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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
MlscELLANEous.

Some souls come into the world
wiser than others that go out OF it.
Fortunately mans brains are not
located along the length of the spinal
column.
The ecstasy experienced upon the
acquisition of some treasure is equaies
only upon that treasures loss
We all of us believe in the sacred
and inalienable rights OF cranks-pro-
yided they will allow us to select their
subjects.
The weapons OF the cunning are
sometimes turned against them, and
they are deceived through their own
incredulity.
It is only when one is in imminent
danger OF having fortune thrust upon
him that he begins to realize its In
conveniences
A New Jersey real estate dealer ad-.
vertises very superior hand-painted
houses.
Mangled remains. That part of your
shirt that comes back from the steam
laundry.
Necessity is its own justification.
Nature is the mother of tragedians.
Crumbs saved are pleasures pur-
chased.
The more perfect the jewel the more
deplorable the flaw.
Fate never exhausts its resources
nor life its surprises.
Ones greatest cruelty is usually
practiced upon ones self.
Happiness is like caloric in its dis
position to seek conductor.
If nature abhors a vacuum she is
equally intolerant of surplus.
1t is rare philosopher who never
departs from his own philosophy.
An Athens. Ca, horse always re-
fuses to work on Sundays.
Aristocratic manners don't help q
counter jumper much. Blueness is all
right in blood, but it is no good in
milk
In cave in the Pantheon the guide,
by striking the flaps of his coat, makes
noise equal to that produced by firing
underground cannon.
The sea water originally put in the
great aquariums at the Crystal palace,
Sydenhani. in 1854, is still used there,
having been used over and over since
that time, a record without parallel in
the history of similar institutions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
Scientific Drops.

Five Volumes of air contain one
volume of oxygen.
The celebrated high electric ligh,
mast at Minneapolis, which is 257 feet
high. has proved ineffective for light
ing purposes, and is now no longer
used.
One of the latest inventions in con.
nection with the application of cleo.
tricity to street car service is self.
lubricating gear for trolleys, which
needs no attention after being once
put in operation. Professor Dewar
whose recent lecture and demonstra.
tions on the liquefaction of oxygen
attracted attention all over the world,
says that while oxygen when liquefied
is strongly magnetic it is poor con.
ductor Of electricity. In other words,
oxygen presents the curious paradox
of non-conducting magnet.
Carbonic acid gas, which is elected
in large quantities from the earth, Is
being utalized in several localities. At
Burgbrohl, near Coblentz, a carbonie
acidspring opened during boring opera.
tions, and which is eight inches wide
and some tairty or forty feet high, Is
being used In the impregnation OF
mineral waters
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
Squirrel Wit

The attribute OF reason Is often de-
MED to all creatures except man; but
a correspondent recently observed a
chipmunk displaying degree of intel.
ligence that seemed TO exceed any
thing properly covered by the word
instinct
was visiting farmer and had gone
with him to the middle of field,
where he was planting corn. A mis-
chievors horse in the adjoining pasture
attempted To get some of the seed
corn, and in reaching over the fence
for that purpose overturned bag Of
seed.
We hurried to the spot and found
that chipmunk had already begun to
gather the scattered grains. He was
very busy, and his conduct showed
that he understood the situation
thoroughly. The treasure would be
within his reach for very short time;
SO instead of filing his pouches and
hurrying to his burrow. he sat about
hiding as much as possible OF the corn
within few yards Of where it had
been spilled.
A piece of bark. chip, or sod
served as temporary hiding place.
and in a short time he had gathered
all the grain that the farmer could not
conveniently collect, and began to
transport it TO his permanent granary.
noticed several places where he had
put a mouthful. and found afterward
that he did not overlook any OF them
when removing the spoil to his store.
house
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
Mrs. Michael DavItt.

