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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-08-24
Young Mems Era.
THROUGH SUFFERING.

How the Lovely Graces of Certain Chris
tians Are Developed.
Are there not some in your circle to
whom you naturally betake yourself
in time of trial and sorrow? They al
ways seem to speak the right word, to
give the very counsel you are longing
for; you do not realize, however, tho
cost which they had to pay ere they
became so skillful in binding up gap
ing wounds and drying tears. But il
you were to in estigate their past his
tory you would find that they have suf-
fcred more than most They have
watched the slow untwisting of some
silver cord on which the lamp of life
hung. They have seen the golden bowl
of joy dashed to their feet and its con-
tents spilled. They have stood by ebb-
ing tides, and dropping gourds, and
noon sunsets; but all this has been
necessary to make them the nurses,
the physicians, the priests of men.
The boxes that come from foreign
chimes are clumsy enough; but they
contain spices which scent the air
with the fragrance of the orient. So
suffering is rough and hard to bear;
but it hides beneath it discipline, edu-
cation, possibilities, which not only
leave us nobler, but perfect us to help
others. Do not fret, or set your teeth,
or wait doggedly for the suffering to
pass; but get out of it all you can;
both for yourself and fer your service
to your generation, according to tho
will of God.-Rev. 4. Ii. Meyer.
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been done and not dollar has been
appropriated for the enlargement of
the offices of the president whose duty
1t is to examine papers and give super
vision to the work of all these depart
mcnts. Moreover, with the growth of
the country, the visitors who come here
on official business to see the president
have multiplied in numbers. and no in
creased accommodations have been
made for them at the white house. The
one public reception hall is often
thronged with distinguished men who
stand crowding each other uncomfort-
ably while they await their turn to get
beyond the door of the little room in
which the president is vainly striving
to make Roadway with affairs. There
is not sufficient room for his clerks and
assistants. The private secretary oc-
cupies little room which is smaller
and less worthy Of the position than
the first class clerks occupy in the pal
atial executive departments. 1t Is not
creditablc to the country that this con-
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RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
THE OLD CHURCH BELL.

High up DER the heads OF the people
That pass like vague ships on the street,
1t hangs In its homo In the steeple.
That throbs with the winds rhythmic beati
What heeds IL tho world or It's nolscsf
What rocks IL OF trafnc's loud dinf
OF tears, or the clamor OF voices
That speak Of the light hearts withinS
Enough that it duty u ringing
In every condition OF weather,
Enough that Its mission Is bringing
Tho spiritual household together;
Enough that IL strikes for the hours
That speed In ne'cr ending chain,
And chimes over nuptial flowers.
And tolls for the funeral train.
Enough that IL speaks to the mothers
In clear. unmistakable tones,
And fathers and sisters and brothers,
From oil the earths populous zones;
Enough that IL brings to the altar
The ones who have strayed from tho truth.
A. we'll as tho weak ones who falter
Mid trials unknown In their youth
SO there, while the pale stars arc marching,
And iivers roll ON to the sea,
And heavens blue vault Is o'cr-arching,
The bell In its belfry will be;
And then, when Its mission Is ended,
And turned Is the last burial sod.
Its echoes full-toned will be blended
With trumpets that call us to God.
Alfred L. Hostellcy. In N. Y. Observer.
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tho helpless and tho orphansf HASN'T
the Lord got something TO do with the
selling of goods and tho mending Of
shoes and tho drafting OF Wills and the
editing of newspapers? OF course He
has II man or q woman uses any
honorable calling as means to Gods
glory, 1t is just rs much Gods work 40
Is that of the archbishop of Canter-
bury or dean Of Westminster. So long
as people have to toll here below for
daily bread, and the wants of the
physical man have to be attended to,
the routine work of the world has got
to be done by somebody. But. after
all, 1t is Gods world, and the work He
has given every man to do is His work.
Only the realization of this fact 10
necessary to make the meanest calling
sacred.
