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The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-03-06
SCHOOL AND CHuncn.


!. Mrs. Margaret f. Hood. cf Freder-
ick. Md, has given $4,000 to endow a
professorship in the woman's college
of that town., Some time ago she gave
$4,000 to found the Daniel Scholl OBJ
servatory in Franklin and Marshall col
lege, Lancaster, Pa.
Julian now has seven studios in
Paris for women art students. of which
the chief is still the one in the Passage
des Panoramas which Marie Bashkirt-
self attended. Most of the pupils are
chaperoned to and from the studios,
but many of the English nd.American
girls 20 unattended.
All through the cold weather in
Paris the Mohammedan deputy, DR..
Grenier. persisted IN performing his
ablutions in the Seine in the presence
of an amused crowd. To put an end
to the unseemly excitement the legis-
lative officials have ordered the con-
struction of a special washing appar-
atus for the eccentric member.
"A Finnish college was recently es-
tablished in Hancock, Mich, under the
auspices of the American synod of the
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran church.
Rev. j. l.. Niklarder, the president of
the synod, is at the head of the col
lege, which, though small as yet. will
probably soon become large institu-
ton.
DIR. Edward p. Allen, the new Ro-
man Catholic bishop of Mobile. Ala, is
n native of TcwEsbury, Mass, and is
about 80 years old. In boyhood he
worked in the Mddlesey mills. and go:
his education by determined work at
his studies, while laboring through the
day, at the commercial college and from
local priests. He was graduate of
Mount st. Mary's college and seminary,
of which he was at u later period pres
ident.
Cardinal Mertcl, who, in point of
age, is the dean of the Sacred college.
is now dying at Rome of extreme old
age. bciug in his n;ncty-third year. He
is lawyer by profession ard lay mem
Der OF the synod of cardinals. Minister
of finance and of the interior during
the temporal reign of Plus IN., he be-
came after 1870 the principal legal adj
wiser of the holy see. Like his friend
and ministerial colleague, the late Car
college as cardinal deacon, aud has
never received the consecration OF
priesthood.
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Royalty mt Work.

Royal ladies are the busiest in the
world. AS Il rule they are early risers,
and have managed to accomplish vast
amount of reading and writing before
the ordinary society woman is up.
Queen Victoria is familiar with at least
half dozen European languages, and
even at her present age does not feel
that she has finished her education. but
grapples daily with the difficulties of
Hindustani. Empress Frederick of Ger
many still pursues the study of music
and painting with the zeal of young
girl; and the younger empress, her
daughter-in-law, besides looking after
her house and children, rises early to
copy important documents for the en-
pcror. The Belgian queen and Austrian
empress in former days employed their
leisure in the study of Greek and in
breaking in" pet ponies. The dowagcr
empress of Russia and the princess of
Wales have tastes in common; both are
ndepts at millinery and thorough house,
wives. The royal princesses can cook.
and are accomplished, useful and SEN
sible women.-Youth's Companion.
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BACHELORS REVERE.

h,, home Is a terrible handicap
10 n soul that would fain be free
has captured many prisoned chap,
pnt II never shall shackle me.
nstrad of the cares would have to face.
In The same old rounds every day.
h. rive me a room in a lodging place
And a lunch at chance cafe.
never need hurry TO catch my car,
1 FOR haven't a place to so,
nd early or late no meal l mar.
For I'm dining alone, you know.
nhe hands of the clock | never chase.
4 For | drift in an easy way,
eince sleep in transient lodging place
4 And lunch at a chance cafe
|. brother Of mine-I loved him well!-
Wont wrong in his early years,
kor he married and bought him place to
dwell
,oh. the thought OF 1t brings me tcarsD
|And there he has lived-whet a pitiful
case
And there he will likely stay,
kybjle | still sleep in lodging place
And lunch at a chance cafe.
\ sometimes think of his wife and child
4 And the vine at his cottage door,
Nble | dream of the perfect lips that
smiled
R,,t they smile for me no more.
IA nd | muse: III the saint with the angel
face
Had answered me yes that day,
Would sleep in transient lodging place
Or lunch at chance cafe?"
NIXON Waterman, in l.. A. w. Bulletin.
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAKE a BEGINNING.

