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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
SAVED BY A WORD.
knowledge OF Musical TGm Proved
Useful to an American Abroad.

knowledge OF Musical TGm Proved
Useful to an American Abroad.
There are more advantages in must
cal education than most of us think,
remarks the Washington Post. GER
tain physician here in town. who is
just home from Europe. says: 81
never appreciated the advantages of q
musical education until | went into u
barber shop in Italy. Nobody about
The place spoke word of English. /
was stretched on n rack that passed as
n chair and swathed in towel. The
barber made an impressionist sweep
from the upper cheek to the lower chin.
Gee whiz! how it hurt. My mouth
and eyes were full of lather; l didn't
know word of Italian. / yelled. The
barber seemed to pause for moment.
Perhaps he was gathering strength for
II new onslaught. You have heard that
drowning man can think so years
in a second. thought whole libraries
and dictionaries. Not word of Ital-
ian. The razor was raised again. Sud-
denly | remembered word that l
had seen on my daughters music, and
had asked the meaning of.
"Adagio! adagio!" l yelled. On
Il! Adagio."
Isl, signor," said the barber, and my
life was saved.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
EVEN SILK IS A0ULTeRATEO,
Tannate of Tin and silica to Give
II Weight.

Tannate OF Tin ana silica TO G1v0
II Weight.
Some improvements in the treatment
of silks are announced. Ordinarily silk
is weighted" by dspositing tannate of
tin on the fiber; the material receives
a bath of fannie acid and then another
this being made until an increase of
the weight amounts to- from Is 10 90
per cent, beyond which it is not con-
Sidered safe to go in the case of silk
intended to be dyed light shades or to
he bleached. Recently German invent
Or has brought forward a process in
which silica is the weighing agent.
In carrying out this method. says the
Detroit News-Tribune, three steps IRE
described. First, the silk. raw or in
any stage of manufacture, and either
before or after dyeing is worked for
an hour in bath of perchloride of
tin; then. after squeezing and wash
ing, it is worked in warm solution of
water glass or soluble silicate of soda
for about an hour, followed by washing.
having also been previously passed
through solution of phosphate of soda.
The operation may be repeated again
and again. with no harmful effect on
the fiber or on the subsequent dyeing.
and in five operations the silk may be
increased in weight some 100 to 1870
per cent. The silk is now soaped, end,
II already dyed, is cleared 10 an emul-
sion of olive oil and acid.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
Fayly Picty.

d. L. Moody, the evangelist, told n
story in Philadelphia recently about his
life before his conversion, when boy
OF II. He said that while he was a
pretty bad boy in his unregenerate days,
deep in the follies and errors of the
world, he never broke so far away from
his early religious training as to forget
to say his prayers every night. II used
to sleep with my brother" he said,
"and IL either one of us happened TO
jump into bed without first getting on
his knees, the other would swear at him
vigorously and kick him out on tho
floor"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
QUEEN VICTORIA DRESSED UP.
She Ii Then Quite Royal In Appearance,
But otherwise Only Ordinary.

She IL Then Quite Royal In Appearance
But Otherwise Only Ordinary.
Queen Victoria, in her best bib and
tucker, is still a very sood-looking
woman. In the hideous bonnets and
old-fashioned shawls the queen so con-
stantly wears when not ION exhibit
ton she gives one the impression of
being merely a nice, coy motherly old
lady whose whole life's interest is CEN
tered in her family. One would never
suspect her of being able to rise to the
occasion and look the part of queen.
With the assumption of court finery,
however, says the Philadelphia Times,
Victoria dofTs her homely manners and
becomes at once the personitication of
n gracious sovereign.
To those who have seen her in both
characters the metamorphosis has
seemed little short of n miracle On
account of the queens lack of height
she is rarely photographed standing;
for though she scarcely measures five
feet, her waist line is abnormally long,
so when she is seated she gives one the
impression of being tall woman-an
advantage the vanity of any woman,
even n queen, would never ignore.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
Mead for RussIaps.

