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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30

the time her dreary existence-for 1t
was then that Giovanni brought her the
flowers she loved, flowers that she
kissed and caressed with delight as she
sailed forth to breathe for few short
hours in the artificial glare of Broad
way.
Antonio was truly a man-about-town.
East side, west side, all around the
town." as his organ played and Gigi
climbed.
He used to stand in the doorway of
the tenement and watch for her return,
to be greeted with a smile from the girl
and fierce scowl from the father, who
always tagged at her heels. That she
loved him he knew by the smile and the
many tender missives that found their
way across the clothesline running
from the windows of their respective
rooms, messages carried by Gigi in the
dead of night.
Poor little Gigil How often Antonio
aroused him out of his hard-earned rest
and compelled him to stretch his tired
little limbs travelling across the sway
ing line between the signing lovers!
Thus did Antonio foil the dragons of
his hearts Hesperides.
Gigi, stripped of his red zouave suit
and cap, those gorgeous regimentals of
his work-a-day life, would carry their
miserably spelled notes and Antonio's
gifts of sweets-sweets carefully
wrapped in paper and tied with string,
for Gigi was not an infallible monk"
And how Teresina would welcome the
little fellow with kiss, and how An
tonic would take that kiss from his
furry cheek when he had safely made
his return trip in the moonlight only
the laughing stars can tell-and they
never tell tales.
Gigi was the connecting "link" be-
tween the two, never missing, but al
ways ready to prove the Darwinian
theory, that the man and woman owed
their existence to him---as, indeed, the
lovers did.
Gigi was macaque, aud perfect gen
tleman in all his actions.
Unlike most of his kind, his deport-
ment was excellent and his gestures
never inappropriate to the occasion.
Hewas neither mischievous nor thiey-
ish, and was always mild and tractabie,
taking life seriousry-not the joke his
audiences seemed 80 consider it. p"
His education hal not been neglected;
there was not oleverer performer in
the profession.
Antonio had even taught him to est
bad money with his teeth, a proceeding
which so shamed the guilty giver that a
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
TWO FAMOUS CATS.

Scratch Saved Baby's Life AVID Felice
Was Great Thief.
The well-known cats of unknown
men cannot fail to interest our readers.
1 have met many famous cats at ono
time and another. 1 have studied them,
too. OF all animals the cat is really the
most affectionate of household pets.
Many will dispute this. but can prove
but that's another story.
The best-known cat of the least
known man that ever heard about was
shrunken bit of fur and bones called
Scratch. She belonged to q ragpickcr
who lived in Mulberry street cellar.
Scratch lost one of her nine lives by be-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30

ing run over by an ice cart, and was
taken to police headquarters by kind
hearted policeman. At police-head-
quarters Scratch made friends with en-
superintendent Byrnes, who took great
fancy to the skeleton cat and made
a sleek puss out of her. And then Scratch
went back to her Mulberry street home
and began to exhibit her bones again.
In one way and another Scratch got
rid OF her eight remaining lives, and.
then came to an untimely end in II
Chatham Square fire. Everybody was
talking about Scratch for week after
she was burned to death, for she was Il
true hero. An Italian baby was in the
flaming building and Scratch sat on the
window ledge and walled to the firemen
below. When they finally paid atten-
ton to the cat she leaped back into the
burning room, followed by a fire.
Johnny, who discovered the baby and
brought it safely to earth. But the cat
didn't come back in this case. Her
charred corpse was found in black ruins
next morning.
Another noted feline, whose master
was among the obscure of earth, was
Fclice, whose extreme fondness for fish
led her to commit burglary and theft.
Felice had her home in cheap res
taurant on Sixth avenue, and her chief
duties were to keep the eating place
free of four-footed vermin. Felice's
master was Frcnchman, and he was
The keeper of the restaurant. One day
Felice wandered over to Fifth avenue,
and made her way through n back door
into very swell mansion. Inside the
palatial house Felice crept upstairs and
onsconced herself snugly in n fine bed
of beautiful lace and linen, after the
fashion of Carney. After quiet nap
Fclice made an inspection of her quar-
tiers and thought them better than the
grimy kitchen of the Sixth avenue shop.
Then she espied bowl in which
swan half dozen gold fish placid in
their luxury. Felice knew fish when
she saw it, and promptly ate two of the
shiny, finny creatures. Her eagerness
caused her to upset the globe, and then
chaos reigncd in the mansion. Serv-
ants chased Felice, and the latter es-
capped unframed and died of old age
the other day-and in Brooklyn.-N. Y.
Kecortler
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
stranger in a strange Land.