If you never make beginning. lad,
You will never come to the end.
Why, stand at the foot of a mountain, lad
When you can to its brow ascend?
The way Is weary. and steep, and long
A toilsome journey, and slow.
But you cannot jump to a summit, lad;
Up, step by step, you must so.
There are many weeds in your garden, lad
You must pull them, one by one
In the time we waste, only dreading work
Half life's labor can be done.
Just begin, my lad, and In years to come
That day you will surely thank
That you put your first seed in the earth.
Your first dollar in the hank.
A beginning Is a promise, lad
A foundation for vast store,
For we have the sweet assurance, lad
He who hath can hope for more.
Therefore hesitate no longer. lad,
Hold your head up, and begin;
If you make start, and then pcrsevere,
Life's stern battles you will win.
Mary T.. Lambert, in Golden Days.
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An Amusing Egg Trick.

Here is trick that will amuse you.
Puncture the shell of a raw egg with a
pin, and through the hole thus made
extract the contents. When the shell
has become dry pour fine sand
through the pinhole until the egg is
about onc-fourth filed. Then seal up
the hole with white wax, and your
imitation egg will be as natural
in appearance as n real one. Then
tell your companions that you can make
an egg obey your slightest wish, stand
ing on the edge of knife, the rim OF n
glass, or whatever you will. OF course,
no one will believe you, but you can
prove you are right. The only secret is
to tap the egg gently every time you
change its position, so that the sand
will settle at the bottom, and keep the
egg upright in just the position you
wish.
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tance of IL miles, and then taking an
other road from EliZabethtown to
Hodgensville, a ride of IL miles. The Lin
coin Spring farm is three miles from
this quaint old town, on Nolin's creek,
directly on the public road leading
from Hodgensville TO Buffalo, village
six miles to the east. 1t is pleasant
90 minutes drive over good dirt road,
through poor, but interesting coun-
try.
The original Lincoln cabin had been
torn down and the materials had been
moved away, as stated by man named
Tom Davenport, who used the logs lin
his own house.
Mr.. a. w. bennett, New York gen.
tleman, not long ago bought the Dayen-
port house, recovered the logs, and, aft
or much difficulty restored the cabin
exactly as it was originally, using the
very same timbers, door, window and
frames. 1t occupies the former site,
and is in much the same condition as it
was when the Lincolns left it. The
cabin is IS feet long, 16 feet wide, and
about ~ feet high, counting from the
floor to the ridge-pole. There is only
one door and one window-the latter an
opening 90 inches square. A large
open fireplace, built in the most primi-
tive way, occupies nearly the whole Of
one end of the cabin. The chimney
is made of small logs, placed together
Just as log houses are built. Inside
of it, fiat stones placed on the ground
made the hearth, and wide fat stones
placed against the logs kept the fire
within bounds and protected the wood
Tn chimney. The inside, from the
hearthstones to the top of the chimney,
was thicl<ly daubed with clay. The
chimney reaches only half way to the
roof of the house, and is rounded off
with small sticks. This simple fire.
place furnished most of the light, all
OF the heat, and the sole means for
cooking the meals of the family. The
cabin did not have even n loft, or sec
ond story, as have most cabins. ID
was built by Thomas Lincoln, father
of the president, some time about 1904
or 1905, and was entirely constructed
with an aX and saw, the simple tools
VI bHc DlOIttISs llC CldDDOilu IOol
was anchored down by small logs, laid
lengthwise on top of rows of oak boards,
There were no nails or hardware. The
door-hinges were of wood, and the
pancless windows had an inside board
shutter, held in place by raw-hide
thongs. There were chinks and mud
between the logs, and the puncheon floor
was pegged down. 1t is probable that
after Abraham Lincoln's grandfather
was killed by the Indians at Long Run
Westinghouse, in Jefferson county, KY,
the family went further into the forest
and took up IA section of land in La Rue,
then part of Hardin county. Later, to
better his fortune, Thomas Lincoln left
this farm on Nolin's creek, and settled
on Knob creek, dozen miles from
Hodgensville, and from there he went
TO Indiana, and later to Illinois,
George III. Yenowine, in st. Nicholas.
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MULE HOOE HOG.
Enzorbacl.s Not ~ Marker to 1t in In
tciIigcncc.