The officials intrusted with the ar
rangement of the details of the cars
coronation in Moscow this spring have
ordered $4,000 hogsheads of meal,
which is to be made of pure honey. I.
In an old Russian custom to regale the
people with mead for three days during
the festivities at the ancient capital.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
HARD SKULL SAVES HIM.
Mexican Receives q volicy OF Bullets Ia
the Head and Lives

Mexican Receives Voiiey OF Bullets In
the Head and Lives.
Mexican was condemned to death
for stealing can of kerosene, remarks
the Buffalo Express. He was taken out
by party Of soldiers, received volley
OF bullets at close range, and was left
for dead. As soon as the soldiers had
gone he sprang to his feet and walked
to the City Of Mexico, uany miles away,
where he entered hospital. The doc
tors found three rife bullets imbedded
in his skull, but he was not fatally in
jured. Now the authorities of the town
which ordered him executed want him
back in order to shoot him again.
& But he objects. Heargues that II sub
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21

Jecteo 10 the discomfort OF execution
second time his health might be greatly
endangered. There is logic in that
The mans plea ought to hold good.
1t is a serious menace to mans health
to be taken out and shot, and the fell
low who survives the experience once
should be spared second exposure,
in order that he may come to the states
and go the rounds of the museums as
the man with the iron skull.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
Death In Japan.

There are no undertakers in Japan
When a person dies his nearest rela-
tives put him into a coffin and bury
him. The mourning does not begin
until after burial.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05
TONlCS.
Two Edged Swords Capable of Mischief
as Well as Benefit.

Two Edged Swords Capable Of Mischief
as Well as Benefit.
There is perhaps no class Of remedial
agents more abused than tonics The
abuse consists both in the excessive use
and the misapplication of this class of
agents, which, within restricted field,
possess an indisputable and important
therapeutic value. The misuse of tonics
is doubtless the outgrowth of miscon-
ception of the real nature Of this class
of remedial agents and its limitations.
Many physicians also seem to lose sight
of the fact that tonics are, as has been
aptly said Of drugs in general, two edged
swords, which are as capable Of mischief
as of benefit. Indeed when the true ma
ture of tcnics-as is true, in fact, Of most
medicinal agcnts-is thoroughly under
stood, it is apparent that even il cases
in which they accomplish the maximum
Of benefit there is also certain amOuut
Of injury inflicted upon the organism,
so that the effect obtained ~ really and
simply the difference between the mis-
chief done and the coed accomplished.
IL tiIt IL VII bll' SlNlN, INC lttIll
result is benefit; if on the other side, tho
result is harm. This principle holds
good with regard to most remedies,
whether the means employed is drug
or d nOnmedicinal agent.
The popular idea of & tonic is we'll
expressed in the following definition,
which we find III the National Medical
Dictionary, can agent which augmcnts
gradually and permanently the strength
and vital activity of the body or its
parts" A stimulant is defined by the
same authority as being IAN agent which
increases the functional activity Of any
organ or series of organs. " The distinc-
ton made seems to be that stimulant
produces temporary excitement, whereas
q tonic produces q permanent increase
of strength and vital activity.
Health.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05
IncorriCible,

A man of this city who thoroughly
loves q good cigar was indulging in a
smoke after dinner, when friend who
is given to moralizing touched him on
the arm and said:
"I'm sorry that you still have that
habit"
'I'm not" was the emphatic reply.
81 was examined for life insurance yes
terday, and the doctor says my health is
first rate. So there is no use in telling
me that it is hurrying me into my
grave, for the facts don't bear out the
assertion.
"But it's very expensive habit p"
II find the satisfaction such Ns to
make me content to foot the bill. "
GLOW long have you been smoking?"
Fifteen or 20 years. "
edo you realize that with the money
you have spent i'll that way you might
have laid the foundation for fortune?
Why, you might have been the owner
Of that block of houses over there
Il have heard that kind of all argu-
ment before, and it does not impress me.
If had bought them with money saved
III that way I'd be miserable thinking
Of the good times l might have had
smoking if | hadn't wasted my money
on blocks of houses. detroit Free
Press
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05
THEY DRIED UP.
Four Sailors On Desert Tslan,: Were
Crcmated by Natural Heat.

