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gold fringe fall with a nobility so inn
posing, on arms so fat and so firm, that
one cannot find I'm this exhibition of wealth
excessive. The man, after all, Is SO worthy,
so penetrated with his own importance,
has a way so personal and so proud OF
holding with clinched hands the red
wooden reins, that one feels instinctlyely
that he is a superior man, and must be
admired.
The carriage is a poem. It is Of the
purest rococo style. Massive in the lower
part, the panels Of which are ornamented
with allegoric painting, the box is eX-
clusiveIy formed Of looking glasses held
together by light framework Of gilded
wood. Everything is gilded, from the Gu
pids which hold the box to the chmercal
figures which ornament the platform
where the groom stands; from the Tritons
which hold with their strong arms the
seat where the corpulent Phaeton Is en-
throned to the shell where he places his
feet; from the hub to the tire OF the
wheels. only the interior of the carriage Is
not gilt. 1t is ornamented with red cush-
ions.
Have you seen everythlng?" asks the
fat man. / say, yes" and Master Wright
descends from his perch. He puts aside
with sacredotal slowness, one by one, his
bi-cornered hat, his wig, and his frock. AS
he becomes simple mortal, he talks and
smiles. l SInllet 100, becduSS nc hli dHbHiy
resembles Coquelln. His trumpet-shaped
nose is particularly a success.
Master Wright Is not too proud OF II.
He is proud only Of his size. lie talks
Of It with evident Conceit
"Do you know" he says confdentially,
that / measure from shoulder to shoulder
forty-seven inches2 To become a member
of the Royal Guard, wher there are splen-
did men, you need only forty-two inches.
Some of them measure fOrty-three; there
are some who measure fOrty-four, but
there is not one who measures forty
seyenv'
In the harness room-in a special room
Of which the first coachman alone has
the key-Wright hands TO me one Of the
gets Of harness. It's weight is fabulous.
Each horse carries 10 pounds. Add 10
this the enormous mass OF the car, and
YOU may understand why Il is that ordi-
nary horses Will not do for the annual
parade The liveryman who has charge
OF the stables Of the lord mayor is COM
pelled 70 a search OF two months In adj
vance in order TO find the six horses des-
tined to drag during this memorable pa
rade the formidable machine. The rest OF
the year there are only six horses In the
stable. They are all beautiful, but OF q
smaller size. -Four Of them are harnesBed
10 the second carriage. the lord mayors
dress carrage. two are harnessed to the
seml-state carriage.
The carriages are not the property n
the lord mayor, but Of the city Of London.
They are rented by the year. The price
" very high. as the coat Of arfns and the
painting on the panels must be changed
every year The second carriage cost 90
pounds.
The arms Of the city Of London are n
chtselcd copper An elegant and fine gall
lery al the top " the wagon H. made ~
the same metal. There are four beautiful
octaRonal lanterns a. the four corners.
The panels are black ana goidi the coach
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mans scat is covered with black and red
velvet
The service of the stables is composed of
n head coachman, of a second coachman,
more especially devoted to the lady
mayoress; of a private coachman, foot
man, a groom, and two stable boys. Their
total wages are 10 pounds a week.
Il would wager" said Wright with a
mocklnR smile. that you will ask what
the cost Of my livery is, Well, this uni
form was paid for by the lord mayor only
recently. Its cost was 100 pounds
Fortunately" / said, you do not re-
new 1t every year"
You are mistaken. Every lord mayor
has livery different from that chosen by
his predecessor. We change the livery
every year. We are now black and gold;
last year we were red and gold, and 1
think that next November we shall be
green and gold"
"And does the lord mayor have to pay
for all this?'
Certainly, sir; II Is a dignity which
everybody may not have. But you must
remember that the most parHimonious of
lord mayors never spent less than 20gO
pounds a year. DO you know how much
the city allows him? Nor Well the city
allows him only 10000 pounds year"
"How is It," said ], that you are not
changed as well as the lord mayor?"
Master Wright stood up with infexlble
rigidty. He said:
"5ir, we are officers Of the city of Lon
don Appointed by the city 10 our modest
functions, we serve II I'm the person OF
its first magistrate, and we serve II faith
fully; but we are not the servants of the
lord mayor. Lord mayors come and go
we remain"
After this solemn phrase Master Wright
cordially extended his hand 10 me.
shook it. and when he put II back In his
pocket IL was not empty.
The morning news., 1894-10-21