Mrs. Michael Davitt is an American
and her circle of acquaintance on this
side of the water will be pleased to see
the latest picture of this charming
lady. AS wife of the great Irish agita-
tor she has scored great success in
London, where she is known as one of
the most charming of hostesses. Five
years ago Mrs. Davitt went to Bally-
brack and was installed in the LAND
League Cottage" as mistress. This
charming house is one of the most de-
lightful situations about Dublin. 1t
lies close to Ballybrack, while q little
farther away is Dalhey, famous during
the summer for bands, fashion and
Irritation. This is the spot of which
Mr.. Labouchere wrote so enthusiasts
tically some time ago in Truth, saying
that more hearts were permanently
disabled during the season at the prom
enade known as Sorrento Gardens than
in any other spot of the same size in
the British Empire. Before the front
windows of Davitt's house the we'll
wooded vale of Shangannagh stretches
away as far as Bray Head. Through
the trees on the left can be seen
glimpses of the sea, while from the
head inland the horizon is bounded by
the blue Wicklow mountains, with the
Great and Little Sugar Loaf. The vale
of Shangannagh has reputation for
being as mild as the south of France in
the middle of winter. 1t was to this
place that the founder of the land
league brought his young American
wife, and in such surroundings is
reared the infant phenomenon, who, at
the age of weeks, would crow with
delight on hearing the air of GOD Save
Ireland ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
Insulting tho Governme

The position of postmaster is one OF
no little Importance, and often the
smaller the place the more important
the official. A very good description
of a country postoffice is given as fol-
lows in "vesty of the Basins" The
driver of the stage stood about seven
feet in his boots. Many voices beset
him. 'Say, Will, did we bring me
down my morlasses?" ''Say, Will, did
We match that ribbon for mc?"
"You bet l did every time" he
answered jovially, showing his white
teeth.
lively quiet; a general parcel distribut-
ing and Misunderstanding followed, until
we were startled by cry from the
postmistress.
"Look a this, Will Hunson!' said
she. "Lools a this, will we? A whole
pot of strawberry jam soaked right
plumb inter the middle O. the United
States Government"
1t was only too true. The letters and
papers which she had emptied on the
table were red as rose.
Il ulun mean 10, Salu VIII.
Didn't mean tor cried the postmis-
tress. "Didn't-mean-t to lived in a lean
to-"
There's got to be somethin' DONE"
continued the postmistress. "Folks's
got to learn t the United States Gov
eminent is airful an solemn an
turrible thing. What If she'd be told
we hadn't no more respect for her
down here than to soak her through
with strawberry jam an morlasses!
"These here actions have been goin'
on too long in this here postoffice. I'm
goin' to fill out blank an send it to
Washington.
''Here is Jennie Crosby's letter from
her beau down to New London, with
cardboard dagarrier in it. Yes" said
the postmistress, manipulating the en-
velope curiously and holding it to the
light. 81 knew It the next thing he'd
be sendin' his picture.
How'd you feel, Will Hunson, eff
you was standin' in his shoes, an
had gone an combed yer hair till yer
arm ached, an stuck the end of yer
Handkerchief outer yer pocket, an had
yer pictur took, an then sent it, an
when she took it out have it look like
Injuns yellin' on the warpath?
Twill Hunson, don't We ride no more
| strawberry jam an morlasses down
here in the middle of the United States
Goyernmentv'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29

Scientifique. The inventor says that
the addition of little tungsten TO
pure aluminium or its alloys commune
Gates remarkable resistance
IS the action of cold or hot
Water, salt water, and other
reagents When the proportion OF
tungsten is sufficient, the alloys formed
offer among other physical properties
resistance to traction and tension. The
proportion of tungsten can be varied
within extremely wide limits, accord
ing to the composition and nature OF
the alloy, and according to the usage
for which it is destined The tungsten
can be added, alleged with other
metals; still the most advantageous
way consists in adding the tungsten
before the aluminium is melted.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
A XIV Catcher.

The electric fly catcher, which has
been tried and found successful by sew
eral large shop-keepcrs, consists of a
small induction coil giving about an
inch spark and is furnished with a
series of fine wires strung on a board
and looking not unlike either. Each
alternate wire Is connected with an
induction coil, and a sliding regulator
is SO adjusted that the spark will not
strike across between the wires until
the unlucky fly alights. Then the bat
terry puts in its work, and the fly dives
down between the wires and leaves tho
field clear for the next victim.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29

THERE are churches in this country
which cost from 5000 900 to $500, 900
which are only torture chambers for
preachers. Every possible principle
Of acoustics Is violated in our ordinary
church architecture. No player
could nightly perform in a theater
constructed as are our churches and
live out half his days. Size has moth
ing to do with It for the largest
church building in Chicago is the
easiest one to speak In. Fame and
fortune await the architect who shall
n vent wholly new style OF ecclesias-
tical architecture that shall at once
satisfy the devotional feeling and DO
adapted to public speaking.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
Full stock.

