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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08


Neatly all the great ship building
firms are represented by models, one,
that of the warship Victoria, being
thirty feet long, and cost $50, 900. II
is said TO he the finest marine model
ing Company, luilders of the new Cum
arders, shows models of merchant
marine.
The Thames Iron Works and Ship
building Company has m odels Of every
variety of war vessels. Thre are eX-
hibits of naval armament and coast de-
Tense. In this section is a model
twenty feet long. OF the great bridge
over the Firth of Forth, in Scotland.
The railway section of the British ex-
hibit includes n complete frame and
locomotive shown by the London &
Northwestern Railway Company, the
first exhibit of its kind in this country.
This company also shows models OF
railway stations, and one of the
criminal Stephenson locomotives, the
Rocket" There is also shown the
Trevitchick locomotive, the first that
ever drew cars. The London e. North
Western exhibit includes section of
ideal railway track: also an exhibit OF
the actual strap railway, on which the
Trevitchick locomotive ran in 1904.
The latter exhibit includes two of the
original cars. the whole shipment hav-
inG been sent directly from Wales, and
weighing FIVE tons.
The Canadians show a complete
trans-continental train, such as are in
use on the Canadian Pacific. The ears
are of solid mahogany and lighted by
electricity.
In striking contrast with this is the
dog train, such as is still in use in
the far Northwest, with the energetic
dogs obeying the commands of the
half-breed drivers.
The German exhibit covers the en-
tire southern portion of the main
building and a part of the annex. All
the decorative features of he exhibit,
which are elaborate and beautiful,
We're furnished by the Ger nan Com
mission. A special feature of the dis
play is an exhibit of the Siemens Il
Halske system of interlocking switch
ing apparatus Two locomotives and
all kinds of railway cars, including
ambulance cars used by the Red Cross
Society in war times, are shown.
There is great track museum from
Osnabruck, One Of the superbly warm
ished composite vehicles for first and
second-class passengers, which be-
longs To line running into Leipzig,
was taken by an old woman in specs
and black veil. who approached me
as was looking ut it, for royal car
riage.
''Humph!" she said, ~ suppose them
dukes and princes carouse terrible
when they're ridin' around in them
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
An Jne,p csed Tarn.

Irate Parent. making preparations
TO chastise his unruly boy--So you
tied tin kettle TO the dogs tail. did
you? And stoned the neighbor $
goat, and turned the garden hose on
the minister when he was coming up
the walk-huh. And you expected
you wouldn't be found out. Ell?
Penitent SOM told grandma
Irate Parent-You told your grand
ma? And what did your grandma
say9
Penitent Son, whimpering - She
said was a chip of the old block.
and that my father was just like me
when he was a boy.
Irate Pareot, growing very red
Huh. | tell you what. young man. You'll
have to do better or I'll be obliged
TO whip you some OF these days Now
you can 20 back TO your play.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
MAKING A RAISE OF SALARY.
How Chicago Clerk Played n smart
on Hts Employer.

There's a certain business man in
Chicago who is as cranky as he oan
well he and is at the same time very
careless in his business affairs, says
the Detroit Free Press Bat he IS
very rich and has big establish
ment and not an employee likes him.
About year ago one of his clerks.
getting sl,00l a year. approached
him or the subject of an increase of
salary. The old man got hot in a
minute.
How mueh are you getting now y'
he asked.
The clerk was about to tell him
when happy thought struck him.
1.-Two thousand year" he replied
firmly.
"Um-um," he said ..you are good
clerk and I'll see what can be done
for YOU"
Then ne dismissed the clerk and
called in the manager.
MAKE Jones salary 81, 500 a year, y
he said.
The manager was about to offer an
explanation.
''Do as | tell yoa," said the old
man. IN teach the young upst art
to come in here debating to me how
much money to pay my people"
BY this time the manager had COM
pretended the situation and he forth :
with put Jones on the 81, list. and
six months later. when the old man
found how he had been worked, he
called Jones in and told him he would
restore him TO the 5000 list. and
Jones was shrewd enough to take the
twinkle in the old mans eye in good
faith and say nothing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
.MAMMA. Mss HIM"
In gratitude Of Pretty Girl to tho Sur
eeon Who saved Her Life.

