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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07

conversation later and sneered at the
idea OF Marchant mesmerizing anyone
who had any mind of his own. The
artist took this as a challenge and Of
fered to test his powers on the skeptic.
The two stood on the porch, the French
man was in the doorway behind them
and the rest of us in the yard.
"Marchant soon had the fellow dane
ing, singing, making speeches and do
ing whatever else he was told to do.
Then the artist had us all laughing,
when he proposed supreme test. It
was evident from the strangers appear
ance that he needed money, but he was
so completely under Marchant's control
that they might heap wealth at the fell
lows feet and he would scorn 1t. En-
tering into the spirit of the thing, we
tossed bills and coins on the porch, not
stopping to see how big they were.
Some even threw their pocketbooks into
the pile. You don't want the stuff,
said Marchant, and the mesmerized man
never looked at it. just here the
Frenchman fell backward in faint.
Marchant rushed past him for water.
All was confusion till we got the
stricken man to bed, and then it was
noticed that both the stranger and the
money were gone. We never saw either
after that, and the haul he made ran
well into the hundreds. The French
man wanted to refund all that was lost,
but of course no one would hear to
that.
when seriously approached on the
subject of occult and supernatural,
Marchant again surprised us all. He
ridiculed the clairvoyants, astrologers,
fortune tellers, palm readers and all
persons of kindred calling as mounte-
banks and charlatans who were shrewd
enough judges of human nature TO
make it dupe. Every man knew more
about his past than anyone could tell
him, and could make better guess ut
his future; but we all have touch of
superstition in our makeup. There's
the evidence of mine and he held up a
coin the size of silver dollar. He
called it his patron goddess, the arbiter
of his destiny and his good angel.
~ nus never ldlleu Hle, uecldreu
Marchant. Once in Africa when we were
going through dangerous country, n
friend and | came to a point where our
path divided. Heads, to the right, I
said; tails, to the left. l went to the
right as the coin so decided, but he stuL.
bornly persisted in taking the other
path. He never reached civilization. I
not only got through safely, but made
a rich sum by helping wealthy native
cut of trouble. 1t has never failed me IN
AT emergency. You may call it chance
or what you will, but wouldn't part
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07

me. Seeing so many people from al!
parts of the world, for this has always
been favorite spot with everyone that
found it out, learned early how b.
Judge a man by his face and his actions.
That is, thought did, and | have
enough conceit left yet to think my
opinion will be right nine times out OF
ten.
Three years ago young fellow carnc
here and he was Us handsome chap DIS
you'd see IN trip round the world.
Everything in sight was dark except his
teeth, and they looked all the whittier
because of his glossy black mustache.
II there was anything he didn't know it
was never discovered while he was here.
1t didn't make any difference whether
visitors talked French, Spanish, Italian
or German, he was right at home and
every one IF them would tell me how he
spoke the tongue like native. If they
discussed politics, religion, science or
art, he gave them all some new facts or
ideas. remember n French officer tell
ing about some of his experiences in
Algiers whore he helped put down. a
JenaQ OF HOLY WuT StdTttu ny tue
Kabyles. Why that young man just
started in and pictured every scene in
the hottest battle of that campaign.
He had helped defend a French fort i'll
come vallsy he named, and the officer
nodded to the truth of the exciting
story as it was told. They were great
friends after that, and the Frenchman
afterward told me that the bravery of
the young artist, for he was only up in
that wild region to paint scenery and
the pretty Kabyle maidens, had saved
The garrison and turned the tide against
the fanatics.
"I come of a practical and cold
hlooded race, but / found myself asso-
ciating the artist with some power that
was not human. He registered as Hus.
sein Marchant, and to me there was ar
unpleasant suggestion in the name. He
was not more than 30, but he talked in
q circumstantial way of experience in
the far east that it did not seem to me
could be compressed into the years OF
his active life. He told of intriguing
with the Armenians against the Turks,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
PREMoNITIoNs.

The fields are growing brown and scar
Beneath the pale October sun:
Well-night the fruitful, lavish year
The gamut of the months has run.
The dreamy air Is full of hints
OF stormy days and swift decay,
When autumn's rare and varied tints.
Deplored OF all. shall pass away.
A calm. like that where saints expire,
Broods DER the hills the sun has kissed
The forests glow with latent fire
Along the hills of amethyst.
The birds, too moody now to sing.
Glide In and out among the trees.
Where fiedglings, with uncertain wing.
Prepare for flight toward warmer seas
The partridge. in his hidden nook.
Now whistles in a lower key,
And slower moves the tardy brook
Where once 1t danced in merry glee.
The hedges. now so brown and bare,
Their dry. deserted nests reveal,
Where many happy bridal pair
Made known what they would fain con.
ceal.
A chill Is on the withered grass,
O'erspread with many a spiders loom
Where to and fro the crickets pass,
Half conscious of impending doom,
When fierce Boreas. sterner grown,
Drops down his covelets of snow,
Which: from the gusty heights, are
strewn
Ger all the shrinking earth below.
Though hope may seem to taste OF death
That shrouds all nature with it's gloom
Blow once again. Hesperian breath.
And wake the earth to bud and bloom!
Thus taught, we see how sweet a thing
1t is to die and end the strife
To slip our mortal covering
And languish into nobler life.
u. j. Maxfield. In Midland Monthly
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07