An army surgeon, stationed with his
regiment on the Mexican frontier, was
very popular. and his. Mexican friends
one evening gave a grand ball in his
honor. The ball began early, as Next
can balls do, and the surgeon danced in
the first set. He danced in nearly every
set, in fact, and after n few hours be-
came tired. But the dancing went on.
and the doctor danced until he was COM
pletely worn out. Finally, in despcra-
ton, he drew one of the men aside. and
asked il the ball was ever going to end.
"Why, senor," said the Mexican, polite
ly, 1--WE have been waiting these many
hours for you to give the signal for the
loet flancev
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
THE pEATHs-HgAo MOTH
when IL Attempts to Steal Honey 10
Usually Loses Its Life.

when It Attempts to Steal Honey 10
Usually Loses Its Lifc.
There is a large moth, commonly
known as the death's-head moth. from
it's having u curious mark on its back
like a skull and cross-bones sculptured
on an old tombstone, which makes
very free with the bees honey. IL flies
in the dusk OF the evening when the
bees arc ut rest, and enters the hole In
the hive, pokes its long sucker through
the wax walls which surround the
comb, and draws much honey into it's
stomach. Very often in the long even
ing there are many bees lingering
round about the hive, but IL the DEATHS
head alights and moves towards the
door, they do not take much notice;
yet one sting would kill it, and il has
no means of hurting the bee in return.
So much troubled are some hives by
these curious visitors that the bees
erect fiat wall of wax just within the
hive door, allowing small opening to
exist on either hand. This. as rule,
puzzles the moth, and 1t cannot enter.
On the other hand, il n moth gets right
into the hive the bees do not kill 1t,
but either let it alone or use all their
ingenuity to stop its honey stealing
propensities. Whilst the moth is en-
Toying the meal, the bees occasionally
pull down some of the honeycomb be-
hind it, and mold the wax quickly SO
as to form dense wall. When the
moth has finished it's meal, and turns
to get out of the hive, it finds itself
walled up and imprisoned for life
World IF Wonders
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
Yankee Peddler.. clever Ru.c.

A Vermont paper recalls the story
of a man who started out in the eastern
states, just after the war, to sell oil
cloth table covers for so cents apiece.
After tramping all day without sell
ing one. happy thought struck him,
and next day he offered them for one
dollar. taking half his pay in old shoes.
The result was magical. People inn
agined they were getting something
for nothing. There was a general ran
sacking of closets and attics, and the
table covers went like hot cakes. Then
the pcddler chuckled to himself and
threw the old shoes into the first hole
he came to.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
How sleIrh ueII. Arc Made.

1t is n mystery to many how the iron
ball inside of sleigh bells gets there.
In making sleigh bells the iron ball is
put inside sand core, just the shape
OF the inside OF the bell. Then mold
is made exactly the shape of the outside
of the bell. The sand core, with the
jinglet inside, is placed in the mold of
the outside. and the melted metal Is
poured in. which fills the space be-
tween the core and the mold.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
The Force of Habit.