Four Sailors on Desert 7slan,: Were
Crcmated by Natural Heat.
Uncle Robert william Qaimhy Of
Lewiston says that he has Travelled il
all the warm countries of the globe and
that he has been in the coolest attitudes.
He does not think that we have such
very hot weather. If people would make
provision for the hot days as they 10 in
India, he thinks we should not notice
it so much.
"But, " says he, "the warmest wealth
er that l ever experienced was on q
small island called John's Biscuit, Off
Cape Gracias, OH Honduras. The Eliza
beth Jennings, on which I sailed in
1870 from Portland, stopped there for
water, and IL boats crew went ashore
for it. 1t was littlo volcanic island
and awful dry and hot We didn' know
whether there would be any water there
or not, but we did find a spring with Il
stream as large as broom handle pour
ing out all the time And, do you be-
lieve me, the water was dried up and
soaked up before it had run four feet III
the sand. The place was covered with
dried trees, and little distance away
was what looked like hut.--a habita-
ton for man. We went in and found
the shrunken remains of four men-sail-
ors robably-whohad died in one night,
to judge from appearances. One was
leaning against the wall in sitting
position. There was dry food on the ia
bile, dry meat in "a box, and everything
was burning dry.
"a letter in the pocket of one man
was dated Liverpool, 1916, and on the
table was bottle with note in it, evil
IDENTIFY intended to be cast adrift. 1t said
they were four English seamen, ma
rooned by the captain, left to die, The
noted was dated 1916, and I suppose
they had been there dead in that hut for
over 30 years, and they must have died
of heat one day and dried right up. We
left them where we found them. -
Lewiston Journal.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05

Finds us fairly busy
Every day orders are
taken for IS trousers.
They will hold their
own side by side with
any 81 pair Won oct
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05
NJ. Leon's Vote.

1t was often said of M. Adrien Leon,
who has just died near Bayonne, France,
that he saved the republic by single
vote. On Feb. 81, 1875, when the re-
modelling Of tho constitution was debat-
ed, M. Walton's amendment fixing the
conditions for the election Of the presi-
dent was regarded as The crucial test on
which the fate of France depended.
Leon, sitting i'll the right center, hest
tated, but was persuaded by Gambetta
to support the Republicans at the last
moment, and the amendment was car
ried by a majority Of one.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05

"Poor fellow, he died in poverty" said
a man OF person lately deceased. "That
isn't anything" exclaimed needy by
stander. dying in poverty is no hard
ship. Its living in poverty that puts the
screw on a fellow.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05

Spoons are of nearly the same size all
over the civilized world, and four table
spoonfuls make what in medical par
lance is deEominated wineglassful.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05

Edgar, the Saxon king of England,
was the Peaceable, from his dislike of
war
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30
The Ideal p nacea.

James L. Francis, Alderman,
Chicago, says: ~ regard DR..
Kings New Discovery as an Ideal
Panacea for Coughs, Colds and
Lung Complaints, having used il
in my family for the last five years,
to the exclusion of physicians pre-:
scriptions or other preparations
Rev. john Burgus, Koekus,
Iowa, writes: 81 Id We been a min.
lister Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church for 30 years or more, and
have never found anything so ben
eticial, or that gave me such speedy
relief as DI. Kings New Discov.
cry" Try this Ideal Cough Rem.
edy now. Trial Bottles Free a,
the Eagle Drug Store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30
BURKE CoMETH NoT.-The New

BURKE CoMETH NOT.-The New
Orleans newspapers have had the
public on the gu; v;ve for some time
in regard to the expected arrival
of Ex-State Treasurer e. A. Burke.
Every vessel from Honduras is
boarded by a reporter, as soon as
it casts anchor, iu quest of Mr..
Burke, but the Major cometh not,
nor is he likly to do so, until he
has positive assurance from the
"powers that be" that he will not be
inmured, even temporarily, with.
in the walls of the parish prison.
1t may be AS conjectured, that the
recent return of Mrs. Burke to
New Orleans, is for the purpose of
negotiating with the authorities,
whereby he may be enabled to re.
turn and compromise with the
State, without being compelled to
suffer the pains and penalties in
cident to common malefactOrs, but
it is more than probable, that hav.
ing been absent so long, she mere.
ly revisits New Orleans on account
Of the Associations Of "Auld Lang
Syne.D
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30
Has Not Surrendered All His
Rights.