A chemist who had just moved into
a new establishment, as reported by
an exchange, was boasting of his well.
assorted stock-in-trade. There isn't
a drug missing" he declared.
That's saying good deal" re-
marked one of his friends, man of O
pretty wit. ''Come now, I'll wager
you haven't any spirit of contradic'
ton"
The shopkeepcr was not in the least
embarrassed. swat bit," he said.
"You shall see for yourself"
With that he left the group and re.
turned in few minutes leading by the
hand-his wife.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
THERE is no disputinr that the hos.

THERE is no disputing that the hos.
pitality OF America has been grossly
abused in the last ten or fifteen years
The information is common that this
country is not only the European
aims. house. but has been made to an
swer to the demand for European
penitentiary. The federal laws more
or less wholesome that were enacted
for the purpose Of keeping out the
riff-raff. the paupers and the criml-
nals it is certain are being daily vio-
lated. The agents OF the European
lines OF steamers are constantly study
ing ingenious ways to circumvent
those laws
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
A RECENT paragraph in the news

A RECENT paragraph In the news
papers speaking OF presidents uses
this expression: They are all SOL
emn. There seems to be settled on
the faces OF each OF the later occu-
pants OF the white house the look 81
caro- with which those who visited
Washington during the war saw on
the face OF Abraham Lincoln. showing
in all sense OF the fearful response
bilities that attach to the presidential
Office" 1t is quite true that at times
Mr. Lincoln was oppressed by the
weight OF care and the fearful re.
sponsibilities by which he was bur-
dened. Alas! poor man, no had
enough 70 make him feel as we'll as
look solemn But we suspect that
Abraham Lincoln would have consid-
cred It the best OF all jokes II he
thought he was to be handed down TO
as the president who was
always solemn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
A laps INVENTION.

man sits. To his boots are attached
shovel-like ears, by means of which he
propels himself in any direction.
1t is said the Jap who invented the
novel hunting apparatus worked at il
twenty years The foot-gear is com.
position of iron, paper, gum elastic and
wood, cliptical in shape, with gutta.
percha tubes and a life belt attached.
just how locomotion is achieved is not
known, but it is said that the "wearer'
can make five miles an hour and carry
twenty-five pounds of luggage. The
Jap's idea is certainly a popular one,
and a few Cincinnati sportsmen are
very anxious to see one of the new ma.
chimes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29

IN recea. magazine article Presi-
dent Hyde o, Bowdoin College de-
1aarca that christianity was decreas-
ING in New England The statement
stirred up the Yankees and caused a
redhot discussion. The alleged lack
OF interest in church services and
work is probably due moro to tho
lethargy that comes to community
OF poverty-stricken and worn out
farms drained OF its youth and energy
by the great West than to any real
prevalence OF paganism
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29

STATISTICS have been gathered to
p-ove that consumption is one OF the
prime causes In the decrease OF the
Indian population OF the country. and
then the collector OF the data calls in
question the wisdom OF prescribing an
outdoor existence for victims OF pull
monary complaints. The Indian lives
in way that would kill an ordinary
tree In q short time and no white
man could follow his example and live
at all. 1t Is not outdoor life but
every unreasonable form OF excess
that gives the red man consumption.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29

The place again
The wooded heights -the widening plain
The whispering pines-thc dry-leaved oaks. too
young
To cast their dead dreams ere the new be
sprung.
What profits it
Alone on this prone slope 10 sit
Where thou didst press the heath, and see how
dun
The landscape seems III only by the sun,
Yet ah, not vain
To visit thv fair haunts again
10 trace Inv footprints by the upturned stone,
And eoniure back thy looks thy words, Thy
tone.
Like music fine.
That slmple-seeming speech OF thino
Hath in It's soft harmonies only heard
Whcn from the memory fades the uttered word.
And TO mine eyes
Undaxxled by thy SELF doth rise
An image lovelier and more like to thee
Than even Thy bodily self which sight can see.
All! the wind shakes
The withered leaves. nd Love awakes.
And 70 the vacant landscape cries in vain:
"Ah, Heaven! TO have her 1T my side againi"
-Longmans Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
Women a. Railway Directors.


