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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
BEFORE TINE DAWN.
The Authors Story OF the writing Of me
.Battle Hymn OF the Republic"

The Authors story OF the writing OF me
.BattIe Hymn OF the Republic"
I'm the late autumn OF the year
1861 visited the national capital IA
company with my husband. Dr. Howe.
and a party OF friends among whom
were Governor and MIRA Andrew. Mr. /
and Mrs. 4 p. Whipple and my dear
pastor, Rev. James Freeman Clarke.
The journey was one OF vivid.
even romantic interest writes Julia
Ward Howe in ST. Nicholas I'VE
were about to see the grim demon OF
war face to face: ana long before we
reached the city his presence made
itself felt in the blaze OF fires along
the road where sat or stood our pick
cts guarding the road on which we
travelled.
One day we drove out to attend
review Of troops appointed to take
place some distance from the city. In
the carriage with me were James
Freeman Clarke and Mr.. and Mrs
Whipple. The day was fine. and
everything omised well but sud
den surprise on the part OF the enemy
interrupted the proceedings before
they were we'll begun. A small body
OF our men had been surrounded and
cut o from their. companions; rein
forcements were sent to their assist.
nnce and the expected pageant was
necessarily given up The troops
who were to have taken part In 1t
were ordered back to their quarters
and we also turned our horses heads
homeward.
For long distance the foot-sol-
diers nearly filed the road They
were before and behind. and we were
obliged to drive very slowly. We
presently began TO sing some OF the
well known songs OF the war; and
among them.
John Browns body lies a-mouldering in the
grave.
This seemed TO please the soldiers.
who cried 'Good for you! and them
selves took up the strain. Mr.. Clarke
said to me, You ought to write some
new words to that tune replied
that Ehad often wished to do so.
.In spite Of the excitement OF the
day. went to bed and slept as usual;
but awoke next morning in the gray
OF the early dawn and to my aston
ishment found that the wished-for
lines were arranging themselves in
my brain. lay quite still until the
last verse had completed itself in my
thoughts then hastily rose saying to
myself. / shall lose this if l don't
write it down Immediately.
searched for sheet OF paper and an
old stump OF pen. which had had
the night before. and began to scrawl
the lines almost without looking. as l
had learned TO do by often scratching
down verses in the darkened room
where my little children were sleep
ing. Having completed this / lay.
down again and fell asleep but not
without feeling that something Of i'm
portance had happened to me-
Tho poem was published soon AT.
ter this time In the Atlantic Monthly.
1t first came prominently into notice
when Chaplain McCabe newly re-
leased from Libby prison. gave a lee
ture in Washington. and in the course
of it told how he and his fellow-pris-
oners, having somehow become pos
sessed Of copy OF the Battle Hymn.
sang it with will in their prison. on
receiving surreptitious tidings OF Q
Union victory"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
Not ORIGINAL Muslc.

Tommy make room for your I'M
Gle" is from Schubert's 'Rosamunde"
music where it is given TO the oboe
(some years ago it was alleged to
have been borrowed from Han
del's 'Susannah'). and that 'Af-
ter the opera is over" is from the mel
ody to which Heine's 'Du hast Diem
enten und Parlens" is sung in Ger
many. But nobody has yet discovered
the origin of that un versal scourge
Tara ra- boom decay"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
WHAT A cLoUpBURsr 10.
When Drops OF Rain Lose Their ino'
viduality I'm sheets.