with that piece of money for all the
gold you could pile into this room
lie related dozen instances in which
this talisman had served him, and his
stories were not only so plausible but
so charmingly told that there was no
thought of questioning their truthful
ness.
"Marchant played cards like the rest
OF the gentlemen, but it was the French
man who got most of the money lost in
this way. With the ladies the artist was
Il prime favorite, and rivalry in the Sc
curing of his attentions was marked.
We had big bail after he had been here
about a month. In fact, he was chief
promoter of the party, and created the
general desire to have it swell affair.
Guests sent home for their jewelry, and
there was fortune in diamonds spark
ling that night. Next morning every
person who had anything of special
value discovered that it had been stolen.
The thieves made clean sweep. Mar
chant was rmong the first to take
horse and join in search through the
mountains for the robbers. Before 60
ing he tossed up that coin to determine
the direction he would take, and then
wrapping it up carefully left it with me
for fear it might be taken from him
should he encounter the thieves.
That's all know about him. He
and the Frenchman never returned from
the hunt. I was out their bills, fine
horse and good deal more. The guests
were out thousands of dollars, and the
,ame of the place was injured"
"What of the coin?"
/ "There it is, an old Spanish dollar.
See how this side is filed with lead.
You might toss it till it was worn out.
and it would be bound to come heads
every time."-Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
kINo-HEARrEp BEAR.
Lifts Child In Its Paws and Puts Her
In = Place OF Safety.

In = Place oil Safety.
Miss Isabel +. Hapgood translates for
st. Nicholas true story from the RUS
sian of Vera T.. Zhelikhovsky. 1t is an
incident that occurred in 1s47, in the
Trans-Caucasian German colony Of .he
Elizabeththal, about 80 miles from
Tifiis. A picnic party discovered
large bear (called "Mikhail Ivan'itch"
and General Toptygin" in Russian) on
a narrow ledge of rock high up in q
gorge. This is what followed:
All at once q simultaneous cry OF
pity, terror, horror, broke from all.
From behind the crag little girl made
her appearance. The tiny colonist was
seven or eight years old; not more.
She was strolling along with her arms
crossed carelessly on her pink apron
A large hat of coarse straw, such as all
colonists, whether young or old, wear
in hot weather, had fallen quite oyepon
the nape of her neck; and surrounded
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
THEY ALL SWING THEIR ARMS.
Singular Habit Alleged Against Women
of Chicago While Out Walking.

OF SnicagO w nile Out walking.
The women of Chicago, old anil
young, matrons and schoolgirls, all have
habit that is distinctly their own
They swing their arms. 1t matters little
whether they come from the North or
West side, the fashionable suburb of
Buena Park or from Cicero, when they
promenade their right arms swing 10
and fro with the regularity of an eight
day clock. The well-gowned and we'll
groomed maidens who take their CON
stitutional either on the Lake Shore or
along Michigan boulevard are az much
addicted to the disagreeable mannish-
ism as their sisters who take their
grooming on South Halsted street. or
who promenade after long hours spent
in factory out on Archer road
Sometimes the maid or dame who
PUSHES from one shop to another in the
retail district of Chicago swings only
one arm backward and forward as she
hurries on, bent upon securing n COOL
bargain. But il her haste is exceeding
ly great both are often in motion and
not always do they move in unison.
W IN u ,hS IL Ntil lilltu w III
women, even if their costumes are rich
and gay, the gloss is taken from the
throng by this ungainly habit.
The bellies who walk on Fifth avenue,
New York, and in Hyde Park, London,
do not appear to affect this unpleasant
habit and, although some physicians
are of the opinion. that the swinging of
the arms comes from too snug a fitting
corsage, this cannot be true. for the
fashionable danes of London are noted
the world over for the smallness OF
their waists. The only way that physi-
cal culturists can account for the man
nerism is that the women do not rea lie
that they have acquired II motion ir
walking that throws their arms with
each step. A well-lnown teacher of Del
sarte insists that if the mothers of Chi
Cago would but watch for a couple OF
hours one of the promenades that girls
frequent they would surely make an eff
fort to overcome this peculiar habit Of
their daughters, for it is too ugly IL
mannerism TO permit TO grow more than
it haS.@Chicugo Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
A Criterion of Age.