tciIigencc.
There is u farmer living near Syl-
vania who has propagated new kind OF
,neless potato, which is all the talk
around here now. The potato, so his
neighbors say, grows entirely under
ground. ana requires no cultivation
whatever. lie also raises crop of hay
on the same ground and at the same
time the potatoes are growing, neither
crop requiring any work.
The question, of course, arises: How
can the potatoes be gathered when
there are no vines to show where they
are growing? This difficulty the farm
er overcomes in remarkable manner.
He has an old SOW, OF the mule-hoof
variety, that he has run out Of his fields
so often that she squcals every time
he starts after her. When he wants a
mess of potatoes he takes his rocking
chair and basket to the patch and turns
the SOW in. lie then makes himself
comfortable in the chair, while the SOW
begins TO root As soon as a potato is
found she seizcs it in her mouth and
makes n break to get away. From
force Of habit, however, she squeals
when she starts. and, this causing her
10 open her mouth, the potato drops.
The farmer. as soon Us he hears a squeal,
hastcns at once to the spot, picks up the
potato and puts it in/his basket. He
then composes himself in the chair un-
til he hears another squeal, and so on
until the basket is filed. He never gives
the sow as much as she wants to eat,
50 that she is always hungry and in good
roofing trim.
The mule-hoof hogs are wonderfully
bright, aud can be trained almost like
pointer dog. The seed of the vincless
potato will, of course, be in great de-
mand when it becomes better known,
but as it will be useless without the hog
the farmer is raising both for market,
and intends to throw in a young mule
hoof rooter with every bushel of po-
tatoes that he sells.-Savannah (Ga.)
News
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brother; nor was he animated by the
same personal interest in the herds
welfare.
1t was three o'clock when the broth
ers met again.
"Say, Theo," were Paul's words as
he rode closely to his companion, I'm
awful thirsty. / wish you'd ride over
to the house and bring out a can Of
water. The cattle are little quieter
now, and I'll watch for both of u.s."
Without a word Theo was off, glad
of respite. and enjoying the brisk can
ter to which he spurred his willing
pony.
Nor did he lessen his pace on his re-
turn. Racing swiftly along he ap-
preached Paul and the herd, carrying
the can of water and thrilled by the
exercise of the half-mile ride.
As he drew near the pony braced itself
for the sudden stopping; but before
the halt came there was an accident.
Into one of the numerous gopher holes,
which dot the prairies of the west,
went one OF his horses forefeet.
In an instant Theo was hurled head
long from the deep-seated saddle and
went, as did the pony, rolling on the
sod. The water can broke as it fell, and
the clink of it's smashing could be heard.
for long way.
Paul heard it, and pressing the spur
to his pony's flank, hurried toward the
victims of the mishap. But that was
not all. Before Theo and his horse
had regained their feet, each bruised
and limping, every grazing steer had
lifted its branching head and
was staring at the unwonted spectacle.
Then, as IL moved by common i'm.
pulse, every animal took few steps
away. A loud below from some of the
more powerful ones followed, and the
walk of the herd became trot. The
alarm increased as they moved--the
trot was canter-the canter a run;
and by the time Paul had turned from
inspecting the follen boy and horse the
dreaded stampede was in progress.
The young mans face grew white,
even through the generous coat Of sun
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has particularly sweet, gentle manners,
though ne rides bicycle and is devoted
to dogs and flowers.
Speaking of this his sister says: at
would be hard to tell which he likes the
most-music or flowers. He will spend
all his money on flowers, and do all
sorts of imprudent things for the sake
of his music. One day during a dreadful
snowstorm he had practice mt the
church, and it seemed impossible to
keep him at home, although he had a
bad cold. SO we sent out for a carriage,
and, of course, it took some little time.
All the while had to be most positive
in refusing to allow him to start out be-
fore it came. Next to music, think he
likes arithmetic and history, though
until quite recently he has disliked the
former, because / suppose he has just
begun to understand it. During the
summer months the whole family go to
Canada, and Harry spends the holidays
fIolicking like other boys. Music and
books are forbidden. so he takes long
goes boating and fishing on the lakes,
o: runs wild through the woods with
his dogs. Each fall he comes home a
tritle taller and healthier looking, ready
to work hard with his music and books"
At the Christmas service of Grace
church he sang solo: Hear Ye, o
Israel" 1t was the first time the piece
had ever been sung by a boy, and had he
never done anything else the rendition
of that piece would have made him ia
nous.
His salary is ten dollars per week; his
chorister clothes are given him, as well
as free tuition in music.--Chicago Inter
Ocean
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FAMOUS CHORISTER.
YOungstcr Whose Singing Has As
tOnishcd New York ChurchEocrs.

