He may know more than
you've told me"
"WaaL, | don't think so, but you
a ask him if you like. I'm the post
master"
Unwilling TO ask any more questions.
the reporter started for the white house
TO the right of the road. There two
young women, busily engaged in do
nestle duties, said their father had
gone to the store. but would return / IN
a few moments. Would the visitor
waltz The reporter waited, and in
about an hour the ubiquitous Mr.. Case
arrived.
Come, girls, " he said, Il am ready
for dinner. Lay a plate for the
stranger. He wants 10 see me bad. ~
New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
Tn. Tomato No, v.rr OLD.

The tomato got no such early starr
In the world a. did its homespun cousin,
the potato. To BE- sure. 1t was carried
10 England In 1896. but never thought
Of a. being eatable then. and was cult
waited only for its ornamental appear
anee and possibly for medicinal pur
poseA Both there and on the Cont
nent il was known as the love apple.
the name which it still bears in France
and Italy. Old John Parkinson tells
rs in his quaint way. as early as 1929,
In hot countries. where they natural
ly grove. they are much eaten Of the
people 10 co-pl and quench the heate
and thru vi their hot stOmaehes
Yet il is only within City years that
they hass co-e Into general use.-BOs
ton TRANSCRIPT
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
OZEN6ER
A Gsmin's simple Tribute to His Dead
Friend Of the Lodging House.


A Gamin's Simple Tribute to His Dene
Friend Of the Lodging House.
There were two names on the bras
plate that was nailed { the lid of tn,
cheap. coffin in the parlor Of the Boys
Lodging House" but to the gamin,
who were congregated on the pave
ment below, waiting for their com
rade's funeral services to begin, the
dead lad had been known as ''Lozen
gers" In life he had been a lozenge
peddler in the city parks-one of those
child merchants that wander from
bench to bench and drawl their monot.
o 'Tozengers; all kinds; cent a
package"
That "Lozengers'' had been popular
among the other boys Of the lodging
house was evident from the number OF
his fellows who had gathered TO hear
de parsons send of" and from the
huge design in commo flowers that
they had placed at the head of his
coffin. The boys had Clipped in and
bought it from a florist, bargaining
sharply with him for de biggest show
de Doodle would buy"
When "Lozengers' was living his bed
fellow and boon companion was a
newsboy. the oldest of the crowd of
youngsters who were waiting on the
sidewalk, and in their tcrse, homely
way the others expressed their sym
pathy with him. As the newsboy was
expected to make some reply to them.
he said;
"Lozengers never c'u'd a got long
in dis wurruld; he he'd too much heart
fer a bizni,s man
wy wun day me am him WIZ no ~
de park an a lot NV g'uls girls rom
wun NV EN- ere homes come long wild
der Keeper Lozeugers tried ter sell
his stock NV can'y ter her fer de kids
but she w'u'dn't buy non. De kids wuz
crowdin 'roun Lozengers am EVEN dc
sweets hungry like, an ] KEEP "a watchin
EN-, SOS non nv 'em w'u'd lift er pack
ige.
BE tust ting l knowed Lozengers
iist turned his back on der keeper an
begun hanin 'roun his box an de kids
dey help'd themselves. Wen de box
wuz empty, De chuck it onter de gras.
an come back ter me. DenI axed him
wot he got fer de stock, an he sed. Not
a durn cent.
Der keeper wudn't pay his price an
he hedn't enuf bizni,s bout him ter
offer de goods at half price. He seen
de kids wanted de can'y, an ruther "a
see der mouths waterin fer nuthin he
jist set up de whole box ter EN-.
Say, %fellers, it's mebbe jist ez wei
at Lozeugers is gone, fer a man wild a
heart like his'n wuz amt got no call ter
be nuthin but a millyunaire. an ser kin
see fer yerself dat he hedn't de biznis.
bout him ter git ter be a Wandybilt. %
Alexander l. kinkead in New York
Epoch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
Twas So Handy.

/ overhead two ladies talking % one
another aloud on the porch of the
Grand hotel. and the dialogue was
thoroughly occidental:
You must come and see me on your
way home. " said one.
us it faTT' the other asked.
"Oh, no." replied number. one. Its
only twenty-four hours out Of our
way. You can get TO my place in a
day and a night from Cincinnati
Come. won't your
Il certainly win" replied number
two, ''sinee it's 90 handy"
The two women thought no more Of
travelling a day and a night in the cars
than a born New Yorker would think
Of going TO Brooklyn-not 80 much, in
1Act-Julian Ralph In New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
She broke the speIl-and the Hat.

