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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
stand by tho flag.
ny JOHN NICHOLAS WIDER.

Stand by the nag! Its stars like meteors
cleaning
Have lighted Arctic icobergs. southern seas,
And shown responsive TO the stormy beaming.
or old Arcturus and the pleiades.
Stand by the fiagi Its stripes have streamed
in glory,
To foes fear. 10 friends y festal robe,
And spread In rhy thmic lineS the sacred story
OF Freedoms triumph over all the globe.
Stand by the fagi On land and ocean biliow
BY Il your fathers stood unmoved and true,
Living acknowledging from their pillow.
With their last blessing, raised II on to you.
Stand by the fiagi Immortal heroes bore 1t
Through sulphurous smoke, deep n oat and
armed defence:
And theu imperial shades still hover DER II,
And guard celestial from omnipotence
Stand by the flag though 6eath- shots round IL
rattle.
And underneath its waving folds have met
In all the dread array OF sanguine battle,
The quivering lance and glittering bayoreu
stand by the flag! All doubt and treason
scorningl
Believe with courage firm and faith sublime,
That Il viii fiost until the eternal morning
Pales in its glories all the lights OF Timel
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
Men Who NyeaY Diamonds.

1t is always shocking to foreigner
when he sees an American woman
adorned with jewelry in the morning.
Diamond earrings at the breakfast
table but confirm his notions of the
barbarism of the new country, yet,
in reality, very few of our women are
as guilty Of as bad taste in the matter
OF untimely adornment as certain
types of men, who mark each era of
their prosperity by an additional piece
of jewelry.
The sport who wins ut the races or
on the result of a prize-fght imme-
diately buys diamond stud or ring as
large as he can get for the money he
has to spend 1t does not matter If it
is off color or not, he flashes it before
the eyes of his less fortunate COM
panions with an air Of triumph in its
possession THAT the vainest woman
could not have the DO dness to essay.
What matters it IL the shirt front is
soiled or the finger stumpy and nails
the worse for wear, that show up in
glaring contrast to the headlight he is
so proud of-he is wearing diamonds,
and that settles it.
Now to the mind who considers dia-
monds of whatever water prima facie
evidences of wealth, there could never
come the dawning of that innate re
finement that prompts q man to eschew
displaying the greater bank account hi
possesses. Wealth and simplicity e
hand in hand, but the genus sport Of
nouveau richie will cling to his jewelry
a. the outward token of financial pros
parity that must of necessity overawt
| less favored mortals
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
ANY Amir KNEW. 5

A Lady Who Field Use Until II An
peared That S WAS Foolish.
1t is Oever wise, is never kind
to "put on airs" a when those per.
sons who endeavd o clothe them.
selves in vast sun prity come to
grief it is seldom tina ey succeed in
their discontinue. wcll.known
American artist wd4 asst summer
sketching in the galleH eof the Louvre
in Paris. Being at va he had, OF
course, something the appearance of
being a habitue Of the bce, and as
such he was several It'd addressed
by the visitors.
On one occasion he wdGpproached
by couple OF ladies, o. OF whom
asked: IN
"Can you tell us where Mind the
statue OF Cupid and"
She paused, says the Bo&n Cour-
Ter, in the evident hope thd e would
help her out, but he had krd the
name Psyche pronounced inn many
ways that he was curious tote what
would be made out of it nd The
visitor, finding that he would tpro.
nounce the name, turned app ingly
to her companion, and the 9th lady
said with much briskness:
"Why, OF course you know; ia
nous statue OF Cupid-and the rson
who is with him."
There was very different air Aout
the lady who one day haughtilAaid
to the artist:
"Will you be so good as to d ect
me to the statue Of Catherine de
Medici2"
1.-The statue OF Cattle rine de Meda.n
he repeated in some perplexitytI
don't remember such statue"
The smile of the visitor was mEe
superior than ever as she replied:
"Oh, it is one of the best-knoAn
statues here l supposed that any an.
ist would know where it is to y
found"
There was so much scorn in her &C
cent as she pronounced the WORD
"artist" that the gentleman was a,
once amused and annoyed.
81 am an artist" he said: "but
cannot help you, unless it might b,
that you have made mistake and i
is the Venus de Medici you are lookin!
for"
The expression that came over The
face OF the superior questioner wa,
both ludicrous and self-betraying.
why" she stammered, sit wa:
the Venus de Medici that wanted, G
course. Do you know where that is?'
"Oh, yes" he answered, smiling
"Any artist can tell you that."-N
Y. World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
Burial OF tho Dead.