to company of riflemen, by which event
the United States became the first coun-
try which officially recognized the value
of the breech-loading gun. Another link
in the development of the American army
musket is q breech-loader, invented by a
man named Hunt of Pennsylvania, who
exploded the powder by pills of illuminate
and an automatic priming apparatus.
These pills directly precede the invention
of gun-caps. This was one of the first
percussion-lock muskets ever used in the
country.
Up to the. time of the invention of the
percussion-lock musket little Improvement
appeared to have been made, except as
regarded the ignlting of the charge. Soon
after this 1t was noticed that much of the
energy was wasted at the time
OF explosion, on account Of
the imperfect manner in which
the ball fitted the interior of the barrel.
To overcome this the inside of the barrel
was grooved and a conoical bullet was
used in the place of the ball; but upon ex-
pertinent this method was found to be
bad one, inasmuch as the missile "wob-
bled." To further remedy this rihing was
first applied to our army muskets in 1855,
when the Springfield muzzle-loader, cali
Der IS, with paper shells, was first manu-
factured and issued to the army.
This was the most poular weapon of the
civil war, although the troops were sup
piled with nineteen other patterns OF diff
ferent calibers. The needle gun proved 80
successful in the Austro-P -Prussian cam
paign that the breech-loader was again
made the standard weapon Of the United
States I'm 1866 the caliber being reduced %
so. In 1873 il went down again to 45, where
it remained with the Springfield musket
until now, when the Krag-Jorgenson is
made at 30.
Up to ten years ago every high-classed
n In. ha l.
gun, was Of American origin, both in prin-
ciple and application, while a large por-
tion were Of American manufacture, yet
our latest army rife is of foreign stock.
The morning news., 1894-10-21
POETRY ON BANK NOTES.
The Itch for Scribbling Spares Not Even
the Paper Used for Money.
From The Banlters' Magazine.

From the Bankers Magazine.
Much Of the writing found on old bank
notes is due 10 the love Of scribbllng pos
sessed by many persons. Much OF It is
ridiculous rhyme unworthy Of repetition,
but occasionally It Is smart and Apostle
10 the purpose Of bank notes. A sample
or two Of such writings may be given
On an English pound note appeared the
following.
Yc ugly. dirty little sorapl
To look at. hardly worth "A rap;
And yet III give my hearty vote
None can produce a sweeter note.
Another inscription:
It's odd that any man should wish
a dirty. scrabbit rag like this;
Yet mOny a ane would cut "a caper
To get a wheon sic bits o. paper.
A contribution 20 bank note literature
~ found IN Lockharts Life Of Scott"
Lady Louisa Stuart sent the great nov
eliat "a copy Of some lines which we're
written on a guinea note then IN posses
sion OF Lady Douglass. They we're a. fol-
lows;
Farewelli my note. and wheroso'esr ye
wcnd
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RIFLE EVOLUTION.
From the Wood Bow Gun to the AraS-
JOrselSel.
The National Museum Exhibit-some
of the Worlds Curious Weapons OF
Murder-Amerioan Ingenuity