NO. I'm not superstitious," said a
citizen in conversation. but my wife
is. She went out yesterday and forgot
her parasol, so she came back and laid
down her pocketbook t get her para
SOL then went out and forgot her
pocketbook; so back she came the sec
Ond time and sat down.
Aren't you going outf I asked
Yes, but If | went out the second
time without sitting down 70 break the
spell | would have bad luck
"She got up and went out. and / saw
that she had sat down on a brand new
silk hat that cost me eight dollars and
had ruined it. That was not very good
luck for me. Detroit Free Press
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18

The air plants. which are fastened
BY the slenderest roots to the ground
or rocks. live entirely on any moisture
they may draw from the air. and win
grow and bloom for months IN a house
without any water. In other ways the
intense dryness mobiles vegetation;
food being scarce. all forms Of vegeta,
ton are eagerly sought after by ami
malS and an unusual number are pro
tected by thOrns or by such an intense
bitterness that no animal win touch
them--Fortnightly Review.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
why He Called His Parrot money.

why He called HIS Parrot Money"
There was a man at the Lake Erie
depot, and he had a parrot Of which
he seemed very proud. and with good
reason, for it was an accomplished lin
guist. There was also an observer
there, one of those persons who call
themselves philosophers and students
Of human nature. Quoth he to his
companion;
There is a curious fact in relation TO
parrots. Nearly all are possessed Of
the same name. Now. IN bet you a
box Of cigars against a cigarette that
that birds name is Polly"
He accosted the parrot man with,
Il say, my friend. what do you call
that birdf'
Money" was the reply.
What do you call it that forF'
"'Cause money talks. Seef"
You're right. she does" said the
parrot. as she winked the other eye
Pittsburg Dispatch
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
An Historical sword.

The sword carried By Ethan Allen at
the battle Of TicOnderogA Is now in
Jackson. Mich II has an old fashioned
blade, twenty-seven inches long, nicked
and venerable; the handle. which is Of
bone. Is sever inches long; the mount
Ing is Of silver washed with gold On
one Of the bands Of the scAbbard the
name Ethan Allen" is engraved A
dog's bead Of silver forms the end Of
the handle. and from this to the guard
b a silver chain-Bufalo Express
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
How siAmsss Servants Crawl.

In Siam your native servants or fol
lowers approach you creeping On all
four. and have ven seen a Siamese
crawl into his masters presence with a
wen filed tea tray IN one hand, while
polling" himself along the floor with
the othsE.-David her In New York
Epoch.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-28
JUST LIKE HUMANS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seal Have DIisunderstand-
ing AID Fun Ensues.

There was trouble in the seal fam
lily at the Central park Zoo the
other day, says the New York
Times. Papa Seal cbastised the
baby seal for playing mischievous
pranks, whereat Mamma Seal waxed
exceedingly wroth and attacked her
lord and master with such fury that he
beat a hasty retreat and clambered up
on the cement banks of the tank. There,
greatly to his surprise and sorrow, he
found more trouble. A surly pelican
was strutting along the edge of the
tank, and the presence Of the bi~ wet
seal was to her unwelcome. She pecked
viciously at him with her sharp beak,
and with squeal of pain he slid back
into the water.
Mamma Seal, however, had not got
over her anger, and she thrashed the
luckless head of the family with her
tail so theoretically that he again
sought the dry bank.
But the pelican was waiting for him,
and she proceeded to tap him on the
head with her llnifelilSe beak. The
seal could not stand that, and once
more he rolled back into the water
Again and again he was driven out OF
the tank by his spouse, and again and
again he was driven back by the peli-
can.
This domestic comedy lasted for fully
twenty minutes, and it was watched by
half hundred persons. Finally, the
irate spouse took pity on her ''worser''
half and permitted him to remain I'M
molested in the tank
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-28
NEutilntinc Coin.

Would it be legal for a ieweler to
smooth the face of coin and engrave
thereon a monogram or figure? This is
the interesting and practical question
which has been presented at the
United States courts by two lawyers,
who wished to know if that would be
considered as mutilation of the national
coin, and therefore a violation of the
law. The reply was made that any
person who treated coin in the man
ner suggested did so at his peril, as it
was not at all clear that it was not a
violation of the statute which imposes
a punishment of fine and imprisonment
on any person who ''fraudulently'
mutilates or defaces a coin. 1t is said
that it may be difficult for an arrested
person to prove that what he did was
not in law fraudulent"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-28
Mailing Money.

1t is not until person has lost five
or ten-dollar bill sent through the
mails that he feels that there is some
thing or somebody sadly immoral in
the service. The practice of sending
paper money through the mails is
very foolish one. 1t can be easily
proven. Place fve-dolJar bill in an
envelope. Now smell it. There you
have it. There is nothing on earth
that smells like paper money and a
9thief expert in his business with good
olfactory nerves can detect the pres
ence of money in an envelope at any
stage of the game. 1t is well to re-
member before sending paper money
unregistered that 'for ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain the
average mail thief beats the ''heathen
Chinee. Chicago News.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-28
AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.
A Wonderful Machine Intended to Detect
New Comets.