The Mohammedans always, whether
in their own country or one of adop-
ton, bury without coffin or casket of
any kind. During the time of the old
Roman Empire the dead bodies of all
except suicides were buried. The
Greeks sometimes buried their dead in
the ground, but more generally ere
mated them in imitation of the
Romans In India up till the last few
years the wife, either according to her
wishes or otherwise, was cremated on
the same funeral pyre that converted
her head usband's remains into ashes
When child dies in Greenland the
natives bury live dog with it, the dog
to be used by the child as guide to
the other world. When questioned in
regard to this peculiar superstition
they will only answer:
"A dog can find his way anywhere. 4"
The natives of Australia tie the
hands of their dead together and pull
out their nails. This is for fear the
corpse may scratch its way out Of the
grave and become a vampire. The
primitive Russians place certificate
Of character in the dead persons
hands, which is to be given to St
Peter at the gates of heaven.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
A DrolI Council.

A correspondent says that the good
citizens of Kempen in Holland, where
Thomas A Kempis was born, do some
droll things. At one time fire broke
out and much damage was done be-
cause the engines were out of repair.
The Council met and after much argu-
ment it was voted that on the eve pre-
ceding every fire the town officers
should carefully examine the engines
pumps, etc.
One of the greatest profits OF the
town was the toll exacted at the gates
The council wished to increase the in
come, and instead of increasing the
toll it was voted to double the number
of gates. This same council also or
dered the sun-dial to be taken
from the courthouse common
and placed under cover, where
it would be protected from the
weather. But of all the queer things
that are told of Kempen and its people
nothing is SO absurd as this: Grass
grew on the top of very high tower,
and the only way these very droll
Dutchmen could think of TO get it off
was to hoist COW up and let her eat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
A Dog Fight During . Battle.

II had dog that followed me all
vice to me-" said Capt Fred Smith, a
member Of the Old Veterans Club, that
was holding session in the rotunda
of the Lindell. "Ho was just a COM
mon, 'orncry' looking 'yaller' dog, but
he had the heart of woman and the
courage of lion. / enlisted Mt Mat
toon, and he followed me there. /
stay. The captain took liking to
Zip, and when we were ordered
South he went along. Zip participated
in several of the big battles of the war,
and in any number of skirmishes.
He would take up his position near
our battery of field pieces and bark
defiance at the enemies of his country.
At Shiloh shell exploded within ten
feet of Zip and cut off three inches of
his bushy tail That angered him and
he advanced on the enemy barking
iuIiously. The lines were about 500
yards apart, and shot and shell were
flying thick as hail Zip ran forward
fully 500 yards and gave the Johnnies
to distinctly understand that he
allowed no tampering with his tail.
The Confederate battery also had n
dog, a big black mastiff, and he came
ont TO see aboutit They didn't waste
any time sparring for an opening, but
took hold in dead earnest. The John
MES stopped shooting and began to
~b> THAR dor Wa did tho ama For
full ten minutes those two batteries
stood silent while the gunners
watched the contest of the canine
knights, who fought as though the
fate Of nations depended on them.
Sick him, Tige! Give it to the Yankee
son-of-a- gunl' yelled the Confederate
cannonneers, advancing in front of
our lines A Confederate sergeant
threw rock at our dog, and brought
on trouble Keep your hands off that
dogv yelled the captain of our battery,
as he hurried back and trained a gun
on the Confederate group That set
both batteries to roaring again, and
beneath the flood of iron those dogs
fought on. arm sorry to say that Zip
got the worst OF it He was outclassed,
and though he put up as game fight
Us ever dog did, he was sent to his
corner loser. How the Confeds did
yell and boot and howl! But we had
our revenge. We soaked six pound
shell into their dog and blew him into
sausage meat.-St. Louis Globe. Demo
crat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
resentment. In Battle.