sour lives are full OF disappoint-
ments." remarked my friend, the
surgeon. who Is famous for his abil-
ity to joke with patients Of any
nationality in their own language and
make them forget their misery for
the time. says writer in the New
York Herald, land | thought up to
last week that | had had my full
share OF them.
..Now believe that am way over
on my allowance. See il you do not
agree with me.
Early last summer" he began. "a
charming young lady was brought to
nv Office from Western state IN
pitiable condition. She had dislo-
Gated her ankle some months before.
and from unskillful treatment il had
been put in such shape that l
thou ht at first that amputation
might be necessary. She was wasted
away to seventy-fye POUNDS. and a
mere wreck OF her former self.
II was luckily able to save the
foot and bring her back to perfect
health, and she blossomed into one
of the PROTEST girls | have ever
seen. She and her mother called on
me to say 'good-by' last Tuesday,
and she was in the highest OF spirits.
She danced around the room to prove
that her ankle was perfectly strong
again. and gave me this handsome
silver inkstand for a remembrance
As accompanied them to the step
she paused on the upper step and
took my hand again. Doctor said
she, beyond the check which papa
will send you and the eternal graft
tude from mamma and myself, l feel
that you deserve some further re-
ward. Leaning towards me she went
on impressively: You deserve re-
ward which most men would risk
their necks to gain"
".You deserve kiss.
Mamma, kiss him.. and before I
could get the pucker out of my lips
she was down on the street sending
up at me the most tantaliziug laugh
ever heard.
'.Yes, as | said before, we all have
our disappointments."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08

the first ever sent into Chicago. The
Pennsylvania Railroad is richly repre-
sented.
The marine exhibit OF Ameri,a is
good; | can but briefly allude to il.
Perhaps the most striking thing is the
section of an Atlantic liner. showing
the interior arrangements; IL is So
realistic that il fairly makes you sea-
sick. Here is an exquisite model OF
the Puritan; and here are steam and
electric launches, dories, schooner.
and racing yachts until the wearied
vision can no longer contain them.
Presto change, Here we are in
Francel Here is the Gaelic marine. .
vigilant, compact, we'll uniformed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08

get much information out of the
naughty colonel porters who stand
abont among the American trains and
cars, and freeze one with their awful
dignity.
/ The Golden Door, of this Trsnspor'
tation edifie IS celehrated-just Is a
block sheep because II rs SO differ
ent from IT'S fellows This palace is
unlike all the others In color and gen
eral design 1t is nearly a thousand
feet long. and one quarter as wide, and
is surmounted by cupola lG5 feet
high. in which eight elevators are con.
stanty running.
The grand portal, or Golden Door,
faces the lagoon and the shores OF
"Wooded Island 1t consists of a
series of recc ling arches entirely
OVERLAND with gold leaf. AS contrast
to the eternal white of the fair, it IS
pleasant, and II maketh the jays TO
wonder. But its general effect Is gor-
geous and not harmonious Along the
stairways which lead from the en-
trance are typical statues-a brake
man, q helmsman, Stephenson, Fulton,
Watt, the apostles of Progress, the
Aristocracy of Invention.
a very interesting exhibit Is the old
locomotive Samson, one of the first
engines ever introduced into America.
This engine was built in 1885 at New
sheldon, Durham. England. and
brought 10 this country about the
same time.
It was used in the Albion coal mine,
near Stellarton, Nova Scotia, until a
few years ago.
Accompanying the locomotive IS the
passenger car. . 1T is a clumsy affair,
containing two seats, with room for
about four or five passengers The
doors open on the sides, the same as
many English coaches of to-day. The
engine and coach are in a pretty fair
state of preservation. The tender in
those days went ahead Of the loco
motive. while the engineer stood on
the rear. The engine is a standard
guage, inverted ct-acting, with
four-foot drivers
Two other ancient losm olives are
also among the exhibits, the Albion
aud "Old Ironsides. both of these
are more primitive in their construc-
tion than the Samson" and are not
quit. SO large.
The original '1ohn Bullr is standing
on the New York Central tracks. and
the Dewitt Clinton, with it's historic
train of coaches, is also here in its
counterfeit.
one of the gigantic exhibits in the
south end of this Transportation
Building is the model of the great 25-
ton steam hammer of the Bethlehem
PA. Iron Works. The original ham
mer weighs ] ,3sG tons. The model is
of staff and wood.
1t is exhibited here because the
bethlehem hammer FORCES steamship
shafts and cranks. as well as guns and
armor plates 1t is shaped like let
tel A. Its highest point stands 80 feet
above the floor line, and is IS feet
wide. The supports are each com
posed of two parts. the lower ones
weighing - tones each and the upper
ones Is tones each. The Bethlehem
hammer is one-quarter larger than the
lO0-ton hammer used in an Italia n
dock yard
In the southern section of the Annex
there are fine displays by the Phila-
telphia d Reading, the Old Colony. a nd
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads.
The latter exhibits the Pioneer" a
little putting billy-goat of an engine,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
QUEER TRADES AND FANCIES.