yiduality I'm Sheets.
Popular errors when crystaliized
into pat phrases and epithets are often
handed down tho line even when the
great mass OF people have learned the
nipple facts in the case says the
Philadelphia Press. ''Heat iight.
ming" sun drawing up water and
cloud bursts" are three bits OF des-
or ption tt ut not only do not tell the
tru.h. but either are used to describe
conditions that do not exist or are
applied enormously to phenomena
that are produced by other causes.
The popular idea OF cloudburst Is
perhaps. best shown by the statement
Of II Mead villo man who in describing
tho great storm that devastated the
northwestern corner of Pennsylvania
declared that cloud was blown by
the wind against the mountain side
and then burst deluging the entire
region. Such cloudbursts exist only
in tho imagination The real cloud
burst may be collapse OF water
spout that has been carried over the
land but in most cases the term Is
applied to an extraordinary and
unusual .all OF rain in which. as 1t
were the very armament seems to
have been Embossed.
There are many records OF such
c.oudburstS in this country The tre-
men louS falls OF rain that fill in a few
minutes TIE formerly dry bed OF a
stream with torrent OF four or five
,ccs deep have long been familiar fea-
turts OF the meteorological reports
from the West In 1876. ut Fort
su!!y, ). d.. the water In canon 200
.: w.lc which was nearly dry. rose
,hreo Get rom Il sudden rainfall in
The hills. At Beaver Creek in South
akota u similar sudden rise in the
same year drowned eleven \ people.
While the town OF Jefferson Mont.
was badly wrecked by IA flood nearly
eight feet deep resulting from a tre-
mendous fall OF rain
The great flood Of July 1926 in
1874 at Pittsburg. by which 1874 lives
were lost Is believed to have been
due to the sudden condensation and
precipitation OF vast quantities Of
moisture. At 90 degrees when entire
saturat,on is the condition OF affairs
the rainfall would be less than two
inches. but the cloudburst presup-
poses great thrush of moisture laden
masses. VIII CHI under the contraction
due TO cold. descend. as the phrase
goes in great sheets. in which it
seems us If all individuality Of the
drops is lost
The cloudburst as distinguished
from the heavy rain is mere matter
OF time. 1t does its damage within
the space OF few minutes or within
an hour. Great downpours are. how
ever every whit as disastrous as the
cloudburst In 1856 21.4 inches of
rain fell at Alexandria, La, within
twenty. -four hours; while at Lambert
vile. N. j.. in 1865. II inches fell in
one day, and during the great flood
OF 1880. very heavy rainfalls OF and
. inches were reported. These enor-
nous volumes OF water. II given a
chance 10 spread out on lowlands
may be carried off without much
damage. but in the narrow mountain
valleys of Central and Western Penn
sylvania cloudbursts. hcavy rainfalls
and any continued period OF storm
cannot but result disastrously.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
TREES AND THE MASTER.

Into the woods my Master went,
Clsan, forspent, forspent.
Into the woods my Master came,
Forspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind to Him,
The little gray leaves were kind to Him:
Tho thorn trse hid mind TO Him
When into the woods He came.
Out OF the woods my Master went,
And He was wei content.
Out of tho woods my Master cams,
Content with death and shame.
When Death and Shame would woo Him
at last,
From under the trees they drew Him last |:
Twas on tree they slew Him-last
When out Of the woods He came.
Sidney Lanier.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
Hebrews 10 The Fore.

A correspondent Of the American
Israelite has found. while examining
the catalogue Of a large Eastern
college" (the name OF which is not
given). that 10 per cent OF the stu
dents there are Jews and that last
year the Jewish students secured, by
competitive tests so per cent OF the
honors that were awarded
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
Tho worlds Inhabitants.

This globe has had &C. 62Z. 842. 237..
075. 255 human inhabitants since the
beginning OF time. To even bury this
vast number the whole landed surface
OF the globe every inch OF it would
have to be dug over 12O times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
EIsauence Ont Of Place.

Mr. Popinjay FALLING on his
knees): Miss Wilson. cannot
longer resist the passionate impulse
TO appeal to you on the momentous
subject that is fraught for me with
tho issues OF life and death. And yet
l am overawed at my presumption
when take into consideration the
celestial glamour OF your personal
charms The dazzling luster OF your
intellectual attainments, the exquisite,
the adorable" Miss Wilson:
Excuse me- Mr.. Popinjay. but
there are times when eloquence Is
rather out OF place. II you wish to
pop the question pop 1t and be done
with itn-Fun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
Accounted For.

