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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-26

COmei for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
Maryland
Comet thine own heroic throng.
Striding with liberty along
And sing thy dauntless slogan song.
Maryland. Ny Maryland
7 see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland,
For thou vast ever bravely meek,
Maryland
But loi there surees forth a shrek
Prom hin to hin. from creek to creek
Potomac calls to Chesapeake
Maryland Ny Maryland!
Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll.
Maryland
Thou will not crook 70 HIS control,
Maryland
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the shot the blade the bowl,
Than crucihxCn Of tho soul
Maryland. My Maryland
7 hear the distant thundor-hum.
Maryland
The Old Line bugle fife and drum,
MARYLAND.
She Is not dead nor deaf nor dumb,
uuzzai She spurns the Northern scum,
She hreathes She iumsi She'll GOMEZ
She'll come,
Maryland AZ Maryland,
A PLEDGE TO LEE.
written for Kennedy company -
Mrs G. A. VARIED, OF keatHrht) d..
We pledge thee. Lee!
In water or wine,
In blood or in brine
What matters the sen2
Whether brilliantly growing.
Or darkly oeriOwing.
So the cup is divine
That we hll 90 thee,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Gloomy or glorious.
Painting and bleeding
Advancing. ;ecedlng'
Lingering or leading,
Captive or free
with swords raised on high,
With hearts nerved 10 die,
or 10 grasp victory;
Hand t. hand-knee 10 knee.
With a wild three times thrc
We pledge thee, Lee
We pledge thee. chief
In the name Of our nation,
Her wide devastation
Her sore desOlatiOn
Her grandeur and grief
Whether thou warre-t
Where our need is tre sorest
or I'm fortress or forest,
Bldest thy time
Tbou-Heayen elected.
Th0u-Ange protect i
Thou- Brother selected,
Whate'er thy fate Dor,
our trust Is In tho
And our faith is 1ime
With swords rails on hiSt.
with hearts nered to die,
Hand 10 hand suee 70 knee
With a wild three times three
We pledge thee. Lee,
IN AlEMORlAM JEFFERSON DAVIS,
ls 1850.
At rest not dead. Such men can never
die,
Just gone ahead 90 be enthroned on high
Above the spite ~ those base cowardly
knayes
slaves,
n IS 90 howl lke ours of lowest state.
And seek o. foul ODE truly pure and great.
IT,
Naught carefh he Don't wolf dogs hay
the moon?
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
PATROLING THE BEACH.
A Duty Which tho Life Savers Are Called
Upon to Perform.

A Duty Which the Life Savers Are Called
Upon to Perform.
The patrol from sunset to sunrise is
one of the most important duties in thu
service, and the most careful rules are
laid down in regard to it's performance.
When stations are near together, as
on dangerous coasts. the two patrol
men from Station 3D." starting along
the beach in opposite directions, walk
until they meet patrolmen from &C"
and 3D." with whom they exchange
checks, and return to their own station.
AT the end of week the checks are re-
turned to their proper stations, and this
is kept up during the season, week
after week.
The keepers of lonely stations pro-
vide the surfmen with time-detectors.
A time-detector is similar to clock
with a hinged cover, fastened by
look-the key to which is retained by
the keeper; beneath the cover revolv-
placed and die so arranged That
when patrol-key is inserted and
turned in the clock a mark is made
upon the paper dial recording the hour
of striking. At the end of the "beat"
is a post to which key is affixed; when
the patrolman reaches this he winds
the clock-the dial-plate is marked;
failure to be at the clock, without good
and sufficient reason, Is punished by
dismissal.
At midnight, ut such station, the
keeper gives to the two patrolmen
clock containing fresh dial-plates, aud
these two men, going in opposite dlrcc-
tons, patrol the beach till four In the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
FACTS ABOUT OUR COINAGE.

