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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-11-11

fortune. As was but natural, the New
World was first in giving women the
larger freedom, though England was not
far behind.
Mrs. Felicia Hemans (nee Browne) is
said TO have "read Shakespeare under
standingly" at nine years of age; but as
this is more than most of us ever accom-
plish, journalists have taken the liberty
Of disputing it. At fourteen she pub
Ished her first poems in a volume en-
titled Early Blossoms" They were en-
tirely too early to meet with favor, and
harsh criticism caused her TO retire for a
few years. Anna Dickinson wrote an
able article for The Liberator at four
teen, made brilliant speech at fifteen
and was famous orator at twenty-one,
having been turned out of her place in
the Philadelphia mint at nineteen for
charging the commander of the Army Of
the Potomac with treason. Her most
ardent admirers do not deny that her
brilliancy han always been somewhat in
advance of her judgment.
Rosa Bonheur was recognized in the
French art exhibition at nineteen and
won first class medal at twenty-six.
Harriet Hosmer was also famous at
twenty-five, and Winnie Ream succeeded
in provoking the critics to frenzy at a
very early age. She executed" Lincoln
in stone at the age Of twenty-four, and
il was the first statue by woman ever
ordered by the national government,
but as to the rest artists are not yet
agreed. But most remarkable Of all
American cases perhaps is that of Ed
monia Lewis. Her father was a negro,
her mother Chippewa Indian woman,
and she was left an orphan at the age Of
three, yet she was noted at twenty, and
at thirty received high honors in Rome
as sculptress.
The three Logan sisters also attained
to early fame, but the world was long
time in coming to take Olive seriously.
She was married at sixteen and divorced
at twenty-four; then gained some fame
as actress, authoress and lecturer; mar
ned Writ Skies, and is again widow.
VI the young American women now &C
tive in art, literature and philanthropic
labors, the names would fill a column.
Among those in art much talked of is
Miss Louise Lawson, whose statue Of
Hon. Samuel Sullivan Cox C'Sunset'O
was unveiled in Aston place, New York,
last year-the first public statue by
woman given place in that city.
OF herself she says that all there is
about her is work. Her father, Pro-
fessor L. NJ. Lawson, was dean for many
years Of the Ohio Medical college, and
her earliest play was to take to pieces
and reconstruct beautiful articulated
skeleton. She was not sent to school
in childhood. The father educated
her after a plan of his own, and SO
her education is peculiar, though
thorough. She knew every bone in the
human body long before she knew the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-11-11
Tanning by Electricity.

A French paper tells of new process
of tanning by electricity, which, it says,
is being used on the skins of the stray
dogs gathered into the Paris pound. The
electric system, it is alleged, transforms
the skin into leather in three or four
DAYS, against the six or eight months re-
quired in the ordinary process, and the
leather so tanned is better than that
tanned in the ordinary way. 1t is chief
" used for ladies' fine shoes, and it is
notable for its soft and delicate qualities.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-11-11
Had Stage Fright.

Young and difficult orators will take
fresh heart when they learn, if they do
not know it already, that SO accomplished
and self possessed speaker as George
William Curtis suffered from stage
fright on the occasion Of his first lee
ture, and began by saying, Ladies and
gentlemen, the pitomless bott," with q
solemnity which was changed to con-
fusion when he perceived his error. or
course he had meant to make an ilu-
sion to the bottomless pit.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-11-11
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
,ue WONDERS SHE HAS ACCOM-
pLlsHED IN THIS COUNTRY.