We're about FIVE minutes late this
morning" said the passenger
mo SIR" said the conductor.
You forget that you are on tho last
car OF very long train. "-Harpers
Bazaar
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20

Giles: Il saw Miss Autumn write
the entry OF her birth IN the family
bible" DeGarry: Il trust for the
sake OF her soul, she didn't kiss the
book afterward. New York Even
ing Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
much 0nt nfListle.

In Chill after making cider and
vino from their apples they extract
from the refuse white and finely
favored spirit and by another process
they procure n sweet treacle or. as
they term IL honey.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20

Country Boarder-What makes your
father get up SO early In the morningP
Farmers Little Boyle has to 60
to the station after the milk and but
ter. New York Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
Tn ,,,e mcAIIistcr Set.

VISITOR How do you like Jane Aus
tens stylep
One OF the Ono Hundred and Fifty
How can tellP ] don't know who
her dressmalxer was Chicago News
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
A Conscientious Nevada Judge.
[san Francisco Examiner

San FRANCISCO EXamlner.1
A conscientious judge adorned the Ne
vada bench. In his court suit involv-
ing the title to some mining grounds was
pending between two companies. In an
other part of the district the judge had
some claims which were looked upon as
mere wildcat" He had for year been
trying yainly to raise money to open his
claims. He had incorporated with 40
600 shares, and held them at 81 each,
with the understanding that 20 per cent
of the money received for stock should
be set aside as working capital. But
nobody would buy. One night quite
late the judge heard soft knock on his
chamber door. 1t was the president of
the company that was plaintiff in the
mining suit.
II was looking at your claims over on
the east side, Judge" he said, land [
believe they are good. would like some
of the stock" The judge cheerfully sold
him $10,0 900 worth.
Il suppose" suggested his honor,
sthat this transaction had better be kept
secret for the present"
''Of course" agreed the litigant.
A few days later the jurist met the
superintendent of the defendant company
and talked stock to him, giving the opin-
ion that if he bought $4,000 worth he
would do well. The superintendent saw
the point and invested The judge de-
posted in bank $1,000 of the $4,000 to
his own account and 50, ZOO to the credit
of his company.
Judgment was given for plaintiff, and
the superintendent of the losing company
went wild and declared everywhere that
the judge was a BRIDE taking thief His
honor presently sent for both men and
informed them that big deposit of ore
had been struck in his mine. He was
therefore able to pay dividend of 81 a
share, and handed each of the astonished
investors a check for $4,000. In a few
days the mine was sold for 100000 and
the judge honorably gave each of his two
stockholders $4,000.
why did you get me to buy stock,
judge inquired the rich and Modified
superintendent, when you meant to de-
eide against my company"
To tell the TRUTH answered his
honor, II had received $4,000 from the
president here, and was afraid if the
matter went that way into the court [
might be prejudiced, so I sold you like
amount that I might go upon the bench
entirely unbiased
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10