Rev. DIR. Pentecost takes sensible
view Of this question, and his words
should be weighed by those who arbi-
trarily set up division lines, and divide
off the world into sacred" and 'secu-
lar" duties. Speaking recently at .
meeting of the association in London
he said:
We talk about the sacred ministry. the So
ored desk. and the sacred calling; but we want
sacred Offices. sacred banks, sacred stores, and
sacred shops. and every man in them who
names the name Of Christ to be an ordained
minister OF God, to do His work, bear His tes-
timony, lift high the light OF tho Divine life,
and scatter the salt which saves the world from
corruption; to be witnesses for godliness. right
eousness. and brotherly kindness, Every call
ing Is sacred, and every line of business for tho
Christian is one in which the Master may be
served. and testimony for the truth may be
borne.
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Gardens. ]

dition has been permitted to continue.
The executive mansion must be en-
larged, or else a new residence must be
prepared for the president in some
other locality, SO that the entire white
house may be given up to the transac-
ton of public business and the proper
reception of American citizens who come
here in greater numbers every year.
Early in the year 1890, after expert
encing the inconvenience here out
lined, President Harrison and Mrs. Har-
rison endeavored to impress upon pub
lie men the necessity of public action
in the matter, but nothing was done.
Mrs. Harrison took great interest in
the subject and talked to everybody
having power and influence, urging
her views with great persistence. On
one occasion she secured an attentive
listener and one who cheerfully coin
cided with her plans, but whose in
fucncc was circumscribed by his physic-
al condition. One evening Secretary
blaine called to see the president on
official business, and after that had
been attended to, Mrs. Harrison, in u
casual way, mentioned the difficulties
which surrounded her. Mr.. Blaine at
once took Il serious view OF the situation
and spoke quite earnestly of the indif-
ference which had so long been shown
towards the executive in matters OF
official and personal accommodations.
He could see no way out of the dilemma
except the enlargement or extension
of the present building in accordance
with some plan in harmony with its
architectural style. This agreed with
Mrs. Harrison's views upon the sub
icct, and the estimable lady explained
her ideas with wonderful completeness
and detail as to the style and arrange
mcnt of the proposed extension. The
secretary of state also gave his views,
which comprehended wing or auxilli-
ary building for the executive offices on
| the west, and similar building for tho
hall of art on the cast; the central his
| toric structure to be rebuilt in the in
| terror of durable materials, and to re-
main MS the executive residence.
Greatly encouraged with this inter
view, Mrs. Harrison then convcrsed with
the superintendent of public buildings,
explaining in detail che plan which she
| entertained for the enlargement of the
mansion. He heartily concurred in her
views and cndcavored to aid her in ere
atinq public sentiment in favor Of the
proposed plans for the extension and
improvement of the building. Mrs.
Harrison was so much in earnest that
she departed from her customary rule
of rct.cence, and. in conversation with
newspaper representative, upon the
executive mansion and It's needs for the
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Power lies not in the theory. but in
tho application.-White.
Earnest, persistent work for Christ
will receive its just reward in Heaven.
One seldom finds that which he
seeks when he searches for 1t with inn
patience.
Gods way OF saving the world 10
not by taking sin out, but by bringing
Christ in. Rams Horn.
To cultivate sympathy you must
be among living creatures, and think.
ing about them. Ruskin.
Cultivate the friendly spirit. II
one would have friends, he must DO
worthy of them. Theodore Il. Munger.
How can tomorrow be made better
than to-day? by making to-day the
best possible. United Presbyterian.
-Hcroism and cowardice are not
synonymous with fearlessness and fear.
A hero fears to do wrong; coward
fears to do right
lit 10 often we'll to pray ''thc Same
words" There is q repetition In prayer
which Ia not an evidence of Journalism,
but OF intense feeling. --Unitsd Prcsby.
teriaA-
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official and domestic use of the presi
dents In the future, which subsequent
| ly took the form of n published inter
view, Mrs. Harrison spoke very fully
on the subject, pointing out the ao-
sence of sufficient family apartments,
the lack of privacy for the ladies of the
presidents family, want of household
convcniences and inadequate accom-
modations for the comfort of guests ut
state inequalities which the president
Is required to extend. She also gave
her ideas of how the extensions should
be made, and the uses to which they
should be applied. This interview re-
ceived wide publication and attracted
considerable attention of a heeting ma
ture.
give permanent form to her ideas and
desire. Mrs. Harrison secured the serv-
ices of skilled architect, Fred ID.