The advantages that would arise
from women being allowed to partici-
pate in the duties emoluments of rail-
way directors have been brought for
ward in England, not, as might have
been imagined, in any journal of ex-
treme views, bnt in leader in the
Times. There can be no doubt what
ever that the serious and loudly re-
peated complaints that have been made
in the daily papers respecting the dis
graceful want of due accommodation
for women at the railway stations
would not have been required had they
any voices whatever in the manage
ment of railway companies.
That gross abuses of the kind
should have been perpetuated as they
have been for so many years, with no
attempt on the part of the managers of
the great railways to remedy the evils,
is but too well known, but that moth
ing should have been done or promised
until a woman had the courage to
write to the Times, and call attention
to the disgraceful state of things at
present existing, is in itself proof
that some alteration is needed in the
management of the companies. The
comfort, health and safety of the pas
sengers is, to certain extent, looked
after by the directors, because they
know full well that their receipts would
be seriously affected If these were not
considered at least to some extent; but
it is only where competition comes into
play that such considerations are duly
acted upon.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
rho Drawing Franc.

Drawing or doubling is the opera
ton through which the cotton has to
pass after it has been carded. The
ends, bands, or silvers, as they come
from the card, are exceedingly tender
and loose, the fibers of cotton not be-
ing yet arranged in the parallel form
requisite for good spinning. Before
any twist is given to the bands, the
fibers should be in proper position
for the manufacture of smooth
yarn. The doubling and draw
ing out of the bands, which ac-
complishes this perfectly, is done on
the drawing frame. Some drawing
frames are constructed with three
pairs of rollers, and some with four
pairs; the laser having the advantage
of doing more work in the same time.
The rollers in drawing frame are
generally SO adjusted that the drawing
is done between the first and third
rollers, the middle roller having but
little influence on the result so far as
the stretching is concerned. Where
there are three or four rollers, the
drawing is performed twice; each pair
of rollers draws a certain amount
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
American railways.

According to Poor's manual" the
total number of mile of railroad in the
United States at the close of 1891 was
17O,6 O1, of which 4,47I miles were con-
structed during the year.
The total share capital and indebted
ness of all kinds of all the roads MAX
ing returns equaled at the close of the
year $40, $50, 1874, 22s, an increase in the
year of S267, 1913, 32s over the total of
1890 (S1o,122, 635, 9O0), the rate of in
crease for the year being 90 per cent.
The cost per mile of all roads making
return, as measured by the amornt of
their stocks and bonded Indebtedness,
equaled $59,s2O against s59,577 for
1890.
In 1891 the gross earnings of S1,l3s,-
024,45 equaled 81 per cent of the total
investment, aggregating $40, $50, s34,-
22s; and net earnings, 1886. 200, $50,
equaled 81 per cent. The total amount
of interest payments in 1891 was equal
to 4.25per cent of the aggregate bonded
Indebtedness Of all companies, as
against 4.27 per cent in 1890 and 4.4O
per cent in 1880; and the total amount
of dividend payments was equal to 1885
per cent on all paid up capital stock in
1891, 1.so per cent in 1890 and 1.sl per
cen lin 1889.
During the period for which large
proportion of the companies reported
in 1891, the business interests of the
country were in a depressed condition.
But the abundant crops of last year,
and those now to a large extent assured
for this year, would seem to predicate
therefor an unusually brilliant show
ing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
For Duck Hunting.