tOnishcd New York ChurchEocrs.
Harry Chauncey Smith, 13 years old,
is the name of one of the most famous
singers in New York city When a
toddling child four or five years of age
he used to sing every song he heard,
aud later began to pick out his accom-
paniment on the piano with one hani:
but on. these occasions, when trying 10
"play like lady," he would allow only
his sister to be present. He would coax
her into the paror. shut the door, and
then beg to have the piano opened
After this was done he would stand by
the instrument for hours, singing
hymns he had learned at Sunday school
and finding the notes to suit.
When Harry was nine years old his
parents moved to New York city, and
he became one of the chorister boys at
All Angels Protestant Episcopal
church. Two years later he, with sew
eral of his young companions, were
transferred to the choir of Grace church.
Here Ilarrys health improved, his
voice gained sweetness and power, and
he found himself one Of the most fa-
nous boys in his country.
He is sweet-faced. deiicate-lookinG
lad, with large gray-blue eyes and short
blond hair. He is small for his age, and
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difficult band to manage. an army
that skill alone could control. For man
or horse singly they bad neither re-
spect nor fear; but man on horse
could rule them, provided there were
enough men on horses.
AS the hot summer days merged into
autumn no rain came to start the grass
something uneXampled in the history
of the ranch. Two or three times the
herders found it necessary to drive the
cattle several miles to water; but the
grass near the ranch house was largest,
because through the earlier part of the
season the stock had been kept at some
distance from the home headquarters.
1T seems like being outside of civili-
zation," said Aunt Serena, coming
home from her school one day and look
ing out over the vast level plains, on
which were feeding the excirable "long-
horns"
Never mind" said Paul, who came
in just then, clad in his herder costume;
"if we don't have any bad luck, and get
the stock to market all right, it'll take
me into civilization, I've share in the
herd, and I'm going to college"
Paul, indeed, was growing exceeding
ly nervous over the cattle's condition.
a few weeks longer of short feed would,
he feared, make them unstable at the
high prices on which he had counted.
The next day there was another drive
to water, and tiresome one it was.
Twice the herd broke into an awkward
trot, and it required all the herders' in
genuity and efforts to restraint it.
The cracking of stick, the call of
quail, the sudden starting of jack
rabbit-nothing seemed too trivial for
the cattle in their present condition.
Watch 'em mighty close, boys" was
the chief herders order, when, after
much difficulty, all were safely returned
TO the "house range" as the feeding
grounds near home were called.
And they were watched close. All
day an endless procession of herders
rode round and round the restless crea-
lures, turning back the stragglers.
On the second day the atmosphere
seemed more oppressive than in weeks
1t was Headache weather." according
to Aunt Serena, and she found the mile
walk 10 the schoolhouse a wearisomc
one.
IL shall dismiss school early this aft
ernoon,' she remarked, on leaving
home. "The children can't stand 1t to
keep such long hours. I've invit-..i the
FIRST reader class to come to tea with
me. There are eight of them"
Theo and Paul saw their aunt as she
walked slowly through the close-pas-
tured bunch grass, far on the opposite
side of the ranch house.
II WISH" said tie latter, anXiously,
"that aunt wouldn't carry that bright
yellow parasol. I'm afraid it will make
us trouble some day"
'Nonsense." was the reply; 'we al
ways nave the herd on this side of the
range while she goes and comes. She
can't be hurt"
But the critters might stampede on
US
whats going to make EN-? Be
sides. it amt likely they'll go in that
direction, anyhow"
But Theo did not know as much
about the ways of cattle as did his older
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SCIENCE FOR BOYS.
How to Produce n Fierce Rainstorm
in a Tumbler.

