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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
a GOLD CENT.
Relic OF the Earliest DAYS of the Re-
public.


A mint proof in gold of copper
cent is great rarity, but w. l.. BOYD
of No. :1I Spear wharf, baltimore,
has in his posse S on a gold proof OF
the first cent issued by the United
States government. 1t is over one
hundred years Old
Under the confederation on Oct. 16,
1886, congress passed an ordinance for
establishing a mint, and on July q,
1907, the first cents were coined, 300
tons in copper being ordered of John
Jarvis. the contractor. This coin was
called the Fugio cent because of the
inscription on it. The diverse bore a
sun dial with the sun at meridian, on
one side of which was the word "Fu-
gio," referring to the flight of time,
while on the other was the cate,
1887. Below the dial was the legend,
.'Mind Your Busine' from which
the coin gained The name Franklin
cent" irasmu as he was said to
have uttered that sententious remark.
The reverse bore chain of thirteen
links. each OF which represented one
of the original states. In the center
were the words, "We Are Cne," sur
rounded by "a ring inscribed with the
woris. Omitted States
Mr.. Boyd's gold cent is exactly as
here described, but there are seven
varieties of the Fugio coin, most of
the differs noes being of minor inn
portance One of them, however, has
the name of the country as Estates
United" Another, which is very rare,
has each of the chain links marked
with a name of state. After the
Fugio CONS were made the govern
ment put out no other coinage until
1891. when the eagle cent was issued.
Only one other proof in gold OF this
cent is known. 1t is not in as good
condition as MIR. Boyd's and sold re.
Gently for Slo5. One of them was sold
in the Pratt collection in New York
in october, 1879, and was classified a :
.,uniuuc" by w. Elliot Woodward, the
numi,mat' st, who prepared The cata-
Proofs OF the Fueio cent were also
mao. in silver. The gold proof 10 VI
wy Inc metal, and is OF Dri, lit yell
.c,g. beiag n.arly rs large a. 2 s'.Ter
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
Oldest Methodist Preacher In Mai

oldest Methodist Preacher In Maine
Rev. DR.. ID. b. Randall is said to be
the oldest Methodist pastor in Maine.
lie was born in Hardwick, VT, July
IS, 1907, and although now SO years
old he is still very active man. When
Il years old he was apprenticed to a
blacksmith, but soon broke down and
was sent to school and studied law in
stead. At the age of 10 he was con-
verified at camp meeting and was or
dained as minister about u year later
lie has been in active service nearly
ever since, and has received many
church honors. He was a member OF
the general con ference in baltimore in
1910 and again in New York in 1874;
and 1856. lie has been secretary OF
the Maine conference and is now presi-
dent of its board of trustees. Six
times he has served as chaplain Of the
Maine house of representatives.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14

wisdom and cX-
perience TO the in
ternational con
gress of doctors at
Rome next year.
He lecame u mem
Der of the Royal
College OF Surgeons
in 1896 and an
honorary fellow
in le43. He was
created a baronet
in 1871. He is vice.
chancellor of the
20
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
Ab,ent Minded.

The two most absen minded men
on record are the fellow who thought
he had left his watch at home and
then took IL out to see IL he had tima
10 go back and get 1t and the man
who put on his Office door card say
ing: .'Out; will be back soon," and
on his return sat down on a stair step
to wait for himself.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14

These men first appeared at the Brook
lyn races in the spring, where they
were run down by Robert Pinkerton
for picking pockets ut the race track.
AS soon as they escaped from the
clutches Of tho lroolslyn police, which
they did by paying fine, they came
direct to Chicago. Frank Murray, SUI
pciintcndcnt of rinkcrton's Chicago
agency, received their pictures from
New York. and they were soon after
wards captui ed on the Worlds Fair
grounds while cndcavoring to pull
orr a diamond stud from visitor.
When arrested lhcy gave the names OF
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
CROOKS OF CHICAGO.
GATHERING A HARVEST FROM
RURAL HAYSEEDS-
Many of Them Fall Into tho Ciutt hes
OF the Police and the PenItcntiary IL
Rapidly Being Fiiied-Pictures for
tho BENEFIT OF Visitors.
Ich!eaeo corrcspon .cnec |

Il PRESENT THE
city OF Chicago is
the \ coca of the
& r G a t guild of
thievery.
One OF the big
gest thefts during
the Fair was on he
o pc n ing d n Y
when, Amos d.
rectlv in front of
the stand on which
President Cleve.
lan1 x1fna nt.AGGin,r
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
An unscientliic Guard.

