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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
ocntfemanly Burglars In Japan.

Even the most 6entlcmanly of our
burglars have much to learn from
Japan in the way of politencss, II one
may judge by description of the man
ners of robbers in that country given
in the Atlantic. Three men broke into
a dycr's house while he was hway and
gently asked his wife how much money
there in tho house. She answered
that there were just twenty-seven yen
md eighty-four sen. The robber
laughed and said: "You are good old
woman and we believe you. II you
were poor we would not rob you Mt all.
Now we only want a couple Of kimono
and this" laying his hand on fine
silk overdrcss. The odd woman re-
piled: "All my sons kimono can
give You, but beg you will not take
that, for 1t does not belong to my son
and was coRfided to US only for dyeing.
What is ours can give, bpt cannot
give what belongs to anothaT.~ "That
Is quite right" approved the robber,
''end we shall not take It."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
Our Early diplomatic

Congress had some difficulty In regu-
latina the expenses Of its foreign min
listers so as to give them an opportuni-
ty to appear with dignity in foreign
courts and at the same time conform
to the economical ideas that prevailed
in the matter of public expenditure.
Al the time Franklin was writing home
that he could not make a respectable
appearance at the court Of France, the
president of congress was receiving
letters alleging a wasteful expenditure
Of money by Franklin and his nephew,
Jonathan Williams Some Of these
structures may have been warranted.
for John Adams was found including q
charge for the education of his son in
an account Of his expenses abroad. The
item was disal)owed on the ground
that the investigating committee did
not find amy book or proceeding Of
congress, nor are they informed Of any
general or received custom, on which
the charge of moneys for the education
Of the accompanies son can be nd
mitted, and, though the same Is in
considerable, they are Of the opinion
that q precedent be not established"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
A WELL AS A BAROMETER.
It IL m . Cattaraugus County Farm, ans
Infslhhly Foretells Weather.

IL IL m . Cattaraugus County Farm, and
Infslhhly Foretelis Weather.
There is q curious we'll on the Flint
farm, in the town Of Great Valley, Cat
tarnugus county, n. Y, It is n natural
barometer. Nobody ever passes that
farm, winter or summer. If the weather
like this:
docs the well threaten n changer"
For everyone knows that il there is
bad weather coming the well will let
them know it. sure us sure can be, says
the New York Sun.
They call the well up there the
"whi,tling we'll" although it doesn't
whistle now But that isn't any fault
of the well This well WIS dug about
fifty years ago by the father of Col.
Flint. who now occupies the farm. lie
put il down forty-five feet. but fcrrd
no water. and dug no further. Instcad
of water. Il strong current Of uir came
from the well OF times The opening
was covered with u big ilat stone, and
for amusement hole YVES drilled in
the stone and big tin whistle fitted
into it. This whistle had two tones
one when the cir rushed up from the
well. and a different one when the
counter current sucked the air back
into the mysterious depths. ID wasn't
long before the discovery was made
that within forty-eight hours after the
outrushing current from the well
started the whistle to shrioking u
storm invariably followed. When the
tone Of the whistle was changed by
the reversing of the current, IL was
discovered that the change meant
change and the coming of fair weather.
These weather signals never failed.
When the weather was settled the
whistle was silent. The whistle got
out Of order some years ago, and, for
some reason. was never repaired, but
the coming and going currents of air
still prophesy the coming Of their re-
spective spells of weather" with un-
varying infallibility.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
a GREAT COON DOG.