Superintendent Ed Murphy of the
Cincinnati gymnasium and several
sportsmen are much interested in a
novel apparatus, which is calculated
to make wild duck hunting an easy
task. The new invention, which is
credited to Japanese gentleman,
promises to be great boon to sports
men. 1t consists of three floats Joined
together at the top, where there is a
convenient seat on which the sports.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
AZ article on poster aaver,i.inc /

~ article on poster advertising in
-spe->~scdve magazine l, sugges-
live II shows sSai advertising 10
beginning TO receive from sss public
the attention due IL as n minor arr :
Soon re may hope 10 SEQ III similar
position an intelligent review Of
newspaper adveriisinS. We have
heard that the subject was at ono
Emo considered by leading editor,
bat Sas avoided les; undue prominence
shocla be given TO some private
business
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
The Baby's Cloak.

The coat or cloak is usually of white
cashmere, silk, or a lightweight cloth,
sometimes instead of white the grey
shade being chosen. There is not much
change in design, for they continue to
be shocked at the neck to form cir.
cular yoke, and some few have broad
ribbon coming around the waist and
combining it slightly. The simplest oI
little caps is preferred, those made OF
material like the cloak and fitting the
head closely like Puritan cap. or II
the weather be very warm, those OF
shirred lawn being chosen.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
A Perfect Bear

Many man Of suave and courtly presence.
of genial disposition, open and generous in bib
estimate Of men and things, becomes soured,
disappointed and makes a failure In life. be-
cause at the critical moment his stomach gives
way and his digestion falls at time when be
should be ready to enjoy life with the keenest
zcst All this annoyance and trouble he could
avoid II he would but pay some slight atten-
ton to the laws of health. When he Is At.
tackled with indigestion or afflicted with con-
stipation let him attend to II at once. Get
box Of the Laxative Gum Drops and take them
regularly. II the constipation be Of long
standing and obstinate he should take these
gum drops on going to bed for several nights
10 succession. He will End that they will re-
store his digestive organs to their natural con-
dition. These gum drops are gentle but they
will act without giving the slightest trouble,
pain or annoyance. The small boxes are 10
cents, the large boxes are % cent?. Get them
Of any dealer.
Til. SYLVAN REMEDY Co.,
Peoria. Illinois
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
Detection Of Frozen Meat.

The process adopted by the author
for distinguishing between fresh meat
and that which has been preserved in
the frozen state consists in expressing
little b. or meat juice from the
sample, Il examining it under the
microscope. The whole operation
must be performed quickly, in order
to prevent any drying up of the liquid
under examination. When the
juice of fresh flesh is thus
examined, it is seen to contain
numerous red corpuscles, which are
normal in color, and float in n clear
serum. In the case of blood from
frozen flesh the corpuscles have dis
solved in the serum under the inhu-
ence of the low temperature, and not
a single normal red corpuscle can be
seen. The hemoglobin escapes into
the serum, and appears as irregular
yellow-brown crystals. These may be
frequently seen by the naked eye, but,
iu every case, can be readily detected
under the microscope.-Mal in j.
Pharm. Chin, Chem. Zeit.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
LsANsE SENTINEL.
= KINNEY. rrs. AND Pao.
I,Axsx. MICHIGAN
rANsE.
MICHIGAN

Tas old seheelmas,sr who posted
on tho sehool-hoase door tho notice
Trouble begins next Monday" had
bis own aotion OF tho difference be-
tween vacation aud work. Forum
ascly his notion Is not that Of every
body although tho knowledge that
vacation Il over or nearly over is
seldom entirely agreeable
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29

were practicable In modern parlors
were tried. The festivities ended with
a dance, and at hnlf-past eleven we
turned our faces homeward, to arrive
in time to see, IL possible, some of the
strange sights which are supposed TO
appear on Halloween at ''the 1vcE1
witching time of night" ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29

in the small view the attachment con-
sists of ring having parallel arms,
supporting roller movement held in
position by bolt, there being on the
bolt loose sleeve slightly longer than
the roller, preventing tn, binding of
the arms against the roller. The de-
vice is light and strong and saves the
breast straps from wear.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-29
An improved N.ck Yoke.

The simple harness attachment
shown in the illustration is mainly
designed for securing the breast straps
to the neck yoke, although capable of
other uses It has been patented by
Mr.. Lewis w. Rothrock, of Morrisdale
Mines, Pa. AS shown more in detail