An eastern man was strolling
through he wooded island.
my friend" he drawled, as he
poked his cane into bunch of flowers,
docs this plant here belong TO the
aYbutus family?"
"No sar," replied the guard, 'daf
Is some deception we'd Medvae, an fnd
fakes on side. but ovry tang har bacl
long to Worlds Far"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14

the button 10 start the machin-
ery-a thief, who is sail to have
been Antonio the frenchman,
took wallet from the inside coat
pocket of August Beekman from Mon
tana containing $1,000
The victim had Id his ranch in
Montana and with the proceeds was
making "a trio to Germany, hnv ne
stopped off at Chicago to see the Fair
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
A PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN.

How Rev. Washington GLADDEN. Would
Make Christians Out of Pagans.
Rev. Washington Gladd, stands in
the forefront among those ministers
who practice and advocate practical
Christianity. Perhaps the fact that he
has had experience in journalism has
something to do with this. He was
for time on the staff of the New York
Independent. While pastor OF the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
CouId Coun. ON one Cholr.

A peppery parson down east, who
was disturbed by his choir during
prayer time, got even with them when
he gave out the closing hymn by add
viii viii ioin In singing this grand old
hvmn, and know the choir will, for
heard them humming it during the
prayer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
Es1HER.s HoRoscoPs.

The Planets Seem to Have Been Smh
Ing When She Was Born.
Little NJ SIS Esther, the new Amerl-
can princess of the house OF C'ev"lar".
has future before her that il roman
tlc and career that is d.st.ns u.s.iod,
II the portents OF the atars ;.a3 H.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14

North Congr e G n
tional church of
Springfield, Mass,
he edited SUNDAY
Afternoon. lie is
now and for ten
years has been pas
tor of the First
Congre G a t | o N a |
church in Column
bus. lie has been
a frequent contrib
utor to papers and
periodicals and a
euapoccf ,rl ~.bl;n
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
MLLOF OLDEN TYMES
# STANDS ON THE SOUND
EAST OF NEW YORK.

/, Century and Half Ago It Ground
wheat for Yc Winchester County
Farm Foik-An Interesting Land
mark.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14

In the anna IS of medicine and surg
cry in England no name ands higher
than that of Sir James Paget, eX-presi
dent of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Sir James is now in his eighty-first
year, but bids fair to make valuable
contributions from his knowledge,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14

perhaps mile and haIf beVOnd The
line OF am bilious little Mount Vernon,
stands Reid's mill, overlooking the
broad fat marshes that edge the
Sound. The mill is approached by
one of the most picturesque roads of a
picturesque region. 1T runs for a mile
or more along the valley of little
wooded stream, and crosses the latter
dozen yards before it meets tide
water. A few hundred yards east
ward is the rude beach and farmyard
leading to the old mill. An old Dutch
house, still retaining its wide porch
and broad, low.eaved gables, faces
mill and mill stream. High tides rise
all about the house, submerge its
flower garden and flood its cellar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
VARIED AND VERIFIED.

Chicago has at present a.774 law.
YER
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14

n f INTEREST
ing landmark of
the last century re-
mains in a sub
urban region fast
yielding it's rural
charm in face of
the city's advanc.
ing vanguard, says
the New York Sun.
Between two and
three miles north
east of New Works
limits, and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
ST. LOUIS CARNIVAL.
BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF THE
AUTUMNAL FESTIVITIES.