Owen, and he sketched with charcoal
the design outlined by her. She called
Col. Ernst, of the army, to the white
house and explained her plan to him,
aud the colonel united with the archi-
tect in sketching complete plans. Then,
from penciled interpretations of her ex-
pressions, giving geometric form with
angles and curves and lights and
shades, developing columns, colonnades,
cntablatures, facades and windows, as
they fell in word pictures frcm the lips
of Mrs. Harrison, the architect fash
toned, ready for the builder, a home
for the presidents of the future, which,
while classic in style and republican in
simplicity, would be without a rival in
the world as an executive residence.
TO the glory of the womanhood of the
republic, it may also be said that this
plan is the creation of a woman who
adorned the high place of domestic and
social honor in the executive mansion
until she was called to that place where
many mansions be, and where the
weary are at rest.
The wife of President Harrison
buildcd and planned for great Ameri-
can future. If she had lived, her
dreams might have been realized. 1t
is strange what events change and
shape the destinies of nations and of
people. In 1892, during the presiden-
tial campaign which resulted in the de-
feat of Gen. Harrison for reelection TO
the presidency, the Grand Army Of the
Republic held its annual encampment
in Washington city. If Gen. Harrison
could have mingled with those veter-
ans, they might have gone hence, and,
with their balance of power, caused his
reelection. At that time he was con-
stantly at the bedside of his dying wife,
and could not even give the old soldiers
public reception. He saw none of
them. Ex-President Hayes was here,
and marched up Pennsylvania avenue
on foot with the old soldiers. 1t was
intended that President Harrison
should march beside him, leave the col
umn at the white house, and there as
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Kitty?' reused an idea in his head.
The McGheohans of Galway had noble
blood in their veins, and never desert
ed q female in distress.
The firemen were busy saving Sulli-
vans stock. They did not heed the I'M
couth figure, with bloody face and
torn clothes, recling through the back
door and up the narrow stairs.
Through sitting smoke and in water
and flame he CROPPED his way, while
Sullivan was out on the street kneel-
ing beside his wife, sprinkling her face
and chatting her wrists.
She opened her eyes and gasped:
kitty" Sullivan had thought that of
course the child was saved with it's
mother, but now the fear struck him
that this was not so. He ran from one
to another of the bystanders, frantic in
his search, but no one had seen the
little girl. AS in desperation he turned
to the burning rookery, a window
crashed out, and burst of flame lighted
his road To the little stairway. lie
sprang toward it and nearly overturned
a staggering, ragged, blackened and
begrimed man carrying in his arms n
bundle of bedclothes, from out of
which voice called to Jimmy:
Papa
. He threw both arms round the pair,
and two soilcd and bruised faces met
in an Irish embrace. ~
"Mowrecchy," he cried, God bliss
ye!"-Lippincott's Magazine.
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TWO BLESSED GIFTS OF GOD.
Conservation First, which Prepares Us to
Improve the Second, Opportunity.

Conservation First, which Prepares Us to
Improve the Second, Opportunity.
Opportunity tests conservation. Con-
secration prepares for opportunity.
The latter without the former simply
reveals us as incompetent in its press
ence. Both are the gift of God. We
may assist in our conservation by will
ing it, by working for it, and by pray
ing for it, because we knew that it Ia
one of the things God wills
us to have. The opportunity comes
from the Fathers hand also,
and it is at His disposal OF the
two. conservation is more needful for
us spiritually than is opportunity, not
only because it is n necessary ante
cedent to it, but because it is an inter-
nal condition tending to our advan-
tage, and not an external act or series
of actions. Blessed are those who
have the internal element of consccra-
ton and the external field of oppor-
tunity. Yet, in the sight Of God,
blessed are those who stand ready,
filled with conservation, whether tho
call of opportunity come or not-S. s.
Times.
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wrong. and that Sullivan was rejoicing
In his larse from virtue. 10 maintain
his dignity he considered 1t necessary
to impress Sullivan with the fact that
the McGhoeghans were people to be
respected. so he says:
"Me names Mowreechv."