The greatest swarm of locusts ever
known invaded South Africa in 1897.
They were driven into the sea by
north wind, and the waves throwing
them back, bank of dead locusts
from three TO six feet thick was
formed for fifty miles along the coast.
A professional acrobat finds employ
ment 1T the zine mines in Odgensburg,
\. j His services are required in
getting out snarls and removing OBJ
structions from the cables and electric
wires used about the ore cars, which
are run on steep grades. He can walk
on tight rope when necessary.
One of the paying professions of
Paris is said to lie that of trunk
packer. In many of the little trunk
shops you can hire a man who will
Pack your trunks artistically, folding
expensive gowns and other garments
in tissue paper and slowing away,
delicate bric-a-b rac in the safest way.
Two seemingly harmless things ex.
cite the fear of the Southern negro
One is\the->cracking of the finger
joints; the other is to be stepped over
as he lies prone upon the ground The
cracking of the finger joints seems &c
suggest to the negro imagination the
rattling of skeletons bones, while to
be stepped over is regarded as likely
to bring bad luck to grown folks and
to check the growth of children. A
half-grown negro boy will sternly
command playfellow who has
stepped over his body to step back, in
order that the spell may be removed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
ACoNIA.

whn or delight = do-otaeo.
And hope Is over; arOvn.
knc worn the hssl mIsi boo< tie Weight
o. ks own love lSone
knd vfs,n the soal S1.osr Nos h. IRE deep.
Must guard theul anr.ye led
And tty.l that " u ..ll bet keep
That fulnsrss ca.Ia ..lsd hessod
NLe< loves Lnlg s.. ssc- T. dark Wits pain
With Ion. ~ uASi or cheer
And words OF xOs re utld In vain
Eur ronse Who 30 Lear,
WfsC q 9Th y ar and m snory
Pal " tho us ~ ~ a2ovr
Dhc hcIrt can ter " lose u Sdy,
Be- M, 10 CcssHs 10 LoTc
Bot VIA. shah gsi,se the lAASs vrr9sn.
or sui ar OJIy
When 20 T"uemO,y - - .iu,
And ~ for c.-.u g.
"..... Subn Rssiiin
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
OF NJ Consequence.

Husband-You are as gloomy as an
owl. Sulking because can't get you
that new bonnet, | suppose.
Wife-No, | was only going over
some old letters, that's all. It's moth
ing of Importance. Only fit Of the
blues.
What letters?'
Love letters"
.'Some you wrote?"
"Some l received"
ooh, mine, eh?"
"No. some received before I met
you. It's OF no consequence. None
at all. How's your cold"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08

gilded cars. IL 'ould be judgment on
'em II they wuz to run plumb off n
break ,eir necks"
What else can tell you of such a
vast show? Here is everything relating
to transportation: here are bicycles In
every stage of development: sedan
chairs from Turkey and "rickshas"
from Japan; Mrs French-Sheldon' 8
palanquin, in which she was carried
in Africa: Mexican leathern ham
mo ks; Spanish mule trains; dahabe-
abs OF the Nile and flatboats of the
muddy Mississippi.
II is the museum OF GO; the epitome
Of push; the summing up of our modern
material progress
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
COVERS MANY ACRES.
THE TRANSPORTATION BUILD
ING AT THE FAIR
To Walk Through IL and Ju~t ossnee
at the ExbilAts without Hating n
wosid Take = Whole DAy-Some of
IT. Grand Wonders
lwoaa:s rair oarr~pcrueuce ]

age of the Trans
portation Building
is calculated 10 give
one respect fcr the
dimensions of this
Worlds Fair. just
10 walk by and
look at the exhibits
is a days work. and
il would be severa |
days work more II
one attempted 70
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-06-14
Southern states Magazine for June.