Money Making Began In This Country Two
Hundred aud Eighty Four Years Ago.
The earliest coinage OF America was
made In 1912 for the Virginia company
at SomeI's islands, now called the Ber-
mudas. In 1645 the assembly of Vir-
ginia provided by law for the coinage
of copper pieces, but the law was not
carried into effect. The earliest reg
ular colonial coinage was in Massachu-
sets, in pursuance of an order of the
general court, passed May 81, 1862. The
coins, 12-pence, spence, and g.
pence pieces, were soon afterward put
into circulation. There was a Massa-
chussetts 2-penny piece. One variety
of the Massachusetts coinage had what
is termed "a pine tree" another "a
willow" and the third ian oak The
first coinage of that colony was the
"pine tree shilling" Of 1850; the open
ny and 1-penny pieces were coined in
1852. In 1855 the congress of the con-
federation adopted the plan presented
by Thomas jefferson for the national
coinage, and in 1855 decided upon the
names and characters of the coins. In
1887 contract was made with James
Jarvis for 300 of the copper coins au-
thorized by congress. These were
coined at New Haven and bore the
date Of 1857. In 1892 code of laws was
enacted for the establishment and reg
ulation of the mint, which was estab-
lished in 1913. The first issue of cents
from the mint in Philadelphia was in
1898. The regular issue of the half
dime was in 1894, but ahalf-dime styled
the Martha Washington" was coined
in 1902 as an experimental or pattern
piece. The first issue of silver dollars
was in 1894, and of dimes in 1876. The
first golden coinage in eagles and half
enples was in l7g5-N. Y. Dispatch.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
HUMOROUS.

-Willie--"Nill teacher go to Heav-
en- when she dies, MAJ" Mrs. Ferry
Yes, dear" but will they let her
in?"-Cincinati Enquirer.
"A Ecdeeming Trait. - Bashful-
isn't that Stickative bore; always
dragging i'm his tiresome chestnuts ~
Miss Waiting-"Yes, but chestnuts pop
sometimes, don't you now."-Detroit
Free Press.
Excuse me, SIR" said Barker, to
boorish traveller, but what il your
business?" II am gentleman. sir.
That's my business" "Ah," said Bar
ker. 81 see. You are taking vaca.
tion."-Harper's Bazaar.
-IIobson-"I don't hear you nova.
days expressing the wish that it would
SNOW good and hard. Haven't you got
your cutter still?" n. Peck-"No, I'm
married now, and we have n snow SHOW
ell in the cellar" -Philadelphia Record.
Officer McGobb-"IIere, now! III
ycz really bought tn chicken. pfwy
Kastus-"kase do want to git sand
bagged on de way home. 1 guess 1
knows nah neighbors!" = Indianap-
oils Journal.
john" said the frightened wife
in the middle of the night, "thero's
something moving down cellar, I'm
sure. John listening intently)-
"Oh, it's nothing but the gas meter
pegging away" he said, with sigh Of
rclicf.--Ilarlem Life.
-Wife-'They say that Sarah's suit
or is man of very indolent habits. Is
that so?" Husband-"On the con-
trary, my dear, he is hard worker"
Wife-"In what line?" Husband
"Well he has the hardest kind Of work
try ing to live without doing anything"
---Richmond Dispatch.
An enthusiastic horticulturist,
when he heard of the massacre of the
English missionaries in China, wrote
in his farm journal: "While we deplore
5loodshed, it must be confessed that
the English and American missionaries
are a selfish lot, lacking in patriotism.
They have never sent a seed of the
famous melons of Asia back to their
own country"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
RECoNCILED.

cha came when. walked by May-tims
r,s f,rst rosebud it's leaves unfurled.
IA low and Hope and Love together.
Went singing round the happy world.
A., os she lowered and expanded
To perfect grace on every side.
us lived as In a land enchanted.
Wherein all things seem glorihed.
wa never dreamed God bad but sent her
into the world, this wonder-child,
To teach our hearts to be more tender,
And show US beauty undefiled:
And when-her Heavenly mission ended
cod called her spirit back to Him.
Our hearts with agony were rended.
our eyes with bitter tears were dim;
And as with faltering feet we bore her
To her last earthly resting place.
And saw the turf heaped darkly DER her,
Hiding the glory Of her face.
We turned away with stony faces.
Refusing to be comforted;
..(;od is not Love, and he misplaces
His trust who rhinketh So" we said.
mt now-all past our foolish Gliding.
All hushed our wailine. vain and wild.
And, as Of old. In God confding.
our will with His IL reconciled.
All. had she lived. our hearts dear treas
ure,
Who knows what pain. what grief, what
tears.
What loss no human gauge can measure.
Might have been hers In after years?
Now, safe from Time. the rude Despoiler,
From sorrow saved. and sin, and strife,
Yea, safe from aught whose touch coull
soil her!
Her soul has won immortal life!
But still, in her diviner essence.
Unbroken speech with US she holds.
And with the glory OF her Presence,
Dispels the darkness of our souls.
So radiant with celestial splendor,
How can we think of her as dead?
So loving still, so pure. so tender.
Why should we not be comforted?
Charles w. Hubner. In Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE SPELLING MATCH.