That's another fool idee yer wife's
made we swally. Morris was good
enough for We when We was bye. but
when we got married yer wife must go
changin' yer name. But yer Morris
for all that"
"Mc names Mowrecchy, and IL We
go fer to call me out az IL, or say me
wife's name ag'in, I'll bate We wild that
mug"
Sullivan lecred at him derisively.
"Yer names Morris McGheoghan,
and yer wife's fannel-mouthed chaw
like yersclf."
The impact of beer glass over Sulli-
vans left eye caused him to measure
his length upon the floor. The shock
reused him, however, and in a moment
the two were fighting like cats. The
crash of overturned tables and chairs
and of breaking glass would have caught
the attention of the patrol had that in
dividual not been doing in the next
block. 1t would have awakened Mrs.
Sullivan had she not been at that par
ticular time half asphyxiated in her
sleep by smoking handicapped
which had fallen over the lamp left
burning for her husband.
The fire had smouldered for half an
hour and the room was filed with
smoke, when n spark fell on the table
and ignitcd bit of paper. In an in
slant the room was in a blaze. A burn
ing curtain caught the eye Of a late
traveller, who turned in an alarm. The
hook-and-ladder truck dashed up To
the place, and n fireman snatched the
stupefed woman out of Il burning bed,
but he did not notice the adjacent al
cove where little four-year-old Kitty
Sullivan lay dreaming.
When Maurice McGheoghan was
showed away from his antagonist he
thought .Iimmys friends, had come TO
take part in the scrimmage. But the
fremen's uniform and Sullivan's de-
spairing cry of; 'My God. where's
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cend the reviewing stand, where ali
the old soldiers could see him and cheer
him as they marched by. But he was at
her bedside, and never left her until she
had gone from him. and gone from
earth forever. If she mad been well
then, and had lived, she might have
seen her ideal white house builded ac-
cording to the plans which she had SO
carefully outlined.
In the early days of the republic the
first occupant of the white house was
President Adams. His brilliant wife
found the apartments on the first floor
not even plastered, and held her first
reception in what is now the presi-
dents Office on the second floor.
The British troops burned the white
house In 1914, and for three years Pres
ident and Mrs. James Monroe occupied
rented buildings. When they returned
TO the white house il was in a very
crude condition, still bearing some of
the marks of the vandals and marauders
called soldiers, who had desecrated it.
During the winter season of 1S32-34
President Andrew jackson abandoned
all public receptions and state dinners
because the mansion was too small and
in. every way inadequate to the de-
mands OF circumstances and conditions
for such entertainments.
And yet we have the same unim-
proved white house for the use of our
presidents and their families until this
day. II is about time that something
were done to change existing condi-
tions. The plan of Mrs. Harrison is an
excellent one and ought to be adopted
unless something better can be devised
by architectural experts. The present
white house is getting to be n popular
nuisance, both as business Office and
as residence for our presidents. 1t is
dwarfed between the treasury and
state department buildings. 1t Is an
architectural pigmy as compared with
the capitol building. 1t is as the house
of butler or hostlcr as compared with
the homes and offices of the executive
heads Of other nations. II Is discrcdit-
able to our people, and as soon as they
become familiar with that fact their
representatives will be required to take
suitable action. The plan of the wife
OF President Harrison, as compared
with the picture of the original white
house, commands the consideration and
respect of oil who understand the stu
alton and environments of the presi-
dent and his family in the old mansion.
SMITH ID, Fry
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LITTLE DANES AND MEN.


We all must remember when
We were little danes and men;
When each sorrow tuggcd away with oil It's
might
Al our little hearts and eyes.
Till the air was full OF signs.
And the brightest day was turned to darkest
night
How we'd weep,
How we'd creep
To our little beds TO sleep
With wet iashes on flushed faces: even then,
Not soul would ever know
Half our agony: and so
We should sympathize with little danes and
men
We must all remember when
We were little danes and men.
When we meet the little ones from day 10 day;
A kind word is just rs cheap.
And IL sinks TO depths rs deep
As the harsh one you were sending down their
way.
II you knew
How few
Gracious acts and words from you
Were planted In their souls; To blossom when
Golden days Of childhood seem
To be shadows OF a dream,
You would love and cherish little danes and
men
N f. Magazine
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Spurs for GamecocIss.