.,riet Hosmer, Edmonia Lewis, Anna
dickinson, the Logan Sisters, Louise
lawson. Luells yarney, Adelaide John
am snd Ida j. Burgess.
Young women have done wonders dur
INC the latter half of this century. They
'lSays were interesting, but for many
'snturies it was only in sentimental
cav except when genius like Lady
lane Grey excited wonder by her early
'ttainments or pity in undeserved mis-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-11-11

alphlbet, Being given some soft blue
Limestone, pulverized and made into
paste for mud pie" purposes, she
modelled head, hand and foot which
attracted attention by their fidelity to
nature
She entered the Cincinnati Art school
quite young, took modelling lessons of
Louis Rebisso, and then went to Italy,
Where she soon won name and was
made amember of the academy at Peru
gia' Her first finished production in
marble, 1.-THE Rhodian Boy" is still
thought by many to be the finest she has
ever done, and is to be exhibited at Chi
eago. She is an enthusiast on art, and
maintains that 1t is the index Of peo-
PIES progress in humanity. People do
not so consider it, she says, "but civil
nzation is dependent on art. Further
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
kleptomaniaCS.

From the lewiston (Me.) Journal.
"What do you do with such peo-
ple?" the reporter asked of n mer-
chant
eve send them bills for what they
take, when we know them. If they
are strangers We act according to
circumstances. A few days ago n
lady was in this store with her daugh-
ter-a beautiful little girl Of twelve
years. The child was seen slipping a
roll of costly ribbon into her satchel.
We spoke to the mother, who be-
came indignant. She opened the
satchel to convince us that we were
mistaken, when it wss found to con-
tain three lace handkerchie.s, two
pairs of gloves and the ribbon. All
these articles had been appropriate
ed"
"That was a plain case oistealing.
What did you dO?"
eve took the things back and said
nothing. We can't afford to arrest
wealthy people and injure our trade
by making enemies among our rich
customers.
"You were speaking Of sending out
bills for stolen goods; are they ever
paid?"
always, where the person is n
kleptomaniac. We never have any
trouble in that way. have known
of stores which kept a regular list OF
kleptomaniacs. Whenever they lost
anything they sent bills to all OF
them. AS they all settled for the
stolen goods, you can imagine that
the business was quite profitable
one, can't your"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
Their Relative Value.

A recent opinion rendered by the
Virginia court of appeals shows that
the law recognizes graded valua-
ton of wives. The complainant had
sued for damages for the loss of his
wife, who had been accidentally kill
ed through the negligence OF the de-
PENDANTS. On the trivial evidence
tending to show that the deceased
had been superior wife was offer
ed, and, presumably influenced by
this, the jury gave the complainant
verdict for $4,000. The defend
ants objected to proof as to the
character of the wife, and carried the
issue to the highest court of the state.
The tribunal holds that such evidence
was perfectly proper as means OF es-
timating the damage suffered by the
husband. IF the character and con-
duct of the wife," says the court, "be
such that her death will cause but lit
tie sorrow, suffering and mental IN
guish to the husband, then the fair
and just proportion of the damages
to be awarded by the jury will be
measured accordingly, But if, on
the contrary" the court adds, 'the
wife be loving, tender and dutiful to
her husband; thrifty, Industrious,
economical and prudent-as the evil
dence in this case proved Mrs. Nc
Cornell to be-then her price is far
above rubies, and the loss of such a
wife, of such n helpmeet, OF such in
fuence, of such a blessed and potent
ministry and companionship, is a
proper. element of damage to be con-
sidered by the jury in fixing the sola-
tium to be awarded to the husband
for tearing her from his heart and
home"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
Taking Women Out in Row.
boats.
From the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express.
The Fall River accident, which re-
suited in the drowning of eight peo-
pie, was only what is fairly certain
to happen when one or two men who
know nothing about boating pack
six or eight women into small boat
and take them out on a rough day.
A few rules might be formulated lor
the benefit of men who know nothing
about the handling of n sail or even
an our, We would suggest these:
1. Don't take more than six women
out boating when the water is rough.
9. Don't take six women out when
the water isn't rough. 3. Don't
take any women out, in either case.
4. Don't go out yourself. These
four "dont's," carefully followed, will
prevent great loss of life this sum-
mer. 1t wouldn't be a bad idea to
post them up in the lighthouses.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05