The article of most timely interest IN the
June number of The Southern States maya
zine is a critical paper on Jefferson DAVIS
and His Cause" by James R. Randall, the
author of my Maryland" who views the
events in the life of the late leader OF the
Confederacy in dispassionate manner out
with the sentiments of an ardent Southern
err With the recent reburial ceremonies
still so fresh in the public mind this re-
view of the strength and weakness of Jefter-
son Davis is of much current interest. The
opening article of the magazine is concise
statement of the characteristics of the State
of Georgia, by Hon. w. ]. Northern, gov
ernor of that State. Governor Northern is
terse, forceful writer, and he tells many
interesting and striking facts about his
State. The Woman's College of Balti-
more" by Frank Roscoe Butler, is beau
tifully illustrated article about one of the
youngest and yet one of the most rapidly
progressing woman's colleges in this coun-
try. J. Stephen Jeans, the well-known sta
tistician and writer on economic subjects
contributes a British view of Southern
Progress and Prospects" in which he anal
wees the statistics of Southern progress
and points out the inevitable future SUI
premacy of the South in certain great IN
dustrial lines. A poem by james Iandy
Ellis. entitled, "The Night the Peters Boys
Come Down the Road" relates graphically
in the vernacular of the Kentucky noun
taineer, an incident of family feud, tale
of heroic bravado and bloodshed. The
thousands of magazine readers who remem'
Der Porte Crayton's famous Southern
sketches in Harper's, nearly forty years ago
will be interested in an article by Thomas
P. Grasty bearing the title Picturesque
Virginia Forty Years After Porte Cray
ton" Fragments of Porte Crayton's arti
Giles and suggestions about the Virginia
to-day are woven into an interesting article
which is embellished with reproductions o
some of Crayton's sketches and modern en-
cravings from recent photographs. The IL
Illustrations in this issue of the Southern State
are of a high order of excellence and form
a striking feature of the magazine. As tn
only distinctively Southern popular maya
izne, the Southern States seems to be filling
field that is new and untouched. 1t i
published by the Manufacturer RecorC
Publishing Company, Baltimore, at fifteeI
cents per copy, $3.50 per year.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-06-14
LEAVE CHARLEsToWN, w. VA. DAILY
-SOUTHBOUND-
-NORTHBoUND-

Washington and Chattanooga Limited" 6
train of Pullman coaches and sleeping car!
runs daily via Shenandoah Valley route, stop
ping only at Luray, Shenandoah. Basic Ro
anoke and Radford. Leaves Shenandoah
Junction, southbound, LIS night.
No. for Roanoke, Radford, Pulaski, Bristol
and Chattanooga Pullman sleeper TO Mem
phis via Bristol.
No. leaves Roanoke 40 p. M. for all points
on Elkhorn Extension. Pullman sleeper
Norfolk, Va, Kenoya, Columbus to Chicago
No. l leaves Roanoke a. m. for all local
stations. Connects at Radford for points on
Clinch Valley Division and L. & n. K. r.
No. q for Basic and intermediate stations
No connection beyond.
No. 4 for Washington, Hagerstown, Harris
burg, Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleeper to New York.
No % for Washington Via Shenandoah
Junction., Hagerstown, Harrisburg and New
York
For tickets, time cards and all information
call on agent Norfolk & Western r. R.
w. B. BEVILL,
Gen. Pass. Agt., Roanoke, Va
June II, 1898.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-06-14
4 Brilliant Af'dir--Much Talent Dts
pLaUed bv The Scholars.

Wednesday evening marked the close of
another scholastic year to the pupils of the
Berkeley Female Institute. As a cap-stone
of another successful year of careful train
ing and diligent study, the commencement,
which was given at Central Opera House,
Wednesday evening, was brilliant success.
The music elected from the piano by the
nimble fingers of number of the pupils
was well executed, and greeted with storms
of applause.
The recitations were well rendered, the
articulation in most cases being perfect
The "Tempe of Fame" was unique, and a
credit to the entire school. The commence
ment was a great success and Misses Wilt
shire and Crane, together with their worthy
assistants, will deserve much praise and
credit for the result of their years work.
The prizes and medals were awarded by
Rev. J. W. Hundley; Miss Carrie Walker
receiving gold medal for proficiency in
music, and Miss Louise Snodgrass, a gold
medal for scholarship. Quite a number of
silver medals were also awarded for prof.
cheney in different branches of study. The
City Band was present and rendered several
fine selections Martinsburg World.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-06-14
IVES, Vtrgimia at the worlds Fair.