of the worlds Curious weapons %
Murder-American Ingenuity
From the Washington Star.
Those who have read descriptions Oh
the new rifles lately adopted by our Pegu-
lar infantry. and have noted the improve
80. -, ,,,arls the beginning of
an entirely new era of gun making Voulu
take interest in examining a groHp ol
ancient firearms exhibited in the Ma tlohai
Museum, Washington, to illustrate Ine
evolution and development Of the nAoderh
handgun and pistol.
There are in this collection m nsKets'
fovl,r, riooas b1,nderbusses pistols and
all sorts Of explosive instruments OF tor-
ture, protection or pleasure.
According to the archaeologists, t be ear
lest weapons appeared in the storae age
when men pecked rude points out qf rock
and mounted them on the rough STICKS OF
the forest, to be used as axes, spears, or
arrows, according to the convenience OF
their shapes. Schliemann discovered thal
the ancient Trojans nodded their weapons
of bronze in molds cut into the sides OF
the rocks, and In more modern times this
custom prevailed in other parts OF the
east, where it was more carefully eHecu-
ted
Next we step into historic days. when
we know that metal weapons were 1orged
and pounded of iron and steel-for we not
only hear Of the busy smiths in the Gre
clan and Roman armies, but we know that
the warriors of the eternal city iguaBeu
these artisans so high in art theft they
characterized one Of their immort6ll gods
as a wielder of the sledge. The Egyptian
General Osymandyas, said to be the nrst
warlike king to desolate the face OF the
earth as early as 2,100 years before the
Christian era, armed his infantry with
huge shields, long spears, axes anql he'll
NETS. He inaugurated she system OF
grouqing soldiers according TO dec tmals'
his army being divided into great squares
having a hundred men on side. The an
cient Jews fought with the sword, spear
and bow. The Persian infantry, as leei by
the elder Cyrus, is said to have been the
first to use defensive armor OF metal
They fought also with shields and speprs.
The ancient Greeks-who, Of course, eX-
celled in everything pertaining TO art' or
engineering, had from the outset the m pst
uniformly equipped army IN the world. In
the phalanx each man was so named tihat
he could take his appropriate place In Hlne
on the instant OF receiving the command.
The Greeks carried spears sixteen rect
long, swords ana immense shields, and
wore buskns protected with steel sileel
helmets and steel breastplatcs.
The oldest object IN the museum which
Ia any way resembles a gun is snort
The morning news., 1894-10-21
ooAcHMAN OF THE LORD MAYOR,
He Is of the Grand Steele Breed, Stout.
a OitY ohoer, Not a servant.


ThiebAult-Sisson in lie Temps Paris.
An antediluvian spectacle was prepared
for me in the stable Of the Lord Mayor OF
London. In vast courtyard an enormous
carriage made Of gold, to which was har-
messed six magnificent brown horses; har-
ness ornamented with massive copper chis
eled by an artist. II not with taste al least
with great deal OF care, and a multitude
OF ribbons and cOckades of cherry color.
on the seat, six feet above the earth, the
coachman. but what a coachman, my
friends! A coachman, the breed OF which
has been lost since the time OF Louis XIV.
lie wore a wig with a sextuple line Of
curls symmetrically arranged had a bi-
cornered hat on his head, and be wore his
livery az Wellington, after Waterloo
must have worn his uniform. His livery
has grand air II ls black and gold
The frook is too ornamental; the black
velvet disappears under "A thick embrOid-
cry Of gold wheat and Wild flowers or pur-
pie silk, bu the chest on which n / opened
is 10 ample and the large epulets, with
The morning news., 1894-10-21

James y. Kelly, the young sculptor
whose statues have given him a name. IA
"a member Of the Seneca tribe. His Indian
cOgn0Wen in GauiHquaW, meaning a pale
face Without wife. but as n ia announced
that Doc iH about 10 have d young lady
change her name for hiE. the Scuccaa
Will have ~ give him another also.
The morning news., 1894-10-21

DR.. Holmes was an inveterate wag In
private life An apt illustration OF this
was furnished when, IN writing reply 10
"a note dated from the then newly In
vented Observation-Disclosures he dated
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14
trouble for Homesteadsr-.

The Keweenaw Association limited
which is virtually the old PORTAGE Lake
& Lake Superior Ship Canal Railway &
Iron company have served notice on John
Willard, p. j. Hartford and Jules Bour-
don Of this village. enjoning them from
cutting apytiEber or erecting any build
ings on certain lands in Carp Lake town
ship and citing them to appear before
Judge Hare and show cause why they
should not be made TO vacate said prem
ises. The land In question is In dispute,
settlers claiming that the Canal company
never complied with the provisions of
the act by which they became possessed
OF 1t, These men with many others have
made homestead filings on these lands
which were rejected at the local land
Office but have been appealed and crew
Of men have lately erected seventeen
homestead cabins on the lands. To make
matters more complicated Even parties
are known to have made filings on some
OF these lands more than year ago
which have also been appealed to Wash
ington. Herald.
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Priztsfor 5ia ccabees.