They had openeda bank at Medina
the first one in history Of the town,
and one day after it was in good run
ming order Farmer Adams hitched
his horse and wagon in front Of the
building, looked to Zee If the crock Of
butter and basket OF eggs were SAFE
and then enteredIthe building. He
was well known to all of the officials
and each had q word for him as he
entered. He looked around him in
wonder and then addressed himself
to the president.
Well, Steve Smith, you've gone and
opened a bank, eh2"
eyes"
"Git a regular charter"
"Oh, yes"
"Got things 80 that robbers can't
git the money!
"Yes''
oval, now, look -a-here, Steve, I've
knowed you long time, haven't I?'
GU nave, MT. AuHHiS.
"Knowed you when your father ran
off and left the family az hard-up us
a spring coon with broken leg2"
Eyes"
"Knowed you when you growed up
and married Hammer Taylor?"
Eyes"
"How is Hammer and the young
'uns?"
"Well, thank YOU"
"That's proper; but what was
goin' to say was that guess iii put
some money in your bs nk-not q
great deal, but jist huff fur nest
egg, like"
We shall be glad to number you
with our patrons.
"Yaas, but look-a.here Steve, l
don't want no foolin' about this biz
ness. When l want my money l
want to find it right here"
Certainly"
"And want to find you here"
'Of course"
"And ifyou bust up the bank and
run off with the cash, as some of 'em
hey done, do, you know what I'll
do? III hitch up the old mare and
toller you to the end of the airth, and
when l overhaul you I'll give you the
nllfredest drubbing any man on this
globe ever got"
"You need have no fears. Mr..
Adams"
"Wall, you hear me; and now here
is four dollars to begin on. It's to
sort O. try you, and, if everything is
all right, l may put in four more
when / sell that steer That's all,
onless you bust up and run away
New York Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
How to Destroy Moths.

Close all the windows and doors
leading from the room about to I'M
dergo treatment, open each drawer
and closet, and hang the contents
over chairs or upon clotheshorse
brought into the room for the occa-.
sion. Take piece of gum-camphor,
as large as hazel-nut for IN ordi-
nary room las large as O walnut for
room 20 by 16), put it in an iron
pot and place the latter within an
other iron pot or upon an iron stand,
Set fire to the camphor. 1t burns
very flercely, 80 setit at safe distance
from furniture or hangings; the mid
die of the room is the best place forit
unless this be directly under chan
delier, in which case it can be placed
more, toward the side, as the heat is
apt to injure the gliding or bronze.
The dense smoke soon permeates
everynook and corner and suffocates
every insect that inhales it. Canary
birds or goldfish ore to be carried from
the room before beginning operations,
and as soon as the campher begins
to burn the operator may leave the
room, as, provided she has taken the
above precautions, there will be no
danger of the fire spreading. The
camphor will burn from quarter to
half an hour, but it can be extinguish-
ed ut any moment by placing over it
a stove lid or cover of a pot. Let
the smoke remain in the room for a.
bout half an hour, then open the win
dows wide, leaving them SO all day.
After few hours airing the traces of
smoke will be scarcely noticeable.
All the rooms can be treated thus in
succession or all ut once, acare being
taken to guard again st fire.-Har-
-pers' Bazaar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
All Kinds of Men.
From the Buffalo Courier.

from Jne buHaIO courier.
In the course of an excellent SER
mon on character, which the Rev. DR..
Phelps, Of Delaware Avenue Metho-
dist Church, preached one Sunday, he
said that he once visited q certain
farming community to solicit funds
for a needy educational institution.
He was accompanied in his calls by
shrewd old farmer, who knew all
the people in the settlement, and was
keen student of human nature. As
they approached the first farm house,
the farmer said: III you want to
get any money out OF this man you
appeal to him on the highest mo-
tives, that's the only way to reach
him." Coming to the next house he
said: "Here's a man whose pride
must be touched. If you hope to
get a subscription from him tell him
what his neighbors are giving" As
they neared the next farm he said:
'If you want to get anything out of
this man you must talk to him in his
barn" "In his barn?" cried the
amazed dominic, "why in his barn?"
"You must get him out of the way of
his wife," answered the farmer. "She
has such dominion over him that he
does ncs dare say his soul Is his own.
So go for him in che barn, dear
brother, go for him in the barn"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
A Life Saved by a Chicken.

