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the protection of their own guns. Two of
the redoubts which hid been captured by
the Russians were retaken by the Dragons,
could not be held. Having driven the
dragons out of the Notifications the
Russians charged into the plain, but were
not able to break the solid lines of the allied
force and retired to their hills and fertitca-
tions. This retreat practically terminated
the battle, and it only remained for both
sides to entrench themselves and await re-
endorsements or developments This the
Russians seemed disposed TO do, and, al
though they had over 10000 men on the
field, made no further advance, while on the
other side the allies, drawn UP in line of
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of construction clings to the mind until
neat little stairway leading up through the
bottom is discovered.
To he sure the vessels lines are little bit
too much rounded to suggest the idea of
speed, but she is the quantest, Queerest
craft that ever came out.of q Chicago ship
yard. A hurricane deck, bOWsprit, mast,
and small funnel suggest tubby lake
steamer, but once inside the nautical idea
is lost.
There are stewards quarters, of course,
and cosy little state-rooms, and any number
OF narrow gaDgways leading up and down
the four stories of the house-boat. both fore
and aft, but she Will never sail an inch, as
the architects only designed her to grace the
most easterly point of dry land inside the
city limits of Chicago. If it is cool on the
lake it Will be cool there. There are two
railroad switches and fTeight-house within
the toss of hat but when business is done
there will be half mile of silent cars and
deserted tracks between the house-boat and
the city's noise and heat.
Everything about this land craft has q
nautical tone. There are little pOop-decks
fore and aft. The rooms, with the exception
of the main saloon, are small enough to
crafty the most exactng yachtsmen. There
is diminutive lookout forward and a
loungng-place at the stern whose design
must have been suggested by the pictures of
:he quarterback from which Columbus di-
rected the movements of his tiny flagship.
On the sides of it, as it stands upon the end
of the pier, the water comes up to within ten
feet of its keel, and from its PORTFOLIOS and
decks the Government pier, the harb0r and
Lake Michigan fill the eye.
As soon as one is able TO cross the Ran
dolph-street yiaduct and walk out to the
hOuse-boat without carrying an ulster the
more nautical adjunctS of the institution
will be completed. This will be the home OF
the yachting and boating organization. be
side the craft of the members, steam
launch that will accommodate theaentlre
household will be moored there, SO that
when the end of the pier proves sultry or
the railroad tracks fail to cut off the pun
gent odors Of Bridgeport, the members can
fioat out into Lake Michigan as far as they
choose Everything nautical will be en-
couraged, and theihouse-boat at the end of
the pier will be the center about which it is
hoped every sort of craft, from a canoe to a
three mas.ed schooner, will congregate in
the summer time.
While the organization of the club has not
been fully completed, it has been decided to
call the house THE Argo," and, OF course,
the gentlemen who enjoy its privileges will
be Argonauts. With that name the men,
bership could not be more than fifty -four
Chicago Tribune.
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TWO Famous Mhite Honse Ladies'