Lansing is making great preparations
for the Great Camp meeting Of the Mac.
cabees in September. There will be a
band tournament with first prize Of
500. The best fife and drum corps and
drum corps will get $50 each. The prize
for the best drilled Michigan tent is $50,
and for the best drilled uniform rank the
$3.50 silver cup offered by the great camp.
A purse of 500 constitutes the second
prize and $50 the third. Competition in
this class is confined to Michigan tents.
For tents from other states first prize
Of SIS and second prize Of $50 will be
offered. In addition TO the above the
Capitol Lumber Co. OF Lansing will give
$50 altar TO the Michigan tent having
the greatest number Of members in line
In the great parade.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14
wiliLooIx for GOLD

Mr.. W. l.. Davis, who recently left
here to look after large gold miEe in
Montana, in which he Is interested. says
he desires to spend year in the gold
fields OF lshpening. The high altitude
OF his present location affects his health
unfavorably, and he desires TO take va
cation OF year. He believes there will
be gold mines Of paying kind found here,
and he wants to locate one of them. Mr..
Davis has learned deal abont gold mines
and mining, and would be an important
help to us. We hope be will so arrange
his affairs as to join in the wsrk OF Gevel-
oping the Ishpeming feld-Iron Ore.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14
is NOT PARALYZING.
STATUS OF THE TRADES WALK
OUT DisAPPOINTS LEADERS.
Not Over 10, 900 Men Arc Out-Painters
and Machinists strIke-Many Cigar
Makers stili working-Position of
a. Other Trades-strike News.

CHICAGO, July ~. -To-day's develop
ments in the sympathetic strike of
Chicago's allied trades did not extend
the existing labor troubles SO far as
was expected. The present status OF
the walkout is not SO encouraging for
the members of the American Rail-
way union as was hoped by them
There has been no paralysis
Of the city's industries and the
most liberal estimates would not
include 10000 men in the mum
bers of those who have dropped their
tools to further the interests Of the
fight against the railroads Mem beers
of the Building Trades Council claim
they are simply resting on their oars
and that the tie-up will really begin
Saturday morning after the councils
meeting Friday night. Over two
thousand members of the district
council of the brotherhood of Paint
ers and Decorators of America went
on strike to-day. They quit work in
response to an order passed by the
district council last night. S. 5.
/ Vaughan, president of the council, is
authority for the statement that
nearly all the union painters in the
city have deserted their places. 1t is
claimed that painters are better or
ganized than any other trades
men in Chicago, and that
there are very few non-union men
in the county. The walkout on the
part Of the painters, therefore, is
,,it 70 a3f al ,;,l H., Il
the strikers's cause, if a concerted
move be planned by the Building
Trades Council Friday night, j. w.
Mckinney, president of the brother
hood for the whole country, is
in the city, and is acting in unison
with local authorities in the or
der He is supposed to favor the
adoption of radical means TO assist
President Debs, and the action Of Chi
cago pain ters to-day indicates the
general policy he will pursue, About
five hundred members of the Machin-
lists union went out to-day. The call
for strike was at noon but many of
the men did not go to work this morn
ing. The Machinists' union has
2, 500 names on its books here. so
the success Of the walkout may be
easily determined. 1t is said by the
officers of the union, however, that
the other men will go out tomorrow.
CigarmalSers have not struck to any
great extent The men employed at
Berriman's promise to go out to-mor-
row, and factorymen at Eugene Val
lens shop are on the eve of another
fight. Altogether, the Cigarmallers
union controls over 6, 900 hands, but
no general order for strike has
been made. Secretary Dole,
of the International Cigarmakers'
union, is here, and will probably call
a big mass-meeting for tomorrow
night. when the question of general
strike will be decided. The Horse
shoers' union does not belong to the
Building Trades Council, yet 1t will
await the councils action before it
goes into the struggle. President
Dunn is ready to call his men together
at any time, and the horseshoers are
in good shape for tussle with their
am plovers
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14