Old Cold Trail
Several enthusiastic coon hunters the
other day were discussing the ring
when "Hime" Wellman, of Urbana,
came in and in a few minutes was do
ing more coon talk than all the balance
Of the crowd put together.
''I'll tell you," said "Hime," 1--WE got
the best cold trailer on coon track that
ever anybody owned, and he is only
eight months old, tool took the pup out
the other day just to see If he could run
a track and to give him little exer-
else, and he hadn't been in the woods
ten minutes until I heard him bark,
and he kept barking in such way as
to make me believe he had freed his
game, and then ] came to the conclu-
sion that he was a still hunter
found him at the mouth of six-inch
tile ditch and he had pulled out one OF
the tiles with his teeth and was chew
ing the end of IL to pieces. AS he WINS
a young dog did not want to ruin his
teeth and pulled him away from the
tile, but as soon as l let go Of him he
would jump back and tackle the thing
again with renewed vigor. i led him
to the mouth of the ditch and stuck his
nose in the end of the tile, but he paid
no attention to that but ran back to
the other one.
"That sort of carrying on bothered
me and I at last led the dog away, re-
marking that he was no good on earth.
After awhile turned him loose once
more and in less than three minutes he
was back Mt that tile biting pieces out
of it and barking like an old-timcr. As
saw the pup was bound to ruin him
self by breaking off his teeth picked
mp the tile, determined to carry it to
the house, so as to keep il out of his
reach. As walked along looking at
the marks of the pups teeth ! made
startling discovery, and what do you
think it wasp
The spell-bound listeners of the
strange story held their breath for a
moment and in IL chorus asked: "What?"
"Wcll, right on tho inside of that
tile saw plainly the imprint of a
'coon's foot, which had been made
there when the tile had been first
nodded and the clay was soft and
yielding. The tile had evidently been
made late in the evening and set away
to dry and the coon had run through
il the very same night and made tho
track. The tile, Of course, was after
ward dried and burned in the kiln, and
it has been in that ditch for more than
six years, and ! say an eight-months-
old pup that can smell as cold a trail
as that is certainly the champion coon
dog of the world"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
EXPERT DRIVING.
S1nlfuY Han ding OF Fire Engine IN
E1uId MOtfOn.

r1Hhhuf hen uftnE OF Fre kHHmo IN
Iapid Motion.
Among other exhibitions Of their
skill given by the detachment of
British soldiers that visited this coun-
try last year." said an uptown resident
TO New York Sun man, was the
driving of piece of light artillery
with the horses going ut a gallop be-
tween distractions that were scarcely
farther apart than the wheel tracks
without touching them, and very
beautifully they did It, too. an liv-
ing now in the neigborhoed of a fire
engine TINT lies in a cross street Just
Off an avenue in which the elevated
railroad runs Well, you ought to see
the engine turn into the avenue from
the street between the pillars going to
a fire. OF course the pillars arc very
much farther apart than the artillery
distractions were, but they are taken
on curve instead Of going straight,
and then, too, they nrc rigid and inn
movable; to hit one with the horses on
the jump would mean To wreck the
engine, or at least to disable IL, and
there must not he any mistake, and
there isn't They go down the avenue
on the gallop and they tnrn out be-
tween the pillars with the same swift
certainty. Good driving? Why, IL
makes you laugh 70 look at It, and
Just the same kink of driving is done
by all tho men in the department every
time they go to fire."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
STORED HIS GAME.
Maine Hunter Who Had First-CInss
Cold-Stornge Varit.


A gentleman who was at work at the
Howard slate quarry in Willimantic,
or "No. 81 as it was then called,
twenty-five years ago, says deer were
as plenty then in the woods north Of
Sebec lake as anyone could ask for.
The slate company had a large number
of men employed and boarded them
in camps, the same as lumbcrmen
board their crews in the woods. To
keep the camp supplied with fish and
meat they kept hunter employed
every day. The supply never ran
short, but some of his methods were
peculiar. He evidently kept fish on
call in the winter season. On several
occasions, the gentleman says, com
pany came in from Bangor unexpected
~ late in the evening. But they only
had to say trout TO Stone, the hunter,
and he would start off in the woods TO
return in fifteen minutes with hand
some string OF fish, apparently just
taken from the water lie would bring
in deer in winter in much the same
way.
His manner of doing this, says the
plains, for he went with him once and
learned the secret lie took the deer
sled out to bring IN the game, and the
workman went along to help haul it.
They did not go very fan into the
forest when they came to a lot of ever
green boughs heaped upon the snow.
Here Stone stopped. Lifting tie boughs
he tipped the pile over, and the hooker
on, who wondered what he was up to,
was scared nearly out Of his senses
when o big buck bounded up out OF
the hole and fell fiat on his side. His
feet were tethered SO he Could not
stand. Stone had caught him, tethered
,btm and buried him alive under the
brush and SHOW against future emer>
igencies. This WIS his system Of cold
storage.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
WHAT THE CHINESE EAT.
Their Brcadstuffs Seem Sad, solemn, Sod
den and Bilious.