Two Famous White House Ladies.
OF the women who have had fame and
greatness thrust upon them by their hus--
bands becoming Presidents but two STAND
out as possessing more than average Drains
or showing more than negative CHARACTERS
Mrs. Washington's tastes were Tor hoiie
and housekeeping, and the ofhclal flutes
imposed upon her as first lady were
ceremonious bore. ,.,. Att.
She went through them with dignity and
according to rule, but she counted ,i time thus
hdams wife of John Adams, is famous on
her own score as well as by accident of the
position Of her husband as President. She
had remarkable political insight and
was the first woman in America to
demand equal rights for women, and
urged her husband, pending the adop-
ton of the Constitution in 1776, to re-
member the women, and said they would
not hold themselves to obey the laws in
which they had no voice. OF course John
was talked down in the convention, but her
son, John Quincy, afterward took up her
side in Congress.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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pletely blocked. The Communicating Chief,
Lord Raglan, and General Canrobert being
the works around Sebastopol, and assigned
the command Of the day to Lord Colin
Campbell. At first everything went apnar-
emily in favor of the Russians. The Turks
being driven out of the fortificatjoas, were
pursued down into the plain By the Russians,
heavy cavalry, supported by the infantry
and artillery. A sharp fight ensued; the
Russians stood firm, and for a time the issue
was doubtful But English valor and French
impetuosity carried the day; charge of the
dragons broke to pieces the battaliOns of
the enemy when they ventured into open
ground wherein the cavalry could operate,
and chased them back up the hillside under
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artillerymen, finding themselves deprived
of infantry support, spiked their guns and
retired. The forces in Balaklava were hur-
riedly ordered to the front. and the first
thing they did was to pour volley in on
the fleeing Turks by way If inducing them
to halt and form in order of battle. But the
enemy had gained full possession of the re-
doubts near the town, and hastily turned
forcing them to fall back under the cover Of
a range of hills.
The road between Balaklava and Con-
stantinople follows valley perhaps a mile
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In your article on Mr.. Nettleship's pic
lures of animals you note the delicacy OF
dog that has been properly trained IN the
matter of taking its food. My little dog, Is
not only most dainty in that particular, but
natural. not taught, CT not beginning his
dinner Served on white napery that is never
soiled) until his master begins his own. No
amount of coaxing on the part OF the ladies
they do not waltz will induce him 30 eat if
am late; he merely consents TO have his
muzzle taken off, nspects his dinner, and
then seeks his masters room, where he
waits to accompany him in orderly fashion
downstairS.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Lucan read the order, and asked "Where
are we to advance TOP" ''There are the
guns" Nolan replied, waving his hand to-
duty to take them" Reluctantly Lord Luz
can, foreseeing the certain destruction
which awaited his command, gave the
order to advance, and Lord Raglan,
General Canrobert and the allied army
stood as witnesses of the rashest deed
ever done ON battlefield. 1t is a
cardinal maxim of cavalry tactics that
charge should not be made without ade-
quate support for the effect of cavalry
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force, and the inspection of their lines by
the allied officers showed the position to be
SO strong as to render a direct attack ex-
tremely unadvisable.
About the time this conclusion was ar
rived at an order was borne to Lord Lucan,
commanding the brigade of light horse, to
advance and take certain guns which
seemed to be apart from the main body of
the Russian army, and which appeared 10
Lack infantry support. AS these guns were
posted on one of the Russian wings it was
supposed that their capture would be an
easy matter. The order was conveyed to
Lord Lucan by Captain Nolan, q young
and impetunus officer, who had repeatedly
distinguished himself by his daring. Lord
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wide, leading up from the sea-coast to the
higher plains of the interior; on one side
were the Russians in the captured fOrtifica-
tions; on the other were the allies, strong
enough in infantry and cavalry but feeble
in artillery. The situation of the army was
certainly critical, for unless the redoubts
could be retaken communications between
the forces at Constantinople and their base
of supplies at Balaklaya would be COM
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Balaklava, and some thought of giving up
the siege; but the Russian army made no
effective use Of the advantage gained before
Balaklava; they held the heights about the
town, but to no purpose. The allies con-
structed new redoubts, fortified the road
between Balaklava and Sebastopol. repulsed
the sortie with great slaughter and tile last
hope of the besieged city was taken away a
few days later by the bloody battle at Inker-
mann.
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Story Of The Famous Attack on a
Battery at BalaklaVa.
THE. HEROISM OF THE HUSSARS.
h Mistaken Order That Sent -Four Hundred
Men Int the Jaws Of Death Captain
NOIaIS Reply to the Question 4" Where
Are The GInS?" He Was the First to
!. Meet Death-Bak From the Mouth Of He'll.