curing a majority for Mr.. johnson on
this platform or of electing majority
OF the legislature pledged to vote for re-
submission. What they would say, if
they told the truth, is that by this reso-
luton they expected to secure the votes
of all the men who sell liquor or want to
sell liquor, and the votes of all the men
that these people can control or
influence, and that by means of
these votes they hope to elect
certain local candidates, especially
sheriffs, in the counties where there are
cities or large towns in which sympa-
thizers with the liquor business are
numerous. The resolution was intended
to help elect the Democratic candidate
for sheriff in Cumberland county rather
than to increase the vote of Mr.. Charles
F. johnson, the Democratic candidate
for Governor. AS the campaign pro-
crosses this we think will become appar-
emit to everybody.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Mrs. Elkins, wife of Secretary Elzins,
has founded and endowed a home for
poorchildren at Deer Park, Nd.
Mrs. Hiram Kelly, of Chicago, has
given $4,000 for one of the proposed
buildings for women at the Chicago Uni
versity.
Professor Alonzo Williams of Provi-
dence, who is now in Leipsic, has Sc
cured for Brown University the entire
library of Prof. Friedrich Zarnicke.
Now they are calling Mrs. Gladstone
the G. 0. W. She has an orphanage at
Hawarden with thirty-five or forty boys
i've or SIX years old in it, and she gives
the lads her personal attention.
Two mothers of great men-the moth
ers, namely, of Schiller and Kepler-have
received memorials in the native town of
both, Leonberg, Wurtemberg. The
Town Council of the Clown of Mothers, 4"
as it proudly calls itself, has affixed tab
lets to the walls of the old castle of Duke
Ulrich the Well-beloved where the Wur-
temberg liberties was signed by the Duke
in honor of the mothers of the poet and
The first prize in the Clark competition
in oratory at Hamilton College this year
has been awarded to Gregory Rosen-
blum of Mini Novgorod, Russia, whose
subject was "The Jew in Russia 1t is
probable that a new prize, known as the
Darling prize in history, will soon be es-
tablished at Hamilton, General Charles
W. Darling having offered to present to
the faculty foundation sum for the pur-
pose.
The home of Mrs. Buffalo Bill is
Scouts Rest, a long, low building four
miles from North Platte, on the Union
Pacific road. 1t is a roomy, hotel like
old house, surrounded by 5000 acres of
prairie land and magnificent stables and
pasturage, where are kept many thous-
and fine blooded horses and cattle. Mrs
Cody is described as an amiable, house,
keeping woman, greatly liked by her
Western neighbors, of whom in turn and
of their customs and habits she is fond.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
THE DEMOCRATS AND REsUBMIs-
SION.

The Democrats at Bangor with una
nimiUy that was surprising, considering
the protests that have come from the
country press of the party, decided to
insert plank in their platform in
favor Of the resubmission of the prohibi-
tory amendment to the people. Two
years ago the Democrats adopted SINH
lar resolution, and in the campaign that
followed their gnbernatorial candidate
was buried beneath majority of 10000
votes. This majority was so much larger
than the Republicans have been accus-
toned to roll up in an off year as to
hardly admit of doubt that CON
siderable part of it was due to Demo
cratic dissatisfaction with the partys
position on the liquor question. But the
rebuke of their party two years ago has
had no effect upon the leaders, who have
now gone to work and done over again
the very thing for which they were con-
demned by a great many voters in their
own party in the last campaign. This is
a performance that party leaders do not
indulge in unless they think they see an
advantage in some direction likely to
come from IL big enough to be more than
sufficient - offset the disadvantage that
is certain to follow in other directions.
Nobody can believe that with the re-
suit of their experiment Of two years
ago fresh in mind the Democrats ex-
pect to get more votes for their general
ticket this year with re-submission
plank than they would had it been left
out. 1t was obviously not for the pur
pose of increasing MI. Johnson's vote
that they adopted the resubmission plank
for in all probability it will have quite
the opposite effect. Nobody can believe
either who is familiar with the rec
ord of the Democratic party on the
liquor question that in submitting
the prohibitory amendment to the people
they are actuated by any sincere desire or
any expectation of erecting ON the ruins
of prohibition a measure that shall be
more effective in shutting up the rum
shops OF diminishing the drink evil. Yet
they did not do this thing without pur-
pose or without the expectation that it
would enure to their advantage. 1t the
men who engineered the movement
would make true confession the most of
them at least would confess that they
had not the slightest expectation Of Sc
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
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GAR ..