A member of the English parliament,
Florence O'Driscoll, in lively paper
in Century, describes life and street
scenes in Canton. Mr.. O'Driscoll says:
The food purveyors made n most
striking display; the fruiterers exposed
on fiat trays bananas, pineapples, mel
ons, figs, pears (the latter beautiful to
the sight but hard and tastelcss), to-
gether with many Chinese fruits whose
shapes and tastes were familiar to me,
but whose names | knew not. Some
of these fruits were most artistically
peeled, pineapple-pecling being quite
an at. A great variety of vegetables
was offered for sale. Among them
were the white shoots of the bamboo,
which seemed to be n favoYite article
of diet. But to what use, indeed, may
not this wonderful grass be put? Prom il
Cinnamon make almost everything dom
ccivable-hats, cloaks, sheets, carpets,
roofs, buildings, baskets, chairs, carry
ing-poles, fishing-tocls--the list might
be prolonged ad infinitum. And then
they eat it us we'll
Preserving ginger In many forms
was u noticeable trade. The roots
were washed and left in water, as an
English cook treats potatoes before
boiling them. A number of men and
women holding . two-pronged fork in
each hand Eat around table with the
tubs of peeled ginger beside them;
they picked ginger roots out Of the
water, and, laying them on the table,
pierced them all over very rapidly with
both forks until quite soft The pierced
roots were then put into another tub,
where they we're boiled In strip. The
ginger went through various other mr.
nor processes, until eventually II was
packed In the earthenwaPe jars in
which 1t Is cold in European shops
The whole process was certainly . clean
one, and the smell Of the aromatic
root IN preparation was both grateful
and pleasant
In the bakers shops ! saw nothing
corresponding 20 our European loaf;
solid-looking little yellow patties, slabs
Of fabby brown cakes, emblematic Of
concentrated dyspepsia; scenes, or an
equivalent, apparently Of fried batter;
and great flakes of milk-white, slip
pery-loelsing paste not above an eighth
of an inch thick-to he rolled up and
deftly sliced with u clcaver-shaped tool
into long strings like macaroni. These
foods were to be seen everywhere in
the city, but nothing light and open.
To my eyes the brcadstuffs seemed
sad, solemn, soddcn, and bilious
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
CHANGED HIS E.EcTRIo PIANO.