Birmingham-Your daughter is to
marry a young man named Hill, be-
lieve?
Manchester-Yes. he belongs to one
OF. the very oldest families in the coun-
try.
II didn't know that he came from
particularly old family"
"Oh, yes; you often hear people use
the expression: AS old as the Hills "
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
TRAINED CHAMELEONS.
What u Girl Accomplished with Two Of
These Reptiles.

These Reptiles.
Much has been written about the
beauty, the stupidity and the vicious
ness of the lizard tribe, and 1 want to
say word about the intelligence Of
the chameleon, a little reptile belong
ing to the great lizard family, and in
size the antipodes of the alligator.
it's big brother.
The incident l now relate came un-
der my personal observation and dem
onstrates that the chameleon is sus-
ranked with animals classed much
higher in the scale of intellectual de-
velopment. -
Miss Henrietta Keene, little lady Of
IL years, living in Philadelphia, was
presented with two Florida chameleons,
and she at once began instructing and
educating her pets. BY continued gen.
tleness and kindness she won their con-
fidcnce, and at her call they would raise
their heads, listen, and then come run
ming quickly. Soon they responded to
their names -Brinton and Baby--and
nodded their little heads knowingly.
She then taught them to stand UP
on their hind legs and put their little
forepaws together and stand in the at
titude of prayer, looking solemn and
closing their eyes; at signal they
would quickly PROSTATE themselves,
roll over on their backs and pretend to
be dead, lying without motion, until
told to rise and embrace, which they
would do with every sign of joy and
pleasure Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
Bedrock Finance.

'You are charged with knocking the
complainant down with club and TAX
ing all his valuables." said the judge.
''He tole me to-" said tbs, prisoner.
"Eh?"
"He tole me to do it. stops him OF
the corner to get light, see? An, OF
course, we got to talkin' about de money
question. Den he says TO me-: "De on'y
right way to git at de money question
is to start right in on first principles.
he says. is dat de way youse want to
do?' / says. 1T is says he. All right.
I says, an soaks i'm an takes wot be-
longs to me by rights Of first princi-
nlcs --Indianapolis journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07

of his fight from Russia when suspected
as a nihilist, and Of his plots with the
royalists In France. l noticed, too,
when they talked of anarchists, in what :
ever part of the world, Marchant knew
more than any honest man would care
to conceal from the authorities.
"Dut what wNs mysterious about the
man appeared to add to the attraction
he had for an Corners. He performsA
every kind of sleight-of-hand tricks.
told fortunes. interpreted dreams, said
that he YVES mesmerist and had an un-
comfortable way of telling this person
or that what he was thinking about.
There was seedy but gentlemaniy-ap-
pearing man that came in one evening
with knapsaek on his back, informing
me that he would stay until after break
fast the next morning. He got into the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
PoAitiye Proof.

Wa!lace-i used to believe that hyr-
notisin was rank fraud; but am .
convert now.
Ferry.-Deen put ander the influence
yourself?
"No But professor got Wheeler on
the stage, and it was not five minutes
before Wheeler was standing up before
rhe crowd asserting that there were
lots of better bicycles than his. Gin
cir natl Enquirer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
Noah and Money.

"The financial question has caused
considerable research on the subject"
remarked the cheerful idiot to his pas
tor the other day. Il suppose" he con-
tinued, "that you have made study OF
the moneys of the Bible?"
"Oh, yes" replied the minister, bland
ly. II am familiar, to be sure, with the
Biblical coins"
III infer that paper money was used
al the time of the food?" continued the
idiot, sparring for chance to make a
home thrust.
"What has led you to this conclu-
sion?" asked the pastor.
"Well, we read of where the dove
brought the green back to Noah."-
Washington Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
/. WHICH GENERAL.

Sometimes mamma calls me general"
wish knew which one?
But always try to tell the truth.
So l hope it's Washington.
But when tell my papa that,
He laughs loud as he can.
And says II she calls me genera!
She must mean Sheridan.
Because whenever she wants me.
And am out at play.
! nearly always seem to be
Bout twenty miles away"
kate w. Hamilton. in Youths Com
panion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
A Swallows swift Right.

An untamed swallow, which had It's
nest on farm near Chetwynd, in
Shropshire, was caught and taken in
o cage to London, where il wos released.
1t returned to its nest in so minutes,
having accomplished distance of las
miles, Mt the rate of nearly two mics
n minute.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
yaccInatlon In AfghanIstan.

Abdurraham Khan, ameer of Afghan
istan, has introduced vaccination into
his country by the advice OF Miss Ham
ilton, his English physician. Two cali
lymph stations have been established
and proclamation has been issued from
Cabul calling on the people to bring in
their children to be vaccinated befors
next spring.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
BRIGHT LIGHT BLINDS THE COD.
Fish Kept In Aquariums Soon Lose the
Sense OF Sight.