Thirty years ago to-day the battle of
Fredericksburg was fought, remarked
Secretary Tindall the other day.
at was just such day as this too,
only the rain was not falling 1t was
cloudy, murky, moist day. l never
think of the battle but recall Scrgt.
Higgins, Of our regiment the First
Delaware. He was brave fellow,
but had u presen timent that he would
be shot in the stomach. He was
always nervous on going into battle,
but saw him stand on the field for
ten minutes one day and let thou
sand Rebs shoot at him. just before
the battle of Fredericksburg he had
that same dread of being shot in the
stomach which had followed him
through the war. He borrowed a silk
dress some of the boys had captured
on forage, borrowed suit
Of clothes, and put dress,
clothes. and his blanket. all over his
stomach. He looked like the fat mar
In q farce comedy. The battle had mo-
begun in earnest, but the shells from
the Confederate guns were falling al
around and among us. Our line wa,
steadily moving forward. noticed
Higgins getting more nervous W.
marched on. The shells fell thicke
! and faster. Every now and then SOM
Of the boys were downed and thei
mangled remains born to the rear
Higgins grew more nervous w
marched on. Bang went shell RICH
: over our heads. A piece passed througl
: Higglns' stomach fortification, cuttin
J, II like knife, but only grazing III
: akin His stomach had escaped. LII
: foot was torn to pieces. We carrie
: him TO the rear. He was afterwar
: brought TO Washington and died In tn
= hospital Of lockiaw."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
THREE LITTLE PRINCES.

How the Children Of the Kaiser Are
Treated In Their Home Life.
OF the daily life of the three eldest
imperial princes our Berlin correspon-
dent writes: The princes, as is gen.
orally known, are very simple sra
strictly brought up. Every dav,
Summer and winter, they get up at 7
o'clock in the morning, and have
breakfast at a quarter to s consist
OF tea and rolls. =
The meal never lasts more than
quarter of an hour. Punctually at s
their lessons begin. The Crown
Prince, as we'll as the Princes Fritz
and Adalbert, are each taught separ-
ately, but for some hours the Crown
Prince and Prince Fritz are taught
together. The Crown Prince, who is
most jealous and takes all his lessons
in earnest, is much further advanced
than his two brothers.
The play hours during the morning
are filled up with gymnastics, games
of ball, digging, ETC., in the playground
near the right wing of the new palace.
At 9:15 they take luncheon-sand-
witches, claret and natural mineral
water, which beverage is much drunk
at the imperial table. After lunch
they again have lessons for n short
time, and then take their riding les.
sons, either in the riding school in
bad weather, or fine weather out OF
doors. The Crown Prince, who is~a
excellent rider with firm seat, has
lately begun to ride his horse Abdul,
which Ne received on his birthday
from the emperor handsome large
Arabian, with n long tail and thick
name, OF faultless build, proud bear.
ing and most graceful step. After
their riding lessons they sometimes
take ride in the neighborhood OF
the new palace. accompanied by the
Crown Princes military governor, Maj
or Won Falkenhayn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

Don't look for the flaws as you go through life:
And even when you find them.
1t is wise and kind to be somewhat blind
And look for the virtue behind them,
Fec the cloudiest night has tint OF light
Somewhere in its shadows hiding;
1t IS better by far to look at q star
Than the spots on the sun abiding.
The current OF life runs ever away
To the bosom OF Gods great ocean;
Don't set your force 'gainst the rivers course
And think to alter its motion.
Don't waste q curse on the universe
Remember II lived before you;
Don't butt at the storm with your puny fern
But bend and let 1t go DER you.
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your within TO the letter;
Some things go wrong your whole life long,
And the sooner you know 1t the better.
1t is folly TO fight with the infinite
And go under at last in the wrestIc:
The wiser man shapes into Gods plan,
AS water shapes into vessel.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
Old London Churches.