Force of habit impels us to do great
many ridiculous things. That clever
little compendium of wit and informa-
ton. Tit-Bits, well illustrates this fact
with story of railway porter, living
in Lancashire. who was in the habit of
frequently getting up in his sleep, aud
from whose actions it was evident that
his daily occupation was ever present
in his mind. One night he jumped up
hurriedly, ran down to the kitchen,
vigorously opened the oven door. and
cried out: Change here for Bolton,
bury and Manchester"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30

the sill of whose window was attached
the end VI the Tassilo clothesline.
OF all Teresa's admirers, none SO
strong and handsome as Antonio Cap
piani; none SO well known and infiuen-
tial socially. lie was the leader of all
functions, and both the president and
treasurer of the organ grinders associ-
alton. 1t was common report that An
tonic and his monkey were great mon ~
makers, and that he had money in more
than one savings bank.
In the daytime Teresa had to work
under Maria Santuzzi, the old woman
who lived on the top floor of the Null
berry street "double-decker" and made
wax flowers for French firm in South
Fifth avenue.
I. was distasteful task to the child
of nature, molding flowers of wax and
forming the fantastic creations the old
woman designed.
At night she really liyed-forgot for
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
Emergency Chest.

Take six of the two by three-inch
slide boxes that druggists use to put
prescription powders in, and paste
these boxes one on top of the other,
making them two abreast and three
deep. Tie string, firmly about them
and set away to dry. Slip out the six
sliding boxes and cover the sides and
ends of them with pieces of inch-wide
ribbon ten inches long, being careful to
have the joined edges come on side
instead of an end of the miniature draw
err. Sew on end of Drawer No. to sim.
ulate handles n large safety pin; on No.
small safety pin, on No. 3 two glove
buttons, on No. plain agate button
or shoe button, and on one of the two
lower ones hook and eye, and on the
other a roll of court-plaster. About the
tiny chest, fastening on top in a big
stiff bow, tic n yard OF wide ribbon tho
width of the chest, which will probably
lie three and quarter inches. This
little chest Is extremely useful, and will
not exceed fifty cents in cost. Clncin-
nati Gazette.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
RECIPE FOR A GOOD LETTER.
To write good letter. take handful OF
grit

To write good letter. take a handful Of
grit.
A plenty OF time and little OF wit:
Take patience to set" Il. and stir II all up
With the ladle OF energy. Then fill a cup
With kind thoughts and helpful thoughts.
merry thoughts. too.
with bright words. and wise words. and
words strong and true.
Mix all these together. and then add for
spice
Some good news. some funny news. all
news that's nice,
Then seal with a love kiss. and stamp II
with care.
Direct to your friends heart. and. pres,ol
it's there.
Amos II. Wells, in Panry.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30

AS to great and commanding tai
ents they are the gift of Providence in
some way unknown to us They rise
where they are least expected. They
fail when everything seems disposed
TO produce them. or at least to call
them for tn. burke
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
THE FATE OF GIGI.
BY WALTER BEVERLY CRANE.

OWN in 1T h e
Bend" in Little
Italy she w a s
called la Pic
cola" by t h e
swarthy de nj
zens of the quar-
tier; the tianeurs
o + Broadw ay
knew her as The
reese, the little
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30

1t Is said that the oldest man and
wife in the United States are Louis
and Amelia Darwin, of Black Falls.
Wis. The husband was born in 1888,
or one year before the Inauguration Of
the first president of the United States,
and his wife was born in 1874. They
have been married eighty years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30
MOTHERHOOD.

WV tftIntIOOOs
One morning fair. my baby
Climbed up into my bed.
And down upon my shoulder
She laid her little head.
She had her precious dolly
Clasped In a close embrace:
She told me how she loved II,
She kissed its battered face.
i asked her IL she couldn't.
For only one short day,
Give me her precious dolly
To take with me away.
She slipped her arm around me,
And tears came to her eye,
She battled with them bravely
And sweetly said: I'm try!
but. mamma. while my dolly
Is gone away from me,
Is there some other dolly
Whose mamma can be?"
wondered II as bravely
My sorrow could bear
II asked to give my darling
Back to my Fathers care.
Midland Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-30

AFTER the death of Nero thousands
of citizens of Rome put on caps in token
of their belief that the liberty Of the
republic was about to return.
The evening times., 1895-11-29
FEARED LYNCHING.
Alleged Murderer Spirited Away From