in TumbIer.
TO produce realistic illustration of
rain shower and the winds that ac-
company its formation is an interesting
experiment, though your rain will not
be of water but of alcohol Take n
glass cylinder closed at one end, about
eight inches high and four inches in
diameter. and partly fill it with 02 per
cent. alcohol. Cover it with an or
dinary china saucer, and immerse it
in bath of hot water until the whole
becomes warm, but without allowing
the alcohol to boil. Then take the ves-
sci out of the bath and place it on a
table in cool room. Soon you will
notice marked change taking place
in the contents of the glass. Thick
vapors will appear on the surface of the
saucer until an exact reproduction of
clouds in miniature floats high above
the surface of the alcohol, and tiny
raindrops fall into it. This rainstorm
will continue for nearly half an hour.
Then you will perceive the upper sur
face of the clouds is gradually clearing,
and that condensation is taking place
further down the glass.
Here you have the ocean represented
by the alcohol, over IL the rain descend
ing from the clouds, and above all the
clear atmosphere and serene sky.
Should you wish to witness a genuine
storm, veritable tempest in tum-
bier, you have but to replace the warm
saucer by cold one Immediately upon
taking the glass out of the bath. CThe
rain will then descend in torrents and
gusts, as IL driven by a fierce wind.
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AN OLD LOG CABIN.
The Humble Home i'm which Lincoln
First saw the Light.

Twelve years ago the cabin in which
Lincoln was born was torn down, and
the logs were hauled TO an adjoining
farm and used in the construction Of
another house. The old farm has prac-
tically been abandoned, and nearly all
the people in the neighborhood had
quite forgotten, u second time within
decade since the death OF Lincoln,
that he was born on the "Lincoln Spring
farm ms the place has always been
called. The Lincoln birthplace is "a
miles southeast of Louisville. 1t can
be reached from Louisville by going to
Elizabethtown. in Hardin county, u dis
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1t is said that the health of the bru-
nctte type of eye is, as rule, superior
to that of the blond type. Black eyes
usually indicate good powers of phys
ical endurance. Dark blue eyes are
most common in persons of delicate. re-
fined or effeminate natures. and gen.
orally show weak health.--Chicago In
ter Ocean.
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CrueIly Gambia.

Hell am proud to say that 1 am of
revolutionary stock.
She-I thought you hnd Wheels.
Adams Freeman.
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Observation-Disclosures do you
knowwhatitisto be pressed for money!
Reddingham-Sterlingworth, am q
married man of ten years standing.--
Detroit Free Press.
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"A West Palm Beach note says,
soberly, that Chicago man caught an
s63-pound Jewish on the ocean pier.
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Cannot Understand 1t.

"What can't understand" said vii.
bur, sis why in winter, when it's cold,
and we'd like to keep warm, we've snow
balls to play with; while in summer.
when we'd give n million to be cool
they give us fireworks on the Fourth of
July."-Harper's Round Table.
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AUNT SERENA'S SALT.
ny CHARLES VI. HARGER.

lat makes I h e
trunk so heavy -
asked Paul, as he
lifted the ol d.
fashioned leather
covered box from
the wagon at the
ranch house.
Gold an d pre-
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Curly hair never looks we'll after a
bald spot begins showing on top of a
mans head.--Atchison Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-05-13
Early Morning Fire.

The residents of town were awaken
ed from their slumbers at about half
past one last Friday morning by the
fire alarm, and in short time the fire
companies and large crowd of people
were at the scene which was in the
alley just above Sixth Street, about
half way between Catharine and East.
The one house occupied by a NJ
Dewalt and owned by Cyrus Drake
was burned to the ground and another
adjoining occupied by Michael Shoe
maker was considerably damaged. 1t
seems to be mystery what started
the fire as Dewalt and his family were
not at home at the time and there
was no fire in the house. The flames
spread very rapidly and it requ ed
energetic measures on the part of the
fireman to keep it from spreading,
Mr.. Drake had his house partly in
sured, but the other is total loss as
there was no insurance on it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-05-13
A FINE GAME.

The Normal School club suffered its
first defeat of the season at the hands
of the Bloomsburg team yesterday
afternoon. The game outside of the
first inning wh.n the Normal boys
went to pieces allowing their opponents
to score runs, was fine exhibition
of ball playing. The league players
did not get here and the team was
filed out with three of the High
School boys. AS usual, Berry who
went in the box for the Normal in
the fifth inning had the heavy batters
guessing. Following is the score by
inning.
Bloomsbury S o o o 90
Normal 10 o 2 o o I o %
Batteries-for Bloomsbury, Nc,
Nicely and Goodhart For Normal,
Laubach, Berry and Berry. Hits,
Normal Is, Bloom 6.