Ten little children. standing in a line.
''F-u-l-y. fully" then there were nine.
Nine puzzled faces. fearful OF their fate,
Chilly. silly" then there were eight.
Eight pairs of blue eyes. bright as stars OF
heaven,
"B-u-s-s-y. busy" then there were seven.
Seven grave heads, shaking In an awful
fix.
"L-a-i-d-y, lady" then there were six.
Six eager darlinss. determined each to
strive.
"D-u-t-i-e. duty" then there were five.
Five hearts 30 anxious. beating more and
more.
"s-c-o-l-i-a-r. scholar" then there were
four.
Four mouths like rosebuds on a red rose
tree,
Merry merry" then there were three.
Three pairs of pink ears. listening keen
"o-n-l-e-y. only. then there were two.
Two sturdy laddies. ready both to run.
'T-u-r-k-y. turkey" then there was one.
One head Of yellow hair bright in the sun,
Hero. hero" the spelling match was
won.
N. o. Picayune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There are plenty of dictionaries of
French slang in existence, In which q
slang word is explained in good French,
and the first dictionary in which the
slang equivalents for good French
words are given Is to be published In
Paris. 1t is needed apparently by the
writers of stories.
"A sister of the poet Longfellow,
Mrs. Pierce, is still living at an adj
vanced age in Portland, Me. She used
to be famous Sunday-school teacher,
and there are many women, some of
them grandmothers, who have bond
Of union in having been members Of
MRS. Pierce's class"
-Heber M. Wells, the first governor
Of the state of Utah, was born in Salt
Lake City 81 years ago, and was
educated in the University of Utah. He
was the republican nominee for mayor
OF Salt Lake City in 1892, but was de-
fcated by II. N. Baskin, the present in
cumbent. He has been for five years
cashier of the State bank of Utah. He
IL a member of the Mormon church.
Lady Eastlake's letters and journal,
Just published. are full of racy reading.
Here is one little tit-bit: "a lady was
telling me yesterday that she had met
Herbert Bismarck at the duke of West
minister's, and never came across
more conceited prig. l should like to
tess Herbert Bismarck and Herbert
Gladstone in one blanket and their pa
pas in another. l must not venture to
say more, or will shock even YOU"
who ever held an official position under
the United States government. When
she was about "a years of age she was
appointed clerk in the patent Office,
which had then been organized but a
few years, and she was still holding that
position when she commenced her phil
nnthropic work at the outbreak of the
civil war in 1861.
Much has been written about the
home habits of the princess of Wales;
less is known about the prince. 1t is
stated that he is most ordinary and
methodical in all his arrangements. Out
of doors dead tree or branch unre-
moved, hedge unclipped, or n weedy
walk, are n positive misery to him. Like
the princess, he loves animals, chiefly
dogs, and always has one special IA
yorite.
"A London newspaper Is authority
for the statement that since William +.
Gladstone's words of appreciation
served to make several recent English
novels famous he has been in receipt
of nearly every new work of fiction
published in the English language.
Every day his mail contains novels
forwarded to him by publishers in
England and America. If he read
them all he would have no time to sleep
or eat.
I'm book of "reminiscences of Con-
cord 80 years ago, by Frank Preston
Stearns, just published, the author re-
lGtes how Miss Alcott came to him one
day, and asked him to take her out row.
ing. He complied, but he found it more
az a job than he had anticipated. This
Is the darndest boat 1 ever pulled" he
remarked. Frank" said Miss Alcott,
'rever say darn. Much better TO be
pr diane than vulgar
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
Hygiene of Light.

A French scientist has been making
experiments with the growth of plants
under different conditions of colored
light. Under the method of expert
n,ent the endeavor was made to keep
the plants under similar conditions of
temperature, moisture, soil, etc, so
that it would be reasonable to infer
that any abnormal differences in
growth would be due to the difference
nj light conditions. 1t is reported, as a
result OF this experiment, that the red
light produced even more noteworthy
aesslts than white light In the way of
forcing growth. While the plants
we're strong and vigorous, upder. thy, jim
. iluence OF white,fieht, those ,rntlerr the
1lsYl tpnpfsCof glass sgrew to q greater
height and burst into bloom earlier.
Tne plants under the frame of blue
ylass showed little u any growth. but
.the leaves grew, decidedly ;darkers- de
groit Free, Press .yqqqd. ria r~l
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
ROBBING A SPIDER.
A Simple Device for Keeling Out the Web
from Its Spinners.