Vengeance of His Com lpa Mons.
Phoenixville, Pa. NV. 29.-AnD;her and
rather unexpected stage in the Elvin mur-
der case was reached Thursday night
when the murderer was given a secret
hearing before Justice Charles II. Howell
at the Phoenixviile Hospital and was then
spirited away IN the darkness to the
Chester County prison. at West Chester,
where Elvin now occupies ielon's cell.
The hearing was hastened by Justice
Howell In order To have the murderer in
Il more secure place than a hospital. Some
days ago Elvin made clean breast nf all
the robberics in which he had participated
and his confession incrimnatcd several per-
sons in PhueniXvi,le. These accompliccs of
EIvin have grown very uneasy over his con-
fcssion. Some of them have since left town.
while those who remain are desperate at
the prospect of their being arrested and
punished for their crimes.
Yesterday we'd reached Justice Howell
that Elvin's accomplices in crime cbatem-
plated wreakins vengeance on the murderer
for betraying them. 1t was feared that thay
would go To the hospital and take Elyin
out and lynch him or spirit him away, for
he was only guarded by one officer and the
hospital is in lonely part of the town.
Another thing that FASTENED Justice How
ellis action was an almost successful at
tempt that Elvin made on his own life
Tuesday night. His attendant had stepped
into the bathroom for moment, when EivIn
unbuckled the straps from his wrists and
feet and rushed down stairs, and had not tb.,
officer hurried after him he would have
thrown himself intn French Creek, which
flows by the hospital door.
This he declared he intended to d., and
when he saw his purpose to drown himself
thwarted he fought like a mailman and
nearly Overpowered the officer before he
got him back into his ward again.
The evening times., 1895-11-29
THOSE BRUTAL KEEPERS.
Held for Murder Througha Reporters
Successful Invest tipatiOn.

heiu LOT MURDER InrOugha Reporters
Successful Investigation.
Wilm ington, Del. Nov. 29-Micbael
Lynch. David Brown and John j. Swan,
the keepers employed in the insane dpeart.
ment of Farnhurst Hospital, who were ar
rested lat Thursday night charged with
the murder OF Leon Lewis. a patient were
given a preliminary hearing before Squire
Sasse last night and were bound over with
oui bail FOR further hearing next Monday
night.
Arrangements have been made for the OK
huMation or Lewis body. 1t is alleged
that Lewis was murdered by being thrown
repeatedly into bath tub ard choked nnd
kicked until he became unconscious,
The newspaper man who collected the
evidence against the keepers by gaining
admission as patient to the insane depart
men,. alleges that during his three days'
confinement he witnessed many scenes
of brutality on the part OF the keepers to
the patients.
When Lewis died a certificate of death
from chilis was signed by lie physician of
the hospital. Assistant Physician Ham,
mond. whomade pos -nOrtemexaminatiop
has preserved Lewis heart which, he
says, shows that The man died Of heart dis
ease.
In an interview last night, Dr. W. H.
HaDcker, superintendent OF the insane
asylum. protested against tho theory OF
murder. The mans death. DIR. Hapckcr.
believes. was due 10 heart diseasc Lewia
had been AT the hospital nearly year, and
was known 10 DIR. Hancker and his asslet-
ant. DR.. Hammond, ss having agg< Fated
heart trouble.
The evening times., 1895-11-29
SETTING FOR THE BOOTHS
Artistic and Beautiful Background
Prepared in Convention Hall.
Are Unique and Picturesque.
What In Being Done.