President Nichols, who is charg-
ed with having wrecked the bank
of Commerce, is a nephew OF Chief
Justice Francis 7. Nichols, who
signed the appearance bond of both
his relative and chashier Leblanc
for $1,000. The intervention Of the
Chief Justice in behalf Of his klns
man, has been the subject Of much
adverse comment. We DONE think
that he surrendered all his indi-
vidual rights, when he donned the
judicial ermine. The right is in
herent to every citizen possessed
of the necessary property qua,iti,
cations, to pledge it for the appear
ance of kinsman upon whom the
prison doors are about to close.
There is no reason, legal, moral,
divine or equitable, why Judge
should hesitate to affix his sigma
tnre to an appearance bond Of any
person in whom he is interested
from any cause whatever. Nor is
the mere fact of his signing this
bail bond any indication that he
has the least intention of interpos-
ing his official position to shield
his nephew from the rigors Of the
law. On account of the relation
ship between the parties, he would
recuse himself if the case was ap.
pealed to the Supreme Court for
haal adjudication.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30
= T-----~-
johnson Arrested.

John johnson, the negro butch.
er, who so horribly hacked to
pieces with an axe the cotton fam.
lily at their home in Taugipahoa
parish last week, leaving five corp
SEES and one badly muti1ated vic:
tim, as the result of his nights
butchery, has been arrested and
committed to the parish prison in
New Orleans for safe keeping.
The people of the parish were
wrought up to the highest pitch
of excitement over these atr0ciOus
murders and had not the officers
who had him IN custody eluded
the vigilance of the enraged pop.
ulace, he would have been quick
ly tried aud condemned by Judge
Lynch.
Johnson admits the commission
Of these diabolical murders, but
declares that he was compelled to
do so by another negro, who har-
bored enmity towards the family
on account Of some imaginary
grievance and held a guu over him
while he executed the butchery
under duress.
The negro whom he duplicates
has also been arrested, but pro.
tests his innocence of any com
plicity in the crime and declares
that he can prove an ahbi. While
Jobnson's story is not worthy OF
the slightest credence, the motive
by which he was actuated is still
enveloped in the same profound
and apparently impenetrable mys
terry.
He will be taken back to Amite
City for trial, unless lie obtains 8
change of venue, Wien he will nc
doubt stretch hemp, unless the
military power of the State is in
soked to protect him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

The ''Cock of Wolftrt's Roost'
has not yet essayed to crow upon
the presidential question, but it is
safe to assume that when he opens
up, he will have the political situa.
ton, so far as his State is concern
ed, held we'll in hand with the
check rein of master guiding
spirit.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

The baI barous Turk is still en-
gagged in the delectable pastime of
butcherng defenseless Armenians,
without word Of protest from the
continental powers. The people
of England, however, are becom-
ing aroused to the epormity of
their crimes, through the fervitl
and impassioncd eloquence of Mr..
Gladstone aud may finally force
the ministry to take effective AZ
ton against recurrence of these
fendish hebdomadal massacres.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