Simple Device for Keeling Out tho Web
from Its spinners.
This is written for boys only. Girls,
of course, wouldn't touch the nasty
things-not for anything. Unless, in
deed, there is new" girl, too; and
rather hope there isn't, for l am such
an old boy now that l don't like innova-
tions. The old girls that is, the sort
of girls / used to know-seem to me
hardly to .dmit of improvement. And
they just hated spiders,
One day was watching a fine large
specimen completing his web. The
stay-ropcs were already stretched
across the open window; and begin
ming where they crossed he was hob
bling round and round fastening the
cross-lines of fresh shiny silk.
Suddenly it occurred TO me that /
might reel out that silk for my own use
or amusement. Really, L fancied
myself on the verge of great discov
cry. Why might not most beautiful
fabric be made of that glistening ma
come of it?
So l managed to get hold Of the end
of the strand, and began to draw it out.
Now If there is anything that spider
particularly detests it is to be robbed
of his silk; no pack-peddler values mis-
stock half so highly. AS soon, there.
fore, as my victim perceived what was
Mt, he reached back with claw and
shipped the thread. This was repeated
several times.
Then / saw that ! must devise some
means for preventing this sort of in.
reference. So l cut n small round
hole in q bit of cardboard. and made n
slit from the hole to the edgc--see cut
This arrangement slipped about my
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29

spiders wasp-like waist. AS his legs
were on one side of the card and his alb
domcn with the spnners on the other,
he could no longer NEEDLE with the
thread; neither could he get out of the
sort ofpil.ory In which had placed him.
He wasn't hurt in the least, but he was
altogether helpless and in the worst of
humors. Then got hold of the strand
with pair of tweezcrs and proceeded
to draw ont as much silk as pleased,
winding it about my finger.
But this process was slow, and die
not satisfy me. l wanted spiders silt
in bulk; my head was full of schemes
for producing n new and beautiful fah-
rio from this bright and elastic ma
terial. / therefore mounted & spool
upon a spindle in such way that {
could make IT, rotate with great speed
by means Of band running from u
wheel-about eight inches in diameter
which l turned with a crank. To
this spool J attached the end of the
thread. and set my machine in motion.
1t was n great success. The spindle
sang like q Huntington as it spun
on its bearings, Keeling his precious
silk from tAat Disguised spider until
the glisteni1g thread covered the spool
as with sheet of varnish. An angrie"
insect, l fcncy, never lived; but what
could he do about it? And afterwards
1 fed him well by way of compensation.
Thus far my plans had worked to
perfection; out when l endeavored 10
utilize the material so unscrupulously
obtained, like many another thief r
became involved in difficulties. I foum!
that the adhesive strands--so perfect
" adapted to the owners own business
of fly-catohing, were not so ellsuited
to manufacturing purposes as ] hal
fondly hoped. In fact they had glued
themselves together so firmly that I
was never able to unwind them from
the spool; and my invention, though
highly interesting. did not prove IL,
munerative-a LUCKY thing for the
spiders. .avTi..~.I,,.a ..,.,,aysm ~
There were other experiments. that L
tried with these ',ingainly pets-Asome
of them too cruel, ms now realize ,tbutI
was quite unconscious. OF IL them For
example, h.often waited flies against
large fresh webs and in. this way L
presently discovered that the ordinary
spider, Though he has eyes with;nums
berlcgsf facets !is, really almost blind,
lie dpeS net trust 20 sight at all, He,
stands waiIttYng, at thc center Of his web
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29

surroundings. He was eating from q
bread-board laid over a -four barrel.
his implements being the ten servants
that wait on man-his fingers.
1T was my first night in the station
house." he continued, alphabetically.
Il had money of my own until last
week-enough to buy lodgings. 1t be-
ing the holidays, it's hard to get work.
Have you any work 1 can do to pay for
my breakfast? ?"
She wanted to test him and prove
that he was lazy and worthless, so that
her conscience might never reproach
her judgment, and she babe him carry
a large packing-trunk, on one end of
which he was seated, to the attic, q
distance of three flights of stairs.
II couldn't do it, ma'am."
She noticed that he didn't say lady"
as professional tramps do.
81 am too weak for want of regular
food to lift or carry anything heavy,
but could do light chores. can carry
coal in, or empty ashes, or clean-the
silver"
There was sparkle of caustic mirth
1T could hardly be called impudence
lin his lack-luster eyes. and his hos
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29