We ARE reliably informed that Hon.
Thomas L. Dunstan has consented TO be.
come candidate IN the Republican state
convention for lieutenant governor. Mr. =.
Dunstan served In the legislature as rep
restatiye from this dlstric; about eight
years ago, aud discharged the duties OF
the Office with eminent satisfaction to all
his constituents. lie is good LAWYER
and in other respects we! qualified for
the position, aud It would please the SEN
TINEL 10 see HIM nominated and elected
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14

cerned with story. Col. Turner was
responsible for the alarming an
nounccement, and although he did
not show the slightest symptom OF
alarm him, his words were grave and
made no small impression on his
hearers.
II have information" said the col
onel just after breakfast, that an
attempt will be made at o'clock this
afternoon TO blow up the town OF
Pullman with dynamite. This. OF
course. includes the Hotel Florence
and we will see that we have our
wings ready to fly when the crash
comesr
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14
pEns VERY uoPErrL.
Believes the Prospect for His Success
Is improving.


CHICAGO July 10. President Debs
was seen at the Revere house at 0:30
o'cloclS to-day, just before he went tc
the conference at the Briggs house lie
was mp earlier than usual and had Il
consultation with the directors OF the
American Railway Union previous to
his meeting with President Gompers
and his conferes The union head
quarters are now divided between
Uhlich's hall and the Revere house.
To-day the former place was as
quiet as a schoolhouse in August,
while the hotel Hobbies were crowded
with prominent labor leaders. Direc-
tors Goodwin, Rogers, Hogan, Burns
and McNean and Vice President How
ard all stopping at the Revere
house. Mr. Debs and wife. his
brother Theodore and his
sister Mrs. Emma Debs Mailloux of
New York are also there. The direc-
tors are holding their meetings at the
same place, so that the North Side
hotel has become the 'power-house"
for the operation OF the great strike.
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Refuse to XIII

CHICAGO, July 10. Expert butchers
at the stock yards left their work this
morning in accordance with the plan
for general strike. They number
about thirty and are employed by
Armour, Swift, and Morris. Their
action will interfere seriously with
work at the packing-houses. The
strikers tried this morning to in ter
fere with the non-union men who
took their places, and large crowd
gathered around the Morris building
and threatened violence. Police and
militia were sent to the scene and
prevented trouble. The butchers are
expert workmen and their places will
be difficult to fill An attempt is
being made to supply enough men to
continue killing to-day.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14

THE newspaper business at Menominee
must be picnic. There are now two
daily aud three weekly papers published
there, but there seems to be 'long-ielt
want unsatisfed, as II. l.. o'Donnell,
formerly connected with the Leader and
Democrat, viii start another weekly
Democratic paper next week. The ma
tGrials and presses o! the Dickinson
County Journal viii be moved to Me-
nominee 10 print the new paper.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14
is 1T PEACE OR WAR.
Labor Leaders Holding an Important
Conference at Chicago.

Labor Leaders Holding an Important
Conference at Chicago
CHICAGO, July IL embers of the
national executive board of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor gathered at
the Briggs house at IL o clock to-day to
confer with the managers of the local
strike. The object of this conference,
as President Samuel Gompers put it, is
to attempt to bring order out Of
what threatens to bacome chaos"
That means that if the conferees find
it necessary, in order to give the al
legged tie-up the strength it has
hitherto lacked, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, composed of
about six hundred thousand men,
will call out its members There
are in Chicago, Mr.. Gompers
estimates, about eighty five thou
sand members of the federation. 1t
requires the approval of all the seven
members of the executive board to
give effect to a strike order. Then the
question must be su omitted to ma
jority of the federations included in
the grand body. To render this delay
unnecessary a number of representa-
tives of the individual organizations
associated in the American Fedora
ton were present to-day.
IF the board takes affirmative ac-
ton on the strike question:" said
President Gompers, lit will not be
necessary to refer the matter to the
unions included in the body, as they
will be represented at the meeting
and will have voices in the proceed
ings The strike order, then, will go
into effect Immediately"