The Church Of st. Mary Woolnoth
which stands out conspicuously at the
King William Street corner OF Lom'
bard Street, London. was closed ten
months ago, and it Is clear from tho
statement Of the rector that the stey
was not premature. 1t has bern his
unhappy lot to be often startled In the
course of his services by loud We,
mufIled sound, evidently issuing from
the vaults under the church.
As these vaults are now "hermeti'
cally sealed" the phenomenon may
well have excited the imagination OF
timid members of the congregation.
Mr. Brooke, however, recognized the
noises only too well They were caused
by the falling of leaden collins, some-
times from tho height of ten or twelve
feet in consequence of the moldering
away of the collins of oak and elm on
which they had been piled.
It would be well if the evils of this
relic of our barbarous system of in-
tramural interment had ended here
Unfortunately the process of ''hermet-
ically sealing" according to Mr..
Brooke evidence before the Consistory
Court of st. Pauls Cathedral, has
been anything but "hermetical," Mr.
Brooke declares that for years nearly
every official had died from the effects,
direct or indirect, of the uncomfortable
smell.
Arthur Statham. the counsel repre-
senting the parish, stated that 1851
adults and 426 children had been de.
posted in this horrible receptacle be-
tween 100 and 1882. In the latter
year, according to Mr.. Stratham, the
vault was closed for burials; but these
burials in St. Mary Woolnoth, il
burials they can be called, were con-
tinued for at least twelve years. after
the latter date. The question APP
pears now to revolve itself into that
of apportioning the cost of removing
these human remains. Clearly q de-.
cision should be come to without a
moments unnecessary delay.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
PUBLIC HANGING.
Effect of the Last One In PhIladel-
Dhia.

phia.
There is Mt present standing on .
shelf in an old lumber room on Mar.
ket street, above Second, plaster
cast dingy with dust and exposure.
No one at oil familiar with the hum.
an physiognomy could be mistaken in
judging the face to be that OF bad
man, and there is acurious distortion
about the mouth. 1t is the cast OF
the head James Moran, the mutineer,
and the last criminal executed in pub
lie in Philadelphia county.
On the 10th of May, 1887, guarded
by q company OF United States mar.
ines, he was taken TO the gallows
erected in the middle OF the square az
Seventeenth and Green streets. Halt
thepopulation ofthe city was present,
and tho moral effec' OF the spectacle
was attested by the fact that the
street was lined with drinking booths,l
fights were INDUCED in, and man
was stabbed and nearly killed.
DR.. Washington Daily had the cass
taken and it was much discussed AZ
the time. The head is almost as fiat
as q tomcat'e, and the expression o.
, the face that Of q demon. 4
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
strons... Cannon In the world

The first firing of the Brown seq
mental tube-wi five-inch gun, al
Birdsboro, Pa, on the 3rd inst, was
made with the tube only rough bored,
the object being chiefly to test the
working of the breech mechanism,
rather than to experiment with high
pressure in the gun. The results were
very satisfactory. On the third fire,
in which eighteen pounds of powder
and an eighty-four-pound shot were
used, the breech mechanism worked
perfectly and easily, with pressure
of more than sixty thousand pounds to
the squire inch. This result was very
astonishing, but subsequent firings de.
monstrated that the pressure Of over
sixty thousand pounds to the square
inch, obtained at the third shot, was
sa5solutely accurate. The first firing
of the Brown segmental wire gun
without lining-tube, mas shown
therefore, that it will Withstand, abso
lutely without lining-tube and with
out the slightest injury, a pressure
that would burst any other kind Of I
gun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
To Keep Gun. from nu..lnr.

The best way to preserve gun from
rusting is to have a ring of zinc sol
dered round the barrel, or, IL 1t Is not
convenient to do this, to have q long
strip of zinc soldered out of sight
underneath the barrel The galvanie
action which is excited between the
ziac and the iron effectually prevents
the oxidation Of either metal, and as
long as the zinc remains in contact
with the iron no. particle of rust will
appear on the inside or outside OF the
barrel.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
Goldfish Mines.