MISS ETA WI. OWEN desires
to announce to her many
friends and customers that she
has accepted "a permanent posi-
tom i'm the store OF EASTMAN
BROS. & BANCROFT, where
she hopes to have the pleasure
OF waiting upon them.
jus 1wk.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10

The Bangor Wing says that the repre-
sentative men of the Democratic party in
the Fourth district are in open revolt
against the action of the Congressional
convention and declare that they will not
support the nominee. If this nomination
was brought about in the way that Gen.
Leavitt's friends assert it was certain
ly tainted with fraud, and Mr.. Powers
ought voluntarily to submit his claims
to another convention.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
The Splitting Snake,

A snake found in Africa is called the
splitting snake by the Beers. It is be-
tween two and three feet long, and is
especially bold and active, readily at
lacking every one who approaches it. In
confinement it is very savage, opening
its mouth and erecting its fangs, from
which the poison may be often observed
to drop, and even sometimes to be forci-
bly, elected, whence the name given it
by the Beers. Review
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10

If there are any men among the Demo-
cratic delegates to Chicago with Hill
proclivities-and we suspect that there is
one at least-there is nothing in the reso-
buttons adopted at Bangor to prevent
them from voting for him. The conven-
ton recommended Cleveland. but it re-
fused to instruct, which was tantamount
to allowing delegates perfect liberty to
disregard the recommendation if they
thought proper.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
A Bows Memorv

Mr.. Suburb told you to go to the
store this morning and get rake and
spend the day raking up the odds and
ends in the garden. Why didn't you
do it?
Little Boy-I-I couldn't rake up the
garden
"Why not?'
Il forgot to get Good
News.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
= CARD.

EENHE turn in the political wheel in this citv
l. has made it necessary for the undersigned
to seek means of living in other channels than
those followed for past years, and he takes this
method to inform his friends that he will give
deeds, acting as appraiser Of estates and other
business OF Kindred nature. Office with VIM.
+ Little, General Insurance Agent. 10 Ex.
chanse steet STEPHEN MARSH,
J0o eod1w
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10

Asapolitical prophet our esteemed con-
temporary the Argus is not a blooming
success. Almost every prediction it
made in regard to the Democratic State
convention was unrealized. Probably
its prophesies were founded upon its
wishes rather than upon an examination
of the facts.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10
THU PRESS.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10.

Mr.. John B. Donovan of Alfred got
there in spite of the Biddeford Democ-
racy, He was fortunate in the enemies
he had made.
The Portland daily press., 1892-06-10

Ladies' Saline Waists, with and with
out laundered collars and c1fks, in
black, white and navy, also in stripes,
polka dots and figures,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-04
THE SIX GLADIATORS.

News Of the Men Who Are to Enter the
Ring at New Orleans. .-*
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. Billy Mysr rose
early at his training quarters and put in
part OF the forenoon ut some light work.
By Monday night he hopes to easily pull
the surplus pounds from his weight, which
is 1873 pounds. The Sullivan special is ex-
pscted to reach here early tomorrow morn
ing, barring accidents. The Olympus club
is arranging for the champions reception,
and will see that quarters are prepared for
him. The Sullivan people are highly elated
at the reports of his condition. and there ia
plenty of money on hand to back him. The
Corbett people deny the report that he will
sneak into town on Tuesday night. It is
stated that nobody is aboard the Corbett
car except himself and his hacker, trainers
and immediate friends. and it will reach here
on schedule time, Tuesday morning. Tho
Southern Athletic club will receive the San
Francisco delegation.
News from the McAuliffe headquarters
this evening is to the effect that there is no
let up in the drinking there. Whether Nc
Aulitfe is in condition or not will probably
not be known until he enters the ring. Ac-
cording to his own statement he weighs
three pounds over the limit. That may be
put out to influence the betting, but there is
no doubt that along with his daily work
McAuliffe takes libations OF beer.
Dixon continues training in quiet way.
and so far as condition is concerned no
pugilist ever entered the ring in better
shape. He will probably come to the city
Monday. Jack Skelly is in prime condi-
tion aud promises to give an account of
himself. There is little or NO change in
the betting since yester day.
The trains to-day brought large delega-
tions from all sections of the country. The
hotels are crowded with sporting men. The
Olympic club announces that every re-.
served seat for the Sullivan-Corbett fight
has already been sold.