Steel heels or spurs for fighting
cocks to take the place of the nutural
spur are made in twenty or more va
ricties in shape and length; they are
sold all over the world. In the United
States spurs of different styles are
used in different parts of the country;
longer spurs arc used in the south than
in the east and north. The shortest
spurs are used in New York. The
standard length here is one and one
quarter inches; in all other parts of
the country the length is advanced.
A good set of steel heels costs ten dol
lars. The spur projects from one side
of ferrule or socket, which is like an
open thimble; leather band is at
tached to the base of the fcrrule. The
natural spur is sawed off, and when
the steel spur Is used the ferrule is
placed over the stump and the leather
band is wound round the cocks leg
and bound with Irvine; n pad or
cushion is placed within the rim Of the
ferrulc to make it At the stump of the
natural spur snugly and firmly. 1t is
said that IL well-bred gamecock.
which had been without food until i,
was nearly starved, should then be
placed in the presence of another
gamecock and of food, it would fight
before it would eat; in other words,
that IL would rather fight than eat
n. Y. Sun.
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Ky with Jimmy Sullivan, and he used
TO drop into Jimmy's every evening,
Just to wash the dust from his t'roat, y
as he phrased it. The washing process
had developed into such proportions
that McGhcoghan's wife said he might
as well .'dhrown himself and be done
wild it." Then she applied what she
called the ''wather cure" and Me-
Ghcoghau reformed. Mrs. McGheo-
CHAN had such faith in the reforma-
ton that she had taken the baby and
gone for three days to her cousins, the
OFlannigans. in Saucelito; and the
only admonition she had given her
husband was the parting injunction:
"Mind yer eye, now, Maurice.
McGheoghan had not been particu-
larly proud of his descent from the Nc
Ghcoghans, Of Galway, but his young
wife contin ually dinncd il into him that
they were "a fine ould family" and
that he ought not to disgrace them by
associating with people beneath him.
1t was bad enough to be poor, she said,
without mixing with the common herd.
As distinguishing mark, she always
gave an Italian pronunciation to her
husbands name, Maurice, and insisted
upon his doing the same. Mrs. Me-
Ghcoghan had learned Italian in her
youth among the fishermen of North
Beach. Maurice did not take his
wifc's discipline kindly, and it was
only his love for her that made him
endure it. Out of her sight he liked to
be one of the boys, and in sly ridicule
of her aristocratic prctensions spoke of
himself rs "humin illcvator'-hc
elevated bricks by the hodful up a
ladder.
When McGheoghan pushed quietly
through the screen doors, slipped I'M
obtrusivcly past the crowd at the bar,
sat down at the last table, and began
looking at the prints in the Irish News,
Jimmy Sullivan knew something was
in the wind; for had not the O'Rourkcs
told his wife that Mrs. McGhcoghan
had forbidden her husband to have
anything to do with that touchdown
shaloon-keeper, Jimmy Sullivan"
"What'll ycz have, me byc?" called
Jimmy, as the last man drew one of the
three towels hanging before the bar
across his dripping mustache and
swung himself. out into the street.
Faith, but it's u long time since
I've had the good luck to grip yer fist,
man. Here's the crane o the sason till
yc."
II the thought of his wife came to
the hod-carrier "a all, it probably
brought "A suggestion to make hay
while the sun shonc, for he and Jimmy
flied and cmptied glass after glass
while they smoked black cigars and
'chattcd over tho ''ould times" when
they were single. Sullivan kept the
clearer head, for it was part OF his
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ALL CALLINGs ARE SACRED.


A Thought That viii Inspire the Best
Efforts In tho Most Humble Services.
1t is astonishing sometimes how
Christian people of experience and in
telligencc get confused in their ideas
as to things sacred and things secular.
Once in awhile we hear people talk of
sacred" duties and secular" duties as
IL the world were parcellcd off in SO
many divisions with different systems
of law and government, and distinct
moral code to be observed by the occu-
pants of each. For instance, there
must be higher standard of conduct
for the preacher than for the lawyer
or the policeman or the cab driver He
Is in a sacred calling, and like all 9TH
err men who are engaged in trying to
spiritually help their fellows, il doing
the Lords work.
But Is the Lords work confined simply
to the men and women who preach
ssrmons and visit the sick and care Tor