Enormous Crowds Enjoying the Hospi-
taiity OF the Metropolis of tho West
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dates and
Attractions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14
SIR JAMES PAGET.

a Venerable Ply sician and Surgeon OF
Much Eminence.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

number Of men who ere daily figuring
in the newspapers as ~millionaires who
would cheerfully dispose OF every hope
they have OF ever owning q million dol
lars for a couple Of hundred thousand
cash. They would not need urging al
that.
But to sum up: Here are the names
of some very rich people and q conser-
vative estimate of what they are really
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24
A CHRISTMAS STORY WITHOUT WORDS.

gong transformed 1t into a scene OF ac-
tivity. The men who were on watch on
the ground floor sprsng from their seats
by the stove, and the horses, released
by the electric current, bounded TO
their places, three ia front Of the heavy
truck, and one between the shafts
OF the chiefs red wagon.
MAKING READY FOR WORK.
The same alarm which ran out In
the lower floor sounded also In the room
above where tho men lay sleeping.
Bruce heard II just as he was dreaming
OF she old days I'm the village beside
Lake Ontario, and he sprang 70 the
floor and struggled into his turnout be-
fore he fairly realized that no vas In
New York, and not In the country.
But, Quick as he was he not a second
ahead OF the other men, aud as be slid
down one OF the shining poles he found
that fully half the company had got
down before HIN. BY this time
the horses were all in their places, aud
the men had just finished hitch
ing. The alarm was still ringing
on tho gong. and although Charley
Weyman leaped to his place In the
drivers seat the company did not stal
1t was the first alarm, but not one on
which they were due. For o few mo-
ments they waited, while the horses
tugged and strained at their bits and
stamped on the wooden floor In their
eagerness to be of. Then the second
alarm came, and Tom Brophy, who was
at the wheel, drew on q pair OF heavy
woollen mittens, while the men pulled
their thick caps down over their heads,
and Weyman exclaimed: LOOK out,
fellows, we'll get a third for that,
sure!"
TIE SIGNAL ron II CHIEF
Bruce had watched these preparations
with considerable excitement. aud AZ
the suggestion Of one OF the men had
pulled on a heavy skull cap and button
ed his thick oyercoat close up 10 his
neck. He was trembling violently, but
whether IL was from tho cold or excite
men; he did not know. he bad never
been out on a third alarm before, aud
the thought that the very next minute
might send him out into the biting
storm on az errabd such as the one that
had cost his father his life sen the
blood tingling through his veins.
Jump 10. Brncer"
II was Chief Trask 9ho said this'
And as the boy made answer ho con-
tinued 10 his sharp. soldIerly voice, IF
we get a third alarm / want you tocome
with me In the wagon"
The words were scarcely out OF bis
mouth when the brass gong sounded
for a third time, aud almost Instantly
the doors were thrown back with q roar
and rumble, there was q rattle OF ropes
which supported the harness as Wey-
man pulled his reins with = sharp and
sudden jerk, aud Bruce, who by this
time was seated In tho Chiefs wagon
with his superior officer beside him, felt
the horse bounding forward, and the
next moment was out ia the binding
storm.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

Gould was never worth anything Ike
such q sum nor is the combined wealth
of the family more than half that sum.
jaw Gould's wealth while he was alive
was always oVer-estimated IS he wished
It TO be for purposes OF his own, at
times. He was worth much less than
500. 900, 900 when he died, some judges
say less than S72, 0O0, 600, although 1t
was in such q shape that no one could
rightly tell just how much it sggregat-
ed. IL is doubtful If 1t has grown much
since Gould's death.
So much for the wealthy families.
The wealthiest single individual In
this country Is no doubt John d. Rookie
Teller, the Standard Oil magnate and
strangely enough his wealth Is usually
underestimated. He is one OF the very
few men who enjoys this distinction.
Ordinary judges usually rate Mr..
Rockefeller as being worth SIS, 600, 900.
Very good judges who know Mr.. Rookie
Teller and his numerous enterprises say
that he is worth no less than Sl25, 00O.-
600. He is at the head OF the Standard
Oil Company and the biggest fish in the
| puddle, too. He owns fleets OF ships,
railroad lines, real estate, and OF late
wears has gone into various businesses,
all of which have proved hugely pro6ta-
bis. His brother William D. Rookie
Teller is not so rich but he is worth
some SIS, 600, 600 which is enough for
him to live upon very comfortably.
Russell Sage, the famous side partner
Of jay Gould, is another man whose
wealth is thought 10 be less than 1t
really IS. Sage has more money per-
haps within call than any other man 10
this country, for the simple reason that
his wealth is mostly in actual money
rather than stocks, bonds and real
estate. He is a money broker pure and
simple, the pawn broker of Wall Street,
who wakes fat by loaning money to
SPECTATORS, upon gilt edge security and
at a big interest. These are all short
call loans, and so the money is con-
stantly going and coming in Sage's
Offices. The result is that he can COM
mand more money at short notice than
any other financier, simply bV calling
bis loans that are out. This is why
Russell Sage is now considered to be
worth at least SIS, 900, 900 in cash.
Henry Hilton who inherited most OF
the wealth Of the great merchant, A. /
Stewart, is a constant victim of the
wild calculator. There arc dozens OF
estimates of his wealth.e The best In
thorities put it at $40, 600, 900. Some
time before his death Mr.. Stewart gave
the value Of his estate as 500, 900, 600.
Mr.. Hilton has most of this estate with
the exception of the wife'S portion, the
money paid to legatees and the funds
which built the Cathedral in which A.
T. Stewards bones are supposed to be
resting since their alleged recovery
from the gang that stole them many
year ago.
The revenue of the great Stewart
estate has constantly added TO the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