A Wonderful Machine Intended to Detect
New Comets.
A western astronomer had invented
device for capturing comets without the
trouble of sitting up all night to hunt
for them. He is going to discover them
by an ingenious combination of ma
chinery and chemistry. His telescope
is to be set going in such way as to
sweep large section of the heavens
automatically, and when it comes face
to face with comet, no matter how
faint, the machine will sound an cleo
trio bell in his sleeping-room.
This wonder, says the Toledo Blade,
is to be performed by the aid of the re-
Gently discovered element, selenium.
The light from an object in the field of
view is made to fall upon a prism, back
of which is metal diaphragm with
Sits corresponding to the positions of
the three hydrocarbon bands that char
acterize the spectra of comets and of
them only. Hence the light from any
other object is intercepted by the bars,
but that from comet passes between
them and then falls upon selenium
cell that connects with battery and
alarm. The affair is simple enough
when one understands it.
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SPLINT-BASKET MAKING.
The Rapidity with Which Experts
Turn Then Out.
A Lively Time Between Two Worxmen,
Who Were Competing for Suprem-
acy-Oyer 100, 900 Baskets in
One Month.

The manufacture of pe-baskets
! has grown to be an industry second only
to the raising of the grape in many Of
the towns along the shores of Lake
Erie, says the jamestown N. W Sun.
A grape-baskct is constructed of bass
wood and is made up OF eight distinct
pieces, minus the handle. The han
dies are not put on at the factories, but
by the growers when used. good
basketmaker can turn out about fifty
baskets an hour if he moves lively.
Formerly what was known as the
splint-basl1et was used. 1t was cheap
er grade, and not nearly so strong or
durable, and, containing but four
pieces, was of course more easily made.
Many people while in the grape country
might be curious to know just how
many of these splint- baskets could be
made by one man working a month A
tilt that Perry Bigelow and Charles Ben
nett of Portland once had between them
illustrates the possibilities of splint-
basket making.
Each man differed somewhat as to
the capabilities of the other in that
direction, and to settle the matter they
started thirty-day match, without
gloves, catch-as-catch-can no particu-
lar rules to govern, and each to work
as many hours as he chose. So it was
not only a question of experiences, but
of endurance. Both worked in the same
shop.
What poundingl Up and down,
like flash, moved the hammers in the
hands of the two men; like flash the
splints were bent into place and the
nails sent flying into their sides with
the speed of so many hornets, and bas-
lzets rained on the floor in shower.
Did the boys begin to get tired in the
course of week or two? Well, if they
did they didn't show it. The longer
they kept at it the faster they worked.
Their movements were almost auto
matte and as regular as clocllworh, and
so evenly matched were the men that
the twenty-ninth of the month there
wasn't a difference in their piles of
twenty. Ever and anon Charley would
stop to wipe his face, and Perry would
gain on him; then Perry 1nayhap would
have to brush fly away, and then it
was that Charley got in his fine work.
The night preceding the last day Per-
ry went to dance, returning at three
o'clock. The race was about even mp,
and he thought that by slipping into the
factory at that hour and working until
breakfast at a good lively jog he would
have Bennett demoralized and beaten.
He had just picked up bis hammer and
spat on his hands when the door opened
and lo there was Bennett.
Four hours till breakfast, five till din |
ner, and then till six o'clock-tap, tap, |
tapl 1t was better than a bear dance
and lively enough to stir the most stolid |
citizen. Neighbors gathered in crowd |
around the shop and watched the fun,
AT exacrIy SIX O'CLOCK Perry threw his
hammer out of the window. He was
just five baskets behind. Score: Ben
nett, 1880; Bigelow, So, 945.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-28
Row screws on Ocean Racers.

In order to do away with the enor-
nous pressure of the water against the
front of ocean steamships an English
inventor has introduced a novel device
which he claims will enable faster time
to be made by vessels, in addition to
facilitating the maneuvering of ships
and tending to avoid collisions The
invention consists of one or more screws
on each side of the bow, each forty
degrees with the bow, and ninety de-
grees from each other, Experiments
made with these screws show that the
water is thrown from each side of the
bow, forming deep well in front Of the
vessel and allowing the stern screws to
effect their full power in propulsion.
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rho unlted States Nary.

Only about twenty-five United States
ships, exclusive of the revenue cutters
and the training squadron, are now in
commission, but it is estimated that five
years hence there will be forty-nine
ships available for active service, and
that of these only three or four will be
of the antiquated types that now make
up The bulk of the navy. Before that
time arrives, however, there will be
vast change in the makeup of various
squadrons. The Asiatic squadron in
particular will have got itself new
outfit. Several of the vessels on that
station have been kept there for years
past chiefly because they were unfit for
the voyage home across the Pacific.