That Mr.. Marshall will succeed in rcD1er-
Ing Convention Hall a beautiful and artistic
setting for the various beauties to be dis
played there is evident at glance, even
in its present embryonic condition.
The blue vault opposite the dnor, with
a sunburst blow; the dainty eupolaed booths
near the stage; the taperiDg pillars OF the
flower and popcorn booths; the gorgeous
richness or the Oriental buoth, and the long
lines OF deicatcly.:intsl ccru, fleekcd, but
not marret, with division cnlors, unite to
form whole neither too simple nor too
ornate, but harmonizing well with the lofty
arches and long lines of the building.
Near the entrance is the flower booth. of
which Miss Mary Kcalcy OF the third dlvis-
ion has cha rye, assisted by Miss Mae Raw
lings, but High School girls are To- do the
actual selling; eight an evening, in charming
costumes, will beguile the unwary penny
from the unlucky swain whu comes within
the glamour of their bright glanccs-and
electric lights.
But. like Mahomct OF old, the flower girl
Will go tu the mountain and Join the seiuc-
ton OF SOFT voice and bright eyes 10 the
tempting freshness of her wares, il the
buyer comes not ta her.
These wares have been donated in prufu-
sion by the city flnrists, who loan nothing,
but give outright p',tted plants. cut ilow-
ers and set pieces, while the decorations
are supcrintendcd by j. II. Small, whose
name alone is a guarantee for the artistic
excellence of the booth.
The unique feature OF the bazaar Will be
the transportation and information booth,
conducted 10y Miss Ravenburg. through
whose efforts donations have been secured
of round trip tickets To Boston and Halifax.
tc Cincinnati. st. Louis and Chicago; to
Jacksonville. Fla, AMI 10 The Atlanta ex-
position, and through Miss Clara Hillen-
buchcr from Mr.. Z. r. Droop, to Europe by
the North German Lloyd line. The sale
OF these tickets, many of which are now
the subject of competitive voting. together
whose number and extent bid fair to put the
association in the list of large property
holders In the District, and the dispensing
of general Information. will keep the fair
occupants of the booth busily uscful,
Mr. c. Allan Davis. principal of the Busi-
ness High School, who has had great sue
cess in Inducing bicycle firms OF the city
TO donate wheels, win have in front of
the Business High School booth an array
of those modern Innovations, and contiguous
thereto a stand devoted 10 the voting con-
tests, which are so numerous as to demand
hcadqua rters OF their own. Here he Will
keep a tally OF the number of votes OBJ
tainctl 10y each aspirant, and from this fate
ful booth will come the final award which
is to make or mar the happiness of Some
youthful aspiraut. OF in surnc Gas ses to
strike dismay into an entire building or
as III the ca So of the Knabe piano
or Ochm sword or Liberty bicycle, where
the sectional pride OF a High School or di-
vision or company is involved.
The evening times., 1895-11-29
MURDERER cOSFEssEs.
After Having Charged Crime Oh "A
Com pa mon, Admits His Own uilt.

Wilkes Barre, Pa, Nov. 2s.-Auotier re-
markIblc feature OF the Bowman Metz
gar case has just matcrilliZed in the
confession of young Netzgar. which will
doubtless save the life OF his accompiice,
Bowman.
These youths, MetZgar, now eighteen,
Bowman twcnty Y. held up two A Arabiaus two
years ago. One they shot dead; the other
was struck ever the heart by a bullet. but it
hit a razor in his pocket, and only stun
ned him. The boys robbed the men and
flc1i. A year affcrwarJ Bowman became
conscience stricken, gave himself up, and
confessed saying Meizgar did Ike shoot
ing. He was tri,d and convicted in the
first degree. After his conviction Metz
gar was captured. AT the trial of the lat
ter recently he said the robbery was plan
nci 10y Bowman, who also did the shooting.
MetZgar WAS found guilty in the second
degree and sentenced TO eighteen years.
Yesterday he voluntarily made a confess
sion. He said: ''Bowman did not do
the shooting did II. l don't know what
made me do ii. did not mean To kill
the peddier.
u thought lie WAS reaching for re-
volver, SO pulled mine. His elbow stuck
out. and I thought I'd hit him in the arm
SO that he couldn't harm me. Almost Ee-
fore knew what happened. the hammer
clicked and the fellow was shot.
II think I-fired four shots after that.
The other Arabian began to throw rocks
at us, aud as we ran fired again.
think one of the shots must have glanced
aud hit Mike John. the other peddler.
If had hit him fair it would have made
worse mark on the razor ca Sc than it did
Penn Bowman did not draw his revol-
yer at all. AS soon n the shot was fired
he ran down the railroad with me, and L
am certain he didn't shoot. The only shots
fired that day Were fired 10y me.''
Mctzgar viii swear TO this confession. and
Attorney Martin will present it to The
board of pardons, and a SIX that Bowman's
death sentence he commuted.