T \ \ 7HE story of the famous charge
81 of the Eight Brigade at Bala-
L klava, which has passed into
;. history, is one that. occurring
thirty-six years ago., is stills
i this day referred to as one of
the most heroic charges that has ever oc-
CURED on a field of battle. and as the details
are unknown 10 the majority Of. the present
generation, the following graphic. account
Of the charge prepared for the Globe-Dem-
-ocrat Of ST. Louis, is full Of interest.
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charge is said by tacticians to be only no
mentary, and unless infantry and cavalry
are ut hand to render adequate support the
charge Is simply auselessiwaste OF life. This
cavalry charge, by the mistake of Captain
Nolan, was directed against the center of the
Russian army, numbering over 10000 men
and comprising both cavalry, infantry and
artillery. 1t was made through valley
which, while favorable enough to the OPP
erationS of cavalry, was enfiladed by forts
on either side. No supports were provided,
no preparation whatever to follow up the
charge. So contrary was the movement to
all the maXimS of war that every authority
on military tactics has condemned 1t, and
the skilled officers on the field were forced 10
disapproye, even while their brave men were
charging to almost certain death. The
Light Brigade was composed of the Fourth
Light Dragons, lis men; the Eighth Irish
HussarS, 104 men; the Eleventh Prince AL
bert HussarS, 40 men; the Thirteenth
Light Dragons, $50 men, and the Seven
teenth Lancers, 145 men-a total OF COZ TO
oppose an army well equipped In all
branches of the service. Although the
Light Brigade was not regiment in num-
bers, it was a host in bravery. Both armies
held their breath at the spectacle. Trot
canter, gallop, on they went! But long be-
fore they were half way across the field of
death the Russian guns broke out on the
right, left and front, from the redoubts
from the guns on the hill behind the serried
masses of Muscovite infantry. 1t was lit
orally cannon TO right of them, cannon to
left Of them" and as they came nearer, the
rifles of the foot-soldiers and carbines Of
the cavalry were let loose, and
stormcd at with shot and shell,
EoldlY they rode, aud we'll;
Into the Jaws OF death,
Into the mouth Of he'll,
Rode the six hundred.
Captain Nolan, who bore the order, was
the first man killed. A fragment of shall
struck him in the breast. He gave loud
cry, but held to the saddle. His horse
turned, trotted back and carried him half
way to the allied lines before his death-grip
released and he fell to the ground. On went
balls across tie plain; they neared the Rus
sian guns. The first line of cavalry disap-
peared every man was killed The second
closed up and the brigade went on. z Their
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Mrs. james G. Blaine Jr. is described as
having the handsomest hands and feet of
any woman in New York. They are per-
feet, and have escaped emaciation from the
long illness that their owner has suffered.
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comrades on the hills behind saw them van
ish into the smoke of the Russian batteries
as they came to the Russian lines. In
among the guns they rode, cutting down the
gunners and driving the artilerists from
their places Past the guns they went and
without q moments hesitation charged the
masses of Russian infantry behind, seat
tering them like chaff before the wind. But
the fire of the batteries on the hill behind the
Russian forces was too heavy. The brigade
fell back and Russian gunnerS again rushed
to the pieces which the English captured,
but could not hold. The brave men started
on their retreat, and then the guns burst
forth again from all sides. Back they rode,
but not the six hundred:
Back from the mouth OF hell,
All that was left of them,
Left OF six hundred.
Half wav down the hill a great body of
COssack and Russian lancerS was thrown on
the flank of the brigape, now feeble in uum-
bers, but still dauntless in bravery. Seeing
the danger of being surrounded, they
charged the Cossacks as valiantly as they
bad charged the artillery. Into the serried
masses of laucers and COssack horsemen
they rode, cutting right and left, and in
moment the valley was one group Of mingled
Russians and Husssrs. 10 the disgrace OF
the Russian name, the artillerists on the hill
behind opened ire anew. and poured into
the mingled mass tremendous voleys of
grape aud canister shot, killing alike friend
and foe. Many of the survivors of the ter
rible charge fell by this fire, but finally they
broke through, retreatrd. and with great
difficulty the heavy cavalry and the English
cannon protected them from utter annihila-
ton. The whole affair was over in few
moments At II 10 o'clock in the morning
the line began TO advance; at IL :35 only the
dead and dying were in front OF the Russian
guns. The conquerors, if such they could
be called, behaved with great barbarity, for
from the English lines the Cossacks could
be seen riding to and fro on the field, lancing
the wounded and mutilating the dead Less
than 200 of the 600 returned from the desper-
ate apd useless charge, and Of these quite Il
number were wounded.
In the whole engagement, according to
the report Of Prince Menschikoff. the Rus
slams lost less than 200, while the loss of the
allies, not including the Turks who were
killed. while running away, exceeded 600.
The battle was at the moment deemed a
victory for the Russians. BY special mes
sengers the tidings were carried into Sebas-
topol. The city was Illuminated. te deum
was sung in the great church and sortie
ordered for the next day. The allies were
discouraged; there was talk OF evacuatiug
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Some. one has said.it is within the power
Of. tie poet to confer Immortality, and no
better Illustration of he truth'of The maxim
can>be found than in the fact that one poet,
by a Single short production, has been able
to render IMMORTAL a warike engagement
iii an obscure part of the woTld-an engage
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