UC dtthluSu ChiOeSh p" ssOhAA~S Va
cherished principles, which is the
direct result of this unholy ALI
ance, then we had better encoun-
ter defeat, yea, ignominious de-
feat, for the Democratic party will
again, as it has for mere than 100
years, recover from every defeat,
and rise like the Phoenix from it's
ashes, with renewed energy and re.
dubbed power. The immutable and
eternal principles of Democracy
are as distinct from and diametri
eally opposed to the revolutionary
heresies advocated by the P0pN
lists as the Poles are asuuder an
eau no more be assimilated, thaA
can the dissimilar constituents If
oil and water be made to commih'
gle. But if it is the intention of
those who have unfortunately tenn
porarily captured tire leadership,
to merge the Democratic party
with that of Populism aud erect
an entirely new party upon it's
ruins, then the sooner we are ap'
prised of the fact, the better. We
shall be no party to the disgrace
full surrender, but we shall be a
sincere mOuruer at the funeral Of
the grandest political orgapiza-
ton ever slain by the treachery of
pretended friends.
This attempted. fusion of ire
concilable elements, thrusts pc.
litical dagger into the back of Mr..
Sewall, the vice, presidential nomi
nee Of the Democratic party and
may have the effect of defeating
him or of throwing the election
into a hostile Senate, with the
possible result of the. choice by
that Body, of Mr.. Hobart, the Re-
publican nominee.
But whatever the final result
may be, it wilt certainly deprive
Mr.. Sewall of four of the electoral
votes of this State and transfer of
them to Mr.. Watson, as we'll as in
all other States, where such com
binations have been effected. 1t
is the first time in the history of
the Democratic party, that it has
ever been known to attempt to
strangie its own progeny. In &C.
cordance with the pronanciamento
of MessrS. Foster and Brian, We
erase the names Of the decapitated
electors from our mast head, but
we shall not substitute those OF
the Populists, nor will WA vote for
them on the Ides Of November.
as life long and loyal Democrat
we shall continue to support what
ever is left of tearfuly emascu
lated Democracy. Bryan and Sc
wall, as we'll AS the four remaining
electors, having been chosen with
all the forms Of party usage, will
have our undivided support, un-
less the further crime against De-
mocracy is committed of sacrifc-
ing Mr.. Sewa.l in the interest of
Mr.. Bryan.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30
AN ACT

AVE- AO''J AA~ - ~ -
70 preserve the purity of the bal.
lot by regulating the manner of
holdingand conducting elections;
by providing all official form of
ballot; by prescribing the time
> and method in which n0mina-
: tons shall be made and certifi-
ed; for providing for the division
of parishes, cities and towns into
convenient election precincts;
by providing for the appoint
ment of officers to conduct such
elections and defining their du.
ties by prescribing tue manner
in which the votes of electors
shall he taken, and the count
and returns thereof made; by
providing for the punish.
!. ment of violations of this
law, and repeating all laws in
conflict with the same.
GContinued from Pare l.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

Euclid Borland, treasurer of
New Orleans and brigadier gener.
al of the first brigade of the State
National Guard, died at Norfolk,
Va, on Sunday morning, aged
about 81 years.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

The New York World has new.
er yet declared itself as between
the two principal aspirants for the
Presidency of the United States.
But the probability is, that after
the election, it will come out in
flaming head lines, 1--WE told you
500
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

In every State where the Dem
Ocrats have effected a fusion with
the Popoulists, it is not only a be,
trayal of the vice.presidential
nominee, but complete and indie
fensible ''sell out" Of his prospects
for election.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30
PRIVATE DETECTIVES

PRIVATE DETECTIVES. - We
want one or two young men in
this county to represent us as Pri
vate Detectives. Experience un-
necessary. Money for the right
man. Address with stamp,
TEXAS DETECTIVE AND PRO.
TECTiVE AGENCY,
San Antonio, Texas.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

In Difference to the hue and
cry raised against him, John Boyd
Thatcher has declined the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor of
New York. The vacancy will be
filed with a free silverite.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

Mr.. Sewall evidently believes
that "the middle of a stream is no
place to swap horses" and he is
quite right about it. His with
drawal, either voluntarily, or com,
pulsorily, will sound the death
knell and chant the funeral requi
EN- of the Democratic party. But
we are as certain that it is the in.
tention of the Democratic Populis
tic leaders to politically decapitate
him and substitute Tom Watson,
as we are that the brilliant lumi.
nary of the Heavens rises daily in
tue East and sets in the West.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

The Democrats of Mississippi
respectfully declined the overtures
of the "Pops" for fusion. The
Democrats, of Louisiana, instead
of inviting the fusion, should have
treated them in the same manner.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

Mrs. Eliza Griffin Johnson,
widow of the late General Albert
Sydney johnson, died at Los An
geles, Cal, on the 25th of this
month. She was about IA years
of age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-30

ELEerltA LAW With this is
sue, we finish publication of the
new election law. 1t is quite
lengthy and on account of limited
space, several weeks have been re
CURED to accomplish the work.
Those who have preserved the files
of the paper in the interim are now
in a position to read in connected
form and understand the provis-
ions Of this complicated law. II
we have been instrumental in uu.
raveisng its mysteries, so that our
electors may vote intelligen,ly, We
have accomplished our purpose
aud ask for 10 other reward.