a saloonkespsr Finds That Wagner L.
Not Suited for . Barroom.
A certain saloon. wishing to please
its patrons without the expense of hir-
ing q long-haired pianist, bought an
electric piano, says the indianapolis
Sentinel These pianos are very funny
TO watch, for they start up tune and
go straight ahead and play u to the
bitter end without anyone near them.
To q person who does not understand
the motive power, the thing appears
uncanny; and the boys prepared to
have lots of fun. The saloon was full
of patrons when somebody slyly turned
ON the current and the piano started.
Out came the solemn, majestic strains
Of "Tannhauser." man who was
drinking at the bar set down his glass
aud shivered. Three men. playing
cards began to get nervous aud, finally,
with cuss word or two, gave up the
game. Stin the piano Numbered out
the heavy chords Of "Tannhauser," and
the audience, not being familiar with
Wagner, got bluer and bluer.
The owner saw that tho piano had
made mistake and FASTENED to assure
his patrons that he had other pieces
and would put new one In. This he
did, and the men frightened up little
while waiting to hear the new piece.
Many expressions of disgust at hearing
funeral dirge on such IN occasion
were hurled at the owner. Everyone
had about resumed his original atti-
tude when the piano was given another
trial. This time it was ''Lohengrin,
and while the piece was little bright
er, it was not festive. One man de-
clared it had been played at his grand
fathers funeral or sisters wedding, he
forgot which. This piece was taken
out and third tried, but 1t was an ar
rangement of the national hymns with
variations, and was just as solemn.
The piano was closed for the night and
in the morning the proprietor rushed
to find some more suitable pieces. Now
the piano plays '"The Bogic Man."
with Danny by My Side" and the
washington Post March," and the
crowd is delighted. But the piano
came near wrecking the saloon the
first night. If it hnd been Meyerbecr
instead of Wagner perhaps the name
would have carried the music through.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
why Bulls Hate . Rod Rag.

In the first place, says an English
writer, red is color to which cattle
are unaccustomed, so that they may
naturally be supposed to be startled by
its very novelty. Scientists show tho
sensation Of red to be the complement
Of that of green. being induced by ex.
actly opposite affections Of the rctinn
II the eyes Of cattle are constructed OH
o similar principle TO our own the con.
tinual contemplation Of green, as In
trees and heritage. must produce n stat.
of retinal fatigue, prcdisposing TO vio-
lent excitement of the rctina immedi-
ately a red substance is presented tn
view
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
she Becomes Herself.

"And have j." she asked in trembling
voice, |" the right of suffrage?" you
have" "Arc you sure?" she faltered.
us IL really true?' Yes" She raised
her streaming cyes to heaven. "At
last" she murmured, lat last, may
be registered as something besides
John Jones and WIFE," Then she wept
for joy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24

Here is on instance OF fire that has
been burning for cey turtles. According
10 the testimony of the duchess of
Cleveland, tho great hearth fire in the
hall of Raby castle has never been suf-
fcrcsl To expire. This castle is perhaps
che noblcst end most perfect specimen
Of fcrdei architecture in England.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24
A JAP DETEAr.
Driven Back TO Tsiieawan with 500
wounded

Driven Back TO Tsiieawan with 500
Wosnoed.
CHE Foo, Nov. 20.-A fight took place
on Sunday last, 20 miles from Port
Arthur. The Japauese retired toward
Talienwan. The Chinese loss was 100.
The Japanese loss is reported to have
been 800. The Chinese captured 10
prisoners.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 20.-The second
Japanese army left Kinchow on the
I'd inst, the plan being march on Port
Arthur from two directions. The force
would have to defeat the enemy on tie
road before attacking Port Arthur.
A transport with some 600 infantry
and 500 coolies on board was burned
while proceeding to Talienwau. Ouy
four coolies were lost.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-24

The albatross has been known to fob
low ship for two months without ever
being seen to alight IN the water or
take moments rest It b believed to
sleep on the wing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-11
CARLISLE ON ALCOHOL.
Renders a Decision on a Section in the
Tariff Law.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-Secretary Car
Isle today addressed the following letter
to Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
Miller:
have received your letter Of the fifth
instant in which you enclose a telegram
from Collector Wellborn of San Francisco,
requesting to be informed whether section
nine of the new tariff act prohibits the
dilution or mixture of distilled spir-
its in bonded manufacturing houses,
or only the manufacture of distilled
spirits from such dilutions or mixtures. In
reply you are informed that the depart
ment holds that the purpose of the para
graph is the exclusion of the manufacture
of alcohol of any form in bonded ware
houses No original alcohol can be pro-
duced by any process under such bonds
The mixture of distilled spirits and the
use of the same as component materials OF
articles manufactured in bonded ware
houses are not prohibited, but such spirits
must be introduced into the bonded ware
houses and not created therein.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-11

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editorial circles % thr eject that WHEN "
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be called one % TIE regular mem berE %
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content a. FAR a. ht--ary criticism was
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-11
WANTED TO LYNCH HIM.
Criminal Negro Narrowly Escapes VIC
lent Death.