An old sailor to the Arctic regions
has been telling how he misses really
cold weather down this way:
"Tain't the kind of air I'm used
ter" he said. 81 don't believe I'll
ever get what / want this side OF
Labrador. You don't have to fish for
cod down to Labrador. You just gst
q pick and shovel and mine 'em-just
mine en- out of the icebergs They're
frozen In fast. Some of 'em have been
In there for million years, more or
less They got catched up some time
and just frozen in.
IA whaling man't know his bust
ness can tell offhand where he'd strike
. paying lead. He lands a crew on a
berg aud they cut level nlace to
stand on, and they just open galleries
into the ice. You find the cod in
seams like coal. never worked in a
coal pit, but Two had the thing ex-
planned to me, and it's about the
same. The cod were swimming around
and layer of them got frozen. Then
would come layer OF plain ice under.
meath, without any trimmings, and
afterward another layer of cod. It's
colder work than fishing. cod mining
., but the returns are quicker"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

THERE is one way in which pros
pective decedents may guard against
unseemly squabbles over the proper
ty to be left behind when they depart.
Several transformations citizens have
adopted it lately and no complaints
have been heard from them. One
part of the plan is to avoid making q
will and the rest of it is to die unin-
numbered by cent or possessions Of
any other kind.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
why She Wa. pl.a.sd.

There are good many Belgian serv.
ants in Paris They have no great pre-
tensions Some of them get 20 francs
month, with daily allowance of 81
confines e pence) for their food, and
do not ask for more. Out of this they
contrive to send, at long intervals,
some assistance to the old folks al
home. The other day one of the girls
came to our back door,. She appeared
all smiles.
what is up with you this morningp''
inquired her countrywoman, who was
busy polishing her copper stewpans. 2
"Oh, am SO pleased, was the reply,
II have had news from home. My
father has received license to beg.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

In the heat of debate Rev. G. II.
Garlick Of Newark, N. j., used strong
language to the effect that he would
like to shoot one of the deacons of the
church for opposing proposition to
put copper bottom into the baptis-
try, and has been indicted. The zeal
Of Garlick appears to have over
stepped the odor of sanctity which
might be expected of one OF his name
and high calling. He is properly in
the soup
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

THE splendid ocean liners Of the
Inman and International company
have. passed into the hands of an
American company and will hence
forth bear the stars and stripes in
stcad Of st, Georges GROSS. This is
move in the right direction. but the
change will involve q good many
formal intrcductions to old friends on
tho part Of the ships In the new colors.
The American Nag, alasl has OF late
years been almost forgotten by the
habitues Of the great ocean highwa,
botwcon New York and Southampton
I'D Liverpool.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

HAVING made an impregnable fort
ress Of the port Of Halifax, to the
northeast, another Of st. Lucia, to
the southeast, another of Esquimault,
to the northwest, and having at
tempted to gain foothold for similar
purposes on Lower California, to the
southwest, the American people be-
gin to understand why England OBJ
jects to the United States obtaining a
foothold in Hawaii. We should not
DO quite hemmed in il we did that.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

AMERICA may or may not want the
Hawaiian islands. Itremains to be seen
whether she does or not. But mean
while what she doesn't want and
won't have is any insolent or imperti-
nent interference on the part OF the
British government.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

No AMERICAN with heart in his
breast has any feeling other than
that Of earnest, solicitous sympathy
for Count Ferdinand de Lesseps in the
multiplying misfortunes that have
overtaken that venerable engineer
and protector. As the leader in vast
enterprises having for their end the
promotion Of commerce and civiliza-
tion the name of Lesscps is secure Of
its place on the worlds list Of great
men,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11
Jefferson Davl... Remaln.

Major J. Taylor Ellison, president
of the jefferson Davis>Monument As.
ISOLATION, says it is probable that the
remains of Mr.. Davis will be removed
from New Orleans to Richmond. Va,
for final interment in the early spring;
that he has received numbers of salts.
factory letters from the collectors OF
the monument fund, and that when
the weather opens permanently new
impetus will be given to the scheme.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

A GOOD many anxious French
statesmen would be glad to have
enough mummy dust kicked up in
Egypt to blind the public to the
Panama mud now so thickly sprinkled
on theif clothes. There is good
deal Of mixed sentiment in the pother
about the khedive.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-03-11

EVEN as far south in Europe as
Constantinople the present winter
has been severe. Snow and ice in
sufficient quantities have been de-
posted in the streets OF the ancient
city to stop the movement of cabs
and street cars. In some parts of
Hungary a temperature OF 81 de-
grees below zero is reported. Thus
it will DO seen that the American
plumbers are not the only men a the
craft who have been highly favored.