Along with the cock that crowed
thrice when Peter denied his Master
and the geese whose cackling is said
to have saved Rome, the little half
drowned chick that saved the life of
Chalkley Leconcy will go down in his
tory rs a famous fowl. The Leconey
bird is no longer chicken, however,
but in the months that have elapsed
since Anne Leconcy's sad death it
has grown to n sturdy fowl, and now
it stalks proudly among the lesser
bnrnyard birds on the Leconey farm.
The part played by the little chick
was simple. but the slender thread of
evidence that it furnished was strong
enough to establish Chalkley Lee
coney's innocence OF the murder of
his niece. Annie Leconey placed the
little halt drowned chicken in the open
oven to resuscitate, and this act alone
was sufficient to prove that she was
alive after her uncle left the house,
and ut the time when it was claimed
she had persisted by his hnnd.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
The Snake Was Hungry.

Capt. T. j. Tucker, who lives just
north ofthis city, is telling q remark
able snake story among his friends
around town. 1tseems that the cap
tain WINS fishing in Lake Ivnnhoe and
had been lucky enough to catch n pref
ty good sized trout. Thinking he
would clean it before returning home
he sat down ON the bank of the lake
and az he wns washing the fish, with
his hand in the water, he suddenly
felt something pulling Mt one of his
fingers. Imagine issurprise and con-
sternation when, upon looking down
ut his finger, no saw a large mOccasin
snnke had hold oft With sudden
jerk he pulled his finger out of his
snakeship's mouth, the only harm
done being that considerab BILE skin was
scraped of in the nct.-Orlando Rec
ord.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
Fish Diet.

A theory has been suggested that
eating too much fish may be cause
of leprosy. In support of this fact
is pointed out that this dreaded dis
ease prevails chiefly in localities
where fish are abundant and largely
used as food. Leprosy is decreasing
in all civilized countries, and is far
less common in Europe than one or
two hundred years ago. This may
result from using less fish rs food or
from cooking it better. We are in
clined to think that the latter is the
true explanation. 1t is probable
that fish, If at all injurious, is SO only
under exceptional circumstances.
Long ago in England, as noted in
Macaulay's history, working-men
were fed largely on fish, in place of
meat, and as times grew better they
stipulated that they should only
have fish a limited number of days
per week. This popular prejudice
against fish diet had no reference to
its unhealthfulness, but only to the
supposed fact that it was less nutri-
tious and strengthening than meat.
AS compared with an exclusively vege-
table diet this prejudice did not seem
to exist. Fish are natural scavengers,
living on smaller fish often oil the
same kind, and it is quite likely that
they thus often get food that makes
their flesh unfit to eat. In some kinds
of fish this unwholesomeness is rec
ognized, and they are rejected as
food fishes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
He Got the Lower Berth.