Fish Kept In Aquariums Soon Lose the
Sense of Sight.
Several large cod are kept in one OF
the tanks of the Amsterdam aquarium.
necessarily near the surface, and there
fore exposed to strong light from
above. Now, the cod, though not a
deep sea" fish, is not surface swim.
mer and lives at depths where the sun
light must be very much modified by
passage through the water. 1t lives
in what to us~would be semidarliness.
Every one of these cod exposed to the
strong light is suffering from an eX-
traordinary hypertrophy of the eye.
The whole organ has become oyergrown,
as if in the effort to adjust itself to the
use of more light rays it had become
overequipped and then useless. The
cod, in fact, are blind.
The most interesting feature in this
change is the extraordinary rapidity
with which increased supply of light
rays has overleveloped the organ for
its use. 1t has taken place, not by slow
degrees from individual to individual.
but in course of time to be measured
by months and in every individual in
the tank. If this example is meas
ure of the rapidity with which such
changes take place among fish, the adap-
tation of those creatures which have
migrated from the shallow waters of
the deep seas, shown by the total loss
of enormous development of their eyes
and the growth of illuminating organs
to light the abyss, may have been as
rapid as it is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Spec
tator.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
THE MAGIC COIN.

NJ l I L IN G t h Z
quaint dialect CT
the old landlord
up in the noun
tains of Virginia.
this is the story he
told me:
II was born and
brought up in this
tavern, for my fa-
Their kept it before
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
Won Can't Deny IL.

Many n man has ruined his eyesight
by sitting in the barroom looking for
wcrk.-N. Y. Recorder.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07
chinese Thumbnail Art.

The ancient Chinese and Japanese
frequently used to draw pictures with
their thumbnails. The nails were al
lowed to grow to a length of some IS
inches and were pared to point and
dipped in vermilliop or skyline Ink
the only color used in these thumbnail
sketches.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-07

The American and European bellies
must have their teeth as white as
pearls. The "pearls of the orient" stain
their Inolars deep black with the betel
Iut.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-22
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.

The report of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations in support of the reso-
lutions recognizing the independence of
Cuba and offering the friendly offices OF
the United States to bring about s,ttle-
ment of the war between Spain and the
island is an elaborate review of all the
precedents affecting the issue and satIs-
factory showing that such action on our
paft would be neither violation of inter-
national law nor a new departure In our
dealings with Spain and her possessions
in America.
The report lays down, 10 begin with,
the rule established by Canning when, as
Prime Minister of Great Britain, he recog-
nIzed the independence of Greece, then in
state of revolt against Turkey. Accord
ing to that rule the character of belllger.
ency is not so much principle as fact.
A certain degree of force and consistency
acquired by any mass of population en-
gagged in war entities that population to
be treated as belligerents.
In the opinion of the committee the Gu
bans have acquired the degree of force and
consistency which, under Canning's rule,
entities them to recognition. The report
says:
On the military side, as we officially know,
they have organized, equipped and main
tanned in the field sufficient forces to battle
the exertions of 100000 Spanish soldiers. On
the civil side they have organized their sys-
tenn of administration in every province, for
as we know officially, they roam at will over
at least two-thirds of the inland country.
The argument of the report from Ameri-
can precedent is even stronger than that
drawn from British sources. When q
similar question arose at the time OF the
revolt of the Spanish colonies in South
America President Monroe acted promptly
in recognizing the independence of Mex
leo, Colon bia, Chile and Buenos Ayres as
soon as they demonstrated their ability to
organize governments and their power to
maintain them.
The report is moderate in its tones. 1t
suggests no threat against Spain and af-
fords that country no cause for war with
US on account of any action we may take
In granting belligerent rights to the Gu
bans or in recognizing the independence
of their country. 1t wilt go far to
strengthen a sentiment in favor of the Gu
bans among the conservative classes of
the country and will undou btedly win for
the resolutions proposed by the commit
tee a strong support in both houses of
Congress.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-22
1.-THE CHRISTMAS CALL"

The Christmas edition of THE CALL will
be the most elaborate of the holiday pa
pers. 1t will reach its readers at the ap-
propriate time-Christma morning-like
present from Santa Claus. 1t will be q
distinctively California Christmas edition,
gem in its way, and sure to bring pleas
ure to all who read it.
The numerous literaryxeatures are from
the pens of some of the best writer's of the
West, and the artistic WORK is fully in
keeping with the other sterling merits.
To tell of all the good things in store for
readers would be long task. There will
be some thoroughly interesting stories of
the season, humorous aud pathetic, his
torical sketches and descriptive articles.
To sum up briefly The CHRISTMAS
CALL will be a paper that will delight you.
1t will be the paper your Eastern friends
will be sure to enjoy, and extra copies
should be ordered as soon as possible.