who Is introduced to the readers Of
1.-THE Third Alarm" is young newsboy
named skinny, the Swiper," who
gains access to the fire lines by helping
the firemen to load and unload the fuel
Wagons. Every one familiar with the
fire service will recognize the accuracy
with which this character is drawn, be-
cause Ii is well known that the moment
a fire alarm is sounded an army OF small
boys spring up aud volunteer their SER
vices for the privilege Of riding 10 the
scene OF disaster on top OF the fuel wa
gon.
The episode from which the story
takes its name Is the burning of q large
modern hotel and the heroism by the
hero, who has come, with the rest OF
his company, to the fire In response to
q "third alarm" a signal used to indi-
cate a co%nflagration Of unusual fierce
ness. The breaking out OF the fire and
the way In which the alarm Is sent to
and received by the truck company arc
described by Mr.. Ford in the following
manner
SCENES PRECEDING A NIGHT FIRE.
1t is the unconsidered triles Of life
which oftentimes shape human desti-
MES.
And what triGe is there of less In
portance than a window curtain,
swayed by the midnight breezeP
There was such a curtain swinging
idly in the window Of a dimly lighted
room as the clocks in the tall church
toweVs tolled the solemn hour Of mid
night The wind was high now, and
the snow, which had been falling for
nearly six hours, was heaped upon the
tops of the tall houses, aud lay In huge
drifts about the streets, while the flakes
which filed the keen winter air were
blown so sharply in the faces OF pedes-
trians that men found walking possible
only by keeping to the middle OF the
street and bending their heads down to
the sharp blasts. Now and then a DO
liceman. muflled up to his eyes, walked
along. trying the doors OF shops and
other places OF business to see that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24
SHRINnAGR IN
BIG FORTUNES.
As THB RESULT OF RHB PANIC OF A FEW
MONTH AGO.
Soms Interesting Fac! and Figurs-Wsalh
Which is Always on the Inoroasa-Whas
the Riches. Men Of This Country are Really
Worth in Dollars and Cents

AH Sights FssarUea bv ne wilson Pres SgHdi
cdfG)
NEW YORK, DEC. 22-There are
more paper m~illionaires 10 New York
than anywhere else ia the world" said
q Wall Street banker TO me the other
afternoon as I sat In his private Office
just after the close Of the Stock Ex-
change. "Queer," he went on, ''how
men and women ges a reputation for
wealth that they do not deserve. They
make a few thousands, set up a line
establishment and Immediately are
rated as worth from one numbered
thousand to q quarter OF a million dol
lars. In i've years they are reputed TO
be ~millionaires and ia five years more
their wealth Is estimated from i've 70
ten millions Of dollars. 1t is all q hum
bug. / tell you few OF the rich men
and women ID New York are worth hall
what they are reputed TO be-"
Such good authorities sc Jay Gould
and J.. d. and WIN. Rockefeller are on
record as saying that after men actual
" become ~milliOnaries they cannot tell
the extent of their own fortunes.
at is my opinion that after a man
has accumulated 81, 900, 600 be does not
know his " wealth IL be Is engaged
In any business in which there may DO
q shrinkaRe Of values.
Thus spoke Jay Gould on n occa-
sion when a Congressional lnvestiga-
ting Committee was trying to find out
what his wealth was and il mis- methods
were fair.
John d. Rockefeller who was q wit
ness before the same Committee said
that be did not know how wealthy be
was.
It have seen myself quoted In the
newspapers, " said the Standard Oil mag
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