The smallest man in the state is not
Superintendent Thomas Jefferson
Charlton. All reports to the contra
ry, he is one OF the heaviest men in
the west. His weight is not altogeth-
er in his diameter, either. He is big
up, big in brain and heart and every
way. When he had sport it is colos-
sal. Last night he boarded q sleeper
to start for the Baltimore conference
of charities. All the lower berths
were taken. There was one upper
berth, and Col. Charlton engaged it.
He had the conductor point out to
him the possessor of the ticket for the
lower berth, same section. He was a
slim, dudish young man.
"My friend" said the big man ap-
preaching the youth, 81 am glad to
become acquainted with you before
bedtime. Are you Christian?"
"Well-er-I don't know. Why?"
"The last man that slept under mo
was not, and l always felt some
measure Of remorse.
"Why" -
81 ought to have told him that l
weighed 315 pounds. However, he
carried accident insurance. hope,
by the way, that you carry large
policy in n good company. These
upper berths are not insured. Still,
it is only about three-foot drop,
What word shall l send to your
friends?'
"Are you-can't / induce you to
exchange berths with me? Really, |
never could sleep in these close lower
berths." The dicker was made and
the hefty superintendent peacefully
sleptin the lower story, while the slim
young man made scarcely an impress
sion on the berth above.
Bishop Peck OF the methodist
church was as large man as the
talented Plainfeld superintendent.
Once he stopped off here and went to
the honse of n well-known citizen to
spend the night. About the time he
retired the family heard crash of
bed-timbers in his room. The hus-
band rushed to inquire the state OF
things.
"Tell your wife, the bishop said,
elf she does not find me here in the
morning to look in the cellar. In
dianapolis News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
Did Not Know 1t Was Loaded.

LII WI RtiOW ~ "oS cOooOes
She bought a Epring hat of Nine.
Somebody, whose name begun with
Mc-that is to say, when her name
began. Shepaid enough fcrit "a buy
her husband four sui.s OF clothes and
a new cradle for the baby. She had
a mansard roof put on the big parlor
piers glass, and then she surveyed her
self with the satisfaction which only
a bonnet Of the Eiffel Tower pattern
can produce in the mind of sweet fem
unity.
There was q flower garden on that
hat, and there would have been an
apiary also had it not been that birds
were not the latest agony. 1t was a
real nice hat and no mistake, and il
she conld only have worn mortgage
on it / do not think that fashion
would have produced finer or more
complete piece OF architecture.
Armed and equipped with this inter-
esting piece of millinery, she went to
church and said the responses in
voice both firm and loud. She noticed
that the congregation about her
seemed interested in that hat, and she
felt q thrill of pride such as the
most pious must experience when la
boring under the knowledge of too
tooness that exalts one above ones
neighbors. But coupled with the
interest was an inexplicable dis
position to smile that she could
not comprehend nor rejoice in.
She wondered what it meant. And
she found out, for suddenly, in the
midst Of the Litnny, fearful noise
filed the sanctuary. 1t came from
the region other hanging garden, and
the way people about her stuffed their
handkerchief in their mouths and
eyed her showed that it was this hat
and nothing else which was thus
squalling like an infant who lacks the
maternal comforts Of babyhood.
Mortified beyond measure she sailed
down the aisle, the awful sound nc
complaining her, and tainted at the
door. They picked her up tenderly,
and frightened usher stepped on
the grand hat and crushed it out of
shape, at the same time making a
tremendous pop and silencing the
shrill voice of complaint.
They made post-mortem on the
ragged remnant and found, what do
you think?-one of those balloon-like
rubber babies, the latest fad OF fash
ionable society, which mischievous
younger brother had perched among
the flowers and which had gone off
just at the time when it's collaps would
work the greatest mischief.
She wears n bonnet of sober brown
now. 1t is only one story high, and
the thatch upon the roof is of the
simplest fashion. Her father says he
is laying up money, and hopes to de-
clare a dividend on his earnings before
the year is over.-New York Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
He Was Paired.

When Harrison, the boy preacher,
was converting a thousand people
here Justice Luke Walpole was among
those who occasionally attended.
One evening he went with Ed Bus
kirk. Seeing his calm face. one ofthe
workers walked up to the blind justice
and remarked: Cant Ipersuade you
to stand up and be counted for
.Jesus2"
"I'm paired with Duskirk here"
was, the reply the astonished worker
received; but, not to be abashed, he
followed up with the question: "Are
you a Christain?"
Turning his face, with it's quaint
expression, to the interrogation, Wal
pole responded with: "Do ! look
like q Jew?"-Indianapolis News.