morning. When these return to the
station, two other men take their
places till sunrise. The next night, at
sunset, two new men keep guard until
eight in the evening. and at that hour
their places are taken by two othrcs
until midnight. Then. returning to
the station, the keeper is called, new
dial-plates are inserted in the clocks,
they are locked and given to two new
patrolmen, who walk till four IN the
morning. So from sunset TIL sunrise
our American coasts are patroled by
solitary ,watchmen, on the lookout for
vessels in danger. 49, go
No Weather Is severe enough to daunt
these brave men; and they trudge all
night inrdin, hail, wind'or snow, while
we are comfortably sleeping ,o9sb
The patrol duty at n station is so ar
ranged-tHwF-fhuse- who have the
long patrol one month are put On the
short 4 patrol the next ;n,this night
watches are divided into thrae vntohcs
lqf four hours each.r" Then Story pf q
Lfe,saying ,StaAeasms hyalsTeresa. A
RE0M2nls in St NichpllsrAi, .1sYsa sis
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29

his feet clutching the strands. When
hy strikes against the meshes the
spider gives the whole fabric sharp
shake. II the fly remains still the
owner of the web seems unable TO To-
cate him, but II he buzzes or struggles
Mr.. Spider Is down on him in an in
slant, and hastily incasing him " a
winding sheet of silk, bears him back
and hangs him up to be devoured at
leisure.
Once, I remember, presided at an
encounter between a spider and bum
bic bee. The bee, of course, buzzed
loudly. The spider rushed upon him,
vas stung, and hastily withdrew. Again
the bee buzzed, and again the spider,
unable to resist his instinct, rushed to
the attack-with the same result. At
last, however, the spider managed to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29
IAea for Hair.

Most people believe that fishing
tackle makers arc the only persons who
have any employment for the BARRIERS
clippings. A fact that has recently
come to light however shows new
use to which human hair has been put.
During the last year or two tons of hair
have been packed between the plates
of n certain part Of war vessels. Hair
is very elastic, and thus affords most
effective backing to metal. Again, it
js being used very satisfactorily to form
p kind |of fender, which is thrown over
the side of a vessel to prevent her
scrubbing against the dock--to take
the plaee;sih facttof K8re commonly
stsedi rope coils L chicagb CHfonicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29

get his silken shroud about his for.
midable prey, and bore him off in tri-
umph.
He was not so fortunate, however.
with large, black ant which treach-
crously dropped upon his web. The
ant began to struggle, and down CAME
the spider; whereupon the ant coolly
bit off one of his legs. The spider with
drew in disndy. But being ravenous
old fellow of great size, the destroyer
OF unnumbered flies, he could not for
bear second attack. He strained his
mandibles without effect on the hard
urInor of the ant, who meanwhile
nipped off another leg.
In the third attack the ant began to
operate on his enemy's abdomen; and
the spider, escaping with difficulty, re-
treated utterly discounted. Then the
ant proceeded to break the meshes, and
fell unframed to the floor. Thus were
the flies avenged. G. KAY.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-29

Eight of terrestrial stairs where dilap-
idated saucepans and other culinary
utensils had been ANONYMOUSLY aban-
doned by the cook. Then he knocked
at the second closed door which con-
frontcd him, and was almost immedl-
ately after faced by the entire house
hold
For his coming had not been unob-
served. Everybody was there to meet
him, but nobody was there to greet
him--not mt least with kindly well
come. The several pairs of feminine
eyes focused upon him expressed vari-
Gus degrees of wrath, fear, contempt
and repulsion. The mistress of the
house was young and pretty, but her
face was set like a flint. Yet she had
the kindest heart in the world. But
when the tramp asked her for bite
TO eat she ordered the cook to hand out
a cup of coffee, boiled egg, left over
from the familytable, and some bread
and butter. Then she gave the cook
by glance of warning-a tip regard
ing the silver. The forks and spoons
in that family were genuine and heir
looms, so the tramp ate his breakfast
in the primitive fashion which OBJ
tanned before knives and forks were
invented. He seemed to have refined
instincts in table etiquette, and the
egg, which was soft boiled, rather
bothered him. until he made bit Of
the bread serve as spoon. 1t was en-