thieves were not busy during the storm.
As the night wore on the passers-by
appeared at rarer Intervals, and the
snow, undlsturbed by man or beast, al
lowed itself to be Whirled and twisted
by the wind into fantastic shapes, that
changed with every fresh gust. One
o'clock sounded from many q brszen
tongue, and the wind, as If it heard 10
the sharp, vibrant note q new signal,
seemed to grow suddenly in strength
and swept across the city with iercer
and louder blasts, while the snow fell
In binding masses on roof and pave
ment.
WEATHER THAT FIRESIES DREAD.
The same wind, coming with awful
fury up the broad, deserted avenue,
struck with full force against the splen-
did hotel, and. pouring through the
half open window in the dimly lighted
room, sat the white window curtain
swaying and tapping with renewed life.
IAN awful night for a fire." mutter-
ed a belated citizen, as be mounted his
doorstep and shook the snow from his
clothing In his marble tiled yestibule.
1t was indeed. an awful night for a
FIRE, bnt the cold and weary citizen dis
missed all anxiety from his mind and
| sought his bed, happy in the knowledge
that there were scattered about the
great sleeping city Ere engines, with
swift horses TO draw them, and com
panies OF vIgilant, courageous meE
ready to hurry to the scene Of disast'
at a moments warning. And very ST
the belated citizen slept, too, while
storm outsihe ragged with lncr.1
fury, and the snow SWEPT dow
the heavens and was piled
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

drifts beneath the shadow OF the tall
building.
ALL QUIET AT HEADQUARTERS.
And down In Chief Trask's quarters,
nearly a mile away, Bruce Dexter SUM
bered peacefully, with his turnout on
the floor beside him, while the horses
stamped uneasily In their stalls, and the
two men on watch sat close TO the stove
and talked in low tones about fires that
they had known on just such windy,
snowy nights in years gone by. out
| side the truck house the wind howled
dismally, and the snow swept through
the streets in pitiless binding gusts,
while up town the same blasts paused
for a moment In their northerly flight
to play with the white window curtain
that was swinging and Tapping now
with increased violence In the hall
lighted chamber.
And throughout the storm Bruce
slept as calmly as a child, knowing
nothing Of all that that window curtain
meant for him August fiercer than the
others tore the light band which held
the curtain to the wall and sent IL nut
tering against the gas jet. 1t blazed
up and caught the wood work about the
window and then another gust OF wind,
pausing In it's swift flight to the far
north, scattered the blazing particles
about the room, and famed the flames
that were eating their way through the
handsome woodwork. Outside, beneath
the window where the curtain had
tapped for a moment before, the snow
Law IN huge untrodden drifts. There
was no one there to note the blaze which
had started 10 the room on the fifth
floor, nor was there anXchance watcher
In the silent houses over the way TO give
the alarm.
THE FIRST ALARM.
1t was just twenty minutes after one
when the idle wind blew the curtain
against the flame, and az precisely
twenty-five minutes OF two q servant
rushed bareheaded into the street, aud
breaking for himself q path through
the heavy drifts OF snow, made
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

where teneme6ts are pushing out the
old residents and are buying in new
districts after the manner of the AstorS.
There is no exagEeratiou in saying that
the holdings Of this family in New
York now amounts in value to $780,
GOO. 900.
Tue present Goelet family Of New
York is another that holds the wealth in
common and like the Rhinelsnders.
They owe 1t TO their h~ard-headed Ger
man ancestors who invested their
money ia New York real estate and
left clauses in their wills ordering that
their landed possessions be held in
tact as far as possible. The result is
that the Goelet farms in Ne-g York,
now in the most desirable neighbour
hood Of New York are rated 10 repre-
sent $4,000, 600.
The wealth OF the Gould family has
always been over-estimated ju{ as the
wealth of Jay Gould himself wfs in his
day. Their wealth is az times e stimated
at as much IS 500, 600, 900 au moro.