Criminal Negro Narrowly Escapes Vic
lent Death.
Special Dispatch 70 Tic DAILY Eagle
GTTHEIE, q. A.. Sept l0-William
Brown, a colored man living eighteen
miles southeast OF the city, was arrested
yesterday and lodged in the county jail
last night. The arrest was made by Con-
Stable Hamilton on a warrant issued by
Justice jackson az the instance Of Mrs
William Brown, charging him with as
sau.t aud also rape. His victim Is hts IA
year old step daughter.
Mrs. Brown came TO the city Thurs
day, carrying an almost nude baby In
her arms The woman bore tsrribls
Rashes and bruises all over her face aud
body. and into Justice Jackson ear she
poured a terrible tale Of woe Mrs. Brown
alleged that she bad been pummelled un-
merciiulIy by her brutal husband whsu
she told the ueighb0rs be had raped his
step-daughter. The lustful brute dubbed
his wife and drove her from home aud
threatened 10 murder bis victim IL che ut
tered word relative TO his crime. The
neighbo in the vicinity Of Browns hone
were very much excited over the terrible
outrage, and had u not been for speedy ar-
ction on the part Of Justice Jackson and
bis constable, he would have been iyacAcd.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-11
His Message,

When Colonel Tamblyn was commander
at Fort Fletcher Kan, be had an Irish
man for orderly who was noted for his
remarkable manner of twisting messages.
One day two men who were employed by
BIItterfield's Overland Dispatch company
were killed near the fort by Indians.
On the following day Colonel Tamblyn
said to his orderly, Take my compli-
ments to the company commanders and
tell them to notify their companies that
those two men who were killed by the In
dians yesterday win be buried this after
noon at 2 O'Clock, and 1 would like to
have as many as can make it convenient
attend their funeral ~
The orderly accidentally found the COM
pany commanders together, and touching
his cap, delivered his message as follows:
1.-The colonel sends his compliments and
directs you TO notify those two men that
were killed by the Indians that they will
be buried at 2 o'clock today, and hewould
like to have as many as can make it con-
yenient attend their funeral"
Perceiving from the expression of the
commanders faces that something was
wrong, he touched his cap again and said
in somewhat aggrieved tone, There may
be joke about it, SORTS, but if there is
it's on the colonel, for he told me sol'-
Family Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-11
WON ON PURE NERVE.
How Bank Clerk Labouchere Obtained o
Bride and Partnership.

In 1929 Mr. Labouchere, a relative Of
the present NJ. p. Of that name, was a
clerk in the banking house Of Hope Of
Amsterdam. One day he was sent by his
patron to Mr.. Barring the celebrated Lon
don banker, to negotiate loan. He dis
played in the affair so much ability as to
entirely win the esteem and confidence Of
the English banker.
Faith said Labouchere one day to
Barring, your daughter is charming
creature. 1 wish I could persuade you to
give me her hand. -
Young man, you are joking, for seri-
ously you must allow that Miss Barring
could never become the wife OF a simple
clerk
But" said Labouchere, ''if were in
partnership with Mr.. Hope?"
''Oh, that would be quite different
thing; that would entirely make up for
all other deficiencies"
Returned to Amsterdam, Labouchere
said to his patron:
You must take me into partnership"
"My young friend, how can you think
of such thing' 1t is impossible. You
are without fortune, and'-
but if become the son-in-law of Mr..
Baring?''
In that case the affair would soon be
settled, and SO you have my word"
Fortified with these two promises Labou-
chere returned TO England and two
months after married Miss Barring, because
Mr.. Hope had promised to take him into
partnership, and he became allied to the
house of Hope on the strength of that
promise of marriage Tribune.