Flower

Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca,
Mo-, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: my food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe-
tite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and had
such pains in my left side. In the
morning when I got up I would
have a flow of mucus in the mouth,
and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and I had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. Iached
ell day under the shoulder blades,
In the left side, and down the back
Of my limbs. 1t seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and could get no sleep
at all. I tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. It has done
me a wonderful deal Of good during
the time I have taken it and is work.
ing complete cure" q
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man IF, Woodbury., NJ.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14
Didn't suit Him.

mo. Willie" said his mother, "you
should not fight IL Bobby Stapleford
has done you any injury you should
return good for evil.'
"HeyP"
'-And heap Goals OF fire on his head. :"
"Nawr' said Willie with superb
contempt III he had his head COW
cred with Little Lord Fauntleroy curls
I'd just as soon burn 'em Off as not,
but il can't do up Bob Stapleford
with bare fists in one round I'll 90 out
of business -that's allp'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14
THINGS CURIOUS.

A $780, 900 staircase Is TO be put into
Mrs. Bonanza Mackay's new London house.
In fashionable marriage notices in some
newspapers tho name Of the bride precedes
that of the bridegroom.
The constitution OF the new state OF
Washington limits tho session of the legis-
lature to sixty consecutive days.
Two Portuguese pugllists recently en-
gagged in prize-fght OF 1,127 rounds.
They fought six hours a day, stopping at
noon to eat and smoke.
Dearborn county. Indiana, has ~
year-old boy with feet fifteen inches in
length. He is called professor because
of the solidity OF his understanding.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

No one doubts that DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy really
cures Catarrh, whether the
disease be recent or of long
standing, because the makers
Of it clinch their faith in it
with a $500 guarantee, which
isn't a mere newspaper guar
antee, but con call" in a
moment.
That moment is when you
prove that its makers can't
cure you.
The reason for their faith
is this:
DR.. Sage's remedy has
proved itself the right cure
for ninety nine out Of one
hundred cases of Catarrh in
the Head, and the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton can afford to take the
risk of your being the one
hundredth.
The only question is-are
you willing to make the test,
if the makers are willing to
take the riskl
If so, the rest is easy. You
pay your druggist SO cents
and the trial begins.
If you're wanting the $500
you'll get something better
a cure
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14
Quite So.

People OF slow intelligence some
times make such curious answers to
questions that their brevity amounts
to wit This. for instance, from a
character In Maine. On the occasion
Of an affliction in his family be was
asked:
Wasn't your fathers death rather
suddenp''
"Wa'al. yes" he drawled out lit
was rather suGden-for him."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

The German Emperor is now land
owner in Norway. A few weeks ago he
made a contract with Holm Munthe a
well-known architect of Christiania, for
the erection OF five villas and hunting
lodge on his estate. The Norwegians be-
lieve that it is the Emperors intention to
visit his northern home each summer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

A new book for practical tree planters
is thus Endorsed by the well-known Orange
judo Farmer: 1.-THE entire book is ably
written and gives trusty information for
all who grow fruit of any sort or kind.
Stark Bros. nurserymen, Louisiana, Mo-,
will send il free to all interested"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14
CURE FITS /!