A Chicago correspondent Of the Wheeling
Reoister writes 'West virginians make a
mistake who do not visit the State building
Il is delightfully."- situated at the intersection
Of two of the main and most beautiful ave-
nues. among the State buildings. It's size,
surroundings and fittings make it most
enchanting spot when tired Of sightseeing
TO rest and refresh ones self, either at mid
day or eve. and to meet acqusintanees,-
Hon. w. n. Chancellor, President of the
West Virginia Commission, assisted by Mr..
Us Naylor has been indefatigable in his
efforts 10 have most creditable representa-
ton of West virginia's staples. The build
ING itself is a model Of convenience, It's de-
sign and and structure most happy. l
know of no other State in that vast show
that can boast of its building being made
entirely from native products. CHANGING at
a placard on the wall, l found this very
comprehensive and gratifying description OF
the building:
"This building is constructed entirely out
of West Virgins lumber. The rooms are
finished in native hard woods. The ladies
parlor in cherry, the gentlemen's parlor IN
svcamore hall and staircase in white oak
the ceiling in hall in steel by the Wheeling
Corrugating Co., Wheeling, w. Va; the
Executives Office in maple, the secretary
office in ash, the assembly room in poplar
donated by Burns Bros, Elizabeth, Writ
county. w. Va; the ceiling in the assembly
room. as we'll as the ceiling on the verandas
in steel by the Caldwell & Peterson Mfg
Co. Wheeling. w. Va; the commissioners
room in yellow pine; the floors are Of hard
wood
"Among other things of interest .in the
building is a most interesting collection o
historic relics. contributed by Judge d. b
Lucas including John Browns pistol ate
a niece of the rope used at his execution
also the sofa on which Generals Grant an'
Lee sat when drawing up the articles o
emulation at AppOmattox, the secretary OF
which they affixed their signatures to thu
writing. and the iukstaud which contained
the ink that supplied the pen, contributed
by General Spillman. Some 800 West Var
piniaps have already registered in the bll
book kept for that purpose in the parlor.
con the twentieth Of June the building
70 be dedicated, on which occasion Govern
or MacCorkle, Hon. Henry G.. Davis an'
other prominent West Virginians will b.
present to take part in the exercises.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-06-14
For Our Readers.

If you can make eighty words from let
tiers contained in the word Montreal" you
can have free trip to the Worlds Fair and
return, as the publishers of that well-known
magazine, Dominion Illustrated" offer to
pay expenses to Chicago and return of the
first person in each State sending list of
not less than eighty words as above. This
is popular way of attracting attention to
popular publication. A host of other
valuable prizes will be given to successful
contestants, and every one able to send a
list of not less than sixty words will be
awarded prize valued by the publishers at
not less than five dollars. As prizes are
equitably divided among the different States
persons residing in any locality have an
equal opportunity of securing the free trip
to Chicago, or one of the other valuable
prizes for their State. This announcement
appears in the leading newspapers of this
State for the first time the same day. Enclose
twelve U. S. two-cent stamps with list of
words for sample number of this elegant
and profusely-illustrated (96 pages maya
zine, containing full particulars of this
most liberal prize distribution. Dominion
Illustrated" is the leading and longest es-
tablshed magazine in British America
larger than Harper's Century, Scribners or
Cosmopolitan. Its publishers are rated by
mercantile agencies and worth over one
hundred thousand dollars. Send promptly
as date of postmark decides. Address "DO-
mnion Illustrated" Ground Floor, Y. NJ. @.
Assoc'n, Montreal, Que.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-06-14

William Pinkney, the murderer of Bowie,
was recaptured at deep ravine on Charles
]. Bonaparte's farm, two miles from Upper
Marlboro, Nd, about s o'clock Sunday
night. The captors were Frank w. Jones,
Hillery Jackson and Edward Jackson, his
son. The Jacksons are colored men,
When surrounded Pinkney SURRENDERED
and begged not to be shot. The wound on
his leg caused by the shackles when he es-
capped has nearly healed up.