When say do not mean merely to stop them
for time and then have them return again. mean
radical cure. Ihave made the disease Of FITS EPI.
LEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS lifelong study.
warrant my remedy to the worst cases. Because
others have failed is for not recevinga
cure Send at for trcatse and Free Bottle Of
my infalible romcdy. Give Express and Post Obce.
II. q. ROOT, NJ. c., 1S3 Pearl ST. N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

John d. Rockefeller, the Standard on
king, is OF Pennsylvania Dutch descent,
and his face shows the heavy lines and
prominent nose that are characteristic Of
that ancestry. He is quiet, retiring man,
wholly unassuming in dress and manner
and always speaks in low. well-modulated
tones. His home life Is noted for its sim
plicity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14
His Neighbour.

Victim See here. sir! When you
sold me those lots you said they were
in a good ncighborhood, and / find
they are surrounded by livery barns
Real estate dealer Certainly. It 10
the best neighbor-hoo know Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

The portrait that is to adorn the two
dollar Treasury note that the Treasury
department is about to issue is that OF
Gen {. b. Mcpherson, who was killed at
Atlanta shortly before Sherman began
his march to the sea-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

The cotton mill industry Is progressing
in Maine. Returns of assessors to the
Valuation Commission show that during
the decade from 1880 to 1890 the number
of spindles in cotton mills has been in
creased from 84O,b to S99,S90, or a
gain Of 219,32 spindles.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

There is nothing unless 1t be the sew
ing machine) that has lightened woman's
labor as much as Dobbins' Electric Soap,
constantly sold since 1854. All grocers
have it. Have you made its acquain-
lance! Try It.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

Salvation OIL has the enviable distinc-
ton of being a synonym for cure OF
rheumatism, neuralgia, govt and kindred
affections, such as sciatica, tic-douleroux,
etc. 1t is growing more popular daily.
The people believe In 1t, and will have It..
2b cents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

1T wonder what DIR. Smith is looking 20
gium abouts' Why, can tell you, he
says his trade Is almost ruined, that hen
hardly have a patient in the winter
months after a while, on account of DR..
Bulls Cough SYRUP
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

The Empress Of Russia has not lost her
taste for dancing, but INDUCES in that
pastime nearly as freely as she did in her
youth when her devotion to 1t won her the
name among her friends Of the ''grass-
hopperD
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

Charles Stuart Kennedy, of Detroit,
possesses a contemporary miniature OF
Mary Queen of Scots, painted on porce-
lain, and her autograph.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

81 have been occasionally troubled with Cough
ana in each case have used Browns Bronchla
Tr0ches, which have never failed, and ! must %
they are second 10 mono In the world. "-feitr
Nay, Cashier, st. Paul, MINI.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

"Buck" Kilgore, the Texas Congressman
who kicked a door open in the Capitol last
fall, has had a shoe named after him that
sells famously down in the Lone Star State.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

Isabella H., ex-queen OF Spain, Is fat
and waddling old lady Of circus-like girth,
who seems to have forgotten all the vani-
ties of the world and to be devoted to
works of charity, the appreciation OF Par
isian dinners and the needs Of q good part
ner at the whist table.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

When Baby was sick. We gave her Castoria-
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, sho chung to Castoria-
When she had Children. she gave them CsstoriA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

Garfield Tea; harmless herbs. accomplshes bon
efts resulting from cathartics, and avoids unpeas
ant and often Injurious effects OF purgative pills
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

Mrs. Winslow's SCOT hing Syrup, for Chill
dren tsething, softens the gums, reduces innnmma-
tion allays PAIN cures wind collie. CSC. nbottle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

Professor Newman, brother Of the late
cardinal, is hale and hearty at 50. He is
q vegetarian.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-14

swedish Asthma Cure never fails.
send your address. Trial Package mailed
FREQ Collins Brothers Drug Co.. St. Louis, Mo.
Nothing in history shows more distinct
" the at once fierce and fantastic nature
of the Frenchman than the recent popular
commotion over Sardous mild play,
'sThermidor.'